During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

Chapter 568 Clues
"Master Hou, do you remember that a few days ago, Yuan Li from the Supervision Department had his arm scratched by a woman? In recent days, I checked Xuzhou's household registration files and asked the brothel's madam, and found some clues."

Qian Cheng showed Jiang Qian what he found.

"Before Yuan Li left, he left this woman in the prison in Xuzhou. She was supervised by a special person every day. The people in the prison said that he often sang little songs, and the music did not sound like a song from Xuzhou, but more like a song from Xuzhou. I specially found some people who knew the music to listen to some country ditties, and they said they should be famous local ditties in Liuzhou.”

Jiang Qian suddenly looked up, "I remember Yuan Li's ancestral home is also Liuzhou."

"The Marquis has such a photographic memory that he even knows about such a trivial matter."

Jiang Qian motioned for him to continue.

"After learning about this matter, I went to the prison to meet the girl. After the girl saw that I had found out so many clues, she stopped hiding it."

"According to her, before she was sold, she had arranged a marriage, but the engagement was annulled. The annulment had a great impact on her. Her parents could not bear the pressure, and there were some disasters. , so he sold her to Ren Yazi. Seeing her beauty, Ren Yazi sold her to a brothel at a high price. "

Jiang Qian's face twitched when he heard this, "Could it be that the person to whom this woman got married was Yuan Li."

Qian Cheng smiled and nodded, "Yes."

When he found out the relationship between the woman and Yuan Li, he couldn't believe that such a coincidence could happen.

"No wonder this woman's temperament suddenly changed. I heard that she had previously intended to join the Supervision Department, but she suddenly attacked Yuan Li after the Xuzhou incident was settled. Yuan Li refused to let others deal with her. It seemed that he had seen something."

"After the woman said all this, she was determined to die and was rescued by me. But when she saw the woman's appearance, she didn't seem to intend to continue living. She didn't know when she would kill herself and be demoted. It was not good. She kept staring at her. she."

Jiang Qian instantly understood his concerns and planned to hand this person over to him.

Jiang Qian thought for a while, Yuan Li must have noticed something when he didn't let anyone torture the woman.

Yuan Li has made numerous meritorious deeds, and this woman is so special to him.

If he died like this, Yuan Li would probably feel guilty for the rest of his life.

"Yuan Li is doing something very important right now. I'm afraid he won't be able to get away for the time being. Since this woman stabbed someone for a reason, it's excusable. Why don't she stay at the inn and be a cleaning maid? It won’t be too late to make a decision after Yuan Li comes back.”

Qian Cheng slowly loosened his grip on the cup, "It would be great if Mr. Marquis is willing to take over."

As the New Year approaches, the six departments gradually become busy.

This year, new salt transport envoys were added, and local taxes were also reformed. Luo Tingye was almost too busy to touch the ground. He could only see Jiang Miao during meals every day.

As Jiang Miao's belly grew bigger day by day, the entire palace entered a state of tension, and even the previous dynasty was affected.

Therefore, the proposal of having a concubine for the emperor was raised again.

Whenever this happens, Luo Tingye will always turn a deaf ear, but there are always some people who won't look at it and just mention it in the court.

He even reminded Luo Tingye of his ancestral family fortune.

Luo Tingye still ignored it, and instead offered marriage to the female relatives of the official who made the proposal.

As for families without daughters, Luo Tingye directly targeted the homes of the official's relatives and brothers.

After those people noticed Luo Tingye's tough attitude, they no longer dared to mention it.

However, many people quietly went to the harem, and more and more people looked for opportunities to ask to see the queen.

However, Jiang Miao was pregnant now, and even Luo Tingye was extremely nervous. Eunuch Fulin naturally would not let outsiders disturb the empress at this time, and it would be unclear if she bumped into her.

Those people couldn't see the Empress, so they set their sights on the industries that the Empress was in charge of, such as the Beauty Shop, the Dessert Pavilion, the Cement Factory, and even the Nursery.

As a result, the nursery receives clothes, bedding, food and medicines from well-wishers almost every day.

The children now have a new place to live. They study in the morning, do some chores within their ability in the afternoon, and sometimes learn some skills.

Even Hu Jijiu couldn't help but praise this model in front of others.

After receiving the donated items, the nursery will put them away in categories and post notices outside the nursery every month.

Ranking is determined based on the level of kindness.

This move was originally just to thank those kind people, but it gradually became a trend of comparison.

More and more people are sending things to the nursery, and some people even do it seven or eight times a month, just to stay at the top of the list.

So many things are piled up in the nursery. The children in the nursery cannot digest them at all, and they cannot be sold.

Jiang Miao simply asked people to send some of these things to several nearby towns and other nurseries.

The nursery is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. After learning about this, officials came to the nursery and wanted to take over this job.

Zhong Huai told the Queen about this matter.

Jiang Miao directly rejected the request of the Ministry of Rites and suggested that the court establish a separate Ministry of Education to be responsible for a series of children-related matters such as education and welfare.

As a result, he was strongly rejected by the Ministry of Rites.

Luo Tingye also disagreed. The reason he gave was that the timing was wrong.

Although Luo Tingye rejected the request to establish the Ministry of Education, he began to attach importance to childcare centers. He transferred all childcare centers to the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In other words, the future nurseries will be under the jurisdiction of the royal family.

The homeless children are under the jurisdiction of the royal family. They will definitely be grateful to the royal family in the future, especially to the Queen. Your Majesty is supporting the Queen in a different way.

After understanding His Majesty's profound meaning, the people in the Ministry of Rites stopped making trouble.

At this moment, Ye Shaohua, who was supposed to be stationed at the border, suddenly came towards the capital with more than a hundred soldiers.

Before this, the Ministry of Rites had not received any order regarding Ye Shaohua's return to the capital.

In other words, Ye Shaohua most likely returned to the capital privately.

Many officials came forward and accused Ye Shaohua of intending to rebel. They should send the Western Camp or the Imperial Guard to arrest him.

Luo Tingye was very angry after hearing these words, "Let him come, I want to see what he wants to do."

Luo Tingye walked away, and when he returned to the harem, he smashed a few cheap bowls.

Many people suspected that there was a gap between Luo Tingye and Ye Shaohua, and they began to spare no effort to spread rumors that Ye Shaohua was rebelling.

Gradually, even some old officials who were loyal to Luo Tingye couldn't help but enter the palace.