As he was speaking, a girl came to report that the wife of the Taiwei, Mrs. Situ, Mrs. Sikong and other ministers entered the palace to congratulate the queen on the New Year.
Fu Shou immediately calmed down and ordered someone to come in.
Xun Wenqian and others also became solemn and did not dare to lose their dignity in front of the third wife. In the palace, it would be fine if they were fighting each other, but it would be bad for outsiders to see it.
The third prince's wife entered the hall and took her seat one by one.
Although the Madam Taiwei ranked first, he was taciturn and said nothing after saying what he should say. Mrs. Sikong, Mrs. Liu, didn't speak much, only Mrs. Situ Yuan, talked so hard and told the queen about some situations.
She just came back from her hometown and saw a lot of things, and the most important thing was of course related to Duta.
Runan is a big county, with more than 400,000 households and more than 2 million households at its peak, and it is one of the top major counties in the country.
Therefore, there are many large tribes in Runan, and the resistance to traveling to the fields is very high, and it has not been implemented so far.
Zong Cheng, the prefect of Runan, had a headache.
When he learned that Mrs. Situ was returning to visit her relatives, Zong Cheng rushed to Ruyang for a visit and asked Yuan for advice.
Yuan said with a smile: "What kind of government affairs can I understand, a woman? I wanted to refuse him, but I couldn't bear to see my hometown be behind, so I had to agree to him and tell someone who could solve the problem."
Fu Shou was a little surprised. "Runan hasn't passed the field yet?"
"No." Yuan shook his head. "The people are not active, and the officials are not motivated."
Fu Shou's eyes sterned. "Does the officials mentioned by the wife include Taishou Zongzi?"
"It should be included." Yuan smiled. "He came to see me, and I'm afraid he might not have to pass the field but was unable to get it, but he didn't want to pass the field. He just had to make a statement due to the situation."
"how so?"
Yuan smiled and said nothing.
Xun Wenqian, who was standing by, listened to the topic. "There are many aristocratic tribes in Nanyang, and the Zong family also has a lot of land. He has no place to save the land, so he has no confidence to ask the Runan family to save the land."
Yuan turned to look at Xun Wenqian, and his smile became even stronger.
Fu Shou suddenly realized, nodded, and did not continue the topic.
Although she was the queen, she spent most of her time in the harem. Unlike Xun Wenqian and others, she had their own affairs and had smooth contact with the outside world. She had only heard of the name of Zongzi and knew that he was a famous scholar in Nanyang, and others
I don't know.
This is also the reason why she is unwilling to interfere in the government affairs.
Speaking of these, she is obviously not as good as Xun Wenqian.
Seeing that Fu Shou was not interested, Yuan had to avoid talking and instead talk about the folk activities to celebrate the New Year.
Guanzhong has early fields and has been implemented thoroughly. It has developed rapidly in the past two years. People live a stable life, have no worries about food and clothing, and are also everywhere. Many families send their children to school. Those who have learned quickly have graduated and entered the workshop.
work.
For the people who do not expect to be officials, the newly grown children who enter the workshop to work and earn a salary of no less than farming, and their family income has increased significantly, which is a very satisfactory result.
With money, you naturally have to buy more New Year’s goods and add some new clothes.
Especially those young people who have just got money for the first year of work, usually buy some good things and reward themselves. Those who are more filial will buy some gifts for their parents.
This has also caused the market to flourish and business is particularly easy to do.
As Situ's wife, Yuan was most happy to see this scene.
It is naturally Situ’s contribution to good livelihood.
But Yuan was still modest and mentioned one thing in particular.
When the emperor visited Jizhou in the east, nearly 50,000 troops accompanied him, which reduced a lot of burden to Guanzhong. If there were 50,000 troops stationed in Guanzhong, there would be big fluctuations in the price of grain. Once the food price fluctuated significantly,
Even if the people have money, they dare not use it easily.
As for the current situation in Guanzhong, the food can just meet the demand and there is a slight savings.
It is a bit difficult to support the army's conquest.
For example, the money and food for the Northern Army to conquer Yizhou must be jointly borne by Sanfu and Liangzhou.
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile.
Mrs. Situ praised her husband for her son. There are elite soldiers in Liangzhou, and there is nothing to say, but the one who can provide a lot of food is that her son Yang Xiu is the prefect of Hanyang County.
I have to say that she is really rich and noble.
Out of Yuan, he married Yang, her husband is the current third duke and her son is the future third duke.
In addition to envy, Xun Wenqian also heard what Yuan said.
Even if Guanzhong recovers very quickly, it cannot support the major war. Even the expedition to Yizhou is a bit difficult, let alone thousands of miles away?
To achieve the conquest of the Western Regions, it not only requires the Han Dynasty's national strength, but also requires the Han Dynasty to develop rapidly and the national strength will be increased several times before it can be possible.
Otherwise, the conquest of the Western Regions would be a military force and would be unsustainable.
No wonder the emperor is so urgent about Du Tian.
Suddenly, Xun Wenqian understood the emperor's thoughts a little, and then felt a little regretful for his father Xun Yu's persistence.
He missed the best opportunity after all.
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Hedong, Anyi.
Mrs. Tang was invited to the prefect's mansion and celebrated the New Year with Xun Yu and his family.
After taking the seat, Mrs. Tang looked at Xun Yu and found that although Xun Yu was a little thin, she was still in good spirits. At least she could not see any negative emotions such as depression.
"I'm going to be transferred." Xun Yu said.
Mrs. Tang was stunned. "Register? Where to go?"
"Henan."
"Henan Yin?"
Xun Yu nodded, showing a little self-deprecating. "Situ Mansion believes that although I cannot overcome difficulties, I can still stabilize the area. Henan people's livelihood is in vain and everything is in trouble. I need someone like me to appease the people."
Mrs. Tang pondered for a moment and nodded. "I'll go with you."
Xun Yu hurriedly said, "No need to do this, no need to do this."
Mrs. Tang smiled and said, "I'm not for you, but for myself. Henan must build a seal shop. I'm going to Henan and it's closer to home. Besides, the development of the seal shop in Hedong has reached its limit and it's difficult to expand again.
, it can't satisfy my ambitions."
She touched Xun Ya's little head. "It's boring for me to stay in Hedong alone. I'll go to Henan with you, and there are still people around me."
Xun Yu and his wife looked at each other and didn't say anything.
Mrs. Tang is alone, although she has no worries about food and clothing, her psychological loneliness cannot be resolved. She likes Xun Ya very much and often takes Xun Ya over for a few days. If it were someone else, Xun Yu might have adopted her son to her.
It's right.
But Mrs. Tang has a special identity. Her ex-husband not only was the emperor, but now also had the identity of King Hongnong. With the emperor's feelings for his deceased brother, in the future, she will most likely choose an heir for King Hongnong to inherit the throne.
With this consideration, he could not adopt his son to Mrs. Tang without authorization.
"Do you want to ask the emperor for instructions?"
"Of course I want it." Mrs. Tang smiled sweetly. "But based on my understanding of the emperor, he will not object. Wenruo, don't be too upset. Going to Henan may not be a bad thing."
Xun Yu nodded.
He could understand the emperor's intentions, but because of his understanding, he became even more depressed.
This shows that the emperor's positioning of him is no longer a capable minister who dares to be the first in the world, but can only be a perpetrator.