Chapter 316 Dragon Guard
Let the female official go to the local area to manage the orphanage and teach the children a skill?
Shen Ning, who was called into the palace again, sighed. The problems of the Salesian Home were not limited to the Salesian Home. As far as she knew, various places could get some donations every year. Although it was pitifully small, it was also targeted by certain people with connections.
To them, even the smallest mosquito is still meat.
What's more, there are children there.
A business with no capital.
Those with good conditions and after training can be given to or sold to the powerful.
Those with poor conditions can be taken in as maids or servants. Even if they are disabled, they can be thrown out early to beg for money.
The female officers who were airdropped in did not have very good protection. Not to mention protecting the children, they might not even be able to protect themselves.
“…Sister Shen, do you think it’s not okay?”
The queen looked at her and her heart skipped a beat. "The emperor can send someone to escort her."
"You just said that."
Shen Ning put down the plan she had just written and said, "But the person we are escorting..."
"It's this escort that I can't make up my mind about."
The Queen cannot point fingers at anyone.
No matter whether it was the Imperial Guards or the Five Cities Military Department, escorting female officials to the local area was a job without any benefits for them.
What if someone has bad intentions...
The Queen cannot control the people in the army, but the Jia family can!
She naturally threw this job to Shen Ning, "Sister Shen, who do you think is more suitable, the Imperial Guards or the Five Cities Army?"
“…It may not be good for both sides.”
Shen Ning shook her head, "People with high status won't do escort work, and people with low status... can't suppress those people in the local area."
this? The queen scowled.
Indeed, once the female official is sent down, she must also keep her footing.
Although the emperor will issue an order asking local governments to cooperate, it is hard to say whether it is real cooperation or not.
What if you just fool around for now?
By then, even her ladies-in-waiting would be lost in those orphanages.
Then she is not doing good things, but committing sins.
"Sister, do you have any idea to have the best of both worlds?"
Her family background is not prominent, so she cannot ask her parents for help.
The Jia family is different.
The guards and garrisons in all places must give some face.
"Use the Dragon Guard!"
What? The queen was stunned.
Why didn't she think of that? The Dragon Guards are royal guards, and the lowest three ranks all have the fifth rank.
but……
"If we use the Dragon Guard, then each female official can only have one Dragon Guard, which feels a bit too thin."
"My queen!"
Shen Ning smiled, "You can choose the Dragon Guard that you like and that you want to bring a bunch of followers with you when you go out!"
Um? The Queen blinked.
Originally, the establishment of the Dragon Guard was 1,480 people, but in order to show his closeness to his ministers, the retired emperor often awarded people the position of Dragon Guard, but he only awarded them first and second class positions.
This is also a kind of subsidy, allowing them to receive an extra salary.
Therefore, the retired emperor rewarded both civil officials and military generals.
Later, because the rewards were so high, some people took advantage of the situation and spent money to buy them.
However, most of the people who could be bought with money were related to the retired emperor, so the emperor hasn't cleaned them out until now.
Fortunately, most of them are children from powerful families. After getting the job, they still resigned on the grounds of sickness and did not take up the post.
"Let me think about it."
Are those people okay? According to the emperor's investigation, most of those people were playboys who could not carry anything on their shoulders or lift anything with their hands.
Let those dudes go somewhere...
Will it cause more trouble?
"Sister, do you think they can do it?"
If you are really capable, you wouldn't spend money to buy it!
"It doesn't matter whether they can do it or not, what matters is that their family can do it."
In The Dream of the Red Chamber, after Qin Keqing died, Jia Zhen donated a fifth-rank position of Dragon Guard to Jia Rong in order to make her tablet look better.
Shen Ning sighed in her heart.
"As long as the Emperor and His Majesty show enough concern, their family will help arrange everything."
This is a legitimate opportunity to truly become a Dragon Guard.
If you do a good job, you might even win the favor of the Emperor and the Empress.
"When the time comes, we can draw some teams of three or five people from the Imperial Guards or the Five Cities Military Department to accompany us. Then when the female officials go to the local areas to manage the Salesian Bureau, things will be different in many places."
How to operate when arriving at the place depends on the female officials' own methods.
Those who are smart can take advantage of the situation to dig out the previous parasites and save more people.
"According to your plan, they still have the right to report directly to you. This is very good. As long as they can stand firm in the first two months, the rest will be easy."
"Then... let those people accompany us as guards for two months?"
It’s just that business trips require a certain amount of allowance.
Although the national treasury has some money now, but if we want those people in the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds to the Charity Bureau...
The Queen found it difficult.
She might have to cry to the emperor.
Otherwise, the emperor would not have the ability to fight the Ministry of Revenue with all his might.
"It will cost a lot of money."
Shen Ning didn’t know what the Queen was planning, how to cry to the Emperor so that he would soften his heart, and said: “However, since there is a problem with the Charity Bureau, the property of the management staff can be used to subsidize these officers and soldiers on business trips.”
Um? The queen's waist was a little slumped, but she sat up straight again after hearing this. "This method is good. Quick, write it down."
She ordered the female officer to write it down quickly.
Shen Ning glanced at the female official who was writing furiously, and stopped what she was about to say.
Since the emperor has no money, he can actually use the Charity Bureau as a breakthrough point, conduct a thorough investigation in all places, and raid some people's homes.
But when the words came to her lips, she stopped them.
Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish! If you act too hastily, problems can easily arise.
That’s it for now!
When returning home, Shen Ning saw the sunset all over the sky again.
The right to report directly to the Queen is different from the right to report directly to the Emperor.
However, if this can give the Queen more power...
"Madam, the eldest lady from the West Mansion is here."
Yuanchun?
Shen Ning, who got off the car at the second gate, came back to her senses. When she looked up, she saw Yuanchun with a slightly bulging belly.
"Auntie!"
Yuanchun wanted to come back yesterday.
I just held back because I was worried that my aunt was too tired.
She found out this morning that her aunt-in-law had been taken into the palace by the Queen Mother again, so she could only endure it.
After finally hearing that she had returned home, Yuanchun hurried over, but she didn't expect that the empress had come to pick her up again. She only saw the back of the carriage.
"Yuanchun greets her aunt!"
"We are a family. You are in a heavy body. Why are you being polite?"
When she bowed to salute, Shen Ning supported her and said, "It just so happens that the Queen has given me a lot of bird's nests. I'll take some home later."
"Um!"
Yuanchun smiled at Youshi who was also there to greet her, "It's too late for you to say that. My sister-in-law has already packed a bag for me."
“…”
Shen Ning gave Youshi an approving look, "Have you packed up all the things you brought from Jiangnan?"
"It's already been cleaned up."
Youshi laughed, "Mother, why did the Queen ask you to come to the palace again?"
If Nanny Wu, who came to pick her up, hadn't looked embarrassed, she would have worried that something had happened.
"Well, I talked about something about the Salesian Bureau."
Shen Ning led them in slowly, saying, "The Queen intends to release a group of people in advance and let them take over the Salesian Bureaus in various places."
“…I’m afraid the problem with the Salesian Bureau is not easy to deal with.”
Yuanchun hesitated for a moment and said, "Unless the emperor sends someone to follow us."
She had also stayed in the palace.
Although she had always lived in fear and had not made any friends, she knew how miserable the people there were.
It's not easy for the emperor to stop being in charge of things, Concubine Zhen has fallen, and there are no more issues of standing and infighting, so he can be more free. But now... If things go wrong, either he takes over the Charity Bureau or he might be sold out.
"Don't worry, there will be someone on the emperor's side."
Shen Ning didn't plan to say more. Anyway, in a few days, everyone who should know will know.
"How is Cheng Luo doing recently? Last time we got into trouble, I heard that he and your uncle found a lot of people."
“Isn’t this as it should be?”
Yuanchun didn't care.
Compared to their biological parents, they may care more about this place. "He is now going to Xifu with Brother Zhen to find his elder brother."
Yuanchun took Chen Ning's arm and said, "Auntie, I was scared to death when I heard that you were stabbed in Xuzhou."
She actually found out later than her elder sister-in-law, Youshi.
Cheng Luo, that bastard, was out and about every day, but he blocked all information from her.
"Look, I'm fine now, right?"
Shen Ning patted her hand, "Put your heart back in your stomach, I can still live a long life."
Next, she would watch her daughters grow up, watch them set up a poetry society, and she would serve as the supervisor of their poetry society.
This time, Wang Xifeng couldn't win over her.
She had plenty of money and let them have fun.
It may not even be limited to the Jia family.
“Puff~”
Yuanchun was sure that her aunt was really well and smiled on the spot, "Seeing you like this, I feel relieved. Oh, aunt, I was worried before that if our children fought, you would get angry and hurt yourself."
"…What body am I hurting?"
Shen Ning rolled her eyes at her, “You should consider whether your child will be beaten by me!”
"Haha! As long as you are willing!"
Yuanchun laughed.
She wouldn't care anyway.
“You don’t know, I was drinking tea with my sister-in-law today, and her stomach moved, and my stomach moved too.”
I feel like the two kids will play together more often in the future.
Add in the children of Xifu’s brother and sister-in-law, that makes three.
Yuanchun could imagine how noisy it would be when three kids of the same age and almost the same birth month were together.
"…Is your pulse okay?"
Shen Ning glanced at Youshi and asked Yuanchun.
She had a royal doctor at home, and You's pregnancy was always stable.
"Everything is fine."
Yuanchun nodded, "Auntie, since you guys have returned from Jiangnan, there is an extra doctor in the mansion. Why don't you give him to me?"
When the child was young, there was a family doctor, so she felt more at ease.
"Okay, I'll ask Cheng Luo to go there in person later."
There's nothing wrong with having an extra doctor at home.
As for doctors, you can't expect them to be on call 24 hours a day.
There are three in total in both houses, and they can take turns to rest.
But now that the Xinping Marquis’ Mansion wants it, there is no doubt about it, it is okay.
Shen Ning knew that because of their return, Doctor Li, who was later invited to the mansion, had intended to withdraw.
"Um!"
Yuanchun nodded vigorously, "Auntie, the emperor intends to let Cheng Luo go to the south to have a look. If he leaves, I won't be able to go home easily. When the time comes, you must come to the Xinping Marquis's Mansion to see me often."
To the south? Shen Ning paused for a moment, and immediately thought of Wang Ziteng and the army handed over by the Prince of Nan'an.
Cheng Luo...is indeed the best candidate to go there.
"Okay!"
Shen Ning agreed, “If I’m lazy, I’ll let your sisters go.”
Meeting the old lady of the Cheng family early will also be helpful for their future life.
On this day, Yuanchun stayed in Ningguo Mansion until very late.
When I woke up in the morning, I touched my side and found that Cheng Luo had already gone to court.
Jia Zhen also went to court.
Shen Ning could imagine how lively the court would be today.
She asked Jia Zhen to write down all the officials who spoke to the Japanese in Jiangnan, so that they could be investigated when there was a chance.
In short, if the Japanese officials cannot be killed, she also intends to let Jiao Da find them in the martial arts world.
"Madam, Manager Wu is waiting in the hall."
Qingping came to report.
"Have those manuscripts been sorted out?"
Shen Ning asked Qingzhu and Xiaodong.
"It's sorted."
The two maids nodded at the same time, and Xiaodong said, "Madam, I'll take it over right away."
"Tell Manager Wu to print as many as possible."
The popularity of The Legend of the Condor Heroes has not yet subsided, and I don’t know how many people are looking for Mr. Jin. This is the best time to launch The Return of the Condor Heroes.
Chen Ning said: "As usual, print it and put it in your grandmother's shop."
"yes!"
Xiaodong took the wrapped manuscript and hurried to the flower hall.
Here, Jia Zhen didn't come back until noon.
Looking at his appearance, Shen Ning felt that there was no need to bother Jiao Da.
really!
"Mother, Censor Xiang, who was invited by my aunt last time, is here today to debate with the scholars."
Jia Zhen finally saw what a fight between scholars was like.
You can also throw boots and punch.
Oh my!
He was particularly addicted.
"Those people always talk about the Celestial Empire, the land of gentlemen, and the previous dynasty... Xiang Yushi was furious and asked him if he missed the previous dynasty so much because he was dissatisfied with my Dazhao. The previous dynasty was destroyed because the ministers of gentlemen turned into villains. They were the ones who misled Emperor Sizong.
The emperor died for his country and left behind the words, "I have no face to see my ancestors in the underworld, so I took off my crown and covered my face with my hair." When the thieves were asked to dismember my corpse but not to harm any of the people, what were those ministers who thought they were gentlemen and moral rulers doing? ”
Censor Xiang is really tough.
He criticized those people to pieces.
In the end, he even took off his boots and had sex with the man.
Jia Zhen and some military officers went over to mediate the fight, but they also secretly helped a lot.
"In the end, he scolded two people until they fainted and three people cried."
Those who are scolded and cried are actually beaten by them.
Jia Zhen was eating his mother's meal while dancing with joy. "Finally, the emperor asked everyone to vote by raising their hands. Oh my, it was passed unanimously."
Shen Ning: “…”
She personally served him a bowl of soup.
Jia Zhen was very touched, "That's right, my son may not be so idle in the future."
"……what are you up to?"
"The Emperor has appointed his son as the deputy chief steward of the Dragon Guards."
A real position of the second rank.
Jia Zhen felt that he was not qualified for the position, but he could not refuse.
"Mother, what do you think the emperor likes about me?"
He has never done anything serious in his life.
Jia Zhen wanted to say, if you like me, can't I change?
"I actually want to be a first-class dragon guard."
The retired emperor rewarded many ministers with the titles of first- and second-class Dragon Guards. These were honorary positions, and they did not have to go to work but could still receive money.
"Look, would you like to speak up for your son?"
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