178, Chapter 178 (1/2)

Duko, to use modern words, is a very enterprising person, but he has his own principles. What happened to the Wei and Yang families back then was indeed shameful to many people. Du Ke has never commented on this matter, but he doesn't agree with the Wei family's approach in his heart. But on the surface, no one dares to say anything. After all, the Wei family is loyal to the current emperor. Who dares to claim that the Wei family is not? Isn't this a slap in the face of the current emperor?

Du Ke never thought that the little girl kneeling inside him could say such words. Yang Haiyan came from Taifu Yang's family. If she recognized the Wei family, she would be able to talk to people in a circle like the capital in the future. However, the Wei family did not consider this. Seeing that Yang Haiyan was doing well now, they came to propose marriage. Duco smiled and shook his head at this kind of behavior. "Get up and talk."

Yang Haiyan stood up.

Du Ke said: "You are a smart woman. You are really good at thinking about the right and wrong and the pros and cons in that situation. I don't dislike women's intelligence. I have two daughters in my family, one legitimate daughter and one daughter-in-law. A concubine, whether she is a legitimate daughter or a concubine, rarely talks to me before we get married, and even less so after we get married, but we never thought that we would have such a goddaughter when we are approaching middle age. Talk to me." To put it bluntly, his two daughters were like a mouse meeting a cat.

Yang Haiyan was stunned. Did Du Ke agree with him?

Du Ke said again: "Tell me, in that situation, why did you think of using your wife as a shield?" Du Ke's tone contained blame and curiosity.

Yang Haiyan was honest in front of Du Ke and did not dare to play any tricks, so she said truthfully: "You have accepted Mr. Xiang as your student. The relationship between you and the Qin family has been settled. It doesn't matter whether I recognize you as the master's wife or not." Foster mother, in the eyes of outsiders, it will not harm your husband-father relationship. Therefore, although this is an excuse to reject the Wei family, it will have an impact on the Du family if I accept it. The Wei family is a godson, which is equivalent to the Qin family and the Wei family having a godson relationship, and you are my husband's teacher, the Du family and the Wei family may also be implicated.

To be honest, the main reason is my personal reasons. I don't agree with the Wei family's style, and...I think you will help me admit this, so...I am bold. "

"Hahaha..." Du Ke laughed, "You are indeed very bold. However, your boldness is also within my expectation. Although I am surprised by your quick reaction, I am not surprised by your wife. of."

Yang Haiyan was slightly stunned.

Du Ke said: "I never think of a woman who can think of military camp field policies, saltpeter ice making, franchise agents, and other things as an ordinary woman."

Yang Haiyan was a little embarrassed. Is Mr. Du's words a compliment?

"Okay, come on, what are you doing outside?" Du Ke shouted towards the door.

Qin Fang walked over with a smile: "I don't think you have anything to say, so I'll come back later."

Yang Haiyan never thought that Qin Fang went out on purpose.

Du Ke snorted: "They are all trying to play tricks on me. But the matter has come to this, so let's decide. I will write a letter to your wife, congratulations on accepting it. Adopted daughter, you still have to lend me this hairpin, and I’ll ask you to prepare another hairpin like this.”

Yang Haiyan took off the hairpin: "This hairpin was given by Mrs. Yonghou Houzi, and it is the first time I wear it. I thought that Wei Ting should not have any patterns. If the master's wife... the adoptive mother wants to prepare You can make some changes to the pattern of this hairpin, but I won’t be too embarrassed to talk about it when I see Mrs.

Du Ke nodded: "I know it." He accepted the hairpin in front of Qin Fang. Although they have different generations, there are still differences between men and women. In front of Qin Fang, there will be no misunderstanding, " Let’s talk about the franchise, what you think about the specifics, and then analyze it with me.”

Qin Fang said: "Let Yan Yan talk about this matter."

Duko: "I never counted on you." Why did you invite them to come together as a couple?

Qin Fang shut up. He found that the teacher was very rude.

Yang Haiyan smiled and concluded that Du Ke liked Qin Fang very much. If not, Du Ke would not be so carefree and comfortable with Qin Fang. "Teacher, my plan is this. We will open franchise meetings in every province in the name of the emperor, and then let them bid from the selected list of households, and then we will choose the households with the highest franchise fees. , this is the first step. The second step has nothing to do with us, but to the winning bidder.

Each government has several counties, and the winning bidder cannot go to each county to manage them, so the winning bidder can set up an agency in the county..."

They discussed this from morning to noon, and did not finish the discussion until just before lunch. Du Ke was very interested in the franchise, bidding, and representation mentioned by Yang Haiyan. It had to be said that some aspects of the plan alone were still unclear, but when Yang Haiyan explained it like this, it became clearer. .

The first step in this plan is to establish a product label. The name of the product label is Huang Liang, and on the lower right side of the word Huang Liang, there is a name, which is the emperor's own character, Yuan Xiang.

In other words, this product is marked with four characters: Huangliang and Yuanxiang. These four words were all written by the emperor himself. After they were written, they were carved into a seal by the Ministry of Industry and asked to be brought by Du Ke.

In the second step, a family that has successfully joined will get such a product label, and a county merchant who has successfully joined will also have such a product label hanging at the door of the store. That is to say, if there is such a product label, Shops are not allowed to sell potato flour and sweet potato flour. It is illegal to do so.

The product label with the word "Emperor" was carved randomly by someone. This is a serious crime of beheading. Who dares?

Therefore, the Emperor’s brand is very easy to use.

After lunch, Du Ke, Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan began to discuss the next thing.

The first test point of this plan is Renzhou. Renzhou has six prefectures, and Yunxiang County is in Hedong Prefecture. The franchisee of Hedong Prefecture is the Qin family. Well, there are still five prefectures in Renzhou, and Du Ke needs to summon the prefects of other prefectures in Renzhou to come to Yunxiang County to discuss this matter. Of course, the prefect of Hedong Prefecture also had to inform him, so the six prefects had to come to Yunxiang County.

Du Ke: "The place to entertain the six prefects will be arranged at the Yunxiang County Inn."

Qin Fang said: "The inn has been renovated and can be accommodated. I will greet Magistrate Yang and the county government will arrange the reception."

Du Ke is not worried about this. What he is worried about is: "Take the six prefectures of Renzhou as an example. Hedong Prefecture is yours, so you don't have to worry about the candidates to join. But there are five remaining prefectures, and each prefecture has to select people." It's not that easy to find a good product. If there are several suitable households, it will almost be a bidding process. In this way, it will take more than half a month for each house. Twenty houses, if all these hundred and twenty houses come down, Qin Fang, Bingyun, do you think, how long will it take? "

Qin Fang began to forget it silently.

Yang Haiyan said: "Twenty-four households per year, doesn't it take five years?"

Du Ke was slightly surprised: "Bingyun's arithmetic is good?"

Qin Fang said proudly: "Yanyan is responsible for the accounts of the military camp, but now Yanyan is teaching Shouye, and he will hand it over to Shouye in the future. The accounts done by Yanyan are very easy to understand, even for someone like me who doesn't know arithmetic. ‌‌I understand.”

Yang Haiyan immediately said: "My husband feels good about everything when he sees me, but I am not so good."

In the past, when Qin was placed in front of Du Ke, he still screamed "Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing Jing" Now that he has become one of his own, Qin Fang is not so polite and calls him Yan Yan directly.

Du Ke still knows a little about Qin Fang. If Qin Fang says yes, then it must be good. Qin Fang has one advantage, that is, he doesn't speak big words. Therefore, Du Ke curiously said: "Bring me the accounts of the military camp." His military department also has accounts, which are usually in a mess. How can Qin Fang, a person with no ideas, do this? He really wants to know the accounts.

Qin Fang stood up: "I'll get it right now."

Yang Haiyan: "..." I think Qin Fang is a bit promiscuous.

Du Ke said: "Don't worry about him. Bingyun, the franchise plan will take five years. I have five years to spend on it. Two more years, what can you do?" Du Ke said. ‌ He asked this, but he already had a solution in mind. He just wanted to try Yang Haiyan.

Yang Haiyan had the purpose of judging why Du Ke asked this question. In front of a good official, she was willing to introduce modern knowledge, just like she knew at the border through novels. The family's character can be trusted, so I dared to come up with the soap recipe.

Yang Haiyan thought for a moment and suddenly had an idea: "Teacher, can I be your deputy?"

Du Ke was stunned. Yang Haiyan's answer was really beyond his expectation. "How do you say this?"

Yang Haiyan said: "I... I want to go with you to different places to participate in this incident. I... I grew up in the capital. I married from the capital to the border at the age of sixteen. This year, I followed you from the border at the age of eighteen. My husband came to Yunxiang County, and I...I want to go to the great rivers and mountains of our country across the country. Teacher, I know that in the eyes of many people, a woman should take care of her husband and raise her children, and stay in the back house. But...but I hope that when I have children, I can proudly tell them how big and beautiful our country is. I can proudly tell them that I have walked through it. Every inch of Qiguo's land instead of..." Yang Haiyan's voice gradually faded, and she felt that she was a little fanciful. In ancient times, which woman could be so lucky?

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Du Ke had known for a long time that Yang Haiyan was a strange woman and that she should not be influenced or measured by ordinary women's thoughts, so he did not immediately object to Yang Haiyan's words. After a while, he said: "You should discuss this matter with Qin Fang." If Qin Fang has an opinion, even though he is a teacher, he is also an outsider, so why should he oppose it?

Yang Haiyan was very surprised when she heard this: "Don't you object? Don't you think women should be confined to the inner courtyard of the back house?"

It was rare for Du Ke to talk about something private about himself. This was something he had never said to anyone before: "Speaking of which, I have never thought about this issue. Since I was born, I have gone through enlightenment, studies, imperial examinations, and entrance exams. As an official, every step is done in an orderly manner, so I have never thought about what a woman should do. I have only thought about it... maybe three times.

The first time was when the old lady at home asked me to marry your adoptive mother, I thought about this woman. The second time, when my legitimate daughter, your eldest sister, was getting engaged, I thought about what kind of man would suit my personality. The third time is when my concubine and my daughter are getting engaged... I really don’t have any ideas on how to position the woman. "This topic is a bit interesting. Women nowadays are indeed restricted to the back house, but... "You grew up in the capital, so you should know that there are also women in the capital who are not restricted to the back house. Those Poetry gatherings and poetry studios are held every year, and some of them are held by women. Can those women be confined to the back house?

Therefore, it is not the man but the woman herself who decides whether a woman should be confined in the back house. Bingyun, what do you think? "

Yang Haiyan was stunned at first, then slowly recalled Du Ke's words, and then she suddenly realized: "Thank you, teacher, for your guidance." I understood, and I also wanted to understand.

‌ Until now, when ‌ entered this ‌ world, they had been required to live here according to the standards of ancient women. For example, ancient women would do some small business, ‌ become husbands and raise children, etc., ‌ ‌Bian Xianyu, ‌Bian also lived like this. But after listening to Du Ke's words, I woke up. This shows that most ancient women lived like this.

But there are still a small number of people who are not, and it is you who decide how to live your life, rather than following the crowd.

Back in ancient times, if you were stuck in the back house from the age of sixteen to sixty-six, or your destiny was to be eighty-six, you wouldn't dare to imagine what would happen in the future. There are still fifty years, or even seventy years, and your life has just begun. Do you want to live up to and live up to such standards for the sake of the standards of ancient women?

That obviously doesn't work. No, isn't this life wasted in vain?

‌ I have decided that when ‌‌ Qin Fang reveals his private parts, ‌ will tell Qin Fang that ‌ is going to travel. When I still have children, I can still play happily for a while. When I have children, I will... travel with my children?

Qin Fang didn't know his wife's rebellious thoughts, so he came back with the accounts of the military camp: "Teacher..."

Du Ke took the account book and immediately said, "Just now we were discussing how to complete five years of work in two years. Bingyun said that he wanted to follow me to each government to be my deputy to do this. , Qin Fang, what did you do?"

Qin Fang opened his mouth and looked at Du Ke, and then looked at Yang Haiyan. At this time, he had an idea: "What should I do?"

Qin Fang's answer surprised Yang Haiyan. Yang Haiyan thought he would object, but unexpectedly, his answer was what should he do.

Yang Haiyan thought for a while: "Why don't you get up too?" There is really something going on in Yunxiang County, and with Colonel Yang and Lieutenant Lu here, you can rest assured when defending the city. Therefore, it is okay for Qin Fang to leave for a while, but the general who defends the city cannot leave the county at will if he has the emperor's order. Of course, if you go to a place like Linxian, it's okay to be a few miles away, but if you go too far away, it won't work. If something happens in the county town, the general who defends the city will be held responsible.

Qin Fang was moved. He had not had a good rest since he started serving in the military at the age of sixteen. After completing five years of military service, I had a month's vacation, but it took more than ten months of traveling back and forth from the Yongzhou military camp in my hometown. The answer is: "No, I have the emperor's orders at the moment, and I have to stay with the situation at the Taoist temple." The emperor asked him to spy on him secretly, and he could not leave.

Speaking of the Taoist temple matter, Du Ke said: "Wei Ting said before that in a few months, the fire medicine matter will be almost done."

Qin Fang's eyes lit up: "What do you mean, teacher?"

Du Ke continued: "Renzhou is the first step in the Huangliang franchise plan. It is estimated that it will take a few months, so there is no rush. However, since the general guarding the city cannot leave the county where he belongs, I can ask the emperor to use his discretion. Use you as my bodyguard general."

Qin was so happy that he stood up and said, "Thank you very much, teacher."

Du Ke waved his hand: "Then you can all talk about how to improve the efficiency of the Royal Food Franchise Program."

Yang Haiyan said: "Although our Qi State has one hundred and twenty prefectures, in terms of states, there are twenty-two in total. We can put the situation of each state at the beginning, just like The teacher said before that the prefects of the six prefectures in Renzhou should be invited here personally. As the head of the prefecture, he will recommend people with good conduct in each prefecture. Then we will investigate and confirm the problem. These people will bid, which will be much faster.”

Qin Fang had never been in contact with these people's livelihood matters. After listening to his wife's analysis, he said: "Then we have to send people to investigate the situation of each prefecture in advance, so that when each prefect recommends those families, we can compare them ”

Du Ke nodded: "Yes, in fact, before I came to Yunxiang County, I had already sent people to various states to investigate."

Yang Haiyan never thought that Qin Fang would do things so quickly, and he would be the most popular person around the emperor today.

Du Ke added: "But we still don't know whether the Royal Grain franchise plan will be successful this time. Before I came, the Emperor had already announced this matter through the early court. Do you know what the pros and cons are of this court now?"

this?

Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan looked at each other, but they didn't know. Qin Fang was born in a mud-legged family and had never known anything about the imperial court. He didn't know this. Yang Haiyan is a little girl. She knows some plots and some clever tricks based on her knowledge, but if she really understands these important affairs of the court, she doesn't understand them either.

Du Ke said: "Let me talk about the advantages of the imperial court today. The advantage of the imperial court is that the emperor is very powerful when he seizes the throne. The imperial court is almost the emperor's voice. The ministers in high positions today are all former emperors. People who have helped, such as me, Wei Ting’s father, Wei Hong, and others, because of our relationship, almost everything the emperor said in the early days was what he said. Therefore, no one dared to object to the Huangliang franchise plan. Even if someone dares to oppose it, there is a huge difference between those who are in favor, and there will be no point in opposing it.

This is the first advantage.

The second advantage is that the emperor has three sons. The princes are still young and the factions in the court are not obvious. People like us who are the emperor are still in line, so the morning court will be very harmonious. However, since ancient times, the imperial court has been divided into factions, with one dynasty being an exception, until the princes are a little older. "

Qin Fang listened: "Are the disadvantages that the teacher mentioned are the factions that will appear when the princes are older?"

Du Ke said: "Yes, but the emperor is physically strong and this kind of disadvantage is still early."

Yang Haiyan wants to say, you don't have to worry about this. The emperor's health is really good now. He will be fine when you retire.

"I am serving as the imperial envoy this time. There are many people waiting for my joke. They hope that this Royal Food franchise plan will fail. If this Royal Food franchise plan fails, it will probably take a long time. ‌I will not be able to hold my head high in the capital, so this plan is not allowed to fail." When Du Ke said this, there was a hint of sternness in his voice.

Second

Du Ke sent letters to the six prefects of Renzhou.

There are six prefectures in Renzhou: Hedong Prefecture, Anren Prefecture, Qiongli Prefecture, Liangshan Prefecture, Dao‌ Prefecture, and Jiujiang Prefecture. When the prefect of the Six Prefectures received Du Ke's letter, they were not surprised, because the imperial court had announced the imperial grain franchise plan, and the imperial envoy for this incident was Du Ke, so they were all waiting. Regarding this Royal Grain franchise plan, the imperial court has given clear regulations, but no one is clear about it. Everyone is curious about what kind of plan it is. But from the literal meaning, it can be seen that it must be related to food.

This time, the six prefects of Renzhou received Du Ke's letter and rushed towards Yunxiang County without stopping.

In the past, we have not seen the six prefects of Renzhou have much good relations with each other, but this time, when they arrived at the gate of Yunxiang County, they did not rush to the city immediately. Instead, they waited for several people to arrive before getting up. ‌City.

The prefect of Anren Prefecture said: "I don't know what the specific plan is for the Royal Grain Franchise Plan hosted by Mr. Du this time. Mr. Liu, this is your territory, have you heard anything about it?"

Mr. Liu is the prefect of Hedong Prefecture. When he heard the prefect of Anren Prefecture ask this, he said: "Not yet, we will know the specific plan when we meet Mr. Du."

The two of them just had a verbal spat, and then the six prefects came to the city. They went directly to the post station in Yunxiang County where court officials were received.

When the six prefects arrived at the post station, the post chief immediately sent someone to the general's mansion to find the county government comrades. Soon, Du Ke, who was serving the general, and Magistrate Yang, who was in the county government office, passed by. However, the county government office was closer to the inn, so Magistrate Yang arrived first.

When the prefects arrived at the inn, they went to settle down in their respective houses to rest. Yunxiang County under the jurisdiction of Magistrate Yang was under Hedong Prefecture, so he went to see the prefect of Hedong Prefecture himself.

The magistrate of Hedong Prefecture took a bath and changed his clothes. When he heard that Magistrate Yang was coming so soon, he let him go.

The last time Magistrate Yang met with the Magistrate of Hedong Prefecture was at the beginning of this year. The Magistrate of Hedong Prefecture was transferred here at the beginning of this year. When the Magistrate took office, the county magistrates under his jurisdiction naturally went to see him.