No matter how vicious a person is, there is a soft side in his heart.
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling grew up watching the "Tangtang little girl". In addition, Queen Zhang also likes her tightness. The two of them treated Chang Tian like their own sisters.
Chang Tian's name as the favorite of the capital is not for nothing.
Chang Tian said he wanted to eat their flesh. Zhang Heling was a little strange: "Good girl, why did our brothers offend you?"
"Last time you asked me to take Yun Niang into an outer house, and I did it!"
Chang Tian said with a sullen face: "It's not me you offend, it's the people!"
"For the sake of a woman, you actually robbed people's fields."
"The Queen will find famous teachers for you to teach you how to read. Your books have been read to the point of death!"
Zhang Heling said: "Ahem, you were talking about the village I built in Wanping. How big of a deal is it for you to be so angry, sister?"
Chang Tian stood up and pinched his waist: "How big of a deal is it? Thousands of people have lost their land and cannot survive. Is this a small matter?"
"Suppose I tell you that you will give me all the Zhang family's land. If you don't give it to me, I will lead my regiment to beat you. Would you like it?"
Chang Tian's face turned red with anger.
Add some brine to the tofu, and one thing will be reduced. The Zhang brothers were afraid of nothing but Chang Tian, a girl who only turned fourteen after the Chinese New Year.
Sometimes, "fear" means caring.
Chang Tian changed the topic: "I did something wrong too! I asked you to take over that shameless Yun Niang. I know it was Yun Niang who encouraged you to annex the land belonging to common people."
"Let's talk about it, I am the culprit who made thousands of people homeless in Wanping County!"
Zhang Heling hesitated: "Don't say that, but if I return the land to the people, Yun Niang will not fight with me!"
Chang Tian started acting: "Hey, you still care about that woman! Let me tell you! She has already done it!"
"She just hooked up with a 23-year-old strong pretty boy. She took the valuable things from the outer house and ran away!"
Zhang Heling was furious: "Is there such a thing?! How did you know, sister?"
Chang Tian said: "I know it anyway. If you don't believe me, go and have a look outside!"
Zhang Heling was so angry that he went to his outer house with his younger brother and Chang Tian.
Sure enough, the outer house was empty. Yun Niang is missing. Nothing of value was left in the house.
Of course, this was Qian Ning's fake Yun Niang Roll Bun Club.
"Bang!" Zhang Heling was so angry that he flew up and kicked a stool into the wall, causing the stool to fall apart.
Zhang Heling said angrily: "This woman deserves to die!"
Chang Tian said: "Brother, she has run away. You should return the people's land quickly. You will not have thousands of people poking your back at home every day."
"Also, the uncle is occupying the people's land. The people will hate the queen!"
Chang Tian speaks earnestly and sincerely, just like a young lady.
Zhang Heling said: "That's all. The woman has run away. There is no need for me to make my sister Tangtang angry because of thousands of acres of land. I will return the land!"
There is a certain kind of people who are born to be scoundrels. Even wearing the fine clothes of a marquis or earl can't change the ruffian's habits.
The two brothers Zhang Heling returned the land to the people of Wanping. But instead of restraining themselves in the future, they intensified their behavior.
They recruited scoundrels, exploited thieves, demolished people's houses, kidnapped children, intercepted commercial goods, ran rampant in rivers, occupied salt fields, raised yellow flags, and were as powerful as a winged tiger.
They did so many bad things not because they were short of money. Just for fun and awesomeness.
Their only advantage is that they are not greedy for power. Didn't do Tian Fu or He Jin.
Fu Si of Beizhen was imprisoned.
Chang Feng came to the "cell" where Li Mengyang was detained.
Li Mengyang is writing Tang-style poems and discussing with Mou Bin. The two of them were very focused. Unaware of Changfeng's arrival.
Not long after, Li Mengyang wrote the famous poem "Autumn View" handed down from generation to generation.
Li Mengyang recited: "The water of the Yellow River surrounds the wall of the Han Palace, and there are two rows of wild geese on the river in the autumn wind. The guest chases the wild horse across the trench, and the general shoots the wolf with his arrow."
"The yellow dust is flying across the ancient river, and the white moon is crossing the sky in the cold war. I heard that Shuo Fang has many brave strategies, but who is Guo Fenyang now?"
Naturally, the Guo Fenyang in Li Mengyang's poem is not the son of the fat little black man, but the king of Fenyang, Guo Ziyi.
Chang Feng clapped his hands: "It's so wet! It's so wet! Although Mr. Li is in prison, his ambition has not diminished, and he expresses his ambition through poetry!"
Mou Bin directly crumpled the poem he wrote on the paper into a ball: "Compared with Mr. Li's poems, my poems are not poems at all."
Li Mengyang stroked his beard and said, "You two have done a great job."
Chang Feng said: "Mr. Li, there is good news. The Zhang brothers have returned the fields of Wanping people."
Li Mengyang was surprised: "Oh? What the dogs swallowed, they spit it out again?"
Li Mengyang is indeed bold! He actually called his uncle a dog in Jinyiwei's prison.
Chang Feng smiled and said, "I'm afraid only Mr. Li dares to say this."
Li Mengyang said: "Don't you always call them 'little bastards'?"
Chang Feng said: "Mr. Li will be aggrieved and spend the New Year's Eve in prison. When the first month comes, I will definitely find a way to let you out."
Li Mengyang didn't care at all: "I eat well and live well here. I can just concentrate on writing a few poems."
At night, Liu Jin came to Chang's Mansion to give New Year's gifts.
Searching a house is a technical job, and wiping one's buttocks is also a technical job.
Liu Jin wiped the butt of the young prince Zhu Houzhao for a year and a half. He improved his level, style and future.
Empress Zhang admired Liu Jin who worked seriously. He had just been promoted to the position of Superintendent of the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Although his position has been promoted, his main job has not changed, and he is still wiping the little prince's butt.
Liu Jin gave Chang Feng a gift list. There was no gold or silver on the gift list, only some tribute rice, wild boar meat and the like.
Liu Jin is very good at getting things done. He knew that giving gold and silver to Chang Feng would appear disrespectful. Besides, Chang Feng is not a person who is greedy for money and good goods.
Chang Feng smiled and said, "It costs you money."
Liu Jin said: "Little uncle, what are you talking about? I owe everything to you for what I am today. Isn't it right to be filial and filial to you before the Chinese New Year?"
"Oh, by the way. I also brought a pair of Shih Tzu rabbits for my little aunt to enjoy. It is a rule that rabbits are not included in the ceremony, so they were not written on the gift list."
Chang Feng said: "You are determined. How about it? Is the supervisor doing his job smoothly?"
Liu Jin smiled and said: "It's very satisfying! The Queen treats me with great kindness, how can I not serve her to the death?"
Liu Jin has become the third rank among eunuchs. Going up further are the young eunuchs and eunuchs. Since he met the Chang brothers and sisters, his official career, which had been suppressed for more than thirty years, began to prosper.
Chang Feng suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I brought back a young eunuch from Shandong, named Wei Bin. You can arrange an errand for him."
Wei Bin was the young eunuch who turned against Guo Qilu.
In the past few years, Liu Jin began to develop his own circle of friends, a small group.
Chang Feng inadvertently continued to contribute to Liu Jin's circle of friends. For example, Zhang Cai and Liu Jin, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, met in Changfu and are now very close.
Liu Jin said: "I will treat my uncle's people as my brothers."
Chang Feng waved his hand: "He is not mine. He is not close to me either. He just helped me solve a case."
"You don't need to praise him too much. Just let him be a fire bearer, a constant follower, something like that."
Liu Jin said: "Sure! Let him come to the Internal Affairs Prison to find me tomorrow."
Chang Feng sent Liu Jin away and returned to the bedroom.
Chang Feng told Liu Xiaoyan: "When you enter the palace on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, you should say good things to the Queen and let Li Mengyang go."
"Just say that you are on good terms with Li Mengyang's wife. The queen's anger should have dissipated. She is not a mean person, and she will definitely show her favor."
Liu Xiaoyan said: "Sure. Don't worry."
Chang Feng sighed: "Alas. The Zhang family brothers will do whatever they want to do because they are the Queen's biological brothers. Sooner or later they will get into great trouble."
Liu Xiaoyan reminded Chang Feng: "You are wrong. The most capable person around the Queen is not the Zhang brothers, but Li Guang."
Chang Feng frowned: "Li Guang?"
Liu Xiaoyan nodded: "That Eunuch Li doesn't know how to restrain himself at all. He also did a lot of annexing people's fields. He also asked his cousin to open a salt shop, and he used the government's salt for free to do business."
"This winter he built a large outer mansion. Guess what, he even used water from Yuquan Mountain to surround the mansion."
Chang Feng asked: "How do you know these things?"
Liu Xiaoyan said: "Don't think that you, the Jin Yiwei, are the only ones who are well-informed. I have tea and hang out with the ladies in the capital all day long, and we always talk about everything."
Chang Feng was stunned. The circle of ladies in the capital is indeed a huge news network. These ladies are not very tight-lipped. Liu Xiaoyan naturally knew many secrets in official circles.
Liu Xiaoyan asked again: "Do you know what yellow rice and white rice are?"
Chang Feng said: "Is it inferior rice or superior rice?"
Liu Xiaoyan shook her head slightly: "Wrong. Now the officials in the capital are bribing Li Guang, and the gift slips say how many stones are there for yellow rice and how many stones are there for white rice."
"One stone of yellow rice is equal to ten taels of gold."
"One stone of white rice is equal to a hundred taels of silver."
Although Chang Feng was a favored minister of Emperor Hongzhi, he was far from being an extremely popular minister. There are some people he can't control.
For example, Li Guang. He is the chief minister of etiquette Bingbi, the steward of the Kunning Palace who serves Empress Zhang.
Jinyiwei is an official in charge of the officials, but he cannot control the giant of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Chang Feng asked: "He is so ignorant of the rules. Is there no one involved in the impeachment?"
Liu Xiaoyan said: "You haven't been in Beijing this year. There are some things that you don't know. Let's give some information to Ye Shen and Zhang Jin, the imperial censor, to impeach Li Guang. The emperor will stay in China and not make any announcement."
Chang Feng sighed: "Oh, the emperor is good at everything, but he is too indulgent to the people around the queen."
Emperor Hongzhi is worthy of being the biological son of Emperor Chenghua. Emperor Chenghua initially favored Concubine Wan Gui, and countless ministers fawned over Concubine Wan Gui.
All the relatives and confidants of Concubine Fanwan have great power and bring trouble to the imperial court.
Emperor Hongzhi favored Empress Zhang. He was too indulgent to the people around Queen Zhang.
However, Queen Zhang is different from Concubine Wan Gui in one thing. She doesn't do politics.
The people around her don't have any ambitions, they don't pursue power, they just like to immerse themselves in making money.
For example, Li Guang is greedy for money. But he is not like Wan Tong and others.
If Wantong is impeached by the Censor Yanguan, he will definitely retaliate and take the life of the Censor Yanguan.
Ye Shen and Zhang Jin participated in the impeachment of Li Guang. Li Guang laughed it off. Anyway, the emperor kept your memorial without publishing it, and I suffered no loss. Why are you causing trouble?
I will continue to make my money, and you will continue to be your officials. Everyone is at peace.
After talking about state affairs, the couple started talking about family matters.
Liu Xiaoyan said: "By the way. Huang Yuan won the title of scholar in this year's academy examination. He and our Tangtang are in love. After the Chinese New Year, Tangtang will be fourteen."
"I think you should go to Huang's house and talk to Huang Yuan's father about making a wedding ceremony after the new year."
Chang Feng said: "Sure. I will go find him the day after tomorrow."
It’s noon on New Year’s Eve in the sixth year of Hongzhi’s reign.
Chang Feng came to the Qingsong Coffin Shop on Fulu Street and found the old cripple.
The old cripple asked: "Master Chang, are you here to order funeral papers? Is there any noble person in the capital who has passed away?"
Chang Feng said: "You misunderstood. I'm here to give you a New Year's gift today."
The old lame man was extremely surprised: "You, a noble man in royal robes and flying fish robes, are you going to give me a New Year's gift?"
Chang Feng said with a smile: "It's not strange to give too many gifts. Just don't dislike my courtesy."
After speaking, Chang Feng took out three cloth bags.
He opened the first cloth bag first: "These are the files of four theft cases in Daxing County and Shuntian Prefecture. They are all unsolved cases."
"I know you are the one who committed the crime. Today I will hand over the case file to you. If you burn it, you will no longer have to worry about the government coming to your door in this life."
Jinyiwei has great magical powers. In addition, Sai Tanghong, the boss of Lao Cripple, has a romantic relationship with Fatty Xu.
It was not difficult for Chang Feng to figure out what cases the old cripple had done in his life and which case files were kept in the government.
The old lame man was stunned: "This"
Chang Feng smiled and said: "Old senior, there is no need to thank me. I have checked you. When you commit crimes, you always steal from the rich and give to the poor. Those who steal are the ones who deserve to be stolen."
The old lame man pretended to kneel down and kowtow to Chang Feng to say thank you.
But Chang Feng supported the old lame man: "Senior, you don't have to be like this. In the 22nd year of Chenghua, I crippled one of your legs and you were able to prosper. I owe you, and I am repaying my debt by doing this."
Chang Feng opened the second cloth bag. Inside the cloth bag was a household registration photo.
Chang Feng said: "This is the medical certificate I asked Shuntian Prefecture to open for you. From now on, you will be the superior of the Ming Dynasty."
The Ming Dynasty had a strict household registration system. They are divided into three categories: military households, civilian households, and craftsmen households.
Among them, private households are divided into thirty types such as Confucian registration, student registration, medical registration, arrester's household registration, business registration, etc.
However, in order to encourage reading, all children from military households, civilian households, and craftsman households could take the imperial examination.
After passing the Tongsheng examination, he became a Confucian scholar, and with the title of scholar he was promoted to a student member.
Before the Song Dynasty, doctors belonged to the lower classes, with a low status, belonging to the middle and ninth tiers of the three religions.
After the Song Dynasty, the status of doctors greatly improved, and it became a social consensus that "if you are not a good doctor, you must be a good doctor".
Although the medical books of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as Confucian books and medical books, they are higher in status than monk books, painting books, etc., and they belong to the upper class.
The old lame man was stunned: "Do you really want to change my registration to become a superior citizen?"
Chang Feng said: "Yes."
After speaking, Chang Feng opened the third cloth bag, and inside was a two thousand tael silver note.
The old cripple asked: "Do you have something you want me to do?"
Chang Feng said: "That's right. I have to entrust you with a huge task."
The old lame man was a little embarrassed: "I have washed my hands in a golden basin. Huang Yuan is about to take the imperial examination. I don't want to commit another crime and implicate him."
Chang Feng smiled and said: "Not to mention, this big thing really wouldn't be possible without your adopted son Huang Yuan."
The old cripple begged Chang Feng: "He is a scholar. He doesn't understand anything about the world. Please be kind and let him go."
Chang Feng finally explained the purpose of his visit: "I'm not asking you two to engage in political affairs."
"I want Huang Yuan to be the guest of honor of the princess and my sister's husband!"
The old lame man was so shocked that he couldn't hold back his words for a long time: "How can my family be worthy of marrying the princess?"
Chang Feng said: "Why don't you deserve it? Huang Yuan's government examinations and court examinations are both top cases. It is only a matter of time that he succeeds in being elected as a candidate or a candidate for Jinshi."
"I think he is a good match for my sister! It depends on whether you, father and son, are willing."
By marrying the princess, Huang Yuan will become a royal relative from now on, and will be able to guarantee wealth and honor throughout his life.
The old lame man nodded his head like a kowtowing insect: "Yes, yes!"
Chang Feng smiled and said: "It's no use if you are willing, Huang Yuan is willing. It's not sweet if you force him to do it. Just let him come over and I'll ask him."
The old cripple called Huang Yuan.
Huang Yuan and Chang Tian hit it off. But he's recently fallen into the troubles of Young Werther.
Huang Yuan knew that although he was born as a member of the imperial family, his adoptive father had a lowly status, and even if he won the Jinshi, he would not be worthy of marrying the princess.
When he heard that Chang Feng asked him to make an engagement with Chang Tian, he was so excited that he said incoherently: "My princess is good to her."
Chang Feng said: "Don't rush to express your attitude. There is something I have to tell you clearly."
"We have rules in the Ming Dynasty. The princess's consort, the princess's consort, and the county lord's guest of honor can participate in the imperial examination. But even if they win the first prize, they cannot be awarded actual positions."
"If you make a marriage contract with my sister, you will never be able to be a real official in this life, and you can only hold the false title of a guest of honor in a clan mansion."
"You should think carefully before replying to me."
Huang Yuan fell into deep thought. Learning and excellence leads to officialdom, which is the highest pursuit of most scholars.
Chang Feng reminded him: "If you study in literature and martial arts, your goods will belong to the emperor's family. This sentence has always been derogatory."
"Besides, I know the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Well, when you become an official, sometimes good people have to be forced to become bad people."
Huang Yuan made up his mind: "I am willing to make a marriage contract with Princess Wanping."
Chang Feng clapped his hands: "It's done! Then we will be in-laws from now on!"
Then Chang Feng patiently warned: "When you make a bedding for my sister, you must not lose face or insult her status. You can use these two thousand taels of silver notes to purchase the betrothal gift."
"Go to Furui Gold Shop to get the wedding certificate to have it gilded. All the incense candies are of the best quality. Go to Li Ji Candy Shop to buy the four-color candies and Sijing Fruits."
"The satin gift requires the best Jiangnan silk. Oh, don't buy Yun brocade. It's taboo to look closely at that stuff."
"The gold bracelets should be made in two pairs, and they should be inlaid with medium-sized gemstones. Don't overdo it. The goldsmith should know the specifications of the gemstones used by the princess."
"The most important thing is that the wild geese must be fat and dull! You must order them in advance from Orion in the suburbs of Beijing."
The old cripple said quickly: "I have money! How can I use my in-laws' banknotes to buy the theorem? This is impossible."
Chang Feng smiled and said: "You want to say that you are tipping the balance, right? In order for my sister to finally get married, I am happy to tip the scales!"
"Okay, then it's settled. Choose an auspicious day in the spring, and you go and give the wedding gift."
"Farewell!"
After Chang Feng left, the lame man hugged his adopted son's shoulders and burst into tears: "Good boy, you are finally stable in this life!"
Chang Feng returned to his house, and Chang Tian was peeling sugar and frying chestnuts for Zhuang Zhuang.
Chang Feng said seriously: "Tangtang, Huang Yuan can't just enter the house from now on!"
When Chang Tian heard this, his face immediately drooped: "Why?"
Chang Feng said seriously: "No reason!"
Chang Tian got angry: "You think his family owns a paper shop? Brother, although you are the head of the family, I am the princess of the dynasty!"
"I must have the final say in half of the affairs in our house, right?"
"I'll let him into the house! If you don't let him come, I, I. I'll talk to the queen's sister-in-law and the emperor's brother-in-law to reason with you!"
Chang Feng finally showed a smile: "Silly girl. I asked the Huang family to make a betrothal gift to our family after the Chinese New Year. According to the rules, married men and women cannot stay together!"
Chang Tian's anger turned into joy: "Really? Oh! Okay! I know that my brother loves me the most and understands me best!"
Chang Feng said: "Be more reserved. After all, you are the honor of the princess. As soon as I heard that I found a husband for you, your mouth was almost split to the back molars!"
Chang Tian jumped up and hugged Chang Feng: "Ha, brother is the best!"
Chang Feng smiled and said: "Let go quickly. Didn't you say that men and women are not close to each other, and the younger sister avoids the older brother?"
Chang Tian's head was pressed against his brother's chest: "Don't say I'm only fourteen after the New Year, even if I'm eighty-four, I'm still your sister!"
New Year's Eve. Chang Feng called Lao Taishan Liu Bingyi, and the family happily ate dumplings and told jokes to stay up late.
People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. Every person and every family has good and bad luck.
This year Changfeng followed Liu Daxia and made great contributions to disaster relief and flood control. He was promoted to command Zuo Qianshi. If Zhu Ji leaves office, he will definitely take over as commander.
Chang Tian made an engagement with her young lover at the end of the year.
For Chang Feng's sake, Ma Wensheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, promoted Liu Bingyi's essays to the rank of Tongyi doctor.
The Chang family is naturally having a happy New Year.
The Ming Dynasty had a population of 60 million and 15 million households. Naturally, some people were happy and some were sad.
Two thousand miles away in the water town of Jiangnan, Wuxian County, Suzhou.
A twenty-five-year-old scholar was guarding the five memorial tablets, feeling extremely sad.
Although he is still a young man, he already has gray hair on his head.
During this year, his father, mother, wife, and son passed away one after another. My sister also committed suicide. Everyone in the family died except him.
He almost cried out his tears!
In later generations, Tan Tan said that "Uncle Fugui" in transportation was considered lucky compared with him. At least Uncle Fugui still has a younger brother.
The scholar's name is Tang Yin, also known as Bohu. He was a scholar from the Suzhou Prefectural Academy and was a famous talent in the Jiangnan area.
A few years later, Chang Feng, who is extremely happy tonight, will have a complicated story with Tang Yin, who is extremely sad tonight.
The fate and intersection between people are indeed elusive.
The fifth day of the first lunar month. Liu Xiaoyan went to Kunning Palace to plead for Empress Zhang.
Queen Zhang is not a mean person. His anger towards Li Mengyang has long since dissipated.
She also figured out that it was her two younger brothers who were at fault first. That day, he begged Emperor Hongzhi to release Li Mengyang.
Li Mengyang spent several days in the imperial prison. Instead of losing weight, he actually gained a lot of weight.
Yun Niang, who instigated Zhang Heling to seize civilian fields, was sent by Qian Ning to Jizhen to be the wife of a frontier army boss.
A blessing in disguise for her. At forty like a tiger, she likes "rough" people the most.
The people of Luxi received relief from the government. At least during the first month, I would have wheat cakes to eat so I wouldn’t go hungry.
Seventy-seven or eighty-eight water conservancy projects have been built. In the coming year, the people of Shandong Province no longer have to worry about the suffering of Huang Fan.
Six years have passed since Hongzhi, and Chang Feng misses it very much.
He actually did something for the people.
Palace intrigues and officialdom battles cannot give Chang Feng this sense of pride of "saving the people from fire and water, and relieving them from hanging upside down".
The seventh year of Hongzhi has arrived. Time is like the water of a great river, it cannot flow back, it rushes forward.
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