Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 63
Su Wencheng returned home, took a shower, and slept soundly for three days. Zhou Zhixian knew that he was tired and didn't bother him. As a result, before he woke up, the imperial court rewarded him. The reward, especially Su Wencheng, is obviously the person who contributed the most to Rugao County this time.

The magistrate of Zhou County is kind, and he never thought of taking credit for it. Of course, there were too many people paying attention to the construction of the Weihai Weir, so he couldn't take it away even if he wanted to.

Perhaps Su Wencheng's performance was too eye-catching, and the ability he showed caught the eyes of the officials. The imperial decree was issued, not only did he bestow three thousand guan, but also gave it to Xuan Delang, a seventh-rank official, with countless silks and satins. , Even gave Su Wencheng a place to study in the Imperial College.

You must know that there is no Taixue yet, and the Imperial College is the highest institution of learning. The number of students is pitifully small, and only the children of officials above the seventh rank are recruited.Originally, Su Wencheng thought about it for a while, and when he had saved enough money, he turned down his current errand and tried to get admitted to Xiqing College in Kaifeng, so that he could find a gentleman to study seriously. After all, he still wanted to take the imperial examination. He didn't plan to become an official directly like this at all. Which scholar would not want to be admitted to Jinshi?
Unexpectedly, the officials threw him such a big pie all of a sudden, he didn't even have to take the exam, and went directly to the highest university to study.

Although those middle and high-level officials study in the prison on weekdays, it is just a name, and there are very few people who really study seriously, but those who go to the Imperial College are not just for reading, but for networking. They are the sons and daughters of officials. If they can make good friends, they will be an official in the imperial examination in the future. These contacts will bring huge and countless benefits.

After listening to the imperial decree, Su Tong at least understood it. He was very suspicious that the official title of Xuande Lang was given to make Su Wencheng look better when he went to the Imperial College to study.

Su Wencheng's head was full of muddleheadedness—after suffering for so many years, did he just become the top seven rank?He couldn't accept it, but fortunately he still had a clear head, first offered some money, and sent away the eunuch who came to deliver the decree very politely, not because he didn't want to invite him to drink tea, but mainly because it wasn't just Su Wencheng who got the reward, but also other people. Well, the eunuch is very busy, but he has no time to listen to the flattery of a small official.

After sending off the eunuch who delivered the decree, and enshrining the imperial decree properly, Su Wencheng came back to his senses, greeted his daughter quickly, and hurried to Hu's house, Zhou's family congratulated him.

Obviously, he has received so many rewards, and Zhou Zhixian and Hu Lingyi have received more benefits. Zhou Zhixian, Hu Lingyi, Zhang Lun, these officials who have made contributions to the construction of the weir must be promoted. Of course, it is impossible now The decree will be made immediately, and they will have to wait until the end of their term of office, and then finish the finishing work of Dayan.

Born for five years, it is the beginning of spring.

It was the cold spring, and the official bedroom was brightly lit. Zhao Zhen was sitting on a soft couch, holding a memorial in his hand, frowning.

This young little emperor was very handsome, but his face was a bit girlish, his eyebrows were too beautiful and gentle, his lips were a little thin, and his majesty was a little less, and now he was frowning, adding a little heroism.

A little eunuch came into the room with the porridge in his hand, placed it carefully by the emperor's hand, and said in a low voice: "Officials, it's cold, drink some porridge to warm your body."

Zhao Zhen picked up the bowl, took a sip, and said in a daze: "I didn't say it, don't prepare these in the future, it has become a common practice, I am afraid that if I don't drink it in the future, the people in the imperial dining room will have to prepare it, it is too wasteful. "

The little eunuch smiled and comforted him: "Concubine Yang personally instructed someone to make it in the small kitchen, so I know you will not bother the imperial dining room. Hey, you are an official family, so what can you do with a bowl of porridge? Why bother?" Torturing yourself?"

Zhao Zhen smiled, still without raising his eyebrows, waved his hand to let the little eunuch go down, and continued to read the memorial with his head down.

Although he is the emperor, there are many things that make him worry. It can even be said that he is even more worried because he is the emperor.

Throughout last year, the entire Song Dynasty was plagued by many disasters. In June, Jian, Jian, Shaowu, and other prefectures and armies suffered severe floods. Although the court sent people to help, it was considered timely, but as long as it is a disaster, it is inevitable. dead.

Even the city of Tokyo was flooded, and over a thousand people's houses were destroyed. All kinds of compensation alone made the officials of the household department so anxious that their hair turned gray.

The little eunuch didn't dare to disturb him, and quietly exited the dormitory, carefully closing the door, just in time to see another eleven or twelve-year-old little eunuch dozing off at the door, and could not help but lightly reprimand: "Little Dezi, you are lazy again, don't let me go!" Relying on the favor of the officials to mess around will cause trouble sooner or later."

Xiao Dezi was shocked, wiped his face, and showed a childish smile at the little eunuch, "It's so late, the official family won't ask the servant to comb his hair."

He is a eunuch who combs Zhao Zhen's hair specially. He has served for three years. He can be said to be Zhao Zhen's confidant, and he also understands the emperor's temperament. Can't help showing a trace of melancholy: "The official's sleep has been restless for several days."

While the two young eunuchs were talking, there was a burst of laughter in the bedroom, and the two couldn't help being surprised.

Zhao Zhen was clapping the memorial in his hand, very happy. There was no good news in the past year, but now he got the news——Han Haiyan was completed, and more than 600 households returned. The original fields were severely salinized and could not produce much food. It was very difficult for these people to survive for a while.

He was mentally prepared to ask the Ministry of Households to allocate funds for settlement, and he was still wondering how much money would be enough. Unexpectedly, Su Wencheng, the director of Rugao County, who had made a splash when he was building the sea weir, would solve it easily. More than 1000 households were killed, and the pressure on the government suddenly eased.

"This Su Wencheng is a character."

Zhao Zhen scratched his head, and read the memorial about Su Wencheng again. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that although this person was not amazing or had written well-known articles, he was a capable official and able to do practical things.

It took Su Wencheng only half a month to turn the almost abandoned saline-alkali fields, or even the land that was completely abandoned, and thought it could no longer grow crops, into fertile soil, which looked better than those good fields. Fortunately, they were all seen by experienced farmers, and they all said that the waste land had been turned into fertile land, which was just used to rent out to returning farmers. Those farmers were all elated, and the government was relieved.

Zhao Zhen didn't know that at first Su Tong wanted to encourage his father to buy a large amount of saline-alkali land at a low price before the construction of the sea weir was completed. This kind of saline-alkali land was really the price of cabbage at that time. After the sea weir was completed, she was thinking of ways to plow, irrigate, cover and fertilize. She could come up with as many methods as possible, and when the time came, the waste soil would turn into fertile land and make a lot of money.

However, Su Wencheng was not willing at all. Hearing that Su Tong could transform the saline-alkali fields, he wished that she would contribute the method immediately. When he met such a pedantic father, Su Tong had no choice but to give money to his own father instead of asking for money. Seeking some other benefits, you can't do nothing and work for nothing.

(End of this chapter)