Real estate in Tokyo changes hands very frequently, just like land in the countryside, because it was all too common in the Northern Song Dynasty to change from rich to poor.

For example, Xue Juzheng, the prime minister of the early Song Dynasty, was listed as one of the "Twenty-four Meritorious Heroes of Zhaoxun Pavilion" in the Southern Song Dynasty.

After the death of this old man, he was served in the Taimiao, and before he ate cold pork for a few days, his grandson sold the family house, and it was sold to the new prime minister.

The new prime minister is called Xiang Minzhong, who is known for his honesty and diligence. Because of the matter of buying a house, he was accused of "cheap trade", that is, he bullied people and forced him to buy it at a price - Xue Juzheng's house was worth at least tens of thousands of yuan, and Xiang Minzhong only used 5,000 yuan to buy it.

At that time, land in Tokyo was not tight, and prices were not so high.

A hundred years ago, 50,000 guan was considered a top luxury house.

Nowadays, the number of houses with 100,000 guan is quite a lot.

And the Li family's 300,000 yuan house is still rare. They have long thought about selling, but they can't find anyone to sell, because the house price has appreciated, and the house is worth 350,000-400,000 yuan.

In addition, this house involves a princess, and the ownership belongs to the imperial court strictly speaking, and ordinary people will have problems when they buy it.

The golden gourd guards opened the way, the eunuchs in the palace led the way, and Zhu Guoxiang was taken to the door of the mansion.

The plaque on the lintel has been removed, and it is too late to replace it with a new one.

"Real people, please come in." The eunuch bowed and smiled.

Zhu Guoxiang said confusedly: "This is where I live temporarily?" The house is too big for a long time, and the walls are not visible at all glances. ”

The eunuch said, "This house is deserted and old, and the official family has been given to the real person." ”

Zhu Guoxiang was confused, and soon found that something was wrong, there were obvious traces of life inside, and it didn't look like a deserted appearance at all.

More than sixty slaves lined up to greet them, some of whom even had children.

The eunuchs and guards quickly retired, and Zhu Guoxiang faced a bunch of servants alone.

In addition to the more than sixty slaves left by the Li family, there are also slaves given by the emperor, and the total number has exceeded eighty.

Zhu Guoxiang seriously doubted whether he would be able to initiate a salary.

There was a guy who looked like a slave leader, Zhu Guoxiang called in front of him and asked, "Whose mansion used to be here?" ”

The servant, who was about fifty years old, bowed down and replied, "Back to my lord, this was originally the princess's mansion of Yanguo, inherited by the princess's heir, and the villain is the housekeeper here. ”

Zhu Guoxiang instructed: "You choose someone and go and call Tanhualang." ”

"Yes!" The housekeeper executes it immediately.

Zhu Guoxiang is completely unfamiliar with this place, so he has to discuss it with his son.

He didn't make any arrangements for the time being, and went to the house for a walk first.

The main building complex is a typical corridor courtyard structure in the Tang and Song dynasties. It can no longer be calculated by "entering", because there is still a garden, and the total area of the building is more than 50 acres.

Fifty acres in the outer city of Tokyo!

"Hey, how is it bare?" Zhu Guoxiang pointed to a clearing by the pond.

The butler replied, "There was a strange stone there, which was sold for two thousand yuan at the beginning of the year. ”

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "The princess's heir still wants to sell her property?" ”

The housekeeper said: "The cost is too great, and the gold and stone calligraphy and paintings in the library building have almost been sold out." If this continues, even if the official family does not give the house to the master, the original owner will sell the house at a low price. ”

Zhu Guoxiang walked around and waited in the garden.

It took about two hours for Zhu Ming to arrive from Taixue's southern suburbs campus.

Zhu Guoxiang asked the slaves to retreat, leaving only the father and son to sit opposite each other.

Zhu Ming smiled: "Congratulations to Dean Zhu, the house is quite big, and your old slaves are in a group." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Don't talk nonsense, what's the situation in this house?" ”

Zhu Ming explained the matter in detail and said: "I will make my own decision, return the house to the Li family, and live in two in the future." ”

"Yes, you're doing a great job." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

Zhu Ming said: "When Wang Anshi was the prime minister, he presided over the construction of the East and West Mansions, and also built many official residences. Senior officials live in official residences, the equivalent of the White House and Downing Street. When he was an official, he lived in it and moved out after he left office. First, it can solve the housing problem of officials, second, it can reduce the leakage of important documents, and third, it can prevent the powerful from grabbing houses with ordinary people. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "This method is very good. ”

Zhu Ming continued: "The important ministers after Wang Anshi, even if they buy a private house in Tokyo, will not be too luxurious. This rule was broken by Cai Jing. Cai Jing was the first prime minister not to live in an official residence in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, and he got himself a mansion in the outer city. The rest of the ministers followed suit, and Song Huizong also gave various houses regardless of the rules. ”

Zhu Guoxiang palpitated and said: "Speaking of Song Huizong, I have seen this emperor, and he is really not like a human king." ”

"Haha, scared, right?" Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Absolute power is not checked, and it will bring very terrible consequences. ”

Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "In fact, the ancient imperial court had various restrictions on imperial power. Song Huizong belonged to the strange wonder, he broke this restriction, and similar emperors can be called faint monarchs. ”

Large-scale construction, ignoring the government and government, and pampering traitorous ministers, as long as the rules are not broken, these practices are not considered faint, because the court can still operate normally.

Song Huizong's stupidity lies in his wanton breaking the rules.

For example, there is a strict process for the imperial court to issue decrees.

The Yintai Division has the right to reject the decree that is obviously chaotic, and even if it is just for show, the emperor and the prime minister have to re-issue it two or three times before it can be passed.

And Song Huizong didn't want his face, all the imperial orders were issued in the form of a central decree, and the central organs of the imperial court were regarded as nothing. Cai Jing, Wang Hao and other traitorous ministers also asked the emperor to issue a decree through secret music.

At this point, the province of Zhongshu and the province of secretaries have become decorations, even if they are prime ministers and deputy prime ministers, as long as they are not favored by the emperor, the actual power can be ignored.

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty reigned for twenty-five years, and the decrees rejected by the Yintai Division added up to less than ten times, and all of them were in the early days of the Huizong Dynasty.

The decree of the middle and late Huizong Dynasty did not go to the Yintai Division at all!

Song Huizong himself abolished the imperial court, and the brain and heart of the entire country have been paralyzed.

The Jiajing Taoist of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how he appoints traitorous ministers, at least the state apparatus is still functioning normally.

If you really want to compare, you should also compare it with Wanli.

It's just that Wanli is more awesome than Song Huizong.

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty only abolished the brain and heart of the country, and Emperor Wanli killed all the internal organs and limbs, making the entire Ming Dynasty tend to a state of anarchy.

Zhu Ming briefly elaborated on the government structure of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then described the current situation: "Zhongshu Province has been abolished, and most of the secretary province has been abolished. Shang Shu's head was cut off, and only his limbs were still moving. The three central institutions of the Northern Song Dynasty presented a state of paralysis as a whole, similar to the Ming Dynasty in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang. But Song Huizong is not as diligent as Zhu Yuanzhang, and his daily affairs have to be handled by the three provinces. ”

"Let's think about how to get out of the capital." Zhu Guoxiang listened to it with a big head.

Zhu Ming said: "I may be released next year. ”

Zhu Guoxiang asked, "How do you know?" ”

Zhu Ming explained: "The emperor promoted me to be a Beijing official, which is a sign of promotion. Next year, he will either enter the secretary province as a school secretary, or go out to be a magistrate, which is a process of gilded experience. The school secretary did not mention that if it was a Beijing official who was released to the county, he would be promoted again in one year, and he would not work for three years like the selection of people. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "Gold-plated cadres, one liter a year is normal. ”

Zhu Ming said: "If the magistrate only does it for one year, he won't be able to do." I was afraid that Song Huizong would be crazy, and he didn't even bother to engage in the gilding procedure, so he was directly promoted and continued to be an official in the capital. There are already many precedents, and it will be done to four or five grades in one or two years. It's cool for others, but it's useless for me. I want to go out to the local area, either to accumulate political experience, or to go directly to the frontier to fight. ”

Zhu Ming is still a keyboard warrior, commenting on the head of the government is the way, but he has not really practiced it, and he urgently needs to do it himself.

Father and son chatted for almost an hour before leaving the garden together.

The housekeeper had been waiting for a long time, and reported: "Master, there are a lot of people outside. ”

Deng Chun and Bai Sheng took the people of Daming Village and waited in the house.

Li Jihui also took his family and waited to move in and share the house.

There are also others, but they heard that Zhu Guoxiang left the palace, and the magnates sent slaves to deliver prayer posts, intending to come to Zhu Zhenren to consult on humanity one day.

Zhu Guoxiang first met with Li Jihui and said, "I'm bothering the old man!" ”

Li Jihui hurriedly replied: "Don't dare, congratulations to Zhu Zhenren." Real people are so virtuous, and the official family will inevitably reuse them. ”

Zhu Guoxiang immediately returned the deed, and also wrote a house gift document, indicating that the Zhu family father and son would live in this house for ten years at most: "Maybe I don't have to wait for ten years, my father and son will move out, and this house will be returned to Zhao when the time comes." ”

Li Jihui was overjoyed, he was afraid of being occupied by the dove, and now Zhu Guoxiang has set a ten-year period, and it is just around the corner to get his house back!

Li Jihui sighed for a long time, grateful: "The real person is so benevolent and righteous, the old man has nothing to say." With this pond as the boundary, the real people live in the main courtyard, and the old people live in the guest courtyard. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "How can you be anti-customer-oriented? The old gentleman was also invited to live in the main courtyard. ”

How dare Li Jihui?

In case the emperor was interested one day, he came here to play with Zhu Guoxiang, and found that Zhu Guoxiang actually lived in the guest house......

The two humbled each other, and the main part of the house was allocated to the Zhu family father and son to live in, while the Li family was crowded in the corner.

The slaves of the Li family, including the housekeeper, took out half of it and returned it.

Zhu Ming sent someone to inform Zheng Fatzi and asked him to move in with his sister.

In the shared house, Zhu Ming will continue to pay rent, and occasionally go back to sit.

A few days later, when the holiday came, Chen Yuan, Bai Chongyan, and Min Zishun came together to congratulate the Zhu family father and son on moving to their new home.

Chen Dong and other students also came.

"Why are there outsiders over there?" Chen Dong said curiously.

Zhu Ming sighed and said: "The official family has to give a house, but this house has an owner." My father and son didn't dare to disobey the holy decree, and they didn't want to occupy other people's mansions, so they thought of a compromise......"

After explaining the matter, Chen Dong sighed with emotion: "The ancient gentleman is nothing more than that. ”

Zhu Song also said: "Mr. and Ling Zun can be a model for the world's scholars." ”

These students admired Zhu Ming's father and son so much that they said when they returned to school.

In just a few days, the four thousand students, together with the school's leaders and teachers, already knew about the deeds of the Zhu family's father and son who divided the house and gave up the house.

There are also students who use this as a talking point, write it in their letters home, and spread it all over the country along with the letter.

Yangzhou Zhu's family, benevolence and righteousness are unparalleled!

(End of chapter)