The carriage arrived at the Ministry of Household, and Mingrui knew from his father that he was not in the capital. Many things happened in the court. The biggest thing was that the two countries on the northeastern border even exchanged border people for food.
The northeastern border is not stable. Last winter, the two countries tried many times and exchanged fires several times. In the end, there was no large-scale war. It was all because the court's gunpowder weapons were too powerful, and the people of the two border countries depended on the court to survive. I made trouble for my own country, so last winter was fairly stable.
The father and son waited at the door for a while before the officials from the Ministry of Household came out one after another.
Zhou Shuren and Qiu Yan walked out together, Qiu Yan saw Changyi and his son at a glance, "Master Hou, this is Mingrui coming back to Beijing to pick you up."
Zhou Shuren raised the corners of his mouth, "Ming Rui is a filial child. As soon as he got home, he and his father came to pick me up. This child is more caring than a daughter."
Qiu Yan's eyes were full of envy, watching Zhou Hou hurriedly leave, and shaking his head with laughter. In recent years, Hou Ye has become more and more able to show off his children and grandchildren.
Back in the carriage, Zhou Shuren felt sorry for his thin grandson and patted his shoulder, "Come back and take good care of him."
"Ok."
Chang Yi said, "Father, you have been working hard recently."
Zhou Shuren was really tired. He was raising food recently. Fortunately, the temperature rose and wild vegetables were popping up. Otherwise, he would not have dared to use so much food. "I won't be busy in a few days."
Changyi sighed a little, "My son didn't expect that the emperor would agree to exchange grain for the people of the two countries, so my son thinks it's better to fight directly to save grain."
Zhou Shuren, "...In these years of food shortages, what about conquering two countries? There will only be two more burdens, and the grasslands and the tribes in the northeast have not been completely integrated. You are not afraid of overturning if there is too much trouble."
He stared again and said, "And you want to exhaust your father and me?"
Changyi touched his nose, "My son thinks it's easy."
Zhou Shuren snorted, "It's more than simple, the household registration of the people in exchange for the emperor's food is different. Second-class people, they can only build on the border, and change their household registration according to their credit. If you eat, you won’t starve to death even if you’re not full, what will the people of the two countries think?”
Mingrui replied, "The people of the two countries will try their best to become the second-class people of our country. Slowly, they will swallow up the two countries without fighting, and they will only win the two countries in one fell swoop when the time is right."
Zhou Shuren nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad."
The emperor has ambitions, but there is no way. The country cannot afford the people of the two countries now, and the grasslands are still waiting to be built.
Zhou Shuren mentioned a few words. After careful consideration, the emperor came up with the idea of slowly swallowing it up. The second-class people would not feel distressed to use it. The northeast border was already bitter and cold, and it was appropriate to use the people in exchange for construction.
The manpower needed to open up wasteland, build cities, etc. is available.
In addition, the two countries also feel that they have made a profit. Whoever made the people on the border forget their own country long ago for food, killing and killing, and shocking and deterring, it is of no use at all.
In a blink of an eye, a few days later, Ming Rui stayed at home when he came back, Lin Qing had never been there, the elders of the Lin family had come, and they just waited for Zhou Shuren to rest, and the family set a wedding day for the two children.
The Zhou family was preparing, the Wang family's Yulu was activated, Li hurried to the Wang family with Ran Wan, and Zhulan was waiting for the news at home.
Xuemei came to accompany her mother when she had nothing to do when she returned to Beijing. She happened to be there today. Seeing her mother looking at the door from time to time, she comforted her: "The child will not be born for a while, mother, don't worry."
"I have a lot of thoughts in my heart, and I don't know if my dream is accurate. I told your sister-in-law this morning that I dreamed that Yulu was born, and a little tiger jumped into my arms and instantly became A fat doll, a boy doll, Yulu started talking just after talking to your sister-in-law for a while."
Xuemei smiled, "This is what your grandson showed you in advance!"
Zhao continued: "Yu Lu is a lucky one, your dream is accurate."
Zhulan also thought it was magical, she told Shuren when she woke up, the dream was real, and she remembered it very clearly when she woke up, "If he is really a big fat boy, I will be generous and give each of you a piece of jewelry. "
Su Xuan was delighted, "You have treasures in your old hands, and we also feel the joy of Yulu."
Xuemei looked at her daughter-in-law with a smile in her eyes. The daughter-in-law was pregnant at the end of last year. The daughter-in-law was in a good mood in her hometown, and the child came. She was also pregnant because of her daughter-in-law. born.
Time passed quickly, and it was afternoon in a flash. Wang's family, Yulu was not the first child. This time, she had experience, so she didn't panic, but the child just didn't want to come out.
Outside, Tao shi looked at the delivery room eagerly, thinking over and over in his heart that he must be a son.
Li looked at the clock from time to time, "It's been more than three hours."
Ran Wan calmly said, "My little sister is pregnant, and the experienced midwife said it's fine, mother, don't worry."
After listening to her daughter-in-law's words, Mrs. Li became quiet. Her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law felt different in childbirth. She was worried about having a daughter-in-law by her side, so she could only keep her eyes on the delivery room.
After a while, Yu Lu scolded the child in her stomach a lot, and finally the child made a loud voice, and the cry was loud and loud, and the people in the yard heard it really.
The old woman quickly carried the child out, with many wrinkles on her smiling face, "Little son who weighs six and a half kilograms, congratulations to the old lady Hexi, the old lady."
The old lady of the Wang family has very neat legs and feet, so she doesn't need to be supported to see the child, "Okay, okay."
Tao Shi's mouth was grinning to the bottom of his ears, "This child Yulu is really lucky."
Li's heart was at ease, and she hurriedly cared for her daughter. Knowing that her daughter was all right, she was already tired and fell asleep, so she went to see the child. The child looked like a daughter, and then followed the mother-in-law into the delivery room.
Ran Wan thought to herself, the sister-in-law is really fortunate. With two sons, no one dares to provoke the sister-in-law in the Wang family.
Bamboo Orchid knows the news My dream has come true. "
Qingxue, "Little Young Master and the old lady are destined to kiss you!"
Zhulan thought the same way, even if she wasn't superstitious, she was superstitious, "I want to pick out a good gift, go, and go to the warehouse to have a look."
Qingxue smiled, "Yes."
The Wang family has added another male. Wang Wei is very high-profile and is preparing to put on a big banquet. For this reason, he also specially wrote an explanation. There is no way. Now everyone is frugal. The Wang family does not want to be caught by the imperial censor. The children held the banquet, and Mr. Wang personally came forward.
The Wang family's sons are thin and high-profile, and everyone from the emperor to the officials understands.
And the rumors about Wangfu, the daughter of the Zhou family, are getting more and more serious. Some people believe it, and some people push it on purpose.
In the palace, Zhou Shuren found that the prince peeked at him several times, and he couldn't figure it out, "Why does the prince always look at the minister? Is there anything wrong with the minister today?"