At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 590

In the blink of an eye, it will be the fifth day of the first month of Daye 13 years, and there is heavy snow outside the house, and within a short while, a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the patio.Looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year, and the first month has a good start. I think this year's harvest will not be bad."

However, Li Chunfeng frowned and said, "It's not necessarily true. A poor man watched the stars at night a few days ago and found that Chen (Mercury) star is retrograde, which is an ominous sign. There may be a severe drought this year. The manager should make preparations early."

Everyone at the scene became serious when they heard the words. Li Chunfeng had predicted the weather in public many times, and six or seven out of ten times it was fulfilled, so everyone was quite convinced of his ability in this area, including Gao Bufan. In later generations, even with satellite cloud images and various atmospheric monitoring data, the weather forecast cannot be [-]% accurate, but Li Chunfeng can achieve [-]% to [-]% accuracy only by naked eye observation, which is undoubtedly quite amazing.

Moreover, he would rather believe in what is there than in what is not. Only by being prepared can there be no danger, so Gao Bufan nodded and said: "Mr. Wei, food is the most important thing for the people, and food is the most important thing. Counties and counties under the prefectural government, starting from the [-]th day of the first lunar month, have extensively built dams to store water into reservoirs, dug more ponds in low-lying areas to store water, and dug deep wells according to local conditions to prepare for emergencies.”

Wei Zheng bowed and said: "Your subordinate obeys the order, and Mr. Manager takes precautions. This is really a wise move. It's a great kindness."

Li Chunfeng also stroked his beard and nodded. Seeing that his opinions were adopted and valued, he felt very comfortable.

Yuan Tiangang rolled his eyes and chanted a Taoist name: "Infinite Heaven, Chen Xing belongs to water, so it is also called Mercury. Mercury is retrograde, and everything is bound to go wrong, but the five elements generate and restrain each other, so there is a way for poor Taoists to resolve Mercury retrograde." This year, everything will go smoothly under the rule of the general manager."

Du Ruhui quickly asked: "What clever strategy does Daoist Yuan have to break the water retrograde?"

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Yuan Tiangang, who stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Pin Dao said just now that the five elements generate and restrain each other. Metal restrains wood, wood restrains earth, earth restrains water, water restrains fire, and fire restrains metal. There is a way to be blocked by soldiers. Water comes to cover the soil, so it is said that the soil restrains the water, and the pindao has calculated the horoscope of the general manager's birthday, and he is a person with the destiny of the soil. If the adult is crowned king, he will be a thick soil, and he will be able to break the evil of water retrograde. This year, the adult rule Naturally, everything will go well.”

Everyone was happy when they heard the words, Gao Bufan's heart moved, he glanced at Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui, and found that the two people's eyes were a little dodge, and immediately understood what was going on, it seemed that his current territory was too big, and everyone was no longer satisfied Because I continue to only be called the general manager, especially since Dou Jiande has become the king, if I continue to be the general manager of Youzhou, it is really unreasonable, and if my title is not improved, the official positions of the people below will not be easy to arrange. Can't you not get promoted?
Gao Bufan coughed lightly and said, "What do you think of Daoist Yuan's words?"

Pei Xingyan immediately said: "This subordinate agrees, now that even Dou Jiande claims to be the King of Changle, how can the status of the Chief Manager be lower than him."

Cheng Yaojin nodded and said: "That makes sense, and I also agree that the chief manager should be called king."

Du Ruhui smiled and said: "The Master Chief is the lord of Youzhou, and now he is rich in the eight counties. It is not a bad idea to be king. Just as Daoist Yuan said, the Lord is the life of the soil, and being crowned as the king will be the thick soil, which can relieve the water from retrograde." In other words, it is an act of Heaven’s will for the Master Chief to be crowned king, and it is expected by all, so there is no need to hesitate.”

Wei Zheng nodded and said: "My subordinates seconded the proposal. Brother Keming's words are reasonable. It is the right time for the Chief Manager to be called king."

Gao Bufan patted the armrest of the seat, and looked at his second brother Li Jing, who had been sitting quietly without expressing his opinion, keeping a low profile as always.

It is said that since Cui Hongsheng, the prefect of Shanggu County, offered his soil to join him, Li Jing naturally became Gao Bufan's "subject". Years ago, Gao Bufan had transferred him back to Youzhou Prefecture as the right Sima, and Xu Shiji was the left Sima. In short, Li Jing's status is comparable to Xu Shiji's.

Li Jing saw Gao Bufan looking towards him, so he stood up and said: "This subordinate thinks that the general manager is not suitable to be king for the time being, at least not until Yingzhou is taken down. As the saying goes, it is better to keep a low profile, so my subordinates It is recommended that the general manager suspend the title of king, and just be called the Duke of the country!"

Gao Bufan also felt that calling himself king was too ostentatious, so he nodded and said, "It makes sense!"

Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui glanced at each other. Their original intention was to make Gao Bufan the king in one step, so that they would be more appealing, and the people below would have more room for advancement, but there are benefits to progressing step by step.

Yuan Tiangang, the old magician, also sees the wind steering the rudder, and seeing that Gao Bufan doesn't want to be king now, he stroked his beard and said: "It's okay to be called the Duke of the country, it's still a thick soil, and the water can be overcome!"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Then what do you guys think of being called the Duke of the State?"

Everyone expressed that they had no opinion, and then they started to discuss the name of the country. After a lot of debate, they finally decided that the name of the country should be called "Qi", because the Bohai Gao family belonged to the royal family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Youzhou and Hebei were originally from the Northern Qi Dynasty. The territory of the country, the name of the country is called Qi, which is more appropriate.

Ever since, on the 13th day of the first lunar month in the [-]th year of the great cause, Gao Bufan set up an altar in the northern suburbs of Jixian County to worship heaven and earth, proclaimed himself the Duke of Qi, and Youzhou Mansion was also changed to the Duke of Qi, officially appointing Wei Zheng as Zuo Changshi and Du Ruhui as Right Chang The history and rank are both from the third rank; Xu Shiji and Li Jing are appointed as the left and right Sima, and the rank is also from the third rank;

In addition, Xu Shiji served as the general of the left guard, Li Jing served as the general of the right guard, Yuchi Jingde served as the general of the left guard, Pei Xingyan served as the general of the right guard, Lu Sheng served as the general of the right guard, and Cheng Yaojin served as the general of the left guard. Generals, young generals such as Wu Daqing, Cui Zijian, Cui Zisheng and Gao Ming also took the post of general of the twelve guards.

The ranks of the generals of the twelve guards are all from the third rank, and the generals are the fourth rank. Each guard has a general and two generals. In addition, the ranks of the local officials follow the old system. The third grade is the right, the seventh grade is the county magistrate, and so on.

In this way, all the meritorious ministers have received their due rewards, everyone is happy, morale has been greatly boosted, everyone is full of energy, and the new political structure of Youzhou has also come out, Gao Bufan, the governor of Youzhou, has also changed , became the Duke of Qi, with a rank of first rank, and the eldest grandson Wugou and the three daughters naturally became the Duke's wife.

After the first month, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and soon the second dragon will raise its head in February. This day is also called the Spring Plowing Festival. Gao Bufan, the Duke of Qi, held a grand spring plowing ceremony at the suggestion of Wei Zheng and others to persuade the people to work hard. It's about farming and mulberry.

On this day, Gao Bufan personally went to the fields to work in the northern suburbs, while the three princes and wives, Changsun Wugou, Dou Xianniang and Cui Shirou, also put on Jingchai cloth skirts, and personally cultivated in the southern suburbs.

I have to say that the women are good-looking, and they look good in any clothes. The three women are all beautiful women. Although they are dressed plainly, they are still as fresh as three fresh cabbages. The people who came to watch were all the same. enjoy to the full.

Cui Shirou's features are picturesque, charming and cute, the most endearing; Dou Xianniang is charming and lively, the most memorable; and the eldest grandson Wugou is dignified and gentle, the most amiable and respectable.

The three delicate girls went to work in the fields, probably just for show, so the common people didn't take it seriously, they just held the mentality of watching the fun and feasting their eyes, but when everyone found out that the three girls actually drove the cattle to plow the fields, sow the seeds When fertilizing, his eyes gradually changed, and the smile on his face gradually faded, and finally turned into awe.

Originally, according to Wei Zheng and Li Chunfeng's arrangement, Changsun Wugou and the others only had to hold on to the plow and whip the oxen twice, and then sprinkle two handfuls of seeds, and the job was over. However, the three girls insisted on plowing the entire field. A strong servant girl helps, but it is also very rare.

After working for a long time, the three daughters finally finished farming half an acre. Looking at the rows of crops, they couldn't help but smile at each other, full of pride, and the people around them finally couldn't help but kneel down to worship, everyone's face All are full of respect.

Wei Zheng and Li Chunfeng couldn't help but nodded, with joyful smiles on their faces. With such a wise and compassionate hostess, why worry that Youzhou is not happy?
　I'm sorry, I'm a little stuck, I'll make up for it in the third update tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)