Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

Just as General Wu thought, the zhezi from the surrounding counties arrived in the capital sooner, which aroused great attention from the court this time.

Looking at these notes, it seems that this war is not as easy as they thought.

The people in the court were divided into two factions. One faction believed that the surrounding states and counties had called for emergency help, and they should send troops to support them.

The other faction believes that these papers were submitted one after another some time ago. Calculated the time, it should be about the same time as when General Wu sent the urgent documents. From this point of view, there is no need to send troops to support, Qianxiang Kingdom is only a bullet Where is it worth sending so many soldiers.

There was a dispute in the court, and the sending of troops to support was delayed until the request for help from General Wu and Nan'an County King arrived in the capital.

The turmoil caused by this document was far greater than the first expedited document. Emperor Jingchang and others were amazed that the war was so brutal. return.

Originally, I thought it was just a job to make money by walking around, but how did it become a terrible thing?

This time the entire court agreed to send troops, but it has never been decided who to send. The previous dispatch of troops was done by the Cypriots who thought about the law. The garrison went to defend the frontier guards everywhere, one by one raised it and was dismissed one by one. After Xichun found out, she wanted to yell at the entire court. Reinforcements can't be secured. Don't you know how to send food and grass first? !

Jia Jing looked at Xichun's angry look and thought it was a bit funny, "Hasn't your cement been tested? Present the prescription, and then mention the matter of food and grass."

Xichun asked doubtfully, "Is it useful?"

Jia Jing nodded, "Affected by those nobles, most people in the imperial court are not sober, and they can even say stupid things about calling for reinforcements from the border guards defending Rongdi, but if this proposal can be rejected, it proves that there are still people who insist Sober, if you haven't mentioned food and grass now, you either didn't think about it for a while, or you were waiting for someone to speak."

Xichun understood, "Okay, then father's handbook will be handed over, and I will ask Steward Ji to sort out the precautions for using cement."

Jia Jing shook his head, "No, you write this paper. You have the title of county head, so you already have the right to submit the paper."

Xichun was stunned, "But since ancient times, except for the princess..."

Jia Jing looked at her fixedly, "Do you still want to do a lot of things in the future? Can I write every letter for you? Let me do it for you now, and let others do it for you later. If the other party has a little bad intentions, just Change a sentence or two on the booklet... Only by standing up on your own can you not be threatened."

Xichun pursed her lips and nodded, "Okay, then when I finish writing, my father will take a look for me. I haven't written it, and I'm afraid there are many things wrong."

Jia Jing smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Xichun quickly wrote a brochure for Jia Jing to read. Jia Jing picked up the red pen and ticked off the whole brochure, and then explained to Xichun where the format was wrong, where the title should be avoided, and where it was necessary. Let's go, where the words are too explicit, you need to be vague, Xichun's head gets dizzy after hearing it.

It took Xichun two days to write a passbook, and then sent it up immediately.

Xichun went to bed after writing the notebook, and slept from evening to noon the next day.

As soon as Xichun woke up, Mother Jiang and the two nuns walked in, "The county lord is awake? Just in time, there is a message from the palace about the county lord's face."

Xichun:? ? ?

Just as Jia Jing said, some people in the court also noticed the problem of food and grass, but they never said it out.

It is true that grain production is increasing every year, but the number of common people has also increased sharply in recent years. Although the Ministry of Household Affairs is not going to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall like before, it is still necessary to plan carefully. The batch sent before Grain and grass are already most of their emergency food reserves in the first half of this year, and if they take out another batch, they can only stare blankly if something happens in other parts of the country, and it is early spring, and small-scale spring famines in various places are not very common.

Adjusting grain from nearby states and counties is also a solution, but the current situation is that nearby states and counties have already transferred a batch of grain on their own initiative, and they may not have enough grain for themselves now, so where is there more grain to be transferred to Wu For the generals and others, transportation from farther states and counties has become a problem again. All in all, it is difficult.

And more importantly, if it is proposed to adjust the grain again, everyone will pay attention to the last grain adjustment, and then everyone will ask, who proposed to go by water?

Who suggested it?The nobles of the court.

This is also a hornet's nest.

They originally thought that if no one mentioned the matter of food and grass in a few days, they would bring it up, but they didn't know that Xichun would send it with a note.

When the little eunuchs in charge of sorting the paper saw Xichun's paper, they thought they had read it wrong, but when everyone read it again, they realized that the Jiajia county master had written the paper.

Little eunuchs, look at me and I look at you, no one can make up his mind.

From ancient times to the present, it seems that there hasn't been any county lord to write a book, right?But if you talk about it in detail, the county lord really has the power to make a deal!

The little eunuchs couldn't make up their minds, so they went to the big eunuch with Xichun's booklet, and the big eunuch was dumbfounded after hearing what the little eunuchs said.

This is the first time that the county lord came up with a book to discuss political affairs!

The eunuch hesitated for a while, and asked what was written in the notebook?

The little eunuchs shook their heads, they were stunned when they saw the inscription on the booklet, and they didn't remember to read the content.

The eunuch opened it and read it. The beautiful lowercase script is a woman's handwriting, yes, but the content...

The big eunuch's expression changed after reading a few lines, and he took the booklet and left regardless of what the little eunuchs said.

The chief eunuch handed the excerpt to the chief eunuch Feng Tao who was next to Emperor Jingchang. Feng Tao was initially surprised that it was the county magistrate who submitted the excerpt, but after reading the content, his face changed accordingly.

Feng Tao accepted the notebook and did not present it to Emperor Jingchang immediately. Instead, he went to Guanshi Ji, and after confirming that the content in the Xichun notebook was true, he brought the notebook to meet with Guanshi Ji, and brought a few block of cement.

Emperor Jingchang read the scriptures, asked Guanshi Ji, walked happily around the room a few times, and asked the ministers to come over.

The ministers were also shocked after reading the excerpts, and they all congratulated Emperor Jingchang.

Emperor Jingchang smiled and waved his hands, "It's worthy of congratulations, I haven't really tried to build roads, and the Lingnan War is not over yet, and the food and grass have not yet been shipped."

The ministers' hearts thumped, and they confessed their crimes, saying that they had forgotten the food and grass before, and they should be punished.

Emperor Jingchang glanced at them, "Okay, I know what you are worried about, those people are crazy now, and they may make trouble if they bring up the issue of food and grass, but now even a boudoir daughter is watching If you don’t go on and raise the issue of food and grass, will you continue to turn a blind eye to it?”

The ministers naturally felt ashamed and said that they would find a way to mobilize grain and grass to deliver it as soon as possible.

Emperor Jingchang made up his mind to ask them to finalize the plan today, and asked them one by one.

At the end of the question, the group of ministers quarreled directly.

This one says that the household department should adjust the grain, the household department says that the household department is out of grain now, and the other says that the nearby counties and counties can adjust the grain faster, and some people say that the nearby counties are out of grain now, and the farther counties and counties are dispatched Some people say that there is not much food in those states and counties, and transportation is also a big problem.

A group of people were arguing like smoke, and then a voice came out of nowhere, "Why don't you let the county head of the Jia family talk about her ideas? Anyway, she was the one who proposed it first."

Everyone was stunned, and before they had time to react, they heard that Emperor Jingchang agreed.

After hearing the ins and outs, Xichun was numb. Which clever little genius came up with this idea?

Feng Tao smiled at her, his eyes were full of encouragement, "Don't worry, county magistrate, you are young now, and no one will care about what you say is wrong. His Majesty summoned you mainly because he wanted to ask about the cement recipe. "

After hearing this, Xichun also guessed that it was probably the idea of ​​the person in front of him.

Xichun squeezed out a smile, "Thank you, father-in-law, for your suggestion."

Feng Tao laughed, thinking that Xichun was nervous, so he couldn't help but say a few words of comfort.

Is Xichun nervous?Nervous, she still remembers that she broke out in a cold sweat last time and didn't know it, but when she saw the courtiers full of halls, she suddenly became less nervous, because those ministers seemed more nervous than she was.

Thinking about it, Xichun felt aggrieved for these ministers. Letting a little girl participate in political affairs, everyone would laugh at them for a year.

Think about it, people will ask them when they meet, I heard that the last time you went to His Majesty to discuss politics, there were little girls involved?Did she finally come up with an idea?His Majesty even praised her?Wouldn't the final plan also have that girl's share?

Xichun entered the hall under the gaze of everyone, knelt down and saluted Emperor Jingchang.

Emperor Jingchang cried out, and asked someone to bring her a small stool to sit on.

Xichun sat down after thanking her, and then Emperor Jingchang began to ask, first about the cement, and where she got the prescription from.

Xichun replied respectfully: "This recipe was accidentally read and written down by my daughter when I was young. I can't remember exactly which book I saw it in, and I don't remember the specific content. It is thanks to the successful development of it." Steward Ji."

Emperor Jingchang nodded, and asked her the purpose of this prescription, "It is written in your booklet that this cement can be used to build roads, but I thought, there should be other uses, right? Do you have any ideas about this? "

Xichun couldn't help but look up at Emperor Jingchang. With such keenness, should he be said to be worthy of being an emperor?

Xichun quickly lowered her head, "I thought, apart from building roads, it should also be used in other areas, such as building houses."

Emperor Jingchang asked: "How long can a concrete house be built on the grassland, seaside and other places?"

Xichun affirmed: "It is more resistant to corrosion and weathering than wooden houses, but the key point is to lay a good foundation and pay attention to the structure when building. The construction methods of cement houses and wooden houses are different. All these need to be tried slowly."

The ministers also reacted when they heard this, and looked at Xichun with fiery eyes.

When Emperor Jingchang got the answer he wanted, he didn't continue to ask any more questions, and directly ordered people to experiment with building houses with cement, and Steward Ji was in charge.

After Emperor Jingchang finished his orders, he recalled Xuan Xichun's excuse to face saints today, so he asked casually, "What do you think about grain and grass?"

Xichun paused, thought for a while, and decided to express his thoughts, "For grain allocation from the Jiangnan area, first take the canal waterway, and then take the land route, escorted by the garrisons in each place, and record the condition of the grain and grass when passing through each place, the loss , signed by the county magistrates and generals of the garrison in the places they passed to testify."

Emperor Jingchang was taken aback, this plan is interesting.