Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 448 The Ouchi clan is here

"Holy decree?"

The dozen or so people in the room looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Let's go to receive the decree, it seems that the emperor has decreed it!"

Zhu Youzhen was the first to react, and said eagerly, and immediately led the crowd to rush out.

"Master Zhu!"

Outside, an internal official dressed in internal official's clothes was standing in the courtyard accompanied by several guards. When he saw Zhu Youzhen, the internal official came up to say hello.

Zhu Youzhen hastily returned the gift. He had naturally seen this internal official. He was an assistant to Zhang Zuo, the chief internal officer next to the new emperor Zhu Houxi, and he was also a person in the hidden residence.

This internal official is not very old, but he is neat and generous. When he saw Zhu Youxi, he directly addressed him as the chief.

Zhu Youzhen is now working as an intern in the Ministry of War, and the previous title of county king has been removed, so naturally he is also called the current position.

But even though he lost his previous title, everyone knows the origin of this person. He is the county king who won the Jinshi, and because of his active participation in the imperial examination, he was also awarded by the emperor. It can be said that it is not only a demotion, but an upgrade. His attitude was even more respectful.

Not to mention that he, the former county king, was the distant branch of the clan who was originally in the fiefdom. He was an inconspicuous role in the fiefdom at first.

It is the former Fengguo Lieutenant Zhu Qinzhao of the fiefdom of the Zhou King. This kind of remote branch in the Zhou King's clan, because the salary of the family is low, there are many brothers and sisters, and the parents can give birth, and the children do not have a title salary before a certain age. He didn't stop for a while, and he hadn't married a wife in twenty-seven.

Not only is he poor, after all, he has a salary of 200 shi, so he would not die of starvation, but the family house is simply not enough for him to live in, and his salary also helps his parents raise their children.

The reason for taking this imperial examination is also a helpless thing. After all, you can't do business or farm land, and you can't just be a bachelor.

Fortunately, he likes to read, and he can say that one of his uncles has a close relationship with Zhou Wang, and he can have the opportunity to borrow books from Zhou Wang's library to read.

In the early years, his parents complained that he wasted time, reading some labor-management books, why not do some business secretly, be a hawker or something to make up for the family.

He didn't like being a small businessman, and his life was depressing, so he could only read books to pass the depressing time, but he never thought that he would really have a chance.

When he first signed up, there were still many people who saw jokes, thinking that the fame is not so easy to test, and even if there is a quota, it will be given to related households and the like, and it is simply not their turn. Children of remote branches.

Although Zhu Qinzhao was not convinced, but in fact he was nervous. He considered comprehensively and followed the policy. If he passed the examination for a scholar, he would not only receive a monthly subsidy from the government, but also be able to buy land, farm land or do business. The comprehensive treatment is so much better.

Moreover, with the difficulties of the imperial court in these years, the treatment of the clan has been gradually reduced, and there are still many deductions from the salary, and what they get is not much better than that of a scholar.

Anyway, I just signed up for the exam, and if I failed the exam, I would continue to be my Fuguo lieutenant, and there was nothing missing.

To his surprise, although some people in the imperial clan really figured out the relationship when they signed up, the above policy is called strict, including the exam, which is called fair and strict. I heard that the emperor specially sent special personnel to strictly review and ensure that those who want to apply for the exam Can participate in the exam, and the invigilation and marking of the exam are also fair and strict.

Many of the clan's children don't study much for a long time, and they eat and wait to die. What can they get in the exam!
I usually like to read or read a lot. Even if I don’t read the Four Books and Five Classics to be able to take the exam, I can still be regarded as the best among them. After all, I can at least write a complete article on the roll paper, which is already very good.

Zhu Qinzhao soon won the exam and passed the examination as a scholar.

Because the family is poor, many people look down on or even bully their family, a scholar, although those county kings and vassal kings can't see it, at least in the lower clan, Zhu Qinzhang immediately felt proud.

There are more gentle faces around me, the former villains are gone, and they seem to have become good people.

Even when his family received the salary, those people would not deliberately withhold it on the face of it, and even took care of them on purpose.

When he passed the Juren examination, Lieutenant Feng Guo's qualification had already been revoked, and the people around him looked at him even more differently!

Even his name would be on the list when King Zhou held a banquet. In the past, this kind of family gathering was beyond the imagination of these distant branches.

When he went to the capital to take the exam under the arrangement of the government, King Zhou came to see them off in person and sent them a lot of money. He also told them not to worry about their home, the palace would help take care of their home.

This kind of thing was even more unthinkable before, and Zhou Wang personally sent them money!
If in the past, they had no food at home and dared to go to the palace for help, they would have been beaten out with sticks!
This is the difference, a person can only see you if you are strong.

No one would look after a dead dog!
"Sun Fengzheng, you are here, is this?"

Although Zhu Youzhen heard that there was a decree in it, he also knew that Sun Fengzheng in this capital was the one who often preached decrees.

"My lord, Your Majesty heard that you have moved to a new residence. I know that the adults of the clan will definitely come to warm the house, so I asked Fengxian Pavilion to bring some food and wine over to cheer everyone up! Please accept the order! Besides, tomorrow is Xiumu Today, His Majesty would like to invite you all to the palace for a family banquet."

Sun Fengzheng looked at the crowd with a smile.

When he took over the errand, he was a little puzzled, nearly ten clan disciples only used one imperial decree, how to convey this errand?

"Today is the warming banquet for the former King of Zaoyang County, and now the Lord Zhu moved to a new house. All the children of the clan who participated in the examination should be there. You will know when you go!"

Sun Fengzheng and Sun Xing were brought out by Zhang Zuo, so naturally he didn't dare to question his master's statement, so he could only go to Zhu Youzhen's new residence with doubts.

When we arrived at the door, listening to the lively voices inside, and when I said that I was here to pass the decree, more than a dozen clan children who participated in the scientific examination appeared one by one.

Sun Xing finally understood why his master Zhang Zuo was so effective in front of His Majesty!
This master has been with His Majesty for a long time, and he has become a master who can pinch and count!
……

"Your Majesty invited us to a family dinner?"

"Your Majesty invited us to a family dinner?"

After Sun Xing left, the gang of clan children completely exploded.

Even Zhu Youzhen was extremely excited inside.

Although he knew that he had some communication and affection with the new emperor Zhu Houxi, the status of the two parties had already changed, and even earlier, they were much taken care of.

And now that Zhu Houxi has become the emperor, the emperor's heart is unpredictable.

After Zhu Youzhen came to Beijing, he first met Wang Yin and others. After the identity of the prince changed, although these people were reused by the emperor, the awe that everyone felt when they mentioned the emperor made Zhu Youzhen not at all when facing Qin Shao. Dare to slack off.

Although the new emperor said that he wanted to reuse the clan's children, as for how to reuse them, Zhu Youzhen was really at a loss in his mind.

After all, people from the imperial clan really can't compare with those ordinary Jinshi when it comes to examinations.

He is considered talented and did well in the exam, but he is still ranked at the bottom.

If they want to ignore it according to the real fairness, including his grades, they will be ranked behind even in the assignment of positions, and good errands will not be their turn at all.

After all, he was the king of the county. After taking off the status of the king of the county, even if he is sent to some places by the new emperor in the future, whether he can establish a majesty and do things well depends on the emperor's attitude and distance from them.

Those top [-] in the general examination have already participated in the palace examination, met the emperor, and the top few have also participated in the Qionglin Banquet, they can only helplessly envy.

This time he moved to the new residence and invited the examiners of the clan to come over. Apart from the fact that they had been together for more than a month and had a good relationship, after all, they were considered different clans.

He asked everyone to come here to cheer for each other!

Facing so many foreign ministers, their strength is still too weak. They must unite so that the clan can be united in the city. In this Ming Dynasty, they have more right to speak, instead of being eaten and waited to die before. contempt.

Now, His Majesty even held a special banquet to meet them, and it was a family banquet!
What is a family feast?
Home, of course, means one's own people.

In this royal family, the highest standard banquet is the family banquet!
"Youyou, did His Majesty really invite us to the family banquet?"

Someone asked uncertainly, with a trembling voice, wanting Zhu Youzhen to confirm, so that he could be sure that it was true.

"Of course! Didn't Sun Fengzheng say it just now? Let us enter the palace to participate in the middle of the day tomorrow, and everyone must be ready early. I will ask someone to hire a few carriages, and then we will go together!"

Zhu Youchen said with a smile, although he tried his best to suppress his inner excitement and make himself look calm and calm, his trembling voice still leaked his excitement.

"Yes! Yes! I will definitely prepare early, go back today and rest early, and see Your Majesty tomorrow with a good face!"

Someone suggested it, and everyone agreed.

After all, it was the first time seeing the new emperor.

You must know that many of the vassal kings in their vassal land have never seen the real face of the new emperor. Once they are received by His Majesty, their identities will definitely be different in the future!

Although it is said that the feudal king has a noble status, in fact, in many cases, many feudal kings even flattered some high officials in the court in order to avoid being suspected by the emperor and for some benefits.

It was the same when Emperor Wuzong was in power, including many previous emperors. After all, many officials in the court had too much power, and the emperor had to compromise in many cases, not to mention some vassal kings!

The housewarming banquet at the bustling Mr. Zhu's house ended quickly after dinner, and everyone didn't dare to drink any more, lest they lose their composure if the wine didn't dissipate tomorrow and affect their impression in front of the new emperor.

As for Zhu Youzhen, he didn't care about everyone's early farewell, he was still thinking about getting ready for tomorrow!

The children of the imperial clan who entered Beijing for the exam not only received the care of the court, but also the fact that those who passed the exam were invited by the emperor to attend a family banquet in the palace didn't take long, and soon became known to all the feudal clans.

Although vassal kings cannot participate in political affairs and manage state affairs, it does not mean that they cannot inquire about the news of the capital in private.

Moreover, many local officials are also very concerned about the development of these clan children who have left the feudal land.

As long as the candidates who participated in the scientific examination were regarded as one of the performances of the local government, and if the people who were familiar with their own places were greatly developed in the imperial court, it would be a good relationship in the future, and they would naturally receive attention.

Not to mention the concern of the local vassal kings and clans, those local officials would soon disclose the news to the clans after they learned the news.

The emperor is going to reuse the clan members!

This signal, as long as it is not too stupid, the domain understands the intention behind it.

These days, the academies set up by the imperial court for the children of the clan to study and take scientific examinations are overcrowded, and there is an endless stream of students from the clan who come to sign up.

In some places it is even hard to find one!
Seeing this scene, some vassal kings of the vassal land directly funded the establishment of new academies themselves, and even heavily invested in inviting experienced teachers to teach.

In order to encourage the children of the clan to take the scientific examination, King Su of Lanzhou directly turned a part of the palace into an academy, and provided food and lodging for those people to study, and rewards for those with excellent grades!

Later, all his sons except the eldest son were asked to go to the academy to study and sign up for the scientific examination.

King Su has always been yearning for the capital, hoping that his descendants will have the opportunity to leave this desolate place and visit the interior.

King Su's practice quickly spread in various domains, and some county kings in many domains also started the road of scientific research.

Today's clan children no longer show off their salary, but are proud of who can study!
……

In the back garden of the Imperial Palace, Qin Shao was looking at the potato seedlings and sweet potato seedlings in the greenhouse.

"Your Majesty! You said that this greenhouse is really useful. These seedlings have grown very well recently. If this continues, they will bear fruit in a few months!"

The painter named Fan Dacheng replied excitedly.

"Well, pay attention to the adjustment of the temperature. Do it according to the method I said. It shouldn't be a problem. In a few days, the manor will also build a greenhouse. Then you go and teach those people!"

Qin Shao exhorted.

"Yes!"

Fan Chengda agreed.

Fan Chengda was tall and strong, and he didn't look very smart, but he was very talented in this kind of planting, and he knew everything.

And he is serious and persistent in doing things, with a craftsman spirit, Qin Shao likes him very much.

There is no shortage of seedlings and seeds for sweet potatoes. In addition to the cultivation at the Jingcheng Manor, Datong now has a large area of ​​seeds. In the next season, the sweet potatoes can be planted in more places.

As for the southern region, Anlu Prefecture has already planted it on a large scale, and the imperial court has asked local officials to organize the planting of this drought-resistant, high-yielding crop in some barren areas.

As for potatoes, because Magellan only gave one, the quantity is still very small. If you want to expand the planting area, you can only let the greenhouses on the manor grow slowly, and strive to start cultivating and planting in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Liaodong next year.

Qin Shao remembered that these places were the main food producing areas in his previous life, especially in the Shan-Gan-Ning area, where the rainfall was low and the crop yield was low, which was the most prone to famine. Potato seeds solved the staple food problem in these places.

If potatoes and sweet potatoes could be seeded earlier in those places, the situation of starvation for thousands of miles after the terrible drought might have been avoided earlier.

"Your Majesty! Lord Yan, please see me!"

Qin Shao was thinking about solving the problem of drought and food shortage, Zhang Zuo hurried in.

Master Yan?
"Yan Song is here?"

Qin Shao patted the dirt on his body and asked.

"Yes, Mr. Yan said that he has something to report to His Majesty. You have been at the greenhouse these days, and you have not been in court for the past few days. Mr. Yan said that there is something urgent, so you can only come here first!"

Zhang Zuo explained.

The time to go to court in the morning was too early, and Qin Shao felt that it was too troublesome, so he decided to go to court after breakfast, so he could sleep in and the officials didn't have to rush too much.

As for the time of going to court, it is not necessary to go every day, it will be too much, which will affect the work, and it is better for those people to do things than go through the meeting.

It is too troublesome to calculate the days according to ten days.

Qin Shao simply made a calendar and moved the week system from his previous life over. He went to the court on Mondays and Thursdays every week, talking about things when he had something to do, and leaving the court when there was nothing to do.

In the past few days, I was busy with the affairs of the greenhouse, and there were not many things to discuss. Many things were ordered, and I only went to court once on Monday.

Yan Song came here at this moment, obviously there should be something important.

He looks so good and is easy to learn. Qin Shao remembered that he was very good at writing Qing Ci in his previous life, which shows that he is very talented in learning.

He simply handed over the Ministry of Rites to him, and assigned him a task to learn more foreign languages. Yan Song is now dabbling in Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese.

Qin Shao simply washed his hands, and walked quickly to the main hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Sure enough, at the door, I saw Yan Song waiting on the side.

"Your Majesty, the Ouchi family from the Wa Kingdom is coming to pay tribute, and they are almost in the capital!"

When Yan Song saw Qin Shao, he reported immediately.

(End of this chapter)