Chapter 2537 reminder

The three of them, Bai Shan, did not participate in their topic, and stood aside to talk to the shops in this street.

Wei Yu shook her head, "It's too extravagant."

No wonder his father didn't speak very well when he mentioned the emperor recently. He was worried that Jian'an would be extravagant for a long time.

The ministers in the court were as worried as Wei Zhi, especially the Minister of the Household, so recently they have been crying for poverty, and there is only one purpose.

Emperor, don't look at Guotai and Min'an, who seem to be rich now, but in fact the country still can't stand the toss. We are still very poor. You have been the emperor for more than 20 years, and the treasury is still gone after the spring. money.

It takes money to support agriculture, water conservancy projects, and disaster relief in some places. The Ministry of War also needs money, and it takes money to build the imperial mausoleum. You have to save a little bit more to prevent emergencies. Need to conquer the west, the national treasury should not be allocated for military use?

So Emperor, we are still poor, don't think about building civil engineering, giving generous rewards, or making some extravagant tributes...

There are even officials who wrote that the dowry for the two princesses greatly exceeded the ritual system. Even if it was not money from the state treasury, it was not allowed, so the extra part should be taken back...

The emperor always accepted the advice humbly, but he should not hear about such things as taking back the extra dowry.

Now even the crown prince has an opinion, and he said to Zhan Shifu in private, "These officials are also bullying and afraid of hardship. Back then, the father and the emperor gave the third child so many things, but they exceeded the etiquette earlier? ?"

"Mingda and Changyu are princesses, so they caught them and bullied them. Hmph, they would pick on soft persimmons."

Guo Zhanshi couldn't help but said: "His Royal Highness is clearly dedicated to the good of the princess, so why bother to bring up Prince Gong? It is rumored that His Majesty only thinks that you are not friendly to your brother, and you must never say that."

The prince was silent.

Wei Yu is now serving as the Censor Taichung, doing the job of an official, but because the matter involves Princess Changyu, and Wei Zhi also told him selfishly, the past has passed, and he has already been impeached, and it is meaningless to pursue this matter. , but it will annoy Your Majesty, it is better to look forward and only advise Your Majesty's current and future behavior, so that he will not forget to be frugal.

But when he really saw the shop that the emperor gave to Princess Mingda, Wei Yu couldn't help but say, "It's really extravagant."

Bai Shan, however, was curious to invite the steward and the head of Huangzhuang to ask, "Where is the end of the shop?"

"That's outside the new city," Li Chang said with a smile, "it's the imperial village that your majesty gave to the princess."

Bai Shan squinted his eyes and leaned against the Huangzhuang in Xincheng.

He asked, "How far is this place from the ancient city of Yueyang?"

Manager Huangzhuang was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's not very far, but there is no road, so we need to go around, and it will take about an hour by car."

Bai Shan asked, "What if the passage is from Huangzhuang?"

The steward of Huangzhuang smiled, "That's much closer, you can arrive in less than three quarters of an hour."

Bai Shan then nodded with a smile, turned around and found Man Bao to talk about it.

So Man Bao's eyes lit up, and suggested that when he went back, he would go to Huangzhuang, pass Liyang County to Wannian County, and return to the capital from Dongchengmen.

In the past, when they came out of Yongzhou from the capital, they needed to go to the Nancheng Gate, take a detour, and then go north to Yongzhou.

The steward of Huangzhuang couldn't help but reminded in a low voice: "Princess, most of the roads between Liyang County and Wannian County are small roads, and there are no official roads that are spacious and flat, so I'm afraid it will be bumpy.

When Mingda heard this, his interest turned upside down, and he immediately said, "Then let's go back from Wannian County and visit the farm by the way."

Man Bao nodded in agreement, and said to her, "My fief is on the other side, and I want to see my fief too. Would you like to visit my workshop?"

This time Chang Yu nodded, she wanted to take a look.

So after visiting the shops in Xincheng, they went directly to Huangzhuang.

Chang Yu was riding on the horse, and Ming Da was not happy when he saw the horse, so he also rode on the horse, and the spring breeze was still very comfortable and happy.

At this time, it was the end of February, when the earth was rejuvenating, and there were a lot of green grass sprouts on the ground. Mingda and Changyu both followed the emperor to plough and tried to cultivate the land, so they were not people who didn't know the grain.

But now the weeds and the green wheat seedlings really look like.

Mingda couldn't tell the difference after looking at it for a long time, so he had to turn his head and whispered to Bai Erlang, "Is this field weed?"

Bai Erlang only glanced at it and shook his head, "No, it's Maimiao."

Mingda pointed to a tunnel on the opposite side: "So this is also a wheat seedling?"

Bai Erlang glanced at it and was silent for a while, "No, this is weed."

Minda:  …

She frowned, "How come weeds grow better than wheat seedlings? And it's all ground, why isn't this piece of wheat seedlings grown?"

Bai Erlang just glanced at it and said, "There is near the water there, so it should be reserved for the spring planting of rice. This side is a little farther from the water, so we planted wheat."

The steward Huangzhuang, who was walking behind him, sweated coldly on his forehead, nodded again and again, and trotted forward: "It's exactly what the concubine said, Huangzhuang has kept this side near the water all these years and kept planting rice in the spring. On the other side, we want to plant wheat, and after harvesting, we will plant rice or beans depending on the situation.”

As for why the wild grass grows better than the wheat seedlings, Bai Erlang glanced at the steward and said, "Last winter was relatively cold, and there was a snow disaster in the Central Plains. This area should be weak against disasters, and many wheat seedlings were frozen to death."

Man Bao nodded in agreement, and complained to Mingda, "Last year, all three fields of my family were hit by disasters, and the straw and wheat straw that were left behind were all scattered on the ground to keep warm, but a lot of them died of freezing. , this summer’s harvest will definitely not be as good as next year’s. We have to reduce some rents.”

Mingda was taken aback and asked, "Then do I want to reduce the rent for my tenant farmers?"

Man Bao smiled and said, "If you have this kindness, you can reduce it."

The steward behind hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness, there are not many tenants in our Huangzhuang, and most of the palace servants work here."

That is to say, long-term workers, or the kind of long-term workers without wages, Huangzhuang covered food and housing, and they were responsible for farming.

Man Bao glanced at the fields on both sides of the road, and nodded slightly. It really was the work of people who had no wages. If she was her father, he would make the wild grass in the field grow taller than people, not just taller than wheat seedlings.

After walking out of Huangzhuang, Man Baocai and Mingda said: "If you want to manage this Zhuangzi, then you can't let it go like this. Who is willing to work hard for you if there is no benefit?"

She said, "If a talented person is talented, even if he wants to buy goods from the emperor's family, then the emperor must pay the corresponding price. Otherwise, the talented person would rather go to the mountains and forests than to serve the emperor humbly."

Mingda understood the metaphor, and she nodded thoughtfully, "You're absolutely right, it's time to take care of it."

After exiting Huangzhuang and walking down the road, there is a fork, one road leads to Liyang County, the other leads to Wannian County, and the border between the two counties is Zhou Man's fief.

Let's go and watch together.

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