The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 198 The 11th Year of Hongzhi

Things change, power changes, and friends become enemies.
Time is like the water of a big river, rolling forward and not backward.

In the next two years, Changfeng seemed to be idle.

His friends Ma Wensheng, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others did not want a strong figure to appear in the factory guard representing imperial power.

They repeatedly suggested that Emperor Hongzhi send Changfeng some idle errands such as going out to sacrifice on behalf of the emperor and appease the people.

Mu Bin is a good person, but he can't be a qualified commander of Jinyiwei.Too indulgent to civil servants.

Of course, Mu Bin was the chief slave of Emperor Hongzhi.He bowed his head to civil officials. In the final analysis, Emperor Hongzhi was too indulgent and dependent on civil officials.

The prosperity of Hongzhi continued.

There is a group of historical nihilists in later generations.

According to them, the prosperity of Hongzhi was blown out, and it was fabricated by Manchu literati Zhang Tingyu.Emperor Chenghua is the wise emperor through the ages, and Emperor Hongzhi is a prodigal son.

If you told them that "Ming Shilu" was compiled by Ming people, you wouldn't brag for Emperor Hongzhi, would you?

They will tell you that "Ming Shilu" was compiled by civil officials, and Emperor Hongzhi condoned civil officials, so civil officials should speak well for him.

According to their logic, all history books are false.China has no real history.In the future, everyone should stop reading history books, and rely on their own imagination or read sensational street stall literature.

Data doesn't lie.

In the 20 years of Chenghua, the registered population of Daming was nearly 300 million.

In the 23rd year of Chenghua, before the funeral of Emperor Chenghua, the population dropped precipitously to 20 million.

During the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, until the 18th year of Hongzhi, the population rose to 6000 million.

But under the prosperous age, the hidden crisis is also real.

Emperor Hongzhi's health is getting worse and worse.People who are not yet 30 years old have bodies that look like they are 60 years old.

He has too much to do and he doesn't want to die young.

Once a person does not want to die, he will place his hope in the help of the gods.

So he followed the old path of his father, Emperor Chenghua, and believed in Buddhism.

The civil service group gradually grew bigger.It is also a fact that the gentry class attached to the civil official group is more unscrupulous.

But this does not contradict the general momentum of Ming Dynasty's growing national power.There are occasional yellow leaves on Xiejiabao tree; small flaws are unavoidable on green horses and handsome horses.

No dynasty has a completely bright side, nor a completely dark side.Full clear outside.

On the side of the cabinet, the Chief Assistant Xu Pu was old, and his eye disease prevented him from reviewing official documents, so he had to take a long-term leave.

Second assistant Liu Jian, cabinet members Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian became the core of the three people in the central power hierarchy of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Guang is even more favored as the supervisor of ceremonies.

Emperor Hongzhi reinstated a post he had personally abolished, the "Benefit Officer".And this position was awarded to Li Guang concurrently.

To put it bluntly, the duty of the postal officer is to dedicate delicious and fun food outside the palace to the emperor.Introduce those "eminent monks" and "Shinto" outside the palace to the emperor.

Relying on the favor of the emperor and empress, Li Guang arbitrarily collected the "yellow rice" and "white rice" filial piety from officials, and he has become a giant beetle in the court.

The civil official group tacitly turned a blind eye to Li Guang's greedy behavior.Unwilling to break the balance of the court.

In the 11th year of Hongzhi, spring.Wanping County Lord's Mansion.

At the age of 33, Chang Feng entered his sister's house in a hurry.He had just finished his trip to Fujun on the westward trip to Xuanda.

Huang Yuan, Fatty Xu, Liu Jin, and Chang Ponu stood in front of Chang Tian's bedroom door.Xiaohu was lying on the side, sticking out his tongue.

From the bedroom came Chang Tian's heart-piercing moans of pain, as well as the comforting voices of his two sisters-in-law Liu Xiaoyan and Mrs. Ninth.

Chang Feng came to the crowd and asked anxiously, "Did you give birth?"

Huang Yuan showed a worried expression: "The Wen women in the palace have been in for six hours. They still haven't been born."

Fatty Xu said: "Empress Zhang sent three groups of stable women in succession, but they were helpless."

Chang Feng was shocked, he grabbed Fatty Xu by the neck: "What's going on?"

Fatty Xu smiled bitterly: "Master Chang, I don't know what's going on about women giving birth?"

"Ah!" Chang Tian's scream was like a knife, piercing brother Chang Feng's heart.

Liu Jin comforted Chang Feng: "Little uncle, don't worry. Taoist Zhang once said that my little aunt's luck will be prosperous from six years old to 96 years old. She will not be in danger."

Chang Feng had no choice but to stand in front of the bedroom with everyone and wait.

Waited for another two hours.Chang Tian's shouts were no longer in the bedroom.The female officials sent by Queen Zhang hurried out of the bedroom, and returned to the bedroom with pots of hot water in their hands.

Chang Feng grabbed a female officer: "What happened to my sister?"

The female officer said: "It's hard to say. My lord, don't hinder us from doing things."

Then the female officer went to the bedroom with a basin of hot water.

It was getting late.

Chang Feng was so anxious that he knelt directly towards Xixi: "Father, you are always alive and must bless Tangtang!"

The 11-year-old Chang Ponu also knelt down beside his father: "Grandfather, you must protect my aunt from danger!"

Xiaohu is quite human, and he also faces west, raising his front paws, as if kowtowing to his old master in the sky.

The Chang family's father and son's prayers seem to have had an effect.

Suddenly, Chang Tian's screaming sounded again in the bedroom: "Ah!"

Immediately afterwards came Liu Xiaoyan's voice: "Good sister, work harder. Come out soon."

Ninth Madam's voice also came out: "TangTang, keep shouting, shout and use your strength."

Another two moments of tossing.Chang Tian's shouting suddenly stopped.

Chang Feng's heart skipped a beat: Tangtang probably wouldn't.
At this moment, there was a loud cry of a baby in the bedroom: "Wow!"

Chang Feng's brows eased: "It's a birth! It's a birth."

He excitedly hugged his brother-in-law Huang Yuan's neck.Because of the excessive force, Huang Yuan rolled his eyes.

Liu Jin took out a string of Buddhist beads and recited devoutly: "Amitabha, Buddha bless you."

A female official came out: "Congratulations to Huang Yibin, the princess is happy to have a son, mother and child are safe."

Chang Feng let go of Huang Yuan, and Huang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Chang Feng said: "Huang Yuan, you have to quickly name my nephew."

Huang Yuandao: "I have chosen the name in advance. It is called Huang Chengen. It means 'thanks to the emperor'."

"The baby name is taken by you, who is an uncle."

Chang Feng thought for a while and said, "Let's call it Jianjian. Jianjian grows up strong."

That night, Empress Zhang heard the news of Chang Tian's birth and sent Li Guang to present a festive treasure.

Li Guang came to the princess mansion.

Li Guang said to Chang Feng half-heartedly: "The queen really treats the Chang family well! The princess just sent me to deliver Changshousuo and Jin Ruyi as soon as she gave birth."

In Li Guang's eyes, Chang Feng is an enemy.But because Chang Feng was holding onto him, he never confronted Chang Feng in the open.

Chang Feng said: "The Queen's Empress Feng's kindness is mighty. The Chang family will die forever."

Li Guang handed over the festive treasure to Huang Yuan.Then without a word, he turned and left.

In Chang Tian's bedroom.

Chang Tian's face was pale, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Xiaoyan put the infant Jian Jian beside Chang Tian.

Liu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Look, it's exactly the same as when you were a child."

Turning around, the sister-in-law wiped her tears again: "It seems like yesterday she was still the little chubby girl holding honey every day. Today, she will be a mother."

Chang Tian, ​​who was a new mother, stroked her chubby son with a smile on her face, but she was too weak to say a word.

Women are weak, but mothers are strong.

Chang Tian secretly made up his mind that he must protect his fat son to thrive.

In the hall, Chang Feng became an uncle, and he couldn't help but be happy.

He ordered people to go back to Changfu to get a big silver box.One hundred maids and servants in the princess' mansion will each be rewarded with 20 taels of silver.

Chang Tian is happy to have a son, so the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling naturally want to join in the fun.

The pair of live treasures are already in their 20s, and they still run amok in the capital on weekdays, ranging from beating officials, amassing money, and occupying people's fields to kicking widows' doors and digging graves.It can be said to do all kinds of evil.

Relying on the favor of Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang.Up to the Sanfa Division and down to the Shuntian Mansion, no one dared to control these two living Hades.

In other words, civil servants don't want to care.As long as these two people don't fight for power, it doesn't matter if they do evil.

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Chang for becoming an uncle! Ah, and congratulations to brother-in-law for becoming a father!"

Chang Feng laughed and said, "Same joy, same joy!"

Zhang Yanling and Huang Yuan hooked their shoulders together: "Brother-in-law, our little nephew is born, we have nothing to give away."

"We are not like those sour literati who just send you some empty heads. We will give you something real."

After finishing speaking, the servants of the uncle's mansion brought up a large wooden plate, and on the wooden plate was a birthday star made of pure gold.

Zhang Yanling said: "The birthday star made of 200 taels of gold is counted as a meeting gift for our two uncles to our nephew."

Zhang Heling said: "Yes, yes, I wish our little nephew a long life."

These two people are bad for bad, and lawless for lawless.He treats the Chang family with sincerity.

The Chang family and the Zhang family have already broken their bones and tendons.

Thinking back when their eldest sister participated in the selection of the crown princess, if Chang Feng hadn't changed her name on a whim, she would have been removed from the roster long ago, and she would not even be able to meet the crown prince Zhu Youtang.

Later, the demon monk Ji Xiao disguised himself as a demon fox and kidnapped the candidate for the crown princess, and it was Chang Feng who rescued Empress Zhang from the underground palace of Dayongchang Temple.

If Chang Feng was one step later, I am afraid that Empress Zhang would be drained of blood and refined into Wan Guifei's longevity pill.

Condor Hui kidnapped the Zhang family brothers, and it was Chang Feng who solved the case in time and rescued them both.

In a word, Chang Feng owes the Zhang family a great favor.

The two brothers of the Zhang family are people who know how to repay their kindness.

After delivering the congratulatory gifts, everyone drank tea in the hall.

Chang Feng reprimanded the Zhang family brothers: "You two are too outrageous. You have monopolized the overseas business in the capital for two years."

"It's not shameful for a dignified uncle to earn money by digging up dung. That's all."

"I also heard that Li Guang gave you two a bad trick. If any merchant on the street dares not pay you double the money for going to sea, you will pile up the big dung in the dung road in front of their shop."

"Also, I went to Xuanda this trip, and found that Xuanda's army rations were all provided by you two."

"It's a taboo for the royal relatives to monopolize the purchase of military rations. The wheat and rice you supply are all stale wheat and bad rice."

Chang Feng was eloquent and reprimanded the Zhang family brothers for a moment.

The Zhang family brothers have long been immune to Chang Feng's scolding, their ears are calloused, but they just don't listen, just ignore it.Chang Feng has no choice.

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "Brother Chang, don't teach the two of us a lesson on the day of great joy!"

Zhang Yanling said: "That's right. Let's talk about those messy things later."

Chang Fengyu sighed earnestly: "Hey. Let me advise you, stay away from Li Guang! Don't keep partnering with him to make money!"

"You two are regarded by him as a big banner to make money, you know that?"

Zhang Heling is a second idiot.Zhang Yanling was very scheming.He knew Li Guang's intentions.But when Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer.

Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "Brother Chang thinks that Li Guang used us? Whoever uses us is uncertain!"

Chang Feng said: "You, you always like to think you are smart. Sooner or later you will suffer a big loss."

At the same time, Li Guang's mansion.

Li Guang was meeting an "eminent monk" named Facai.Said to be an eminent monk, but actually a demon monk.

Li Guang smiled and said: "Master Facai, I will take you to meet the emperor tomorrow. Show the emperor the ability to turn an empty pot into a snake."

Facai cupped his hands: "Amitabha, thank you, Eunuch Li, for your support."

Li Guang changed the subject: "I know all your abilities. The emperor must respect you very much."

"At that time, please ask the emperor for a lottery. It is said that the eastern foot of Yuquan Mountain is the place where Buddha's light gathers. A big Buddha's light temple must be built."

"If the emperor can go to the Great Buddha Guang Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings every year, he will be able to live forever!"

In the past two years, Li Guang most liked to encourage Emperor Hongzhi to cultivate Taoist temples and temples.

Since ancient times, civil engineering has been full of oil and water.Li Guang made a fortune by relying on Taoist temples and temples.

For example, last year in the eastern outskirts of the capital, we built the Temple of Respecting Heaven.Emperor Hongzhi handed over the matter to Li Guang.

Jingtian Temple actually used 3000 taels of silver.Li Guang made a spend of 5 taels.

The extra 7000 taels were all put into his own pocket.

Monk Facai smiled and said, "Don't worry, father-in-law. This matter is on the poor monk. The poor monk will definitely persuade the emperor to build a temple in Yuquan Mountain."

Li Guangdao: "Well, I can rest assured that you will handle the matter. After the matter is completed, I will not treat you badly."

After seeing off Monk Facai, Li Guang saw a masked man in black again.

Li Guang asked: "Have you figured out all the rooms in Changfu?"

The masked man replied, "I figured it out."

Li Guang ordered: "Princess Wanping will give birth tonight. The family will live in the palace of the princess for a few days. This is a good opportunity for you to act!"

"You must help me find those two confessions!"

The two confessions of Zhao Xiangfo and Liu Ping have always been Li Guang's heart disease.

The handle of framing important ministers is in Chang Feng's hands, like a sharp sword hanging in the air, it is uncertain when it will fall on Li Guang's head.

The masked man said: "Yes, father-in-law. I will go to Changfu tonight and secretly search for confessions in various rooms."

Li Guang smiled slightly: "As long as I get the confession, I promise that your 3000 taels of snowflake silver will be cashed out immediately!"

The masked man led the way.

Let's talk about the princess mansion.

Huang Yuan asked his servants to tidy up several bedrooms for Chang Feng, Liu Xiaoyan, Mrs. Nine, and Chang Ponu.

Chang Feng has just returned from a business trip in Beijing, so he naturally wants to sleep with his wife Liu Xiaoyan tonight.

The husband and wife entered the bedroom, after washing, they lay down on the couch.

Liu Xiaoyan said: "I heard that when you were in Datong, the local general sent you a mother-in-law to warm your bed? Why didn't you bring her back?"

Chang Feng was surprised: "Why do you have better news than Nan and Beizhen Fusi?"

Liu Xiaoyan said: "Don't worry about it. I'll ask you why you didn't bring it back."

Chang Feng salivated with a smile: "How dare I."

Liu Xiaoyan didn't take it seriously: "I have no objection to bringing you back as a concubine. You have taken Jiumei for so many years, and she hasn't given birth to a son or a half daughter."

"You only have one son, Zhuangzhuang, and it's never a problem."

"A high-ranking official in the capital doesn't have ten or eight concubines. You only have one wife and one concubine, and it's not out of line to have one more concubine."

(End of this chapter)