Yan Chengjin heard the officials around him discussing Wang Hua's defeat by his son Wang Shouren.

The officials smiled on their faces, what a father and son are filial piety!

Wang Shouren made his father sick, and Wang Hua not only suffered damage to his reputation, but also received the infamy of having no way to teach his godson.

Yan Chengjin thought that they would sympathize with Wang Hua, but who knew that it was regarded as a joke in the early dynasty, and the ministers liked to hear it.

Where the Zhang brothers stood, Zhang Heling was the only one who didn't go to court for more than ten days.

Emperor Hongzhi walked into the main hall, and the main hall slowly quieted down.

"What are you talking about?"

The ministers were silent, and Li Dongyang bowed slightly and said, "It was the argument of Wang Hua's father and son yesterday." ”

"Wang Shouren doesn't know filial piety, Lord Wang's heart is cold!" Wang Qiongdao, the head of the household department.

Emperor Hongzhi already knew from Jinyiwei that Wang Hua had lost the reasoning, and said, "Yan Qing's family was also there yesterday, right?" ”

There was also the crown prince, but he didn't want to mention the prince.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly and said: "The minister thinks that Wang Qing's family education is good, the blue is better than the blue, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and Wang Shouren is the back wave." ”

Hearing this, I always feel that there is some truth.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the three members of the cabinet and said, "Let's start the court discussion, what do you want to do?" ”

"Yang Yiqing sent back an urgent performance to exterminate more than 300 bandits in the northwest Yansui area." Liu Jianyu reports.

The northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and the number of 300 people is amazed by the Hongzhi Emperor and hundreds of officials.

"There are so many bandits in the Northwest?"

Liu Jian said: "I'm afraid it's not enough, the grain harvest in the northwest is extremely low, and the hungry people are trying to survive everywhere, so they have to become bandits." ”

Yang Yiqing said in the recital that there were not many Tibetan bandits caught, but more soldiers and poor people who escaped from the guard.

The cost of collecting is not much, the thieves robbed the people of the grain, and the people could not farm in peace, and they could only be left in the grass as rogues.

"It's better to open the Silk Road as soon as possible, so that the merchants of the capital can go to the northwest to do business." Li Dongyang remembered the experience of Liangxiang and Yan Chengjin's resettlement of 30,000 displaced people.

Although bandits are different from homeless people, their essence is the same, they have no land, no livelihood.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "The Yang Qing family recommended by the Yan Qing family to me is not bad, but it has suffered the people of the northwest."

When will the military department, the post station and the banknote pass in the northwest be completed? ”

Qin Hong arched his hand and said: "The military department transferred 50,000 people from the displaced people who built the Great Wall, and built a total of 182 post stations and banknote customs.

Now there are more than 120 repairs, and there are still 60 left, and within 10 days, they should be able to be completed. ”

50,000 people built at the same time, which accelerated the progress of the project.

The money and food supplied by the household department are sufficient, and the banknote customs and post stations are not a problem.

Yan Chengjin guessed that there are not many bandits outside the territory now, but as soon as the Silk Road opens, bandits will pour into the northwest like flies, and Yang Yiqing should move his family over there.

"Your Majesty, at this time, the caravan can set off for the Northwest Silk Road, and after January, the snow will melt and spring." Liu Jian said solemnly.

The speed of the caravan is always several times slower than that of the spies at the post station.

The spies rode fast horses for 500 miles a day, and the caravan might only travel 100 miles a day.

"What Liu Qing's family said is very true, ten days later, the post station and banknote customs in the northwest will be repaired." Emperor Hongzhi said.

Zhang Heling looked at Emperor Hongzhi with a blank eye, as if he had something to say, and swallowed the words again when the words came to his mouth.

……

Yan Chengjin was ready to order how to send a small gift to the palace.

It's not because of the friendship with Wang Hua.

Qingliu has sent it, and if you don't send it, you will be caught by the villain for impeachment.

But you can't give too expensive gifts, think about it, let him send a thin gift.

Wang fu

Wang Hua was still lively and jumpy, and he was not bedridden as the outside world said.

It's called being sick, but it's actually a shame on people.

The point is that this person is his son.

is more than 20 years younger than him, and he still taught him single-handedly.

"Master, the Yan Mansion is here for a gift." The next man came in to report.

Yan Chengjin sent it?

This kid lives in the dilapidated Xicheng District, and I heard that the mansion is about to collapse, and there is no money to repair it, so what can I send.

Wang Hua ordered someone to enter the main hall, opened it and looked at it a few times, but it was a book of mind.

"This ...... This son of a son has also published a book! ”

He immediately thanked Yan Chengjin in his heart, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have known that Wang Shouren had published a book.

Wang Shouren used the silver taels rewarded by His Majesty to find Wang Busui and publish a book.

But only a thousand copies were produced, and there was no silver left.

Yan Chengjin will not lend a hand in such a thing.

……

At the beginning of March, Yan Mansion,

The cook cooked a pot of mutton hot pot, and Yan Chengjin and Zhu Houzhao sat next to the desk.

A pepper tree grows twenty-one peppers.

All were picked off by Yan Chengjin, chopped into a pot, and drizzled with soy sauce on the boiling oil.

Zhu Houzhao kept swallowing his little tongue, and said pitifully: "Old Gao, is this palace poisoned?" ”

"This thing fights poison with poison, and if you eat too much, you won't feel it." Yan Chengjin looked at Zhu Houzhao and ate a small half spoonful of rice pepper.

It was so spicy that his hands were like wings, and he fanned wildly around his mouth.

Zhu Houzhao blinked his eyes and said, "Really?" Then try again. ”

As he spoke, he scooped up a small half spoonful of chili pepper and put it in his mouth.

Liu Jin cried and persuaded with a sad face: "Your Highness, you can't eat anymore......"

Yan Chengjin, this dog thing, hurt His Highness, Your Highness, why are you so stupid, he tells you to eat it, you will eat it!

He had eaten this thing in the Western Regions, and the more he ate it, the more uncomfortable it became.

Liu Jin didn't dare to look at Yan Chengjin, so he had to persuade Zhu Houzhao on the side.

"Shhh...... hiss......" Zhu Houzhao inhaled rhythmically, spicy and sobbing, holding his head and jumping up and down.

"Old high...... Didn't you say that poison fights poison? ”

Yan Chengjin said with a straight face: "Eat one more spoonful, and you can dissolve it." ”

He told the truth, it was so spicy that he didn't feel it, so it wasn't spicy.

"Why don't you eat it!"

The chili pepper was finished by Zhu Houzhao, and Yan Chengjin just dipped it in a little sauce and sent the mutton to his mouth.

The long-lost spicy taste, nodded contentedly.

Pepper seeds have been brought down to the South China Sea by Li Zhaofan, where the growth cycle of peppers will be shorter than that of greenhouses.

……

Emperor Hongzhi was in a very good mood, and after finishing the meal, he returned to the Huagai Hall to prepare for the review.

Xiao Jing took advantage of the fact that he had not fully devoted himself to reviewing the sparse music, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Jin of the Shouning Marquis Mansion is sick. ”

Mrs. Jin is the biological mother of the empress, Emperor Hongzhi is busy with political affairs, and Empress Zhang lives alone in the harem.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi also sympathized with her.

Allow Mrs. Kim to accompany her in the palace.

"Does the Queen know?" Emperor Hongzhi asked unintentionally.

Xiao Jing hurriedly said: "I don't know yet, I heard that ...... It's been almost a month since Jian Changbo disappeared. ”

Emperor Hongzhi smashed his mouth, a little incredulous: "The Zhang brothers have always been arrogant in the capital, who dares to arrest him?" ”

"The slave hasn't found out yet, but the queen still doesn't know about it...... Your Majesty, what do you see? Xiao Jing said tentatively.

"Order the Imperial Doctor to take a look."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and continued: "Could it be that Chang Ningbo Bo arrested him?"

The Zhang family and the Zhou family often had disputes, but after the military order was made, the situation was better.

Xiao Jing didn't dare to squeak, the queen mother behind the Zhou family, and the queen behind the Zhang family, he didn't want to offend.

"Ordered someone to call Shou Ning to me."

After a while, Zhang Heling knelt down in front of the imperial case, and said weakly: "Minister Zhang Heling ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Hongzhi asked sharply: "Zhang Yanling has not been in court these days, where has he gone?" ”

Zhang Heling didn't dare to lie: "Let the horse bandits ...... Let the horse bandits take away! ”