Princess of the auxiliary country

It is simply impossible to share the same hatred and hatred.

Why are these scholars attached to them? It's just to find a way out.

When the court really excludes all nobles, what outlet can they give these scholars?
When the court is tempted, not to mention these scholars who are not from the family, I am afraid that even some scholars from the family will defect.

After all, by that time, the family was already in danger. With such a good way out, who would be willing to die together with the nobles?
They knew this very well, and the emperor also knew this very well.

The reason why the emperor didn't do this was simply because he was afraid of causing turmoil in the court and the country, so they both tacitly understood that the nobles needed official positions in the court to maintain their status.

At the same time, the emperor also needed literati from the gentry clan to help govern and stabilize the world.

The nobles can seek something, but as long as it is not too excessive, the emperor will turn a blind eye. After all, compared to this, the stability of the court and the stability of the world are more important.

This is a tacit understanding between each other and a delicate balance.

But once this tacit understanding is broken and this balance is destroyed, things will become uncontrollable.

At that time, in order to stabilize the situation of the court, the emperor will inevitably take up the butcher's knife. Even if the nobles are powerful, can they still compare with the thousands of troops of the court?
So when they heard Huo Jingzhi say that the gold medal was a reward from the Supreme Emperor, the nobles knew that they could not continue. If they continued, the Supreme Emperor would be furious. Who knows, would this delicate balance be broken?

They don't dare to gamble.

Seeing this, they all stepped back, and a smile flashed in Emperor Zhaowu's eyes.

He was indeed a little dissatisfied with Huo Junyao getting such a gold medal, but after yesterday's incident, he found that this thing actually has its benefits.

It can shock a lot of people, but of course it can only have this side. If there are more, I'm afraid it will lead to chaos.

"Hey, the lady is back."

When Huo Junyao appeared at the Hot Spring Villa, everyone in Zhuangzi was immediately surprised.

After so many months of getting along with each other, these people in Zhuangzi have great respect for their third lady.

There is no other reason. This third lady is very generous and treats the big guys very well. Not only does she not beat or scold them, but she also gives some rewards to the big guys from time to time.

In this society where servants' lives are insignificant, it is a great blessing for them to meet such a generous and generous master.

"Everyone has worked hard during this period."

"Auntie Xi, please ask someone to prepare some meat and vegetables for everyone's dinner today."

Hearing this, all the slaves were overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Back in their own courtyard, Hong Xiu, Wang Xia and Aunt Xi quickly reported on the affairs of Zhuangzi during this period.

Aunt Xi is responsible for the operation of Zhuangzi, but nothing happened. After all, she has such a good master, and anyone who is not a fool will not cause trouble here.

Then Hongxiu reported on the business affairs, which were actually not that big. Since she stopped doing braised food, the villa only had vegetable business, and the daily turnover was only a little, so there was basically nothing wrong.

"How much money do we have on hand now?"

Hongxiu turned to look at Aunt Xi.

"Miss, the dealer currently has a little more than 110 Guan left."

Huo Junyao nodded. With this money, she didn't have to worry about what she would do in the spring.

Then Wangxia reported to the greenhouse.

After harvesting one crop after another, the vegetables are almost gone now, and spring is not far away, so we can slow down for a while and then plant normally again after a while.

Then there is the matter of corn. After several months of careful care, those corns have reached the edge of maturity.

It should be ready to harvest in the beginning of spring. "Oh? Is it almost mature? I'll go take a look."

Later, Huo Junyao led several people into the corn greenhouse. At this time, the corn inside had grown taller than one person, and there were corn cobs on each corn.

Although it is not as strong as what she saw in her previous life, it is very good to be able to grow like this in this winter.

After all, conditions are limited, so it's great to be able to grow like this.

After checking the condition of several corn cobs in succession, Huo Junyao said, "Auntie Xi, please take the time to have someone clean up the yard at the back and move all the furniture and other things inside. From now on, that yard will be used as a warehouse. "

"When spring comes, I'm looking at expansion one or two."

Aunt Xi agreed with a smile.

"Miss, it seems that the pepper greenhouse is ready for harvest."

"Oh? Go and have a look."

Several people came to the pepper greenhouse again, and Huo Junyao was extremely happy when they saw the red peppers.

Finally, I can achieve chili freedom.

"It's indeed time to harvest. Let's gather everyone in the village early tomorrow morning to harvest the peppers."

Why not pick it now? Naturally, she still needs to prepare some things.

After all, it is still winter. Although it does not snow from time to time like it did a year ago, there is not much sunshine. If you want to pick these peppers and store them properly, you have to find a way to dry them.

After leaving the greenhouse, she immediately asked someone to set up a temporary drying room, and prepared a lot of charcoal and firewood.

The next day, early in the morning, people in the village began to divide their labors to harvest and dry peppers.

They were still curious about this thing called chili pepper at first, but after the hot pot appeared, they understood that it was a good thing, and their young lady loved it very much.

So I was very careful when picking, specifically selecting the red ones, and keeping the cyan ones for now.

At noon that day, Huo Junyao took fresh chili peppers to the kitchen and cooked two homemade side dishes by herself.

The goal of improving life has taken another big step forward.

After lunch, Huo Junyao went to the living room to drink tea. As soon as she sat down, she suddenly remembered that in addition to farming, Huo Junyao seemed to also feed piglets.

"By the way, what's going on with the piglets we raised last year?"

Several months have passed in a flash, and it seems that I have never cared about their situation, and I have not heard any reports about them.

"Okay, they look great. The method Miss used is really incredible. Those piglets are all chubby now."

Xiaochan said with a smile.

"Oh? Go and have a look."

Soon, Huo Junyao, led by Xiaochan and others, arrived at the yard of the housekeeper of the original villa.

The piglets were raised by the steward's family because it was just an experiment at first. Some of the original piglets had problems during castration and died soon after. Currently, there are only five piglets left alive.

Seeing Huo Junyao arriving, Manager Wang quickly saluted and said hello respectfully. Knowing that she was here to see the piglets, he quickly took her to the pigsty at the back of the yard.

"Tsk tsk, you are really well raised."

The pig pen was very large, and the pigs in it were different from the large white pigs that were common in later generations. These five pigs were all black pigs, and they were really round and round. From a visual inspection, each pig weighed at least [-] to [-] pounds.