imprinted you in my heart

Fandu in June is the hottest time of the year. The palace and noble families have already used ice cubes. Even ordinary people can hold a fan in their hands. It still feels cool, even if they are forced to make a living Those who do not work as coolies in the streets to make a living will also try to avoid being exposed to the sun at noon.

In the unanimous expectation of Fandu, the vanguard of the emperor's patrol entered the Zhongnan Gate in an orderly manner against the afterglow of the sunset, and the soldiers' already dark faces became even darker.

All the way from crossing the river, Shi Yan either stayed on the jade chariot or stayed in the temporary palace. He was rarely exposed to the sun, and both the jade chariot and the temporary palace were equipped with ice cubes to relieve the heat, and there was a wind on the side of the road. , I also have some iced watermelon or fruit from time to time, but it doesn't feel hot.

Using ice cubes to cool off the heat in summer was the patent of the royal family and noble families in the previous dynasty and the early period of this dynasty. On the hottest day of the year, the emperor would hold an ice-giving ceremony, taking half of the ice cubes from the ice cellar of the palace to reward people in the busy city. In the local capital, only those with titles can build an ice cellar of a corresponding size, which will be used in the coming year or rewarded to officials.

The gentry cannot build ice cellars, let alone the common people. In summer, most people can only rely on well water to cool down and quench their thirst. Especially the well water, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, is very popular.

This situation lasted until the period of Daozong before it began to change, because Daozong was obsessed with the pursuit of immortality, and there were several Taoist priests who were invited by her to the palace to make alchemy. One of them accidentally discovered that saltpeter, a subsidiary product of alchemy, can absorb a lot of heat when dissolved in water.

It happened to be summer at that time, and the ice cubes that Daozong rewarded were limited, so he moved his mind and finally made ice cubes after many attempts. He also discovered that saltpeter can be recycled many times, and ice-making technology was born.

Up to now, as long as you have money, you can buy ice cubes on the street, and you can also eat delicious and refreshing sorbet. There are ice cubes and seasonal fruits in it, as well as sweetness. It is an essential food that people must eat every day in summer.

The first time Shi Min saw ice cream with her own eyes in Fandu East City, she was very surprised, because she thought that ice cream was only available in the palace, so she tasted a bowl of ice cream, and the taste was not bad. According to the information, I learned that ice-making techniques existed as early as the Daozong period.

The longer she stayed in the Hua Dynasty, the more Shi Min discovered that the wisdom of the ancients was far higher than she imagined. The more she understood, the more obvious the feeling of being slapped in the face became, because in her heart ancient times were synonymous with backwardness and ignorance, but the facts gave her Had a vivid lesson.

In fact, there are some things in modern daily life here, but they are not as sophisticated and efficient as modern ones. Of course, thermal weapons, steam engines, and idea products are not available due to the limitations of the times, so they are not called ancient times.

She was comfortable sitting in the jade chariot by herself, but the rest of the entourage were not treated so well. Not only did they have to brave the sun to travel, but they also carried things in their hands more or less, and they were already sweating profusely after the day.

If it is too hot at noon, Shi Min will order to find a cool place to rest for an hour, and every day after arriving at the temporary palace where he stayed, he will reward everyone with a bowl of ice cream to relieve the heat. Two days more than when I came.

After she finally returned to Fandu, it was already sunset and dusk, and it was already the beginning of the lights when she entered the palace to arrange the follow-up matters. When she went to Yongshou Palace to have dinner with the imperial grandma and queen mother, she realized that they had been waiting for her for more than half an hour.

Seeing that Grandma Huang is doing well and the Empress Dowager is also full of energy, Shi Min was very happy, and told a lot of what he had seen and heard on the road, all of which were interesting and funny, which made the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces smile, and stayed in Yongshou Palace until Haishi before saying goodbye with Wen Yu leave.

Thinking of the hard work of all the ministers and soldiers, Shi Min specially gave them a day off to pay for their hard work.

But she herself got up early in the morning, and ran to the school grounds to exercise for an hour with great interest, until the sun was slanting and she was sweating all over, and then she walked back slowly to wash and change clothes.

The ministers in Fandu are on vacation, but the local ministers are not, and there will be no shortage of secret letters and memorials that should come.

It's not that she doesn't care for her employees, but that most of the local officials live in the mansion, and the layout of the mansion is also similar to that of the palace. They all work in the front and live in the back, so even if they have a five-day rest or a holiday, they should go to work if something really happens. You still have to go on business, and some diligent people don't care about rest, and rest can't stop the other party's enthusiasm for secret letters and memorials.

The "Huaguo Official Management Law" clearly stipulates the custom of officials' rest, and also stipulates that each government office must arrange a small number of people to take turns. If there is an emergency, it will be handled by the person on the day of the turn. If you pursue it, it doesn't matter if you rest or not!

In particular, the area of ​​corruption and bribery has also been specified in detail. It follows the basic principle of determining the size of the case. The amount of corruption is as much as it is, and if the situation is serious, the house is directly ransacked, so as to deter corrupt officials from the consequences.

In addition, the powers and responsibilities of officials have also been stipulated to prevent corruption of officials in the system. The fundamental purpose of increasing their salaries is also to reduce corruption.

At the beginning, she was able to turn a blind eye to the unexplained corruption due to various internal and external factors, but since she was determined to implement the New Deal, she has stepped up anti-corruption efforts. As mentioned in the letter, she will also write a secret letter for the inspector's office in the place where she belongs to investigate.

Because she turned a blind eye and didn't get the minister's resignation and repentance. Instead, she made steady progress. If she didn't crack down severely and completely change the weather vane, the corruption of the ruling class would only get worse and worse. The country is in ruins, even if she survives by chance, there is no guarantee that she and Bu Qianxue's children will not suffer.

Therefore, whether it is for themselves or for their future children, she must vigorously rectify the bureaucracy, restore the world to a clear future, and leave a sustainable future for future generations.

Every time she thinks about this, it’s more bloody than she thought about not being able to live past 40 years old, so even on the way back, she didn’t miss a day to review secret letters and memorials, and when she stayed in the temporary palace, she would summon nearby officials to inquire about local people’s livelihood If it can be solved, it will be solved, and if it can't be solved in a while, let the historian write it down and remind her after returning to Fandu.

Perhaps because of deeper concerns and infinite longings for the future, Shi Min has been working very hard recently. In addition to daily reviewing secret letters, memorials and summoning ministers, he often talks with Yun Ding Let's discuss something new together.

Whether she was crossing the river, or on the way here, or now, Bu Qianxue was always in her heart, and after reading the secret letter and memorial, she couldn't wait to change into the palace uniform and prepare to go out.

Although the regular clothes for daily wear and the regular clothes for going out of the palace are both called regular clothes, but because of different uses and different materials, the materials of the regular clothes for going out of the palace are worse. It is really hot to wear on this hot day, which is not as cool as high-grade silk.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, Prince Li has something to ask for an interview." Shi Min led Lu Guanchu before reaching the gate of the palace when he was blocked by a palace attendant who came in to report.

Shi Min thought that if she didn't come sooner or later, she would come at this time. If she was someone else, she would disappear, but after all, Prince Li is an elder, and since she resigned from the patriarchal order, she seldom asked to see her, and she said it was an important matter. "Xuan", then see you.

No matter whether you are noble or a minister, you will wait at Chengtian Gate, which is the closest to Chengtian Hall and a little farther from Wenxuan Hall. Taking advantage of the time when Prince Li came over, Shi Min changed his clothes back, and Lu Guanchu followed suit. again.

"I respectfully ask for your Majesty's peace, and my ministers and daughters are not strict, please forgive your majesty." Prince Li held the jade pendant in both hands, sweating profusely, nodding his head so that people could not see his expression clearly.

Lu Guanchu stepped forward to take the jade pendant held by Prince Li and presented it to His Majesty. The moment she saw the jade pendant, she suddenly understood what Prince Li said inexplicably, because the jade pendant actually belonged to His Majesty.

Shi Min took the jade pendant and started to play with it. She knew that the owner behind the Cunyi Bank was Shi Sihe, and she even thought it had something to do with Prince Li, until she observed Shi Sihe many times and there was no abnormality, and Prince Li had no reaction at all. , only to dispel this idea.

Shi Sihe may not be as capable as her mother, but she is not an idiot, otherwise she would not be able to hold the position of Zong Renling. With her character and courage, it is impossible for her to accept the jade pendant as if nothing had happened when she knew it was her. .

Even if she dared to do this, Prince Li would not spare her if she knew about it. That's why she never attacked Cunyi Bank, and she made a plan. If you don't come back, then don't blame her for following the clues.

"Grandmother, please, come and give me a seat." What she didn't expect was that Yupei would come back so quickly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I have already punished her for thirty years, and asked her to close the Cunyi Bank within half a month. All the overcharged interest will be refunded. The minister from the Bu family has also made appropriate compensation. This matter is due to the lack of discipline. Yan, Your Majesty, please punish me severely." Prince Li Shi Yan knelt down again after finishing speaking, filled with remorse.

When Shi Sihe came to see her with this jade pendant this morning, she didn't know what was going on until Shi Sihe explained the cause and effect, and she was so angry that she asked her servants to beat Shi Sihe thirty times. Lying on the bed.

Since His Majesty implemented the New Deal, the crackdown on illegal matters has become more and more intense. Opening a bank under the emperor's feet dared to reveal one thing and cover another, and even stabbed it under His Majesty's nose. Isn't this too much money and too much life?

If she had known it would be like this, she shouldn't have agreed to Shi Sihe to open this bank. Before opening, she had repeatedly emphasized that she should follow the rules and follow the law, and Shi Sihe also promised well. It's an insult to her face.

After beating Shi Sihe, she immediately asked the manager of the house to take 100 taels to Bufu to express her feelings, while she quietly went to the bank to ask them to suspend their business and fully clean up their assets.

These are all arranged before entering the palace.In fact, Shi Sihe was also a little wronged. She opened the bank purely to make some money. The imperial court stipulated that nobles in Fandu were not allowed to buy land.

But since the property rights of the fief were also deprived, and the enfeoffment was completely turned into a nobility, the life of their family became more and more difficult every day. There were so many people in the mansion to support, and they couldn't buy land, so they could only do business. .

There happened to be a bank that was resold due to a shortage of money. She felt that lending money was a profitable business, and her family had a solid foundation, so she bought it, and specially spent a lot of money to hire the current shopkeeper to manage it.

The profit is getting better day by day, she is also happy, and she will go to check the account from time to time, she also knows that the shopkeeper may do something behind her back, but as long as the big head is in her hand, she will not care about it, and she has to let others eat the meat herself. Have some soup.

During the past few months when she went to cross the river, she had been in contact with the shopkeeper through letters and did not check the accounts. Now that she is back, it just so happens that His Majesty is on holiday again today, so she went to Cunyi Bank as soon as she had breakfast.

She looked at the account book as usual, and was about to leave, but the shopkeeper suddenly and mysteriously took a piece of jade pendant as a tribute to her, and it was not the first time she received such a small gift. The jade pendant in his hand was frightened to death, and he forced the shopkeeper to tell the truth, only to find out that it was used by the Bu family as a mortgage to repay the debt some time ago.

She found that she suddenly knew a big secret, because according to what she knew, His Majesty was supposed to recuperate in the palace for those two days. Now the world knows that His Majesty likes Bu Qianxue, and she also thought she knew, but this discovery made her realize that His Majesty liked Bu Qianxue. The extent of it may be deeper than her, and also deeper than the world thinks.

His Majesty is famous for his diligence, but he actually came to Fandu all night to pretend to be sick for Bu Qianxue. She felt that she couldn't do this kind of liking, because she might love herself more.

After realizing this, she felt that a catastrophe was imminent, because this jade pendant was basically recognized by those who saw His Majesty often, and His Majesty's refusal to give money to the jade pendant obviously had other deep meanings.

She was a bit timid and afraid of His Majesty, so given her courage, she didn't dare to take the jade pendant to plead guilty, so she had to turn to the next best thing, take the jade pendant to find her mother, and then she was scolded as she thought, He was also given [-] boards.

If it wasn't for being unable to move while lying on the bed, she estimated that her mother would take her into the palace to plead guilty. Fortunately, the one who beat her hit her hard this time, luckily!

Shi Sihe was right in thinking, Shi Yan did have such an idea, but at that time, she was so angry that she had finished beating her, what else could she do?She also broke her heart because of Shi Sihe.

"Then fine her with three months' salary." This matter can be big or small, Shi Yanren also hit, the overcharged interest will be returned, and the bank will be closed, what else can she say?

As for worrying about Shi Sihe divulging her return to Fandu?From the moment she used the jade pendant as a mortgage to repay the debt, no matter who the boss behind the bank was, she never worried.

It's not a fluke that I am the emperor and others dare not make irresponsible remarks, but no matter who the other party is, they are always human, and they will lie if they are human. Will others believe what you say?That's not sure. ?