Chapter 182: The Concubine Shengzhi's Summon

Zhao Xing laughed very honestly: "I originally used a ship of porcelain to exchange him, but that guy refused. This made me angry. Why shouldn't my Tang Dynasty be in the hands of the people of the Song Dynasty - so I decided to pay the full reward with the knife in my hand."

Su Shi's hands trembled, and Qin Guan hurriedly held the Tang Dynasty's wind-mouthed bottle with his hands, fearing that Su Shi would break it. Gao Qiu was young, and he was deeply convinced of Zhao Xing's words, patted his thighs and said, "That's right, sir, why should we worry about Ma Yiren? Let's appreciate this phoenix-mouthed bottle."

A faint voice came from outside the pavilion, and Su Dun led a black leopard cat and ran in excitedly. This black leopard cat was specially brought back from Vietnam this time by Zhao Xing. It is called the "Black Panther" in modern times.

The black panther was covered with black fur like a satin, and ran like a black ghost at night. Su Dun led it to run excitedly. When he came in, he knocked down a few screens and then plunged into Zhao Xing's arms. He refused to get up. The black leopard cat was lying at Zhao Xing's feet, yawning lazily. Zhao Xing picked up Su Dun lovingly and nagged: "Haha, why are you also a night owl!"

It was not only Su Dun, who was the night owl. Through the knocked screen, you could also see Chen Yiyi, who was walking here with Chaoyun and laughing. Behind them were a group of female envoys, carrying plates of late-night snacks. There was also a fire on the castle walls and buildings. People from other places also got up overnight to make a fire to cook.

Sitting under the night sky of the Song Dynasty, eating "Japanese" sashimi, grilling "Korean" barbecue on a small charcoal stove, filling the spring water with "the third spring in the world" in the Song Dynasty, sitting under the screen with "the third copybook in the world", and stomping on her feet, "the third Japanese clogs", the teapot was boiling, and everyone enjoyed the "Japanese" tea ceremony... It was so comfortable and comfortable that it was, and the few people in the pavilion ate all over the mouth.

Because it is a family dinner, there is no singing and dancing on the spot, but this tranquility still makes every pore comfortable.

"You can take office after a few days of leaving. You can accumulate a lot of business in the past few days," Su Shi said casually while eating.

Hangzhou is a big state, with two general magistrates, one general magistrate is equivalent to the governor of the Tang Dynasty or the Jianzhou of the Ming Dynasty. He is not in charge of and only supervises officials at all levels in the state. Now this "Jianzhou" is Yang Zuren, the fifth-generation successor of the "Yang Family General". Zhao Xing's appointment has a "business" meaning that he is the magistrate who formally manages the criminal prison.

Since Su Shi wanted to continue talking about business, Zhao Xing took the opportunity to ask about the situation: "How many wing troops were transferred by the teacher?"

Su Shi's answer scared Zhao Xing: "Thirty commanders, full of essays."

In the Song Dynasty, a full-scale commander was 1,000, and the total number of 30 commanders was 30,000. Together with its family members, the total number could reach 200,000. This is several times more than all the troops commanded by the Mizhou regiment.

It's great to have your own fans in the court.

Su Shi obviously had the intention of becoming a hand-off manager. When he saw Zhao Xing pondering there, he immediately added: "The more than 300,000 guan sold the certificates, it is far from enough to support these people. The dredging of Maoshan and Yanqiao Erhe, the sanitation of the fields they have been sorted out are not enough for them to cultivate, but I heard that there are not many people in Mizhou. You have built many weaving workshops and leather workshops, and more than 100,000 people have filled in them, but the staff is still not enough, so I think these people are not too many... Hangzhou is a big province, and 200,000 people have built roads, which is far not enough... Well, you have to think of a good way to resettle them."

Zhao Xing's eyes fell on the hands of a female envoy and replied absent-mindedly: "Don't worry, the 200,000 people are still a small number, and even food and grass may be a little nervous. However, it is easy to do things with more people, and it is also a good thing to have so many people. Many things can be accomplished. Relatively speaking, insufficient food is just a small problem."

Su Shi noticed Zhao Xing staring at the servant, and pointed to the servant and said, "This... I saw that your mansion is empty, and several official slaves have been transferred to you, all of whom are women, honest and obedient. Shaoyou also lives here, so you can't let your people serve you."

The servant lady saw Zhao Xing staring at her right hand with a finger and tried her best to hide it. She lowered her head and did not dare to raise her eyes. After hearing Su Shi's introduction, Zhao Xing nodded suddenly with enlightenment. The official slave in front of her was a rare thing in the Song Dynasty. Seeing the official slave in the Song Dynasty was as rare as seeing a giant panda with his own eyes in modern times and shaking hands with it.

No, this metaphor is not appropriate, because giant pandas exist every year. This group of official slaves has only been around for hundreds of years in the Song Dynasty, and it has only been around for more than ten years and is unique.

The servant had two words on his right hand: Gyeongju, indicating that her identity was a lowly official slave in Gyeongju.

In the fourth year of Xining in Emperor Shenzong (1071), after the mutiny that occurred in Qingzhou was pacified, the rebels' families were not given officials as slaves, and were given slaves on Jiangnan Road, Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road. "All slaves were stabbed by men in the left hand and women in the right hand." This was the only visible record of large-scale prisoners' families in the Song Dynasty, without slaves.

Zhao Xing knew the origin of these Qingzhou official slaves, so he had to start with Zhang Dun. Last year, Zhang Dun came to Zhao Xing's mansion and saw Pu Yi'an driving the slaves off the ship on the dock. He showed a deep thoughtful expression on his face. Although Zhang Dun said nothing, Zhao Xing noticed something strange. He went back and quickly studied the rules on slaves in the Song Dynasty and discovered the "Tiansheng Order" compiled in the seventh year of Tiansheng (1029).

The "Tian Sheng Ling" announced the abolition of 17 Tang dictates, of which 12 were about official slaves, such as the system of official slaves and servants, the system of rewarding officials and servants as property, the system of declaration after the death of official slaves, the system of labor and service for officials and servants, etc. The remaining 5 were about the issue of rewards for capturing fugitive slaves.

Looking at this set of "The Heavenly Saint Order", Zhao Xing felt amused and laughed. Isn't this the Song Dynasty version of the "abolition of slavery" signed by Lincoln? In ancient China, there was also its own "abolition of slavery"?

This is really a special era.

It was special to the entire dynasty. The government did not advocate lowly slaves, but implemented the system of hiring slaves. In ancient China for three thousand years, it was impossible for slaves to appear in the Song Dynasty. Even though many people who became slaves because of defeat and captured in the late Tang and Five Dynasties were intervened by the "Tian Sheng Ling" and were released.

No wonder the system of concubines and maids in the Song Dynasty was so special. It turned out that there were no slaves in the Song Dynasty, only a group of employed workers.

Zhao Xing's research found that "Tian Sheng Ling" is simply perverted. It does not encourage people to use low-key slaves, but it fully respects private property and does not use a one-size-fits-all approach to completely deprive low-key slaves. It only gently asks the master to allow low-key slaves to redeem themselves at any time, thus becoming a employed slave. If the master has never given low-key slaves a chance to redeem themselves, the Tian Sheng Ling stipulates that after the slaves have served for ten years, they will automatically gain freedom.

After Zhao Xing studied "The Heavenly Holy Order", he deeply suspected that this decree was written by time travelers! Its respect for private property beyond the times made him, a modern person, a little uncomfortable.

But when I thought about it, Zhao Xing wondered again - is it really the history of the Song Dynasty like this? I remember that before reading Song Dynasty novels and Song Dynasty history, I never mentioned that the Song Dynasty was once epoch-making and unacceptable to slavery. Why did those novels and historical researchers dare not explain this to the people?

Of course, there is another only example in the history of the Song Dynasty: the official slaves of Qingzhou. After the Qingzhou mutiny, the court held the court's support for these people, but was unwilling to go to the front line to deal with the "peasant uprising army". Instead, they hated the rebellious soldiers of the peasants who did not revolt. They tattooed them on the hands of men and women and sent them to Huainan, Liangzhe as slaves, so that they could always remember the hundreds of thousands of unjust souls who died in their atrocities.

The Song Dynasty has a history of hundreds of years, and this is the only official slave to be recorded.

According to time, if the "Tiansheng Order" also works for the official slaves of Gyeongju, these people and their descendants should automatically become free. However, the appearance of the official slave of Gyeongju shows that the court's hatred for them has not been eliminated, and the sunshine of "Tiansheng Order" does not cover them.

Thinking through the whole story, Zhao Xing shook his head and said unhappily: "Teacher, how can you let such a person enter my house? Brother Shaoyou wants someone to serve him. I assigned him a dozen young and beautiful Japanese girls, but I couldn't bear to die of serving him. These sinners..."

Chaoyun arrived at Zhao Xing's house and was much more courageous. Now she dared to speak loudly. Before Zhao Xing finished speaking, she spat lightly: "Uncle Zhao, how can you say that? Uncle Qin's family is here. If you send the Japanese girl to serve, isn't that going to make trouble?"

Speaking of Qin Shaoyou's family, Zhao Xing couldn't help but think of an anecdote. It is said that Qin Shaoyou's son-in-law is also a famous scholar. Unfortunately, he was dull by nature. Once at a banquet, his son-in-law wrote very outstanding poems. Someone quickly asked him who he was. The son-in-law replied: "I am his son-in-law 'the mountains are smearing clouds, the sky is slim and the grass is declining, and the sound of painting horns breaks Qiaomen'."

Qin Shaoyou is now in his forties and his daughter has given birth to children, but he is still like a child who never grows up. Perhaps he is romantic by nature, and this kind of person will always live in youth.

However, his wife's family members were all here, so it was hard to give him the Japanese girl to serve him. Qin Shaoyou was a romantic man who saw a beautiful woman unable to move his legs. In addition, he had an affair with the Japanese girl... Well, indeed, he needed such a stupid sinner to serve him, and Su Shi's arrangement was just right.

Zhao Xing patted his legs and laughed. Qin Shaoyou didn't understand why Zhao Xing laughed so happily at first. When he changed his mind, he immediately glared at Zhao Xing with dissatisfaction: "Li Ren is so unkind, how can you make fun of these poor people at will? People have already been ashamed of being slaves... By the way, why haven't you seen your genius?"

Zhao Xing laughed: "They are pitiful, are the 100,000 people of Qingzhou who were slaughtered by them? Who will be pitiful? Brother Qin, you have too much pity!"

Qin Guan's question attracted another burst of laughter, because it proved that he was really terrified. Well, since the "Bitao" incident, Qin Guan was notorious here. No matter who went to treat guests to dinner, the owner refused to take out his singer to see him. From then on, Qin Guan had been holding it in a long time, and he could only be free and unrestrained by Zhao Xing.

Why did the genius of Zhao Xing's family disappear? Since learning about "The Heavenly Holy Order", Zhao Xing has quickly sent away his wives and sent them away, leaving Kasli alone. This girl is a natural language expert, so she can't bear to leave her to give her to her, so she can't leave her for herself. As for the group of Japanese girls, Zhao Xing also changed her treatment and began to formally sign an employment contract according to the treatment of hiring slaves and filed it with the government... Of course, he just registered the name of a Japanese girl, and then more than ten Japanese girls shared a Song name to fool the government.

The treatment of Japanese girls has changed, so many things cannot be forced and allowed to voluntarily. For example, it is late at night, except for some rotating personnel, most of them are allowed to rest independently...

Speaking of those singular geniuses, Qin Guan remembered the Japanese girl Cuiyi. She showed a look of memories on her face and asked Zhao Xing: "Li Ren, is there any news about Cuiyi?"

When Qin Guan said this, Su Shi remembered another thing. He quickly interrupted Qin Guan’s question and said anxiously: “Li Ren, do you remember Xu Zhizhou’s singer Shengzhi? The last time I saw him, he said he had an agreement with you, and asked me to ask you, do you still remember that agreement?"

What Zhao Xing was most reluctant to mention was this matter, and he was unwilling to mention it in front of Yi Yi, because Chen Yiyi's sometimes performance was as fierce as the Hedong lion in Chen Jichang's family. Zhao Xing frequently winked at Su Shi here, but what was annoying was that Su Shi was just a person who couldn't hold back his words. No matter how Zhao Xing could win, he just focused on the topic: "By the way, she asked me to give you an embroidered handkerchief last time, and the embroidered handkerchief was embroidered with two-color thread on the embroidered handkerchief. I turned around and I'll turn it over and give it to you..."

"Burned", Su Shi's words indeed attracted Chen Yiyi's attention. She interrupted sternly: "Teacher, don't pay attention to her, just burn it directly. This girl has been here for two years and said something about the 'old promise'."

Zhao Xing picked up the teacup, leaned over his lips, and smiled bitterly: "Yi Yi is right. Things change, and people are changing, so why do you say the 'old promise'? When my mentor left Beijing, I received a message from her that she had sent her five hundred stagnants. I didn't know that she also sent a pair of embroidered handkerchiefs... But this is nothing anymore. She sent the money herself, and she has not replied until now. It seems that she has given up the promise."

That was a moment of soft-heartedness in the young period of youth. Zhao Xing was willing to look back now, but he was unwilling to forget the past, but he asked him to fulfill his promise, and he felt sorry for his family.

After Zhao Xing said this, Chen Yiyi calmed down, leaned on his shoulder silently, muttered: "It's great, my official position is very good!"

At this moment, the night is as cool as water, and the fragrance of jasmine flowers floats in the air.

After a year, Zhao Xing made great efforts to renovate and renovate the jasmine garden. The jasmine that blooms all year round always makes the courtyard full of a faint jasmine fragrance. In addition, there are brilliant cherry blossoms.

September should be the day when the cold cherry blossoms bloom, and its blooming lasted in these few days. On the night before the cherry blossoms bloomed, a gathering of windy and snowy nights ended in a faint warmth. Su Shi, Zhao Xing, was tired from the journey and said goodbye after eating...

A few days later, Cheng Azhu gave birth as scheduled and gave birth to a fat boy. Zhao Xing was busy and the joy of getting Lin'er in this era made him a little forgetful. He couldn't even tell where he was. In a trance, he completely forgot about business. It was not until a few days later that Yang Zuren came to visit that he remembered his new identity.

Although the Yang Zuren family has been two generations of civil servants, the words he said showed that the family still maintained close contact with the general: "Sir, Zhang Yong, Zhang Mizhou once wrote to me that Brother Li is generous and righteous, and has visited the mansion many times, but Brother Li is always away. I am very lucky to see him today."

Zhao Xing has been busy changing diapers for his children these days and is preparing for the child washing ceremony. When he saw Yang Zuren, there was a large ball of urine in front of his clothes, but like Wang Anshi, he didn't care about the stains on his body at all. He just dressed in clothes and saw the guests without feeling any hesitant: "You are polite, Mr. Yang, my wife gave birth, and I am happy for the past few days. I have completely forgotten to visit my colleagues, and I laughed at you!"

After the greetings, Yang Zuren revealed a news: "Duke Su made no hunger in Hangzhou this year. But not long ago, officials from the court came to inspect returned to the court to report that the people in Hangzhou hated Su Dongpo and wanted to eat his meat and sleep with his skin. The emperor asked: How much hatred should be? To be more specific. The ministers replied: They called the meat they ate "Dongpo pork", the fish they ate were called "Dongpo fish", and "Dongpo elbow", "Dongpo tofu", and "Dongpo soup"... It shows how much Hangzhou people hate Su Dongpo?"

"Great!" Zhao Xing patted the table and realized it.

In the Song Dynasty, pork was generally not eaten, but Hangzhou people liked to eat pork, which is a fact; they called the cooking method of their favorite dishes "Dongpo Pork", which is a fact; they liked to eat Dongpo Pork the most, which is a fact!

However, some facts are not facts, and the excerpted truth is not the truth.

This official consciously excerpted some facts to derive a conclusion that was completely opposite to the truth. This propaganda method is just like the official who has been cultivated through modern theory and systematization. His wisdom spans nine hundred years, which is simply amazing.

Among all the facts, the only part that is omitted is: "Dongpo Pork" is a famous cooking method, and the meat made in this way is delicious.

Why is this fact omitted? He deliberately, since he knew the name "Dongpo Pork", he must know the taste of Dongpo Pork. However, in order to attack others, he deliberately omitted this part of the facts, thus leading to a conclusion that is completely opposite to the truth. Such propaganda skills require professional training to be mastered. However, in the Song Dynasty, since the guy learned it without a teacher, he "creatively invented" this technique. When Zhao Xing heard this, he had the desire to burn yellow paper with the other party.

"Who is this? Who is the first one? Who is the first one? How many acres of land is there in your family, how many cows are there? Who is the mother of the cow? What is his mother's surname?" Zhao Xing was excited and asked incoherently.

Yang Zuren rolled his eyes, picked up the teacup, and covered his face with the teacup.

He came to Zhao Xing's mansion to tell Zhao Xing about this, because he was entrusted by Zhang Yong to take some extra care of Zhao Xing. According to regulations, such impeachment was not named, and he didn't even know who said it, so how could he tell Zhao Xing - let alone Zhao Xing's questioning was already rude.
Chapter completed!