Jinyi Night Walk

Kyoto, Japan, Cherry Blossom Baths.

A ronin swaggered in, and was immediately welcomed by two women in gorgeous kimonos and clogs. He hugged left and right, staggered in, breathed out a mouthful of alcohol, and said teasing words loudly.

Along the way, no one cared about him. Similar scenes abound in the bathhouse, and some people even prostitute themselves in public. Compared with those behaviors, he is considered gentle.

In modern Japan, mixed baths for men and women are mostly high-end consumer places, and they don't bother to link pornographic activities with them, and they can't be touched, but it was not the case in ancient times.At that time, there were dozens of soup ladies in each bathing place, some of whom were also known as female generals, accompanying wine, singing, and bathing. When the guests were interested, one could imagine what to do next.

A separate bath, in which there is only one man, there is a delicate lacquer plate beside the pool, there is a pot of sake in it, and some simple food.The drunk ronin walked into this small bath, said a few words in Japanese to the soup girl, and the two soup girls kissed him hard on the cheek twice, and went out laughing.

As soon as the soup girl left, the wanderer immediately pulled the curtain, took off his clothes, walked into the water naked, and rowed to the side of the man who closed his eyes and meditated. With a few big red lip prints.

The man opened his eyes and asked, "How about it, did you find out clearly?"

He spoke Chinese, and the eyes of the drunken rogue regained his clarity, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, I found out, the one who slaughtered me in Xiangshan County was Owari Xiaoshoudai Oda Changzhu Seeing the lucrative profits from the looting, this person was very jealous. He once asked his younger brother Oda Changmei to gather a group of dilapidated warriors and ronin to plunder along the coast of our Daming. , their power is the greatest.

All along, they have obtained many benefits at a very small cost.However, when they were in Xiangshan, they were ambushed by Yi Shaozong Qianhu. After a scuffle, Oda Changmei died, and Oda Changzhu was very angry. For this reason, they have been planning revenge. They chose Xiangshan as their target. Send a small group of people to lure away the nearby officers and soldiers and create this massacre,"

"It's good to be sure. Boss Xia has ordered that we must find out the culprit behind the scenes and bring him to justice! Our plan can begin!"

The person who spoke was Dai Yubin. When Xia Xun set his sights on Japan, he sent a group of capable spies over.Dai Yubin doesn't understand Japanese, but it doesn't matter. In fact, despite the sea ban by the imperial court, the smuggling trade between the people and Japan has been very frequent under the connivance of coastal officials.

Porcelain from Raozhou, silk from Huzhou, gauze caps from Zhangzhou, cotton cloth from Songjiang, books, copper coins, famous paintings, etc., all arrived in Japan through some secret channels, so there are many Chinese businessmen in Japan, and not all of them are proficient in Japanese. , so the appearance of a group of people such as Dai Yubin will not attract the attention of interested people.

The man who pretended to be a Japanese ronin was named Cui Yongda, and he was one of the first batch of secret agents absorbed by the development of Metal Dragon. He was originally a Shuangyu pirate. Because he is close at hand and is an important target of their smuggling, he can speak fluent Japanese. When he pretends to be a Japanese, even the Japanese can't tell the truth from the fake, so he becomes Dai Yubin's right-hand man.

They used smuggling and business as a cover, and soon took root in Japan. Edo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagasaki and other places now have their eyes and ears. In addition to spying on information, their other important duty is to find the murder case in Xiangshan County The real culprit behind the scenes has finally been found.

I don't know what kind of conspiracy they planned against the Oda family. The two whispered for a long time, Cui Yongda got up and wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered something, sat down again, and said: "Ah! By the way, I just got a piece of news that Beishan Dian is looking for a businessman who has just arrived in Japan and is familiar with the situation in Ming Dynasty, I was worried that someone had noticed our whereabouts, so I asked specifically, it is said that their General Zhengyi wanted to know about our situation."

"Oh? Do you understand the situation of our Daming?"

Dai Yubin thought for a moment, and said, "You find a way to get in touch with them, recommend Dongfang Liang to them, and see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd."

"Yes!"

Cui Yongda promised, stood up, and walked out naked. Of course he couldn't just leave, otherwise it would inevitably attract suspicion. Although the people in the bathing place were suspicious, they couldn't think of why they were suspicious, but it was their duty to be cautious. Important principle, there is no need to reveal this flaw to others.

The curtain was drawn again, and then there was a Tang girl's exclamation, followed by Cui Yongzheng's obscene laughter who had regained his rogue appearance, Dai Yubin shook his head and smiled, and covered his face with a wet towel...

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"He's so brave!"

Zhu Di took a look at the imperial case and said with a sneer: "Recently, the Japanese have repeatedly landed and failed to find anything. Every time they leave, they always leave dozens to hundreds of corpses behind. The Japanese pirates have gradually disappeared. It can be seen that Yang Xu's suppression of bandits has been quite effective. But Wan Shiyu, the prefect of Fuzhou, actually impeached Yang Xu and used cruel punishments to eliminate the good and the bad, resulting in a depression along the coast and poverty for the people! Hmph! I heard that the gentry and officials along the coast were often tempted for the profit of the sea market. Those who do lawless deeds, now you can get a glimpse of him by looking at his memorial, which turns black and white. You should be killed to confuse the people with false words and confuse the morale of our army!"

"Huang Yingming, whether the coast is depressed or not, how could it be because of the Japanese suppression? Could it be that the Japanese pirates came to loot the coast of Daming, and the common people benefited instead? The servant just received a memorial from Huang Zhen's imperial envoy, He also mentioned the poverty and depression of the people along the coast, but his statement is quite different from that of the Prefect Wan, and for the same person, this insight is really a judgment call."

As soon as Zhu Di got angry, Mu Enma, who had been prepared for a long time, interjected. He is now in charge of the inner room, and has the opportunity to get in touch with the memorials one step earlier than the emperor. Because he is responsible for sorting, sorting, and submitting, it is only natural that he knows a little about the content .

"Oh? Is the coastal area really that poor? Does anyone else have a different opinion? Bring it and show it to me."

Mu Enma flipped through the thick stack of memorials, took out one and presented it to Zhu Di with both hands.

Huang Zhen's memorial is very persuasive to Zhu Di's temper.It is said that it has a bad taste for Zhu Di because the content of the memorial has few empty words, unlike some people who write a lot of flowers and flowers, and there are few words that are really useful when they are implemented.It is said to be very convincing for the same reason. In order to convince the emperor, most of other people's memorials are reasonable, citing scriptures and sages' words.

However, the writing style of Huang Zhen's memorial is very fresh. He only talks about the facts, and the power of judging right and wrong is not left to the saints thousands of years ago, but to the emperor.Huang Zhen really spent a lot of effort on this memorial. He consulted a large number of ancient books and found the Han Dynasty, the earliest time when the Central Plains and other countries conducted sea trade with clear records in history.

Then, it is said that the sea ban first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, and listed the facts, analyzed the reasons for the four sea bans in the Yuan Dynasty and the reasons for the abolition of the sea ban, and listed the impact on the tax revenue of the Yuan Dynasty before and after these bans.In particular, in his memorials, there is a picture that Zhu Di has never seen before reading more than a thousand memorials every day: a statistical analysis comparison chart.

The things for comparison are those of the Southern Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.What is the proportion of the city ship income in the Southern Song Dynasty and Daming Dynasty to the court tax, and how high is the amount? What is the difference between the total tax revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty? Comparison of the amount of rice, noodles, meat and other foods that ordinary people can eat every day...

Has anyone seen this kind of novel data comparison memorial?Huang Zhen didn't find a reason from the "sage's theory", but just listed these, which was enough for the emperor to think deeply.

Of course, Huang Zhen couldn’t accuse Taizu of the fault because of this, and then he talked about the reason why the Taizu banned the sea: it was because the court needed to settle the interior and attack the Beiyuan, and to deal with Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and other rebels who fled to the sea. The remnants and pirates were unable to take action for a while, so a sea ban was ordered.This is not the case now, the imperial court has the ability to clean up the sea.

The small people in the coastal area live by fishing in their native place, the sea ban is too strict, and their physiology is getting worse. At this time, the policy on the sea ban should be changed.This matter is not only related to the livelihood of the people along the coast, but also the capital of the military and the country. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to think deeply. After the pirates in the coast have been fatally hit, the sea ban policy should be relaxed to give the people a livelihood.

Of course, it is impossible for Huang Zhen to write memorials of this style, and he has never seen them.

The title, outline, style, and even the form of the memorial were all written by Xia Xun for him. Huang Zhen was only responsible for looking up these detailed data from the pile of old papers accumulated in the previous dynasty, and then organizing them into words to form A formal memorial.If so, the workload was huge enough. At that time, there were no computers and no special books in this field. In fact, this task was entrusted to Xia Xun long before he left Beijing. After a few months, I was almost too tired to "steal the sheep" again, and the project was completed.

Such a detailed memorial moved Zhu Di a lot.In fact, he didn't know many of these things.The prince reads moral articles and the words of sages. He only knows that the Song Dynasty was weak, but he doesn’t know that it was the weak Song Dynasty. It turned out to be better than the people of Daming.

Zhu Di has no doubts. The data listed in the memorial are very detailed, and the quotations are clearly marked everywhere. He would not dare to fake this thing with the courage of Huang Zhen. Did the Japanese plague originate from the city ship or from the sea ban?Zhu Di didn't think about this question anymore, but the huge disparity in tax revenue completely stunned him.

It was as if a window that had never been opened before suddenly opened a crack, and from that gap, people saw a completely different world.On this day, Zhu Di's memorial was not finished, and he spent the whole afternoon reading Huang Zhen's memorial repeatedly.

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In Jinling City, the Fuguo Duke's Mansion has already been built.

But Duke Fu is not in the capital. According to Xie Xie and Zi Qi, he wants to wait for him to come back before moving. The head of the family? How can it be possible if the head of the family is not at home?

But Xia Xun didn't know when the Zhedong matter would be settled. There were already many servants in the Duke's mansion, and it was not a solution for the master not to stay for a long time.Furthermore, the son-in-law Wang Ning is now very close to the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, and he has already fallen for the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi, so it is not suitable to live in another courtyard. Alright, and staying here all the time, it will inevitably give people a feeling that they will reserve a way out and get entangled with the second prince, so they sent someone to send a letter back, telling them to move there first.

The gates of the Fuguogong Mansion were opened, and everyone in the family moved in, because Wang Ning's son-in-law originally lived there and didn't have many belongings, and most of the things in the new mansion were bought and sent away one after another. They came here. Originally, the family moved very easily and didn't bring many things with them. However, Princess Ming'er, who often walked around the house and got along with them more and more harmoniously, learned that they were moving and gave a lot of gifts. This time The child became lively.

Kang table, wine table, square table, bar table, table, picture table, crescent table, fan table, chess table, piano table, altar table...

Hainan huanghuali, black sandalwood, red sandalwood, lobular sandalwood couch, Arhat bed, moon cave bed, canopy bed, eight-step bed, carved bed...

There are also various grades of stools, poufs, benches, official hat chairs, rose chairs, armchairs, back chairs, top chairs... as well as shelves, object racks, Duobaoge, painting fans, screens...

The furniture alone is dazzling and dazzling.

"Thank you."

Zi Qi, who was staring blankly, took advantage of Ming'er not paying attention, quietly called Xie aside, and expressed his doubts: "Thank you, something is wrong!"

Xie Xie blinked and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ziqi bit her lip, looked at Ming'er and Xiaodi who were leading eight servants to carry a blue and white porcelain vase half a person's height carefully across the threshold, and whispered: "Have you ever seen such a gift-giving person?" Is it? It's too exaggerated! Why do I feel... like a dowry?"

Thank you for looking her up and down, Zi Qiqi said: "What do you think I am doing?"

Xie Xie made a grimace at him and said, "Hee hee, isn't our family Ziqi actually stupid!"

Ziqi was annoyed: "Who are you calling stupid? You..., ah!"

Ziqi cried out in surprise, covered her mouth, and said in a broken voice, "Could it be that I'm right?"

Xie Xie looked at the second fool who was walking past excitedly carrying a horseshoe-footed square table with carved dragon patterns in huanghuali, and said, "I see...you are absolutely right."

Zi Qi stared wide-eyed, was startled for a while, and then said a word like a moan: "His courage...is really big!"

: Another [-], tired and confused, I want to celebrate the New Year, I want to celebrate the New Year, God, who will give me a day off