There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 466 His Royal Highness's Final Exam

In fact, their home is not as luxurious as outsiders imagined.

"Then add two more side dishes." Wantong pointed to the side dish jar bestowed by the Queen Mother: "Choose two more in it."

"Yes, my lord." Butler Wanfu had no choice but to ask someone to move the vegetable jar into the kitchen, and opened two jars casually, one was salted crispy peanuts, the other was five-spice dried tofu.

It's really a home-cooked dish.

But how could the craftsmanship in the palace be so simple?

Not to mention the ingredients used, it may also be served with an exclusive marinating method, anyway, Wu Youwei is quite satisfied with the food.

Wantong decided that he would run out of the empress dowager's reward in the future, so he went to ask his eldest sister to order some side dishes from the palace for this man.

In October, the autumn harvest is over, and there is another bumper harvest in the south of the Yangtze River and the north and south of the Yangtze River. Only Jiangxi and its surrounding areas are not so beautiful. However, Emperor Xianzong has decided to exempt the autumn grain tax in which places to rest and recuperate with the people.

At the same time, Wu Youwei also started charity at home, which has been going on all these years. In addition to his increasing income, more and more things are being donated.

Butler Lin Su has been living and getting younger for the past two years. His son has already entered the Tao Wen Academy. Wu Youwei took the opportunity to release his family members as slaves. They are all good citizens, they can study and practice martial arts, they can take civil examinations, and martial arts can join the army.

Wu Youwei has always insisted on doing charity. After so many years, he doesn't know how much money he donated. He doesn't remember, but Butler Lin Su does.

When the winter moon came, it began to snow in the north.

Wu Youwei wrapped up his mink fur cloak tightly, and went out to teach students in winter, which was really torture.

But the other party is the crown prince, so he can't help it. He can't let him go to Tao Wen Academy for classes, right?

After entering the Eastern Palace, Wu Youwei breathed a sigh of relief, took off his cloak, hat, scarf, gloves and mask, and seeing his husband fully armed, the crown prince also smiled: "Why are you dressed so... How many?"

"Your Highness, it's very cold outside. If you don't wear so many clothes, I dare not go out." Wu Youwei said casually, "Don't you feel cold?"

The child has strong firepower and the room is very hot, so he found that the crown prince's clothes are a bit thin.

"No, I wore thick clothes before I came in, and changed into light clothes after I came in." The little prince smiled and said, "Sir, there are also light clothes to change here."

Since the last time he pretended to be casual and went out to play, the little prince had asked Wang Zhen to prepare Wu Youwei's clothes, quilts and other daily necessities.

"No, I'd better wear something thicker." Wu Youwei spread out the schedule: "Oh, this morning is the final exam."

When the little prince heard the word "examination", he became a little confused, because Wu You was fine for whatever reason, he just took the exam every now and then. The first year was fine, but in the second year, there were exam papers for him.

The midterm exams are held at the beginning of summer, and the final exams are at the beginning of winter.

There are four papers in the final exam, which are divided into four categories: industry, commerce, politics, and agriculture.

The Ministry of Industry has developed many things in the past few years, even including his milk porcelain, cement, glass, and two agricultural facilities that the little prince researched with him last year, including the improvement of the keel waterwheel.

Business refers to the commercial tax. Daming's commercial tax is very low, but Wu Youwei thinks it can be higher.

In terms of government affairs, Wu Youwei just felt that Daming was saving national power and seemed to be making a big move, but he was not at the core of government affairs, and he didn't quite know what the goal was.

Agriculture is very interested in the bumper harvests in recent years. A bumper harvest can at least ensure that the farmers will no longer be hungry.

In the past, Wu Youwei would never have believed that there were hungry people in China, but there was a possibility of famine in South Africa.

But in ancient times, it was everywhere. Although Daming has worked hard to improve people's livelihood, there are still things that can't be taken care of.

Exam papers will be distributed, two subjects in the morning and two subjects in the afternoon.

The little prince is very serious. As the supervisor, Wu Youwei only allows the little prince to eat and drink. When he goes to the bathroom, he has to watch outside, which makes Wang Zhen very nervous, thinking that Wu Youwei Want to spy on His Highness!

"Why are you nervous?" Wu Youwei said righteously: "I am here to prevent His Highness from cheating!"

"Your Highness won't cheat!" Wang Zhen has become a habit of defending the little prince: "Besides, the servants don't understand what you tell His Highness all day long, and they don't know how they teach. Anyway, Your Highness is reading it now. He doesn't quite understand the books.

But Wu Youwei thought of another thing. I remember that Daming used eunuchs a lot, so...doesn't it mean that eunuchs also follow His Highness the Crown Prince?In the future, like Wang Zhong, he will take over the supervisor of ceremonies?

He took this question to heart, and thought about making an appointment with Shang Ming one day to ask him. After all, Shang Ming is the supervisor of the East Factory, so he should know something about it.

One day later, the little prince finished his examination papers.

Wu Youwei resigned and went home, he would grade the exam papers the next day, and the little prince had three days to rest, but he didn't have classes, and he still had to discuss the contents of the exam papers with Wu Youwei in the study room.

The answer given by the little prince is very interesting. The Ministry of Industry only increased the rewards for craftsmen; while the Ministry of Commerce relaxed some policies, such as allowing merchants to bid for the purchase of the palace.

Wu Youwei was very interested. If bidding can become a fashion, it will be beneficial to the development of Daming's business.

Regarding government affairs, I just feel that I am still young and need to continue to observe politics instead of participating in politics.

However, the little prince raised a question: "In the past few years, I have had a good harvest tomorrow. Although there have been occasional disasters in some places, they are not large. If the grain output is large, the granary will naturally be abundant. Although the imperial court does not restrict wine making, but wine making How much food can be used? There is no shortage of food. In addition to paying taxes and food, the food grown by the common people still has food for themselves and needs to be sold for money. But if it is sold, because there is no shortage of food, the price of food If it falls again, don’t the people still have money?”

"This is the meaning of "prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer." Wu Youwei was very satisfied that the little prince had such insight at a young age: "Your Highness is very good, you can think of this."

"Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer" is a poem from Zhang Yanghao's "Hillside Sheep?Tong care about the ancient ".

Interpretation: If the world is stable, the ruling class must make great efforts to build, labor the people and waste money, and the people will not be happy. If the country is destroyed, disasters and wars will continue, and the people will suffer.

And the situation that extends to the present is that when there are too many disasters, the price of food is expensive, and the people can't afford it, so they can only starve; but after the harvest, the price of food drops, and the people still have no money!

How old is the little prince?Thinking of this has already surprised Wu Youwei as a gentleman.

"Very good, Your Highness thinks very well." Wu Youwei praised the little prince without hesitation, and gave him a very high evaluation.

"Is there any reward?" The little prince has now figured out Wu Youwei's teaching rules. If he learns well, there will be rewards, such as interesting courses, or going out for practice and so on.

"What reward does Your Highness want?" Wu Youwei's relationship with the little prince is a bit of a teacher and a friend, he never treats him as a child, but also treats him as a child.

"Can I take Big Sister and Fifth Sister out again?" The little prince said, "They haven't gone out since the last time."

Although what happened last time was nothing, but almost everyone knows that the two princesses have left the palace, but it may be some order from Wantong, and no one knows how the two princesses left the palace. This gave the little prince confidence, thinking about taking his sisters out again!

Wu Youwei did not expect such a request. It was just the last incident that allowed Wu Youwei to see the difficulties and obstacles in trying to break through the etiquette in this era. Moreover, the eldest princess will be ready next year, so it is impossible for him to just bring her After going out, she is considered a big girl after all.

"Your Highness, the first time I took you out, it doesn't matter if you are here, but this second time, I suggest that you invite the eldest princess of Chongqing." Wu Youwei said: "The eldest princess can go out to visit the jewelry store, embroidery shop, Buzhuang and other places where girls like to go, you and I are both men, so it is not convenient."

It's reasonable to take it to the cloth shop, but it's very difficult to take it to the embroidery workshop, because the last time I went to the auspicious embroidery workshop, to be honest, Wu Youwei and the little prince didn't even care about the quality of those things.

But it's different with the eldest princess of Chongqing. She is the eldest princess, the sister of Emperor Xianzong. Who dares to say that it is wrong for her to take the princess and niece out?

This is also the method that Wu Youwei thought of later.

If the princesses go shopping openly, does that mean that the other daughters can also go shopping?

Instead of just going to a temple or Taoist temple, what's the point of that?

Girls should like shopping more than Buddha gods and gods, and buy some gadgets they like.

"That's right!" The little prince suddenly realized: "Others may hesitate, but my eldest aunt won't!"

After Weibo’s private visit to the princess mansion, the little prince quickly established a good relationship with the eldest princess of Chongqing, and they are even closer than before. Even the last time he made spicy cabbage, he even shared a share of the princess mansion. One serving, there are three altars at the princess of Chongqing.

This kind of behavior made the eldest princess of Chongqing very happy. Although she has a good relationship with her younger brother, it doesn't mean that her relationship with the crown prince can be as good as her younger brother.

If there is a chance to make friends with the crown prince, if she is gone in the future, naturally, the son and grandson will also benefit.

Wu Youwei knew that he understood, so he pointed him out: "And you can also invite the princesses to the palace for a small gathering, or go out to see the snow scene."

The snow scene Wu Youwei mentioned was Jingshan Mountain, on which there was another royal palace. In the Yuan Dynasty, Jingshan Mountain was a small mound called Qingshan, which belonged to the inner back garden of Yuan University.

When the Ming Dynasty built the imperial palace in Beijing, coal was piled here, so it is also called Coal Mountain.

Because its location is exactly on the central axis of the whole city, and it is also a barrier to the north of the imperial palace, Feng Shui masters call it "Zhenshan".

In the Ming Dynasty, many fruit trees were planted in the garden, and animals such as deer and cranes were raised, so the foot of the mountain was called Baiguoyuan, and the mountain was called Longevity Mountain.

"The Book of Songs?In "Yin Wu", there is a sentence "Zhibi Jingshan, Songbai Wanwan", which means that there is a Jingshan in the capital of the Shang Dynasty; secondly, because it is the place where the emperors and empresses "royal scenery"; thirdly, it has the meaning of admiration.

It is a very famous place, and because of its special geographical location, you can overlook the whole capital, so it is not open to the public. I am afraid that some people will be unfavorable to the capital or even the imperial palace. Generally, only people from the royal family can enter and play.

This place is very famous in later generations, because the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen, hanged himself on it...  

After pointing out the little prince, the master and the apprentice acted separately. The little prince went to pay his respects to the empress dowager, while Wu Youwei took the little prince's examination papers and went to find his "parents".

Emperor Xianzong was reading the memorial, and when he heard that Zuo Chunfang University scholar asked for an audience, he immediately asked Eunuch Huai En to lead him to Dongnuan Pavilion.

Wantong is also waiting to see you.

When the two met, they were quite surprised, and then... they sat and chatted together naturally.

What they were talking about was some parental discord, especially Wu Youwei who felt that Wantong's grandson should also be sent to Taowen Academy, but Wantong felt that he was still young: "He is only five years old."

"Seven years old, okay?" Wu Youwei rolled his eyes: "Don't you know how old your grandson is?"

Wantong was embarrassed: "I don't remember much, it was always carried by his parents..."

As a "grandfather", he only gave red envelopes during the holidays.

Wu Youwei is very concerned about the growth of the next generation, so he remembers it clearly: "Send it to learn something, so that you won't become a playboy in the future."

"Okay." Vantone has always listened to Wu Youwei regarding the education of grandchildren.