On December 25, the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, the yamen of Yangzhou Mansion.

Chen Liangfu, the prefect of Yangzhou, walked to the small courtyard of the yatang, looked up at the sky and sighed: "So far, there has only been a light snowfall, eh, I'm afraid it will be a disaster year." ”

Water is extremely important to Yangzhou, which has large and small rivers and merchant ships.

At the beginning of spring, once the water level is insufficient, merchant ships cannot pass.

The door soap rushed in with the newspaper of the palace: "Master, the newspaper from the capital, the princess is happy." ”

Di newspaper spread all over the street, and now, people in Yangzhou are looking forward to the Huimin Pharmacy to open in Yangzhou.

Chen Liang opened the newspaper and saw the big words "Half Price for the Second Root".

"Rude! Such shameless things are also written in the newspaper, and they must have been committed by the traitorous minister Yan Chengjin! ”

As for Yan Chengjin, he heard very little news, and according to the officials and eunuchs sent from outside the capital, he was not a good official.

It is rumored that Yan Chengjin flattered the prince all day long in the capital, and was promoted to Jiuqing at a young age.

Instigated the imperial court to open a Huimin pharmacy, fifty taels of silver, one! Huimin Pharmacy no longer benefits the people.

"Master, today, Yangzhou is full of such newspapers, which are issued by Lao Wang's bookstore." The door soap is cautious.

Chen Liangfu threw the newspaper aside, distraught: "Go to the canal." ”

"Master, it's daylight, the painting boat hasn't opened yet, and besides, adults sleep in broad daylight geisha, and it's not good for your reputation to spread out.

The door soap smiled obscenely, I couldn't imagine that the master was such a person.

"This official sleeps on your head!"

Chen Liangfu was angry, he was more than forty years old, and he had already passed the age of indulging in wine.

Now, there is only one snow in Yangzhou, and he is afraid that it will be extremely difficult to make a living in the spring of next year, and he has no intention of messing with flowers.

When I came out of the yamen, I was a little hungry.

I saw the old man pulling longevity noodles, salivating in his mouth, and sat on the stool: "Old man, two bowls of meat noodles and one bowl of white noodles." ”

The two door soaps were a little embarrassed, afraid that they would lose their errands after returning to the yamen, so they hurriedly asked for a treat.

When the old man saw that he was an official, he didn't dare to offend: "If you don't accept money, you don't dare to accept money." ”

"I am the parent official of Yangzhou Mansion, how can I scavenge the people's anointment? Take it. Chen Liangfu took out the money bag from his arms and gave him a few coins of silver.

I don't know which good official proposed in the DPRK and the central government, and the officials in the world will be raised by 20%.

Therefore, his monthly routine is quite sufficient.

The door soap asked suspiciously: "Master, what are we going to do in the canal?" ”

"Look at the water level."

When Chen Liangfu's words came out, the faces of the people around him who were afraid moved slightly.

The old man threw away the dough in his hand, and he knelt on the ground: "Master Chen, you have to take care of it, recently the gentry have taken people to seal the mouth of the Li Canal, and no water is allowed, without water, how can the crops be planted?" ”

Chen Liangfu put down the wooden chopsticks, and suddenly, he lost the mind of eating noodles.

Riding a horse to the canal, the water level is very low, exposing the stones in the river.

The gentry blocked the rivers of the tributaries in order to carry merchant ships, and the people needed the water of the tributaries to irrigate the farmland.

This is the contradiction between the gentry and the common people, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat.

At this moment, another official came on horseback, and seemed to be looking at the water level of the river.

It is the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Yangzhou Mansion, Li Xianzhang!

"Lord Chen, the lower officials have already sent the music back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I believe that Lord Yan will report to Your Majesty soon."

Chen Liangfu said in a deep voice: "It's good that Lord Yan can take care of it, but when the water level of the canal is depleted, how can manpower disobey?" ”

What can you do if you know it?

……

The capital, Wenhua Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi ordered Zhu Houzhao to study in Zhan Shifu, accompany the crown princess more in his spare time, and dare to leave the palace, so he did not collect silver.

Zhu Houzhao scolded and scolded the dog emperor a few times, but he didn't dare to disobey, and personally named him to listen to Yan Chengjin's lecture on the scriptures.

His Majesty's will, of course, Yan Chengjin is coming.

"The minister's voice is hoarse today, Your Highness should change the official."

Lecturing on the scriptures is a hard job, like teaching a day of lectures, and you have to show professionalism.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care, and said happily: "Then change it, there is a knowledgeable master in Zhan Shifu, and the palace will let you see it." ”

The schedule of the feast was set by His Majesty, but Emperor Hongzhi had no time, so he handed it over to the cabinet and the Zhan Shifu.

However, Zhu Houzhao doesn't like to read, who else can praise him like himself?

Zhu Houzhao picked up the recipe, this is a scripture banquet curriculum, Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua are tired of listening to it: "Master Fei, this palace wants to listen to your lecture today." ”

Yan Chengjin's heart trembled slightly, Fei Hong?

Historically, Zhu Houzhao liked Fei Hong very much.

Fei Hong was originally mediocre in the Zhan Mansion, but after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, it only took three years for him to be promoted to a cabinet scholar.

It's like taking off on a rocket, faster than his current promotion.

As for why Zhu Houzhao likes Fei Hong, it is a historical mystery, Yan Chengjin also turned his head a little curiously, only to see that there was a commotion among the civil officials.

The corners of Yang Tinghe's mouth twitched slightly, he had already let Fei Hong be unemployed at home: "Fei Hong didn't come today, why don't you let the minister talk about the meaning of the university to His Highness?" ”

Last time, I wanted to talk about impeaching Yan Chengjin, but Fei Hong went to Yan's Mansion to complain, he is really a villain!

Fortunately, I did not receive the bullet seal from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "This palace finally came to listen to a scripture feast, will Master Fei be lazy and derelict in his duties?" And Hongu hasn't seen him for a few days. ”

"Your Highness, Fei Hong is unwell, and he has taken a seven-day leave from his minister, as evidenced by his negligence." Yang Tinghe took out the sparse music from the cuffs.

Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything more, Yan Chengjin lowered his head and pondered.

……

East District of the capital, Fei Fu.

Fei Hong carefully tasted the faint tea soup, and Mrs. Meng said bitterly: "Master, it's not easy to be an official in the capital, do we really want to go back to Jiangnan?" ”

Yingtianfu also has the Hanlin Academy, but the Hanlin Academy in Nanzhili is a place for the elderly, far less than in the capital.

Lecturing to the crown prince is a promising business.

Fei Hong blew a sip of tea foam: "I don't want to go back to Nanzhili, but now I'm in the middle of the court...... Don't talk about it. ”

His Majesty respected Yang Tinghe as the emperor's teacher, and he failed to mention Yang Shen's scroll, which offended Yang Tinghe.

ran to tell Yan Chengjin again, where is the official road?

"You are just a waiter, what errand can you arrange to go to Nanzhili?!"

"You're wrong, I'm Zhishi, not begging for a tune."

……

Fengtian Temple,

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Emperor Hongzhi opened the sparse music, and his eyebrows played into Sichuan characters: "Liu Qingjia, I remember, Fei Hong is the champion of Chenghua for twenty-three years?" ”

Liu Jian bowed his head: "Yes, this person was once the youngest Hanlin in Hanyuan, I didn't think of it, but I didn't want to pursue a career." ”

If it weren't for Yan Chengjin's appearance, this person would be the youngest Hanlin since the opening of the Han Dynasty.

Li Dongyang and others had heard a little about him, but they didn't understand why Fei Hong suddenly didn't want to be an official?

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said: "Fei Hong, please beg Zhishi, maybe it has something to do with Yang Tinghe, the minister mentioned Yan Song at the beginning, Fei Hong mentioned Yang Shen, but Xie Yuan is Yan Song, Your Majesty will know if you think about it." ”

It can't be said anymore, and if it is said again, it is to slander the court officials without evidence.

Several officials who were good friends with Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Lord Yan, don't talk nonsense!" ”

"Your Majesty, why don't you summon Lord Yang and ask in person?" Yan Chengjin Road.