"Chen Ji? He's coming." Yunxi thought for a moment and understood what Chen Jilai was doing. He turned to Zhu Youdou and said, "I'm afraid that brother can't have dinner with you at noon. Brother asked the chef in the imperial dining room to cook something for you."
The food on the table is called Yun Yun, and Yun Zhi will accompany you to eat."
"Brother Imperial, political matters are important, and of course I understand. The wedding of the second sister will be held soon, and the two sisters are also very busy these days. My brother should go back to the house to have dinner, so I won't bother the chef in the imperial dining room." Zhu Youdou said.
, and then said with a smile: "Although my brother is greedy for the food in the palace, I can only taste it after entering the palace in two days."
"When you come to the palace tomorrow or the day after, my brother will ask the chef to prepare a table of good food for you to try." Yunxi patted his shoulder again and said with a smile.
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"Chen Qing." Yunxi walked into the Jinshen Hall and saw Chen Ji and shouted.
"My lord, civilian Chen Ji has met your Majesty. Long live your Majesty!" Chen Ji hurriedly knelt down and said.
"Oh, Chen Qing, why do you do this?" Yunxi stretched out his hand to help him up and said, "Although you are not an official now, becoming an official does not mean dismissal. As a rule, you can enjoy the status of an official before becoming an official. Why should I call myself a commoner if I can call myself a minister?"
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Chen Ji did not refuse and thanked him.
"Chen Qing came to the palace to see me today. What's going on?" Although Yunxi had already guessed the purpose of his coming to the palace, he still asked knowingly.
"Your Majesty, why did you appoint Her Royal Highness Princess Ningguo to be the vice-principal of Wucheng School?" Chen Ji said as Yun Xi had guessed.
"Chen Qing, although Wucheng Academy has a great reputation, in the final analysis it is just a private school. I have also asked what private schools are like in the private sector. In many private schools, the wife of the teacher takes care of daily affairs. Since private schools are private schools,
If private schools can have girls, why can't Wucheng School?" Yunxi said.
"Your Majesty, the reason private private schools are like this is because most of the students pay enough to pay for the teacher to hire someone to take care of their daily life; each student of Wucheng Academy pays enough to pay for more than a dozen households for a year.
How can someone appointed by His Majesty as the vice-principal of the Five Cities Academy care how much his salary is?"
"Furthermore, there are many private schools among the people where the husband's son or brother takes care of the daily affairs. Why doesn't Your Majesty follow this example?" Chen Ji said.
"Chen Qing," Yunhe thought for a moment and decided to tell him part of the truth: "There are more than ten clan members in the Wucheng Academy. I believe you dare to control them, but even if you give orders to the chief officers to treat them equally, those chief officers are really
Can they be treated equally? That’s why I appointed Princess Ningguo as the vice-principal of the Five Cities Academy, to watch over them specifically and punish them if they go against them."
Although Yunxi only gave this reason, it was enough, and Chen Ji could not say anything else. As for why he did not appoint male clan members, Chen Ji was not stupid, so how could he ask such a question?
Now that this issue has been made clear, Chen Ji was about to bow and leave. But Yunxi persuaded him to stay: "Chen Qing, it is already noon. Aiqing will stay and have lunch with me."
Chen Ji declined a few words, but when he saw that Yunxi insisted on letting him eat in the palace, he agreed.
After a while, the food was served, and the two of them took their seats and began to eat.
"Chen Qing, as the director of Wucheng Academy these days, have you encountered any difficulties or things that are difficult to deal with? If you have any, just tell me and I will deal with it." Yunxi roughly listened to what he said about Wucheng Academy.
situation, he asked again.
"Your Majesty, there is no such thing." Chen Ji said: "The students in the school are very respectful to me, and even the clan members do not dare to go against my words. However," he paused and continued: "Your Majesty suddenly suddenly
By ordering a field to be opened in Wucheng Academy, does it mean that the students are required to farm the land in their spare time? The students are all talking about this."
"I ordered people to open up a field in Wucheng Academy, not to let them farm the land themselves. Those fields will be planted by farmers. I just want them to see with their own eyes how hard it is for farmers to farm and know how difficult life is for farmers.
, If I become an official in the future, I can take care of the suffering of the people." Yunxi said.
From ancient times to the present, although there is only one emperor who said "Why not eat porridge and rice", the emperor and the general royal family rarely have a clear idea of how miserable the life of the poor people is. Reports from their subordinates
Only a vague impression can be drawn from it, so it is not surprising that many emperors who experienced large-scale uprisings during their tenure used some stupid tricks at the beginning of the uprising.
Of course, Yunxi wants to change this situation. It is naturally unrealistic for all members of the ruling class to share the joys and sorrows with the poorest people, but they must also have an intuitive impression of the lives of the poor. Now the nobles are also included.
The category of the ruling class naturally also needs to undergo such education.
"Chen Qing," Yunxi said again: "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot. I remember that when I was in Lanzhou a few years ago, I ordered your people to enter the capital. I have something to tell them. Can I enter the capital now?"
"Your Majesty, one of my tribe members has entered the capital on the ninth day of February and is waiting for your Majesty's orders."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? It's a little late now."
"Your Majesty, why are you so anxious?"
"It's about farming." Yunxi finished all the rice in his rice bowl and told Chen Ji what he said at Heyanzhuang.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know how to say this. If he is a minister who thinks this way, I will definitely want your Majesty to recommend him as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue." Chen Ji said.
Yunxi smiled proudly. But Chen Ji then said: "Your Majesty, doing this is very important in the north, Huguang, and Sichuan, a place with less people and more land. But in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many people and the land is small. In my opinion,
It is not suitable to implement such a practice; if the surplus people are moved to a place with few people, many people will not be able to move in a short time. Therefore, I believe that this practice should be carried out in Jiangnan with caution."
"I know it too. So I will first pick a few places to implement it and see what the results are. As for how to arrange the surplus rural labor in the Jiangnan area in the future, we will wait until then."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I will tell him about this when I get back."
"Chen Qing, tell your tribe that as long as they follow the new farming method, I will give your family three stones of rice per acre of land as a reward," Yunxi said again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chen Ji agreed again.
Having said this, Yunxi had nothing to say to Chen Ji. Chen Ji had been in the palace for half a day and wanted to rush back to Wucheng Academy, so he asked Yunxi for a gift, and Yunxi agreed.
In the next few days, news spread that Princess Ning Guo was the vice-principal of Wucheng Academy, which attracted many ministers to remonstrate and impeach. But Yunxi just said that "Wucheng Academy is a private school, not a court school, and is not subject to imperial laws and orders."
Refute back.
His attitude was so resolute that the civil servants could only stare. If it were an ordinary woman, these civil servants would probably arrange many things; but for a royal princess, does it mean that she will live long if she arranges random things? Everyone can only keep looking for all kinds of people who are reasonable or unreasonable.
The reason is that there is no other way than to submit memorials and remonstrances.
For all the memorials that were sent to him later, Yunxi ignored them all and kept them in the center. No matter how many things happened in the court every day, there would always be other things to change the focus, and this matter gradually faded away.
And there is indeed a big event going on. The eldest princess of Zhongshan, Zhu Yunlan, is already twenty-one years old this year. According to the social atmosphere at this time, she is already an older leftover girl. The self-proclaimed Confucian ministers requested that the princess get married as soon as possible.
The memorial has been presented several times.
Later, it was decided that a man named Ye would be the consort, so everyone calmed down a bit. But he died in the battle of Annan immediately, and the princess became a widow. The emperor did not want the princess to be a widow, and also launched a struggle against Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and then decided
He married Yang Feng, whose wife died, as the consort.
This series of events is dazzling, and has been discussed non-stop by ministers and common people. Now that this matter has finally come to an end, no one cares about it; not to mention that this is the first time a princess gets married during the Jianye period, so it deserves more attention.
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Moreover, there was a princess whose wedding was held at the same time as the princess's wedding. This royal girl, named Princess Anqiu, had a special status. She was the daughter of the former King of Qi. She was once deposed as princess and was exiled to Yunnan. But last time
The army conquered Annan, but they found that she was following the army as a military doctor to treat injured soldiers. Because she treated the wounded the same regardless of their status, all the soldiers she treated were very grateful to her, and her reputation was very good, especially among the Yi.
She also treated people and soldiers equally, and the barbarian tribes who followed the army were very grateful to her.
Later, the fact that she concealed her identity and joined the army as a military doctor was known to His Majesty. In gratitude for her actions, His Majesty restored the title of Princess Princess and even personally officiated her wedding.
Of course the discerning people in the court could see that the emperor was trying to win over the hearts and minds of the southwestern barbarians. But this was not harmful to the ministers in the court, so they would not say anything.
The wedding of Princess Zhongshan and Princess Anqiu has been organized since the second day of February. The first thing is to ask for the famous ceremony. The person who is selected as the consort/the guest of honor prepares gifts at home, expresses his wishes, and wishes.
Que bowed again. The marriage envoy arrived at the inner east gate and said in front of the envoy: "I'm going to pay tribute to Yang Feng, the son of Yang Lingquan, the commander of the envoy..., to learn the etiquette of my ancestors, and the envoy please accept it." Kneel down to express the conferment.
The inner envoy. The inner envoy knelt to receive him and brought him into the inner hall. Those holding geese and gifts followed him inside to offer sacrifices. The inner envoy came out and the person in charge of the wedding said: "The envoy will add a divination pot, and the envoy will ask for his name." The inner envoy then entered with an inscription.
In the palace, he went to see the emperor and asked for the edict. After the emperor selected the candidate, the emissary came out with the edict and said: "Yes." The person in charge of the marriage knelt down and the emissary read: "The second daughter of the late emperor, the younger sister of your majesty today,
I am the eldest princess of Zhongshan; your majesty’s cousin is now the princess of Anqiu.” The person in charge of the marriage bowed down and received the order. He then entered the palace to pay homage to the emperor, who gave him a banquet.
Next came Naji. Naji's etiquette was similar to that of Nacai. The person in charge of the wedding said: "Add all the divination signs, and the fortune telling will be auspicious. I would like to make you dare to sue Nacai."
The family who was chosen as the consort/guest of ceremony prepared furniture, black silk, jade silk, horse riding, and wedding ceremony. The person in charge of the marriage made a speech and said: "Chaoen's room is in the command of Yang Lingquan's son Yang Feng/..., there are ancestors.
According to the ceremony, the envoy will bundle the silk and ride on the horse to accept the levy." After that, a good day was chosen to get married: "I would like to ask for an auspicious day, which is the ninth day of the third month."
After choosing a date to get married, all you have to do is wait for that day to get married. (To be continued)