Jiang Shaohua sighed silently, and looked at each other in silence with Song Yuan.
After a long while, Jiang Shaohua cheered up and said: "The imperial court has sent reinforcements to Sizhou. Once the reinforcements arrive, the war will improve greatly."
Song Yuan whispered : "It's a pity that the reinforcements will not set off until the next year. I only hope to arrive at Sizhou as soon as possible."
The general Song who led the reinforcements was none other than Uncle Song Yuan. Although the uncle and nephew were at odds with each other, at this critical moment, Song Yuan had no other thoughts and only hoped that General Song would lead his troops to Sizhou as soon as possible.
This is the true loyal minister and good general.
Jiang Shaohua said: "Let people pay close attention to the capital and report immediately if there is any news."
Song Yuan agreed.
In the next few days, news came from the capital from time to time.
Princess Baohua has been ill and cannot come out of her palace to recover from her illness.
Empress Dowager Li said a few words of criticism in front of others and was scolded by Empress Dowager Zheng. The relationship between the two palaces was tense and had far-reaching influence. In addition to the prime minister's party, the emperor's party, and the queen mother's party, another member of the Li family appeared in the court. The Li family is the weakest at the moment, but the Li family is the emperor's maternal family, and Li Shangshu, the minister of rites, is the emperor's grandfather. Once Prime Minister Wang falls, Li Shangshu also has the strength and qualifications to compete for the prime ministership.
Emperor Taihe was worried about the border wars and the complicated personnel affairs in the court and harem. Not long after he recovered, his dragon body began to show signs of weakness, and he almost fainted during a small court meeting. He had to rest in the Showa Palace.
No one can suppress Prime Minister An Guogong. The two almost fell out at each other in the court, and they targeted each other in everything. Officials from the two factions fought fiercely, and the originally smooth government affairs became lengthy and unsmooth.
Under such circumstances, it was not a big deal for Empress Dowager Zheng to choose the queen and the fourth concubine for the emperor.
The future queen is the direct daughter of the Zheng family and the direct cousin of Zheng Chen. The four concubines also all came from famous families, one was the noble daughter of the Li family and the Ji family, and the other two were from military families, one was the daughter of the Zuo family, and the other was from the Bao family.
This draft takes into account the civil servants and generals of the court, and balances several wealthy families. Only the Wang family was excluded.
The emperor's wedding day is set in June, and one month after the queen enters the palace, the four concubines will enter the palace one after another. The Ministry of Etiquette was extremely busy in organizing the emperor's wedding and the entry of the four concubines into the palace.
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It is now the end of February, and it is the spring plowing season.
Jiang Shaohua stayed in the guard camp for more than a month and finally set off to inspect the counties. This has been a common practice for several years and there is no need to go into details.
It is worth mentioning that the refugees who poured into Nanyang County have been properly settled. Nanyang County's powerful force gave the people a complete sense of security. There are no excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, there are no corrupt officials, and the government is well-organized and harmonious. The refugees who moved in from the north quickly integrated into a new life like drops of water flowing into a river.
Jiang Shaohua, who was in a confused mood, suddenly felt better after inspecting Li County: "How many people are there in Li County now?"
Magistrate Cai did some calculations in his mind and answered: "Reply?" Princess, more than a thousand refugees came after the year. Now there are 6,235 households in Li County, with a total of 28,67 people."
More than three times as much as before. In addition to the continuous influx of refugees, in the past few years, the local people have had enough to live and work in peace and contentment, and the number of new born children has more than doubled than before. Jiang Shaohua laughed: "You remember it clearly."
Magistrate Cai said with a smile: "The household registration of the refugees is recorded and processed by me personally, and it must be recounted every month Once. This is the latest data. There may be more next month.”
After recruiting refugees from the northern states and counties, the guard camp will first send them back to Nanyang County. Chen Changshi and Feng Changshi will discuss and arrange which county they will settle in.
Li County has many mountains and forests, and there are more wasteland to be reclaimed. Magistrate Cai is also a tireless old scalper. Chen and Feng, the two chief ministers, could not help but be a little biased. The refugees would stick to Li County first.
Population and land are the greatest wealth. With people, we can reclaim wasteland to grow food. With fields, we can settle down and settle down, and the refugees can quickly settle down. Li County, which was originally barren, has become full of vitality due to the continuous influx of refugees in recent years.
Magistrate Cai led Jiang Shaohua to look at the newly reclaimed wasteland. Not long after the grain seeds were planted, a little green seedlings sprouted up. Went back to the pepper fields that had been planted for two years.
“This pepper is really a good thing.” Magistrate Cai laughed in a low voice: “Although it is troublesome to grow and hard to pick, the price is very high. If you sell it to the south, you can make a lot of money. Now. Our people in Li County are not poor at all, and even the county government is much richer.”
It is indeed a pleasure to stay with Magistrate Cai. Jiang Shaohua's smile never stopped today: "Since the county government office has money, it should be repaired and tidied up."
The county government office in Li County is dilapidated and old. Magistrate Cai had money, but had no plans to build the county government. He smiled and responded: "There is a war in Sizhou now. Although it is still far away from our Nanyang County, I still plan to build the city wall higher."
For the common people, tall and strong city walls are the most reliable. Living in a county town surrounded by city walls, I feel particularly safe.
The richest of the fourteen counties in Nanyang is Ye County. Even Bowang County and Biyang County are much richer than Li County. However, people with some financial background from outside are willing to settle down in Li County because Li County has the largest city gate and the highest city wall.
This is also the wisdom of Magistrate Cai. In the few years since he took office, he has been building the city wall, building it bit by bit into what it looks like today.
Jiang Shaohua looked at Magistrate Cai with approval: "You did a good job, much better than I expected."
Magistrate Cai chuckled, and his withered face relaxed: "That day I was specially appointed by the princess and became the magistrate of Li County. I thought that I must manage Li County well and never live up to the princess' high expectations. Become a qualified county magistrate."
Jiang Shaohua was amused: "You are the first county magistrate in Nanyang County. Looking at the entire Daliang, no county magistrate is better than you. It’s not an exaggeration for the county magistrate to speak like this. He is really humble and low-key.”
Chen Jinyu on the side smiled and said: "Every time the princess comes to Li County, she is in a good mood. It can be seen that Magistrate Cai's work is very attentive to the princess's wishes. The princess praises Magistrate Cai very much. Accept it calmly. Even if there are outsiders here, looking at the current situation of Li County, one has to sincerely praise Magistrate Cai’s ability.”
Just because Magistrate Cai is so capable, every time Jiang Shaohua visits the county, he likes to come to Li County the most.
While they were joking, a fast horse galloped over. A guard jumped off his horse, Qin Hu took the bamboo tube and presented it.
Jiang Shaohua read the letter in the bamboo tube and frowned again. (End of this chapter)