Compulsory education in ancient times

At the beginning of November, a full-length mirror with gorgeous shape and luxurious decoration appeared in front of the new Khan Rodney of the Huns.

At this time, Rodney had just finished discussing state affairs with his confidant, and as soon as he returned to his bedroom, he saw the mirror in the middle!

When the young Khan saw the vivid figure on the mirror, he was frightened and stepped back quickly, and shouted to the mirror: "Who are you!"

"Khan, this is a glazed mirror." The official who had been waiting for a long time and planned to offer this mirror quickly explained.

Rodney heard the words and found that the person in the mirror was indeed very familiar.When I got closer, the reflection on the mirror was clearly visible, and it was more than a hundred times clearer than the bronze mirror passed by Rui Chao before!

Rodney looked at the extraordinarily mighty man in the mirror, and was very happy. He rewarded the official who offered the treasure with a large amount of gold, silver and jewels!

Seeing that Khan likes it, the officials below are all proud of owning a glazed mirror.All of a sudden, the price of mirrors in the mutual market soared.

And Jie, who was the first to present the mirror, suddenly appeared in the sight of the Xiongnu aristocratic circle.

For the time being, no merchants in the exchange market are willing to take risks and exchange horses and iron, but the continuous fur and salt have all entered the warehouse of the border army, which instantly strengthened the confidence of the border army, at least this winter, to keep warm Probably not a problem!

In the Liuli Pavilion in the capital, only Wen's mirror was left, and it became a bestseller again!Xie Xuan had an idea, and a craftsman immediately improved the texture of the decorative mirror, and launched a mirror that is more in line with the aesthetics of the Huns!

However, at this time, no one noticed these small changes in Liuli Pavilion and the exchange market, because at the end of the year, subtle changes occurred in the situation between the court and China.

Qi Bohan ascended the throne last year, within a one-year limit, he asked Weng Yuanji to restore the northern region, which was most severely affected by the drought and locust plague, to the state it was before the catastrophe.

Now that the one-year deadline has come, Weng Yuanji handed in his report card when he went to the court at the beginning of November.

"Before the drought started the year before last, Weizhou, Junzhou, and Qingzhou had a total population of 15 and reclaimed 50 mu of fertile land. Now the three prefectures have a total population of 20 and reclaimed 100 million mu of fertile land." Weng Yuanji's voice was not in a hurry. Not slow, as if describing an extremely ordinary thing.

The more Weng Yuanji had this kind of attitude, the more surprised and uncertain the ministers of the DPRK and China became.

How can this be?Although they have never been to those three states, they can fully imagine the scene there.How could it be possible to recover to such an extent in just one year? !Could Weng Yuanji be lying?This is the crime of deceiving the emperor!

The faces of the courtiers couldn't hide the expressions on their faces, but Tao Jianran remained calm.

Weng Yuanji's report was obviously a show talk.Tao Jianran believed that there must be so many people and so many acres of fertile land in Sanzhou now.But the money and food spent in those three states this year is also huge!Just to maintain the food for the 20 people until the autumn harvest, Qi Bohan's entire family was wiped out!

If it wasn't for the turnover of the Liuli Pavilion and Tiansi silk business, and Ning'an's abundant harvest in the past few years, the accumulated taxes, the Sanzhou would have run out of food before the autumn harvest!

But these are not enough to be humane, as long as the final result can bluff these courtiers, not only Weng Yuanji's position will be stable, but Qi Bohan's reputation will also be raised to a higher level!

Qi Bohan nodded in satisfaction: "Weng Aiqing has done a lot of hard work in disaster relief this time, and was promoted to Minister of the Ministry, and is in charge of the six departments."

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

As if rehearsed, Weng Yuanji knelt down meticulously to thank the emperor.And the eyes of the other courtiers aimed at Tao Jianran intentionally or unintentionally.

Not long ago, Tao Jianran had torn faces with Weng Yuanji in the early court over whether to ban brothels, everyone still remembers it fresh!Now that Weng Yuanji has won the favor of the emperor, this Minister of Rites who has not done anything practical since entering the court is in a very embarrassing situation.

Moreover, Qi Bohan had previously agreed to leave Tao Jianran the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but because the time is not yet ripe, Tao Jianran has more targets recently, so he temporarily shelved it.This also caused many people to believe that Tao Jianran had lost power in their hearts, and they didn't know what jokes they were waiting to see.

Tao Jianran rolled his eyes a little irritatedly by those probing eyes, and went to work in Shangshu Province after he left court.

It is approaching the end of the new year, and it is the busiest time of the year for the leisure department of the Ministry of Rites.Every Chinese New Year, there are always so many celebration ceremonies and various state banquets.Tao Jianran was completely blind to these things, but with a serious and responsible attitude, Tao Jianran still studied all kinds of etiquette and rules seriously every day.

Tao Jianran was on the same road as Murong Wenyu. As soon as he walked into the office, Murong Wenyu suddenly said in a low voice: "My lord, now that Mr. Weng is gaining power, it's better for us to stay out of the way for now."

"Ah? What do you mean?" Tao Yanran was at a loss. Recently, his mind was full of all kinds of weird rules, and he didn't realize what Murong Wenyu was saying for a while.

Seeing Tao Jianran's reaction, Murong Wenyu was also a little puzzled.When Weng Yuanji was promoted earlier, Tao Jianran obviously rolled his eyes, didn't he?Could it be that he was thinking about it?

The brainwaves of the two were obviously not on the same channel, and before Murong Wenyu could explain, a young eunuch hurried over and said, "Lord Tao, Your Majesty, please come to the Imperial Study to discuss matters."

Murong Wenyu left immediately after hearing the words.

Tao Jianran was at a loss in his mind, and asked the eunuch, "What is Your Majesty looking for from me?"

"This villain doesn't know anything about it. I only know that His Majesty also summoned Mr. Weng, Mr. Wang and Mr. Niu at the same time." The little eunuch knew that Tao Jianran was the current celebrity, so he didn't dare to neglect him at all, and quickly told what he knew. come out.

However, Tao Jianran was even more puzzled now, this was the first time that Qi Bohan called so many people together to discuss something without communicating with him in advance.The sudden cancellation of the special treatment made Tao Yanran very uncomfortable.There was even a little grievance deep in his heart that he didn't even realize.

After Tao Jianran came to the imperial study room, he found that everyone else had already arrived.Tao Jianran took a look at Qi Bohan, bowed politely, and stepped aside.

Qi Bohan immediately noticed that something was wrong with Tao Jianran, but with so many people present, he could only pretend not to notice.After dismissing the servants in the palace, Qi Bohan said to the four of them: "This time, I have sent you here, because I have a good news to announce and an important task to entrust to you."

After Qi Bohan finished speaking, he suddenly brought out a half-person-high sex bag from a corner.It was stuffed to the brim.But Qi Bohan didn't bother to mention it.The bag didn't even make a lot of noise when it was dropped on the ground.

Seeing this, Tao Jianran was suddenly blessed, and said happily, "I found the cotton?!"

Qi Bohan nodded, drew out his saber and cut open the sack, revealing the fluffy and soft cotton!

The three of Weng Yuanji didn't know what secret signal Tao Jianran and Qi Bohan were dealing with, they all looked blank.

Qi Bohan took advantage of Tao Yanran's joy to pull the cotton, and explained the function of cotton to the three of them.

Needless to say, Qi Bohan, Weng Yuanji immediately thought of the various benefits that this cotton could bring to Ruichao!While being excited in his heart, he looked at Tao Jianran very delicately.

He knew that this cotton was definitely not discovered by Qi Bohan, and Tao Jianran didn't know how many things like this that could benefit the people.

Weng Yuanji suddenly became a little confused.

In his mind, even if the emperor doesn't have three thousand harems, at least he needs three wives and four concubines to spread branches and leaves for the royal family, so as to bring more protection to the stability of Rui Dynasty.But now there are quite a few clans in the Rui Dynasty, and Qi Bohan can choose from among them for adoption.But if Tao Jianran is forced away, can Ruichao's development progress as smoothly as it is now?

When Weng Yuanji was in a daze, Niu Chenghong and Wang Lingjun also understood the function of cotton.

After Tao Jianran inspected this batch of cotton, the feel was still a little different from what he felt in his previous life, but the effect should be almost the same!It happened that the textile factory was already in operation, Tao Yanran said: "Send this bag of cotton to Sanniang first, let them study and understand how to use it, and then promote it among the people. Anyway, it will not be available until next year at the earliest. Harvested."

Others naturally had no objection, and Qi Bohan asked again: "What do you think about the promotion of cotton planting?"

"I'll go promote it!" Tao Yanran said first, and before Qi Bohan could refuse, Tao Jianran continued, "Listen to me first. I need my grades to sit as Minister of the Household Department. There is no better opportunity than this Yes. Mr. Weng has just been promoted to Minister of State, so it is definitely impossible to leave at this time. Lingjun...cough. The first phase of the national highway is almost completed, and Mr. Niu will also arrange the acceptance and planning of the next national highway. I am free now I’m the only one, after all, it’s too late for you to add Enke next year, and I’m just dawdling in the capital.”

Hearing this, Qi Bohan opened his mouth to speak, but Weng Yuanji spoke first: "Master Tao's words are reasonable, and the usefulness of this cotton was discovered by Master Tao. Only when Master Tao personally promotes the planting can the products meet what Master Tao said. those functions."

The promotion of cotton requires at least one planting cycle, which is about a year. Weng Yuanji thought about keeping the two separated for a while, maybe it could make this relationship less serious!If the gods bless the two of them into an ordinary relationship between monarchs and ministers, then firecrackers can be set off to celebrate!

Niu Chenghong also nodded in agreement: "Among the four of us, only Mr. Tao is more familiar with the things in the field." Even if Weng Yuanji took people to the north to open up wasteland before, it was because the victims were all farmers before. What to do in the field does not need to be directed at all.

Although Niu Chenghong said this with the intention of belittling Tao Jianran's background, everyone knew that he spoke frankly and had no other intentions, nor was he embarrassed.

On the contrary, Wang Lingjun noticed that his cousin's complexion was a little dark, and he quietly stepped back a few steps without making a sound.

The scene froze for a while.

After a while, Qi Bohan said: "Go back first. Tao Aiqing stay."