Chapter 402: The Prince of Taifu Temple proposes
"Let me tell you, the famous and the son-in-law has long been the uncle of our family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info "Xiao Yahuan's expression was arrogant, and she made up for it in the hearts of these people, and it was really not shocking.
Several sons and brothers are dripping blood in their hearts, what kind of sacredness is this, why was it that the original name was unknown, and now it suddenly shines in the sky like a star, which makes many talents in Jiangnan lose their light.
You shine brightly, but in Suzhou, you don't even let go of the beauties in Nanjing, it's too much! These people were originally full of dreams for Zuo Ling's beauty, but they were completely shattered by Xiao Yahuan's words, and they completely lost their thoughts.
"Let me tell you, Gongzi was not a genius originally, he was a miracle doctor. His medical skills are called gods, as long as people still have a breath, multiple diseases can be cured. Seeing that everyone was listening to her attentively, Xiao Yahuan's sense of presence suddenly exploded, and she continued to chatter.
"Miracle doctor? It can't be. Even Brother Linghu, who was the most sincere in his heart, didn't believe it.
"Hmph, that's because you are lonely and unheard, I haven't seen him treat people at all, just in Fengyang, he cured two terminally ill patients, one of them is the wife of the Marquis of Wucheng, even the imperial doctor in the capital announced that there is no rule of law, and in the end, it was our family's son's wonderful hand rejuvenation, and he was cured with only acupuncture." The little girl talked endlessly, telling about the miracles of practicing medicine.
Zuo Ling didn't stop her, she was not interested in talking to these laymen at all, and she wished that her maid would do it for her.
"Oh, I've heard of this matter, I thought it was cured by the imperial doctor sent by the emperor, but I didn't expect it to be this talented man."
"This is really more popular than a person, how can he still heal, and he is so godly." One of them wailed, and his family was a medical professional, so he knew about it.
Moreover, in Fengyang, he was misunderstood as the medicine king Chengjing, and he was very happy, and there were many rumors in Jinling, but he couldn't equate it with the genius of Suzhou, and now they knew that it was the same person.
"However, if that talented man has already married Chen Zhengjun's daughter, how can he marry Miss Zuo?" Someone thought about this question.
"That's not something you should ask." Zuo Ling said coldly.
Several people looked at each other and understood that they were completely out of play, but they didn't believe that Zuo Ling could change the fact that they were married. The so-called marriage is to deliberately push him out as a shield, so that they will not always be around.
"Ling'er, you're really here."
At this time, a graceful and luxurious middle-aged beautiful woman walked over, followed by a little girl, followed by two boys, and several family members stood next to a carriage in the distance.
"Aunt Zhao, why are you here too?" Zuo Ling saw the beautiful woman coming, so he got up to greet him.
"I'm just here to find you, come with me, I'll tell you something."
"What's the matter?"
"A good thing, a happy thing."
This Aunt Zhao couldn't help but say, and pulled Zuo Ling away.
Several sons and brothers could only watch Zuo Ling being pulled away, and no one dared to say a word.
This Aunt Zhao is the mother-in-law of one of the ten Yan of Qinhuai, and she was a famous prostitute in Qinhuai River with Zuo Ling's mother back then, reflecting a generation of romance.
Now, although the peerless beauty is gone, it still retains the charm of the past, and many lonely old benefactors are still surrounded by her skirt. Many of the fathers of several sons and sons are good friends of this Aunt Zhao, so they are still respectful to this beautiful woman, otherwise they will wait to go home and eat the family law.
After Zuo Ling came to Jinling, her alluring beauty, peerless style, and considerable net worth caused a lot of sensation in the upper class, no less than the shock caused by that poem in Suzhou. Some people even expressed regret, but it's a pity that Zuo Ling is already a scholar's daughter, otherwise it would not be difficult to reproduce her mother's world-class demeanor, and she can continue to write a legend of Qinhuai.
Aunt Zhao led Zuo Ling to a tea room and asked for two pots of tea and a plate of melon seeds. Zuo Ling felt a little hungry, so she asked for her favorite Poria cake and chestnut soup, and ate tea slowly in small sips, while their maid and boy ate all kinds of pastries and dried fruits on the other table.
"Aunt Zhao, what are you always looking for me for?" Zuo Ling looked at Aunt Zhao's pretending to be mysterious, and felt a little funny.
"Of course it's a good thing. Let me tell you, after the son of Taifu Temple Cheng saw you, he made up his mind, and you will not marry in this life. This morning, Taifu Sicheng personally found me and asked me to probe your tone first, I don't know if you are willing? If he wants, he will immediately go to Fengyang to propose to Ling Zun. ”
"The son of Taifu Temple? It's the one with leg and foot problems, Aunt Zhao, tell him, let him die of this heart, the toad wants to eat swan meat. Zuo Ling's face changed.
As the saying goes, there are hundreds of women in a family, no matter who asks for marriage, this is a kind of honor, and it is a matter for the woman to decide whether she is willing or not. However, Zuo Ling thought of the guy with problems with his legs and feet, and his stroke-like expression made her feel a little sick.
"Ling'er, there is something wrong with that child, the fetus is not a big problem, the most important thing is that his family is rich." When Aunt Zhao said this, her eyes suddenly lit up.
Among the various departments of the imperial court, the richest is not the household department and the military department, but the Taifu Temple.
Because Taifu Temple is in charge of the country's horse trading, as well as horse breeding in various places, in the era of cold weapons, horses are not only transport vehicles, but also equivalent to later tanks, armored vehicles, representing the unrivaled impact on the battlefield, but also fast mobility.
Compared with the infantry, the advantages of cavalry can not be described too much, the nomads outside the pass can win more with less, often relying on a large number of cavalry, and the Central Plains Empire can only rely on strong and tall cities to fight defensive battles, which is naturally the losing side.
In order to prevent the nomads from launching raids outside the Saiwai, the Ming Dynasty paid special attention to the breeding of horses, and the quantity and quality were very important, in order to build an invincible iron horse, which was later famous as the Kwantung Iron Horse, they were stationed at Shanhaiguan and held the key pass of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The number of Kanto Iron Cavalry was only a few tens of thousands, but it exhausted the resources of the whole country. During World War II, Japan tried to build an invincible armada, so the Combined Fleet depleted Japan's national funds, and as a result, the army's equipment could only stay at the level of World War I.
The Ming Dynasty was similar, and most of the national strength was pressed on the Kwantung Iron Cavalry. The Kwantung Iron Cavalry was indeed unexpected, repelled the Manchu cavalry again and again, and since the beginning of Huang Taiji, they never dared to attack Shanhaiguan head-on, and they chose other passes to enter the pass and plunder. But no matter how strong a town is, it is useless, after all, there are nine Xiongguan in the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty can always find a breakthrough if they want to break through and enter the Central Plains.
The annual funds of the Taifu Temple are huge, and the cabinet of the imperial court and the six Shangshu have also reached a consensus, no matter how tight the imperial court's funds are, the silver allocated to the Taifu Temple every year must not be less than one or two, and it must not delay the country's military defense. From this point of view, both the emperor and the civilian officials are aware of the crisis, and if it is not a country that is strong, its military defense capability bears the brunt.
Taifu Temple has to buy horses from the nomadic people outside the Saiwai every year, at that time the price of horses was expensive, the amount of funds needless to say, but the annual budget is sufficient, basically not exhausted, and there is a large amount of silver taels.
The Taifu Temple is rich, and the officials of the Taifu Temple are naturally rich, they don't have to embezzle from the funds, as long as they make a fuss in the accounts of horse purchase and sheep shepherding every year, they will be rich in a few years.
Later, when Mingshenzong got married, the silver was insufficient, so he had to borrow a few hundred taels of silver from the Taifu Temple, and then the Taifu Temple collected debts from the emperor every year, just like the money lenders of the underworld.
The shadow left by this incident on Mingshenzong's heart is too large, he has not been able to get out of it in his life, he has accumulated gold and silver in every way in his life, no matter how much he is not satisfied, and it cannot be said that it is not the sequelae caused by this incident.
At that time, there was a mantra among the people: the emperor has no silver at home, so he must borrow the silver from the horses of the Taifu Temple.
The landlord's family does not necessarily have surplus grain, and the emperor's family is not unable to run out of silver, but they never consider the degree of reuse, and when it comes to urgent use, they have to reach out to borrow it, and then they will be maliciously called for debts.
However, it can be analyzed through the fact that the Myojin Sect borrowed money from Taifu Temple to buy horses, and this yamen has silver, and it will never be in a situation where there is a shortage of funds like other departments.
Zuo Ling also knows some of these situations, although the Zuo family is only in business, but they are no strangers to the political structure of the imperial court and the affairs of officialdom.
"His family has silver, so what, I don't lack silver, why should I sell myself?!" Zuo Ling refused, leaving no room at all.
"You've got it figured out...... This Taifu Sicheng is not only rich, but also has a lot of power in Jinling, if you refuse him, it will be difficult to live in the future once you encounter something. Aunt Zhao's face was embarrassed and whispered.
No matter how this sounds like a threat, it just so happens that Zuo Ling is still a person who is not afraid of threats, she was indeed forced to die by a marriage letter back then, but it was just that one thing, and now she wants to force her to obey with power, dream about it.
"Whatever he thinks, I'll say yes and see what he can do to me." What Zuo Ling does not lack is precisely courage.
Aunt Zhao was completely deflated, in fact, she didn't want to be this matchmaker, but Taifu Temple Cheng was also her friend, and after more than 20 years of relationship, she couldn't refuse. In addition, it is true that as she said, in Jinling, there are really not many people who dare to refute this adulthood.
However, since Zuo Ling is so determined on this matter, it is inconvenient for her to continue lobbying. If you don't agree to this courtship, the consequences will definitely be serious, and there will definitely be troubles, but you can only talk about it then. Zuo Ling also thinks so, it's a big deal to leave Jinling and stop doing business here, no matter how arrogant Taifu Temple Cheng is, he may not dare to open a knife on the entire Zuo family, after all, the Zuo family also has a relationship and a doorway in the court.
"Ling'er, do you love that person with all your heart?" Aunt Zhao still wanted to figure out why Zuo Ling's attitude was so resolute.