The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 792 Finger Marriage
At the end of Yu Xin's report, he mentioned that several family members of the puppet royal family of Jianlu who were recently captured were assassinated on the way to escort, and he suspected that it was the East China Sea Department.

Zhu Linmei asked the messenger, "They only killed the captives, did they hurt anyone else?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the assassins were extremely accurate and did not hurt our people. At most, some people were knocked unconscious by them."

Is it the woman from the Varka tribe in the East China Sea?Zhu Linmei remembered that Aruna had mentioned that she had enmity with the Jianzhou Jurchens, and shook her head slightly, "Forget it, the East China Sea Department has made contributions to the imperial court, let them kill a few enemies to vent their anger."

He also thought about Aruna's current influence in the Twelve Divisions of the East China Sea, and she was faintly the leader of the East China Sea Division, so he couldn't help laughing: "It's just that this girl is too hostile, maybe we should find her a husband's family and control her well. "

But who can restrain this cheetah-like woman?He thought for a while, and suddenly a person appeared in his mind, Zhu Youni, who had fought with him in Jiangxi.

"Just the king of Luochuan County. He was also killed by thousands of troops, so let's marry him."

Although there are not many people in the East China Sea, the twelve tribes add up to fourteen to five hundred strong and strong men, but they are isolated in the far east, and they need to be restrained.

Zhu Youyi is a serious king of Daming County, and it is unknown how many ranks the East China Sea Department has achieved by marrying him. This can be regarded as a reward for the previous achievements of the East China Sea Department.And with this level of relationship, the East China Sea Department is bound to be more united with the imperial court.

The messenger left with the order, and Zhu Linmi was bored sitting on the wooden rail car, so she invited Fang Yizhi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who accompanied her to discuss with him the matter of building the Daming transportation network.

"Several strategic routes are the most important." Zhu Linmi took out the map and pointed out, "From Jinzhou to Shenyang, it is the key to control Liaodong. In the future, when the treasury is sufficient, it will be repaired all the way to Siberia."

Fang Yizhi's eyelids twitched, and he said in his heart that the Holy Majesty is really ambitious, but further north is a place of bitter cold, but he doesn't know why it takes so much money to pass the wooden track.

Zhu Linmi pointed to the area beyond the Great Wall, "There are two wooden rails to be repaired here. One is to lead to Mobei via Chahar. The imperial court will soon use troops to Mobei. This wooden rail is to ensure the supply of food and supplies. thoroughfare."

After the previous battles with Teng Jisi, the Khalkha ministries were at a time when their vitality was seriously injured, as the so-called taking advantage of his illness to kill him.Zhu Linming estimated that if the logistics were guaranteed, at most [-] to [-] Daming field troops could wipe out Mobei, and at most some troops from the Chahar tribe would be dispatched to accompany them.

"The other one is going west, going out of Hami directly to Zhungeer. The Wara tribe has been recharging their energy all these years, and will soon be restless. We should prepare in advance."

Fang Yizhi had no time to digest such a large amount of information, so he just nodded and tried his best to calculate the silver taels needed to build the wooden track, and finally said: "Your Majesty, if all these roads are completed, it may cost seven to eight million taels of silver." .”

"This is the plan for the next few years, and the amount allocated to each year is not too large." Zhu Linmi waved her hand indifferently, and then pointed to the Huguang area, "The strategic points are finished, let's go on to talk about the important towns within the Ming Dynasty. Access. For example, from Wuchang to Changsha, and from Changsha to Nanchang..."

Fang Yizhi took a deep breath, pulled himself together and listened carefully, thinking to himself, it seems that the Ministry of Industry will be busy for at least the next ten years or so.

The sky was getting dark, and on the wooden track in Shandong, a car bound for Nanjing was brightly lit.In the car, the two emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty had a happy conversation until dawn the next day.

……

In the second year of Hanxing, the third day of August.

The city of Nanjing is quite lively, the south and east of the city are holding wedding events at the same time, the status of the two families is very unusual, and both are married by the emperor, it can be said that it is extremely glorious, most of the city of Nanjing is full of firecrackers, gongs and drums Voice.

The one in the south of the city is Shi Lin, the commander of the emperor's imperial battalion, and the one who is married is Zi Lu, the personal maid of the emperor's concubine.

Zhu Linmi had known for a long time that the two of them were secretly in love, and Shi Lin was not too young, so after returning from Liaodong this time, she directly proposed marriage for them.

The bridegroom in the east of the city is the head of both the household department and the commercial department, so he is called housewarming.Although he has a small official position, he has another identity, that is, the first treasurer of the "Da Ming Royal Bank" newly established by the imperial court.

And what he wants to take is the current emperor's personal servant girl, Chan Yi.The second daughter also has another identity, the big treasurer who manages the emperor's private property.

They used to be busy in Guangdong, Fujing and other places for the emperor's property, and fell in love with each other for a long time.At first, Chanyi didn't dare to mention this matter to Zhu Linming because of her status.

It was the last time when the empress gave birth to a prince, they came to congratulate her, so Mu Zhiqing saw the clue, and took the two of them to talk to the emperor.

Of course Zhu Linmi was happy to see the success, so she immediately gave a generous gift and proposed a marriage for them.

On the surface, the Royal Bank is the treasurer Qiao, but in reality it is Chanyi who manages the business.This time they tied the knot, which is also convenient for their usual work.

In the south of the city, officials of the current dynasty and generals of the Ming army came one after another to congratulate Shi Lin, and surrounded the Shi mansion so tightly that officials below the fifth rank could only sit outside the mansion.

Not long after, the emperor and the imperial concubine sent congratulatory gifts.The groom, dressed in a military uniform and wearing four medals on his chest, greeted him personally at the door.All the people present showed envy, and the atmosphere of the whole wedding scene reached its climax.

And in the east of the city, although there are not many civil and military officials in Qiao's mansion, because the groom and the bride are big shopkeepers of the royal family, wealthy businessmen from all walks of life gather together, and some even come to congratulate them two months earlier.

There was also a congratulatory gift from the emperor, and the merchants present had never seen such a pomp before, they immediately knelt all over the floor in Qiao's mansion, and they didn't get up until the eunuch who gave the gift left.

After the tedious wedding process was over, the chief of ceremonies sang loudly and sent the couple into the bridal chamber, and the congratulatory guests began to get up and say goodbye.For people with the status of moving to a new house and getting married, the bridal chamber is meaningless. Basically, everyone bows at the door of the new house and leaves.

However, some housekeepers calmly stopped some guests, and invited them very politely to a side hall of Qiao's residence.

Soon, seventeen or eighteen people gathered in the hall.They looked at each other, and they couldn't help being secretly surprised—they were all very rich, and their net worth was at least 50 taels.

After a cup of tea, the hall door was pushed open again, a tall and strong man in his thirties stepped into the room, and said to the butler of the Qiao Mansion beside him, "Is everyone here?"

"My lord, all of you are here."

"Okay, you go down."

There were people in the room who knew the man, Dang even stood up with a face full of surprise, and bowed very respectfully: "I have seen General Ying!"

Those who didn't know him hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Brother Zhao, who is this lord?"

"You don't even know him? Ying Tianxiang, the supervisor of the Logistics Department of the Ministry of War, Mr. Ying!"

(End of this chapter)