Chapter Forty-Eight: The First Arrival
Nanjing is located in the northwest of Shaoxing, not far, not close, about seven or eight hundred miles away, with the speed of Qin Kan and his party, it will take about four or five days to arrive.
Without saying anything all the way, everyone passed through Hangzhou and Huzhou, and finally arrived outside the Jubao Gate in the south of Nanjing five days later.
On the city wall of the simple vicissitudes of life, deeply engraved with the word "Yingtian" of the seal body, the city wall is more than 60 zhang high, all are made of huge bricks and stones, the city wall is about 70 miles long, from the former Yuan to the end of Hongwu, it took 30 years to start repairing, the reason why it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to build this ancient capital is because the Hongwu Emperor adopted the suggestion of Confucian Zhu Sheng when he conquered the world, "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly call the king", this city is still the first big city in the world until now.
The south side takes the Qinhuai River as the natural moat, the east supports the Zhongshan Mountain, the north depends on the Houhu Lake, and the northwest Jinchuan Gate has been extending the Nanjing urban area to the Yangtze River.
Qin Kan stood under the city wall of Nanjing, looking up at the moss above the city gate, and the word "Yingtian" looked extremely vicissitudes, he slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbidity in his chest, and his mind was clear.
The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the place of Jinling-shaped beauty, the purple gas comes from the east, and the emperor is the capital of the world.
Could this be a new chapter in his life? In this glorious and prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, which road will a traverser embark on and which peak will he climb to live up to this new life?
With a confused look, like a flat boat in the angry sea, Qin Kan walked into Nanjing City in a daze, accompanied by Yang Tianshou and others.
This year, in April of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, a nineteen-year-old young man was pushed onto the stage of the Ming Dynasty by fate.
When Jinyi Wei took office, the first thing was naturally not to run rampant in the township, bullying men and women, this matter can be talked about later, and the first thing to do is to report to thousands of households.
Of course, the boss of a hundred households is a thousand households, and the military attache is also an official, and if he is an official, he must abide by the rules of officialdom.
Qin Kan was arranged into the Thousand Households Office in Dongcheng, Nanjing.
The so-called "East City" is a guide to the east of the capital, including several streets within the scope of the imperial city, these streets are not simple, because almost all the people living here are royal relatives, princes and ministers, a small marquis from these streets, other people's porters may not be willing to look at you squarely.
Dongcheng Qianhu Office is located in West Chang'an Street, adjacent to the Nanjing General Administration Department on the right, the Bannerman Wei Yamen on the left, the Qintianjian Yamen, and the Five Military Governor's Mansion and the Nanjing Sixth Department.
Before entering the Qianhu Office, Yang Tianshou raised his eyebrows and told Qin Kan with a smile that to the west of West Chang'an Avenue and into Datong Street, it was the Teaching Workshop Division, which was full of convicted officials and daughters who had become official prostitutes......
Qin Kan pouted, he had no interest in the wife and daughter of the adulterer, and now he was worried about the top boss Qianhu that he had never met, if this person was not easy to deal with, or deliberately embarrassed him, where would he go at that time.
The Thousand Households are a little dilapidated, very inconspicuously located on the east side of the street, the wall by the door is covered with moss, and the vermilion lacquer on the door has also faded for many years.
It seems that Jinyiwei is still very peaceful, and they don't dare to violate the rules of not cultivating the government for officials, and after more than 100 years of struggle, Jinyiwei is also afraid of the mouths of the officials and historians.
There were two wrestlers standing at the door, Yang Tianshou handed over the tooth tag and led Qin Kan in.
The more he walked inside, the more Qin Kan felt as if he was in some historical relics and monuments that had been vicissitudes for thousands of years, and there were dilapidated scenes everywhere, although it was not to the point of "ruins and broken walls", but it was enough to be called "full of gloom". …,
Qin Kan frowned: "Brother Yang, have our thousands of households been robbed by bandits?" ”
Yang Tianshou smiled bitterly: "There was no such thing before, but something happened to Qianhu a few days ago......
"What's the matter?"
Yang Tianshou looked around left and right, lowered his voice and said: "After Wei Guogong's little grandfather Xu came back from Shaoxing, his temper has grown more and more, a few days ago, there was an eyeless bastard in our brocade guard who offended the little grandfather, and the little grandfather took the servants to smash the thousand households, and then walked away triumphantly......"
After speaking, Yang Tianshou looked at Qin Kan with a complicated expression, and it was obvious that he probably knew that the little grandfather of Lu Dao and Qin Kan had a little friendship in Shaoxing.
may also be resentful of Qin Kan's original reason for not keeping this scourge in Shaoxing......
Qin Kan was dumbfounded: "............"
I didn't expect Xu Pengju to be so domineering in Nanjing, it seems that this is his noble nature, Shaoxing smashed the Tong family's house for him, it can be regarded as a gentle drizzle, blowing cold, and low-key can no longer be low-key.
"Why don't you fight back? Jinyiwei, besides today, who have we been afraid of? Qin Kan was puzzled.
Yang Tianshou exclaimed: "What are you kidding! There are many people that we Jinyiwei are afraid of, these nobles must not be offended, especially Wei Guogong, who is deeply trusted by the great emperors of the past dynasties, so he is allowed to let the Xu family take charge of the military power and guard Nanjing for generations, how dare Jinyiwei provoke him? Even if the lawsuit reaches the emperor, the emperor's favoritism will inevitably be the Xu family. ”
Qin Kan broke out in a cold sweat, and the fierce Jinyi Wei didn't dare to provoke the Xu family, thinking that he had beaten Xu Pengju hard, he suddenly felt a little afraid, how big a crime is this?
We must not do this kind of uncool thing again in the future!
"Which bastard in our brocade guard provoked the little grandfather?"
Yang Tianshou shook his head: "It is said that it is a hundred households, leading the brothers to break into a green building to collect safe silver, it just so happened that the little grandfather was drinking flower wine in it, disturbing the little grandfather's Yaxing, that guy is a newcomer, I don't know the little grandfather, I said a few words, so the little grandfather was furious, and led people to beat him down, not to mention, and smashed the thousand households......"
Qin Kan wiped his sweat: "He's also new?" ”
Yang Tianshou looked at him meaningfully: "Yes, this hundred households have only been in office for three days, and they were dismissed by Jinyi Wei and carried home to recuperate...... You, a hundred households, happen to be his successor. ”
Qin Kan understood everything in an instant, and the dispatch of Nanjing may be the intention of the commander, but arranging him under the Dongcheng Thousand Households Office is probably the wishful thinking of Nanjing's Jinyi Wei's subordinates, which intends to use him to relieve the anger in the heart of the little grandfather.
"Brother Yang, I'...... I'm not familiar with the little grandfather. Qin Kan said with a bitter face.
Yang Tianshou shook his head and said: "Brother Qin's words will not be open, they will be all brothers in Weili in the future, Ming people don't say secret words, you and the little grandfather had a very unusual friendship when they were in Shaoxing, and the Duke of Wei Mansion still has to rely on the brothers to turn around one or two." ”
Qin Kan said very sincerely: "Brother Yang, you have to believe me, I really don't have any friendship with him, I won't tell you, I just beat the little grandfather in Shaoxing, other than that, I really don't know him well......"
Yang Tianshou's eyes widened in horror, and his whole face slowly turned green: "............"
PS: I found a map of Nanjing during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, and it took me more than an hour to study it thoroughly, so I can guarantee that the above description of Nanjing is absolutely correct.
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