Children are hope.
Chang Feng held his son, who was not yet one month old, in his arms. The son's cry was loud and clear.
Chang Feng said: "By the way, we have to give our son a nickname."
Liu Xiaoyan said: "I gave him a nickname, Zhuang Zhuang. I hope he will grow up strong."
Chang Feng smiled and said: "There is a famous actor in Beijing, his surname is Yan. I remember his stage name is also Zhuang Zhuang. This is a good name."
At night, Huaien limped into Chang's Mansion with Liu Jin's support.
Changfeng came to the courtyard to greet him. Seeing Wynn's sick body, he felt a little distressed.
Chang Feng said: "Master, you are not in good health. Please take a sick leave from the emperor. How can you drag your sick body to stand in the Qianqing Palace every day?"
Wynn's fat face forced a smile: "The new dynasty has just begun. How dare I hide from leisure. Let's go and drink your daughter's glory."
Everyone entered the dining room. Because it's a family dinner, it's all family members. Liu Xiaoyan and Tangtang didn't shy away from it and came to the table.
Chang Feng poured a glass of Daughter's Red for Wynn.
Liu Jin knelt down with a bang: "Ancestor, the imperial doctor has warned you a thousand times that you are not allowed to drink. If you drink any more, your toes will be rotten!"
In the most advanced stages of diabetes, ulcers may develop on the toes and calves.
Once a toe ulcer occurs, you may not survive for a few months.
Chang Feng's expression changed when he heard this: "Grandpa, why are you so sick?"
Wynn scolded Liu Jin: "You should be happy to support your little uncle. Why are you raising this issue?"
Although Liu Jin is seventeen years older than Chang Feng. But he is Wynn's great-great-grandson. According to his seniority, he should be called Uncle Chang Feng.
Liu Jin said: "Old Ancestor, I really can't drink any more wine."
Tangtang directly reached for the wine glass and splashed her daughter's red wine. Then he poured tea into the wine cup.
Tangtang said: "Master, please listen to me and replace the wine with tea."
Strange to say, in the past two years, Wynn has encountered no matter how bad things happened. He is happy whenever he sees Tangtang.
Wynn scratched Tangtang's nose: "Hey, the gentleman with ten taels of education and one month's education is not in vain. You all know the expression 'tea instead of wine'."
Everyone started to eat. Wynn actually didn't dare to eat anything. I could only eat some of the green vegetables on the plate that were for display.
Wynn suddenly asked Chang Feng: "What happened to you in the southeast?"
Chang Feng answered: "When I took a sea boat to go to Haoying Mirror, I encountered Japanese pirates. We had a battle with Japanese pirates at Yongning Guard."
He didn't mention the Four Seas Society.
Wynn said: "I didn't ask you about your stay in Fujian. I asked you about your stay in Hangzhou."
"In the morning, before you returned to the palace, the emperor was so angry that he even threw the copper. He angrily said, 'Chang Feng is lawless in Hangzhou.'"
Chang Feng said seriously: "Master, it's not that my grandson is hiding anything from you. My grandson promised the emperor that he will never tell others about Hangzhou."
Wynn understood Chang Feng very well: "Yeah. If you keep a few things secret, it will cause harm. Since you promised the emperor, I won't ask."
"It seems that the emperor is very satisfied with the job you have done. He also gave Zhuangzhuang a coupon to avoid death, and he also gave Zhuangzhuang a jade."
Wynn would never think of it. What Chang Feng did was to massacre hundreds of people from eight households in Hangzhou in one night. His iron-blooded skills may not even be matched by Zhu Ji.
When it came to Hangzhou, Chang Feng was a little distracted: Who reported what I did to the emperor?
It seems that I will have to be more cautious in doing things in the future. There is a hidden stake of the emperor beside me.
The next day, Chang Feng came to Jinyiwei Dianmao.
Colleagues and superior Sun Luan congratulated Chang Feng and Fatty Xu for successfully offering sacrifices to Mazu on behalf of the emperor.
Not long after, Xiao Jing came to announce the decree.
More than 100 households in Jinyiwei arrived to listen to the order with the commander on duty.
Xiao Jing said loudly: "There is an edict. Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, who command the left and right guards of Jinyiwei, are young and promising and have made great contributions. I am hereby promoted to command the left and right guards. I appreciate this."
Chang Feng noticed that Zhu Ji's face turned green when he heard this decree.
In Zhu Ji's view, allowing two young men to be his nominal left and right hands was an insult to him by Emperor Hongzhi.
However, he could not raise objections to the imperial edict.
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling accepted the order.
Xiao Jing smiled and said: "Congratulations to you two young uncles. Now, except for Commander Zhu, you are the most powerful official in the Jinyi Guard."
Zhang Heling said: "Ahem! No matter how old the official is, we will still listen to Brother Chang!"
Zhang Yanling echoed: "Yes, yes! Brother Chang asks us to go east but we will never go west!"
The two of them said this. The robes of Jinyiwei all cast envious glances at Chang Feng.
Rumors had long spread throughout the official circles in Beijing that the Chang family and his wife had a close relationship with Kunning Palace. Looking at it now, it is not an unfounded rumor. Sure enough.
Everyone dispersed, leaving only Chang Feng behind.
Zhu Ji said: "Chang Feng, you did a good job on this mission. But I want to warn you, don't be arrogant. This is for your own good."
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Subordinates, please remember your commander's instructions."
Zhu Ji added: "You did a good job on your mission. But you still lack a little bit of the great compassion of Buddhism."
"I regret that I let you commit murder on the school grounds."
Chang Feng said nothing. He had a vague feeling that Zhu Ji knew something about Hangzhou.
Zhu Ji took out an imperial edict: "In June, the emperor issued an edict. Local officials from other provinces were convicted, and all house confiscation matters were transferred from the local yamen to Jinyiwei."
"In other words, your Qianhu Inspection Station will frequently send people out of Beijing to search homes."
Chang Feng said: "Your Majesty is wise."
After Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he ransacked his houses and reaped the benefits. He discovered that ransacking homes was a considerable source of income.
But at the local level, for example, a county official was convicted. The prefect's Yamen went to check. Three thousand taels were copied, and at most one thousand taels were handed over to Beijing.
The remaining silver coins were all divided up by the prefects, governors, feudal lords, and Futai.
Instead of doing this, it is better to skip the procedure of plucking those wild geese. Let Jin Yiwei intervene directly.
Zhu Ji said: "Don't be too busy flattering the emperor and calling him a sage. Check the 600 people in Qianhu Station. 500 of them were transferred from the regiment camp after the emperor ascended the throne."
"They are all novices. It is imperative that you train them strictly. Teach them your various skills in confiscating homes."
"The Emperor is very fond of you now. You are someone who wants to do big things. You certainly can't do it yourself when you go out to the capital to copy the small errands of county magistrates and prefects."
"You have to learn to control the people under you."
Chang Feng said: "Yes. My subordinates will definitely teach you the best."
At noon, Chang Feng went to Xiangxi Lane and found Miss Jiu.
Miss Ninth laughed so hard when she saw Chang Feng: "Brother Chang, you haven't been to my place for a long time."
Chang Feng said: "I have been out of Beijing on business for several months. I am here today to ask for something from you."
Miss Ninth suppressed her smile: "What's the business? Are you investigating some case? Brother Chang, just speak up."
Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "It's not that complicated. You should be familiar with the Chengnan Dog Market, right? Help me buy thirty purebred Laizhou Reds. No crosses."
Miss Ninth laughed: "Hey Brother Chang, I thought it was a big deal."
Chang Feng warned: "All of them must be one year old. The males must be castrated. Money is not an issue, we must keep purebreds."
"These thirty dogs will serve as emperor's servants in the future."
(End of chapter)
