Chapter 159: The Son of Heaven is not at home
Jiangnan beautiful land, Jinling Imperial Prefecture. With green water, Zhu Lou was handed up. Fly the road and weeping poplars in the ditch. The wings are covered high, and the drums are stacked to send the Chinese wheel. Dedicated to the PTZ watch, the fame can be received. Fun Cabinet
Bao Yuanqian stood at the head of the small boat, and the middle stream was on the Qinhuai River. He listened to the thousands of sails fighting for the crossing, the voices of people coming and going, and the water flowing. He felt this situation in his heart, and couldn't help but think of Xie Wei's song of entering the court.
Listening to the sound of the slender man's shouting mixed with the rippling rapids, coupled with the laughter and leisure of the winter tourists, the spring snow and the lower riba people are mixed into a picture of a hundred scenes in the south of the Yangtze River. He stared at the Qinhuai River, which flows into the rolling Yangtze River, and the land of wind and flowers in the south of the Yangtze River at the beginning is completely different from the border pass covered with yellow sand and the bitter cold Saibei.
As soon as Qin Huai arrived, he had already exhausted his rough beard. He already has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a strong body, and he is not half bookish, and his face is even more resolute.
He tied his hair with a scarf, and although he was dressed in a moon-white cloth robe, he was clean and tidy. Standing on the Qinhuai River, the river breeze blows, his clothes are fluttering, his spirit is flying, and he can also pull the attention of others from time to time.
After Bao Yuanqian studied Zhang Sanfeng's method of easy bone and marrow, he was not only good at martial arts, but his demeanor and temperament had quietly changed. Grinding outside the plug, several degrees of life and death made him have no time to take care of the details, and now in this land of wind and snow in the south of the Yangtze River, he cleaned up a little This temperament and look are very different from when Saibei.
Looking at the young girl who is just beginning to fall in love on both sides of the strait, the merry scribe and the chivalrous man who is a fencing man. However, his current mood is not on these people, he took a boat to visit Qinhuai Fengyue, his mind was not on the scene, but he was thinking about the experience of these days.
His party took the true seal from the north to the south, broke the rebellion in Shanxi Xingdu Division and defeated the southern invasion of Alutai, and became his recommendation under the recommendation of Wu Gao to be summoned to Chaoying Tianfu.
However, although the merit has been established, many questions are still in his mind. Not to mention anything else, this civil and military party struggle alone is enough for him to have a headache. Although he learned from the history books that the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty was fierce, after all, it was shallow on paper. After being told by Wu Gao in this position, he personally felt that he was already a person in the bureau.
He is a person of later generations, so he naturally understands that the party struggles in this Yongle period revolve around the prince. Most of the civilian clique is princeling, with the prince Zhu Gaochi as their own interests, and they support the prince in an attempt to gain political capital.
The military generals and nobles group mostly supported the Han king Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaochu had many military exploits at the time of the Jingjing, and was already the leader of the newly promoted Xungui group. Since the generals regard civilian officials as enemies, they naturally cannot sit idly by and watch Zhu Gaochi, who is a reverent of literature, take the position, and it is reasonable to support Zhu Gaochu.
Wu Gao let him choose his own path after entering the court, and handed over the choice to him. It stands to reason that he himself offended Ji Gang, and he knew that Zhu Gaochi would succeed him in the future, so he should immediately fall to the civil official unconditionally.
But others are soft-spoken, but they also know that the party is fierce, and they fall to the civil and military forces in a hurry but without weight, and they are sacrificed pawns on either side. Even though Zhu Gaochi will inevitably win in the future, he will still need to fight fiercely for so many years before he wins, and these struggles will naturally sacrifice many people, and he cannot guarantee that he will not become a pawn in the struggle for reserve and sacrifice like Xie Jin.
So along the way, he decided to wait and see what happened, first figure out which force is more suitable for him, and it is best to wait for the price to sell. Otherwise, it will become the unlucky solution, even if the civil official wins, it will be his own business! People die and birds are facing the sky, who will remember whom?
After all, he has no limitations of the times, who is the prince, he doesn't care about his mission at all, let alone who he is loyal to, he just needs to grab benefits in the two groups of people and strengthen himself to climb up.
The second is the unpredictable Zhou Wuxian, who is crucial to the rebellion of Shanxi Xingdu Division. If Wu Gao hadn't rushed back to Datong that night, I'm afraid it would have caused a catastrophe.
He originally thought that this week's hateless must collude with that Liang Cha, and this time it would inevitably be cleaned up. However, in the days before leaving, this Wu Gao told himself that Zhou Wuxian was unharmed and was not arrested by Jinyiwei.
Even this week, after Arutai withdrew from the mouth of the tiger, he intercepted the Tatar rout army again outside the Saiwai and made some contributions. This news can make the second monk Bao Yuan Qianzhang puzzled, this Liang Cha actually said that there was no Zhou Wuhate in the vote under torture?
It's not him this week
Dad, how could he be reluctant to confess, the only reason is that it was just a coincidence that Zhou Wuxian asked Liang Cha to transfer troops this week, which shows that Zhou Wuxian had nothing to do with this rebellion, but just happened to find out the movement of Arutai outside the Saiwai and came to Datong to transfer troops.
This also explains why when Arutai was defeated, Zhou Wuxian still beat the water dog outside the plug. If he had conspired with Arutai, he would never have acted in this way. I want to beat my allies to clear my name, and I am not afraid that Arutai will be angry and shake him out, so this week without hatred should not be Liang Cha's accomplice.
It's just that... This week's hateless behavior is unreasonable, but now even Jin Yiwei can't find evidence, and Liang Cha hasn't confessed, but he has picked up a credit.
This week, Bao Yuanqian left a heart to relieve the siege of Suzhou, and on the same day, the beacon fire in Hexi was cut off, and even the reinforcements from Ganzhou, the capital of Xingdu, did not arrive, and Zhou Wuxian, who was fighting in Horsehair Mountain in Liangzhou, actually came?
In addition, in Helin, who did Ali get in touch with when he went south in The Hague and learned about the fake envoy? In the past, he didn't care about it, but now that these three things are linked, he always feels that this Zhou Wuxian is too unpredictable and unpredictable.
It seems that this person is extremely well-informed, and no matter what he does, he can be one step ahead of others and get out of the way. However, since he was not caught, it was inconvenient for him to associate this person with the Warat Tatars.
After all, now that he has entered the court, he really has no intention of worrying about a big man who is far away.
He recalled that day, as soon as the holy decree was issued, they and their entourage went non-stop, dragging their families and the Zhongshu people to the south to Yingtianfu.
There is a saying that the emperor calls people to three watches, who dares to keep people? Since it was a holy decree, they could not delay, they went all the way south from Datong City, crossed the Yellow River through Taiyuan and Mengjin, and passed through Luoyang Kaifeng all the way to the southeast.
Along the way, there are fast horses galloping, and fast horses are ready early at every post station. They don't know how many horses they have changed along the way, although the mountains and rivers are beautiful along the way, the rivers and mountains are magnificent.
However, when he went to the site of the battlefield where the north and the south were still fighting a few months ago, Bao Yuanqian could still accidentally see the bones of the two armies that had not been cleaned up, the remaining arrowheads, and the rusty armor soldiers that had long been eroded by the wind and rain on the side.
The innocent people whose fields and homes had been destroyed by the road collapsed from starvation before they could be comforted. This made Bao Yuanqian see it in his eyes and realize it in his heart.
Zhang Yanghao's sentence that the people are suffering, and the people are suffering will be so profound that they can be experienced. The successful emperor will share the interests in the capital and enjoy the glory, while the innocent Li Shu who has nothing to return to because of his soldiers is still waiting to be fed.
Regardless of the rise and fall of dynasties, they are all made up of countless dry bones stacked on top of each other. This is true in troubled times, and even more so in the so-called prosperous times.
The scholar in this middle school is called Xiao Yi, who is not a few years older than himself, but he is "dignified and righteous" and meticulous.
And Bao Yuanqian's journey this way, the most important thing is silver. Although they don't deliberately flatter, they do just right the food and clothing of dozens of people.
Along the way, Bao Yuanqian and Jiang Wei were slightly tempted, but Xiao Yi refused to move out. But though he didn't accept it, the eyeball never took his eye off the silver.
Bao Yuanqian is a veteran of favors, so he bought some inkstones along the way and gave them to Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi felt that the weight of these inkstones was quite heavy, and when she opened them in private, she saw that they were all broken silver stuffed with white flowers.
Though the silver is broken, it is greater than the quantity.
The next day, the two met, and they pretended that nothing had happened and continued on their way. However, this Xiao Yi's attitude is a lot of enthusiasm, and money can make ghosts grind. This literati is just like this, and he will not accept it directly. But if you want to change the way of "Sven", people will be happy.
He is a seven-grade civil official, and he is naturally meager. But there is the so-called "literati style" baggage, even if there is none, then you have to pretend to have it. Don't pretend? Sorry, then you are an outlier and will be ostracized.
Therefore, this civil official who is greedy for money must also pay attention to the way and the way. If you can be meticulous, you have to be meticulous.
However, this bag of yuan Qian's small money is used, and this big reason comes up. This principle of eating people with soft mouths and short hands is easy to use in ancient and modern times.
Xiao Yi thought that she wouldn't be able to get any oil and water this time, but she didn't want Bao Yuanqian to be so generous, she just felt that this person looked informal, but he was a Ling
Longxin. After a long time, he naturally got closer to him, and told Bao Yuanqian a lot of anecdotes about the rules of the Beijing master along the way.
Only then did Bao Yuanqian learn from Xiao Yi that this recommendation of talents had started as early as a few days after Zhu Di entered Nanjing. This Zhu Di is vigorous and resolute, and since he has ascended the throne, he is in full swing to select and replace officials.
As the months have passed, near the end of the year, in fact, the matter of recommending talents has almost come to an end. The talents recommended by these localities have also been assigned official posts according to their abilities, and they have been employed step by step.
It stands to reason that Bao Yuanqian and his party are not qualified to be recommended to the DPRK again. However, because of Datong's military exploits, he was unusually called into Beijing, which Bao Yuanqian never expected.
After they crossed the Yangtze River from Yangzhou, they arrived at Yingtianfu in just one day.
Ying Tianfu City meandered, the magnificence made Bao Yuanqian, who had seen the remnants of the city wall in later generations, also feel amazed, the kind of delicate and delicate with Jiangnan but not lacking its due heaviness, the sense of simplicity came to the face.
The dragon of Tianfu is entrenched, facing the Yangtze River in the west and the towering Purple Mountain in the east. Xuanwu Lake and Mochou Lake run through the eight rivers of Qinhuai, pass through the city and enter the Yangtze River. Covered Zhou Mountain, Jilong Mountain, and Lion Mountain are dotted among them, and the urban layout is dotted with dots and luxury. Thousands of sails compete for the crossing, and hundreds of boats compete for the current. Sitting on the river and leaning on the mountain, the king of Jinling is full of energy.
Xiao Yi led people to enter from the Taiping Gate, where the wealthy families gathered, but deliberately avoided the Jubaomen, where artisans and civilians gathered in the south, with the intention of trying to be auspicious.
He placed Bao Yuanqian and his party in the official restaurant near Xuanjin Bridge and entered the palace to ask for an order, but when he came back, he brought a news that surprised everyone.
coincided with the beginning of the new year, Zhu Di went north to Fengyang to worship his ancestors!
Only then did Bao Yuanqian understand what it meant that the emperor was not in a hurry, and the eunuch was in a hurry. I was afraid of losing the emperor's face, so I hurried all the way to Yingtianfu, but was informed that the emperor was not at home!
It was already the beginning of the first year of Yongle, and they ignored the time all the way, only to feel that the weather was getting colder and colder.
It's just that since Zhu Di is not in Yingtianfu, they have no other way but to wait. However, Xiao Yi received a lot of benefits, comforted a few people, and said that Fengyang's return to heaven was only ten days and a half months, so let them wait. If Zhu Di turned around, he would be the first to inform them, only so that they could wander around these days and appreciate the folk customs of Jiangnan.
"Da Bao, it's inconvenient for this Ben Ya to be by my side, but I have my own thoughts." As soon as Lu Gangfeng settled down, he found Bao Yuanqian and Jiang Wei.
Lu Gangfeng was a little silent along the way, and Bao Yuanqian naturally noticed it.
Bao Yuanqian also knew that this Ya Li was so similar to himself, and he only wore a cloak along the way, and Rao was also asked by Xiao Yi a few times. Although this Yashili is his own hole card, but now... I'm afraid it's too early to tell.
"What are your plans?"
Lu Gangfeng thought about it again and again, "Anyway, the Son of Heaven hasn't returned for a few days, I'll rent a small mansion to take care of this guy, and you can also put your female dependents in the middle, so you don't have to be tied."
Bao Yuanqian said in his heart that he was reasonable, but in this way...
Lu Gangfeng understood Bao Yuanqian's thoughts, so he smiled and said, "I, Lu Gangfeng, have no intention of making a name for myself, and I went north specifically for the sake of bad Deng and Li. Now that they have failed to get the true seal, they deserve it. But you and my brother have already experienced life and death, and have made a vow, how can I leave alone."
He took a long breath and said with relief: "You can go to the palace to be rewarded, I don't like fame and fortune, but I can take care of the aftermath for you." In the future, it will be inconvenient for you to be trapped in officialdom, and I can help you figure it out when you need some market news."
"You really don't want this fame?" Although Bao Yuanqian understood that what he said was true, he just felt that it was a pity for him to let go.
Lu Gangfeng nodded solemnly, "I was raised by Aunt Sun, and I wanted to be filial in a small place, but I didn't have this opportunity. For today the earth is alone, and there is no one but your brothers. I'm not interested in being an official, it's better to live happily with a few of you in this Ying Tianfu."
Bao Yuanqian wanted to dissuade him, but Jiang Wei stabilized him. When Bao Yuanqian saw Jiang Wei's expression, he also knew that he couldn't be forced, and they also needed one now
Personally dealing with Benjamin's loss and his daughter.
When Wu Gao played, he only mentioned the names of Bao and Jiang, and the rest of them became his subordinates, which can be summed up in one word, and now that Lu Gangfeng has left, it is easy to explain.
Seeing that Lu Gangfeng had made up his mind, Bao Yuanqian also found a rented house through Fluttershy within a few days to place the female dependents with the unsightly Benjamin.
Now Bao Yuanqian is standing in the Qinhuai River with a lot of thoughts, but because too many things have happened in these days, and it has been half a month since he arrived at Yingtianfu, and he is still facing all the unknowns.
"What are you thinking?" Seeing that Bao Yuanqian was in a hurry, Jiang Wei at the stern of the boat came over and asked.
Today, the two of them had nothing to do, so they took a boat to visit the coast of Qinhuai.
Bao Yuanqian pulled out of his thoughts, looked at Jiang Wei, who looked more like a man in white on the side, and said, "Old Jiang, you said that this Zhu... What kind of officials will the Holy One give us?"
Jiang Wei shook his head and said, "The mind of the Son of Heaven, who can guess? Maybe I'll send you an idle job."
Bao Yuan Qianle said, "Don't talk about that military feat, just say it..." He gestured to the appearance of the jade seal, "Just say it's this thing, don't give Bao Ye me a marquis?" No matter how bad it is, it has to be a first-class or second-class ***! Hmph, when you see me, it's not as simple as calling General Bao, then you have to call me Master Hou!"
Jiang Weilang laughed, and only said after a while, "Maybe."
"Shhhhhh
When Bao Yuanqian arrived in Jiangnan, he remembered Luo Guanzhong and Old Man Luo. After a farewell of more than half a year, now when I go to Jiangnan, I can go to meet Mr. Luo.
Just as the two of them were traveling in a boat, they saw a boat coming towards them, and it seemed to be carried by the current, and it hit their small boat upright.
"Be careful!!"
"Jean!!"
When the boatman saw the incoming boat, he couldn't help but quickly turn the head of the boat, for fear that the two boats would collide.
Although the Qinhuai River is not as turbulent as the Yangtze River, it is also a big river, if the two boats collide and sink in the cold winter, it is very easy to be swept away by the river regardless of whether the water will be swept away.
But the boat came down the river, and it was so fast that it was too late for the boatman to turn.
Seeing that the two boats were about to collide, Bao Yuanqian kicked up a boat with one kick and reached out with both arms to resist the rushing boat.
The boat was not big, but it was not light. In addition, the momentum is extremely fast, ordinary people want to hold it, and no one wants to think about it. But Bao Yuanqian's poking out of the boat was still stubbornly resisted the menacing boat, and Jiang Wei was slightly surprised by Bao Yuanqian's strength.
However, due to inertia, a person on the opposite boat was blown out of the bow of the boat and rushed straight into Bao Yuanqian's boat.
The man was short in stature, rolled round and rolled over, and frightened himself, "My mother-in-law, uncle, scared the little old man to death! I'm scared to death!"