The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Chapter 604: Reward for Shen Yuan

The imperial edict started all the way from the capital and when it arrived at Beichang Prefecture at full speed, all the officials of Beichang Prefecture were mobilized.

The imperial court has made a lot of big moves recently. The entire Huo family was executed, the entire Chen family was exiled, and there have been many changes in officials within the imperial court.

His Majesty took drastic measures to take advantage of this opportunity, eliminating several old ministers and vigorously supporting new people in a very high-profile manner.

The imperial edict arrived at this time, and everyone knew what was going on.

I'm afraid this is not to reward County Horse Shen Yuan.

The county horse has made the greatest contribution this time, but he has not been rewarded yet. In fact, the county horse is just a title of county horse, but he is still a commoner.

Everyone was waiting, but after waiting for a long time, the capital was in turmoil, but there was still no movement from the county magistrate.

In fact, everyone was speculating that the prince might bring the princess to the capital this time. With such great contributions and the fact that he was the majesty's cousin-in-law and a close confidant, there was no way he would be transferred to the capital to work.

Therefore, these days, many officials came to pay a visit to Shen Yuan.

Firstly, they wanted to establish good relations in advance, and secondly, the county lord was in Daliushu Village, and this identity was enough for them to use any excuse to visit him.

After many days of hustle and bustle, the imperial edict finally arrived.

Everyone was curious, and after hearing the news, they all followed the people from the palace to Daliushu Village.

Even the prefect came along.

The procession went all the way from the provincial capital to Daliushu Village, and more and more people gathered to watch, including officials of all ranks and even ordinary people.

Shen Yuan had long guessed that the imperial edict would arrive before the autumn harvest, so he had not left during these days.

It just so happened that his wife needed medical treatment, so he didn't even go to the workshop every day.

So when the imperial edict arrived this time, both of them were at home.

As for the huge crowd outside, he had expected it. After all, the main purpose of this event was to be high-profile.

It is just like His Majesty solemnly organizing the court in the capital.

He was not surprised, but Su Wanwan was extremely shocked. As expected, throughout history, there has never been anyone who doesn't like to watch the fun.

The people from Daliushu Village had already gathered around, and the one who announced the decree was a young eunuch.

The imperial edict was very simple. It praised Shen Yuan's great achievements, attributed the greatest credit for eliminating the rebels in the mine to Shen Yuan, and then conferred the title of "Sijin Duwei" on Shen Yuan.

When the imperial edict came out, even Prefect Lin was shocked.

The Sijin Duwei was under the jurisdiction of the Shaofujian, among the nine ministers, and was of the fifth rank, in charge of iron casting and mining.

Although he was only of the fifth rank, and the prefect was of the fourth rank, the fifth rank was more honorable than the fourth rank, as he was a direct descendant of the emperor and belonged to the capital.

However, the meaning of the imperial edict was to let Shen Yuan temporarily take over the affairs of the Daxin Mountains iron mine, and then return to Beijing to take up his post after stability was achieved here.

This is also human nature. After all, this iron mine was developed by the rebels not long ago. According to exploration, the iron mine in the Daxin Mountains is almost comparable to the production capacity of all other iron mines in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the reserves underneath are very rich.

It is the duty of the Duwei Mansion to take over the mining of such a large iron mine.

They had been waiting for someone from the imperial court to take over the affairs of the iron mine, but they did not expect that the person they were waiting for was the Duke of Xian, no, now it is the Chief Lieutenant.

The common people did not understand the titles of these officials, nor did they know what the Sijin Duwei did, but they understood that the iron mine would be handed over to the county horse for management in the future. And judging from the expressions of the prefect and several county magistrates, it seemed that the newly conferred title of county horse was of very high status.

The common people didn’t understand, but the officials, both big and small, did. They were shocked, yet also somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, I came with you, and fortunately, I visited you a few days ago.

"Congratulations, Sir, I am here to see you, Sir."

The magistrate of Fengning County was the first to speak, with a look of joy on his face, and others also congratulated him.

Shen Yuan had already received the imperial edict, with an expression of uncontrollable joy on his face.

He laughed a few times and said:

"Thank you all for coming. Since you are here, I invite you all to celebrate with me today. Please stay and have a few drinks!"

Shen Yuan waved his hand and immediately asked Shen Su and Lin Yi to go down and make arrangements.

There is no shortage of meat in the village now, as there are pig farms and chicken farms, but the delivery is too slow. If you go to the restaurant in town to order some food, it will be delivered quickly.

What's more, there is a lot of food at home, and there is braised meat in the old house. It is okay to invite these officials to have a meal first.

Shen Su was still a little confused. Brother Yuan had actually become a captain, and it seemed that he was a higher official than those people!

He did not dare to delay and went down immediately to make arrangements, and also took a look at the number of people.

Apart from the common people who followed from outside, it was also easy to tell who were the people from the imperial court.

There were about a dozen officials, and eight guards and eunuchs from the capital.

OK! At least three tables!

Su Wanwan also took out the copper coins she had prepared long ago and scattered them at the door.

"Thank you all for coming today. We are all very happy. Thank you all. If you have nothing else to do, please go back first. The Japanese princess and the commander will host a banquet for you all."

A basket of copper coins was thrown out.

Everyone who sees it gets a share and everyone is rushing to get it.

"This is really a lucky copper coin. I will string them together when I get home and let my grandson wear them. I hope he will be more successful in the future."

"Yes, yes, yes, this cannot be spent. I have a nephew who is studying at home. If I put it on him, he might even pass the imperial examination and become a scholar."

"Haha, I'll put it on my child too. It was given by the commander and the princess to bless the child with intelligence."

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Everyone was beaming with joy, as if what they were fighting for was not coins but blessings.

In the crowd, Shen Songqing's eyes were filled with tears, and he pulled the old woman away.

"Let's go back and burn some incense for our ancestors."

Zhang Cuihua was pulled by him, and her face, which was stiff from laughing too much, was also pulled.

"Why are you in such a hurry? I just grabbed two copper coins. Let me grab two more and give one to each of the children."

Oh, Shen Yuan actually became a high-ranking official, she was so happy.

She felt that those people were right. If the children were given the wedding money, they would definitely have a bright future.

"What are you trying to grab? Just ask your niece's wife to give you some tomorrow. They are going to invite those officials to dinner. You should go back and prepare some dishes. Bring some braised meat from home. Quickly, ask the eldest and second wives to go back. It's getting late..."

Shen Songqing was talking while holding Zhang Cuihua's hand, and the two of them had already walked a long way.

"Ah, look at me, I am only concerned about grabbing copper coins for the celebration. The old man is more thoughtful. Yes, yes, yes, I will go back and prepare the dishes. There are not only young and old people here, but also officials of our Beichang Prefecture. We cannot neglect them..."

The old couple walked away as they talked.

The crowd at the door grabbed the copper coins and left reluctantly.

Su Wanwan went to a nearby house to borrow some tables and chairs and had them carried to the yard.

Shen Yuan didn't care about the simple living conditions of his home and asked everyone to sit down.