[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

"My lord, this is a critical moment of life and death, so don't be careless." The doorman Zeng Langxing was the person prepared by Shaw Brothers for Xingxian Wang Zhu Youzhao when he was in Beijing, and he was very talented in internal affairs. "Now that the concubine has gone, please ask the prince to survive. If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. Wanwang Wangye think twice."

Zhu Youtang originally had such an idea in his heart, otherwise he would not have allowed Jiang to abort his children and exterminate his own heirs, to show Zhu Youtang that he had no intention of disobedience.He also listened to the doorman Jia Junzhi persuaded: "Now the concubine has done such a treasonable thing, but the prince has already been in the feudal domain, except for dealing with the concubine and does not hand over to the officials. Although the prince has some relationship, it is not serious. It's just There are still two people from the Shao family at the prince's place, the prince should arrest these two people and bring them to justice."

Zhu Youzhang listened but didn't speak. The three of them knew that King Xing wanted to maintain his good reputation as a virtuous king, and they generally wouldn't do such a thing.Zeng Langxing naturally knew how to observe words and expressions, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be troubled by this matter. Jin Yiwei has already taken those two people away. Although they committed crimes in the name of the prince and implicated the prince, it's just who is it?" The prince's uncle, the prince should ask for mercy on their behalf."

Eunuch Lu hurriedly replied: "My lord's notes were written yesterday, and I will report them to the Lord when Jin Yiwei takes the prisoner back to Beijing."

Zeng Langxing and Jia Junzhi quickly called "the prince benevolent and righteous".The four of them went out to the study room, and all the gentry from Anlu Prefecture were there. When they saw Zhu Youzhao coming in, they quickly knelt down and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty is a thousand years old."Zhu Youzhu discussed with them how to use the frugal expenses in the palace to open a medical clinic.

It turned out that when Zhu Youzhan came out of Anlu Prefecture, he spent money to rebuild the dilapidated Confucian Temple, and later introduced Du Ruo's stereotype printing machine, and local officials and scholars were grateful and praised.He also sponsored many poor students and earned a good reputation as a virtuous king in Huguang.It's just that the matter of the mother and concubine is about to come up in Beijing, thinking that such a thing can't be done again, it is inevitable that Zhu Youtang will be suspicious, so he thinks of a new method, which is not eye-catching, but also has a great reputation. It's over.

The lake is vast and the land is vast, and people live in scattered places. If you are sick, you can't find a good doctor. Now what Zhu Youzhu has to do is to invite famous doctors and order medical books.If this matter is done well, it will also be a matter of popular support, but it does not directly spend money on scholars, and it will not cause much disturbance in the officialdom.But in this situation, it is the best choice for Zhu Youzhao.

Besides, Jin Yiwei brought the pleading letter of Xing Wang Zhu Youzhao and escorted the two brothers of the Shao family to Beijing and handed them over to Dali Temple for detention.Zhu Youtang read Zhu Youtang's booklet, and knew a little more about his brother.When I thought Zhu Youzhao was good, although I had some precautions, I thought he was good everywhere, and the things he did were also good things, and he was a virtuous minister.Now that I know his true face, I know his wolfish ambitions.

He can even push out his uncle who has been with him as a scapegoat, and he can also give up his own flesh and blood. How can he be the "benevolent" and "virtuous" King Xing in his mind.And those actions to win people's hearts, there is only King Xing in the Huguang area, I don't know the court, it's a pity that I don't know people clearly.

It's just that I haven't grasped his fatal point yet, and I still need to be patient.Zhu Youtang discussed with the cabinet and the clan mansion, but it was only an order to reprimand him and punish him for one year.Zhu Youtang knew that it was too cheap for him, but now he was on guard, he would deal with him sooner or later, and then he would settle the old score, and sent many people to monitor Zhu Youtang, and he must take advantage of him.

As June passed, the weather was getting hotter and hotter.The three people in the Ciqing Palace were all recovering from serious illnesses, so they didn't dare to use ice. They just washed the floor with cold water at noon and night every day to cool off.Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo were bored, so they picked up checkers, flying chess and so on when they were young, and played chess with Zhu Houwei there every day.

Xue Ji was very interested in Du Ruo's strange behavior of wearing white clothes to prevent dirty things and wearing a mask to protect against viruses. What is rare is that it is really effective, and fewer palace people are infected with smallpox, so he also came to ask for advice.Du Ruo thought that he couldn't do everything by himself, he didn't know anything about medicine, and he definitely wouldn't do it. Now guiding Xue Ji to rely on modern medicine is also a good deed.Perhaps Xue Ji had some good luck, so he deliberately vaguely explained the contents of modern medicine such as bacteria and anatomy, and only said that he heard a Westerner talk about it when he was in the Northwest.Xue Ji heard it as if he had found a treasure, and went to study it himself. When he didn't understand, he came to ask Du Ruo, Du Ruo said that he didn't remember it, and let him figure it out by himself.

Seeing that Xue Ji was pestering Du Ruo all the time, Zhu Houzhao promised him that he would go out and help him find another Western doctor in Quanzhou Mansion in the future, and Xue Ji gave up.

In mid-July, the people from the Imperial Hospital verified that the two Highnesses had recovered, and then reported to Zhu Youtang.Zhu Youtang asked Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day, opened the Ciqing Palace, and helped Zhu Houzhao move the palace to live in Weiyang Palace.The bedridden Zhang family and the little princess lived in the Kunning Palace. Fearing that Zhu Houwei's bad luck would overwhelm the patient and the baby, Zhu Houwei also moved to the Weiyang Palace and let Zhu Houzhao temporarily take care of it.

When Du Ruo was sealed off the public that day, everyone disagreed, but now that he left the palace with the two recovering Highnesses, no one dared to object anymore.Therefore, Du Ruo was granted the title of An Guogong, but he is still in the middle of filial piety, and it is not easy to break ground. All the regulations and rituals in the mansion still belong to the Marquis of An Ding, and he will not make any plans until he gets rid of filial piety.Everyone was envious when they heard this, saying that Du Ruo exchanged a few pockmarks for a duke, and the deal was a good deal.On the contrary, Du Lin, Lingcao and others in the mansion were not angry when they heard it, but Du Ruo just smiled and ignored it. After a few days, the rumors dissipated.

Zhu Youtang used to think that Du Ruo and Zhu Houzhao were just a friendship between children, but now he realizes that it is a true love, and Du Ruo's theory of ghosts and gods, he treats Du Ruo three points better than before. He is another son to look up to.

If Du Ruo has been in the palace for more than a month, although there are still people in charge of the general affairs of the family, but Du Lin's generation is only doing housework, so it is inevitable that they have not thought carefully.Du Ruo didn't feel annoyed when he saw it, but felt that it was time to find some good talents, otherwise his business would grow bigger in the future, and he would have to take care of everything by himself.

Although the Liu family was not the mastermind of the prince's murder, Zhu Youtang expelled him from the cabinet after all because of his family. He was demoted from the Minister of Rites to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he went to be in charge of the Ministry of Hosts, Guests, and Officials.Although Liu Jian was demoted three levels in a row, he also lost his job in the cabinet and went to the most inconspicuous host and guest department in the Ministry of Rites.

But this matter was also requested by Zhu Houzhao for him. The Department of Host and Guest is the highest diplomatic management institution in the country. Zhu Youtang has already put the opening of the sea ban on the agenda, and the Department of Host and Guest is bound to become more and more important.Instead of going to other departments to work with his former subordinates, or go to other departments to be idled by others, Liu Jian might as well stay in the host and guest department for a few years, and his political achievements will come out.Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, took Liu Jian's position into the cabinet, and Minister of Rites was filled by Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Youtang got impatient with Zhu Houzhao's disturbance, and still asked Liu Dong to be his companion.It's just that Zhu Youtang and Zhang's treatment of Liu Dong is not as friendly as before.On the contrary, Liu Dong suffered such a big change. Although he was young and ignorant, he knew something vaguely and matured a lot. From then on, he focused on studying and gradually showed the demeanor of the future generation of virtuous ministers.

The weather in Beijing is getting hotter and hotter, but Hangzhou is still beautiful.Everywhere in the shade of willows, there is a cool breeze and the sound of cicadas.There is a poem by Yang Wanli in the Song Dynasty: The lotus leaves are infinitely blue when they meet the sky, and the lotus flowers are red when they reflect the sun.The lotus in the West Lake became more and more beautiful under the scorching sun, so beautiful that no one dared to look directly at it.

In a house with white walls, blue bricks and black tiles next to the lotus pond in the West Lake, Xu Beiniang is drinking herbal tea and facing the ledger with Xing Wu.Xu Beiniang was originally good-looking, but now she is out and about a lot, doing business and seeing the world, and she has a more generous attitude that others don't have.In the scorching summer, she wore a bi-color chest-length skirt and tied up her hair, revealing a beautiful and white neck.There are only two plain silver hairpins on her head, which make her skin look like creamy fat, and her hair like splashed ink, making her look like a Jiangnan beauty.

It's just that Xing Wu didn't have the intention of appreciating beauty, and he wholeheartedly responded to Xu Beiniang's question.

"The day before yesterday, the accountant withdrew 3000 taels of silver, saying it was for the purchase of carriages and horses for an outside dealership. Yesterday, I returned 150 taels. A total of 840 taels was withdrawn. I gave you the note you gave, and the money was written on it. Count. Today you also said that the purchase price of 2000 mules and horses this time is 630 taels, and the total price of various utensils is 210 taels. My little girl would like to ask where the remaining [-] forty taels went? How does it match the ticket you gave? not on."

"I know this. The remaining 210 four taels are to buy new whips, bullpens and other things for the original batch of ox carts, and they will be included in the column of renewal of old things for ox carts. This is not right. This one The account has to be settled at the end of the month, not in the middle of the month, and it will not be visible in the account book for the time being." Du Ruo used to manage the company and was forced to learn some finances, but now seeing that the accounting of the Ming Dynasty is really useless, he improved and moved in. It is very useful, because Xu Beiniang and Xing Wu spend half a day reconciling accounts in the middle and end of every month.

"In this way, all the accounts are settled. Eunuch Huang from the Weaving Bureau came yesterday, and I paid 500 taels of silver. This is my own private account and will not enter the palace." Seeing that all the accounts were reconciled, Xu Beiniang relaxed and revealed today first smile.

Seeing that the catastrophe in the middle of the month had passed, Xing Wu also breathed a sigh of relief, but now seeing Xu Beiniang laughing like a white lotus, he felt dumbstruck.For a moment, the servant girl Jin Huan saw him in such a daze, she choked and laughed, brought tea, and softly called: "Boss Xing, Boss Xing." Seeing that Xing Wu still didn't move, she shouted loudly: "Boss Xing. "The goosebumps that scared Xing came out.

Xing Wu came back to his senses and saw that both the master and the servant were smiling at him, his face flushed, and he praised Xu Beiniang stammeringly: "Ms.

Xu Beiniang was not annoyed when he saw that he compared herself to others, but instead made fun of him. "Boss Xing came out to do business. I have never seen such a beauty in Hongchen, Hangzhou. The little girl is just a middle-aged person. How can I fall into the eyes of Boss Xing?"

Seeing Xu Beiniang being so generous, Xing Wu felt embarrassed and lowered his head and said nothing.Xu Beiniang looked at the sun and hurriedly said goodbye: "There is still a young brother to take care of at home, the little girl will leave now, Boss Xing will not see her off."