Zhu Junfan was sitting on the golden hall, watching with relish his little cousin talking about Yu Xiaocao eloquently, which was as different from his usual cherished words as gold. Hearing his little cousin's last sentence, he gave Zhu Junyang a blank look, and said angrily, "I still need you to remind me?"
Then, he asked again: "According to what you mean, the ten-year-old girl from the Yu family should be rewarded, not Yu Hai!"
However, Zhu Junyang shook his head and said, "The Yu family deserves credit for growing corn, and deserves a reward! But Yu Xiaocao deserves the most credit. In terms of fairness, the reward should fall on her head!"
"Your Majesty, I object! A woman who has no talent is a virtue. How can a little girl serve as an official in the same court as us?" Du Yushi Yang Daren took the lead in objecting.
Mr. Zhang, the envoy of the administration, has always been good at guessing the holy will. Since he took the throne, the emperor has been trying to improve the status of women. From the award of Jiang Ruhua, a master of weaving and embroidery, the emperor's determination can be seen.
Yang Yushi is too pedantic and doesn't know how to adapt, so his qualifications are older than those of the first-rank officials, but he has been wandering around the second-rank. Zhang Zijian thought that compared to that old guy, he was young and promising, and the emperor really needed a confidant who could convey his heart. He decided to give it a go!
"Your Majesty Yang! The Holy One and the Supreme Emperor have always chosen their official positions based on their talent. The Emperor once said that 'all kinds of talents will be sent down'. Now that the northern land is suffering from droughts and locust plagues are happening along the coast, food is the foundation of peace for the people and an important factor for the stability of the world! That Yu's Xiaocao has such a talent! Planting talent is rare, so why not make an exception?" Master Zhang received the emperor's approving eyes, and his tone became more firm.
Yang Yushi stiffened his neck, frowned tightly, and said: "It's not just the little girl who planted the corn! The reward was awarded to her father, and she jumped from a peasant girl to an official daughter. It is equivalent to a reward on her head. Why do you have to let the woman go to the court as an official and disturb the court!"
"Master Yang's words are wrong! According to Master Yang, the children's credit should be counted on the head of the father. Does that mean that Yang Shaoqing does not need to award him for his meritorious service in the future, and it will all be credited to you, Yang Yushi? Let you get promoted and get rich?"
Yang Yushi's son, currently Guanglu Shaoqing, is a fifth-rank official. This Yang Shaoqing is capable and not as stubborn and pedantic as his father, so he has a promising future. But in the past dynasties, father and son rarely lived together in high positions, and Yang Yushi stopped him, and he always lacked opportunities to advance.
After hearing Master Zhang's words, Yang Shaoqing glanced at his father, his eyes were full of dissatisfaction. Dad's popularity in the officialdom has been checked to the extreme, and he is already old, so it is difficult to make further progress. But Yang Yushi has always been in love with a high position, sitting on the dream of being promoted to a first-rank official. This Yang Shaoqing is over forty years old, but because of his father's pressure on his head, his official position is at the fifth rank. If the father can retire early, he will be able to fulfill his dream of being a first-rank official before he retires—not to mention, it is father and son who both want to be beautiful!
In the imperial court, there is no lack of phenomenon of father and son in the same court. The sons cast their dissatisfied eyes on Yang Yushi.
Yang Yushi suddenly felt like a thorn in his back. He didn't want to be too unreasonable, so he hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, I don't have such intentions. It is Mr. Zhang who distorted the meaning of the minister! I think it is not advisable for the hen to serve the morning!"
Zhu Junfan was a little annoyed by this group of old ministers who relied on the old to sell the old, and said with displeasure: "Yang Aiqing, you are serious! A low-level official of the seventh rank under the household department is just a small official in charge of agriculture. What kind of trouble can it cause? Or Yang Aiqing thinks that I am King Zhou, A foolish emperor like Tang Minghuang?"
"I don't dare!" Yang Yushi was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground tremblingly, and fell on the hall.
Mr. Zhang also knelt down, and said in his mouth: "The emperor calm down! I think that Yang Yushi Lian is quite old, with a stupid mind, relying on the old to sell the old, and misinterpreting the sacred meaning. He is no longer qualified to be an inspector. Each way is the department of the emperor's ears, eyes and discipline."
When Yang Yushi heard the words, his chest felt tight, and he almost didn't bring it up in one breath, and pointed at Mr. Zhang tremblingly with a hand. Master Zhang gave everyone a look of "Look, Yang Yushi is really old".
The emperor pretended to reprimand: "Zhang Envoy's words are wrong! The Ming Dynasty was able to gain a firm foothold in just a few decades, and it is inseparable from the great contributions of the veterans. Without the veterans who followed the emperor to fight south and north, how could there be the present Daming?" Jiangshan; without the concerted efforts of civil servants, how could the prosperity of Ming Dynasty come about?"
Mr. Zhang realized that he was radical, and hurriedly fell on the ground to plead guilty: "The emperor is wise! I am narrow-minded! I just discuss the matter as it is, and I don't mean to despise the old minister. Please learn from the emperor!"
The emperor sighed heavily, and said: "Zhang Aiqing, above the court, you must be cautious in every word you say. I think you are a first-time offender, and you will be fined for half a year as punishment!"
For Mr. Zhang, a half-year salary is like scratching an itch. Although Mr. Zhang was punished, he was secretly happy in his heart. It seems that by doing this, I am playing into the Emperor's arms!
Sure enough, the emperor glanced at Yang Yushi who was clutching his chest and gasping for breath, and said concernedly: "Yang Aiqing, do you need to call the imperial physician?"
Yang Yushi gasped heavily again, shook his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, and the old minister is fine."
The emperor continued to be concerned and said: "Yang Aiqing, your health is the most important thing. In order to be able to serve the court better, you should take good care of your health first! I will grant you a one-month vacation, and the duties will be temporarily replaced by the deputy capital. Is there anything else?"
"Your majesty, old minister..."
"Play if you have something to do, and leave the court if you have nothing to do!" Su Ran's voice happened to cover Yang Yushi's words.
All the officials looked at Yang Yushi sympathetically, shook their heads and sighed;
Yang Shaoqing at the back of the team had a hot face on his face. He walked over with his head down, helped up his father who was limp on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Father, the emperor's intention is obvious. Why do you want to reward the little girl of the Yu family?" Why do you make the Emperor unhappy because of a trivial person?"
Yang Yushi couldn't believe that he was suspended, he murmured: "I'm like Wei Zheng, what's wrong? Why did the emperor ask me to report illness? I'm not sick, I'm going to go to the emperor..."
"Father, don't make more trouble!! If you continue to make trouble, the black hat on your head will be lost!!" How could he have such an incomprehensible father? Yang Shaoqing's brows were furrowed tightly, and she put more effort into her hands, half-supporting and half-struggling to help her father out of the palace gate.
However, after Yang Yushi made such a fuss, the matter of rewarding Yu's family was shelved. Yu Xiaocao, who was far away in Maodong, a fishing village, didn't know that a controversy had been triggered because of herself.
At this time, she was begging her father to help her make a small sled, preparing for the next snowfall, and let Da Hui pull her to enjoy the pleasure of speeding on the snow.
Ever since Dahui was regarded as the pet of King Yang, after it settled in Yu's house, Yu Xiaocao fed it with Lingshi water and wild boar stored in the ice cellar every day. The current big gray, with thick hair covering the whole body, looks like a silver-gray hair ball from a distance. Its body is full of hardcover and powerful muscles, and it runs very explosively.
Big Hui is more spiritual than other animals in the family, can understand almost all human languages, and is very sensitive to the kindness and malice of others. With it guarding, the Yu family is more at ease.
"Da Hui, come here and see if it fits!" The sled was ready, and Yu Xiaocao couldn't wait to wave to Da Hui. Da Hui, who was lying on the snow, glanced lazily at this side, expressing that he really didn't want to talk to Yu Xiaocao.
Yu Xiaocao threatened it with a small face: "Da Hui, if you don't obey, there will be no food for the night!"
Dahui is not very interested in frozen wild pork, but if he fights against this little girl, it is very likely that he will not have any good water tomorrow. Alas... Dahui stood up slowly, shook the hair on his body vigorously, and walked towards Yu Xiaocao with graceful steps.
Yu Xiaocao put the sled onto Dahui's body and found it fit. Dad's craftsmanship is really not covered!
"Take a few steps to see!" Yu Xiaocao had always been envious of the big dogs raised by her grandpa's family. In the past, when there were no horse-drawn carts and donkey carts in the village, they would rely on those dogs to pull the sled to the town when traveling in snowy weather. The winter before the separation, she went "ill" as a sled. It's a pity that I was wrapped into a ball at that time, so I couldn't see the outside situation at all, and I couldn't experience the fun of dog sledding.
Big Hui lazily took two steps forward, and the sled behind him slowly slid forward on the ground. The two little wolf cubs, little black and little white, thought it was some fun game, and followed their father to drag their legs. They bit the rope on the sled, their four short legs kicked forward desperately, Big Ash pulled forward, they pulled back. The strength of the two little fellows was no match for Big Hui, and they were dragged staggeringly forward.
Yu Xiaocao hugged the two little guys onto the sled one by one angrily and amusedly. There was only a thin layer of snow in the yard, and Da Hui was pulling the sled and walking slowly towards the gate of the yard. The two little guys were squatting on the sled, rubbing their buttocks excitedly, wanting to jump off, And the feeling of not wanting to jump off.
Xiao Hei made a pre-jump movement, took the opportunity to jump down the sled, and fell over. It turned around twice in a daze, and saw that the sled was going far away, and then quickly caught up with it with its short legs.
Xiao Bai sat on the sled calmly, letting his father pull it out of the yard.
It wasn't snowing much this time, and it wasn't too cold outside. A group of children were having a snowball fight not far away, and when they saw the gray wolf raised by the Yu family come out, they stopped what they were doing and stood watching from a distance.
The entire Dongshan Village knew that the Yu family helped the county prince raise a wolf. This wolf is said to have been tamed, and it was not at all vicious towards the Yu family. However, the villagers still warned their children repeatedly to stay away from wolves and be careful not to be eaten!
It can be seen that this mighty gray wolf, like a dog, is tied to a small sled, and a cute little white dog is squatting on the sled. That looks so cute!