The New Year of Zhengde three years is coming in the blink of an eye, and the Ming Dynasty has experienced hardships in the past year, and the chaos of Liu Liu and Liu Qi has affected dozens of state capitals, affecting millions of people, causing huge losses; After this turmoil, the vitality of the Ming Dynasty was greatly damaged, and in this case, above the court and in the mountains, many hearts that were ready to move were stirred up, because they saw some kind of hope and opportunity.

It is a little incredible that two ordinary people can set off a monstrous wave in a few months and almost overturn the big ship of the imperial court, but the fact is in front of us, although the past has passed, the shock left behind is indelible.

For Song Nan, the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi gave him a stage to show his heart's content, so he also successfully extended his hand into the military, and the establishment of the Shenshu camp heralded the rise of the new lords represented by Song Nan, and it was inevitable that there would be power entanglements with the old nobles who had long held the military power of the Beijing camp, which Song Nan had already been psychologically prepared.

On the surface, the strength of the inner court has been weakened, Gu Dayong was sent to Nanjing, the imperial horse prison fell into the hands of Zhang Yong, the 3,000 battalions of the imperial horse prison have also been lost, and the actual manpower held by the inner court is only Dongchang. However, it would be a big mistake to underestimate Liu Jin's influence because of this.

In fact, Liu Jin quickly stabilized his position, and a few days after the court meeting on meritorious deeds, Liu Jin demonstrated his methods, and only three days apart, three court officials fell to Liu Jin one after another. Zheng Qi, a member of the Ministry of Officials, Wei Qiquan, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Sun Wanpo, a member of the Ministry of Households, were inexplicably impeached by Jiao Fang and Gu Zuo, the cabinet scholars, for the reason of trying to bribe the officials of the inner court and seeking promotion to disrupt the rule of officials, while Liu Jin showed the storage records of the inner carrier, which is evidence that Liu Jin refused to accept the gifts of the three and filled the gifts such as the silver and two field deeds of the three into the treasury.

There was no flaw in any qiē, Zhengde was furious, and when the palace ordered the three people to be dismissed and investigated, and greatly praised Liu Jin's actions; But the courtiers knew that this was Liu Jin showing his strength, as if telling the courtiers that he still had the ability to turn his hands into clouds and turn his hands into rain. The grass on the wall of these three members is well known to everyone, and it is obvious that Liu Jin is making an example of chickens and monkeys, and is warning others.

This move was almost immediate, and some of the courtiers who tried their best to get in touch with Song Nan after Song Nan was awarded the Admiral of the Shenshu Camp immediately smelled the danger, and soon, the Song Mansion was restored to its original state, and the current danger was obviously more urgent than the worries of the future.

Song Nan smiled at this, Song Nan certainly knew Liu Jin's anger, what he did was not only a warning to other courtiers, but also to show his strength to himself and the cabinet Yang Tinghe and others. This move can certainly silence the grass on the wall, but Song Nan thinks that Liu Jin's move stinks, and he is obviously confused.

In the game between Song Nan and Liu Jin, the role of these wall grasses is actually very limited, and the negative effect of this move is that many officials who wanted to make friends with Liu Jin by bribing and giving gifts were discouraged, and they would have to have extra eyes in the process of dealing with Liu Jin.

For more than ten days a year ago, Song Nan had been busy with the rectification and handover of the Shenshu camp and the construction of the station, and did not pay much attention to the court, which seemed to have quickly regained peace, but under this calm appearance, the undercurrent was latent and dangerous. With Song Nan's understanding of Liu Jin, the peaceful days will not be too long, and a huge outbreak will soon be ushered in, Song Nan opened his eyes and ears wide, and watched this qiē closely.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the new day of the new year, for the vast majority of the people of the Ming Dynasty, they just want to simply enjoy the festival today, forget the hurt and pain brought to them by the chaotic year in the past, and hope that the new year can be spent peacefully.

The capital is also full of joy, firecrackers rang all night, early in the morning the people put on new clothes to get up early, eat breakfast to pay New Year's greetings, visit the temple fair, enjoy this annual festive day.

According to the usual practice, after the ancestors were worshipped before breakfast, Song Mu and Song Nan took the little county lord Ye Fanggu, Lu Qingli, Dai Suer and other wives and concubines of the Song family to stand on the steps of the outer house and give red envelopes; More than 60 servants from the Song Mansion came to receive the red envelopes, and the heavy red envelopes were in hand, which was naturally a joyful scene.

Song Mother is happy to give, the Song family was happy last year, Song Nan was awarded the post of Governor of Beijing Camp by the second-class marquis, this qiē was attributed by Song Mother to the result of her daily worship of the Buddha and God, treating people with kindness and charity, so this year's red envelope rose from last year's two taels of silver to five taels. Five taels of red envelopes, more than 60 people, and the red envelopes in Song's mother's hands are three hundred taels.

That's not all, the little county lord Ye Fanggu, Lu Qingli, Dai Su'er and others also have to give red envelopes to the maids and maids in their rooms, and even Uncle Zhong has to send red envelopes to the little housekeepers and horsemen in the outer house as half of the masters of the Song Mansion, and the specifications of the red envelopes are also rising, a lot more than last year.

Song Nan's face twitched, every time he made a red envelope, his flesh hurt, the hand that sent the red envelope became more and more tight, and the strength of a small guy was a little smaller, and he couldn't drag the red envelope away with one hand, so he grabbed it from his hand with both hands, making the two seem to be robbing each other.

Ye Fanggu was really funny in her eyes, and turned her head and ordered: "Take the young master to the hall to rest, the young master only slept for two hours last night, and he was a little confused." ”

Wan'er hurriedly stepped forward and walked into the hall with Song Nan in her arms, Song Nan simply turned back to the flower hall and sighed, finally after the red envelopes were distributed, Song Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the girls of the Song family who came back and said: "I'm afraid that this rule of our family will be changed, whose servants can get so many red envelopes every year?" Aren't we too generous? ”

Mother Song scolded angrily: "Now we are a big family in Beijing, how can we treat our family badly, our Song family has today, and we don't rely on everyone's help." More than half of the people in the house are the old folks in Ulzhou, you treat them as people, I don't treat them as people, do you remember the incident in Ulzhou Xiaoshiqiao? At that time, if it wasn't for everyone's help, we wouldn't know what to do, you can't forget your roots. ”

Song Nan smiled bitterly: "What my mother said is that it's just that the expenses in the house are too big, and the shop is not very profitable, I mean it's better to be thrifty, and I don't have any other intentions." Uncle Zhong said that there was a lot of deficit in the account. ”

Mother Song reached out and twisted Song Nan's face and said, "Why did my son become so stingy?" Do you still know that the house has a lot of expenses? I heard that you made a Rausch firearm, and it was thousands of taels of silver as soon as you shot it, and then put it in the back garden to get drenched in the rain and eat the rusty stains, why haven't you ever seen your flesh hurt? The old body gives more silver to the villagers, and you feel distressed. ”

Lu Qingli blushed and kept silent, she spent a lot of money tossing firearms, and Song Mu actually said it for herself today. Song Nan turned her head to avoid the clutches of Song's mother, recently Song's mother likes to pinch her face more and more, no one can deal with it, how can Song Nan let her succeed in front of her daughters-in-law, she is also a marquis.

"If you don't have money, you want to earn it, this is your man's business, the old man and your daughter-in-law are responsible for spending money, is it difficult to ask the old lady to set up a stall to do business? Open source and throttle, light throttling can't be done, open source, my son. ”

Song Nan sighed to herself, her mother has changed a lot compared to Ulzhou, not only has her image changed a lot, but her personality has also become lively and cheerful, and she is no longer the image of the forbearant woman she used to be. As the so-called dwelling and qi nourish the body, the change of environment and status to a person is really like a giant hand kneading mud, and the simple cannot be simpler.

It's just that the mother's argument doesn't seem to be quite correct, no wonder most of the embezzlers and big tigers in later generations were caught by the wives and mothers of the family.

"My mother's lesson is that this year I will be angry and make a lot of money back." Song Nan nodded.

"If you don't make money, you can't be a traitor." Mother Song crossed her waist and said.

Song Nan's scalp fluttered and said, "Hey, mother, this is difficult for a strong man." ”

Mother Song said eloquently: "Your father often says that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, if you are a big corrupt official, don't blame your mother for not letting you in." Daughters-in-law, listen well, your husband is not allowed to be a traitor, let my mother and me keep an eye on it, don't think that he is now the Hou Ye, so his tail will go to the sky; He is the emperor, my son, and your husband. ”

Song Nan was startled, quickly jumped up to cover his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, mother, if this spreads, it will be over." ”

Mother Song knew that she was speechless, and waved her hand and said: "That's it, I have to go to the temple to burn incense quickly, Xiang'er, prepare incense baskets, carriages and horses." ”

A servant girl promised to go out to prepare, and the women hurriedly said, "Mother-in-law will go after breakfast." ”

Mother Song waved her hand and said: "I am in a hurry to make a wish, I made a wish in front of the Bodhisattva, bless my Song family to be safe and sound, my son is an official and a knight, look, the Bodhisattva has all given his wish, I have to hurry up to repay the wish so that the Bodhisattva will not be unhappy; By the way, Su'er went with me and begged the Bodhisattva to give my Song family a boy this year. ”

Dai Su'er agreed with a blushing face, and with Wan'er's support, she went with Mother Song surrounded by a large group of servants and maids.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and after a long time, the little county lord couldn't help but say, "Mother-in-law is biased." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Can't you understand the old man's thoughts? Don't care. ”

The little county lord said: "No, it's all your fault, it's all your fault." ”

Song Nan was stunned and said, "Why do you blame me again?" What's my business. ”

The little county lord said: "Why am I not happy? Don't blame you, who do you blame? ”

Song Nan said: "Wronged, when will I not go to your room that night?" It's almost squeezed out of the world, aren't you still working hard? ”

There was silence in the hall, Ye Fanggu, Lu Qingli, and the maids standing on the side all bowed their heads and snickered with red faces, the young master and the young lady are really a pair of living treasures, and they also openly said these things in public, and they said it so explicitly.

Song Nan's old face turned red, and he hurriedly said left and right: "Ahem...... Why haven't you eaten yet? The stomach is growling, come on, hurry up and serve the meal. ”

The maidservants hurriedly acted, and after a while, they served snacks and tea, and Song Nan buried his head in chewing.