Queen Mother, she just wants to lie down

Ruan Qing didn't know it would be such a coincidence.

The emperor's concubines came to her to complain, saying that the emperor had never entered the harem or been near them.

In order to enlighten the girls and teach them how to play mahjong, she kept them all in Cining Palace overnight.

As a result, the emperor went to find them that night and was rejected five times in a row.

……

The next morning, Ruan Qing was dumbfounded when he received the news.

"You all go back, there is no surprise, the emperor should go to the harem tonight.

But even if it rains and dews evenly, it will take five days to get one round trip.

When you have nothing to do in the future, you can get together to play mahjong and have some fun by yourself, or you can come to Cining Palace to find the Ai family.

Don't focus all your attention on the emperor. There is only one emperor, but there will be more and more concubines.

If everyone focuses on him, he will be tired, and so will you, right? "

After breakfast, Ruan Qing gave them a few profound words of enlightenment and waved them away.

"Queen Mother, aren't you going to let them join the Women's Association?" He asked as he watched the concubines leave.

"Let's check the situation first, and then ask them after the association is opened to see if anyone is willing to join in and contribute.

If so, let them join in. If they don't want to, don't force it.

Although Aijia was the emperor's mother and their mother-in-law, she couldn't help them make decisions on everything.

Let's go out to eat. Ruan Qing said as he stood up.

Que Qi and Jiang Yuan followed, while Liang Fan went back to work on his accounting forms.

"The weather is getting colder. Maybe it will snow in more than a month." Ruan Qing sighed while standing in the garden, looking at the chrysanthemums that were about to wither.

Winter in Yong'an is relatively cold. It's only early October, which is the beginning of winter, and the outdoor temperature is already only a few degrees.

"It's snowing well. Walking in the snow to look for plum blossoms, making tea in the plum garden and admiring the plum blossoms in the snow, it has a unique charm." Que Qi said with a smile.

"For wealthy families who have no worries about food and clothing, snow is a rare beauty, but for the hungry and cold people, and even frontier soldiers, heavy snow is a hurdle that is difficult to overcome." Jiang Yuan continued.

Ruan Qing's heart sank slightly when he heard that. He was silent for a moment and then asked: "Jiang Yuan, are there many hungry and cold people in Daxi? Can't the soldiers at the border be fed and clothed?"

"Going back to the Queen Mother, our country, Daxi, has been established for more than a hundred years, and its overall national strength is among the strongest in the surrounding countries.

However, in recent years, internal strife has been severe, and foreign enemies have also taken the opportunity to cause trouble, resulting in heavier and heavier taxes, while the food and grass allocated to border soldiers has become less and less year by year.

The status of humble jobs in other places is not very clear. As far as the northern border where humble jobs were concerned, most people did not live a good life.

When you are in a good year, you can barely eat enough for eight or nine months of the year. In the other months, you can barely eat half full, and you can survive even if you are struggling.

If the year is not good, the people will be miserable and many people will starve to death in a year.

As for the border soldiers, they had two meals a day, which was barely sufficient.

As for clothes, that's usually not enough.

During the three-nine days every year, many people will freeze to death even if the commander of the army tries his best. "Jiang Yuan was silent for a moment before replying.

"Is there no kang in the north?" Ruan Qing asked.

"What is Kang?"

"The kang is similar to the earth dragon in Beijing, but simpler." Ruan Qing replied.

"No, the materials and fire in the north are not enough to make an earth dragon." Jiang Yuan shook his head.

"Have you found charcoal in the north? You can use charcoal if you don't have firewood, but you need to pay attention to safety."

"Coal?" Jiang Yuan expressed confusion.

"I will draw a picture for you when I get back. If there is any, you can let the soldiers mine it, process it and burn it. The Ai family will tell you the specific production and burning methods." Ruan Qing said.

As for the provision of food, grass and clothing for the soldiers, this has to be done slowly, and it cannot be solved by relying on her two words.

"I thank the Queen Mother for my humiliation." Jiang Yuan was startled, then he thanked her.

Ruan Qing waved his hand and was about to speak when he saw Qiucheng walking over quickly: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cui, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, is here." "

"He's here, let's go back, Jiang Yuan, the Ai family believes that Daxi's national power will become stronger and stronger, and the people's lives will get better and better." When returning to the palace, Ruan Qing reached out and patted Jiang gently. Yuan's shoulders.

She could see that this girl was ambitious and concerned about the country and the people.

As soon as I reached the door of Cining Palace, I saw Cui Zhiqing walking over quickly and bowing to the ground: "Old minister Cui Zhiqing, I'm here to pay homage to the Queen Mother."

"Shang Shu Cui, no need to be polite, please get up." Ruan Qing raised his hand.

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Cui Shangshu is here now, are you doing Arabic numeral accounting?" After entering the palace gate and sitting down, Ruan Qing didn't mean to do Tai Chi and went straight to the point.

"Yes, after His Majesty showed the form to me yesterday, I went back in the evening and made a simple form. There are some parts in it that I don't quite understand, and I hope the Queen Mother can give me some guidance." Cui Zhiqing said, taking it from his sleeve. Get out some manuscript paper.

Ruan Qing took it and took a look, and couldn't help but marvel. Cui Zhiqing is indeed the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, a great talent.

Liang Fan was talented in accounting, but compared to Cui Zhiqing, he was not even a little bit behind.

Cui Shangshu made a much more perfect accounting list in one night than Liang Fan did.

The only problem is that he doesn't quite understand the concept of double-entry accounting, and some parts are not clearly written.

"The people you circled above don't understand, right?" Ruan Qing asked after reading it.

"Not bad." Cui Zhiqing nodded.

"Ai Jia, let me first tell you about the concept of double-entry accounting.

The double-entry accounting method means that every business and every account that occurs must be classified and recorded in two or more accounts in relation to each other.

In this way, account records can not only comprehensively and clearly reflect the ins and outs of economic business, but also comprehensively and systematically reflect the process and results of the accounts.

Since each account is registered in the relevant account with an equal amount, a trial balance can be performed on the recorded results to check whether the account records are correct, and at the same time, false accounting can be effectively prevented. Ruan Qing said.

"I understand. I will go back and select a few accounts to make a sample and bring them over to the Queen Mother for review."

After Cui Zhiqing heard this, he frowned and thought about it for about a cup of tea.

When he looked up again, his eyebrows had spread, and a smile of realization appeared on his face.

Did you understand so quickly? Daxi's courtiers are so awesome, why does Mao's country still have so many problems? Ruan Qing felt a little doubtful about life for a moment.

"What's wrong, Queen Mother? Is there anything wrong with what I said?" Cui Zhiqing looked confused.

"No, it has nothing to do with you, Ai Jia is just feeling a little emotional...

Forget it, don’t talk about this, just go and do your work. "Ruan Qing originally wanted to ask the household department about the current money and food situation, but he swallowed the words before he spoke.

Daxi has a rule that women are not allowed to participate in politics. She has just arrived and has not made any actual achievements that benefit the country and the people. She is arrogant in bringing up state affairs and can easily offend people.

But given the current situation in the court, she couldn't do anything.

Otherwise, we might one day be overthrown by the people who have no food to eat and rebel.

While he was thinking about something, a secret guard who was ordered to monitor Feng Xi came to report that he had recently been in contact with a soldier from the mausoleum guarding army.

"Let him come over." Ruan Qing narrowed his eyes.