There is a strong husband in the time-traveling house

Chapter 102

Ning Jing and Mu Xingchen fell in the capital, and they were preparing for the new year in the capital, but it was just the beginning of the new year, and the civil and military of the Manchu dynasty was also the busiest at this time. To sum up, military generals have fewer things to do, while civil servants are more troublesome. At the beginning, Ning Jing secretly wrote something to Mu Qingcang, asking him to order that every year in the last month of winter, all civil servants and military generals should summarize What exactly did I do for the court this year? After finding out the facts, those who should be rewarded and those who should not be rewarded will be directly dismissed and investigated. This will also save those officials who fished in troubled waters from exaggerating their political achievements For those officials who do not act, this can also allow capable officials to step up, and those who are incompetent will step down directly to make way for good officials.

At that time, after Wen Caihe and Mu Qingcang discussed with each other, it was implemented. This year, Mu Yanliang and a group of military generals who helped the disaster relief were rewarded. People gathered in Chengtian Mansion, everyone helped the local people survive the whole winter safely, the local people were very grateful, as for the person who was buried in the ground, no one paid for it, after all, it was winter, no one There is no way to dig out all the people, and Mu Yanliang took the lead to eat and live with the people. He, a prince, can do this, and the local people are very grateful. Mu Yanliang led people out of the earthquake area At that time, the people lined the road to see them off. At that time, Mu Yanliang said that when the spring blossoms in the coming year, he would definitely bring people back and continue to help everyone restore the post-disaster reconstruction project. With this move, he was awarded this year's imperial court award. No.1.

As for the second recipient of the award is Mu Xingchen. Although his jurisdiction is not large and the area affected by the earthquake is not large, he has grown corn and potatoes this year, which can increase production and fill his stomach. It has effectively found a lot of money-making jobs for the local people, and it has also done a good job in disaster relief. There have been no epidemics and people gathering to make troubles in the local area, and it is considered one of the relatively stable areas.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the last court meeting of this year was for this purpose. Ning Jing, who had never been to court at that time, made an exception and got up early, and then went to court with Mu Xingchen. At that time, his arrival made civil servants and generals feel curious. Then, when the generals, especially his godfather, Old General Ning, waved him over when they saw him, he winked with Mu Xingchen and walked over, then saluted with all the old generals, and finally asked a silly Question: "Father, where should I stand?"

A group of old men glanced at each other, and then everyone laughed. Among them, Old General Li laughed the loudest, attracting the attention of all the civil servants. Ning Jing was dumbfounded by the laughter, okay? In the end, General Li directly dragged Ning Jing away. When we arrived at the first team of military commanders, because he was still a son-in-law, he was asked to stand in front of him, and in front of him was Mu Xingchen. In the end, Ning Jing said very embarrassedly: "Thank you, Li uncle."

General Li liked Ning Jing very much, and when he heard him say that, he waved his hands: "You are welcome, they are all from my own family, just stand still."

Ning Jing nodded, she understood, then she stood up, looked at Mu Xingchen in front of her, and thought with a smile in her heart, I really had a foresight today, this inner height increase is really good, so that I can save myself from being compared by my wife Now, I have long legs and so on. I also have long legs and look at the long legs of my daughter-in-law in front of me, and that slender waist, and my heart starts to get distracted. Surrounded by attendants, he walked into the Golden Luan Hall, went up the steps and sat on the dragon chair.

All the ministers bowed down, and of course the meritorious ministers were exempted from kneeling. For example, the ten old generals in the military aircraft department were left with a bunch of princes, and he, the son-in-law of the emperor's family, was also spared. No need to kneel, but the generals in the back are all kneeling on one leg, so it's a matter of opinion.

Mu Qingcang looked down and motioned for everyone to flatten, and found that Ning Jing, who was going to court for the first time, was also looking at him and smiling at this time. He really liked this son-in-law quite a bit, watching him smile , he was also in a good mood, looking at the youngest son standing in front of him, he felt relieved, he was a good match.

Putting away his expression, Mu Qingcang signaled Xiao Fuzi to read the imperial decree. After receiving the order, Xiao Fuzi took a step forward and took out the imperial decree: "By heaven, the emperor ordered..."

Ning Ping frowned when he heard it. After a lot of modifiers, the main idea was that if he wanted to commend meritorious ministers, he would support his forehead a little bit. Isn't it tiring to say such a lot of nonsense? Who drafted it? Don't Mu Qingcang think it's long? I have to give my opinion later, so that my wife can go home early and enjoy leisure with him.

When a large group of commended people passed by, Ning Jing thought that the matter would be over, and waited for Xiao Fuzi to shout: "If there is something to do, come back to the court if there is nothing to do", but he didn't hear the words, but heard Xiao Fuzi read him. Name: "Anping Hou Ningjing stepped forward to accept the seal."

Ning Jing was taken aback when he heard his name being read. If General Li behind him hadn't pushed him, he wouldn't know what to do?Mu Xingchen also turned around and said to him: "Come out, stand by my side."

When Ning Jing heard this, he quickly lowered his head and stood beside Mu Xingchen, clasped his fists together: "Chen Ning Jing, I wish your majesty long live long live long live long live."

When Mu Qingcang heard that his son-in-law could speak so well, he nodded to Xiaofuzi to read the imperial decree, and Xiaofuzi lowered his body and took the imperial decree, "By God's blessing, the emperor's decree said: Anping Hou Ningjing, very intelligent, discovered the place of the earthquake , so that there were few casualties among the local people, and assisted the King of Chu to save and treat the local people, and specially bestowed a first-class Marquis, two pieces of gold, silver and jade, a box of Dongzhu, and 500 taels of gold and silver. This is the winter of the first year of Kaiping."

Ning Jing didn't know that he had been rewarded until this time, so he hurriedly knelt down to thank him. Isn't that how it was played on TV? He was right, but Mu Xingchen grabbed him and whispered : "Don't kneel."

Upon hearing this, Ning Jing directly cupped his fists: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

A group of military generals around me grinned happily, and those civil servants were also watching the fun. I didn’t expect there to be people who didn’t know the rules. What a surprise, some were surprised, and some despised them in their hearts, so Everyone's expressions are different, but the foxes who have been for many years have become fine, and the facial expressions are also different, and the ones that are shallow in hiding will be exposed.

Ning Jing didn't see their expressions, accepted the imperial decree with a smile, and then returned to his seat. As for the rewards, he didn't care, someone would naturally deliver them to the carriage he was sitting in, and took them home with Mu Xingchen. went.

After all the rewards were awarded, Mu Qingcang said with a smile: "Okay, I'm happy today, I can go home now, the annual holiday is over, and I will go to court after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."

Those who were rewarded were naturally happy, and those who did not get rewarded were a little upset, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces, but Mu Qingcang who was sitting on it saw it, and he motioned for Xiao Fuzi to read out again. decree.

"Dali Temple Minister Yan Zheng received the decree:..." Xiao Fuzi took out the decree and read it out again.

Yan Zheng had just been praised, and now he was asked to take the order, so he hurried forward: "Master, Yan Zheng, Minister of Dali Temple, takes the order."

"By heaven's blessing, the emperor said, today there are... balabala... balabala." After mentioning a lot of names, Ning Jing heard them in a mess, and finally he understood that these people did not share the burden for His Majesty when they were officials. To relieve worries, they pushed all the things that were originally their duties to their subordinates. To put it bluntly, they did not plan for their own affairs in their positions, and even used the credit that should have belonged to their subordinates to themselves. Such an official Mu Qingcang No need, he simply promoted his subordinates to use them. They were dismissed from official positions and asked Dali Temple to investigate clearly. Those who were not guilty would be released to go home to work in agriculture, and those who were guilty would be imprisoned and exiled into the army.

This move shocked all the officials. Of course, those who were afraid were those who did not act, and most of them were civil servants. However, those who did big things like Mu Xingchen, who did practical things, showed no expression, and took the lead in saying: "Your Majesty Shengming."

Mu Qingcang nodded when he saw it. This year's beating can be over, and then he signaled that he can retreat. After all the officials had left, Ning Jing and Mu Xingchen followed several uncles to the Imperial Study Room, and when they arrived at the place After that, Ning Jing regretted it. During the Chinese New Year, a group of them were detained by Mu Qingcang to help review the memorial. When the approval was completed, it was past eleven o'clock, and his eyes were starving because of his hunger. No, he slumped on the table all at once: "I'll go, I'm exhausted."

Mu Yanliang, who was sitting next to him, looked at him sideways: "You are so capable? Can you not do it after sitting for a while?"

"Seventh brother, can I compare with you? Your relationship comes every day. This is the first day for our couple. Besides, everything needs to be approved by the emperor. What do you want those ministers to do? How are you playing? Just like this thing about building an earth temple for Xishan Village, do you still need to alarm His Majesty? The matter of ten taels and 20 taels of silver will be settled, and the Ministry of Industry will send it to the father, so they will not do anything Yes, just look at it, and the amount is not right. A small earth temple is only so big, but it costs 1000 taels of silver to repair it. Why is there so much silver in our Great Yan Dynasty, and it costs 1000 taels of gold? Just ask Father to give me 500 taels, and I can make the land temple repair better than their 1000 taels, and then use the remaining money to buy delicious food for my son." Ning Jing took a book and said Said the memorial that he had just finished reading to Mu Qingcang.

The people present looked at each other as soon as they heard it. Since Mu Qingcang became the emperor, he was annoyed by these memorials every day, so he called all his sons to his side and helped him in the imperial study every day. Tired of reviewing the memorials, I called Wen Caihe to discuss it. The opinion Wen Caihe gave was that because these people were former ministers of Ling Xinyu, they still had resistance to Mu Qingcang being the emperor, so they used passive sabotage to fight against it. Today, Ning Jing made such a small call, and they understood that this was not only against Mu Qingcang on official business, but also stealing money from the treasury in private. The more they thought about it, the more angry they became. ah?"

As soon as Xiao Fuzi heard this, he hurried in, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty?"

"Go pass on my oral order and tell Yan Zheng to check the Minister of Industry for me immediately, and check carefully." Mu Qingcang was really annoyed.

Ning Jing shuddered when he heard it, glanced at Mu Qingcang who was furious, and simply kept on doing nothing, "Father, I have seen that the way we go to court after the New Year has to be changed, and we don't need to go to court every morning." Going up to court so early, simply at eight o'clock in the morning, and then calling all the heads of the ministries together to work together, so that today's affairs are completed today, and the staff of the various ministries in the province are shuffling each other, making excuses, and doing everything clearly. On the surface, let everyone listen to how the money is spent, I don't believe it anymore, they dare to tell me that the pancakes are worth three pennies in front of the officials, and the officials also Not fools, if these people dare to say this in front of all the ministers, let alone a general who dares to expose them in front of them, even civil servants have to be careful because of his nobility.

All the official documents and battle reports of this day are completed in front of your face. I think they dare to be lazy, and they will push you down when it is clearly their business. If you don’t like talent, just do it. Sometimes peace In the prosperous age, heavy codes should be used! "After Ning Jing finished speaking, he wondered in his heart whether he could be a courtier.

The remaining brothers of the Mu family all looked at Mu Qingcang, and finally Mu Qingcang waved his hand directly: "That's it for today, tomorrow is Chinese New Year, after the first day of the new year, we will have a big banquet for all ministers, and after the second day, we will hurry up and do it." Well, I'll leave this matter to you, don't worry, I'll back you up!"

After Ning Jing said this, he directly lowered his head and leaned on the table: "Father, can you pretend that you didn't hear me?"

Everyone present was happy, and then everyone got up and went to the Imperial Dining Hall to have dinner. It was really late, and they were all hungry all day long. During the meal, Mu Qingcang said: "Tomorrow, we will go far. You can be a scribe for me, and you can give advice to daddy at ordinary times, and you don’t need to do anything else, and it’s really new for you to go to court at that time, but daddy thinks it’s pretty good, Just what time is eight o'clock?"

After hearing this, Ning Jing was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's Chen Shi."

Mu Qingcang thought for a while: "That's fine, my old man's health is not getting better, and although I don't feel much when I'm old, I still want to lie under the covers for a while in winter. You young people are also like this?"

Ning Jing's eyes lit up when he heard that, and suddenly he thought of another question, "Can the matter of the scribe not take too long, Xiaochen is going back to the fief after the Chinese New Year, and I still want to go back with him, If it really doesn’t work, it’s okay to use the fiefdom as a pilot first, so that those old guys won’t have any objections to you when they see the facts, what do you think?”

On this issue, Ning Jing said it well, and Mu Xingchen also agreed. These ministers in the province have opinions. Their fiefs are small, so they can be managed easily, and they can set an example for the court!Then he said: "Father, don't worry, you are holding on for a while, and when I have managed the fief, you are talking to the ministers, and you are talking to the old generals, so that they will support you too. Sometimes those civil servants will dare to trip you up if they want to, but if it’s really not possible, just replace them.”

Mu Yanzhong also said: "Father, don't we want to add Enke after the new year? At that time, we should select more talents. As Zhiyuan said, we will keep those who are useful, and dismiss those who are useless. It's time to let those who are capable come up and those who are not capable go down, our Great Yan Dynasty will not raise waste."

Ning Jing looked at Mu Yanzhong and felt that his elder brother was a decisive person who killed and punished, and he was very courageous. In the end, he gave four words to end this conversation: "He who is capable lives."

After the meal, Ning Jing and Mu Xingchen bid farewell to everyone, and the two went to the street. Before leaving, Mu Xingchen changed his appearance and returned to his previous appearance. This is his habit, and Ning Jing kissed him : "It still looks pleasing to the eye."

Mu Xingchen smiled, and then said: "If you are happy, I will show this face to others from tomorrow on. I am not used to wearing a veil anyway. When I was in a fiefdom, I always wore a veil every time I went to work. , I feel very strenuous and in the way."

Ning Jing nodded after hearing this: "Okay, as long as you feel comfortable, we won't be able to stay long anyway, and these people in Beijing are watching."

The two of them took to the streets. To be honest, this is the first time for Ning Jing to celebrate the New Year in the capital. They were still on their way back to the capital at this time last year. They even spent the New Year's Eve on the road. He lives with his family. He likes to spend the New Year with his family. He feels that he is cared for and not lonely. This also makes him miss his grandparents in modern times less.

As expected of the capital, even though he was also a native of the capital in modern times, it was no longer as lively as in ancient times. At that time, he remembered that when he went to the street, he found that the street was like an empty city, and he rarely saw people on the street. Strolling, shopping for New Year's goods, but here is different, people all over the street, although the things sold are not as advanced as modern times, and the taste is not very good, but the New Year's flavor is very strong.

Mu Xingchen took him to the pastry shop at home and asked him to choose, so he chose some of his favorites, as well as sweet cakes that Mu Xingchen liked very much, and left. Sugar in this world is also very expensive , but he is not short of money, he is a rich man now, not to mention the income from the shop, even his salary is enough to buy food for the children, and there are a lot of things at home, all of which are gifts from the emperor Yes, it’s much better than the things on the street, but he also likes to wear cotton clothes, which are more durable than those silk clothes. Sometimes the silk will snag if you don’t pay attention. will wear.

But he has a problem, that is, he doesn't like those luxurious clothes very much, which may be related to the modern tutoring, but he likes to buy things for Mu Xingchen and the two children very much. Kai Muxin and Xiaocao's hands were covered with things. When he saw it, he discussed with Mu Xingchen and asked them to send the things to the carriage. They went back after strolling around. After all, he just came to see the excitement. Yes, there is really no shortage of these things that they bought in their house.

When he was about to go back, he didn't pay attention, he saw a person, reminded him of something, and then walked over...