Chapter 871 Rest
Time passes, and it is time for the routine rest day again.
That morning, Sun Shaozong, holding his daughter, followed Xiangling with great interest as they inspected two courtyards that were about to be redecorated.
Women always seem to have an extraordinary interest in things like home design, especially women like Xiangling, who have a literary and artistic temperament.
Ever since the second day of the Chinese New Year, when the interior design of the two courtyards was handed over to her, Xiangling's petite body began to radiate amazing vitality.
I don't know how much time I spent on stream-of-consciousness sketches these days. I also asked someone to buy professional books such as "Wood Classics" and "Construction Methods", as if I was going to study them in depth.
Sun Shaozong still tactfully reminded her that he would marry Ping'er by the end of the year at the latest, and even if Xing Xiuyan came later, it would not be later than the beginning of next spring.
Besides, I just want to redecorate, not tear down and rebuild. I can just refer to some interior styles. There is no need to study civil engineering systematically.
Xiangling then adjusted the plan and prepared to imitate the Grand View Garden in the Rongguo Mansion and arrange it according to local conditions - of course, in terms of luxury, it certainly could not be compared with the Grand View Garden.
It's not that the Sun family can't afford to pay, because they seized a lot of spoils in Wuxi Prefecture. The remaining wealth in the Sun family's account is probably more generous than the Rong and Ning mansions combined.
But as the saying goes, 'what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth'. These two courtyards are too luxurious, but where does it put Ruan Rong, Ping'er and You Erjie?
However, I am afraid Xiangling may not be able to understand this truth.
It happened that Sun Shaozong was free today, so he accompanied her here for an on-site inspection and also helped her decide the major policies: it didn't matter how much money was spent, but at least on the surface, it couldn't exceed the original courtyard by much.
With Xiangling's easy-going personality, she naturally wouldn't care about these things.
After taking careful note of Sun Shaozong's instructions, she became excited again, taking charcoal sticks and booklets with her, and started drawing and writing in the room.
Sun Shaozong had no interest in decoration, so he just took his daughter to play nearby.
However……
The little girl seemed to prefer playing with her wet nurse, and was completely disgusted with her own father.
Finally, Sun Shaozong could only step aside in disappointment, wondering helplessly: Could it be that I have been waking her up with my beard recently and this girl has become resentful of me?
Touching the slight beard under his chin, Sun Shaozong was considering whether he should change the way of expressing his father's love in the future, when a maid came hurriedly and presented him with the latest issue of the court bulletin.
This was something Sun Shaozong had instructed a long time ago.
Because five days had passed since the "Popularizing the Law in the Countryside" memorial was submitted on October 2, but there had been no response from the cabinet or the emperor.
This is actually a common occurrence. After all, the more important the decision, the longer it will take to argue .
But after all, it was a matter concerning himself, and coupled with Li Wenshan's constant questioning, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but feel a little restless.
Later, I heard from others that before such policies were formally discussed, they might be announced in the court bulletin. Sun Shaozong specifically instructed yesterday that as soon as a new issue of the court bulletin was delivered to the mansion, it should be brought to him for his review immediately.
only……
He searched the official newspaper over and over again for a long time, but could not find any news about "Popularizing Law in the Countryside".
Instead, the full text of the letter to the Kingdom of Korea from the day before was published in this official bulletin.
Although Sun Shaozong speculation may have had some discrepancies in the details, some of it soon became facts.
On the fourth day of October, after repeated and thorough investigations, the court determined that Li Enxian's death was caused by poor internal management of the Korean delegation and had nothing to do with the Great Zhou.
But he died in the territory of the Great Zhou after all, and our Celestial Empire has always been a country of etiquette.
Therefore, after the cabinet's proposal, the court responded to Li Enxian's request during his lifetime and prepared to lead troops northward next year to clear the land "barrier" leading to Korea.
At that time, it would naturally be inevitable to urge Korea to raise troops to respond to the royal army.
Sun Shaozong was initially puzzled by this response. After all, given the court's current situation, it would be beyond its ability to mobilize troops, food and money to completely wipe out the Jurchens in Liaodong within two years.
If we launch such a hasty attack just to intimidate North Korea, aren't we afraid of losing the big picture over the small, and causing the entire northern border to be destroyed?
However, after he carefully read the full text of this publication, he found that it was all about "clearing the road" and there was no mention of the Liaodong Jurchens at all. Then he suddenly realized.
It turns out there is such a cool operation!
Although the imperial court does not have the ability to wipe out the Jurchens in Liaodong in one fell swoop, it is not difficult to send a group of soldiers to "open up" the road to Korea.
Especially now that the Japanese invasion in the southeast is coming to an end, we can then mobilize an appropriate number of elite troops and march towards Korea along the Bohai Bay, and then dispatch a fleet from Wang Ziteng's command to the north, which will be responsible for the supply of food and fodder along the way.
In short, there is still a lot of room for maneuver.
How to deal with it specifically depends on the attitude of the bigwigs in the DPRK and the changes in the situation in Liaodong and North Korea.
However, after studying the letter several times, Sun Shaozong was just about to see if there was any other news, but unexpectedly someone came to report that the prince had sent someone to ask for a meeting.
Sun Shaozong's heart trembled. While wondering if the prince had encountered any difficulties recently, he hurriedly greeted Xiangling and went to the front hall.
After asking carefully, he found out that the prince was planning to go to Wangjiang Tower for entertainment tonight and specially invited Sun Shaozong to go with him.
Although he had long known that the "famous actors" in opera circles of that time were not much worse than the popular young actors of later generations, Sun Shaozong obviously still underestimated Jiang Yuhan's influence.
Ever since the beginning of the month, Wangjiang Tower has been packed with people, no matter they are princes, nobles or wealthy businessmen, they all flock to it.
Not to mention maintaining this momentum, as long as they can maintain half of their current income in the future, their annual profit will be able to catch up with the official corruption business of the Sun family and Wang Xifeng!
Stop talking nonsense.
Hearing that the prince was going to Wangjiang Tower, Sun Shaozong hurriedly asked, "Would you like me to book Wangjiang Tower in advance to prevent anyone from accidentally bumping into His Highness?"
"That's not necessary."
The prince's servant lowered his posture in front of Sun Shaozong, bowed and smiled apologetically, "The prince wants to have fun with the people - but the queen and the prince will also be there, so you will have to take care of them."
The Crown Princess and the Prince are also going to Wangjiang Tower?
This is quite interesting. It seems that the prince is not simply interested in Wangjiang Tower, but is preparing to take the opportunity to enhance the presence of the "Crown Prince" according to his previous suggestion.
"Besides this, is there anything else that I need to pay attention to?"
"There shouldn't be anything else - Oh, by the way! The uncle of the emperor and the Prince of Beijing and his wife are also invited."
