Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 770

Zhang Fugui brought back Tokugawa Iemitsu's daughter from Japan, and this daughter still has some research on tea art.

Zhang Shize and his son are sitting on the Taishi chair, watching the tea ceremony performance of Tokugawa Daji.

Suddenly a servant hurried over to report:
"Report to the Duke of the country, the imperial decree has arrived!"

"What? Hurry up and receive the order..."

Zhang Shize and his son were taken aback, and hurriedly got up to receive the order.

After running to the front yard, he found Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of Daming East Factory, standing there with a smile on his face.

Zhang Shize hastily cupped his hands and said:

"Welcome to the Lord Governor, please come inside!"

Cao Zhengchun shook his head, then restrained his smile:

"The imperial decree has arrived, the British Duke Zhang Shize accepts the decree!"

Zhang Shize and Zhang Fugui hurriedly knelt down on the ground:
"Zhang Shize Receives the Order"

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict says, Zhang Min, the daughter of the Duke of England, is talented and virtuous. I have decided to bestow marriage as a crown princess. I choose a date to get married. I respect you!"

"what?"

Zhang Shize and Zhang Fugui's father and son were full of astonishment, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zhang Min has been away from home for two years and hasn't come back. Why is he suddenly married by the emperor!

It was Zhang Fugui who reacted quickly. He suddenly thought of seeing the changes in the expressions of his sister and Zhu Cihong when he came back from Japan.

This kid suddenly wanted to laugh out loud, he actually made Zhu Cihong's brother-in-law the uncle of the country in the future.

After Zhang Shize reacted, he was also overjoyed.

Zhang's family used to be a couple, and they were always loyal to Daming, but now they have declined, and they have become grand masters again.

The most important thing is that his daughter found a good family. When he ran away from the Duke's mansion, Zhang Shize was still worried that the Duke's daughter would show up in public. No high-ranking official would marry her!
Unexpectedly, this girl directly became a princess. Zhu Cihong is not only upright, but also talented in both civil and military affairs. This is the best family in Ming Dynasty.

But Daming Zu Xun is not like this, my God!The Holy Majesty is challenging the ancestral precepts again...

Seeing that the British Duke Zhang Shize and his son didn't know how to accept the order for a while, Cao Zhengchun knew that it was an accident, so he said with a smile:
"Congratulations, Duke of England, hurry up and receive the order!"

"Boom, Zhang Shize, thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

Reminded by Cao Zhengchun, Zhang Shize finally came to his senses, kowtowed three times, and then reached out to accept the imperial edict!
"Master, please come inside and have a cup of tea!"

Cao Zhengchun smiled and shook his head:

"No need, something great has happened to the Duke's family, so we should give our family some rewards!"

"Oh, that's right, Fugui went to get five taels of gold for the governor."

"Yes"

Zhang Fugui hurriedly went to the warehouse to fetch five taels of gold and one thousand dragon coins and came back.

Just kidding, the governor of the East Factory took the initiative to extend his hand, of course there must be a reward, after all, his daughter married a good man.

"A little thought, please accept it, Governor."

Eunuchs have a long history in our country, and he is mainly a deformed product of feudal society.

Eunuchs have always been looked down upon by the world because they want to purify themselves, so most of the people who are willing to be eunuchs are children from poor families who have nowhere to go.

These people couldn't eat enough, couldn't wear warm clothes, and had no choice but to be sent to the palace.

Most eunuchs lived a miserable life in the palace.

But there are also a small number of eunuchs who are not like this.

In ancient times, there were also many eunuchs who were able to hold power. Sometimes these eunuchs had more power than the emperor.

For example, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Lianying in the Qing Dynasty, etc., all major events must first pass through him before the emperor can see them.

However, these eunuchs are still a minority, and there are only a handful of them who can do this.

The life of an eunuch is very good, that is, food and housing are included, five social insurances and one housing fund, and you can accompany the emperor on a trip when you are free.

In addition, there will be a monthly salary. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, eunuchs were divided into 20 grades, which were roughly the chief eunuch, chief eunuch, and ordinary eunuch.

Their monthly wages are paid according to their ranks. The four-rank supervisor is 8 taels of silver and 8 dou of rice per month, and the eunuch with the lowest rank is 2 taels of silver and 2 dou of rice a month.

In addition, eunuchs also have some other businesses, such as stealing cultural relics from the palace and selling them, and they will exchange for a lot of property.

The money was used by them to buy manors, or to spend a lot of money.

However, if this kind of person is caught and punished, the emperor will tolerate you if he does not punish you.

There is another way for the eunuch to appear on the stage, which is to read the imperial decree.

Only a few imperial edicts in ancient times were read out by ministers, but most of them were read out by eunuchs around the emperor.

At this time, the officials who received the imperial decree had to entertain these "eunuchs", ranging from a few dozen taels of silver to as many as hundreds of taels of silver.

If you don't give it, go to the emperor and say something bad about you, it won't be solved by these hundreds of taels of silver.

This money is enough for ordinary people to live for a lifetime.

The power of eunuchs in ancient times was very huge, after all, "the prime minister's family slave, the seventh-rank official".Then the emperor's domestic slaves can even reach the first rank and second rank officials.

Cao Zhengchun was different from ordinary eunuchs. He was the governor of the East Factory and the eunuch who held the seal.

How can he take a few hundred taels of silver in his eyes, and Zhang Min's marriage to the crown prince is a great thing.

Therefore, when the British public makes a move, it is five taels of gold plus 1000 yuan of dragon coins, and 1000 yuan of dragon coins is equivalent to 1000 taels of silver.

Zhang Fugui asked someone to bring a box, and put all the gold dragon coins in it.

British Duke Zhang Shize cupped his fists and said with a smile:

"Supervisor, please accept a little thought."

Cao Zhengchun guessed the approximate amount of the huge reward given by the British government with just one glance, and he laughed:
"Well, you British prince, you are going to be a grand master soon, and you are still so stingy."

One sentence from Cao Zhengchun almost choked Zhang Shize to death, how petty it is!

But he was embarrassed to refute, and waved to Zhang Shize:

"Go, I'm getting 1000 yuan dragon coins for the governor."

As an honorable man of several generations in the Ming Dynasty, the British Duke can still take out tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Just as Zhang Fugui turned around, Cao Zhengchun suddenly laughed:

"Okay, British lord, our family is just making a joke for you. If you read out an imperial decree and ask for so many dragon coins, the holy majesty will cut off our family's food guy, just make sense!"

As Cao Zhengchun said, he reached out and picked up five dragon coins:
"This is enough for our family to buy wedding wine and drink, farewell!"

Before the British Duke Zhang Shize and his son could react, Cao Zhengchun had already left with the two young eunuchs.

It took Zhang Fugui a long time to react. He shook the still dazed British Duke and said:
"Father, is the atmosphere in Daming so good now? The eunuch who is greedy for money actually has money and doesn't want it..."

Only then did Zhang Shize react, he cupped his fists in the direction of the palace and said:

"It's all my emperor's sage! If such a great Ming is not prosperous and strong, then God has no eyes!"

After Zhang Shize finished speaking, he thought of the girl who didn't listen to him:

"This girl doesn't even listen to what I say, will she be willing to marry the crown prince? Don't implicate our government!"

Zhang Fugui chuckled:
"Father, don't worry, my sister and His Royal Highness seem to have had such an affair a long time ago, so it's not a big problem..."

"Boom..."

Before Zhang Fugui finished speaking, Zhang Shize raised his leg and kicked him on the head:
"Stinky boy, you can speak human words, but that's your own sister and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)