Approaching the Spring Festival, the canal is no longer so busy.

The horses of the 3,000 cavalry of the Beijing battalion were all fostered in Nanjing, and everyone came to Hangzhou by boat.

It's not the New Year yet, and it's already raining in advance.

Zhu Houzhao heard that the city of Hangzhou was coming, so he insisted on running out of the cabin, but Zhang Yong and Jiang Bin hurriedly followed with umbrellas.

The boat sailed to the Jiangsheng Bridge, and the river became more and more open. Twilight is quietly falling, and the crab and fish lights on the river are lit, like stars falling in the sky. It is also drizzling, and the fishing fire and stars are all in the rain curtain, like a poetic landscape painting.

"Good Hangzhou, the beautiful scenery in this world is also refreshing!" Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and praised.

Wang Yuan hugged his son, took his wife, and also came out to see the scene, and suddenly smiled: "Son, this is one of the eight views of the lake villa, called 'Jiangqiao Dusk Rain'." Childe is really lucky, as soon as he comes to Hangzhou, he can see this beautiful scenery, that is, God gives him enough face. ”

"Hahaha," Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, "I am the Son of Heaven, of course God has to give face." This 'River Bridge Twilight Rain' is quite poetic, who took the name? ”

Wang Yuan said: "It is impossible to test who took the name, but in the orthodox years, there was a priest named Nie Danian in Renhe County, who once filled in a poem of "Linjiang Immortal": a leaf fishing boat swallows the twilight scene, the river rises and flattens the bridge at night, and Xiao Xiao rings on both sides of the river. Outside the smoke outline of the water village, you can faintly see the return to the wood. The wild goose wants to return to the wet wings, who pities the clouds, and the empty mountains look far away. Where is the bell in the temple? The white bird has no forest waist. ”

"Good words," Zhu Houzhao praised: "This Nie Danian has made such good words, and it is too condescending to only be a teaching." If he had been born today, I would have at least given him a magistrate. ”

Wang Yuan quipped: "It's a pity that this life is not at the right time. ”

Zhu Houzhao was in a happy mood, pointed to the houses on both sides of the strait and asked, "Are these all lake villas?" ”

"It's really a lake villa," Wang Yuan said, "and there are many shops on the shore, and there are also many private houses. Ten miles of lake villas, the closer to Beiguan, the more shops, Beiguan there is a flow of people all night. ”

"Really? Don't people in Hangzhou sleep? Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Yuan explained: "There are too many merchants coming from the south to the north, and some of them sail here in the middle of the night. After the evening, the merchant ships could not clear the customs, so they stayed in the area of the lake villa to eat and drink. However, now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, the number of merchants coming to Hangzhou has dropped sharply, and I am afraid that Gongzi will not be able to see such a lively scene for the time being. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled: "Then wait until after the Lantern Festival." The emperor suddenly asked Jiang Bin, "Where are we staying tonight?" ”

Jiang Bin replied: "There is a manor by the West Lake, and the son lives there, so he can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the West Lake at any time. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked Wang Yuan again: "When Erlang was the governor, did he buy a house in Hangzhou?" ”

Wang Yuan said truthfully: "The minister has been living in the governor's palace, which is a broken temple outside Hangzhou. ”

Zhu Houzhao was puzzled and asked: "Erlang's family is not wealthless, why should he be so frugal and shabby?" I know that you are not greedy for money and do not like to enjoy yourself, but there is no need to live in a ruined temple, which will damage the majesty of me and the court. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The majesty is not in the mansion of Chinese costumes, although the ministers only live in the broken temple, but the Zhejiang gentry are as well-behaved as quails in front of the ministers." ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became interested: "Let's go, go to Erlang's broken temple tonight to live!" ”

Jiang Bin wanted to speak and stopped, but he still didn't speak after all, he knew that he couldn't persuade the emperor at all. This emperor, who wants to come out one by one, completely disrupts his follow-up arrangements.

In an instant, they arrived at Beiguan in Hangzhou, and at this time it was already dark, and Zhang Yong sent the eunuch to take a small boat ashore.

The Dongchang waist card was lit up, saying that the emperor was coming, and the officials were suddenly frightened, and Wang Shilu, the director of Beiguan, personally ran to open the gate.

"Minister Wang Shilu, knock to see Your Majesty!" Wang Shilu lay on the shore and shouted, and the officials behind him knelt on the ground.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Let's go back, I'll pass the pass." ”

The director of Beiguan is appointed once a year, and now he has been replaced again. Wang Shilu didn't recognize Wang Yuan, but those officials did, and they all bowed to Wang Yuan.

Hangzhou City still does not have a curfew, Wang Yuan took the emperor through the city, and the officials in the city came to meet him when they heard the news.

The officials of the three divisions are still those, but Liang Cai, the prefect of Hangzhou, has been promoted to the deputy envoy of the inspection, and the new prefect of Hangzhou is called Liu Zhishu.

When Liu Zhishu took office, the first fire burned was a little big.

After Wang Yuan left Hangzhou, the new eunuch of Zhejiang Town was called Bi Zhen. This product is arrogant and tyrannical, and was cut by Liu Zhishu not long ago, and the crime was actually "colluding with King Ning's rebellion".

The prefect of Hangzhou dared to kill the eunuch guarding Zhejiang Town, this Liu Zhishu's courage is so fat.

God colluded with King Ning's rebellion, how could a Zhejiang eunuch collude with Jiangxi to rebel against the king? It's no different from nothing.

Moreover, if you kill it, you will kill it, and the court has not yet ruled the crime, so you have to remember the merits with Liu Zhishu!

What's even more amazing is that Liu Zhishu is mixed with Chang Lun and Gui Cao. A prefect and two county magistrates frantically cleared the fields around Hangzhou, making the local gentry and wealthy families want to die.

Nowadays, the two counties of Renhe and Qiantang have completed the clearing of acres of fields. In addition, in the autumn of last year, a new local tax system was introduced, and the taxes on official and private fields were uniformly paid, and the land taxes were converted into silver taels according to the average tax system, and the conscription was also converted into silver taels. In the case of local project construction, the government will pay to hire people to serve on behalf of the people.

The imperial court, the government and the common people benefited, while the gentry and wealthy families suffered heavy losses, and the three of them joined forces to make Hangzhou "boiling with public resentment".

There is an emerging nursery rhyme in Hangzhou: Gui is often mad, staying in the house is arrogant, and the official authority also looks at Wang Erlang.

I don't know who made up the children's songs here, and Gui Cao, Chang Lun, Liu Zhishu and Wang Yuan were all scolded explicitly or secretly.

Wang Yuan had already received letters from Gui Cao and Chang Lun, and when he replied, he also wrote a letter to Liu Zhishu. Although Liu Zhishu did not completely defect to Wang Yuan, she already had that taste, and she belonged to the reformers among the Ming officials.

The emperor watched the night market in Hangzhou all the way, and from time to time officials came to meet him, but they were all sent away by Zhang Yong and Jiang Bin.

After a short trip out of the East City, he came to the Governor's Palace.

The broken temple is still like that, because Wang Yuan has not stepped down, and he still retains the structure of the governor's palace. Zhang Xuan acted as the governor, Tang Bohu served as the head of the scribes, and Zhang Mu served as the head of the soap officials, mainly responsible for supervising the opening of the sea.

"Raise Zhang Xuan, knock to see Your Majesty!"

"Grass people Tang Yin, meet Your Majesty!"

"Grass people Zhang Mu, meet Your Majesty!"

Hearing that the emperor was coming, Zhang Xuan, Tang Bohu, and Zhang Mu took the officials and hurried out of the house to greet them at the gate.

Zhu Hou glanced at Tang Bohu: "You are Tang Yin?" ”

"It's the grass people." Tang Bohu said.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Erlang said that you were wronged, and I begged me to restore your fame." Shall I test you? ”

Tang Bohu secretly glanced at Wang Yuan with gratitude. He thought that the emperor was going to test the poetry and scriptures on the spot, so he knelt down and said, "Please ask Your Majesty to ask the question." ”

Zhu Houzhao said to Zhang Yong: "Give him those blank folding fans, and within three days, I will see the poems and paintings on the fans." Draw your best spring palace picture, do you hear? ”

"The grass people obey." Tang Bohu couldn't cry or laugh.

He is best at landscape painting, and he only paints spring palace pictures to make a living, so why has he become the best at it?

Moreover, even if his fame is restored, Tang Bohu will become a laughing stock, because he turned over by drawing a picture of the spring palace for the emperor.

Wang Yuan introduced Zhang Xuan to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is Zhang Zhang, the great Confucian of Yongjia, Zhang Bingyong." He is Wang Sixian's best friend. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded: "Wang Zan is very good, you are his friend, and you must be very good." Why didn't you get into the Jinshi? ”

Zhang Xuan could only reply: "I can't learn well." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Zhang Bingyong is full of economy, he is really a capable person of the country, and he has tried and failed because of bad luck. ”

Zhu Houzhao promised: "If you are admitted to the Jinshi, I will give you a first." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and decided to work hard. The emperor has already spoken, and he doesn't dare to think about it, at least he has to take the test and explore the flowers.

As for Wang Sixian, Wang Yuan's name is Wang Zhan, who was born in Bangyan and is a fellow villager with Zhang Zhang.

If it weren't for Wang Yuan's sideways intervention, Wang Zan would already be the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and he would be in charge of the Great Seal of the Ministry of Rites. However, due to the illness of Li Xunxue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Yuan's absence from the capital for a long time, the Great Seal of the Ministry of Rites was still handed over to Wang Zhan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites. This is called as the right attendant, signed with the palm seal.

By the way, Wang Zan is the emperor's person and wears the same pants as Wang Qiong.

Zhang Xuan in history, before he was admitted to the Jinshi, he had already passed his friend Wang Zan and caught Wang Qiong's line. Because of this, he was involved in the political dispute between Wang Qiong and Yang Tinghe, was thrown to Nanjing to have an idle meal, and was forced to advocate the Great Rites to support Jiajing, and became the first assistant in a few years due to the blessing of misfortune.

Zhu Houzhao encouraged Zhang Xuan and Tang Bohu, and was led into the governor's palace to rest. But this place is too shabby, Zhu Houzhao is a little unaccustomed to it, and asked, "Erlang, what else is there to live nearby?" ”

Wang Yuan replied: "There is a Jianghuai Hall not far to the east, which is quite magnificent. ”

"Then I'll go to the Jianghuai Hall to rest." Zhu Houzhao hurriedly flashed.

Huang Chongde made a fortune this time, and the guild hall he built actually received the emperor, and he will inevitably become the honorary leader of Jianghuai merchants in the future.

While walking, Zhu Houzhao sighed: "Erlang is too frugal, he actually lived in this kind of place for a year." Those clear streams in the court, if they are half as good as Erlang, I will obediently listen to them. ”