Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu sat in the sedan chair, and after a long time, finally arrived at Xiyuan, he went up to the guard and said: "I am Su Mu, please inform me, and say that Su Mu is here to hand over the order."

Before the words were reversed, several guards yelled at the same time: "Master Su is back, Mr. Su is back."

"Your Majesty Su is mighty. He rode into Ningxia alone and single-handedly quelled the rebellion of King Anhua. For a while today, everyone in and outside the city is talking about you."

Su Mu used to go in and out of Xiyuan every day, these people were already familiar with him, and they talked very casually, they all rushed forward and kept clapping their hands and saluting.

It can be seen that their admiration comes from the heart, and their faces are full of admiration, which is quite different from the awe they had in the past when he was born as the number one scholar and the emperor's favorite minister.

Su Mu sighed in his heart: Doing practical things, doing things that are beneficial to the country and the nation, is really different.

"Scholar Su, there is no need to report. Lord Long Live is now receiving meritorious soldiers from Ningxia in the Leopard Room. His Majesty has said that, together with Bachelor Su, we will go over to see you immediately."

"Leopard Room?" Su Mu said, this place is notorious in later generations. ,

According to unofficial history records, Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty was dissolute and immoral. He opened up a place in the palace and raised lions, tigers and leopards for fun.And sent people out of the palace to hijack folk beauties and send them to the leopard room to dance the demon dance.I was so happy to see it, I just fell down and performed the ceremony of Dunlun, xxoo.

When he first saw this paragraph, Su Mu was really dumbfounded, and he was very envious of the life in this wine pool and meat forest.

After traveling to the Ming Dynasty, I had been in contact with Zhengde for a long time, but I didn't quite believe it.

According to him, the kid Zhengde is devoted to martial arts, and he doesn't seem to care much about women's sex, and he can't even talk about licentiousness.

But when he returned to Xiyuan today, he was shocked to hear the familiar name "Leopard Room".

Seeing Su Mu's expression, a gatekeeper officer smiled and said, "Mr. Su, this name sounds very exciting. According to folklore, there were leopards raised in the leopard house, and His Majesty fought with them for a show. So surprised, Mr. That’s to be expected, but it’s not the case.”

Su Mu was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

The Zhongguan said: "Actually, the so-called Leopard House was translated from Persian one by one, meaning the center of the military country, and it has nothing to do with leopards. Others spread false rumors, and if it's wrong, Long Live Lord doesn't bother." It's just a correction."

Su Mu heheed: "So that's how it is. I haven't been in the capital for two years, and I don't know many things. Take me in."

Xiyuan is still the same Xiyuan as before, but it is different from the desolate royal garden before. Now that he came in, Su Mu saw that many places had been completely renovated, and many places were still covered with scaffolding. The amount of work was obviously not small.

The Zhongguan talked a lot, and he wanted to please Su Mu, the prime minister, and he kept talking all the way: "This yard has been renovated for two years, and it cost more than 300 million taels of silver. If the renovation is completed in the future, I'm afraid it will take another two years." 200 million taels. But I have emptied the pockets of the Long Live Lord, and I am crying poor today."

It has been two years since he entered Xiyuan, Su Mu feels fresh about everything now, and asked with a smile, "If you don't have enough money, what should you do?"

The Zhongguan said: "Don't worry, sir, there is a young minister to support it. It is said that the young minister is richer than your majesty."

"Who is Xiao Shangshu?" Su Mu asked curiously.

Zhongguan: "Mr. Su doesn't even know the little Shangshu, the little Shangshu of the household department! It's no wonder that Mr. has been away from the capital for such a long time, so many things are unclear. The little Shangshu is His Highness Taikang, and she always has money on hand. Once the imperial court is unable to provide support, His Majesty will ask His Highness to borrow some money. After going back and forth, everyone knows that His Highness Taikang is more generous than the Minister of the Ministry of Households, so they are all called Xiao Shangshu."

"It's too low-key, it's too low-key, isn't it just getting some money from the Development Bank?" Su Mu shook his head with a wry smile.

Su Mu was the first to come to the Leopard Room, even at night, the scenery here still cheered him up.

And see, on a peninsula by the South China Sea stands a not-so-tall hall, with flowers and trees planted beside it, under the cover of the lights, it shows the charm of a Jiangnan courtyard.However, compared with it, it is much more atmospheric.

A strong aroma of wine and meat hit Su Mu, who hadn't eaten dinner, and couldn't help moving his index finger.Even though he hated the food in the imperial dining room, Su Mu couldn't control that much at this time, he just wanted to eat with chopsticks.

Under the leadership of a eunuch, Su Mu entered the hall, and saw that except for Liu Jin, almost all the meritorious soldiers on the front line in Ningxia were standing there, and everyone was full of excitement.

And the emperor stood there with a happy face.

Su Mu hurried forward: "Minister Su Mu, long live the emperor. Please forgive me for being late!"

Zhengde pulled Su Mu up, and laughed loudly: "Pingshen, Pingshen. Su Qing, I haven't seen you for two years, and you look as good as before. Last year you presided over the Shaanxi provincial examination, and you kept saying that you had something to do and couldn't return to the court. I still I'm a little angry, I thought I'd order you to come back, but I didn't expect you to do such a big thing in Ningxia, I'm so relieved, my heart is so relieved."

"The minister is ashamed and dare not take it."

The monarch and his ministers got to know each other, talking and laughing. Originally, other ministers and military officers would have to laugh a few times to accompany them.

Strange to say, the hall was completely silent, and the atmosphere seemed very strange.

Su Mu's heart trembled, and he looked out of the corner of his eyes, only to see Liu Jin and Zhang Yong looking at each other with hostile eyes.

If eyes can kill, it is estimated that these two people have been killed so darkly that their flesh and blood are blurred.

The first two were like this, and the military officers on the front line in Ningxia and the eunuchs under Liu Jin also looked at each other provocatively.

What a shrewd monarch Zhengde is, the movement between them naturally cannot deceive him.

Strange to say, Zhengde still had a smile on his face, and said: "Su Mu, you step back first, I'm going to announce the decree."

Therefore, Emperor Zhengde delivered a passionate speech, the content of which was nothing more than the hard work of the frontline soldiers.You are worthy of the court, you are worthy of me, and naturally I and the court will not treat you badly.

Then, an imperial decree was issued to reward all the generals.

As soon as the imperial decree was announced, the earlships of Su Mu, Hu Shun and others were officially recognized.

After the decree is issued and the commendation is completed, the next step is the emperor's banquet.

Speaking of the food in the palace, it is really not very good.In addition to meat, it is still meat, and it is all steamed vegetables, with enough oil and water, which suits the appetite of the military officers.

As for Su Mu, he was so hungry that he didn't pay much attention to these things.

At the moment, everyone is eating hard.

Masanori also drank one cup after another.

For a while, the room was filled with the sound of eating and drinking, but no one spoke.

Only Zhang Yong and Liu Jin were still looking at each other. They stared at each other for a long time, then sneered silently at the same time, and poured a glass of wine down their throats, as if they were fighting cocks.

The atmosphere became more and more strange.