When Wang Shu got the news about the old pawn and returned home, he no longer dared to walk openly from the main road as before. Now that he was over seventy years old, he was severely beaten by those bastards from the Song army and had to go to the underworld to see the King of Hell. Wang Shu changed into civilian clothes, put on a turban and took advantage of the night to find a path and go around in a long circle before going home.
It's not that Wang Shu is afraid of death, it's because he still has a wife and children at home that he can't let go of. His son Wang Chengyu is very smart, and he is better than his master! There is a wonderful line in "Poems on the Gap in the House" written when he was seven or eight years old: "The wind blows on the beam, and the moon shines brightly on the pillow." When he was 17 or 18 years old, he wrote the book "Study Notes", and when he was 20 years old, he wrote "Tai Chi Movement and Illustration". In the 22nd year of Chenghua, he passed the examination for returning to his hometown. Wang Shu believed that his son would have a bright future and could be the second assistant in the cabinet with little talk.
Now that he is an official in the court, he can support a large family every month, and his son can calm down and study without worrying about the family's livelihood. But if Wang Shu still insists on fighting with those of the Song Army like he did twenty years ago, The young man is confronting the situation head-on. If something unexpected happens tonight, his son will have to worry about the family's livelihood in advance, and his promising future will be ruined. Thinking of this, Wang Shu felt a lot of emotion and wrote a memorial overnight and handed it over to Zhu Youtang. This kind of matter had to be solved by the emperor.
Early the next morning, Zhu Youtang sat up from the dragon bed. Gong'e who was standing beside him hurriedly opened the bed curtain when the emperor woke up.
As the sun shone in, Zhu Youtang sighed: "It's another beautiful day!" Li Guang, the eunuch in charge of the Supervision and Supervision Department, hurriedly brought a cup of warm tea.
Zhu Youtang stretched, took the warm tea and took a sip silently, rinsed his mouth and spit it into the spittoon under the bed. Zhu Youtang looked at Li Guang, who looked flattering, and asked, "What's going on in the palace recently?"
Li Guang picked up the warm tea and said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang has become less talkative in the palace recently. Even the food supervisor, Eunuch Zhang, is still talking nonsense."
I am CAO, why did Eunuch Zhang offend Li Guang, a bitch slave, and bite Shangshan Superintendent and not let go. "No one except him?" Zhu Youtang asked deliberately.
Li Guang rolled his eyes and pretended to think for a while and said: "Back to the emperor, there is no more at the moment."
Zhu You sneered: "You have done a good job in this matter. Don't keep holding on to Shang Shanjian. Pay more attention to the people outside and don't let outsiders put their hands into your door."
The outsiders here naturally refer to the court officials. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, officials colluded. Many courtiers had their own eyes in the palace and knew the emperor's information at all times. Zhu Youtang couldn't let this happen to him, otherwise he might lead to another palace mystery if he made such drastic reforms.
"This slave will obey the teachings of Grandpa Huang."
Zhu Youtang had just put on his clothes when Huaien, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, came in holding a stack of memorials.
After reading so many memorials, Zhu Youtang finally understood that it was not easy to be an emperor! He rubbed his waist and asked, "Is there anything important in it? Pick the important ones."
"Replying to your Majesty, there is a copy of Wang Shu's book in it."
Mentioning Wang Shu and Zhu Youtang immediately became energetic. Wang Zongguan was much more reliable than those civil servants who claimed to be clean and honest. At least there was no nonsense in the memorial.
"Take out Wang Shu's, I'll look at his first!"
Zhu Youtang took Wang Shu's hand and glanced at it. Although there were not many words, the meaning was very clear. Even if someone wants to kill me, Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want!
The emperor's premeditated murder of the emperor's specially appointed ministers is too rampant! Zhu Youtang was furious, slammed the memorial on the table and shouted: "Let the Jin Yiwei Wan pass come to see me!"
Since the last time Wantong handled the case in Li Zi Province, Zhu Youtang has never seen him again. Immediately afterwards, Wan An, the chief minister of the cabinet, fell, and his old Wan family lost another "pillar".
When Wan An left Beijing, he specially sent a message to Wantong saying that he wanted to see him, but Wantong did not dare to go because he was afraid that others would label him as a member of Wan An's party. After all, he has been the chief minister of the cabinet for ten years and can still save his life. He is just a commander of the Jin Yiwei Palm Seal, and he might lose his head!
When he learned that Zhu Youtang had summoned him, Wantong was surprised and happy, and rushed to Qianqing Palace without stopping.
"Commander of the Jinyi Guards, Commander Wantong, respectfully wishes His Majesty's peace."
"I'm fine, please get up and sit down."
Zhu Youtang looked at Wantong up and down and said: "It seems that the oil and water in Li Zi Province cut a lot last time and fattened you up!"
Wantong was shocked when he heard this. He quickly stood up and knelt down, but was stopped by Zhu Youtang, "No need to plead guilty. I summoned you this time for something. If you settle the old debt, you can wipe it off. Why don't you do it?" Well, there’s no need to plead guilty, just buy a coffin and prepare for the funeral.”
As soon as Zhu Youtang said this, Wantong shivered in fear and asked, "I wonder what your Majesty asked me to do?"
"I have recently asked Governor Wang Shu to disarm the capital camp, but some uneasy and well-intentioned people dare to touch my people. You can send some smart and skilled people to protect Wang Shu until the disarmament of the capital camp is completed. During this period, if he If you lose even a little bit, you don’t have to do it!”
Wantong immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "I will obey the imperial edict and will protect Mr. Wang well."
"Do you have a man named Mou Bin under your command? Let him come to see me!"
Wantong looked confused, Mou Bin was just a member of the Imperial Guard, how did His Majesty know? Although there were doubts in Wantong's mind, he still nodded and said: "Yes, I will let Mou Bin enter the palace now."
"You go down first!" After Wan Tong retreated, Zhu Youtang continued to review the memorials. Among them, Wu Ying's memorials gave him a headache. The collection of commercial taxes by shops in the capital was not going well this month. Some shops were covered by royal family members. It is even more difficult to get a penny. It was especially difficult for his brother-in-law Zhang Heling's shop to close the accounts. Zhu Youtang's consciousness told him that the perpetrator Wang Shu was also closely related to his brother-in-law Zhang Heling. It seemed that he had to meet him personally!
Thinking about it, I have traveled through time and stayed in the palace. I haven’t seen the outside world yet. It’s time for me to go out and relax!
Think about the fact that Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages, is still on tour. The old man Yongle is feeling bored in the palace and leads an army of 500,000 people to go around the grassland and have fun. Emperor Kangxi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty often paid private visits incognito, and Emperor Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River six times. That Xia Yuhe on the shore of Daming Lake was obsessed with Emperor Qianlong for a lifetime. I have to admit that some emperors left the palace simply to make it easier for them to pick up girls. I'm tired of seeing the three thousand beauties in the harem, and sometimes I want to go out and pick wild flowers. After all, home flowers don't have the fragrance of wild flowers!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youtang ordered the palace maid to disguise herself, and sneaked out of the palace with Mou Bin, several guards and the young eunuch Li Guang.
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There is an East Alley in the capital. The entrance to this alley is very prosperous, just because there is a brothel at the entrance of the alley. How can the brothel in the capital be any worse? There are many famous prostitutes in the brothel. They have secretly learned Taoist sexual intercourse skills and are very powerful, so their consumption is naturally very high. Most of the regular customers here are the children of officials, especially the major shareholder Zhang Heling is the number one guest of this brothel.
Oops, I haven’t seen Mr. Zhang for a long time. I miss you so much. What have you been doing these days? "An old madam from a brothel led two prostitutes out to greet them.
Zhang Heling said coldly: "Are there any new talents recently?
The old bustard smiled and said: "Hey, we have sent people to look for people. It is estimated that new people will enter the building at the end of the month. Are you satisfied with the "Peony" last time? She has learned a few new tricks recently. Why don't you try it? try?"
Zhang Heling glanced at him, and the two guards behind him immediately understood. They hugged each other with smiles, and the two prostitutes left behind the madam. Zhang Heling was left alone to follow the madam straight upstairs. This brothel was not large in scale at first. When it was first operated in the East Lane, it often failed to make money. Later, Zhang Heling led 30 oirans to join the brothel, and the number of customers gradually increased. Officials often secretly contributed funds to repair it. For example, the first assistant Liu Ji was also a major shareholder, which led to its current scale.
Although Zhang Heling went upstairs alone with the madam, there was a pair of eyes watching everything. Zhang Heling stopped as soon as he went upstairs. There was a graceful beauty standing in the corridor on the second floor. The madam was a little surprised when he saw this and asked: "Who is the girl?
The beauty looked back and didn't answer.
Zhang Heling looked at the beauty and then at the madam and said angrily: "What a courageous slave. You lied to me despite having such a beauty in the building. Why is the money I usually give you less? Or you don't give me any face at all." "
These words only frightened the old madam. She rushed forward and pushed the beauty and whispered: "Miss, are you brought by Mr. Liu? Then you will be lucky. The person in front of you is the head of the country." Young Master, if you serve him well, you will have a lifetime of glory and wealth!"
The beauty said calmly: "I don't accept guests."
These words made Zhang Heling burst out laughing. Zhang Heling took out two gold ingots from his sleeves and threw them on the ground. He said with a smile: "Why are you pretending to be innocent? I'll give you these two gold ingots. If you serve me well in bed, you can do it again." I’ll give you two ingots of gold.”
Unexpectedly, the beauty just rolled her eyes and turned back to the house. The old bustard hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Heling and said with a wry smile: "Young master, go to the peony room first, and wait for me to persuade her and let her go to the young master's room obediently."
"Go away." Zhang Heling kicked the old bustard over, followed the beauty into the house and said in a deep voice: "I have made the right decision on you today. If you obey me, I will guarantee you a lifetime of prosperity and wealth. If you don't obey, don't blame me, the overlord." Harden the bow!"
The beauty panicked: "What are you going to do? This is the capital, do you still have the king's law in your eyes? I am the chief minister!"
Zhang Heling spat out and said disdainfully: "So what about Liu Ji's woman? As long as I see it right, he won't dare not give it to me!"
Zhang Heling stepped closer to the beauty and said with a lewd smile: "I like women who resist like you. Here I am Wang Fa!"
The beauty's clothes were torn bit by bit by Zhang Heling, and the sound of women's wailing and Zhang Heling's lewd laughter could be heard in the house.
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