When everyone thought that the little emperor was seriously clearing redundant officials, cutting redundant food, and saving the treasury, and rejoiced about it, the little emperor issued an edict, first named Xia Ru as Qingyang Bo, Xia Zhu as the commander of Jinyiwei, Xia Chen commanded Tongzhi, Xia Jie Baihu, all hereditary, and then gave 2,228 acres of land and 90 acres of land and Qingyang Bo Xia Ru.

Soon, there was another purpose, and Shen Chuan and Wu Rang were the commanders of the hundred households of the Jinyi Guard.

Linked to the previous Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin's younger brothers were all given official positions, and for a while the government and the opposition were discussing, where is this for the sake of the country, it is clearly a reshuffle of the old and new nobles and nobles to give land, lay off the old people, and replace them with new people.

Although on the whole, because of the large number of layoffs and the small number of rewards, it still reduces a lot of burden on the national treasury, but in the long run, I am afraid that it will be the same again. As a result, many people in the court also wrote letters of advice.

In the community, more people laughed at the Shouning Marquis Mansion and shot themselves in the foot.

It is said that the Shouning Marquis Mansion was also very angry, and Mrs. Jin personally called Concubine Wu Defei's mother to reprimand her.

There are also people who describe how Mrs. Wu was humiliated, and entered the palace with a pair of peach-like red and swollen eyes to complain to her daughter.

There are good people waiting to see the farce of Concubine Wu De's Dou Shou Ning Hou Mansion.

However, the play did not start at all.

Not long after, Zhang Zong, the eldest son of the Marquis of Shouning, said that he was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

What can the Zhang family's in-laws and nephews be demoted, and a dozen bundles together are not as expensive as one Zhang family's sister-in-law!

After this reward, the imperial historians under the Zhang family all died down, and they were much cleaner when they ascended.

After watching the play outside, someone whispered that this was because Wu Defei had never fought the Zhang family and had to give in, and the commander that Zhang Zong said was that Wu Defei begged the saint.

There was no mention of the discussions, and the attention of the court was all on the little emperor's next move.

Because after cutting off the living, the little emperor's "throttling" blade pointed at the dead again.

The eunuch Li Rong passed the decree that the civil and military officials and the women should be sacrificed and buried, gifted, and graced. In the near future, a large proportion of Chen beggars, those who have not completed the examination for three years or more in the future, and those who have not been ordered are not allowed to be judged.

The little emperor asked the officials to check the example of giving official favors in recent years, and clearly pointed out that in the future, those who have knights will make military merits, and those who are civil servants with two grades or more and have significant political achievements will be given as usual, but they will not be allowed to be a generation.

This is the core interests of many people.

Learn the art of literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, and what is the picture? Although some people say that they want to have their own ambitions in life, more people still want to seek for their children and grandchildren. The generals are really fighting hard to make meritorious contributions, and how many people can live in the second rank of civil and official? !

Although the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites all acted in accordance with the decree, the DPRK and the Central Committee wrote in waves one after another, saying that this decree was a real blow to morale and that it was reasonable to reward meritorious deeds, but at least meritorious service should be rewarded, not "great meritorious service" before rewarding.

It seems that the crowd is surging, but the little emperor ignores it at all, and all the excerpts are left behind.

A few days later, a person dressed in official uniform but tied up with flowers and a heavy flail around his neck came out of the household department.

There was another notice on the side, saying that this person was Liu Yi of the household department, and when he went to the grain reserve of the prime minister of Liaodong, the captain of the Dongchang factory investigated him for illegally riding in a sedan chair, indiscriminately servitizing his husband, giving less grain prices, and sending more bucket heads, etc., and after being arrested, he was ordered to be in the household department for one month for many illegal things.

Such a heavy flail is a heavy flail, and in a few months, people will die in a few days.

Sure enough, don't say a few days, one day and one night, the weak scholar Liu Yi is dying.

The will of pardon was not moved, and outside the left and right gates of Chang'an, they were called Cui Xuan, Secretary of Shangbao, Yao Xiang, deputy envoy of Huguang, and Zhang Wei of Langzhong of the Ministry of Works.

These people were either in a sedan chair for violating the law, or indulging in the needs of their slaves, or impersonating in an unrelated article, all of which were sent by the investigators of Dongchang, and were tortured and interrogated by the Zhenfu Division, and sentenced to two months of heavy flail for public display.

When Liu Yi was punished, there were still people who wrote a book for him and shouted that the crime would not come to this, shouting that he hoped that the Holy Monarch would be merciful and merciful. When one heavy flail after another was put on the neck of the "criminal official", the court was silent.

According to the news from the cabinet, these prisoners were all made by Liu Jin, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant and the eunuch Liu Jin, and Liu Gonggong asked the emperor to be dealt with strictly.

Knowing that this is the new master of ceremonies, Gonggong Liu wants to stand up, and Jinyiwei and Dongchang are in the hands of Gonggong Liu, who in the court is not a pigtail, and what dare to make a sound.

It was in this silence that the third knife of "throttling" came.

Fortunately, it was going to the clan, which made the Wenchen generals who had been nervous greatly relieved.

At first, this matter was Zhu Dang, the auxiliary general of the Lu Wangfu, the old example was that the clan was enshrined at the age of ten, and the cabinet was released at the age of fifteen (referring to the prince's clan out of the feudal domain) before supporting Lu rice, and now when the clans everywhere ask for the seal, they all say that they have been out of the cabinet, but in fact, they still live in the house, and many people began to abuse Lu rice at the age of ten. Nowadays, the clan branches are multiplying, the local disasters are injured, and the border is troublesome, so please follow the ancestral teachings to restore the old rules.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Dangzao and his father King Lu also went to the book, saying that he wanted to be a thrifty province for the imperial court, and asked to reduce the guards and servants in the palace, and the eldest son and eldest grandson of the county king were all guarded by the guard Yu Ding.

The little emperor was greatly satisfied, and issued an order to praise the Lu Palace, and ordered the Zongren to order the eldest princess of Chun'an, Cai Zhen, to investigate the clan's indiscriminate expenditure of Lu rice.

Not long after this will went down, the palace near the capital was the first to go to the fold, among them, Shanxi Qingwangfu reported, saying that the number of branches of the palace is large, and the children born to the generals may falsely report their age, without evidence, begging the generals' mansions to check and report.

If you want to talk about this Qingwang Mansion, it is really not interesting.

The year before last, the Qing Wangfu Nanhai County Jun Yibin took money and food, and the county monarch entered Beijing without permission is not far away.

At that time, the Shanxi disaster victims were detained on their heads when they entered Kyoto, and the county monarch was cut down, and the Yibin was directly beheaded, and he issued an order to apply for King Qing.

At that time, King Qing took retreat as advance, and wrote a letter to express the unfilial piety of his son and daughter. The little emperor asked King Qing, if the descendants are not filial, they will be dismissed, right? bluffed King Qing so busy that he asked for a guilty fold.

It's about that the palace is in chaos for more than a day, and the governance is not good, and King Qing himself is not a smart person.

The little emperor sneered, and replied, "The sect branch is important, investigate to the end."

As a result, after a check, the Qingwang Mansion was in chaos, which was nothing compared to the two Nanhai Junjun's affairs, Zhu Duo, the auxiliary general of the Qingwang Mansion, made low silver and fake silver, so that Hu Shifu, the guest of honor in the mansion, bought goods and goods, and beat people with coercion; Fengguo's general Zhu Biao hijacked prostitutes' homes and injured people's lives; It was even found out that Yibin Hou Jie beat the county lord of Dengfeng to death, this person didn't even fake the scene, and directly reported the violent death of the county lord, and tried in vain to make a fortune at the funeral...... All kinds of lawlessness are simply appalling.

Since it was difficult to come to Jing, the imperial court has always been very cautious about the attitude of the vassal kings, both wary and appeased, in fact, many vassal kings have been in the fiefdom like the Qing Wangfu, and the court is just turning a blind eye.

After the little emperor ascended the throne, it was obvious that he had the intention of suppressing the vassal king, and since that year, after King Qing, the head of Nanhai County, was rewarded, King Zheng and King Rong also ate the reward because of something, and the excerpts for asking for rewards were often not allowed, and there was no shadow of King Rong's selection of concubine fiefs.

Perhaps, there is a lack of a reason to clean up the feudal domains.

Now, someone who is sleepy sends a pillow, and it is Qingwangfu who is "empathetic" and sends himself under Brother Shou's nose.

Brother Shou waved his hand, the prince committed the same crime as the common people, and all the clans involved in the case were reduced to concubines, and the land was not given, and they were dealt with according to law, especially those who involved human lives.

And the one who ate the leopard dared to beat the county lord to death, even if he pulled his neck and shouted that he was injured by mistake because the county lord stole people, or he was robbed of his house and exterminated, the county lord's funeral money returned to the treasury before it was hot.

The Zongren Mansion, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the prefects of the local feudal kings have also received clear decrees to strictly investigate the bloodline of the clan branch and the lawlessness of the clan of the feudal kings.

Later, he dismissed several auxiliary generals and lieutenants of the Jingjiang Royal Mansion for his crimes, and checked the ancestral precepts, and newly stipulated that the descendants of those who died when the prince was sealed should not be knighted, and set various rules for the concubine to inherit the title. That's for later.

In the rectification of the sect's affairs, both the government and the opposition applauded.

God knows how powerful the clans with nothing to do will become if they are enclosed in a fiefdom, and the fertility will become innumerable, and there are countless concubines, and there is simply an infinite shortage of children and grandchildren! Getting rid of a part of the clan is equivalent to getting rid of a big financial burden now and in the future, and Wen Chenyan can not be happy.

And "the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people" is also a good theme that the people like to see.

However, the cabinet was quite worried about the issue of the feudal king, and the Jinyi guards and eunuchs in various places also received secret orders to pay close attention to the movements of the domain.

After this action, I don't know whether it was the effect of the flail, or the "throttling" measure to win the hearts of the people, when the little emperor threw out the Gaixi Garden not for pleasure, but for the purpose of "open source", there was little opposition.

The little emperor did not make an order, but said quite casually at the court meeting, and planned to officially open the Taiye Pool and the "Hundred Beast Garden" to the people of the capital during the Dragon Boat Festival from the first day of the fifth month of May, and then tentatively open it once every five days.

At present, the shops repaired along the lake in Xiyuan are rent-seeking "investment", so that the household department and the imperial horse supervisor (the imperial horse supervisor and the management of the Huangzhuang Huangdian) jointly draw up a charter to discuss how to recruit rent, how to manage it, and how much commercial tax and rent will go into the national treasury and how much will go into the inner treasury.

The reason why the officials do not oppose opening up is, to a large extent, because of a certain curiosity.

Since the rise of Hongzhi Zhongxing, the world has gradually risen the style of extravagance, the house of the official eunuch and the rich is mostly "the house must be skillfully camped in the curved room, the fence follows the platform to build, the flowers and stones are embellished, a few beds of calligraphy and painting, the competition is extravagant", the wind of building the garden prevails, and the civil officials are especially good and elegant.

These officials are no different from ordinary people, and they also want to see what kind of style the royal garden is, especially when they heard that this West Garden was built, they consulted many famous gardeners.

Regarding the opening of Xiyuan business, there are still "Qinggao" Wenchen who expressed disdain, thinking that he was only afraid of polluting the scenery. However, even under the banner of "open source" for adding input to the national treasury, these ministers who were disgusted with business affairs did not have much to say, so they had to pinch their noses and admit it.

West Garden, by the Taiye Pool

"Here, here, here, well, every five hundred steps, plus some simple shops that sell tea, soup, fruit and wine." Shen Rui pointed to the map and said to Liu Zhonghe and Yang Linsheng, the eunuch sent by the Imperial Horse Supervisor to prepare to manage the garden.

"No, it's not a teahouse, of course, a teahouse is also to be set up. It is to write a simple shop, build a shed outside and leave some spacious places to sit people, and sparsely fence it. The rent is more flexible, and I think there will be some merchants who carry the burden of selling soup, and their fixed shops will occupy a place to rest, and it is not yet known how the business will be. ”

He nodded to the ground and said, "If you have time, you can dig a small ice cellar, and business will be much better in the summer, after all, there are not many merchants carrying ice." ”

Liu Zhong and Yang Linsheng couldn't help nodding in response, and asked something they didn't understand, and the four little chamberlains with pens behind them stretched their necks to look at it, and quickly wrote it down on the paper.

The group walked very slowly, stopping and pondering carefully at almost every place, and there would be no major changes, and most of them worked on the details.

After the Shen family was discharged, Shen Rui only attended two banquets that he had to go to, and went to the academy to greet his husband and other classmates, and then studied hard behind closed doors.

Although the family did not put pressure on him, and the Xu family also comforted him many times, he knew in his heart that even if the Shen family had to wait for three years, Brother Shou would not wait for him for another three years. He knew so many people and had so many ideas, and he really wanted to join the company right away and put those ideas into practice.

The eldest brother Yang Shen has already set off to return to Shu to prepare to participate in the township test, before Yang Tinghe felt that his son lacked experience, and kept pressing him and not letting him go, but now it is time for the fire, Yang Shen's article, Shen Zhou also praised it, and the middle lift should be nine out of ten.

Shen Rui knew that this uncle was a famous champion in history, but he remembered in a trance that it was not from this subject, and he didn't know if it was a mistake or some accident.

Therefore, when seeing off his eldest brother, Shen Rui simply took the trouble to tell him to pay attention to his body, which made Yang Shen angry and funny, shouldn't he be reminded of his brother-in-law as a brother? !

However, because his brother-in-law Li Yanqing is already a lifter, although he wants to participate in next year's examination, he does not feel that time is pressing, and it is also the name of Mu Shenzhou, under the recommendation of Yang Tinghe, he often goes to Shen's house to ask for teaching. He was a teenager and had quite good knowledge, and he also gave Shen Rui some guidance for taking the exam.

All relatives and friends knew that Shen Rui studied hard, and they didn't come to quarrel with him, and many banquets politely posted posts, but they also let the servants who sent the posts politely express their intentions with Shen's second son. Even Zhang Huixiu Mu came to see him, but he just sat for a while.

This time I came out of the mansion because Brother Shou came to find it personally.

Shen Rui heard that the West Garden was completely completed, and Brother Shou also said that he was going to open it to the people, so he also had the heart to go over and take a look, hoping to use the tourism experience of his previous life to check and fill in the gaps for the West Garden as much as possible, so as not to solve many troubles in operation.

Although Brother Shou called Shen Rui, he didn't have the temperament to follow Shen Rui a little bit, so he took Zhang Hui, Cai Liang, You Xuan, and Gao Wenhu to go around.

Shen Rui walked with Liu Zhong and Yang Linsheng against the map and talked about what needs to be added or subtracted.

And Shen Rui didn't come alone, he also brought Li Yanqing.

It was not because Li Yanqing happened to be in the Shen family at the time, but because Li Yanqing had a family history and was quite accomplished in civil engineering, so he was invited to come with him, and he could also put forward some suggestions for revision at any time. When Shen Rui proposed to add some more latrines and stone benches for visitors to rest, Li Yanqing proposed several plans to make the design more reasonable, more beautiful, and better integrated into the scenery.

Li Yanqing usually doesn't talk much, and he is not very talkative when he exchanges knowledge with Shen Rui, but when it comes to engineering, his eyes really light up and he talks eloquently.

I heard that he was going to come to Xiyuan, Li Yanqing was also very interested, his father Li supervised the construction of Xiyuan a while ago, and there were some drawings of Xiyuan at home, he saw it with relish, and it was really beautiful to be able to come to the field in advance.

Shen Rui did not mention the identity of Brother Shou to Li Yanqing, but when he arrived in Xiyuan, he saw that everyone was holding a young man like a starry moon, especially Liu Zhong, who had seen a person who knew his identity, Li Yanqing was not a fool, and his heart was clear immediately, and his palms were sweaty for a while.

Fortunately, Brother Shou was playful, didn't walk with them, chatted a few words, and left with a group of people.

While Li Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief, he also silently improved his assessment of Shen Rui in his heart, and he was also more attentive to the Xiyuan project.

Shen Rui and Li Yanqing and his entourage looked while walking, marking all the places that could be thought of and modified, and walking down a circle of scenic spots open to the outside world, it was already the sun hanging, and it was time for dinner.

Liu Zhong built a three-storey restaurant in the most scenic place, as the emperor's store, and waited for the emperor to give him a name. Although it has not yet opened, it has been renovated, and the ingredients have been specially prepared, and the banquet will be prepared when the emperor comes to play.

Brother Shou happily took everyone to the private room of the sky, pushed the window to see, the lake view was in full view, and he couldn't help but praise "wonderful".

He came back from the race, his head was full of sweat, and the wind was coming, which was just comfortable, so he smiled and said: "If you don't carve that empty word, it's called 'Hufeng Building'!" ”

Where can everyone say something bad, Yang Linsheng is a first-class smart person under Zhang Yong, pen, ink, paper and inkstone are ready, and he asked Brother Shou to inscribe the name of the store on the spot.

Previously, because of Shen Rui's filial piety, when everyone got together with Shen Rui, they took a lot of food and drink into consideration, but this time Shen Rui has taken off, and Cai Liang and others all pulled Shen Rui and said that he must get drunk and rest today.

Shen Rui smiled and begged for mercy, and half-truths said that he had to go back to study, and if he was drunk, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get out of bed for three days.

Even Brother Shou smiled and said, "Don't let this minister get drunk and make a mistake." ”

Everyone laughed for a while, Fang let go of Shen Rui, and began to push the cup to change the lamp, shouting.

Li Yanqing was still quite restrained, and when he saw that everyone at the table, including Brother Shou, was extremely open, just like ordinary brothers eating wine and playing tricks, he was a little dumbfounded, thinking about whether to talk to his old man about it when he went back at night.

He was stunned when he saw Zhang Hui coming over with a wine cup and greeting him with a smile.

Li Yanqing was busy getting up, but Zhang Hui held his shoulder, and Shen Rui on the side also smiled: "Ziche (Li Yanqing's character) doesn't have to be polite to him, they are all his own brothers." ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "That's right, that's right, I love to hear Shen Er's words." He raised his hand to toast, "I'll call you 'Third Brother Li' by seniority." ”

Shen Rui pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "What a Zhang Er!" Obviously, the seniors are talking about each other, where is the seniority! Don't take advantage of our words. ”

Although Li Yanqing has never dealt with Xungui's children, he is not a nerd, so he hurriedly took the wine cup to toast, and called him "Second Brother Zhang".

The two of them finished the wine, and Zhang Huifang said with a smile: "It's easy to talk after recognizing your brother." Seeing Shen Rui's playful eyes, he hurriedly said: "Shen Er, don't be picky, I have something to ask for the third brother." ”

Li Yanqing had known about the in-laws of the Yang family as early as when he decided to marry the second mother of the Yang family, and knew that Shen Rui had always been friendly with the second son of the British government. Seeing that Zhang Hui was quite arrogant today, and had the intention of showing goodwill, he couldn't help but feel good, so he smiled and said: "Second brother Zhang is serious, where should I get the word 'ask', and the second brother has something to say." ”

Zhang Hui high-fived and smiled: "Okay, refreshing, then I'll thank you first!" He added, "I also have a few shops, and I want to ask one or two, and the third brother has responded, so let's go over together later?" ”

Li Yanqing responded with a full mouth.

Sure enough, after three rounds of drinking, everyone had a good meal, and when Brother Shou arrived at the time to return to the palace, the banquet was dispersed, and everyone sent him into the car, and they also boarded the car and left.

Cai Liang drunkenly asked Shen Rui to eat and drink another day, but with his current situation of leading the Leopard House warriors to practice diligently, I am afraid that he is busier than Shen Rui's closed-door study, and this wine does not mean when to make an appointment.

Shen Rui also knew this, so he smiled and agreed.

Everyone waved goodbye, Zhang Hui sent You Xuan, invited Shen Rui and Li Yanqing to get into his carriage, and went all the way to the west of the city.

"It's rare that Shen Er is willing to go out, so I simply invited you to see the carriage and horse shop." Zhang Hui said with a smile, "Especially with Third Brother Li, I just have a lot of guidance." ”

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "The eight people of Du Lao were sent by you, and his property was also assigned to you?" ”

Zhang Hui pouted and said: "I don't look down on his idea industry, and I won't accept it if he offers it to me." It's not because I think that the car and horse industry are different, so I bought shares. He looked at Shen Rui again and said, "Aren't you ready to buy shares?" ”

Shen Rui naturally wants to buy shares, he himself does not have the manpower to build a carriage and horse shop or even a long-distance car dealership, both pointing to the line of Du Laoba, naturally he wants to enter the last share, and it is convenient for him to use it.

Therefore, he surrendered with a smile: "Let's go, let's go, Zhang Dongjia raises his noble hand, and he can be regarded as a villain." ”

Zhang Hui laughed and said, "Then it depends on whether you Shen Er is willing to contribute today." ”

laughed for a while, and after a while, he arrived at the closest place to the West Garden.

As soon as he jumped out of the car and looked up at the golden plaque of "Eight Immortals Traveling to the Sea" on the door, Shen Rui almost laughed.

The legend of the eight immortals crossing the sea has existed in ancient times, and there were corresponding miscellaneous dramas in the Yuan Dynasty, but at this time "Journey to the East" has not yet come out, and the eight immortals are still different from later generations, but the story is generally there.

Although the "Eight Immortal Residence" taken by Du Laoba's previous restaurant has the meaning of boasting, it also contains the allusion of the Eight Immortals.

But in this carriage and horse shop, it was written that the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, which was really hilarious.

Li Yanqing was also unavoidable, but in the end, because he was afraid that Zhang Hui would not be able to hang up on his face, he forced back and smiled.

Zhang Hui was also helpless, and stabbed Shen Rui and said: "Du Lao is eight rough people, it's not good to come up with this name." If you think the village, you can take one. ”

"That's a good name, it's catchy." Shen Ruigang said a few words, and couldn't hold back his laughter, "Eh, what do you think of this name, it's really ...... Is...... Hey, don't change it, don't change it, this name really has a deep meaning, and as soon as it is shouted, it will be remembered firmly. ”

While speaking, Du Laoba came out with Wang Stick and a few other brothers, came over one by one to greet him, and everyone entered the carriage and horse shop together.

There is nothing to see in the carriage shop, what I want to ask Shen Rui and Li Yanqing to see is the renovated carriage and the stations set up along the way.

Shen Rui once again gave full play to the "common sense advantage of his previous life" There must be a newsstand next to the station, and now there is no newspaper to sell, and it is still possible to sell water, snacks and handkerchiefs.

"You don't need a shop, just set up a stall. Everything is sold in small packages, snacks and jelly beans are all penny or two, you have to figure out who is in your car, and who is still in the car? Most of them are women and children with children, and they are willing to spend one or two children to buy candy for their children. Who will buy your whole box of fine snacks for half a tael of silver? ”

Du Laoba nodded when he heard this, smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and said straightly: "Second Master Shen actually understands things in the market so well!" ”

Zhang Hui also shook his head and smiled: "No wonder they say that you are good at farming!" ”

Shen Rui smiled: "I only know a little about the skin, and I care about some trivial things, and the technique has to be Ziche." ”

Li Yanqing said a few polite words, and also guided carefully, the carriage was changed, but the flexibility was much worse.

"I've read a few military books and miscellaneous notes, talking about the side car, and the car is more than ......."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Rui and Zhang Hui exclaimed in unison: "Partial van?!" ”

Shen Rui knew that the partial van was because of Qi Jiguang's famous partial van array.

But in fact, the partial van car was widely used in the army as early as the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and it was probably used as a baggage car in the early Ming Dynasty, and the orthodox and Jingtai famous general Guo Deng imitated the ancients to make the partial van, hiding firearms, on the tree flag, hook and loop contact, arranged into a formation, can be attacked and defended, and has become a battlefield weapon.

It's just that with the restoration of Yingzong, Guo Deng was demoted, and this method of warfare gradually declined.

Speaking of which, Guo Deng and Zhang Hui also have some origins. Guo Deng had no children, and was succeeded by his nephew Guo Song, who was the son-in-law of the Marquis of Huichang, and Zhang Hui's maternal grandfather was the eldest son of the Marquis of Huichang.

However, Mo said that Zhang Hui's grandfather's family had a grudge against the Marquis of Huichang, even Guo Deng and Guo Song also had a grudge

It is said that when Guo Deng was demoted, his family was in Beijing, and he was deducted food and clothing by Guo Songke, and Guo Deng's concubine was self-supporting by sewing and could hardly survive. After Guo Deng's reinstatement, he planned to abolish Guo Song's inheritance, but the Marquis of Huichang and Guo Deng had a life-saving grace, and Guo Deng let Guo Song go in front of the Marquis of Huichang.

Zhang Hui's eyes sparkled, as a martial artist who wanted to make contributions on the battlefield, meeting someone like Li Yanqing who knew about armaments was like picking up a peerless treasure.

He grabbed Li Yanqing's arm and said straightly: "It's really condescending to let the third brother do this!" He also invited him to Jingwei Martial Arts School to go around and point out the Ordnance Bureau. ”

Shen Rui didn't expect Li Yanqing to know so much, and he was generally excited.

It's just that he is still sensible, and seeing Zhang Hui's strength, Li Yanqing obviously couldn't bear it, so he was busy taking a belt and helping him break free from Zhang Hui's "iron claws", and said with a smile: "Second brother is in a hurry, Zi Che is going to end up tomorrow, you have to let him finish the exam first and then come to ask for advice." ”

The two fires in Zhang Hui's eyes dimmed immediately, and he smiled forcefully: "It's me who is reckless, third brother is not strange." ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Second brother raises love, I don't understand everything, I just like this since I was a child, and I just read two more books." In fact, now I will try ahead, he will finish the exam every day, and the second brother will be sent, and I am duty-bound. ”

Zhang Hui was happy again, patted Li Yanqing and said with a smile: "Okay, good, don't say nothing, I wrote down what you said." ”

Li Yanqing responded with a smile, and then helped Du Laoba's carriage and horse shop solve several defects in the carriage, but said that he was also a soldier on paper, and he still had to ask whether the craftsman who made the car was feasible.

At noon, he was full of wine and food, and when Du Laoba invited everyone to eat and drink in his Eight Immortals Residence in the next morning, he was politely refused, but Du Laoba still asked someone to carry a few jars of Eight Immortals Residence Monkey Wine and sent them to Li Yanqing and Shen Rui's car.

Zhang Hui sent Li Yanqing back to the house, and sent him back to Renshoufang in the same car with Shen Rui, and discussed with Shen Rui above the car.

"The emperor gave Qingyang Bozhuang field, but he wanted him to use it as a test field according to your notebook." Zhang Hui said, "After thinking about it, Uncle Xia Guo is going to give you a post." ”

Shen Rui frowned and said, "In your opinion, the Xia family ...... But how do you get along? I'll tell you the truth, I've been really busy lately. ”

Zhang Hui smiled and said, "The business is big, and the emperor is also looking forward to your entry as soon as possible, and he has also informed Uncle Guo." Xia family...... It's all honest duty. You haven't seen Uncle Qingyang, his old man is still the food and clothing of cloth clothes, and he treats people and things like cloth clothes, and he is more modest than Emperor Zhou and Emperor Zhang. ”

Shen Rui nodded and said, "I'm relieved that you say that, now I don't have anyone who understands farming, when I write back, please ask Brother Ying to persuade some more clansmen to go to Beijing." ”

Zhang Hui sighed: "I just hope that you will join the company sooner, we have more people at hand, and it will be cheaper to act." He paused and said, "There is one more thing, I think, let's start a dart game." ”

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows: "Didn't Wang Stick say that Du Laoba has no one in his hands?" Why, do you want to let people go? ”

Zhang Hui nodded and said: "Some hands are not good to be placed in the open, but it is inconvenient to always hide them in the dark. He looked directly at Shen Rui and said, "Your people are also allowed in, right?" This time, I didn't play the brand of Du Laoba, I inquired, there is a dart game in Kaifeng Mansion, which was opened by a disciple of the Shaolin layman......"

Shen Rui smiled: "I know this family, I traveled with my teacher when I was a teenager and went there. At that time, Wang Shouren's original wife was seriously ill, and he was introduced by Zen Master Hongshan to buy a horse from that dart bureau.

Zhang Hui couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Do you have any contact?" ”

Shen Rui shook his head and said: "I don't know it, it's a Zen master who was traveling with me at the time...... He paused and said with a smile: "It's also a coincidence, this Zen master is also from the Lu family, this time I brought the letter home, so I asked Brother Ying to go to the Lu family, and asked this Zen master to help repair the book and contact one or two." ”

Zhang Hui arched his hand again and again: "That's the best." He added, "I want to partner with that dart bureau to set up a branch in the capital, and use the name of a Shaolin layman disciple to the outside world, which not only deters the small people in the rivers and lakes, but also blindfolds some people here." ”

Shen Rui thought for a while and said: "Since we want to run a long-distance carriage and horse shop, why don't we call it to the outside world to invite the guards of the carriages and horses, since it is a long-distance journey, passengers will always carry their belongings with them, no matter how much, it is also our duty to protect them, and we can also attract more guests." After that, the convoy can also piggyback on merchandise, and the guards will be no different from the dart game. ”

Zhang Hui nodded again and again, and praised: "Say that you have a hand in farming, you are still modest!" ”

Shen Ruixin said, if you become bigger, you may make a courier company...... Well, "Hmm...... This dart semicolon, why not name it 'Shunfeng'......"

Zhang Hui blinked and said strangely: "Shunfeng is a good name, but ...... You won't follow the emperor's 'lake breeze', will you......"

Shen Rui turned his head silently, "...... It's not really ......."

On the first day of May, the West Garden was officially opened to the public.

For a while, most of the people in the capital came to join in the fun.

The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and all the officers of the Shuntian Mansion were dispatched to take out the manpower allocation during the Lantern Festival, which was still far from enough. In the end, he still transferred the brocade guards who patrolled the streets to help, and even used the manpower of several general banners in the leopard house warriors to maintain order.

Although there are not many animals in the beast park, tigers, leopards, bears and wolves, peacocks, cranes, etc., some rich and noble families will also raise them, but many children of ordinary people in the capital have never seen them, and they are still very happy, especially the elephants paid tribute by the local officials in Yunnan and the camels brought by the traders in the Western Regions, which make the children crazy with joy.

The shops along the Taiye Pond for a week have all made a lot of money, and those who were not optimistic about this business before, as well as those who did not grab the rented shops, all beat their chests and regretted it.

Some people gritted their teeth and said that it would be lively for one day, and there would be no one in two days.

But I didn't expect that the people of Beijing like to join in the fun so much, from the first day of the new year to the fifth day of the new year, the crowd by the Taiye pool has not stopped.

Especially on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Taiye Pool also staged a dragon boat race.

It was led by Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, and a group of nobles and nobles each gave a dragon boat to participate in the competition, and then funded the bet, but the lottery won should be donated to the northwest military expenses.

In this way, there was not only excitement, but also sold well to the court, and sure enough, the little emperor also mixed in and bet.

Many Wenchen generals scolded Zhang Yanling for being treacherous in their hearts, but they also had to join in the fun, in the end, it was to donate military expenses, it was always a good thing to make a name for themselves, or how to reflect the loyalty and patriotism of the monarch.

On that day, many officials and their relatives watched the race on the official boat of Taiye Pool, and Mrs. Jin, who had not appeared at the banquet for a long time, also went, and took the lead in taking a pair of heavy golden hairpins as a note.

Even Mrs. Changningbo and the eldest princess of Chun'an also gave face, and the rest of the officials and dependents naturally donated generously, no, jewelry.

A dragon boat came down, and the military expenditure in the northwest was 74,500 taels more.

The West Garden was opened, and no one in the government and the opposition had any objections.

On that day, Yang Tian was also on the official ship with the Yu family, and she also "donated" a pair of bracelets.

Talking to Shen Rui afterwards, she laughed and sighed: "I really didn't expect such a situation, the hairpin rings on my head were all given to me by you, so only this pair of bracelets was given by my wife, so I had to use it." Sister Yue originally pulled out the pearl hairpin, and when she saw the bracelet I was holding, I was afraid that she thought she was taking it lightly, and it was not good to take the bracelet, so she took off the earring ring, or the wife didn't look like it, and she had a jade pendant, which was made up. With such a lot of heart, why bother? ”

Shen Rui ignored the girl's little calculations, and smiled at Yang Tian and said, "It's what I gave you, what can't you bet on, vote for me and then buy it with you." Now it seems that I have to make up for your bracelets first. Well, lo and behold, Ruby bracelet is right on you. ”

With Shen Rui's filial piety, Yang Tian no longer dresses up in plain clothes, and today she looks particularly delicate in an apricot yellow dress, she spat Shen Rui with a red face, and said: "It's easy to see you once, it's good to talk decently, and you are not serious." ”

Shen Rui is now working hard, and Yang Shen has returned to Shu again, so it is naturally not good to run to Yang's mansion often.

And Wang Yan returned to his hometown with Yang Shen, and now the Yang Mansion is the Yu family with Yang Tian and the second girl Yang Yue as a housekeeper.

Yang Yue learned from scratch and was also preparing for leaving the cabinet, so most of the things were handled by Yang Tian, so Yang Tian was not much easier than Shen Rui.

Although the two of them decided to marry early, Yang Tian was still young at that time and his body was still growing, so he was not in a hurry to prepare the wedding dress, and only waited until the official wedding date was set to tailor and embroider.

Now that Shen Rui is filial, but the township examination is just around the corner, in order not to affect his exam, Yang Ting and his wife discussed with the Xu family and set the wedding date in April next year, which is already after the palace examination is released.

The wedding date was set, and Yang Tian began to prepare to embroider the wedding dress, so he became more and more busy.

Shen Rui couldn't help but smile when he saw Yang Tian's feigned anger, but still softened his tone and coaxed: "I know that I am wrong, I must speak well, and the eldest girl will spare me this time." But she got a big white eye.

The two laughed twice, and Shen Rui also briefly talked about Li Yanqing's situation, and said with emotion: "This is a talent, if you can show your skills in engineering and even ordnance, I am afraid that my achievements will not be inferior to my father." ”

Yang Tian listened, but sighed slightly, nodded and said, "I'll talk about it with my wife." ”

Shen Rui was stunned, hurriedly tightened her hand, and said, "I'm just saying a word, let you know such a person, not to ask you to change your attitude." I still say the same thing, if you don't like her, you won't have to deal with her in the future. What does Li Yanqing care about, he is a very good minister, and what does it have to do with you and me. ”

Yang Tian snorted, laughed, and shook his head again: "Mrs. and I are with her...... Well, although the person is gone, when I see her, I can't help but think of that person, and this knot is difficult to solve. Mrs. is not a ruthless person in the end, and she also taught her to be a housekeeper. Of course, if she goes out to the council, she won't lose the face of the Yang family and her wife. But at most, that's it, just like you said, Mrs. will not start to love Sister Yue in every way because of how Li Yanqing is. ”

Shen Rui chuckled and said, "The second sister is not a fool, she was very good to her before, but now she is suddenly better, which makes people even more cold." It's not as faint as that. I'm just saying it in vain, it's not worth it when you think about it like this, and you waste your energy. We live our days behind closed doors, and don't pay attention to those many. ”

Yang Tian's face turned red when he heard this, and he took another low sip, but finally did not speak.

Shen Ruimo held his warm little hand, and counted the days with his fingers in his heart, when he could marry his little wife home, let her do whatever she wanted, ignore whoever she didn't like, and no longer need to think about it.

At the end of June, He Taizhi returned to Beijing from Hangzhou, and he also had to take the township test this year.

Also with Zhu Yunming's family.

Zhu Yunming is going to participate in the spring festival of the next year, the reason why he came so early is that the news of the opening of the West Garden has reached the south, and his favorite little granddaughter wants to see the Hundred Beasts Garden, so he simply took the family to the north by boat.

Yes, granddaughter, this year, Zhu Yunming is already sixty out of forty.

Next year's subject will be his sixth time taking the examination.

And Shen Rui knew that his fate was not the first seven times......

He Taizhi's father, Mr. He, thought about seeking a shortage of Nanjing Guozi's sacrificial wine three years ago, and later learned that Shen Zhou was also seeking this shortage, so he immediately sought the post of Senator of the Yamen of the Zhejiang Political Division. He Taizhi also went to Hangzhou with his parents to study at that time.

Later, when Shen Cang passed away, the news reached Hangzhou, and He's mother Xiao Xu and her eldest son He Quanzhi returned to Beijing to pay respects, but because of the cold, they did not bring back their youngest son He Taizhi.

This is He Taizhi's first return to Beijing in three years, and he is very happy to see Shen Rui, although he has jumped taller, he has no stability at all, and he is still the boy who jumped out of the country.

"My father said that I will also hang this township test, but I will come back to try the trial, hehe," He Tai took a bite of a glutinous rice dumpling, chewed vigorously, and said vaguely: "This dumpling made by my aunt is delicious, strong, and soft in the south." My mother can't do it either. ”

Stretching his neck and swallowing a mouthful of dumplings, he smiled and said, "I heard that the second uncle is very good at teaching in Nancheng Academy?" My father asked me to come back and learn more from my second uncle, and learn from you. He winced his eyebrows and said, "You need to help me more, in case I pass this course." ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but knock on his head and said with a smile: "You also have to work hard, just thinking about eating and playing!" ”

He Taizhi rolled his eyes and said, "When do I just think about eating, drinking, and having fun?" ”

Shen Rui quipped: "Who said that he was going to see the Hundred Beasts Garden, and he was happier than Zhu Jianan?" ”

He Taizhi smiled dryly and said: "This is not wishing my cousin's family to come, I always have to do my best to be a landlord, well, I am an uncle and grandfather, I always have to take the girl to have fun." ”

He was only a seventeen-year-old boy, but he was a senior boy, and now he had a young face and pretended to be old-fashioned, which made everyone at the table laugh.

The He family's house in the capital has been idle for a long time, so He Taizhi lived in Shen Rui's Jiuruju and worked hard with Shen Rui every day.

The Zhu family has no property in Beijing, and they have lived in the Shen Mansion in the past, but this time the family went north, Zhu Yunming still wanted to go out to find a house to sponsor, but he was left by the Xu family and the third master.

The third master and Zhu Yunming are of the same age, like-minded, they have always been close friends, and they have deep feelings.

At this time, there were a lot of children in the Shen family, the third old man's fourth brother, Xiao Nange, the son of the He family, the daughter of Lu Erqilang, plus Zhu Yunming's granddaughter, the four children were playing in one place, so it was not lively.

In his spare time, Zhu Yunming splashed ink with the third master, but he was also happy.

The days passed like this.

In the blink of an eye, in August, on the ninth day of August, the autumn of the second year of Zhengde kicked off, and Shuntianfu Township tried to appoint Liu Chun, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and Wu Yan, a bachelor of waiting, as examiners.

Although Shen Rui is the first time to prepare for the exam, it is not the first time to prepare for the exam, everything is easy to master, and Yang Tian over there also prepared the exam basket with him.

It's just that this time the mentality of the exam is different from three years ago.

The sky was slightly white, and the first bangzi had sounded, Shen Rui took a deep breath, exchanged encouraging glances with He Taizhi on the side, and walked into the Gongyuan with the team with the test basket.

On August 15, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the last of the township examination was completely completed.

The first thing He Taizhi did when he went home was to sleep in the dark, and it took him one night to get up.

Shen Rui first washed himself from head to toe, had a good night's sleep, and on the second day, he got up and silently wrote out two copies of the exam essay, one handed over to Shen Zhou, and the other was sent to Yang's mansion.

got two reviews, good and good, and he became much more down-to-earth.

Two days later, He Taizhi slept and ate well, and the article came out silently, Shen Zhou read it and sighed: "It only depends on luck." ”

He Taizhi smiled and didn't care at all, but spread out the joy and played, and went to Xiyuan twice.

On the fifth day of September, the township trial list was released.

He Taizhi ranked ninety-seventh, and he was on the list.

It must be known that since the seventh year of Jingtai, the amount of the North and South Zhili has been one hundred and thirty-five, of which there are still 30 prisoners and 5 miscellaneous students. He Taizhi's ninety-seven ranking is really dangerous and dangerous, and his luck is against the sky.

He Taizhi was already going crazy with joy, one moment said that he would write to his father, another time said that he wanted to write to his sister and brother-in-law (Wang Shouren and his wife), one time said that he had come to the exam this time, and another time said that it was all thanks to Shen Erbo'er's earnest teachings, I really don't know what to say.

Xu couldn't help laughing, waved his hand and let him go, since He Taizhi can be on the list, Shen Rui is no problem on the list, now he is just waiting for the ranking.

The township test is all reported from the back to the front, and only the sound of firecrackers can be heard from far and near.

Time passed little by little, and He Taizhi, who was dancing, also quieted down, He and Zhang Qingbai held Xu's hand left and right, although there was a smile on their faces, they couldn't say a joke to adjust the atmosphere.

Finally the noise reached the door.

The screams of surprise from the servants, the joyful sounds of "say hello to the wife" and "say hello to the second master" came from afar.

The people in the room breathed a long sigh of relief, and their hearts fell to the ground, and no one paid attention to how many rankings they had.

Shen Rui also sighed as relieved, got up and walked towards the Xu family.

The corners of Xu's eyes were already filled with tears, and Zhang Qingbai on the side refreshed himself, opened his mouth, and said with a smile to He's: "Good sister, I can eat a cow ...... now."

Before everyone laughed out loud because of her witty words, the second steward had already rushed into the main courtyard and said loudly: "Mrs. is too happy, the second master is very happy, and the second master is in it!" The second master is the first name Xie Yuan! ”

Xu stood up violently, but shook a few times, and almost stood unsteadily. It was He and Zhang Qingbai who firmly supported her.

She couldn't help but ask anxiously, "What did you say?" What did you say? But he didn't seem to need an answer.

Just when the second steward was repeating, Shen Rui had already arrived in front of Xu, knelt down on his clothes, and said excitedly: "Mother, my son has been hit." ”

In his past and present lives, he has experienced so many big and small exams, and he has never had such a strong desire to pass.

As long as you have the fame of raising people, you can not succeed in the spring, and you can also raise people to donate officials. Career is the first stepping stone to the career.

He finally held it in his hand.

"Okay, okay." Xu Shi stretched out her hand tremblingly, tears blurred her vision, she stroked the top of her son's head, and whispered: "Go, put incense on your father......"

At the beginning of November, Yang Shen returned to the capital, and he was the third place in the Sichuan Township Examination.

In November, people from all over the country also rushed to the capital one after another to prepare for the spring of the third year of Zhengde.