The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

The smoke of gunpowder in the north was extinguished as soon as it started to rise. The happiest thing is the people living on the border. Every time they fight, they suffer countless casualties. trembling.

After seeing the foreigners leaving with a mighty food team, the common people asked puzzledly, "No more wars?"

"Where did they get the food? Did the imperial court send these plague gods away with food?"

In the magistrate's mansion, a group of generals stared at a stack of handwritten IOUs and was furious, "Those savages did such a shameless thing. They gave them all the food, and they gave us such a thing. The rest They are all IOUs, isn’t this a trick for us?” They turned their heads and pointed at Xu Baiyan, “Xu Zhizhou, you didn’t handle this matter properly, can this pile of IOUs be used as money? What we have paid is real. Real food."

Everyone living in the Northwest knows how precious food is. When the truckloads of food were transported away, the eyes of the Northwest Army were red, eager to rush up and grab it back.

"Don't be impatient, everyone, these IOUs are less than [-]%, not as serious as you think, and it is stated in the IOUs that they must be repaid double before next autumn, and those who fail to pay will be replaced by livestock and human beings. It's a loss."

"Hmph, it's only strange that they would return it!" No matter what, the soldiers were still happy when the large boxes of belongings were transported into the city. Anyway, the food was not separated from their northwest, so they didn't feel bad... Strange!

After a few more days, calm returned to the northwest, and Ling Jingyun was about to bring people back to Beijing to return to his orders, when suddenly another caravan came, with dozens of heavy-duty carts moving forward in the wind and snow.

"Who?" The guard on the tower asked loudly.

"We are the caravan of the Chen family business, and we were ordered to deliver things for Mr. Shen, the political envoy of Guangdong and Guangxi. Our second master of the Chen family is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

The guards opened the city gate after consulting their superiors, and then watched the convoy slowly enter. Each vehicle was covered with a tarpaulin, exactly the same as the previous convoy transporting food.

"Isn't there enough food? Why is there still?"

"I don't know."

When Xu Baiyan and the lieutenant general heard the news and rushed over, the convoy had already entered the city, and they stopped at the side of the street, attracting people to watch.

"Who is in charge of the caravan? Please come out and answer." Xu Baiyan stepped forward and asked.

"Sorry, sorry, my young master was caught in the wind and cold on the road, and he was resting in the car. The villain will invite him down." At the end of the line was a gorgeous carriage, which was covered with a thick quilt. After the door was opened, A young man in a white fur coat came out from inside. His face was pale and his expression was sluggish. Everyone's eyes lit up when they looked up.

What a weak and handsome son-in-law!

The sick and weak young master was helped over, and said weakly: "Chen Jingui, the eldest son of the Chen family, send my regards to all the generals. My trip was delayed for two days due to illness. I'm really sorry."

Xu Baiyan recognized Chen Jingui, and had met him once in previous years, but at that time, the other party was just the son of a merchant, full of arrogance, he absolutely despised him, never expected to see him again on such an occasion.

"May I ask Mr. Chen, what are these things? Who sent them?"

Chen Jingui coughed a few times, took out the letter from his arms and handed it to him, and lazily replied: "You will know after reading the letter. I will not accompany you if I feel unwell. Hurry up and unload these things. In two days, our caravan We will continue to go north.”

After Xu Baiyan read the letter, he learned that these things called "sweet potatoes" were actually rations sent to them by Mr. Shen. The letter also said that this sweet potato is very easy to grow, and seeds will be sent to them in the spring of next year for them to try to grow, which is better than other grains.

Xu Baiyan knew that he would return to Beijing soon, otherwise he really wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of magical method the thing called sweet potato was. He took a few sweet potatoes and looked left and right, and wiped off the dirt on them with a handkerchief. Bite directly, the taste is not strange, but it is very hard, and it is a bit sweet after chewing, but it is not delicious.

"No, Mr. Xu, you have to cook that thing. You can eat it raw, but it will bloat your belly." Chen Jingui reminded with a smile as he passed by him.

"How to cook?" Xu Baiyan asked shamelessly.

"Boiled or steamed, it's fine if it's soft and rotten. There are many ways to eat it, but you don't have enough rations, so don't spend time thinking about other things. This is a good thing. Master Shen has worked hard Found it overseas."

Xu Baiyan arranged for someone to unload the truck, and arrested a guard from Chen's firm to ask about the situation. He was too curious about Chen Jingui's change. The last time he heard about him was that he was making trouble in the North Chen Palace. Why does he seem to be a different person now.

After listening to his experience in the past three years, Xu Baiyan remained silent. He always knew that Shen Jia was an outstanding person, but he never expected that Chen Jingui would stand up after following him for more than two years, and now he is in charge of the south and north businesses of Chen's firm. It is estimated that he will be the next head of the family. Who would have thought that he was just a dandy who was pampered by his family in the past?

After March in Yangchun, the outside of Chang'an City began to be lively again. Several low-key carriages drove into the city gate and were stopped by the guards at the gate. A token was handed out in the car, and the guards glanced at it and hurriedly let it go.

The carriage drove through the bustling streets of Chang'an City, and headed towards the north of the city. On the way, the curtains of the carriage were lifted, and the people in the carriage carefully scrutinized every picture passing by.

"What a big change." Shen Jia said to herself.

Following in the car was a young man, the newly appointed personal servant named Xiao Yin, who was fifteen or sixteen years old and took over He Yan's position, but he was not half as clever as He Yan.

Fortunately, Shen Jia only needed his help to run errands. Now he has staff and masters around him, and there are many followers. The division of labor is clear, so there is no need for a servant to hold several positions.

The car drove past the business area, Shen Jia ordered someone to stop, got off the car and walked around, this place is now the most lively place in Chang'an City, there are many shops, there is an endless stream of people shopping, and there are various kinds of things to buy and sell. With more and more sea merchants, foreign things are not so rare. On the contrary, things reprocessed by Dajin craftsmen with foreign raw materials are more popular.

For example, jade jewelry, such as ivory, such as pearl coral, in terms of handicrafts, small overseas countries are far behind the big Jin, and these things are reprocessed and then shipped out for sale, which can earn dozens of times the difference.

Shen Jia hadn't come back for three years, and he was quite emotional when he saw every plant and tree. After earning a few shops, he went back to his home. Zhao Zhang must have got the news of his return. I don't know if he was waiting for him at home.

The carriage passed by a large area of ​​residential buildings, and Xiao Yin exclaimed, "My lord, the houses here are so neatly built."

"Yeah, does it look familiar?"

"It looks familiar. It looks like our newly built house, but our house is bigger and more beautiful."

"Haha, that's because the land in the south is sparsely populated."

Xiao Yin also saw the excitement of Chang'an along the way. It is indeed incomparable between Guangdong and Guangxi. "I heard that the prices in the capital are extremely expensive, and the houses are also expensive. My lord, where is our house? Is it far from the palace?"

"Very close."

"Oh, that's right, you are a second-rank official, you can definitely live very close to the palace, so is our family big?"

"Big."

"Is there a chief minister?"

"Of course." Shen Jia raised his eyebrows. The Minister's Mansion was only a place to live temporarily, and he didn't bother to decorate it well. How could it compare with Zhao Zhang's carefully arranged Yiyuan.

Thinking of Yiyuan, Shen Jia felt buoyant and would be able to go home soon.

Not long after, the carriage stopped. Shen Jia clenched her hands and suddenly became nervous. Xiao Yin opened the door of the car and jumped down, set the pedals for him, and asked, "My lord, it's time to get out of the car."

Shen Jia took a deep breath, helped his hand to get out of the car, then looked up at the gate of her own house, it was the same as three years ago, nothing changed.

"Yiyuan? Why not the Shen residence?" Xiao Yin asked curiously.

Shen Jia ignored him and walked in. Xiao Yin was about to follow, but Pan Mo grabbed him and scolded, "What are you doing?"

Xiao Yin pointed at Shen Jia who had already climbed the steps in confusion, "Follow your lord back home."

"No, we don't live here."

"what?"

"Shut up, just come with us." Pan Mo dragged the idiot boy to the next door, thinking silently, it is better to find a time to suggest that the adults replace this idiot, otherwise he might not even find the direction when he goes out No, I really don't know what the adults like about him.

Shen Jia pushed the door open, it was not locked, and it opened as soon as she pushed it, and there was a man standing behind the door, wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head. In the past, all the majesty from his body was gone, and a tenderness radiated from the inside out, even the five-clawed golden dragon on the dragon robe seemed to be covered with a layer of soft light.

"I'm back." Shen Jia walked towards him.

Zhao Zhang stretched out his hand and pulled him into his arms, took a deep breath, hugged him tightly, closed his eyes, "Just come back."

The door was closed at some point, and the two of them were walking in the yard holding hands. They hadn't seen each other for three years, and it wasn't like they didn't feel a little strange. Although letters were exchanged frequently, there was still a difference between the feelings on paper and face-to-face communication. Both of them have changed a little over the past year, and these changes will not be disclosed to each other in the letter.

The two walked a long way before saying together, "The weather is really nice today!"

After speaking, he was stunned at the same time, then looked at each other and laughed, and hugged each other again, Shen Jia rubbed his shoulders, and sighed: "Long-distance relationship is really bad, it feels like we're starting again."

The words long-distance love are easy to understand. Zhao Zhang pinched his waist and said harshly: "You chose this yourself, but didn't you say in your letter that Xiaobie is better than a newlywed? How can you win?"

"Ahem..." Shen Jia's face was flushed, and she said haha, "It means that the relationship after reunion is better than when they were newly married. After all, it's the first time we meet each other when we are newly married, ha ha."

It sounds okay, but I always feel that something is wrong. Zhao Zhang didn't think too much, just said: "You come back from a long journey, rest for a few days, and it won't be too late to go to court after the imperial decree is issued."

When it came to business, Shen Jia resumed her seriousness and asked him: "Although I have always known about the affairs of the imperial court, but they are not detailed enough. Tell me, what happened to Xu Shoufu? Is it really a coincidence that he is ill?"

"You should know that his health was not very good three years ago. There were good times and bad times. The Tai Hospital tried its best to help him recuperate. It is God's grace to last three years. A few days ago, the Xu family failed. The lady who came out of the pavilion eloped with a scholar from other places, Xu Aiqing was so angry that she couldn't get up at all, Hong Yuan said it was a stroke, and I am afraid that time is running out."

"Miss who has not left the court? Could it be that..." There is only one Miss Xu family that Shen Jia can think of.

"Yes, she had an affair with King Chen of the North at the beginning, and she was going to marry into the palace, but the Chen family chased after her. In the end, although the cause of the former princess' death was not found out, the matter of the woman was publicized. In this way, she You must not be able to enter the palace, and you have not married out after three years of delay."

Shen Jia sighed, "You can't live without doing evil. If they hadn't killed Chen's daughter, they wouldn't have reached this point."

"People's hearts are just greedy, not worthy of pity."

"Of course I don't sympathize with such a person, but have you figured out how to deal with this person?" Shen Jia asked him, looking squarely at him.

The corners of Zhao Zhang's lips curled up slightly, and he leaned into his ear and asked, "Why, do you want to live together with me?"

Shen Jiachao took a step back, covered his ears and stared at him, the latter laughed, "Don't worry, I'm ready, I'll send her out of the palace tomorrow."

"Is everything safe?"

"Of course." Zhao Zhang said slightly proudly, "If you hadn't come back early, I would have arranged everything properly. My partner is qualified to stand at the top with me and jointly manage this thousand miles of rivers and mountains."

Zhao Zhang hugged him and walked forward. When he got to the lake, he saw that the fish in the lake had grown so large that he forgot when he put them down. "Although this lake is connected to the outside world, it is surrounded by a fence I mean, they can't swim out, they can only be trapped in this lake for the rest of their lives, and I am the same, so you can go out if you want to go out in the future, as long as the time is not too long, otherwise it will be too lonely to leave me here alone."

Shen Jia was stunned for a moment, then hugged him and patted him, "It won't last forever, brother Ting is about to grow up, train him well, maybe in a few years we will be able to travel the world together, I occupy overseas I have built several islands, built houses that are warm in all seasons, and planted beautiful flowers. I thought I must take you to see them in this life. I woke up in the salty sea breeze in the morning, and walked on the beach together to pick up shells under the morning light. , catch a few fish and shrimp, what a happy life!"

Zhao Zhang rubbed his hair vigorously, messing up his hair, "You are really... nakedly seducing me! I can't go to the island for the time being, but I will experience the kind of life you mentioned today! "After speaking, he ordered the hidden guards to prepare fishing rods. He couldn't catch fish and shrimps in the sea, and there were enough in this lake for him to spoil. As for other things, there was naturally another way to complete them!

In the early morning of the next day, an ordinary carriage drove out from the side door, drove through the busy street, left the city gate, and stopped under an old tree.

"My lady..."

"Shhh...it's time to change the name." Wei Jinrong was wearing an ordinary calico skirt, with only a silver hairpin on his head, and lifted the curtain to look back.

"Yes, miss, where should we go?" There was only one person accompanying Wei Jinrong out of the palace, but she knew that the emperor's secret guards were escorting her, and they would leave only after she found someone she trusted.

Wei Jinrong thought for a while, and when he heard the voices outside the car, he felt at ease, and said happily, "Let's go to Shuzhou, and it won't be too late to make a decision after picking up Sister Liu."

On the same day, an imperial decree was sent to Yiyuan. The emperor promoted Mr. Shen, who had just returned to Beijing from Guangdong and Guangxi, as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Many people still remember this Lord Shen who was dedicated to the people. He rebuilt new houses for the people in the north of the city, set up car and horse shops for ordinary people to travel conveniently, and used up his family's wealth to buy food and trade with the enemy, and resolved a fierce battle. , Saved the lives of countless people and soldiers at the border.

It is said that he built Guangdong and Guangxi into the freest and richest place in Dajin, free without breaking the law, rich without losing benevolence, but everyone who has been there has praised it.

It is recognized by the common people that such a person sits on the position of chief assistant, but what does it matter how old he is and whether he comes from a good background?They have no reason not to like a person who is willing to stand in front of them in times of national crisis.

The thoughts of the courtiers were much more complicated, but Shen Jia took advantage of the right time, place and people, saying that he was too young, his experience and talent had already surpassed his peers; saying that he had a chaotic relationship with the emperor, that was not even the emperor. The taboo thing is not a new thing for a long time. There are dozens of versions of folk stories about these two people. They are so touching and touched many people. The common people have long listened to this incident as a legendary love story. .

If you can't refute or refuse, what else can you do except submit to them?

Shen Jia received the order with complicated emotions. After he came to this world, he did have the goal of being promoted and making a fortune, but he never thought that he not only achieved this goal, but also gifted him with a respected boyfriend. Life is like this, husband and wife What do you want?

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