Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 385
Li Jing also smiled and said: "Sir, it's just a title, sir, don't take it too seriously."

Seeing that Xu Guangqi wanted to refuse, Li Jing said with a smile: "Sir, you don't have to worry about these things, just rest and take care of your body. When your old health recovers, the students still have many things to ask for your advice."

Xu Guangqi wanted to decline, but he was a little out of spirit after talking so much just now, so he sighed and closed his eyes in silence.

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was exhausted, Li Jing hurriedly got up and said, "Sir, take a good rest, and the students will come to see you in two days."

Xu Guangqi shook his head: "If you are busy, don't come here, don't bother about me, an old man."

Li Jing smiled and said, "Then when the New Year comes, I'll come to give you New Year's greetings."

Xu Guangqi sighed helplessly and said nothing more.

After bowing to Xu Guangqi, Li Jing waved to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian patted the back of Xu Guangqi's hand lightly, then got up, and followed Li Jing out of Xu Guangqi's bedroom.

After leaving the dormitory, Li Jing turned to look at Xu Ji who was seeing him off.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing stopped and said, "Brother Xu, I know that the husband's family doesn't have much savings, so if you have any difficulties at home, just tell me."

Xu Ji hurriedly said: "Thank you, Marshal, the Xu family has quite a few acres of land in their hometown, which is enough to support the family."

Li Jingjing nodded, pondered for a while and said: "You have five sons, right? They don't seem to be doing anything to make a living. In the past, my husband didn't allow you to become officials. Now I'll make the decision for you. You choose a capable son and let him When you report to the Ministry of Officials, start from the grassroots level, study hard for a few years, and when you have achieved results, I will promote him."

"The commander-in-chief is so kind, the Xu family doesn't know how to repay it." Xu Ji said tearfully.

Li Jing waved his hand: "Brother Xu, you don't have to do this. You deserve it. In fact, if it wasn't for me, my husband wouldn't be so tired. I owe him a lot. This time, I hired one of your sons for personal reasons. Just take it as compensation for you."

After speaking, Li Jing turned his head and said to Xiao Wu: "Remember, let someone come to Xu Mansion and bring someone to report to the Ministry of Officials later."

"Yes!" Xiao Wu hurriedly responded.

Li Jing waved his hand and greeted Zhu Youjian to leave the Xu Mansion.

Sitting on Zhu Youjian's imperial chariot, Li Jing took out Yuan Keli's letter from his bosom and read it again.

After finishing reading, Li Jing sighed lightly, ordered the driver to stop the car, and then said to Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, you go back first, I want to walk around."

"Where is Brother Li going, let me accompany you." Zhu Youjian said hurriedly.

Li Jing shook his head: "I don't want to go anywhere, I just feel a little bored and want to go around and get some air."

"Brother Li, I know that Mr. Yuan and Mr. Xu are sick. You feel uncomfortable. Let me take a break with you!" Zhu Youjian said.

Li Jing looked at Zhu Youjian and nodded slightly.

Getting off the imperial chariot, Li Jing and Zhu Youjian walked aimlessly. Xiao Wu and other guards didn't know where Li Jing was going, and they didn't dare to ask, so they could only be on high alert and guard Li Jing's side step by step.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Li Jing suddenly saw a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him. Li Jing pointed to the front and asked, "Where is that place?"

Xiao Wu looked at it and said with a smile: "That's the South China Sea. It's cold and the water is frozen."

Li Jing was startled, not wanting to come here.Turning his head to look around, he suddenly pointed to a building to the north and said, "Where is Xiyuan, right?"

"Yes." Xiao Wu answered.

Li Jingjing nodded, and said to Zhu Youjian, "Go to Xiyuan to have a look."

Zhu Youjian said in his heart: what is there to see in Xiyuan in the cold weather.

However, he still followed Li Jing in the direction of Xiyuan.

When he got close, Xiao Wu was about to order the guards to open the door, but Li Jing waved his hand to stop the guards from opening the door, but looked at the tall buildings in Xiyuan from afar.

After staring blankly for a while, Li Jing suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this was once the capital of the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom and the Yuan Dynasty. I don't know how the people who built these palaces think about the current scene?"

Zhu Youjian shook his head, neither knowing what Li Jing meant by saying these words, nor how to answer them.

Seeing that Zhu Youjian didn't answer, Li Jing sighed softly and said, "Your Majesty, if we don't work hard, our Forbidden City will be just like the scene here in three or two hundred years."

Zhu Youjian smiled wryly after hearing this, and said, "Actually, it doesn't take three or two hundred years. In the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has gone from bad to worse. The treasury has no money, and the internal funds have been spent. The Forbidden City has not been repaired for many years, and many places have shown dilapidated scenes. Even The Forbidden City has no money to repair it, so Xiyuan naturally can't take care of it."

Li Jing shook his head lightly, it seemed that Zhu Youjian didn't understand what he meant.

Sighing, Li Jing continued: "Da Ming's foundation is actually not bad. As long as the government orders are appropriate, it will not take a few years to reverse the current decline. But it is so difficult to implement a set of effective and long-lasting government orders. Difficulty?
The atmosphere in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is declining. I originally wanted to change this atmosphere by forceful means, but through some clues, Mr. Yuan found that these methods may have other consequences. This consequence is not obvious for the time being, but if it happens in a few days Years, I'm afraid it will be out of control. "

Hearing Li Jing suddenly mention the decree, Zhu Youjian knew that Yuan Keli's letter must have said something inappropriate about the new policy.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian was very curious and wanted to know what Yuan Keli wrote in the letter.But if Li Jing didn't show it to him, he couldn't ask for it.

When Zhu Youjian was feeling itchy, he heard Li Jing sigh: "Mr. Yuan and Mr. Xu have been working hard for the revival of the Ming Dynasty all their lives. Even if their health is failing, they are still thinking about national affairs. Unfortunately, even if I No matter how great the ability is, it can't save their lives, tell me, where will I find such a good teacher in the future!"

Zhu Youjian listened silently, and only then did he know that Li Jing was wandering around because Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi were in poor health and in a bad mood, and wanted to relieve their boredom.

Li Jing stared blankly at the buildings in Xiyuan for a while, then suddenly said: "Your Majesty, do you know the textile factory that I let people open in the capital?"

Zhu Youjian nodded subconsciously, not knowing why Li Jing thought of the factory again.

Li Jing ignored Zhu Youjian's expression, and just said to himself: "Most of the textile factories are female workers. So many women gather in the factory. I don't think it's appropriate for a man to manage the factory. I have to arrange a woman to take charge of the factory. I want to arrange for someone with status from the palace to come out to do this, do you think it will work?"

"Let a woman with status in the palace take care of things? Do you want my concubine to come out and do things?" Zhu Youjian said hesitantly.

Li Jing waved his hand: "Aren't the late emperor's concubines living in the Palace of Compassion? These people have nothing to do all day long, and they need to arrange a large number of court ladies and eunuchs to serve them. I think we should arrange them to come out. Besides, there are those eunuchs in the factory Work, some heavy work does not need to hire men to do it, so women who come to work don't have to worry about damaging their reputation."

"Let the sisters-in-law of the emperor come out to do things, and they have to go in and out of the palace every day. They show their faces like this all day long, and they don't have much respect for the emperor." Zhu Youjian said hesitantly.

Li Jing nodded slightly: "You're right, the late emperor's concubines, especially Empress Yi'an, is the former mother of the country, it's really inappropriate to go in and out of the palace all day, I think they should live in Xiyuan.

In the spring of next year, I will have people repair this place and let them live here, so that they don't have to go in and out of the palace every day.There are also those court ladies and eunuchs who served the first emperor and concubine in the Compassionate Ning Palace were also arranged, so that the palace can save a lot of expenses. "

Zhu Youjian hesitated for a moment and said, "What about security? There are only a few guards in Xiyuan, how can the safety of the queen's wives be guaranteed?"

Li Jing said with a smile: "Don't worry about this. In terms of security, I asked Zhuzi to send a troop to guard Xiyuan. With these people protecting their safety, I don't think anyone would dare to come to Xiyuan to cause trouble here, right?"

Zhu Youjian nodded: "If there are guards, you don't have to worry about safety, but I have to discuss this matter with the emperor's wife, and the emperor's wife must agree to it. I can't make decisions for the emperor's wife."

Li Jing smiled and said, "There's no need to worry, let's talk about it in a year. After all, the factory hasn't been built yet, and it will take some time to repair it here."

Zhu Youjian nodded repeatedly when he heard this, he was afraid that Li Jing would directly make up his mind, and then he would be ashamed to see the emperor's wife again in the future.

"Come on, go in and take a look. I'll see what's going on inside. Don't spend a lot of money on repairs, or I'll lose money in this business." Li Jing laughed.

"Hehe, I heard that Brother Li never trades at a loss. I really want to see Brother Li lose money once." Zhu Youjian laughed.

Li Jing was startled, and suddenly burst out laughing.

After laughing for a while, Li Jing patted Zhu Youjian's shoulder lightly: "I don't do business that loses money, but it doesn't matter if you spend more money.

I think that many parts of the palace also need to be repaired. In the spring of next year, I estimate that the provinces will release a batch of tax money to the treasury. At that time, I will ask the treasury to allocate a little bit, and you will personally subsidize a little bit. Let's repair the palace, you As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the place where he lived should not be too shabby. "

Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Hehe, I was just about to tell you about this. Just now you only talked about building Xiyuan, but didn't mention building the imperial palace. I was just about to tell you about it."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "The palace has been in disrepair for many years. It should have been repaired a long time ago. It's just that the treasury has no money, so it has been put on hold. Now that I can build the Xiyuan, how can I leave the palace? Your Majesty, Li Jing will not do this without measure." things."

While talking and joking, Li Jing and Zhu Youjian were about to enter Xiyuan. At this moment, they heard hurried footsteps from a distance.

Li Jing looked back, but Fang Fang was walking towards Xiyuan with a group of people.

When Li Jing saw it, he stopped in his tracks and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, and he has no solution. Hehe, I just want to talk to him."

Zhu Youjian nodded with a smile.

Fang Fang and others walked in, and after saluting Zhu Youjian and Li Jing, Fang Fang said with a smile: "Why did the commander come to Xiyuan, please tell me to wait a long time to look for it."

(End of this chapter)