Prince Consort

Yao Dingyan's return brought a carnival.

With the great victory on the West Road, the national treasury was full, and many people's minds became active.

Yao Dingyan is a leader, with him, many things become possible from impossible.

The first thing Yao Dingyan did after returning to Beijing was to ask his son Yao Qingze to post a post to Yao Dang.

That's right, Yao Dang.

Yao Dingyan has been suppressed by Qin Lao Taishi's family for a long time. In the past year, Yao Dingyan was not in the court, but he talked with others at home every day.Yao Dingyan still insists on his original idea. If he wants to implement the new law, he must first have his own group of people. This group of people must strictly implement his idea, as if he was in person.Such people are not easy to find, such as Xu Juncheng, Xie Jiyu, Qin Mingde, they will never be able to fully respond to his words.

Xu Juncheng and the others would argue with him and put forward so-called better opinions.

It's not that it's not good, it's just that the implementation of the new law needs to be more efficient—one effort, then decline, and three exhaustions.Yao Dingyan believes that we should not worry about so many side details, and first spread the new law in one go, and then slowly adjust it according to the local conditions.Otherwise, if you have a different opinion today, I will have a different opinion tomorrow, and I have a difficulty here and you have a difficulty there, and if you drag it back and forth, the new law will definitely come to an end without a problem.

This implementation will definitely cause a group of people to suffer losses, but that is unavoidable!

Yao Dingyan is ready to accept the complaints of the people.

Zhao Ying gave him the opportunity, and he must show the corresponding ability, starting from the "education" aspect.

Yao Dingyan didn't waste any time, and directly called the people he had included in Yao's party over for a "meeting".

Changes in the sky are not enough to be feared, and words are not enough to be compassionate.

With the reform of imperial examinations, Taixue, Zhouxue, Countyxue, and Xiangxue will naturally be reformed accordingly.Since Zhao Ying asked him to come back and take charge of the operation, Yao Dingyan naturally would not let down this great opportunity, and was gearing up to insert the content of the new law into it, so as to select a group of talents who could be used for the implementation of the new law.

Yao Dingyan and Yao Dang chatted until evening, when the last guest was sent away, it started to rain.

Before Yao Dingyan closed the door, a man wearing a hat and cloak got off his horse, ran into the eaves, took off the hat and smiled and said, "Mr. is back?"

Yao Dingyan said, "Where did you go to play, kid?"

It was Xie Ze'an who came. He took off the cloak on his body and said: "Sir, what you said is not kind, I just know that I can't do it?"

Yao Dingyan invited him into the house for tea.

Yao Qingze followed up in the study and said to Xie Ze'an, "I heard that you, Sanlang, and His Highness the Crown Prince have established a 'school'."

Xie Ze'an said: "It just so happens that there is such a piece of land, but this school is not for the imperial examination, it only teaches some practical things."

Yao Dingyan said: "How practical?"

Xie Ze'an said, "For example, bookkeeping." He pulled a blank piece of paper, picked up a pencil next to it and drew a sample form, "The method of bookkeeping should be unified, so that it is easy to check the accounts. Brother Zhang's Zhang's firm tried it out for several years and found that The double-entry bookkeeping method is the clearest, simply put, 'everything is borrowed, there must be a loan, and every loan must be equal', and it is clear at a glance where every money comes from and where it is used."

Yao Dingyan and Yao Qingze are not stupid people, and they can tell at a glance that this is much clearer than many accounting methods nowadays.Yao Dingyan's new law involved the most "wealth and silk", and he immediately thought of the role this thing could play in the new law.

Yao Dingyan said: "Sanlang, you have a good brain, is there anything you haven't shown?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Yes, there is. I won't be able to tell for a while. You will know when the school is established."

Yao Dingyan said, "Okay then, I'll see if you have any good things hidden."

Xie Ze'an politely asked Yao Dingyan if he was okay during his filial piety, and after exchanging pleasantries, he said goodbye and went home.

After Xie Zean left, Yao Qingze turned back to the study and asked, "Father, this Saburo seems to have reservations about us."

Yao Dingyan said: "The Xie family are all foxes, especially this kid. After a long time, you will know that this guy will make a lot of troubles for you at any time."

The more Yao Qingze listened, the more he felt that Yao Dingyan didn't seem to be suffering from a headache, but rather seemed to be praising Ze'an."Can't we pull him completely over to our side?" he said.

Yao Dingyan said: "Can you bring Xu Juncheng to our side?"

Yao Qingze was taken aback, and said, "Xu Juncheng has close contacts with Mr. Qin's family, of course it's impossible."

Yao Dingyan said: "Even if he has nothing to do with Mr. Qin, we can't pull him over. People like them already have their own positions and opinions, and they won't be swayed by anyone's lobbying."

Yao Qingze thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I understand." He changed the subject, "I think the Gu family can be wooed. I have read Gu Yun's strategy and theory, and he has a very good understanding of military affairs. Mr. Gu His eldest son, Gu Cheng, entered the Imperial Academy last year, and now he is on duty in front of the imperial court, and he speaks highly of you, Father. Their father and son are outstanding in literature, and they are well-known in the capital, and their influence is not small."

Yao Dingyan had obviously heard of them before, and nodded and said, "That's okay. Their pens are good. Although they are talking on paper, they can also help create momentum for the new law."

Yao Qingze said: "I have made acquaintance with Gu Cheng, and I promised to introduce him to you someday. If you are free someday, Dad, I will bring him back."

Yao Dingyan said, "Yes."

Yao Qingze said: "The newspaper in Saburo's hand is a good thing, and it can be used to popularize the new law, but it is held in Saburo's hand, so it is inconvenient to do things after all. Daddy, do you think we should make one ourselves?"

Yao Dingyan looked up at Yao Qingze and said, "Qingze, you need to broaden your horizons."

Yao Qingze frowned.

Yao Dingyan said: "Calculations and means are necessary. But the general situation of the world cannot be changed by calculations and means. It is only an expedient measure for us to reuse Shen Jingqing and others. If Xie Jiyu can join in, I will not hesitate to join in." Abandon Shen Jingqing. What are the benefits of running our own newspaper? Even if your brain is more flexible than Saburo's to start a new newspaper, you are still held back by this thing. You are not like Saburo, and Saburo does not have too much selfishness , you can let it go when you start it - if you want to use it, then you have to put more effort into it. A newspaper is not our main position, we have to fight a tough battle, we can't get real results, good words to God No one would agree."

Yao Qingze said, "Father is right."

Yao Dingyan said: "Of course, this part can't be completely ignored. The people you arrange into the newspaper office must strive to stay there. When you really want to use the 'newspaper' part in the future, you can discuss it with them."

Yao Qingze nodded yes.

When Xie Ze'an returned home, Princess Yan Ning asked someone to bring ginger tea.

There has been a lot of rain in the capital recently, and Xu Juncheng was very worried, so he called Xie Zean over yesterday and asked him to check the water situation. The husband was ordered, so Xie Zean could only run errands obediently.I don’t know if I don’t check, but I was really shocked when I checked. The water network near the capital is densely covered. If there is too much water, it is easy to flood the city.

Xie Zean has been lucky in the past few years, and has not encountered extreme heavy rain. The weather has become more and more strange in the past two months. It was just a few days ago, and it rained again early this morning, which made the water level worse. It has risen a lot.Seeing that there are many clouds in the sky, and it will probably rain for several days, experienced people feel anxious.

Xie Ze'an visited many old farmers and fishermen along the river bank, and found that things were really not optimistic.He deliberately went to check the records of the capital city and several neighboring counties, and went back to report to Xu Juncheng.

Xu Juncheng originally just wanted Xie Zean to do something serious, but Xie Zean came back and said categorically that the drainage system in the capital must be properly dredged, otherwise many places may be flooded in a few days.

Xie Ze'an drew a map of the capital area by hand, and then used red ink to point out the places that might be flooded. At a glance, it is really red!

Xu Juncheng said: "Don't scare me here, kid."

Xie Ze'an said: "I just reasoned boldly based on reality."

Xie Ze'an went to see Yao Dingyan after leaving the problem to Xu Juncheng. When he got home, he talked about Xu Juncheng's face, and said to Princess Yanning with great joy: "Mr. Xu must have a headache."

Princess Yanning said: "What you said is true?"

Xie Ze'an said: "I'm not a god, how can I say for sure whether it's true? I'm just making the most possible guess."

Princess Yan Ning said: "If it's true, it will be troublesome."

Xie Ze'an said: "If it is really a flood that is rare in a century, we can't do anything. If it is not too serious, Mr. Xu should be able to do a good job of preparation."

Princess Yanning felt a little relieved.

The two didn't talk for long, when someone came to report that "His Royal Highness is outside".

Xie Ze'an was slightly surprised, and asked Princess Yan Ning, "Why is Your Highness so particular?"

Princess Yanning paused, and said: "Probably there is something I want to say to you, I don't want me to hear it, you go out."

Xie Ze'an felt that what Princess Yan Ning said was weird, but he still went out to meet Zhao Chongzhao.

Most of Zhao Chongzhao's clothes were wet, and Zhao Ang was with him. Seeing Xie Ze'an, Zhao Ang first said, "Brother Heng, when Brother Chongzhao and I went to patrol the embankment, we found a hole! It's blocked, but I don't know if it will work! If it doesn't work, it will be troublesome..."

Xie Ze'an asked Zhao Chongzhao, "Your Highness has gone too?"

Zhao Chongzhao nodded.

Zhao Ang is a hot-blooded young man, not only won't run away when he sees troublesome things, but will plunge into them himself.Zhao Chongzhao didn't pay much attention to these things, but seeing Zhao Ang worried about the gap in the embankment, Zhao Chongzhao could only use his brother's responsibility to come up with a solution.He temporarily transferred a group of people from the nearby garrison, and temporarily blocked the gap with earth bags.

While Zhao Chongzhao was busy directing the soldiers to work, many nearby people came over one after another.After a while, they went back and called all the family members over, those who made earthen bags made earthen bags, and those who delivered hot water delivered hot water.

For the first time, Zhao Chongzhao realized that the common people are so cute and amiable.

Zhao Chongzhao said: "Sanlang, I heard people who live by the river say that the river has risen too fast recently, and it might flood over. Do you have any way to deal with it?"

Xie Ze'an looked at Zhao Chongzhao with admiration.

He said to Zhao Chongzhao: "It just so happened that Mr. Xu also thought of this matter. He asked me to check it out today. Come to my study with Ang Di. Let's think about it together. But Mr. Xu must have an idea. At most, I can only help Mr. Xu."

Zhao Chongzhao praised sincerely: "Mr. Xu is really amazing, he even expected this."

Zhao Ang nodded.

Zhao Chongzhao was about to follow Xie Zean to step inward when he suddenly thought of Princess Yanning again.

He paused and asked Xie Ze'an: "Sanlang, is Ning'er alright?"

Before Xie Ze'an could answer, someone had already raised the curtain to let Princess Yan Ning come out.She had obviously listened for a long time, raised her eyes and said, "Brother, you and Ang Di's clothes are both wet, go ahead and change one. I asked the kitchen to make more ginger tea, and it will be delivered later."

Zhao Chongzhao was overjoyed, and his face was full of smiles: "Ning'er, don't be so busy, we are in good health, and a little rain is nothing!"

Princess Yan Ning said angrily: "You are just incidental, I am not worried about you, I am afraid that Ang Di will get sick."

Hearing Princess Yanning's tone as usual, Zhao Chongzhao's heart warmed.

He knew that it meant his sister had forgiven him, and the two of them could still be as close as before.