Difficult for a son-in-law

Emperor Wu's reign was not long, but it is undeniable that he created a prosperous age.

In the eyes of historians, this prosperous age originated from a natural disaster.

When Ming Zhan landed on the ground and stood firmly, there were screams and cries in the Zhennan Palace. Ming Zhan yelled, "Don't pack your things, stand outside quickly! Don't stand under the tree by the water!"

Accompanied by Ming Zhan's roar, the downpour came in an instant.

Everyone hid back in the house again, at least the main house where Ming Zhan lived was very strong, Ming Zhan's face remained motionless, and he commanded, "Go to the Eldest Young Master and the Third Young Master and see if they are safe. Let the maids, ladies and guards in the courtyard come in one by one. My house is strong, so come and take shelter in my house. You don’t have to worry, people say that the emperor has a hundred spirits to protect his body. I am the emperor My nephew, even though I don’t have a hundred spirits to protect me, I think there are thirty or fifty gods protecting me, and if you stand by my side, you will be safe.”

Earthquakes are natural disasters, but they can have some amazing consequences.

Ming Zhan was so calm, and the servants also cheered up and calmed down slowly.After a while, Mingli and Minglian also stumbled over. Mingli looked anxious, and he held Ming Zhan's hand and said, "Fourth brother, what should I do? What should I do?"

"Soldiers are coming to block, water is coming and soil is flooding, elder brother don't worry." Ming Zhan said calmly, "I think the time of the earthquake has already passed, this mansion is temporarily handed over to elder brother, third brother, and the housekeeper."

Li Ming came out and responded, "Yes, Your Highness, the servant is here."

"Send someone to count and see if there are any injuries in the mansion. The imperial physician will diagnose and treat them, and allocate manpower to take care of them." Ming Zhan ordered in an orderly manner, "Is there any houses in the mansion that have collapsed? If so, the servants in those houses will We will allocate another sturdy house, and at this time, there is nothing to do if the house is tight. Only by helping each other can we tide over the difficulties. If there is anything, just ask the eldest brother and the third brother for instructions."

Hearing Ming Zhan's voice, Ming Li couldn't help asking, "Fourth brother, what are you going to do at this time?"

Ming Zhan got up and said, "Go to the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion. Aning, you don't know the situation in your mansion. If you want to go together, I'll take you back."

"There is Wei An in the mansion, I don't worry." Wei Ning Mingzhan held his hand, and said in a gentle voice, "I will go to the admiral's mansion with you." Interfering in the military administration of the imperial capital is not a good name after all, Wei Ning is as careful as a hair, not to mention that he is the uncle of the second prince, at this time, he is not a character who avoids things when he encounters problems. Bundle.

Ming Zhan and Wei Ning exchanged a tacit look, and said to Ming Li, "I will leave the house to the elder brother."

Ming Li nodded his head heavily, and said to Ming Zhan, "Don't worry in the mansion, safety is the top priority in everything."

Feng Minglan encountered the same predicament as Ming Li did at the beginning, when he faced Ming Zhan, he would find himself in a quagmire, completely unable to use all kinds of scheming methods.

Doing it is a short move.

Not doing it is tantamount to admitting defeat.

When Feng Minglan remembered that he had ordered Zhang Lang, the commander of Marquis Yongding, to temporarily act as the admiral of the nine gates to stabilize the order of the imperial capital, the generals under the admiral of the nine gates had already received Ming Zhan's order to go out of the city to inspect and rescue the people.

In the early morning of the second day, Ming Zhan and Babaili rushed back to the imperial capital Pingyanghou to go to court together. General Zhang Langzhang also reported the disaster-affected areas, houses, and number of people in the inner city of the imperial capital to the imperial court with a fairly accurate count.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials all praised, "General Zhang worked hard all night, but he is a capable and hardworking person, which is really rare."

Zhang Lang said modestly, "It's all about the hard work of the brothers below, and the last general is just a name for nothing." In fact, his face was really given by Ming Zhan. The merits of Wang Shizi were spoken out in the court.But in my heart, I feel that His Royal Highness is really interesting.

Feng Minglan felt a little better, and the next thing was to discuss disaster relief.Rice, noodles, porridge, food, tents, but all of these cost money.

Wei Ning is well aware of the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts, why Feng Jingqian wants to reform the salt administration...the bank has run out of money.

Ming Zhan thought about it, "We can transfer grain from Yunnan, but the distance is long, and the far water can't save the nearby fire. And now I don't know the scope of this natural disaster. There is not much silver in the southern palace of the imperial capital. I will donate 20 taels of silver "He also has a group of people to support, on the basis of guaranteeing himself, Ming Zhan has never been a stingy person.

The wealth and grandeur of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion can be seen. Naturally, Feng Minglan can't be compared with Ming Zhan. He has opened the mansion for a long time, but in this way, wouldn't it be that he took out all his family assets?On the occasion of buying people's hearts, Feng Minglan gritted his teeth and said, "I will also donate 20. In this natural disaster, we will be sincere and sincere in public, and we will tide over the difficulties with the people of the imperial capital."

Both Feng Minglan and Ming Zhan donated generously, and the ministers could not pretend to be deaf and dumb, and asked for money to save the people. Ming Zhan praised, "The king is a wise king, and the ministers are good ministers. In times of difficulty, you can see people's hearts, everyone. Your Excellency’s consideration for the country really broadened Ming Zhan’s horizons. He will take this as an example and tell my Yunnan officials to listen to it, so as to encourage each other.”

"Second Brother, from my point of view, let the Ministry of Finance handle the matter of money. Let Marquis Cheng En handle the matter of raising donations. After the disaster relief, it will be remembered as a memorial. All the adults who donate money will definitely be listed in the list. The stele is for future generations to admire."

With a good reputation as a literati, I have to explain that Zhan's move has caught the pulse of these old foxes.Wealthy families, in fact, are a minority of the kind of penny-pinching roosters we imagine, and most people are actually quite willing to donate money and goods, cook rice and porridge, and accumulate some good deeds to make a good name.

However, the momentary good name is naturally different from the effect of the imperial court's remembrance.

As soon as Ming Zhan finished speaking, all the adults became more enthusiastic about donating, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Actually, it's not just money. If you adults have old clothes and quilts that you don't want at home, they will take up space at home. Why don't you pack them up and donate them together. These things are just dispensable things for us. Distributing it to those people who lack clothes and less clothing can also make people praise more behind their backs, why not do it." Ming Zhan changed his voice and sighed, "In the current situation, the Mixing noodle shop is a bit Unscrupulous merchants will definitely take the opportunity to drive up prices in order to make huge profits."

"Your Highness, don't worry." The governor of the imperial capital finally seized the opportunity to show his face, and took the initiative to come forward to offer advice, "If there is such a profiteer, I will charge him with disturbing the law and order."

Ming Zhan shook his head and said with a smile, "We are scholars, so it is reasonable to be courteous first and then soldier."

"Let me give you an idea. You can write a notice. If there are merchants who give out rice and noodles and other edible items for disaster relief at a low price or at a low price, set up a shed at the place where the relief items are distributed. Which one is the righteous merchant? Next to the shed, I used a three-foot-high pole to pick up a white brocade scroll with a width of half a meter and a length of one foot. It can be given to them for free as a souvenir." Ming Zhan looked at the governor of the imperial capital and said in a gentle voice, "I heard that Mrs. Mei has a handsome willow body, for the sake of the people of the imperial capital, Mr. Mei has worked hard."

The first reaction of the governor of the imperial capital was that His Royal Highness knows that my surname is Mei!The second thought was that His Highness said "hard work" to me!Before he could think of the third thought, he knocked his head on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "I am under orders, and I should have served the people like dogs and horses."

Ming Zhan's action on capital made many merchants feel embarrassed. This is the first time that merchants in the imperial capital have seen the power of Ming Zhan. Of course, in the future, they will inevitably spend more money that makes them feel pained and happy.Naturally, their income is even more expensive.

By this time, Ming Zhan had fully grasped the rhythm of the early dynasty. He turned his head and said to Feng Minglan, "Brother Emperor, although the assassination of Marquis Yongding is under investigation, it is not appropriate to have a vacancy for the nine admirals. Although General Zhang is capable, I don’t have enough qualifications, I think it’s better to be replaced by Pingyanghou. Firstly, Pingyanghou is a veteran in the military; secondly, Pingyanghou knows Ruan Hongfei better than ordinary people, and it is convenient to rescue the emperor’s uncle and father; thirdly, in the future, the emperor’s uncle It is also our filial piety to return safely, and the Marquis of Pingyang and Marquis of Anding to return to their respective positions on the occasion of Marquis An Ding's Da'an."

"Brother Zhan said it is very appropriate." Feng Minglan smiled and held Ming Zhan's hand, "Where is Qin Tianjian?"

"The minister is here."

"Father is a famous monarch of the generation. When this king presides over the affairs of the imperial capital, he also admits that he has not done anything wrong. What is the reason for the warning?" Feng Minglan said, "You observe the sky every day, How come there was no warning before the earthquake? This time, I hope you can take your share of responsibility and don’t let the people of the court down again.” The court didn’t want a conclusion.

However, the courtiers are not fools, and natural disasters are also called warnings from the will of heaven. For example, there are demons in the people, grievances, fatuous emperors, and treacherous evils in the court, all of which may lead to warnings from the sky.Whenever there is any natural disaster, the usual practice is that the emperor will issue an edict to blame himself, or the prime minister will come out to top the vat.

Of course, the latter is more likely to occur.

A few university scholars were ready to be scapegoats at the moment of the earthquake, but Feng Minglan didn't seem to be aiming at this!

But if Feng Minglan's intention is Ming Zhan, even the old fox of Lieban in the court would have to say that the second prince is not kind.

At this point, Ming Zhan didn't care about Feng Minglan's feelings at all. He returned to the mansion first after he went down to court. Ming Li had long been an errand in Yunnan, and he had already counted all the money, food and rice in the mansion. The servants have also been resettled, and order has been restored in the mansion.

Ming Zhan ordered people to count out the money to be donated, and asked Ming Lian to take it to the household department, and specially reminded: Don't forget to ask for the receipt.

Ming Lian smacked his lips, and said to Ming Zhan, "You are really generous, you should be careful and don't sell it to others. You pay such a large amount of money, our family has accumulated for many years, and the old foundation is naturally nothing. What do you think of the Second Prince?"

"No matter what he thinks, disaster relief is the most important thing now." When you care about a person, you will naturally pay more attention to his opinions. When you decide to ignore a person, what does it matter what he thinks, says, and does?

What's more, Ming Zhan is really not afraid of Feng Minglan.

It was Feng Minglan who showed malice towards him first, but now the prince has left three places, only one Feng Minglan remains, perhaps the ministers feel that even if the deaths of the other princes are related to Feng Minglan, but the emperor only has this one parent and son Will be particularly concerned.Feng Minglan's ascension to the throne is a sure thing!

But Ming Zhan thought it was a big joke, Ruan Hongfei didn't even touch a single hair, even if his mother wanted to ascend the throne, he wasn't afraid that someone would put a bundle of explosives under the dragon chair and send him to the west to meet his ancestors!

At this time, instead of thinking about how to help the people, he used Qin Tianjian as an argument, which made Ming Zhan not ashamed of Feng Minglan's deeds: he was really blind to support Feng Minglan.

In addition to the earthquake, the fourth prince was also brutally killed.

In fact, the fourth prince is indeed not a simple person, the assassin's knife was not fatal, not even leaving a trace.The fourth prince was wearing a body armor and heart mirror. When the assassin hit him, the fourth prince intended to feign death and hide himself. When Feng Jingqian returned in the future, he could reap the benefits of fishing.

This strategy is actually very clever, the fourth prince is brave and resourceful, but he is a little bit unlucky.

He wanted to take the opportunity to escape to death, but he even hid Li Bing from him.Unexpectedly, the fourth prince was on the mountain, and the scope of the Zhenguo Temple was also affected. The wing room where the fourth prince was located completely collapsed, and the fourth prince was hit on the head by a beam, killing him on the spot.

The luck of the fourth prince really made countless people sigh: This is really no emperor's life.

Therefore, the method of death of the fourth prince was changed from assassination to death in an earthquake.

Of course, the fourth prince went to the temple to pray for his father's blessing. His filial piety was commendable, and it was another great funeral.The situation in the imperial capital is severe now, and it is necessary to save money for disaster relief. Therefore, the funeral of the fourth prince is not very grand.

The fourth prince was crushed to death, and all parties were happy, because the fourth prince had only one son who was still in his infancy, and only the concubine's wife who had just been promoted to a widow was left, and there was not even a man to preside over the funeral.In order to express his deep brotherhood, the second prince volunteered to preside over the funeral for the fourth prince.Of course, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for most of the matters, and the second prince will also show up a few times.

Ming Zhan invited the second prince to visit the victims, but the second prince sent the chief official of the mansion to report to Zhennan Wangfu.

Ming Zhan benefited a lot from the earthquake, and his ability to buy people's hearts is almost innate.Even if Feng Jingnan is not forgiving, he will be jealous in his heart.Think about what Ming Zhan did in Yunnan.

He ran non-stop in the severely affected slums, personally asked about the lives of the victims, and made a group of officials in the imperial capital blush with embarrassment, so everyone dressed up and came out to visit the victims. Familiar face, won the reputation of being close to the people is not.

Well, the disaster relief that made the household department imagine that it was almost gray haired, actually went very smoothly.What's even more amazing is that not only did there not appear to be any price gouging, but many merchants actually donated rice and noodles to donate food, and big households in the city donated old clothes and quilts. In addition, the city guards maintained order and wiped out the At the source of the epidemic, doctors from Taiyuan Hospital and Pharmacy came out to diagnose and treat the injured.This series of measures eased the tense disaster relief situation in the entire imperial capital, and the order remained stable.

Ming Zhan was not in vain, he really had a good relationship with the people, everyone suddenly realized, alas, in the past, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion was far away, but His Royal Highness is so approachable, caring and loving for the people.

Not only the common people think that Ming Zhan is a good man, but also some upright officials in the imperial court have a faint admiration for Ming Zhan's actions. It is easy to put on a show. In fact, most officials have a habit of doing shows, but they have been doing shows for more than half Month, this is not just a matter of trying to refute a good reputation.

Everyone will feel that this person may really want to do something.

Moreover, he is the eldest son of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, so there is no benefit in working so hard in the imperial capital.

Of course, at this time, Feng Minglan was still there, and Feng Jingqian already had two grandsons, so no one had considered the possibility of Ming Zhan succeeding to the throne.While admiring in my heart, it is true that I expressed a little bit of envy and hatred towards my colleagues in Yunnan.

Ming Zhan's wisdom and determination are undoubtedly revealed in the face of this natural disaster. The key is that he still has a soft and practical heart.Occasionally, there will be a certain minister who hates him in his heart, why isn't His Royal Highness the son of the emperor?Why wasn't it born by the emperor?

As for whether his actions would cause Feng Minglan's displeasure and jealousy, Ming Zhan didn't think about it at all, no matter how capable Feng Minglan was, he couldn't move a hair on him.

What made Feng Minglan even more furious was that Ming Zhan had already claimed that he had news from the emperor. Feng Minglan sent people to keep an eye on the Zhennan Palace day and night, and followed the Zhennan Palace's spies to find clues, but was kidnapped twice. More than half of the manpower was lost.

Unlike Ming Zhan, who is already the legitimate master of the Zhennan Palace, the people in Ming Zhan's hands are based on the entire Zhennan Palace. He is an upright supporter with money and a famous boss.But Feng Minglan opened the mansion for only seven or eight years. In the past, when Feng Jing was here, even if he wanted to raise some people, he had to sneak around so that he could not be found.

Therefore, manpower is really limited.This group was wiped out twice, it made Feng Minglan's heart ache, and wished he could tear Ming Zhan's body to pieces.

These dead hands are naturally treated as unowned corpses. After discussing with Marquis Pingyang, Ming Zhan insisted on finding out Feng Minglan to embarrass him. on the head.

In the past, the common people only knew that Ruan Hongfei was a wanted thief, and this was also thanks to the imperial court's shadow search.

Now, when Ming Zhan and Pingyang Hou blamed Ruan Hongfei for several murders in the city, the common people were shocked. It turned out that Ruan Hongfei was a terrorist who did all kinds of crimes.

Of course, in order to completely smear Ruan Hongfei, Ming Zhan also fabricated a number of bad events about Ruan Hongfei who deserved to be killed, and ordered people to publicize them in teahouses and restaurants in the streets and alleys. To stink three points.

Then, anyone who provided clues to Ruan Hongfei would be rewarded heavily by the imperial court: ten thousand taels of gold, bestowed on the Duke of the country, and hereditary.

Money touches people's hearts, Ming Zhan sneers, can Ruan Hongfei guarantee the loyalty of everyone around him?

Ruan Hongfei's evaluation of Ming Zhan is: there can be waves of three feet without wind.

Yaoguang brought tea in for the Feng brothers, with an unhappy expression on his face.In the past few days, Yaoguang came here to take care of the Feng brothers' daily life. Feng Jingqian liked his liveliness, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Did Hongfei bully you?" The tone was familiar as if he was not a prisoner, but It is a distinguished guest who lives here.

Yaoguang couldn't keep his words in his heart, and said angrily, "It's not the son of a ghost who deserves to kill a thousand swords! He sent people to talk nonsense outside and ruin my husband's reputation! Fortunately, the husband saw his hard work in disaster relief and gave him a few thousand catties And the rice. What a hypocrite, what a villain!"

Feng Jingnan was really speechless about Ruan Hongfei's strange behavior of robbing the emperor and helping the victims, a neurosis is a neurosis!On the contrary, Feng Jing laughed dryly and praised, "Hongfei really has a clear distinction between grievances and grievances, and he has a manly spirit."

"Don't dare to do it." Ruan Hongfei entered the door under the moonlight, and said to Yaoguang, "Go and take care of Tianshu." During the earthquake, his manor was also affected. Ruan Hongfei's face was pale and tired, he rubbed his eyebrows and said , Regretted, "It's really strange, such a natural disaster, none of my enemies died."

If this is the case, even Feng Jingqian can't take over.But Feng Jingnan looked at Ruan Hongfei and sneered, "My enemy is not dead."

Feng Jinggan had no choice but to talk about political affairs, and asked Ruan Hongfei, "Is the disaster in the imperial capital serious?"

"With money, any natural disaster can pass."

Feng Jinggan's old face was embarrassing, the household department had no extra cash except the 500 million taels in the warehouse, Feng Jinggan's imperial temper flared up again, and he was worried for the ministers of the imperial capital.Feng Jingnan persuaded his brother, "Don't worry, there is Ming Zhan, he is very good at handling money."

Feng Jingnan was quite convinced of Ming Zhan's ability to make money, this kid was talking nonsense with a big mouth, defrauding and killing everyone.Even if there is no money, Ming Zhan can get it.

Ruan Hongfei sighed, "Your Highness's ability is indeed admirable. Not only did he not use the money from the treasury, but he also made some net profit. It's a pity that the second prince is afraid that he can't beat him to ashes, so he is working with Qin Tianjian , ready to charge him with a crime, so that he can be driven back to Yunnan."

Both Feng Jingnan and Feng Jingqian's expressions froze, it was Feng Jingqian who regained his composure first, and clapped his brother's hand, "Ming Zhan will stay until the end."

"That, him," Feng Jingnan was really at ease with Ming Zhan, his son had never suffered a disadvantage, even if Feng Jingnan wanted to take advantage of Ming Zhan on weekdays, he had to think about it, Feng Jingnan thought about Feng Ming I feel sorry for Lan Lan's combat effectiveness, but thinking that Feng Minglan is his elder brother's eldest son, he comforted him, "Ming Zhan won't attack Ming Lan, the worst is to go back to Yunnan, and he is not an idiot." , It's a bit fake.Before Ming Zhan poisoned Ming Yi, there was no sign. He was the kind of person who held his breath. Whoever wanted him to die would kill him first.

And Ming Zhan has always said that if you don't do it, you will do it, and if you do it, you will do it!

Ruan Hongfei also felt that although Feng Jingqian was the emperor, his life was not very good. He sighed, "The emperor is full of talents, but I don't want the princes to be so useless. After the death of the third prince, the fourth prince went to the Zhennan Palace to provoke the prince and the second prince." The relationship between the two princes, avoiding sitting in the temple and watching tigers fighting, only waiting for the eldest son and the second prince to fight to the death, he will come out to pick up a bargain. Not only will the second prince have a reputation of not being brotherly, in order to further stimulate the relationship between the eldest son and the second prince , and even sent someone to assassinate Marquis Yongding, and escaped to death by himself."

"This kind of scheming is second to none among the princes." Ruan Hongfei said, "I always thought that the fourth prince would be the one who would compete with the prince in the end. I don't think so, although he is full of cunning, he really lacks a bit of luck. This time A natural disaster killed him. It's really not as good as God."

Feng Jingqian let out a long sigh, as if he wanted to let out all the suffocation in his chest with his breath, "It's so common for a son to be unworthy of his father."

"Has the hatred in Hongfei's heart been eliminated?"

"Naturally." Ruan Hongfei said calmly, "Back then, I didn't feel sorry for you brothers at all, but you joined forces to kill me. Seeing that one of you is on the throne, and the other is entrenched in the southwest, you have both sons and daughters, so happy. "Building bridges and paving roads without corpses, killing people and setting fires with gold belts"? Over the years, I have done many things, and it is not without happy times. I have also thought about living like this, but every time I dream about it at midnight, I still can't live it This Kaner. I have never liked killing people, and your son did not die because of me. Until today, I did not believe that there is really karma in the world."

"At the beginning, you came to kill me for the throne, of course, despite the blood relationship, you never regarded me as a brother." Ruan Hongfei's eyes were clear, with a trace of compassion on his brows, "Isn't it the case today that your sons are killing each other for the throne. Only now do I understand that the reincarnation of the heavens is really not happy with retribution. This revenge, this grievance, I have already repaid."

"Stay for a few days, and I'll let you go back."

Ruan Hongfei left without the slightest nostalgia.

Someone had already prepared fine food and wine for him under the moon, Ruan Hongfei sat down comfortably, and the person poured two glasses of fine wine.Ruan Hongfei took it, and the luminous cup scattered light, reflecting his finger bones like frozen jade.

"when are you leaving?"

"Drink this glass of wine." The moonlight was hazy, the man's face was not very clear, but his actions were extremely happy, he raised his head to drink the wine in the glass, and grasped the sword on the stone table, "I will wait for you three in the south of the Yangtze River." Yue, if you don't come, I will go to sea."

Ruan Hongfei nodded, "I see."

That person had a straightforward temperament, and it was always easy to get together and break up, but now that parting is imminent, he has added a bit of concern. He stood up, walked to the hanging flower gate of this yard, turned back suddenly, and went to Ruan Hongfei, solemnly said , "Hongfei, I hope you can be happy."

After saying this, the man turned and left.