Zhu Ming was about to ask for more information, when a young man stood up behind Zheng Fatzi, took out a letter and handed it over: "Village chief." ”

As soon as you hear this title, you know that it is a person from Daming Village.

Zhu Ming opened the letter and read it, and his expression immediately became serious.

This letter, half in Chinese characters, half in pinyin.

The normal content is written in Chinese characters, and the pinyin part is, of course, for confidentiality.

The general situation, Zhu Guoxiang wrote it out, and asked Zhu Ming to wait slowly and not to go to the palace to find him. The main thing is to unify the tone in the letter, and don't show your stuff when asked.

In addition, he also introduced the situation of Daming Village, saying that the county's master book has been completed.

If you have any doubts, you can ask the teenager who sent the letter.

Zhu Ming invited Zheng Hong, Hou Xuan and others into the courtyard to listen to Chen Yuan's lectures, and he took the young man to the study.

The young man who delivered the letter was called Liang Yi, and this name was given by Zhu Guoxiang himself. This person belonged to a fugitive family in the mountains, his parents died, and he followed his uncle to Daming Village.

Because of his cleverness, Liang Yi was chosen by Zhu Guoxiang as his personal entourage, and he usually eats with him, which already has a bit of a taste of Yizi.

Closing the door and making sure that there was no one outside, Zhu Ming asked, "Is my father really not in danger?" ”

Liang Yi said: "Those eunuchs and forbidden troops have already packed up. Xianggong asked Dalang to wait, don't go to see the official's house, one more person enters the palace, and there may be one more variable. ”

"Why did the Zheng brothers and sisters follow?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Liang Yi said: "I don't know, I said that I came to Tokyo to visit relatives." ”

Zhu Ming asked about the situation along the way again, and Liang Yi answered carefully. When he speaks, he is clear and clear, and he also carries his own observation and understanding, and his intelligence is obviously better than Bai Sheng.

No wonder there are so many people in Daming Village, but this young man is favored by Zhu Guoxiang.

Zhu Ming asked, "How old are you?" ”

Liang Yi replied, "Sixteen years old." ”

"How many words have you learned?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Liang Yi said: "I have been learning all the way, and I have recognized four or five hundred words. But there are some words that can only be recognized, but when they write, they forget the strokes. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, I also learned some. ”

After talking to Liang Yi, Zhu Ming said: "Go and invite Zheng Xiaoguan." ”

Liang Yi immediately left the room and quickly brought Zheng Fatzi to him.

Zheng Hong closed the door and hugged his fists with a smile: "Da Lang, long time no see." ”

Zhu Ming said angrily: "Let's say, how can there be another relative of the Zheng family in Tokyo." ”

Zheng Fatzi said: "Isn't Da Lang a relative of my family? ”

"What is the young lady doing?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zheng Fatzi said: "My sister has suffered from lovesickness, and since Da Lang left, she misses it day and night, and she doesn't think about tea and dinner. The elders of the family saw that she was pitiful, so they asked me to send me to Tokyo to meet Dalang. ”

Zhu Ming was silent.

Zheng Hong simply made it clear: "I know that the non-commissioned officer looks down on the businessman, and the young lady will definitely not be able to climb high." I don't want to be a wife, I can be a concubine. ”

Although the father and son of the Zhu family and the Zheng family of Yangzhou are generally mutually beneficial, the affection is still there.

Zhu Ming still owes hundreds of dollars to build three weapons.

It is true that the Zheng family obtains roasted tea technology for free, but they are also helping Daming Village to immigrate every year. When Zhu Guoxiang didn't have enough money and food, the Zheng family also helped transport the grain, and the credit was deducted from the money for buying tea.

Sending his daughter all the way to be a concubine, can Zhu Ming still send it back? So how will Zheng Yuanyi meet people in the future?

Moreover, he was unwilling to even take a concubine, and he clearly looked down on the Zheng family, and the relationship between the two sides would also crack.

Zhu Ming was a little speechless and asked, "Are you going to live in Tokyo?" ”

"It's hard to come here, why don't you have to play for half a year," Zheng Fatzi smiled and took out a gift list, "This is the young lady's makeup." ”

Zhu Ming glanced at it, and saw that it was written: 80 taels of gold, 300 taels of silver, a number of jewelry and lacquerware, seven male and female servants, and 500 stones of rice (directly transported to Daming Village).

If the dowry is heavy enough, the gold and silver alone are worth two or three thousand yuan.

(During the Jingkang period, the Jin people asked for gold and silver, but the Song Dynasty did not have enough spots, so they could only buy it from the people of Tokyo.) At that time, the market price was: 1 tael of gold was equal to 32 guan, and 1 tael of silver was equal to 2 kan 500 wen. At this time, it is slightly cheaper, but 1 tael of gold can also be exchanged for more than 20 copper coins. ）

With so many people coming at once, the rented house is definitely not enough to live in.

I have to go out of the palace with my father, and I can only stay in the guest house for the time being.

Zhu Ming took Zheng Hong out, Zheng Yuanyi and the servants of the Zheng family also followed, and met many people along the way, and from time to time passers-by took the initiative to greet them.

Zheng Yuanyi sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and said, "Brother Zhu, you are so famous in Tokyo, they all call you Tanhualang!" ”

"I was born handsome." Zhu Ming joked.

Zheng Yuanyi said: "The slave also thinks that my brother is handsome. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Why do you call yourself a slave?" ”

Zheng Yuanyi said: "The slave asked the female gentleman of the school, and the gentleman said that the women of the official eunuchs are all called slaves. ”

This is true, regardless of its original meaning, but now "slave" is a fashionable term of humility.

Even the concubines in the palace, as well as the female dependents of the prime minister's family, often call themselves "slaves". Not only in the face of her husband, but even if you meet an elder or an outsider, you can call yourself like this.

The meaning of the word has changed subtly, and it is slightly pampered and likable.

For example, cats are nicknamed "raccoon slaves".

Zhu Ming was too lazy to dwell on the title, so he only said: "My sister will stay in the inn for a few days first, and then move in when I find another house." ”

"The slave knows, my brother doesn't have to worry about it." Zheng Yuanyi said with a smile.

The brother and sister were placed in the inn, and they had dinner with them, and Zhu Ming rode back.

It was almost dark, and when I returned home, I saw Deng Chun and the security team also there.

Zhu Ming asked, "What about my father?" ”

Deng Chun replied: "The prime minister is still in the palace, and we were released by the officials." The palace people only stared at the Ganoderma lucidum, and even black tea and corn sweet potatoes had no chance to be offered to the official family. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "Have you eaten?" ”

Deng Chun said: "I ate it in the palace." ”

Zhu Ming arranged: "Tonight, let's lay the floor in the hall first, and tomorrow I will find a place for you to live." ”

After a few days, Zhu Guoxiang did not leave the palace, but Yin Shengzhang of Kaifeng Mansion came.

This person is not Cai Jing's confidant, and he relied on Zhu Mian to get to the top.

is an incomparably pure villain, whoever is favored by the emperor, Sheng Zhang will come to please whom. And it is exquisite, even if Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong are in a hostile relationship, he can be friends with the two at the same time.

"Zhang, meet Tanhualang!" This goods not only came to the door in person, but also surrendered their identity when they met.

Zhu Ming frowned and said: "Your Excellency is the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, I am just a petty official from the eighth grade, how can I be so bad about the etiquette system?" ”

Sheng Zhang squeezed out a smile: "I admire Tanhualang's talent and learning, as the saying goes, the master is the teacher." Zhang is willing to perform the disciple ceremony, and ask for the use of the Tao day and night. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Didn't Your Excellency say that the study of Taoism is heresy?" ”

"I was not good at academics, and there was a misunderstanding, but now I have understood the truth." Sheng Zhang said.

Zhu Ming didn't want to have a stiff with Kaifeng Mansion Yin, and he inquired clearly, this person in front of him was not a faction, and if he really wanted to define it, he was an opportunistic faction. Zhu Ming smiled: "Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, there is no need to mention the previous things." ”

Sheng Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had eyeliner in the palace and knew how favored Zhu Guoxiang was.

And he had a conflict with Zhu Ming, in case Zhu Guoxiang said a few bad words, his future would be ruined!

A few days later, Sheng Zhang heard that the emperor was looking for land and wanted to give Zhu Guoxiang a mansion, but Zhu Guoxiang refused.

Sheng Zhang immediately seized the opportunity to curry favor with both the emperor and Zhu Guoxiang.

He asked to enter the palace to face the saint, waited for three or four days in a row, and was finally recruited by the eunuch to Yanfu Palace.

"Why are you a thief?" Song Huizong scolded with a smile.

Sheng Zhang cheekily said: "The minister has not seen the official family for many days, and he misses it very much, just to see the face of the sky, and he can sleep tonight." ”

Song Huizong laughed: "The mouth is very sweet, like smeared with honey." ”

Sheng Zhang can be favored, purely by virtue of demolition.

No matter where the emperor or important ministers want to demolish, Sheng Zhang can do it properly, and there has been no trouble because of forced demolition.

He and Zhu Mian are a perfect match, one is responsible for demolishing houses in Tokyo, and the other is transporting building materials from Jiangnan.

Sheng Zhang patted his ass for a while, and casually mentioned: "The official family, Zhuang Xiaomingyi's mansion has been abandoned for many years. Now that there is a shortage of housing in Tokyo, the Imperial Mansion should also be used, I wonder what arrangements the official family has? ”

Song Huizong immediately remembered the princess and said in surprise: "Has her mansion been empty?" ”

Sheng Zhang replied, "It's always empty." ”

Zhuang Xiaomingyi is the eldest emperor Ji, the daughter of Song Renzong, the princess of Yanguo.

Song Renzong likes this daughter the most, when he got married, he used hundreds of thousands of yuan to build the princess's mansion, and the princess's monthly pocket money was 1,000 yuan.

Moreover, Li Wei is not only a relative of the emperor, but also versatile, and his calligraphy can be called the first in the world.

seems to be a talented and beautiful marriage, but it is actually a tragedy.

Because Princess Yanguo belongs to Yan Kong, she dislikes the horse for being too ugly, and has repeatedly asked for a divorce. After injuring his mother-in-law, he ran back to the palace at night and asked the guards to open the palace gate at night.

Anyway, it's been a lot of trouble for several years, and the whole city knows about it.

The concubine and the princess could only live separately, and the concubine was thrown away to become a local official, and the princess still did not want to live outside. She set fire to the princess's mansion and burned down several houses, then moved back to the palace and died of illness in her thirties.

Song Huizong was particularly fond of Li Wei's calligraphy and painting, and even after decades, he was still deeply impressed by this event.

Song Huizong said: "Since it has been abandoned, it will be renovated and given to Mr. Tongsuan (Zhu Guoxiang)." I'll leave it to you. ”

"Obey the order!" Sheng Zhang was overjoyed, and finally showed his face in front of the emperor again.

How can it be deserted?

There are also children and grandchildren of the horses!

Sheng Zhang received the emperor's order, and led people to rush to the Yanguo Princess's Mansion: "The official family has an order, and you must move out within three days." Otherwise, don't live in the Emperor's Mansion, and go to sleep in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion! ”

It is easier to bully the descendants of the horses than to bully the examiners.

Because the princess dislikes the concubine for being too ugly, she hasn't slept together a few times, and the children and grandchildren left by the concubine are all concubines born to concubines.

When the princess died of illness, the emperor didn't give the horse a good face, and the mix has always been miserable.

After the death of the horse, the situation deteriorated, and his descendants were only given a petty official of grace.

Facing the menacing Kaifeng Mansion Yin, and with the imperial order, where do these people dare to resist.

Sheng Zhang said again: "Slaves stay! ”

So, the slave was left to Zhu Guoxiang, and the family of more than a dozen people wept and wept, and moved away with the few remaining goods.

The whole thing was done, and it didn't even attract much attention, because the presence of the horse's descendants was too low.

Dean Zhu has a mansion, worth hundreds of thousands!

This big family, more than a dozen people, some old and some young, inquired about Zhu Ming's residence, and actually ran to cry and beg.

"Tanhualang, Ling Zun is going to live in the Emperor's Mansion, and he has to give a few money to buy a house!"

Song Renzong's son-in-law's son-in-law, who was already in his fifties, knelt in front of Zhu Ming and cried.

Zhu Tanhua looked confused.

(End of chapter)