Chapter 277: Xia Yuanji
Bai Xiaolan lives in Zheng Mansion as she wishes, Xiao Ding and Chen Jialan will have nothing to do for a while, and it is not wrong to say that if you are shameless, you are invincible in the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Bai Xiaolan also seemed to have tasted the sweetness, and she also knew that Tang Ming's two wives would definitely not let themselves go like this.
Therefore, she is mentally prepared to be shameless to the end. In the face of the instability in his backyard, Tang Ming still carried forward his ostrich spirit, getting up early every day and rushing out in the dark, under the pretext of choosing a site to build his own Hou Ye Mansion.
Thousands of acres of fertile land are easy to do, Tang Ming pulled Zhu Gaochi, and held the emperor's holy decree to directly find Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department. A few days ago, the six Shangshu jointly impeached Tang Ming because of Saiyi's second son, which will naturally not be easy for Tang Ming to choose.
After Xia Yuanji saw the holy decree, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he simply ordered someone to bring the drawings of Nanjing City, glanced at it slightly, and pointed to a remote corner of Xicheng with his hand and smiled: "It is not easy for Weihai Hou to be rewarded by the emperor, the current official mansion of Nanjing City has been saturated, and the ready-made ones have all been sealed, but there is also a prince's mansion abandoned by the previous dynasty in this Xicheng, which occupies a large amount of ten acres, although it has been abandoned for a long time, but it only needs to let the Ministry of Industry send some craftsmen to repair it a little before you can move in." ”
Tang Ming could think with his ass that this Xia Yuanji would definitely not be so generous, the emperor had clearly written in the holy decree that the mansion owned by Weihai Hou was about five acres of land, although Xia Yuanji had no direct conflict with himself, but the six of them wore the same pants, which would suddenly give him such a big benefit, which could not help but make people wonder.
Following the place pointed by Xia Yuanji's finger, Tang Ming glanced at the map, he didn't understand this kind of hand-drawn map in ancient times, including its proportions, he didn't know anything, but the square circled from that map was indeed much larger than other places.
Tang Ming was still puzzled, but Zhu Gaochi, who came with him, showed a wry smile on his face, the prince's mansion on this map was indeed ten acres large, but this location was too remote. This may not have been the case in the previous dynasty, but since my father ascended the throne, he has moved the residences of officials and all his mansions to Dongcheng, and now this Xicheng has been reduced to a civilian area, and the security is the worst in the city, and the bad environment is also the worst, and it is really not good to live in such a place.
Looking at this Xia Yuanji again, it was obvious that he was cheating Tang Ming, he wanted to remind him but he didn't feel good, just talk about this kind of thing in private, if it was moved to the table, it would be embarrassing.
Tang Ming didn't know the inside story, and after some hesitation, he happily chose this place, and he actually didn't ask much for the residence. Besides, this Nanjing City is now an inch of land, who would be stupid to push out a few acres of land for nothing, as for whether the location will be biased, he doesn't need to think about it.
I didn't expect Tang Ming to be fooled so quickly, Xia Yuanji was afraid that he would regret it, so he immediately handed over the title deed of the tattered palace to Tang Ming, and said no in advance, and he was not allowed to regret it if he chose.
After sending Tang Ming away, Xia Yuanji happily went to his colleagues, ready to tell them about it and share this rare joke together. When he was waiting to see Tang Ming's jokes in the six Shangshu, he had already taken a carriage and Zhu Gaochi to the prince's mansion in Xicheng.
The road is dirt all the way, and the main street should have been wide, but now it is more than half occupied by its residents. The main street has become a side street, and not only is the sewage flowing sideways, but some scantily clad women can be seen soliciting customers along the street at any time.
Zhu Gaochi also tried his best to hold back his laughter along the way, but when they arrived at the gate of the prince's mansion, Zhu Gaochi couldn't hold back any longer, pointing to the dilapidated gate of the prince's mansion, regardless of his identity as a prince, he covered his abdomen and laughed when the street hand covered his abdomen.
Tang Ming was also stunned for a few seconds before coming back to his senses, what kind of prince's mansion is this, the vines have already wrapped the entire gate, and the surrounding walls have fallen to the ground, and at a glance it is a desolate ruined house. Through the fallen walls were endless weeds, and there was not a trace of the building in sight.
On the contrary, he could see sections of charred wood in the weeds from time to time, and Tang Ming never imagined that the dilapidated words in Xia Yuanji's mouth would reach this extent. What kind of prince's mansion is in Tang Ming's mind, even if it is dilapidated, its predecessor is also a prince's mansion, and those basic buildings should still be there, just like Xia Yuanji said, you can live in it with a little repair.
But this ****** has been wandering around here for a long time, except for a gate surrounded by vines and a collapsed wall, not even the shadow of a house has been seen, this is still a prince's mansion, and then look at the garbage in the weeds, Tang Ming's face suddenly turned green.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't laugh anymore, he had already vaguely felt the murderous aura emanating from Tang Ming's body, who explained with a serious face: "This was indeed a royal mansion before, but for some reason, a fire razed this place to the ground, which is what it is now." Folklore has it that the fire burned for several days and nights before it was extinguished, and the light of the fire could be seen all over the city. ”
Tang Ming frowned, looked at the charred-shaped wooden stakes in the weeds again, nodded and said, "An ordinary fire would never burn such a large mansion so thoroughly, do you know what caused the fire?" ”
Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said: "The fire here happened to be the time of Jingjing, and my father had not yet reached Nanjing, so I don't know why this fire started. But there are rumors that this is God punishing the master of the mansion, saying that the prince in the mansion has done something hurtful to the heavens and reason, and after being learned by God, he sent down thunder and earth to burn all the places in an instant. ”
"There is an even more incredible thing, at that time, the fire in this palace was too big to extinguish, but the fire only burned in the palace, and did not burn to the adjacent places. You say this is not strange, that is, after that, everyone moved out of here, and Xicheng gradually fell down, and now there is no prince or nobleman living here. ”
"In this way, this place is still an ominous place, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew about this place early on, why didn't he stop Xia Yuanji when he instigated me to choose this place? Are you too unrighteous, and keep saying that we are brothers, I think this is. "Not to mention that it is difficult to rebuild a place like this, and even if it can be built, it will take a lot more effort than before.
It is better to directly choose an open space to build it, and there is such an ominous legend that people who really live in it must not be suspicious all day long.
Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and defended: "As the crown prince, there are some things that I can't do at will, although Xia Yuanji has done a little too much this time, but in the end, he is not saving a large piece of land for my Ming Dynasty, which is beneficial to the country." Under such a premise, it must be bad for me to expose him to my face. I want to tell you privately, but you decided at the time that you can't blame others for this, and you can only blame yourself for not making a decision on the spot first. (To be continued.) )