During dinner, Li Yuhua and Mu Anzhi muttered a few words about how it was cold in the house and how they should provide food for Chang Shisi and winter clothes for the house. Mu Anzhi just listened and gave Li Yuhua a piece of beef stew:
"You can make up your mind on these things from now on, you don't need to tell me."
"Then I won't tell you." Li Yuhua originally regarded the inner house as his forbidden area. He just said a few words. Mu Anzhi could give her opinions, but she would be the one to make the decision. Seeing that her third brother trusted her like this, Li Yuhua
It's all up to you.
This beef is so well stewed that it is rotten in the mouth. It is not chewy at all, and it is not chewy. Cows are not allowed to be slaughtered in the countryside, and usually no one slaughters them even if they are allowed to be slaughtered. The pork must be eaten in good years.
Well, let alone beef. That is to say, beef is sold in butcher shops in the county during the Chinese New Year. The cow cannot be disease-free or die from disaster. It must have been an accident. It is OK to drown and fall to death, but slaughtering the cow alive is not OK.
After Li Yuhua became rich, she always treated herself well when it came to food. She also bought some beef, but it was not cooked properly and was not fragrant. From then on, Li Yuhua ate less beef.
The imperial chef in this palace is different after all. Li Yuhua said, "Tomorrow I will ask the chef to cut two pieces of taro into the beef stew. It will be delicious."
The advantage of leaving the palace and opening a mansion is that you can decide what you eat.
Mu Anzhi said, "This beef is from the imperial capital, and it is not considered superior beef. Good beef must come from the northwest. There is a kind of beef in the extremely cold land of northern Xinjiang, with very long hair. That is really good beef, no matter it is
Whether it's stewed, boiled, steamed or roasted, it's always fresh and tender."
"Isn't that where Pei Zhuangyuan went?"
"Yes. It's a pity that Ruyu always eats a light diet. I think he doesn't care even if there is such delicious food."
"It doesn't matter. Sister Muxiang is like me. She can't live without meat." Li Yuhua raised the corners of his lips, obviously happy that there is food suitable for sisters in Northern Xinjiang. As for Pei Zhuangyuan, it's fine as long as he doesn't starve to death. Who cares about this?
many.
Li Yuhua said, "Third brother, have you written to Pei Zhuangyuan?"
"wrote."
"Oh, why don't you tell me? I also want to write a letter to Sister Muxiang."
"I will definitely think of you next time."
"Mei Dianbo is back, and the two village heads came with him to say hello. Third brother, I want to quit these two village heads."
"What's wrong?"
"I don't think they are pleasing to the eye." Li Yuhua took a spoonful of soup and drank it slowly. "How many days have we been in the government? If I don't send Mei Dianbook, I don't think they will come. Their style is very unpleasant."
Small."
If it had been before, Mu Anzhi would probably have advised Li Yuhua to forget it and be merciful. However, this time Mu Anzhi looked at Li Yuhua's raised thin eyelids and said, "You can do what you want, we're just two village leaders."
That's right, there are just two village heads. Do we still need to consider which family they come from? Since the servants for him are not suitable, they can be replaced with suitable ones.
Mu Anzhi found that it was particularly easy to live a life without having to think too much.
Li Yuhua was always a man of ideas, but when Mu Anzhi was forced to let go of the affairs of the government, Li Yuhua began to make drastic changes.
Early the next morning, Mei Dianbo came over with his gift.
"Why did you give me a gift?" Li Yuhua saw the statistical documents presented by Mei Dianbook last night and was very satisfied with Mei Dianbook's difference. He wanted to praise Mei Dianbook a few words, but he met again this morning.
Showing the gift list, he joked.
Mei Dianbu said, "I wanted to present it to the empress yesterday. The empress has many things going on, so I don't dare to disturb you."
Li Yuhua opened the gift list and saw some country game, so he said, "Excuse me, you are still thinking about me and His Highness when you are on a long business trip. I read yesterday's official document and you did a good job. But I think our two villages are not close to each other."
Not far away, there is a village of ten hectares, not a large village. Why did it take so long to come back?"
"The lower official did not dare to delay when he arrived at the village. He first checked the tenant list on the village, and wanted to take a look at the situation in the village. He met two tenants and asked them about the harvest in the village in the past years. Speaking of the relationship between the queen and the mother,
I told them about the kindness of the Empress and Your Highness, and that the purpose of keeping this list was to facilitate future rewards. They immediately asked if his grandson’s name was on the list. The official later found out after asking the head of the village,
This register was established twenty years ago, and there is no record of how many people have been added or subtracted during this period. How can this be done?" Mei Dian said, "The tenants actually live not far away, so the official summoned them to one place.
Everyone nodded and recorded it again, which wasted time."
"Tell me, what about Zhuangzi?"
Yunyan brought the fragrant tea, and Mei Dianbu quickly stepped forward to take it and serve it to Li Yuhua.
After serving the tea, Mei Dianbo returned to his original position and replied, "Zhuangzi is a good Zhuangzi, and they all have top-quality fertile fields. One acre of land can produce two to three hundred kilograms. The official looked at the account book on the Zhuang's fields. The output per mu in the previous five years
It’s about two hundred and twenty or thirty pounds.”
Li Yuhua asked, "How are the tenants on Zhuangzi?"
"Our two villages are next to each other, and the tenant farmers live close to each other, gradually forming a village. Because there are many people with the surname Li, it is called Li Tenant Village."
"Zhuangzi's head of the village, is he perfunctory enough to make things difficult for you?"
"It's always a good job. This time, Cheng You and Ding Yuan helped me a lot when I counted the tenants."
"Did they come with you?"
"coming."
Li Yuhua said, "Go and do your work. Du Changshi, Hua Changshi and others are busy with the case of the Charity Society these days. You are in charge of the bookkeeping. Go over and help."
"yes."
Mei Dianbo respectfully withdrew, feeling a little bit regretful in his heart, but within this regret, he could not be sure of being happy. The regret was because after returning home yesterday, Mei Dianbo heard about the great actions of His Highness the Third Highness after he left, and heard about Ci En.
There were more than ten officials involved in the meeting, and the head of the palace, Shi Si, was even more busy. At that time, Mei Dianbo was out of the city on an errand for the prince and concubine, and did not catch up with this important event.
Mei Dianbo originally thought that he was one step ahead of others and was the first to ingratiate himself with the princess. Unexpectedly, someone who was serious about getting credit for his work was slow to do so. He thought it was a pity to miss this opportunity to get credit.
Fortunately, since they met twice, the prince and concubine only mentioned a few words to the two village heads. If Mei Dianbu expected it to be true, those two people were the first to be burned by the prince and concubine.
.
With the prince's concubine's temperament, Zhuangtou would be exempted even if he said so, which shows that she has the final say in the mansion.
In this way, I missed the case of the Charity Society and left a good impression on the prince and concubine, so it can't be said that it was all in vain.
It's just that if you can't have both, you will inevitably be a little greedy and disappointed.
Mei Dianbu adjusted his mood and exited the small hall. He deliberately turned to the living room to find Cheng You and Ding Yuan, and informed them, "My queen is probably going to see you. You two should be mentally prepared."
So he hurried to Du Hua and the two chief historians to report.
After Li Yuhua summoned Mei Dianbo in the morning, he basically knew it after reading the list of house gifts prepared by Su Shuang for the Second Prince's Mansion, and the samples of clothes and shoes brought by Qianzhenfang, Huixinfang, and Bujia Shoe Shop.
The quality of the needlework produced by the three stores is indeed good. Because Huixinfang mostly sells women's clothing, Li Yuhua decided to buy Qianzhenfang and Bujia Shoe Shop.
Chang Shisi just needs to go to these two shops to make his winter clothes and boots, tailor the clothes to his specifications, and choose the materials himself. The two Chang Shis get the first-class ones. In addition, they all have different grades. You can decide what color and pattern you like. Winter clothes and boots
Two pieces each, one small woolen material and one large woolen material.
At that time, let Qian Zhenfang and Bujia Shoe Shop come to the Wang Mansion to settle the bill.
As for the sewing room in the mansion, it only needs to make clothes for Li Yuhua, Mu Anzhi and Grandma Sun. As Grandma Sun gets older, she doesn’t have to make her own clothes. Li Yuhua said, “Mother, your clothes are with us.”
Everything is done together in the house, let them do it carefully, so as not to be careless when there is too much work."
In fact, even if you have your own sewing room, for example, some of Li Yuhua's coats are made from their own materials and handed over to outside tailors. Without them, the sewing room is still too busy, especially embroidery, which is the most time-consuming. If it is simple embroidery,
The embroidery of some large clothes and more complicated ones can only take half a month with a single peony. Such clothes must be embroidered by outsiders.
It was not until the afternoon that I had time to meet with Cheng You and Ding Yuan. Both of them were quite young. Cheng You looked about eighteen or nineteen years old, and Ding Yuan was a little older but only twenty-three or four years old. This was probably the first time he met the prince and his wife.
Because of this, they were still too nervous to raise their heads after the great ceremony. Li Yuhua asked them to talk about Zhuangzi, including when to sow and when to irrigate. They were both educated. But they had no fame.
Don't think that Pei Ruyu's taking the No. 1 Scholar exam is just a joke. People like Pei No. 1 Scholar are very rare in the world. Most people like Cheng You and Ding Yuan are in their early twenties and have no fame.
Li Yuhua said, "I think you are also familiar with Zhuangzi's affairs. The original head of the village is not very dedicated, and I am thinking of replacing him with two more useful people. Would you two be willing to be the head of the village?"
The two were shocked and speechless.
Li Yuhua broke off an orange, lowered his head and just peeled off the orange peel. When the orange peel tore, countless refreshing droplets burst out, and the fragrance of the orange spread in the hall. Cheng You and Ding Yuan looked at each other. In fact, they both had elders.
Zhuangzi is in charge of affairs, and Cheng You's father is one of the leaders of the village.
Cheng You was worried that Li Yuhua didn't know about this, so he whispered uneasily, "Mother, the villain's father is the village head of Xi Li Dian."
Ding Yuan also said bravely, "The villain's second uncle is the village head of Dongli Tenant."
"They are not good, I will not use them again. If you are willing to give them a good word, if you don't want to, I will find someone else."
The two of them immediately gave up their thoughts. If it were someone else, it would be better for them to do it. They said loudly, "I am willing! Thank you for your cultivation. I will work hard and live up to your expectations!"
"That's it. I don't think I will misjudge the wrong person and use the wrong person. I will devote my heart to Zhuangzi in a down-to-earth manner. I'm waiting to see your results. Remember, I don't like oily people.
"
The two of them were shocked and responded in unison, "Yes."
Li Yuhua confiscated none of the mountain goods sent by Zhuangzi and ordered them to take them all back.
The prince, concubine and empress would all accept it if it was not given as a gift from anyone.
meeting hall.
Mu An held the memorial drafted by Du Changshi in his hand and read it carefully, "Although Wang Shilang's confession was not obtained, there is clear evidence pointing to him. He also knew about and participated in human trafficking. Such a person
, How can my children and grandchildren have the face to continue serving as officials in the court? Add to the memorial, please Your Majesty to remove the descendants of Wang Shilang from their official positions."
Du Changshi said, "Wang Hanlin is now also a subordinate of the East Palace."
"His Royal Highness has a great mind, how can he protect the grandson of a prisoner? Write this."
Du Changshi followed Mu Anzhi's instructions and wrote down the dismissal of Wang Shilang's descendants from their official positions. He did not forget to remind him, "We have not found any conclusive evidence about Wang Shilang's matter."
"That's because he died too neatly." Mu Anzhi sighed with regret.
Since the issuance of the imperial edict, the prince has been learning political affairs from Emperor Mu Xuan's side.
Emperor Mu Xuan handed Mu Anzhi's letter to the prince. The prince read it carefully and was really surprised. Before the failure of the battle for the throne, Mu Anzhi had always had a gentle temperament, the kind of gentle and generous gentleman. Although the two of them had some problems due to the throne.
Although they secretly competed with each other, Mu Anzhi never did anything rude and was always gentle and courteous in his dealings with others.
After the failure in the fight for the throne, Mu Anzhi's temperament changed drastically. He was once paranoid and irritable, but now he has just got the job, but he is now so ruthless and ruthless. The whole case is detailed in the book. As many as fifty people were beheaded according to the law, and the remaining
There were more than 100 people who had to be dealt with including confiscation of their homes, exile, dismissal from office, etc. Others were indirectly involved, such as elders committing crimes and the younger generation not being able to continue serving as officials in the government, so they were all dismissed.
For those who have meritorious titles, Mu Anzhi even suggested that they be stripped of their meritorious titles and never be employed.
The prince read it twice. Emperor Mu Xuan asked, "What do you think?"
"This matter is indeed hateful and abominable. My third brother acted in accordance with the law and is blameless. I just think, especially since many people have been transferred from their previous positions. They are responsible for the crime and there is no need to show mercy. I think some people are just
If they are dismissed from office, their descendants will also be dismissed. Isn’t it too much to involve them?”
"Combining leniency with severity. This is not as good as yours. In the early years, I said that his temperament was too soft, but now he is too hard."
"Toughness also has its advantages. Third brother did a very good job on this mission."
"It's okay."
"Father, the third brother and the second brother are the same age. The second brother is already in charge of government. Since the third brother has such talents, it is not good for him to be idle at home all the time. How about allowing the third brother to continue to serve in court?"
"Let's make the same trouble again."
"I don't think the third brother has the temper to cause trouble casually. What's more, today is different from the past. The third brother has made a lot of progress." The prince handed the folded child back to Emperor Mu Xuan's hand and offered a cup of hot tea to his father. "Father, give this to the third brother."
My brother is on an errand, and he has something to occupy his hands with, so he won't mess around."
Seeing that the prince had no grudges against Mu Anzhi and was still able to ask for a mission for Mu Anzhi, Emperor Mu Xuan thought to himself, "What kind of mission is suitable for him?"
"Look at what my father said, my third brother is talented in literature and martial arts. He excels in everything. No matter what the mission, he can take on any job."
Emperor Mu Xuan originally planned to let Mu Anzhi go to the Hanlin Academy, but now it seems that Mu Anzhi has done a good job in solving the case. Emperor Mu Xuan said, "Then let him go to the Ministry of Punishment."
"My son first thanks my father on behalf of my third brother."
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