married daughter

Chapter 221 Chapter 227~228 A Blockbuster

It has been raining for two consecutive days, maybe it is because of the lingering sorrow of separation, Ruan Yunting's mood has also been clouded for two days.After taking the medicine prescribed by Shui Qiuxin, her cough has long been healed.It's just that there are no more Shui Qiuxin and Jun Lanzhou in Liangcheng. She feels like she has lost a very important person. She used to hide in the water house when something happened, but now the water house is still there, but it is empty. She was depressed, and Ruan Yunlan was also depressed.

At lunch time, Ruan Yunting put on clogs over her embroidered shoes, and stood in the courtyard of the "University" with an umbrella for a walk.I wanted to go to the back mountain to find Xiao Beishu. They are all familiar with Jun Lanzhou, and maybe they have a common language when they meet, but the muddy road is difficult to walk in rainy days. After thinking about it, I decided to give up. What's the matter, four or five people from the two classes of military affairs and political affairs were selected away, Han Su, Dai Ming, Lu Qian, and Princess Chuyun were all on the list. She didn't know many people well, and Dai Xuefei didn't know what to do I went, and there was no one to talk to.

Looking down at the embroidered shoes and skirt wetted by the rain, Ruan Yunting took a deep breath, and was just about to turn around to go back, but saw two figures, January Bai and Tao Hong, holding an umbrella and walking up the steps, coming towards them.

Under the rain curtain, she couldn't see the face of the person coming, so Ruan Yunting didn't care, she turned around and left.But he heard Dai Xuefei's voice behind him.

"Is Ting'er in front?"

"Fei'er?" Ruan Yunting stopped in her tracks.

"So it's really you. I look a little like you in figure."

Dai Xuefei dragged the girl from the primary school to meet her quickly, and when there was no rain curtain nearby, Ruan Yunting realized that the person was actually Xu Ningfang.

"Twelve girls." Ruan Yunting nodded with a smile.

Xu Ningfang blushed and smiled sweetly, "Sister Ruan."

Dai Xuefei took Ruan Yunting's arm, and joked with a smile: "What is sister-in-law doing here? Could it be that I have only seen my brother for a day, and then I fell in love with him?" As soon as the words fell, she laughed and avoided.

Ruan Yunting chased after two steps, and the wooden clogs and the rain-soaked bluestone pavement made crisp noises. She was afraid of laughing and falling, so she had to give up and said angrily, "Fei'er is getting more and more outrageous, why is she talking nonsense?" Dai Xuefei is dignified and steady. She used to think she was a "social butterfly" who could play tricks, but now it seems that she has a naive side, at least she has never been alienated from her.

"I'm not talking nonsense, let Fang'er take a look, is there a slight frown between the eyebrows?" Dai Xuefei saw that Ruan Yunting had no intention of catching up, so she returned to her with a smile and stood beside Ruan Yunting. under the umbrella.

Ruan Yunting took the handkerchief to Dai Xuefei to wipe her face, and looked at Xu Ningfang with a smile.

Xu Ningfang smiled shyly, and said, "It's really sad." She covered her mouth and smiled.

Ruan Yunting hated Xu Ningfang very much.Although Xu Ningxia is savage and likes to find trouble for nothing, she is straightforward and she is not a bad person.Xu Ningfang is different, she is too deep in the city, and she is quite scheming, she always has a purpose in her words and actions, but now that she is so close to Dai Xuefei, there is definitely something hidden behind that she has ignored.

However, if she plays on occasion, even if she doesn't like Xu Ningfang, Ruan Yunting won't make it difficult for her. Dai Xuefei was happy, so she cooperated with the two of them to laugh and romp for a while, and unknowingly came to the corridor from the small square.

Xu Ningfang smiled and looked left and right. She could see the students in the room through the open window of the wing room. Most of them were bright red, and a few were moon white. Here, I could feel a completely different atmosphere from the elementary school.

Xu Ningfang said to Dai Xuefei very innocently: "Sister Dai, it turns out that the university department is like this, it is completely different from the elementary school department."

Dai Xuefei seemed to like Xu Ningfang very much, and said with a smile: "Yeah, I wasn't used to it when I first came here..." Then she talked with Xu Ningfang about the five subjects of the university department, and also the rules for selecting courses.

Xu Ningfang listened carefully, feeling envious, more jealous.But the expression on his face was pure, and he praised: "The two elder sisters are the best among sisters, and it is inevitable to be able to come to the university department. Just from the sound, I feel that the university courses are very difficult, and I am far behind. "

Dai Xuefei laughed and said, "My sister is humble, you are still young, you will have plenty of opportunities in the future."

Xu Ningfang nodded when she heard the words, and asked curiously, "Then sister Ruan chose to study?"

"Her, you can't even think of it." Dai Xuefei tricked her.

Seeing this, Xu Ningfang tilted her head cooperatively, her puzzled expression was cute and tight.

Ruan Yunting saw that she was pretending to be cute on purpose, hiding her disgust in her heart, pretending to watch the rain, and turned her face away.

Dai Xuefei didn't think it was strange, and said with a smile: "A good girl, it's great to learn rites, music and female virtues, but she is unconventional and went to study military affairs."

"Military?" Xu Ningfang blinked in astonishment, but the next moment, she admired Ruan Yunting, thinking that Ruan Yunting wanted to study the art of war well, so that she could control others, right?Really discerning!

Ruan Yunting was very helpless by Xu Ningfang's "pretentious" and "cute" appearance, she really wanted to turn around and leave, but she couldn't hurt her face, the more she hated her, the more she couldn't show it.

Xu Ningfang was very proud to see that both Ruan Yunting and Dai Xuefei were willing to talk to her.Ruan Yunting is smart, but she was not very popular in the past, and she was in short supply of friends.The more she dislikes someone, the less she should show it. It is best to have a close relationship with Ruan Yunting, so that she can let go of her defenses.And Dai Xuefei is Dai Ming's only younger sister, she gets along well with her, and it will be easier to do things when she goes to Dai's house in the future, but seeing that Dai Xuefei and Ruan Yunting are so close, if they want to "improve" their good relationship, I'm afraid they will have to think more.

Of course Dai Xuefei and Ruan Yunting didn't know what Xu Ningfang was fussing about, so the three of them stood on the porch chatting and laughing, Xu Ningfang was just about to leave when suddenly he saw a gray figure walking quickly without an umbrella in the distance.

When Xu Shi saw Ruan Yunting, the man asked loudly in a shrill voice, "Is it Miss Ruan?"

Detai?Ruan Yunting hurriedly held an umbrella and went down the steps to meet her at a trot: "Eunuch De, why are you here?"

Detai arrived under Ruan Yunting's umbrella, wiped the rain off his face, saluted with a smile, and then said: "Please also invite Miss Ruan to come with our house, the emperor ordered you to enter the palace immediately!"

"The emperor uploaded me?" Ruan Yunting was astonished, and a little dazed.Well done, how could the emperor pass her on?
Dai Xuefei and Xu Ningfang also came to him at this moment, saluting Detai gracefully: "Eunuch De." They had never met Detai before, but they only followed Ruan Yunting's address before calling him.

Dai Xuefei didn't think so, but Xu Ningfang really felt the gap between herself and Ruan Yunting, Ruan Yunting even recognized her father-in-law in the palace!

Detai smiled and hit a thousand.But all the women studying in Fengxian Academy are not ordinary, who knows who will become the master in the future.She looked at Ruan Yunting with a questioning smile.

Ruan Yunting understood immediately, and introduced: "Eunuch De, this is Miss Dai, the younger sister of Mr. Dai. This is the twelfth girl of the Xu Mansion."

After hearing this, Detai saluted and said some compliments. Dai Xuefei and Xu Ningfang, who had heard it directly, were very upset, and finally said: "Miss Ruan, shall we start now?"

Ruan Yunting nodded and said, "It's all up to my father-in-law."

The future sister-in-law was summoned by the emperor, Dai Xuefei was a little worried, but she was also honored, and said with a smile: "Ting'er just go, I'll go and talk to sir later."

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you." Ruan Yunting thanked with a smile, and held up an umbrella to cover Detai again: "Elder-in-law, let's go now."

"Hey, okay, the girl just needs to cover herself from the rain, the slave is not afraid of the rain, the girl is weak."

"How can I let my father-in-law get caught in the rain? Let's hold an umbrella together."

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Seeing the two of them walking away humbly, Xu Ningfang's eyes became a little angry, her jealousy towards Ruan Yunting deepened, and she became more and more determined to win Dai Ming. She had already begun to imagine that she would become Dai Ming's wife in the future, What a delightful scene Ting's concubine came to offer tea to himself.

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When Ruan Yunting arrived in the palace, she followed Detai directly to the imperial study. Her skirt was soaked, and the corners of the skirt were dirty with muddy water stirred up by the falling rain. Detai didn't even have time to let her change, Ruan Yunting You know that today's matter is very serious.

Could it be because of Jun Lanzhou?Ruan Yunting was very disturbed, the power of the sky was unpredictable, and she didn't know what kind of "good luck" she had.

Detai asked Ruan Yunting to stay in the hallway later, and went in to report by himself. Not long after, the voice of "Telling Ruan Yunting an audience" came from inside.The little eunuch opened the door for her, and Ruan Yunting raised her skirt and stepped into the high threshold. She lowered her head slightly, stepped forward slowly on the shiny black marble floor, and kowtowed at the jade steps: "See Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, let's get flat." The emperor wore an apricot-yellow Nine Dragons Pearl Dragon Robe without a crown, reclined on the dragon chair and waved his hands casually, focusing on the piece of paper in his hand.

Ruan Yunting stood up, her beautiful eyes turned around, and she glanced around the room, and saw that besides a few adults she didn't recognize, there were also Dai Ming and his son, Prince Yu and his son, Lu Qian and Princess Chuyun, and she blinked suspiciously.

Dai Ming smiled slightly at Ruan Yunting, her eyes were so deep that she couldn't see any emotion.Han Su didn't even look at him, but looked down at the ground, as if he was thinking about something.Seeing Han Su like this, Prince Yu was very satisfied.

The emperor put down the paper in his hand, tapped the table with his left index finger, and said nothing.

Dai Siyuan took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, how about asking Miss Ruan to explain?"

The emperor nodded and handed the paper to Detai, "Read."

Detai cleared his throat, and said loudly: "After the war, the national treasury is empty. How can we solve the urgent need? The answer is: national bonds. The war with the Southern Chu State consumes financial resources. Will it continue in the future? How to solve the problem of military expenditure? The answer is: : It is necessary to fight to protect the prestige of the country. The barren land is sold;

After Detai finished reading, he put Ruan Yunting's answer sheet back on the Longshu case with both hands.

Everyone in the room exchanged glances, but they didn't understand what Ruan Yunting's concise answer meant.

In fact, they have been discussing these two issues for a whole morning, and the students of the academy have expressed their opinions, but they still haven’t reached a conclusion. Mr. Dai, Minister of the Household Department, just took out a copy that was marked with an “X” and discarded. The test paper was presented to the emperor, and then Ruan Yunting had an audience.

The emperor said: "Listed as ministers, have you heard clearly?"

"Go back to the emperor, I understand."

"Hmm." The emperor looked at Ruan Yunting with a half-smile, and said, "It's easy for you to do this test paper. Everyone else is talking at length, and at least you have handed in more than [-] pages of paper. You are welcome, just a few words The words are confusing, and the words are not clear."

Ruan Yunting pursed her red lips when she heard the words, she was not being fooled, she really thought that these two questions were not difficult, and it was written so that everyone could understand it, but I didn't expect that people in ancient times could not understand it...

"Back to the emperor, the courtiers are not perfunctory."

"Then explain the first question, what are national bonds?" The emperor took a sip of his tea.

Ruan Yunting organized the language and said: "As far as I know, [-]% of the money in Daliang is in the hands of [-]% of the people, and the remaining [-]% are ordinary people, and they control [-]% of the total money. .The best way for the country to urgently need money is to let the [-]% of the people take out the money. But how can we make them willingly give the money to the country?"

Ruan Yunting spoke at a moderate speed, and she talked eloquently: "The method is to borrow. And it is beneficial to borrow. This is the national debt. Based on the country's reputation, it is used to raise funds from the private sector. The national bond is Evidence of borrowing money. These wealthy merchants and nobles usually store silver taels, and some people deposit them in banks. But even if they deposit them in banks, they simply guarantee that they will not be lost, and there is no profit to be made. At this time, if they buy treasury bonds, it will be a stable investment. Well, for example, if the treasury bonds are set to three years, there are two types of five years, and for three years, borrow ten taels for ten taels Three qian, borrowing ten taels and repaying ten taels and five qian for a period of five years, so that the wealthy businessmen will use all the silver that is not used in the warehouse on weekdays to buy treasury bonds. After three or five years, that sum of money A lot of money will be generated, why not do it? And for the country, it has also raised funds to solve the urgent need, which is a win-win solution.”

After Ruan Yunting finished speaking, she lowered her head, and when the money she and Han Su earned was deposited in the bank, she realized that there is no interest rate for depositing silver in the bank of Daliang Kingdom.

And following her words, the emperor's eyes became brighter and brighter, he slapped the table and stood up: "Good! What a national bond!"

So many ministers discussed it all morning, and in addition to the unresolved problem that he had discussed in the Mo Mansion for a whole day, Ruan Yunting solved it with simple three words. How could the emperor not praise it? Excited?
Not only the emperor, but also the other ministers present were full of praise.Dai Siyuan straightened his waist and stroked his beard.Dai Ming looked back at Ruan Yunting, then lowered his head with a smile on his face, admiring her intelligence, and thanking her for being his own.

Han Su's fists hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly, his heart was agitated, but he could only close his eyes to hide his emotions, which was even more inevitable for Ruan Yunting.

Princess Chuyun was very surprised, she liked Ruan Yunting even more, and said with a smile: "Brother Emperor, why don't Miss Ruan talk about the second question."

"Well, Ruan Yunting, tell me." The emperor calmed down and sat down.

Ruan Yunting immediately felt that what she did today was not good, and she shouldn't be such an early bird.She also didn't expect that it was just a "homework problem" that would cause such a big impact. However, at this moment, it was already difficult to ride a tiger, so she could only bite the bullet and say:
"In this war with the Southern Chu Kingdom, many cities and lands have been recovered. Some of the land has been abandoned and no one takes care of it. Why doesn't the emperor sell the emperor's wasteland at a low price? That is not a small amount of income, and the wasteland has been acquired. People farm, and there are taxes.”

"Well, not bad." The emperor looked at Ruan Yunting with particularly bright eyes.

"Also, this time General Xu captured tens of thousands of soldiers from the Southern Chu Kingdom. If these people join our army, they will spend a lot of money on horse chews. We also have to worry that they will rebel. If they are imprisoned If they are all returned to Nanchu, these people will become the military force of Nanchu people again. It is better for the emperor to open a "soldier talent market" and deploy these people to Liang Guo. In the big city, make them slaves, allow them to marry wives and have children, and assimilate them with our culture. During the busy farming season, the owners can rent them at a low price, and the income is owned by the state. If it is necessary to repair river embankments, build For the fortification work, the people are summoned on weekdays, and the busy farming delays the farmers’ farming and affects the harvest, so it is better to ask them to go too.” Isn’t all modern “reform-through-labour prisoners” doing this?

The emperor nodded again and again, and all the ministers praised him again and again.

Ruan Yunting said helplessly: "The last thing a businessman contributes is to ask those businessmen who trade with the Southern Chu State at the border to take part of the silver as military expenses, and the country will give them the privilege of exempting customs duties." She said today It's an early bird.I don't know what will happen next.

After finishing the third question, the people in the room were quiet for a while.Both Dai Ming and Han Su frowned.Ruan Yunting's first few ideas were all applauded, but the last one, I'm afraid only the emperor and those who did not do business agreed. Most ministers in the court have their own businesses, which directly hurt the interests of these people. Ruan Yun Ting will inevitably become the target of public criticism.

Sure enough, among the ministers in the imperial study room, only a few agreed, while most opposed it.But this idea was quite in line with the emperor's wishes. After discussing for a while, the emperor had already made a decision, and everyone had no room for objection.

It was Shen Shi when everything was over, the emperor took a deep look at Ruan Yunting, and asked the students of the academy to go down together.

Ruan Yunting and the others left the imperial study room and walked all the way outside the palace. Princess Chuyun smiled and walked side by side with her, saying: "I didn't expect Miss Ruan to be so smart, I feel inferior."

"What did the princess say? It's just cleverness." If she knew that things would turn out like this, she would never do that "homework".

Lu Qian shook his head and said, "I'm really ashamed. I've discussed it in the imperial study for an hour, but I haven't come to a conclusion. The girl hit the point with a few words." Hitting Dai Ming with his shoulder, Lu Qian smiled Very meaningful.

Dai Ming's face was hot, but he was also proud. Although he was not overjoyed, he looked at Ruan Yunting with more emotion than usual - Han Su felt jealous.

The two difficult problems listed as ministers were solved by Miss Ruan from the University Department of Fengxian Academy. Once the news spread, it was a stone that stirred up a thousand waves. Everyone was full of praise for Fengxian Academy. The reputation of Ting Conghui also spread like wildfire.However, this news did not make Mrs. Xu happy.

In the Pine Age Hall, Ruan Yunting knelt in front of the old lady's bed with her head bowed.

The old lady frowned and reprimanded: "You are a smart child, why did you get confused this time? Is this kind of court affairs something that your little girl can talk about? If it's right, that's all. No, it’s actually hurting the family! The businessman’s bad idea that you came up with, it’s true to please the emperor, but do you know how many people you have offended in private! People won’t talk about you, Ruan Yunting, maybe they will guess How did our Xu family teach you to say this behind your back!"

The old lady couldn't believe that Ruan Yunting had always been well-behaved, she actually chose the military when she was studying, and she could have unique insights into the problems in the court.She is really worried about her. It is a good thing to have opinions, but it may not be a good thing to show them.Making enemies at this moment, although they may not treat Ruan Yunting and the Xu family, but after Liang Zi has formed, are you not afraid that they will retaliate in the future?Besides, the Xu family has many industries of their own, so this time the interests of the Xu family have also been touched.

"Old ancestor, Ting'er was wrong." Ruan Yunting sighed and sincerely admitted her mistake.She was so naive, she took the test paper as homework, and it seems that in the academy, she will try her best to pretend to be stupid to avoid similar things from happening.

Seeing Ruan Yunting like this, the old lady was angry and helpless.No matter how smart she is, she is still a child after all, and it is inevitable that she will be careless sometimes.

"Forget it, you go, so that you can reflect on yourself and think about what you should do in the future. I sent you to the academy not to make you provoke trouble."

"Yes." After kowtowing, Ruan Yunting got up and exited the main room respectfully.

Seeing her walking away, Han Bin's family persuaded softly: "The old lady calm down, Miss Ruan didn't mean it."

"Hey, I know, she is still a child after all, she thinks the problem is too simple." The old lady sighed, and then smiled slightly: "But girl Ting'er is really smart. I heard that many ministers in the court discussed the problem. There is no conclusion for two days, and a girl can solve it in a few words. When the third master and Brother Xuan came back to talk, they were also very happy."

"Yes, Miss Ruan is smart and filial, it's your blessing, old lady." Han Bin's family praised sincerely.

The old lady also smiled and nodded, "By the way, since you are back, there is a lack of an old lady in Ting'er's yard. You can ask Zhou Quan's family to look for someone who is stable, honest and reliable."

"Yes, the old slave asked Zhou Quan's family to see some suitable ones, and let Miss Ruan choose by herself."

"It's okay, she has an idea, let her choose someone she likes, and she will marry her in the future."

Ruan Yunting returned to Pine Age Hall, Hongdou and Chanjuan also heard about Ruan Yunting's performance, and were still immersed in the joyful atmosphere, but Ruan Yunting was not in high spirits, and they didn't dare to say much in front of her.

Not long after, Zhou's family brought five daughters-in-law to the yard. Compared to a year ago, she smiled extremely obsequiously: "Miss Hongdou, Miss Chanjuan, I have brought someone to Ruan at the order of Mother Han. The girl chooses."

(End of this chapter)