Chapter 427: Abandoned Wife Like Jin Extra II
In the third year of Jinghe, the new emperor has been implementing a new policy for more than two years.
Although the resistance is not small, but the new emperor’s strong wrist, Zhao Chang and other reformers, thunder and wind, has achieved remarkable results, the national strength greatly increased, opposition gradually less.
In June, the Duke of Qi’s residence was blessed with three joys.
First, the head of the family, Duke Qi, was promoted to the position of Minister of War.
The second joy, Xie Mingcheng was promoted to Tiger Guard Battalion Commander.
One is the most **** member of the army, one is the commander of the army ****, the emperor really believes in the Xie family.
Thirdly, Han Guan was also appointed as Bachelor of Lecturing. This official position is the emperor tailor-made for Han Guan, regularly for the prince to explain about agriculture, industry and business management learning, the emperor needs to also explain for the emperor.
A bachelor of the fourth rank was not a high rank, but he was a close minister to the Emperor and the Crown Prince, who called him “Mr.”. Even second- and third-ranked officials didn’t dare to lightly mess with Han Guan.
At the age of twenty-six, there were only a handful of fourth-ranked civil officials, not to mention only one woman, but also only a handful of men in the entire Da Liang dynasty. She doesn’t have to sit in the office, except for special circumstances, she only has to go to the office three or four days every ten days, which is more than the vacation time in her previous life.
The Xie family can be said to be full of flowers, and there is no other way to wind up.
The senior management of the Xie family discussed that the Xie family is too prosperous, and suggested that the old master resign from the post of the Imperial Master.
The senior members of the Xie family include Duke Xie, Second Master Xie, Xie Mingcheng, and Han Guan.
The old man has long been impatient to be what too much, very quickly agreed.
Xie Taifu on the folding request resignation of Taifu, the emperor allowed.
Without the official position, the old man even more self-indulgent, talk not door, do things without statute, often fight and make trouble.
He went to live in the Star and Moon Villa, Xie family only breathed a sigh of relief.
The old man has a bad temper, but does not bully the weak, and loves to beat up those officials and officials’ fathers who he is not used to, who mess with him, or who feel too good about themselves like he does.
When he was in the countryside, the villagers flattered him and the bullies avoided him, so he had no place to fight even if he wanted to. If you really have an itchy hand, you can go back to the capital to fight.
July 29, Xie family ushered in another happy event, Xie sixth son Xie Minglai married Han House second girl Han Ran.
In April of last year, Xie Minglai won a bachelor’s degree, although the ranking is backward, but it is the youngest bachelor’s degree in the past ten years in the Great Liang Dynasty.
He found a position as a doctor in the Imperial College, teaching arithmetic and music.
This was a position that Xie Minglai had fought for on his own, and the Xie family was looking for a judge at the Da Lisi.
The Xie family elders were unwilling for him to go to the State Scholarship, especially Third Master Xie, who was opposed to it. It was not easy for him to have a promising son of a scholar, and he did not want to be a promising official, but went to be a pedagogue.
Xie Minglai was very stubborn. He even found a convincing excuse.
“What’s wrong with teaching? If you’re a good doctor, you’ll be promoted to the rank of priest, and this is a noble official. The Xie family has powerful ministers, generals, and close ministers of the Son of Heaven, but it lacks an official who is loved by the readers …….”
His lofty ambition pleased the Xie family and they went along with him.
After this matter was finalized, Xie Minglai told the old lady that he had his eye on the second Han girl.
The old lady had already looked at several marriages, all of which were much more powerful than the Han family. But she liked Han Ran very much, and intuited that this marriage, if successful, would be better than Xie Minglai’s search for other high families.
Xie Minglai is not good at public affairs, does not know much about the world, and is too obsessed with music, with Han Guan and Xie Mingcheng full protection, in the future, no matter the officialdom or life is not bad.
The old lady discussed the matter with Duke Xie and the second master, and then asked Han Guan to find out more, and finally agreed to the marriage.
Third Master Xie disagreed. He couldn’t decide on his own son’s marriage, and he married the sister of Xie Wei’s daughter-in-law.
He didn’t like everyone in the big house and made a lot of noise, even beating up Xie Minglai.
The old man also beat Xie San Laozi severely, escorted to the countryside Xie Jiazhuang long stay.
Xie Minglai and Han Ran successfully married …….
Today, the beauty of the world, and with the respected sister-in-law, Xie Minglai is very happy.
For fear of the third master Xie making a scene, he was not allowed to come back to accept the newcomer’s kneeling, and the newcomer’s kneeling was the old master Xie and the old lady Xie.
One day at the beginning of August, Han Guan gave the crown prince a lecture out of the palace.
The early fall sun was so bright that people couldn’t open their eyes, so she took the “toadstool mirror” from her maid and put it on.
Women’s mirrors had become popular the previous year, and there were several styles, with toadstool mirrors being the most popular.
Han Guan didn’t go to the Ministry of Revenue today, so she took the car directly back to her house.
Just as she entered the courtyard, the maid curtsied and smiled, “Second grandmother, Steward Huang Qiang is here.”
Han Guan’s face was delighted and she quickened her pace.
At the end of July last year, Master Minghong returned to the capital, and he asked his junior disciple Xuan Pu to send Han Guan a single-barrel telescope, saying it was made in a country across the ocean.
Han Guan was overjoyed. She was worried about how to get a concave and convex mirror and telescope without appearing to be too much of a ‘genius’, when this thing arrived at her door.
She wanted the ‘Fox Fairy Lady’ to take away that telescope from Xie Mingcheng after the telescope was made.
When the King became the Emperor, he had his eyes on the entire Great Liang Dynasty, so Xie Mingcheng couldn’t possibly keep the telescope for a long time, and maybe one day the Emperor would ask him to offer it up.
Han Guan didn’t want such a good high-tech product to be returned to the national treasury.
In order not to appear too abrupt, the “Fox Fairy Lady” would also take back the perfume bottle that previously belonged to the First Empress Dowager and now belonged to Empress Wen, as well as the lipstick casing of the Qin Wangfu. The only things left in the space were the “Auspicious Cloud Silk Scarf” and Zhao Chang’s Xuan mirror.
Han Guan dismantled the single-tube telescope and studied it with several technical backbones of Qingtong Glass Factory. Under Han Guan’s guidance, the principle of “concave-convex mirror” was found out, and the glass factory started trial production in the first half of this year.
In the meantime, Han Guan went to the Temple several times to see Master Ming Shiwei, bringing Coca-Cola and vegetarian snacks, as well as several sets of monk’s clothes and shoes that she had made herself. The master accepted the things, but never saw her in person.
Han Guan will continue to see, she can not let go of that point of the two lives of family. Just look at it, do not recognize, do not scream ……
Han Guan came to the hall room, Huang Qiang came forward bowed and smiled, “big grandma, telescope out. I’ve made three, and I’ve brought them all.”
He was holding a brass binocular, a style designed by Han Guan.
Han Guan took it and walked to the courtyard to look around. Smiling, she said, “Very good.”
Although it wasn’t as good as the high-tech telescope she had brought from her previous life, it was still able to see far away, and it was more advanced, clearer, and more conducive to visual inspection than that monocular telescope, making it the most advanced telescope in the world at the moment.
Huang Qiang opened two more brocade boxes and laughed, “This is myopia glasses, this is presbyopia glasses, also built three pairs each.”
These pairs of eyeglass frames were all made of silver.
Han Guan had someone accompany Huang Qiang to the front yard for a drink, and she hurriedly finished her meal and took the three binoculars, two pairs of myopic glasses, and one pair of presbyopic glasses to the palace.
She kept two pairs of presbyopes to honor old Mrs. Xie and old Mrs. Han, and the myopic glasses for Xie Minglai, who was somewhat nearsighted.
This era had a big word, and there were fewer people who got myopia, but there were many presbyopic old people.
Han Guan went directly to the Taichi Hall, where the Emperor was discussing state affairs with several important ministers, including Zhao Chang and Duke Xie.
Hearing that Lord Han was seeking an audience, the Emperor immediately said, “Declare.”
Han Guan came in, bowed, and presented several treasures.
The Emperor and a few ministers were most interested in the telescope, and were overjoyed to see it.
The ministers again patted their asses in unison.
“With this divine weapon, my army of Da Liang will be invincible and invincible.”
“Your Majesty is so wise. You have so many talented people under your rule.”
“Your Majesty is blessed by Heaven’s favor, it’s a blessing for the people of Da Liang.”
The Emperor laughed aloud and left two binoculars for himself, giving one to the Ministry of War.
Then he said to Han Guan, “Minister Han, have the telescope method taught to the Ministry of Industry’s Manufacturing Bureau, so that the Qingtong Factory and the Manufacturing Bureau can work together to manufacture them. Telescopes are not allowed to be sold out at this time, and will only be supplied to the army and the canal transportation …….”
Han Guan agreed very painfully. Things like binoculars, she never thought of keeping them for herself, money is longer than life isn’t it.
Afterward, His Majesty left Duke Xie and Han Guan behind and dismissed the others.
Duke Xie and Han Guan looked at each other, knowing what the emperor was going to say.
The Emperor asked, “Minister Xie, Minister Han, what is the difference between this telescope and the telescope given by the Fox Fairy Lady?”
Han Guan said, “Your Majesty, the telescope bestowed by the Fox Fairy Maiden is much better looking, lighter, and much clearer than this telescope.”
The more usefulness in that telescope was known only to her, Xie Mingcheng, and the two tigers.
Duke Xie nodded in agreement.
His Majesty had seen that telescope a few times and knew only these few benefits.
Duke Xie added, ”I discussed with Mingcheng to offer the telescope when there is a war in the dynasty. Now that the Tongqing factory has gotten a telescope out, there is no waiting, as soon as Ming Cheng returns to his residence, he will offer that telescope to the court.”
Xie Mingcheng took his troops out for maneuvers and wanted to return home in two decades.
The Emperor refused, but Duke Xie insisted on presenting it. After some politeness between ruler and minister, the Emperor praised Xie’s family for their loyalty and love of the country, and laughed at Ne.
Five days after that, the Empress Dowager’s perfume bottle, Qin Wangfu’s lipstick shell, into the Duke of State House of the telescope disappeared one after another inexplicably.
The Emperor was heavy-faced when he heard about it, fearing that the “auspicious cloud silk scarf” that blessed the Great Liang Dynasty would also suddenly disappear.
He took the royal son and the important ministers to the altar of heaven to offer sacrifices, went to the temple of the immortal nuns to worship, praying for the fox fairy lady to leave the “auspicious clouds silk scarf” on earth to protect the blessing of the Great Liang Dynasty for thousands of years. ……
Xie Mingcheng came back at the end of August and had a few days of vacation.
After breakfast that day, he and Han Guan took the two tigers, Cuicui, Hongyu, and Panther to Star Moon Villa. They were going to secretly travel by car space and didn’t dare to bring Nuan Nuan. She was too small, afraid that she would speak out, and left Snowball and Big Ben and Big Brand behind to play with her.
This is the second time they went to Moon Lake, last summer went once.
The next morning, Xie Mingcheng dressed up as an ordinary person, personally drove the car with daughter-in-law and son and two foxes and a dog to the county to play a day, and then stayed at the inn for a night, tomorrow back to the manor.
The reason is that he wants to live the life of an ordinary person. With the powerful two foxes and a dog, there is no problem with safety.
Xie Ji and the others were reluctant and did not dare to disobey.
The family arrived at the inn, parked their horses, and went into the guest room to plug the door shut.
The time of departure was nine thirty in the morning.
Stopped by station at twelve o’clock. The last time I was here, it was the Yanmen county town in the parallel west province, Xie Ji and Xie Xiang’s hometown.
Since this was a trip, they had to play where they could.
Hearing that no one was nearby, Han Guan put Cuicui out.
Cuicui called out twice, indicating that no one was around, before the family came out.
This was a secluded grove.
After walking out of the woods and down a small path, they reached a street.
The family found a small noodle store and ate a bowl of noodles each.
After eating the noodles, buying a few buns, and taking in the scenery, the family made their way back to the woods.
Arriving outside Moon Lake, the time on the front of the car read six fifty-five.
Cuicui, Hongyu and Panther went out first, calling a few times to indicate that there was no enemy, Xie Mingcheng went down.
He took the binoculars to scout the surrounding area, there was no hostile situation before letting Han Guan’s three mothers go out again.
At this time, it was still afternoon dusk here.
Although the autumn wind is very big, but the sun is hot, add a small thin shoulder on the line.
The eastern sky is blue and far away, the western sky hangs a round of red sun, floating a few pieces of red color.
Moon Lake in early September, heavy ink, green grass all over the ground has been mostly yellow, only mixed with a little green. Tree leaves are also more yellow, in the wind spinning.
Moon Lake ripples, sunlight on the water, like jumping countless broken gold.
Further away, is the winding Kogi Desert.
Xie Mingcheng clasped his fists and bowed to the Kogi Desert, and the two tigers also bowed and bowed in honor of the heroes.
Afterward, Xie Mingcheng and Han Guan walked hand in hand around the lake, while the two tigers played with the two foxes and one dog in the grassland. When they ran away without noticing, Han Guan would call them back.
The slanting sun gradually fell into the horizon, and the stars in the sky held out a crescent moon.
Han Guan greeted
Han Guan said, “Boys, it’s time to go back.”
The two tigers were reluctant, “Father, Mother, let’s play a little longer.”
Xie Mingcheng said, “Come back next spring.”
He also took advantage of the opportunity to work in Liao Cheng and Jinling, South Vietnam and other places to put things in the space, and later have the opportunity to take his daughter-in-law and son to travel. It was mainly to take his daughter-in-law there, those places his son could go when he grew up, but it was unlikely that Han Guan would go there.
A few people stayed to look at the brilliant starry sky, the vast grassland, the moon lake under the starlight, the distant Kogi Desert, reluctantly into the space.