The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The next day, Song Jing came to Yan Mansion.

"This is a gift of silver from your majesty to the students, a total of one hundred taels. I also asked you to help the students take it home. Madam, it is very hard to grow rice and raise silkworms.

There is an old man at home and a child who is waiting to be fed. It is all taken care of by his wife. It is really embarrassing to be born late. In the capital, apart from the teacher, the person the student trusts the most is the adult. "Song Jing presented one hundred taels of silver.

One hundred taels is quite a lot, nearly twenty years of wages for one person. Wherever ordinary people have seen silver, they are all made of copper plates.

Yan Chengjin was confused: "Your Majesty gave you one thousand taels, why only one hundred taels?"

Song Jing hesitated for a moment and then said: "Coal must be mined from the mine first, and iron ore must also be mined. Smelting a furnace of iron requires five or six workers, and this is all silver..."

Why does it sound familiar?

Song Jing felt ashamed and said: "When the new furnace was built, Uncle Chang Ning asked students to fill it and took nine hundred taels."

Yan Chengjin was speechless. That's what Uncle Chang Ning said in the main hall. He gave him five hundred taels and took away nine hundred taels from Song Jing.

I made more than a thousand taels of silver in vain.

"Did you know that Uncle Chang Ning took five hundred taels from me to use for a new stove?" Yan Chengjin asked.

"Master, it's five hundred and eighty-seven taels." He Neng reminded.

Zhou Yu was also given eighty-seven taels of benefits.

Song Jing's eyes were as big as bells.

Yan Chengjin sighed softly and said: "You don't need to pay back my money. I just want to tell you that men should be more cautious when going out."

"I'm ashamed to say that the student has been studying hard at home since he was a child. He has rarely spent any money, and everything is cooked by his wife. He was born late when the wife was not around... But sir, don't worry, the student has remembered it." Song Jing nodded vigorously.

No matter which dynasty you belong to, when you first arrive, you will always have to suffer some hardships.

Yan Chengjin couldn't help but ask one more question: "Do you really have a long memory?"

Song Jing nodded without hesitation.

Yan Chengjin said: "Then I will test you to see if you really have a long memory. Listen carefully, if from now on, you and I will not know each other."

"May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Song Jing."

"May I ask where you are from?"

"Come from Fengxin County, Nanchang Prefecture."

"May I ask where you are going?"

"Stay in the capital and don't go anywhere."

Yan Chengjin shook his head in disappointment, "You only answered one question correctly. Just now you said you had a long memory, and I believed it. I really overestimated you."

Song Jing's face turned red with shame, and he was a little reluctant: "Where did the student get the answer wrong?"

"When you meet for the first time, you don't know what the other person's intentions are. How can you state your name? You should state your own first.

When asked where you come from, how can you answer truthfully? If you are a person seeking revenge, wouldn't you bring trouble to your wife, children, and children? You should first question the other person and find out their intention.

Asking you where you want to go is to find out your purpose. If you don't go anywhere, it can be regarded as the correct answer. "

Song Jing was stunned.

Yan Chengjin said solemnly: "These three questions seem simple. In life, they are just three questions. If you can figure it out, Uncle Changning will not be able to defraud you of your money in the future."

With that said, he took the one hundred taels of silver.

In the past few days, Wang Busui was going south to the south of the Yangtze River, so he could help Song Jing carry the money back to his hometown.

Before Song Jing left, Zhu Houzhao walked in happily.

We just got married last night and left the palace today.

Yan Chengjin knew that this guy must have escaped secretly.

On the second day of the bridal chamber, the prince and the princess would meet with the emperor and the empress, and the internal officials would also record the situation in the bridal chamber last night. Emperor Hongzhi knew that he had run out again, and he wondered if he would come out to look for him with a dragon-beating whip.

Zhu Houzhao was proud of the spring breeze: "Old Gao, do you know where Song Jing is?"

Zhu Houzhao had never met Song Jing.

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and looked at Song Jing, his eyebrows as if he were saying to Song Jing, 'Let's see how far you understand these three questions.'

Song Jingjing nodded, and first bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "I wonder what you want from Song Jing?"

Zhu Houzhao noticed the scholar next to him: "Who are you?"

"I'm Song Yixian."

Yan Chengjin nodded, deeply impressed by his true message of prudence.

Zhu Houzhao blinked. This person actually had the same surname as Song Jing, "Do you recognize Song Jing?"

Song Jing asked again: "May I ask why you are looking for Song Jing?"

"Look what you said, can't I find him if I have nothing to do?" Zhu Houzhao was angry.

Song Jing looked at Yan Chengjin with a begging look on his face, as if to say, 'Sir, this question is out of line...'

Yan Chengjin sighed lightly, some people are born with it, and some people can't do it no matter how hard they teach them.

It’s not Song Jing’s fault.

Zhu Houzhao spent his days battling wits and courage with the civil servants in Zhanshi Mansion. He has long since become a cunning old man who cannot be dealt with unless I have the intelligence and experience to deal with him.

"The person standing in front of His Highness is Song Jing." Yan Chengjin said.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes shone, and then he took out a deed from his arms, and then took out the red clay, with a look of urgency on his face: "Quick, quick, put a fingerprint here, I have to go back to the palace to pay my respects to my father, the emperor, and my queen." Well, if you go back late, you will be beaten by the emperor. I have asked the Ministry of Punishment and pressed the fingerprints, and everything will take effect. "

Song Jing was confused when he heard this.

Yan Chengjin knew that 80% of this was the imperial edict of "accepting the fate of the prince from heaven, and the imperial edict said."

Song Jing was confused: "Your Excellency, this is..."

"You press it first, and I will explain to you later."

Song Jing rolled up his sleeves, pressed his fingerprint where Zhu Houzhao said, and then signed his name.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao rolled up the paper and ran away, "I'm going to be beaten. I will explain to you next time."

"…………" Song Jing.

Zhu Houzhao was telling the truth. Yan Chengjin estimated that if he didn't leave, the Jinyiwei would come to arrest him. After a long time, Song Jing came to his senses.

Yan Chengjin said: "Don't worry, he is the son-in-law of your mentor, the crown prince of the dynasty."

………………

Kunning Palace,

Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang waited for Zhu Houzhao to greet them in the morning. Time passed quietly, and two pots of tea had gone cold.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi would have been sitting in the warm room reviewing memorials. Waiting for the crown prince to greet him was a pure waste of time.

Seeing that he was anxious, Empress Zhang advised him: "It's a good thing to get up late on your wedding night."

Eunuch Wei Tai came in, but he reported something about the cabinet: "Your Majesty, three cabinet members have important matters to report, waiting in the warm room."

Emperor Hongzhi stood up: "The three cabinet members are reporting together urgently, it must be extremely urgent. I'll trouble you, Empress, about the prince's affairs."

Empress Zhang knew that he couldn't sit still either, and maybe he would vent his anger on Zhu Houzhao in a while, so she nodded and let Emperor Hongzhi leave first.

At this time, the three elders of the cabinet looked solemn. Emperor Hongzhi strode in from the side door and asked before he sat down: "Why are the three ministers so anxious?"

Liu Jian said solemnly: "It's the Jianzhou Jurchens who asked the court to issue Kanhe and resume trade with the Ming Dynasty. In exchange, they are willing to release the captured Han people."

This matter was caused by the trade of iron tools.

Like the Tatars, the Jianzhou Jurchens were not allowed to trade iron tools by the Ming Dynasty.

Kanhe was a pass given by the Ming Dynasty to Jianzhou Jurchens. With Kanhe, they could enter the border towns of Daming and do some business.

Jianzhou Jurchens lived in the Hunhe River Basin. They were not good at farming, let alone iron smelting. Even farming was done by capturing Han and Chaoxian people to farm, and sometimes they also invaded the border towns.

During the reign of Emperor Gao, they were given official positions in Liaodong and built guards to resist the Tatars.

The benefit given to them was to issue Kanhe and let them trade with the border towns of Daming.

But later, Jianzhou Jurchens had evil intentions. In order to develop their own technology, they dared to capture the craftsmen of Daming, and took many blacksmiths, carpenters, and weavers.

The court was furious and launched an army to attack and killed many chieftains. Jianzhou Jurchens also retreated to the Hunhe River Basin and made a living by hunting.

Hunting requires a lot of iron tools. The Ming Dynasty exported iron tools to Siam and other countries, which attracted the attention of Jianzhou Jurchen. However, they had no resources to exchange them, so they could only request to restore the Kanhe system and trade scattered iron tools from the market.

Li Dongyang said: "I think that Kanhe cannot be restored! Your Majesty, according to the report from Chen Yao, the governor of Liaodong, the governor of Haixi Qianwei is very restless and even has the tendency to rebel. He has long stopped paying tribute to the court. Jianzhou is behind it. If people are exchanged for iron tools, Jianzhou may capture more Han people in the future to threaten the court."

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