"The king announced that he would set up a revenue in Yingdu to support all the orphans in Hanbei County whose parents were absent? Even as long as the mother remarries, the child will be sent to an orphanage camp in Yingdu. ”

"The king commended those who married widows with children, and praised their kingdom for their excessive sorrows, and for sharing the sorrows of the great king."

"The king rewarded all the widows who had lost their husbands, but did not remarry, but raised their children alone, and praised them for their virtue."

Ye Xiu, a guest of Jingquemen who was stirring up the situation in Hanbei County in Wancheng, was taken aback when he got the news of the king from Deng County.

Originally, he thought that when the king and all the countries in the world encouraged widows to remarry, even if the king knew that someone was making trouble by marrying widows, he would grit his teeth in order to make the country more populous, or to restore the vitality of Hanbei County as soon as possible.

Or the king could not tolerate the malice in the kingdom, and forcibly intervened or even suppressed the behavior of taking a widow as a wife, and might even break up the married couple.

But he never imagined that the king would praise the nobles who had already married widows, and rewarded them for loving the house and raising their stepsons with all their hearts.

Then he rewarded the widows who raised their children alone, not only monthly and every year, but also for their virtue.

In this way, the three methods were deployed together, and Ye Xiu could basically predict what kind of situation Hanbei would be next.

Thinking about it, Ye Xiu immediately found out the information of Deng County.

When the widows of Deng County heard the king's commendation, they followed suit and decided to raise their children alone. Even, many widows who are willing to remarry do not dare to remarry blatantly in the praise of people.

And those who were ready to marry a widow in Deng County did not dare to marry rashly because of the king's praise of the widow, so as not to tarnish the other party's good name and disagree with the king's intentions. ”

"Moreover, those nobles who have already married wives and even stepsons have arrived at home, because it is difficult to calculate the title land of their stepson, so they all love their stepson even more, lest their reputation be damaged, so as to live up to the praise of the king."

"Now the people in Deng County have seen that the king has praised the widow for raising her children alone, and has rewarded them so that they can raise their children without having to remarry. The people said that even if they died in battle, they would not have to worry about their wives and children being unsustainable, because there would be a king to take care of their wives and children. ”

"Now, on the side of Deng County, the people's customs are upright, regardless of men, women and children, they have shown self-discipline, all of them are proud to stop the misconduct of others, Deng County has almost reached the point where the road is not left behind, and the door is not closed at night."

Seeing this, Ye Xiu couldn't help but sigh: "Great King Xianming, just by paying twenty-four stone flour, two pieces of meat, and a pot of wine every year, you can set things right, stop evil, and praise good deeds, so that Deng County, no, can make Hanbei County and even Chu State rule." Such a king, although he wants to compare with the ancient holy king, is not much worse.

The layout of Hanbei has been dissolved invisibly by the king, what else can I do if I continue to stay here? It's better to go to Yingdu to persuade Sima to be loyal to the king wholeheartedly, how can such a king be bullied by courtiers. ”

After that, Ye Xiu first suspended all operations in Hanbei County, and then directly packed up his things and went straight to Yingdu.

On the other side, Deng County, Xiong Huai asked Chen Zhen with a cold face, "Is it confirmed?" Marry a widow, then let the widow bear children for herself, then get rid of her stepson, and finally take the title of land. This news was the first to come out of Sima Jingque's doorman! ”

Chen Zhen nodded in confirmation: "The king will not be wrong in this matter, after repeated investigation by the ministers, it has been confirmed that it was not long ago that at a banquet where Sima deployed a wife, Sima sent a guest to participate in the banquet, and at the banquet, he revealed to the participating doctors of the state that this method of quickly obtaining the title land."

It was after this banquet that many of the doctors of Deng County began to discuss the marriage of themselves and their sons, and asked everywhere about the widow with their sons, and then as soon as they found out, they immediately sent matchmakers to inquire about them.

At the same time, Sima Menke appeared in all counties of Hanbei County, and soon after the appearance of these doormen, the practice of marrying a widow with a son spread in Hanbei County.

At the same time, Ye Gong, Sima's most important disciple, Ye Xiu, has been stranded to complete, constantly collecting information about Hanbei County. Moreover, from the intercepted information, the minister found that nine times out of ten, this information was about the marriage of nobles.

Therefore, the minister is sure that this crisis in Hanbei County was secretly instigated by Sima Jingque. ”

As he spoke, Chen Zhen immediately presented two rolls of bamboo slips: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the information intercepted by the minister, transmitted from Deng County and Fangcheng County to completion, and it also bears the label of Sima on it, which is evidence that Sima is the mastermind behind this time." ”

"Humph!" Xiong Huai snorted lightly, and then unfolded the bamboo slips presented by Chen Zhen to take a look, and after looking at them, he couldn't help but throw the bamboo slips on the table, and scolded angrily: "Damn, this vertical man, just for the sake of thousands of acres of land and thousands of households, he abandoned the widow and the community, he is really a child of the public office and a child of the Jing family."

Edict..."

As soon as the words came out, over there, Chen Zhen arched his hand and said, "The king wants to punish Sima Jingque." ”

Xiong Huai suppressed the anger of being interrupted, nodded and said: "Of course he is to be punished, if such an evil act is not punished, how can the widow serve the public?" ”

"Then I don't know what crime the king punished Sima?"

"Of course..." Saying that, Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, what crime did he use to punish him?

Say that he incited the nobles to do evil? This can't work, because he just rewarded those nobles who married wives, if he punished Jing Que because of it, then how should those nobles who were rewarded deal with themselves. The most important thing is that if the sinister intentions of the nobles are made public, it will definitely cause great turmoil in Hanbei County, so this crime is not acceptable.

But if it is said that he is guilty of taking a concubine, it is even more ridiculous.

What's more, on the eve of the change, he couldn't belittle an important minister like Sima because of some minor problems, lest the Jing clan break with him.

After thinking about it, Xiong Huai suddenly saw the bamboo slips on the table, and snorted coldly: "Pass the edict, pass these two bamboo slips to Sima, and say that the widow has already known his good intentions in taking concubines in Hanbei, and his feelings of worrying about the country and the people, the widow was very moved, so the widow decided to reward him with three pieces of pork, and hoped that he would make persistent efforts to continue to share the worries of the widow." ”

"The king is wise."