In the final analysis, it was Zhu Houzhao who caused the trouble by writing a letter to his father. Now they are fine, both of them have been taught a lesson by their biological father.

He, Wang Xiaowen, even received deep concern from his eldest husband and future father-in-law.

Even if he has grown up, some of the awe he has cultivated since childhood will not suddenly disappear. Anyway, Brother Wen can feel the pressure from his big brother through the letter paper!

Brother Wen couldn't help but instruct Zhu Houzhao: Look, you tell everyone about everything. Now you are scolded and I am scolded. Who will benefit in the end? No, right! Don't do such harm to others next time.

Things that harm yourself!

Seeing Brother Wen's confused look, Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly and expressed his new understanding: "I understand, next time if something happens, I will directly write to Bachelor Xie and others to complain!"

Brother Wen:?????

Zhu Houzhao said: "Isn't that what you did, young sir?"

Yang Shen had complained to him a few days ago about Brother Wen, saying that Brother Wen had gone to Yang Tinghe to inform him that he was slacking off at the last minute, which made Yang Tinghe give him more work.

So if you can't handle the other party yourself, then find someone who can handle the other party and file a complaint!

Listening to Zhu Houzhao's well-founded examples, Brother Wen suddenly understood why some people say that educators must "learn to be a teacher and behave as a model for the world." No matter how many big principles you talk about, children still prefer to imitate.

Basically, your words and deeds will be what you teach them to be.

Don't let this kid know about it next time you harm others, lest he learn the same thing every time.

The only thing that made Brother Wen more gratified was that his father not only scolded him, but also told him repeatedly not to let the prince approve his brother to play in the Shenji Camp.

Obviously, his father is even more worried about his brother! This shows that Wang Xiaowen is still very reliable in his father's heart!

Brother Wen felt deeply that he was about to be poked into a hornet's nest by various boomerangs recently, so he couldn't help but take the time to catch Yang Shen and have a heart-to-heart talk: Didn't I just couldn't help exposing your deceitful behavior? Why are you kidding in front of the prince?

They said I was a snitch!

Yang Shen answered very frankly: "I just complained to His Highness the Prince casually, how could I know that His Highness the Prince would remember it in his heart?"

Brother Wen sighed.

Growing up is so annoying!

Both juniors and students have grown up, and it is no longer easy to fool one or the other. I really miss the baby junior and piggy that I could rub around when I was young!

But Xie Qian and the others were not in Nanjing after all, and Brother Wen only restrained himself for a day or two and started to have fun again.

As the Chinese Valentine's Day approached, He Jingming and the others began to visit Nanjing again.

He Jingming remembered the song "The Emperor Chao" written by Wang Pan, and knew that the labor assigned by the government was a heavy burden for the people.

This time Brother Wen was engaged in various activities in Jiangnan and renovating the Nanjing Imperial Palace. He was a little worried that these things would also be assigned to the common people, so he put on short brown clothes and visited various places in Nanjing.

In order to rebuild the Nanjing Imperial Palace, the winning bidders all showed their talents. He Jingming even witnessed the bustling canal transporting wood on a large scale. The felled wood was transported to Nanjing without boats, and was transported directly with the water flow.

to destination.

He Jingming used to be immersed in reading and rarely saw such a scene. He waited until the lumber from far away was transported to the dock before he chatted with the "platoon workers" who were sweating profusely from the heat.

The so-called platoon workers refer to the "wood rushers" who are responsible for transporting wood. They have to follow the wood up or down the water and overcome all difficulties and dangers along the way to deliver the wood to the destination.

He Jingming said: "It sounds really not easy."

The platoon worker chatting with He Jingming grinned and said: "We are all done. Even if we don't build the palace, we still have to send wood to the shipyard!" He also boasted about his extraordinary strength, "It is used for shipbuilding.

The wood is thicker and larger, and ordinary people cannot transport it. Many shipyard owners often ask me to deliver it!"

Of course, this is purely a boast. No matter how capable he is, he can only discharge the platoon in the section of the river he is responsible for. Transporting it from the lumberyard to the destination requires the skilled cooperation of countless platoon workers.

They basically float on the water all year round, and they have to be alert at all times to pay attention to the water conditions along the way. It is very hard and dangerous, and accidents can happen if you are not careful in some sections of the river.

He Jingming asked them how much they could get for a platoon trip.

The result was not much, just enough to feed a family half full.

"My mother-in-law can also save some money and food by farming and weaving at home. My husband and I work together and the whole family is not hungry." The platoon worker said cheerfully, "I can also get some wood for the house. The house we built is the best in the village.

The sturdiest one. Every stormy day in July and August, other houses are blown around, but our house is the only one that won’t fall down. You don’t know, last time even Li Zheng asked me to bring wood for them to build a new house!

"

Perhaps because he had to wander alone on the water all year round, the platoon worker was particularly talkative when he met someone who was willing to listen to his chatter. He Jingming only asked a few simple questions, and he told everything about himself.

It was clearly a hard and tiring job, but in his words, it turned into a first-class good job.

Those responsible for logging, returning to the forest, and pushing wood into the river are all stupid people who can only use their strength. Only these platoon workers are the most flexible and do the most important things. People from all over the country have to come.

Envy them.

He Jingming felt mixed emotions in his heart. Only at this moment did he understand why Brother Wen said that these rivers maintained the livelihood of many people.

For them, this remuneration, which is so meager that many people simply look down upon it, is already the money they rely on to support their entire family.

Seeing that it was getting late, He Jingming returned to his residence with mixed emotions. When he arrived at the gate, he met Kang Hai who had also come back from outside. The two of them chatted while walking in. It turned out that Kang Hai had visited the construction site and asked questions.

I learned many things that I had never understood before.

Compared with the labor assigned by the government, the people actually liked the recruitment of workers by merchants because this time everyone was eager to complete the work as soon as possible and the wages were very generous. They figured that if they could finish the work before the year, they might not be able to tell this year.

I can have a good year.

Listening to the craftsmen talking to each other about how to spend their wages after receiving it, Kang Hai was not very calm in his heart.

Is working hard? Of course it is.

But it’s still harder to have no work to do.

For those of them who can still work hard, having a job that can make money is the best thing. If the boss is more generous and promises them some rewards or a few meals of wine and meat, it will be like a living Buddha in their hearts!

In the final analysis, they are afraid of the government blowing the trumpet simply because the work assigned by the government is not only hard and tiring, but they also never pay!

The consequences of not giving money are the most serious. If you conscript people to do corvee labor, they will not be able to do work in the fields or take on other jobs to make money. But you conscript people frequently and still make people

Working in vain means that the family has no income all year round, making life completely unbearable. But isn't it like "the goose flies after the water runs out"?

For example, this time when the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs was rich, even the manpower recruited by the Ministry of Works would be paid in full. Almost all the people who came to apply for the job had no complaints and were very active in working.

He Jingming and Kang Hai looked at each other after telling their respective stories, and both saw the complicated emotions in each other's eyes. They are both young talents in terms of their age, and they are also pure newcomers to officialdom in terms of their qualifications.

I still haven’t forgotten the vows I made when I was young.

Life is only a few decades, how could they be willing to live a mediocre life?

Since the only thing they can use now is their own pen, they should follow the example of Brother Wen and use this pen more.

If there is injustice, cry out!

Kang Haidao: "I plan to submit an article to "Xinbao", what about you?"

He Jingming smiled when he heard this: "That's what I planned too."

The two of them may be regarded as thorns in the eyes of the cabinet. After all, the last time the cabinet asked them to write proposals for examination reform, the suggestion they wrote was "Forget about reducing welfare, I think we should directly eliminate mediocre officials and mediocre officials."

They also know how offensive it is to cut officials, and the cabinet will definitely not do it, but they still think it should be written like this!

They felt that it was not enough to write to the cabinet about the many situations they had visited these days, and they also wanted to spread the word through the New Paper.

As long as they do their best to spread the word, they might be able to impress a few people who share their views.

Their new agency has so much to do, how can they point to Brother Wen to do it all by himself?

The two of them looked at each other and saw the determination in each other's eyes. Without saying anything more, they each went back to their respective residences to write articles.

Within two days, Brother Wen saw the new works of He Jingming and Kang Hai. Both of them introduced the people's livelihood and sentiments that they had learned about. Their writing style was full of vitality that Taige style lacked, and there was a hint of sharpness in it.

It's so idealistic that Brother Wen couldn't help but applaud after reading it.

He took time out with He Jingming and others to get acquainted with the platoon workers who floated on the water all year round. He also took advantage of the fact that the wood was not delivered to the shore and jumped onto the "wooden raft" connected by a large piece of wood to experience the feeling of platooning for himself.

To be honest, this job is really hard to do. Most of the wood transported by the river flow is not processed. It is not easy to stand on it steadily, let alone drive it across a long, unstable water condition.

One river channel.

Brother Wen and Kang Hai, who were traveling with him, stood at the front of the row and looked at the vast river. They were deeply moved by the article written by He Jingming. Scholars can occasionally write several poems full of emotion when they are alone by the river.

What would it be like for a free agent to drift alone on the water every day?

Perhaps there are too many hardships and hardships in life, which have long left them with no time to think about what they have and what they don’t have.

It's just that they can't think about it themselves, so should others turn a blind eye?

Even if it doesn't make them live a better life, we shouldn't see them unable to maintain their current lives.

If even the prosperous Jiangnan region is "drained of water and geese fly away", what kind of life will the people in other places lead?

I remember that during the Chenghua period, there were once as many as hundreds of thousands of refugees in the Jingxiang area, and the imperial court had to set up a separate Yunyang Mansion to resettle them to temporarily appease them.

Where did so many refugees come from?

Where have their lands gone?

They can't write down all these problems (even if they write in "Xinbao", they won't be able to publish them), they can only try their best to prevent those things that can be prevented to prevent the situation from developing into a worse situation.

Another year of mending.

Perhaps when they reach a higher position and have more like-minded companions, they can truly shout loudly.

I just don’t know if they will still stand side by side like now.
To be continued...