Chapter 912 Going to Jail
In this month.
Many local governors and officials were particularly resistant to the nationalization of private land and its subsequent distribution to civilians.
Veteran generals such as Wei Shuying and Zhou Yuqi led the troops to suppress the rebellion in various parts of the country, with considerable results.
The new scholars were also ecstatic. If they passed the exam, they could immediately take up their posts and make achievements!
This year's top scorer Zhang He, second place Li Ziqing, and third place Yuwen Yue entered the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel respectively, and were all promoted to the second rank.
As the fourth place winner, Tao Wenjun also entered the Ministry of Revenue and served as the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, a second-rank official, which was the same rank as the top scorer Zhang He.
Song Yunxian served as Langzhong of the Ministry of Personnel, a fifth-rank official.
Xie Ying was an eighth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue.
As for Xie Yunce, although he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, he was still very young, so he was arranged to be a supervisor in the Imperial College.
Finally, women were seen in the court, although there were only two of them, Tao Wenjun of the second rank and Song Yunxian of the fifth rank.
Xiao Yao was in a good mood, and the undercurrents of suppression by force inside and outside the capital were much less.
After the morning court session that day.
Xiao Chen went straight to the Ministry of Personnel, where he saw a young girl in official uniform, with sharp eyes and brows, sorting books and documents.
"His Royal Highness Prince Chen is here." Someone shouted.
Xie Ying raised her eyes and saw Xiao Chen looking at her tenderly. She looked around and saw that other adults were busy with their official duties.
And she had just arrived at this place, perhaps because of her engagement with His Royal Highness Prince Chen, or maybe because she came from the Duke's Mansion, she had a smooth journey after taking up the post.
However, she felt a little uncomfortable at first about a man and a woman working together, and it was Xiao Chen who comforted her, saying that both men and women were human beings, and it was just physical contact, not hugging or doing things between husband and wife.
From then on, she put aside those feelings of shame.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." She clasped her fists and saluted.
Xiao Chen smiled, "The Emperor said that there is no problem with the overall situation. Next, he wants the two of us to go out and parade in the city."
Xie Ying tilted his head. What do you mean by showing off?
"Come with me." As he said that, he pulled Xie Ying's hand.
Xie Ying looked at his actions. This was in a government office, why was he holding hands?
"That's how they parade themselves around."
Xie Ying: “…”
Would the emperor say such a thing?
After walking out of the office, Xie Ying took a deep breath. He had met many officials of all kinds along the way.
Although no one said anything, that look——
Maybe she was overthinking it.
No, he saw the carriage of Prince Yue's palace approaching, and the one driving it was Jian Jiu.
"Brother, Sister Ying—sister." Xiao Zhenzhen stuck her head out and waved at them. Even though she was outside, she still had to call her sister, "Come up quickly."
Xiao Chen nodded, got on the carriage, and turned back to lead Xie Ying.
Xie Ying: “…”
Xiao Zhenzhen has called her sister-in-law more than once. She blushed with shame. She had clearly said that she would break up with him after the autumn examination.
But it seems that this cannot be stopped.
Xie Ying had no choice but to put his hand in the young man's palm and step on the horse stool to gain leverage to get into the carriage.
The carriage of the Prince of Yue's palace is very spacious, and the furnishings inside are pink, which is very girly.
Zhou Yiqing cupped his hands, "Your Highness, Prince Chen, thank you, sir."
Xiao Chen returned the greeting, and Xie Ying did the same, "General Zhou."
Zhou Yiqing and Xiao Zhenzhen sat together naturally. Xiao Chen also pulled Xie Ying over to sit with him, and then said to her, "Lift up the curtain of the carriage."
"what?"
Before Xie Ying could react, Zhou Yiqing had already opened the curtain on the other side of the carriage. This move was undoubtedly to let those people see, let everyone see...
Xie Ying understood.
It is inevitable for women to go to school, enter the government, do business, and show their faces in public. If we still think the same way as before, it will be difficult to promote conservative ideas such as men and women sitting at different tables.
She also heard from Tao Wenjun that in order to allow women to go out of the houses, the Cangyun Kingdom has strengthened security in various places to ensure the safety of men and women traveling.
Nowadays, the salaries of government offices, police officers, and constables in various places have more than doubled, just to make Cang Yun Kingdom a prosperous country where people do not pick up things on the streets and do not lock their doors at night.
Among this batch of successful candidates, more than ten were selected to go to the Sinong Temple to concentrate on the study of crops to ensure that the people of Cangyun Kingdom could have enough food and clothing.
"Isn't it inappropriate for us to go out for a stroll in our official robes?" Xie Ying asked.
Xiao Zhenzhen said, "If we take off our official robes, the people might not even recognize us.
This is what the Imperial Sister meant. At worst, the Imperial Sister will issue an imperial decree to reprimand us and tell us not to wear official uniforms and parade around in the streets anymore."
Xie Ying finally understood it completely now.
After arriving at Chang'an Avenue.
Xiao Chen said to Xiao Zhenzhen: "What do you want to buy?"
Xiao Zhenzhen frowned, "No." She looked at Zhou Yiqing.
Zhou Yiqing said: "I would like to buy you some jewelry or something like that. We don't seem to have any tokens of love."
"Okay," Xiao Zhenzhen agreed, "We have time now, let's go now."
Xiao Chen said: "Meet up here in an hour."
"Brother, you won't come with us?"
"No, since we want to show off, more people can see it." After saying this, Xiao Chen found it funny.
After Xiao Zhenzhen and Zhou Yiqing got off the carriage hand in hand, many people knelt down one after another, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Yue, General Zhou."
"Stand up, you don't have to kneel anymore!" Xiao Zhenzhen said, taking Zhou Yiqing's hand and leaving.
Only after they left did Xiao Chen and Xie Ying get off the carriage.
In the distance, Xie Zheng and Luo Feng were holding swords and waiting for instructions.
Xiao Chen waved his hand, and the two of them bowed and went to find a place to drink tea.
At this moment, his gaze had already left Xiao Zhenzhen, who was holding hands with Zhou Yiqing, and fell on her and Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen took her hand and said with a smile, "My fiancée, we are in love freely and we understand each other."
Passerby: "..."
They didn't ask either.
This man with dragon-like appearance and phoenix-like appearance, and wearing an official uniform with a four-clawed dragon pattern, who else could it be but His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen?
Just as they were about to kneel down, Xiao Chen said, "No need to kneel down."
After a pause, Xiao Chen said, "The Emperor has ordered that the marriage of men and women is no longer determined by the orders of their parents or the words of a matchmaker, but by the mutual understanding of young men and women and the blessing of their parents. Only in this way can the relationship between the in-laws be more solid."
"I heard Lord Xie say earlier that if a family forces a man to marry a woman, or a woman to marry a man, the marriage will be annulled, and the parents and elders of the one who forced the marriage will be sent to jail."
“Yes, we heard about it, but it had not been implemented at that time.”
"Of course not. Just half a month ago, our neighbor forced his daughter to be married off as a concubine. The parents were thrown into jail, the betrothal gifts were confiscated, the family of the forced marriage was also raided, the main culprit was exiled to Lingnan, and the rest of the wife, sons and daughters were all taken to a reformatory, saying that they were to learn basic human rights and new ideas."
Listening to this, Xiao Chen smiled and said, "That's right. First of all, everyone should treat themselves as human beings, not animals that can be easily controlled by others."
Some people laughed and said that the pigs were being driven for breeding.