The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 311

The west side of Su Wangqian's residence has been very lively in the past few months.

Empress Xiaoning's family was all about accepting concubines for the Second Highness King Baojun. Originally, the backgrounds of those concubines were definitely not qualified, and they had to be found among the ladies of the aristocratic family.

However, Li Yi has not settled the palace yet, and only 20 taels of silver is enough to build a palace?
Since a wave of road construction began to surge across the country more than ten years ago, the number of people traveling for business has at least doubled compared with that of ten years ago. Land prices and housing prices in the Gyeonggi area have also doubled several times.

Before Song Ge Lao spent 30 taels to buy only half of the palace, what is 20 taels enough?
The prince's mansion has always been bestowed, so how can I buy it myself? !

Li Yi wanted to make a fuss with his father, but he didn't dare.

Ever since his mother slapped his father and was placed under house arrest for a while, Li Yi was inexplicably shy every time he saw his father. Now that his father has changed from a prince to an emperor, he has an aura of calmness and prestige It made his scalp tingle even more.

He asked his mother for money, but Queen Xiaoning's own dowry was only 8 taels in total, most of which were objects, farms, shops, etc., and the current silver was only about 2 taels.

In the past 20 years of being a princess, she has worked hard to save 10,000+ taels, even if all these are posted to her son, it is not enough!Besides, she can't give it all. After entering the palace and becoming a queen, there are more places to spend money. Xiao Ning also convened a few confidantes in Weiyang Palace all day long to hold a secret group meeting to discuss and study what can be done in the position of queen. Make more money, at most half of the silver in her hand will be given to her son.

Li Yi asked his uncle Zhenbeigong for some points, but his uncle Ninggong pretended to be sick and disappeared!
Li Yi was so angry that he jumped up and ran to the queen to cry poorly. The queen immediately recruited his brother into the palace, but Zhenbei Gong still pretended to be sick!

Li Zhao and Li Yi are both nephews of the Ning family, so it makes no sense to only give it to Li Yi and not to Li Zhao.

Li Zhao is the candidate for the future crown prince!
His daughter Ning Yueyao is still squatting in Li Zhao's backyard!
It is impossible for Lord Ning to offend the First Prince just to please the Second Prince.

But if you give both sides, how much will you give?Giving 5 to 20 taels is not enough at all, but if you give 20 or 40 taels, the two princes add up, and the Zhenbei government will have to spend [-] to [-] taels!
Take out so much money all at once, and tell the whole family in the mansion to drink the northwest wind?
So Mr. Ning simply pretended to be sick, ignoring the calls of the Queen's sister and the county king's nephew.

Since his brother-in-law became emperor, Ning Hansong, Duke of Zhenbei, has become more cautious than when he was a Marquis, and his attitude towards his brother-in-law Li Da is also more respectful than before.

In addition, he also knows about his daughter's quarrel with the girl of the Song family, and now he has become extremely sensitive to any troubles in the household department.

As the commander of Jinyiwei, Ning Yuan often walks in front of the imperial court, and has a close relationship with Li Zhao. Ning Yuan knows more or less what the emperor is thinking, and Li Zhao has also reminded him of this matter.

After returning home, Ning Yuan told his father that in the future, military generals and civil servants and gentry would have to pay food and taxes together.

This is the will of the new emperor. If he complied earlier, the loss would be small. If he resolutely resisted, the emperor would have to disown his relatives.

Under Ning Yuan's suggestion, the Ning family quietly returned the land property of the military households they occupied in the Northeast to the military households, and made up for the land tax that had not been handed in for five years to the household department to ensure that the Ning family was not called Song Jianming. What kind of handle is the cunning fox grabbing.

Lord Ning knows the temperament of the new emperor Li Da too well. Simply put, those who follow others will prosper, and those who oppose others will perish, no matter who it is.

That person is not only smart, but also careless, more importantly, the image of His Majesty as a scoundrel has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he doesn't need to spend as much effort on the surface as the previous emperor.

Li Da is a person who has long ago torn off his own face and put it on the ground. Such a new emperor has no scruples in doing things.

He is not afraid of infamy at all, let alone false fame.

As long as he can achieve his goal, he can do whatever it takes!
But with less fields, the family will naturally have to find ways to develop income, otherwise, how can such a huge government maintain its dignity?

In the evening, Ning Hansong called his two concubine brothers, his third son Ning Cheng, and his fourth son Ning Yuan to a meeting to discuss how to increase the income of the family.

Ning Cheng lived in the Northeast since he was a child, and he knew how to draw a bow to fight. Apart from taking a modest salary like other generals and occupying some military land, he couldn't think of any other ways to make money.

Ning Hansong's two concubines are much younger than Lord Ning.Back then, Old Ning Houye loved his wife Mu Shi very much. When he was young, he never took concubines except for a few Tongfang who drank medicine. Later, after Ninglao Houye was over forty years old, the old lady felt that she was not a concubine. She was so capable of giving birth, so she arranged for her husband to take in two concubines according to the usual habits of rich and noble families.

Not two years after the two concubines gave birth to their heirs, Old Ning Hou Ye fell ill. Ning Hansong took over his father's position and became the Marquis of Zhenbei. Two concubines who have lost their support and two immature children are living a life of being dependent on others in the Hou's mansion.

The two of them slept and ate on weekdays, and their reading was mediocre. Although the elder brother hired a master for them in martial arts, there was no one to supervise them. The two of them practiced for more than ten years, and their martial arts were still at the stage of strengthening their bodies.

It was the first time in their lives that they participated in a family meeting. They were both taken aback by being asked such a serious question by their elder brother.

The second child stammered and asked, "Elder brother, what happened at home...why is there a shortage of money?"

Ning Hansong sighed when he saw his brother's ugly appearance, and looked at Ning Yuan. He shouldn't have called his two younger brothers who were "just eating and waiting to die" to advise on such a thing!

In fact, Ning Yuan already had an idea. Seeing that the two uncles and elder brothers had no idea, he said, "Father, we have to learn from the Song family about making money."

Ning Hansong's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly, that's right, he should learn from that chicken thief Song Jianming in this matter!

"Ah Yuan, do you know any secret ways for the Song family to make money?"

Ning Yuan said: "It's not a secret, Dad, why don't we run a factory like the Song family? Wool and lanolin are good things, why do we have to buy from Jin and Song Sanna girl? Why don't we raise sheep in the Northeast and run a factory?" wool mill."

"That's a good idea!" Ning Third Young Master Ning Cheng clapped his hands and applauded.

Lord Ning frowned and said: "I heard that thing was made by... the Song family, do you know what to do?"

Ning Yuan smiled and said: "Father, you think too complicated! Those two things are actually not that difficult. The craftsmen are all from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so you can find out when you go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If you can find a worker who has worked in Song San's factory, and give him a few taels of silver, I'm afraid you won't know?"

Lord Ning felt that what Ning Yuan said was very reasonable, didn't the Xu family build a wool factory in the northwest!Why can't the Ning family?Raising sheep directly in the Northeast and weaving in the Northeast can save a lot of transportation costs!

"That's a good idea! Let's do it this way!" But after finishing speaking, he hesitated again, thought about it, and then changed his words: "Ah Yuan, you go into the palace tomorrow and ask His Majesty what you mean."

Ning Yuan nodded, he thought so too, His Majesty had to know about this matter, and only with his permission could he start to do it.

The emperor was reading the memorial about office studies sent by Li Zhao these days.

Li Zhao said that simplified Chinese characters must be popularized, and farmers, workers, and businessmen all over the world must be able to read, so that the status of literati will not be so special.

Their status is not so special anymore. The imperial court wants officials and gentry to pay food and taxes together, and it will be even smoother when the land reform is implemented in the future.

The other is to improve the status of artisans in the future. If artisans cannot read or write, how can literati look up to them?
It will still be looked down upon.

The "national education system" conceived by Song Qingyue is divided into three levels, primary schools, intermediate schools, and higher schools, and finally a technical school.

The elementary school is a three-year course. Not only is the course exempted, but also a meal is provided. The courses taught are literacy, arithmetic, and health and hygiene.

Although Song Qingyue also proposed anti-superstition atheism and materialism education, Li Zhao feels that this is still open to discussion.

The primary school should not only be established in the county town, but also go to the countryside, all the way to the village. Of course, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight. Thousands of teachers must be trained first, and then the construction of schools and going to the countryside will be discussed.But at least the imperial court must have such a plan and put this matter in a priority position.

As for middle-level schools, entrance examinations are required, and they are initially only set up in various counties, while universities can be set up in large prefectures, and bursaries and scholarships are also provided for poor students.

In the future, the students from these public schools in various places will be able to gradually break the power of the aristocratic families and allow the circulation of all social classes.

The last sentence written by Li Zhao in the booklet: In the future, in these schools funded by the imperial court, even His Majesty, there will be thousands of talents like King Jin and Princess Jin to serve for His Majesty and the imperial court. Call me Huaxia China is ushering in a major change unseen in a millennium, to achieve the true heart of the world, to make the world surrender, and to worship my Chinese Emperor as the eternal sage.

One sentence made the emperor's heart agitated, his face was flushed with excitement, Eunuch Wang watched from the side and laughed, and joked with the emperor, "Look at me, Your Majesty was not so excited when he ascended the throne."

The emperor laughed while pointing at Li Zhao's booklet, and said, "Boss wrote this booklet, which is a century-old plan! A holy king? Hmph, that kid wants to be a holy king himself, hahahaha!"

Eunuch Wang hurriedly complimented: "It is God's will that Your Majesty got the unicorn."

The emperor nodded, and read the book again from beginning to end, enjoying the future in his mind, and seemed to have endless energy all over his body.

He was in high spirits when Eunuch He came outside to report that Ning Yuan, commander of Jin Yiwei, asked to see him.

"The kid is here? Call him in." The emperor said with a smile.

Ning Yuan entered the main hall of the Imperial Study Room, looked up and saw that His Majesty was in a good mood, he immediately felt relieved, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, my nephew is here today to ask for family matters."

"Family matters? Could it be that my uncle has encountered something difficult?"

Ning Yuan chuckled: "Look at what you said, Uncle, it's indeed a bit difficult."

The emperor clicked his tongue: "Speak up when you have something to say, hesitating, it makes people anxious."

Ning Yuan nodded, and talked about the family's financial difficulties, and finally said aggrievedly: "You don't know, a few days ago, the Second Highness wanted to build a palace, and he asked my father to ask for money. Isn't it for the Second Highness Why don’t you just give it to Your Highness! The government’s accounts are tight recently, so how can they afford so much! My father is so worried that he has been pretending to be sick at home recently, and dare not leave the house!”

The emperor immediately burst out laughing, he likes to hear this kind of truth that doesn't play tricks on him.

The emerald beads in his hand twirled again and again, and the emperor asked with a half-smile, "Then A Yuan thought of a way to make money, and I need my permission?"

"No, no! You can't hide anything from Uncle!" Next, Ning Yuan briefly talked about his plan to build a wool factory in the northwest. He needed to borrow craftsmen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he needed to ask His Highness for advice. What is the weaving method of this wool?

The emperor murmured with his hands behind his back, and said, "Of course I don't have any objections, but the method of weaving woolen thread was thought up by Princess Jin. If you want to set up your own factory, you have to ask the boss what it means."

"Hey, okay! My nephew is going to ask His Highness."

The emperor nodded and waved his hand, telling him to go quickly.

In the afternoon of that day, Ning Yuan went to Su Wangqian's mansion to look for Li Zhao. Li Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly. He was aware of the recent series of actions of the Zhenbei mansion.

Li Zhao is very satisfied with the reliability of his uncle, but in this way, the income of the government is indeed a problem.

It is unrealistic to expect a group of people who are used to living a rich life to take the initiative to tighten their belts to live a poor life.

Always let the government find new ways to make money.

So Li Zhao didn't express his opinion, but invited Song Qingyue out from behind and asked her what she meant.

Song Qingyue was quite surprised when she came to Xiguang Palace. She thought that her dog man had made progress, and now she knew to come to ask her opinion!
Worth rewarding!

"Yue'er, you came up with this wool weaving method, what do you think?"

Song Qingyue thought for a while, and she didn't want to be polite with Ning Yuan, and said directly: "I don't want too much, give me and Your Highness [-]% of the stock, my father's [-]%, and my father's [-]%, a total of [-]% come over."

Li Zhao heard that his father and himself had a share, so he laughed immediately, subconsciously took Song Qingyue's hand, squeezed it lightly, and then straightened his expression and said to Ning Yuan: "The Ning family can return the land occupied by the military households to the military. The household is excellent. I won’t take that achievement of the king. But I have a request, this wool factory, your Ning family can take up [-]% of the wool factory, and let other generals in the Northeast also participate in the rest. I might as well today Let me tell you clearly, you can spread the news as much as you can, the imperial court will investigate the matter of encroaching on the property of military households and eating empty pay sooner or later. It is only a matter of time."

When Ning Yuan heard this, his face turned cold.

Li Zhao said again: "But you also remember to reassure everyone that the imperial court is not trying to force you to death, and will always find other ways to make money for you. The military generals shed their blood for the imperial court, and the imperial court is unwilling to treat you badly. "

"Yes! This subordinate knows." Ning Yuan knelt down on one knee and said respectfully, "Thank you for your advice, Your Highness!"

Seeing Ning Yuan who was so reserved and respectful in front of him, Li Zhao nodded expressionlessly, stood up, and said, "I will send you out."

This is the meaning of not letting him see Ning Yueyao. Ning Yuan observed Li Zhao's expression, but did not dare to mention it.

When the two reached the door, Li Zhao suddenly said, "A Yuan, although your identity has changed now, you are still the closest brother in my heart."

"Yes, thank you for your trust."

"But one thing." Li Zhao's eyes sank, he stared at Ning Yuan, and his voice became colder, "Don't worry about Yao'er's affairs, and the Ning family should not interfere with the affairs of the king's backyard. The Ning family It's the Ning family, and the side concubine is the side concubine. If Yao'er marries this king, she will belong to this king and has nothing to do with the Ning family. If she makes any mistakes, she has nothing to do with the Ning family, understand?"

Hearing this, Ning Yuan's body trembled slightly, Li Zhao grabbed his shoulders, stabilized his body, and continued: "I feel the need to tell you something. Yue'er is pregnant."

Ning Yuan turned pale, but Li Zhao smiled and said, "This is a good thing, isn't it?"

Ning Yuan smiled wryly, yes, this is a good thing.If Yao'er gave birth to the eldest son, I don't know what troubles will happen to her.

It's a good thing...

It's so good that it hurts my heart.

Li Zhaodao: "A Yuan, this king will not pursue the past. We are still good brothers."

The words sound nice, but Ning Yuan heard the second half of the sentence that he didn't say: He didn't pursue it in the past, but from now on, if something happens again, Li Zhao will not show mercy.

Ning Yuan lowered his head and said: "Yes, I understand what His Highness means. When I go back, I must remind grandma."

Li Zhao laughed and said, "Forget it with grandma. She's getting old, so we'll just let her know on the surface. We shouldn't let her know, so let her know."

"Yes..." Ning Yuan's heart sank a little more.

"Her old man, I haven't visited her for a long time. I will take time to see her."

Li Zhao glanced at Ning Yuan, and Ning Yuan's slightly stiff lips curled up hard, before he said, "I will tell my grandmother."

Li Zhao returned to Baoguang Hall from the east side gate of the palace. Song Qingyue came up to meet him, hugged him by the waist, raised her head and asked, "What did you whisper to Fourth Young Master Ning?"

Li Zhao squeezed her face and said, "It's nothing, my grandmother is not in good health, I'm afraid I will have to take a day to visit her at the Zhenbei Duke's Mansion."

"You want to take side concubine Ning?"

Li Zhao nodded: "Yes."

Song Qingyue let go of Li Zhao's waist, turned around and hummed, "Your Highness can figure it out for himself. It's agreed that when I'm pregnant, you'll have to stay with me at night and you're not allowed to go anywhere."

Li Zhao hugged her from behind, rubbed her neck with the stubble on his chin, put his hand gently on her lower abdomen, and said affectionately: "Where can I go to other people, nothing is as important as Yue Er and the child now." He kissed her on the cheek, "The sky is big and the earth is big, the lady is the biggest."

"I tell you, I won't go to celebrate the birthday of the old lady who hurt me!"

Li Zhao sighed secretly, and said, "Okay, if you don't go, you won't go. You'd be worried about going to Ning's house as your husband, so it's better not to go."

Satisfied, Song Qingyue turned around and stood on tiptoe, kissed him on the cheek, then pulled Li Zhao's skirt to make him bend down, and whispered something in his ear, Li Zhao heard it, and his throat subconsciously rolled Get lost, at the end, he licked his lips with a slanderous expression.

"Today... why are you so nice all of a sudden?" He was a little flattered, since Song Qingyue was pregnant with the child, his temper has been not very good.

Song Qingyue smiled, and kissed him again: "My husband now knows that he needs to ask my opinion, respect my opinion, and behave so well, of course he should be rewarded."

"That's natural, what the lady means, you must respect it as a husband!"

Li Zhao trembled, his nose turned up to the sky, Song Qingyue rolled his eyes at him, hooked his hand around his belt, and led him into the room, Li Zhao followed, his whole body flew up.

Lin Wanfu quietly followed behind and smacked his lips, thinking: Well, the concubine is treating her highness like a dog again...

(End of this chapter)