Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 175 0170 [Just Bullying People]

Just as Zhu Ming was about to ask for more information, a young man stood behind Fatty Zheng, took out a letter and handed it over: "Village Chief."

As soon as he heard this title, he knew he was from Daming Village.

Zhu Ming opened the letter and read it, his expression immediately became serious.

This letter is half in Chinese characters and half in pinyin.

The normal content is written in Chinese characters, and the pinyin part is of course for confidentiality.

The general situation, Zhu Guoxiang has written clearly, let Zhu Ming wait slowly, don't go to the palace to find him.The main thing is to unify the tone in the letter, and don't reveal your secrets when asked.

In addition, he also introduced the situation of Daming Village, saying that the Zhang master book in the county has been settled.

If you have any doubts, you can ask the boy who delivered the letter.

Zhu Ming invited Zheng Hong, Hou Xuan and others into the courtyard to listen to Chen Yuan's lecture, while he took the young man to the study.

The boy who delivered the letter was called Liang Yi, and Zhu Guoxiang himself came up with the name.This person belonged to a fleeing family in the mountains, his parents died, and he went to Daming Village with his uncle.

Because of his cleverness, Liang Yi was selected by Zhu Guoxiang as his entourage, and he usually ate with him, already a bit like a adopted son.

After closing the door and making sure no one was outside, Zhu Ming asked, "Is my father safe?"

Liang Yi said: "Those eunuchs and forbidden soldiers have already tidied up and obeyed. Just ask Da Lang to wait. Don't go to see the officials. If one more person enters the palace, there may be more uncertainties."

"Why did the brothers and sisters of the Zheng family follow?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Liang Yi said, "I don't know, they said they came to Tokyo to visit relatives."

Zhu Ming asked about the situation along the way, and Liang Yi answered carefully.He speaks clearly and with his own observation and comprehension. His intelligence level is obviously higher than that of Bai Sheng.

No wonder there are so many people in Daming Village, but this young man is the only one Zhu Guoxiang has taken a fancy to.

Zhu Ming asked, "How old are you?"

Liang Yi replied, "16 years old."

"How many words have you learned?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Liang Yi said: "I've been learning along the way, and I can already recognize four or five hundred characters. But some characters can only be recognized, but I forgot the strokes when I wrote them. I also learned some addition, subtraction, multiplication and division."

After discussing with Liang Yi, Zhu Ming said, "Go and invite Zheng Xiaoguan."

Liang Yi immediately left the room and brought Fatty Zheng there.

Zheng Hong closed the door, smiled and cupped his fists: "Da Lang, long time no see."

Zhu Ming said angrily, "Tell me, why is there another relative of the Zheng family in Tokyo?"

Fatty Zheng said, "Isn't Da Lang a relative of my family?"

"What are you doing here?" Zhu Ming asked.

Fatty Zheng said: "My sister has suffered from lovesickness. Since Dalang left, I miss her day and night, and don't think about food and drink. The elders in the family saw her pitiful, so they asked me to send me to Tokyo to meet Dalang."

Ju Ming was silent.

Zheng Hong simply clarified his words: "I know that Jin non-commissioned officers look down on merchants, and young ladies will definitely not be able to climb high. I don't ask for the position of regular wife, as long as I can be a concubine."

Although the Zhu family's father and son and the Zheng family of Nayangzhou are mutually beneficial in general, they still have a relationship.

Zhu Ming still owes the hundreds of pennies for building the three weapons.

It is true that the Zheng family obtained tea-frying technology for free, but they also help Daming Village immigrate every year.When Zhu Guoxiang didn't have enough money and food, the Zheng family helped to transport the food, which was deducted from the tea money on credit.

He sent his daughter to be a concubine all the way, so could Zhu Ming still send her back?Then how will Zheng Yuanyi see people in the future?

Moreover, even unwilling to take concubines, obviously looking down on the Zheng family, the relationship between the two parties will also have a rift.

Ju Ming was speechless, and asked, "Are you planning to live in Tokyo?"

"It's hard to come here, and it's going to take half a year anyway." Fatty Zheng smiled and took out a gift list, "This is the young lady's dowry."

Zhu Ming glanced at it, and saw that it said: 80 taels of gold, 300 taels of silver, some jewelry, quilts and lacquerware, seven male and female servants, and five hundred shi of rice (directly shipped to Daming Village).

If the dowry is heavy enough, the gold and silver alone are worth two to three thousand guan.

(During the Jingkang period, the Jin people asked for gold and silver, and the Song Dynasty did not have enough stock, so they had to buy from the people in Tokyo. The market price at that time was: 1 tael of gold equals 32 guan, and 1 tael of silver equals 2 guan and 500 Wen. It is slightly cheaper at this time , but 1 tael of gold can also be exchanged for more than 20 copper coins.)
With so many people coming all at once, the rented house is definitely not enough to live in.

I have to talk about it after my father leaves the palace, so I can only stay in a hotel for the time being.

Zhu Ming took Zheng Hong out, and Zheng Yuanyi and the servants of the Zheng family also followed. They met many people along the way, and passers-by greeted them from time to time.

Zheng Yuanyi sat on the carriage, opened the curtain and said, "Brother Zhu, you are so famous in Tokyo, they all call you Tanhualang!"

"I was born handsome." Ju Ming joked.

Zheng Yuanyi said: "I also think my brother is handsome."

Zhu Ming asked, "Why do you call yourself a slave?"

Zheng Yuanyi said: "I asked the female teacher at the school, and the husband said that women from officials and eunuchs are called slaves."

This is true, and whatever its original meaning, "slave" is now a fashionable modesty.

Even the concubines in the palace and the female relatives of the prime minister's family often called themselves "slaves".This is not only the case with her husband, even if she meets elders or outsiders of the same generation, she can call herself like this.

The meaning of the word has changed subtly, with a little pampering and pleasing.

For example, cats are nicknamed "civet slaves".

Zhu Ming didn't bother to entangle in the address, he just said: "My sister will stay in the inn for a few days, and I will move in when I find another house."

"I know, brother, don't worry about it." Zheng Yuanyi laughed.

After putting the siblings in the inn and having dinner with them, Zhu Ming rode back on his horse.

It was almost dark, and when I got home, I saw Deng Chun and the security team were there.

Zhu Ming asked, "Where is my father?"

Deng Chun replied: "My husband is still in the palace, and we were released by the officials. The palace people only focused on the Ganoderma lucidum. They didn't even have the opportunity to offer black tea, corn and sweet potatoes to the officials."

Zhu Ming asked again: "Have you eaten yet?"

Deng Chun said: "Eat in the palace."

Ju Ming made arrangements: "Tonight, we will make a bed in the main room first, and we will find a place for you to live in tomorrow."

A few days later, Zhu Guoxiang did not leave the palace, but Shengzhang, the governor of Kaifeng, came.

This person is not Cai Jing's confidant, and he relies on currying favor with Zhu Xie.

He is an extremely pure villain, whoever is favored by the emperor, Sheng Zhang will come to curry favor with him.Moreover, he is exquisite in all aspects, even if Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong are in a hostile relationship, he can befriend both of them at the same time.

"Zhang, meet Tanhualang!" This guy not only came to the door in person, but also lowered his status when he met him.

Zhu Ming frowned and said, "Your Excellency is the prefect of Kaifeng. I am only a low-level official. How can I break the etiquette?"

Sheng Zhang squeezed out a smile: "I admire Tan Hua Lang's talents and learning. As the saying goes, those who are masters are teachers. Zhang is willing to practice the discipleship and ask for advice on the use of knowledge day and night."

Zhu Ming asked: "Didn't your Excellency say that the study of Taoism and practicality is a strange theory?"

"I'm not good at academics, so I may have misunderstood, but now I understand the truth." Sheng Zhang said.

Zhu Ming also didn't want to get into trouble with the Governor of Kaifeng, and he found out clearly that the person in front of him was neither faction, but he was an opportunist by definition.Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, there is no need to mention the previous things."

Sheng Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, he has an eyeliner in the palace and knows how favored Zhu Guoxiang is.

And I had conflicts with Zhu Ming, if Zhu Guoxiang said something bad, my future would be ruined!
A few days later, Sheng Zhang heard that the emperor was looking for land and wanted to give Zhu Guoxiang a mansion, but Zhu Guoxiang refused.

Sheng Zhang immediately seized the opportunity to please the emperor and Zhu Guoxiang at the same time.

He asked to enter the palace to face the saint, and after waiting for three or four days, he was finally summoned to Yanfu Palace by the eunuch.

"Why are you a thief here?" Song Huizong scolded with a smile.

Sheng Zhang said cheekily: "I haven't seen the officials for many days, and I miss them very much. I just want to see the sky, so that I can sleep well tonight."

Song Huizong laughed loudly: "The mouth is very sweet, as if it has been smeared with honey."

Sheng Zhang was able to be favored purely because of the demolition.

No matter where the emperor or important ministers want to demolish, Sheng Zhang can do it properly, and so far there has been no trouble due to forced demolition.

He and Zhu Xi are a perfect match, one is in charge of demolishing houses in Tokyo, and the other is transporting building materials from Jiangnan.

Sheng Zhang flattered for a while, and casually mentioned: "The official residence, the residence of Zhuang Xiaomingyi, the eldest emperor, has been abandoned for many years. Now that there is a shortage of houses in Tokyo, the Imperial Concubine's residence should also be used. I don't know what the official residence has. arrange?"

Song Huizong immediately remembered the princess and asked in surprise, "Has her mansion been empty all this time?"

Sheng Zhang replied, "It's always been empty."

Zhuang Xiaomingyi's eldest emperor Ji is Song Renzong's daughter Yan Guo Princess.

Song Renzong liked this daughter the most. When she got married, hundreds of thousands of guan was used to build the princess mansion, and the princess's monthly pocket money was [-] guan.

Moreover, Li Wei, the son-in-law, is not only a relative of the emperor, but also versatile, and his calligraphy is the best in the world.

A marriage that looks like a man and a woman is actually a tragedy.

Because Princess Yan belongs to the Yan control, she despises her son-in-law for being too ugly, and has repeatedly complained about divorce.After injuring her mother-in-law, she ran back to the palace at night and asked the guards to open the palace gate at night.

Anyway, it has been going on for several years, and it is known to the whole city.

The son-in-law and the princess had to live separately, and the son-in-law was thrown away to serve as an official in a local area, but the princess still didn't want to live outside.She set fire to the princess mansion, burned down several houses, and then moved back to live in the palace. She died of illness in the palace in her 30s.

Song Huizong especially liked the calligraphy and painting of his son-in-law Li Wei. Even after several decades, he was still deeply impressed by this matter.

Song Huizong said: "Since it has been abandoned, it will be renovated and given to Mr. Tongsuan (Zhu Guoxiang). I will leave this matter to you."

"I obey the order!" Sheng Zhang was overjoyed, and finally showed his face in front of the emperor again.

How could it be deserted?

The son-in-law's son-in-law lived there!

Sheng Zhang received the emperor's order, and led people to rush to Princess Yan's mansion: "The official has an order, you must move out within three days. Otherwise, don't live in Di Ji's mansion, and go to Kaifeng mansion to sleep in the prison Bar!"

Bullying the descendants of the son-in-law is easier than bullying the candidates.

Because the princess disliked the concubine for being too ugly, she didn't sleep with her a few times. The children and grandchildren left by the concubine were all concubine's concubine's sons.

When the princess died of illness, the emperor didn't show good looks to the son-in-law, and his life has been miserable.

After the death of the son-in-law, the situation went from bad to worse, and his descendants only got a small official.

Facing the menacing Kaifeng Governor, who also carried the emperor's order, how could these people dare to resist.

Sheng Zhang said again: "Slave stay!"

So, the servants were left to Zhu Guoxiang, and a dozen or so members of his family were weeping and moved away with the few remaining belongings.

After the whole matter was done, it didn't even attract much attention, because the presence of the son-in-law's descendants was too low.

Dean Zhu has a mansion, worth hundreds of thousands!
This big family, more than a dozen people, old and young, came to cry and beg when they found out where Zhu Ming lived.

"Tanhualang, your father is going to live in the Emperor Ji's mansion, so he has to give some money to buy a house!"

The son-in-law of Song Renzong's son-in-law, already in his 50s, knelt down in front of Zhu Ming and wept loudly.

Zhu Tanhua looked confused.

(End of this chapter)