The rise of each dynasty is accompanied by the rise of a large number of new nobles, such as Liu Bang's abundant old man group, Li Tang's Longxi military generals group, Zhao Kuangyin's Chen Qiao meritorious heroes, Zhu Yuanzhang's Huaixi meritorious hero group, etc., although most of these heroes did not end well in the future, but they were an indispensable help in the early growth of a dynasty.

Zhu Hongsan's Xinming is the same, Zhu Hongsan's meritorious group is called the Jingchu Shiren Group or the Jingchu Xungui Group, among these people, led by the Ma family, a big family in Wuchang back then, and there are dozens of small families, plus a different number of generals, constitute the most determined core force in Zhu Hongsan's group.

Of course, the first rank among the nobles is the scholar group represented by the Ma family, these people either have money or status, and the most poor can also give advice to Zhu Hongsan, so these scholars occupy a dominant position among the nobles. Of course, because Zhu Hongsan's status was not high back then, in addition to the Ma family, there were only three or two people who took refuge, but as long as these scholars can live to the founding of the country, they are at least marquises, and their power in the Xungui group cannot be underestimated.

The second force in Xungui is the military general group, these people were abject poor when they followed Zhu Hongsan, and many of them died with their families, and they joined the army just for a meal, so they were Zhu Hongsan's staunchest supporters and the cornerstone of Zhu Hongsan's rule.

In addition to these two forces, there are also a group of people in the honors, they do not have the ability to strategize, nor do they have the courage to fight on the battlefield, but they are the most important part of Zhu Hongsan's victory, and these people are the craftsman group.

In addition to the more than a dozen scholar families led by the Ma family, there were also a large number of craftsman families who followed Zhu Hongsan to leave Wuchang and went south, such as Li Fugui who was born in a cell, Tie Niu, who struck iron, Lao Duantou, who made firecrackers, Xiao Laoliu, a carpenter, Jiang San, a carpenter, etc., these craftsmen were either voluntarily or coerced by Zhu Hongsan, and they all followed south to Guangdong. When Zhu Hongsan sat firmly in the country, these ministers from the dragon sprouted one by one, and when they were knighted, they were all named earls, hereditary Jinyi Wei Governors, and servants.

These people had a low status in the former Ming Dynasty, they were all some officials, hooligans, craftsmen and others, and after following Zhu Hongsancheng, although their status rose, their status was still the lowest in the Xungui group. But it was these lowest-ranking nobles who controlled a large number of factories and all the mines in Zhu Hongsan's hands.

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that the land belonged to the state, but the right to use it was in the individual, but the mines, wasteland, tidal flats, etc. were all the emperor's, of course, the emperor could not open the mine himself, and the emperor sent his trusted eunuchs to manage it in the Ming Dynasty, and when it came to Zhu Hongsan, it was these low-level nobles who were in charge.

As the saying goes, when you are full, you have to think about other things. The same is true of these low-ranking nobles, who, after being detached from primitive physiological needs, have to have some political demands. However, there is no place for these people in the imperial court, civil officials are controlled by scholars, and the army is controlled by military generals.

This is also Zhu Hongsan's negligence, because in ancient China, these craftsmen had no status, and in the early stage of a dynasty, military generals were important, and in the middle and late periods, Wenchen was important, and there was never a time when craftsmen were important. The emperor didn't pay attention to it, and the civil officials bullied the generals and looked down on them, and these low-level nobles had a lot of money in their hands, so naturally some people hit these people's ideas.

On the tenth day of March in the twelfth year of Shenwu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Hongsan occupied Beijing for six years, and the population of Beijing had basically recovered at this time, although it did not reach the million population in the Jiajing period of Zhengde, but the inner and outer cities also had a population of more than 400,000, which was one of the largest cities in East Asia.

In ancient China, there was no effective lighting facilities, so the nightlife was very poor, but this only refers to the common people, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, there is still some nightlife. Of course, the nightlife of the Ming Dynasty was not as fancy as that of later generations, it was nothing more than eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling.

There are two places in the red light district of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, one is the famous Eight Hutongs, but the Ming Dynasty did not have the name of the Eight Hutongs, but it is very close to the Zhengyang Gate, that is, the front door, which is convenient for those officials in the Thousand Steps Corridor to relax daily.

In addition to Zhengyangmen, there is also a Huguang Hall on Luomashi Street in Nancheng. At the beginning of its establishment, it was mainly used to entertain people from Huguang to enter Beijing to participate in the examination, and it was originally just an ordinary guild hall, no different from the guild halls of other provinces in the city. However, with Zhu Hongsan leading the Jingchu Group to occupy Beijing, the Huguang Hall became a place for people to communicate and meet friends in Beijing.

Because there are now a large number of Huguang people in Beijing, the Huguang Guild Hall has also been renovated three times in the past few years, and now it has become a complex of more than 10 houses. At the same time, because the Huguang Guild Hall can make friends with the nouveau riche of the imperial court, relying on the Huguang Guild Hall, it has become the second red light district in Beijing in Hufang Bridge, Luomashi Street, where there are all kinds of eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling.

At three o'clock in the evening of the tenth day of the first month of March, that is, at half past ten in the middle of the night, a member of the staff came out of the brightly lit Huguang Hall, and this person was Li Fugui, who followed Zhu Hong's three rich and noble.

If someone asks Li Fugui, what is the most correct thing you have done in your life? Li Fugui will definitely say that he will firmly hug the emperor's thigh in Wuchang! Li Fugui followed Zhu Hongsan when he was still a bullshit clan, and he never gave up for more than 20 years (in fact, he wanted to run halfway, but he was afraid of Zhu Hongsan's means of revenge), and finally reaped a rich reward after Zhu Hongsan won the national victory, that is, the marquis!

Zhu Hongsan was very good to this cell head of the Yamen in Wuchang County back then, and gave Li Fugui a hereditary marquis when he was knighted, you must know that Qian Lide, the big leader of Jinyiwei, was only a marquis. Of course, Zhu Hongsan rewarded Li Fugui so much because of Li Fugui's loyalty, and another important reason was that in the Guangzhou Rebellion, Li Fugui did not take his wife and children out of the city to hide, but led hundreds of inspection divisions to the palace to save the emperor. The merit is higher than the rescue, so Zhu Hongsan is very grateful to Li Fugui, so he named Li Fugui as the Marquis of Guangning after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Of course, this is because Zhu Hongsan didn't know that Li Fugui didn't want to save the emperor back then, but to save his son Li Fu, if Zhu Hongsan knew the truth, he would definitely exile Li Fugui for 3,000 miles.

In addition to being a very popular minister in the title, Li Fugui is also very capable of tossing in the officialdom, and now his official position is the head of the prison hall of the Ministry of Justice. The Criminal Department was divided into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Police by Zhu Hongsan, and its functions were also divided into two, and the trial, judgment, detention and execution of prisoners in various localities were all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice. The patrol and inspection departments and the arrest and theft security departments in various localities are under the management of the police department.

Therefore, Li Fugui, as the head of the National Prison Administration, still has some power in his hands.

Our Director Li came to the Huguang Guild Hall today to attend a drinking party, and some Huguang villagers invited him to dinner. Of course, it was not to ask him to do anything, but the son of Chief Li was born, and became the emperor's son-in-law and became a princess.

Li Fu bravely rescued Ma Xiaofang back then, although Ma Xiaofang still died in the end, but the appearance of fighting bravely to kill the enemy fell in the eyes of Zhu Xiang, who was only five or six years old, and Li Fu became Zhu Xiang's idol.

Zhu Xiang grew up in the deep palace and had never seen any good men, so he was very impressed by Li Fu. As he grew older, Zhu Xiang's appreciation from the beginning slowly turned into love.

When Zhu Xiang became an adult at the age of fifteen, his mother Zhu Youjia also worried about her marriage, and found him a few sons who were ministers of the court, as well as some young talents. But Zhu Xiang's father is a gangster martial artist, she can take a fancy to those polite nerds, and Zhu Hongsan has never wanted his daughter to get married too early, so Zhu Xiang's marriage has been delayed.

Li Fu has been promoted for more than ten years, and after entering Zhu Hong's three eyes, he was transferred to the Nanyang battlefield, where the most frequent battles were frequent, and he accumulated merit in the battle with the Dutch to the battalion commander. During Zhu Hong's Northern Expedition in the sixth year of Shenwu, as a middle-level officer with actual combat experience, Li Fu was also transferred to the newly formed Ninth Division and became a deputy regiment commander.

After the success of the Northern Expedition, Li Fu was transferred to the Praetorian Guard again, but this time it was not used at a lower level, but at the same level, and he became a deputy commander in the Praetorian Guard. The Praetorian Guard is Zhu Hongsan's Imperial Forest Army, no matter the treatment and position, it is half a level higher than the field army, Li Funeng's transfer to the Praetorian Guard is a promotion in disguise, and Li Fuke was very happy after getting the news.

Li Fu was not happy that he was promoted, but that he could go to Beijing to meet Zhu Xiang. Li Fu's official position is rising steadily, but he is also nearly thirty years old, which is definitely middle-aged in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Fugui saw that his son was so old and not married, he was naturally very anxious, Li Fugui and his wife also looked for many suitable women for Li Fu in Huguang Township, but they were all rejected by Li Fu for various reasons. Li Fugui asked what his son wanted to do? Li Fu had no choice but to tell him that he liked Princess Changsha.

Li Fugui heard that his son had a crush on the princess, so he was so angry that he died, what do you think our family is? Is it the Ma family? Is it the Feng family? Is it the Tong family? Our family is just a little marquis, and he was only a servant in Wuchang County back then, so he wants to marry a princess? Didn't you wake up stupid son?

But no matter how Li Fugui and his wife persuaded him, Li Fu was like Wang Ba eating scales and having an iron heart, Li Fugui had no choice but to find a friend to dig up the relationship and inquire about the meaning of the princess Zhu Xiang.

What Li Fugui didn't expect was that Zhu Xiang, the princess of Changsha, also fell in love with Li Fu, and even said that Li Fu would not marry.

It is easy for the woman to agree, Li Fugui and his wife are marquis after all, although they are the lowest-grade marquis, but Li Fugui's wife still has some relationship with the palace. The princess agreed, and Li Fugui's wife found a reason to enter the palace to visit Zhu Xiang's biological mother, Zhu Youjia, the county lord, and wanted to promote the marriage.