As for Chang Yu, after coming out of the General Military Mansion, he went straight to the north along Fuqian Street.
"Brother Chang, where are you going?" Chunxiang still liked to call Chang Yu when they were all on his own.
"Take a walk and take a look," Chang Yu said lightly, but his eyes swept around both sides of the street.
The weather today is not bad, the wind is light and there is sunshine. Although it is only half the morning, the streets are crowded with people sunbathing in small groups, ragged clothes, and their eyes are dull and numb. Yes, these are beggar.
"Why are there so many?" Chunxiang muttered in a low voice. Looking around, there were no less than a hundred people on this road.
"The General Military Mansion is here," Jiang Quan said in a low voice, "Do you have to go to the slums to beg for food?"
"Hey, I only think of myself as a beggar in the capital, but I didn't think about this place..." Chunxiang sighed again.
"The capital is like the one under the emperor's feet. It's not surprising that the scene here is like this. After years of war, the people have been displaced. Among them, the people who suffer the most are the people of Shanxi." Chang Yu sighed in a low voice.
Apart from the beggars on both sides of the street, there are not many people on the street. However, if no pedestrians pass by, these beggars will make a sound and ask for something to eat.
However, no one spoke to Chang Yu, because together with the more than 20 attendants, they were all big, round, menacing, and uniformed. At first glance, they were not ordinary people, and they did not look like Shantu. According to past experience, if such a person dared to disturb , must be beaten violently.
However!
Chang Yu took out some broken silver and walked to the corner. This should be a family of five. The three children were under ten years old. Their faces were covered with dirt. They were hiding under a torn quilt and were shaking from the cold.
Reaching out and putting the silver in the hands of the astonished male host, Chang Yu touched the head of one of the children, sighed deeply, was speechless for a long time, and even burst into tears.
"Uncle, if you like this child, you can take him away. One tael of silver... It doesn't matter if you don't need money, you just need to give him food..."
The man looked bitter.
Human life is as cheap as a dog, Chang Yu secretly sighed, but he also thought that dogs in future generations would have a much better life than people today.
Seeing how generous this man was, the other beggars on the side wanted to surround him, but Chunxiang and others stared back, so they had to watch from a distance.
After a while, Chang Yu stood up and left. Chunxiang wanted to talk to him, but seeing that he was in a low mood, he stopped talking.
After walking around a few streets, Chang Yu's mood still didn't improve. In his previous life, he had seen many old photos of the Wanqing Dynasty, which gave a glimpse of the poverty of the people at that time. However, the Ming Dynasty at this time was even worse than those photos, and it was desolate to the eye. , the only difference is that women with small feet are not bound.
"Someone is following us." Chang Yu suddenly turned his head while walking silently. Chunxiang and Jiang Quan were startled immediately. The attendants behind him looked around and saw two people sneaking around not far behind. They told Chang Yu and others to stop and hurry up. He also stopped and pretended to chat on the side of the road, but his sly eyebrows made people see through it at a glance.
This level of tracking is completely different from those of Jin Yiwei's veterans.
"Who is so bold?" Jiang Quan was furious, and immediately ordered several attendants behind him: "Catch him!"
Just as the attendant was about to take action, Chang Yu stopped him: "Who else can there be? There are only a few people we have met when we first arrived."
"Jiang Yu?" Chunxiang and Jiang Quan were startled.
Chang Yu sneered and waved his hand: "Let's go. If they want to follow, they can follow. You caught them and then lied about it, and then they bit you back and walked on your own. You were wronged."
Chunxiang and Jiang Quan heard this and thought it made sense, but wondered how Chang Yu discovered these two people.
Naturally, they didn't know that Chang Yu had an early warning sense.
"Fellow, I want to ask you, how to get to the governor's Yamen?"
Chang Yu stopped a group of people at the intersection and asked.
"Go straight ahead. When you reach the intersection, turn east and go straight for three intersections." The pedestrian was frightened by the formation of Chang Yu and others. After pointing the way, he trotted away.
The front office and the back office are almost the standard layout of Ming Dynasty yamen, and the governor's yamen is no exception.
"I'd like to see Mr. Wei, please inform me." In front of the Datong Governor's Office, Chang Yu politely asked the guard to inform him.
Seeing such a group of people, the guard was very worried: "I dare to ask you how to call them."
"Just from the Beijing Palace." Chang Yu smiled slightly, and the guard's face changed, and he trotted in quickly.
After a while, he returned from inside: "Master Wei, please invite me." He said, leading the way, and Chang Yu and others stepped in through the door.
"Master Wei is in the hall, Prime Minister," the official said softly after entering the Yamen. The so-called "Tangshang" refers to the lobby of the Yamen, which is usually used for hearing cases or official receptions.
Hearing this, Chang Yu smiled slightly, stopped and said, "Please also inform Mr. Wei of the palace." His words showed that he was not here on official business. I guess he immediately thought of people from Dongchang when he heard that he was from the palace.
The government servant went to report again, and soon a thin old man walked out of the Yamen lobby with a frown and a stumbling step. This man was Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, a Qing minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Since ancient times, there have been few honest officials, and even fewer honest and capable officials. Wei Jingyuan was one of those loyal ministers who were honest, capable, and more importantly, upright and upright. When he was about to die, he said: "Mother is eighty "Yu, you should take care of yourself, I am a minister of the country, I have to die." How many people have been slapped in the face!
Moreover, his character was loyal in the past, so much so that he was played and applauded by Jiang Quan until he committed suicide with hatred.
"I've met Lord Wei." Before Wei Jingyuan could approach, Chang Yu came over and saluted him with the utmost respect.
Wei Jingyuan was slightly surprised by this, and he quickly returned the courtesy: "I heard that you are guests from the palace, what do you call me?"
"Our family, Chang Yu, came here on payment of the emperor's order, and stopped by to visit Mr. Wei." Chang Yu smiled slightly.
Wei Jingyuan looked confused. Indeed, when the government official reported the report just now, his first impression was that he was from Dongchang. He felt a little panicked. He thought that he had nothing to do with others, but he did not rule out the possibility of a little kid. Human beings can cause such an honest person to be upset, which shows how bad the reputation of Dongchang people is.
Pay? Dropping in for a visit, the amount of information was a bit large. Wei Jingyuan had too many questions that needed to be answered, but standing here was not the way to treat guests, so he quickly invited Chang Yu to have tea at the back house.
Wei Jingyuan was only fifty-eight to sixty this year, but he was walking with an unusual stagger. Chang Yu glanced sideways and suddenly remembered that Wei Jingyuan had an injury on his foot at this time, and therefore rarely left the house on weekdays, so that Let Jiang Yu cover the sky in Datong with one hand and hide it from the sky!
"Master Wei, is he ill?" Chang Yu asked softly, reaching out to support Wei Jingyuan.
This move made Wei Jingyuan feel warm and surprised: "I accidentally hurt my foot a few days ago. I'm sorry for bothering Eunuch Chang!"
In the living room of the Houfu, the tea was boiling. Chang Yu and Wei Jingyuan were sitting opposite each other. Outside the door, in the courtyard, more than a dozen followers led by Chunxiang and Jiang Quan stood together and chatted softly. The remaining few people were waiting outside the yamen. In fact, it was Chunxiang. Xiang asked them to keep an eye on the two stalkers.
"Eunuch Chang is from Dongchang. The so-called stopping by to visit me must be an excuse. If not more direct, is someone trying to impeach me?" Wei Jingyuan acted openly and aboveboard, and said what he had to say.
Chang Yu laughed when he heard this: "Master Wei is upright and honest, loyal to the emperor and loves the people. He has a reputation far and wide that even the emperor praises him endlessly. How can anyone criticize him except a blind villain?"
Wei Jingyuan was really flattered now: "The emperor really praised this official?"
"Otherwise, how could our family know Mr. Wei? This trip was really commissioned by the emperor to visit Mr. Wei."
Chang Yu's expression was gentle, and Wei Jingyuan was a little excited: "Loyalty to the emperor and caring for the people is one's duty. To reach heaven to listen and receive the emperor's kind words makes me feel ashamed."
Of course, he said he was ashamed, but his expression could not hide his joy. After all, even the emperor asked someone to come and visit him. What an honor it was.
"Before leaving the capital, the emperor once said when he summoned our family to the palace for a secret discussion, that from now on in the Ming Dynasty, Wei Jingyuan should be a minister and a pillar of the country."
Likes are free of charge, so Chang Yu started to praise the model crazily. Naturally, Chongzhen never said this, but felt that he was on the same page as him. When Wei Jingyuan went to court to argue over the Wen Tiren case, he looked like he was not afraid of death, which made Chongzhen angry. If it's bad, demote him directly.
Unexpectedly, he was so unpopular with Chongzhen before, but now he admired himself so much. Wei Jingyuan was confused for a moment, stood up, and shook his hands: "The emperor really said so, really said so..."
Anyone who is single-minded is extremely loyal. To be recognized by the emperor is a great honor for them. This life is enough, and it is more satisfying than being promoted to a higher position.
Chang Yu did not hesitate to use Chongzhen's mouth to praise Wei Jingyuan, just to give him a sense of recognition. Secondly, he also wanted to save a rare Qing official in the Ming Dynasty at this time, and could not bear to see him die in grief and anger. Besides, those words of praise , Wei Jingyuan deserves it!
"Master Wei, Master Wei, please have tea."
Seeing that Wei Jingyuan was so excited that he couldn't help himself, Chang Yu quickly stood up and handed him a cup of tea to calm him down.
Only then did Wei Jingyuan feel that he was a little rude. Feeling slightly embarrassed, he took a sip from the teacup and drank it.
But Chang Yu decided to give him a strong dose of medicine, and pretended to be very mysterious, approaching Wei Jingyuan and whispering in a low voice: "Master Wei, if nothing goes wrong, it will be your turn to be appointed Governor-General soon."
Ah, these words surprised Wei Jingyuan: "What Eunuch Chang said... didn't Governor Wang do a good job?"
Chang Yu chuckled and was not in a hurry to answer. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then slowly said: "Master Wei, our family is not here alone to pay for the royal palace. There is also Wu Mengming, the commander of Jin Yiwei." Lord Wu!"
Wei Jingyuan's head suddenly buzzed, something was coming! Something is coming!
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