The most arrogant in history

Chapter 888 Is the change big?

The little girl nodded hurriedly and pointed to the old county government compound: "Queen, let's go this way."

Jiang Yourong nodded, called Liu Yuejuan and others, and went to the county government compound together.

The old county government compound is now a key cultural relic protection site.

There are high walls around it, and it is only open to the public on specific days.

However, Liu Yuejuan's boudoir was still not allowed to be entered by outsiders.

Liu Yuejuan also knew Qiaozhen, who was selling bean sprouts, and smiled at Jiang Yourong:

"My queen, since you and Qiaozhen get along so well, why haven't you arranged for Qiaozhen's family to go to Zhuo County over the years? Zhuo County is a big market, and selling bean sprouts must be more profitable."

"If I had arranged for Qiaozhen to go to Zhuo County, I wouldn't have asked her to sell bean sprouts."

Jiang Yourong smiled and sighed, "I have also thought about taking Qiaozhen's whole family to Zhuo County. But then I thought, if I take all my acquaintances to Zhuo County, wouldn't it be strange for me to come back and visit there?"

Liu Yuejuan smiled and said, "It turns out that my sister is thoughtful and left a few old friends in her hometown."

"It's hard to leave one's hometown, and Qiaozhen may not be willing to go to Zhuo County."

Chatting and laughing, they arrived in front of the old county government office.

Jiang Yourong ordered the little girl: "Quick, go and invite your grandmother over."

The little girl nodded and ran away.

Not long after, the little girl came running over, pulling a trembling white-haired old woman.

Jiang Yourong had already gone over to greet her and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Qiaozhen, go slowly, don't fall!"

"Queen, Your Majesty!"

The white-haired old woman knelt down, tears streaming down her face: "My Lady, you are finally back. I have missed you every day for more than ten years!"

The last time Jiang Yourong came to Pingye County was more than ten years ago.

"Sister-in-law, get up quickly!"

Jiang Yourong personally supported Qiaozhen: "The current Chinese Han Empire has long abolished the kneeling ceremony. We are sisters, how can I deal with you kneeling to me like this?"

Qiaozhen then stood up, wiped her tears and looked at Jiang Yourong: "Madam, I am old, but you are still the same, the mother of the country."

"Nonsense, I'm old too."

Jiang Yourong took Qiaozhen's hand and said, "Let's go, let's sit in the yard and chat."

Ye Kun just found some time and took Liu Yuejuan to see her old boudoir.

The old county government compound remains the same.

Not even a brick or a tile has changed.

The sea of ​​stones in the yard and the steps in front of the door are exactly the same.

Yuejuan stroked the pillar and recalled her childhood scenes, feeling happy and sad at the same time.

"Ms. Yuejuan, look at the blackboard over there..."

Ye Kun suddenly pulled Yuejuan and pointed at the blackboard on the side.

Yuejuan's eyes lit up and she smiled, "I remember this is the blackboard you made, along with the chalk, to teach my two younger brothers to read."

Ye Kun laughed and said, "Do you still remember the long and short sentences I wrote for you on the blackboard back then? You live at the head of the Yangtze River, I live at the tail of the Yangtze River, I miss you every day but I can't see you, let's drink the water of the Yangtze River together..."

"I don't have as good a memory as you do for things that happened hundreds of years ago."

Yuejuan blushed, rolled her eyes and whispered, "It's better not to talk about things when we were young, or people will laugh at you."

“I don’t think I’ll be laughed at.”

Ye Kun put his arm around Yue Juan's shoulders and said, "I feel very warm. With Miss Yue Juan accompanying me throughout my life, my life has not been lived in vain."

Yuejuan looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she threw herself into Ye Kun's arms: "Kunlang, you will always be my Kunlang for the rest of my life..."

Ye Kun's heart was filled with tenderness and he hugged Yuejuan even tighter.

In the front yard, Jiang Yourong was still drinking with Qiaozhen and they were very affectionate.

Ye Kun instructed his entourage: "At noon today, we will have lunch in the old county government compound. There is no need to waste food, just have enough to eat."

Yuejuan was very happy, rolled up her sleeves and said, "I will cook a few dishes myself today, please let the emperor taste them."

Ye Kun laughed: "Then I will have a great meal today."

"You say that as if I didn't cook for you before."

Liu Yuejuan rolled her eyes.

To be honest, Jiang Yourong, Liu Yuejuan and others often cook for themselves in the Zhuojun Palace.

She also worked as a female worker, or took the palace maids to make some cotton-padded clothes and battle robes to give to the soldiers stationed on the border.

Jiang Yourong was the most diligent. After all, she had opened up a vegetable garden of more than one acre in the palace. About half of the vegetables in Fengyi Palace were self-sufficient.

Soon, all the ingredients were delivered.

Yuejuan brought several of her personal maids to cook the soup herself.

Ye Kun also sent a few old eunuchs to help.

Why is it the old eunuch?

Because the eunuchs are old!

After Ye Kun unified the Nine Provinces, he, as the crown prince, issued an order banning the use of eunuchs throughout the country.

Ye Kun would not do such an inhumane thing.

The eunuchs in the palace today are still the legacy left by Xiahou Chang and Xiao Dequan.

Back then, Xiahou Chang had thousands of eunuchs, but they all scattered because of the war.

After Ye Kun unified the Nine Provinces, he recalled the eunuchs scattered among the people and asked them to serve in the palace, receive a salary, and have a plan for their old age.

But decades passed and no new eunuchs were added, and the original eunuchs had all grown old.

The youngest one is in his thirties.

Sang Buyi had previously suggested to Ye Kun that they should recruit some more young eunuchs to serve in the palace.

Ye Kun was very angry and said directly at the Nine Departments Conference:

"All men are created equal, and no one wants to be castrated. Castrating a person is an insult to him. Think about it, would you like your descendants to become eunuchs?

I abolished the kneeling ceremony, abolished slavery and slavery, and banned the human trafficking, all for the sake of achieving equality for all and allowing the people to live with dignity. If we restart the eunuch system now, wouldn’t that be a step backwards and a return to the past?”

Sang Buyi and others then admitted their mistakes, and from then on they dared not mention the matter again.

Therefore, after the old eunuchs died, the palace never added any young eunuchs.

There are still about three hundred eunuchs now.

In a few decades, the eunuch group will be eliminated.

The lunch was simple, but tasted delicious.

Apart from Qiaozhen's family, there were no outsiders.

Ye Kun was in a good mood. He called Qiaozhen's son and son-in-law and asked, "It has been more than 20 years since I left Pingye County. Do you think Pingye County has changed a lot in the past 20 years?"

Qiaozhen's son is already forty years old. He clasped his fists and smiled, "Your Majesty, I have been in Pingye County. I can say that a lot has changed. Life is getting better and better."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "What changes have taken place? Tell me in detail."

Qiaozhen's son thought for a moment and said:

"When I was a child, I often heard about people starving to death. But after the emperor came to Pingye County, there was no such thing anymore. Now, every family can have enough food and can eat meat regularly."

Ye Kun nodded and asked, "How do you feel about road travel?"