His Majesty once married me

Huangzhuang is actually a general term.

In the former dynasty, there were dozens of large and small farms around the capital that could be called Huangzhuang, each of which lived in a dozen or even dozens of tenant farmers.

Nominally, the existence of these Huangzhuang is to supply food, poultry, vegetables and fruits to His Majesty the Emperor.

In fact, the rice grains used by the emperor himself were tributes from various places. In order to ensure safety, most of the livestock, fruits and vegetables used in daily use were also cultivated in the palace.

Huangzhuang, especially the Huangzhuang in the early days of the founding of the country, is actually the small treasury of the emperor of Chengguo. The real purpose is to transfer the money allocated from the national treasury to the inner treasury to the emperor's private treasury in the name of palace purchases, avoiding ministers His gesticulation enabled His Majesty the Emperor to do whatever he wanted.

However, after several generations, the emperor gradually weakened, and Huangzhuang became the private land of eunuchs and Zhuangtou.The emperor can't control it, and the ministers can't control it. They can only watch the eunuchs and Zhuangtou colluding internally and externally, deceiving their subordinates and concealing their superiors, and filling their own pockets.

It's just that Feng Shui takes turns, one moment and another.

When the power of the country becomes weak to a certain extent, Huangzhuang will completely lose its protective umbrella. The eunuchs and Zhuangtou who used to make a lot of money in Huangzhuang have become fat meat that everyone wants to bite, and there is no natural danger in Huangzhuang. , Without a strong army, the fat people can only choose to escape or let others slaughter them.

When Qi Yunheng led his troops to besiege the city, these Huangzhuang outside the capital became the first batch of national assets to be confiscated.All the grain in Huangzhuang was requisitioned, and the heads of the village who missed the opportunity to escape because of hesitation were also evaporated.The ordinary tenants have all survived, and now they have become Qi Yunheng's tenants, and the food of the whole family depends on Qi Yunheng's supply - of course, this so-called supply is actually wool from the sheep.

Because it was already winter when he became enthroned, Qi Yunheng had too many things to do. After allocating the grain, he only issued a decree to let the tenants choose a new head of the farm, and then let go until now.

After Ouyang took over, after two selections of the survival of the fittest, the total number of Huangzhuang was reduced to twelve, and they were connected into one piece, becoming a veritable "Huangzhuang".

But the further renovation plan can only be implemented when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming - when the ground can be dug. Ouyang came here today, although it was under the guise of "investigation", what he did was an act of "investigation".

After arriving at the field, Ouyang asked people to take out the hooded leather cloak and fingerless leather gloves that had been prepared, and distributed a set to each of the "candidates" of the inner court department.After they were dressed, Ouyang gave each of them a stack of white paper clamped on a hardwood board with iron clips and a "thick" pencil - this thick refers to various meanings, except for rough workmanship, it is used The wooden strip used to fix the refill is thicker than the barrel of a commonly used brush, and the graphite sandwiched in the wooden strip is not much thinner than a little finger.

In addition to the ten people sent by Qi Yunheng, Liu Lu, who originally worked part-time as a copywriter, and Huang Peng, the little eunuch brought by Pang Zhong, also enjoyed the same treatment.

This Huang Peng was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and was an eunuch who entered the palace in the previous dynasty.When he was locked up in Huangzhuang waiting to be cleaned up, Huang Peng seized the opportunity and recognized Pang Zhong as his godfather. He was rescued by Pang Zhong from Huangzhuang, and then entered the summer palace with Pang Zhong.

Compared with the ten people sent by Qi Yunheng, Huang Peng is really able to write and count. He is not much worse than Ouyang in lower script, and he can add and subtract within a hundred digits with just his mouth.And his aggressiveness is even more unmatched by his godfather Pang Zhongbi. His ability to write and count is all learned from the former imperial palace. Not to mention his intelligence, his perseverance is also amazing.

After entering the summer palace, Huang Peng has been trying every means to squeeze closer to Ouyang's side. Although he didn't show his intention to replace his godfather, he also made it clear that he was not willing to be the current small role of running errands.

Ouyang appreciates Huang Peng's aggressiveness and ability, but he will never keep such a character by his side to stir up trouble.

This time, Ouyang brought Huang Peng out together, under the guise of giving him a chance to show off his talents, but in fact he wanted to kick him away from him logically——

Go to the Inner Court Division and shine, boy!

After making a series of preparations, Ouyang Shi stood up calmly, turned his eyes around everyone, and then said slowly: "In a while, I will take you from house to house in this village. Go on a trip, and what you have to do is to record all the conditions of each household. The most important thing is of course the population, including how many people live in the family, and who are the big and small. This is a record After you are clear, the rest is up to you to play. In short, read more, listen more, remember more, but don’t talk! There will be times for you to show your eloquence in the future, but today, you only need to use your eyes, ears and hands-understand Yet?"

"No—" Eleven people responded irregularly, with varying voices.

Ouyang took note of the weak and obviously not energetic people, turned around, and looked at Zhuangtou, who had been alarmed, but couldn't come forward to talk to him because he was stopped by someone.

"Xiao Zhuangtou—"

"The grass people are here."

Zhuangtou surnamed Xiao hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Ouyang.

Xiao Zhuangtou, whose real name is Xiao Ergou, is the same age as Ouyang, and he is also 30 years old this year, but he is far from Ouyang's youthful appearance, and his appearance and temperament cannot be compared together.

Xiaozhuangtou was originally just an ordinary tenant.When Qi Yunheng sent people to take over Huangzhuang, he took the initiative to stand up and negotiate with Qi Yunheng on behalf of the tenants of the whole village, and achieved a "success" that satisfied the other tenants-everyone survived, and all the tenants of each family survived. Some rations were also reserved with restrictions.

Later, Qi Yunheng ordered the tenants to choose Zhuangtou, and Xiao Zhuangtou was pushed out by his Zhuangzi.

It was also from this time that he changed from Xiao Ergou to Xiao Zhuangtou. Even the old people in the village would only call him Xiao Er, and if Ergou's old name was not mentioned, only his widowed mother would be anxious. When I was there, I yelled "Die Ergouzi".

Although Ouyang has only been here twice, among the twelve democratically elected village heads, Xiao Er is the only one that has been recognized by Ouyang and is going to continue to be the management team after the spring rectification. .

As for the reason, it is also very simple. Among the twelve Zhuangzi, the one managed by Xiao Er is the cleanest, and it is also the only one that cleans the snow and clears the road every time it snows.

The reason why Ouyang chose Zhuangzi under his jurisdiction today as the test center is also to further examine Xiao Er, and then decide whether to include him in the initial structure of the Inner Court Division.

"Did you hear what I just said?" Ouyang raised his eyelids, and looked at Xiao Er with a condescending attitude.

"Yes, I heard it clearly." Xiao Er replied respectfully.

"Then lead the way." Ouyang raised his hand, "Let's start with the nearest one—Taohong, and bring a cloak for Xiao Zhuangtou."

"No." Tao Hong immediately took the order and left.

Xiao Er was slightly taken aback, then heaved a sigh of relief.He didn't know what Ouyang was thinking, and he didn't know what Ouyang wanted to do, but since he was willing to let him follow and let him lead the way, it meant that no matter what these people wanted to do, they didn't plan to go past him.

——It shouldn’t be a bad thing, right?

Xiao Er nervously took the cloak from Taohong's hand, thanked Ouyang first, then boldly put the cloak on his body, and then felt a hope that he never wanted to take it off again.

Xiao Er had never seen anything good in his life, and he couldn't tell what kind of material the cloak Ouyang gave him was made of. He only felt that the moment the cloak was put on his body, the original biting cold wind immediately lost its power, and his whole body was also radiant because of the warmth. up the spirit.

Xiao Er's heart immediately became more stable, and he led Ouyang and his party towards the nearest house.

The people in Zhuangzi had noticed Ouyang and his party a long time ago, but the weather was too cold, and they knew that this group of people were noble people and they should not be provoked, so they didn't swarm out to watch the excitement around them.

While many tenants were hiding at home and peeking at Ouyang and his party, Xiao Er had already brought them to the nearest earthen house.

The earthen house occupies a small area and is very crudely built. It is a main room with a small kitchen added to allow people to eat and sleep in it.

When he came to the door, Xiao Er raised his neck and shouted: "Liu Big Eye!"

"Who?!" There was an immediate response from the door, but it took a while before someone opened the door, and it only opened a small crack, just enough for the person to poke his head out of the room.

"What are you looking at, you don't know me anymore?!" Xiao Er glared at this man angrily, "Come out quickly, these are nobles from the palace, it is your good fortune to be able to enter your house!"

"Xiao Zhuangtou?" The man called Liu Dayan seemed to have just recognized Xiao Er from his cloak, and the expression on his face clearly said: What are you wearing?

"Get out quickly, don't keep the nobleman waiting for too long!" Xiao Er glared at the man again, and at the same time shook the cloak on his body suggestively.

But Liu Dayan only thought that he was infatuated with the nobleman, and he was shaking his clothes to show off there, he squeezed out from the crack of the door, and quickly closed the door, I don't know if it was to keep warm or not to let outsiders see the inside of the house .

Because the weather was too cold, Liu Dayan didn't dawdle, and came to Xiao Er's side in three steps at a time. After hesitating for a while, he finally bowed to Ouyang with a four-dimensional gift.

Ouyang didn't even look at him, and continued to look at the earthen house in front of him.

Liu Lu, who had already had similar research experience in her own farm and stood out because of this, stood out consciously, and smiled slightly at Liu Dayan, "Don't be afraid, my master just came to see how the people in Huangzhuang live. —Can we come in and have a look?"

Liu Dayan was dazzled by Liu Lu's smile, until Xiao Er next to him couldn't see him, and kicked him hard before he came back to his senses, subconsciously wanted to nod in agreement, but just nodded again. Waking up completely, he hurriedly shook his head like a rattle again.

Liu Lu couldn't help frowning.

Xiao Er on the side guessed the inside story, smiled wryly, and explained to Liu Lu: "His family is poor, and he has nothing to do in winter, so he was reluctant to waste his clothes, so he probably didn't wear them..."