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The Ministry of Rites quickly selected the nearest auspicious day, which was just two months later.

Starting from the day when Emperor Taikang died, dozens of embroiderers with exquisite female reds were busy for eight or nine hours every day making dragon robes. In addition to the dragon robe, there are many things that need to be prepared for the new emperor's enthronement ceremony. Both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites were extremely busy.

After the crown prince ascends the throne, there will be a canonization ceremony for the Empress Dowager, the canonization ceremony for Empress Dowager Li, and the canonization ceremony for the concubines, etc.

Jiang Shaohua silently calculated the time. She had to stay in the capital for another four months. In other words, she will not be able to return to Nanyang County until July...

"Princess, I want to go back to our palace." Chen Jinyu whispered in Jiang Shaohua's ear: "I used to be very curious about the capital, and even more awe of the palace. Now that I have come and seen it, I feel tired. , it’s better to go back early!”

Jiang Shaohua laughed dumbly: "Why are you so tired?"

Chen Jinyu curled her lips and said: "You fight with me all day long, and you can get into a big quarrel over the smallest things. Officials are busy fighting, and there are very few people who lower their heads to do things. It is far worse than our Nanyang County."

Jiang Shaohua stopped his smile and sighed softly: "In fact, everyone knows the disaster of party strife. But everyone has selfish motives and wants to fight for power and gain. Everyone wants to compete and is unwilling to retreat."

"It took me more than two years to truly take control of the Nanyang Palace. I spend half a year every year inspecting the counties so that the ministers can concentrate on their work."

"The capital is the political center of Daliang, and the complexity of people's hearts is ten times and a hundred times that of Nanyang County. It is not easy to unite such a group of people."

"However, these are all problems faced by the prince. It is not my turn and there is no need to worry about it. The purpose of my visit to Beijing has been achieved, and there is no need to add any extraneous matters."

Yes, the princess has already shown her talents, entered the court, coaxed Queen Mother Zheng, and became a capable and loyal minister and cousin in the heart of the prince. In the future, when the prince ascends the throne, the princess will be able to securely hold Nanyang County with her back against a big tree to enjoy the shade.

The rest of the muddy water is worth noting.

Chen Jinyu didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly gave Jiang Shaohua a sly look.

Jiang Shaohua pretended not to notice.

Chen Jinyu really couldn't help it, and laughed in a low voice: "I see that the young master and the fourth master Wang are paying special attention to the princess."

Zheng Chen and Wang Jin are both the prince's reading companions and stay with him every day. Jiang Shaohua walked around the palace every day and saw His Highness the Crown Prince almost every day. Naturally, he rarely met Zheng Chen and Wang Jin.

Zheng Chen's attention from time to time, Wang Jin's gaze from time to time, all fell in Chen Jinyu's eyes.

Jiang Shaohua's expression did not change: "I will return to Nanyang County in a few months. What they have in mind has nothing to do with me."

This is true. It is impossible for the young master of the Zheng family and the fourth son of the Wang family to marry the Prince of Nanyang.

Chen Jinyu felt a little regretful, but then she thought about it, there is an inconspicuous but extremely important Mr. Cui in Nanyang County!
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Shaohua smiled and glanced over: "I just want to govern Nanyang County well so that the people of Nanyang County can live a good life with no worries about food and clothing. Things like getting married, within a few years I will Don’t even think about it.”

Chen Jinyu laughed a few times: "I didn't say anything, how could the princess know what I was thinking."

Jiang Shaohua smiled and rolled his eyes at her.

Qin Hu, who was tall and strong, hurriedly walked in and handed over a letter: "For the princess, Commander Qin of the First Battalion of the Guards has written a letter." Jiang Shaohua nodded slightly, took the letter and quickly opened it and read it. .

After reading it, a smile flashed in Jiang Shaohua's eyes and he said to Chen Jinyu: "Go and prepare some pen and ink. I want to write a reply."

The Tang family divided into three groups to sell grain. Qin and Meng Dashan and Liu Hengchang each took 500 personal guards to accompany them to protect the grain. The promotion of grain seeds is proceeding fairly smoothly.

Qin Zhan mentioned in his letter that there were many hungry people in the north, and one liter of rice could buy a family. "... Our Nanyang County has a large territory but few people, and the personal guard camp is also short of manpower. The general wants to take the opportunity to buy some people. It can also be regarded as a way for the hungry people to survive. I hope the princess will agree..."

Jiang Shaohua wrote a reply, confirming Qin Zhan's ideas in the letter. However, this matter cannot be publicized and must be carried out in a low-key manner.

Furthermore, this matter must be discussed with the two chief historians, Chen and Feng. After the recruited hungry people were sent to Nanyang County, they had to carefully arrange where they would settle.

Jiang Shaohua wrote letters to Chen Changshi and Feng Changshi respectively, as well as Meng Dashan and Liu Hengchang. The First Guards Battalion has already taken action, so don’t be vague about the Second and Third Battalions.

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A few days later, Chen Changshi and Feng Changshi received a letter from the princess.

After Jiang Shaohua went to the capital, one Chen Zhuo and Feng Wenming were in charge of personnel affairs, the other was in charge of financial and internal affairs, and each was extremely busy. Although they are all in the palace, sometimes they can't see each other for several days.

After receiving the letter from the princess, Feng Wenming twitched the corners of his mouth, and the wrinkles on his forehead were almost killing flies.

Feng Changshi took the princess's letter and went to find Chen Changshi aggressively: "Look at the princess's letter."

Chen Zhuo calmly accepted the letter: "The princess also wrote to me, talking about recruiting hungry people. In my opinion, this is a great thing."

"Of the fourteen counties in Nanyang County, there are only three upper counties. The rest are either middle counties or lower counties, and the number of people is insufficient. In normal times, who would leave their homes and businesses to come to Nanyang. Now that hungry people are everywhere in the north, it is to absorb the population The good times..."

Feng Wenming glared at him and said, "Who doesn't know this? The key is to feed the hungry people after buying them. After they open up wasteland and farm and harvest food to feed themselves, it will take at least one or two years. Have you ever done the math? , How much money will be spent and how much food will be consumed in the past two years?”

"The county wants to promote new grains, support the guards camp, support the Nanyang Army, and take care of several counties that don't have enough food. All of these require money and food."

"Now suddenly there are so many hungry people coming out, where can I get the extra money and food from?"

The more Feng Wenming spoke, the more excited he became, and the more annoyed he became, spitting on Chen Zhuo's face: "I am the chief historian of the palace, not a god in the sky. I can't turn out silver and food in the blink of an eye!"

Chen Zhuo calmly wiped his face with his sleeves, but patiently reassured his old friend: "Calm down first, don't get angry in a hurry. Recruiting hungry people will be a good thing for Nanyang County in the long run. Just do it slowly, but it's not Suddenly there were 10,000 and 20,000 more people."

"Furthermore, our Nanyang County has planted all corn and sweet potatoes this year. When the new grain harvest is harvested, it will be able to feed three or four times the population. The hungry people we have brought will not be in vain. Let them clear up wasteland and cultivate the land. You can also let them dig iron ore and raise horses."

"In short, there are always more methods than difficulties." (End of this chapter)