Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 217 Chen Mo: Zhining, I have a way and I need your help.

As a parent official of a county, especially if you want to develop in the long run, childbirth is definitely an issue that cannot be avoided.

After returning to the Yamen, Geng Songfu told Chen Mo about this.

At present, the number of new students in Pingting County is too small.

Is it because people don’t want to have children?

There are reasons for this, but very few people have this idea.

In a feudal society where manpower determines productivity, the poorer you are, the more children you have.

Some poor families will not give up having children even if they have difficulty feeding and clothing them.

The reason is that the spread of war has led to a scarcity of men and an increasing number of widows.

What Geng Songfu and Chen Mo discussed was to help unmarried soldiers in the army reconnect with these widows and form new families.

Geng Songfu even proposed a military household system similar to the Ming Dynasty. The children of these soldiers could become a source of soldiers in the future.

This made Chen Mo stunned. What he was doing now seemed to have the shadow of military households in the Ming Dynasty.

He also allocated land outside Pingting County to the soldiers of the Shenyong Guard as compensation.

Moreover, the redistribution of land brings additional sources of tax revenue, which can improve the financial situation of county governments.

This is the same as Ming Taizu.

If he remembered correctly, when he was in high school, his teacher talked about the military household system in the Ming Dynasty.

The emergence of the military household system was very important to the country in the early days, consolidating the political power and strengthening the rule over the country. This is especially important in the face of external threats.

It also helps reduce social unrest, stabilizes social order, and provides favorable conditions for the country's development.

However, the results of the military household system were not very good.

Over time, the distribution of land was uneven, causing the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer. The obligations of soldiers in the army gradually became onerous, causing dissatisfaction.

Corruption problems in the system also gradually emerged, and in the later stages, it was directly abolished.

Finally, the teacher defined it in one sentence.

The military household system of the Ming Dynasty played an extremely important role when the country was in dire straits. It helped Zhu Yuanzhang establish and consolidate his political power.

Its emergence is good, but the system in history is not static, but evolves and adjusts with the changes of the times and environment.

In other words, the military household system can be implemented, but the system must be adjusted and reformed according to specific circumstances and needs.

Chen Mo nodded and asked him to study it first. This is not urgent for the time being, but the matter of allowing the soldiers and the widow to start a family can be implemented first.

In this winter, who doesn’t want to have a wife and children to warm the bed?

……

In the wing room in the backyard of the Yamen.

Xia Zhiqing is playing her famous "Neon Shang Yin". The sound is melodious and long, giving people a happy mood.

Normally, Xia Zhining would have danced a sword dance to match her sister's, but now she was completely out of shape.

Her eyes were staring at her sister's fingers on the strings, but in her heart she was scolding that bastard.

It has been more than ten days since she returned to the county seat, but that bastard has never come to see her once.

It would be okay if the two people didn't express their feelings to each other before, but now both sides have expressed their feelings.

This made Xia Zhining feel that she had been left out.

Why did he only like her, but after returning to the county town, he forgot about her, and now he might be having an affair with his concubine.

Xia Zhining bit her lip, and her heart was filled with a haze.

As the elder sister, Xia Zhiqing, she was not much better.

But she was thinking about something different.

What she was thinking about was that before the last military expedition, the debt between their sisters and him was settled.

He also said that the sisters could leave at any time.

In other words, the complicated relationship between them and Chen Mo has been completely severed.

So now in Xia Zhiqing's eyes, she thinks that Chen Mo really doesn't want to get entangled with the two sisters, so he hasn't come to see them for so many days since he came back to the county town.

Seeing Chen Mojuan being so decisive.

For some reason, Xia Zhiqing felt a strong sense of loss.

So much so that when I played Nishangyin, I played several wrong notes.

Normally, Xia Zhining would have noticed it and pointed it out.

But not this time.

And Xia Zhiqing would not take the initiative to bring it up.

The two sisters each have their own thoughts.

Xia Zhining couldn't sit still at first. She was now dressed in gorgeous clothes and her face was as charming as a delicate rose, but her expression was out of sorts. She stood up and walked out of the house.

"Zhining, where are you going?" Xia Zhiqing stopped her movements and asked.

"Go to the toilet." After Xia Zhining finished speaking, she left the wing.

……

In the study room of the Yamen.

The weather was getting cold, so naturally Chen Mo couldn't work in the bright lobby. He has been out in the army for more than three months and has accumulated a lot of official duties on his hands. Although Geng Songfu has handled these official duties, his "suspicious" character will inevitably go through them again to see what went wrong.

Especially the appointment and dismissal of some subordinate officials.

Xia Zhining found Geng Songfu and walked towards the study after learning where Chen Mo was.

In the study room, behind a mahogany writing desk, a tall and tall young man is sitting on the Taishi chair, writing with a pen at the desk, and the handwriting is clearly visible on the paper.

"Chen Shuai, Miss Xia said she wanted to see you outside." At this moment, Sun Meng walked into the study and said softly.

Chen Mo put down the brush in his hand and said to Sun Meng, "Let her in."

"promise."

"By the way, you don't have to stay outside." Chen Mo said.

Sun Meng was stunned for a moment, but soon understood the meaning and said: "No."

...

Xia Zhining walked up in a hurry and looked around.

"Zhining, what are you looking for?" Chen Mo was stunned.

"I'm looking for anyone hiding there," Xia Zhining said, and then she actually started looking.

"Who can I hide? What's wrong with you?" Chen Mo stood up from his seat and came to Xia Zhining.

Xia Zhining laughed coldly: "Really? I'm afraid I was tripped up by another sister, otherwise why would I have been ignoring people for more than ten days.

I know in my heart that I'm not as interesting as the other sisters. After all, it's you, you bastard, who doesn't care about me. "

Chen Mo: "..."

"How could it be? Look at what you said. I have been away from Pingting County for a few months. As the head of Pingting County, I am now back. There are too many things for me to deal with. How could I deliberately ignore you?"

Chen Mo grabbed Xia Zhining's slender body and held it in his hand, saying: "How could I not have you in my heart? If I didn't have you..."

But Xia Zhining didn't want to listen to what Chen Mo had to say, interrupted him, and withdrew her hand, saying angrily: "Look, he's starting to draw cakes again. If I believed it, I'd probably burst into tears."

I'm busy, just in a yamen, so busy that I don't even take a look.

How could Xia Zhining believe this.

Chen Mo put his arms around Xia Zhining's shoulders, hugged her from behind, put his head next to the beauty's curly hair, and whispered, "I'm not thinking about you."

"Stop doing this." Xia Zhining pushed Chen Mo, but did not push, and said: "For my own sake, stop using these words to coax me."

Chen Mo knew that Xia Zhining came to him because she missed him, so he could coax her. He held Xia Zhining's Rouyi again and said:

"Think about it, in front of your sister, the debt between us has been paid off. In other words, our relationship is severed. So what reason should I use to find you now?

Also, if I go to find you, if I show any intimacy, won't it make your sister suspicious, and you are unwilling to take the initiative to tell her about our relationship. If my attitude is cold, wouldn't it cause you to misunderstand me again, so I feel very entangled in my heart. In addition, I have things to deal with, so I haven't come to see you. "

What Chen Mo said was reasonable and well-founded. Xia Zhining believed it, so her resistance became smaller. Liu Ye frowned and said, "Then what are you going to do?"

"I have a way, but I need your help, Zhining." Chen Mo thought for a while and whispered in his ear.

Xia Zhining's eyes widened and she said: "This... this is too... dirty, no way."

"Aren't I thinking about you? Since you can't lose face, then drag your sister into the water. When the time comes, you will appear in the role of catching the traitor, and then use the perspective of thinking about your sister, wouldn't it be a perfect solution." Chen Mo said.

Xia Zhining: "..."

She actually felt that there was some truth to this.

The reason why she couldn't bear to tell her sister about herself and Chen Mo.

Is it just that you don’t want your sister to feel inferior?

But this method won’t work.

I just feel a little sorry for my sister.

Xia Zhining blushed slightly and said, "The premise is that you can win over your sister and make her like you, otherwise this method will not succeed at all."

Chen Mo knew that Xia Zhining agreed, and said: "Don't worry, even you will be taken down by me, and I won't be able to pinch your sister with my hands."

Chen Mo looked confident.

To be honest, Xia Zhiqing is really better than Xia Zhining.

After all, the "feud" between the two of them was not as deep as Xia Zhining's.

"What do you mean by that?" Xia Zhining looked at the young man angrily, gritting her teeth tightly, feeling like she was being despised.

"What I mean is that your sister is not as good as you." Chen Mo said.

"I want you to tell me." Xia Zhining glared at Chen Mo.

"Okay, let's not talk anymore. Since you are here, then"

"You are shameless, huh" Xia Zhining pushed Chen Mo angrily, but she saw the young man holding her shoulders. The next moment, a gentle and soft figure came closer, causing her words to stop abruptly.

Xia Zhining stretched out her jade hand and pushed it gently, pursed her pink lips, but soon she felt dizzy, like walking on a cloud.

After a while, Xia Zhining still pushed Chen Mo away and said, "Stop being so ridiculous. I'll tell my sister to go to the toilet. If it takes too long, she will be suspicious."

Chen Mo's face paused slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at the beautiful woman whose eyes were filled with water. She breathed slightly, and looked like she was obviously in love. She raised her finger and pointed: "What should I do?"

Xia Zhining glanced down and her face turned red. She didn't want to, but she still surrendered under the young man's caress.

Chen Mo held his breath and concentrated, stroking the beauty's hair while talking about the specific details of this method and how to cooperate with it.

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