The nineteenth year of Yongle, that is, 1421 A.D., was an extraordinary year.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yongle officially moved its capital to Shuntian, and Shuntian began its 600-year career as the imperial capital of China.

After that, Yongle ordered Zheng He to go to the West for the sixth time. Then, after experiencing the palace fire incident, he sent 26 people including Jian Yi and Chen Yuan to inspect the world.

The Forbidden City, the apse, it is difficult to get out of the sun, the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji supported the imperial grandfather, took a walk in the back garden, and Wang Zhen and other small yellow doors followed behind.

After walking for a while, Zhu Di began to gasp. He asked, "I have sent Jian Yi, Chen Yuan, and others to inspect the world, and they all set off." ”

Zhu Zhanji replied: "Yes, they have already set off, Grandpa Huang, the news from Shandong has been very unfavorable recently, Chen Yuan went to Shandong, I am afraid that things are very tricky." ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Yes, alas, Shandong is not peaceful, there have been accidents year after year, and the people are panicked, if I am ten years younger, I will not rely on them." ”

Zhu Zhanji said complimentingly: "Grandpa Huang, you are not old, you see, you just opened the bow of two hundred loads!" ”

Zhu Di smiled, stood up straight to rest, and Zhu Zhanji helped his grandfather to sit down on a stool. Zhu Di was sweating, then turned sideways slightly, and asked, "Has Li Qi arrived in the Hanlin Academy?" ”

Zhu Zhanji replied: "It's already here, wait outside." ”

Zhu Di waved his hand: "Let him come in." ”

After a while, Li Qi came in, knelt down and said: "Minister Li Qi, see Your Majesty My Emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

"Get up." Zhu Di smiled, "I called you here because I asked you to do something." ”

"The wind is from the dragon, the cloud is from the tiger, Your Majesty only has to command, and the minister will never give up."

Li Qi's life is handsome, he talks endlessly, calm and calm, Zhu Zhanji is very happy to hear it.

Zhu Di said: "Recently, Tatar is about to move, and I have given a lot of rewards to Dehuan, but this person has wolf ambitions, and he has come to report at the border pass, and this person has conspired with Warat many times, but I have just moved the capital and am not well prepared, so you and the imperial grandson will send an envoy to Tatar to stabilize him for a few months, do you dare to go?" ”

Li Qi was excited, the emperor finally saw his talent, I must prove that he is stronger than Chen Yuan, he said loudly: "The minister must not disgrace the mission, I am willing to rely on the minister's three-inch tongue, know it with affection, move it with reason, and must let Tuohuan know the injustice of starting a war, my Ming Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, give them a horse, the best way for them is to surrender to the Ming Dynasty forever, if you want to disagree and invade my Ming territory, although it is far away, it will be punished." ”

"Okay." Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered some essentials to let him go down.

After Li Qi left, Zhu Di asked people to bring the secret music, picked up two copies, and gently rubbed them with his old palm, which was the music of Wu Cheng of the Northwest Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

Zhu Zhanji, the imperial grandson, saw that his grandfather looked unhappy, and hurriedly said: "These Rong Di, how can they not be fed, for thousands of years, no one can really make the border safe and sound, the imperial grandfather does not need to blame himself, but also to focus on the country, don't hurt your body......"

Zhu Di glanced at him deeply, smiled faintly, threw the two secret pieces aside, and said gloomily: "Tian Khan can only maintain peace in the north for ten years......

Zhu Di's body shook every once in a while. Zhu Zhanji hurriedly asked people to bring a blanket, stepped forward to unfold the blanket for his grandfather and draped it on his body, but the sun was even more dazzling, Zhu Di muttered: "I have always liked the north, but now, even the early summer in the north is so difficult, I am old, I am really old......"

"Grandpa?"

Zhu Di was wrapped tightly in the quilt, and at this moment, he was no different from an ordinary old man who was weak and afraid of cold, and suddenly asked Zhu Zhanji: "By the way, what do you think of this Li Qi?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said without thinking: "He has a moderate demeanor in advance and retreat, is knowledgeable from the past and the present, and is quite elegant, and he is really a rare young talent." ”

Zhu Di smiled.

Zhu Zhanji was puzzled: "Grandpa Huang, isn't what your grandson said right?" ”

Zhu Di said solemnly: "If you want to be a king, you must learn to look at people and use people, these years, you are by my side, and you have also learned seven, seven, eight, eight, this Li Qi, you can dance and write, but it is exaggerated, it cannot be used, you must remember it in the future." ”

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji replied in a low voice, a little disagreeing in his heart, feeling that the emperor's grandfather was too worried, Li Qi is a thousand miles of horses, and he will be of great use in the future.

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"Your Excellency!"

"Ahh Master Qiu! ”

Li Xiangzheng, the political envoy of Shandong, was holding a concubine who took advantage of the famine and bought it back for almost no penny, and he was busy in the living room, ugly, and Master Qiu walked in. Li Xiang shouted while teasing the woman.

The origin of the master began in the early Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Yuanzhang's quota for the officials of the yamen was too small, and the government affairs were busy, and the officials were not busy at all, plus most of these officials were born in peasants, rarely read, and could not understand the text of government decrees, let alone write = write with the imperial court.

Therefore, he began to pay for his own money to hire a literati, called Shiye, as his own shogunate, to handle the trivial matters of money and food for himself, especially the official correspondence between the upper and lower levels. This kind of atmosphere was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty, when Zhang Zhidong wrote to the imperial court and asked for closure, and the industry of master completely disappeared.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the master was still very respected by the owner, and sometimes, for some of the more famous and capable guests, the owner even politely regarded himself as humble. There are Master Criminal, Master Qiangu, Master Song, Master Shuqi, Master Zhengbi and Master Registration, etc., which are in charge of different aspects.

Mrs. Qiu reads a lot, has a high reputation, is good at giving advice, and is a famous criminal master, and is very highly regarded by Li Xiangqi.

Li Xiang invited Master Qiu to sit down, and said with a smile: "Master, you came to me, is there anything important?" ”

Mr. Qiu was nearly fifty years old, with a small beard, a sparkling face, and a pair of bright eyes full of worry: "Dong Weng, the news from the imperial court has come that Lord Qin is coming to inspect Shandong, does Dong Weng know?" ”

Li Xiang smiled and said: "Haha, Master Lou turned out to be here for this, it's okay, it's okay!" ”

He said triumphantly: "So that's what I said, I got the news five days ago, hahaha-"

Qiu Fuzi looked solemn, and when he finished laughing, he asked, "Why is Dong Weng so calm?" ”

Li Xiang said: "My master! It's Chen Yuan, don't you understand? ”

Qiu Fuzi said suspiciously: "Dong Weng, I really don't understand!" ”

Lord Li asked the concubine to pick up the teacup and feed herself tea, and when she put the teacup down, she smiled and said: "Lord Chen, who doesn't know, although he is a Qincha, he only took the treatment of a fourth-grade official, and he has no real power, and there is also a foreigner Chen Xun, a sesame official, who brought two servants, so what about us!" ”

"Oh?"

He said mysteriously: "I received a secret letter yesterday, and the scholar Liu has already thought of a way to deal with it, Master, do you understand this time?" ”

Qiu Fuzi said: "What does Dong Weng mean that Lord Liu already has a countermeasure?" ”

Li Xiang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Exactly, haha, Master, you don't have to worry about the sky!" ”

Qiu Fuzi said: "My lord, in any case, the situation in Shandong should not be optimistic, the old man specially inquired, this Qin cha pacified Annan, and escaped death in the hands of my Shandong White Lotus Sect, before the imperial army was defeated, the White Lotus Sect disappeared overnight, the old man thought that he was inseparable from Chen Yuan, but unfortunately there was no evidence." For the sake of the King of Han, we have repeatedly reported the disaster, but we have given all the silver we have obtained to the King of Han as military funds, and the people are hungry.

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, and his expression was a little hesitant: "Master Lou, you mean ......?"

Qiu Fuzi said sincerely: "When Dong Weng is in office, he must be exquisite in all directions and not leak. Although it is for the king of Han, but in the huge place of Shandong, there are still many princes' henchmen, if there are three or two small people, we can suppress it, but these prince's henchmen are different, in case someone sues you for the black state, Chen Yuan will get to the bottom of it, many people have been planted in Chen Yuan's hands, my lord, I have to guard against it. ”

Li Xiang's eyes purred, and he twisted his beard and asked, "Then according to the will of the master, what should the official do?" ”

Qiu Fuzi smiled, leaned forward, and said in a low voice: "Open the warehouse and release grain!" ”

Master Li was stunned: "Huh? Putting grain? ”

Qiu Fuzi bowed his head and said: "Yes, putting grain, in this way, there are several benefits." First, the people can be angry and avoid disaster! Second, you can appease the officials of the prince of Shandong, lest someone sue your lord for your black state! Third, we have reported the disaster so many times, and the imperial court has allocated relief food five times, if we don't release grain once, the people will sue with a big lawsuit, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it! As long as we open a warehouse, open a porridge shed, open how many places, and how many meters are applied, isn't it up to us to have the final say? ”

Master Li's eyes lit up, and he was moved by Qiu Fuzi's words.

"As long as the adults open the warehouse and release grain, not only will they have a good official reputation, but they will appease the officials and the people, and the account will be wiped clean, and there will be no grain in the warehouse? It's wow! Hehe, the homeless people come and go, even if he is standing here, who can tell how much rice they have eaten, and how many of the victims who have eaten rice here have gone elsewhere? This confused account will never be cleared, let's settle it once and for all, and there will be no more troubles! ”

Master Li blinked, patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, you have thought it through, Master Qiu, let's put the grain, on the one hand, to confuse Qincha, and secondly, to implement Lord Liu's plan." ”