As soon as his heartache was gone, Zhu Yunwen felt relieved. After thanking Chen Mu and his wife for the hospitality, he asked Tang Buping to leave some money as a reward. However, seeing that Zhu Yunwen and Zhang Bozhi were familiar with each other, Chen Mu and his wife refused to accept it anyway, so they had to give up.
The carriage was ready and the group set off for Peiping.
It snowed heavily overnight, although it blocked traffic. Fortunately, we didn’t have to walk too far and we reached the concrete road. At this time, the advantages of concrete roads were revealed. The snow was easy to clean. Carriages and people walked on it without worrying about what was underneath. There are potholes.
The carriage had traveled less than a mile when Liu Changge stopped the carriage and said to Zhu Yunwen and others in the carriage through the curtain: "Sir, the Chen family girl has been following our carriage."
Zhu Yunwen was a little curious. He got out of the carriage and looked at Chen Yu who was following not far away. At this time, Zhang Bozhi also got off the carriage, waved his hands in confusion and shouted: "Girl Yu, what can I do for you?"
Chen Yu walked a few steps closer, saluted, and said, "Mr. Zhang, I want to follow you into the city and find something to do."
Zhang Bozhi was surprised. Seeing that there was a small package on Chen Yu's shoulder, he couldn't help but become nervous: "Do your parents know about this?"
"I left them a letter."
Chen Yu bit his lip lightly.
Zhang Bozhi said in embarrassment: "My child, isn't it good to stay with your parents? Most of the work in the city is dirty work. You, a little girl, can't bear that kind of hardship, and you don't want to be a maid in a rich family." , being ordered around by others, right?"
Chen Yu hesitated and said firmly: "I just want to follow you."
Zhu Yunwen stopped Zhang Bozhi from persuading him and asked seriously: "Why do you want to leave home? Only after you make it clear can we decide whether to take you away."
Chen Yu's eyes were filled with sadness: "My mother said she would find me a husband as soon as possible and open a tofu shop after we get married. I don't want to spend my whole life grinding tofu, and I don't want to marry so early."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Chen Yu, her stubborn and pleading eyes seemed to be full of struggle against life and rebellion against fate.
“What can you do if you don’t grind tofu?”
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Chen Yu quickly said: "I can wash clothes, cook, clean, and grow vegetables..."
Zhang Bozhi looked at Zhu Yunwen and persuaded: "She is just a child. She ran out without thinking clearly. If we take her away, Chen Mu and his wife will go crazy. It is better to send her home..."
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Chen Yu's eyes dimmed and he begged in a low voice: "Let me go with you, I don't want to stay here anymore."
Zhu Yunwen looked deeply at Chen Yu: "Do you know that it is far more comfortable and relaxing to stay at home and grind tofu than to be bullied by others?"
A tear flowed from the corner of Chen Yu's eyes, and he asked, "You haven't picked beans late at night or gotten up early to grind tofu day after day. How do you know this is easy and comfortable?"
Zhu Yunwen frowned: "At least your parents are by your side and they will protect you."
Chen Yu did not refute.
No matter how boring and exhausting the days are, her parents have always been protecting her, but her mother has always wanted her to get married. She went to the matchmaker again and again, making it clear that she wanted to give her away.
"Then it's okay for me to follow you out to earn some dowry, right?"
Chen Yu said stubbornly.
Zhu Yunwen chuckled, looked at Zhang Bozhi, and said: "It seems that she is determined to go out. That's all. Go tell Chen Mu and his wife. I will take her away and give it to them after a year of teaching." Come back, I will give away this girl’s dowry.”
Zhang Bozhi looked at Zhu Yunwen and then at Chen Yu. He didn't know whether to make a happy expression or an expression of mourning. But this girl Yu's life was so good that the emperor could give her a dowry. This But princess-level treatment...
Yes, go to Chen Mu's house by yourself.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Chen Yu and said seriously: "Now, follow Mr. Zhang to say goodbye to your parents, and then follow me. You must do what I tell you. I will send you a dowry home to accompany your parents after one year. Is it a deal?"
Chen Yu nodded repeatedly, but he was a little worried: "I'm afraid that if I go back, my father and mother won't let me go."
Zhu Yunwen turned around and walked towards the carriage: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang will convince them to follow them as soon as possible."
Zhang Bozhi looked at Chen Yu and promised: "Let's go. Since he said he would take you away, he will definitely take you away, and your parents can't stop him."
Zhu Yunwen got on the carriage. Although Yang Shiqi and Xia Yuanji were a little curious, they were very sensible and didn't ask anything.
Chen Yu was not a stunning woman, but she was much worse than Yizhen'er. Naturally, Zhu Yunwen was not attracted to her, and he even agreed to give her a dowry, which meant that he just wanted her to work in the palace for a year.
Taking Chen Yu away, in Zhu Yunwen's view, was just to appreciate Chen Yu's struggle and change of destiny. He was not willing to be trapped in one place, and was not willing to repeat his life in a busy life. This kind of resistance with a rebellious nature is not what Zhu Yunwen has always done. Pie?
Zhu Yuanzhang set up various rules and regulations. How much has Zhu Yunwen changed after he only came to power for more than four years? It's just that Zhu Yunwen's "rebellion" is a correction full of purpose, while Chen Yu's "rebellion" is just a desire to escape reality and change his life.
Rebellion is different, but also similar.
What the Ming Dynasty lacked was a rebellious spirit. Zhang Juzheng had a rebellious spirit and carried out a reform. However, he was dragged down by a group of stubborn guys to the point where he grew old and died prematurely.
Zhu Yunwen also has a rebellious spirit. Compared with Lao Zhang, his biggest advantage is his legitimacy and imperial authority. No matter how awesome the chief assistant is, he is still the chief assistant, and it is impossible for anyone to call him the emperor.
Chen Yu followed up with a smile on his face. The package he was carrying was much thicker. His parents stuffed a lot of things into it. I don’t know what Mr. Zhang said. But his parents didn’t feel sad at all and rushed to give him away. Going out, inexplicably, I almost wanted to stay.
Outside Peking City.
Zhu Yunwen got off the carriage and looked at this not-so-high city. The city wall was only two feet high (the height before the capital was moved), and his eyes were very puzzled. In history, Li Jinglong led hundreds of thousands of people to attack this city, but he failed to capture it.
Hundreds of thousands of people, even stacks of arhats, were piled up, and the pile of corpses should also be piled up. How bad is Li Jinglong, the god of war, that he failed to take down the city, but instead lost troops and generals, and dug a big pit where the Jianwen Dynasty was buried.
Peiping is doing very well under Zhang Bing's management. Once you enter the city, you can see the bustle, people coming and going, and merchants shuttle. Although there is a heavy snow, it does not affect the operation of the city at all.
Because Prince Yan's Mansion was burned down, Zhu Yunwen naturally had no way to stay at Prince Yan's Mansion, so he had to go directly to the Chief Envoy's Yamen.
The chief envoy is the Yamen.
Pingan sat on the chair, crossed his legs and shook his head. He stared at Zhang Bing and said, "It's only two hundred thousand taels of silver. If you approve it, it's over."
"No! Go to the court and ask for it!" Zhang Bing gritted his teeth and refused directly.
You, a guy who is in command of Shisi, don't have money to go to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army. What's the point of asking the Chief Envoy for money. Although the chief envoy is in charge of finance, he is in charge of the finance of civil affairs, and the finance of military affairs is not under his own control.
Ping An was not happy. He patted the back of the chair and shouted: "The court will definitely give it to me. But after I wrote the memorial and handed it to the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the Fifth Army Governor's Office went to the Ministry of War for negotiation, and the Ministry of War went to the Ministry of Household Affairs." Apply, wait for the Ministry of Household Affairs to prepare a memorial and tell the emperor that the emperor will approve it, but the money will not be delivered within two months. But now the people and soldiers who built the Great Wall have been busy for two years, and finally repaired the city wall and gates from Xifengkou to Shanhaiguan. If they are not paid enough wages and salaries, they will be in trouble."
Zhang Bing waved his hand and sternly refused: "Don't do this, the Ministry of Household Affairs has already allocated two hundred thousand taels of silver to you for building the Great Wall, and now you want to ask for an additional three hundred thousand taels, and there is no way the Ministry of Household Affairs will approve it for you. "
Ping An jumped up: "The people at the Ministry of Finance don't know, don't you Zhang Bing know? It's hard and tiring to build the Great Wall. Just as the court said, 50,000 soldiers and civilians were recruited, and they also asked for it to be completed by the end of this year. Isn't this bullying? In order to be early To complete the construction of this section of the Great Wall, we reported to the imperial court and mobilized a total of 120,000 soldiers and civilians. We could have completed it before the year before. But the people in the Ministry of Revenue still paid 50,000 soldiers and civilians in silver. Can it be done? "
Zhang Bing was helpless: "This is a matter between your department and the Ministry of Revenue. If you have the ability, go to Fengtian Palace in Nanjing to discuss it. If the Ministry of Revenue doesn't agree, I won't dare to pay you the money first."
Three hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. If the Chief Envoy helped Ping An advance the payment, but the Ministry of Revenue ignored it and refused to send the money, then the Chief Envoy would have a deficit of three hundred thousand taels. This would The coming year will not be easy...
Ping An sat back again, with a bit of a gangster temper: "If you don't pay me the money today, then I will live in your Chief Envoy's Yamen!"
Zhang Bing shrugged and shouted: "Come here, prepare a room for Pingdusi..."
"Zhang Bing!"
Ping An stood up angrily.
Zhang Bing looked at Ping An helplessly and sighed: "I know you are in trouble, and I also know that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are waiting for this money, and more than 80,000 families are waiting for them to go home with the money, but you must also be considerate and considerate of me. , the Ministry of Revenue does not relent, I gave you money, what will you use to repay it?"
Ping An's eyes turned red with anger: "If the Ministry of Finance refuses to give you money, I will go to the capital to find Xia Yuanji, hang him up and beat him!"
"Ahem, who is so brave that he dares to openly beat the Minister of the Ministry of Finance?"
Zhu Yunwen stepped in.
Zhang Bing and Ping An turned their heads to look, and were immediately shocked. They knelt down, kowtowed and said, "I will bow before the emperor."
boom.
The package hit the ground.
Chen Yu was dumbfounded as he watched the young Zhu Yunwen walk past the two people kneeling on the ground. The two people maintained their kneeling posture and actually adjusted the direction of their kneeling. His ears were full of roaring: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Yunwen raised his hand: "Get up, I haven't seen you for a while, you have become more capable."
Ping An and Zhang Bing got up with headaches.
Xia Yuanji walked over with a gloomy face and glared at Ping An fiercely: "Your Majesty, someone wants to hang me up and beat me. Please ask Your Majesty to make the decision for me..."
ps:
Woo, I’ve made up the chapters I owed during the National Day. I still owe you v. Shameless v. There are a lot of readers. I’ll start filling in tomorrow. I’ll give you a weak shout. If you still have tickets, please support me.
