"The house is a bit small." Huang commented on the new house.

Zhang Gen said: "Jinzhou is contemptible, and suddenly rents a house, it's good to be able to find such a house." ”

"Ugh." Huang sighed.

It's not that the house is too bad, but that I'm worried about my husband's future.

She was born in a Fujian family, her father was also an official and deputy prime minister, and she grew up with a golden spoon in her mouth as soon as she was born. Married to Zhang Gen for many years, her husband was finally promoted to the two Zhejiang transfer envoys, but now he is assigned to such a small place.

Zhang Gen went straight to the study, put away the books he brought, and didn't care about anything else.

It took two or three days for the house to finally be cleaned up.

Huang wanted to invite Zhu Ming to his home as a guest, but Zhang Gen said he was not in a hurry. What he has now is time, and he is idle all day long, so it is better to go around more first.

Zhang Gen began to hang out with his wife and daughter, familiarizing himself with the streets inside and outside the city, and by the way, he found out more about the people's feelings.

After basically understanding the situation, he sent an invitation to Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming only brought Bai Sheng to the door, and carried a pound of black tea as a gift.

Huang accompanied her husband to greet her warmly, and she fell in love at first sight. This young man was born handsome, and quite extraordinary, and was definitely the best among his peers.

After some greetings, Zhang Gen said: "Go to the pavilion and sit down first." ”

"Whatever the guest wants." Zhu Ming arched his hand.

The servant brought preserved fruit, a stove and charcoal, and Zhang Gen planned to order tea for the guests.

Huang took the opportunity to go into the house to get a group of tea, and went to talk to his daughter who was hiding in the corridor and peeking: "What does Qi Niang think? ”

Zhang Jinping peeked at it again and smiled: "Taller than several brothers-in-law." ”

"If you agree, find a chance to ask." Huang immediately understood his daughter's thoughts.

In the pavilion.

Zhang Gen asked, "Are there bandits in the local area?" ”

Zhu Ming replied: "Jinzhou is mountainous, there must be bandits." Especially in Shiquan County, to the north, the Meridian Valley can be passed, and there are bandits who haunt and plunder the merchants. Zhang Tuanlian plans to suppress thieves? ”

"I can't be idle, after all, I want to find something to do," Zhang Gen said, "I am now the deputy envoy of the regimental training, and I have no other responsibilities, only to suppress thieves." ”

Zhu Ming said: "There are not many thieves, they are in groups, and they are all in the mountains. ”

"Then we have to do it." Zhang Gen immediately gave up.

Zhu Ming said tentatively: "I read the newspaper that Zhang Tuanlian was degraded because of his deliberations? ”

"Alas!"

Zhang Gen couldn't help but sigh: "The southeast roads are frequently disturbed by Huashigang, and this matter is known to the world. But few people know that the Huainan Road is also unbearable. ”

Zhu Ming immediately understood: "Most of the flowers and stones in the southeast are transported from Huainan to the capital. ”

Zhang Gen shook his head: "It's more than that. In order to transport Huashigang, the traitorous party gradually controlled the officials of Huainan and Huainan. and then forced the prefectures and counties of Huainan to recruit men and women to escort smuggled goods, which led to the chaos of taxation and forced labor in Huainan. ”

"I see." Zhu Ming has a new understanding of the harm of Huashigang.

Zhang Gen continued: "Last year, Hucao of Yangzhou joined the army, recruited men without authorization, and transferred more than 1,200 stones of Qizhou Gang rice, which caused the grain of the two Zhejiang provinces to be delayed for a long time. It seems to be a coincidence, but it is actually deliberate. In addition to Qizhou Gang rice, there are also many grain merchants' private rice. ”

Zhu Ming said: "That is to say, the Yangzhou government recruited the people to transport grain north for free for private businessmen. They also deliberately delayed the grain supply in Zhejiang, and with the help of the drought in the north, artificially inflated the price of Gyeonggi rice, so that those grain merchants could make more money? ”

"Not bad." Zhang Gen said.

Zhu Ming couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really bold, the officials involved in the case, according to the law, not only should they be dismissed, but they should also be chased and destroyed." ”

Zhang Gen smiled bitterly: "As a Huainan transit envoy, I naturally can't sit idly by, so together with Li Zhi, the deputy transport envoy, I jointly impeached Yangzhou Hucao for joining the army. As a result, Li Zhi and I 'acted improperly' and were each demoted to one level of Jilu Official. ”

This is outrageous, the first and second leaders of Huainan Road jointly impeached Yangzhou Hucao to join the army. In the case of conclusive criminal evidence, Hu Cao did not join the army, and the first and second leaders of Huainan Road were punished.

Zhu Ming asked, "Is Cai Jing selling grain at a higher price?" ”

Huang brought the group tea, and it was a high-grade tea, and a group was worth dozens of times.

Zhang Gen began to order tea: "It's not Cai Jing, it's just Cai Jing's henchmen." After the matter was revealed, Cai Jingjing was too lazy to look up, and it was Cai You who slandered the official. ”

Zhu Ming continued to inquire: "I saw Xu Yu in the warehouse department of Di Bao Langzhong a few days ago, and he was chased down and destroyed his birth text, what happened to this?" ”

"Just a ghost for the dead," Zhang Gen explained, "Xu Yu was ordered to take charge of the pit and coinage affairs of the Southeast Nine Road, and he was corrupt and exploited, which has already made people angry." With so much money, how can he eat alone? The matter was too big, and Cai Jing couldn't keep him, so he pushed him out alone and took all the charges for Cai Dang. ”

Di Bao can only look at the surface, Zhu Ming can't figure out the inside story, so he asked Zhang Gen to figure it out.

He asked a lot about Huainan, and he knew that the two roads in Huainan were harmed by Huashigang, which was no less than the southeast roads.

Most of the Huashigang had to go through Huainan to enter Beijing, and a large number of people were levied along the way, which has made Huainan full of thieves.

Even Li Chuanzheng, the envoy of Huaixi, was suspended and held accountable for failing to truthfully report the thief's information and not being able to exterminate the thief.

It's no wonder that he can exterminate it, Huashigang doesn't stop every day, and the Huainan thieves don't stop every day, this guy is just unlucky.

There are many other unlucky eggs of the same kind, such as Wu Min in the matter.

Huaixi caught some thieves and escorted them into Beijing, Wu Min thought that it was enough to only punish the first evil, and the rest of the thieves were coerced, mainly under the influence of Huashigang. Because of this sentence, he was dismissed from his post and thrown to Shangqiu to raise the Taoist temple.

The officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee did not dare to talk about the Huainan Thieves and Huashigang anymore.

"Please have a cup of tea!" Zhang Gen pushed the teacup over.

Zhu Ming didn't observe the color of the soup, smelled the aroma, and began to drink tea and taste: "It's fragrant but not greasy, it's a good product." ”

Huang sat next to him and interjected: "The black tea brought by Zhu Taishou has also been heard of by the old students, and they have never tasted it. Zhu Taishou also grows tea at home? ”

"Planted some." Zhu Ming said.

Huang said again: "Ling Zun is still in Yangzhou and has not returned to Beijing? ”

Zhu Ming smiled: "He thinks Tokyo is not good, and he is still comfortable living in the countryside." ”

"He is worthy of being a master." Huang praised.

Zhu Ming said: "When it comes to Gaoshi, Uncle Ming, the ancestor of Zhang Tuanlian, is the real Taoist Master. When I heard about the method of smelting copper from gall alum, I inquired about its origin and learned that it was Uncle Ming who presented it to the imperial court. With the body of cloth and the benefit of the world, it can be famous in history. ”

These words poked at Zhang Gen's pride, and said modestly: "My ancestor also got this method by chance when he was studying, and he verified and improved it many times, so that he could smelt copper in the world." ”

Huang said with a smile: "Speaking of miscellaneous studies, Taishou's improvement of movable type printing and ink is similar to the smelting of copper from gallium, and it is also a good method in the world. When the old and young were guests at Mengxi Gong (Shen Kuo)'s house, they saw that Mengxi Gong improved the movable type, and he wanted to implement the world but could not get it. ”

"The old lady has seen Mengxi Gong?" Zhu Ming came to be interested.

"The Huang and Shen families are world friends, and the old student and the lady of the Mengxi family are also old friends." Huang explained.

Huang Fu, Shen Kuo, and Lu Huiqing are of the same age, and they are all the backbone of the law-changing faction, and the three of them are so good that they can wear a pair of pants.

With the help of movable type printing and the copper smelting method of gallium, Huang and Zhu Ming chatted vigorously, and gradually began to inquire about the situation in Zhu Ming's family.

With a bottom in his heart, Huang found an excuse to leave, saying that he was going to Zhang Luo for dinner.

Zhang Gen did not ask about family information, but listened to Zhu Ming's political views: "What does Taishou think about the current situation? ”

Zhu Ming said without thinking: "Natural disasters are frequent, external troubles have not been extinguished, thieves are everywhere, and the soldiers are tired and the people are disturbed. The officials and the government are building a lot of buildings, not giving the small people a chance to breathe, and the traitorous party takes the opportunity to cause chaos in the government and the opposition. I heard that they are also planning to attack Liao, and if the news is true, the society is in danger. ”

Zhang Gen was very satisfied and approving: "Taishou is so young, he can see the hidden worries of the world, which is beyond the reach of many people, and he will be the assistant in time." ”

"Alas, Zaisuke doesn't think about it, he just wants to benefit one party for the sake of the official." Zhu Ming sighed.

Zhang Gen also felt the same way: "Yes, for one term as an official, for the benefit of one party, how can there be other luxury?" I have been a transfer envoy in Huainan for several years, but I have not benefited the people of one side, but I have made the livelihood of the people in Huainan difficult. ”

"This is not Zhang Tuan's fault." Zhu Ming comforted.

Zhang Gen asked again: "What does Taishou think of King Jia?" ”

Zhu Ming said disdainfully: "It's like his father." ”

Zhang Gen said: "Since ancient times, I have never heard of a prince and a person who has been examined, which is not a blessing of the country. King Jia also promoted the Imperial City Division, the prince was frightened day and night, how could the East Palace deal with himself? ”

Zhu Ming couldn't help but smile and said: "The prince is the champion, in fact, it is not necessary. But it is really unethical for the prince to be a prince. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Gen couldn't cry or laugh.

The first Taifu in China was Zhou Gongdan, who served as Zhou Tianzi's teacher.

Taifu, the emperor also!

Jiawang Zhao Kai was the prince, but he became an official and became the mentor of his emperor's father......

Zhu Ming really wanted to lift Song Huizong's Tianling cover to see how long the brain circuits inside were, normal people would never be able to do such a thing.

With these words, Zhang Gen already understood Zhu Ming's political tendencies.

It's your own person, you can get married!

Zhang Gen asked again: "What do you think of the new law?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "The Great Song Dynasty has accumulated deep shortcomings, and it is not possible to change the law. However, before changing the law, it is necessary to rectify the rule of officials, otherwise the implementation of good laws will also become harsh government. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Gen clapped his hands and praised, and these words spoke to his heart.

On the Huang side, it's time to eat.

Zhu Ming followed Zhang Gen to the dining room and saw a young girl standing up.

Zhang Gen introduced: "This is the little girl's Jinping. ”

"Lady is well!" Zhu Ming greeted him.

Zhang Jinping bowed down and said with a smile: "Good luck to the public." ”

Everyone sat down, Huang looked at Zhu Ming, and then at his daughter, and felt more and more that they were a good match, and they were born a pair of beautiful people.

Marriage can't be mentioned in person, either ask someone to be a matchmaker, or write a letter of proposal, and it won't hurt face if it is rejected.

Only the son-in-law under the list doesn't care about those.

After eating, he continued to chat, and did not talk about the current situation again, but talked about miscellaneous studies.

The Shen family, the Huang family, and the Zhang family all attached great importance to miscellaneous studies, such as Huang's nephew Huang Bosi, who was not only a very famous calligrapher, but also the inventor of the tangram, and also loved to design furniture.

Zhang Jinping has a family history, and actually knows how to smelt copper by wet method, and has carefully studied "Mengxi Writings", and even studied "Zhu's Arithmetic" by himself.

(End of chapter)