Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 527 Daming's First Four-Wheeled Carriage Hit the Road

With a soft call, under the leadership of Wen Yuan, the steward of the mansion, Wen Tiren came to the front yard through the wicket door in a calm and calm manner. Nodding, he walked steadily to the front of the carriage, and after taking a look at it for a while, he stepped on the wide and short brocade stool and stooped into the carriage.

Wen Yuan leaned over and picked up the brocade stool, and handed it to Wang Da, who moved the brocade stool to a place under the driver's seat, then climbed onto the seat and sat down.

Wen Yuan leaned into the carriage and asked softly, then gently closed the door with both hands, and shouted casually: "Congratulations, master!"

A group of servants and maidservants bowed again and echoed: "Congratulations to the master for his duty!"

Wang Da waved his whip, and said softly: "Drive!", the docile and naive horse stepped forward, pulled the carriage unhurriedly, drove out of the corner gate, turned to the right, and drove towards the palace.

Hearing the crisp sound of horseshoes, Wen Tiren, who was leaning on the large rosewood seat, felt the coolness brought by the ice basin, and looked at the various arrangements and fine decorations in the carriage with satisfied eyes, feeling extremely happy in his heart.

He stretched out his hand to open the small window on the side of the carriage, and saw that many passers-by stopped, pointing to the wooden sign with "Wen Mansion" erected on the side of the carriage with a surprised expression. Now, although the appearance is still dignified and solemn, in fact, he is already happy in his heart. If Wang Da, who was afraid of driving, heard it, Old Wen would have burst out laughing a long time ago.

Ever since he accompanied Zhu Youjian to see the newly built four-wheeled carriage in person last time, Lao Wen has been thinking about finding an opportunity to test the emperor's tone and see how the emperor plans to distribute this luxurious carriage.But after listening to the emperor's intention, although this kind of carriage would be mass-produced, it was mainly used to load goods, so Lao Wen lost interest in this matter.

Just when he was busy dealing with various things and had long forgotten this trivial matter, the emperor gave him a pleasant surprise. Without his knowledge, the palace sent someone to redecorate a car. The four-wheeled carriage was sent to his house.

After thanking the Holy Grace, Old Wen immediately called Wen Kan and told him to hire a suitable driver immediately, and within three days he would take this carriage to and from duty.

This is a gift from the emperor. If you don't use it quickly, if the emperor knows that you have been using it for a long time, he will definitely think you are disgusted, and you will be making yourself uncomfortable.

Of course, this was just one-sidedness when Old Wen told his son. In fact, the flamboyant Old Wen wished he could show off in a carriage all over the capital right away.

When he thought of the envious expressions and eyes of the officials when he got off the carriage, Lao Wen's heart was as refreshing as eating iced watermelon in the dog days.

This luxury car, which is the only one in Daming so far, finally arrived at the Meridian Gate after half an hour's journey under the amazed gaze and pointers of passers-by along the way.

Under the surprised attention of the big Han generals on duty at the left gate, the expression on his face has changed from proud to cautious. Wang Da stopped the carriage and quickly jumped off the seat. First, he took out his waist card from his arms and bowed. Passed it to a school lieutenant who came forward to question, and then took a short and thick crossbar and put it under the wheel to prevent the nanny from being startled suddenly and causing the car to lose control. He opened the carriage door with both hands, and said tremblingly into the carriage: "Master, here... It's the Meridian Gate!"

Wen Tiren got up and bent down to get out of the car, stepped on the brocade stool and got out of the car, tidied up his robes and official hat, looked around, and walked to the left without haste with his hands behind his back.

The school lieutenant in charge of the inspection hurriedly handed back the badge to Wang Da, and then walked a few steps forward with a smile to salute: "Mr. Talking about this matter here is because I admire Mr. Ge!"

Wen Tiren stopped in his tracks and replied solemnly: "As a minister, he is sent by the king, and he should perform his duties faithfully, do his best, and seek the well-being of the people of the world. This is a matter of course. By the way, do you have something to ask? "

The last sentence was what Old Wen wanted to say the most.He wished someone would hurry up and ask for advice, otherwise, with his temper, he would not even roll his eyes at these guards on weekdays.

"Yes yes yes! I am humble and educated! Senior Ge, I dare to ask, why is the carriage you ride in so grand? This kind of carriage is worthy of your old status! It is not considered that you have lived in the capital for a long time. People who have never seen the world, but this kind of carriage, it is the first time I have seen such a humble carriage!
What I would like to ask is, where did Mr. Ge buy this car?Can the humble be taught to know?When you are free, you can also show off with others when you are humble!hey-hey! "

At this time, Wang Da took back all the objects that had been put out just now, then quickly jumped on the seat, and drove to the side with the carriage.

In order to facilitate the travel of cabinet ministers and important ministers at any time, there is a row of bungalows not far from the east side of the Meridian Gate, where the servants of the ministers rest and wait.

Wen Tiren resisted the urge to laugh out loud, and replied in a serious manner: "Hehe! This thing is called a four-wheeled carriage, and it is the first one created by the General Bureau. This is the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty. , this is a royal gift, no one else can buy it no matter how much money they have! Hehehehe!"

In the end, Lao Wen couldn't hold back, and walked forward with a rare smile on his old face.

The lieutenant watched Shoufu enter the Zuoye Gate with full respect and then returned to the front of the queue. Although the rest of the big Han generals wanted to know what the two said, but under the strict military discipline, this group could only force Be patient, just wait for the next duty and hurry up to listen to the Shangguan's explanation.

There is a convenient door on the east side at the end of the long doorway on the left. From this door, go in and go a short distance, or on the east side, is the Huiji Gate leading to the cabinet.

When Wen Tiren walked through the Huiji gate and entered the cabinet compound, it was not yet Chen Shichu, and it was still early before Zhu Youjian's new on-duty time. Several Zhongshushe people who were on duty last night were changing clothes and washing in the bathroom. The famous book office was cleaning the debris on the ground with a broom and dustpan. After seeing Shoufu coming in, several book offices hurriedly put down the utensils in their hands and bowed their hands to say hello. Wen Tiren still nodded in response.

After some reconstruction and decoration, the old dilapidated office buildings have been completely new, and a two-story wooden building has been rebuilt on the east side of Zhichi, with eight rooms on each floor. Each house is a large house with suites, the outer room is used for daily business affairs, and the inner room is used for rest and night duty.

After Wen Tiren walked upstairs from the stairs on one side, he came to the door of his office room, and saw a secretary was busy wiping the table with his back turned to him, and a cup of fragrant tea on the table seemed to have just been brewed.

Without looking at the front, Wen Tiren knew that this was the book office named Li Huanxiu.

Since entering the cabinet as a scholar a year ago, Li Huanxiu always came to the public house of Wen Tiren and the other two cabinet ministers early, and carefully cleaned up the environment in the house, and according to the Wen Tiren made the tea in advance and put it on the table when he was on duty.

"Work hard, is your father in better health?"

Wen Tiren asked kindly.

Wen Tiren admired this diligent and discerning secretary from the bottom of his heart, and loved him very much on weekdays.Hearing that Li Huanxiu's father was seriously ill a few days ago, Wen Tiren specially sent someone to find Lang Junting, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, and arranged for a highly skilled imperial doctor to go to Li Huanxiu's home to treat his father.

Many people in the cabinet gossip about Li Huanxiu’s practice in private, saying that he is flattering, flattering the elders, having ulterior motives, and trying to get ahead. Spend your mind on official business, not on wanton slander and talking about people and things outside of official business.

Since then, no discussion of Li Huanxiu has been heard in the cabinet.

　Thank you Lin Lingsu for the reward in 2018.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)