Female Official In the East Palace - Chapter 235

    In June of the 45th year of Emperor Kangxi, it has been one year and four months for the prince to patrol the sky. He went all the way from the south to the north, and just arrived at Xuzhou Prefecture today.

    Since the beginning of the rainy season, the prince and others have rarely seen sunny days all the way.

    The prince traveled this time, only with guards and no attendants, so there were only two of them in this carriage. The prince saw that there were also behind his neck and ears, so he picked up the ointment, “I’ll help you…”

    Jingxi hid, raised her hand to receive the ointment and refused: “Don’t try to infect you.”

    The imperial doctor has already diagnosed it, and it is not contagious, but the prince did not reluctantly and handed it to him.

    Jingxi sighed, then looked at the prince and said enviously, “When it comes to pampering yourself, I’m naturally not as good as His Royal Highness. I didn’t expect this level of physical strength, and I’m not as good.”

    Many of the guards also suffered from the same disease as Jingxi, and some even had back and leg pains, but the prince did not. Even the imperial doctor said that the prince was in good health.

    The prince took a sip of hot tea and said, “If there is someone around you who can copy medical books to the point of reciting them, it will be difficult to think about being healthy.”

    Rong Xin is self-disciplined, has been in the Yuqing Palace for many years, and is proficient in medical theory.

    And this is another meaning in Jingxi’s mouth, “Is Your Highness showing off?”

    The prince did not deny it, “If you think so, you can.”

    “If the female officer Rong hadn’t refused to be my daughter’s upbringing mama, His Royal Highness would have nowhere to say this today.”

    The prince curled the corners of his mouth and said firmly: “Aunt will never abandon me.”

    Jing Xila lowered her sleeves and shook her head, “Yes, everyone in the capital knows that the female official is very loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”

      In general, my aunt must also regard me as her own in her heart.”

    The prince’s words were never told to Rong Xin face to face, so he didn’t know at all, he regarded it as if he had come out and Rong Xin regarded him as if he had come out, which is a difference of seniority.

    At this moment, the prince talked about Rong Xin with a warm smile. Although he had never seen his biological mother, he grew up surrounded by love throughout his childhood and adolescence.

    “I’m always lucky.”

    Jing Xi looked at the prince who did not have a haze in his eyes, and his expression was a little less unrestrained.

    The prince laughed, “Now you know more and more how to teach people to be happy.”

    He sat on the carriage and folded down, looking extremely funny, and the prince did laugh as he wished.

    Fortunately, everyone quickly arrived at the gate of Xuzhou Mansion and finally stopped to rest. The guards simply let go and speeded up their journey.

    The officials of Xuzhou prefecture were waiting at the city gate early. When they saw the flag on the carriage, they immediately greeted them from under the city gate in the rain, and said in a loud voice, “Welcome Your Royal Highness!”

    The prince could have gone out of the carriage, but he would never treat courtiers slowly because of his identity, so he ordered the coachman to stop the carriage.

    “Everyone is flat.” The crown prince personally lifted the frontmost official.

    The prefect of Xuzhou was flattered, and immediately got up and said respectfully, “It’s raining heavily, please return to the carriage.”

    The prince swept his eyes over the people, their official uniforms had been smashed by the rain, and their faces were in a state of embarrassment, so he did not delay and said directly: “Quickly enter the city, everyone. Go home and change your clothes first, don’t rush to see you.”

    “Minions/ministers waiting for His Royal Highness Prince Xie T-shirt.”

    The prince nodded and turned back to the carriage.

    Jingxi persuaded: “His Royal Highness, be careful of catching a cold, go into the room.”

    The prince did not move, and said worriedly: “With such a heavy rain, I don’t know if the people’s life will be difficult.”

    “It will be fine after the rain.”

    On the second day, it was a whole day of uninterrupted heavy rain. The rain in the prefect yamen was already pouring up the steps. The prince was worried and called the river officials to inquire.

    The river officials didn’t care about concealing the prince, and said that if the rain continued for a while, it was very likely that the embankment would burst.

    “Any response?”

    “Emergency reinforcement of the river embankment is really impossible, so the people must temporarily abandon their homes and move to higher ground.”

    The river officials bowed their heads and waited for the prince’s orders.

    The prince asked: “This year the court has allocated funds for the river, how much is left?”

    “Report to His Royal Highness, before the rainy season, in order to prevent the estuary from bursting, it was used to reinforce the river crossing, and now there is not much left…”

    Now is not the time to explore the truth or falsehood of it, the prince thought about it again and again, and suddenly remembered that once upon a time, his aunt told him the word “relief for work”, so he said: “Order the prefect of Xuzhou to come here, The order of the prince intends to announce to the people of Xuzhou that the poor will be able to support themselves by providing relief for their work.”

    “Teach the people to pack up their belongings in case of emergency.”

    “Yes, the lower official will follow the orders of His Royal Highness.”

    Afterwards, in the yamen of the Xuzhou prefectural government, the local officials and the prince drafted a notice together. After confirming that there were no omissions, they stamped the seal of the prince and quickly spread it to the counties of Xuzhou.

    The rain did not stop at all. The prince was sitting in the prefect’s yamen. One day he heard that the fields of a certain county had been submerged, and the next day, he would hear the rain flooding many people. I don’t know what kind of disaster will be heard if we continue, and the water level of the river bank has risen to seven or eight points…

    “Come on, prepare a horse!”

    “I know what I have in mind.” Even if the prince has a plan, he will not at this moment, just insist, “The people are repairing the river embankment, as the prince, how can I shrink in the house Yanei?”

    “Your Highness…”

    “Don’t say it any more, if I sit and enjoy it and indulge in enjoyment, I will be the crown prince in vain.”

    Jingxi couldn’t, so he had to order someone to prepare the carriage, and worried about the safety of the prince, and taught the guards to be full of energy and protect the prince.

    The prince has been in the prefectural government for several days. He went out today. He did not take a carriage, but like the guards, put on riding clothes and hats, and rushed to the river bank on horseback.

    As it approached, several young and strong men were seen topless, stepping on thin mud, pushing trolleys to the riverbank, and the trolleys were full of sacks with mud and sand.

    A trolley was pushed into a muddy soup, and it fell into it. The man pushing the trolley couldn’t push the trolley out, even if it was unstable, the trolley tilted to one side.

    Just as the man was unable to control, a pair of clean hands supported the scooter, and in the next instant, several hands appeared on the scooter, and a few people exerted force to stop the scooter from tipping over With the momentum, he helped the man push the car out of the mud puddle.

    The man raised his head, his eyes locked on the most conspicuous person, and he asked loudly, “Who are you?”

    The prince’s eyes fell on his dirty and black hands. His fingers had wrinkled and peeled due to long-term immersion in water.

    The man noticed his sight, moved manually, clenched the handle of the scooter, and said, “Don’t delay my work!” After speaking, he pushed his arm with force and pushed the scooter. Hard to move forward.

    The prince watched him walk away, the rainwater left from the top of his head all the way down his cheeks, suddenly clenched his fists, and stepped up to chase the man.

    Jingxi saw the posture of the prince, let go of the reins in his hand and hurried to catch up. Before the prince encountered the scooter again, he greeted the guards: “Don’t help!”

    Just now, the prince moved too fast. At this time, they absolutely did not want the prince to touch his hands again, so they were all motivated and used all their strength to help push the cart.

    Jingxi was also replaced by a guard, and Jingxi walked beside the prince again, in order to break through the rain, he shouted loudly: “Your Highness, you have to say it, you are Wanjin The body, just come and see, don’t try to do it!”

    They walked beside them empty-handed, and their speed was naturally faster than the scooters, and soon they went to the front of the scooters.

    Behind them, the nearest worker heard Jingxi’s words. While pushing the cart, his eyes widened and he couldn’t believe his ears.

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    The worker immediately looked at the person who helped push the cart next to him, with an obvious questioning look in his eyes.

    The guard sullenly urged, “Concentrate on pushing the cart, don’t delay fixing the embankment.”

    Workers are busy and anxious: “Yes, yes…”

    About two quarters of an hour, the crowd arrived near the embankment, and the workers on the embankment and under the embankment carried the sacks up and down with enthusiasm.

    “Quick!”

    “Hurry up!”

    “Don’t stop!”

    Under each section of the river embankment, a small official was yelling at the workers, and two even threw their whips.

    When the prince saw this, he frowned and instructed Jingxi sideways: “Send someone to take a look at the place where the workers receive their wages, and then quietly ask the workers how much their daily wages are. “

    “Yes, Your Highness.” Jing Xi responded and went to a group of workers who were relatively familiar with pushing trolleys, and then sent another person to the accounting office.

      This is the embankment, and idlers should not approach.”

    The prince did not answer, but instead asked: “The workers who fix the river embankment here, but the guilty ones serve corvée?”

    If the imperial court recruits corvée, there is no need to pay wages.

    This time, the prince’s relief for work is to increase the enthusiasm of the people to repair the river embankment, and also to relieve some pressure on the court and Xuzhou government and river.

    If they didn’t come out suddenly today, and they didn’t inform the river officials, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to see such a scene.

    The more the prince thought about it, the more worried he became, but he was still suppressing his anger, waiting for the guards who went to inquire about the news to come back and make a statement.

    The little official did not know the identity of the prince, but he was not stupid, and explained carefully, “You are so small, it is because some workers are lazy, and the river bank urgently needs to be repaired, so I am impatient. some…”

    The prince didn’t answer, and still stood there expressionlessly, watching the people working **** the embankment and under the embankment.

    Jingxi has looked at it privately and noticed that there is a shed not far away. Although it is simple, it can be sheltered from the rain, so he persuaded: “Your Highness, let’s go there and wait.”

    The prince was too lazy to care about a small official, looked in the direction pointed by Jingxi, and glanced at the guards who were protecting him, nodded in agreement.

    The little official did not dare to go forward, but quietly called someone to report. The prince did not stop him, standing under the shed, silently watching the river bank.

    The one who came first was the guard who went to check.

    “Report to Your Highness, the wages of the river workers here are ten cents a day, every five days. If there is any sabotage, the corresponding wages will be deducted.”

    The prince did not make a statement, and Jingxi said angrily: “When His Highness and Xuzhou officials discussed the salary a few days ago, it was not this reward. If they have difficulties, they can speak bluntly with His Royal Highness, Why should you deceive His Royal Highness?”

     Saying “there is a problem” is to give face to the river officials. In fact, when everyone hears the guard’s words, their first reaction is corruption.

    Ten pennies a day is not the minimum wage for workers in the Qing Dynasty, and of course it is by no means high, but when the prince discussed with Xuzhou officials that day, it was clearly stated that at this time, relief for work must be provided To solve the urgent need, it is indeed impossible to give the people a higher reward.

    The daily 15 cents money set at that time, and the provision of meals, was the result of mutual negotiation based on the current situation in Xuzhou. A consensus has been reached, and I did not expect that there would be errors.

    Half an hour later, the prefect of Xuzhou and the officials of the river hurriedly arrived, with priorities, the prince did not launch the attack immediately, but looked coldly at the officials of Xuzhou kneeling on the ground, saying: “Wait a minute. I have my trust.”

    Xuzhou officials kowtowed and begged for mercy, and some people were shouting grievances. The workers at work opened their eyes when they saw this scene.

    “In the future, I will personally supervise the work, and you will serve on both sides. I will see with my own eyes how the people of Qing Dynasty built the river embankment with their hands!”