Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The prince took the people with him, and went south all the way out of the city.Not long after, Liang Jiu, who was running ahead, turned around and came back.

The prince raised his hand to stop him from dismounting.

"Tell me, how is it going?"

Liang Jiu was a little bit embarrassed, but he still replied neatly, "The five miles from here are all from one family. The ninth family His Highness mentioned has to go forward."

"Then you hurry up and lead people to run forward."

Liang Jiu led his men to run out for nearly ten miles, counting the divisions of the field, and kept asking the farmers who were trying to cultivate in the field. Finally, he turned his horse to the side of the official road, stopped, and asked Three fathers and sons plowing the field.

"Old man, this field belongs to your own family?"

The old man was only in his early forties. Seeing the vicissitudes of life on his face, he answered while holding the plow, "Ah? Yes."

Liang Jiu hurriedly said: "Okay, here it is." He sent someone back to report.

The three father and son, seeing the team of nearly a hundred people coming over on horseback, were very frightened and cowered, wishing they could curl up into a ball.

Liang Jiu hurriedly comforted him and said: "His Royal Highness is persuading the sage to farm today, and the officials behind him will also plow the fields like the prince. You are lucky, and today I have chosen your family's land."

The prince changed into coarse cloth clothes, and the accompanying guards got on from the car behind and moved down more than a dozen birch plows, lined up along the boundary of Liang Jiu Wenming.In a group of three, the two pull the plow in the front like trackers, and the one behind the plow will switch when they get tired.Those training civil servants who followed the prince saw that the prince was holding a thick rope and acting as an old ox pulling the plow in front, so they had to hold their noses and start working.

It turned out that the father and son who plowed the field were already dumbfounded by the behavior of these people.Liang Jiu sent the guards to disperse around, carefully guarding the place, and started chatting with the old man himself.

After a while, the old man's family was questioned.

When the prince turned around, he looked at the other groups of plows crooked, deep and shallow, and frowned.At this level, how to go down to become a magistrate?In an agricultural society, not to mention being a good player in the field, one must at least be able to achieve an average level.

The prince asked Liang Jiu to come over, and pointed out to Liang Jiu the difference in plowing the land.Liang Jiu groaned in his heart, my prince, these civil servants of the Imperial Academy are all Wenqu stars from the sky, how can they do such farm work? !

After all the people had walked back and forth, the prince gathered the people together and asked the old man to tell everyone the skills and requirements of plowing.These contents have already been taught during the training of civil servants.These people who can become Hanlin bachelors in the Imperial Academy, which one is singled out, not to mention that they have a photographic memory, after hearing it once, they can remember the general idea.Especially the crown prince, the crown prince, who was still watching from the sidelines, everyone nodded their heads and listened very carefully.

Then the crown prince ordered the men to do it all over again.This time, it looks like the plowing is very good.

The prince stood on the ground and asked the old man about the land tax, corvee, and harvest. Liang Jiu had already asked these questions once.When the old man answered again, it was much smoother.

When the prince asked about the population of the family and if he had heard of the maternity hospital, the old man became excited.

"His Royal Highness, the little old man's third grandson was born in a maternity hospital. Fortunately, he went there early, otherwise the birth at home would have killed both mother and child."

"Has the maternity hospital charged you any money?"

"No." The old man shook his head. "The money was confiscated. I gave it back to the little old man's grandson, two sets of small clothes, two urine rings, and a small quilt. They were all made of fine cloth. Later, the little old man's family learned the rules of the maternity hospital and sent them away. My two sons sent ten catties of millet, as well as a few loads of firewood and green vegetables. These are the only things in the family. It is a good thing to have one more grandson, alas, but one more head tax has to be paid. These years have been good , otherwise it will be difficult.”

After saying this, the old man quickly covered his mouth.

The prince smiled and comforted him gently.

"It's okay for you to tell the truth. In your village this year, have there been many newborns?"

The old man rubbed his hands and smiled cautiously: "I stopped, thanks to the sage who opened this maternity hospital. I heard from my old woman that all the women in the villages are called to go to the maternity hospital to learn. Then the daughter-in-law of the other family After having a child, Mrs. Wen will come to check on her according to the official rules. My eldest daughter-in-law was the one who told us to go to a maternity hospital in Beijing to give birth because Mrs. Wen said it was difficult to give birth after seeing it."

"Did you keep all the girls you gave birth to?"

The old man hesitated for a while, but still bit the bullet and said: "These years have been good, and everyone has raised them, but there will always be two bad years in ten years. If a girl born at that time arrives, It can only be said that it’s not the right time to come. Most likely they won’t stay.”

"Send it to someone, or send it to the Salesian Bureau, or drown it?"

"The times are bad, and no one wants a baby girl. Even the Salesian Bureau, it's not a good place to send them."

Prince Jia asked cautiously: "Why is it not a good place to send it?"

"I heard that girls who grow up in the Salesian Bureau will be sold to brothels when they grow up." The old man said it casually. As soon as he uttered the words, he immediately turned pale with fright and knelt down with a plop Come down, please spare your life, His Royal Highness.

"Liang Jiu, help him up."

Liang Jiu stretched out his hand and pulled the old man up, "You tell the truth, the crown prince won't blame you."

The old man looked at the prince's face, seeing that the prince didn't look like he was about to get angry, and said with a trembling voice: "The little old man also heard random rumors from others, saying that it was many years ago, the year when the Juma River flooded, The girl from someone’s family in the west came at the wrong time, and the family was reluctant to drown, so she was sent to the sales office. After a few years, she recovered and wanted to bring the child back. The sales office said the child had died. As a result, someone I went to the kiln and found the little girl of that family. The little girl had a red mole at the end of her eyes, she looked like her mother. Since then, if any family didn’t want to raise a girl, they would never send it to Salesian It's over."

The prince nodded, "Don't be afraid, this matter is written down alone, and Ying Tianfu and the Salesian Bureau will give an explanation to the people. Every doll is not only your own flesh and blood, but also the saint's subjects, They all belong to the imperial court. The female dolls who help in the maternity hospital are selected in the Salesian Bureau. The smarter ones will learn to be medical girls; Learn to cook and do chores, etc. The imperial court will not allow the Salesian Bureau to raise female dolls and sell them to kilns."

The old man nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Yes, yes, yes, the imperial court will not allow it."

Seeing the situation of the old man, the prince comforted him a few more words, and when he calmed down, he asked what kind of plants were going to be planted in the field, and whether there was enough to eat, etc.

The civil servant who went to plow the field again came back, and the crown prince ordered Liang Jiu to call people back to the city.The old man, his father and his son, knelt down to see off the prince and his party on the ridge of the field.The prince ran away with his people so far that the two sons could stand up to their father.

"Father, is that really the prince?"

"Silly, what good is he pretending to be the prince? Did he drink a sip of our water? This is the plow here..." The old man shook his head, "I have to plow again."

"Father, even if you plow again, it will be much better."

The father and son continued to work happily, talking excitedly about the prince they had just met while working.The more he said, the more outrageous he became. In a short while, the prince changed from a handsome young man to a legend like a god.And the prince brought people over to help them plow the land, which became a good thing compared to the pie falling from the sky.

Well, it's really a rare thing. After all, no one has seen the prince lead someone to plow the field, just like no one has ever seen a pie fall from the sky.

When the prince returned to the palace, he went to see the sage and reported to the sage what he had seen and heard today.Speaking of the fact that the young girl from the Salesian Bureau was rumored to be raised and sold to a kiln, the prince said: "Father, you must investigate this matter carefully, otherwise, not to mention that the reputation of the court will be affected." Yes, because of the rumors, those baby girls who were drowned by the people are also a great loss to the imperial court."

The prince's words stunned the saint, while Liang Jiu nodded in agreement.The sage understood what the prince said, and he was there to hear it.

"Call Mo Jiulai, and people from the Chuanxing Department and Dali Temple will come together."

The saint rubbed his fingers, thinking about what the prince said, if the girls from the Salesian Bureau were really sold to brothels after they were brought up, it would be a real embarrassment to the royal family.The Salesian Bureau was established when Tai/Zu was alive.If something like this really happened to the Salesian Bureau with a history of more than a hundred years, it would be a monstrous case when investigated.After all, the Ministry of Households allocates special funds every year to support the children of the Salesian Bureau.Those who take care of the children also receive the salary of the imperial court.Another point is that each of the Salesian Bureaus in Gyeonggi has a servant in charge, and such a thing can still be reported, so what about the Salesian Bureaus in the following counties?

Mo Jiu came very quickly, and he heard Liang Jiu tell him these things on the way.He was very grateful to Liang Jiu for making this trip in person, and bowed his hands to Liang Jiu, otherwise, if he heard about such a thing before the saint, he would get angry if he answered it correctly...

When Mo Jiu arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he knelt down and pleaded guilty to the saint before entering the door, saying that he had not strictly supervised the Salesian Bureau with internal servants, which led to such rumors.

Officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple heard about such a thing from the Salesian Bureau, and they immediately stated their position before they knew about it.

Suppressing his anger, the saint ordered Mo Jiu to cooperate with officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to investigate the matter immediately.

The crown prince quietly added on the side, "Father, if the girls who were sold into the brothel were not sold by their parents, then the owner of the brothel would have been accused of cooperating with kidnappers, illegally buying and selling people, and forcing girls into prostitution. Son The minister suggested to check the brothels in the capital, ask how those women went to the brothels, and then look at the deeds of sale of those women. First, the abducted women can get Mu Huangen out of the quagmire of the brothel. Second, they can follow the vine to catch Live in human traffickers."

After the prince finished throwing the thunder, the two stared at the saint with piercing eyes, waiting for the saint's answer.Mo Jiu, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple complained in their hearts, my prince, you are cheating people so much!