Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

"Ya Yu, I heard from the Queen that you and Gou Jian are in love with each other?"

Qingji asked curiously.

"No."

Ya Yu slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, my daughter and General Gou Jian have only met once, so it can't be considered that they agree with each other."

Ya Yu has a more or less favorable impression of Goujian, but it can't be called mutual affection.

love at first sight?

Goujian is not so attractive yet.

"Yayu, you and Goujian are a good match. You have already passed the age of Jiji. According to the laws of my country, if you don't marry at your age, you will be fined."

Qingji joked and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I don't have anyone I like, and I don't want to wrong myself."

After a salute, Ya Yufu replied generously: "As for the fine, I still have a lot of savings, which may be enough for ten years."

Wu State has a policy of encouraging childbirth, and there are many rigid rules.

Among them, for men who have reached the marriageable age but have not married wives and children, or married women, the punishment is not small.

Generally speaking, women who are fifteen must marry someone, otherwise they will be fined.

The penalty is more than one year!

However, as a tea official in Wu State, Yayu's salary is not low, so he can afford it for the time being.

"Boys should get married, and female colleges should get married."

Qingji said meaningfully: "Yayu, but you are different."

"The widows value talents the most, regardless of background, industry, or even gender, they can all be talented."

"Your mind is very flexible, better than ordinary women, especially in the tea ceremony, there are probably very few or only ones who are stronger than you."

"The widow wants to set up the post of 'Supervising Tea Order'. The rank is higher than that of Jiuqing, and the rank is two thousand stones. It is responsible for the overall tea income and expenditure of the whole country, and inspecting various tea gardens. I will let you serve as the Supervising Order of Tea."

"I don't know what you want?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Ya Yu couldn't help being dumbfounded, her mouth was wide open, as if it could fit an egg.

In fact, there are quite a few positions with special official ranks in Wu State.

For example, Prime Minister Zuo and Prime Minister Right are below the Sangong, and their official ranks are equal to that of Jiuqing, and even to a certain extent, their status is slightly higher than that of Jiuqing!
For example, the "Da Gong Ling" held by a general, the official rank and status are equal to Jiuqing.

The "tea supervision order" set up by Qingji now is a minister with the same unique nature as the Dagong order.

After some consideration, Qingji decided to set up the official position of the tea supervision order.

Because, the tea in Wu country is very profitable now.

This is a fat vacancy, Qingji doesn't want to be corrupted by others.

Fan Li, the original Shi Nei Shi who governed millet, had already served as Zhengqing of Zheng State, far away in Xinzheng.

Who can Qingji trust?
Of course, Wen Zhong, Kong Qiu and others possessed both ability and political integrity, and Qingji believed that they were qualified for this official position.

However, these ministers themselves have heavy government affairs, how can they get away?
As the saying goes, people make the best use of their talents and things make the best use of them.

After thinking about it for a while, Qingji decided that Yayu was more suitable to be the supervisor of tea.

"Your Majesty! No!"

Da Xing ordered Kong Qiu to object immediately, saying: "Your Majesty, this official position of two thousand stones in the rank is no small matter."  …

"Not to mention whether Yi Yayu's ability is competent, how can she be an official in the same dynasty as a woman..."

It's not that Kong Qiu looked down on Ya Yu, but that such a thing as a woman entering the court as an official is really unique.

How embarrassing is this for the ministers and officials of the state of Wu?
Wen Zhong followed suit and said, "Your Majesty, Confucius is right."

"This is a big matter. Although Ya Yu has talent, he may not be able to enter the court. Please think twice."

Even Ya Yu couldn't help shaking his head, and bowed to Qing Ji, saying, "My lord, thank you for your kindness. However, how can a servant girl be able to live in Jiuqing?"

"Also please don't make your ministers' daughters embarrassing your ministers!"

Hearing this, Qingji glanced at Yayu appreciatively, and said with a smile: "Yayu, your tea supervision order is very special."

"You don't have to attend the court meeting, receive a salary of two thousand shi in the middle rank, coordinate the tea revenue and expenditure of the whole country, and supervise the tea gardens."

"..."

In this way, it is not unacceptable.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the folk customs were more open, and the patriarchal thought was not serious.

However, it is almost impossible for a woman to take up an official position.

Qing Ji will not change this situation.

There are girls in the tea garden, and the ministers who supervise them, if they are men, it will be more or less inconvenient...

"Thank you king!"

After learning about Qingji's intentions, Yayu immediately agrees.

Seeing this, Kong Qiu and Wen Zhong did not continue to object.

……

Night falls.

Inside the Zide Hall, it was still brightly lit.

Qingji was half lying on his throne, resting his cheek with one hand, reviewing the government affairs.

To be precise, it was Nanzi who was helping Qingji review the memorials.

As the princess of the Song Dynasty, Nanzi was born noble and possessed extremely high political acumen, but unfortunately, she was born as a daughter.

As a result, Nanzi can only be like an ordinary princess. After reaching the age of Ji, she will marry to another country and become the wife of the king of a country.

In history, Nanzi was the wife of Duke Ling of Wei. Unfortunately, he had an affair with the Song Dynasty and gave Duke Ling of Wei a green and shiny hat...

Qingji naturally would not allow anyone to cuckold him, so he has been training Nanzi.

Nanzi's ability to handle government affairs is outstanding, and Qingji also trusts her, so he let her help him.

Celebrating Ji is negligence, but it is good for physical and mental health!
On weekdays, Qingji handles government affairs with the assistance of either Nanzi or Queen Ji Kui.

When correcting the memorials, Qingji will inevitably be exhausted. At this time, Nanzi will read out the memorials and let Qingji make his own judgment, or Nanzi can put forward some opinions just right.

"...Your Majesty, Mrs. Sun Li said in the memorandum that the Baiyue people in the southwest rebelled and joined forces with the Pu people, Dian people and other barbarians in the south of Wu and Chu to invade Cangwu County and Xiang County together. The situation is critical."

"Mrs. Sun Li has the confidence to put down the rebellion, and asks the king to allow her to lead troops to wipe out Baipu, and bring it into Wu's territory."

Nanzi is very smart, knowing that reading the contents of the memorial in the form of classical Chinese may make Qingji headache, so he speaks it in the form of vernacular.

Qingji took advantage of the situation and lay on Nanzi's body, leaning against her long white and delicate legs, smelling the fragrance, and suddenly felt sweet.

However, Qingji's mind is still exceptionally clear.

"Bai Pu?"

Qingji fell into deep thought.

The Dian people are actually a branch of Baipu.

The place occupied by the Baipu Kingdom is modern Yunnan.

The state of Wu might as well take down the land of Baipu and set up a county to manage it.

However, this may put Wu Guo under a lot of pressure.

Not to mention military pressure, there is also economic pressure, even human pressure and so on.