The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Ever since Zhao Yunchu sneaked out of Beijing, the princess has never stopped. When she saw the world, she entered the palace to ask for an interview, either with the officials or with the queen mother. Tears flowed down her cheeks, and she begged Renzong to help her find her son.

But Zhao Yunchu left Beijing quickly, no matter how hard he chased, he couldn't catch up.After everyone has arrived in Yizhou, it doesn't make much sense to chase them back, right?

The princess said that it didn't mean much, she told Renzong about the relationship between Zhao Yunchu and Yun Yanhui.

Renzong was stunned at the time, and cursed Yun Yanhui secretly in his heart, now he can't pretend not to know.

He absolutely didn't want to interfere in such a matter, and it was also agreed with Yunyan back then, if both families agreed, he would go along with the flow and make it convenient.

However, who knew that an accident exposed Zhao Yunchu ahead of time.

The princess cried out, Brother Yan is the right-hand man of the official family, and Xiao Chu is the cousin of the official family. Let's unite to suppress this bad trend and bring them back to the right path.

Because Renzong had already promised Yunyan to return, it was inconvenient to turn against him. He just wanted to wait for Yunyan to return and they came back to solve it on their own, and just wait and see.Therefore, Renzong had no choice but to keep fooling the princess.

How could the princess be willing to give up?In terms of seniority, she was older than Renzong, and it was inconvenient for her to reveal that she knew the truth. Renzong was too embarrassed to go too far, so she was entangled until Yunyan returned to Beijing.

Not to mention, the matter of Zhao Yunchu's departure from the capital was kept secret. Every time the princess complained to Renzong and the Queen Mother, she was careful not to let other people hear it, which aroused a lot of suspicion and made a lot of rumors in the imperial court. What happened again.

Now seeing all these captured and runaways, they are all full of energy and blood, and their complexions are rosy. How can Renzong not feel resentful?

Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black. My cousin and Yun Yan have been together for a long time, and their skins have thickened!

Just as the others were at a loss and anxious, Yun Yan returned to calm and calm, without saying a word, went on with a big gift, "The official's family is full, and the little official was always grateful for the mighty grace of the emperor when he was captured. Thinking of how the official family will worry about the safety of the ministers and others in the capital, I feel extremely self-blame, why I was so careless and fell into the wrong hands. Under such a mood, I had to do what I could, so as not to waste the opportunity to go deep into the Tu nationality , to understand the local customs and people's livelihood. After being personally on the scene and painstakingly..."

Everyone felt goosebumps when he described that he was also grateful for the emperor's kindness when he lived on the mountain, and his acting was very affectionate.

As for this brother Yan, I don’t know if it’s because he’s not very educated, so he just writes plain reports, and at other times, he just creates a lot of new words, and when he uses idioms, it’s always weird.

Renzong: "... Let's talk about the key points."

Yun Yan quickly took out a memorial from her bosom, "I wrote a memorial, detailing my understanding and suggestions for the local Tu people."

Renzong looked at Yunyan back in confusion. He still had a lot to say, and he didn't have time to teach Zhao Yunchu a lesson for leaving the capital privately, which caused him to be tortured... Hey, but he also wants to read the memorial. I'm sorry to blame you!

Yunyan looked back at Renzong sincerely, making Renzong even more embarrassed.

In any case, it is so dangerous for Yunyan Huiren to be kidnapped, and he is still thinking about contributing to the country, which is also very hard.Renzong coughed embarrassingly, and gave Chen Lin a wink, and Chen Lin went down and took the memorial.

Renzong took it over and glanced at it, confirmed that Yun Yanhui wrote it seriously, and then said seriously: "Everyone has worked hard, and each of you will be rewarded for your merits in the future. Zhufeng and Caiyun stay here, and the others go back home. .”

Bai Yutang was still confused, but he thought, probably one of the officials kept these two people to ask about the memorial, and the other was to teach them a lesson about leaving the capital. This is a matter of the royal family. It's calmed down, so it should be fine.Therefore, Bai Yutang complied and prepared to go back and report to Bao Zheng.

After everyone else left, Renzong stepped down from the throne, poked Zhao Yunchu's forehead with his dragon claws, and reprimanded: "Go to the wall in the corner first!"

Yunyan glanced at Zhao Yunchu comfortingly, then he walked to the corner in desperation, facing the wall to reflect.

Renzong read the memorial carefully, and found that Yunyan mainly mentioned a few points in his return, that the intensity of Sinicization is not enough, and simply promoting Han culture to the Tu people is not enough to penetrate the hearts of the people.Even the local government is not very strict in its implementation.

This point should be the same as the chieftain system, first select some talented people to study in Han government schools or even become officials, and then let them spread it.It is best to build more government schools.

In addition, there was another act of the imperial court before, which was to move Han people from similar places.However, when Yunyan went back to the local area, she found that the life of the Han people was actually very bad. One was that they could not get used to the environment, and the other was that they were easily bullied by the local Tu people.

Yun Yan suggested to move the Yao people directly from the adjacent two lakes.There are many Yao people in the two lakes, especially in Hunan. They are also Tu people who are used to living in the mountains, but they have accepted a lot of Han culture very early.Instead of moving to the Han people, it is better to move to the Yao people.

Yunyan made another big discovery when he returned. On the way back, he discovered that someone in the local area was actually growing cotton.Cotton was introduced by foreign barbarians. Before that, China was all silk cotton, and cotton was not popularized until the Ming Dynasty.The cotton in Lingnan may have come from the sea.

In fact, there are quite a lot of people growing hemp in this area, and it grows very well here, and the cloth produced is good. Many Tu people also have unique cloth dyeing techniques.From this point of view, here is very suitable for the development of textile industry.

Because it has not yet been popularized, there are not many people who grow cotton in Guangxi, and there is no large-scale development, and the cotton spinning technology is not yet mature.But Yunyan knew that cotton is a good thing, and if it is widely planted, it will benefit a lot in the future. When she found out that cotton had flowed into China, she immediately became interested and wrote it down.

In addition, there are a lot of Yun Yanhui's experiences and thoughts in Guangnan, including the vetch he saw that can be used as green manure.Some ideas are mature, and some are just put forward, and need to be brainstormed and discussed again, but the viewpoints are eye-catching.

A trip to the field is still very helpful.In fact, many of them were written by Yun Yanhui after combining his knowledge of existing things in modern times, confirming the local conditions, and writing them down after thinking. Just because he didn't know all the details, the degree of detail varies.

For example, he doesn't know how to weave cotton, and how to plant it best, which requires professionals to consider.

After reading it, Renzong savored it carefully, and felt that some of them were highly feasible and met actual needs, and Yun Yanhui's eyes became more and more kind.

Seeing that Renzong became more and more amiable when Yunyan came back, he took the opportunity to talk about some new and interesting things he saw in Guangnan, which made Renzong amused.

In a good mood, Renzong put away the memorial and said gently to Yunyan: "In such a situation, it is not easy for you to think so much."

Who knows if the Liao people will kill him brutally?But Yun Yanhui didn't seem to have so many worries. After others were captured, they might come back to complain, but instead of complaining, he handed in a memorial with high gold content.

... Such a good official has no other needs. He just wants to cut off his sleeve, just to cut off his sleeve!I don't want to harm other people's daughters, and I go out of Beijing alone to save people. Everything is out of love, what's wrong? !

It's already miserable enough to be accidentally exposed and about to be suppressed by the parents!

Renzong deeply felt that he was embarrassed to reprimand Yun Yanhui and Zhao Yunchu.Maybe others can, but these two are loyal to him, how can he be embarrassed.

"Caiyun," Renzong called Zhao Yunchu, and when he saw him looking back at him in a daze and timidly, he felt even more pity in his heart, "Come here."

After Zhao Yunchu arrived, Renzong said to the two of them: "The eighth uncle and eighth aunt are only angry for a while, so don't be stubborn and take it slowly. I can't make a move, but one thing can be guaranteed, as long as you don't want to, no one will fight with you." You are married."

Yunyan was overjoyed when she returned. Although Renzong still said to remain neutral, it could be seen that his position was actually a bit crooked. He promised that the two would not be forced to marry.

The two saluted and thanked each other. Originally, Zhao Yunchu entered the palace with the intention of being scolded, but in the end he left happily.

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After leaving the palace gate, Zhao Yunchu started to have difficulties again, wondering if he should ask Brother Yan to go home with him.

He thought it would be good for Brother Yan to go back with him and make it clear to his parents, but he was afraid that his parents would do something to Brother Yan or say something hurtful.

Yun Yan's return was already a success, "Go to my house, I have already asked someone to inquire, the prince and princess are also at my house."

Zhao Yunchu didn't know when Yunyan came back to inquire, and thinking that his parents were at Brother Yan's house, they must have been conspiring with Mrs. Zheng, so he couldn't help shivering.

Yunyan held Zhao Yunchu's hand back, looked at him comfortingly, and then drove back.

When he got home, he saw that the carriage frame of Wangfu was outside his house, guarded by guards.As soon as the two came back, someone went in to report the news.

Yunyan dragged Zhao Yunchu back to the door slowly, no one stopped him, but he heard Wang Hao's voice from inside: "...Liu Niang, they have already returned, please say something, we will not discuss this matter until today." Let me tell you, I really can't think of a better way, so I can only ask you to persuade Brother Yan."

The concubine thought, Mrs. Zheng could persuade Brother Yan, and Brother Yan and Brother Chu must have made up the mind of Brother Yan.Even if Zheng Ping didn't know how to speak, she had already helped her think it through, and listed them one, two, and three in an orderly manner. The first thing that bears the brunt is that Brother Yan is the only blood of the Yun family...

Yun Yan took a deep breath back, he had been hiding it for a long time and had been making preparations, but he still couldn't stop the accident and asked someone to help him out.At this moment, I simply opened the curtain and went in.

Everyone inside knew that they had returned to Beijing and were outside, so they were not surprised.

Yun Yan looked back and saw Zhao Yuanyan's serious face, the princess's eyes were red, and Zheng Ping's face was expressionless.He stared closely at Zheng Ping, hoping to find some clues from her face and think about how to deal with it.

Zheng Ping didn't see the two people coming in, she solemnly bowed deeply to the princess.

The princess stretched out her hand and did not stop her, "What is Liu Niang doing..."

Zheng Ping said apologetically: "I have pity on the parents of the world, but... the concubine can only say sorry."

Zhao Yuanyan and his wife stared blankly at Zheng Ping as if struck by lightning.

Zhao Yunchu also showed an unbelievable expression. He was afraid for a long time, afraid that Mrs. Zheng, who was very gentle to him before, would show disappointment like his mother, and even cry and make a scene.Unexpectedly, Zheng Ping apologized as if she refused!

Only Yunyan looked back thoughtfully, feeling that it was unexpected and reasonable.

Zheng Ping lowered her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes: "Back then, because Brother Yan's father was from Miao people, my concubine's family did not allow our marriage, and we had to make a private decision for life. Even after his father passed away, my parents were unwilling to let Brother Yan My son entered Zheng's house. However, I never regretted it, instead I thought to myself, if it was my own child, what kind of person would they like to be with, as long as the two love each other and treat each other sincerely, I will not stop me."

She raised her head and smiled helplessly: "I'm also surprised that Brother Yan and Brother Chu are... such a relationship. I was silent for a long time just now, just thinking about a truth, what kind of person, there is no distinction between men and women. So , please forgive my concubine for not persuading me."

"..." Zhao Yuanyan and his wife were already in a mess. They thought they were sure of everything, but they misread Zheng Ping from the beginning.

It never occurred to her that Zheng Ping would not change her previous style, she seemed gentle and reasonable, but in fact she would rather cut off the blood of the Yun family, but also implement the principles, and resolutely not stop her son from being with the person she likes.She seems to be determined to carry the banner of freedom of marriage.