It is said that the day of June, the child's face, changes when it is said. But it's not yet June, it's already such a day, one moment it's still clear, the next moment it's raining down.

In the Yongsu Palace, a small hall on the west side of the Qianqing Palace, the room is silent, and only the sound of rain is heard.

The ice basin gradually melted, and the water droplets slipped silently, just like beads of sweat from the foreheads of the old ministers who knelt together.

After a while, Brother Shou's voice colder than ice echoed in the hall: "I, I'm not discussing with you, I'm telling you, I'm going to conquer the north in person." ”

The ministers, who had already shouted "the emperor thinks twice" several rounds and shouted so hoarse that their voices were a little hoarse, kowtowed again.

Shoufu Li Dongyang raised his head, and as soon as he said "Your Majesty" exit, he was blocked back by Brother Shou.

"I know what the old gentleman wants to say, and these days, I can memorize those few sentences over and over again. Needless to say, if it's not fresh. ”

Li Dongyang sighed: "Although the emperor doesn't like to hear it, it is the duty of the old minister to advise, and the old minister still wants to say ......."

"I don't need you to say this, I want you to do it, the Siyi Pavilion, the Household Department, the Military Department and the Shanxi Martial Arts, as well as the Ministry of Industry, all the preparations should be prepared!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister still said the same thing, in the end, there is no abnormality reported at the border pass, and now I will start to prepare, but I am afraid that it will lead to instability at the border pass." Li Dongyang looked at Wang Hua as he spoke, wanting Wang Hua to persuade him.

Over there, it was Zhang Yong who opened his mouth first. He walked a few steps on his knees, whimpered in his voice, and said, "Long live the body of ten thousand gold, please strategize, and let the slave and maid exert a lot of strength, go to the border......"

Zhang Yong now has a knighthood and a royal mansion, and he pays special attention to his image when he walks outside, and even deliberately carries some of it, in order to wash off the brand of "internal official" on his body and strive to be an ordinary courtier.

However, at this time, under the gaze of the important ministers of the court that he had always cared about the most, he put aside his dignity, put himself back into the dust, and only tried to persuade this little master.

Brother Shou didn't pay attention to his hard work at all, his face was worried, and he raised his voice, "Big companion! You know what I've got in store for you! ”

Zhang Yong slammed his head on the ground, "Long live the lord once asked the slave maid to train the army well, and the long live lord once said that he wants to use the slave maid on the nine sides!" The slave and maid have always remembered this sentence, and they did not dare to relax for a moment, and now, the slave and maid begged the master to fulfill the slave and maid, so let the slave and maid go to the border! ”

When it comes to emotion, he is already in tears, "Only Long Live Lord treats slaves and maids as human beings, only Long Live Lord said that slaves and maids are men!" The slave maid should have been smeared with her liver and brain to repay the grace of the saint, how could she watch the Long Live Lord get into danger? Let the slave maid go on this trip for the Long Live Lord first, and the slave and maid will definitely live up to the expectations of the Long Live Lord, and be worthy of the Long Live Lord rewarding the slave and maid with the words 'brave and good at fighting'! ”

Brother Shou couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, took two steps to support Zhang Yong, and gently called "big companion".

Zhang Yong touched the ground with his head and said loudly: "Please live the master to become a slave!" ”

A few old men saw that the emperor had also recruited Zhang Yong today, for fear that Zhang Yong would be the second Wang Zhen and persuade the little emperor to go outside the gate.

Seeing Zhang Yong like this at this time, they exchanged glances with each other, and they all relaxed and couldn't help sighing.

During this period, Wang Hua had a friendship with Zhang Yong because of his son Wang Shouren, and he was the only one among the elders of the pavilion who had not resisted Zhang Yong's knighthood head-on, so he could only come forward at this time.

With a light cough, Wang Hua persuaded Brother Shou: "Your Majesty, Tai Anbo (Zhang Yong) is loyal and sincere. And he has been at the border for many years, knows the situation at the border pass well, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and the emperor is the most secure to send him to go out again. ”

At the end of last year, because Miao Kui was old, the cabinet bigwigs planned to let Zhang Yong replace Miao Kui, and they also sent Zhang Yong, the holy family, away ceremoniously, so as not to have another Liu Jin.

It's just that the little emperor has always refused to respond.

At this moment, as soon as Wang Hua said, all the elders nodded yes.

Brother Shou's face was a little difficult to look at, and he said coldly: "Tai Anbo is the same as a pioneer officer. ”

The elders choked and couldn't help but have a headache.

During the stalemate, Liu Zhong quietly entered the hall outside, and after receiving a signal from Brother Shou, Fang reported in a low voice that Shen Rui had arrived.

Brother Shou bowed slightly, and Shen Rui and Zhang Hui were led in and saluted together.

At this time, Shen Rui looked dusty, and because of the rainy day, half of his official robe was wet, and he looked more and more embarrassed.

Although Wang Hua guessed that he must have been summoned to the palace just after arriving in Beijing, and he didn't even go back to the house to change his clothes, and he didn't have time to communicate with his father-in-law, he still couldn't help but go to see Yang Tinghe.

Seeing that the latter shook his head slightly, he was still disappointed and sighed secretly.

Yang Tinghe failed to match his son-in-law, so he spoke first at this time, in order to give his son-in-law some hints.

"The emperor summoned Shen Rui back to Beijing, but he wanted to ask him about the situation in Henan? Now Henan is still suffering from drought, Shanxi to aid Henan is not yet in time, if there is a war at the border at this time, then Shanxi supply is afraid of struggling. ”

Just look at Shen Rui as he speaks.

Not only him, but also Brother Shou, the room full of people looked at Shen Rui.

Shen Rui sighed silently in his heart.

Zhang Hui came to pick him up, and only dropped six words about the affairs of the inner palace, "I can't say, don't ask", but told him in detail about the emperor's troubles about the royal conquest.

Shen Rui knew that the less he knew about the inner palace, the better, and he wouldn't ask no matter how curious he was.

And when he heard about the royal conquest, he was not surprised, this is still the same as Zhengde in history.

It's just that in history, it was two years after Zhengde went to the border and later conquered the Ning Domain.

And now, the two are rushing together, which is really not a good time for pro-recruitment.

Especially, Ning Fan is afraid that at this time, I can't wait for Brother Shou to hurry up and recruit in person!

Even if Yang Tinghe didn't deliver this, Shen Rui also wanted to persuade him.

It's just that this person is really determined to be in person, which one can stop it?

In history, the ministers didn't let him go, and he didn't sneak away from the Xuanfu by himself!

Hearing Brother Shou call Shen Rui in a cold voice, Shen Rui took a deep breath, looked at Brother Shou's gloomy gaze, and said solemnly: "The minister is bold, dare to ask Your Majesty, is the royal drive to fight the enemy, or is it ready to crusade against the Tatars?" ”

Brother Shou was slightly stunned, then snorted coldly and said, "You just came back, I don't know." What I said is that if the northern captives come to invade, I will personally conquer them. He glanced at the crowd, "It's just that I'm preparing first." ”

In fact, there have been incidents of border offenses in any year or even month. This year, due to the severe drought in the grasslands, the probability of a large-scale invasion is even greater.

Shen Rui lowered his head and said, "The minister thinks that if he resists the enemy, the border pass is always in a state of readiness, and the Siyi Pavilion has also been in operation for several years...... When there is a letter confirming that there is indeed a large-scale attack by the enemy, and that it is indeed worthy of His Majesty's personal conquest, it is advisable to act on a large scale. ”

"And if Your Majesty is ready to crusade against the Tatars, the minister thinks that it will take several more years to recuperate. The minister only learned the rough fists and feet with the teacher for a few days, and did not learn the art of war seriously, but he also heard that 'the army is strategic, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege'.

"One of the purposes of opening the horse market in the frontier of the imperial court is to let the grassland know that in their eyes, ordinary cattle and sheep, and even 'worthless' things such as cowhide, wool, cow and sheep milk can be exchanged for good goods of the Ming Dynasty. Since then, they have raised more cattle and sheep and less cavalry, and gradually eliminated their desire to plunder, and the minister believes that this is a conspiracy. ”

Shen Rui said as he took out the oil paper into his arms, wrapped several layers of folds for fear of being wet by the rain, and held them with both hands.

"Your Majesty, Lan Tian, the son of Li Ge Lao's tall feet and Lan Zhang, the right deputy imperial envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, is now in Henan, regardless of the hard work of developing veterinary drugs, just to let the grassland know that there are some good things that cannot be grabbed by grabbing, and they can't be robbed of recipes and herbs! Only by maintaining peace and changing rules and regulations can they make their cattle and sheep fatter and more things. This is the letter written by the minister on this matter......"

Li Dongyang exhaled secretly on the side, he didn't expect Shen Rui to be kind, let his beloved disciple hang his name in front of the palace, and immediately bowed to Yang Tinghe to show his gratitude.

Brother Shou didn't take the fold at all, and sneered, "Shen Rui, haven't you seen the latest letter from the Siyi Pavilion." Now there is a great drought in the grasslands, and countless cattle and horses have died. These cattle and horses are all dead, what's the use of asking for veterinary medicine?! ”

"There is another secret report from the minister......" Shen Rui looked directly at Brother Shou and said.

Brother Shou raised his eyebrows, and then slowly stretched out his hand.

Suddenly, Liu Zhong was outside again, with an anxious look on his face, Brother Shou frowned and asked him what was the matter, Liu Zhong lowered his head and replied that it was the Queen Mother who sent someone to pass on the decree.

Brother Shou said expressionlessly: "I am discussing with important officials of the imperial court, and the Qianqing Palace is casually entered?" Did he not know the rules on the first day of errand? Drag it down and kill it with a cane. In the future, those who have bad rules will be selected and sent to be sent on errands, and the few people in charge of the internal officials and supervisors will not have to stay. ”

All the ministers were in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, slow down! "Your Majesty, no!"

There were a few old ministers of the Hongzhi Dynasty present, and they knew that the Empress Dowager Zhang was so arrogant when she beat the Hongzhi Dynasty.

However, the Zhengde Dynasty did not treat the Zhang family very well because the little emperor, and although the queen mother in the palace was silent, she did not support the little emperor, and the queen mother Zhang was relatively stopped.

And now the Empress Dowager is gone......

The ministers have heard some rumors, and the queen mother is now acting like the Hongzhi Dynasty again, and it seems that she wants to take Mrs. Jin into the palace a while ago......

When I saw it today, it was true.

However, the queen mother can be confused by a woman, but the emperor cannot be confused!

The word "filial piety" must be offered high!

There are some rumors outside accusing the emperor of being unfilial, if this board goes down today, there will be nothing on the street tomorrow!

This is not good for the stability of the country!

Zhang Yong didn't care much, and crawled over to pull the corner of Brother Shou's robe, with a pleading look on his face.

Brother Shou's face was pale, and he seemed to have calmed down a little anger after a while, and waved his hand to signal Liu Zhong to bring someone in.

The one who came to deliver the decree was Liang Gong, the great eunuch beside Empress Dowager Zhang.

This has always had a nine-trick exquisite heart, how did he not know that this trip was going to be unlucky.

However, he was named by the Queen Mother and asked him to come, he also knew that the matter was very important, and he didn't dare to hand it over to the little chamberlain easily, so he had to come hard.

When he came in and looked at the cabinet boss who was kneeling on the ground, his legs and stomach began to turn.

Now he has a bitter gourd face on his face, and his mouth is three points more bitter than Coptis chinensis, so bitter that he can't speak well, and he stumbled and said the queen mother's message.

The Queen Mother said that the emperor was not allowed to drive in person.

The Queen Mother said that she would summon the prince of Zhao, the prince of Zhou, the prince of Xing, the fourth son of Ning Wangfu, and the second son of Heng Wangfu to enter Beijing and raise them in the palace.

Several pavilion elders' faces changed drastically, and the hall was shocked.

Brother Shou suddenly laughed, mixed with the thunder and rain outside the hall, which was extremely harsh......

*

Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Shenjiafang, Shenjia five rooms

The servants of the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard went in and out, constantly carrying out some household belongings and tying them to the carriage outside the second gate, and the loaded cart quickly withdrew and rushed to the dock.

Because Sister Fu's marriage was scheduled for the end of the year, the Lu family's merchant ship was going north these days, and Wufang just asked the Lu family to help transport part of the dowry with the Soviet-style furniture and the saved wood to the Tianjin Wei wedding house.

This is said before marriage, although the young couple got married in the Beijing Horse Mansion, they are going to Tianjin Weidan after marriage.

The five rooms are rich, and the three brothers love the youngest sister like a daughter, so they make up for their sister a lot in addition to the dowry list.

In addition, there are five rooms and each room is ready to go to Shandong, Beijing, Liaodong Mid-Autumn Festival, do not bother the two masters, just ask the Lu family to transport away, so several houses are open, people come and go, very lively.

The chief steward here was checking things with a list, and suddenly saw Shen Qiong in the third room over there with a group of people, carrying a few large boxes, and the big lama entered the courtyard.

Because he brought a lot of people, he carried the box, and kept saying that he was looking for Shen Qi to add makeup to Sister Fu'er, and the housekeepers were not easy to stop, so the eye-eyed little guy ran into it to report to Shen Qi.

Shen Qi was also busy, frowning when he heard the news, but he had to come this way.

This Shen Qiong is the biological son of the second wife Yong, and it is for this sister-in-law that she calculates her eldest son Shen Ling in every possible way.

This child was used to being unaccustomed to the second wife of Yong, and the second wife of Hou Yong was imprisoned in the family temple, Shen Yong was busy with the family business, and no one taught him, so he was hooked up by several cousins of his uncle's family to change the law and spend money, and learned the prodigal son to a full extent.

If you want to say that he came to add makeup to Sister Fu'er, the ghost believes it, especially since he also brought a group of companions who don't look easy to get along with.

Because he was afraid that he was here to make trouble, Shen Qi also secretly called people to be on guard.

When Brother Qiong saw Shen Qi at a glance, he subconsciously shrank his neck, because Shen Qi, the patriarch, was fair and won the hearts of the people, so he became more and more prestigious, and Shen Qiong was a little afraid of him every day.

But soon, he smiled, greeted him, and said, "I've really opened my eyes to this meeting today, Sister Fu is really a blessing!" Second Brother Qi, you are doing a dowry for your sister-in-law, I don't know, and you are doing a dowry for your son, haha, haha. ”

This is not very good to hear, and the next few laughs are even more fake, he didn't realize it, and waved his arm to pat the arm that carried the box twice.

The companion wearing the hat was slanted, and the box almost fell off.

Shen Qi saw him doing this, and he didn't even bother to lead him to the flower hall, so he asked him directly in this small courtyard what he was doing here.

"Naturally, there are things and big things." Brother Qiong suddenly pretended to be mysterious, looked around and looked around, and specially paced a few steps and stretched his neck to look again, and waved his hand to let his companions follow and look around.

Shen Qi frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "What the hell are you doing?!" ”

Brother Qiong smiled shyly: "I can't say it until the second brother sends people out." As he spoke, several men behind him surrounded them in the middle.

A few elders around Shen Qi who knew how to punch and kick immediately became alert, and opened their posture to prepare to protect the master.

At this time, the companion who carried the box leaned forward and lifted the hat.

Shen Qi couldn't help but change his face, and suddenly shouted "Stop", then turned back to his entourage and said, "Let's go out first." ”

A few of the elders did not see the man, and they were a little unclear, but the master's voice was stern, so they all obeyed the order and retreated, but they were still guarding the gate of the courtyard, and some people ran to call the chief butler.

In the courtyard, Brother Qiong said to Shen Qi with a hippie smile: "Look, Second Brother Qi, I said that there is something big, but you don't believe it." ”

Shen Qi didn't pay attention to him at all, just stared at the companion who was carrying the box.

The man had already gone to the hat, revealing a face that looked seven or eight points similar to Shen Qi.

Shen Qi looked at the young man in front of him with a good look, as if looking for the shadow of his childhood on his face.

Most of the children of ordinary families look like their son Xiao's mother and daughter Xiao's father, and the appearance of his family's children follows him, except for thick and long earlobes, there is almost no place like Jiang's.

In the past, when the husband and wife talked privately, Jiang always pretended to be angry and said that his family had lost, and he joked that if he had a few more children in the future, there would always be one like her......

Like a nightmare, he muttered, "Birch...... Brother Birch? ”

The young man on the other side also looked at him with complicated eyes, pursed his lips, and didn't say a word.

Over there, Brother Qiong opened a big box, but it was empty, and there was nothing to add makeup to.

He smiled and said, "Brother Xiaodong said that I would bring this to invite you over." I just said no, just for the sake of my sister-in-law and niece, you won't go, right, Second Brother Qi? ”

Hearing the words "Brother Xiaodong", "sister-in-law and niece", Shen Qi instantly sobered up, and his eyes became sharp. stared coldly at the group and asked Brother Qiong, "What did you say?" Brother Xiaodong?! ”

Brother Xiaodong is back?! What does that mean!

Brother Xiaodong was taken away by Ning Fan!

But it was the young man on the other side who opened his mouth first, and he slowly smiled, "Daddy, we're back." ”

This "Daddy" called Shen Qi with mixed feelings, and he almost burst into tears, it was his wife and children who he had been thinking about getting back for ten years.

Can......

The young brother Xiaohua said again, "My mother and sister are in the ancestral hall, and Brother Xiaodong asked me to come over and invite you over." ”

Shen Qi slowly closed his eyes, the intact fist in his sleeve was clenched tightly, he stabilized his emotions, and when he opened his eyes again, he no longer looked at Brother Xiaohua, pointed to the box and sneered at Brother Qiong'er: "Are you planning to kidnap me again?" The Shen family, you can't be presumptuous! So saying, he walked out with his head held high.

The word "kidnapping" made Brother Xiaohua tremble slightly.

Brother Qiong'er didn't have a skin and no face, and smiled: "Look at what the second brother said, ......" and patted Brother Xiaohua and laughed: "Look at your old man's ......"

Brother Xiaohua had already put away his smiling face, glanced at Brother Qiong'er, and the viciousness in his eyes was so shocking that the hairs on the back of Brother Qiong'er's neck stood up.

He couldn't help but take a step back, and he didn't dare to be as arrogant as before.

Brother Xiao Hua ignored him, put on his hat again, made a gesture, and the companions threw down a few empty boxes and walked out after him.

The chief butler was waiting anxiously at the door, and he was relieved to see Shen Qi come out, but when he saw those people following closely behind him, he had a faint bad premonition in his heart.

Shen Qi calmly commanded: "I want to go to the ancestral hall." When you're done here, go to the dock to see how the loading is going, in the end, it's our family's business, don't blindly ask the Lu family for help. ”

As he spoke, his eyes kept staring at the butler.

How clever the housekeeper is, he should respond in his mouth, and talk about the dowry packing, but his heart is already overturned, the dock has already arranged a good person, where to use him, where to load the ship, where to understand the Shen family, naturally the Lu family shipwrights and sailors come, where can they be called help!

This is clearly the words in the words!

Seeing that the group of people were all gone, the big housekeeper hurriedly ran to report the news.

Go and ask the Lu family for help! Under what circumstances do you need help from the Lu family?

He ran to the ninth room first, although the sixth master of the ninth room resigned and returned to his hometown, but the officials in the clan respected him a little.

I didn't want to go to the ninth room, but I pounced on it, and the door said that I was invited away by Brother Xiaoyu, the head of the ninth room, the only seedling of the Yan branch now, and Shen Lu's son, and also said that he went to the ancestral hall.

The big housekeeper was even more worried, and ran to the adjacent seven or eight rooms, and they all said that they were invited to the ancestral hall, and the seventh room also asked, wasn't it called by the patriarch? But to discuss Sister Fu'er's affairs?

The housekeeper's heart is going to be bad, and the old men in charge of the clan have all been taken to the ancestral hall, and if something happens, it will be served in one pot!

He hurriedly communicated with the chief steward of each family and the steward of the outer courtyard, asked each of them to watch the door, gathered the family, and hurriedly ran to move the rescuers.

Lu family!

Why look for the Lu family? Because the Lu family has a caravan with a lot of guards!

Twenty or thirty ships came back this time......

*

said that when Shen Qi arrived at the ancestral hall, he found that it was already full of heads of various rooms and clan elders like Shen Li.

Among them, Shen Hu, the head of the third room, has been eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling more and more nonsense in recent years, and his body has been defeated.

At this time, Shen Yong was a little puzzled when he saw his son Brother Qiong coming with Shen Qi, but he didn't dig deeper.

Shen Li, the head of the seventh room, is an official in the field, and this time it is his sister-in-law Shen Qin who came.

Shen Qin worshiped under the name of the third master Shen Run in his early years, and when Zhengde was three years old, he accompanied his clansmen to Beijing to catch the exam, and stayed in Qingze Academy with Shen Bao to study.

Shen Baozhi was not famous, and then went to Penglai Academy in Shandong with his master Zhu Yunming and brother Shen Yue, and was obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and now he is already well-known in Qilu.

Shen Qin has been studying hard, and came back to participate in the township test last year, although he was hanging at the bottom of the list, he was really lifted.

It's just that he knew that there was no hope for spring, and when his wife was pregnant, Shen Qin didn't enter Beijing again, and was ready to accompany his wife to give birth, and then go north after the child was born.

Because he was not less cared for by the fifth room, Shen Qin and Shen Qi were the closest, and when they saw him come in, they immediately stood up to greet him.

In the morning, he also went to the fifth room to give gifts, and then he smiled and said, "Isn't the family busy? How did Second Brother Qi have the time to summon the big guys over, but is there anything urgent? I'm an idler, and my second brother can call me ...... if he has something."

Shen Qi's face was a little ugly, he looked around, and saw that everyone nodded at him, knowing that eighty percent of them were deceived by someone in his name, he couldn't help but be annoyed, turned around and glared at Brother Qiong and a few people, and said loudly: "I didn't summon everyone here." Fifth Brother Qiong, come and tell everyone, what is going on...... ”

As soon as the words fell, a clear voice came from outside, "I summoned you!" ”

While speaking, a young man dressed as a scholar helped Shen Hai to turn in from the back of the ancestral hall, and a strong man followed closely behind, dragging the individual forward, but it was Shen Yuan, who had been locked in the ancestral hall and repented.

Shen Yuan's face turned white with fright, and he didn't dare to squeak for fear of being beaten, until he saw everyone in the hall, and then hurriedly pulled his neck and called for help.

All the clansmen were startled and stood up one after another, but the strong man took Shen Yuan to a chair and sat down, and stood behind him again.

Shen Yuan was shocked, and he couldn't help trembling when he sat in the chair, and he didn't collapse because he held on.

Except for Shen Qi, everyone was stunned and hurriedly asked Shen Hai what the situation was.

Although Shen Hai said that he had been sick for a long time and did not appear in front of people, he was in good health and his complexion was good when he was swept during the Qingming Festival, but now he had a depressed face, as if he had suddenly aged ten years old.

Being settled by the young man in the position of the patriarch, Shen Hai looked at everyone, sighed slightly, and announced in a trembling voice: "Everyone. Brother Xiaodong, the eldest grandson of my sect, Shen Dong, is back. ”

The people were astonished and went to see the young man.

Not everyone knows who kidnapped Brother Xiaodong, but after all, he has been in the bandits' den for so many years, and now he has come back quietly and called everyone to the ancestral hall in this deceptive way, what good thing can be?!

For a moment, everyone was on alert.

But seeing that the little brother shook at the surroundings, he said politely: "The kid is back." I've met all the elders. ”

The words in his mouth were polite, but his actions were not polite at all, and he stepped forward and sat in the position of the patriarch.

"I came back this time, there are a few things, the first one," Brother Xiao Dong smiled and patted the arm of the chair, "I am the son of the sect, this patriarch, I should be the leader." ”

*

Xunyang ferry, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi

The official ship of the governor of Nangan is moored on the shore to replenish the diet and fresh water.

While the shipwrights were busy carrying supplies, the staff, guards, and even servants who came with the ship had the permission of the master's family to disembark and be loose and recreational.

Many hawkers carrying baskets of jujube cakes, tea cakes, cakes and fresh fruits flock to sell their own products, which are considered local specialties, cheap and affordable, and many people patronize them.

Jiang Rong, the third son of Jiang Mian, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, also walked out of the cabin, blowing the river breeze comfortably, watching the excitement on the shore.

In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, Jiang Rong was recommended by his uncle, Jiang Mian, a scholar of Hanlin, and became a closed disciple under Wang Hua. Back then, he was high-spirited, and he only felt that gaining fame was like exploring his bag.

Then he participated in the twelfth, fifteenth, and eighteenth years of Hongzhi three spring festivals in succession, all of which were not on the list, and his fighting spirit was also exhausted by the long and desperate scientific expedition time of the past ten years.

In the early years of Zhengde, Wang Hua and Jiang Mian were suppressed by the cabinet, and Jiang Sheng had a hard time. The situation was like this, and his family did not take the exam, so Jiang San gave up his plan to enter the imperial examination, and followed his father all the time, helping him take care of the general affairs.

From Zhejiang to Sichuan, and now to Jiangxi.

Because Jiang San had never had a frame and was approachable, several guards came back from buying food and asked him to taste it.

A few people here were talking and laughing, and a staff member over there suddenly walked over with a serious expression and asked Jiang San to take a step to speak.

But it was a merchant who deliberately bumped into him, and then whispered to him by approving that he was a person from Songjiang Mansion, surnamed Shen, and had some in-law relations with Lord Jiang, and now there was something very important to report to the adult, and said the word "Ning".

This staff member was only accepted by Jiang Sheng when he took office in Sichuan, and he didn't know much about the relationship between the relatives of the main family, but he knew very well why the imperial court sent Jiang Sheng to patrol Gannan at this time!

It's about Ning Fan, whether it's true or not, you can't let it go.

The staff was also cautious, so he called for a few guards who were shopping nearby, and after a few words, a few people led the merchant away, searched him in a secluded place, and quietly tied up the flowers and stuffed them into the cart carrying vegetables and vegetables and brought them to the boat.

The staff made sure that the man did not have any murder weapon and was firmly tied, so he came to report to the master's house.

"...... the Shen family in Songjiang?" Jiang San subconsciously asked in surprise, but quickly covered up the past, saying that the staff had done an excellent job, let him lead the way, and go to see it himself.

……

"The son has confirmed that he is Shen Jun of the Shen family's clan, one of the three sons of the Shen family who were wronged in the Tongwei case. His eldest brother is Shen Hui, the political envoy of Shanxi. His father was the patriarch at the beginning, and now the patriarch has given ...... Shen Qi. Jiang San looked at his father's face and said cautiously.

At the mention of Shen Qi, Jiang Sheng sighed.

Shen Qi's wife, Jiang Shi, is Jiang Sheng's niece, who was raised by his side since he was a child, and is similar to his biological daughter.

That year, when he was fiftieth birthday, Shen Qi's family said that they had come to congratulate him on his birthday but had never arrived, and the news came later, saying that there was a misfortune in Songjiang, and his niece and children were kidnapped and missing, and Shen Qi was a widow.

The Jiang family hurriedly sent someone to inquire, but it was indeed Shen Qi who took tens of thousands of taels of silver to ransom people, and was identified as a "capital enemy", the evidence was conclusive, and the person was also imprisoned.

The impact of the Songjiang Woe Disaster was great, and Hangzhou was also often infested by the Wako, so it was also under martial law everywhere. And the Jiang family was also affected because they lost a niece, and their niece-in-law was sentenced to be a widow.

At the same time, at that time, Wang Hua was being suppressed by Liu Xie and Li, and Jiang Sheng's younger brother Jiang Mian was regarded as the new emperor's party because he was the right emperor of Zhan Shifu, and he was also squeezed out by the old ministers of the first emperor.

The prefect of Hangzhou is a fat official shortage, and how many coveters are eager to pull Jiang Sheng off the horse immediately, and they are full of means for a while.

During that time, Jiang Sheng was almost squeezed to the point that he had almost no place to stand, and he was still too busy to take care of himself, let alone help the Shen family, and finally gave up his nieces and nephews and sons-in-law, who seemed hopeless, and cut off his tail to survive.

In this regard, Jiang Sheng is not guilty.

And his condition improved after Liu Xie was kicked out of the court, Wang Hua and Yang Tinghe entered the cabinet one after another, and Jiang Mian was also reused.

He was promoted to deputy envoy of Zhejiang, and later transferred to the Sichuan political envoy department to participate in politics on the right.

Although he is considered to be Wang Hua's party, his son is considered Shen Rui's uncle under Wang Hua's disciple, and Jiang Mian has a close friendship with Yang Tinghe, but he has never had any contact with the Shen family.

In the most difficult time, he did not pull his niece and son-in-law, but treated him as an abandoned son in order to protect himself...... After the unjust case of the three sons of the Shen family is Zhaoxue, and even after the Shen family rises again, he will come over again, and he will be a villain.

Unexpectedly, I met the Shen family here again today.

Jiang Sheng gestured for his son to continue.

Jiang San then relayed what Shen Jun said one by one.

said that Shen Jun was determined to find his abducted nephew Xiaodong, and went to Nanchang alone.

He has been in charge of the affairs of the Shen clan all the year round, he already has experience in managing the clan property, and he knows how to deal with the officials of the government, and it didn't take long for him to get a new identity and set up a small shop in the city.

Because he thought that the soldiers and horses had not moved the grain and grass first, and if he wanted to rebel, he must have grain and grass, so he started from this, established a firm foothold and began to buy land, operate a grain and rice shop, pay attention to the grain and rice dynamics in the market in Nanchang Mansion, and approached the Wangfu Grange little by little, approached the low-level servants of Ning Mansion to manage affairs, and collected all kinds of news little by little.

In the past few years, the evidence of the royal government's oppression of the people and the encroachment of the acres of land has not been collected, and the Zhuangzi of the Ning Domain has been discovered.

The village is full of rich children, but unfortunately there are no nephews.

These were all captured by the Ning Fan in collusion with bandits, some of them directly exchanged for ransom, and some were kept in captivity until they were raised and became "their own people".

Thinking that his nephew might also be "raised", Shen Jun couldn't help but be afraid, the Shen family was divided, and Brother Xiaodong couldn't implicate other clansmen, but he couldn't run away from this house.

His mentality also changed from wanting to make meritorious contributions at the beginning, to leaving a way out for himself later.

Last year, the fourth son of the Ning Domain, went to Beijing to go to "Taimiao Sixiang", but the year has passed, and there is no good news, after that, the price of grain in the market began to fluctuate, and the grain and rice did not know where it was shipped. Shen Jun felt bad.

Until recently, Shen Jun found that the rich and noble disciple of Zhuangzi, the guanren he had been staring at, had disappeared overnight, and the janitor was drunk and said that those people had gone back to their respective homes.

Shen Jun knew that something was wrong, so he immediately packed up his soft and prepared to report the news - the news of King Ning's rebellion was the most valuable before he raised his army!

The first choice is, of course, to go straight to Nanjing.

There are heavy soldiers there, and there is Wang Shouren there!

However, the irony is that Shen Jun has been looking for his nephew Xiaodong, who has not been found for so many years, met him on the waterway to Nanjing.

swore to "rescue his nephew", but when the two boats entered the ferry together, Brother Xiaodong recognized him and shouted his second uncle, Shen Jun decisively jumped ship and escaped.

Of course, he proved to be the right choice, and he was hunted down for a long time afterward.

Relying on the gold and silver bills hidden close to him, Shen Jun changed his outfit, pretended to be a small merchant walking the streets and alleys, and turned north.

I can't go to Nanjing, so I went to Henan to find Shen Rui!

Today is also a coincidence, just looking for a boat to cross the river at Xunyang Ferry, and I heard that the official ship of the governor of Nanjiang docked.

Shen Jun has been trying to make friends with low-level officials when he was in Nanchang, and he knows the news from the official mansion in the yamen, and he knows that this governor of Nanjiang is the original prefect of Songjiang and Shen Qi's Yue family, and his son is still a disciple of Wang Hua.

immediately went straight here, not only to send the news as soon as possible, but also to ask for a blessing......

Jiang Sheng listened, groaned slightly, and said: "What Shen Jun said is full of untruths, but it is also human nature, and there is no need to delve into it. It's just that even if everything he said is true, Ning Fan's imminent reversal is only his own judgment, and the truth is still unknown. ”

Jiang San hurriedly said: "Ning Fan's wolf ambition has to be guarded against, the emperor sent his father over, isn't it...... It's ...... now."

Jiang Sheng glanced at his son and sighed: "Although you have been trained a lot over the years, you have never been in contact with military affairs, and I don't know how powerful it is." Although the governor supervised military affairs, the Ning Domain had been running Jiangxi for a long time, and if there was really a intention to raise troops, it was difficult to say whether the troops of the Jiangxi Guards could be used.

"You also read the Di newspaper, how many guards did you say under the jurisdiction of the Henan Metropolitan Division, why did Shen Rui come from Beijing and bring Jiang Yan and Gao Wenhu's soldiers? Without this hand, a small Wu'an County would be able to let him fold in. How long do you think that the little county king of Linzhang Mansion has only been in Zhangde Mansion, Ning Fan? ”

Jiang San's brows were twisted into pimples, and he knew that it was difficult before, but his father didn't say much, only that the local situation was complicated, and he was waiting to find out the situation in the local area for a month or two.

He should also follow the set of inspectors, investigate the oppression of the people by the vassal king, the inaction of local officials, etc., and urge the local guards to suppress bandits, etc., after all, it is still far from Nanchang, and it is more of a deterrent.

I didn't expect to encounter the change of Ning Fan as soon as I arrived in Jiangxi, so after such an analysis, my father's position is really dangerous.

"Then we'll wait for reinforcements and ......," Jiang San said busily.

Jiang Sheng interrupted him and said, "I will send someone to the north to report the news." You set off immediately, take this Shen Jun to Nanjing as soon as possible, and ask your senior brother (Wang Shouren) to send troops - and say to the outside world to assist in suppressing the bandits. Keep an eye out for messages along the way. Looking at the Di newspaper, there are also bandits in western Zhejiang and northern Fujian, and Nanjing may have sent troops here. ”

Jiang San's eyes lit up, "Then father, let's go slowly...... first"

Jiang Sheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, my father will deal with them." ”

(End of chapter)