Ping An Biography

Zhang Ning appointed Lao Xu as the leader of Yangzhou's secret work, and changed his name to Xu Guangchao.Because the Yangzhou messenger Zhan Zhuli left his post (Wu Yong's confidant, he was transferred with Wu Yong), he ordered "Xu Guangchao" to temporarily serve as a messenger and send him to the capital to deliver official documents, in fact to understand the situation of Hu Butang.If Hu Butang collapses, the interviews in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, Guangdong and other places will make the organization abolished sooner or later... Besides, Zhang Ning is really concerned about Hu Butang's immediate boss and the founder of this great cause. .

After a while, Xu Guangchao came back from the capital and found out about Hu Butang.

From the very beginning, when Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, Hu Ying gave a memorial to present ten matters, the most important of which was to suggest that the emperor move the capital back to Nanjing, "It is inconvenient to build the capital of Beijing, please return the southern capital, so as to save the trouble of transferring billions of dollars from the north to the south." .

The reason is very high-sounding, but Zhang Ning will not be confused by such superficial articles. Hu Ying's real intention is to cater to the new emperor Hongxi's mind; Hongxi spent most of his time as the prince in Nanjing. , has a lot of affection for Nanjing, and Beijing is very strange to him, and it is not an exaggeration to even loathe it. It is natural for Emperor Yongle to rebel against his high pressure and constant blows, and Emperor Yongle often He issued orders in Bei Jing, and now that Emperor Hongxi has ascended the throne, it is extremely possible to leave Bei Jing, a place he hates.Hu Ying grasped this point.

Sure enough, Emperor Hongxi was very happy at that time, and immediately summoned him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. The so-called "walking" means accompanying the emperor, not necessarily staying in the capital.

Unexpectedly, the good times didn’t last long, and Hu Ying was immediately ostracized by some people in the former East Palace. Someone whispered in the emperor’s ear that Hu Butang had played in secret in front of the late emperor and spoke ill of the emperor, and Hong Xisui was not very happy... So Before Hu Ying could take up the position of Minister of Rituals, he was transferred to be a guest of the prince, and also served as a banquet for the prince of Nanjing. He was still in the capital for the time being because the prince Zhu Zhanji was also in the capital.

Hu Ying has now become a bureaucrat of the East Palace. Although he has not been able to enter the current decision-making circle, he is actually kind to him. This is also due to the fact that he did not offend anyone during the Yongle Dynasty, and no one punished him to death.The bureaucrats of the Eastern Palace, everyone knows that if they get close to the prince, at least they still have a future, but they are only temporarily relegated to the second line.

As for the situation of the whole set of institutions created by Hu Ying, there is no accurate information for a while.But soon there are eyebrows.

Soon after, Emperor Hongxi promulgated an imperial decree and announced it to the whole world through the official newspaper:

In accordance with the emperor's order, the imperial edict said that the family members of Jianwen's ministers, who were slaves in Jiaofangsi, Jinyiwei, Huanyiju, and Xijiang's meritorious officials, were treated as citizens and returned their land, and the same was true for those who were exiled.

Then there was news that he once talked in front of many people in the temple: Jianwen's ministers have been slaughtered, but Fang Xiao and his children are all loyal ministers!

What Emperor Hongxi did was obvious. He felt that the ministers of Jianwen were wronged, and he wanted to avenge their injustice!He also publicly stated that the Jianwen Dynasty was a legal government, and he wanted to correct the mistake of canceling the Jianwen reign in the Yongle Dynasty...

Zhang Ning was puzzled when he read the Di Bao in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing.

He has no position on the Jianwen Dynasty and the remaining ministers. He neither thinks it is too glorious, nor is it bad. He just doesn't understand the position and logic of Emperor Hongxi. Will the logic be confused?The reason why Emperor Hongxi himself is the legal emperor is because he is the successor of Emperor Yongle, and Emperor Yongle claims to be a legitimate emperor; if Jianwen is also legal, then the Yongle Dynasty is a usurper and an illegal regime. Hongxi Emperor inherited an illegal regime. Of course, he himself is not justified.

And openly saying that you are not justifiable in front of the emperor?

But thinking about it from another perspective, it can be seen how resentful Emperor Hong Xi is towards his father!Zhang Ning saw tears of bitterness between the lines of the imperial decree, but Yongle did put too much pressure on Emperor Hongxi during his lifetime, the son of a strong lord, it was not so easy.

Fortunately, the new emperor himself said that Fang Xiaoru was a loyal minister, and those people were naturally not rebels. As for Hu Butang's messing around, it was meaningless now.The interviews made this organization doomed to be abolished sooner or later.

Everyone is always messing around.Zhang Ning sighed and went home leisurely.

He used to live in "Wu Garden" for the convenience of seeing guests and keeping in touch with the interview envoys. He seldom went home so as not to implicate his family in those messy things.But the recent situation made him feel indifferent. The interview made the organization come to an end. Now he is basically hanging up a idle job and waiting for a new career, which is similar to being dismissed from office.

My uncle and uncle are close relatives, and there is also a younger sister. The family is always stable.But today, Xiaomei Zhang's expression is not very right, as if something is wrong.Zhang Ning was looking for an opportunity to ask her, when his uncle Zhang Jiujin and elder brother Zhang Shicai came back from outside.

"Erlang." Uncle immediately greeted Zhang Ning into the hall.The seniority in this family is like this, no matter how high an official you are, the elders will still call you around, but uncle speaks much more politely now.

"Remember the owner of the Fortune Bank that I mentioned to you last time? His surname is Su, and he asked a matchmaker to propose a marriage for the second son of his family." Zhang Jiujin's face was flushed, and he looked agitated.

Zhang Ning nodded and continued to listen. The second son of someone else’s family came to propose marriage, and he must be with Zhang Xiaomei. Son.

Zhang Jiujin said: "The Su family has countless fertile lands in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They are involved in money houses, jewelry stores, carriage and horse dealers, and the salt industry. The big boss has two sons. The second son is not yet married. It is said that he has a reputation as a student. Their family is A Confucian businessman from a scholarly family, seeing our little girl, it's really...hehe." The family advocate Jiujin who is usually strict is already beaming with joy.

"The elder brother of the second young master seems to have acquaintance with Erlang. He is Su Liangchen, a great talent in Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Zhang Shicai, the eldest brother, interjected.

Zhang Ning suddenly said: "It turns out that Hongyun Bank was opened by his family. Yes, Mr. Su and I have met several times, and we can talk about friendship."

The younger sister said angrily at the door: "My brother is not married yet, so why worry about my affairs?"

Zhang Jiujin was furious immediately, lowered his face and turned his head: "You have the right to speak? Who betrayed you? You are not willing to have such a family status. What do you want, do you want to enter the palace and become a queen?"

"Don't procrastinate about the daughter of Erlang and Yang Shiqi's family. Miss Zhang can make an appointment first, and then we can do it after Erlang gets married." Zhang Shicai said in an orderly manner, "If the Su family can take a fancy to us, It's probably because of Erlang. I heard that Mr. Su has a lot of friends, and I guess he knew the relationship between Erlang and the daughter of the Yang family, so he hurried up to propose marriage; I heard that Yang Shiqi is now the number one celebrity around the emperor... Maybe it was because of this , why did the Su family take a fancy to our little sister?"

Zhang Jiujin nodded and said, "Da Lang is right."

"How about the second son of the Su family, have you met him?" It was Zhang Ning's turn to speak.

Both Zhang Jiujin and his son shook their heads, and Zhang Ning said, "Find a chance to meet the second young master first. It's good to have a good family, and my younger sister will be able to live comfortably after marrying, but the most important thing is to see how the second young master is himself. We have to make life easier for the little girl, what do you think, uncle?"

The uncle's expression was a bit reluctant, and he nodded slightly unhappy. After all, Zhang Ning belonged to Zhang Xiaomei's family, and the uncle was only a close relative. The elder brother was like a father, and Zhang Ning had a great say in this kind of marriage.

It is normal to see each other first, which is somewhat similar to modern blind dates.According to the rumors, people get married without meeting each other, of course there are, most of the parents are too strong and the children are younger and don't have much opinion, parents have the final say; but in many cases, a man and a woman still need to get to know each other, the order of the parents True, but most parents don't want to force their children too much.For example, Zhang Ning was engaged to the Wang family for the first time, and he and Miss Wang's family usually had contacts.

The uncle was really unwilling and said: "The matchmaker mentioned it. The dowry is the jewelry number on the Wuding Bridge. The house deed, gold, silver and jewelry in stock are all included. Dalang went to see it yesterday. The value of the things inside alone is no less than 5 taels!"

5 taels!It is roughly equivalent to 3000 million. This dowry is really a big deal. The Su family may be described as rich and invincible.No matter in ancient or modern times, someone suddenly said that marrying a girl in the family for 3000 million people is tantamount to getting rich, and anyone would be tempted. No wonder uncle Zhang Jiujin was so anxious... Zhang Ning remembered a modern joke: A certain man received one of them one day. A young man, the man said he was sorry to make your daughter's belly bigger, a certain man was about to run away, the man calmly said that if he gave birth to a boy, he would give three restaurants and 1000 million today, if it was a girl... the man was impatient Said: Then you will make her belly big again!

No matter how anxious his uncle was, Zhang Ning still said calmly: "Look at the person first, let the younger sister also find a chance to see if she likes it or not."

Zhang Jiujin and his son had no choice but to nod in agreement, only regretting that Zhang Xiaomei was not born in their family.

The younger sister never got the right to speak, but Zhang Ning spoke out in front of her family and gave her the right to choose. If the younger sister was dissatisfied, Zhang Ning would not nod despite his wealth.

In fact, even if she is satisfied, Zhang Ning still feels very uncomfortable and very special; but he thinks it should be normal, just like a father who wants to marry his favorite daughter, he will feel a little sad. There is a saying that a daughter is the father's last What about her lover... No matter how much you love her, you can't keep her by your side, it's harming her.

Since you love your little sister, you should try to make her live a better life in the future.Zhang Ning said this to himself.

It's just that his mood will still become depressed, and he suddenly finds that the process of Zhang Xiaomei leaving him is getting closer and closer, as if he is about to lose something he loves.Inadvertently realizing that the withering of autumn is coming again, he reached into his arms and took out a small red thing.