Monument Yangmen

Chapter 565 Changes in the Two Governments

Yang Qi didn't send someone to inform Lao Yang and She Saihua in advance about Mrs. Du's going to Yang's residence.

The reason why Lao Yang and She Saihua ran out of the mansion in a hurry was to see Yang Si.

Now seeing Mrs. Du and her party was a surprise, but she didn't see Yang Si, so She Saihua felt unwilling.

Yang Qi hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The matter of the fourth brother is a long story, and I will explain it to you in detail later."

She Saihua raised her eyebrows and nodded.

Lao Yang snorted coldly, and entered the mansion swaggeringly.

She Saihua took Mrs. Du's hand and entered the mansion together.

Yang Qi led the others and followed closely behind.

It is a joyous thing to have guests in Yang's mansion.

Since Yang Qi was conferred the title of Tiger Marquis, there were very few guests in Yang's mansion.

Except for the people from Zhefu, it is almost impossible for She Saihua and Lao Yang to entertain guests in person.

Others felt that although the Yang family was big and the Yang family was strong, they would be destroyed by the court sooner or later, so they were unwilling to get involved with the Yang family.

In order not to catch fire at the city gate in time, it will bring disaster to the fish in the pond.

In short, there are very few people who are optimistic about the Yang family.

After a group of people entered the mansion, She Saihua ordered people to prepare a banquet, and Yang's mansion began to hold a large banquet.

Mrs. Du, Du Qing, Du Jin'e, Mu Yu, and Xiao Luoli were invited into the main hall of the Yang Mansion, and the rest of the people from Du's Village and Mu Ke Village stayed in the martial arts arena.

After Cao Lin returned to the mansion, she saw that the things used for martial arts in the martial arts arena were removed, and a group of guys whom she regarded as bandits were eating and drinking in the yard, having fun.

Inside the main hall.

After a large table was served with all the dishes, Lao Yang led everyone around the table.

Little Lolita saw a large table of delicious food, and shouted happily to eat.

Yang Qi dotingly hugged little Lolita, hugged her in his arms, and helped her pick up her favorite food.

Seeing everyone looking sideways at him, Yang Qi explained with a smile: "My daughter-in-law."

Mu Yu's face was completely dark, and he couldn't even eat the food.

At the family banquet in the Yang Mansion, Yang Qi declared that Little Lolita was his daughter-in-law, which was a confirmation of Little Lolita's status.

Lao Yang frowned dissatisfied, but didn't say anything.

She Saihua asked puzzledly, "Xiao Zongwei's?"

Yang Qi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's not necessarily true, it depends on how many sons I have in the future, which one is excellent, which one can please this girl, she will be that daughter-in-law."

Cao Lin, who had just stepped into the main hall, was shocked when she heard Yang Qi's words.

Smart, she has already realized that her son seems to have lost something, but after thinking about it, she doesn't care so much anymore.

Behind her, there is a powerful in-law's family.

"Lang Jun..."

After Cao Lin took Chuxing to salute Lao Yang and others, she stood behind Yang Qi and called out softly.

Yang Qi waved his hand, "Sit down."

Cao Lin sat down with Chu Xing.

The banquet continues.

Yang Qi didn't pay much attention to Cao Lin, she just focused on teasing the little girl, Cao Lin's teeth itch in anger.

Cao Lin simply snatched little Yang Qi from the nanny's hand and stuffed it into Yang Qi's arms.

Yang Qi hugged little Lolita with one hand and little Yang Qi with the other, looking a little at a loss.

Seeing Yang Qi's flustered appearance, Cao Lin began to eat with satisfaction.

It was still the first awakening of Xianhui, seeing that Yang Qi couldn't handle it, she helped him take care of little Lolita for the time being.

The dinner table.

Lao Yang asked Mrs. Du, "Sister of the Du family, what happened back then?"

Mrs. Du said with emotion: "When the Northern Song Dynasty attacked Taiyuan, my master fought to the death and refused to surrender. In the end, he and his subordinates died together. I was left with orphans, widows, and a family of women and children.

At that time, I fled all the way south with a family of women and children, and fell to the grass at Lianglang Mountain.

I met Qing'er again, and I saw that Qing'er was a good boy, and my master didn't leave any males behind, so I took Qing'er as a foster son on behalf of the Du family, and continued the Du family's incense. "

She Saihua was concerned: "Why don't you come to us?"

Mrs. Du shook her head with a wry smile, and said: "Back then, I really wanted to settle down in Lianglang Mountain for a while, and then go to Bianjing to find you. It's just that when I settled down, I was entangled in various trivial matters. In a blink of an eye, ten years passed gone."

"Fate tricks people..."

Lao Yang sighed, "Now that I've arrived at Yang's Mansion, I'm going home."

Madam Du nodded heavily, and greeted Du Qing and Du Jin'e: "Qing'er, Jin'e, come here to meet Uncle Yang and Aunt Yang."

Du Qing and Du Jin'e got up and saluted.

"Meet Uncle Yang, Aunt Yang."

Lao Yang nodded his head, he had seen it before.

She Saihua said in surprise, "Jin'e has grown so big."

Lao Yang said: "He Qilang is married to his belly, and he is about the same age."

She Saihua nodded and said, "Then choose a date to get married."

She Saihua looked at Mrs. Du and said, "Sister of the Du family, what do you think?"

Madam Du said with a cheerful smile, "That's exactly what I mean."

Yang Qi originally thought that his marriage with Du Jin'e would have to go through more twists and turns after returning to the mansion, but he didn't expect that Lao Yang and She Saihua had already made up their minds, and the husband and wife settled the matter by singing together.

"Sigh~"

Yang Qi suddenly took a deep breath, and found that a jade hand had reached his waist, twisting the soft flesh on his waist.

Yang Qi turned his head and glared at Cao Lin.

Cao Lin raised her eyebrows at Yang Qi provocatively.

The banquet is still going on.

When Mu Yu was introduced, Lao Yang praised Mu Yu without hesitation for a long time.

Lao Yang has been famous for Mu Yu for a long time. When Lao Yang was in Yanmen Pass, he had always wanted to take Mu Yu into his account, but he never found an opportunity.

Now, Mu Yu is convinced by Yang Qi.

It took three full hours to eat a meal.

In fact, everyone didn't eat much, they were all drinking and reminiscing about the old days.

After drinking and eating, She Saihua told Cao Lin to arrange for everyone to rest, and she and Lao Yang dragged Yang Qi to the back hall.

In the courtyard of the back hall, the fourth sister-in-law had already been waiting in the flower hall.

"Tell me, did you find Shiro?"

The three surrounded Yang Qi from three sides. If it wasn't for the concern in their eyes, Yang Qi would have thought that he would be interrogated in three halls.

Yang Qi glanced at them, heaved a long sigh, and said, "I found them, but I can't bring them back."

"Shiro is still alive?"

The fourth sister-in-law and She Saihua were overjoyed, and Lao Yang was obviously relieved.

Yang Qi said with emotion: "Not only alive, but also very nourishing."

Lao Yang glared at him, and said, "Don't be tricky, tell me quickly."

Yang Qi hurriedly described his experience of looking for Yang Si in general.

After listening to Yang Qi's description.

Fourth sister-in-law's face was pale.

Lao Yang and She Saihua were shocked and said: "You mean that Shi Lang was rescued by the princess of the Liao Kingdom, and the two fell in love for a long time, so he became the son-in-law of the Liao Kingdom?"

Yang Qi nodded.

Lao Yang said domineeringly: "This is impossible..."

Yang Qi rolled his eyes and said: "This is the matter, do I have to lie to you?"

"Oh!"

Lao Yang slapped the stone table with one hand, and the stone table was cracked from the middle, which shows how hard Lao Yang used it.

"Rebel!"

Lao Yang gritted his teeth and let out a low growl.

Yang Qi's fourth sister-in-law passed out directly.

With tears in her eyes, She Saihua hurriedly helped her fourth sister-in-law back to her room to rest.

……

For the next three days, Lao Yang stayed behind closed doors, She Saihua wept secretly, and the fourth sister-in-law hid in her room all day to wash her face with tears.

Yang Qicheng was the busiest person in the mansion.

People like Mu Yu needed to be resettled, and the official documents that had accumulated for half a year needed to be dealt with.

Regarding the placement of Mu Yu and others, Yang Qi decided to arrange them to Fuxing Fucheng after discussing with Mu Yu.

Mu Yu still rejected Yang Qi's proposal to recruit him as a general, and planned to work as an instructor in the martial arts academy.

The Martial Academy is in the Fuxing Mansion, so it is more appropriate to arrange Mu Yu and his party in the Martial Academy.

The relationship between the Du family and the Yang family is irreversible, and Du Jin'e will become Yang Qi's concubine again.

A family that can be said completely.

But Mrs. Du still rejected Yang Qi's proposal to keep them in Yang's Mansion, and planned to live in Fuxing Mansion as well.

In Mrs. Du's words, Du Qing inherited the incense of the Du family. As the only remaining elder of the Du family, she must urge Du Qing to make the Du family stronger.

After staying in Yang's house for three days, Mu Yu, Mrs. Du and his party took Yang Qi's handwriting and set off for Fuxing Mansion.

Only Du Jin'e and Little Lolita stayed in the Yang Mansion. In fact, Mu Yu really wanted to take Little Lolita away, but Yang Qi sternly refused.

Yang Qi is going to keep little Lori by his side and teach her personally.

Du Jin'e seemed a little lonely in Yang's house alone, so Yang Qi asked Chu Xing to accompany her for a while.

After that, Yang Qi plunged into the study and never came out again.

In half a year, with the support of a large amount of money, Datong Mansion and Fuxing Mansion underwent earth-shaking changes.

The territory of the two prefectures has quickly entered a period of vigorous development.

So far, all the roads in the two prefectures have been initially built.

The scale of the official path has exceeded the standard of the official path of the Song Dynasty.

Even if it is windy and rainy, it will not be muddy.

Not only that, due to the vastness of the official roads between the two prefectures, horse carriage shops have also emerged on the official roads.

Now the traffickers and pawns in the two prefectures no longer need to travel long distances on their legs.

Almost every day on the official roads in the two prefectures, there are a large number of carriages passing by.

In view of this problem, Kou Zhun has a new suggestion, which is to reduce the number of inns previously set up on official roads.

Because there are a large number of carriages passing by, coupled with the frequent patrols of soldiers, the number of robbers on the official road is getting smaller and smaller.

Many post stations have been abandoned because of this.

There are also quite a few post stations that have been completely transformed into inns.

Yang Qi instructed Kou Zhunzuo to ban some inns appropriately, but all the inns set up along the official roads must be checked from time to time.

The reason why Yang Qi wanted to do this was mainly because in the Song Dynasty, the people in the post station would often be slaughtered, and the bandits would take their place and do unscrupulous activities, and sometimes they even specifically destroyed the road.

In addition to this matter, Kou Zhun also asked Yang Qi for instructions on allocating funds to the Fuxing Mansion for relief.

Last year's autumn harvest, in the territory of the two prefectures, Datong prefecture had an unprecedented harvest of grain.

Basically, after paying all the taxes required by the government, there is still a lot of surplus, so the people in Datong Mansion have gradually entered a period when they are barely hungry.

This is a rare thing in ancient times.

After all, in ancient times, even in the most affluent capital city, many people worked hungry all day long.

Compared with Datong Mansion, the situation of Fuxing Mansion is much worse.

A large number of fields in Fuxing Mansion were newly reclaimed last year.

After the winter wheat is planted, it will not be harvested until this summer.

During this period of time, most of the people in Fuxing Mansion were still in a precarious state.

Because the government must provide food to help the people overcome this difficulty.

In this regard, Yang Qi directly approved a quasi-word.

In addition, Kou Zhun also asked for instructions regarding the vacancies of officials in various places, private schools, colleges, and academies.

Although under Kou Zhun's suggestion, Yang Qi expanded the three prefectures into two prefectures, reducing the demand for officials, but there is still a large gap in grassroots officials.

In a county-level yamen, there are generally four chief officials: county magistrate, county magistrate, master book, and history.

However, the current Datong Mansion barely meets the quota of three chief officials in one county.

In Fuxing Mansion, there are only one county magistrate in many county-level yamen, and the rest of the officials are not fully equipped.

Kou Zhun asked Yang Qi to see if he could set up a civil servant assessment system or something, so as to recruit talents as soon as possible to fill the vacancies in the yamen.

In this regard, Yang Qi agreed, and issued a long review system.

At the same time, in order to let officials at all levels have a head start, he also carried out a more detailed official hierarchy system on the original level system, and at the same time gave different treatment for different levels.

For the time being, Yang Qi doesn't have more high-ranking officials to motivate his subordinates, so he is particularly generous in terms of gold and silver.

Basically, the difference in treatment at one level can be described as worlds apart.

Solve the problem of official vacancies, as well as the affairs of academies at all levels.

At present, the preparations for academies at all levels in each village, county, and two prefectures have been completed.

Attracted by Yang Qi's policy of not only teaching children to read, but also taking care of food, a large number of children have poured into the private school and started to study.

It's just that compared with private schools in various villages, schools in various counties, martial arts colleges and Datong Academy in the two prefectures, they are currently in a state of shortage of students.

That is to say, apart from the bustling teaching in various private schools, the schools of other classes are still in a cold state.

Aiming at this situation, Yang Qi gave his own suggestion.

He hoped that Kou Zhun could set up an assessment system in colleges at all levels based on the current situation, and recruit students from the two prefectures on a large scale, without setting an age.

Moreover, every year, a group of outstanding talents are selected from the academy and recruited into the yamen or appointed in the army.

Yang Qi believed that as soon as this news came out, the colleges and universities would definitely have no worries about the number of students.

Those who are idlers among the people, or those who are interested in official career but can't find a way out, will definitely not miss this opportunity.

Even those who are ambitious and want to serve Yang Qi will enter the academy.

As for some people who think highly of themselves and completely ignore Yang Qi's olive branch, Yang Qi doesn't care either.

　Thanks for the reward of five hundred book coins in the second phase!mwah!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)