Touring the Ming Dynasty

Zhengde lowered his head slowly, and opened a black package beside him. This was just when Zhengde was about to go to bed and suddenly found it on the pillow. Zhengde clearly remembered that there was nothing on the pillow, which means that the thing was when the assassin Being put on his pillow unconsciously, if that person is really an assassin... Thinking of this, Zhengde couldn't help being a little startled.

I saw Zhengde took out a rectangular white jade tablet from the package, touched the exquisitely carved dragon pattern on it, Zhengde unfolded it in his hands, and saw two five-clawed jade dragons grasping two big characters in ancient Wei style in their claws ——Tianmen!

There are also eight large characters engraved on the back of the white jade plaque: "If I come in person, Hongwu Guorui"

Hongwu is the year name of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Guorui is his character. This is the token given to Tianmen by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. It is the first time Zhengde has seen it, but he has seen the picture of this brand in the royal secret book Graphics, and a detailed description of it.

"Tianmen..." Zhengde's heart raced, and he picked up another item in the package again. It was a booklet in the shape of a ledger. He opened it and only glanced at it. Zhengde couldn't help but threw the booklet on the bed again. .

Qian Ning and Jiang Bin, who were guarding the door, shrugged their ears almost at the same time. It is not a good thing for the emperor to stay up in the dark. Could it be that the assassin just made a fuss?The two turned their heads to look at each other almost at the same time, then snorted and turned their heads away again: "Assassin... who will he send?"

This night, Duan Fei also lived in a panic. If the emperor was assassinated in his house, even if it was just a false alarm, it would be a great sin. Fortunately, nothing happened until dawn.

Zhengde and his entourage bid farewell to Duan Fei early in the morning, Duan Fei wanted to keep him but wished him to leave quickly, Zhengde suddenly smiled at him during the conflict, and said: "Duan Fei, Jiangxi is seriously plagued by banditry, and the officials there also lost Thailand because of the battle of King Ning." Half, right now is the time when there is a severe shortage of capable manpower, I am going to ask someone to recommend you to Jiangxi to serve as a prisoner, procurator, and secretary, I wonder if you would like it?"

The procuratorial envoy Si Qianshi was an official of the fifth rank, two ranks higher than Xie Zhijun (the sixth rank) who was judged by the Yangzhou government. Duan Fei was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Yes, of course I am willing, thank you brother Zhu for your kindness Kindness, if I really go to the Nanchang Mansion, I will devote myself to my death, and I will never disappoint Brother Zhu's love."

In fact, the powers of the procuratorial envoys for criminal punishments are not very large. Even the procuratorial envoys who are in charge of criminal cases in the whole province are only limited to cases below prison sentences, including cases of imprisonment, that is, cases below beheadings, and cases above prison sentences. The case must be reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial, and there is no designated officer for the position of the officer, so it is easier to fool around.

Zhengde looked at Tang Bohu who came out to see him off again, and said, "Does Master Tang have the heart to become an official? I can recommend Master Tang to be a lecturer in the Imperial Academy. I wonder if Master Tang is willing to submit?"

With Tang Bohu's status as Xie Yuan back then and his current influence in the literary world, it was indeed a bit of a grievance to go to the Hanlin Academy as a five-rank attendant lecturer. Injustice case, but for the dignity of the royal family, those involved were still punished. The examiner at that time even left his last words and died of illness. Zhengde was a dutiful son. He arranged for a high-ranking official to do it, and besides, Tang Bohu was too old to start from the grassroots, so he might as well go to the Imperial Academy for the elderly.

Tang Bohu sighed softly, and rejected his kindness: "It's too late, Tang has been granted the title of Liuru Layman by his master, and all promising dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed in this way. Fame and fortune are very important to Tang. It’s just a matter of time, but if the master doesn’t give up, I would like to go to Jiangxi with him.”

"That's really great. I've got what I want, and I dare not ask for it." Duan Fei was overjoyed again, Tang Bohu smiled slightly, and the two nodded at each other. Thousands of volumes of calligraphy travel thousands of miles, and I hope that the master will make breakthroughs in the journey and eventually become a generation of masters!"

Duan Fei sent Zhengde out of the door, and when the two were reluctantly saying goodbye, a large cart came from outside the city. The big pigs in cages, these pigs were not washed, they were stacked there in layers, and they all came from a long journey, and they were all excreted directly in the car, so naturally the smell was not good.

I just heard the big man driving the car yelling: "Selling pigs, selling pigs, live pigs slaughtered on the spot, the meat is delicious, if you want to buy pork, please go to Li's Butcher Shop in Xicheng Vegetable Market, real pork, pig head pig You can cut off any piece of hoof pig tail and pig nose you want..."

Hearing this series of sounds of selling pigs, Zhengde's face darkened, and he snorted coldly: "These people who raise pigs and sell pigs are really hateful. The Ming Dynasty uses Zhu as the country's surname. According to the will of the Dao, it is forbidden to raise and kill pigs, and it is better to abstain from eating pork."

Duan Fei was taken aback, the person in front of him was the current Holy One, and his golden words would be hard to take back once he uttered them. If the ban on pigs was really spread, the impact on people's livelihood would be catastrophic. , Zhengde wanted to be a Mingjun yesterday, but today he came up with such an absurd idea, it is really difficult to serve.

Jiang Bin and Qian Ning didn't think so, and the two of them immediately echoed, one said that the smell of pig manure would cause diseases and epidemics, and the other said that eating pork would cause sores, and it only took a while, which is related to Chinese people in the twelve zodiac signs. The most closely related animals are useless and unforgivable creatures.

Seeing that Jiang Bin suggested that the common people should not be allowed to feed them, and that they should not be sold and slaughtered. If they violated the rules, the criminals and their immediate family members would be exiled to the army forever. Duan Fei chuckled and said, "My three brothers, have you ever eaten pork?" ?”

Zhengde, Jiang Bin, and Qian Ning were all taken aback when they heard the words, Duan Fei laughed and said, "I'm afraid that only those who are too poor to afford pork have never eaten pork. Pigs are actually our Ming Dynasty's unknown heroes. Thinking back to when the Emperor Taizu was imprisoned by Guo Zixing, Empress Xiaocigao stole meat pies and carried them in her arms, the meat was burnt, and pork pies were able to save her."

Qian Ning wanted to flatter her, so she retorted, "Empress Xiaocigao stole cooking cakes, not meat pies?"

Duan Fei said in a rascal way: "I don't remember very clearly, anyway, Emperor Taizu must have eaten pork. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had more than just eaten pork. When he was a rogue monk, he was famous for drinking in large bowls and eating meat in large pieces. Duan Fei brought out the Taizu, and Qian Ning immediately dared not take the blame...