The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 566: Sister Feng is thinking about it, and Yucun enters the capital (two-in-one)

Sister Feng originally wanted to match Baochai with Chen Zhao, but if the two got married, then Sister Feng would gain the favor of the Chen family, and the business would grow even bigger.

It's a pity that by mistake, the Lin family had already taken the lead, and as a result, sister Daiyu and Chen Zhao got engaged.

Let Sister Feng's full calculation come to nothing.

Seeing Li Wan begging at this moment made Sister Feng feel different.

The symbol of this widow's birth is her exquisite figure, and she is a chaste and strong woman who pays tribute to Buddha and recites scriptures every day.

If it leads to a dewy marriage...

A 30-year-old mature woman is paired with a [-]-year-old wolf dog. Don't both of them have to thank her?

Of course, the thought was only fleeting.

Facing Li Wan's request, Sister Feng naturally agreed wholeheartedly.

……

Chen Zhao returned to the mansion, tidied up neatly under Qingwen's service, and asked casually, "What is Xiangling doing?"

Qingwen pursed her lips and smiled: "Master, let's go to the West Wing to have a look. Aunt Xiangling is in a daze. She is reading a collection of poems."

Confused?

Went to the West Wing, wanting to see what Xiangling was doing.

But when he entered the west chamber, he heard a voice like glutinous rice whispering: "Last night, the rain was dredging and the wind was violent, and the sleep was so deep that the residual wine could not be quenched."

Chen Zhao didn't think it was secretly funny.

It turned out that Xiangling was envious of people talking about poetry, and yearned for it. After coming to Chen's residence, because of her status, she was relatively free, so she followed Chen Zhao to read, read, and learn some poems and songs.

I didn't expect to learn a whole body of literary youth.

Chen Zhao laughed, pushed the door open, and said with a smile, "The poems of Lay Yi An should be easy to read."

"ah!"

Seeing that it was him who came in, Xiangling jumped up hastily, and put the collection of poems back carefully, then blushed and said: "I'm just playing around for fun, and the master will laugh at me."

"How can reading poetry and books be regarded as a random pastime?" Chen Zhao smiled slightly.

"I'm a bit stupid. I can't even recognize the words now, and I can only read a few sentences." Xiangling lowered her head and whispered.

"What are you afraid of? You are only so young and so smart. If you study something seriously, you will understand it." Chen Zhao's tone became flat, and he said slowly: "The news from Jin Yiwei has come, and the news from your family is a little bit more serious. , Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, will go to Beijing in a few days, and the news of your parents will be clear soon."

"Master!" Xiangling couldn't help being surprised and delighted, so that night Chen Zhao stayed in the West Wing Room and played it thoroughly. Qingwen and others in the study room were tossing and turning sleeplessly...

On the second day, we went to Dali Temple, and Chen Zhao read the imperial court newspapers during this period.

There is no peace during this period of time in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Miao Man rebellion on the Hunan-Guizhou border not only looted the people all the way, but even killed the local court officials!
Chen Zhao got the news from Jin Yiwei that there were hands and feet of the big and small Jinchuan chieftains on the Sichuan-Shu Plateau.

These chieftains can work together to toss!

You know, the war is raging in the northwest, and although the northeast is quiet, it is also heavily guarded by troops. In the south, the countries of Anise and Laos are ready to move, and the troops are mobilized on Thursday, and the money in the treasury is pouring out like water.

So at this time, the Xianggui Miaoman rebellion, which has a deep connection with the big and small Jinchuan, is enough to cause headaches for the highest decision-making system of the Great Zhou.

This is really a leak in the house and it rains all night!

The imperial court has just stationed heavy troops in the area of ​​Sichuan, Shu, Yunnan and Guizhou, targeting the chieftains hiding in the high mountains. Why is there a rebellion in Hunan and Guizhou?
At the beginning of the fall of the former Ming Dynasty and the invasion of the Aixinjueluo tribe, the Central Plains were devastated. After the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a high-pressure policy was adopted against these barbarians.

The Taishanghuang went to Jiangnan six times, three times to suppress the Shanyue rebellion in the south.

However, at that time the state of Great Zhou was powerful, and there was nothing to look at in the direction of soldiers. Although the barbarians in the territory were discriminated against, they could only bear it obediently.

Now the state of Great Zhou is still powerful, but its military strength has been greatly affected.

The Eros Empire in the northwest, the grassland tribes in the north, several Jurchen barbarians in the northeast, and the kingdoms of Anise, Laos, and Siam on the Yunnan-Guizhou border all had military confrontations with Zhou.There are heavy troops fighting against each other in these places.

In addition, the capital is the residence of the emperor and the imperial court, so 20 troops were naturally deployed.

In order to prevent the three major battalions of the Ming army from degenerating like that, the defenders of the capital kept rotating with the border troops.

During this rotation, the emperor had to gather the morale of the army.

Therefore, the military pressure on various places is much smaller, so it is not surprising that the barbarians are secretly ready to move.

It's just that the timing of these barbarians' rebellion was a bit of a coincidence!
If the rebellion can be put down as soon as possible, it will be fine; if it drags on for a long time, or simply spreads, it will definitely affect the garrisons in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, and the Jinchuan and Jinchuan on the Sichuan-Sichuan Plateau will become riotous!
It really was an eventful year!
In fact, even if the Hunan-Gui Miao barbarians make a big fuss, it will only cause chaos in one house, not a large-scale disturbance.

But because it contained the hands and feet of Jinchuan Chieftain and Jinchuan Chieftain, it became a big deal.

Emperor Xiaode was also very talented, and now that his position has gradually become extremely secure, he will naturally not sit back and watch Miao Man run rampant.

So once he frees his hands, he will definitely send troops to suppress the rebellion.

It's just that at the moment, it seems that the only way to send troops from Beijing is to go there.

Moreover, the firearms battalion of the Central Beijing Army is no good, after all, firearms cannot move freely in the deep mountains and old forests.

Therefore, it is necessary to allocate part of the soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp or the city defense camp.

After all, most of the soldiers and horses in the southwest are now deployed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Sichuan. If they are sent to Huguang to suppress the rebellion at this time, it is very likely that the southern border countries and the big and small Jinchuan will take advantage of it.

And the soldiers and horses in the southeast are all focused on confronting the red-haired barbarians who came north from Nanyang. There are countless people from Franchi, England, and the Netherlands, but they don't have the strength to dispatch them to Hunan and Guizhou to suppress the rebellion.

Not to mention the northern side, the imperial court would never transfer the frontier troops to the south unless it was absolutely necessary.

Therefore, the only ones who have spare energy to go to Huguang to suppress the rebellion are naturally only the people in Beijing.

However, Emperor Xiaode may not dare to easily mobilize enough people to go south.

After all, the Supreme Emperor is still very healthy, and the five troops in the Beijing camp need to be cleaned up from top to bottom.

As for the emperor's cronies, such as Yang Feng, Qiu Zhongshan and others, they must not leave the capital easily.

Otherwise, those who are interested will definitely take advantage of the situation.

After all, it took less than two years for the emperor to gain a foothold.The great emperor's reputation is still spread among hundreds of officials and people.

So what will the cabinet elders think?

Civil officials don't like military generals to do meritorious service, so they may take this opportunity to propose recruitment.

Even if they clearly know that recruiting security is a matter of drinking poison to quench thirst.

If the conditions are poor, Miaoman may not agree; if the conditions are good, it may give Jinchuan the size and size who have been eyeing him the illusion of a "golden belt for murder and arson".

If you handle this by yourself...

Needless to say, of course he led an army of 20 troops to the south to patrol Jinling, took the opportunity to clean up the local tyrants and evil gentry in that area, and used the collected money to build elite soldiers and wipe out the country.

When he returns to the capital, he will have a very high prestige. Even if the Supreme Emperor is talented, no matter how famous he is, he will obediently go to Longshou Palace to retire.

He doesn't want to be decent, and he has loyal ministers to help him be decent.

Chen Zhao took this report and worried the emperor, then the elder, and finally the Governor of the Fifth Army. It was a waste of time.

After dealing with some official business, Jin Yiwei Zhao Hande came.

"The next official sees your lord." As soon as he came up, Zhao Hande bowed his hands and saluted.He and Sun Liancheng were the first to join the ranks, and now both have been promoted to a higher rank, and have become the Zhen Fu envoys of the fourth rank.

"What's the matter, just arrange for the people below to talk about it and wake up, why do you come." Chen Zhao said.

"I haven't seen your lord for a few days, and I want to come to see you." Zhao Hande praised a few words, and then reported: "Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, came to Beijing to report on his duties, and just handed in a sign requesting an audience."

"Oh, Jia Yucun?" Chen Zhao smiled slightly: "Then you can do me a favor and ask him to go to the second floor of Dongshun Restaurant at noon, and I will wait for him there."

Dongshun Restaurant is not far from the imperial city.

Of course, this is not far, but also in relative terms.

After all, there is Suzaku Street outside the gate of the palace, who would dare to do business on Paradise Street?

Not to mention doing business, officials, big and small, dare not even ride a horse on Zhuque Street without their will.

That is to say, important officials of the imperial court, officials above Jiuqing can take sedan chairs to the palace gate.The rest of the officials who are not enough can only walk.

Therefore, it is a long way to go from the palace gate to Dongshun restaurant.

Jia Yucun has served as the prefect of Jinling for more than a year. He came to Beijing to report on his duties.

The man of the hour in Beijing today is not the governor of Shuntian, nor some prince or general, but his former student, Chen Zhao, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple who has the reputation of "Tiger of the Street".

He was originally from a scholarly family, but in order to help his uncle open up the situation, he took up military duties as a human being, and finally became an acquaintance of Jin Yiwei, maintaining the law and order in the capital.

Immediately afterwards, he made a magnificent turn, passed the Jinshi examination, became Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and became the highest position awarded since the birth of the imperial examination system.

It is legendary, story-like, and so limelight.

As a serious scholar, the civil servants certainly appreciated him.

And he rectified Jin Yiwei, Wu Xun also thought he did a good job.

As for the Son of Heaven, of course he prefers his lucky boy.

But this young man was still a student he had taught back then.

When he was in Yangzhou, although this student was like a wolf, he was just a patrol inspector of the Yanzheng Yamen. Jia Yucun once lamented that he was willing to degenerate and cut off his chances of taking the scientific examination.

Unexpectedly, in just over a year, he has become a high-ranking official in the court, and he is far above him in terms of future and power.

As for why this student wants to see me.This Jia Yucun didn't think much about it.

Maybe it's to meet the old teacher, have a chat, and make a good relationship.

After all, Jia Yucun has done very well in the position of the prefect of Jinling, and the performance evaluation of the Ministry of Officials is listed as excellent. If he has this evaluation for three consecutive years, he may be transferred to the capital after some activities.

When the time comes, it will be inevitable for the two of them to deal with each other. When the time comes, they can help each other and gain a firm foothold, right?

Jia Yucun thought about all this, so he followed Zhao Hande to Dongshun Restaurant and entered a private room.

"Students pay homage to the teacher, and I haven't seen the teacher for two years. I really miss it."

Chen Zhao laughed loudly, stood up and bowed his hands in salute.

The back is straight.

This is also what it should mean.

"Don't dare, now that Mr. Chen is so successful, every time the subordinate officials hear the news, they are very moved."

Jia Yucun didn't dare to hold it in front of him, so he handed it over.

He had the chance to be the magistrate of Jinling because of Lin Ruhai's letter of recommendation and his affiliation with the Rongguo Mansion.

So Chen Zhao's uncle was his benefactor.

Even if she had been the tutor of Chen Zhao and Daiyu, that was nothing.

So facing Chen Zhao's politeness, Jia Yucun was even more polite.

After a lot of evasion, the two finally decided to call each other by their official titles.

"Master Chen invited me over this time, do you have any advice?"

After chatting idlely for a long time, Jia Yucun finally couldn't hold back his doubts and asked.

Chen Zhao didn't speak, but pushed the cut tea in front of Jia Yucun, and said with a smile, "Student remember, my teacher's wife was born in a poor family, and she used to be a servant girl of Zhen Shiyin's family, a branch of the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River. Is that right?"

Jia Yucun felt strange, but didn't think too much, and nodded involuntarily.

Whether it is Jinyiwei or Dali Temple, wouldn't it be easy to check a person's details?
It's just for no reason, why do you, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, pay attention to Jiao Xing (Jia Yucun's wife)?
Chen Zhao continued: "I remember that this Zhen Shiyin was stern and innocent, with a calm temperament. He was from a prominent family in Gusu. His wife, Feng, had a virtuous temperament and a deep understanding of etiquette and justice."The couple, now fifty years old, have no children but one daughter, whose nickname is Yinglian.But when I was four years old, I was abducted by someone and there has been no news since. Am I right? "

Jia Yucun's heart was shocked, but it didn't show on his face.

But vaguely felt something was wrong.

While thinking about how to answer, Chen Zhao went on to say: This Zhen Yinglian's eyebrows had a bit of rouge the size of a grain of rice.Born with pink makeup and jade carvings, it is gratifying to be obedient.Prefect Jia should remember this, right?Even if you don't remember, the teacher's wife should remember, right? "

"me……"

In an instant, Jia Yucun was sweating profusely.

As smart as he is, how can he not know what Chen Zhao will say next?
But Chen Zhao didn't seem to see Jia Yucun's expression, and continued: "Prefect Jia must know that the capital is severely cracked down. Xue Pan from the Xue family in Jinling was once sent to a labor camp outside the city for two months. After he came out, his temperament changed drastically and he knew how to correct himself. The new truth came to light, so he sent a maid named Xiangling from his family to the Chen Mansion to be my concubine. I also taught her poetry for a few days. Origin!"

"Pfft!"

Having said that, Jia Yucun still couldn't understand anything, so his legs became weak, he fell off the seat, and fell to his knees on the ground.

"Lord Chen, I'm an official... I'm an official... I was stupid at the beginning, I was deceived by lard, and I didn't handle the case fairly, which caused the benefactor's daughter to perish. I have committed a serious crime, a serious crime."

Jia Yucun kowtowed repeatedly and kept shouting.

At the same time tears could not stop streaming down.

Proper super acting.

I have to say that the officials are all smart people, and their acting skills are much better than those who play basketball or football. Tears flowed in a flash, which is really impossible for ordinary people.

Although this little thing that Chen Zhao knew was nothing, it had a huge impact on his official reputation.

The prefect of Jinling turned a blind eye to the downfall of the benefactor's daughter, his heart was like a snake and a scorpion.

Typical white-eyed wolf.

Who would dare to get close to such an official?

Once the news got out, not only would Jia Yucun be unable to become an official, but he might not have the foundation of his existence among the scholars.

Chen Zhao smiled lightly.

She didn't move her body, but she said in her mouth: "What is Zhifu Jia doing? If this poor girl can find her parents with the help of the prefect, wouldn't it be a good thing? Does Zhifu Jia know the story of mending a prison after a dead sheep?"

When Chen Zhao said these words, Jia Yucun couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

He knew that Chen Zhao didn't plan to pursue it any further.

As long as he makes up for his mistakes, invites the Zhen family couple into the capital, and reunites the family, then Chen Zhao will forget the past.

What else can Jia Yucun say?
Hastily said: "Master Chen, don't worry, after returning home, I will try my best to invite Engong and his wife to the capital."

"Prefect Jia has the heart of a Bodhisattva!"

Chen Zhao admired, and then said: "This pot of tea, please taste the prefect slowly, the bill has been settled, and the students will leave first."

After saying that, he stood up and left.

Before getting on the carriage, Chen Zhao looked at the clear sky and white clouds and smiled to himself.

Now, he has become the logistics director of everyone in the Red Mansion.

Either helping Baochai to educate his elder brother, or helping Tanchun to clean up his younger brother, and now helping Xiangling to find her parents.

He is simply Bao Qingtian of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Just think of it for your own sake." Chen Zhao laughed and mounted his horse to return home.

……

In the political affairs hall in July, after the court meeting, the princes of the political affairs hall and the six ministers were discussing the state affairs, and a young eunuch brought in the memorabilia that had been transferred from Wenyuan Pavilion.

The cabinet ministers dealt with it according to the above approval, asked about the specific situation of the six departments from time to time, and occasionally chatted a few words, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Xu Yuanmeng, the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, a cabinet scholar, who was promoted to the cabinet by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, picked up a memorial, shook his head and said with a smile:

"Everyone, Shi Wenxian has submitted a memorial again, requesting to investigate the case of the Changzhou Li Mansion's encroachment on common people's land."

All the people dealing with government affairs raised their heads, looked at each other, and shook their heads and smiled. Tian Congdian, who was about to be promoted to the chief minister, put down the memorial in his hand, and said:
"This Shi Wenxian is really persistent. How many times is this?"

A cabinet secretary next to him quickly got up and replied:
"Old Huitian Pavilion, this is the ninth letter." Everyone in the room laughed again.

If we talk about the ranking list of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the past few decades from the Supreme Emperor to the present, this Shi Wenxian is definitely on the list.

This Shi Wenxian, formerly known as Shi Shilun, styled Wenxian, is the second son of Shi Lang, a navy general who surrendered to the Aixinjueluo tribe.

It turned out that after the founding of the Great Zhou Taizu, those Han officials who had surrendered and became slaves were criticized and demoted to slavery, and they were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for three generations.

However, this Shi Shilun is indeed very promising. He started from a small official and made great contributions to the court. In the end, the Supreme Emperor was relieved of his slave status and promoted him continuously. He was promoted from a slave official to magistrate, The state judge and the head of the household department eventually became Yingtian Province's third-rank political path.

At this time, Shi Shilun was over 60 years old. It stands to reason that he should beg for bones at this time, but he was unwilling, and continued to play against the Li Mansion in Changzhou.

It turns out that Shi Shilun was born in slavery, so he has always insisted on suppressing the powerful and suppressing Jiantian, and Yingtian Province is the place where the Great Zhou merged the most and the strong and powerful had the greatest influence.

However, the most powerful land annexation in Yingtian Province is not the four major families, nor the Zhen family in Jiangnan, but the Li family in Changzhou.

This Li family is none other than Li Guangdi, the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the master of Neo-Confucianism during the period of the Supreme Emperor.

Li Guangdi was originally from Fujian, and moved to Changzhou because his father followed the Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This Li Guangdi retired and returned to his hometown in the 38th year of the Supreme Emperor. His family owned more than 50 mu of land.

After Shi Shilun took office, there was an endless stream of people suing the Li family for occupying the land, so Shi Shilun was gearing up to thoroughly investigate the Li family.

However, Li Guangdi had been the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty for more than ten years, and his disciples and old officials were all over the world. The Supreme Emperor also valued Li Guangdi, so Shi Shilun was dismissed.

After Emperor Xiaode succeeded to the throne and gained a firm foothold, he reactivated Shi Shilun and placed him in Yingtian, in order to let him severely punish the powerful and suppress Kaneda.

But Emperor Xiaode thought well, and Shi Shilun was also talented, but now in the south of the Yangtze River, the officials are colluding. After all, the Supreme Emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River six times, and Li Guangdi has been running the business for many years.

Now Zhang Tingyu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is about to leave his post, and everything has been ignored. Tian Congdian has not officially taken office yet, and it is difficult to deal with his former teacher, and the cabinet ministers present can't say much.

In the end Tian Congdian said: "Let's ask for the Holy Judgment."

(End of this chapter)