Chapter 1479 Opportunity

After going down to the yamen, Zhou Shuren went home and changed his clothes while saying, "Let the boss come over for dinner today."

Zhu Lan thought something was wrong, "Where's Ming Yun?"

"Call Ming Yun over too."

Boss Zhou and the others came quickly, and the food was brought to the table. Zhou Shuren motioned for his sons to sit with his grandson. He drank the soup first, which was vegetable soup. He couldn't drink it to make up the soup.

After eating a bowl of soup, Zhou Shuren said to Lao Dao, "I asked you for an errand in front of the emperor."

"Cough, cough, cough cough."

Boss Zhou just took a sip of a bowl of soup, and when he choked, he covered his mouth and coughed. The news about his father was too scary. When he stopped coughing, he signaled his son not to take pictures. He took the handkerchief handed by his son and wiped his mouth. "Father, you are not teasing your son, are you?"

Zhou Shuren rolled his eyes, "Can I make fun of my errand?"

Boss Zhou was dumbfounded, so if it's true, he also has an errand?

Changyi was much calmer than his elder brother, "Father, what errand do you want for elder brother?"

Zhou Shuren, "The emperor is grateful for the soldiers who died while defending the country, so he agrees with my proposal to bring up the orphaned children in a unified way. Boss, your job is to investigate how many orphans and some abused children."

This errand needs patience, and it needs a solid-minded person to do it. The boss is the most suitable. Of course, he asked the boss for this job not because the boss is suitable, but because the Zhou family started it. In the future, the boss will inherit the Marquis. In the end, the Zhou family can also participate from generation to generation.

Although he doesn't know how long he can live, he will slowly think of everything he can think of, and arrange everything that needs to be arranged.

Boss Zhou was a little unconfident. He had been in charge of the family affairs, and it was the first time he was in charge of the court. "Father, can my son do it?"

Zhou Shuren glanced, "What do you think?"

Boss Zhou was silent, his intuition told him that if his answer didn't suit his father, father would punish him, "Yes, my son will definitely be able to."

Zhou Shuren hummed, "Minghui is a smart kid, he will follow you."

After a pause, he continued: "There is no reward for this errand, you have to do it well for me, and you are ready to set off the day after tomorrow."

Seeing his father finished his explanation, Chang Yi asked, "Father, will the children be taken back to the capital?"

Zhou Shuren, "Not all of them will be admitted to Beijing, but the neighboring states will be connected to the capital. The emperors of other states will send people to investigate and raise them locally."

The population has doubled in the past few years. Last year, the two-line battlefield had fewer casualties due to gunpowder, and the casualties were still high. It is unrealistic for children to connect to the capital.

Boss Zhou understood, and he will be in charge of several nearby states. He is at ease, and when he returns to Beijing, he will be busy with farming.

At night, Zhou Shuren sat next to his wife, "You didn't speak much tonight."

Zhulan opened the quilt, "I'm also thinking about something, I want to go to the palace to see the Queen Mother."

Zhou Shuren, "Huh?"

"I think if it was really the Little Ice Age and there were no high-yield grains, people's lives would become more and more difficult. You have read Yushuang's letter. The Zhuangzi bought by Changyi has already taken in many children. Ancient children are worthless. When times are hard, the first to die are the elderly and children, and your proposal is for the orphans of the soldiers, but what about the common people?"

Zhou Shuren understood what his wife meant, "Do you want the Queen Mother to take the lead?"

Zhulan, "I would like to take the lead, but we have imperial power over our heads, and you are pulling the emperor's banner, so I can only think about inviting the Queen Mother. It is best for the Queen Mother to come forward."

"Why not the queen?"

"The empress is related to the Wen family. If the empress takes the lead, the Wen family will definitely intervene. Isn't this a matter of robbing me? It's different when the empress dowager takes the lead. I have spent all these years sorting out the books, and the royal family has accepted that I have brains. People who think about it agree that I am not just a housewife."

After a pause, he continued: "There are not many people who can be used by the Queen Mother. Lord Ning is the Queen Mother's nephew, and my nephew and daughter-in-law are too young to hold back, so I am the most suitable person."

Zhou Shuren lay down on the bed, the warm Kang was comfortable, "You have been thinking a lot all night."

"I didn't think about it tonight either,

I have thought about it since you and I proposed the orphanage. I thought it would be good for the Queen Mother to take the lead. As long as the Queen Mother takes care, many children can be saved. These children cannot be cultivated as elites, but they can also be cultivated to become craftsmen. They will be cultivated from generation to generation. Progress needs them, what do you think? "

Zhou Shuren curled his lips, "I think it's very good. Only with the foundation can we reform, and the pace of social development can be accelerated."

Zhu Lan frowned, "I've been suffocated these years. Since I have an opportunity, I want to seize it. The woman knows a lot, and she won't be trapped in the back house. Although the process will be slow, it is very bright."

Zhou Shuren hadn't seen such brilliance in his daughter-in-law's eyes for a long time, "You can do what you want, we have been going all the way today, and we already have enough confidence."

Zhulan, "I want to write a plan and choose a date before entering the palace. You just proposed orphans. I need to find a good time. Yes, let the boss see the lives of the common people, so I can find a chance."

Zhou Shuren kept listening to his wife talking about it, and Zhulan didn't know how long they talked, and the two of them finally fell asleep very late.

Mrs. Li was the happiest when Boss Zhou was about to go on business. As for Minghui who was going with him, Mrs. Li was not reluctant to part with him, and wanted to see him off.

Minghui didn't want to go, he likes to enjoy himself, he would let the young man change his hand to warm his hands at noon when he went to the academy, how could he suffer so much, but grandpa said, it's useless for him to ask grandma to act like a spoiled child.

Ming Jia patted Ming Hui on the shoulder, "It's a rare opportunity to go out and practice well."

Ming Jing, "Let the cook cook you something to eat, your mouth is being sucked, don't starve and lose weight."

Ming Rui took out a few books, "Don't forget to read when you go out, I will test you when you come back."

Minghui, "You are really my brother."

Mingrui smiled, "Cousin."

Minghui, "You are cruel."

The day's preparations were quick, Minghui sat in the carriage with a sad face, and looked at grandma eagerly, only to see grandma waving a handkerchief, which meant a smooth journey.

Minghui looked at his mother again, but his mother didn't look at him at all!

Boss Zhou patted his son on the head, "You don't want to go, you think I'm willing to take you!"

This kid is the most delicate, and he still has to take care of Minghui on the road. Thinking about how picky this kid is, he has a headache before he leaves home.

Minghui snorted, pulled the cloak over his head, and ignored his father.

Boss Zhou stared, he was the least majestic of his father among the brothers.

In Zhangzhou, Yushuang returned home with a pale face. When she came back, she invited a doctor and prescribed a soothing decoction.

Liu Feng came back from the outside and hurried back to the backyard, "It's not Dad's Zhuangzi, what's the matter?"

Thinking of what she saw, Yushuang turned pale again.

The mother-in-law couldn't bear the pain of the young lady, so she signaled the uncle to go out and said in a low voice: "On the way we went, we saw children who froze to death, one big and one small. They froze to death on the way to Zhuangzi."

The mother-in-law shivered as she spoke, "The eyes of the two children are open, and they are full of unwillingness, and."

Liu Feng asked, "And what?"

The mother-in-law took a deep breath and said, "The bodies of the two children are bloody and bloody, and there are already thick bones, which have been eaten by wild animals."

Liu Feng's heart is heavy, this is not an exception, he will occasionally see it when he visits various villages, hey, "Go and look at the decoction!"