Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

On the way to the court, one could already see sedan chairs moving in one direction. Ye Heng closed his eyes to rest. The only sound on the road was the clattering and dragging of footsteps.

Outside the Wuchao Gate, the night guard stood straight, sword in hand, staring straight ahead. As he saw the officials approach, he saluted and let them pass.

Outside the palace gate, at the main entrance. All personnel stopped and stayed outside. The servants and coachmen drove their carriages to the side and stood aside. The large area in the middle was where the ministers of the court would park. The imperial guards were guarding both sides of the gate. Only officials were allowed to enter, and everyone else had to stay outside. Officials also had to be searched. They just had to stretch out their arms and the imperial guards would feel their clothes. Only those without weapons could enter. This was where the morning court was held, and it was also where the emperor usually worked. Not far behind the court was the imperial study, where the emperor handled state affairs. Ordinary people were not allowed to enter, and now it was where Ye Heng worked.

When the time came, the eunuch Ma Zongguan came forward and shouted, "Go to court!..."

Civil and military officials entered the hall from both sides. Ye Heng walked directly to the left of the dragon throne in the court. He had been leading the emperor's work, and when he saw the ministers all enter, General Manager Ma said, "Pay your respects to the Regent!" Ye Heng watched as the ministers all knelt and slowly said, "Stand up." He then announced, "On behalf of the emperor, I hereby announce that on August 20th, a nationwide examination will be held to select the top civil and military scholars. The Ministry of Revenue must arrange accommodations for the candidates traveling to the capital. I have given this notice two months in advance so that the Ministry can prepare." The Minister of Revenue, Yan Jiye, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I obey your orders. I will do my utmost to prepare for the examinations." Ye Heng said, "Well, how much money will be needed? The Ministry of Revenue will make a budget, and I will review it before implementing it." Yan Jiye said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty." Yan Jiye withdrew and returned to his original position.

Ye Heng said, "Minister of Personnel, Yuwen Huan, you will draft the recruitment documents to be sent to various places." Yuwen Huan stepped out and said, "I will obey your order."

Ye Heng: "Left Vice Minister of Works, Lu Wei." Lu Wei stood up, looked at the Regent and saluted, and said, "I am here." Ye Heng: "You will cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue to repair the residence of the candidates, and take people to Xiaowangzhuang outside the capital - the construction personnel are on standby." Lu Wei: "I am here." Lu Wei stood back to his original position.

Ye Heng continued, "The Ministry of Revenue has the Ministry of Revenue's Agricultural Department. Wei Hao is inspecting the planting of cotton, wheat, and other crops around the capital this year. What do you think?" The Minister of Revenue accepted the order.

Ye Heng: "Ministry of War, Ministry of Works, inspect border defense weapons and equipment, and all matters, including food and clothing. Also, this year's military exams will begin in August, and the two ministries will assist in this." Deputy Minister of War Lin Zhijian stepped forward and said, "This is my purpose." Minister of Works Li Weimin: "This is my purpose." Steward Ma issued the imperial edicts one by one. Ye Heng had written them all, and the Emperor affixed the imperial seal. Previously, the Regent had used the seal, but now that the Emperor had recovered, Ye Heng had the Emperor affix the seal, and he was merely acting as a deputation. ... As the edicts were issued, Steward Ma shouted, "Court dismissed."

Ye Heng walked out of the court and looked at the sky. It was blue sky with white clouds, a good omen. He slowly walked back to the imperial study.

General Manager Ma returned to the Emperor's chambers and briefly recounted the court proceedings. The Emperor nodded and continued to rest.

In the imperial study, a guard arrived, announcing, "Ye Heng, come in." "Your Highness, Duke Huo is here." Ye Heng replied, "Please come in." Ye Heng stood up, saw Duke Huo, and said, "Duke Huo, please come in. Please take a seat." A eunuch brought tea. Ye Heng replied, "Duke, please have some tea!" Duke Huo replied, "Your Highness," pulling a letter from his bosom and handing it to Ye Heng. Ye Heng took it and read it. It stated that the enemy had assembled a large force and requested reinforcements, weapons, food, and clothing. The reason was that our side had killed the enemy's crown prince.

After reading it, Ye Heng said, "My Lord, I'm sure you know what's happening up ahead. Do you have any plans?" Duke Huo: "Well, it's winter now. We just experienced an earthquake, and there's no food left in any area. We need to prepare winter clothing. Weapons are a top priority. We need to send replacement weapons first, and we need to dispatch troops as well." Ye Heng: "Yes, weapons are a big deal." The messenger: "Send the Minister of War, the Minister of Works, and the Minister of Revenue to the Imperial Study. And invite Duke Lu as well." "Yes." A guard went to pass on the message. ...to discuss state affairs.

Chai Zhen arranged for his men to tear down the houses and dig foundations on the farm. The houses designed by Xiao Naibao were arranged in rows, with ensuite guest bedrooms. Those for larger families had three bedrooms and two living rooms, while those for smaller families had two bedrooms and one living room. There were also side rooms, front and back yards, and the main houses were built in a row. While it was still hot, the people were living in the tents Xiao Naibao had provided. Once they were ready for winter, they could move in.

The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works arrived with his men and found Chai Zhen. Seeing many people overturning houses, he told Chai Zhen that it was arranged by the Regent Prince. Little Milk Bag took out a blueprint and handed it to Lu Wei, saying, "Uncle, take a look at the blueprint first, do you understand?" Lu Wei took it and saw that it was a blueprint for the house design of a manor. He said, "Is this a blueprint for the house design of the manor as a whole?" "Yes," Lu Wei said. "Rows and rows of houses, it looks very neat looking at the blueprint." There were some parts that Lu Wei couldn't understand. He had just thought it was nothing a child said, but now looking at the blueprint, he was very depressed. After looking at many symbols for a long time, he couldn't understand them. He couldn't help but say, "I don't understand!" Chai Zhen was directing everyone to overturn the houses and ignored Lu Wei. Little Milk Bag stood aside and said to Lu Wei, "Were you sent by Brother Ye?" Lu Wei was shocked when he heard this, but after calming his heartbeat, he said, "Yes, the Regent Prince asked me to come to Xiaowangzhuang." Little Milk Bag nodded and said, "I understand. You are here to help build the house!" Lu Wei: "Yes." Little Milk Bag: Then you must be able to understand this blueprint, otherwise you won't be able to direct the construction of the house. Come sit down and I'll explain it to you." Lu Wei thought that since such a child called the Regent Prince Ye brother, their relationship must be special, so he sat down and said, "Okay, please let the little girl explain it." The little girl pointed to the blueprint and said, "Look, the arrows are north at the top, south at the bottom, west on the left, and east on the right. This is a floor plan. Look at this symbol again, one centimeter represents an actual distance of ten meters, so you know the size of the house. These are the symbols for doors and windows, and these numbers, from one to nine, are easy to write and remember. The dimensions of the doors, windows, and the house are all clear." Lu Wei was stunned by what he saw; it was so clear. Lu Wei understood the blueprints after carefully examining the house. "This is a house within a house," Little Milk Boy nodded. "Yes. Look at this blueprint: it's a heating system. Each kitchen can have a large fire for cooking, which can heat the entire suite in winter, and it's clean." Lu Wei looked at it and said, "Great, great! Why didn't I think of that?" Little Milk Boy said, "You can build heated walls or use porcelain pipes. Have the kitchen connect to each bedroom and living room in the suite. If there are iron pipes, water heating would also be fine." Lu Wei felt like he had opened the door to a new world, listening to a child's talk. Imagine heating, it seemed possible. He had been in a bad mood, but now he was motivated. "Okay, that's a good idea." Lu Wei and the construction team settled in and said, "Everyone, help demolish the house. Let's get to work." Then he took the lead and went to work. Little Milk Boy looked at this and said, "Not bad! This kid is teachable." Benben jumped off to play. Tired, he went back to sleep. In the space, he saw that some of the people in the dark were farming, some were cooking, and some were practicing swimming. No need to worry about it, just go to sleep. She is still a child and needs more sleep.

In the afternoon, Li Biaotou Chai Zhen and Xiao Naibao returned to the city. Chai Zhen found a place where blue bricks and tiles were fired, ordered blue bricks and tiles, and paid a deposit. Three days later, when the bricks and tiles were delivered, Xiao Naibao said, "Grandpa fired porcelain pipes, let's fire them ourselves." Chai Zhen: "Yeah. Sure, there is sand on the beach here, and we have a hill. We can fire them ourselves." The two talked and walked all the way back to Chai's house. Xiao Naibao ran into the house, jumping and skipping, "Second aunt, brother, I'm back." Zhang Baohua heard the shouting, came out holding her son, and said, "Guoguo, you are finally back. You didn't miss your brother when you went out." Xiao Naibao: "Second aunt, Guoguo missed his brother." "Grandpa, you are back. Come in and have a rest. Qiuju will serve tea. Dongshuang will bring water for washing hands." Xiao Naibao sat down and picked up his brother, "Hey, brother, what's your name?" Zhang Baohua: "Guoguo, we haven't given him a name yet. I'll call him Xiaoer." Xiao Er. I have to give my younger brother a name. Xiao Fu, the little milk bag chewed on it, Xiao Fu, a nickname is okay, so I asked, "What is the great grandfather's full name? His nickname is Xiao Fu." Chai Zhen thought about it, "Lu, the Lu of Fu Lu. Chai Lu." The little milk bag heard it and said, "Okay, Chai Lu." Chai Zhen: "I'll put it in the family tree when I get home." The little milk bag looked at his younger brother and said, "Brother, you have a name. It's called Xiao Fu, you are blessed. The full name is Chai Lu. All the blessings and luck are given to you. Guoguo is destined to suffer, and your brother is destined to enjoy happiness. Why is there such a big difference?" Zhang Baohua laughed and said, "You silly child, you are the treasure that the whole family dotes on, the treasure." "Hehe, second aunt, Guoguo is joking about this." Chai Zhen: "Great grandfather holds you every day and can't kiss you enough." The little milk bag smiled and said, "Great grandfather, Guoguo knows, the whole family will kiss Guoguo. "Zhang Baohua: "That's right, you are the only girl in the Chai family, you are the treasure of the whole family!" "Hehe, brother, sister is the treasure of the whole family, you are sister's treasure, sister loves you the most." Xiao Er seemed to understand, "Ah, ah, ah." Little milk bag: "Listen, second aunt, Xiao Er can speak now, ah, call sister." Chai Zhen looked at his family and kissed them.

Xiang Xiang went to the study to write a letter to his family, telling them that the children were all well, that Jiaxing had a new son, Xiaofu, whose full name was Chailu. Hengheng's full name was Chaishou, which means long life and wealth. He would enter the family tree when he got home. Little Naibao also wrote a letter, telling his mother, grandmother, grandfather, and third uncle how much he missed them. He also told his brother Huanhuan and brother Hengheng how much he missed them. In short, he wrote to everyone in the family.

Chai Zhen asked someone to tell Huo Hua to write a letter to his family and have someone take it back.

Little Naibao didn't know what was happening with Uncle Xiaodong and his grandparents; they'd been incredibly busy these past few days. He said, "Grandpa, let's go see Uncle Xiaodong tomorrow." Chai Zhen: "Yes, it's time. Your grandparents are still there. I wonder if Xiaodong's marriage has been finalized? Let's go see them tomorrow." Zhang Baohua: "Grandpa, I heard from Jiaxing that the girl's family is good. Her father is an official, and she's a gentle, well-educated, and well-mannered child. Jiaxing has met her." Chai Zhen: "Great! If they're settled, then the in-laws will solve a major problem for our son. The old couple often can't sleep well at home, worrying about their son's lack of a wife. They're here when they shouldn't be." Zhang Baohua: "Yes. Uncle Li and Auntie can finally get a good night's sleep." Little Naibao, having heard the adults talk, knew his uncle had a wife and thought about preparing something for him. He couldn't let the girl look down on him. Status and material wealth were both easy to negotiate. Guoguo was here, and he was worth two. Hehe, the little milk bag thought to himself and laughed. Chai Zhen looked at Guoguo, wondering what he remembered again. As long as the child is happy, it's fine.

Zhang Baohua prepared a large table for dinner, and the family ate together. Li Biaotou had a large group of people, so he set up two tables in the hall, and they all sat around the table to eat...

After dinner, Chai Zhen asked everyone to go and rest quickly, and when he called them, they could get up and leave.