The Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, after passing the examination, if they are not married, they will generally be given marriage leave and get married as soon as possible. Starting a family and starting a family, if you don't have a family, it means that you are uncertain and unable to take on heavy responsibilities. The logic is a bit of a jerk, but that's exactly what it is. Tang Yi also reported to the Ministry of Officials early, but it was a pity that he had been busy and delayed for a year.

What is unexpected is that Jiajing still remembers that this is the sun coming out of the west, and Emperor Jiajing, who is too forgetful, may not even care so much about his son, why does he love Tang Yi so much?

There is also a little story in this, it turned out that in the 35th year of Jiajing, Layue, Sun invaded Guangning, and the general soldier Yin Shangzhi died in battle.

It's annoying enough to say, it's easy to celebrate the New Year, the god of joy didn't come, the plague god came, Jiajing convened important ministers to discuss the strategy of resisting the enemy, but under a question, the household department was empty, and the silver could not be taken, and the military department had no soldiers to send, but Jiajing was angry.

"Incompetent, rice bucket, every year in the north, you are not ashamed, I still want this face! Not to mention in previous years, today Tianjin opens the sea, and silver is sent every month, why can't you take it out, are you all greedy? ”

Every time Yan Song encountered this kind of thing, he was silent, and the head of the household was helpless, so he could only stubbornly say: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has lost too much over the years, as much as tens of millions of taels, and the ministers have obtained silver to fill several recent debts, and they have to repay the interest, so they really can't get the silver!" ”

"Hmph, clever tongue!" Jiajing said mercilessly: "Don't think that you can deceive me by perfunctory responsibility, where is the silver of the imperial court, I have to check carefully!" ”

In fact, Jiajing is to say that decades of bad debts have been mixed up in the palace and outside the palace at one time. He didn't have the courage to break the big stand, so he could only endure it.

He drove away the ministers irritably, sat on the cloud bed and meditated, his heart was always quiet, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became.

It just so happened that Huang Jin changed Yuan Heng's class, and he saw Jiajing at first sight. I congratulated His Majesty the Emperor, and the city of the southeast sea was sent.

Jiajing was also taken aback, how could the speed be so fast? After inquiry, he figured out that Tang Yi had exchanged the silver for a silver ticket and sent it to the capital at an expedited speed of six hundred miles. After these years of development, the traffic line has extended its tentacles to the capital, going back and forth between the north and the south to do business, and no longer need to carry heavy gold and silver.

Huang Jin presents treasures in general. Jiajing gave the silver ticket to Jiajing, and Jiajing was happy, and immediately ordered to exchange 200,000 taels and send it to the military department. More than 300 heads were beheaded.

The victory is not big or small, which adds luster to Jiajing. Excitedly, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he went to Taimiao to report to Zhu Chongba and Zhu Laosi.

The water has a source and the tree has roots, and Tang Yi, who offered the silver in time, made Jiajing feel a lot of emotion, the emperor was happy for a while, and he was ready to promote Tang Yi, but even Xu Ge Lao couldn't stand it anymore. A red-robed high-ranking official who is less than twenty years old. It's basically a seedling to grow.

Jiajing's head was cold, and he knew that it was wrong, but Tang Yi couldn't help but appreciate it, and after thinking about it, he thought that he was not married yet. Jiajing wanted to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum, but fortunately, Huang Jin was by his side, so he quickly told Jiajing that Tang Yi and the Wang family had made a marriage. Jiajing fortunately became a matchmaker and gave marriage to the two people.

Gonggong Shi sighed and said: "The emperor is merciful, after so many years, the favor of Lord Tang is really enviable. To put it mildly, even if it is Yan Ge Lao, he can't catch up with Lord Tang. "This Gonggong Shi finished reading his will, chattering, and didn't say to leave, Tang Yi's heart was like a mirror, this is asking for hard money.

It's just that it's better to offend the gentleman than the villain, these eunuchs are not enough to succeed and more than to lose, and the money that should be spent is indispensable.

"Gonggong Shi, for the New Year, let you rush from the capital to Fujian, how much hard work you have suffered along the way, Tang is grateful, nothing else, a little happy tea, please accept it."

Tang Yi said, sent an envelope to Gonggong Shi, unfolded it, and the old eunuch's eyes almost fell out, saying that Tang Yi was generous, and he really lived up to his reputation.

It turned out that Tang Yi gave him a thousand acres of tea plantations, don't look at the conversion into silver, there may not be much, but the land cannot be bought with money.

After the opening of the sea, the price of tea in Fujian will rise rapidly, guarding a thousand acres of tea plantations is equivalent to holding a cornucopia, even if you leave the palace one day, you can comfortably retire, how can Eunuch Shi not be tempted!

In fact, Tang doesn't like to send silver directly, after all, silver is all one-time, send some shops, fields, shares, etc., and put a long line to catch big fish, which can establish a closer relationship, no, Shi Gonggong's face immediately improved a lot.

"Don't hide it, our family is the brother of Huang Gonggong, worship the ancestor as a godfather together, Lord Tang, if you have any orders in the future, just look for our family."

Tang Yi said with a smile: "Don't trouble my father-in-law, tomorrow is the exhibition and sales conference, if you have time, come and take a look, and just tell Your Majesty what you have seen and heard." ”

"Okay, we're about to open our eyes."

After sending off Gonggong Shi, Tang Yi returned to the back house, Wang Yueying, Zhu'er, and Shen Meijun chattered excitedly around a bunch of colorful things. Zhu'er even drooled out.

"Ahem!"

Tang Yi coughed twice, so frightened that the three of them immediately raised their heads, and when Wang Yueying saw Tang Yi, her little face was blushing, happy and shy.

Tang Yi peeked at it, and couldn't help but say, "Isn't it just the crown suit of the command, it's not that I haven't seen it." ”

"People just haven't seen it?" Wang Yueying said angrily, Tang Yi then remembered that his mother-in-law Chen was a stepfamily, not particularly gracious, and she really couldn't mix up her fate.

Even if it is the original wife, not everyone can get it, only the merit can be obtained, and the five grades or more are called the edict, and the six grades below are called the edicts. Regardless of the decree or the edict, it is the greatest reward and glory for a woman to be able to get it, just from this complex set of decorations in front of her.

Tang Yi is a five-grade official, and what Wang Yueying got was a five-grade pleasant commandment.

Five trees with crown hairpins, two temples, and five trees. Zhai Yi is fifth-class, black horn belt, plain yarn in the single, black collar, Zhu Xuan Lu skirt. Cover the knees with the color of the clothes, with the tie as the collar edge, and the Gavin embroidered heavy Zhai.

There are four silver-plated gold-plated mandarin ducks on the special bun, and the mouth is beaded. The front bead is a green mandarin duck, and the small beads are paved with three green clouds; Two mandarin ducks with sideburns, three hairpins with silver-gilded cloud heads, one small bead curtain comb, and two gold-plated silver hairpins; A pair of small bead comb rings. The mandarin duck text is embroidered on the Xia curtain, and the gold-plated silver flower pendant is applied. On the jacket, Shi Yunxia Mandarin Duck Wen, the rest of the same four products. The regular clothes are crowned with three small beads and green mandarin ducks, two gold-plated silver mandarin ducks, and a bead card. two small beads and green flowers on the sideburns, one hairpin with three hairpins on the cloud head, one comb, two double-headed hairpins on the sideburns, and two gold-plated hairpins; A pair of silver-footed beaded emerald Buddha face rings. The bracelets are all silver-plated and gold-plated. Long jacket edge, embroidered clouds and mandarin ducks. Long skirt, horizontal and vertical embroidered with entwined branches......

The regulations that are so detailed that they make the scalp tingle have only one purpose, which is to bring out the sacredness of this commandment.

To a certain extent, with the commandment, it is equivalent to having the same status as her husband, and as long as she is alive for a day, she is a worthy mistress of the family.

Wang Yueying is confident that her husband will not be a white-eyed wolf, but if he can wear a luxurious and wealthy crown dress and attend the wedding, how many women will be envious!

Thinking of that moment, Wang Yueying was almost happy to faint.

Looking at his daughter-in-law's excited little appearance, Tang Yi smiled and said, "Honorable lady, can Xiaosheng make a request?" ”

Wang Yueying was stunned for a moment, bit her lower lip, and said shyly: "Listen to the officials." ”

The voice was as thin as a mosquito, faint and undetectable, Tang Yi suddenly smiled playfully, "My request is - tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, I want to eat the Lantern Festival made by you!" ”

Wang Yueying immediately knew that she had been deceived by Tang Yi, damn it, she knew that she was bullying others, but, how could she still be a little lost in her heart, Wang Yueying, you are too depraved!

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, what a beautiful day, the prefect of Quanzhou, the city of Bo Si raised, Tang Yi Tang warmly and cordially received many foreign guests, the two sides in a friendly and warm atmosphere, carried out in-depth friendly exchanges, and achieved rich results, this is a great diplomatic practice, the East and the West opened their minds at the same time......

Aside from those flowery rhetoric, Tang Yi has only one positioning for the exhibition, and that is to make money!

In order to impress these Westerners, they did everything they could, first rented the most magnificent garden in Quanzhou City, spent ten days, and carefully arranged it, which was countless times more elaborate than the one at the General Chamber of Commerce.

It happens to be the Lantern Festival again, and all kinds of lanterns are hung with branches, which are vivid, attracting Westerners to stop and watch and keep admiring.

Came to the middle of the garden, Tang Yi waved his hand, and immediately a maid in silk clothes flew up with a tray, like a butterfly, and there were tea bowls in the mahogany tray. They gently picked it up and brought it to each guest.

Different from the crystal clear porcelain that the Ming Dynasty people liked, these porcelains are heavy, dark in color, and very luxurious, and the tea leaves inside are not clear tea, but mellow and rich milk tea.

To be honest, it may take a few centuries for Xiyi to enjoy pure and elegant tea. Sure enough, after seeing the milk tea, their eyes were full of brilliance, and they were a little anxious to drink their necks dry, holding the empty bowl, still unsatisfied, staring at the bowl next to them, so frightened that the people next to them hurriedly covered it with their hands, and the gentry and businessmen who saw it secretly laughed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, two thousand years ago, our sages said that it is a pleasure to have friends from afar. You are all honored guests of the Ming Dynasty, and you are all good friends of the Official, and in order to entertain you, the Commander will show you the most beautiful silk and the most luxurious costumes, and I am sure that you will be eye-opening. ”

Tang Yi didn't say much, clapped his hands lightly, the melodious music sounded, and a maid walked out from behind the screen, circled around the screen, and walked back.

It's just a few steps, but those Western merchants are desperately rubbing their eyes, as if they have seen a ghost, the woman just came out, and the pattern on her body is obviously a red peony, but when she turns in, the same pattern turns into a golden chrysanthemum, can she not do witchcraft? (To be continued.) )