Chapter 157 Zhaoyang County Chronicle 18
"Zhaoyang County will definitely be peaceful during this period." Helian Yu stretched lazily, "Finish your homework as soon as possible, and then we will do something else."

"Your Highness, is this a serious matter?" Fang Zhengjin hesitated and had to ask.

Helian Yu asked back: "Am I a very improper person?"

Fang Zhengjin groaned: "Your Highness, can you tell me?"

"..."
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When they went ashore again, there was no sign of Mrs. Liang in the pavilion.

Helian Yu looked at the leader of the guards who followed him and asked, "When did Madam Liang leave?"

The chief of the guards was called Jia Hu, whose name sounded rough but whose appearance was exceptionally handsome.

"Your Highness, Madam Liang has been gone for 25 minutes. Before she left, she asked me to tell you that when you return to Beijing, you must visit the Liang Mansion."

"Got it." Helian Yu walked towards the carriage and said, "Let's go back home."

That night.

Journal update.

[Mrs. Liang is equal to Lady Tao.]
Zhaoyang County had been in turmoil recently, but now it is peaceful again, which is depressing.

Helian Yu held a book in his hand and spent his days counting the suns.

Yingyue and Caiyun reported the enrollment situation of the academy: "There are a total of 9,000 students of school age on the register, and a total of 876 teachers in the four academies in the southeast, northwest and northeast."

"Not bad, but there should be more than 9,000 people." Helian Yu held his chin and asked, "How many girls are recruited?"

"Eight hundred and twenty-one."

Helian Yu raised his eyes, anger in his eyes: "Find all the officials in the county and all the county magistrates under the county."

Yingyue and Caiyun lost no time in getting things done. They ordered a dozen fast horses and summoned all the officials, big and small, before dark.

County government green garden.

Inside the garden, officials of all ranks stood on both sides, staring at each other in silence, anxiously waiting for Helian Yu to speak.

However, Helian Yu, wearing palace clothes, sat on the carved and lacquered gold couch in the pavilion, slowly eating lychee stuffed crispy meatballs, ignoring the uneasy officials.

The atmosphere was stagnant and no one dared to breathe.

at last.

About one stick of incense.

Helian Yu handed the bowl to Yingyue, and Caiyun tidied her clothes before she stood up and walked slowly to the officials.

"Everyone, please report the number of registered residents in your respective areas, as well as the ratio of men to women." Helian Yu said in a lazy and majestic tone, pointing slowly at a young man who looked pretty good, "You go first."

"Your Highness, I am Zhang Yun, and my jurisdiction is Wufen County, which has a total population of 80,000 people, including 43,000 males and 37,000 females."

"good."

After hearing Helian Yu's compliment, Zhang Yun breathed a sigh of relief, with a hint of pride on his face.

"You Wufen County only sent fifty-seven girls to the school?" Helian Yu did not move. "Yingyue, am I right?"

Yingyue followed behind Helianyu: "Your Highness has a good memory, he is not wrong."

Chen Yun immediately understood that this person was here to pick a fight, not to praise him, and his face turned pale.

Helian Yu's sharp eyes seemed to be soaked with ink, and he pressed Chen Yun directly: "There are so few girls born in Wufen County in recent years, what crime should you, the county magistrate, be punished for?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me!" Chen Yun knelt down and knocked his head against the ground again and again. "Your Highness, please forgive me! It's not that there are not enough girls, it's that the people in the county are unwilling to send girls to school! There is nothing I can do! Your Highness, please forgive me!"

"No way?" Helian Yu turned around, her skirt, as gorgeous as a peony, rippled, making her look like a fiery phoenix. "Since you don't want to give it, then fine me. People's lives are not easy, so the fine should be less."

Helian Yu said lightly, "Only a fine of one hundred taels."

The officials were surprised. One hundred taels?

How could an ordinary farmer afford one hundred taels?

Helian Yu looked around at the county officials and said, "I want you to appoint another official, called the school official, to record the age and school age of the students. If there are parents who are alive and can take care of themselves, but do not send their children to school, they will be fined 100 taels of silver every year. If they only send boys but not girls, they will be fined 200 taels of silver every year. If they cannot pay the fine, the father will be sent to the army and the mother will be forced to do labor."

No one dared to object and just shouted "wise advice".

As for whether one is truly wise, everyone has a scale in his heart.

"I will give you ten days. After ten days, if there are still far fewer girls than boys in the school, you must bring your heads to me."

"I accept your order."

The beating of Cuiyuan Pavilion was a real blow to these county officials.

They suddenly realized something as if they had been enlightened.

The person in front of me is Princess Zhaoyang!
When he first returned to Beijing, he was favored by the imperial teacher and became his only disciple.

Princess Zhaoyang was also the first princess to have a real fiefdom, and her treatment was far better than that of the princes.

After Princess Zhaoyang came to Zhaoyang County, she confiscated the property of the fiefdom, built a school, accepted students, built an orphanage, and a female clinic. She did real good things for the people, providing both an income for the young men and a place for the elderly, women and children.

No one dared to underestimate her anymore, let alone look at her only as Princess Zhaoyang.

"Since you are here, let a few of you stay." Helian Yu walked lazily, but in a proper manner, and took a few steps back to distance himself from them. "Tell me if there are any corrupt officials among your colleagues. I will only give you a quarter of an hour. If no one speaks up, then forget it."

Everyone looked at each other, no one stepped forward, and they all waited in silence, waiting for this long quarter of an hour to pass.

A quarter of an hour passed smoothly.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Caiyun, escort the gentlemen out of the palace."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Caiyun and several maids led the adults out of the county government.

Helian Yu relaxed his shoulders, ran back to sit on the couch, and called out to the secret guards on duty: "Go to the mansions and jurisdictions of the major masters and take a look at their reputations and fame. If there are any that are particularly excessive and affect the normal lives of the people, come back and report."

The head of the secret guards moved to squat in front of Helian Yu, revealing only a pair of dog eyes that had no threat to him, and were extremely clean and loyal: "Your Highness, you must take good care of yourself when your subordinates are not here."

Helian Yu almost kicked him, and smiled faintly with curved lips: "He Cheng, I owe you thirty coins the last time I went out, right?"

The head of the secret guards blinked and said, "What are you talking about, Your Highness? How come I don't remember anything?"

Helian Yu wanted to kick him, but she had to get their orders first, so Helian Yu shook her feet and threatened with a smile: "Don't remember? Then I won't return it."

"Ahem..." The head of the secret guard gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

Helian Yu: "..."

It's just thirty cents, how come it looks like he robbed his wife?
"Caiyun, give He Cheng three taels of silver. The extra will be considered as interest I give him."

"How can I be so embarrassed!" The head of the secret guards looked pious, "Thank you very much, Your Highness!"

Helian Yu: "..."

There seems to be no normal person around her...

It’s another day of missing Master!
The days of May are moving towards June, and the days of June are progressing in an orderly manner.

Zhaoyang County was thriving, the people were doing their jobs, and they were smiling more than usual.

As June 20th approached, an unexpected yet seemingly reasonable good thing happened - the high-yield spring wheat could be harvested!