Hearing about King De's invasion of the people's land, Xu's face was frosty, and he said hatefully: "The court is too tolerant, even if the vassals have nothing to fear, they wantonly oppress the people!" ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help sighing, "When your father was in Shanxi, the Qingwang Mansion was also like this, and the imperial court issued an edict to apply for punishment, so it was slightly more restrained." Or after Jinshang ascended the throne, the Nanhai County Lord happened, and Jinshang cleaned up the Qingwang Mansion fiercely, and then it stopped. ”

When it comes to Nanhai Junjun, the mother and son glanced at each other, and they both remembered the old thing, it was the Nanhai Junjun Yibin who took the money and grain and forcibly robbed the acres of land, causing the victims of Shanxi to leave their hometowns and flee to Beijing, and almost rushed to the little emperor's holy car for a private visit to Weifu.

That was also the first time Shen Rui appeased the homeless.

"Today, we are determined to forge ahead, and we will not allow such vassal kings to dominate a piece of land and act recklessly." Shen Rui couldn't help but clench his fists, and said in a deep voice, "King De's matter is not in the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, and it is inappropriate for his son to write a letter of impeachment." The son is ready to go to the secret fold with the emperor. ”

He paused, a little headache this time the eldest princess of Chun'an's matchmaker, "write another letter to Cai Liang......"

"You deserve to be in the book." Xu said: "The matter involves the vassal king, and it is not your jurisdiction, so you should be cautious." However, the fact that there are so many displaced people is no small matter. Shandong's rich land is limited, and if they continue like this, there will be chaos. ”

Seeing that his son couldn't help nodding, Xu said again: "The eldest princess of Chun'an has always been good friends with our family, and it is really not good to know it, besides, Cai Fu is in charge of the Zongren Mansion, and the clan lord always wants him to take care of it." I wrote a letter to the eldest princess to explain the beginning and the end. ”

"Don't bother your mother, your son ......," Shen Rui said busily.

Xu shook his head, smiled lovingly, patted his son, and said, "This time out of Beijing, I feel that my body is a lot lighter, you don't have to worry about me."

"Although Cai Liang is favored by the Holy Grace, he is already the first of the eldest princess's children and grandchildren, but in the end, he is still a junior, and he can't control his uncle's affairs. The eldest princess of Chun'an has always been sensible, and she told her directly, it doesn't matter. ”

The topic turned back to the marriage of the eldest princess of Chun'an.

Both the men and women in this marriage are extremely close to Shen Rui.

Sister Fu was originally the daughter of the Sun family, and Shen Rui was in the same family as the fifth room, so Sister Fu was treated as a sister.

You Xuan has always followed Zhang Hui, and Shen Rui has also been involved in the cooperation with Zhang Hui. Shen Rui also regarded him as a little brother like Gao Wenhu.

Sister Fu has a good appearance and character, and You Xuan is also a loyal and brave young man, and she has entered the eyes of Brother Shou, and she will inevitably have a bright future.

On a case-by-case basis, they are quite suitable.

But marriage is a good marriage between two surnames, not just a matter of two people, in this Ming Dynasty, especially in the class of wandering horses, marriage is more of a marriage between political forces.

Although Princess Longqing died early, the concubine Youtai has always won the trust of two generations of emperors, managing the palace guards and being responsible for the security of the inner palace, which is a real high position.

You Tai has many heirs, and it has woven a huge network of in-laws.

You Ying, the only concubine born to Princess Longqing, married Liu Wen, Marquis of Anyuan.

The old Marquis Anyuan passed away the year before last, and Liu Wen immediately inherited the knighthood, which was much faster than the vast majority of the lords' families, and was even more robbed of love by the little emperor, and directly took over his father's errand, inheriting the chief military officer to guard the two places, which shows the holy family.

The rest of the concubines also joined the noble family, Cao Dong, the son of Fengrun, Tan Lun, the son of Xinning, and Xu Shen, the right guard of Tengxiang.

In particular, the second daughter You Zhi was also allowed by the royal family to be recorded in the name of the princess and marry the British princess grandson - that is the future British duchess.

Although You Tai has many sons, many of them died early, You Xuan Xing is five, but there are only two surviving brothers.

It is a high-ranking marriage girl and a low-door wife, both of whom are also married to hereditary military attachés and daughters of thousands of families in brocade clothes.

This shows the criteria for choosing a mate for the Youjia, or the vast majority of noble families.

Of course, it is not without marriage with Wenchen.

For example, Zhu Yi, the first Duke of Chengguo, married the eldest daughter of Hu Hu, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

The two young daughters married Li Dongyang and filled the house.

After all, it is the four words "the right door".

In comparison, the door of the Shen family's five rooms is much lower.

Sister Fu lost her father when she was young, the eldest brother Shen Ying was only a five-grade official, and the third brother Shen Quan, the seven-grade official, was still planning.

The second brother Shen Qi is the patriarch of the Shen family, and the Shen family is now not only a first-class family on the ground in Songjiang Mansion, but also because of Shen Li and Shen Jin's champion, Shen Rui's inheritance, and their Yue family, the Shen family is also a famous scholarly family in the entire Ming Dynasty.

It's just that although there are many clansmen, there are few high-ranking officials.

The highest-ranking Shen Li is only from the third grade, and because he is Xie Qian's son-in-law, looking at the current liquidation strength of Liu Jin, his official position seems to be in jeopardy.

Shen Rui is narcissistic and will not be cheeky to think that the You family is marrying for him, and his friendship with You Xuan does not need to be protected by a layer of kinship.

"Did something happen in Kyori?" Shen Rui frowned.

What kind of thing can make the wandering horse choose the Shen family?

Xu shook his head and said: "I haven't heard any rumors, and Brother Ying has always been alert, and he is in Zhan Shifu, if there is anything, he will not know, even the Wang family and the Yang family will not sit idly by." ”

Shen Rui smiled to himself and said, "It's my son who thinks left......

Marrying the Shen family is not all without benefits.

The Shen family itself does not have any high-ranking officials now, but the in-laws are all high-ranking officials.

The You family's network on the military attaché's side is big enough, and marrying the Shen family is precisely expanding the network of civil officials.

It's also easy to calculate.

He shook his head and said with a smile: "My son remembered that Liu Jin has two nieces and nephews. ”

At the beginning, Liu Jin wanted to recruit Dai Dabin as his nephew, and counting the age, the older one got married at the age of the year, and the younger one was afraid that he would start looking for marriage.

Hearing Shen Rui mention Liu Jin, Xu frowned with some disgust, and his tone couldn't help but be disdainful, and said: "But you think too much, although Liu Jin is becoming more and more domineering now, I am afraid that I don't dare to bully the head of the wandering horse." ”

Shen Rui nodded, the little emperor knew in his heart, the people close to him would protect him, Liu Jin had not yet reached the power of the "emperor" in the world, and he would not easily provoke the emperor's close ministers.

"What's Brother Ying's opinion?" Shen Rui asked.

Because the proposal only showed her mouth, for the face of both parties, and even more for the girl's name, Shen Ying did not write recklessly on the letter, but Mrs. Wufang Hongda sent her henchman to accompany Fang to hurry up to pass the word.

Xu sighed and said: "If you talk about this family matter, it can be regarded as a good family." You Hyun has a good reputation in the government and the opposition, and You Hyun's child has also come to our house a few times, and I think it is also a very good one.

"Brother Ying'er is also hesitant, my sister and concubine are all high-ranking families, and I don't know the details of the noble concubine who came out of the palace, I am afraid that Sister Fu will be wronged in the past."

In the face of such a good marriage with a good family background, good talents, and a good future, how can Wufang not be tempted?

But there is just such a girl in the fifth room, and the three brothers are much older, and they all treat the youngest girl as a daughter, and they love it very much, and they are afraid that the sister will be uncomfortable.

Therefore, I specially came to inquire with Xu's and Yang Tian's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law about the inside story of the You family's house.

Yang Tian and Zhao Tong are very good, and they helped You Zhi when she gave birth, You Zhi's biological mother, the concubine of the Horse Mansion, also came to thank her in person, she knows the most about the You family.

Seeing her mother-in-law's gaze, Yang Tian said: "I told the people sent by my mother and aunt, in our opinion, that Aunt Gao is not difficult to get along with, she talks quite decently, and her demeanor is not out of line.

"She has been in charge of the horse mansion for many years, and there has not been much gossip outside the house, and the nobles in the palace have no complaints, which shows that she is a courteous person. And the palace can let Sister You Zhi be recorded in the name of the princess, which is not only to give the British government decency, but also to give her decency.

"Actually, just look at Sister You Zhi's softness and kindness, and Brother You Xuan is also honest and sincere, if you can raise such a child, you will know Aunt Gao's temperament."

Xu listened with a smile, nodded from time to time, and then said: "Your aunt has obtained this girl by all odds, and she hurts like an eyeball, she wants to ask what you mean - I heard that after You Mingyin, the eldest man of the You family, sealed a thousand households, he was released, and he was in Zhending Mansion." Is it possible that You Hyun can also consider planning a left-close release? ”

Sister Fu is still young, so she will decide on her family affairs first, and when she can marry her, You Xuan will also be crowned, which is enough to find a vacancy.

It's not far away, it's in the north of Zhili, and it's best to go to Shuntianfu and Hejian Mansion, which are close to Beijing, and it is logical to go out of the Horse Mansion.

After waiting for a few years, You Xuan will not be able to make meritorious contributions, and he will be able to rise another liter after saving seniority, and Sister Fu will also have a child by her side, and when she goes back, she will not be afraid of anything.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world. Shen Rui understood very much.

Thinking of You Xuan, he couldn't help laughing and said: "You Xuan has long been looking forward to being released, this time Wen Hu came out of Shandong to suppress bandits, and he looked at him like something." That's going to happen. ”

He paused, lowered his voice a little, and said, "The emperor is also looking forward to him being used as soon as possible." ”

Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law all smiled comfortably, and they were relieved of this family matter.

Shen Rui pondered for a while and said to Xu: "Mother, reply to my aunt, this matter is not in a hurry to plan, and we don't need our family to go through this news." Let's delay for a while, and when the sea is shipped, I will make a secret break with the emperor here, please transfer You Xuan to Tianjin Wei - so that the emperor will be more assured. ”

Xu nodded again and again: "That's very good." He added, "You also have to write a letter to your master about it." ”

After all, Wang Hua also let someone go to Jinghai County, which was planned for Shen Rui's side to be transported by sea.

"The mother can rest assured, and the son will take care of it." Shen Rui replied with a smile.

*

The prefect's mother and wife arrived at the capital of Dengju!

For a time, officials of all sizes in the city, squires, and all decent people handed over posts asking to see.

To everyone's surprise, even the wife of Zhao Sheng, the commander of the Dengzhou Guard, also landed at the door of the Shen Mansion.

This Zhao commander has always been an existence in Dengzhou who does not advance oil and salt and does not care about everything.

From the struggle for power and profit under his subordinates, he didn't even roll his eyelids, and he was indispensable for any benefit.

When Shen Rui first came, Zhao Sheng was also indifferent, and he didn't want to make friends at all.

As for military training and shipbuilding, he doesn't seem to care at all, regardless of whether it is Qi Xuan or Pan Jiayu, whoever likes to practice will practice.

Anyway, Dengzhou Mansion has not been to the Japanese for decades, and there is still a reserve Japanese commander Wang Zhang in Ninghai Prefecture.

Such an attitude is also related to his family background.

This Zhao Sheng is a side branch of Xincheng's uncle.

Originally, it was far away from the elder branch, but the third generation of Xincheng Bo Zhao Pu died childless, and Zhao Sheng's own uncle Zhao Jin became the heir to support the knight.

Zhao Sheng's father did not contribute much to his brother when he was in the family heir dispute, and Zhao Jin naturally wanted to repay Li and his nephew after he inherited the title.

And Zhao Jin was quite capable, won the trust of the emperor, and sat in the position of the governor of the left and right armies of the five military camps, and sought to release the three Zhao Sheng brothers.

In Beijing, Jinyiwei oil and water are not rich, and there are many noble children, such as Zhao Sheng, and other side branches are also difficult to get ahead, so it is really good to go out and earn more family resources.

Therefore, Zhao Shengyuan came down to "enjoy the blessings of the Qing Dynasty and make money", how could he be concerned about defense.

And with such an uncle as a backer, and the emperor is far away, naturally no matter what he does, no one will dare to make any trouble for him.

The conductor's wife is also a person who doesn't like to be lively, and she will not be present when there is a banquet, and she is even more lazy to set up a banquet at home.

Many people talked about her stinginess behind her back, and the silver for three festivals and two birthdays was not wrong, but she didn't put on a birthday banquet, and she was reluctant to even have some wine and silver.

Today, Mrs. Zhao appeared in the Shen Mansion and brought a gift list, which really made the eyes of the ladies fall to the ground.

Everyone couldn't help muttering in their hearts, and couldn't help but secretly sour, in the end, the old man of the pavilion has a big face.

Of course, everyone's attention quickly turned back to the two Mrs. Shen, and they stammered hard.

originally thought that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were both old daughters, and the eldest lady from the prime minister's family of the Hanlin Sect couldn't figure out how the rules were so bad to get along.

I don't want Mrs. Tai to be kind and loving, Mrs. Prefect is approachable, and her words are like a spring breeze, and the ladies are surprised, but they also unconsciously have a little closeness.

Therefore, when Mrs. Tai talked about the difficulties of the victims of the disaster with compassion and proposed to accumulate merit and spend money to build a porridge shed to help the victims, there were many female dependents who responded sincerely.

Mrs. Tai did not embarrass everyone, but said: "This time is for the benefit of the people, a bucket of rice, a bean, no matter how good it is, all of them are immeasurable." ”

Instead of making donations on the spot, he discussed with everyone to set up a women's charity hall, which was opposite to the Jishan Hall, and invited the respected female dependents of the city to be the directors to take care of the setting up of the porridge shed, the entry and exit of money, the dispatch of rice and grain, etc., and at the same time, the general accounts of the Jishan Hall should be made public.

After a lively discussion, everyone was satisfied.

Because I came to visit, not to the banquet, when I saw the meal, the host's family politely kept the meal, and the ladies were embarrassed to stay, so they got up and said goodbye.

Mrs. Tai did not stay long, and Mrs. Prefect said that it was important to appease the displaced people at present, and a banquet would be held to entertain everyone during the Dragon Boat Festival.

However, Mrs. Zhao, who had been silent in the discussion, said to the two Mrs. Shen who came to send her off before saying goodbye that she wanted to donate 1,000 taels of silver.

When the wives around heard it, their faces were all ugly.

Of course, everyone is here to tie up with Mrs. Shangguan, whether you are willing or not, you can't help but donate silver for such a charity, Mrs. Zhao, your husband's high position doesn't come to mix with everyone, and you don't say anything, but you reach out and raise the donation threshold so high, how can others follow? !

It's a shame that only a few people heard it at this time, otherwise I really doubt whether she came to make friends or smash the field!

The prefect's wife was obviously young and hadn't done much, and her face unconsciously showed a look of surprise.

Mrs. Tai was well-informed, so she didn't care, smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Mrs. Zhao cares about the poor people, which is really touching. Then we will thank Mrs. Zhao on behalf of the Women's Charity Hall and the displaced people. ”

Mrs. Zhao didn't feel that she had said the wrong thing at all, and said with a smile, "You should do your best" before leaving.

Mrs. Tai also smiled at the ladies around her: "Mrs. Zhao is quick to talk, and she is really sincere. ”

What else could the ladies say, they had to respond in vain and hurriedly leave.

*

On this day, there were a lot of guests, no matter how much they listened and talked less, they couldn't avoid being polite, not to mention the mobilization of disaster relief, after sending all the guests away, Xu felt tired, so he asked Yang Tian and them to go back to eat.

At dusk, Shen Rui returned home from the homeless village outside the city, and when he went to the main courtyard, the Xu family had already rested.

When he arrived in his courtyard, Yang Tian had already prepared the meals, and when he saw him come back, he put them on the table one by one.

Shen Rui took a look and saw that it was simply a simple porridge and side dish, mainly mixed cold vegetables, and there was no meat star at all, and the only meat dish was the two salted duck eggs that were cut open.

Shen Rui couldn't help but teased: "Madam, are you going to save money for disaster relief?" ”

"Lord Fuzun should also share the joys and sorrows of the people." Yang Tian also smiled and joked.

After Shen Rui washed, she changed into homely clothes and sat down at the table, and then she smiled and said: "At noon, my mother left the Lu family's sisters-in-law to eat, and I tasted these things very good, thinking about how greasy it was at the banquet yesterday, you didn't have much appetite this morning, so I picked these things to clear your stomach with you." ”

Because he pointed to the salted duck egg and said, "They said that this is a salted egg that is smaller than the master's brought, and it is extremely fresh." Taste it, it's excellent with porridge. ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but think of the plan of the Dengzhou brand sea duck eggs, so he talked to Yang Tian, and said that if it is suitable for the island to immigrate, it is good to raise more ducks.

Yang Tian clapped his hands and applauded, and said: "I only read the book that the duck eats locusts, and it is a treasure, but I didn't expect that the duck that eats fish and shrimp is also a treasure." ”

Shen Rui hurriedly said: "I actually forgot about ducks eating locusts. Now after the great drought, for fear of locust plagues, it seems that it is indeed right to raise more ducks. ”

Yang Tian smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said, "And I haven't eaten such fresh duck eggs in Beijing!" Although the May Festival is not in time, it is not necessary to send some local products to people close to them, and they do not have to send them during the New Year's Festival.

"I'll make a move with you again, duck eggs are also fine things, afraid of bumping and afraid of touching, always have to take something to hold, order the clay pot porcelain altar is good-looking, but more expensive than duck eggs, why not take the rattan wicker to weave a basket, light and practical, don't have a wild fun."

Shen Rui was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It has to be you women, thinking about these delicate things." It's all up to you. You might as well open a semicolon here, for your whimsical ideas, I think you also want to make a lot of money. ”

"I'm not greedy for this. It's not just a matter of imagination. Yang Tian blinked, and said with a smile: "I saw that the bamboo basket containing this duck egg was quite delicately knitted, and I sent someone to ask the younger master, and he should go to Ming'er to find the person who sent the duck eggs and ask who made it."

"The painting brocade hall is going to be opened, and Aunt Liansi also told me that she wants to set up a weaving factory. I thought, it's not that there are many women and children among the homeless, this weaving cloth requires good craftsmanship and good eyesight, but the basket weaving does not need to be so fine!

"Originally, the maids in the house could weave small flower baskets with grass stalks and flower branches, and if you find someone who can weave baskets of duck eggs, please come and open a workshop, and hire women and children who can't weave cloth among the homeless people to work, wouldn't it be cheap!

"It is not only a work-for-relief, but also useful - in the future, whether the local products here are salted duck eggs, or salted dried fish, dried seaweed, all kinds of dried seafood can be sold in rattan baskets and wicker baskets, and then make some patterns on the baskets, and gradually become Dengzhou characteristics?

Shen Rui was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw her little face shining with a different kind of brilliance, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "This business scripture!" I actually married a female Tao Zhu Gong. ”

Yang Tian was embarrassed to get up, and only said: "I also stayed with the fourth aunt of Lian, I heard that she always made a living in her mouth, and my business was stolen." ”

After a few jokes, Yang Tian talked about the female guests who came to visit today, and also talked about Mrs. Zhao by the way.

"I couldn't figure out what she meant." Yang Tian frowned slightly, and unconsciously put down the dishes and chopsticks.

Because of the Tao, "Mother only said that the person did not have a city government, and thought that because of his different temperament, he didn't have to care." But I thought, after all, that was the commander...... Whether it is opening the sea or immigrating to the island, you always have to deal with the guard. ”

Shen Rui shook his chopsticks and said, "You can rest assured, although I don't know what this Mrs. Zhao means, but Commander Zhao has already looked for me over there, but the conversation is quite speculative, island immigrants, sailor patrols and even garrisons have been discussed, and the matter of repairing ports on several nearby islands has also been finalized." ”

He thought about it, first told her about the family history of the commander Zhao Sheng, and then said: "This Zhao Sheng has also worked under Mu Bin......

Liu Jin picked up Mu Bin and cleaned the brocade clothes.

Zhao Sheng is far away from Beijing, and he is not an important role, and there is Xin Chengbo, so he has nothing to do.

But many of his friends who have a good relationship have been treated very miserably, and some have directly lost their lives.

Zhao Sheng hated Liu Jin very much, but their status was very different, and he didn't know how to move it, so he only cut it over and over again in his heart.

This time, Zhang Zhen's impeachment overthrew several high-ranking officials of Liu Jin and Jiao Fangbu in Shandong in one fell swoop, and caused a wave of impeachment of Liu Jin in the DPRK and China.

The Texas Wei side had a big change of blood because of the involvement in this matter, and the Shandong Wei Guards also heard some rumors.

Especially Pan Jiayu "escaped death" from Dezhou Wei to Dengzhou Wei, and some people came to inquire about Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng listened to the news from all sides, and chatted with Pan Jiayu again, thinking that he guessed that it was a series of events caused by Shen Rui's attack that made Liu Jin plant this heel, and heard that Shen Rui did it in the previous Yudao anonymous submission incident, in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, Fang and Shen Rui became close.

For fear that Yang Tian would be worried, Shen Rui did not say that the attack was very serious, and understated it.

Only let Yang Tian understand that Zhao Sheng is now to him, it will only be a help, not an obstacle.

Yang Tian knew about the attack on the road, and when he heard him mention it, he still had palpitations and couldn't stop chanting Buddha.

After listening to Zhao Sheng's various things, he knew that the Zhao family had no malicious intentions, so Fang was relieved.

"Among the ladies of the noble family, there are not many people with such a temperament." Yang Tian couldn't help but start to miss the noble lady he knew.

also missed Zhao Tong more and more, she poked the salted egg and asked, "When will you send the letter to Beijing?" I want to bring some salted eggs, dried seafood and six sisters. Now she still guards filial piety in her house, and there are many taboos about eating......"

Zhang Hui and Zhao Tong are not filial piety, but the great-bearing grandson Zhang Lun and his uncle are still in the filial piety of the British duchess.

King De's matter is connected with the eldest princess, and Shen Rui also plans to write a letter to inform Zhang Hui, because he said with a smile: "You also ask Grandma Zhang, there is a good money to make a living here, can she join the last share?" ”

*

The next day, Shen Rui's secret folds, letterheads, and Dengzhou's native products were sent all the way to the capital.

At this time, Beijing was in a state of change.

Wang Wei, who had been thinking about begging for bones, did not leave.

It's the old Jiao Fang, who is sick and old.

His backer Liu Jin did not stop him, but quickly replaced Liu Yu, another person in his entrainment, into the cabinet to fill the vacancy.

And Liu Jin's henchman Zhang Cai was also promoted again and served as the secretary of the ministry.

was promoted three times in one year, and Zhang Cai was promoted from a small man to the position of Tianguan.

With such a person in front, I am afraid that no one will say that Shen Rui has risen quickly.

And it is rumored that the reason why Jiao Ge Lao was gloomy and Eunuch Liu couldn't wait to promote others was because of Hu Jie's bribery.

Legend has it that it was Zhang Cai who said to Liu Jin, 'The public also knows that bribery is self-sufficient? It is not a theft of official money, that is, the exploitation of small people. He borrowed the name of the public to be self-respecting, and the person who entered the public was not eleven, and he complained about returning to the public, how could he thank the world? ’……

(End of chapter)