It's the Spring Festival again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is the twelfth Spring Festival that Shen Xi has come to this world, and unconsciously, he has changed from a five-year-old child to a seventeen-year-old young man.

Although the family is not a group of wives and concubines, but there are beautiful wives and concubines to accompany them, and there is a tender outer house outside, the career is smooth, and he is a member of the party at a young age, and he has nothing to do with officials with entanglements of interests.

As the saying goes, if you want a career and a career, you want a family and a family, Shen Xi's life in Daming seems leisurely and comfortable.

In Shen Xi's view, the gods and goddesses do not change today. If you have to pursue success and fame in the court, you are afraid that you will fall as high as you climb at that time.

Even if this term of governorship expires, Shen Xi is still willing to stay in the local area as an official, even if he is just in charge of a provincial prison with a positive third grade, in his opinion, it is better than intriguing with people in the capital, especially when Emperor Hongzhi's deadline is approaching.

Zhu Youzhu has been frail and sick in the past two years, and it is no secret in the DPRK and China.

Zhu Youzhi was not in good health when he was young, and he could support it when he was young, but when he was over thirty, he turned sharply and needed decoction to take supplements. Because of his poor health, he began to be obsessed with the immortal Taoism and took some elixirs to boost his spirit, and the result was that the more his body was not good, the more he took medicine, and the more he took medicine, the worse his body became, forming a vicious circle.

Even if there are virtuous ministers in the court, they are generally older, and finally there are two young ones, one Li Dongyang suddenly broke the incense and took leave if he had nothing to do, and although Xie Qian was diligent in government affairs, his mind was more about pondering the king's joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and his ability to govern was relatively limited.

Ma Wensheng is a generation of famous ministers, but unfortunately Lian is quite old, so he can't persuade the emperor, and as for Liu Daxia and other ministers, they don't have time to take care of royal affairs.

The civil officials thought about how to win the favor of the emperor and add officials to the knighthood, while the military generals stared at the northwest, shouting about the year-long battle of the northwest, which ended with a small attack before the snowfall, and Yu Barsi thirsty for three or five Warat prisoners and beheaded a dozen herdsmen...... The total number of cattle and sheep captured is less than three digits, and there is no merit at all.

The Tatar infighting continued, but Batumunk was a once-in-a-century master, and under his division, the Dayan tribe once again gained the upper hand, and it was still unknown how long it would take to reunify southern Mongolia. As for the Eastern Mongolian Uliangha tribes, they can only stand aside, and the Warat people who once threatened the rule of the Ming Dynasty are now in the twilight of the West Mountain, and they are no longer the glory of the past.

Shen Xi is most concerned about what the crown prince Zhu Houzhao looks like now, but there is no way to know.

There is no news about the crown prince in the court, and even if the East Palace is a little troubled, it will not spread to the city of Guangzhou, which is thousands of miles away.

With Shen Xi's previous understanding of bear children, apart from eating and drinking every day, he just wants to play, and he won't do anything for the time being. Even if he accepts a certain amount of power and teaching, let Zhu Houzhao inherit the throne in his current state, he will inevitably be a dim king.

Fortunately, there is one point, Liu Jin, the notorious eunuch in history, was transferred to an inconspicuous department in the 24th prison, and the permanent attendant of the East Palace is now the second master of the Shen family named Zhang Yuan's real name Shen Mingyou, although Shen Mingyou is not a fuel-efficient lamp, his wisdom and ruthlessness are insufficient, and Shen Mingyou, as a newcomer, has no connections in the palace, even if he is in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, he is not as troubled as Liu Jin, who has monopolized power in history.

In the sixteenth year of the Ming Dynasty, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

On this day, Shen Xi got up very early, went to the main hall to pay a New Year's greeting to the old lady, and after breakfast, he went to the official post where the governor's yamen was located.

Less than half a year after the opening of the Governor's Yamen, it has already flourished and has a high reputation in Guangdong Province, but the prestige of the three divisions has been completely suppressed.

After the year, the new political envoy Lu Heng will arrive, this is a person on the line of Shenxi, and as soon as Lu Heng arrives, Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan and others will no longer be able to pose a threat to Shenxi.

Tang Dacai's mood didn't seem to be very good, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he sat in the back hall of the Governor's Yamen, as if someone owed him hundreds of dollars, sitting there with a gloomy face, and even Ma Jiu and Jing Yue, old friends, didn't dare to disturb.

Needless to say, after Tang Yin came back, he "stayed alone", and his wife did not come back from her parents' house, in his opinion, this is Shen Xi's "broken promise".

“…… My lord, would you like to go in and have a look? Tang Xie Yuan had been sitting in it for almost two hours. ”

Jing Yue's face was a little helpless, at the beginning of the morning, Tang Yin sat in it for two hours, which meant that Tang Yin came here to sit on the fourth watch.

Maybe it was because a person in the Chinese New Year's Eve drank unhappily, and in the middle of the night, Tang Yin ran to the back hall of the post house to sit, and his heart was blocked, just waiting for Shen Xi to come over and ask questions...... Why did you throw me into a wild place like Luzon, and almost die at the hands of the Franco? When you come back from nine deaths, the lady you promised to wait for me at home is still her filial daughter in her mother's house......

Shen Xi had an indifferent attitude and said, "Leave him alone, go to the Dusi Yamen with this official first." ”

In the new year, Shen Xi first had to discuss with Li Che about sending troops to exterminate the bandits in northeast Guangdong and southwest Fujian after the beginning of spring, and the manuscript of asking the imperial court for merit and reward had not yet been approved, so he just went to inquire about the progress, and then saw if he could transfer ships from the guards under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, and be responsible for part of the grain, grass, and baggage.

In the Yamen of the Dusi, Li Che was extremely respectful to Shen Xi, and when he came up, he gave Shen Xi a "generous gift", a big red envelope, which seemed to contain a lot of paper, Shen Xi wanted to open it to see, Li Che smiled and dissuaded: "It's not too late for adults to go back and see it." ”

Shen Xi guessed that there was no silver ticket in these years, and the value of the Ming treasure banknote was almost comparable to a blank piece of paper, and if Li Che wanted to send it, it would probably be a land deed and a house deed, or a deed of sale for servants and maids.

Shen Xi returned the red envelope and said, "This official didn't come today to please me, but just to say something related to quelling the bandits and talk about business with General Li. ”

Li Che knows each other very well, Shen Xi refuses to accept it in person, so he will send it behind his back, since he is here to talk about business, it is to give himself the opportunity to make contributions, and the purpose of gift-giving has been achieved.

Although Li Che did not know for the time being that the imperial court had rewarded Shen Xi for the bandits, with his experience in the army for so many years, Shen Xi's merits would not be small, and if the emperor felt that Shen Xi was capable, he might directly transfer Shen Xi from the governor of the three provinces on the southeast coast to the governor of the three sides.

At that time, Shen Xi's military power was in his hands, and he was no longer just an empty governor as he is now, but became a feudal prince.

After talking about "official business", Shen Xi returned to the official post from the Yamen of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhu Qi greeted him in a panic, and said: "My lord, the people who give gifts from the yamen are here. ”

"Where?"

Shen Xi came over early in the morning, and saw that the governor's yamen was full of birds, and when he came in just now, he didn't find the slightest, it seems that the three divisions and the prefect and the county yamen at all levels are not enthusiastic about New Year's greetings.

Zhu Qi said: "It's all in the house." ”

Emotional gifts have been sent to the home, in order to avoid swaggering through the market, it seems that these local officials have a way of giving gifts!

Shen Xi didn't go into the lobby to see Tang Yin, he went straight out of the gate of the official post to go home, and as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he saw a long queue of people who came to give gifts outside the small house.

All kinds of officials, large boxes and small boxes of gifts, and even staff members who came to supervise the yamen to apply for jobs, from time to time there were naughty boys jumping around in the crowd, looking unusually noisy.

Although there is Zhu Shan, the door god at the door of the mansion, it is of little significance, the people who come to give gifts will not flinch because of the existence of a strong woman, most of them are ordered, if they really can't send the gift to the Shen Mansion, just put the gift in front of the Shen family, and you can go back to pay the errand.

The gifts could not be delivered, and there were more and more people at the door of Shen's house, and when Shen Xi appeared, the crowd was in a commotion.

Shen Xi said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official came to the place to do the emperor's errand, which represents the majesty of the heavenly family, and cannot accept your gifts. However, the official has prepared his own gifts and sent them to the government office and the mansion! ”

The crowd of gift-givers couldn't help but look at each other.

The Governor Yamen is already the highest Yamen on the ground in the three southeastern provinces, and since ancient times, the subordinates have given gifts to their superiors. Someone shouted: "Lord Shen, we are doing what we are ordered, you understand the hard work of the little one to carry it around, so accept it!" ”

It's hard for you to carry it around, and it's not hard for me to return it for you?

Even if Shen Xi wants to collect money, he will not take the risk of accepting these gifts of unknown origin, and immediately put on a straight face: "This official is now kind to persuade him, if he doesn't take it away, he will be seized and punished for bribery!" ”

In a word, the crowd was in an uproar.

You Lord Shen are so powerful! Let's give gifts, you actually treat us as bribes, and you have to be punished? How? Playing the board or sending out the army? Behead? This is just a necessary exchange of courtesies between lower-level officials and their bosses during the New Year's holidays, do you want to make it so murderous?

But with the appearance of Shen Xi's personal soldiers, those who came to give gifts knew that the bad year had met the plague god, if any unlucky person was caught by the governor's yamen, when the chicken was killed to show the monkey, then whine.

Large boxes and small boxes of gifts were carried away one after another, and after half an hour, it was quiet in front of the Shen family.

Shen Xi entered the yard, Zhou was supervising the "drying corn", she didn't understand the habit of corn at all, she was all about drying corn after threshing the grain, and the corn coat was removed, and the corn cobs were put in the sun to dry, and the sun was not very strong in winter, just a woman came out to bask in the sun.

Say a few festive words in the New Year, and the backyard of the Shen family is also harmonious.

It's just that after Shen Xi came back, the atmosphere became full of fire and medicine.

Zhou questioned: "Han Wa'er, why don't you accept the gift you sent?" As soon as the official arrives at the New Year's holiday, he will receive gifts, you don't accept them in the capital, saying that there are emperors and imperial historians staring at them, we have now arrived at the place, and this is your official university, why don't you still have the courage to accept it? ”

Shen Xi said: "Mother, the most basic principle of being an official should be said, you can't accept gifts, even in the locality, there are officials staring at it." ”

"What kind of science and technology official, who are you bluffing? Is it singing? Those officials are still waiting at home to receive gifts, who has the time to take care of you? Besides, does he dare to care? sue you for receiving gifts, at most they will return the gifts, punish you for a little money, and do not hinder you from becoming an official, but they will worry about being retaliated by you carefully, and they will sue you for purely eating and supporting! ”

Zhou's reasoning is a set of things.

Although it is a woman's humble opinion, it is also reasonable, in the Ming Dynasty, it is not a sin to give gifts and receive gifts during the New Year's holidays. (To be continued.) )