Chapter 1286: Carrying on the Past and Opening the Future (One Hundred and Seventy-Six) Member of Parliament

In Tonglufang, North City, there is a courtyard house that looks very ordinary. The owner is a lame man, and there are two children in the house, one big and one small. The big one is more than seven years old, and the small one is probably only four or five years old. What makes the neighbors a little strange is that the hostess of this family is not at home all year round. She comes back twice occasionally and rarely goes out. As a result, many neighbors have not seen the hostess of this family for several years.

It seems that the woman in this family is working hard outside, and the man is eating soft rice at home. Although it is very common for women to go out to work in Dahan now, those with a little status or some property do not want their women to go out and show their faces. Even those women in small and medium-sized families who have to go out to work are just to supplement the family income. The pillars of the family are still men.

Although this man is a cripple, there are still many rumors among the neighbors, and some even ridicule him to his face. However, this cripple seems to have a good temper. He laughs it off and stays at home with his children every day.

This cripple is not an ordinary person, but the village chief of the once famous No. 1 Village in the World, He Dayou, the councilor of Jishi County. His wife is even more remarkable. She is now the major general of the Han National Defense Army and commands 5,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen.

Guli has been leading troops to fight outside for many years, so someone has to take care of the family. After He Dayou arrived in Jicheng, he also served as the resident councilor of Jishi County in Jicheng. However, as a councilor of Jishi County, he must often run back and forth between Jishi County and Jicheng, and He Dayou naturally cannot do this. So at the beginning of this year, He Dayou completely resigned from this position and concentrated on being a housewife at home.

Of course, Gao Yuan would not treat this meritorious official unfairly. Although He Dayou was no longer a member of parliament, he still gave him the title of a councilor of the Great Council. He was just the kind of person who only took money but did not work.

The neighbors naturally did not know that their seemingly ordinary neighbor was also a well-known figure in the entire Han Kingdom. They could not imagine that this man with a limp and always smiling when he saw people was a Shelan who could see the current king of the Han Dynasty at any time. And every New Year and festival, the two guys who came to pay New Year's greetings in casual clothes were He Weiyuan, the guard commander of the current king of the Han Dynasty. The other one was He Weigao, who was now a major general in the Youth Guard Corps.

The He family had three generals, and each of them was a big man with real power. Even among the emerging families of the entire Han Kingdom, they were ranked first.

However, this family was too low-key. Even when Guli occasionally returned home, she was dressed in casual clothes to wash away the dust of the journey. Put on plain clothes and wash your hands and cook soup at home.

There are few guests in their house. In fact, He Dayou is a very hospitable and generous guy, but his wife Guli has a mysterious background. As for some political matters, he has heard and seen them since he was a child, so he naturally knows them very well. For example, the He family has now become a family of generals.

The most taboo thing is to have too many friends. Under Guli's warning, He Dayou now stays at home and rarely goes out.

However, this year. Zuo Jin You She found that this small courtyard, which has always been deserted, was actually crowded with people. Since the morning, guests have come to the door one after another, and as soon as you hear their accents, you know that they are all outsiders.

It is already mid-December. Jicheng had its first snow a day ago. Although the snow in the past two days is not as fierce and urgent as the previous snow, there is always a time of day when a burst of white snow will fall. The old snow has not melted, and the new snow has grown again, dyeing Jicheng white, but the roads in Jicheng are clean. The road that was just hardened with cement this year played its due role in this winter. The snow swept to the roadside was piled into snowmen by naughty children, which became another kind of beautiful scenery on both sides of the street.

The same is true in He Dayou's yard, but unlike the snowmen on the street, the snow in his home is piled into the shape of a majestic female general riding a warhorse to charge. This is the success of He Dayou leading his two sons for a day. Of course, the snow in the yard alone is not enough. He Dayou also went to the street to pick up two loads and brought them back.

After the guests entered the door, they always took a special look at the snow statue. They naturally knew who the snowman was.

These people are not ordinary people, but the great councilors from Jishi County.

Ever since the Grand Council system was fixed in the form of law in the Han Dynasty, after three years of fermentation, all counties have realized the importance of the Grand Council, and have spontaneously begun to set up local guild halls in Jicheng. They are usually used for business and mostly entertain locals who come to Jicheng. But in December, these guild halls will close their doors to visitors, because this month, the annual Grand Council of the Han Kingdom will be held, and the guild halls will only entertain members who come to Jicheng to attend the Grand Council. Although the grand councilors of each county come from all over the county and usually have conflicts, at this time, they must unite to fight for the interests of the county, and some of the usual conflicts must be put aside, so having such a place for everyone to meet and coordinate is a must. Of course, three years have passed, and many places have also learned to cooperate, and often members of parliament from several places will get together to discuss solutions because of a topic or a proposal.

The Great Han Kingdom has such a large territory and so many ethnic groups, so the economic development is naturally unbalanced. The output and economic sources of various places are also very different. So if the national policy leans towards a certain direction, it will naturally be of great benefit to these specific places. This time of year is always the busiest time in Jicheng, and it is also the time when there is the most news.

The news of parliamentarians quarreling and fighting will be the most talked-about topic in Jicheng at the end of the year. During this period, the Great Han Weekly, in addition to reporting on the new policies and bills agreed by the Great Parliament, also inserts these gossip news. Don't underestimate these inconspicuous things in the corners. These are precisely the reasons for the surge in sales of the Great Han Weekly. Too many ordinary people are not very interested in those policies and decrees, but these things like gossip can increase their purchase **.

There are more people who read in the Han Dynasty now. Children must be sent to local schools when they are of school age. If a family has a child who has reached the age but has not been sent to school, the school staff will come to urge them. If they do not follow the order, the government will come to their door. In the Han Dynasty, children do not need to pay tuition for schooling, and the government will even subsidize the children's meals in school. However, for some families, children aged seven or eight can already earn money. There are plenty of opportunities to make money in Jicheng, but after severely punishing several families who did not send their children to school, this phenomenon has basically disappeared.

With more people who can read, the Han Weekly has become more and more interesting. Even if the adults in the family are illiterate, they will buy a copy and let the children read it.

The sales of the Han Weekly in Jicheng alone now exceed 100,000 copies per issue. This is an astonishing number, because Jicheng now has only more than one million people, including the floating population, and one in ten people is literate, which is a miracle in this era.

This is also Gao Yuan's proudest achievement, even though the court has to pay a lot of money for it. But now, Gao Yuan can only provide free education for children. If he goes further, it will not work. Many children have to drop out of school after enlightenment and start their first step in life.

Of course, the councilors did not have the consciousness that they had added countless fun to the people of Jicheng. Every year at this time, the councilors from all over the country were full of energy and ready to fight for more benefits for the local area. Otherwise, the next year, it might not be him who came to Jicheng to fight.

But the councillors of Jishi County don't need to think too much about these things. If Jicheng is the political center of the entire Han Kingdom, then Jishi County is the economic center of the Han Dynasty. Jishi County is the birthplace of the Eastern Expedition Army. Almost all the military workshops of the Han Dynasty are concentrated there. A large number of businesses that affect the national economic trend originate there. The wealth of Jishi County is well known. Every year during the Grand Council, they don't have to fight for the state's subsidies and policy support. Instead, they become the object of scrambling for all places, because the councillors of Jishi County account for the largest proportion among all counties and states.

Jishi County has as many as 36 councillors.

The principle of the proportion of the councillors of the Han Kingdom is the contribution in the process of nation-building, the local population base, and the degree of economic development. No matter from which aspect, other places cannot compare with Jishi County.

If a proposal is supported by all the councillors of Jishi County, it is not just the number of votes, but also the support of the weight of Jishi County itself.

For the councillors of Jishi County, going to Jicheng is a process of enjoying the scenery. After these councillors arrived in Jicheng, in addition to their guild hall, there was another place for them to gather, which was He Dayou's home.

He Dayou was the first councillor of Jishi County and the most influential councillor in Jishi County so far. Although he has now withdrawn from this group, he is still a member that cannot be ignored by the people of Jishi County. After Jicheng, they can find out from He Dayou some of the attitudes of King Gaoyuan towards all the proposals this year and figure out the general direction of the court this year, so as to take the initiative in the subsequent bargaining with various places. Of course, when they get benefits for Jishi County, they will not displease the king because they support the wrong object. (To be continued...)