The ghost king and princess of Feng Qingtian

Chapter 42
"...Now that it's a little cold today, this hot tea should be warmed on the charcoal stove at all times, so that the masters can quench their thirst at any time. But you should also pay attention, the charcoal has been burned in the inner room for a long time, but it will make people Chest tightness, so this charcoal stove has to be placed in a ventilated hall, and the tea in the master's inner room has to be changed every three quarters of an hour." Mother Qiu began to teach the new palace servants the rules early in the morning , when to do something, how to do it, and what to pay attention to, everything is in detail. Yun Yuhong is very satisfied. It was indeed a wise move to save Madam Qiu's life back then.The queen next to her was also very happy. Although she was not familiar with the people in the room, and she was not smart, she was very respectful to her, and she did what she was asked to do, never procrastinating, and would not compromise on doing things.

Yun Yuhong signaled the clever ghost to take a few people out to guard the door. She came to the middle of the room and made a few gestures. The group of people all knelt down and saluted neatly and respectfully: "I have seen the master!"

Yun Yuhong nodded: "Get up, everyone is your own. From now on, your task is to guard the Fengyi Palace and protect my mother. Which one of you belongs to Aunt Hong?"

There were eight maids in the palace, and Yun Yuhong saw that they were all fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features, but because they had done a lot of rough work in the palace, their complexions were sallow, their expressions were dull, and their hands were rough, but they could be valued by Aunt Hong, so they should She has some strengths, so she said: "The four of you will follow the queen mother, and the four of you will work in the kitchen."

Then he turned to the others: "Which of you are good at martial arts?"

Everyone took a step forward, Yun Yuhong touched her nose, the master sent out all the hidden guards, it was really overkill, but it just solved her urgent need, and said: "Don't let people discover your martial arts, Don't let anyone find out about your relationship with each other. Leave everything else up to Mother Qiu."

Turning around to the queen again, she said, "Queen mother, these are daughters, you can use them at ease, Madam Qiu is more familiar with the affairs of the palace, you should listen to her more if you have anything to do."

Seeing such a scene, the queen was both surprised and happy, and her heart was at ease.

After Yun Yuhong arranged the affairs of Fengyi Palace, she wanted to find the main Taoist to order to go out of the palace to visit Bai Ziyu in the Hou Mansion of Jingguo.Now the power in the palace is in the hands of the fourth concubine, and Concubine Hui manages personnel to enter and leave the palace. Although she was asked to hand it over to the queen, she has not acted for a long time, and Yun Yuhong believes that the queen's priority now is to give birth to the emperor's brother, and other things It's not important, so I didn't go to urge it, but it was more troublesome to go in and out of the palace. Of course, she would not go to Concubine Hui to get a sign, so she had to go to Qianzong to get the order every time she wanted to go out of the palace.

And when Yun Yuhong came to the Imperial Study Room with Smart Ghost, it was also bustling inside.The four princes and a group of ministers were arguing inside, Yun Yuhong didn't rush in, but secretly called Defu out to understand the situation first.

Defu sighed, pointed to the four princes inside and said: "The eldest princess hasn't seen it yet, they are the four princes, and the taller one is Yun Ruifeng, the eldest prince born to the concubine De, who is seven years old this year and has a long The thin but smart-looking second prince Yun Ruikai, born to Concubine Shu, is seven years old and only two months younger than the eldest prince. The fat one is Yun Ruibin, the third prince born to Concubine Hui, who is six years old this year. The white one on the far side is Yun Ruihong, the fourth prince born to Concubine Xian, who is also six years old this year. Concubine Xian also has a daughter, the second princess Yun Yuting, who is seven years old this year and is not here. Today is the emperor's exam On the day when the four princes were doing their homework, Master Zhou said that he wanted to compare the grades of the princes. No matter how good it was to decide whether to send a more famous Confucian to teach, the other ministers would also follow. It's a matter of fighting for the reserve again."

Yun Yuhong raised her eyebrows, this group of people are really ruthless, today they really have to use some means to suppress the matter of establishing a reserve, otherwise it will be a trivial matter to make a joke, and I am afraid it will affect political affairs.

The witty ghost said from behind: "Master, I heard that the tutor of the princes is Zhou Chuanhai, the eldest son of the Zhou University scholar, and he is very knowledgeable."

Yun Yuhong nodded and took the lead in walking in.After seeing the ceremony, he asked Qianzong: "Father, it's so lively here, what happened?"

Qian Zong was very happy to see Yun Yuhong, only this daughter was on his side, who only loved him as a father but had no interest in the throne.Let someone arrange a seat for Yun Yuhong in front of her, and then said to Yun Yuhong: "Hong'er came just in time, just in time to meet some of your younger brothers, we are taking their homework exams, you are sister, I just wanted to give a review.”

Yun Yuhong smiled kindly, and asked a few imperial disciples, "What books have you memorized recently?"

The eldest prince snorted arrogantly, turned his head and ignored Yun Yuhong.

The second prince replied indifferently: ""The Examination of Emperor Mo Yun"" "The Examination of Emperor Mo Yun" is a book that records the achievements of Mo Yun's emperors in the past dynasties. It is a must-read for the royal children and lays the foundation for future governance , usually only those involved in political affairs will read it.

The third prince answered politely: "The fifth volume of "The Examination of Emperor Mo Yun", has the imperial sister also studied it?" Is it because he is younger, but he still couldn't help showing a trace of contempt.

The fourth prince continued proudly: "You can already recite these!"

Yun Yuhong still smiled and said: ""The Examination of Emperor Mo Yun" is divided into eight volumes, I seem to have read them all before I left the palace at the age of five. Is the fifth volume about the events of Emperor Xuanwen's time?"

The four princes were taken aback for a moment, but they still looked superior and did not take Yun Yuhong at all.

Yun Yuhong continued: "Since you all know how to memorize it, I will test you. This reading is about drawing inferences from one fact and integrating them into a comprehensive understanding, so I will ask a simple question. In the fifth year of Emperor Xuanwen, Yunluo Village was built and promoted. The new land system, at that time he had a private interview with an old farmer, so I would like to ask, how many people are there in this old farmer's family?"

Everyone was stunned, what kind of problem is this, but thinking carefully that it was never mentioned in the book, it seems that the eldest princess made a mistake in her memory and was about to make a joke.

The princes also thought about it for a while, and said in unison: "It's not written, it's not mentioned in the book at all, so you don't have to fool us."

And the eldest prince was even more unreasonable, and added a sentence at the end: "Sister Huang, don't pretend to understand, it's embarrassing."

Yun Yuhong showed a surprisingly good temper, and still smiled and said: "Why didn't you write it, you can ask your master, let him teach you again."

Zhou Taifu also thought about the book carefully, and indeed did not mention how many people there are in the old farmer's family, so he replied: "I'm afraid the eldest princess remembers it wrong, it is indeed not mentioned in the book."

"Why didn't you mention it? The old farmer said that there were only four acres of land in his family, which was not enough for his family's life. He also told Emperor Xuanwen about the hardships of farming. Later, Emperor Xuanwen talked about the New Deal. The old farmer was very happy. Finally, when he left, the old farmer He said that he hoped that the new policy would be implemented soon, and that two acres of land would be added, so that the family would have no worries about food and clothing. However, according to the new policy, the land distribution is divided according to the number of people in the family, with an average of two acres per person. Doesn’t this mean that there are three people in his family?”

Everyone in the study was stunned this time, but after thinking about it carefully, this is really the case.

Yun Yuhong taught the four imperial disciples a serious lesson: "You are asked to read books to learn the knowledge in the books, to think about the methods of doing things, and to learn the principles of life. Even if you use it, you are just a nerd who memorized all the books, which is really disappointing."

Yun Yuhong's words are very rude, which is equivalent to teaching the ministers below. Their faces are not good-looking, and the arrogance on the faces of the four princes has disappeared, but the third prince is still unconvinced: "I am a student. The policy of governing the country, who will pay attention to such trivial matters, you can ask another question related to governing the country."

Yun Yuhong raised her eyebrows, looked at the flush-faced Taifu Zhou and the dark-faced Zhou University scholar, and said, "Okay, then I'll ask another question, listen up. After the implementation of the new policy, farmers will work harder in farming. Yield has increased, so how much grain is produced per mu before and after the New Deal? The yield per mu is related to whether the people of a country will be hungry, so it can be regarded as a state matter."

Everyone was stunned again, but with the experience from last time, they all started to go through all the chapters and dialogues in the book, and confirmed that there was no mention of muyi, so they had to shake their heads again.The third prince thought for a long time, but he didn't come up with an answer, so he looked at Taifu Zhou, but Taifu Zhou was also thinking hard there, and he couldn't give him an answer, so he whispered angrily: "It's really useless!" Taifu Zhou blushed. Can bleed.

Yun Yuhong's eyes turned cold for a moment, but recovered quickly.

The second prince replied: "The book only mentions that the original grain production here was [-] shi a year. After the implementation of the new policy, the harvested grain is [-] shi. However, it does not mention how many mu of land this village has." Yun Yuhong looked inquiringly.

Yun Yuhong said: "At the beginning of this article, it was mentioned that the servant of the household department wrote a letter saying that the per capita arable land in this village is only one mu, and the rest of the surrounding area is surrounded by royal gardens. Emperor Xuanwen ordered to reduce the royal gardens, and take out the fields for farmers to cultivate, and then try it out. The new policy, as I said just now, the new policy is two acres of land per capita, and at the end of the thank you letter to the villagers, it was ten representatives of the elderly. At that time, they said, "Thank you to His Majesty on behalf of the 510 people in the village." So, this is not It’s hard to calculate, the village used to have 510 mu of arable land, but after the implementation of the new policy, it became [-] mu.”

All the people present are scholars, and they have all read this book, and some people even recite it backwards, but there is no one who can read it so thoroughly like Yun Yuhong. .

Zhou Taifu bowed deeply, "The eldest princess's learning is admirable, and the lower officials are ashamed. The lower officials have little talent and learning, and dare not mislead the younger ones. Please ask the emperor to ask the four princes to ask a wise teacher to guide their studies."

Yun Yuhong nodded and said: "You have misunderstood my disciples by doing this, but you can't blame all of this. Since ancient times, strict masters have produced outstanding disciples. My younger brothers have special identities. I am afraid that you will not be able to strictly control them. I have to find them again. Famous teachers are the only ones." Turning to Qian Zong again, he said, "Father, look at this, before there are no new famous teachers, the younger brothers will be taught by me for the time being."

(End of this chapter)