Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

As soon as Mrs. Zhang leaves, the banquet tonight will come to an end.

There will be a curfew in the capital from now on, and the people are not allowed to go out at night, and there are also government servants from Jinyiwei and Shuntianfu on duty on the street.

Famous scholars are naturally not included in the ban, but it is troublesome to be interrogated.

So, everyone bid farewell and left.

Today's banquet was really exciting, especially that Sumu, who didn't even have the intention to compose two masterpieces that were so good that people would be amazed, for fear that the exclamation would destroy the beautiful and grand artistic conception of the words.

It is conceivable that in this era when poetry is gradually becoming more and more popular, those who can write such lines will have a high status in the literary world.

Up to now, the so-called plagiarism is nothing but a joke.

Su Mu, this shining new star is about to rise, making it hard for people to stare at it.

Li Shishi was also helpless, although he wanted to help Long Zai, but in the face of Su Mu's absolute strength, all means were useless.

Seeing Long Zai who was staying aside, Master Li felt very sympathetic.

Of course, I have nothing to do with Long Zai. If it was before, whether he is dead or alive has nothing to do with Mr. Li.However, this person is an aide of King Ning, and his status is special, but he cannot be ignored.

Smiling, Li Shishi walked up to Long Zai and called a few times: "Mingqing, Mingqing!" Long Zai just woke up like a dream, "Ah", and dropped the brush in his hand onto the paper.

Look again, the song "Linjiang Immortal" didn't even finish the first half.

Lord Li: "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military strategists. A gathering of literati, victory is certainly gratifying, but defeat is also laughed off. It can't be taken seriously."

Long Zai turned his head abruptly, his eyes were bloodshot and growled in a low voice: "You copied it, you must have copied it, Su Mu, you hypocrite, one day I will expose your mask and let the world know that you are a real person." What a scumbag."

Li Shishi chuckled: "I'll talk about the future. It's getting colder this day. If I stand here again, I won't be frozen. For whom will I set up a mid-night feast!"

While talking, he enthusiastically took Long Zai's hand: "Mingqing, let's go for a walk, the humble house is not far from here, why don't you go to my place and have a few drinks to drive away the cold air."

"I, I, I..." Long was so depressed that he didn't have the mood to drink and chat.I just want to find someone to go out quickly and sleep with my head covered.

Li Shishi suddenly turned his face hard: "Mingqing, I'm going to say something to you right now. It's okay for a man to have ups and downs, as long as he doesn't lose his ambition. Poems are only for cultivating sentiment, and a man's ambition is in the world. Stretch out your chest for revenge."

Hearing what he said, Long Zai finally calmed down, and bowed to the ground: "Thank you, Mr. Li, for your explanation, I am ashamed of my late life!"

Li Shishi laughed: "It's good that Mingqing cheers up, let's go for a walk, let's talk about the wine at night."

As Mr. Li said, his house is not far from here, and after getting on the carriage, it's time to make a pot of tea.

It was a majestic and magnificent house, as soon as they were seated, a group of well-dressed servant girls came over to serve the two of them.

Looking at the food and clothing in the room, Long Zai, who had been in a trance before, suddenly came to his senses and was taken aback: "This Li Shishi is just a Beijing official who works in the Qingshui Yamen. Silver salary. Looking at the current situation, the cost is at least a hundred taels per month, which is a bit better than some marquis who have inherited titles in the capital. How could he have so much money?"

Seeing that Long Zai's eyes were full of doubts, Mr. Li knew that he had doubts in his heart, so he simply said: "Mingqing. In fact, my family business was saved when I was an aide in Duke Huai's mansion. Before becoming a Jinshi in the second year of Chenghua, his family had no talents left, and he was unable to study for the imperial examinations. He was unable to do so, so he went to the shogunate of King Huai to work for Daoliang. After he was selected as a Juren and a Jinshi, he left the palace and entered the court as a Officer. But I don’t want to, the prince is very kind, and in the past few decades, he still sends people to my house every year. Hey, I really can’t shirk it!”

While talking, he shook his head helplessly, and said again: "I heard that Mingqing was running around in Prince Ning's mansion, but he didn't know what kind of person King Ning was. I heard that King Ning was benevolent, so he must be a virtuous king."

Hearing that he had once been an aide of Duke Huai and that he still had contact with him, Long felt a shudder in his heart, feeling that Li Shishi's invitation to him to discuss in detail today was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Speaking of King Huai, in the eyes of ordinary people, his king title carries the word Huai, so it is unnecessary to think that the fiefdom should be in the Huai River Basin in northern Jiangsu.In fact, the title of the king of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with the fiefdom. For example, when King Ning was in Jiannan, his fiefdom was in Shanxi. Later, because Cheng Zu was afraid of the power of King Ning's mansion, he moved the domain to Nanchang for control.

King Huai's fief is in Shaozhou, Qingjiang State, that is, Shaoguan in the south of Lingnan.

Shaoguan was remote and backward, and King Huai was doing very poorly among the current kings, and he was not ranked at all.

Even so, the current King Huai Zhu Jiandian is of good seniority, he is the younger brother of the former king Zhu Jianshen.Forget it, even if the emperor saw him today, he would still call him uncle.

Li Shishi flaunted his wealth in front of him, and talked about King Huai's benevolence and righteousness for a long time, what exactly did he want to do?

Long Zai's character is flawed, but it doesn't mean he is stupid.On the contrary, he is a very shrewd person, so he said calmly: "King Ning has only been on the throne for two years, and his virtues are generous.

Seeing that the dragon was slippery, Li Shishi didn't say anything anymore, he laughed a few times, and pulled the topic aside: "Mingqing, apart from participating in Qiu Wei when you return to your hometown this time, other gentlemen from the palace also came with you. Even Concubine Ning came here together. It is said that the food and clothing of the concubine and empress can fill two boats."

When Long listened to Mr. Li's understanding of the situation in the palace, he was even more shocked, and said: "My prince has just inherited the throne for two years. After the death of the previous king, according to the folk rules, he has to observe the filial piety for three years. The feudal kings have to observe it for one year. Half. Therefore, the year before last, I couldn’t go to Beijing to pay homage to the emperor during the Spring Festival. The mansion of the palace in the capital is also very dilapidated, so I let the concubine Wang Wang go to the capital to repair and renovate in advance, so that people can live in it.”

"Oh, that's it! I heard that King Huai will leave in October and arrive in the capital in December. Prince Ning's mansion entered the capital so early, I'm afraid it doesn't conform to the ancestral system. If there is an imperial envoy to make noise, the Zongzheng mansion will inevitably If you want to inquire, you will have to trouble." Master Li smiled meaningfully.

The so-called Zongzhengfu is the department that governs the royal family.Da Zongzheng is a high-ranking member of the Zhengyi rank, and is generally held by the most virtuous and respected person in the Zong family.

According to the imperial court system, vassal princes from all over the country were not allowed to enter the capital unless they entered the court during the Spring Festival every year to spend the New Year with the emperor.

Long Zai: "Lord Li, it's the concubine, not the prince, who came to Beijing. Every prince's mansion in the capital was guarded in the early years, and Ruozong's official mansion would go to ask about it, so there's no need to do anything."

"But it is true." Li Shishi suddenly sighed for a long time, and said: "Since Emperor Chengzu granted Tianjing Nan, the imperial court has been very strict with the vassal states in various places, but there is a limit to their actions, and it is better to go too far. In fact, the reason for Jingnan back then The whole world was in a commotion, not because there was a villain in the court. Emperor Chengzuwu Youyuan was in Beiping, and he and Emperor Jianwen could only see each other once or twice a year. Li is deeply in love with King Huai, and he does not want to repay it every day. The prince said that he is getting old, and the days of reunion with His Majesty are getting shorter and shorter. This year, I don’t know if I can come back next year. This time I will return to Beijing. I plan to stay longer. Your lord has never been back to Beijing before, why don't all the feudal lords make a statement together? Mingqing, you are Prince Ning's confidant, I wonder if you can persuade your lord?"

After speaking, he looked at Long Zai with piercing eyes.