Jingshi Yingtian, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Guan Mansion.

"Bang!"

A loud bang broke the silence in the front hall, and the people trembled in fright, and they all hung their heads and eyes, not daring to move.

Huang Guan is the first Ming Dynasty even in the three yuan of the talent, Hongwu twenty-four years, he to the champion of the talent into the Hanlin Academy, was appointed as the Hanlin repair, deeply favored by the emperor, until this year, Hongwu Emperor cherished his talent, was promoted to the second grade of the Ministry of Rites of the right Lang, often with the holy car, is the year he is only in his thirties, is a very rare young strong minister in the court, the scenery is infinite, it can be described as the spring breeze when the time is proud.

The current Huang Guan was very angry, and after slapping the table, he still felt angry, and he was still walking back and forth in the front hall.

"This Yan King is really too domineering! Far away in the land of Youyan to lead the army to the border, but put his hand into the Jingshi Ying Tianfu, the command of the hundred generals from military generals to civil officials, it is already ridiculous, and now it is bold to seize the power of the county, the wolf ambition of the king of Yan is obvious! ”

Huang Ruide, the county governor of Jiangpu on the side, was so embarrassed that his face was flushed when he heard this.

Huang glanced at Huang Ruide, opened his mouth, and saw his embarrassed expression, and finally sighed, and couldn't bear to say another heavy word.

"Brother Ruide, you are the commander of a county, how can you be overshadowed by a subordinate county? You shepherd one side on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but you have such a result, and you are usurped by your subordinates, which is really a negative for the emperor and the court......"

Huang Ruide's face became redder and redder with shame, and he lowered his head and sighed: "Brother Shangbin (Huang Guanzi), Xiaguan is just a small Qipin Zhi County, offending Cao Yi is offending King Yan, King Yan is powerful, how can I afford to offend?" ”

Huang Guan couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Although King Yan is a king, he is just a prince on the border, what are you afraid of?" The emperor has already set the grandson as the successor to the throne, and King Yan will only be an imperial uncle at most in the future, and it will not be his turn to call the shots in this world! ”

Huang Ruide said with a bitter face: "I don't know who is in charge of the lower officials in the world, the lower officials only know that King Yan wants to put my little Qipin Zhixian to death, but it is as easy as a snap of ......."

Huang Guan Wenyan squinted at him, his eyes full of disappointment and disdain.

Huang Ruide licked his dry lips and said astringently: "Brother Shangbin, you were the champion nominated by the gold list back then, and the lower official was also a jinshi on the same list, you and I have a friendship of the same year, this time the lower official is in danger, and I hope that Brother Shangbin will lend a helping hand......"

Huang Guan snorted angrily: "A mere eight-grade county man, acting so flamboyantly and domineeringly, completely ignoring the rules of officialdom, if this person is allowed to cover the sky in Jiangpu with one hand, wouldn't the whole world be chaotic?" Hum! This official doesn't believe that he can go against the sky, and after a few days, I will come to Jiangpu in person, but I want to see if the official authority of this county lord can suppress me, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites! ”

Huang Ruide was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly thanked him.

Huang Guan sighed and said, "King Yan...... Alas! King Yan! Less than 30 years after the founding of our dynasty, there have been many hidden dangers that shake the country's foundation, the biggest hidden danger is the vassal king, the emperor will divide the princes into various places, instead of the border generals, the vassal king is in charge of the military and political power of a place, the authority is too much, especially the king of Yan, the king of Ning has a large number of troops, it is really the cause of the country's disaster, the emperor's move is really ...... Alas! ”

Huang Guan stopped talking before he finished speaking, and it was inevitable that he would be suspected of slandering the king if he continued to speak.

"Brother Shangbin, I heard that you foresaw the trouble of the vassal king, why didn't the emperor accept your words?"

"Walking in the court, like walking on thin ice, when today's son starts from the cloth and grass, laying this piece of eternal foundation, since it is eloquent, divided into princes, and the generation of the border will guard all over the place, the Son of Heaven naturally has the deep meaning of the Son of Heaven, I and other courtiers can only do their best to be the way of the ministers, admonishing its disadvantages, even if it is admonishment, the words must also be tactful, if the Son of Heaven does not adopt, we are helpless, don't you hear the nine years of Hongwu, Ye Boju's lesson?"

Ye Boju, a native of Ninghai, Zhejiang, in the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, entered the Guozijian with a general education, and in the eighth year of Hongwu, Ye Boju was distributed to Shanxi as a student of Guozijian and served as a Confucian instructor in Pingyao. In the ninth year of Hongwu, the natural vision changed, and the subjects all thought that it was a warning from heaven, marking a great national disaster, and the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict and ordered the scholars of the world to write to the court, pointing out the political gains and losses or the injustice of the court, and put forward criticisms and suggestions. So Ye Boju wrote a book, saying that there are three major drawbacks in today's government and government, one is that the division is too extravagant, the second is that the punishment is too complicated, and the third is that the treatment is too fast, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry when he saw the book, and shouted angrily: "The boy is my flesh and blood, quickly arrest him, I will shoot him to death with my own hands!" ”

So Ye Boju was taken to the Beijing Division, sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and after being tortured and abused, he was starved to death.

With such a negative teaching material standing in front, who of the ministers in the DPRK and China would dare to mention to Zhu Yuanzhang the matter of cutting the feudal domain?

Huang Ruide was silent, he is only a Qipin Zhixian County, and he does not have too far-reaching insights into the overall situation of the world and the affairs of the court, for him, regaining the power of governing Jiangpu is the most important thing at present.

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The cold wind is howling, and it is the middle of winter.

On the official road leading from Jingshi to Jiangpu County in the west, several fast horses slowly drove in, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves rolled up a cloud of dust on the official road, and quickly dissipated in the wind.

Among the knights, a young man was the leader, and everyone faintly surrounded him, this man was about ten years old, his face was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like stars, and he looked quite handsome, but his white face looked a little immature, and his eyes were majestic, but there was a bit of bookishness. He was dressed very simply, just a very ordinary gown, a pair of linen shoes, and a cloth bag made of homespun on his left shoulder, looking like a poor student, but in his demeanor, he exuded a graceful and luxurious atmosphere.

When everyone rode their horses and ran, they had seen the city wall of Jiangpu County from a distance, and the young man immediately reined in his horse, looked at the city wall and sighed, looking quite confused.

One of the guard-looking people greeted him and said, "Your Highness, Jiangpu County is ahead, do you want to go into the city to rest?" ”

The young man looked indifferent, and said lazily: "Whatever, go or not, the emperor's grandfather said that you should know more about the people's sufferings, and you should often walk around the people, but Mr. Huang said that among the world's scholars, the son of a daughter can not sit in the hall and read thousands of books, and he can cure the world...... Alas! I don't even know who to listen to......"

The guard smiled: "Naturally, the emperor's words are right, and the emperor's words must be right." ”

The young man said with a sad face: "But Mr. Huang is the East Palace attendant appointed by the emperor's grandfather, if what he said is wrong, doesn't it mean that the emperor's grandfather's appointment is wrong?" ”

The guard scratched his head in embarrassment: "Your Highness, hehe, it's a rough person under the mark, I really don't understand ......"

The young man finally smiled a little, and said, "That's it, I'll tell you what to do, since it's almost at the Jiangpu City Gate, let's go in and have a look, remember, don't call me Your Highness after entering the city, just call me Zhu Gongzi." ”

"Yes!"

Everyone responded in unison and rode their horses towards Jiangpu.

Not long after, a group of people from the south gate of the city entered, after entering the city, everyone dismounted, holding the reins on the bustling Jiangpu Street slowly, the young man's eyes were full of excitement, seemed to feel very novel about everything, after buying a bunch of flashy small objects, after being slaughtered by several unscrupulous hawkers, the young man was still unfinished with, unconsciously beat his waist, felt a little tired.

The guard on the side said in a timely manner: "Zhu Gongzi, there is a restaurant in front, called Drunken Immortal Building, if Gongzi is tired, you might as well go in and rest, drink a cup of tea, and relieve your tiredness a little?" ”

The young man's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "This is very good, I won't go back to Jingshi today, you go to find an inn, put these small things I just bought into the room, and I will go to drink tea alone." ”

The guard hurriedly said: "Childe must not, there can't be no one around you, according to the villain's opinion, let's leave a few people for Childe to listen to." ”

The young man said impatiently, "What are you afraid of?" Emperor...... Ahem, under my grandfather's rule, the people were clear and simple, are you still afraid that I will encounter any danger? Go quickly, my grandfather said, he wants me to observe the suffering of the people, and I am surrounded by you all the time, how can I understand the suffering? ”

The guard hesitated for a moment, looked around again, and felt that there didn't seem to be any obstructive villains nearby, and finally nodded: "So, Childe, please go first, the villains have booked the inn room, and they will come to pick up Childe immediately......"

The young man waved impatiently: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

After speaking, he couldn't wait to walk into the Drunken Immortal Tower.

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Inside the Drunken Immortal Building.

Xiao Fan was standing at the counter and telling the dog and the big bolt the development plan of the Drunken Immortal Building.

"You go to say hello to the liquor merchant in the East Market, and say that this restaurant buys a lot of good wine, daughter red, bamboo leaf green, rice wine, shochu, you can do it, and also, didn't Mother Song of Zangchun Pavilion say that there are several girls with good looks who have redeemed themselves with their savings for many years? Go find them......"

The dog interrupted: "Shopkeeper, you are still a part-time uncle of the Chen family, you are looking for Sister Yao before you get married, and there are several of them, this ...... It's hard to chew too much......"

"Smack!" A slap on the back of the dog's head, Xiao Fan said angrily: "Don't say such filthy words to a righteous gentleman, is this shopkeeper that kind of lustful person?" ”

"That'...... What does the shopkeeper mean? ”

"After all, there is not much profit from the meal, since it is called 'restaurant', of course, we must work the word 'wine', a good flower carving on a jar, others call it 'Xiao Er Shangjiu', we can only sell two dollars of silver, but what if these good warblers and Yanyan come to sell this altar of flower carving? A few flattering eyes flew over, and a jar of wine charged him a tael of silver, even if others were too expensive, how could they lose face in front of women? Besides, let's make the packaging more exquisite, the wine quality is more mellow, and there are red sleeves to add fragrant cups, and the price is only less than one or two silver, do the guests who often go to the restaurant care about this? In this way, the guests have to be beautiful and wine, and we have made a lot of money, including those girls who have been good but have no income, and they also have a fixed income, killing three birds with one stone, why not? ”

As soon as Xiao Fan's words fell, the dog didn't say anything, but he heard a young man in an ordinary robe next to him say "Huh" in surprise, and then his eyes widened and he stared at Xiao Fan carefully, as if he had found some interesting toy.

Xiao Fan also looked at him with wide eyes, wondering in his heart, this guest did not find a table to sit honestly to eat and drink when he entered the door, but instead stared at himself on the counter, his eyes stared at people straight, could it be that he thought I opened a duck shop?

"This guest officer, I'm sorry, this shopkeeper doesn't sit on the stage......" Xiao Fan politely strangled the possible misunderstanding in the cradle.

The young man blinked, his tone tinged with a hint of command, and said, "You come out." ”

"I'm sorry, but the shopkeeper didn't come out ......"

The young man raised his eyebrows, as if he was not used to the rejection of others, and then resumed his expression, and said with a bit of novelty: "What you said just now seems to have some truth, I didn't expect that a restaurant can sell so many wines, hey, let me ask you, what if your wine is too expensive and others don't want to buy it?" ”

It is rare to have such an opportunity to show the superiority of the traverser, Xiao Fan stood in the counter and said proudly: "It's very simple, I'll change my strategy and do a buy-one-get-one-free activity......"

"What does it mean to buy one get one free?"

"For example, the girls who are responsible for helping me sell Huadiao, each jar of wine sells for one tael of silver, others don't want to buy it, I will increase the price, each jar of wine sells for two taels of silver, but buying a jar can give him an altar for free, according to the surname that Chinese people like to be cheap, do you guess they will flock to it? What's more, for every jar of wine I buy, I will give a freshly fried wine dish, which is free of charge, so that I will earn more ......."

The young man struck the knot and praised: "Buy one get one free, it's really a good way, you have some tricks......

"Of course...... "Conceited and pretending to be self-assured" Xiao Fan suddenly froze, stared at the young man in amazement and said, "By the way, who are you?" ”

Taking advantage of Xiao Fan's moment when he picked up the teacup and drank tea to replenish his water, the young man smiled and arched his hand, and said: "It's easy to say, my name is Zhu Yunwen, this brother, I am fortunate to be ......."

"Poof-" A sip of hot tea was suddenly sprayed out by Xiao Fan, drenching Zhu Yunwen all over his face.

Zhu Yunwen wiped his face and said very calmly: "From your fresh hot tea, I feel that you seem to know me." ”

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