Chapter 616

In March of Yangchun, the fields and mountains are green. Many women and children are looking for wild vegetables in the wild.

Aunt Cai raised her head, looked at the person who came and said with a smile: "Mother Qiao, why are you out now?" Digging wild vegetables should be done early, otherwise all the fresh and tender wild vegetables would be poached. If you want to find good wild vegetables, you can only go further afield.

A Qiaoniang smiled and said, "Didn't my father go to the county to collect good seeds yesterday? I thought I would arrive in the morning, but I didn't expect to plant other things besides collecting good seeds, so I won't be home until noon." There are many wild vegetables in spring , Don't worry about starving to death for the time being. But now they have good seeds and bean seeds. As long as they are planted, they will be harvested in July.

When Aunt Cai heard this, she smiled and said: "I heard that the potato seeds given this time can harvest a thousand catties per mu of land. After the seeds are planted, we will no longer worry about starvation." As long as ten acres of potato seeds are planted, we can Collecting 10,000 catties of yams is enough for their family to eat for a year or two.

The government has posted a notice saying that Princess Pingxi has ordered that Henan will be exempted from all taxes this year. However, if the harvest is good, the good seeds need to be returned. In previous years, the taxes paid by the common people accounted for 50 to 60 percent of the harvest. Now that taxes are completely exempted, only how many good breeds can there be, and the common people are overjoyed when they get the news.

Aqiao's mother also smiled all over her face: "Yes, then there will be no need to be hungry." Because there is a clan member who is the magistrate in their village, more than 60% of them survived. For other villages, it is not bad to survive three times.

This scene not only happened in Caijia Village, but also in many places in Henan and Shanxi. Although they have gone through hardships, they are now full of hope in their hearts, so they are all very motivated.

"Report..." As soon as the voice sounded, everyone in the Pingxi Palace knew that another battle report had been delivered.

Yuxi opened it and looked at it, and said with a smile: "My lord has brought down Tongzhou. Now, only Changzhou is left in Shaanxi." However, Changzhou is not far from Henan. Although it has not been taken down, it is already in their pocket thing.

The reason why Yunqing captured Shanxi so quickly was because he recruited another 80,000 soldiers in Taiyuan, and then divided them into two groups. In this way, Shanxi was occupied in the fastest time.

Xu Wu nodded and said, "We have captured Shanxi, and most of Henan has fallen into our hands. Only Xu Zhen's battle situation is not ideal." Xu Zhen has only captured two prefectures so far.

Yuxi said: "Don't worry, wait until the war between Shanxi and Henan is over, and then solve the problem of Hubei and Shu." Yuxi is not only satisfied with Shanxi and Henan. Now the advantage is all on their side, it would be foolish not to occupy these two places.

Xu Wu nodded and said: "Conquering Hubei is not a big problem, but the road to Shu is not easy, and there are too many barbarians, it is not easy to occupy it." Although Xu Wu has never been to Shu, he heard that The road there is rugged, with nine twists and eighteen bends, and it is easy to get lost if there is no one to guide the way. It is not so difficult to capture the land of Shu.

Yuxi smiled and said: "Although I have never been to Shu, Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote that 'the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go up to the blue sky'. Just from these words, I know that the road in Shu is not easy to travel. After saying this, Yuxi changed the topic: "But as long as you have the heart, you can solve even the most difficult things." Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there is a heart.

Xu Wu nodded and said: "What the princess said is true."

As he was talking, it was reported outside that Tan Tuo had come, and Xu Wu retreated tactfully.

Tan Tuo handed the prepared list to Yu Xi, and said, "Princess, this is the list of officials dispatched to Shanxi and Henan." Above the fifth grade.

Yu Xi looked at it seriously and nodded, "Yes." A total of 18 officials were selected to be dispatched to Shanxi and Henan provinces, and eight of them were selected from the first scientific examination.

Two-thirds of the personnel on this list were determined by Yuxi,

The remaining third was recommended by Tan Tuo and other officials. The people Yuxi has decided are capable enough, but not qualified enough, so there is controversy about this matter.

Tan Tuo hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Princess, is the number of people assigned this time too much?" In fact, Tan Tuo wanted to say that Yuxi shouldn't have sent eight people, Liu Zijia and Zong Siyuan, to Henan at once. With Shanxi. These people were selected by Yuxi, and they were labeled with Yuxi as soon as they became officials. Now that all eight of them are sent abroad, the rumor that Yuxi uses his own people is more and more confirmed. As for the other four people appointed by Yuxi, they are all officials who have been in office for many years, so there is no dispute.

Yuxi smiled lightly and said: "Master Tan, I know you are afraid that those people will be dissatisfied. But what if they are dissatisfied? Do I have to rely on their faces to act?" One level, the best one went up three levels in a row. In this case, it is natural to be jealous.

After a pause, Yuxi smiled sarcastically: "I backed down not because I was afraid of them, but because I wanted to ensure internal stability." But now that Xihai and Yucheng are at peace, she no longer has any scruples. These people privately criticize and let them go, if they dare to chatter in front of her, then don't blame her for being rude. I really thought she was that soft persimmon, who could be squeezed and stepped on whenever she wanted.

Looking at the imposing Yuxi, Tan Tuo finally swallowed the words that came to his lips. He should know that the princess has never been one to swallow her anger. The forbearance was forced by the situation before, but now that the situation is clear, she is not going to continue to endure.

The release of this list, as Tan Tuo thought, caused a lot of controversy. Some of them couldn't bear it anymore.

Xu Daniu was on vacation this day, and his brother-in-law Sun Chao came to him. Sun Chao was filled with righteous indignation and said something wrong with Yuxi, and then said: "Brother-in-law, Princess Pingxi is using her own people now, and will start to eliminate dissidents after a while. At that time, where will we have a foothold?"

Don't look at Xu Daniu as careless, but he can be the second in command of the Pingxi palace guards, which has his own advantages. When Xu Daniu just heard Sun Chao criticize Yuxi, his face became ugly. But he wanted to know the reason for Sun Chao's visit, so he didn't interrupt. At this time, Xu Daniu said with a straight face: "There is no place for you? Then tell me, which tablet are you on?" Sun Chao is not good at martial arts, but he can read and write. For his wife's sake, Xu Daniu found him a ninth-rank vacancy in the Yamen.

Seeing Xu Daniu getting angry, Sun Chao felt a little scared. However, thinking about the benefits promised by that person, he suppressed this fear again: "Brother-in-law, Princess Pingxi wants to make the entire Northwest her own. At that time, even the prince will have to look at her face." ..."

Without saying a word, Xu Daniu slapped him on the ground. Because of the force, the corner of Sun Chao's mouth was bleeding.

It was the first time Sun Chao had been beaten since he was a child, and he was beaten so severely. Looking at Xu Daniu's eyes with horror

Xu Daniu said coldly: "You can criticize the prince and the concubine. If you want to die, don't implicate me."

While wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Sun Chao said, "Brother-in-law, you can't help the evildoer..." Those who supported Yuxi were all evildoers in their eyes.

Xu Daniu was too lazy to tell Sun Chao: "Get out." Seeing that Sun Chao didn't move, Xu Daniu said: "If you don't get out, I'll let the servant drag you out."

When Sun heard the news that her younger brother was bleeding from the beating by her husband, she hurried over. At this time, Sun Chao had already left the Xu residence.

Although Xu Daniu is a rough person, he still likes Mrs. Sun, a young, beautiful and well-educated daughter-in-law. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to find a job for Sun Chao, who was ineffective.

Seeing Xu Daniu's gloomy face, Sun knew that her younger brother must have caused trouble again. While giving Xu Daniu some comfort, Mrs. Sun said, "He is just a bastard, so don't argue with him." Although she felt sorry for her younger brother being beaten, Mrs. Sun knew the severity. In her mind, her husband and children are the most important to her. You can't start a quarrel with your husband because of your younger brother and your mother's family.

Xu Daniu said coldly: "From now on, without my permission, he is not allowed to enter our house."

Sun's complexion changed slightly, and she asked softly: "What did he do? It made the master lose his temper."

Seeing his wife's soft voice, Xu Daniu lost his anger and said, "Just now he encouraged me to join forces with outsiders to deal with the concubine? He has no brains to seek death himself, and wants to drag me to die with him?" He just said Slapping Sun Chao was considered light. If it wasn't for Sun's sake, he could have directly beaten Sun Chao to death.

After hearing this, Sun lost her voice: "You said he wants to deal with the princess?" Seeing Xu Daniu nodding, Sun blushed with anger: "This brainless thing, he wants to kill the whole family. "Who is the princess, she can crush them to death with one finger.

Xu Daniu said: "This bastard must have been bewitched by someone. You have to remind your father-in-law and mother-in-law about this, let them take care of him, and don't get involved in this case! If something really happens, no one can save you." Anyway, he is not Will go save this brainless thing.

Mrs. Sun nodded hurriedly and said: "Don't worry, I will let my parents take care of him and not let him cause trouble."

Xu Daniu thought for a while and said to Sun: "Many people are dissatisfied with the princess's administration, saying that the princess is the rooster who leads the morning, and there are many rumors that are unfavorable to the princess. It was only a small area before, and it has become more and more serious since last year. Some people even say that the princess is the second Wu Yan. Now they have completely annoyed the princess, and the princess is afraid that she will kill her. During this period of time, don't see anyone else except your mother, and don't go out." , they are untouchable.

Mrs. Sun is not a person who does not hear about outside affairs, and knows a lot about outside affairs. Sun frowned and said: "But now the prince is fighting outside, is it really okay for the princess to do it now? Aren't you afraid of causing confusion?"

Xu Daniu smiled and said: "Just a few dissatisfied ruthless scholars spreading rumors and making troubles can cause chaos. The princess knows it well, otherwise she wouldn't have an attack at this time."

Sun said worriedly: "If someone incites the generals in the army, there will be chaos at that time."

Xu Daniu chuckled and said: "Yu Cong is not dissatisfied with the princess, and besides, there is the old man!" Yu Cong was in charge of 30,000 elite soldiers in the suburbs. This elite soldier was left behind to protect Pickaxe City. Of course, to be precise, it was to protect Yu Xi and the children.

Sun hesitated for a while and said: "But I heard that the princess had several conflicts with Mrs. Huo. Therefore, the old man is very dissatisfied with the princess?"

Xu Daniu chuckled and said: "The princess respects the old lady very much, where there will be conflicts, don't listen to those nonsense outside." Those people want to deal with the princess, but they are just hitting a stone with an egg. (to be continued)