Not to mention the ridiculous drama of "entrusting a wife and offering a son" between these two foreign "brothers", the Taipusi Hutong where the cabinet minister Shen Shixing lived was no longer noisy at this time. In Wujin's mansion, only the study was lit.
The area of this residence is incomparable to that of Zhang Guogong's house, which occupies half of "Zhongxing Hutong", but compared with Liang Menglong, Pan Sheng and others who came to Beijing later, Shen Shixing, the imperial master, still had an advantage.
Nowadays, in the inner city of the capital, the houses with five fronts and one front are considered to be top-notch luxury homes. Because after the kings entered the capital, the royal family would use magnificent mansions to maintain their majesty, causing the inner city to be overcrowded.
The Zhongxing Zhang Mansion in Hufang Bridge was able to maintain its original area because the emperor moved the animals out. Shops that raised elephants, tigers and other animals such as Xianglai Street, Weiying (Eagle Feeding) Hutong and Tiezhan Hutong were all moved out of the inner city.
In recent years, tigers and elephants have been eliminated from any major events. After the Ministry of Internal Affairs took over these animals, they found an open space outside Xuanwu Gate and built the "Jingshi Zoo", so that the living animals donated by the surrounding vassals had a place to go.
As long as you buy a ticket to enter the park, you can watch animals that are difficult to see normally, and you can also see wonderful animal taming performances, which is still popular among the people in the capital and foreign businessmen. The animal trainers who were laid off from the "Performance Studio" were able to continue to support their families in their new positions - apart from losing their original status as royal employees, nothing changed.
But changes are still happening subtly, and there are more horses in the capital - too many. The eliminated racehorses at the horse racing meeting boosted the mule and horse market in the capital. There are many shining golden sweat horses, tall and heroic Arabian horses, and long-distance horses with tense shoulder muscles. Therefore, the high-ranking officials and nobles of the capital had something new to compare themselves to - dazzling carriages and tall horses. In order to allow these beautiful carriages to travel through the capital unimpeded, the roads everywhere were built wider and wider.
The "Jockey Club" that continues to work despite the scolding still agitates the hearts of gamblers in the capital. Although the imperial court issued special edicts to warn against this and continued to increase taxes on the Jockey Club, "horse racing" is still the most exciting entertainment activity in the capital. The joys and sorrows that are staged every day in the Jockey Club are enough to make even a hard-hearted person sigh. .
Shen Shixing was not a rigid person, but he hated the Jockey Club so much that he cursed a few times after putting down the newspaper. The person sitting in his study picked up a piece of snack, ate it with tea and said: "Mr. Yaoquan, if there is nothing else, I will resign and go home -" There was a bit of dissatisfaction in his tone, which made people feel resentful. Hear it clearly.
Shen Shixing lowered his head and looked at the unopened memorial on the table, as if there was a flower on it. The thin-faced and long-bearded man opposite saw him ignoring him, and thought to himself: "This 'reading newspaper' time is long enough, and I haven't offended you -" He stood up and bowed, "I'll excuse you."
Shen Shixing finally raised his head: "Zou Yuanbiao, the official responsible for the matter, is your friend?"
The man stumbled upon hearing this and said, "Mr. Yaoquan has something to do, please make it clear."
Shen Shixing said coldly: "It was only when a major case was revealed that only ten people in the imperial court knew about it; only ten people in Shuntian Prefecture knew about it; only ten people in Daxing and Wanping counties knew about it, but Zou Yuanbiao knew it earlier - still Pass me a memorial."
"I don't know what Mr. Yaoquan is referring to, but has he come out to expose the case again? In the previous case, Liu Tai died, and Yan Guan kept silent for ten years; is this case targeting Zou Yuanbiao?"
A sneer appeared at the corner of Shen Shixing's mouth, and he looked up at the other party: "Jiaomen has lost his composure. I said the word 'uncover', but I haven't said the word 'post' yet."
Shen Yiguan, who is known as "Jiaomen", swayed when he heard this and said with a smile: "It sounds like a 'big case of uncovering the post', so it's a mistake."
Shen Shixing heard his denial and did not argue with him. He picked up the memorial on the table, looked at Shen Yiguan with bright eyes, and sneered: "Nowadays, there are still people who come to challenge Chengfa, and they can be regarded as stunned! He is just a spear user, who can confuse anyone's eyes?" ?”
Shen Yiguan laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "The law has harmed the people for a long time. Zou Yuan is a public servant and forgets his own interests. He is an expert on the country and has character."
"I didn't say that Zou Yuanbiao opposed the Kao Cheng Law. I first said that Zou Yuanbiao submitted a memorial for the 'big case', and then said that there are still people attacking the 'Kao Cheng Law' - but you know that Zou Yuanbiao also said that he would unveil the case, and What else does this memorial have to say about the method of attacking the test? Let’s talk about it together with Jiaomen and listen.”
Shen Yiguan continued to act rogue and said: "Mr. Yaoquan, how do I know what Zou Yuanbiao wrote about the memorial? But it is quite inappropriate for you to bring his memorial home from the General Affairs Department. Even if you are your student, You can't protect him like this. The emperor has repeatedly issued orders not to use his master—"
"Isn't the pattern on the plaque on the main building of Prince Zhongxing's palace, 'You make a boat', something that you, Shen Yigui, have been promoting everywhere?"
He unfolded the memorial and read: "Such beasts are so mad and so humiliating to you. Since there is the Queen Mother's private seal on 'You make a boat', how is the Queen Mother and how is she? Haha, Minister Shen, you are so clever! You are in the Ministry of Punishment I’ve really learned a lot of tricks in the past few years!”
"It's a pity that you were too clever to be clever! This memorial was not admitted to the General Administration Department. Zou Yuanbiao is not stupid - he even knew to show it to me, the teacher, before submitting it! What he submitted today is just an ordinary thing! Why, Jiaomen Brother, do you still want to quibble?"
Shen Yiguan was silent for a while, then he straightened up and looked directly into Shen Shixing's eyes, with an obvious sneer in his voice: "Haha, I didn't write that vulgar and incompetent limerick - I don't know what my old servant is. Such a crooked talent. What’s even more unexpected is that the servants dare to make fun of their master and master in public.”
"It's just a joke during the dinner - it's two different things from revealing the post." Although Shen Shixing pretended to be calm, his tone was very soft.
"Yes. That's what you said." The ridicule on Shen Yiguan's face could not be concealed. Then he chuckled and said: "I wonder if the imperial court has caught the person who wrote the unveiling note - can they find out who wrote this crooked poem?"
Shen Shixing was silent.
Shen Guangyuan put away the contemptuous expression on his face, and his voice became hoarse: "Mr. Yaoquan, you and I are both academics - in your conscience, is it a good idea to pass the Hetiao weaving examination?!"
"From North Zhili to the northwest, there are hundreds of thousands of bankrupt households! Grain from the Northeast enters the customs, and grain from Myanmar enters the Hong Kong - the low price of grain in good years hurts farmers, and there is no food to eat in disaster years! The fields are abandoned, and every city is overcrowded, and everyone has to go to the factory. Come and earn the money for recruiting!"
"Oh, you said that farmers come to the city just to pay bills and make money?" Shen Shixing showed a playful smile on his face, "Now there are not many 'arguments' that the imperial court will definitely take the lead..." As various journals published Words such as “argument”, “argument”, “proof” and “inference” are becoming popular, and more and more of these new words are used in civil communication.
Shen Yiguan couldn't help stumbling in his mouth, and he continued: "It is true that it is a good method in Jiangnan and other places... Where can there be a good method that is universally applicable?"
"That's right. Is there any good way to easily lure Mr. Ge into trouble? Song Jiu'er drank yellow soup and insulted his mentor, so he was killed by me with a stick that night. Haha, a certain person has already been sent to the secret confession of apology, do you know?"
This time it was Shen Yiguan's turn to remain silent.
Shen Shixing took a deep look at him and said coldly: "Juzhang Shanren's poem goes like this: 'In narrow alleys where soldiers meet in close quarters, killing people like grass is not heard.' You are my disciple, and you have indeed learned seven points. But Shen Mingchen Hu Xiangmao's curtain is a major matter for the country and the people - but why are you doing this secret conspiracy and cunning tricks?"
