On the fifth day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Shenwu, the weather this summer was very hot, and there was no noise here in Dongbianmen, Beijing. Now the world is peaceful, since the new prefect Qian took office, he immediately abolished the tax customs that had existed in Beijing for more than a hundred years. Although the ambassadors guarding the gate did not have a lot of oil and water, according to the new laws of the imperial court, these tax collectors became the city management team, and they still had a few silver dollars per month, so their lives were quite good.

The tax collectors all went to the city management team, and Dongbianmen is not a gate like Chaoyang Gate or Yongding Gate, so there are only ten soldiers who defend the city here, and they are under the jurisdiction of the newly formed infantry army commander Yamen.

Today, the ambassador guarding the gate saw that there was no one, and he was also happy, and set up a table of eight immortals in the cave of the city gate, and then sat on the side drinking tea and eating the watermelon of the well offered by his subordinates, which was really good.

Although there is no tax now, the gatekeeper still needs to issue a certificate to enter the city of Beijing, so everyone who enters the city must receive a piece of hard paper at the gate of the city, which writes when to enter the city from which gate, how many days to stay in the city, and a simple description of the cardholder's appearance. This will allow you to count the number of people who enter the city each day, and at the same time prevent lawless people from sneaking into the city.

The ambassador sat with his eyes closed and his legs crossed, and his life was really much better now. As the gatekeeper ambassador of Congjipin, he paid five silver dollars a month, which was a real hard currency. And this dynasty is different from the previous dynasty, the previous dynasty has to depend on the mood of those bigwigs in the center, sometimes silver and sometimes food, I heard that before Wanli also sent traditional Chinese medicine, bamboo baskets, that is a pit to death.

Although it is more difficult to register the name now, the five silver dollars are a full number of full months, and they are not bad for a day. At the same time, because of the smooth north-south trade route, those Cantonese goods from Guangdong can be transported to Beijing, and the price is still very low. Although the long strips of rice in the South Seas are not delicious, they are cheaper, only one silver dollar per stone, which is a hundred catties of rice, and if the family population is small, it is enough to eat for a month. Even if the population is large, it's fine, and there are also sweet potatoes called potatoes and corn barley, which can be bought for two stones for half a silver dollar, plus these things, the family can finally eat a full meal.

In addition to the basic necessities of survival, there is also white sugar produced in Guangdong, and a silver dollar can buy half a catty. When the ambassador received the money for the first time, he gritted his teeth and bought half a catty of white sugar like snow with a silver dollar, and returned home to honor the old lady, although he was complained by his daughter-in-law about spending money, but seeing the smile of the old lady and the joyful cries of several children, he felt that everything was worth it.

This ambassador experienced Li Zicheng's destruction of the city, the plague in Beijing, and the staking of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and at that time he felt that there was no hope in life, and he probably lived a lifetime like this. But how could he think that Emperor Shenwu would recapture the Ming Dynasty, and he would be able to live a life of three full meals a day and meat every ten days, which really made him feel incredible.

Now the ambassador closed his eyes and thought about his good days, the eldest of the family is already fifteen years old, and after this year he will be sixteen, and he has already become a child. Next year, I will ask Mr. Chen of the Inspection Department to see if he can arrange the boss into the urban management team, so that the father and son will have nine silver dollars per month. Thinking that the ambassador was looking forward to his future life more and more, he hummed a small tune.

Just when the ambassador was imagining the future, a team came from outside Dongbianmen, this team had more than 100 people, led by a brocade guard wearing a bright yellow betta fish suit, and it seemed that his official position was not small. He was followed by a brocade-clothed guard dressed in soap-colored attire and wearing a long-brimmed felt hat with a round top. These people were divided into two teams, with more than a dozen prisoner vans in the middle, and they were slowly coming to the east gate.

With such a large team, plus all the Jinyi guards, someone could see it from afar, and the people who were waiting to enter the city here in Dongbianmen immediately scattered and avoided, so as not to annoy this gang of killing gods.

The soldiers guarding the gate also saw the team of the Jinyi guards and hurried into the city to report to the ambassador. When the ambassador heard that it was the Jinyi guard, he quickly stood up and ran out of the city gate and knelt down to greet him.

The Jinyi guard led by a thousand households, rode to the city gate, and said in a Yunnan dialect: "We are ordered to escort the Qin prisoners, this city gate official, find someone to show us the way, we will go to the edict!" ”

When the ambassador heard that he was going to prison, he was a thrill in his heart, my mother! I don't know that it was the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who was unlucky, committed His Majesty's taboo, and was escorted to the Imperial Prison. The edict is a ghost gate, can you still come out alive if you go in?

The ambassador looked at a few soldiers guarding the gate around him, they were all frightened when they heard that they were going to the prison, and the ambassador had no choice but to grit his teeth and say: "Please follow the villain, and the villain will lead the way in front!" ”

Seeing that these people were a little afraid of themselves, the Jinyi Wei Qianhu smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid, you haven't made any mistakes, and the Jinyi Wei will naturally not take you!" ”

The ambassador hurriedly nodded yes, but in his heart, you gang of killers are saying so now, the Jinyi Guard of the previous dynasty is not like this, isn't it enough for the rich families in the capital to be cleaned up by you?

Scolding in his heart but not daring to show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face, the ambassador quickly nodded and led the way in front of him, and came to the northwest of Zhengyangmen in Beicheng, where the Jinyi Guard Prison was located.

Seeing that the prisoner was finally escorted to the place, the brocade-clothed guard Qianhu breathed a sigh of relief, this way from Kunming to Beijing, it is thousands of miles away, probably Tang Seng Xitian learned the scriptures only so far! But fortunately, the prisoner was finally escorted to the place unharmed, and the rest was the matter of the edict.

This Qianhu put the gatekeeper ambassador back, and then took his brocade guard waist card and stepped forward to give a gift.

The official in charge of Jinyiwei Prison was a calmer, one level older than Qianhu, and after hearing that the prisoners in Yunnan were delivered, he personally went out to see them.

The Qianhu didn't expect the director of the edict to come out, so he quickly knelt down on one knee and said: "He Chong, who is a subordinate of the Yunnan Qianhu, will meet Lord Zhenfu!" The subordinates have escorted the criminal officer Jin Daoming and other fifteen people into Beijing, and there is no death of the criminal officer along the way, please check it! ”

"Okay, He Chong, bring the roster, the official wants to check it!"

He Chong stood up and took out the roster from his arms and handed it to Zhenfu, which recorded the names of these prisoners, what their previous official positions were, what their physical appearance was, and what diseases they had along the way, what they ate, etc., in case someone did anything on the way, in case they died within a few days of arriving at the Imperial Prison, there would be a direction to trace.

The first prisoner car is Jin Daoming, Jin Daoming has suffered from old sins for more than two months, although Jin Yiwei has the benefits of his family, and has not embarrassed him, but his future is bleak, and he doesn't know how the emperor will punish himself when he goes to Beijing, thinking of these things Jin Daoming is very remorseful, and he knows that today is not as good as dying in battle at that time, and it is better than this daily torment.

The calmer carefully looked at Jin Daoming and didn't speak, then inspected the next person, and it took more than ten minutes to inspect everyone, and then came to the first prisoner car and said: "Shizi, the emperor has a will, for the sake of the king of Wuchang County anyway, Shizi, you don't have to go to the edict prison, you can go home to live, but you have to report here every day to avoid the prince you abandon the case and run away!" ”

What is the Imperial Prison Although Jin Daoming has never been in it, it is not a good place to come, and now the emperor is gracious to let him go home, which is really good!

Jin Daoming hurriedly knelt down on his knees in the prison car, kowtowed in the direction of the palace, and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

The town nodded, sent two wrestlers from the Jinyi Guard to escort Jin Daoming back to his home, and then once again told Jin Daoming not to forget to come to the prison every day to report.

Jin Daoming was really grateful, and left the edict accompanied by two wrestlers and returned to Jin Shenghuan's mansion in Beijing.

At that time, the three princes anyway, Jin Shenghuan, Li Chengdong and Wang Deren lived in Nanjing as a duke after being deprived of military rights by Zhu Hongsan. After Zhu Hongsan occupied Beijing, he naturally couldn't keep these three guys in Nanjing, so he found a reason to move the three county kings to Beijing.

Jin Shenghuan's palace is near Nanluoguxiang, close to the root of the imperial city, which is a good house. Jin Shenghuan is sixty-seven years old, and the house arrest life in the past few years has already smoothed his teeth, and he hopes that he can live a good life now, not to anger His Majesty the Emperor, and then have a good death.

But two months ago, Jin Shenghuan learned that his son Jin Daoming had fled in front of the battle, and at the same time, Li Chengdong's army was defeated, and Li Chengdong also died in the chaos. Jin Shenghuan knew that his son was going to be unlucky, so he hurriedly mobilized his old relationship, hoping to save his son's life.

But Jin Shenghuan is a general, and it's too late for people to hide, where can I help you? So Jin Shenghuan spent these two months in pain.

As soon as I finished lunch today, the family outside the door came in to report that the prince was back! Jin Shenghuan really didn't believe his ears, Jin Daoming escaped from the battle, but he committed a capital crime, how could he come back by himself?

Jin Shenghuan hurriedly went out to watch, and when he looked closely, it was really his son Jin Daoming, who was escorted by two wrestlers of the brocade guards and stood at the door.

These two wrestlers saw Jin Shenghuan come out and quickly knelt down on one knee, no matter how Jin Shenghuan lost power, he was also the king of the country, if he didn't respect it, it would be a big disrespectful crime!

A wrestler said: "The villain has seen the prince of the county, and the villain was ordered by us to escort the prince to the palace!" ”

Jin Shenghuan hurriedly asked the housekeeper to take out two hundred silver dollars and handed them to these two wrestlers, and then asked, "Two, didn't my son make a mistake?" How can you still go home? ”

"Returning to the county prince, the emperor sympathizes with the old age of the county prince, and specially orders the edict to release the prince to return to the house to accompany the old county king, but the prince's lawsuit has not yet been concluded, and the prince needs to go to the edict every day to report, in case the prince escapes from the case!"

It was already an unexpected joy for his son to come back, Jin Shenghuan hurriedly thanked the two wrestlers, and at the same time kowtowed to the palace to thank the emperor for his longen. ()

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