Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

Putting the rioting officials in prison was not enough, Zhu Houcong was extra careful this time, and he asked Lu Song to write down the names of the petitioners, planning to come to settle accounts after the fall.

On the second day, he made a decree.Anyone who made trouble yesterday will be fined half a year's salary above the fifth rank, and all those below the fifth rank will be dragged to the Meridian Gate Court Staff.

As soon as this decree came out, everyone was dumbfounded, the emperor actually dared to do it!

Yang Yiqing and other cabinet ministers rushed to the palace to ask for an interview, but Jiajing blocked them.Now he is still angry, thinking that you don't care about those gangsters messing around yesterday, now I just hit them a few times, and they all jumped out, this is a gang to bully me!

The veterans had no choice but to ask Li Chengfeng after thinking about it.At this time, Li Chengfeng was still doing research in the Taoist temple. For the past two days, he was upside down day and night and didn't care about outside affairs. Hearing what Yang Yiqing and others said, he hurried out.

Outside the Meridian Gate, Yang Shen and a group of people had their hands and feet tied, and most of their trousers were taken off, revealing their white butts and buttocks.Huang Jin sat on the chair calmly, looked at the time, and felt that it was almost the same, and said to the Jin Yiwei captain on both sides: "Okay, what are you waiting for, hit!"

The brocade guards took the order to act, wailing all over the field for a while, blood and flesh flying everywhere.

When Li Chengfeng arrived, he only slapped him twice, and the shouts of the crowd were still full of spirit.

"Stop, stop, stop! What are you doing! With such a thick stick, if you hit it, you will die!"

Because Li Chengfeng's name in the palace is too big, everyone knows his deeds, and the emperor's favor for him is obvious to all, the Jinyi guards all stopped their hands involuntarily, and looked at the leader Huang Jin with some hesitation.

"Oh my real man, don't embarrass the slave, this is what the emperor ordered, and the slave can't resist the order." Huang Jin begged with a wry smile.

"Don't worry, don't worry, what kind of friendship between the two of us, the poor will definitely not embarrass Eunuch Huang. How about this, give me a stick of incense time, I will go to the emperor to intercede, if it still doesn't work after a stick of incense, you can do it later .”

"This... okay." Huang Jin hesitated for a moment, but still accepted it. After all, he had also received favors from female Taoist priests, so he considered it as repaying her favor.

After thanking Huang Jin, Li Chengfeng quickly ran to meet Sheng.

Seeing the female Taoist priest who was thinking about it, the little emperor first raised his eyebrows with joy, then realized something, and said with a straight face: "Yang Yiqing and the others asked you to intercede. If it is for this matter, then you don't need to speak."

Li Chengfeng has dealt with brats too many times, so he knew he had to follow suit, so he said with a smile: "Your Majesty is indeed wise and powerful, and nothing can escape your discernment, but well, I still have to say what needs to be said."

Zhu Houcong turned his face away, but he didn't stop him.

"Your Majesty, you know the character of those nerds. One or two of them regard themselves as loyal and virtuous ministers. If you beat them, even if you kill them, they still feel that they have sacrificed their lives for the country and left their names in history. In the end, they are fulfilled." , but your Majesty, you are notorious, why are you doing this?" Li Chengfeng also knew that to deal with the little emperor's scumbag, it is definitely not enough to speak hard, but it is more effective to say so.

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Zhu Houcong's face was cloudy and uncertain, and finally he said rather unwillingly: "Maybe it's just a matter of course!"

"Of course not!" Li Chengfeng resolutely said, "Death is inevitable, but life is inevitable! They put His Majesty in a dilemma just for themselves, how can they let this go!"

Zhu Houcong was a little surprised at this time: "Then tell me, what should I do?"

After thinking for a long time, Li Chengfeng said: "Pindao just asked, most of these people's family affairs are good, so let their parents and brothers spend money to redeem them! It's a lot of money! If you don't get beaten, you will never know the pain. You must let them Pay the price!"

Zhu Houcong also felt that it made sense, so he ordered the detainees to collect a ransom ranging from 1000 to [-] taels according to the degree of disturbance. If the money was not enough, it would be deducted from their monthly salary.

Don't underestimate the few hundred taels, you must know that the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty is the lowest in the feudal dynasty!Even for Beijing officials, a few hundred taels is enough for them to drink a pot.

They were released, but Jiajing felt that he couldn't easily forgive those who took the lead, especially that Yang Shen!Calculating new and old accounts together, he decided to only beat Yang Shen and the other seven.

Li Chengfeng knew in his heart that he must let the child vent, and besides, these seven people were all involved in the ambush of Zhang Cong.Deliberate murder would be punished in modern times, so I didn't care much about it.

To be honest, if it wasn't for the little emperor, he wouldn't even go into this muddy water.Because in his opinion, those people are indeed bullying, but if Zhu Houcong beat them up today, then he would feel that everything can be solved by force.As he said before, this was originally an era of increasingly prosperous economy and increasingly free thinking. If you grasp it well, everything may be different from history.If the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was in this direction at the beginning, then such a good opportunity during the Jiajing dynasty would have been wasted.It is worthwhile to sacrifice those seven people in exchange for the lives of more than 100 people and the peaceful development of future generations.

But after all, he was young, even if he was beaten twice, the seven people were not damaged, and Zhu Houcong didn't let them go after that, they were just locked up in the prison, ignoring them.

The courtiers were frightened by the emperor's rule. Although they had intentions, no one dared to intercede for them for a while.

Originally, Li Chengfeng thought the matter was over, but Chunying suddenly brought a letter to herself a few days later, saying that a lady named Huang E asked her to forward it when she was attending a party.

"It's strange, what did she ask me for?" I was puzzled, but I still accepted the letter and invited me to go to Huang's mansion for a talk.

When they arrived at Huang's mansion, Huang E personally cooked and entertained them. The two ate, drank, chatted and laughed for a while, but finally Li Chengfeng couldn't help it and asked, "Why did Madam ask me to come here? And why did I come from your mother's house?"

Huang E smiled wryly: "I'm worried that real people won't want to have anything to do with me after giving out my home address."

Li Chengfeng was even more confused, and pretended to be listening.

"My home is on Changming Street, Xi'an Gate, the first house to the north."

"The first one in Xi'an Gate...isn't that!" Li Chengfeng's eyes widened.

Huang E bowed her head: "My husband's family name is Yang, and now he works in the Imperial Academy."

This is really a coincidence, Li Chengfeng sighed in his heart, he didn't expect that the talented woman he met in the palace turned out to be Yang Shen's wife, and he didn't know what he liked about that kid.

"Mrs. Yang asked me to come here this time. I also know why, but you also know that Mr. Yang has offended the emperor. It's up to me, a little Taoist priest, to decide whether to stay or not. You'd better invite another wise man."

Huang E also knew that this was a difficult situation for her, so she suppressed her tears and said, "I don't want him to come out. My husband is wrong, and His Majesty should punish him. But now he is in Jinyiwei Prison, and his life and death are uncertain. If you want to know some news, or go to see him, bring him some clothes, the real person is very kind, the little girl will never forget it!" As he said, he wanted to kneel down.

Li Chengfeng quickly helped him up, sighed and said, "That's all, I'll get to know you for a while, do your best." Huang E was grateful.

After returning to the palace, Li Chengfeng mentioned it to Zhu Houcong on the sidelines, and the little emperor smiled confidently: "I have already thought about what to do."

"Oh? Pindao would like to hear more about it."

"Hmph, don't they want to be famous as ministers and leave a legacy in history, but I don't want to do what they want. Now that Yunnan Haojing and other places are short of officials, I plan to send them there to let the world know what it means to repay grievances with virtue."

There are many indigenous peoples in Yunnan. Although there is Prince Mu's Mansion sitting in the town, there are still chaos.Oyster Mirror is the modern Macao, which is also short of supplies and far away from the Central Plains.Jiajing's meaning is obvious, he can be magnanimous and not pursue it, but in the days to come, it's up to them whether they live or die.

Okay, it's better than expected, and it can be regarded as an explanation to Huang E.

Sure enough, as soon as this decree came out, not only did the court have no objections, but they praised the emperor's sageness, and the seven people took their families to the frontier to become petty officials in desperation.

Zuo Shunmen's quarrel lasted almost two times, and with the addition of big and small things piled up together, when Li Chengfeng came back to his senses, he realized that it was almost New Year's Eve.

This was not his first year in Daming, not to mention the palace, even after the little emperor succeeded to the throne, he also held a new year banquet in the palace.

However, in the previous years, everyone either observed the filial piety of the lord or the filial piety of Zhengde, and they didn't do anything big. They just found a high-ranking official to have a meal together.

But this time is different, this is the first year of Jiajing, the palace has not been lively for a long time, the Ministry of Rites received an order, this year must be a big deal!

According to the ritual system of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will hold a grand court meeting on the [-]th day.This court meeting was mainly composed of two parts. In the first half, the officials wished and presented gifts to the emperor, and in the second half, the emperor rewarded the officials.There will be nine drinks in the banquet, and there will be songs, dances and operas during the period.

This is probably the ancient Spring Festival Gala, Li Chengfeng thought about it.Zhu Houcong was very happy, now that the Yang family father and son had left, the relationship between the courtiers and him was getting better, and no one talked about his marriage, so everything went well.

So at the banquet, he smiled at his courtiers for the first time, which shocked everyone.In such an occasion, a nondescript official like Li Chengfeng was not qualified to participate, and the Ministry of Rites did not arrange a seat for him.But the emperor didn't play cards according to common sense, not only brought the man, but also let him be under him.

Faced with the surprised or angry gazes of the crowd, Li Chengfeng bravely walked to the center of the crowd, and scolded Zhu Houcong half to death in his heart. Did you see Jiang Mian and Mao Ji's elders wanting to eat themselves?

There were a lot of people at the banquet, but the dishes were not very good. They were all tea and food. Occasionally there were a few deep-fried dishes and stick bones, but they were all cold. Many officials only ate big oil cakes.But there is one thing to say, the wine is really good, with a clear mouthfeel and enough stamina, Li Chengfeng couldn't help drinking a few more glasses.

Seeing that the wine jug in front of him was empty, Huang Jin hurriedly asked the surrounding palace servants to continue filling it. As a result, a little maid accidentally spilled wine on Li Chengfeng while pouring wine, and the maid was so frightened that she knelt down. I can't help but kowtow.

Li Chengfeng frowned, he really spilled a lot of wine, Beijing's winter is no joke, he couldn't help but sneezed a few times when the wind blew.The palace maid timidly said: "My lord, my servant will take you to change."

It could only be like this, nodded helplessly, greeted the little emperor and followed the maid to go out, Jiajing also saw the situation here, agreed to leave without saying anything.

The two walked into the side hall, and the maid handed over the Taoist robes that had been prepared, and Li Chengfeng naturally wanted to put his back behind his back and let him take off the robes before starting to undress.

Halfway through, he suddenly felt something was wrong, as if there was a faint sound of breathing coming from somewhere, Li Chengfeng walked around the screen, opened the bed curtain, and saw a young man lying on the bed in disheveled clothes.

Li Chengfeng: "...No."

The author has something to say: About Yang Shen

In fact, Xiao Yang is not as miserable as everyone thinks, but he is a little young and frivolous.

He still has a lot of bright spots, such as the talent mentioned earlier, good memory, and willingness to speak out.

In addition, as an ancient man, he didn't have the slightest idea that men are superior to women, and women's lack of talent is virtue.

From his criticism of Confucianism and his scolding of Zhu Xi, it can be seen that he is quite open-minded in this regard.

His wife, Huang E, was a well-known talented woman in the Ming Dynasty. She was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was proficient in Zaju. Yang Shen and his wife had a very good relationship.

It is a pity that Yang Shen was exiled to Yunnan by Jiajing in history, cut his job for the people, and separated from his wife for decades.Letting him go to Macau to become an official in the article can be regarded as fulfilling the two of them.

Another funny thing is that Jiajing is very small-minded. Every time an official from Yunnan comes to Beijing to report on his work, he will ask how Yang Shen is doing. Being poor, Jiajing will be very happy at this time, and can eat two more bowls for meals.

In fact, Yang Shen was like a duck to water in Yunnan except that he couldn't see his wife. Officials admired him for daring to contradict the emperor. Students and wealthy businessmen appreciated his knowledge.In the end, both he and his father Yang Tinghe lived to be over 70 years old.