My Daming New Empire

At this time, a big man in brocade clothes who was sitting in the lobby smiled and said, "Since you are back, why not sit down and chat..."

The shopkeeper knelt down in fright. "Master Yang, just a few of them. This is not about the villain's business, let the villain avoid it."

"Go, remember not to yell around. Lin San, sit down." The big man in brocade clothes stood up, making Tang Sai'er's heart tremble. Seeing this man's actions, he is a master.

Seeing his clothes clearly through the dim oil lamp, several people looked at each other. "Jinyiwei!"

They never thought that they would have anything to do with the Jinyiwei. This is the emperor's personal guard, who is only responsible for monitoring the officials, and the people of the Jinyiwei basically don't have any contact with the common people.

But because it was Jin Yiwei, the hearts of the few of them relaxed, because their enemy would definitely not be Jin Yiwei.

Before coming to the capital, they imagined the situation they might encounter.Tang's father has been conscripted into corvee year after year, and the offender must be a native of Putai County.

As for the food outage in Shandong, it may be that the eunuchs in the inner prison have embezzled the food, or it may be that the officials of the transshipment department have embezzled the food, and it is even more likely that the local government in Shandong has embezzled the food. relationship.

The big man in brocade clothes patted the table, and someone moved over a stove next to him, brought in a large pot of deliciously cooked meat, and a jar of good wine.

The big man in brocade clothes said with a smile: "My surname is Yang, and I have been appreciated by His Royal Highness, and now I am honored to be the commander of the brocade guards. I take the liberty of visiting today, but I have a question I want to ask. I also know that you are struggling. To satisfy our hunger with steamed buns, we specially prepared a pot of delicacies, and we chatted while eating."

When they heard that it was someone from His Highness the Grandson, their fear weakened a lot.Although His Highness Taisun has not yet been in charge, it is said that it was His Highness Taisun who first decided to transport grain to Shandong and exchange corvee for grain.

In the past few years, Shandong has encountered catastrophic disasters. If it weren't for the grain transported by His Royal Highness, it is unknown how many people would have died.

Although I don't know how Jin Yiwei came to the door, but stretching out his head is a knife, and shrinking his head is also a knife.The four of them glanced at each other, gritted their teeth, and walked to the stove in the middle of the lobby.

Lin San thought about Yang Zhangde cupping his fists, and said nervously: "Small people in the mountains, I don't know why I can attract Master Yang's attention, please express it clearly."

Yang Zhangde sat down first, waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk..."

In fact, he was also wondering in his heart, a few bumpkins somehow aroused His Highness's interest.If it weren't for His Highness's explanation, they could have been directly beheaded just by their words in the afternoon.

A half-grown boy came over at this time. "Master, I have to report to the Habayashi Academy tomorrow, so I'm going home first."

Yang Zhangde nodded and said, "Who said that irony?"

Er Gouzi pointed to the strong Binhong and said, "He said it. But I'm afraid it was just a moment of anger. It would be best for Master to be more lenient."

Although he was sitting on a chair, Yang Zhangde kicked Er Gouzi's ass with a flick of his leg. "Get out, when is it your turn to teach me a lesson!"

Er Gouzi didn't dare to hide, but with the strength of his foot, he rushed to the door and dispelled most of the strength.

Seeing Er Gouzi being beaten, the other guards in Jinyi also laughed heartily, dissolving a lot of depressing atmosphere.

The four of them were even more sure that Yang Zhangde was a master, and even the kid just now was not bad at it.

It was only at this time that Tang Sai'er remembered that he had seen Er Gouzi in the afternoon. "You're the kid who followed us this afternoon!"

Er Gouzi smiled and said: "Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is peaceful all over the world, and the people's lives are prosperous. Your Majesty and Your Highness are all people of destiny. Today, you are full of anger, and even yelled irony in excitement. Of course, you have to listen for a while. Thinking against Daming, even me, a kid, is your enemy! But... since His Highness asked you to ask about the situation first, you don’t have to be afraid that you will be put in prison.”

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands, and then left with a few Jin Yiwei laughing and laughing.

Only then did a few people know what happened, but at this moment there was no fear in their hearts, only joy.Even His Highness knows about them, let him ask the reason, then the shortage of food in Shandong can be solved smoothly!

As long as this goal can be achieved, even if they are imprisoned for a few years, they are willing!

Therefore, they also let go of their vigilance. After sitting down, they picked up their chopsticks and stretched them into the steaming hot pot.

Before the meal was finished, Yang Zhangde asked the whole thing in an orderly manner by virtue of his experience in the past few years.

It is a trivial matter that Tang's father has been served in corvee for years, and he must have offended the local officials in Shandong. Since they don't know who they offended, Yang Zhangde has no kindness to help them.

However, due to the continuous disasters in Shandong, the imperial court has been transporting grain to Shandong without stopping, and the sea ships of the internal prison have never stopped.But now they say they haven't seen any food, this is a big case.

"Is it because there is no food in Putai County, or is there no food in Qingzhou and Binzhou? It can't be that there is no food in the whole of Shandong, right?"

"Since the summer, when the peasants were originally organized to go to Jimo, the transportation of grain in Jiaozhou has stopped, and most of the previous grain transportation ships have also stopped. The villain's hometown is Putai County, including nearby Binzhou and Qingzhou. But The villain and his party came to Beijing from the canal and found that there is grain all along the canal."

"The corruption in the two states is worthy of Jin Yiwei's action..." Yang Zhangde stood up, looked at Bin Hong who was still eating and said, "You seldom see meat in a month, so you should eat less, otherwise you will vomit and have diarrhea. It's still a waste. Let's go... Follow me to Jinyiwei's guest house for a few days, this matter will be involved, and you will be safer living there."

Several people were still in a daze, Yang Zhangde said again: "Your Highness is also interested in your affairs, I am afraid I will see you again in the next few days. When we arrive at Jinyiwei, I must teach you some rules, don't be rash in front of Your Highness .”

Several people were even more surprised, they never thought that they would have the opportunity to meet His Highness the Grandson.Today on the banks of the Qinhuai River, they may not have the idea of ​​taking the risk of rushing to the Yuzhou to sue the imperial court, but after seeing the strict guards, they still don't have the courage after all.

With so many guards, they were probably beaten to the brim with blood before they boarded the boat.

They didn't have much luggage, and Lin San and his wife had a quilt, which was relatively new.Bin Hong and his team had a thin cotton quilt, cotton was exposed everywhere, and the big kang in the hostel was covered with straw and straw mats, and fleas were overgrown, and their quilt was also covered with a layer of fleas.

Yang Zhangde knew that having a quilt was already quite a fortune. Many people were so poor that they didn't even have a quilt, so they could only suffer in winter.

"When we arrive at the Jinyiwei guest house, this quilt cannot be taken in. Don't make our guest house full of fleas."

When several people heard this, they couldn't help but blush.

Arriving at Jinyiwei's guest house, this is a guest house prepared by Jinyiwei for officials from all over the country. It is equivalent to the internal guest house of later generations, and the conditions are naturally good.

Several people were driven into the bathhouse and took a good bath before they were allowed into the room.

Tang Sai'er has never been in such a luxurious place since she was a child, and seeing everything in front of her is still like a dream.

It was the first time she saw that fragrant soap when she was taking a bath, and when she entered the room, her eyesight was not enough, even if it was Wang Dahu in Putai County, their family property was not so beautiful.

After a good night's sleep, the next day, an old eunuch and an old court lady began to teach them their respective etiquette.

But at this time, Zhu Zhanji was on the court, ushering in the first grand court meeting in Yongle in 18 years.

Unlike on the sixth day, which was only practical and not practical, today's court meeting needs to arrange a year's work.

The personnel transfer of the Ministry of Officials, the financial expenditure of the Ministry of Households, the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, the transfer of generals of the Ministry of War, logistics supplies, the inspection of the city by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the reporting of large-scale projects by the Ministry of Industry, etc., all have to be done one by one. discuss.

Led by Jian Yi, all the officials above the fourth rank, in accordance with the new rules of procedure, were discussing intermittently in a new way.

Many ministers still couldn't control their emotions, and couldn't help jumping out to refute when the topic of discussion was not in their own interests.

Even Jian Yi, the speaker, often forgot to exercise his powers and joined the debate.

So much so that Zhu Di interrupted their quarrels from time to time to let everyone remember their responsibilities.

Jian Yi has been studying the rules of the new law these days, and has entered the state earlier than others. As the speaker, the greatest power is to be able to adjust the direction of the discussion.

In previous court meetings, only the emperor was qualified to make a balance in this regard, and all ministers were equal.

But now, this power has been handed over to the minister by Zhu Di.

Although Jian Yi felt that the power of Ting Yi had been reduced a bit, because many powers were directly taken back by various ministries, but now he still couldn't help being intoxicated by the feeling of superiority.

Although this is not the prime minister, it is almost the same as the prime minister's power.

And he felt that there were many hidden privileges in this position that he hadn't discovered.