The beginning of the first month of spring.

Outside Jinling City, the spring is still cold, but the cold winter has ended, and the weather is warmer.

In the spring, the endless green seedlings in the fields began to grow faster.

Hu Hanshan did not go to Tongjimen on this day, and followed his father Hu Weiyong to Jiangning County on the outskirts of Jinling.

Paste spring cattle, hit spring cattle.

to persuade ploughing.

The Jiangning County Ya had already hired a paper maker to tie the skeleton of a spring cow with bamboo strips and make a cow leg out of spring wood.

Paste on red and yellow paper, the five grains will be abundant that year, paste on black paper, and the grain harvest of the year will not be good.

Hu Weiyong and other satin bat-patterned official sedan chairs arrived in Jiangning County, and a spring cow with a lot of red and yellow paper had been painted.

Jiangning Zhixian and the third class and the sixth room were already waiting in the wide space by the stage, and the incense case was set.

Hu Weiyong got off the satin bat-patterned official sedan chair and walked to the vicinity of the spring cow.

The officials and people of Jiangning County immediately bowed: "Meet Prime Minister Zuo." ”

Hu Weiyong's serious old face did not change at all, and made a false gesture to signal the officials and people of Jiangning County to get up.

Then pick up a large brush and give the spring cow the finishing touch.

Chun Niu nodded his eyes, and the paste Chun Niu was completely completed.

Hu Weiyong led all the officials and people to worship in front of the incense case, praying for a bumper harvest of grains in the year.

After the end of the paste, Hu Weiyong took the officials to the spring shed on the edge of the official field outside the county.

There is a mulberry wood as a bone in the spring shed, and the clay sculpture spring cow is molded.

Hu Weiyong picked up the whip, and in the lively atmosphere of the people in the county, he smashed the spring cow with a 'pop' and 'pop'.

"Harvest of grains!"

"There must be a good harvest this year."

"I heard that the one who personally beat the spring cow is Prime Minister Zuo, and this year will definitely be a bumper harvest."

There are layers of people around Huhan Mountain, and there is no end in sight for the common people, and the harvest atmosphere is very strong.

The common people are celebrating and lively, and everywhere is full of the auspicious spring of the beginning of spring.

Hu Hanshan did not have much peaceful spring in his heart, and numbly followed his father Hu Weiyong to participate in various customs of Lichun.

It will be the 11th year of Hongwu after the beginning of spring, and there will only be one year and nine months left before the 'Hu Weiyong case' in September next year.

In addition, this time I came to Jiangning County, and all the Hou of the Hu Party came.

Yan'an Hou Tang Shengzong, Ji'an Hou Lu Zhongheng, Runan Hou Mei Sizu, Xingyang Hou Zheng Yuchun, Yongjia Hou Zhu Liangzu, Henan Hou Lu Ju......

No wonder the 'Hu Weiyong case' will be set off next year, and any emperor will feel numb in his scalp when he sees so many marquis with heavy troops forming a party.

Hu Hanshan's scalp was numb even more than that of the emperor, he was wearing a thick satin jacket, and his hands and feet were cold.

The only consolation is that Fu Youde, one of the two marquis masters with the most in the old department, did not follow.

Hu Hanshan used "Six Worlds and Three Tibets" to put it on the staggered, and the effect was remarkable, which made Fu Youde and Hu Weiyong have a dislike.

Although he did not explicitly say that he had severed relations with the Hu Party, he had been reduced from a close friend of the marriage to not having much contact.

Persuasion is not a celebration banquet, so many marquis gathered together for state affairs, or the most important spring ploughing for the Ming Dynasty.

There are a lot of brocade guards among the people, but they are only responsible for supervision.

Hu Hanshan numbly followed his father Hu Weiyong to finish the cultivation of Lichun, and went back in a satin bat-patterned official sedan chair.

On the way back, there was only one thought.

Lie flat.

Swing rotten.

rushed back to Prime Minister Zuo's official residence, in addition to Hu Weiyong, Hu Hanshan, father and son, and Zhang Youwen, the head of the household in Jiangning County.

Hu Weiyong, as the left prime minister of Zhengyipin, brought a Xu official from the county government who was not even a nine-grade official to take charge of the case, which must have some deep meaning.

Hu Weiyong just said: "My father has already told Your Majesty that in the next period of time, you will repair the pipe ditch." ”

After speaking, Hu Weiyong prepared to rush to the palace.

Before leaving, Hu Weiyong said one more thing: "Do this well, and as a father, you can be transferred from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division by virtue of your political achievements, and go to Jin Wuwei to do a job, and you can sit in the position of Jin Wuwei's commander after a period of qualifications." ”

Jin Wuwei commanded the envoy?!

Hu Hanshan had not yet recovered from the misery of the Hu Party having so many marquis, and heard that his father Hu Weiyong was going to arrange for him to go to Jin Wuwei as a commander.

Completely numb.

This is forcing Emperor Hongwu to kill people quickly.

It is estimated that as soon as he was transferred from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to Jin Wuwei, the 'Hu Weiyong case' will be set off, and there is no need to wait until September next year.

However, the repair of the pipe ditch was hand-picked by Emperor Hongwu, and he had to go without it.

Hu Hanshan could only choose to rot.

When Zuo Prime Minister Hu Weiyong left the official residence, Zhang Youwen was a small official, and he was not stage frightened at all.

Zhang Youwen bowed his hand without humility or arrogance: "Hu Xiaoqi, let's go to Dazhong Bridge to inspect the situation of the pipe ditch, and then discuss how to repair it." ”

As a small official in the county government, he should grovel and flatter.

Zhang Youwen didn't say anything flattering, nor did he have a guarantee of boasting, showing his ability in front of Prime Minister Zuo's eldest son.

Seize the opportunity of the only carp to jump over the dragon gate and permanently become the master of the eldest son of Prime Minister Zuo.

Zhang Youwen's humility and pragmatism aroused Hu Hanshan's appreciation, no wonder Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of Zuo, would bring over a household case that was not in the stream.

For the time being, he became the master of Hu Hanshan's side to plan and deal with the matter of repairing the pipe ditch, instead of selecting from many Hu Party officials.

Hu Hanshan took Zhang Youwen to Dazhong Bridge, and this time the repair of the pipe ditch was mainly based on Dazhong Bridge.

Zhang Youwen walked down from the ox cart and looked at the blue brick and black tile houses on both sides of Jinling Avenue.

After carefully observing for a long time, Zhang Youwen shook his head: "In front of the houses in Daming County, official ditches have been built in accordance with regulations, which is often referred to as pipe ditches. ”

"It is used to drain water and ensure the cleanliness of the prefecture and county."

Zhang Youwen pointed to the nearby houses and introduced them attentively: "Please look here, these eaves that extend outward are called virtual eaves and cloak eaves, and they must be used as the line of the official ditch, and they cannot be crossed over the official ditch."

Otherwise, the official ditch will be blocked.

After the rainy season, the official ditch cannot be drained, and the waterway is impassable, and there will be a sudden increase in the street.

Eventually, it caused waterlogging in the prefecture and county. ”

Hu Hanshan understood his father Hu Weiyong's intention to let him repair the pipe ditch, which was indeed a good policy that benefited officials.

But most of the houses on both sides of the street are the residences of ordinary people, and the second and third courtyards where the officials live are in the back.

As long as the demolition of these houses is indeed beneficial to the officials, the people of the city will suffer and become homeless.

Hu Hanshan couldn't help but say: "Jinling was built as early as the Eastern Wu period, and it has gone through so many dynasties of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties. ”

"The encroachment on the pipe ditch was not done by the people of the Ming Dynasty, but now they are asked to bear it, which is really unreasonable."