sinovels Chapter 250 The decree arrives
Chapter 250 The decree arrives
The next day, the guard of honor of the imperial decree set off from Lishui County early in the morning to Jiangning County.
The rank of Jiangning County Magistrate is not high, he doesn't need to receive the guard of honor to pass the decree alone, he only needs to lead the servants of the county government to welcome the imperial decree at the gate of the county seat.
In addition, the roads that the imperial decree will pass through in the county also need guards to maintain order, otherwise congestion will easily occur. The Lishui county guards have already said this in advance.
Early in the morning, the county magistrate arranged guards on the main road, and extra manpower was assigned to every gate entering and leaving the city to strictly check the people entering and exiting the city.
After arranging all the affairs in the county, the county magistrate took the county magistrate, county lieutenant, master and others to stay outside.
It was not until noon that the guard of honor for the imperial decree arrived, and the one who walked in the front was a young official, the messenger.
His rank can be seen from the official uniform on his body. He is a senior official of the fourth rank around 30 years old, and the governor of a county is also the third rank.
Behind the decree officer is a box covered with bright yellow cloth, which contains the imperial decree. It is carried by two burly men and protected by eight guards with swords.
Behind them are boxes containing rewards. The specific rewards will be known when the imperial decree is read. Behind each box is a guard with a knife. There are ten guards in total, so there are ten boxes.
In the back are a dozen people playing music with gongs and drums. After Jiangning County came into everyone's sight, this group of people began to play music.
After greeting the magistrate of Jiangning County, the guard of honor headed by the officials passing the decree passed directly through Jiangning County. The whole county was quiet and noisy.
The road that the imperial decree passes by has guards to maintain order and watch the people dare not make trouble. On the street separated by a row of paved houses, everyone has no scruples. What is it like, is it as golden as in the legend, with flying dragons and phoenixes on it, and does the messenger have three heads and six arms, looking majestic and scary.
These absurd rumors are all due to ignorance. The common people have a natural sense of awe towards the imperial power. They have never seen it before, so they will naturally make various guesses about things they have never seen.
As a result, everyone couldn't see the imperial decree, but only a box covered with bright yellow cloth. The decree officer didn't have superpowers. He just wore a more complicated and gorgeous official uniform than the county magistrate, and he looked quite majestic.
The news that the imperial decree passed through Jiangning County was not known to ordinary people in advance, and only a small number of people were able to see the imperial decree. Even if the imperial decree and the decree were different from what they imagined, what they saw today was enough for them to brag about. In a lifetime, not everyone has the opportunity to see the imperial decree.
After the guard of honor of the imperial decree left Jiangning County, the magistrate of Jiangning finally breathed a sigh of relief. He sent [-] people to follow the guard of honor of the imperial decree and asked them to be responsible for the safety of the officials and others. the departing people.
Leaving Jiangning County, he soon came to Linjia Village. Early this morning, Jiangning County Magistrate sent someone to Linjia Village to say that the whole Linjia Village was boiling.
The business of the bean shop was temporarily suspended, and the Lin family's tofu shop was also closed for a day. The whole village tidied up the village together, sweeping the road paved with bluestones, and hung red silk on the trees to express celebration. The first imperial decree ever received by the Lin Family Village made the villagers even more excited than when they learned that Uncle Lin had passed the imperial examination.
Lin Chengzu and Yang Yusheng were no less excited when they learned the news again from the county government. They were busy going in and out of the house to clean the house, and smoke was rising from the kitchen, all in order to receive the imperial decree from the capital.
Both Lin Huzi and Li Xiu were so happy that they didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Lin Chengzu and Yang Yusheng were in charge of the house, and they got things done in an orderly manner.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, when the decree official and his party arrived at the gate of Linjiacun, the guard of honor played and played music.
Li Zheng led the villagers to wait at the door. When they saw the messenger, they all followed Li Zheng and knelt down, not daring to look up.
"Fathers and folks, please get up quickly." The messenger got off his horse and helped Lizheng up kindly.
It was only then that Li Zheng dared to raise his head. When he looked at the messenger, he always felt familiar, but he had no memory of where he had seen it.
"You are Lizheng of the Lin Family Village, please take us to the Lin Family, so that we can read the Holy Majesty's will early." The messenger's tone was very polite.
After listening to the messenger's words, Li Zheng didn't even have any imagination about why they met each other, so he hurriedly led the way and led the messenger and others to Lin's house.
The Lin family was already waiting outside the house, led by Lin Huzi and Lin Chengzu, followed by Li Xiu, Yang Yusheng and two children in the stroller, and a large group of servants of the Lin family behind.
Seeing the decree officer and others coming, Lin Chengzu and Lin Huzi knelt down with their family members, and everyone looked excited.
Standing at the door of Lin's house, the decree officer revealed the box under the bright yellow cloth, opened the wooden boxes layer by layer, and finally took out the imperial decree from the smallest box: "By heaven, the emperor said, Jiang Ning The Lin family in Linjia Village, County, made great contributions to the community by inventing twice a year of rice and discovering potatoes. They were specially awarded the title of "Li Shou's Home", with a reward of one hundred taels of silver, one hundred taels of silver, ten pieces of tribute juan, ten pieces of tribute satin, and ten pieces of tribute silk , top-grade ten pearls..."
"Kin this!"
After reading a long list of rewards, the decree official put the imperial scroll back into the smallest wooden box. A dragon representing the royal family was engraved on this wooden box, and gold leaf was pasted on the dragon scales. Under the sunlight, it seemed that the dragon was about to It's like coming alive.
"Thank you Lord Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live." The members of the Lin family, led by Lin Chengzu, thanked the emperor for their grace.
"Master Lin, please get up." The decree officer helped Lin Huzi up, and put the wooden box containing the imperial decree in Lin Huzi's hands.
Lin Huzi waited to stand up, only to realize that the messenger happened to be the Beijing official who had stayed in Linjiacun for a while last year, and was looking at everyone with a smile.
Most of the tension in the hearts of Lin Chengzu and others disappeared, and Lin Chengzu took the initiative to ask: "Master Zhang, can I ask Lin Family Village to eat?"
"Okay, I'm going to eat at your place before leaving." Master Zhang still misses the Lin family's food.
Watching the messenger exchange greetings with everyone in the Lin family, the villagers who were watching not far away were dispersed by Li Zheng, telling everyone to go about their own business and not surround the Lin family.
The people sent by the county magistrate entered Lin's house together with the guard of honor. Fortunately, Yang Yusheng let the kitchen start preparing meals early in the morning. In the main room, two men, Lin Huzi and Lin Chengzu, accompanied Mr. Zhang to eat. It was only after all the people were seated at the table that Li Xiu and Yang Yusheng prepared in the backyard and did not show up again.
Lin Xiaodong quickly left the Lin family at this time, and told Lin Xiazhi the news that the Lin family had successfully received the imperial decree, so as not to worry him.
Cheng Wenliu and Lin Xiazhi were waiting outside Linjiacun together. Lin Xiazhi was fidgeting all morning, worried about something happening. After receiving the news from Lin Xiaodong, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Since it is the adult who has been to the village, That shouldn't be a problem."
"Brother Xia, it's not easy for us to go back to the village today. Why don't we go back to the county seat for dinner first, and then go back to the village early tomorrow morning?" Cheng Wenliu suggested.
"Okay." Lin Xiazhi nodded.
The decree officer and others had a sumptuous lunch at the Lin family, and received a large amount of happy money. After completing the task, everyone happily left the Lin family village. Mr. Zhang also prepared to return to Beijing to report to the emperor what he had seen along the way.
Before leaving, Lord Zhang said in Lin Chengzu's ear: "Your Majesty asked me to tell you that the credit for Xinzhi is in his heart, and it is not suitable to commend your contributions to Xinzhi now. The aristocrats of the family still have disputes over Xinzhi. Wait until later." Reward when the time is right."
"Your Majesty is wise." Lin Chengzu was greatly moved, His Majesty really thought of them too much.
"It's good if you can understand. There are not a few people in the world who don't have enough to eat. I hope everyone can actively contribute to the production of food like your family. Why worry about the country not being strong."
It seemed that he sighed this sentence to himself, and Master Zhang rode on his horse and left with the guard of honor after speaking.
The guard of honor left the Lin family and Lin family village, and the villagers dared to go to the Lin family to see what the emperor had rewarded them with. They had never heard of those rewards when they heard the decree announced by the edict just now.
At this time, the people who came to the Lin family were all villagers who had a good relationship with the Lin family. They were very curious when they looked at the ten large wooden boxes piled up in the Lin family's yard.
The first box was the smallest. Li Xiu and Yang Yusheng opened it in front of everyone's eyes. On the top was a small wooden box.
The small wooden box has two layers, the first layer is ten silver ingots, one ingot is ten taels, and ten is 100 taels.
The second layer is ten gold leaves with exquisite shapes and clear veins. The emperor's reward of gold is not really a reward of gold ingots, but a gold leaf instead of a gold ingot. This can not only show that these are royal rewards, but also give The treasury saves money.
There are three wooden boxes under the box, two small and one big. The first small wooden box contains ten full-colored and round oriental pearls, the second small wooden box contains ten white jade pendants made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the third large wooden box There are ten red coral trees of different shapes in it.
The second wooden box was opened, and there were ten bolts of tribute juan, the third wooden box contained ten tribute satins, and the fourth wooden box contained ten tribute silk...
After opening the wooden box, the villagers of the Lin family were dazzled. These were rewarded by the emperor to the Lin family. Those pearls and flowers are worth a lot of money. The villagers feel satisfied just by looking at them. Will they go out and tell others something.
As for the imperial decree, of course, it cannot be easily seen by others. Lin Huzi has already given it to Lin Chengzu to put it away. Lin Chengzu and Yang Yusheng put the imperial decree in the best locker in their room and locked it. When they go out, even the door is locked. locked.