Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 483 Gu says he is weak, he is weak!

Because of Zhu Yunxi, the grandson of the emperor, the daughter of the Chang family instantly became a popular figure among the nobles in the capital to discuss marriage.

Not only the nobles in the capital stared at him, but even the princes and princesses stared wide-eyed, trying every means to get in touch with the Chang family.

But the Chang family had too few daughters, there were only three in total, and His Majesty the Emperor forcibly arranged for one, and the remaining two daughters suddenly became popular.

Because everyone knew about the relationship between the grandson of the emperor and the Chang family, Chang Sheng risked his life to become the grandson of the emperor, and he wanted to wipe out the entire family of the Lu family.

The kindness of the Chang family is enough to ensure the prosperity of their family for three generations!
Princess Lin'an is the one who wholeheartedly wants to marry the Chang family, so she sent someone to send the invitation early in the morning, but unexpectedly, the servants reported back that one of the two dukes and wives of the Chang family had gone to the Li family and the other had gone to the Geng family.

This annoyed Princess Lin'an very much, and the Li family was fine with it. After all, he was also the popular Cao Guogong. Li Jinglong was even more famous for his knowledge of military affairs. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was the minister of the country left by his father to the emperor's grandson.

But how can the Geng family invite the real founder's wife?

The Geng family was originally thin in population, the first and second generations of Si Guogong both died young, and now the third generation of Si Guogong is just a shell of a state duke.

Princess Lin'an was annoyed, but she was still 1 unwilling to let her go to the Founding Duke's mansion as a princess.

As a last resort, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the palace to meet her father.

Since the father can bestow a marriage on Zhu Yunqi, why can't he bestow a marriage on his own son?

After all, my son is also a genuine grandson, isn't he?
Princess Lin'an did it when she thought of it, and immediately ordered people to prepare a carriage and go to the palace.

Lao Zhu's recent days are very comfortable, the Ming Dynasty is prosperous and the people are safe, and the weather is smooth and the weather is good.Taxes also increased exponentially under his strict supervision.

Many of his great ideas before could not be realized due to lack of money. Now that he has money, he must start working one after another.

The first is the Great Wall in the north, recruiting civilian husbands to repair it.

The second is the Yellow River, which needs to be dredged by civil servants.

Then there is Zhongdu...

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Zhongdu was entrusted to Zhu Yunqi by him, he immediately put out the idea of ​​rebuilding Zhongdu.

Now the city wall of the central capital is comparable to that of Jinling, if it is raised higher, wouldn't it become a country within a country?

Now that the central capital is not being built, shouldn't it be time to build the capital?

But where should the capital be repaired?
A few years ago, the city wall was almost repaired, and the imperial palace...

It seems that the palace does not need to be repaired, and it can live for a few more years.

Just when Lao Zhu was worried that he had too much money and didn't know how to spend it, Chen Zongli, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, ran over anxiously.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong. The grandson of the emperor rushed into the warehouse of the household department with hundreds of guards just now..."

"what?"

"Then what's up with the rebellious grandson?"

"The grandson of the emperor rushed into the warehouse and moved... the silver away, woo woo woo..."

Chen Zongli has always valued money more than his life. Although the money in the national treasury cannot be equal to his, isn't his greatest pursuit as a minister of the household department is to fill the national treasury?
However, seeing that the treasury is more than half full, and a new achievement is about to be unlocked, a grandson of the emperor suddenly appears, destroying the good situation he has worked so hard to manage for many years!

When Lao Zhu heard the bad news suddenly, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

He also made a mistake with Chen Zongli. In the past, when the national treasury had no money and it was all rags, he didn't care much.

Now the national treasury is full of white silver, and there are many exquisitely minted "old man coins", so he looks at the national treasury like an eyeball.

After all, the old man's coin is printed with his face!
"Old Chen, tell me slowly, how much money did Ni Sun take away?"

"Report to Your Majesty, that Ni..."

When Chen Zongli said this, he slapped himself, and His Majesty the Emperor called "Ni Sun", that's all. He, a courtier, dared to say that because he thought his life was too long.

But when he thought of what the emperor grandson did, he felt like drawing a circle and cursing!
"Returning to Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson has all moved away, leaving only 30 taels of expenses for the court, woo woo woo..."

"What?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, his eyes went dark and he passed out.

He clearly remembered that there were more than 1000 million taels of silver in the treasury yesterday!
It was less than a day later, and he became a pauper again!

Fortunately, Qin Deshun caught Lao Zhu with his eyes and hands, so that he wouldn't lie on the ground.

Even so, Lao Zhu still panted heavily for a long time, and then he recovered a bit.

"Rebellious grandson!"

"He's so rich, why does he always search for our little money, yay..."

Qin Deshun had been serving Lao Zhu for decades. Back then, Chen Youliang was almost at the door of his house, and he had never seen Lao Zhu in such a hurry.

It can be seen that the grandson of the emperor did touch Nilin this time.

Chen Zongli saw that Lao Zhu was so angry, instead of stepping forward to comfort him, he cried and wiped his tears from the sidelines.

"Your Majesty, the old minister feels bitter, woo woo woo..."

"A few months later, when the autumn tax enters the warehouse, our warehouse will be full..."

Poor Daming treasury, due to the lack of silver when the country was founded, even if Lao Zhu thought about everything he did, he still repaired the treasury to a small size, and only built a warehouse that could hold 2000 million taels of silver.

When Lao Zhu heard what Chen Zongli said, he stomped his feet on the ground angrily.

"You grandson, our Xiaoling Mausoleum hasn't been finished yet!"

"Old Chen, didn't Ni Sun say what to do with the money?"

"Return to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness said that he wants to renovate the capital..."

"Renovate the capital?"

Lao Zhu's scalp felt numb when he heard this, is this money enough to renovate the capital?
No kidding, if free corvée were not collected, 1000 million taels of silver would not even be enough to repair the outer city walls!

"really?"

When Chen Zongli saw what Lao Zhu said, he was not sure.

"Should it be true?"

"There's no reason for the grandson of the emperor to play tricks on the old officials, and that old son Chen..."

Chen Zongli got angry when he mentioned his Nizizi. If he hadn't slipped his tongue when he went home to drink, saying that the treasury had more than half of the silver in it, that Nizizi wouldn't know about it, let alone run to tell the empress dowager. Sun.

Old Zhu was not as angry as before when he heard the words, but his head was full of confusion.

"Is this money enough to renovate the capital?"

Chen Zongli thought for a while and shook his head.

"If it was a few years ago, it would definitely be enough, but since the implementation of a whip law, the imperial court has canceled the corvee, and converted the corvee into silver and distributed it among the fields."

"Therefore, to renovate the capital now, we can only hire common people to work, and this cost is much more expensive than the collection of corvees."

The collection and collection of corvee in all dynasties were volunteer workers. Instead of being paid, they had to prepare their own rations to work for the court or the government.

Therefore, the people of all dynasties and dynasties hid from corvée whenever they could.If you can't avoid it, you will rebel, such as the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty.

Lao Zhu thought for a while, then turned to look at Qin Deshun.

Now Qin Deshun is his second eye, and it is even easier to use than the first eye, Jin Yiwei.

"Qin Deshun, what is Nisun doing recently?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is said that the grandson of the emperor has been playing ball recently."

"ball?"

"What ball?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it is said that they are all kinds of balls..."

Xingong in the northern suburbs.

Ever since Zhu Yunxi took advantage of badminton, he was out of control on the way to play.

What table tennis, volleyball, tennis, billiards, etc., are all played by him.

Compared with the technological revolution, playing penalty games couldn't be easier.

Zhu Yunxi took advantage of the scissors gap of foresight and foresight, and kept pumping dopamine on Xu Miaojin's body.

It's not that Zhu Yunxi likes Xu Miaojin so much, it's just that other than this girl, girls from good families don't play with her.

As for the clubs around him, they were not worthy of sparring with him at all.

Either they are tactful and sophisticated, or they are rookies like Kong Yanjin, he can beat ten of them!
After Xu Miaojin experienced the baptism of badminton, she prepared a set of samurai uniforms in the carriage every day when she went to school.

Although Zhu Yunxie plays ball in different ways every day, after she puts on the samurai uniform suitable for sports, she can always adapt quickly and use the rules formulated by Zhu Yunxie to defeat the opponent.

On this day, Xu Miaojin skillfully drove Hei ⑧ into the hole, and whistled triumphantly towards Zhu Yunxie.

Seeing that there were still several balls left on the table, Zhu Yunxi slammed the club angrily and said.

"No fun!"

"I won't play with you anymore!"

Xu Miaojin almost vomited blood when he heard this, this guy is so unreasonable, who is playing with whom!
If it wasn't for accompanying you, the dead grandson of the emperor, would this eldest miss be able to condescend to dress like this?

Although Xu Miaojin was resentful in her heart, but when she saw Zhu Yunxie's lonely face, she felt a little guilty.

"Zhu Yunxi, how about I give you three strokes?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he turned his head with a smile and hurriedly agreed.

"Row!"

After ten strokes, there is only one black ⑧ left in front of Xu Miaojin, but there are many more on Zhu Yunxie's side.

This time Xu Miaojin hesitated and deliberately missed a shot.

"Oh, why did you miss the shot? It's so depressing..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't know why, so he really thought that Xu Miaojin missed the shot, so he hurried forward to take aim and hit the ball.

I don't know if it was luck or a coincidence, but Zhu Yunxi hit the bottom with one shot this time!

After a while, there is only one black ⑧ left on the table, and it can be said that whoever hits it wins.

Zhu Yunxi squatted on both hands, still feeling unreliable, and rubbed the head of the club vigorously with a plaster cast, then lay down on the table to aim and hit the ball...

"Wow!"

"I won alone, hahaha!"

Xu Miaojin looked at Zhu Yunxi's cheerful look, and suddenly had a glimmer of understanding in her heart.

She suddenly realized that the reason why she was willing to play with Zhu Yunxi was because she liked to see Zhu Yunxi happy?
His happiness is my happiness!
When Xu Miaojin watched Zhu Yunxi humming a ditty and chattering about swinging the ball, he deliberately hummed disdainfully.

"cut!"

"If it weren't for this girl's mistake, you'd be damned if you could win!"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head and buttocks, deliberately annoyed Xu Miaojin.

"Little girl, luck is also a part of strength, la la la..."

The two opened another table, and soon they were evenly divided again.

This time Xu Miaojin made another "mistake", and also left a very good angle for Zhu Yunxie by the way, making Zhu Yunxie happy as if he had picked up "1000 million taels of silver".

However, when Zhu Yunxi was preparing for the final blow, Xu Liuzi led several craftsmen and walked over carrying a thing covered with a cloth.

"Your Highness, the people of Baigongyuan have crafted the gift for Miss Xu San according to your instructions."

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately put down his cue and pulled Xu Miaojin to the front of the curtain.

"I heard that your birthday is coming soon, and Gu also has nothing to sell, so I will give you a small birthday present."

Xu Miaojin's whole body seemed to be in the clouds and fog, and her mind was full of messy paste.

This is the first time she has received a birthday gift from the opposite sex other than her father and brother!

"Give it to me?"

"Birthday gift?"

"Yes!"

"Besides giving you this silly girl, who else can I give it to?"

When Xu Miaojin heard this, she felt a sweetness in her heart. The resentment of being "tweeted" by someone, seeing light, and playing ball all disappeared in an instant, leaving only the happiness and sweetness of roses mixed with honey.

"Uncover it!"

"I promise you will like it!"

"Ok!"

Xu Miaojin gave a soft "hmm", then stepped forward shyly to lift the curtain, and was stunned on the spot when she saw what was inside.

It was beautiful, with a shiny lacquer that glistened in the sunlight.

However, she has no idea what this thing is and what it is used for.

"This thing is..."

"This thing is a bicycle, as long as you ride it and step on your two pedals, you can walk!"

Zhu Yunxi snapped his fingers as he spoke, and immediately a little eunuch pushed out a bicycle of the same model from behind the screen.

It's just that compared to Xu Miaojin's car, his car has a taller beam, and it is more in line with the temperament of later generations.

"Ride up like Gu, and then push hard..."

Zhu Yunxi took the bicycle from the eunuch and demonstrated it to Xu Miaojin himself.

Zhu Yunxi never worried that Xu Miaojin would not be able to learn it. For a person who is full of sports cells, riding a bicycle is too simple.

Sure enough, Xu Miaojin rode crookedly after just looking at it once.

Although she almost fell down a few times, she was always supported by her two dexterous long legs.After a few more rounds of tentative riding, I was already riding decently.

"so fun!"

"This thing saves a lot of effort than walking!"

"Yes!"

"This thing will shine in Daming in the future and become a daily tool for people to travel!"

The two rode bicycles around the new palace in the northern suburbs. Zhu Yunxie turned directly out of the northern palace and rode along the newly built stone road towards the city wall.

Not to be outdone, Xu Miaojin followed closely behind, missing Zhu Yunxi by half a car.

It's not that she can't surpass, it's that she can't surpass, and she doesn't want to surpass.

After all, Zhu Yunxi is the grandson of the emperor, and as a little girl, she still wants to save some face for the grandson of the emperor.

Jin Yiwei's cavalry opened the way in front, and the other guards surrounded the two tightly in the middle, surrounded them and walked towards the exit of peace.

Zhu Yunxi and Xu Miaojin turned into Taiping Gate, rode directly up the city wall along the horse racing track, and rode slowly along the city wall.

As the sun set in the west, the shadows of the two people stretched extremely long and gradually overlapped.

The two of them didn't get out of the car when they were tired from riding. They just supported the city wall with one hand, looked at the river not far away filled with the afterglow of the setting sun, and listened to the fishermen's songs and the boatmen's chant from the river.

In this beautiful picture of water and sky, the two people on the city wall can only hear the faint sound of the wind and the beating of their hearts.

"Zhu Yunxi, thank you..."

"This is the best birthday gift I've ever received since I was a kid..."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand indifferently.

"You're welcome, Gu will send you off every year from now on!"

Xu Miaojin was overjoyed instinctively when he heard this, but the expression on his face darkened again.

"no need……"

"Why?"

"Because I'm going to propose marriage..."

After Xu Miaojin said this, she looked at Zhu Yunxi with tears in her eyes, and said something full of melancholy.

"You too……"

"I?"

Zhu Yunxi was still puzzled, and looked at Xu Miaojin in a daze.

"Why doesn't Gu know?"

"Grandfather didn't tell me?"

Seeing Zhu Yunxi's stupidity, Xu Miaojin was inexplicably annoyed.

"The important matter of marriage is the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, why did your majesty tell you!"

Zhu Yunxi spoke eloquently.

"The key is that my father and mother have passed away a long time ago!"

"I don't have parents, how can I get the orders from my parents?"

"Pfft..."

Xu Miaojin was a little sentimental at first, but she laughed angrily at Zhu Yunxi's words.

"Speak to His Majesty if you have the ability, and see if His Majesty will not break your leg!"

Zhu Yunxi let out an indifferent "hum".

"I dare to say that to anyone!"

"My parents are gone, so there is no so-called parental order. I can marry whoever I like, and no one can force me!"

Xu Miaojin's heart was moved when he heard the words, and he deliberately "excited" Zhu Yunxi with words.

"Not necessarily?"

"If you marry Tang Ruolan from Xin Guo's family, His Majesty will agree?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi only felt his brain go down for a while.

"Who is Tang Ruolan?"

Tang Ruolan is the crystallization of Tang He, the Duke of Xin, in his later years. It can be said that he is loved by thousands of people. He even rejected the royal family's idea of ​​marriage.

The reason why Xu Miaojin compared Tang Ruolan was just to test Zhu Yunxi.

Because Tang Ruolan is just like her, in the same generation as Zhu Yunxie.As long as he doesn't mind marrying Tang Ruolan, he certainly doesn't mind marrying himself, right?

Unexpectedly, this stick doesn't even know who Tang Ruolan is!
"Tang Ruolan is the youngest daughter of Duke Xin, who has been studying with her in Daben Hall for almost three years..."

"Oh... I don't remember..."

When Xu Miaojin heard this, she stretched out her leg angrily, and kicked Zhu Yunxie's wheel hard.

"Why are you kicking me?"

"I see you are angry!"

Just when she was secretly sulking, she suddenly heard that the silence had asked Zhu Yunxie something.

"Who?"

"Who what?"

"The person who talks to you!"

"Li Yan, the son of Li Jinglong..."

"I just remembered, has Li Yan been weak and sickly since he was a child, weak and unable to take care of himself, so he doesn't look like a long-lived person?"

Xu Miaojin was stunned when he heard this.

"Isn't it?"

"I remember that Li Yan was able to draw a two-stone heavy bow at the age of ten, and practiced riding and archery in the army at the age of 13. He is a rare person among the noble children who is proficient in bow and horse. Even my elder brother often praises him, saying that he is such a The leader of a generation..."

Zhu Yunxi said with a serious face.

"Gu says he is weak, he is weak, if he dares not to be weak, then he is not a long-lived person!"

(End of this chapter)