Chang Yu was already drunk before the banquet was over. He didn't see how people were making trouble in the wedding ceremony at this time, let alone the casual and somewhat deliberate 13 just now, which shocked the ministers and big shots. Wu Xuan His sentence: "Effort and diligence are worthless compared to talent" is tantamount to concluding the final conclusion of his literary excellence in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
But does Chang Yu care about this?
Don't care or care.
Not for fame, just to relieve anger. Let’s see if those civil servants still dare to show off their sense of superiority in front of soldiers and eunuchs in the future. Do they dare to say that soldiers and eunuchs don’t know anything about literature and writing? If so, then that’s not the case. Humiliating yourself is worse than shit.
It was already midnight when Chang Yu woke up, with a splitting headache. Old Hu was waiting beside him with sober soup. The two newlyweds had been waiting for a long time to greet Chang Mansion. The bride was in high spirits, and the grooms looked haggard. Overworking...talking about hangover, hangover.
"I've been too tired these days. Go back and have a good rest for a few days. Our family will give you ten days of wedding leave." Chang Yu rubbed his head and waved his hands. Wu Zhong and Song Luoshu actually asked Chang Yu to leave the capital, but he shouted: "Get out of here! There is no one in the East Factory, right?"
In the afternoon, Chang Yu, who left a legend behind, came out of the capital. Shi Kefa's expression was full of emotion: "The Governor's style yesterday captivated all living beings."
"Come on, must you have gone crazy and scared everyone?" Chang Yu's head still hurt, and he didn't want to dwell on this topic forever. Because he felt guilty, he asked his surroundings: "Are they already in Changping?"
They, of course, refer to the Crown Prince and Princess Kunxing.
Fearing that they would never return, the brother and sister stayed away from home and waited for Chang Yu in Changping, dozens of miles away.
Changping was a prefecture at this time, with jurisdiction over Huairou, Miyun, Shunyi, and also under the jurisdiction of Jizhou Town. Previously, Ma Ke was stationed here. Later, he led his troops south to quell the chaos and was transferred to the west, leaving his general Hong Tianyi to guard Changping.
As one of the important towns in Gyeonggi Province, Changping usually has nearly 10,000 troops stationed in it. However, Ma Ke went south and took away most of them, all of them cavalry. Now there are only less than 3,000 infantry left. In addition to garrisoning the city, they also patrol the border gates within the jurisdiction, including Juyong Pass. The number of troops Slightly lacking.
But fortunately there is no war now.
But even if there is no war, we can't be idle. The imperial court has repeatedly issued orders to rectify military affairs. In addition to strict military discipline, there must be drills every three days and one drill every ten days. Changping is so close to Beijing. Fanzi and Jinyiwei often come to investigate, and the generals Hong Tianyi didn't dare to be lazy. He got up early and came home late every day for fear of being caught and Ma Ke would be implicated.
His men came to report that there was a group of soldiers camped in the east of the city on the other side of the Shahe River. They went to find out who was from the East Factory Guards. Hong Tianyi became nervous immediately after hearing the news. The news that Chang Yu was ordered to inspect the nine sides had already spread throughout the border areas. place, and Ji Town is the first stop.
Hong Tianyi figured that the eunuch of Dongchang had arrived, and hurriedly went to the camp to meet him in person. Unexpectedly, he didn't even have a chance to get close to the three-mile radius of the camp. The Dongchang guard told him without any emotion that he should do his job well and not come without an order.
Even though he had all kinds of doubts in his heart, Hong Tianyi dared not to obey. After he led his people back to the city, he immediately checked himself and gave instructions to everyone. For fear that something would happen, Dongchang ordered the Yamen, the eunuch and Shang Fangjian to tell him who to kill. Then it’s just a matter of clicking, and it doesn’t even need to be reviewed.
In a small village by the Shah River, a six or seven-year-old Slug hugged a lame native dog and looked nervously at a few people at the entrance of the village. These people were neatly and cleanly dressed, and there were a few armed men not far behind them. Big man, Slug is a little scared, standing or walking.
An old man in his sixties, dressed in ragged clothes and with a sallow face, staggered from the village and walked up to the slug without even looking at the Zhu Cixi brothers and sisters, and then dragged the slug away!
"It's so cold, and they are still wearing thin clothes with so many holes..." Princess Kunxing's face turned blue and white, but Zhu Cixiang looked numb: "Brother, I saw this when I was traveling south, and the ground was full of hungry people. There is no need to chew the bark of the trees. After natural disasters and military disasters, ordinary people are considered lucky if they are alive. You only think that they are wearing single clothes, but you never think that this single clothes is probably his only clothes, and it is also the only cold clothes in the cold winter." .
"Then, wouldn't it be freezing to death..."
"He's not the only one who will freeze to death. I don't know how many people will freeze to death this year." A familiar voice sounded from behind. The brother and sister turned around and saw Chang Yu riding a horse slowly. Kun Xing rushed over: "Then, Then help him quickly." Zhu Cixiang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Everything I do now, including rejecting foreign humiliation and quelling internal strife, investigating corruption and rectifying military affairs, is to help him and them. But if I can't survive this winter, I can only live with my destiny. I am not the Tathagata Buddha who raised his hand. We can save all sentient beings in a short time." Chang Yu looked at the village and sighed.
When outsiders came to the village, the villagers came out to take a look first. They looked at the outsiders with doubts on their faces, and the outsiders looked at them with solemn faces.
The people of this era were so miserable and miserable. Although there are written records, it is difficult to describe in words. It is more impactful to record them in pictures. However, there are no cameras in this era, but I believe many people have seen those old photos from the late Qing Dynasty. The life and spirit of the common people at that time were no different from those in the late Ming Dynasty.
Bitter, poor and miserable!
"The livelihood of the people is the strength of the country. The Ming Dynasty was the most powerful during the period of Taizu and Chengzu. The prosperous period of Renxuan was the richest period of the Ming Dynasty. But how did it decline to this point step by step?" Chang Yu sighed, and Zhu Cixiang looked sad: " Either the minister is upright and the ruler is evil, or the ruler is wise and the minister is treacherous, or the civilized party is afraid of war, and the ills accumulated for hundreds of years have spread to our court, how can I deserve my father!"
Chang Yu glanced at him: "There are some things I can't say, but you need to understand that the prosperity of a country requires the concerted efforts of the monarch and his ministers. If anyone is holding back, there will be trouble, not to mention..."
"Not to mention that civil servants have wronged the country for decades"! Zhu Cixiang had a fierce look on his face. It seemed that he was greatly influenced by his father, or more specifically, Chang Yu. After all, he was the one behind the scenes who yelled and beat up Wen Chen.
"Although civil servants are hateful, they are indispensable in running the country. Military generals in thousands of miles of mountains and rivers can fight and defend, but the common people in the mountains and rivers need them to take care of them." Chang Yu shook his head lightly and said, and Zhu Cixiang laughed: "Maybe these are them A hateful place."
"The most hateful thing about them is that they want to take care of everything!" Princess Kunxing also interjected, and Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "I read an anonymous article in the past, which wrote about the hatefulness of literati: Most literati are like dogs, doing When wild dogs are tangled with shabby dog friends, they form groups and bark at humans. Once they are adopted and have enough food and clothing, they will turn the dog's head and point its fangs towards the way it came. They also have a special ability, which is to turn the dog's head around. The charming character is called the charming character, put it in your mouth and lick and bite it non-stop." (from stallion walking day)
"This article is simple and vulgar, but it is also profound. If you criticize well, you are just a bunch of wild dogs!" Zhu Cixiang snorted, glancing at Shi Kefa who was slowly approaching not far away. Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Although Mr. Shi is also a civil servant, he is still a civil servant." He still has some real character. Although he has no military talent, he is most suitable to be a political commissar."
"Political commissar?" Zhu Cixiang was startled.
"It's just to appease the soldiers," Chang Yu said with a smile.
