Because of the particularity of the guard, there is no commander, and he directly obeys the emperor or is led by his henchmen and eunuchs, and Tang Potian, as the vanguard of the government army, has a high rank of the sword officer, plus he is the commander of the prince's mansion, and he is also a figure in the palace army.

The danger of escorting the money is high, the long journey, the long distance, and the hard-hit area of thieves, it is possible to lose their heads at any time so that everyone's enthusiasm is not high.

"Although the future is difficult and dangerous, but the oil and water are very fat, it is better to fight than to wait for death in Beijing, not to mention that this is the emperor's own order, it is better to cheer up"

Chang Yu's simple words have been better than Tang Potian's tongue for a long time, with silver in one hand and holy decree in the other, these guards are both well-behaved and excited.

"After lunch, I will be pulled outside Andingmen for an afternoon of training, and I will set off early in the morning," Chang Yu asked a guard from the Prince's Mansion to drive straight to the north of the city for him after explaining some things to Tang Potian.

At this time, it was already noon, Chang Yu was a little hungry, and the reason why he didn't stay in the military guard to eat was to hurry to Teng Xiangwei and Wei Dahai to meet.

"Han Liang, where are you going" Chang Yu squinted in the car and forced his stomach to protest.

"Back to Chang Gonggong, to the Iron Lion Alley, you don't need half a pillar of incense to get there" The guard who drove the car said.

Iron Lion Alley? Chang Yu's squinted eyes opened suddenly: "But the iron lion alley of Tian Guozhang's mansion"

"Father-in-law Chang laughed, is there a second iron lion alley in Beijing?"

Chang Yu was stunned: "Go to Tianfu."

In ancient times, wealthy families liked to set up a pair of stone lions and other things in front of the mansion, one to drive away evil spirits, and the other to show their identity, but there was often a wealthy family with a very high grade, a pair of iron lions set up by people, the only one in the capital, this person is Chongzhen's favorite concubine Tian Xiuying and his father Tian Hongyu's Guozhang Mansion, and the street where his mansion is located is named after the pair of iron lions, Iron Lion Hutong (that is, Zhang Zizhong Road in later generations)

The so-called one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven, Tian Xiuying was loved by thousands of people for a lifetime, Tian Hongyu's worth has also risen, not only has a good way to accumulate wealth, but also got a guerrilla general, Jinyiwei command, Zuo Du Governor and other false titles.

But even so, he is just a horse boy under Zhou Kui, although he is also a national abbot, even if the emperor is favored by the emperor, but after all, there is still a level of difference, with the sentence of later generations, "The palace is immortal, and you are all concubines" There is a world of difference, so most of Tian Hongyu is following Zhou Kui to run errands and mess around.

At this moment, Chang Yu was standing in front of the door of this magnificent mansion, looking at the pair of dark iron lions with a silent face, I don't know why it was because of the cold weather or something else, this huge mansion and the front door were full of birds, and there was no sign of people.

But Chang Yu knows the truth that people go to tea and cool, Tian Xiuying has been dead for two years, the Tian family is no longer favored, and naturally no one is stammered, Tian Hongyu also knows that he was arrogant and domineering when he was favored, and offended many people, and now he has to obediently hold his tail and be a low-key person at home and not go out (Shi Note: Tian Hongyu died of illness in the second year of his daughter's illness, and it is said that Chongzhen disappeared after the city broke in the seventeenth year, adopt the second version)

is so low-key and careful, it's no wonder that when Jin Yiwei came to search the night before, he found nothing, looking at the closed door, Chang Yu smiled secretly, although he found nothing, he must have scared Lao Tian a lot.

I thought about taking a few steps back and taking a closer look at the big mansion in front of me, this house is really a place where spirits gather.

The home of Tian Xiuying, the first beautiful concubine of the Ming Dynasty

Chen Yuanyuan, the first beauty of the Ming Dynasty, lived in the second time, and it was here that he fell in love with Wu Sangui.

The marquis of Daniel Zhang, the Marquis of Jing during the Kangxi period.

Qianlong's daughter's Hejing princess's mansion

The residence of Gu Weijun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang Government.

Mr. Sun Yat-sen died here, and the famous will of "Yu devoted himself to the Republic of China for 40 years, and his purpose was to seek freedom and equality in China......" was also signed here.

Of course, the reason why Chang Yu deliberately came to walk around was not to covet this mansion, but the wealth of the owner of the mansion.

Looking at the half-ring in front of Tianfu Gate, Chang Yu got in the car and headed towards Jintaifang, but before he got out of the alley, he was blocked.

A group of dozens of people, seven or eight coffins, paper money flying, and sobs poured out of a large family, blocking the mouth of the alley, Chang Yu stared for a moment, and sighed in his heart, he had seen this scene more than ten times.

That's right, one of the major reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the plague!

The Xiaoice period led to extreme climate, famine caused by floods and droughts, and to the plague, each of which was fatal to Daming, especially the plague, which first broke out from Shanxi in the sixth year of Chongzhen, spread to Hebei in the fourteenth year, and then entered Beijing, causing a large number of deaths in the capital.

According to the data recorded in historical records, the plague caused at least 200,000 deaths in Beijing, reaching one-fifth of the city's population, so that after the thieves entered Beijing, there were records of people and ghosts, and people did not dare to do it at dusk.

This is also the reason why Chang Yu always feels that the capital is sparsely populated, after all, a total of only seven or eight hundred thousand people have died, and more than 200,000 people have died.

Now is the severe cold period The plague is still so raging, and when it is hot, how terrifying the situation is, Chang Yu suppressed a black cloud in his heart.

When he rushed to Jintaifang in a hurry, the hungry Chang Yu rushed to the yamen of the guard regardless of his image, shouting in his mouth: "Serve the wine quickly, oh, don't drink, eat more meat......"

The guard in front of the door was stunned, thinking to himself, who is this, is she insane?

There is no good wine, but the dishes are absolutely rich, there are fish and meat, Chang Yu devoured and ate with relish, Wei Dahai sat next to him, he had already eaten, and just called a few thousand households to gather people, and the lord came.

Wei Dahai sat aside, looking at Chang Yu with a smile on his face, but his eyes were indescribably mixed, thinking that he had been in the palace all his life, and only then did he mix up the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, of course, this is also what he is most proud of, no more than other internal affairs yamen, the strength of the imperial horse supervisor is second only to the ceremonial supervisor, in addition to the emperor's Teng Xiang Siwei, there is also a person responsible for running the Huangzhuang Huangdian, in short, the absolute palace handle.

However, there are talented people in the country, and no one can imagine that a little eunuch who has just entered the palace for three or four months, originally unknown, why did he suddenly meet the storm, and the speed of popularity can make any of the previous dynasty eunuchs unreachable. Now that I think about it, I feel inexplicable, as if such a person was blown up with a thunder on the ground.

Shang Shanjian was a miscellaneous little eunuch, beat up a personal guard, got a boxing match and became popular, and then became a celebrity in the prince's mansion, and then became a confidant of Queen Zhou, and now he is unaware of the emperor's favor again, a secret decree, let him cooperate with Chang Yu.

Could it be that the command of the four guards of Tengxiang is about to be handed over, it is a little sad to think about it. I can't help but sigh secretly, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves.

Father-in-law Wei, father-in-law Chang, the manpower has been gathered, just waiting for your order, Chang Yu has just eaten full, Cheng Ming and a few thousand households came to the front of the hall and said respectfully, several of them have met with Chang Yu, and also asked him to enter the palace to gamble silver, this time the charge went west Chang Yu named a few of them in the past, and said: "Good things naturally bring their own brothers."