Chapter 1 Heavy snow crushes the city
In June of the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng, a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, died, and the short-lived Zhongxing of the Wanli Dynasty also ended. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the fourteenth year of Wanli, Zheng Guifei, who had been favored by Shenzong all his life, gave birth to a son for him, and it was the birth of this son that opened the battle for the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
In the twentieth year of Wanli, the Mongols rebelled, and at the same time, Japan's Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea and started the three major expeditions of Wanli.
In the twenty-second year of Wanli, Gu Xiancheng, who was definitely a gentleman, returned to his hometown and rebuilt Donglin Academy, and the Donglin Party, which had been scolded countless by later generations, was born.
In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, Shenzong, who was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would not fall fast enough, sent a tax collector to work as a death artifact mine to go to various places to make money for him and accumulate public anger for him.
Our story also began in this year......
In the winter of the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, a goose feather snow crushed countless houses in Qingzhou, Shandong, and Wang Jiabin, the prefect of Qingzhou, wrote a letter to ask Shenzong for disaster relief, but nearly a month has passed, and the music is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no echo......
Another heavy snow came, and Wang Jiabin, who was only forty years old and gave birth to white hair, rode a horse in the countryside, looked at the silver clothes covering the earth, and sighed long.
"Mr. Feiyu, how should I respond?"
Wang Jiabin's master can fly feather for the owner's question, I don't know how to answer, Qingzhou's situation is very familiar to him, the grain in the granary has long been sold by the yamen in the 'scum', a month ago the heavy snow he asked Wang Jiabin to write to the court to ask for disaster relief, but now a month has passed, the music is like a stone sinking into the sea, there is no echo.
Now that it is snowing heavily, this is not just as simple as freezing to death, I am afraid that there will be civil unrest, if there is really civil unrest, then his proprietor is afraid that the head of Xiang will not be guaranteed.
After thinking for a long time, Neng Feiyu arched his hand and said: "Owner, I'm afraid I want you to come forward this time and persuade those 'big households' to let them open a warehouse to relieve the victims first!" ”
"Big deal? Hum! "Wang Jiabin naturally knows who the big families in his master's mouth are, and these big families are not referring to those local gentry, but to those 'big people' in his prefect's office, and Zhu Chang, who lives in Qingzhou and has just been crowned hereditary Heng King.
In fact, it is not his turn to worry about this matter at all, but not long ago, the governor of Shandong was sent by the emperor to pay the mine tax envoy Chen Zeng, and the new governor of Shandong is still fighting in the court, and I don't know when it will be sent, so this disaster relief matter suddenly fell on the heads of the prefects in various places.
After snorting heavily, Wang Jiabin sighed fiercely and said: "That new King Heng, you don't know what his temperament is, don't even think about expecting him to open a warehouse for disaster relief, let's start with those 'big households'!" ”
"In this way, Mr. Feiyu, you go back and inform me first, and ask those 'big families' to come to see me in the afternoon!"
"Yes!" Able Feiyu received his order and walked back.
Watching the figure of the master disappear from view, Wang Jiabin led his entourage silently towards several villages outside the city.
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Liu Zheng has been in this world for almost two years, he has gradually integrated into this world, got up in the morning, with the help of the maid, put on the clothes that symbolized the fast catch, and came to the front hall.
Father Liu Chengzong was already sitting at the round table eating breakfast, Liu Zheng called his father and sat down at the round table, picked up a meat bun and ate it.
Liu Chengzong is the chief catcher of the Qingzhou prefect's government, although the 'capture' belongs to the cheap service in the government, but Liu Chengzong's 'capture' is not among them, he was originally the captain of the Beijing Camp Kokang Battalion, because he was injured so he went back to his hometown to recuperate, and was 'hired' to the government by the former Qingzhou prefect during the recuperation period, and then I don't know why he stayed.
Although Liu Chengzong is a small eight-grade Xiao riding school, this eight-grade Xiao riding school is not low at all in this Qingzhou prefect.
In terms of rank alone, except for the fourth-rank prefect, the fifth-grade Tongzhi, the sixth-rank general judge, and the seventh-rank magistrate, there is no one bigger than him.
Of course, when it comes to civil and military affairs, there are also the prefect experience of the eighth grade and the prefect governor of the ninth rank who can manage him in the prefect's house.
With this Liu family of the Bapinxiao Riding School, although it is not a big family in Qingzhou City, it also has a head and a face, and there are three entrances in the courtyard that is not big, and there are more than a dozen maids and servants.
After Liu Zheng came to this world, he was very curious about his cheap father, because as far as he knew, except for his father, there was no one in the entire Ming Dynasty who was able to catch fast with the title of Bapinxiao Riding School, but after being curious for a while, he was no longer curious, because no matter how he asked, he couldn't ask for any useful information from his father's mouth.
After his interest shifted from 'exploring his father's bottom', he fell to this world, Wanli Dynasty, it can be said that this is the watershed of the Ming Dynasty from the prosperity to the decline, this is a very, very good era, in this era you can smell countless 'modern' breath, here there is not only 'Datong' but also 'equality between men and women' The doctrine of heresy, as well as the germ of capitalism, businessmen are no longer despised in this society, and it is no longer only cultural people who are admired here, but also rich people, no matter what methods you use, as long as you make a fortune, as long as you become rich, then you will be recognized and envied by the world.
However, he was only interested in this 'world' for a few days, and he was annoyed by a problem, and his family was in the middle of the road.
His cheap father is not a person who can run a business at all, it turns out that when his mother Liu Luo was still there, the family was doing some small business, and this family was quite happy, but after the death of his mother, this family was not as good as day by day.
After he Liu Zheng 'died' and 'lived' again, this family was almost unbearable, but fortunately, Liu Zheng had some ability, and slowly tossed this house again, and the original small courtyard was replaced with today's three in and three out.
That is, the family has a solid foundation, so in this New Year's Festival where there are continuous disasters and famines, and countless people are starving, his family can still eat meat buns for breakfast.
"Dad, I'm afraid it's not going to be peaceful in the yamen today!" Liu Zheng said while eating.
"Huh?" Liu Chengzong didn't expect his son to suddenly pop out of such a sentence, and said suspiciously: "How can you say this?" ”
Liu Zheng swallowed the bun in his mouth and said: "I said Dad, you are a big old man, can you not say these half-literate words, just say the vernacular can die!" ”
Liu Chengzong's old face turned red when he was so counted by his son, and his heart suddenly hit the door of his head and said: "You rabbit cub, how do you talk, I am your father, what do you say when you open your mouth and close your mouth!" Punish you to kneel in the ancestral hall for half an hour! ”
Liu Zheng pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Dad, the yamen will be ordered in a while!" ”
"You ......" Liu Chengzong was choked by his son's words again, and felt even more faceless, so he peeked at the maids who were waiting on the side, and saw that the corners of their mouths were holding back a smile one by one, and the fire on the door of his head was about to break through the heavenly spirit cover.
For this son, Liu Chengzong is also a little helpless, since he got an illness the year before yesterday, his temperament suddenly changed greatly, although this change is for the better, but it is also officially because of this, this son is more difficult to manage than before.
In the past, although he was making trouble all day long, he was like a quail in front of himself, after he was cured, although he didn't make trouble, although he became more and more shrewd, and even ran this family to the way it is now, but his majesty as a father was lost little by little by this kid.
Slammed the table, Liu Chengzong said angrily: "Hmph! Order, I'll give you something, and after eating, go to the ancestral hall and kneel for me! ”
Regarding Liu Chengzong's anger, Liu Zheng didn't take it seriously at all, picked up another bun and took a bite, and then slowly drank a sip of millet porridge before saying: "Dad, I said it, something big will definitely happen in the yamen today, if I don't go, you can't deal with it!" ”
"Little brute!" Liu Chengzong was completely angry, slapped the table and said: "Your father and I have been in this yamen for seventeen years, and I can't deal with any big things!" ”
Liu Zheng saw that this cheap dad was really popular, put down the bun in his hand, and said seriously: "Dad, don't be angry, something really is going to happen!" ”
"What's the big deal? You keep talking about big things, big things, are your fox friends and dog friends causing trouble again? ”
No wonder Liu Chengzong would say this, Liu Zheng was a complete bastard in the past, he didn't talk about causing trouble all day long, and even made friends with some gangsters, and even gathered a large group of idlers to form a gang, looking for people everywhere to make trouble, and there were a few big incidents.
Liu Chengzong felt that he couldn't let it go on like this, so he relied on his old face to find an errand for this bastard's son in the yamen, and put it under his nose to manage, maybe he could change it in the future.
Who knew that after this son had an identity of catching fast, he became even more intensified, once with a human fire and actually caused a death, if it weren't for his way to be a father, it is estimated that he would have been sent to the army at this time.
Now that his son said that something big was going to happen, Liu Chengzong suddenly thought of this level.
As soon as Liu Zheng heard Liu Chengzong's words, he knew that his father wanted to be crooked, and his father's political wisdom was really low enough, so he explained: "Dad, I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about something going to happen in the yamen, Dad, think about it, there was a heavy snowfall last month, and the prefect Wang gave His Majesty a chapter and asked the court for disaster relief, but it's been a month, Dad, did you see that the court sent someone?" Not at all! Not to mention that they came to provide disaster relief, even the Di Bao didn't mention a word! ”
Liu Chengzong was inspired by his son's words to think about it, and his brows furrowed tightly.
Without waiting for Liu Chengzong to speak, Liu Zheng continued: "Dad, you don't know what is going on in the yamen, there is no food in the granary at all!" Look at the snow that fell all night last night! Something is going to happen!"
Liu Chengzong's brain buzzed, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead in this winter, this is really going to be a big problem!