The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 103 Gentlemen rule the world (fifth watch)

Chang Feng saluted Zhang Heling's two brothers: "My subordinate Chang Feng has met the two uncles."

Zhang Heling smiled and said, "Ha! Brother Chang, don't be so ostentatious. You are the benefactor of our Zhang family. If you salute us brothers, we will shorten our lives!"

Zhang Yanling said from the side: "My sister said so. This time I will go to Fujian with Big Brother Chang on business, and I will listen to you all the way."

"You tell us to go east, we never go west. You tell us to shit, we never fart."

Zhang Heling echoed: "That's right. Even if you say that the sun is dark, we will all follow and shout that the mother is darker than ink."

Chang Feng said with a smile: "It's almost a month before we leave. The two uncles are ready to prepare. It's hot in the south, Zhishu Dan, peppermint oil, prepare some."

Zhang Yanling said: "I received two firecrackers in the arsenal."

He often hears the words and his face changes.He was afraid that the two teenagers would not be able to do it, so he jumped on his feet again.

He said: "Don't bring the firecrackers. We are going to worship the gods, not to fight. There is no danger if we take the canal to change the sea boat."

Chang Feng was completely wrong this time.

A danger is not a danger if it can be predicted.

Danger always comes unknowingly.

Two little country uncles came to the door.Naturally, the Chang family will host a banquet.Although they are small, they have a high status and status, so they cannot but be guests.

During the meal, Zhang Heling said casually: "The emperor is going to promote my father again."

After Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, Zhang Luan, the patriarch of the state, was specially granted the title of Minister of Honglu Temple.

Chang Feng asked: "Oh? The head of the country is going to be promoted again?"

Zhang Yanling said: "I heard from my sister that the emperor wants to promote my father to be a Ronglu doctor and a Chinese military commander."

Commander Tongzhi of the Chinese Army is the sixth-highest permanent position among generals.Second only to the military commanders.

Chang Feng said "Congratulations".

But he murmured in his heart: The emperor is good everywhere.It's just that he spoils his relatives too much.

Two teenagers who were twelve or three years old became Jin Yiwei and commanded the left and right guards.The father-in-law of the country, a landed supervising student, turned out to be a handsome man in the Dudu's mansion.

You know, Mr. Ma Wensheng was so busy with the abolition of the military attache that he offended a lot of people.

The emperor sent people to the army, and he was still in a high position.

Chang Feng is not a fortune teller, he wouldn't think of where this is going.In a few years, Zhang Luan will be named Marquis.

Even the grandfather and great-grandfather of Empress Zhang who died will be made Marquis by Emperor Hongzhi.

No one is perfect, and so is the emperor.

Emperor Hongzhi was a typical nepotism in his treatment of his relatives.Fortunately, he only favors Empress Zhang and has no concubines.The concubine's relatives are the Zhang family.

Let's have a banquet.The little brothers of the Zhang family coaxed Tangtang to play for another half an hour before leaving.

Chang Feng and Liu Xiaoyan went back to the bedroom to sleep.

Ever since he found out that Liu Xiaoyan was pregnant, Chang Feng never hit her at night.On the bed, he was as honest as his third grandson.

He fell asleep.

In a trance, he had a nightmare.

He dreamed that countless people in ragged clothes and covered in blood were chasing him.

Those people shouted at him: "Give me back the Sea God Orb."

Chang Feng wanted to run, but he didn't have the strength in his legs, so he couldn't run fast.

The people pushed him down.Shouting "Give me back the Sea God Orb", he tore his body into pieces.

"Ah!" Chang Feng woke up from the nightmare.

Liu Xiaoyan couldn't sleep, she was embroidering a child's bellyband beside her."Did you have a nightmare?" she asked.

Chang Feng shook the cold sweat on his forehead with his hand: "Yes. I had a strange dream."

Liu Xiaoyan poured him a cup of tea, and Chang Feng drank it to suppress his shock.

The next day, Chang Feng went to Jinyiwei to work as usual.

By coincidence, Wynn came over to hear about Jin Yiwei's case handling last month.The governor of the East Factory supervises Jinyiwei, this is the rule.

After finishing the business, Wynn asked Chang Feng to chat.Chatting and chatting, we talked about going south to worship Mazu.

Wynn said: "Oh, by the way. You have never been an imperial envoy to Beijing before. There are some things I have to tell you. "

"Whether it's an imperial envoy for case handling, disaster relief, inspection or sacrifice, as long as you leave Beijing, local officials along the way will rush to honor the money."

"Because no matter what business the imperial envoys go to Beijing for, they have the responsibility to understand the people's conditions and officials in various places along the way, and write a booklet to report to the emperor."

"The local officials are afraid that the imperial envoy will talk nonsense. They just use money to gag their mouths."

"You can't take those silver coins. You need to know that taking people is short, and eating people is the shortest."

Chang Feng nodded: "Remember, Grandpa. I have to be an upright official like Ma Wen was promoted to Mabutang."

Wynn said: "Yes. You need to study with Ma Wen more. Besides, you are going to pass through Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will definitely ask to see you. "

"You can't take their money. But you can't offend them either. The last thing you can offend is the gentry."

"In our great Ming Dynasty, it is not the emperor and officials who rule the world at all. It is the gentry who rule the world."

Chang Feng was a little strange: "Grandpa, where do you start with this?"

Wynn explained: "Think about it. There are 5 to [-] people in a medium-sized county in Daming. But what about the officials stationed in the county by the imperial court? Only the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the chief secretary are the only ones with grades."

"Three people rule 4 people. How can they manage it? Even if they have a hundred or eighty officials and servants, they can't manage hundreds of times the number of people."

"The imperial decree was spread to the county one after another. It was the gentry who actually implemented it."

"That's why Wang Shu said to the emperor a few days ago that in fact, the gentry ruled the world in the Ming Dynasty."

Chang Feng nodded frequently: "Grandpa is right."

Huai En said again: "Among the gentry, the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the most powerful. Because Jiangsu and Zhejiang are places where the style of writing flourishes. They have countless children, relatives and friends who are officials in the court."

"If you can not offend them, try not to offend them."

"Although you are favored by the emperor now, you dare not say that you will be favored for the rest of your life, and you will not recite words."

"The gang of Jiangsu and Zhejiang gentry never kill with a knife, only with a pen."

"Sometimes, a pen is sharper and scarier than a knife."

After all, Wynn is an old man. He has worked in the palace for decades and has experienced many hardships.

No matter how smart and capable Chang Feng is, he is only a 22-year-old young man.A deep chat with Wynn can benefit a lot.

Chang Feng said: "Grandson will keep in mind Grandpa's teachings. After leaving Beijing, he will never offend anyone with domineering behavior."

After a business trip in the evening, Chang Feng returned home, he was dumbfounded.

In the front yard, Nine Girls was sitting face to face with Liu Xiaoyan and chatting.

Chang Feng thought: How did these nine girls come to my house?
Chang Feng asked: "Miss Jiu, why are you here?"

Nine Girls smiled and said, "Oh, Brother Chang. I'm here to give you a share."

After she finished speaking, she opened a small wooden box in her hand, which contained more than 400 taels of silver.

Chang Feng said: "I told you, you just need to give Eunuch Li a share of the profit. I can't accept this money."

Nine Girls laughed and said, "It's up to you whether you take it or not. I have to give it away. This is the rule in the business world."

"Since elder brother Chang rejects people thousands of miles away, I'll just take it away."

Although Liu Xiaoyan may not be very smart, she always has the sensitivity of a woman.

She heard the clue from the voice.When Nine Girls said "rejecting people thousands of miles away", it seemed that she was referring to more than just money.

After Jiu girl left, Liu Xiaoyan said: "We have been married for a year and two months. It seems that you should take a concubine."

"Which one of the officials in the court doesn't have a few concubines?"

What Liu Xiaoyan said was the truth.Even Hai Rui, who is just as clean and honest as the later generations, still has two concubines.

Because there are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest is to have no descendants.There is a legitimate reason for officials to accept concubines: to spread branches and leaves, to carry on the family line, and to be filial.

Chang Feng was taken aback: "Why did you say this suddenly? Oh, I have nothing to do with Miss Jiu."

Liu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "There's no silver 300 taels here, right? I didn't even say what's going on between you and Nine Girls."

(End of this chapter)