Living Leisurely in Tang Dynasty - Chapter 192

Li Yuanying is a typical person who takes inches and climbs up the pole. He guessed that His Majesty Li Er was not angry with him, and started to do things. This group of people didn’t ask for it directly and didn’t pay it back, but used it on secondment. All the tools and techniques he researched by investing money and people will be promoted to the entire Datang, so he feels that he is not ashamed to open his mouth.

After Li Yuanying finished writing the letter, she personally handed it to the messenger, and took the other’s hand Yin Yin and told the other party to send the letter to His Majesty Li Er as soon as possible.

It is said that an inch of time and an inch of gold are difficult to buy an inch of time. He is very anxious. With more manpower, he and Tengzhou’s rich and powerful can only realize the awesomeness. The best thing is to call people over years ago, and in the next year he can take people to the pilot counties to show off: With King Teng, you have everything!

Li Yuanying sent off the messenger happily.

After the autumn harvest, the people all came to relax. Except for the three pilot counties that needed to build bridges and pave the way for infrastructure construction, everyone had the idea of ​​raising fat to hide from the winter, and began to stay at home.

Li Yuanying devoted himself to the preparations for the quarterly magazine “Qi Min Yao Shu”, running around to invite famous scholars from this prefecture and neighboring states to come out of the mountains, and to prepare for the two-handedness of His Majesty Li Er.

Wei Shu, Wu Mei and others were not idle either, and they discussed taking people to the towns and counties below to preach.

Tengzhou Academy opened a women’s school as early as the beginning. In the past two years, there have been very few female students. Wei Shu and the others felt that they would be mobilized to teach the girls their skills.

If you want to preach, you can’t be unprepared, especially since Wei Shu, Wu Mei, and Chengyang are not ordinary people.

They either came from a family of officials or a rich family. Chengyang was born in the royal family. They were born with no worries about food and clothing, and they rarely encounter the troubles of ordinary girls.

Wei Shu felt that if they rushed to preach, they might not get good results, so it would be better to first understand why they didn’t come to study.

Wei Shu asked people to find a group of businesswomen in the city. They were not the ones who sat in their homes and enjoyed wealth, but who ran around with their husbands and even sold gadgets by themselves.

Suddenly, these business women heard that the prospective princess was going to meet them. They were surprised and delighted. They found their most decent clothes and went to the academy. When they arrived outside the academy, they could hardly recognize that this was the desolate field in the past few years. His Royal Highness King Teng had brought too many changes to Tengzhou. They consciously came from merchants and did not dare to run to the academy too much. , I am afraid of disturbing the quiet of the scholar.

Reading, in the eyes of ordinary people, has always been a very precious thing.

When they arrived at the meeting hall of the academy, the business women filed in, and soon saw the prospective queen Wei Shu waiting in the hall.

Wei Shu has always appeared in the eyes of many people as a “quasi-prince”, and then some people remembered that she was Wei Zheng’s granddaughter and the youngest female Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty.

Having the opportunity to be interviewed by Wei Shu this time, these business women had a deep impression of Wei Shu at first glance.

When she stood with His Royal Highness King Teng, everyone thought they were a pair of golden boys and girls, and they were very good match. But when she appeared alone in front of people, her unique temperament appeared.

She looks different from most girls. She is calm and confident. Even if she has never married into the royal family, even if she does not have the status of Princess Teng, she can do all these things now. No wonder His Royal Highness Teng likes this prospective princess so much!

All the business women admired in their hearts, and they all stepped forward to bow their bows.

Wei Shu was not yet a princess, so he would not accept their courtesy. He got up and greeted them to sit in and sit down, ordering people to serve tea, water and fruits, so polite that flattered the businesswomen.

When the people arrived, Wei Shu briefly talked about the enrollment problem encountered by the women’s school, hoping that they can understand the reasons why girls do not come to school when they go out with their husbands to sell goods, so that they can prescribe the right medicine to find a solution.

After the winter, the only people who walked around were vendors. I heard that it was such a simple request. All the businesswomen responded at once and told Wei Shu about the facts they knew——

Needless to say, the little lady in the city started thinking about finding her husband’s house at the age of seven or eight, and she was preparing for marriage in the next few years. Kaimeng had a female master from her family or her own mother to teach herself, and she had to study the female celebrity and study. Doing housework, I would never go out to study.

As for the little ladies in the farmers’ homes, they have to be busy from the age of six or seven. They can’t do the work in the field, mowing the grass and feeding the pigs, driving ducks, feeding chickens and cattle, and getting help from the kitchen or doing some sewing. Mending work.

These things seem to be piecemeal, but they are actually time-consuming, enough to keep people busy all day. When you grow up, you have to look at others and marry early.

You must know that a man is a Ding at the age of 20, and he will go out for labor or military service. After leaving home, I don’t know if there will be any accidents. Therefore, people generally should get married and give birth to sons before they are 20 years old. Otherwise, The possibility is to cut off the incense!

So, reading or something is time-consuming and costly. Why should girls go? If you have to let the children in the family go to school, then you must give the girl the work of the family to the girl, let the boy read it, and the boy can read it well.

It’s just a girl, no matter how good the book is, it belongs to someone else’s family. Helping someone else’s family to have children has nothing to do with one’s own family!

Hearing these words, Wei Shu wasn’t surprised. If it weren’t for her grandfather’s love for her, and if it wasn’t for Li Yuanying who had entered into a marriage contract with her, she wouldn’t be able to live as easily as she does now.

She asked the business women a lot of things they wanted to know, and then solemnly asked them to go to various towns and counties to learn more about the situation.

If possible, it would be best to help tell about the favorable treatment and great prospects that can be obtained when entering the women’s school.

It is easy to get real feedback from the business women who often walk the streets and lanes to do this. They can only get a cautious, not sincere response when they ask in person. Some words, only business women are suitable to persuade them to export.

Wei Shu earnestly trusted each other, and the merchant women were even more flattered, and responded to Wei Shu’s request. Some of them are also farmers. Because the family can’t make ends meet, they marry into the merchant’s house early and follow their husbands to make some hard money. Put yourself in it and think about it, if they are in the position of Wei Shu, they just stretch out their hands and open their mouths with their clothes, and enjoy the rich days surrounded by slaves. Every day they only need to worry about choosing which clothes to wear, which hairpins, and who to invite. Enjoying flowers together, how can you bother to do such a thankless thing?

After all the business women went out of the college, they were all ready to go back and pick a daughter of the right age to send to the women’s school. Wei Shu told them just now that the college never refused to accept the children of the merchants, and the daughters of the merchants could also come to study.

When it comes to this, of course they have to take a positive stand! Of course, they all have a little hope in their hearts, hoping that their daughter can learn one-tenth of the benefits of Wei Shu, and that in the future they can choose a husband-in-law who is one-tenth thousandth of his Royal Highness King Teng!

After the autumn harvest, each family more or less had to purchase winter supplies, and the shopkeepers and business women also went to various townships to sell in the dignified autumn breeze.

Shopkeepers and business women are the best talkers, and they can talk a few words with anyone. What is strange is that their topics are very consistent this time. They all ask how many daughters each family has, do they go to school?

Hearing that the families did not send them, they began to brag, saying that the women’s school in Tengzhou Academy not only cares about eating and drinking, but also taking money from home if they learn well. Smart girls at home can send them. Earn more than shoveling food all year round! I heard that the academy also takes care of the clothes, but the materials are all very good, and the custodians have never touched such good clothes in a lifetime!

They all talked about shopkeeper’s mouth and deceitful ghosts, but they said so vividly. Their mother-in-law was still helping them to say that when the girls enrolled in the spring of the coming year, they would also be ready to send their daughters early. Many people were moved.

As long as there is no turmoil and no impact on their food, the farmers are very honest, they work steadily, and they spend the whole year serving their own crops. Even if they hear about some things, they feel that they are far away from themselves, and they never cover themselves.

Hearing what the shopkeepers say, it seems that sending a girl to study is not a loss! If you send the smartest one, you might be able to send money back. And I heard that the most outstanding children in Tengzhou City and neighboring states are all studying in Tengzhou Academy. If my daughter is in the eyes of good people, wouldn’t it be possible to marry him?

For a while, every family was closing their doors to discuss whether to send a daughter to the women’s school. The family cannot be separated from others, so they can’t send all of them. But if there are more daughters, you can send one or two. Cheng Guilai happened to be married, and saved the money to raise them.

Everyone had discussed the matter of Wei Shu personally meeting a group of business women in private.

At the bottom of the ranks among the businessmen, farmers, commerce and industry, the business status is a bit lower. Even if you make a little money, you can’t wear good materials and can’t take the big carriage. Wei Shu is the quasi-prince Teng, how can he drop his status with those Business woman talking? However, Li Yuanying did not promote the businessman for a day or two. Although everyone was murmured in their hearts, no one would say anything in person. They just felt that the King Teng and his wife were really not particular about it!

Li Yuanying is really not a particular person. Since ordinary propaganda methods do not work, it is really a way for people to use the most popular and direct methods to persuade the people. He asked Wei Shu: “If there are more people coming, are you busy?”

Wu Mei was in charge of the entire academy, while Wei Shu and Chengyang were in charge of the women’s school. Want to expand enrollment next year, Li Yuanying is afraid of trouble.

Wei Shu said: “With the experience of the previous two years, it is not a problem to have several times the number of people.”

Li Yuanying was mainly afraid that Wei Shu and the others would be tired. Seeing that Wei Shu was full of energy and confidence, she would not stop herself. She patted her chest and said that if someone wants money, just open the mouth, as long as he has enough.

Both sides have to make preparations in the beginning of spring, so it is obviously the most leisurely winter day, but the young couple are too busy to talk and talk together when they meet.

Li Yuanying was so busy here, and his letter to His Majesty Li Er was also sent back to Chang’an.

His Majesty Li Er disposed of an old ministry and married a daughter. He kept a straight face every day and couldn’t see the happiness or anger.

Changsun Wuji and others felt that this life was a bit difficult, mainly because they didn’t know whether His Majesty Li Er was happy or unhappy, approved or not.

Compared to this kind of Majesty Li Er, they would rather pinch their noses to see Majesty Li Er from time to time and boast cheerfully, “I am so awesome, and sometimes even the generals can do the work.” At that time, Li Er was a little bit It was too much, but the mood was so easy that it was not unpredictable.

Fortunately, at this time, the messenger who sent the letter to Li Yuanying returned.

The speed of helping your Majesty Li Er to deliver the letter naturally can’t be slow. As a result, before he sat down and rested his feet, he was urged to see His Majesty Li Er.

This treatment shocked the messenger, and brought the letter into the palace with anxiety.

His Majesty Li Er heard that there was a letter from Tengzhou and asked someone to announce the messenger. He did not read the letter immediately, but asked about the situation in Tengzhou. Li Yuanying can tell Lu Zhaolin to see if he is thin or not, and he has to do his duty as a brother, and see how he has made Tengzhou tricks.

The messenger narrated all the information along the way, from not seeing Li Yuanying at the beginning to seeing Li Yuanying cutting several ears of rice in the field, from the good security of Tengzhou to the lively night market, everything was said without omission.

Even if there is Changsun Wuji, who is a professional suspect of Li Yuanying for a hundred years, everyone thinks that Li Yuanying is a lot of sensible and decent things.

His Majesty Li Er nodded straight at hearing, and asked someone to submit Li Yuanying’s letter, and sent the messenger away, leaning on the Pingji to open it.

Changsun Wuji and others began to focus on the official documents in their hands, and did not spy on Li Er’s reaction to the letter, fearing that they would be the first to be named by Li Er to share his precious brother’s letter.

Although it will always be shared, it will be happier to watch others’ fun first!

His Majesty Li Er was very pleased when he heard the messenger talk about the situation in Tengzhou just now. He felt that his younger brother had finally grown up, he would no longer be a fool, and sooner or later he would become a good prince of the Tang Dynasty who would benefit one party. When he finished reading Li Yuanying’s letter, his face instantly turned dark. The boy saw that he was not angry, and he started to make demands again!

Look what’s this saying? Regardless of those engaged in astronomy and geography, farmland water conservancy, or people with other talents, give him a dozen, and give him as much as he wants!

His Majesty Li Er was very angry.

In the year Li Yuanying left Beijing, he directly wiped out most of the talents selected during his imperial examination, and also dug a group of people to the Hongwen Hall.

As for a small piece of land in Tengzhou, he is embarrassed to continue to ask for someone? !

He wants to do a good job of enlightenment, want to do a good job in local development, don’t want other places? He had to leave all the talents, and every township and county in his fief was able to get a great scholar. That would definitely be thriving and wonderful!

With so many talents, where can it be bad?

His Majesty Li Er scolded: “This bastard!”

Changsun Wuji and others immediately asked His Majesty Li Er what happened.

His Majesty Li Er glanced at them and reiterated Li Yuanying’s request: He wants talents, and all talents. If there are any talents that the court does not need, just assign them to Tengzhou. Whether it is a bad-tempered or a badly popular one, as long as you have the ability, just let them come to Tengzhou!

Changsun Wuji’s face straightened.

Changsun Wuji’s thoughts are very similar to those of His Majesty Li Er: Li Yuanying has taken enough people away, and he is not satisfied. What a shame!

When several people discussed it, they felt that they couldn’t condone Li Yuanying’s kind of bastard, otherwise he would definitely be able to give birth to the idea of ​​moving the entire court over next time.

His Majesty Li Er wrote and scolded Li Yuanying, but when he was walking in the forbidden garden in the evening, he thought that Li Yuanying often strolled with him in Chang’an. He also felt that it would not be good to not give anybody. After all, Li Yuanying also wanted to Do something good for people’s livelihood, you still have to support it.

Since he had just finished scolding Li Yuanying **** in front of Wei Zheng and the others, his Majesty Li Er hadn’t repented so quickly, he still wanted face. So he called Li Chunfeng to ask him to make a list and select a group of people who met Li Yuanying’s requirements to go to Tengzhou. Li Chunfeng and Li Yuanying had a good relationship, and he would definitely be able to pick a suitable person.

His Majesty Li Er sullenly instructed Li Chunfeng: “You don’t have to pick so many, just within a hundred. Let them follow Gao Yang and the others to Tengzhou at the end of the month.”

Li Chunfeng got the order and inevitably muttered in his heart: The imperial court selects so many people every time the imperial examination, is it less than one hundred people from the imperial court at one time? When Changsun Wuji finds out, they will blow it up!

With the emperor’s fate, Li Chunfeng didn’t say much, and happily drafted a list for His Majesty Li Er, and selected a group of talents from all aspects that Li Yuanying requested.

His Majesty Li Er was very satisfied after reading it, and thought it was not bad.

His Majesty Li Er calmly added this group of people to the farewell list.

Fang Xuanling still didn’t know what Li Er’s actions had been done, until the list that Li Er had drafted was sent to him and asked him to stamp and sign him, he found out that Li Er secretly helped Li Yuanying to dig a corner of the imperial court. .

It was Fang Xuanling who had a good temper, but he was so angry that he went to find Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng with the list, and let them see what His Majesty Li Er was doing!

Is it easy for the court to recruit talents?

Is it easy to select talents for imperial examination?

With a stroke of his Majesty Li Er’s big pen, one hundred will be sent to Li Yuanying. Is it lack of virtue? Did he defeat the imperial family like this? He didn’t do the job of dare to choose and train, so he doesn’t feel distressed at all, right?

Tengzhou is just a little bit bigger, so is it necessary to give him a small court? !

When Fang Xuanling presided over the reshuffle of the imperial court, when the number of people was the smallest, the entire Chang’an was only more than 600 officials. Now, His Majesty Li Er wants to give Li Yuanying a hundred people with serious backgrounds to go there!

The two brothers are absolutely amazing, one dare to ask, the other dare to give it!

The three old men went to see His Majesty Li Er aggressively, and asked His Majesty Li Er to give an explanation, or they would just sit in the chamber and not leave!

His Majesty Li Er had a headache when he saw this battle, and he crossed out half of the candidates and barely reduced them to fifty. After the deletion, he still sighed: “Yuan Ying has been in the fief for so long and never asked me for anything. It is rare for him to speak once. Don’t I even meet his requirements? There was nothing to worry about before the father died. Yes, I can only rest assured that this Yaoer, holding my hand and entrusting him to me, asking me to treat him well…”

The three of Changsun Wuji glanced at each other and decided to grit their teeth.

If he doesn’t admit it, His Majesty Li Er must continue to sigh and say that their father, queen and mother are gone long ago. They are left with these brothers, who are particularly pitiful and helpless.

This trick was used by Li Yuanying once in Chang’an, and they couldn’t eat for several days after listening to the poor and helpless little cabbage rhetoric.

Is there a little cabbage like you who enjoy the wealth of the world?

I have seen shameless people, I have never seen such shameless people!

The author has something to say: Little Prince: Although I am not in Chang’an, Chang’an is still full of my legends!