The ancient city of Jinling, pillow Lingjiang and control Chu Mountain, the dragon and the tiger are in the tiger, there is the air of the emperor, the history has been the ancient capital of the six dynasties, the tiger is in the dragon pan, the gas of the emperor is intersected. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Emperor Taizu, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was also set here when he ascended the throne. At that time, the crown prince died early, leaving only one imperial grandson, Taizu was extremely favored, and became the crown prince, and after his death, he was succeeded by the grandson, called Emperor Wen.

Emperor Wen was gentle and elegant when Taizu was there, and when Taizu died and succeeded to the throne for the first time, he was a little sharp. Emperor Wen thought that this feudal system was really a disadvantage of the Ming Dynasty, so he listened to the opinions of a few scholars and set out to abolish the feudal domain, but the means were quite intense, and several uncles were forced to die. The so-called rabbit died and the fox was sad, how could the fourth son of Emperor Taizu be willing to repeat the mistakes of the past when he saw his brother end up like this?

The four princes are the most brave and good at fighting among the princes, and their soldiers are like clouds, and this iron-hearted army is like a bamboo, and several vassal kings are waving their flags to cheer, but in a few years, the country has changed hands. When Emperor Wen reached such a point, he had to sigh and set fire to the imperial city in the middle of the night, and disappeared.

Killing nephews with uncles and usurping the king with ministers is often not tolerated in heaven and earth, but after the four princes ascended the throne, they were generous and virtuous, recruited talents, and were called Chengzu, who reigned for 30 years, laid the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, and became the lord of a generation of Zhongxing.

When Chengzu ascended the throne, he refused to bow his head because he was afraid of the old ministers of Jinling, and he was not used to the southern climate, so he simply moved the capital to Tianjing, and only used Jinling as the old capital. Now it is the thirteenth year of Tianxing, and Emperor Hui is in power, and it has been a thousand years since Taizu created the Ming Dynasty. Although Jinling City has no longer regained the respect of the national capital, but it guards the hub of the Lingjiang waterway, the climate is rich, and it is still the city of the Ming Dynasty second only to Tianjing, and the inheritance of Taizu, and Tianjing, there is also a system of six departments, but the authority is much inferior.

The east of Jinling City goes all the way along the Zhengzhong Road, and at the end you can see a huge mansion, the gate is towering, painted with red lacquer, the huge stone lion in front of the door and the copper nail the size of the door sh bowl mouth, all show the wealth and luxury of the owner of this courtyard.

This family's surname is Ling, and he is the richest man in Jinling City. At this time, there were two family members standing listlessly guarding the door in front of the door. Suddenly, the door opened, and two men walked out of it. In front of him was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, with red lips and white teeth, and a pair of eyes that were full of spirit and anticipation. Behind him was an old man with gray hair, his steps were steady, and his red face was not angry.

The two family members hurriedly bowed down and shouted in unison: "Second young master, head Wang!" That young man was Ling Chong, the second young man of the Ling family, and the old man behind him was named Wang Chao, who was the head of the Ling family. Ling Chong smiled and said hello, Wang Chao's eyes swept over the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "The second young master is going to play outside the city, why don't you go and bring the horse here!" The two of them took the order and hurriedly ran to the house.

Ling Chong smiled and said: "Uncle Wang, I led the horses myself, why do I have to ask them to lead them?" Wang Chao said: "Young master, I don't know, these two newcomers are very lazy, and they refuse to take one more step on weekdays, I asked them to lead the horses, just to sharpen their temper." Ling Chong smiled and didn't ask any more. After a while, the horses neighed, and the two housekeepers led two tall horses, sweating profusely.

Ling Chong took the reins of the horse, and said hard! Turning over and getting on the horse, his posture was very light and skillful. Wang Dynasty also got on his horse and said coldly: "You two guard the door, don't be lazy." Although the master is lenient, you must know that my dynasty does not rub sand in his eyes!" the two family members bowed with a wry smile and answered the order again and again. The two men urged their horses and headed straight out of the city.

The two family members closed the door, looked at the dust and shadows flying in the sand, one of them snorted, and scolded: "Damn, dog slave, dare to play tricks on Lao Tzu!" The other shouted: "Shut up! Have you forgotten our mission!" The man's face changed, and he said in a low voice: "Big brother, our brothers don't let go of a good uncle, and come to this Ling Mansion to be a subordinate, don't you feel aggrieved?"

The other person snorted: "How can I be so short-sighted as you!" Tell you, the prince sent the two of us to monitor the Ling Mansion, you have to be more restrained, don't show your flaws, otherwise you won't wait for the prince to punish you, Lao Tzu will kill you first!" The man shrank in fright, and didn't dare to speak anymore.

Ling Chong and Wang Dynasty rode their horses out of the city all the way and went straight to Chu Mountain. The dynasty lagged behind a little, looked at Ling Chong's small face and showed excitement, and sighed secretly: "The old man is a square man, he doesn't know the cunning of the world, this second young master has no accident, how can I know that the two people are really sent by others, just to find out the movements of the Ling Mansion." Our dynasty has been deeply favored by the Ling family, how can we not go to the trouble for it! No matter what, we can't let those two people succeed and ruin the great foundation of the Ling family!"

This dynasty is really a strange person, with unique skills, he accidentally fell into trouble and was rescued by the old lady of the Ling family, so he stayed in the Ling family and has always been loyal. Old lady Ling started as a lowly servant and ran a businessman, but he accumulated a huge business in the past few decades, but he was not blessed, but he died in his fifties, leaving only one son, Ling Zhen.

If you look at it in the general way, this Young Master Ling Zhen will either inherit his father's business and support the great family's business, or he will be a gentleman's son, lose all his family property, and be a wandering ronin, but this Young Master Ling is really stumbling, and he has no talent for business since he was a child, just a little, and he is very good at reading. However, at the age of ten, he won the show and the first, and then he overcame all the obstacles all the way, the township test, the meeting test, the palace test, and finally was handpicked by the royal pen as the new science list, only under the champion.

Young Master Ling is now in his forties, his official fortune is prosperous, he is upright as an official, and he has risen all the way, until he has achieved the official title of the second grade of the Ministry of Rites, and then he sees through the officialdom, has no intention of enterprising, and just wants to guard the widow's wife and children for the rest of his life, so he made it clear to the emperor, returned to his hometown Jinling, and still made a Ministry of Rites waiter, but compared with Tianjing, the difference in power is more than ten, but this Young Master Ling is as willing as a glutton, chanting poems and painting every day, serving the old mother, and living a very freehand life. When the people in Jinling City mentioned this Lord Ling, they all gave a thumbs up and shouted hello. is rich and powerful, but not arrogant, he is really a rare clean official.

It's just that Lord Ling also has something unpleasant, when he was young, he was ordered by his father to marry a young lady from a county official's family, but after the young lady passed the door, she didn't even move in her stomach, which made the old couple anxious, and the old woman Ling proposed several times to take a concubine for her son to inherit the Ling family, but Ling Zhen still had a little love for his wife, and insisted on refusing. The old woman Ren Ling used any means, and she couldn't change her son's mind.

This year, Ling Zhen was thirty years old, and Master Ling died, and after the family mourned, the funeral was completed. The old woman Ling repeated the old words, but just lowered her head and wiped her tears, and said that you, an unfilial descendant, refused to listen to my words and took a concubine, so that your father didn't even see his grandson when he left, and you are still a scholar with a full stomach, etc. This time Ling Zhen panicked, Ling's mother struck while the iron was hot, and asked a beautiful and virtuous woman from a good family, and she really found a beautiful woman who was eighteen years old.

The old woman Ling was bent on doing it, and she didn't care about the rules of keeping filial piety for three years, but in three months, she used a sedan chair to carry the woman into the mansion. Ling Zhen's original husband had not given birth for several years, and her mother-in-law had never had a good face with her, and now that her husband had taken a concubine, she did not dare to stop her.

The woman came from a small family and lived with her father since she was a child. The old father is a teacher in the village, and he is also an old Confucian, he originally wanted his daughter to be a child, but the matchmaker persuaded him several times, and the old woman Ling came to the door in person, and knew that Ling Zhen was a rare good official, with a clean and upright official style, and would never insult his daughter, so he also nodded and agreed. After only a year of passing the door, the second lady has the flesh and blood of the Ling family in her belly, and she can keep the old lady happy, worship the gods and Buddhas every day, and thank the gods for their grace.

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