"Brother Yulin, Fei Fei and the others will be fine when they go to Japan*Ben?"

Yang Yinghan stood beside Zhang Zhun and said a little worriedly.

Shen Lingfei's fleet had just left the dock and disappeared into the vast sea in the southeast.

In the past, the relationship between Shen Lingfei and Zhang Zhun was limited to the cooperation between the two sides, although the two were very close, there was a distance after all. But now, Shen Lingfei is already a member of Zhang Zhun's big family, and there may be Zhang Zhun's life in her belly, so Yang Yinghan naturally cares more. What's more, she originally had a very good relationship with Shen Lingfei.

"It's okay, don't worry."

Zhang Zhun said softly and comfortingly.

When he said this, he was fully confident. On the sea, Shen Lingfei's fleet, protected by the saber ships of the Great White Fleet, should not have accidents. Even if you encounter the main force of Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet, you can retreat under the cover of the Great White Fleet. As for arriving in Nagasaki, I believe there will be no major incidents.

Since the relationship with Shen Lingfei has become a negative distance, Zhang Zhun has allocated 500 Tiger Ben Guns to equip Shen Lingfei's fleet, and also sent people to train the escorts of the fleet. The 500 Tiger Ben Commanders are a very good armed force. If there is a conflict between the two sides, there will definitely be no problem in protecting Shen Lingfei and retreating safely.

"I bumped into the queen, will she ......?"

Yang Yinghan suddenly said worriedly.

"It's okay, the collision is good, it's better than I expected!"

Zhang Zhun said happily.

Yang Yinghan's performance really went beyond Zhang Zhun's expectations. No one would have imagined that Yang Yinghan had such a strong side under her weak appearance. Invisibly, Zhang Yan's aura was suppressed. Zhang Yan originally had a bit of a taste of asking for guilt, but she was so topped by Yang Yinghan, but she was a lot more obedient.

The start of this matter is better than Zhang Zhun envisioned.

Let Zhang Yan be arrogant and have no one in his eyes, or let Zhang Yan run away all of a sudden, it is not what Zhang Zhun needs. The current heat is just right. Zhang Yan didn't dare to use the identity of the queen to oppress people, and she was reluctant to leave immediately. If she wants to do something, she must be afraid of the existence of the Tiger Army, and she does not dare to act recklessly.

"Really?"

Yang Yinghan was still a little worried, and said worriedly.

"Really. Your temperament is to be sharper, so that others dare not bully you! ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"Oh, good."

Yang Yinghan was relieved.

It just so happened that Ning Lingwei came from the side, crisp and pretty, like a white elf that suddenly appeared. Zhang Zhun turned to greet her, gave her a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "Ning, your mouth is getting more and more powerful!" ”

The corners of Ning Lingwei's mouth turned up slightly, as if she was a little proud, and said unabashedly: "Cut!" I'm not afraid of her! What's so great about the Queen? If she wants to go too far, I dare to reach out and slap her face! ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "In case she is a relative of your family, you also reach out and slap her face?" ”

Ning Lingwei said in a sharp tone: "How can my family have such relatives? Even if it's a relative of my family, I still smoke her. ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "You are very happy"

Ning Lingwei didn't bother, he was busy with his own affairs.

Yang Yinghan sensed something, and asked softly, "Brother Yulin, Ning and that queen...... The queen's expression was a little strange when she looked at Ning, as if she had seen her own acquaintance. Ning Cong grew up in Shuiyue Nunnery, and the queen mother couldn't have seen her before! ”

Zhang Zhun lowered his voice and said slowly: "Well, they are a little related. ”

Yang Yinghan's mouth suddenly opened wide.

is a little related, that is, Ning Lingwei is also a member of the royal family?

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "You just know about this matter, don't say it." Ning is very prejudiced against the people in the court now, and if he learns that he is a member of the royal family, he doesn't know what will happen. Didn't you hear, she was going to slap the queen's face? ”

Yang Yinghan nodded hurriedly and cautiously.

The two returned from the docks and entered a house in the east of the city. This mansion was bought in the name of Shen Lingfei. There is an aster on the side of Fushan City, and Shen Lingfei called it Hongyuan, because if it is planted here, most of it is red. It's spring, and some of the bones have opened, and it still looks like it's spring.

With Zhang Zhun's strong support, the shipping business of the eldest sister of the Shen family is naturally becoming more and more prosperous. She used to have only three merchant ships, but now it has increased to ten. There are more merchant ships, and there are more goods and businesses involved. Dengzhou City, which has always been the material distribution center of Dengzhou Prefecture, is naturally one of the important shipping ports. So, she set up a nest here.

Originally, Shen Lingfei wanted to turn Hongyuan into his own comfort nest and private world. As a result, as soon as Zhang Zhun came, this nest became publicly owned. Yang Yinghan and others also lived here when they arrived in Dengzhou City. Fortunately, the place is big enough, the women around Zhang Zhun, even if they all come, can be settled down ......, in the Red Garden, the housekeeper Po Liu Ru is waiting for Zhang Zhun to come back, seeing Zhang Zhun appear, he hurriedly came up, and said in a proper manner: "Master, this is tonight's recipe." ”

As he spoke, he handed over a prepared recipe.

Zhang Yan, as the queen's mother, came to Dengzhou City, and Zhang Zhun naturally wanted to hold a banquet to welcome her. However, for Zhang Yan's arrival, Zhang Zhun's instructions were to simplify the reception and never publicize it. The welcome banquet in the evening was basically a family banquet, and only a very small number of officials participated in the gentry and celebrities, and some of them did not dominate. Because, the local gentry and celebrities in Dengzhou Mansion have been wiped out by the Tartars.

Zhang Zhun carefully reviewed the recipe, nodded and said, "Okay!" That's it! ”

At the top of the recipe are some common home-cooked dishes, mainly seafood-based. At present, Dengzhou City lacks everything, and the most important thing is seafood. Every day, fishing boats go out to sea to fish, and the harvest is very rich. Compared to the 21st century, the sea in the 17th century was indeed too rich in seafood. When a fishing boat goes out to sea for a day and is lucky, it can catch hundreds of catties of fresh fish. The meat of the people of Dengzhou City is mainly fish.

Liu Ru said with a little hesitation: "Master, she is the queen after all......"

Zhang Zhun said disapprerovingly: "Since she is the queen, what delicacies have she never eaten?" The conditions of our Dengzhou City are limited, so we have to do it. Trust her mind, and it is not on this eating and drinking.

At this time, you give her dragon meat, and she has no appetite. ”

Liu Ru agreed.

In the evening, Zhang Yan arrived at the banquet hall of the Red Garden on time. After a simple etiquette, the guests and hosts sat down. Since Zhang Zhun didn't want to make a big splash, Zhang Shenyan's welcome speech was quite brief and vague. In short, the meaning that both parties want to express is expressed in private, and no one will take anything on the surface seriously.

Zhang Yan was the only one who attended, and she looked a little lonely. However, she has always behaved like this. In the past, when she was in the palace, she also liked to be simple and alone. This is especially true after widowhood. The people around Chongzhen can often contact her, and there are only a few concubines such as Queen Zhou, Tian Guifei and Yuan Guifei.

Zhang Zhun is Yang Yinghan, Ji Yuqing, and Liu Ru are three daughters, plus Zhang Zhun is a total of four people. Yang Yinghan is Zhang Zhun's fiancée, which is known to the world. Ji Yuqing and Liu Ru are both her concubines, which is also known to most people. The three of them accompanied Zhang Zhun to appear, which was not surprising at all. As for Ning Lingwei, of course she will not appear, her identity is unknown. Moreover, Ning's temperament has never liked to be lively.

The banquets of the Ming Dynasty have begun to become popular with large round tables, fairy tables and the like. However, in the upper class, the tables and chairs of the main figures with status were still separated, as if in ancient times, kneeling and sitting. Of course, you don't need to kneel now, just sit cross-legged. Only ordinary guests are the big table.

Zhang Zhun is on the left, and below is Yang Yinghan, Ji Yuqing, and Liu Rushi. Zhang Yan is on the right, and below is Zhang Shenyan, Zhou Yiming, and Li Lian. So that there are four people on each side, just rightly symmetrical. This is also the most common banquet specification.

Among Zhang Yan's companions, the more special one is the student Li Lian. Because of his writing, he angered the imperial court, and Li Lian was kicked out of Beijing and almost suffered from the poisonous hands of others. In the end, Mo Yu found him and pulled him under the command of the Tiger Ben Army.

Li Lian is young, strong-blooded, and wants to make a career. Shaanxi Liukou, only destruction and no production, Li Lian will not take refuge. But the Tiger Army is different. He could see at a glance that the Tiger Army attached great importance to construction, so Li Lian immediately brought his family to Shandong and officially became a member of the Tiger Army.

Among the students, Li Lian is quite famous and talented. After Zhang Shenyan had contact with Li Lian, he was quite appreciative of him. Zhang Zhun then asked Li Lian to follow Zhang Shenyan and be responsible for all the work of Dengzhou Mansion. Compared with the status given to Li Lian by the imperial court, Zhang Zhun was too generous, which made Li Lian moved.

This time Zhang Yan came to Shandong, in fact, she was light and simple, and there were no important people accompanying her. Therefore, she will not care much about the reception specifications. However, Li Lian's appearance made Zhang Yan feel a little uncomfortable. The person who was exiled by the imperial court was arrested by Zhang Zhun as a treasure, and he appeared openly in front of her, isn't this deliberately against the imperial court?

Zhang Zhun seemed to understand Zhang Yan's thoughts, and said indifferently: "Queen Mother, Li Lian attended tonight's banquet because he had something to say and wanted to ask Queen Mother to convey it to His Majesty the Emperor. The queen doesn't know if she will give him this chance? ”

Zhang Yan didn't move, and said gently: "Speak." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded at Li Lian.

Li Lian stood up, saluted Zhang Yan first, then Zhang Zhun, and then came to the middle of the banquet hall, and said awe-inspiringly: "It's rude to be late." ”

Immediately, he took out a piece of music from his bosom and read it aloud.

The content he read out was similar to the situation that Chen Yin recounted in front of Chongzhen that day, mainly because he believed that today, the fields are concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people, and the taxes of the imperial court come from the people who have no land. As a result, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The country's fiscal revenues have not increased, but have led to an increase in the number of thieves and the killing of thieves.

This kind of measures to put the cart before the horse will inevitably lead to the further decline of the imperial court. In the long run, there is a possibility that one day the imperial court will suddenly collapse completely. Therefore, he strongly demanded that the imperial court re-measure the land and redistribute it. He believed that the homeless people would naturally cultivate with peace of mind when they had land, and the thieves would have no new soldiers. As the country's revenues increase, it will naturally be possible to raise more armies to "exterminate the thieves and pacify the Tartars."

After entering the ground in Shandong, Li Lian felt that his ideas coincided with the relevant provisions of the "Juntian Order", which strengthened Li Lian's determination to re-measure and redistribute the fields. He firmly believed that if the imperial court did not make great changes in the distribution of land, the current predicament could not be improved.

As a student, as a representative of receiving education from stocks, Li Lian undoubtedly has deep feelings for the imperial court. Even after a severe blow, he did not completely despair of the imperial court. This piece is his last swan song to the imperial court. If the imperial court can follow suit, there may be hope. If the court refuses, then "he will no longer have any attachment to the court." From then on, he could follow the Tiger Ben Army without worry.

After listening to Li Lian's performance, Zhang Yan "didn't have any expression, as if she didn't hear what Li Lian was reading at all." Her expression "is actually clearly telling Li Lian that it is impossible for this piece of music to reach Chongzhen's hands." Even if it reaches Chongzhen's hands, it doesn't make any sense.

Zhang Yan will never accept the Juntian Order, and no one in the imperial court will accept it. No matter how reasonable Li Lian is, it is impossible to implement it. No one wants to hand over their land, and this is the most fundamental problem. As for the edifice that will fall, the imperial court may collapse...... As long as you keep your own land, what do you care about so much else?

"Li Lian is too educated, has not been registered, and vainly discusses the major policies of the imperial court, in order to invite Engu to become famous. Because he saw that Jiangnan still kept a quiet land for the emperor, he was unwilling, so he advocated the theory of signing up for the loss of salary, and wanted to do the real thing. This is the decay of the world, and dare to show it before the saints. People are unscrupulous, as far as this is the case*......"

"What Fu Li Lian hated to the rich was to annex the people's ears in vain. I don't know that there are rich families in the county, and there is also the source of food and clothing for the poor. If because of the shortage of soldiers, blame the rich family, extort it and lose more, and disobey it, this Qin Shi Huang did not do it in Baqing, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not do it in Bu Shi. As soon as this proposal was proposed, the outlaws and scoundrels took the lead and embarrassed the rich family, and the chaos began from then on. His Majesty beheaded Li Lian, thinking that people would sell their fame and bring disaster to the country! ”

Zhang Yan remembered very clearly how many words similar to the above two paragraphs were in the recital that attacked Li Lian. These words are enough to wipe out Li Lian's family and break his body into thousands of pieces.

It was his luck that he was able to appear here in the Tiger Army. Because, after everyone in the world knew about Li Lian's proposal, they wanted to find him in private, but I don't know how many. Especially the rich and noble families in Jiangnan even openly clamored for 3,000 taels of silver to buy his Li Lian's head.

"Li Lian, go back." , Zhang Zhun said slowly, waving his hand lightly at Li Lian.

Li Lian suddenly looked at his clothes with a serious expression, then knelt down, knelt down and bowed to Zhang Yan three times, said nothing, and then returned to his seat. It can be vaguely concluded that the corners of his eyes are a little moist and a little red.

Zhang Yan was slightly stunned, and then understood. Li Lian still had some affection for the court after all, and even if he came to Zhang Zhun's side, he did not completely break his expectations for the court. However, her reaction made Li Lian understand that his recitals and his suggestions were impossible to implement. Therefore, he was completely disillusioned with the imperial court. These three kneels and nine knocks mean a complete break with the imperial court.

The people around him, no one said a word.

Li Lian's arrival was definitely not taken by the Tiger Benjun, but by taking the initiative to defect. His appearance means that in the eyes of some scholars, the Tiger Ben Army has the possibility of replacing the imperial court. This is much more difficult than the mobilization of Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan. There are famous men who took the initiative to take refuge in the Tiger Ben Army, this Li Lian is still the first person!

Zhang Yan also understands it tightly in her heart. The rule of the imperial court itself is based on the gentry, and once the gentry do not support the imperial court, the imperial court will be finished. Li Lian's actions are a dangerous signal. This danger is manifested in the fact that some scholars have lost confidence in the imperial court. However, even if Zhang Yan felt the danger, it was impossible to keep Li Lian. Li Lian's initiative touched too many interests, and if she recommended Li Lian, even she might not be able to keep herself.

There was an episode of Li Lian, and the next banquet was unremarkable. Zhang Yan is obviously a little worried, and she doesn't have much interest in talking. And on the side of the Tiger Army, it is obviously impossible to have too many words. Don't look at the two sides sitting here, toasting and drinking together, in fact, in private, in the end, they still have to see the real Zhang Qi on the battlefield to see the banquet, Zhang Zhun said casually: "What is the arrangement for tomorrow?" ”

Liu Ru said cautiously: "Children of the literacy academy, I heard that the queen mother is here, and I want to see what the queen mother is like......", Zhang Zhun nodded, raised his voice, and said to Zhang Yan: "The queen mother, there is a show tomorrow, I don't know if the queen mother is interested?" Zhang Yan said a little absent-mindedly: "What show?" Zhang Zhun said loudly: "In the literacy institute of Dengzhou City, some children want to meet the queen's mother." Zhang Yan's heart moved slightly, and she asked suspiciously, "What?" ”