Hu Dashan is a man who knows how to repay his kindness. Although the sugar business has not yet opened, Hu Dashan has regarded Gu Zhengchen as his "benefactor" in the business. In order to repay his favor, he did not hesitate to use his many years of relationships to send his business partners to Judgment. Allow.
When Gu Zhengchen saw Lu Xingyuan mentioning Hu Dashan, he quickly stood up and saluted: "I don't know if it was Uncle Hu who persuaded me to come here. It's really disrespectful to someone. Gu Cheng, go buy a table of food and drinks."
Lu Xingyuan laughed loudly, stopped Gu Cheng, and said to Gu Zhengchen: "Hu Dashan can only let me come, but he can't be my decision. What really makes me decide is the goods and price. This transaction is for you. I'm a good business owner, so if you want to treat someone, I should be the host."
Seeing Lu Xingyuan's bold smile, Gu Zhengchen said, "How dare you bother Uncle Lu."
The teahouse was replaced by a restaurant.
Lu Xingyuan is a talkative person, and he is even more familiar with the interesting things in Jinling: "A few days ago, there were shooting stars at night in Jinling. They were like chicken eggs at first and were green and red in color. They started from Neijie (the name of the ancient star official) and traveled north to Wenchang. The illuminated ground, as big as a lamp, disappeared immediately, and then appeared again in the night of three drums, exactly the same... The emperor was surprised, and summoned the Heavenly Supervisor to question him, and they all said it was a good omen. Uncle Chengyi was also called into the palace to question him, It is said that heaven determines Wenchang, and education will flourish."
"Isn't this just a rumor?"
Gu Zhengchen was a little suspicious.
Could it be that some UFO has appeared? Otherwise, how can we explain that this thing can still be located? It went to Jinling City twice in one night, took the same path, glowed, and suddenly disappeared?
Lu Xingyuan chuckled and said: "Who dares to use the emperor to fabricate such a thing, not to mention the fact that countless people have witnessed it, and it cannot be faked."
Gu Zhengchen frowned.
With so many people witnessing it and involving the emperor, Qin Tianjian and Liu Ji, this kind of thing should be true.
But how to explain this strange phenomenon?
If it is really a meteor, flying twice, shouldn't there be a chance to hear the sound?
Many history books have recorded some incredible astronomical and natural phenomena, but no one can give the answers. They can only treat them as common conversation topics and occasionally laugh.
"Some officials wrote a letter because of this and wanted to resume the imperial examination. Haha, it is said that they were reprimanded by the emperor."
Lu Xingyuan said the key words.
have to.
Gu Zhengchen stopped talking. Regardless of whether it was a UFO or not, at least it was being used.
Needless to say, culture and education were in high demand. In the eyes of many officials, it was not an education issue, but an imperial examination issue.
Without the imperial examination, who would still have the idea of education, and who would still have the ambition to study.
Especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, where education was already developed, they wanted to rely on their brains to get a solid job in the new imperial court and live a good life in the establishment. However, the imperial court suddenly stopped the imperial examinations. Now, their brains are useless and they have to use their luck. Already...
If there are many people dissatisfied with the suspension of imperial examinations, it must be in the south of the Yangtze River. There will never be much dissatisfaction in the north. After all, not many people can pass the exam in a year...
It can be seen that the Jiangnan gentry is using the celestial phenomena to put pressure on Lao Zhu, but Liu Ji is still on the front line at such an old age. I wonder if his final death has anything to do with this incident.
Gu Zhengchen very much hoped that Liu Ji would die a good death. After all, this man made great contributions to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. He was not a bad person, but he was too smart. Sometimes he was too smart and forgot to pretend to be confused. With the power of Zhejiang behind him, To add fuel to the fire, he had to say something and do something.
From an emotional point of view, Gu Zhengchen did not want Liu Ji to die a miserable death.
"Heaven determines Wenchang, will enlightenment flourish?"
Gu Zhengchen stared.
Perhaps, he can help Liu Ji.
Lu Xingyuan talked about many things, such as the addition of military camps outside Jinling Taiping Gate, which occupied civilian fields, Lao Zhu did not wrong the people and replaced them with government fields, and the girls in the flower house outside Jiangdong Gate were much livelier because A group of generals returned to Beijing, sneaking in several times and spending quite a lot of money.
"Has Duke Wei returned to Beijing?"
Gu Zhengchen asked.
Lu Xingyuan waved his hand and rolled his eyes at Gu Zhengchen: "It's not like Wei Guogong. How could someone like him go to Jiangdongmen when he returns to the capital..."
Gu Zhengchen was speechless.
Lu Xingyuan turned to say, "It's not certain whether the Duke of Wei can come back. I heard from merchants in the north that Wang Baobao leads troops to the north of Datong from time to time, and he may break the pass in winter."
Gu Zhengchen and Lu Xingyuan had a pleasant conversation, but two hours later, they separated.
Gu Cheng looked at Lu Xingyuan's back with a smile on his face: "Master, this Mr. Lu is an interesting person."
Gu Zhengchen slowly suppressed his smile and said in a deep voice: "If he comes again in the future, let me come directly to receive him. You are not allowed to talk to him about anything in Jurong, including business matters!"
Gu Cheng was a little nervous and didn't know why: "Why is this?"
Gu Zhengchen took a deep breath: "A businessman talks mostly about court affairs, either politics or the military, civil servants or generals. Is this like the conversation of a normal businessman? There are countless interesting things in Jinling, why only He is keeping an eye on the affairs of the imperial court and clearly wants to see me express my position. I am afraid that this person’s identity is not as simple as it seems on the surface.”
Gu Cheng later became afraid.
Gu Zhengchen couldn't figure out who was behind Lu Xingyuan, but he had a feeling that he came to Jurong not just for cotton business, but more importantly, to convey messages or ask questions.
But there was nothing overly sensitive in the discussion between the two of them, and there didn't seem to be any important points. Most of the time, I just listened and didn't express my opinion easily. I guess there was nothing that could be criticized.
One day later.
Lu Xingyuan returned to Jinling, wrote down what he saw and heard, and handed it over to a reviewer.
Huagai Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked through the documents sent by the inspection school, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Zhu Biao, who was a little embarrassed at the side: "Don't worry, I have no intention of touching him, I just want to see his views on various affairs in Jinling. I just want to see what he thinks about the various affairs in Jinling." However, at such a young age, he actually began to be wary and defensive, and actually pushed back all the problems."
Zhu Biao took the document handed over by Zhu Yuanzhang, read it quickly, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "He is a person who knows what to say and what not to say. His father taught his sons and ministers a few days ago Brother, it is said, "In the way of employing people, you should know the good and bad. It is difficult to know the bad and good in people. Only by giving them the duties and testing them, the false will will be revealed." Looking at all the things in Jurong, I think, consider You sir are a good and capable minister."
Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and ordered to his chamberlain: "Tell Zhang Huan and Zheng Bo to withdraw the investigation of Gu Zhengchen. Withdraw all personnel. Without orders, the inspectors are not allowed to attack him again. The queen is right, the talent is there. Why should I care about his origin?"
Zhu Biao bowed deeply.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and sighed: "I originally wanted to send you and the kings to Fengyang to visit the tombs of the old people and visit the old people in winter. But your mother objected, saying that the winter was harsh and there would be heavy snow once the roads were closed. It’s dangerous. I think that as the crown prince, you shouldn’t be afraid of wind and snow. How about you, are you willing to take a walk out of Aurous Hill?”
