The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 156 Two Years Later ([-]-character Chapter)
Qian Neng never expected that Chang Feng was both upright and generous.If you don't accept the money, you will do as you please.

What he didn't know was that Chang Feng used his eldest son as a stand-in.

Qian Ning was unambiguous, and "Putong" knelt down to Chang Feng: "My subordinate, thank the Zhenfu envoy for his support!"

Chang Feng hurriedly went to help him: "Please get up quickly. Brother Qian is a great horse in Jinyiwei, with a bright future."

Chang Feng invests with peaches, and money can return them with plums.

Qian Neng said to Liu Bingyi: "Liu Siqing, there is a vacancy for the left servant of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, do you care?"

Liu Bingyi smiled and said, "Eunuch Qian, my daughter, son-in-law and grandson are all in the capital, and I don't want to go to Nanjing."

Qian Nengdao: "Nanjing Six Departments are idle yamen. It is common for the servant to report illness and stay at home.

"The promotion of Taichang Temple Qing to Nanjing Rites Minister is in line with the official promotion rules."

"How about this, I will find an opportunity to recommend you in front of the emperor. If it succeeds, you will take a leave of absence after taking the official certificate, and stay in Beijing to enjoy the blessings of your children and grandchildren."

This is a typical exchange of interests.This has been the case in the officialdom of all dynasties.

When Qian Neng talked about this, if Liu Bingyi refused again, he would lose face to the supervisor of ceremonies.

He cupped his hands and said: "Then I will have Mr. Qian give a good word in front of the emperor."

Qian Neng smiled and said: "Hey! Good! Three congratulations are coming to the door today. One congratulation is Changzhen Fushi in charge of Beisi; two congratulations Liu Siqing is expected to be promoted to Nanjing Ministry of Rites;

"Originally, I had to ask for a drink in your mansion. But after an hour, it will be my turn to be on duty at Qianqing Palace."

"When Governor Chang holds a promotion banquet, I'll ask for another glass of wine to rejoice."

Thanks a lot to Channing.Then he left with his adoptive father Qian Neng.

Liu Bingyi smiled and said: "My son-in-law, those who are blessed don't need to be busy, and those who are unlucky are heartbroken. I'm done with you again!"

Civil servants in Ming Dynasty have two supreme pursuits.

One is to become the Minister or Minister of the Twelve Departments of the Two Capitals, and become the "Ministry" of the Eight Classics.

The second is to enter the cabinet as a cabinet member and become a well-deserved "Cabinet Elder".

Liu Bingyi said that he was not interested in being promoted. When the title of "Butang" is at your fingertips, I am so excited that I can't help myself.

"Woooooo!" Unable to hold back for a moment, the old man who was nearly sixty years old actually started crying.

Chang Feng quickly consoled him: "Old Taishan, promotion is a good thing. Don't cry."

Liu Bingyi wiped away his old tears, and said angrily, "I'm crying because I was so stupid! I broke the engagement with your Chang family!"

Chang Feng comforted him and said, "Old Mount Tai, it happened 800 years ago, so why mention it again!"

Chang Feng was promoted from Zheng Wupin Qianhu Gao to Sipin Town Fushi.Sanjie was also promoted from General Wude to General Xinwu.

The two commanders above the North Town Governor were vacant, and the two commanders were brothers of the Zhang family who obeyed Chang Feng's words.

Chang Feng is now in Jinyiwei, it can be said that he is under Zhu Ji and above 8000 people.

For such a big happy event, it is natural to have a promotion banquet to celebrate it.

But Chang Feng didn't want to make too much noise about his promotion.The invitations were only sent to Qian Neng and his son and Wei Nei Pao Ze.

Civilian and military generals were not invited.After all, the emperors of all dynasties most tabooed the slaves of Jin Yiwei to get too close to their foreign ministers.

Instead, Zhu Ji was invited, but Zhu Ji said he couldn't come because of something.It's fine if he doesn't come, otherwise the robes and others will have a banquet with him, and the atmosphere of the promotion banquet will become like a funeral banquet.

Seven days later, the Chang Mansion held a promotion banquet.

All the people attending the banquet were their own people, so this promotion banquet was naturally extremely harmonious.

After eating and drinking, everyone drank tea and chatted in the living room.

Taoist Zhang is a flower Taoist who drinks and eats meat.Good drink volume is still small.I drank a jug of wine at the banquet just now, and my face was drunk.

He boasted: "I am proficient in gossip, physiognomy, and Qimen Dunjia."

Fatty Xu booed: "You know how to meet? Then you meet the brothers. Let's see who has the best luck in the hall!"

Fatty Xu is digging a hole for Taoist Zhang.If he said that a certain person had the best luck, wouldn't he offend the rest of the people?

Daoist Zhang looked around, and then said: "In this hall, there is a person whose luck has been prosperous since childhood. His lifespan is also very high. It is simply a lucky star shining on a half-year-old!"

"Whoever is related to this person, even bad luck can turn into good luck!"

All eyes were on Chang Feng.

Today is Chang Feng's promotion banquet, and most of the people Taoist Zhang is talking about are him.

Fatty Xu asked: "Shenxian Zhang, are you talking about Lord Chang?"

Daoist Zhang shook his head slightly.

Fatty Xu asked again: "Then you are talking about Eunuch Qian?"

Qian Neng is the person with the highest status at the promotion banquet.Fatty Xu thought Zhang Shenxian wanted to flatter Qian Neng.

Zhang Daoshi still shook his head.

Fatty Xu asked: "That's Liu Butang? Yesterday's imperial decree promoted him to be the left servant of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing."

Zhang Daoshi still shook his head.

Fatty Xu became a little impatient: "Who is that?"

Zhang Daoshi pointed to Tangtang who had just finished eating oily fruit and wiped his hands with a dog: "Our little sister is the one with the best luck!"

Everyone was surprised: "The luckiest girl is Xiao Shimei?"

Daoshi Zhang talked eloquently: "I have been psychic since I was a child, and I can perceive the strength of a person's luck. Everyone, I have lived for 40 years, and I have never seen a person with such strong luck!"

"Let's put it this way, Master Chang has been promoted all the way in the past four or five years. It's not because of his good luck, but because of the honor of my younger sister!"

Tangtang was taken aback by Taoist Zhang: "Is it true?"

Daoist Zhang said with a smile, "It's absolutely true! Normal people's luck has good times and bad times. But your luck will flourish from the age of six until you reach the age of 96!"

"But you have a hurdle in 96. If you pass it, you will be a hundred years old."

"The people close to you will also be blessed with your prosperity."

Chang Feng does not believe in fate.Only when Taoist Zhang is coaxing the children.

However, Liu Jin on the side took this seriously.

Liu Jin cupped his hands: "Zhang Baihu. How do you think my luck is?"

Taoist Zhang carefully looked at Liu Jin's appearance, and then his expression changed: "If I guessed correctly, you should have broken palms on both left and right sides."

Liu Jin was surprised: "You haven't seen my palmistry, how do you know that I have left and right palms?"

Zhang Daoshi talked eloquently: "The left palm is in charge of the military talisman, and the right palm is in charge of the treasury. Your face is the destiny to be in charge of both soldiers and wealth."

"It's a pity that your luck was not good in the first 36 years. After the age of 36, your luck began to improve because of the honor of the nobleman."

"This noble man is like the key to the door of your good fortune."

"However, your real luck is still far away. I guess, 15 years from now will be the time when your luck will be the most prosperous."

Liu Jin was very surprised: in the fall of the year I was 36, Father-in-law Wynn asked me to take care of the Chang family's brothers and sisters in the outer house.

Zhang Shenxian also said that whoever is by Tangtang's side will follow him.My noble person must be Little Aunt Tangtang!

Oh!It really made Zhang Shenxian hit the mark.Looking back, it was after I met Aunt Tangtang that I started to rise all the way!
He has not been promoted in the palace for more than [-] years, but he was promoted when he met Aunt Tangtang.This is not a coincidence, it is clearly fate!
From then on, Liu Jin confessed to Tangtang as if she was an aunt.While he was concentrating on his career and promotion, he would order someone to deliver something delicious and fun to his "little aunt".

Taoist Zhang told Liu Jin again: "You write down the horoscope of your birthday and I'll have a look."

Liu Jin finished writing the birth date.

Zhang Daoshi was so frightened that he woke up from the wine after watching it!

He blurted out: "My lord, the almanac is not bad!"

Taoist Zhang deduced based on the horoscope he had learned half his life that Liu Jin was the emperor's destiny!
But how dare you say the words "Emperor's Order"?Wouldn't it hurt people to say it out?

Before I knew it, it was almost evening.Everyone dispersed.

The next day, Chang Feng strode to Beizhen Fushi to be on duty.His days in charge of Beisi officially began
Time is like a bull with firecrackers stuffed in its eyes, it can't stop once it runs.

Two years later in a blink of an eye.

Hongzhi five years, autumn.

The Ming Dynasty has been prosperous.

Emperor Hongzhi was a good emperor who was lenient, diligent, and caring for the people.But diligence does not mean that you like toss.

He lightened corvee and labor at home; managed floods; abolished the harsh law "Regulations on Inquiry and Punishment"; reused virtuous ministers;

Never good at crusade against the outside world.But it has always maintained a tough attitude towards foreigners.Basically abide by the principle of "If people do not attack me, I will not attack others. If people attack me, I will split the earthworms in the enemy's territory into two vertically".

In the six years since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, the revenue of the treasury and the storage of grain in the warehouse have increased every year.Commerce in the south of the Yangtze River flourished.

In politics, he made great use of virtuous ministers such as "Hongzhi Three Gentlemen Wang, Ma, and Liu", Li Dongyang, Xu Pu, Liu Jian and so on.Although the administration of officials cannot be said to be as clear as water, compared with the end of the Chenghua Dynasty, the official style has been greatly improved.

To put it bluntly: officials should be greedy or greedy, but at least they will take the initiative to do things.

Although the common people were far from being able to live comfortably, at least there was no large-scale famine.

According to what Huang Boren, the magistrate of Rongcheng County, said at the time - it is a prosperous age for ordinary people to live on a mouthful of fodder like livestock.

It cannot be said that there are no civil upheavals and rebellions, but they are not large in scale.

Emperor Hongzhi was a workaholic similar to Taizu and Taizong.Get up before dawn every day.The morning court, afternoon court, and large and small sutra banquets are full of arrangements.

He is also a noble man, free from the vulgar.

Throughout history, nine out of ten ancient emperors were lustful.

To be honest, if you give any man Sangong Liuyuan 72 concubines plus three thousand young beauties to use at will, any man will become lustful.

This is a biological instinct.

But six years after Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, there was still only one woman, and that was Empress Zhang.He also decreed three times in succession to reduce the number of court ladies.

Compared with the two later Ming emperors who died comfortably on aphrodisiacs, Emperor Hongzhi is not sure how high he is.

He is not good.The money from the inner carrier warehouse was often used by him to relieve disasters and help the poor.He cleaned up the inner storage warehouse so that mice would cry when they entered.

Even the civil servants of the household department who have always opposed the private use of state funds can't stand it anymore.He took the initiative to ask for the transfer of 10 treasury silver from the two countries to enrich the emperor's internal treasury.

The emperor is strong, and the courtiers are also strong.

Wang Shu, who was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, tried his best to weed out mediocre officials.He can't change the historical problem that being an official must be corrupt, but he tries his best to encourage the officials under him to do some practical things for the common people.

Ma Wensheng, who is in charge of the Ministry of War, made the nine-side garrison impregnable.The little Tatar prince dared not go south easily to join the bandits.

Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, Xie Qian and other Mesozoic officials gradually began to provoke leaders.

The rising stars in the officialdom represented by Yang Tinghe also made their debut.

The "Hongzhi Zhongxing", which is famous in the history books, is getting better and better.

The suburbs of Beijing, the racetrack.

Autumn is crisp and everything is golden.

The 27-year-old Bei Zhen Fushi Chang Feng galloped his horse, and suddenly reined in the horse.

The steed raised its front hooves, neighed, and stopped running.

In the past two years, Changfeng's official career has been smooth and smooth.The main reason is that in the prosperous times, there are no treacherous and evil people in the court as opponents.

Under his leadership, Beizhen Fusi escorted the national policies promulgated by Emperor Hongzhi to benefit the country and the people.

"Brother! Why did you stop?" 13-year-old Chang Tian also reined in the horse.

The soft and cute little Tangtang at the beginning has now turned into a young girl, slim and graceful.

Her temperament is very much like her sister-in-law Liu Xiaoyan, she loves rouge and gouache, but also likes swords, guns, swords, halberds, and BMW horses.

Chang Feng said: "I've run for two miles, don't tire the horse. Horse racing in autumn is not about running eight hundred miles in a hurry."

In the distance, Liu Xiaoyan was riding a horse, holding Chang Ponu who was sitting in front of the saddle.

Chang Feng's eldest son, Chang Po Nu, is already five years old.This guy is simply a mischievous ghost who "wishes cows to fight during the day and ghosts to soar to the sky at night".

A few days ago, Liu Xiaoyan didn't watch alone. He took a bamboo pole and smashed all the tiles on the roof of the hall in the mansion.

As for filling ant nests with boiling water and blowing up large manure pits with firecrackers, these are his daily operations.

Huzi is too old to run.According to the dog's age converted from human age, it is already more than 70 years old.

It lay lazily on the comfortable horse stockpile, watching the big and small owners riding horses for fun.

It was late evening.

The crowd lit a fire on the east side of the racetrack.

Chang Tian was a little anxious: "The two elder brothers, He Ling and Yan Ling, said they were going to hunt rabbits, why haven't they come back yet. They can't bring back their prey, what should we bake?"

Turning around, Chang Tian said to Chang Po Nu: "Zhuang Zhuang, why don't you sprinkle salt and roast you! You have thin skin and tender meat, you must be delicious when roasted."

Chang Ponu curled his lips: "Auntie, if you want to roast, you have to roast my Xu Shishu. He is fat and fat, and it tastes better than mine when roasted."

Fatty Xu, who slept soundly with the dog's tail grass in his mouth and made a pillow with his hands, woke up when he heard this.

Fatty Xu laughed and scolded: "Roast me? You are not afraid of being overwhelmed!"

Not long after, two young men galloped to the fire.

16-year-old Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling got off their horses and untied five or six hares from the saddle.

Chang Tian complained: "Why did you come back? I'm starving to death!"

Zhang Heling hurriedly said: "Aren't we thinking about killing a few more fat rabbits for Tangtang girl to eat?"

Chang Tian was a little unhappy: "Tangtang is my baby name when I was young! How many times have I told you that when I grow up, call me by my first name!"

Zhang Yanling made a face at her: "Even if you live to be 80 years old, you are also our sister. What's wrong with the elder brother calling your sister's baby name?"

These two brothers are now born with strong backs.He is a well-known domineering relative in the capital.Taking bullying as the foundation of happiness.

But they dote on Chang Tian, ​​a younger sister with a different surname.

It should be said that Chang Tian is simply the favorite of the capital group now.

Empress Zhang liked her, two elder uncles with different surnames doted on her, and Liu Jin, who was gradually gaining power in the palace, respected her.

A few days ago, Chang Tian casually said that he wanted to raise an invincible green-winged and iron-armored long-jawed cricket.

Zhang Heling's two brothers directly transferred [-] regiments of battalion soldiers to look for crickets for her around the suburbs of Beijing.

Because crickets are yin insects, good crickets are born in graveyards.

The two brothers Zhang Heling dug up the ancestral graves of more than a dozen ordinary people.Then he found a good bug and gave it to Chang Tian.

Chang Feng knew about this, so he severely reprimanded his sister and two little brothers, and sent people to give money to the people as compensation.

In the entire capital city, the only ones who dared to reprimand the two Xiaoguo uncles were Emperor Hongzhi, Empress Zhang, Zhang Luan and Chang Feng.

The autumn moon has risen to the sky.

Everyone gathered around the fire and roasted the hare, feeling very comfortable.

Huzi lay beside the fire, squinting lazily.

Zhang Heling said: "Brother Chang. My sister said that when our eldest nephew becomes the crown prince and the crown prince, the emperor's brother-in-law will make us uncles!"

Last year, Empress Zhang gave birth to the eldest son Zhu Houzhao.Emperor Hongzhi held it in his hands for fear of breaking, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting.

Emperor Hongzhi has decreed that the crown prince canonization ceremony will be held this month.

Chang Feng was extremely surprised: "Both of you are uncles?"

Zhang Heling nodded.

Emperor Hongzhi's favor to Empress Zhang's family was beyond measure.

At the beginning of this year, Zhang Luan, the old patriarch of the country, was promoted from Shouningbo to Shouninghou.The name was added with the word Yiyun, the rank was added to Dr. Guanglu, and the salary was added with two hundred stones. It was still given to the three generations, and the coupons were given to descendants.

You must know that Daming's knighthood system is extremely strict.Many military generals spent their entire lives in the Nine Frontiers and made countless contributions, but it was difficult to obtain titles.

Not to mention civil servants.Even if he has made great contributions, he doesn't dare to expect to be named an earl.

Chang Feng said: "Congratulations to you two. You have to restrain yourself when you become an earl. Don't dig people's graves, burn people's houses, or rob people's daughters."

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "The son of a bitch is the one who grabs the daughters of the people! The best of our two brothers is the big sister who is proficient in playing, playing and singing in Yihong Building!"

These two boys are now serious boot brothers with Fatty Xu, and they have slept with Sai Tanghong.

Liu Xiaoyan was displeased: "What nonsense are you talking about in front of Tangtang and Zhuangzhuang?"

Zhang Heling quickly shut up.For Liu Xiaoyan, the sister-in-law, the two brothers respect and fear her at the same time.

Liu Xiaoyan is not only their sister-in-law, but also their bow, arrow, sword and gun instructor, a serious female teacher.

Autumn horse racing and roast game are over.Everyone went back to their homes.

In the early morning of the next day, Chang Feng came to Beizhen Fusi on business.

Now Fatty Xu has also been promoted to a thousand households.Still the same as before, running errands behind Chang Feng's ass every day.

However, among the five largest households in Beisi, the most powerful one was not Fatty Xu, but Qian Ning.

Qian Ning is Chang Feng's stand-in.Chang Feng has always asked Qian Ning to stand on the bright side when it comes to killing people, punishing people, and framing people.

Officials in the capital "changed their expressions when they heard that thousands of households had arrived."That's it.

Qian Ning put a small box in front of Chang Feng: "Master Chang, the home of Li Dakang, the former governor of Shuntian Prefecture, has been confiscated, and some rare things have been copied."

After finishing speaking, Chang Feng opened the small box.There were five bank notes in it.

With the prosperity of the national power of the Hongzhi Dynasty, the business developed.Shanxi's money bank bank accounts were opened all over the country.

There are bank notes that are payable and redeemable on the market.Gradually, officials gave and accepted bribes no longer carried big boxes, but gave and received silver bills that could be carried in their sleeves.

Chang Feng picked up a silver ticket: "This thin piece of paper can be exchanged for tens of thousands of taels of silver at Laogou's bank in Shanxi."

"It's all paper, but the treasure is worthless. Cough, it's really strange."

"This thing is easier to hide than silver ingots, and it's hard to find!"

In the words of later generations, Chang Feng is "the old copycat has encountered new problems".

(End of this chapter)