Film and television started from Yan Jiecheng in the Siheyuan

Arranging for Xu San to take the manpower to protect the old lady and Minglan to go south to Youyang was just an episode.

Sending people out, Sheng Changbai felt relieved.

Whether it is a robber or a thief soldier, the purpose is only to make a fortune.

Murdering an old lady and a half-grown girl will not add any benefits to these people.

Dozens of people are enough to protect a caravan, but protecting two people is unlikely to make any mistakes.

In the worst case, the Sheng family can still afford to lose some of their belongings.

Because it's all because of a rich life, there is no one in the Sheng family who would give up their lives and money except for Lin Haoshuang.

Sheng Changbai is still busy with farming. In feudal society, there is no more fundamental thing than farming.

If the fields are planted well, most of the problems of feudal society can be solved.

When it was time for summer sowing, Sheng Changbai was still busy with the most important task of officials, persuading farmers to cultivate mulberry trees.

"Ming Gong, what do you think of this land reclamation?"

After making a plan, Sheng Changbai came to the state government office again to look for Huang Zhizhou.

The documents signed by the state government need to be signed by the state and the judge, and both of them will stamp the seal before it becomes effective.

Only a prefect who is not constrained by the general judgment can truly control a state.

"Encouraging land reclamation, tax exemption for three years, and tax for three and a half years, is more vigorous than before. However, since I took office, I have also issued land reclamation orders, but the results have not been very good."

Normal officials all know the benefits of supporting land reclamation and increasing the number of acres.

Huang Zhizhou has also been an official for more than ten years, so it is not surprising to have this basic operation.

"Duke Ming, during this period of time, I have visited the countryside. The common people are worried about land reclamation. They are still worried that the good fields that have been reclaimed will eventually become mature land, and will be forcibly occupied by big landlords. As long as these two points can be guaranteed, the enthusiasm of the people to open up wasteland will naturally increase."

Most of the policies are good policies, but because the policies are implemented by people, various problems will continue to occur.

The most important thing is to do a good job of supervision. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on a simple system to ensure that the policy can be implemented perfectly.

So how well the common people can live has a lot to do with their parents and officials, whether they are willing or not, and whether they can manage the officials well.

Officials who are incapable of governing actually do not need to interfere too much, as long as they manage officials to reduce the exploitation of the people.

The people can live a good life by themselves, and governance by doing nothing is also a way.

Therefore, although some "literary youths" do not have much government affairs ability, their moral level is high enough to not disturb the people.

If you eat and drink all day long, travel around mountains and rivers, and have fun on your own, you will be called a good official by the people.

In fact, the Taizu and Taizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all people who could "get cheap" to pick up the throne and the country.

They are very scheming and scheming, of course they are not stupid. When establishing the legal system, they also referred a lot to the experience of the previous dynasty.

The systems formulated at that time all had certain reasons and merits, but most of them had problems in implementation.

It was formulated by the Great Zhou Dynasty, the land system was not established, and land annexation was not opposed, such an abnormal policy against the feudal constitution.

In fact, it is not as bad as it seems, because a lot of land has been annexed by officials and gentry.

It also gave birth to many landless farmers.

Some people became employees and tenants of the landlord.

However, some of these landless farmers have invested in industry and commerce, which has promoted the improvement of productivity, the development of industry and commerce, and the prosperity of industry and commerce. At this stage, the commercial tax only accounts for one tenth of the tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty. one.

But it is obvious that the great potential has not been tapped.

Ignoring the land tax, if a large part of the goods, grain, and cloth are collected.

The cash income provided by the commercial tax can easily exceed the land tax.

Another part of farmers, unable to develop the wasteland near their hometown, chose to leave their hometown and go to remote areas where no one owns the land, where they developed wasteland on a large scale. From an objective perspective, this system does promote the further development of land.

Those government-business landlords who annexed fertile land, of course, developed the wasteland near the village.

Whether it is the landlord or the poor, they all went to open up wasteland, which objectively accelerated the speed of land reclamation in many Great Zhou dynasties.

Although the process was cruel, most of these developed wastelands were turned into hidden fields, and the imperial court did not get much direct benefit.

But in fact, it also greatly increased the grain output of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, Mr. Sheng."

The cooperation between Sheng Changbai and Huang Zhizhou is also a pleasure. Sheng Changbai just wants to do things, not to seize power.

With the relationship of the Hai family, the two give each other face, and there is no contradiction in cooperation.

After seeing Sheng Hong's exquisite face and long-sleeved dance for so many years, Sheng Changbai's official communication skills are not bad.

No matter how much Sheng Changbai tossed about, the political achievements he made in Xuzhou could not lose a large part of Zhizhou, the top leader.

After handing over the propaganda work of land reclamation.

Sheng Changbai held a banquet in order to thank him for the reason that the summer tax was collected smoothly.

All the officials, businessmen, and big landlords in Xuzhou were summoned.

Of course, it is not so delicious for the officials to take the initiative to invite them to eat. Inviting these people to come over is to promote the seeds.

It is still very efficient to use power to directly advance the progress.

These country gentry and landowners, no matter what they think in their hearts, each of them purchased a lot of seeds and went back.

More or less every family has to plant some new species.

The first time you want Sheng Changbai, you need to force it. After you see the effect, these will be planted on a large scale on your own initiative.

After the big households have changed to better varieties to increase production, it is easy to affect, radiate, and ordinary farmers.

"Liu Tao, how is the matter of buying a suburban village going?"

Naturally, Sheng Changbai is also setting an example, besides changing his job fields to good breeds.

It is also planned to buy property and build farms, which will be used as demonstration fields for the people.

"My lord, there are few big farms for sale, and our family doesn't overpower others, so it's not that easy to buy. We only found a small farm with [-] hectares of land."

"Two thousand mu, that's all for this summer, it's enough for the time being."

The money for Sheng Changbai to buy Zhuangzi came from Sheng Hong's family sponsorship. When Sheng Changbai went out, he received [-] guan from the Sheng family.

All of Sheng Hong's cash was bald.

The money given to Sheng Changbai is for Sheng Changbai to buy real estate.

After all, it is necessary for a person who goes out to be an official to have certain financial capabilities.

Otherwise, just relying on Sheng Changbai's monthly salary would be less than a few dozen guan.

It is a lot of pressure for Sheng Changbai to raise dozens of servants in his family.

Not to mention some necessary official activities, communication, and entertainment.

When you can't give gifts to people, you just write a bad poem, write a few words, draw a few grasses, and fool around like this.

The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty had very high salaries and various subsidies, but they did not reach the level where low-level officials could support dozens of people.

There are a large number of low-level officials who are noisy and unable to live. They cannot afford to rent houses or hire servants.

It is probably because there is a large family, a family, and a village to support.

It depends on how many people contribute in order to confess a Jinshi.

For the next thing, Sheng Changbai is supervising the summer sowing, to ensure that the crops in the whole state are sown according to the season.

After Xia Bo finished his work, Sheng Changbai also received letters from Youyang and Kaifeng respectively.

In the letter, the old lady praised and thanked Sheng Changbai.

The world outside is not as peaceful as the old lady thought.

When returning to Youyang, the old lady still encountered water bandits.

Although these water bandits were forced to retreat after several rounds of bows and arrows led by Xu San.

But if the old lady's plan was followed, she would only bring the maid, the mother-in-law.

Xu San was not at the old lady, and intercepted the old lady's words as soon as he left the Kaifeng mansion.

A group of old and weak women and children, a few servants, the force is almost zero, and the consequences of encountering water bandits are still unimaginable.

An old lady from a rich family, taking a group of maids out, is not suitable for an outing, let alone a long trip.

Although most bandits will not easily provoke officials and their families in order to avoid retaliation.

But there are always some people who hate the government and act without any scruples.

The old lady is an old lady from a wealthy family. She brought a lot of goods and went out without force.

For all kinds of bandits, it is a big piece of fat.

Then the old lady said, she wants to stay in Youyang for a while.

The explanation is that at the old lady's age and physical condition, it will become more and more difficult to travel far in the future.

Going back to Youyang this time may be the last time for the old lady to go back to Youyang.

The unspoken reason was that the old lady wanted to choose a suitable husband's family for Minglan.

In order to avoid the consequences of marrying someone in the first place, only listening to rumors, marrying someone blindly, and knowing someone unknown.

The old lady must be more cautious in choosing a husband for Ming Lan this time, it will take a period of contact and judge by herself.

After Minglan returned to Youyang, she had a good time.

After leaving home, Ming Lan doesn't need to be caught between Mo Lan and Ru Lan, and be affected and bullied by them.

After arriving in the big house, there is no such great pressure of living at home. I have to always think about how to play scheming and house fighting.

The state of mind must be much more relaxed, after living in the big house.

Not surprisingly, Minglan was about the same age as her, and Pinlan, who was not very scheming, became friends and played together.

Most of the letters from Tokyo Wang Ruofu and Rulan are just daily greetings and short stories from their parents.

After removing the pleasantries, Sheng Changbai read the letter from the two of them.

I also found some useful information, Qi Heng and the Jiacheng County Lord were officially engaged.

The Sheng family received an invitation from the Duke of Qi's mansion, and Sheng Hong didn't go to attend in order to avoid the suspicion of King Yong.

But there are still some bad contacts with the Qi family, so Wang Ruofu and Ru Lan went to Qi Heng's engagement ceremony.

The two of them are just engaged, so many princes and nobles from Bianliang and court ministers will participate, and the way it is done is luxurious and decent.

Ru Lan just watched the festivities, but anyone who understands can see how powerful King Yong is now, and how high the support rate he has won in the court.

Looking at the names of the important ministers one by one, it is enough to show that King Yong has already taken the lead in the battle for the position of crown prince.

The second one is about Gu Tingye, Gu's second child.

Gu Tingye himself is already in his 20s, and he is already considered an older leftover man, and he is anxious to bring the concubine, illegitimate child, and illegitimate daughter into the Hou's mansion, and he is in a hurry to do things.

When Sheng Changbai left Tokyo, the progress of Gu Tingye's marriage was far behind that of Qi Heng.

Now Qi Heng just got engaged, and Gu Tingye has already married Rong Feiyan into the door.

For a top honored family, going through the wedding process in such a short time is a bit rushed.

This made Sheng Changbai have to suspect that Gu Tingye had used his money ability in order to marry a wife as soon as possible.

The Rong family is a family of foreign relatives, that is, as the old emperor wanted to have a baby, the Rong family trembled when Xiao Concubine Rong was favored.

In terms of background, it is far inferior to other honorable families.

Although after having rights, it is easier to pursue money.

But the time for the Rong family to prosper is too short, and it is far from accumulating any solid family background.

The assets in Gu Tingye's hands are more than a few million, one or two million taels, as long as he can marry a wife quickly, Gu Tingye will not care.

Gu Laoer inherited not only a large sum of money, but also a hen like Yanzhuang that never lays golden eggs.

As long as the powerful can protect these salt villages, Gu Lao Er will have endless money to spend.

Needless to say, the Rong family was willing to send money to their family from Gu Er Er.

Not all Xungui are good at management and can easily make money.

The Rong family is only developing in the Forbidden Army, and has a little influence, that is, they can drink some soldiers' blood and eat some free money.

However, the military discipline of the Great Zhou Dynasty had not been completely corrupted, and the Rong family did not dare to go too far. They were only able to make a little money, so how could they be able to withstand Gu Er's ability to make money.

A nobleman like the founder of the Ningyuan Houfu is willing to marry a daughter of a merchant family as his wife for 50 taels.

It's not unacceptable for a nouveau riche like the Rong family to spend a lot of money, make preparations for the marriage hastily, and marry a daughter early.

Sheng Hong's letter first of all expressed his comfort to Sheng Changbai for his concern for the old lady.

Then I talked about the situation in the court, although the words were tactful.

But Sheng Changbai still understood what Sheng Hong meant.

At the beginning of the year, the old emperor shut down Sheng Hong for two days, using it to knock mountains and shake tigers and deter his officials.

The effect has slowly faded over the past few months.

The princes in the court are already planning the next round of persecution against the old emperor.

Forcing the old emperor to appoint the crown prince as soon as possible, the will of the ministers is very unified on this point.

Whether it is the Yongwang Party, the Yanwang Party, or the neutral party, they all have this attitude.

Regardless of whether the old emperor is unwilling or loves power, he is almost dead, and it is really inappropriate not to establish an heir.

At the end of the letter, Sheng Hong probably felt that Qi Heng was Sheng Changbai's junior and Gu Tingye was Sheng Changbai's friend, so he told Sheng Changbai a lot about the two of them.

Wang Ruofu and Rulan spent the whole day in the back house, and what they got was gossip.

It was far less clear, detailed, and accurate than what Sheng Hong learned.

In order to win over the Duke of Qi and a group of distinguished nobles from the state of Qi, King Yong hopes that the two families will get married as soon as possible, and Qi Heng's marriage will not be delayed for too long, and they will get married before winter.

After Gu Tingye married his wife, he didn't stay honestly in the Hou's mansion to live a good life with his wife, but stayed in a foreign house all day long, making a big joke. Sheng Hong hoped that Sheng Changbai would learn from it and not be bad.