Chapter 9: Losing Courage

If something like this happened in the family, it was like a pillar collapsing, and it was impossible to do anything by relying on a woman, just look at the Wang family who had no owner of the six gods, and the Zheng family was still barely able to maintain it, but he just urged Zhang Chang to hurry up and set up a car to inquire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

But this was stopped by Zhang Zhaohua.

What can the eldest brother Zhang Chang do when he goes to Kaifeng City, he has always only dealt with the women of the village, if he goes to the county office, I am afraid that he will be unable to speak for a long time, where can he be expected to find out what information - Zhang Zhaohua thought about it, and first told the grain chief about it, and the grain chief had the same idea as her, so that their family would stay at home temporarily, and he asked Zhang Geng to go to Kaifeng and go to confirm the news first.

On the afternoon of the third day, Zhang Geng brought the news, but it was extremely bad news.

He said that Zhang Sheng set up a house in Kaifeng, and there was a woman hidden in it, and if Zhang Sheng did not go to business, he would be there to catch the woman in pairs, and have fun in the morning and evening.

In this way, there is nothing wrong with it, although Lehu is lowly, but if Zhang Sheng doesn't care, his family doesn't dislike it, and others only sneer in private, but there is no hindrance. But I didn't expect the matter to be involved with the palace, this woman is not a happy household under the county nationality, but a private trick from Nanjing allocated to the Zhou Wangfu, so that only the Zhou Wangfu agrees to offset the place of origin, can go out of the house- It is said that when it was released, it was indeed offset, but I didn't expect the second prince of Zhou Wangfu to look at her, so he said that the Lehu was private property, and there was no reason to release it.

It was another bolt from the blue.

Zhou Wangfu, what is that, that is the imperial family, and it is the grandson of the emperor who can't get along with the Zhang family -- what kind of concept is this, in an era when the class system is so strict, it is extremely difficult for the people to have the heart to confront the imperial power.

At this time, the vassal king was not the kind of maintenance in the later generations of the Ming Dynasty, but he did have supreme power, and could "soothe the people, persuade farming, and insult foreign countries to the feudal emperor's room".

The king of Zhou is no better than his elder brothers, commanding troops in the important towns of Biansai, but he also has a guard of 1,200 people, and he is the supreme representative in the fiefdom of Henan - Zhang Sheng and the palace of the king of Zhou, you can imagine what the consequences are.

"The king of Zhou is not like the kings of Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu. The grain chief groaned: "He is lenient and sympathetic to the people, he has never heard of any illegal things, and he doesn't know what the second prince wants to do." If you can ask for the King of Zhou, according to the truth, with his character as an ancient gentleman, it is very likely that Brother Sheng'er and this Lehu will be put back. ”

"I heard that King Zhou is quite good at music," Zhang Zhaohua said: "I also like the Yuanqu script, this kind of joy and sorrow is more real than what is written in the book, King Zhou will be the arbiter, Yucheng This matter, the world's favorite thing to break the mirror and reunite, King Zhou will also cast a reputation at home." ”

"You can see it clearly. The grain chief nodded.

"Moreover, it's useless for your eldest brother to go to this matter," the grain chief said: "It's most appropriate for you to go, in fact, you don't know yet, you and the king of Zhou also have a antecedent." ”

Zhang Zhaohua was surprised and hurriedly asked.

The grain chief said: "In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Zhangchang held the first township drinking ceremony, and there were guests at the banquet who claimed to be the king of Zhou's long history - he was actually not Changshi, or the king of Zhou himself. ”

Zhang Zhaohua's impression of this person was very faint, but he remembered the two children who followed him clearly, and said: "Those two children, are they the children of King Zhou-oh, I remember, they call King Zhou uncle, it seems that they are the children of other vassal kings." ”

Zhang Zhaohua recalled it carefully, and felt that King Zhou was indeed not a flamboyant and unreasonable person, but this person was very talkative, and he had the courtesy of a literati and the temperament of a chivalrous man. Since there is a previous situation, so she has a greater grasp, and discussed some details with the grain chief, and the grain chief said that she will be sent to the county town early tomorrow morning, and Zhang Geng will answer and go to Kaifeng together.

When Zhang Zhaohua went back and said, the family members were hesitant, especially the Wang family, when they heard that she was going to the palace, they didn't agree to it, in her opinion, the Zhou Wangfu was a place that devoured people, and it was difficult to get out if she went in. When Zhang Zhaohua finally appeased the Wang family and agreed to her going, Zhang Geng told her that King Zhou had been urgently summoned to Beijing.

Now they have reached a desperate time again, and Yu Qing's road is no longer feasible; Yu Li, the grain chief, and Zhang Zhaohua have analyzed that the probability of winning by suing officials is zero, and there will be no officials who offend the powerful Zhou Wangfu for the sake of an ordinary person, at least in Henan, the fief of the Zhou king, it will not be.

What's more, Zhang Sheng is also at fault in this matter, he is a prostitute, and he is a Lehu of the Zhou Palace.

There is nothing wrong with prostitutes, not to mention that the emperor did not prohibit the Qinglou industry, but vigorously supported the construction of the 16th floor in Jinling to deal with the official tricks; the names of the 16th floor were all taken by the emperor himself: Guest, Retranslation, Qingjiang, Shicheng, Heming, Zuixian, Lemin, Jixian, Acura, Drumbelly, Light Smoke, Light Powder, Meiyan, Liucui, Nanshi, Beishi.

The official trick is open to officials and even businessmen, but the problem is that Zhang Sheng's target is not an official trick, but a private trick, that is, a happy household who moves his household registration to the palace to provide the palace with private entertainment.

To put it bluntly, she is a woman who dares to prostitute the Zhou Palace.

The officials will not care about the fact that this Lehu was let out by the master's family, they will only find Zhang Sheng's fault.

"Even if my brother is at fault," Zhang Zhaohua choked with anger: "It is also handed over to the division for sentencing and punishment - the Zhou Wangfu cannot detain the people privately, my brother is a good citizen, and the palace has no right to impose punishment privately, let alone execute." If the second brother has a good one, the country has not raised so many imperial histories in vain, and it will be heard!"

However, this is useless, in Henan, it is the world of King Zhou's family - not only Zhang Sheng was detained, but even Zhang Qi, who was found, was arrested in the mansion.

The situation is precarious, and I am afraid that it will be really dangerous to drag on any longer. When Zhang Zhaohua thought of the possible torture of his father and brother, his heart felt like a knife, especially after the stone handed to the county government sank into the sea, Zhang Zhaohua knew that the most terrible thing was coming, and officials at all levels, from the prefecture to the county, no matter how big or small the official rank, could not be provoked by the vassal king.

"Now," said the grain chief, very seriously, "what do you want to do?"

"In Henan Province, there is no one who can govern the Zhou Palace," Zhang Zhaohua shed tears and said his determination: "I want to sue, go to Beijing to sue." ”

"You once said that there is a red card under the door of the Jingshi Tongzheng Division, and the book says 'Envoy'. Zhang Zhaohua said: "The emperor has set a rule that anyone who wants to do something must not go to the former, take this card and hold it, you can go straight to the inner house, and the guards and other officials at each gate dare not obstruct it." ”

"You want to take the red card?" The grain chief was also surprised: "You actually want to sue the royal court?"

"Otherwise, who can open my eyes for me?" Zhang Zhaohua said: "Sun Tzu has done evil and can't find Lao Tzu, so just find his grandfather's head! The emperor loves his children and grandchildren, but the people of the world are not his descendants, and I don't ask him to punish Zhou Wangfu, I just want to release my father and brother safely." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that easy. The grain chief sighed.