golden scales

Zhu Guobi was afraid that Kou Baimen would say something that violated the taboo, and hated the woman for exposing him just now, so he said immediately: "Women are ignorant! , and not even given a chance to hang a seal! Catch them and kill them one by one!"

"The [-] scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are afraid of causing public outrage." Kou Baimen lowered his voice.

"Among the [-] scholars, there are always some who understand the truth." Zhu Cihong raised the case, feeling a little bored, and said: "That's all for today, I'll go back first."

Where did Zhu Guobi dare to keep him, he stood up and sent him off respectfully.

Ruan Dacheng was extremely surprised, and thought to himself: What's the matter?I haven't had a few glasses of wine, and I haven't listened to the music yet.Could it be that Marquis Funing brought Kou Baimen here just for show?

"Greetings...Young Master Zhu, be careful where you step." Ma Shiying also hurriedly got up to see him off.

Kou Baimen thought that he had offended Mr. Zhu, and he was a little guilty, and wanted to redeem some favors through Quyi, but he didn't think that Mr. Zhu would leave.She backed away, blessing herself to see off Zhu Guobi and Ma Shiying one by one left and one right to send Mr. Zhu out, but the Xiao Zhuang man over there had already stepped forward, calling the boat to come over from the bow.

After the boat came over, Ruan Dacheng saw clearly the person on the boat who was courteous, if it wasn't Tian Cunshan, who was it?Then look at the person standing on the head of the circled painting boats over there, under the light it turned out to be Wang Zhixin, the eunuch guarding Nanjing.

These two people are not even qualified to board the big ship!

Ruan Dacheng understood immediately, and after the boat pulled away, he said to the distraught Ma Shiying, "This is..." He mouthed a "crown prince".

Ma Shiying nodded, and thought to himself: I was really scared to death!

Ruan Dacheng's face was really pale, and he muttered in a low voice: "Tian Cunshan is really a good friend, and he only charged 5000 taels for letting me have a banquet with the crown prince! I hate that I didn't see it."

Zhu Guobi turned his head and glared at Ruan Dacheng, but his heart was bleeding: You people are used to making trouble!In order to invite this god.Master, I spent 3 taels!

He glanced at Kou Baimen again, thinking about whether to send her out.

The status of concubines in the Ming and Song dynasties was similar, and it was higher in the Ming Dynasty.The people of the Ming Dynasty also put more emphasis on affection than the people of the Song Dynasty, and there were very few stories about taking concubines to give birth to children, or exchanging horses.However, from a legal and human perspective, sending a concubine is a matter of course.Zhu Guobi was not reluctant to part with Kou Baimen, but worried about whether doing so would make the crown prince unhappy.

After all, Kou Baimen is already old, and he really can't give it away.

——But what if the crown prince likes this kind of old lady who still has charm?

Zhu Guobi decided to go to Wang Zhixin tomorrow to inquire about it before making a decision.But he didn't dare to let Kou Baimen go home again, so he ordered her to live on the big boat, wash her body, and dress up, so that she would look better in case she was sent to the East Palace.

But Zhu Cihong really never thought of accepting Kou Baimen.

In his previous life, he often saw beautiful beauties in the workplace.But these beauties either have ulterior motives, or are acting on occasion.Anyway, whoever is serious loses.Moreover, only a very small part of men pushing women down is due to physical needs, and more of it is psychological conquest to satisfy their desire for power that they have never been able to release.

Zhu Cihong has now controlled more than half of the empire, and even the position of emperor is only because he doesn't need it.Isn't this sense of accomplishment better than pushing a few girls?

Thinking of her own empire, Zhu Cihong had already forgotten about Kou Baimen or other Qinhuai beauties.

"I didn't expect that there would be so much resistance on the Jiangnan side, even prostitutes don't welcome us very much." Zhu Cihong and Xiao Mo joked.

Xiao Mo stood beside Zhu Cihong, and said, "After His Highness's civil affairs measures are promoted, the common people must be on His Highness's side."

Zhu Cihong shook his head, and casually pointed to the burning lights on both sides of the Qinhuai River.Like a city that never sleeps, he said: "Look at the scenery, is it prosperous?"

Xiao Mo said: "The last general has never seen such a prosperous place, far better than the capital."

"It's just an appearance." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said: "Since Chongzhen, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been flooded for years, even the Hangjiahu area has been flooded frequently. This place is my tax field again. The tax burden on the people is the heaviest. It can be said that for more than ten years, the people have suffered from floods. They never got a respite. Others thought that the imperial court exempted the tax for two years to let the north recuperate, but in fact it is Jiangnan who really needs to rest."

"If this is the case, they should face His Highness even more."

"It's fine if they don't scold me." Zhu Cihong said with a wry smile, "You have never been a herdsman. The people are best to incite, as long as they are hungry. They are especially easy to be incited. And there is another difficulty in Jiangnan, I will not recite it. You have to carry it too."

"What's the trouble?" Xiao Mo asked curiously.

"There is no food in the south of the Yangtze River." Zhu Cihong sighed: "The food grown in Nanzhi and Zhejiang is no longer self-sufficient."

Xiao Mo was speechless.

Just look at this season, the prostitutes on the Qinhuai River can still entertain guests with fruits that are not in season.Snacks that cost three to five taels of silver, head wraps that cost five or seven taels of silver, and spending dozens of taels overnight are considered frugal.Who would have thought that the people in this place would be hovering between freezing and hungry.

"During famines in previous years, some big families came out to give porridge, and they could barely survive the population, so that there would be no civil uprising. This year I am here, as long as they say: the money and rice have been taken away by the crown prince... guard in front of Zhengyangmen It’s not a hundred thousand scholars, but millions of starving people.” Zhu Cihong said bitterly, “And they have done this kind of thing three or five times, so they are very familiar with it.”

"No wonder His Highness has to deal with them in his busy schedule." Xiao Mo said.

Zhu Cihong smiled: I met Zhu Guobi because he spent 3 taels of silver, and I was not familiar with Nanjing Xun Qi, so there must be a breakthrough point.As for Ruan Dacheng, he was invited as a clearer, purely for fun, and it would not be a loss to get him an extra 5000 taels.Ma Shiying was deliberately arranged by Zhu Cihong to come to the interview, and the result was not bad, but slightly overturned the prejudice.

"In your opinion, what should be the next step?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Xiao Mo was caught off guard, and said, "The general will not understand civil affairs."

"Just kidding, anyway, there is still a journey by water."

"His Royal Highness took down Yingtian Mansion because he settled a military fort in Nanzhi, where people, horses, food and grass can be placed. The next step is naturally to attack the area...do you want to rectify Zhejiang?" Xiao Mo reluctantly asked.

"Government is similar to war, but what I fight for is to annihilate the enemy's vitality, in other words, to kill and maim people." Zhu Cihong said: "Government is different. The purpose of killing is not to kill, if it is all by one way Kill me, how will future generations say about me? Say how prosperous Jiangnan was during the Chongzhen period, and the crown prince was full of heads, and the prosperity is no longer? How many famous calligraphers and painters have I killed, and how much crime have I committed against Chinese civilization?"

"Later generations won't be able to..."

"Later generations look at things differently than we do now." Zhu Cihong sighed and said, "What's more, when I heard Mr. Li talking about gardens today, I was also thinking: What exactly is Huaxia? After much deliberation, there is only a hazy Shadows. But what is certain is that the beautiful gardens of Jingshe, poems and songs, folk arts and paintings... all these are part of China. We are fighting with blood and blood. In addition to saving the lives of the people, we are also protecting these tangible and intangible The Huaxia Essence?"

"The last general didn't think about it, but it's really interesting to hear what His Highness said. We can't destroy what the Tartar rebels didn't destroy in the end." Xiao Mo said.

Zhu Cihong took a long breath of the Qinhuai evening wind in the night, and a thick rouge fragrance lingered continuously.Adhering to the principle of not fighting uncertain battles, Zhu Cihong is not worried about splitting Jiangnan, and believes that he will soon be able to silence the collective Jiangnan scholars who are currently raging.

The key is how much of the big pie in Jiangnan can be eaten by oneself.

The remaining ones are given to whom to share.

It's like recruiting a partner. Presumably no one wants to get involved with "stupid" and "greedy" people.The screening work that Zhu Cihong is currently doing is to eliminate these three types of people - besides the stupid and greedy people, there is also a kind of stupid and greedy people.

As the days went by, Qingliu who had been "inspired" published their speeches one after another, and they were all detained without exception-if they were released to return to their hometowns, they would undoubtedly lose control over these people, and let them gain more influential environment.

However, the names of these people were recorded one by one by caring people, and their relationship network and family property distribution were secretly inquired.

Zhu Cihong is like a chef who monitors the heat all the time, waiting for changes in his ingredients every day.It seemed that nothing happened, but in fact he couldn't walk away for half a step. Even his wife was pregnant and his sister got married, which didn't allow him to return to Beijing.

At the same time, Shen Tingyang led part of the Shandong Navy southward and returned to Chongming Island.The third batch of law, politics and accounting students came with the boat, the oldest was only 22, and the youngest was only [-].After more than ten days of voyage, their faces were haggard, but excitement and excitement could be seen in their eyes.

This thousand fresh troops will soon be plunged into treacherous political battles.

In addition to manpower, the fleet also brought luxuries from Shandong: plate glass and carriages, and the first practical steam pump.

Shen Tingyang personally escorted the steam pump to Nanjing to meet Zhu Cihong, while the fleet resupplied in Chongming, and then embarked on a vast sea journey with the officials "appointed" from Jiangnan to Ryukyu.They will stop again in Zhoushan, wait for the monsoon with the commissioned officials brought from Beijing, and then travel [-] miles to Ryukyu.

Although this route is a familiar one, there are also records of many capsizes.Because of poor shipbuilding technology, the Ryukyu Kingdom also requested to relocate 36 surnames from Fujian to build a sea-going ship that could safely sail to Ming Dynasty. (to be continued..)

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