sinovels Chapter 501 Charity is very important
Chapter 501 Charity is very important
Because Wu Qiong had no father since he was a child, he gave his father's love to his children and didn't want them to have regrets.
After feeding the daughter, the daughter-in-law took the child into the house with him, played with their father, and went to the kitchen to help the mother-in-law....
The family has a great time here.
Afterwards, the Mu Wang Mansion in Yunnan gave a memorial to Emperor Xianzong, and there was only one sentence for Wu Qiong's evaluation: he is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, which can be used to great advantage.
After Emperor Xianzong saw it, he smiled very proudly.
Autumn and July Xinchou, the little prince of Yibei, in history he invaded Datong, but now he is doing business with Ming Dynasty just like Mandokule of Mandulu, and he heard that Hanshen went to see the emperor of Ming Dynasty, he Then he thought about it, Mandogule went to see him, and then Mandulu became the richest tribe on the grassland; Hanshen's father was captured and died at the hands of the enemy. By some means, he got the help of the Ming Emperor and restored Hamiwei, and the Uighurs now stand upright.
If he goes this time, he will probably gain Daming's friendship just like Mandokule.
So, here he is too!
Especially on the way, I heard that Han Shen proposed to the daughter of a prince of Ming Dynasty!
Hanshen was already 25 years old because he was busy with revenge and defense, and he had never met a woman, let alone married a wife and had children.
His position as wife has been vacant all the time, and he is also a clean-spirited person. If he really marries the daughter of the prince of Ming Dynasty, it will be like a tiger with wings added!
Immediately, he couldn't sit still anymore. Although he had a concubine, he had three daughters and no son yet, and the position of main wife was vacant!
So, hurriedly prepared a large number of gifts, and with full sincerity, also came to see the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
This is the first person who came to see him as a prince since the Yuan Dynasty disintegrated. Mandokule can be regarded as a grandson at most, because Mandokule is of mixed blood and cannot become a "prince". The Mongols will not agree. Up to now, he is still the master of the tribe, and has not been crowned king.
It has not yet reached the age of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no "Geng Shu change", and there has been no "absolute tribute" to Mongolia, so his arrival is still welcome in Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, the Taoist temples in the world have collectively paid taxes!
They took the initiative to go to the government to ask someone to measure the acres of land. Although they could not serve in the military, paying taxes and grains was also a huge income.
This incident alarmed the imperial court, but because the people in the Taoist school took the initiative to pay the tax, Emperor Xianzong was very satisfied with the performance of the people in the Taoist school, but the Buddhist school was not so generous.
They shrank their heads and played the trick of "silence is golden". They pretended to be deaf and dumb and pretended to be stupid, but they didn't go to the government to learn from Taoism.
This made the imperial court have some opinions on Buddhism. Everyone has always believed that Buddhism and Taoism are equal, but now they feel that their own Taoism is better. They know that they are sympathetic to the court and take the initiative to pay taxes and rations. For each mu of land, only [-]% of the harvest is paid as tax.
Daomen was overjoyed.
Buddha... still no movement.
In Guimao, Emperor Xianzong changed Hamiwei to the Kingdom of Hami, promoted Hanshen to be the King of Zhongshun, granted the Kingdom of Hami, and agreed to marry Princess Xiuhuai and King Zhongshun of the Kingdom of Hami.
Logically speaking, the Ming Dynasty could not have kings with different surnames, but Emperor Xianzong changed Hamiwei to Hami Kingdom, and promoted Hanshen as the loyal and obedient king of Hami Kingdom.
Due to the strength of Emperor Xianzong, he has already said what he said.
The cabinet ministers in the court are all Emperor Xianzong's people. They don't object, and it's useless for others to complain.
As the newly appointed king of a foreign country, Hanshen showed his greatest sincerity: he paid tribute to a thousand horses, a thousand mares, and five hundred stallions.
The betrothal gift is: [-] catties of raisins, [-] catties of dried raisins, [-] catties of walnuts, [-] catties of dried cantaloupe, [-] catties of Bai Guyue (white pepper), and [-] catties of Hei Guyue (black pepper).
The most important thing is that there are [-] sheep and [-] cattle.
Ten sets of gold wine sets, twenty sets of silver wine sets, three pairs of gold plates inlaid with jewels, and ten pairs of silver plates inlaid with jewels.
One set of red gold harness, one set of silver harness, and ten sets of red copper harness.
The remaining gold and silver chopsticks, belts and other small items are countless.
He also had a talk with Emperor Xianzong. Apart from marriage, he also wanted to open up the Silk Road in the desert, because some of the students Wu Youwei taught were specialized in geography and water conservancy. Seriously, plant more Populus euphratica on the edge of the desert to stabilize the desert. It is best to use Populus euphratica forest to pave a green passage in the desert.
Coupled with the paved road now, the eyes of these foreign visitors are green!
Emperor Xianzong said that cement was in short supply in Daming, otherwise they would have used cement to build houses long ago.
In fact, the cement currently produced by the Ministry of Industry is intended to be used to build houses for big guys. The houses in Shanghai County are made of cement and blue bricks, which is called a solid one!
Don't be afraid of typhoons at the seaside!
Really "rock solid".
Therefore, Emperor Xianzong planned to build a strong house for his people, so that they would not have to repair it every year, and they would have to worry about wind and rain.
After so many years of experimentation and use, the cement became more and more popular with Emperor Xianzong.
Even if it is necessary to build roads, it depends on whether Daming has extra cement for him to repair.
But Hanshen didn't give up, he had seen the benefits of the cement road, so of course he couldn't be dismissed casually, since then, like Princess Xiuhuai, he called Emperor Xianzong "Uncle Emperor" one by one.
When the little prince Yibei came, he discovered that Han Shen had actually got involved with the Emperor Daming, and they were quite close, Uncle Emperor!
He was even more anxious, he got angry as soon as he arrived, and waited until the day of the audience, all the officials were in front of him, Han Shen was beside him, and he opened his mouth and said, "I propose to His Majesty the Emperor!"
Then...the Golden Luandian was puzzled and awkwardly silent for a while.
Wu Youwei was also dumbfounded. His Chinese is not good, so you can bring a translator. How about you embarrass us?
Look at His Majesty the Emperor, his face is blushing!
"Please allow the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!" Before he knew he was wrong, he still said loudly and confidently.
"What are you allowing?" Li Dongyang looked anxious, and quickly stopped him: "Don't say it, you can't ask our emperor to marry you? Our emperor...does not accept male concubines... …”
Emperor Xianzong said, "Let the interpreter come over and talk to him."
Minister of the Ministry of Rites first came to make an apology. When performing rituals, he was not so stupid!
This farce has become a well-known classic for later generations. It is not terrible to say the wrong thing, but the terrible thing is to say the wrong foreign language...
Emperor Xianzong didn't agree to the marriage, because none of the clan women had a crush on the little prince Yibei. In fact, this prince heard that they didn't take a bath all year round. Who the hell could fall in love with this kind of man?
It's not that the women of the clan can't get married.
In the end, Princess Xiuhuai's wedding will be in April next year. The scenery is beautiful all the way. In June, I just stopped at the border to escape the summer heat. After July [-]th, I will go to Hami country. It will be August when I arrive there. Just in time for the cool climate and the harvest of grapes.
After October, it should be cold.
The little prince Yibei was very disappointed, he had no relationship with Daming.
But he didn't give up. After all, he found a clan daughter, the concubine daughter of a county king, not a princess, nor a county master, she could only be regarded as a clan daughter.
At any rate, it was the daughter of the Zhu family. In order to compete with Han Shen, this guy also spent his life, giving 3000 taels of gold, 1 taels of silver, one sheep, one thousand cows, one thousand good horses, and some odds and ends. The gold flagon, silverware and other things constituted a huge dowry gift.
This made Daming's clan and Emperor Xianzong a lot of windfall, but the dowry should not be ambiguous.
Wu Youwei hurriedly went to Emperor Xianzong and told him about the stupid things he did during the Tang Dynasty. Princess Wencheng and his pro-Songtsen Gampo brought the craftsmen and technology from the Central Plains. What happened?A few years later, how did Wu Sizang treat Datang?
Therefore, in the dowry of a princess, you can try your best to give people, gold, silver, treasures, silk and satin, etc., but you can't bring any technology.
Instead, you can take some Taoist priests there to promote Taoism.
After all, it is a local religion, and the beliefs of the people there have not yet been fixed. Unlike later generations, it is the territory of Islam.
In view of the outstanding performance of the Taoist sect in the past two years, Emperor Xianzong also felt that it was good to go out to spread the word. Of course, the Taoist sect welcomes this kind of going out to preach, but the Buddhist sect wants to follow, but it is not allowed...
In August Jiazi, Hanshen and the little prince of Yibei went back together. Both of them wanted to prepare for their wedding and build a city for their future wife, just like Songtsan Gampo did in those years, and built a city for them to live in. .
Yi Chou, Li Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and He Qiaoxin, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, inspected the border.
Renshen and Zhu Yong defeated the bandits in Datong and Xuanfu....
On August [-]th, the night of the full moon, Wu Youwei looked at the moonlight, tasted moon cakes, drank tea, and calculated Daming’s future. Wantong accompanied him and gave him a pot of milk tea: What?"
"Thinking about the future..." Wu Youwei swayed on the rocking chair: "The present Daming is different from the Daming in history."
Too much has changed, and he has already noticed it.
Daming, which was weak in history, is now very strong, and its commerce and trade are especially developed.
"Well, it's all thanks to you." Wantong sat beside him: "Japan is already on the right track, and it is estimated that there will be tributes this year."
The second prince often had "family letters" between them. After they got there, they settled down and started to revitalize the local industry, because the people they brought were all bachelors, and when they went... they got married!
Japanese women are really less tempered than Daming women, and they don't have to worry about what happens to the Yue family, they almost always marry their daughters and kick the Yue family.
It’s okay to have a language barrier, as long as you can marry a wife, a bag of rice in that place can change a daughter-in-law back.......
"What about other places?" Wu Youwei knew that Daming was eyeing the vassal state.
"It's in good condition." Wan Tao said, "Many clan princes have given memorials to the emperor, hoping to contribute to Daming."
In fact, compared to living a pig-like life in the fief, they also have ideals, okay?
Of course, it is different for a small country to control itself, and to live idly in a fief.
We are all descendants of Zhu Di, and no one is more stupid than the other. Why should we be princes if you can be the emperor?
If you can be the lord of the country, wouldn't it be much better than being a prince.
And who doesn't want to be famous in history?
Founding the country by themselves, they are the great ancestors!
Can one of them not be excited?
Sure enough, as soon as the Double Ninth Festival passed in September, news came from the south that the Great Liuqiu Kingdom and the Little Liuqiu Kingdom had merged into one, the Ryukyu Kingdom, because they could not bear the harassment of Japanese pirates.
Then...it was captured by Japanese pirates.
Because Ryukyu is close to Japan and has similar living habits, Japanese pirates easily established a kingdom here. However, before they were lucky, just after they wiped out the Ryukyu royal family, the navy of Ming Dynasty arrived!
On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?
The Ming navy captured Ryukyu, but unfortunately, the Ryukyu royal family is gone!
How to do it?
The second prince, the current king of Japan begged his father, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, to send a prince to manage Ryukyu.
Emperor Xianzong thought about it for a while, but he merged Ryukyu into Japan, adding a big area to his emperor... Well, it's not really big, just a few small islands suitable for human habitation fief.
But after Ryukyu, Siam couldn't stand the harassment of Japanese pirates anymore. Siam is now in the period of the second Suphannapon dynasty, and it caught up with their king's change. Bolongmo Raja III has no son!
If history is on the right track, Rama Tiephudhi II will inherit his throne. Now the second Suphannapon dynasty has a rapid change of monarchs. In addition, the country is not stable, and basically every 20 years will change the monarch. Therefore, They can't stand the harassment of Japanese pirates.
In addition to complaining, these believe in Theravada Buddhism (Southern Buddhism, also known as Theravada Buddhism. It refers to the Buddhism that is now prevalent in Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Dongpuzhai and Dai areas in Yunnan Province of my country. It After the period of primitive Buddhism, a sect of Buddhism.) people began to seek help from Daming.
But they are so far apart, calling for help...is useless!
What's more, at this point in time, Daming is harvesting autumn, okay?
In the autumn of this year, the candy factory newly launched corn fudge and sorghum maltose, which are loved by the elderly.
The price of corn has risen slightly, and the people of the world have benefited countlessly.
After the autumn harvest, Wu Youwei started to do good deeds again. After so many years of influence, Wantong also followed him in doing good deeds.
For some reason, this matter reached the ears of the crown prince.
After class that day, the crown prince asked him: "Sir, did you send a lot of things to do good deeds everywhere?"
"Yes!" There was nothing to say about this kind of thing, and Wu Youwei admitted it generously.
"Why? Could it be that I am very poor?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't understand.
"Do you remember the saying in "Mencius"'s "Zhushen Zhangju"?Your husband, although I don't say that you are as rich as an enemy, but you can be considered a wealthy party. Money can be spent and earned again, but I have the ability to help others, why not help?For those old people who are lonely or widowed, babies who need to be fed, disabled or sick and unable to treat them, I can help them live a good life as long as I reach out. "Wu Youwei said: "Look at the emperor, he is the co-lord of the world, so he has made more money, and he has to share one-third of it to the treasury and give bonuses to all officials. This is what it means to help the world... … "
Charity is very important, and Daming's philanthropy is even more complete, but it seems that the emperor of Daming doesn't really understand the importance of this philanthropy.
Wu Youwei broke it apart and broke it into pieces to explain clearly to His Highness the Crown Prince.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never seen any lonely old people. He only knows that making money is difficult, but he doesn't understand that spending money is actually meaningful.
Wu Youwei said a lot, but His Royal Highness still didn't understand it very well. Although he understood it, he couldn't experience it for himself. It was different after all. Wu Youwei said: "Why don't you take your Highness to see it in a few days. , you will know."
"Okay!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded. He has grown up now, the more he knows, the heavier the burden on his shoulders, and the more filial he is to his father.
After a few days, Wu Youwei took His Highness the Crown Prince out of the palace as expected.
Over the years, I took His Highness the Crown Prince out of the house at every turn. Although he walked around the capital and took a look, it made His Highness the Crown Prince different from Emperor Xianzong at that time. Emperor Xianzong himself felt that his son was much stronger than himself. up.
Moreover, His Royal Highness was well educated, and Emperor Xianzong did not restrict his freedom.
So Wu Youwei took him to the nursing home.
The previous article (Chapter 144) mentioned the role of nursing homes, so I won’t go into details.
After arriving at the place, Wu Youwei got off the car with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. When they went out this time, both of them wore casual clothes. Since they came to the Nursing Home, they both dressed very plainly. Wu Youwei also brought two cars and finished it. The thick quilt came over, and His Royal Highness also brought four carts of coal, which were donated to the nursing home.
The dean of the Nursing Home is arranging people to put the dried vegetables in a clean wicker basket, cover them and put them in a dry warehouse. During the winter, these dried vegetables are their main food. dishes.
Because Lin Su's housekeeper brings people to deliver things every year, Wu Youwei does not show up. The dean does not know Wu Youwei, but he does know the Master Wu of Zuo Chunfang.
A lot of things are sent every year.
The person in charge received Wu Youwei and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Hearing that they were sending things, he happily invited the dean over.
The dean is a middle-aged man, not fat, and the short clothes he wears are a bit dirty. When doing work, clean clothes will get dirty, and he only sees guests after washing his hands.
"Thank you for your righteousness!" He saluted first with his hands clasped together.
Although they have assistance from the imperial court, there are too many old people. In addition, when they are old, their health is not as good as when they were young, and they dare not leave their mouths for various medicines.
Besides, it is cold in winter, and the elderly need to keep warm even more.
"You're welcome, I don't know, can I have a look at the orphans and widows here?" Wu Youwei also bowed: "This is my nephew, he came here to donate four carts of coal, to see if the old people have enough for it?"
"Yes, yes!" The dean heard what he meant, if it was not enough, would he still have to donate?
This is a good thing!
Joyfully took them to the old people's residence.
The nursing home is already very good. There are rows of rooms facing north and south. There is a Datong shop in one room, and six to eight elderly people live there. Although the room is clean and the elderly are well dressed, there is a smell The peculiar smell of decay of the elderly.
Moreover, these old people were not the kind of old people from wealthy families that the crown prince was used to, but they were all skinny, with white hair and deep wrinkles.
Especially in their hands, some joints are deformed, which is the sequelae left by life-long labor.