The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

In this way, Zhang Fan's mother and son started living in a new environment.Life is no different for Zhang Fan, that is, he feels that the place he lives in is much bigger than before.But Zhao's feeling is very different. The honor her son brought to her family made her laugh from ear to ear all day long, and she would always go out with a smile on her face every day.With some money at home, Zhang Fan handed it all over to Mrs. Zhao for safekeeping. Anyway, he just reads and practiced calligraphy every day. He didn’t need to buy anything. When Zhang Fan mentioned it, Mrs. Zhao didn’t let him do it at all. Go buy it for Zhang Fan.Zhang Fan thought that now his family lived in the east of the city, and it was close to a small shop selling pens, inks, papers and inkstones, so he left it to his mother.Zhang Fan doesn't have any friends in Anhua County that he needs to go out to socialize, but he will just stroll around the city in the afternoon.

However, there are still some differences. Now that people in the city have become very friendly towards Zhang Fan when they go out, whether they know each other or not, they will come forward and shout "Master", which makes Zhang Fan not used to it, and it is difficult to point it out. Take it slowly.

Mrs. Zhao's life has changed a lot. There is an endless stream of people in this small courtyard every day, and most of them are middle-aged women in red and green. matchmaker.Mrs. Zhao looked impatient on the face, but she was already happy in her heart.Zhang Fan took the trouble even more, but he wanted to save his own face, and it was not easy to go out and argue with those women.Mrs. Zhao also came to talk to Zhang Fan, and even ridiculed Zhang Fan for "like a big girl with yellow flowers, attracting matchmakers to step over the threshold".Faced with his mother's teasing, Zhang Fan was helpless.Fortunately, these people were all blocked by Mrs. Zhao with "the child is concentrating on his studies and preparing to take the exam in Beijing next year", so Zhang Fan was able to settle down and study.

However, Mrs. Zhao is a little dissatisfied. Usually, she can always receive some jobs from big families. Although the family has some money and is in charge of it herself, Mrs. Zhao has never thought about buying anything for herself. Sell ​​some good ingredients to nourish Zhang Fan's body that often stays up late.But she still wants to do some work and earn more money for the family.Zhang Fan used to persuade her a lot, but since moving to a new house, Zhang Fan never said anything again, Zhao Zheng was secretly delighted, but no family in the city dared to let her do work, so they tried to persuade her, for fear of humiliating her.Although those big families are rich, they are doing business and business. How dare they let Master Juren's mother do the work for them? This is simply a loss of their lives!However, although Mrs. Zhao always complained about this matter to Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan could tell that his mother was full of pride in her heart, and she also joked and apologized.

Gradually, it also arrived in December, and the weather turned cooler, especially in the northwest.Seeing that the end of the new year is coming, every household has started to buy new year's goods in preparation for the new year.The same is true in Zhang Fan's family. Mrs. Zhao took a lot of heart this time, bought a piece of good material, and planned to make a new dress for Zhang Fan. She always said: "Old clothes, used to wear, comfortable to wear."

On this day, Zhang Fan got up and saw that his mother had already made his own breakfast early. After eating, Zhang Fan was doing some activities in the yard and was about to go to the study to study when there was a knock on the door.Zhang Fanzheng wondered who would come to him so early.

The mother hurried over to open the door, only to see a woman standing outside the door, holding a two-year-old baby girl in her arms, and a six or seven-year-old boy in her arms.The three of them were travel-stained and their faces were covered with yellow sand. It was obvious that they all came from outside the city and had driven a long way.Zhao was a little puzzled, she didn't know the person in front of her, and was about to ask, but the other person spoke first.

"Sister-in-law, can you ask for a bowl of water and some food for the children." The woman's voice was very hoarse, obviously she hadn't had a drop of water for a while.

"Yes, come in quickly." Although Zhao Shi was puzzled, she was always kind, and seeing that this woman did not seem like a villain, she led the three of them into her courtyard and closed the door.First I got some water for them to moisten their throats, and then I made some food for them.

The woman hurriedly thanked her, took the food and distributed it to the child, and began to gobble it herself.Zhang Fan also saw the three of them, and he didn't blame his mother for letting them in so easily, and the mother and son seemed to have suffered a lot.

Mrs. Zhao patiently waited for them to finish eating, and was about to ask, when there was another knock on the door.Mrs. Zhao opened the door, but some people with their families and children with dusty faces came to beg for food.Zhao had to let people in again.

Zhang Fan also felt that something was wrong, and said to his mother, "Mom, I'm going out to see what happened." After speaking, Zhang Fan opened the door and went out.

When Zhang Fan came to the street, he saw people like refugees begging for food from every house on the street. The gates of the city in the distance were wide open, and refugees kept pouring in.Zhang Fan expected something to happen.

Back home, the mother and son who were the first to come had already slowed down and kept thanking Mrs. Zhao. After learning that Zhang Fan was the Xie Yuan of Shaanxi Xinke this year, the people in the courtyard fell to their knees, thank you very much .

Zhao was at a loss when she saw someone kneeling in front of her for the first time, so Zhang Fan hurriedly persuaded them to get up, and asked the woman at the beginning: "Sister, what happened, I think There are many people like you on the street, and there are still people entering the city at the gate of the city."

"Master Juren, we are the people of Yan'an Mansion in the north. Tens of thousands of Tartars who did not know where they came from last night robbed Yan'an Mansion. I had no choice but to flee with my children and walked all night. Came here. Thank you, Master Juren, for your rescue." Then there was another voice thanking you for your help.

Zhang Fan calmed them down first, and then asked: "Why didn't the guards of Yan'an Mansion and the troops of the two city inspectors resist?"

"There are only a few hundred guards in the palace, and they can't resist the Tartars at all. As for the inspector, my man is serving as a soldier inside. Yesterday, he received an order from his superiors, saying that he was going to change defenses, and he was not in any jurisdiction."

Hearing this, Zhang Fan understood a little bit, but why the Tatars didn't come sooner or later, and chose to come to plunder when the patrols of the two cities were changing defenses, it seemed that there was something else going on in this.Zhang Fan happened to see two servants on the street and called them over.Zhang Fan, whom the two yamen servants also recognized, immediately came over when he was greeted by Master Juren.Zhang Fan said to his mother, "Mother, just open the door, take out all the rice and grain in the house, and make some porridge to help the people outside." Let them come one by one, don't make people mess up. And the most important thing is to pay attention to my mother's safety."

"Master Zhang, don't worry, the two of us know." One of them replied.

Zhang Fan turned around and was about to go out, but his mother Zhao stopped him: "Fan'er, it's so chaotic outside, where are you going?"

Zhang Fan said to his mother, "Mother, I'll go to the county government office and ask Ma County Magistrate what happened."

Mrs. Zhao urged Zhang Fan to be careful on the road, and when he saw Zhang Fan was far away, he ordered the two messengers to take out some rice stored at home and make some porridge.He took out some money and asked another person to buy some more rice, and then began to give out porridge.The people on the street knew that there was someone giving porridge here, and they all flocked here.Fortunately, most of them just didn't eat all night, and under the maintenance of the yamen, they were orderly. Most of them let the old and weak, women and children come to beg for some food first.

Zhang Fan was walking on the way to the county government office, seeing a large number of refugees pouring into the city, he felt very uncomfortable.Only then did he, who was not well versed in history, remember that the frontiers of the Ming Dynasty were so unstable.But in the memory of this body, Tartars seldom came to plunder, and even if they did, it was only a small group, and there had never been such a large-scale invasion.Zhang Fan suppressed the doubts in his heart, and walked quickly to the county government office.