Chapter 15 Joke
"Hahaha, hahaha." Princess Anqing couldn't help laughing.
He Xi looked helpless and said, "Is it so funny?"
Princess Anqing said, "Why isn't it funny? You don't always have a plan. Why didn't you expect that the boat would capsize in the gutter today?"
Things were resolved quickly.
After He Xi confronted these people for a while, the first person who came to him was not the county magistrate, but Tang He's personal soldier commander. Hundreds of cavalrymen swung there and knelt down to greet He Xi. All problems are solved.
This is just one thing, although it has been solved. But it also became a stain on He Xi. A joke from Princess Anqing.
In the eyes of Princess Anqing, He Xi has always been very noble. There are many things that Princess Anqing has never heard of or seen, plus the relationship between the two. He Xi has a halo and a filter in Princess Anqing's heart.
Now that something like this happened, his previous image was suddenly shattered.
Princess Anqing couldn't help but want to laugh when she thought of it. What made Princess Anqing want to laugh even more was He Xi's reaction.
When He Xi was teased by Princess Anqing, she had a very depressed expression on her face, as if her reputation had been ruined, but she was not angry. I don’t feel like there’s anything to be angry about. After all, couples in later generations would make fun of each other even more excessively than this. Don't know how many.
But Princess Anqing's living environment is different, and she enjoys making fun of He Xi. Or, it's not the feeling of making fun of He Xi. But with He Xi's tolerance, let's make a little fuss and make a little fuss.
To understand Princess Anqing's mentality, we must understand the status of women in the Ming Dynasty, or in other words, women in ancient times.
There is an idiom called, raising a case to raise eyebrows. It’s about the love between husband and wife. But what does it mean to raise the case to the level of the eyebrows? It means that when a woman gives something to her husband, she should raise it to the level of the eyebrows to show respect.
But such a word shows the love between husband and wife. It can be seen that in the life of ancient couples, the wife certainly had a certain status. But overall, there is a huge disparity in status. It's a world of difference.
But He Xi didn't treat Princess Anqing like this.
This kind of tolerant atmosphere made Princess Anqing very comfortable and enjoyable.
He Xi sighed and said, "As a husband, I have no face to see my elders in Jiangdong, and no face to see my wife. It's better to just die."
"Haha-----" Princess Anqing smiled without any image at all, and said: "I can't do it anymore, let me laugh a little longer."
He Xi's expression suddenly changed and she said, "Smile again."
Princess Anqing was stunned, her smile froze on her face, and she didn't know how to react. It seemed that he was worried that He Xi would suddenly become angry. Unexpectedly, He Xi pounced on her and said, "I'll make you laugh as much as you want." He stretched his hands to Princess Anqing's armpits and started to tickle her.
How could Princess Anqing endure it?
A struggle. But He Xi would never let her go. The two played around for a long time, until He Xi and Princess Anqing hugged each other weakly. Princess Anqing arranged her hair. Her hair was messy and her clothes were a little unraveled. Princess Anqing said: "Look what you have done to me."
He Xi lay on Princess Anqing's lap, curling Princess Anqing's hair with her fingers. He said: "Yes, yes, it's my fault." He smelled Princess Anqing's hair under his nose and found a woman's fragrance, and said: "It's my fault."
Princess Anqing said: "Ms. sir, please don't do such things in the future. If you go on, there will be at least two, not three, hundreds of households around you. Is that okay?"
Princess Anqing still knows He Xi very well. Let He Xi give up going out to investigate. It's impossible. This is a way of working for He Xi, a very important way of working. No investigation, no right to speak. He Xi didn't dare to make a decision on some things without seeing the situation with his own eyes.
It's just a safety issue, but it can't be ignored.
He Xi said: "I understand, just don't worry."
Princess Anqing said: "What are you going to do with these people?"
He Xi said: "Those who do not know are not guilty. Just let the local authorities handle it."
As for He Xi, I am not angry with these people. That's not right. It's just that He Xi thought about it over and over, but still wasn't ready to take action. Because all the behavioral motives of politicians are for political purposes and nothing else.
The first thing He Xi thought of was, what good would it do to him to clean up Ningbo today?
No benefit. Even the additional government officials won't be good people. If the Ming Dynasty does not increase its fiscal revenue or make institutional changes, no matter how it cleans up, it will just replace a group of the same people. But there are disadvantages in what He Xi does.
Mainly reputation.
It seemed that He Xi was very intolerant. The word tolerance has always been a complimentary word. Political tolerance is also important. Because many times, in the political landscape, hardcore members of each faction are rare. The huge majority is the centrists, or the silent majority.
If you are too serious about many things, you will add a lot of enemies and resistance to yourself.
There is no room for sand in the eyes, as a human being. Maybe. But as a politician, people are more pursuing that the prime minister can support the boat.
Even if the emperor is too serious, people will still complain. The so-called Chacha policy means that the emperor wants to make things too clear. Considered harsh by officials. Being confused is a virtue that many people admire.
He Xi wanted to take action in the court and unite people's hearts, which was very important. What He Xi thinks in his heart is one thing, but the attitude he shows is best in line with what some people think. How to do it privately is another matter.
In this matter, if He Xi takes revenge, there will be no good results, or the result will be of no political use to He Xi. Instead, it has a bad reputation. He Xi didn't feel the need to take action, so she might as well just raise her hand.
However, He Xi thought so, but Princess Anqing did not.
But Princess Anqing didn't say anything.
Princess Anqing said: "Ms. sir, you should pay a visit to Duke Xin today. King Jingjiang has asked people to send messages several times. He wants to see you."
He Xi said: "That's fine. I'm going to see Duke Xin right away. There are some things we need to talk about. As for King Jingjiang, let him wait."
Although, this mistake gave He Xi a deeper understanding of the bottom layer of the Ming Dynasty. But at the same time, He Xi also had new feelings about a piece of news.
That is pirates, or Japanese pirates.
Before He Xi left Nanjing, he actually wasn't too concerned about the news above. Without him, in He Xi's impression, there were no Japanese pirates in the early Ming Dynasty and the Hongwu period. At least there are very few Japanese pirates with great reputations.
He Xi has almost no memory, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhi, Li Dan, Zheng Zhilong, etc. are quite famous.
Moreover, the navy in the early Ming Dynasty was also very tyrannical. Especially Zheng He’s voyages to the West. It is a feat unparalleled in the world. Therefore, He Xi did not take this matter seriously. Now it seems that it is wrong.
The first is Ningbo’s local response to pirates.
Although there were some misunderstandings about He Xi, He Xi clearly felt that Ningbo was very sensitive to pirates. Even an overreaction. This incidates that. The so-called pirate power is actually not weak. Far from being weak, it can still affect production and life in coastal areas.
Otherwise, the local government and people would not have overreacted like this.
Of course. In fact, Tang He was transferred from the northwest to the southeast. Presiding over the prevention of Japanese pirates is a signal in itself. At least Japanese pirates are very problematic.
Perhaps Tang He had the task of assisting He Xi to open up the sea, but it does not mean that the Japanese pirates were just an excuse.
He Xi felt that she had some preconceptions. Instead, the issue was ignored. this is not right. So He Xi felt it was necessary to get a better understanding of this issue through the military's intelligence network.
Therefore, he wanted to ask Tang He about Japanese pirates or pirates. What is the situation? Only then can you adjust and change your strategy.
As for King Jingjiang, don’t be in a hurry.
Anyway, if we don’t clean up the Japanese pirates at sea, we won’t be able to do many things. By the way, let King Jingjiang dry out and boil it for a while, which will also be beneficial to future conversations. If King Jingjiang is more worried, he will be more at ease in the future.
