Chapter XXIII. Bounty Turmoil
September of the Kyoshi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info is the time when the frost is cold and the yellow leaves are frosty. September is golden, and one after another golden yellow catches people's eyes, and even a clear stream under the morning sun reflects the golden color.
Through the window of the carriage, Hou Guoxing watched his tenants on the side of the road busy in the fields, and in less than ten days, these tenants had all used improved wooden ploughs.
With the fragrance of wheat blowing, Hou Guoxing only felt a burst of refreshment, which swept away the depression of Zhu Youxiao's forcible invitation to the palace. It was still far from the palace, and Hou Guoxing lay down on the spacious carriage and rested.
For a few days, Hou Guoxing stayed away from the hustle and bustle of the imperial city, hiding quietly in the Houfu alone, recuperating his scarred body and mind, and occasionally taking Xiaobi to his own field to have a look.
Harvesting and sowing divide September, and with a flick of the sharp blade of the autumn equinox, the autumn crops fall one after another. Tenants sprinkle seeds and sweat on the land, looking forward to the meager rations for the coming year.
Seeing Xiaobi helping Hou Guoxing walk in the field, the tenants gathered around to say hello to Hou Guoxing and told Hou Guoxing about the benefits of improving the wooden plow. Even the old man Zhang, who was about to buy his granddaughter, told Hou Guoxing that with this light and fast wooden plow, his family could actually draw out a labor force, as long as he was diligent, he could soon make up for the rent of the Hou family, and he didn't mention the sale of his granddaughter.
The carriage was bumpy, and the confused Hou Guoxing woke up. Looking at the peasants outside the imperial city who were pushing old-fashioned wooden plows and struggling to plough the land, their hearts suddenly tightened, and a small change of their own made a difference in the lives of their tenants and other farmers. Since you have come to this troubled world where life is worthless, why bother to worry about whether your hands will be stained with blood? With great power comes great responsibility. Now that he has come to Daming, with his knowledge hundreds of years ahead of future generations, he can completely change the fate of these people.
September is a beginning and an end.
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Soon the carriage passed through the gate of the imperial city and drove directly into the Qianqing Palace where Zhu Youxiao was located.
Today's Qianqing Palace has long lost the gloomy and decadent feeling when Li Changshou lived. The entire Qianqing Palace was cleaned clean and bright, and the palace maids who had just been transferred from the Prince's Mansion to the Qianqing Palace. The eunuchs had smiles on their faces, full of yearning for a better life. With the ascension of the crown prince to the throne, it is inevitable that these people will soar.
Zhu Youxiao wore a black gauze folded scarf on his head, and wore a yellow silk dragon robe, the neckline, narrow sleeves, front and back and shoulders of the dragon robe were embroidered with gold plate dragon patterns, and jade leather boots. The whole person looked radiant. Seeing Hou Guoxing coming in, he gave Wang An a look and sent all the palace maids and eunuchs out.
"Long live the emperor......"
When Hou Guoxing was about to give Zhu Youxiao a big salute, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly approached and helped him up, and said with a smile:
"Big brother, don't be like this, don't make these false things when no one is around."
Hou Guoxing, who was pretending to be and waited until the palace maid and eunuch finished walking before he began to salute, naturally the old god stood up. Wang An on the side was envious, he had been with the emperor for many years, and he had not been treated so preferentially, it seemed that no one in the Ming Dynasty could stop the rise of Hou Guoxing's mother and son.
After helping Hou Guoxing up, Zhu Youxiao said:
"I haven't seen my eldest brother for a few days, and I miss it very much, I don't know if my eldest brother's body can be healed?"
Although he was reluctant to kneel, there should still be etiquette, Hou Guoxing bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said:
"The doctor said that he only needs to recuperate in peace for a few months, and the emperor is worried."
That's good, the eldest brother was dragged down by me, and escaped death several times, and I was very uneasy in my heart. Thinking about getting an official for the eldest brother......
"Any official can be?" Hearing that there are officials who can do it, Hou Guoxing came to the spirit and asked.
"That's right, I'm the emperor now! Chrysostom Yuyan! Zhu Youxiao said confidently.
"Or! Give a general who gets a good product? It's really not okay to make do with the second and third grades, and it's almost the same if you add a gold tael! Looking at Zhu Youxiao's confident expression, Hou Guoxing thought to himself, if he doesn't kill the fat sheep in his hand, he will be a fool, so he will open a big mouth first and bargain on the ground.
This... This... Zhu Youxiao became a bitter gourd face for a while, and was speechless.
"Hou Gongzi! Don't be embarrassed. It stands to reason that it is not an exaggeration to say that you are an official for this merit, but as a foreign minister, you entered the palace and angrily reprimanded Concubine Zheng, and the things you talked about involved royal secrets, so you have already let the slave and maid give the top of your merit. If the slave and maid sent Hou Gongzi 2,000 taels of silver in private, it could be regarded as the slave and maid's compensation to Hou Gongzi. Don't be too little, this is all the slave's belongings. Wang An said happily on the side.
Hou Guoxing looked at Wang An with contempt in his heart, this goods became the eunuch of the inner court after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, and he was powerful for a while. No, I'm very happy to see everyone these days, chirping like a magpie.
"Father-in-law is good, the eunuch is in high power! I can also make a small contribution, but ......" Speaking of this, Hou Guoxing looked up to the sky and sighed!
"Big brother, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to make you a general." Seeing that Hou Guoxing was so lost, Zhu Youxiao was determined to make a general for his eldest brother.
"Your Majesty, don't do that. This product general can be so child's play. Hou Guoxing saw that Zhu Youxiao was really ready to agree to his outrageous request, and hurriedly stopped. I thought to myself, how can there be no counteroffer after this offer? If this is a first-class general, it is estimated that those ministers outside will be sprayed to death! Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Wang An and said, "But you have to remember the two thousand taels of silver from my father-in-law, the family is waiting for the rice to go to the pot!" ā
Wang An looked at Zhu Youxiao with a painful face, he was just polite, but he didn't expect Hou Guoxing to be so thick-skinned. Two thousand taels of silver is all his savings in the prince's mansion for more than ten years, and now it depends on whether the emperor can help him block it.
Just when Zhu Youxiao sighed in his heart that Hou Guoxing was really his good brother, Hou Guoxing spoke again:
"Your Majesty, what kind of official is this, you just look at the arrangement and make a reasonable arrangement, but this gold tael is indispensable!
After speaking, the thief looked at Wang An and said: "Princess, it's not too early now, or your two thousand taels, take it away for me by the way." ā
"This? This one? Zhu Youxiao and Wang An were speechless for a while.
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The next day, the Imperial City Wenyuan Pavilion!
Several cabinet ministers were discussing something in front of a decree issued by Zhu Youxiao.
"The emperor is just messing around, that Kebaba was born poor, just a wet nurse, and the saint crowned her as the holy lady, which has been unheard of since ancient times, so he is not afraid of losing the face of his heavenly family?" The second assistant Liu Yixiao said bitterly.
Looking at the heartbroken Liu Yixian, the first assistant party was tired of his heart for a while, and said:
"Although this matter is a little nonsense, but it is not unreasonable, I heard that the emperor was extremely afraid of Concubine Kang when he was young, thanks to this guest Baba has been with the emperor's side, that day I also saw that guest Baba let Concubine Kang beat scarred, but still in the Qianqing Palace angrily reprimanded Concubine Kang, and the prince's love for the protection of the prince was overflowing.....
"Lord Fang's subordinates don't agree with this, you need to know that treacherous villains are all traitors and loyal, and the more so, the more you need to be vigilant. The lesson of the First Emperor Red Pill has to be taken as a warning! Han Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, sneered on the side.
Fang Congzhe almost fainted, after the Red Pill case, he was in a precarious position, and he was engaged in low-key work these days, and all affairs, big and small, were dominated by Liu Yixi. Unexpectedly, these Donglintang people attacked day by day, and they didn't take their own Shoufu in their eyes at all.
"What do you mean by this?" Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the criminal department on the side, interrupted:
"The Red Pill case has not yet been decided by the emperor. If you attack the head of the cabinet like this, I will definitely join you in the court meeting tomorrow. ā
"This official is full of public intentions, and I'm afraid that you won't be able to join me. Let's not talk about whether the case of Lord Fang's red pill is suspicious, just in terms of this matter, the emperor obviously lacks consideration, thinking that the three sisters of the Yang family during the Tang Xuanzong period, except for Yang Guifei, the two of them were promoted to the rank of Mrs. Guo. The end result? Cholera led to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion. And this Hou Guoxing, which adult has heard of it? Such people who don't learn and don't know how to suddenly advance, is it a blessing for the court? The official position is the most important weapon of the country, how can it be lightly granted? Lord Fang didn't stop it, but agreed with this matter, what is the reason? Han Yi did not back down from the official Yingzhen who interrupted him.
"Lord Han said carefully", Fang Congzhe's face turned blue and he got up and said:
"Whether the official is guilty or not is up to the emperor to decide. Lord Han, if you compare the Yang family sisters with this matter, does it imply that the emperor is suspicious of having a relationship with that guest? As courtiers, we have the responsibility to persuade the emperor. But this Ke family is the emperor's nurse, and there is nothing wrong with the emperor doing this kind of benevolence and filial piety, and it can also set an example for all the people in the world. And you are here to catch the wind and frame the emperor, what is the reason? "Is it true that the books of the sages you read teach you to be so faithful to the affairs of the state?"
"You? You? How dare you frame me like this, I, Han Yi, am dedicated to the country, if you don't make it clear to me today, you won't be willing to rest! Han Yi trembled with anger, and he wanted to fight hard with Fang Congzhe.
Seeing that the situation was somewhat under control, Liu Yixiao said in a deep voice:
"Lord Han, today is the first time you lost your words, how can you be here to mess around like that gangster." After speaking, he bowed slightly towards Fang Congzhe and said:
"Lord Fang, Lord Han lost his words for a while, I hope you will forgive me. However, although this statement is wrong, it is not unreasonable, that Kebaba was originally a palace maid and had never read the books of sages. The emperor is docile, and he loves him very much because of this will, and if he relies on the emperor's favor in the future, it will not be a blessing for me. As cabinet ministers, for the sake of the country, we should take precautions as soon as possible. In the lobbyist family, the concubines are not in the palace and live in the harem, I am afraid that people in the world will have some gossip, and it is no wonder that Lord Han has said this. ā
Liu Yixian from the Apocalypse to the present, the old ministers of the Three Dynasties, highly respected, he opened his mouth to persuade, Fang Congzhe is not too entangled, so he can only return the salute:
"I wonder what Lord Liu thinks?"
"This matter of Mrs. Fengsheng is not the most important, after all, it is not an official position, and we don't have to take it too seriously, just write a letter to show an attitude. It's just that in order to avoid rumors from the emperor in the future, we still need to make a concert in the court and let Kebaba move out of the palace. As for the reward of his son Hou Guoxing, I think it will be exempted for the time being, this brocade cloth Wei Qianhu has a high position and cannot be lightly awarded.
Fang Yizhe pondered for a moment and said: "Since this is the case, then let's vote!" ā