Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 19

He was promoted from an editor of the Hanlin Academy to the magistrate of Hangzhou, and was summoned by Yan Shifan in Yan's mansion. Apart from a little joy, Gao Hanwen felt more faintly uneasy.

At this time, Yan Shifan was obviously happy that he had found a satisfactory prefect of Hangzhou, and he loved him because of his happiness. The uneasy, the smile on his face is much more relaxed than when he first walked into the Yan Mansion.

Yan Shifan took out a box from a large mahogany cabinet with his own hands, and walked up to Gao Hanwen.

Gao Hanwen quickly stood up.

"Sit, sit." Yan Shifan asked Gao Hanwen to sit down affectionately, and went to open the box.

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing looked at each other knowingly.

The box was opened, and there were four small boxes inside the box.Yan Shifan first took out the long box, gently opened it, and took out a brush from inside.

That brush feels extraordinary at first glance:

The barrel of the pen is as thick as an ordinary writing brush, but it is green with mottled bamboo with stars and black spots; looking along the barrel, the pen cover is made of crystal clear Hetian jade hollowed out and sharpened!

Yan Shifan first showed Gao Hanwen the pen holder and the sleeve: "This pen holder is made of the rhino horn that Zheng He sent back from his voyages to the West. After that, there will be no such big rhino horn. The pen holder is more ordinary. It is made of Lantian jade carving. Take a mouthpiece. It’s just a color.” Then he pulled out the pen cover again, revealing the bright red pen hair: “The most rare thing is the hair on this pen! It was the tail hair of a red-haired weasel that was put on by a chieftain in Yunnan in the 30th year of Jiajing. Yes. I showed it to a lot of people, and they all said that there will be only one pen in 1000 years. This pen is not for you to write, it is the first scholarly family in the world, let it be passed on from generation to generation.”

Gao Hanwen's eyes lit up.

Only then did Yan Shifan put the pen on again and put it back into the long box: "There are four in this box, all of which are the same. You take it." He said and handed the box to Gao Hanwen.

Gao Hanwen took the box dumbly.

Yan Shifan picked up the big box again: "There are three more items. The ink is from the Song Dynasty, and it is inscribed by Mi Nangong; Go back and take a look for yourself." As he said, he held it with both hands, and seeing Gao Hanwen was still holding the long box in his hand in a daze, he said again: "Put it in, put it in." Then Gao Hanwen put the long box in his hand Put the box into the big box, but dare not accept the big box: "Teacher, students dare not accept such a precious thing."

Yan Shifan: "You accept what I give you."

Gao Hanwen was still hesitating.

Yan Maoqing said: "The sword is given to a strong man! In my Hanlin, which was advanced in the Ming Dynasty, there are not many people who can benefit from this set of four treasures of the study. This is the appreciation of Xiaoge Lao. Still don't accept it?"

Gao Hanwen had no choice but to take the box with both hands.

At this moment Luo Longwen sighed like a play: "Forget it, forget it, we should all go back to the mountains and forests. How many times have I asked Mr. Xiaoge for these things and he refused to give them back. Now that the beauty is gone, there is no more grass .”

Gao Hanwen quickly held the box to Luo Longwen with both hands: "Master Luo, take it now."

Luo Longwen: "Don't worry, I can't do the big thing of changing rice into mulberry in Zhejiang. It will take one year to complete, and we're still waiting for you to use these four treasures to write a masterpiece."

Gao Hanwen held the box in both hands and raised it above his head: "Don't worry, teacher, don't worry, my lords, students go here, if you can't complete the national policy of changing rice to mulberry for the imperial court within a year, you can use the pen, ink and paper in this box to write down your own words." Sacrifice!" Said and knelt down.

Yan Shifan supported him with both hands: "Go hard, come back when you're done, there is still a heavy responsibility waiting for you in the court."

Gao Hanwen nodded emphatically, his face was solemn and his eyes sparkled...

Just after the cabinet meeting, Zhang Juzheng arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun immediately stood up and asked expectantly, "How was the result?"

King Yu didn't show Tan Lun's eagerness, but he looked at Zhang Juzheng with an inquiring look.

"Everything is a foregone conclusion before the imperial court. The result of this meeting is the same as whether it is discussed or not."

Zhang Juzheng's words silenced everyone again.

Yu Wang: "Then Hu Zongxian asked the imperial court to allocate food and disaster relief to Zhejiang, and he should agree to him?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head.

"There must be a reason, right?" King Yu stood up again, looking a little annoyed.

Zhang Juzheng: "What reason is there? It is to let the big silk households in Zhejiang Province take grain and annex the fields of the affected people on the spot. It is also called 'reform and relief, and the dilemma is solved'."

King Yu: "What about you, you have to talk, right?"

Zhang Juzheng remained silent.

"Where's Mr. Xu Ge and Gao Gong?" King Yu found out that Xu Jie and Gao Gong didn't come together.

Zhang Juzheng: "Hu Zongxian didn't give up. He followed Mr. Xu Ge and Gao Gong to the Ministry of Household Affairs. He still wanted the Ministry of Household Affairs to transfer some grain to Zhejiang."

"Can the Ministry of Households adjust some food for him?" King Yu looked at Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng was silent, and looked deeply at King Yu.

King Yu seemed to understand that he was asking too much, waved his hand, and said to himself, "The Ministry of Households cannot adjust grain for him."

Zhang Juzheng: "My lord, if you can tune something you don't necessarily like to hear, we won't tune him at this time."

King Yu was taken aback, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Juzheng said word by word: "Just let Zhejiang mess up!"

King Yu's eyes widened.

Zhang Juzheng: "At this time, the meaning of the ministers and others should be explained to the prince. The strict party has controlled the government for more than 20 years, but in fact it has already collapsed. The reason why it can be maintained is all due to catering to the holy will. There is no demand in the palace. They are greedy and stripped layer by layer, so they have fallen into such a big deficit. The prince knew that they wanted to change rice into mulberry in Zhejiang this time, and they came up with a way to make up for the deficit. But even Hu Zongxian knew about such a big thing. It must not be implemented within a year. But they couldn't wait, and the people below saw it as an opportunity to make a fortune, so they did such an outrageous thing as destroying dikes and flooding fields. Anyway, what they gouged out was the flesh of the people, but in fact what they gouged out was I, the flesh of the Ming Dynasty, came to mend their sores! Such a clear thing, the whole court turned a blind eye to it! Finally, Hu Zongxian came out to speak out, but it was for their own good, and they all regarded him as their enemy! Even a Hu Zongxian would tolerate it No problem, this is their exhaustion. My lord, long-term pain is better than short-term pain. This time, Zhejiang is in chaos, and it will be regarded as a piece of meat on my Ming Dynasty! Once this piece of meat is rotten, Yan Dang’s abscess will also be destroyed. It's time to squeeze!"

It's deafening!King Yu's face was gradually flushed by Zhang Juzheng's words, and he stood there in a daze: "Does Xu Ge and Gao Gong think so?"

Zhang Juzheng: "This is the unanimous opinion of the ministers and others."

King Yu looked at Tan Lun again: "Zi Li, what do you think?"

Tan Lun also stood up: "It's a big strategy! It just hurt the people of Zhejiang." At this point, Tan Lun obviously saw something from the direction of the bedroom door, so he stopped talking and lowered his head.

Zhang Juzheng also saw it, stood up quickly, and lowered his head.

The two were almost at the same time: "Princess."

Only then did King Yu see that Concubine Li came out with her son in her arms.

King Yu: "We're discussing matters, why are you carrying your son out here?"

Concubine Li always seemed to have that spring-like face, but at this moment her eyes were solemn, and she sent the prince to King Yu: "If you don't do anything, I will let you hug the prince."

King Yu seemed a little bored, and had no choice but to take the child over: "What the hell are you doing?"

Concubine Li: "I just want to ask the prince, how many sons do you have now?"

King Yu: "Just tell me what you have."

Concubine Li seemed a bit stubborn: "The concubine wants the prince to answer me."

Yu Wang: "Ask the question knowingly, who doesn't know that I am the only son."

Concubine Li: "The concubine has the guts to say it, what the prince said is right and wrong."

For Concubine Li, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun, including Xu Jie and Gao Gong who were not here at this time, all had some respect in their hearts. They knew that although she was a woman, she could always think big and she had seen people well.At this time, seeing her behavior like this, after these few questions, she knew that she had something surprising to say, so she raised her head and looked at her unconsciously.

Concubine Li looked at them with a straight face: "I heard what you said just now inside. As the general trend, some things can't be done in a short while. But there is one thing that can never be forgotten. It's the crown prince, and the next prince in his arms is the crown prince. In terms of this, you have to think farther away, to leave a world that wins the hearts of the people for the prince and the prince."

After saying this, not only Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun, but even King Yu became awed.

Concubine Li went on to say: "I said just now that the prince was right, and he was referring to this. I would venture to say that the prince was wrong, and he was referring to this. The prince is the crown prince, that is, the future emperor, and all the people of the Ming Dynasty belong to you." The people will be the people of the prince in the future. How can the father stand by and watch the suffering of the people! Hu Zongxian still knows how to cherish the people in his own land, the prince, and you, are you not even as good as Hu Zongxian?"

Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun both looked at King Yu at this time, and the three people looked at each other with a look of shame and embarrassment that is unique to men at the same time.

Concubine Li didn't look at them, and continued: "The Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty of their Yan family, let alone the corrupt officials and powerful Ming Dynasty under them. They can exploit the common people, the prince, and you loyal ministers. You can't turn a blind eye."

"There is righteousness in the world!" Zhang Juzheng said excitedly, "The princess's righteous remarks make the ministers ashamed. Although the overall situation in Zhejiang is irreparable, for the people affected by the disaster, the ministers should really fight for every point. The hearts of the people are unstoppable." lose!"

At this time, King Yu handed the son back to Concubine Li, took a deep look at her, and then turned to Tan Lun: "Zi Li, you have been in Zhejiang for a while, think about it, how can you help Hu Zongxian, let the people who were affected less suffering?"

Tan Lun thought for a while: "The only thing I can help is to try my best to prevent the government and those big silk households from taking advantage of the disaster to buy people's land at a low price, but there must be food for them to survive the disaster year." When I came to Beijing, I had discussed with Hu Zongxian that if the court could not transfer food, I would accompany him to Yingtian to ask Zhao Zhenji to borrow food."

"This method is feasible." King Yu immediately affirmed, "Zhao Zhenji is the governor of Yingtian and has a deep friendship with Hu Zongxian. I should be able to borrow some food from him."

Tan Lun: "But even if you can borrow some food, it may not be able to prevent those people from annexing the land. Now that Hu Zongxian is no longer concurrently the governor of Zhejiang, and civil affairs are under the control of Zheng Michang, if the new prefect of Hangzhou and the county magistrate of Chun'an Jiande are still Their people, even if they have food, will not reach the hands of the people."

King Yu immediately turned to Zhang Juzheng: "Who is the new prefect of Hangzhou? Has it been decided?"

Zhang Juzheng: "They've already decided. They are Yan Shifan's disciples, Gao Hanwen, the editor of the Imperial Academy."

King Yu: "Is it Gao Hanwen, the Tanhua from the last subject who considers himself a latecomer in Neo-Confucianism?"

Zhang Juzheng: "It's this person. Using him, it can be seen that those in the Yan Party have put in a lot of thought. This person has written several articles on Confucianism, has some influence in the ruling and opposition parties, and has no bad record of greed for money. He was the one who came up with the catchphrase, Yan Shifan and his fellow party members praised him to the sky when the cabinet was discussing matters."

King Yu was stunned again: "The governor of Zheng Michang, this man's prefect of Hangzhou, this time Zhejiang will be chaotic..."

"Where are Chun'an and Jiande magistrates?" Concubine Li interrupted again holding the child.

Zhang Juzheng: "These two vacancies are not discussed. They mean to let Zheng Michang and Gao Hanwen choose people."

Concubine Li: "Can these two counties send two good officials there?"

King Yu: "The governor and the magistrate of Guan Chun'an and Jiande are both their people. Is it useful to fight for two magistrates?"

"It's useful." Tan Lun continued, "My lord, my concubine's words make sense. How to say, the magistrate is the one who directly manages the people. The point is that these two people are just good officials. I'm afraid it's not enough. Chun'an County was flooded, and half of Jiande County Flooded, from top to bottom, so many eyes are staring at these flooded fields. If you want to save the people, you have to fight! Especially the magistrate of Chun'an, at this time, you have to be prepared. Fate is there!"

Zhang Juzheng: "In today's world, such a person is hard to find..."

Everyone was silent again.

"I have a candidate here..." It took Tan Lun a long time to say this again.

"Where is it? Call him now." King Yu asked anxiously.

Tan Lun: "Wherever there is such a ready-made person, you can call them."

King Yu: "Then what do you say?"

Tan Lun: "Although I can't see it, I have an article by him on suppressing the powerful and opposing mergers. Prince, princess, and Master Zhang, do you want to know what he said?"

Zhang Juzheng: "Where is it?"

"Who is walking around with the article? Because it is well written, I have memorized the whole article. If you want to hear it, I will recite it to you now." Tan Lun saw King Yu nodded, thought for a while, and began to recite, "...' When a husband and wife give birth to a child, they must feed it to keep it alive; when they are born with a human being, they must feed it to keep it alive. The existence of the way of heaven is also the existence of the way of humanity. How can one or two people take hundreds of people, thousands of people, and tens of thousands of people? The land makes it hungry and cold, but the way of heaven does not perish and the way of humanity does not perish! The way of heaven is ruined, and the way of humanity is lost, and chaos will arise. If the people lose their land, the country will lose its people. If the country loses its people, there will be no great chaos, but it can still survive. By!'"

"Slow down!" Zhang Juzheng stopped Tan Lun, "Where have you seen the meaning of these words?"

Tan Lun: "That's right. Hu Zongxian quoted it in the last memorial, and only changed one word. That's the last two sentences." As he spoke, he continued to recite aloud: "'If you lose land, you will have no people, no people, no land. The people will perish the country'!"

"Okay!" Zhang Juzheng slapped his leg, stood up, and looked closely at Tan Lun, "What is the name of the person who wrote this article, and where is he now?"

King Yu and Concubine Li also stared fixedly at Tan Lun.

Tan Lun: "This person's surname is Hai, his name is Rui, his style name is Ruxian, and his nickname is Gangfeng. He works as a teacher in Nanping County, Fujian Province."

"It's easy!" Zhang Juzheng couldn't restrain his excitement, "It's a matter of course for the instruction to be transferred to the magistrate. My lord, this person is a sword. If he goes to Chun'an, not to mention saving the people from fire and water, at least he can make peace with the strict party." Those people will fight for a while! My lord, tell the officials to transfer this Hai Rui to Chun'an immediately."

King Yu also nodded heavily: "This person is a rare candidate, I can tell the officials."

"I'm afraid it's not that easy." Tan Lun gently poured a ladle of cold water.

Both King Yu and Zhang Juzheng were taken aback, and even Concubine Li who was still sitting there quietly looked at Tan Lun.

Zhang Juzheng: "What's the problem? It's a promotion to teach the county magistrate. Could it be that he still doesn't want to come?"

Tan Lun: "Master Zhang's words make sense in the officialdom, but they may not make sense in Hai Rui's place. I know this person, and no one can stop him from doing what he wants to do. He can't be tempted to be promoted if he doesn't want to do what he wants to do." Him. In the current situation, with his ambition, if he is asked to go to Chun'an, he should be generous. But there is one word, he can't get past it."

Zhang Juzheng: "Which word?"

Tan Lun: "Filial piety!"

The word does carry weight.King Yu, Zhang Juzheng and Concubine Li were all stunned there again.

Concubine Li looked at Tan Lun: "Can you be more careful?"

Tan Lun: "This Hai Rui is from Qiongzhou, Hainan. He lost his father when he was four years old. His family was poor, and he was brought up by his mother's weaving helper. Zhongxiucai and Zhongjuren have the ambition to clarify the world, but the examination room is not smooth. If you can't win the Jinshi, your ambition will gradually fade. Now you put all your heart into filial piety and raising your mother. If you don't believe me, they are all in their forties, and he has more than [-] a month. At night, I serve my mother and sleep in the same room."

"Did he not marry a wife?" Concubine Li asked curiously.

Tan Lun: "My concubine asked the most important thing. How can he not marry a wife for three generations of Haimen? But he has only had one daughter so far. Therefore, if he is asked to be the magistrate of Chun'an at this time, it is very likely that he will be the magistrate of Chun'an County." As soon as the strong man leaves, the wind blows and the water is cold! Whether it is serving his mother or raising heirs for Haimen, he will not be able to do his best in the way of 'filial piety'."

Concubine Li, King Yu and Zhang Juzheng were all silent.

"Write a letter and send it together with the transfer order from the Ministry of Officials, telling him to be filial and loyal!" Zhang Juzheng said sonorously.

King Yu and Concubine Li looked deeply at Tan Lun again.

(End of this chapter)