Chapter 435: The Meaning of Two Palaces

The Queen Mother said: "If you don't look at the output, you can spin 500 kilograms of yarn a day and night. On weekdays, you can also cook rice, grind flour, and hammer forging. I heard that Sichuan machinery has a unified interface, and a mill can handle various tasks."

This kind of machine can be of great use."

"To say it's expensive, the eggplants and loofahs in Guanzhuang's hothouse were sold a month earlier than usual and sold for the usual price of a pair. That's really expensive!"

"Taotao, can you talk to the officials? Shouldn't Bianjing City's habit of loving novelty things be rectified? Melons and tomatoes are ordinary things, how can they be sold for a pair of regular money?! I would rather not have this money.

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The queen shook her head: "My little sister said this is called economic law, and excessive human interference is not good. She said that unless Bianjing City is filled with eggplants and luffa a month in advance, this trend will not be stopped."

"Speaking of rice milling noodles, as soon as this fermented dough comes out, Jiujiu can't be controlled. The day before yesterday, Kaifeng Mansion arrested a lot of smuggling koji medicine vendors. If you really talk about it, this is a serious crime."

"Sima Dacheng wrote a letter saying that this medicine is different from salt and wine. Nowadays, as long as people have noodles at home, they can keep them for their own daily use."

"So this medicine has become a common daily use. The fermented flour is made into steamed buns and cakes, which are easy to digest and nourish people. The court should be considerate of the people's sufferings, relax the ban, and remove it from special discussions. The court is discussing this

What's going on?"

The Queen Mother nodded: "If you ask me, there is no reason why people should leave good food and continue to eat wheat rice because of system restrictions."

"I heard from my little sister that there are many kinds of qu medicine, and they have different qualities. Anyway, there has been no ban in Sichuan for so many years. The result? The wine in Sichuan is the best in the world, and the wine koji is the best in the world. The wine tax collected by the court is still

No. 1 in the world. Even the official wine shop in Beijing is now using Quyao produced in Sichuan!"

The queen said: "But if the ban is relaxed, what will happen to the medicine shops in the government? Let the princes in the court deal with this matter..."

At this time, Zhao Xu came in and said, "Empress, mother, there is a joke in the court."

The Queen Mother pulled Zhao Xu over and said, "My son has been working hard at work. Sit down quickly and take off the jade belt."

After speaking, he told his servants: "Go and bring the prepared herbal tea soup."

When the things came up, Zhao Xu took a look and saw that the jade porcelain bowl was filled with a transparent jelly-like substance, poured with brown sugar water. He took a sip and felt comfortable all over. The heat of early summer immediately dissipated: "What is this? It tastes really good."

The Queen Mother said: "My little sister made this with Xue Lizi. It's called ice powder. By the way, what's the joke?"

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "There was a deputy envoy who sent a report saying that he wanted to get married and asked for marriage leave!"

The queen immediately changed her color and shouted: "It's ridiculous! Your dead wife wants to marry you again and you want two royalties? Are you really treating the imperial decree like a decoration? Why are these officials so shameless?"

Seeing Zhao Xu smiling and stirring the ice powder in the bowl with a spoon without saying anything, the Queen Mother smiled and said: "Hey! Now in the imperial court, isn't there a deputy envoy who doesn't even have his first wife?"

The queen also understood and couldn't help laughing: "Su Mingrun? This monkey... is he going to get married?"

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Yes, but he is in Shaanxi now and has to go back to Meishan. It takes three months to go back and forth. Two months of wedding leave is not enough. It's pitiful to say that he asked the court to extend his leave."

"My uncle also wrote a letter saying that he first went to Xue Xiang and asked for marriage leave, family visitation, and sick leave together. This way he could make up half a year. He was scolded by Xue Xiang so much that he had to confess to his father honestly."

Both the Queen Mother and the Empress were overjoyed. The Queen Mother laughed and scolded: "This monkey's temper can't be changed. Fortunately, he can think of it! He doesn't have any taboos about taking wedding leave and sick leave together!"

The queen first thought of the same problem as Xue Xiang, and frowned: "If he recalculates his performance after taking a vacation, wouldn't the credit for Weizhou's great victory be in vain? It's not cost-effective..."

Zhao Xu laughed again: "My uncle said that Duke Xue said the same thing, but Su Mingrun said... hahaha, he said that a wife is more important than an official career."

"Nonsense!" the Queen Mother scolded: "If these words are spread to the censor, I am afraid that he will be impeached and said that he has neglected his duties and failed to live up to the imperial decree."

The queen stopped what she was doing: "Xu'er, you won't be able to use those ministers in the court from now on."

As soon as these words came out, the three of them became serious.

The Queen Mother nodded slowly: "When the three uncles and nephews of the Su family came out of the trial production department, Emperor Renzong returned to the palace and said happily to me: 'Today we have found three prime ministers for our children and grandchildren.' Since Su Mingrun became an official, he has made great achievements many times. Before, he only knew

He has great literary talents, but now it seems that he is not a one-state-one-prefecture pattern."

The queen said: "The honorable grace of the capable ministers in the court should be given to whatever can be given. Just pay it back if you don't think of it. If you don't do it if you think of it, the Tian family will be short of kindness. Zhang, the Privy Council envoy, is an old minister of Qingli, and he has repeatedly expressed his gratitude.

When he retires, the official will allow him to visit the Yamen every five days. Xu'er, you are also eighteen. There are some things that you need to think more about in your daily life."

Zhao Xu put down the bowl, stood up and paced back and forth. Suddenly, an idea flashed across his face: "Empress, Queen Mother, the Yi people have made great contributions to Weizhou's great victory this time."

"It has become a foregone conclusion that the barbarian areas in Erlin, Jiangyang, Luzhou and Kuizhou will be repatriated and the people will be reorganized into households."

"The Song Dynasty expanded its territory to thousands of miles and added hundreds of thousands of households, which is equivalent to adding two more counties. Does it need a capable minister to guard it? Who should the court send to this person?"

"How about I ask my father to order Su You to be the pacifier envoy all the way to Shu, dedicated to pacifying the barbarians?"

Gao Taotao and the Queen Mother looked at each other, and the Queen Mother's eyes were obviously filled with relief and joy: "Xu'er has been managing charity affairs for a year, and his horizons and ideas have really broadened a lot."

Gao Taotao smiled and said: "Don't praise him, Xu'er, your idea is a good one, but Su Mingrun is from Meishan and holds a post in his native place. This is a big taboo in the Song Dynasty. He will definitely encounter resistance from the DPRK. It's better.

It is appropriate to appoint him as the governor of the newly established Jiangyang County to appease the various tribes."

"What will be the reaction from Dali when the Erlin tribe returns to its native land? By the way, let him serve as an envoy and go to Dali, so that the rulers and ministers of Dali can feel at ease, right?"

Zhao Xu saluted the queen: "It's better for mother to think carefully. I still have a lot to learn."

The Queen Mother nodded: "These are government affairs. Your mother and I are just talking about it. We dare not interfere now."

"But the Shi family is one of the founding nobles of the country, and they have little contact with the Gao Cao family after the good relationship between Shuichuan and Shuichuan."

"My general's tiger girl should not be looked down upon even if she marries the man who is the beauty queen. Queen, why don't our two families also add some dowry to Miss Shi? We can't let that Meishan monkey look down upon her!"

The queen smiled and said: "Your Majesty is right, that's right."

"Miscellaneous Notes of Shuzhong": "At the beginning of the second year of Zhiping, Weizhou was victorious. The imperial court used Nannan Yi's meritorious work, Xu Erlin opened the county and established Jiangyang."

"When Shiyou asked for marriage, the imperial court was familiar with the barbarian affairs in southwest China, so it changed the order."

"Rumors all believe that the two palaces mean that the return of wealth and honor to one's hometown is a moment of glory."

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In Weizhou City, Su You was handing over work and receiving the new Shaanxi pacifier Feng Jing and Feng Dangshi.

This is a very powerful person, a person with the rank of Sanyuan.

In the entire history, there were only a dozen people who were awarded the title of Sanyuan. The Song Dynasty was a paradise for literati. Even so, there were only five people who won this honor. Feng Jing was one of them and the last one.

According to folklore, his competitor in the imperial examination at that time was the cousin of Concubine Zhang, who was most favored by Renzong. Zhang Yaozuo had already made it known, and paid a lot of money in bribes, that people with the surname Feng must be eliminated. This is how " There is a proverb about mistaking Feng Jing for Ma Liang.

Of course, these are just legends. What is recorded in real history is that Feng Jing was just twenty-nine years old when he passed the Sanyuan Dynasty and was not yet married. Zhang Yaozuo was in charge of the power in the palace and wanted a wife and a daughter.

He brought Feng Jing to his home, tied him with a gold belt, and said to him, "This is my intention."

After a while, some wine and food came from the palace, and the dowry was brought out to show it.

Feng Jing just laughed, refused to look, and refused to let go. In the end, the marriage failed.

However, when Fu Bi fell in love with him, he refused.

After becoming an official, Han Qi valued him, so he was recalled to Beijing and became a Hanlin scholar and learned about Kaifeng Mansion.

As a result, the child never went to see Han Qi after returning to Beijing.

Han Qi once said in the center: "Brother Fu, your son-in-law is very proud."

After Fu Bi returned home, he asked Feng Jing to visit Han Qi as soon as possible. Feng Jing said: "Han Gong is the prime minister, and his officials will not make invitations unless they have serious business. This is my respect for Han Gong, not pride. "
Chapter completed!