After being released from the prison of the Criminal Department, Meng did not return to work immediately.

Zhu Di made the will to release Xingningbo, but did not reinstate his official. There was no official seal in his hand, no black yarn on his head, and the task was not issued, so Meng Le had nothing to do. Lu Mi, who led the earl, drank tea and read books every day, and occasionally wrote to Dao Yan to exchange his reading experience. When you are tired of sitting on the street, you can walk around the street, how leisurely and comfortable.

If one day the emperor thinks of him and asks him to return to work, Meng is still a little uncomfortable.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

Three months of prison life, eating well, sleeping well, except for the environment, occasionally helping Shen Xuan pick out official documents, no longer have to care about other things, it can be called comfortable. Accustomed to such days, Meng Dang was really a little reluctant to suddenly return to a fast-paced life. With the current work rhythm of the Beijing Provincial Headquarters and the Military Governor's Office after the march, it is inevitable that we will be tired and tired from plunging headlong into it and fighting hard with the civil and military forces that are fighting hard and fighting.

was locked up for a time, which attracted most of the attention of Xiaoxiao behind the scenes, dedicated to Emperor Yongle, let Jinyiwei calmly lay out, find out the mastermind, and did the private work ordered by Emperor Yongle by the way, without merit and hard work.

With this great achievement, I don't ask for a reward, I just want to take a paid vacation for a while, shouldn't it be too much?

Meng resolutely refused to admit that he had been eaten away by the ** life in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Go to the cell**, and no one will believe it.

Compared with Meng's leisure, Shen Xuan, who left the prison of the Criminal Department, was busy like a spinning top all day long.

I get up before dawn to go to work, but I don't leave the yamen at all.

Overtime is normal, but leaving work on time is abnormal.

Three meals a day, most of the time in the yamen, only once in the home.

It is said that the standard of working meals in the yamen was set by Emperor Hongwu, the meals were accurate to two, and the taste was really "amazing".

The amount and taste are not as good as the prison meals in the prison of the Criminal Department, which is not a meal, but a crime.

From this point of view, even if he sat on the throne, it did not prevent Mr. Zhu, who was born as a poor peasant, from treating the court officials as rank-level-enemy.

It's a pity that the canteen of the Sixth Department and the Military Governor's Mansion can't be contracted, otherwise, Meng can't do it himself, and he can also recommend a few people to come out and improve the food in the Beijing Department. For example, several firehead soldiers who were transferred from Yanshan Guard to the prison of the Criminal Department were quite good at cooking, frying, cooking and frying. The dishes made look a bit silly and not delicate enough, but the taste is first-class.

During his time in prison, Meng ate prison meals made by two of them.

After being released from prison, I missed it very much, so I simply dug people into my own house, gnawed on hot ribs, and my life was suddenly complete.

Xing Ningbo dug into the corner of the prison of the Criminal Department, the jailer did not dare not report it, but Lang outside the hospital who was in charge of this matter waved his hand, Dingyuan Hou almost demolished half of the prison, Xing Ningbo just dug a corner, no big deal. Yu Situ, who is old and picky, has never made up funds for the Criminal Department, and the cook is not a staff member in the establishment, so he can save wages if he has two less, so he will dig it.

The favor is given, the money is saved, and it is not necessary for Xingningbo to worry about it all day long, killing three birds with one stone.

No one to cook?

Jailer on top.

No?

It can be learned.

Do you feel tired and have a low salary?

Fire somebody!

Prisoners complain about poor food?

Oh, I'm in prison, and I still want to enjoy it, and the ideological problem is very serious, so I must have cabbage and brown rice, and I will reform it well!

It is not easy to live in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the worst is also an alternate magistrate. Before being arrested, I heard that the food in the prison of the Criminal Department was very good, and everyone was looking forward to it. You can eat a few more good meals before the severed head, and you can be a full ghost, and it will not be in vain.

If you don't think about it, good hope is used to crush it.

The soft steamed bun braised pork in hope has become a hard dry food cabbage soup like a stone, the cake can't be bitten, and the soup is like brushing pot water, can this be endured? Absolutely not!

Differential treatment must be resisted!

After being hungry for a few meals, he found that the protest was ineffective, so he could only bow to reality.

While bowing their heads, the inmates scolded someone who spread rumors to the point of blood.

Is prison food delicious? Whoever said it, must be strangled!

After scolding, he took local materials, tied up straw, smoked the soles of his shoes in prison, and nailed the villain.

One or two are okay, the entire prison officers are doing the same thing, which is definitely a kind of mental torture for the prison staff of the Criminal Department.

Are the prisoners crazy?

It's okay to be crazy, but it turns out that everyone has a clear mind and is organized.

Listening to the dingding and clanging every day, mixed with the scolding of those who quote scriptures, the jailers are as big as a fight, and every time they patrol the prison, they are tormented.

People say that you don't have to guess what a scholar thinks, but it's even harder to guess if you're an official.

Now it seems that this statement is indeed true.

finally sent away Dingyuan Marquis and Xingningbo, and soon came to such a group again, can life still be lived?

I wanted to change jobs, but I had no choice but to freeze my household registration and transfer to other departments, and the competition was too fierce. Looking up to the sky and sighing, if you don't want to make money to support your family, do you have to suffer this sin?

While weeping, the jailer gathered two balls of cotton and stuffed them into his ears, took a deep breath, tensed his cheeks, and embarked on today's patrol road with the feeling of a strong man breaking his wrist.

The prisoners in the prison of the Criminal Department nailed the villain and smoked the soles of his shoes, and at most let Meng sneze a few times. Rubbing your nose, it's time to walk and eat.

He was leisurely, but seeing that Shen Xuan was busy with work all day, Meng felt that he should always do something.

Rummaging through the laws of the Ming Dynasty, looking for Hongwu Chengfa, it was determined that a small kitchen could not be set up in the yamen, but the delivery of meals was not restricted.

In order to ensure the quality of the food, he specially found the former deputy envoy of the Daning Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau who was transferred to Beiping, and transferred several craftsmen from him to toss out the food box with the effect of heat preservation. Although it is only a transformation on the basis of its predecessors, it can be regarded as an innovation.

Meng paid for the benefits to the craftsmen, and the deputy envoy of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau, who had been promoted, began to ponder the possibility of continuing to transform the food box and use it in the army.

It can be seen that Meng's work in Daning City has achieved unexpected results, and the staff from the Daning Capital Division to the subordinate departments are accustomed to using their brains and exerting creative thinking in their work. Take one step and look at ten steps, not satisfied with one acre and three points of land under your feet.

With the transfer or promotion of Daning's officials to Beiping, it more or less affected the upper and lower levels.

Under the subtlety, the work efficiency of the Beijing Sixth Department has been improved again. Even Emperor Yongle lamented that the officials of the Ministry were extremely capable, diligent and loved the people, and became more and more dissatisfied with the Sixth Department of Nanjing.

The officials of the six heavenly officials in Nanjing were also very wronged, and they dared to swear to the god position of Emperor Tai-Zugao that they were definitely not lazy! Compared with previous years, personal ability and work efficiency are steadily improving.

It's a pity that there is a comparison with the Beijing line, and Emperor Yongle is dissatisfied with the six departments in Nanjing.

The former is riding a rocket into the sky, and the latter is driving a sports car.

Meng's act of delivering food to the yamen attracted the attention of Jinyiwei.

After observing for two days, I found that Xingningbo was indeed only delivering food, and only sending Dingyuanhou's portion, and the meal was accurate to two, and it was impossible for others to rub a few grains of rice.

The brocade guard who was in charge of keeping an eye was suddenly embarrassed. In the end, it was concluded that Xing Ningbo Bo and Dingyuan Hou really had a good relationship, and they both acted similarly, such as resolutely not allowing others to eat. The chefs of the Xingningbo family are also first-class. This weight, this aroma, this color, just looking at it, I can't help but drool.

Every time the meal arrives, the moment Dingyuan Hou opens the food box, a series of saliva sounds will sound around him.

It's a pity that Dingyuan Hou has no comradeship at all, and Guangping Hou, who goes to work on leave, can't get a chopstick, let alone others.

Everyone can only hold the rice bowl, look at all kinds of delicacies, and eat with the aroma.

Relying on the number of people to rob?

Just kidding, whoever dares to snatch food from the mouth of the Marquis of Dingyuan is definitely enough to live.

The Marquis of Guangping went home and told Princess Yongan about the affairs in the yamen.

Princess Yong'an raised her eyebrows, and everyone knew that Yu Xin, the head of the Beijing household department, was an old pick, and he didn't want to be more picky than him. Don't give a grain of rice, what a point does this have to go!

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the horse, Princess Yong'an waved her hand, isn't it just a meal? We also send it!

In terms of net worth, the three Xingningbo pinched together are not her opponents, chicken, duck and fish, one meal for the same!

After making a bold statement, Princess Yong'an frowned again, she knew that the friendship between Dingyuan Marquis and Xingningbo was good, but it was like this?

Unconsciously thinking of the gossip and rumors in Beijing, Princess Yongan pinched her forehead, she must have thought too much.

The Marquis of Dingyuan has Xingning to deliver food, the Marquis of Guangping has Princess Yong'an to feed, and in the military governor's mansion after the line, the people who are envious, jealous and hated by all kinds have become two.

Under the influence of Shen Xuan, Yuan Rong also became picky, and resolutely did not give a piece of meat to his colleagues.

While spitting on the two bosses' slamming the door, everyone didn't know how to sympathize with their subordinates, and sighed, who let Marquis Yuan's family have a virtuous wife, and Marquis Shen's family has a virtuous ...... Junior?

Something seems wrong?

Look up at the rooftops, look at each other, look down, eat.

Dingyuan Marquis and Xingning Bo are lifelong friendships, and it is simply undesirable to question the friendship between the two with this kind of thought.

Sure enough, if the officialdom stays for a long time, people will be dirty?

After coming back to his senses, he slapped himself in the face, scolded himself, and his head was clipped!

Shen Xuan was busy with official business, busy with all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred by his colleagues.

Meng still has not been reinstated. In addition to walking in the streets of Beiping every day, I also took the time to go back to Mengjiatun twice.

Grain, meat, and cloth were sent to the tunzi in a car, one to thank the clansmen for not leaving him when he was in trouble, and the other to reassure his family.

Although he was not reinstated, the title of First Earl was still there.

Relying on Lu Mi and the rewards in the palace alone, it is more than enough to feed the family. There are iron coupons in hand, as long as the family does not make major mistakes, they will be safe for the rest of their lives.

During the family visit, Meng met Meng Qingjiang, and also saw the situation of Meng Guangxiao and Meng Qinghai.

In August, at the request of Tianfu to take the official examination for the township examination, the Son of Heaven allowed him to play, ordered the Hanlin Academy to read Hu Guang, and edited Wang Da as the examiner, and raised the students in the banquet of the palace.

During the Jingjing period, many students from the eight provinces of Shuntian failed to take the exam, and the scale of the township examination far exceeded the second year of Jianwen.

After being released from the prison of the Criminal Department, Meng Shi learned the news of the township test. There are no students in Mengjiatun to take the exam, but there are two students in Lizhong who are taking the exam in Shuntian. One person wins, although the ranking is low, but it is enough to glorify the lintel.

People can participate in the election of officials, as long as they are good looking, they are indeed talented and learned, and the starting point is at least one county and two Yin.

Knowing that there were students in Tongli who were promoted and were still classmates in the county school, Meng Qinghai became even sicker. I asked the doctor to see it, and he only said that it was a heart disease, which seemed to be a scabies, but it was not in danger of his life. But in order to recover, the patient can only open his heart and chest.

Meng Guangxiao recovered from his illness, but he became silent, often sitting at home and not saying a word all day long. He didn't do any farm work in the fields, as if he had lost his soul. Fortunately, Meng Qingjiang returned home, but because Meng Liu had a backbone, he could finally live his life.

Meng asked Meng Qingjiang about his future plans, and if he wanted to continue to seek a position in the army, he could help somewhat.

"Twelve-Lang's kindness is for his brother's heart, but his family is like this, and he can't leave for his brother." Meng Qingjiang said, "If Twelve Lang is willing to help, he can transfer his brother to Tuntian, a guard near Beiping, and thank him for his brother." ”

After listening to Meng Qingjiang's words, Meng couldn't help frowning.

"The fourth cousin is leaving Mengjiatun?"

"I can't hide it from Twelve." Meng Qingjiang smiled, with an open-minded smile, "The son doesn't say anything about the father, but he can't turn a blind eye and condone it." Going to the guard in Tuntian, changing places, may be able to improve the situation at home, even if the elder brother can't think about it, it won't be like now. ”

"Do the aunts and uncles agree?"

"I will persuade my brother." Meng Qingjiang said with a smile, "With Twelve Lang here, even if he is just a general banner, no one in the guard will be embarrassed, and he can get a hundred acres of land, and it is not impossible to be promoted because of his meritorious service in Tuntian." ”

"The fourth cousin is ambitious."

"Twelve Lang has won the prize."

The two cousins spoke, looked at each other and smiled, and there was no more mustard in their hearts.

Meng Qingjiang wanted to move his family, and the old people in the clan were still hesitant, but Meng helped persuade him to make the trip.

On the day of departure, no matter what the past had, the clansmen would send each other off.

Coiled, grain, clothing, full of two carts.

Meng Qingjiang hugged his fists one by one and thanked him, Meng Liu took Meng Wang's hand, and said with tears: "In the past, it was my sister-in-law who did not do it right, and the head of the family was also blinded by lard. It's a loss to the twelve, otherwise ......"

Meng Wangshi shook his head and comforted Meng Liu, the past is like the past, her son has been put down, what can she not let go.

"Sister-in-law's family is safe, and Da Lang can get better soon."

Meng Liu answered, wiped away his tears, said goodbye to his clansmen, and got into the ox cart.

Meng Guangxiao was still silent, but when he was leaving, he suddenly knelt in front of the clan elder and kowtowed three times.

Meng Qinghai sat on the ox cart, did not make a sound, and did not say goodbye to his clansmen, and only when Meng Qingjiang got into the car did he glance coldly behind him.

sent away Meng Qingjiang's family, and the Meng clan dispersed.

Meng had eaten at home and returned before the gates were closed.

When he returned to the mansion in the city, he found Shen Xuan waiting for him.

Puzzled, why did you come back at this hour, and you don't work overtime today?

"Master Hou is not busy today?"

Meng changed his robe, picked up the teacup on the table, poured it down, sat down, breathed a long sigh of relief, and relaxed.

"I'm not busy today." Shen Xuan picked up the teapot and poured another cup of tea, and Meng realized that what was in front of him was the teacup that Shen Xuan had used.

Scratching the chin, chopsticks have been used a pair, teacups, small meaning.

"Do you know why it hasn't been reactivated for a long time?"

Meng looked at Shen Xuan strangely, why did he suddenly mention this matter to him?

"A few days ago, the Son of Heaven ordered the repair of Tieling in eastern Liaodong and the second acropolis in Fuzhou." Shen Xuan said, "During the period, King Zhao is on the table, please transfer talented people to Kaiyuan and Guangning." ”

Mo-rubbing the wall of the teacup, Meng didn't make a sound.

"King Xuanfu of the Han Dynasty Tuntian, please also invite the Son of Heaven to send talented people."

The hand stopped, and his brow furrowed.

"Shuntianfu Daxing County into Jiahe, the Son of Heaven praised, ordered to offer the temple, and ordered the division to select grass seeds, sent to Beiping and the border army to plant. There is a division that reports that the mu of grain in Daning City is abundant, and the wheat millet and buckwheat seedlings are more good, and the Son of Heaven has ordered the left servant of the household department to go to Daning. ”

"So?"

Meng is a little dizzy, except for Daning City, does other things have anything to do with him?

"The Son of Heaven has not used the Twelve Lang for a long time, do you know why?"

Meng frowned, "Could it be related to these things?" ”

"Admittedly."

Meng's eyes are round, how do you say this?

"The Son of Heaven Ben-Desire-Twelve Lang was in charge of the construction of the city of Liaodong Erwei, but the King of Zhao and the King of Han successively asked for the transfer of talents, which meant that they were all Twelve Lang. Later, there was a bumper production in Daning, and the Son of Heaven was indecided, and the will has not yet been made. ”

“……”

Meng was speechless.

Too good can also be a cause of unemployment?

It is really not easy to make a living under the hands of Emperor Yongle.