Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 380
Unexpectedly, what seems to be the hardest is actually the easiest.

In order to make up for their own financial expenses, the later generations of the British royal family had to open Buckingham Palace to the public and allow ordinary people to visit it for a few months every month. Unexpectedly, the Forbidden Palace in Nanjing is similar these days, except that the cashier is not the royal family. But the eunuch.

The Forbidden City in Nanjing was built under the order of Zhu Yuanzhang. It was used for 54 years from Hongwu to Yongle. The area of ​​the palace here is even larger than that of the Forbidden City in the capital. Sales are also a major financial burden in Southern Zhili. Naturally, ministers dare not live in the palace. The Nanjing Forbidden Palace is mainly lived and operated by eunuchs.

Who is the eunuch?What a poor person, almost all of them were born in poverty, but after being castrated, their hearts became distorted along with the dark palace, and they became extremely greedy and vicious. With such a big palace, it's not a pity if you don't want to make some money to spend?

Although many parts of the Forbidden Palace are dilapidated, there are still many scenic spots. You can spend tens of taels of silver to find the eunuch in charge of introducing them, and change into eunuch uniforms, and you can see the scenery that Mr. Zhu enjoyed exclusively back then. I don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang knows, will Xiaoling's coffin be able to hold it?

It's just that I have to find an acquaintance to take it with me, and the eunuch is also afraid of taking risks. Like the great sword of Dongguan in later generations, it is normal to go anywhere without acquaintances. Song Qingshu searched around, and the bearded Ruan volunteered to come forward again.

"Master, why do you have to bring students with you when you come to steal things!"

Wearing a set of eunuch uniforms, no matter how you move around, you feel awkward. Zhang Huangyan's pretty boyish face is wrinkled like a dried radish. He followed behind and complained, but Song Qingshu, who was listening, turned around and reprimanded him sullenly.

"On the road of truth, sacrifices must be endured. If you can't even overcome this difficulty, how can you reach the supreme road?"

The four pillars of life that were sung by later generations, went through the window together, carried the gun together, passed the green together, and divided the dirty together!With Song Qingshu's knowledge, there is no need to think about being classmates with Zhang Huangyan. These days, Pu Cang doesn't break the law, and his friends are not reliable. As for carrying guns together, Song Qingshu doesn't want to have an equal soon. We shared the spoils together.

He even stole the palace together, how could Zhang Huangyan not follow in his footsteps in the future?

However, even if he was tricked into boarding a pirate ship, Zhang Huangyan was aggrieved by his sincere reverence for the imperial power.

"Yuanzheng, this is stealing from the palace!"

"How can it be called stealing? The books we are looking for, stealing books is not considered stealing, but what about scholars can be called stealing?"

This seems to be what Kong Yiji said in the text of the later generations. Song Qingshu felt something was wrong just after he finished speaking, but this time was just when the dead duck was stubborn, how could he show timidity, and Song Qingshu reprimanded with confidence: "If you don't believe me, go back Read it carefully, it was mentioned in an article by a sage named Lu Xun!"

Zhang Huangyan has read a lot of books, but one of the sages of Lu Xun asked him. It seems that he has never heard of this character, but Song Qingshu's vows should not be fools. Who is this Lu Xun sacred?Zhang Huangyan can only wring his milk to remember.

Taking advantage of Zhang Huangyan's time to shut up, Song Qingshu led Shi Lang and the others to speed up their pace again. It can be regarded as walking through the long alley among the palaces, and the spacious imperial garden and Taiye pool of the Ming Palace were suddenly revealed. A red-robed eunuch in charge had already been waiting there.

This guy really doesn't talk about the professional ethics of a tour guide. He reprimanded him with a straight face and hooded head: "When you ordinary people can come to this university once, it is a blessing you have cultivated in your previous life. You should know your duty and learn from Hongliu." From the court to the boating pool on the other side, you can go sightseeing, the line of the boating pool must not be crossed, otherwise the adults in the six departments will be alarmed, and the miscellaneous family will not be able to protect you!"

"I know! I know! The villain knows!"

If you should pretend to be a grandson, you still have to pretend to be a grandson. Song Qingshu hurriedly smiled and handed over another piece of silver. Showing a little smile, gesticulating with his fingers, his eyes almost disappeared from the smile.

"Sensible! After a while, the miscellaneous family will ask the imperial dining room to bring you a pot of fine wine!"

"Eunuch Lao is here!"

Zuo Yi accompanied the smiling face, but seeing the red-robed eunuch in charge waving his orchid fingers and walking away, Song Qingshu turned his face in the first moment.

"Go! Quick!"

Three times and two times, Song Qingshu and others turned over the insurmountable boating pool that the eunuch in charge said, one person dragged it underneath, one person went up the wall first, and then pulled the companion behind. This time they brought a total of 22 long boats. The sergeant of the Beggar Army, who was quite decent, got into the Nanjing Central Government Office neatly.

But as soon as he came in, Song Qingshu was dumbfounded.

The Forbidden City is so big that you can’t finish it in a full day, and the central government office is not too small, and the environment layout of the Yongle Dynasty is very different from the current one. God knows where the A-character archive is now. , which one seems to be here?
Keeping the formation together, they walked forward with their heads lowered like those other eunuchs. When they saw no one was there, they immediately looked around furtively. They wandered from the imperial garden to the Yanying Hall at the back, and walked for half a day. Time, also did not find.

You have to leave the palace before evening, and this time you come in, the next time you come in will be a year later, this is also the rule of the eunuchs, running to the palace every day, what if there is no plan?Song Qingshu couldn't help feeling even more anxious, and went to a library like a small two-story building. No matter what 21 [-], he just waved his hand, and a large group of thieves followed him and broke in, rummaging around in the library. , Dust was flying everywhere, and the books on the shelf crackled and fell to the ground.

It was so hard to die, the door that had just been closed was pushed open, and an official wearing a red official robe with egrets embroidered on his chest strode in. He had just taken two steps, and was immediately blinded by the dust. He sneezed twice, rubbed his red eyes and yelled angrily.

"It's unreasonable, what are you waiting for, ahem, stop quickly!"

Feeling guilty about being a thief, Zhang Huangyan was almost paralyzed with fright. Was he caught stealing things in the palace?It's embarrassing to die, this kid quickly put his head under his head and hid far away behind him.

As expected of being a member of gangsters, Shi Lang greeted him boldly, bowing to the high official.

"Master Hui, in the name of Eunuch An, the miscellaneous family will clean the warehouse to prevent moths from eating."

God knows which Eunuch An is, but the palace lacks everything, so there is no shortage of Eunuch An. The high official also ignored which Eunuch An was, muttered something, and waved his hand arrogantly.

"Don't clean it up, go to the library and immediately adjust the old file about the Sanbao eunuch, I will use it immediately!"

Song Qingshu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this order, what a coincidence?
"Well, my lord, may I ask where to adjust the old files of the Three Treasures Eunuch?"

"Are you the eunuch in charge of the treasury or the official? If the official wants to know, what use do you need?"

Not to mention, this official is very old and has a lot of temper. He jumped up and scolded him. He just scolded a few words, but he was choked by a cloud of dust and coughed again.

"Well, the little ones are all eunuchs, so they don't have that authority? How about you give me a note?"

"Trouble, bad luck!"

The room was really smoky, and the official was really impatient, so he took off the waist card and handed it over.

"Take the official's token!"

Needless to say, this is not a young official. Among the six ministries in Nanjing, the Ministry of Rites is the one with the real power. After all, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the sacrifices of the three ancestral tombs. With that waist card, Song Qingshu was really happy Hua, hastily bowed again pretending to be a grandson, and replied with a smile.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely make good use of it!"

A group of thieves are also foolish and bold, with chicken feathers as arrows, who is still tumbling here, Song Qingshu yelled, and twenty or so beggar soldiers followed him and slipped out, but just two steps away, the servant started yelling again .

"and many more!"

Just when Zhang Huangyan was most guilty, this guy walked up to him, pointed to his chin and asked, "You eunuch, why do you have a beard?"

Song Qingshu's later generations had the habit of shaving their beards. Not many under his command had beards, and even a lot of their hair was cut short. Zhang Huangyan was an orthodox scholar, young, and had a goatee.

"Oh, this guy has only entered the palace not long ago, he is shy, and he is afraid that he will be mentally disturbed, so he posted a fake one, look at it, my lord, as soon as he squeezes it out, he will get it down!"

Just when Zhang Huangyan was stuttering and trembling, Song Qingshu unexpectedly went up and slapped him with a smile, and only heard a sound of oops, half of his goatee was torn off, and the pain was so painful that he almost cried.

"Don't reveal your secrets! Don't reveal your secrets!"

Suppressing a laugh, he reminded in a low voice, under Zhang Huangyan's smiling face, which was uglier than crying, Song Qingshu held up the mustache with both hands. Who knows, the servant didn't even look at it, and waved his hand directly: "This is the case! Let's stick it!"

At this time, even Song Qingshu was a little dumbfounded. Under Zhang Huangyan's murderous gaze, he dryly spit again, slapped it, and posted it again.

Such an episode made this journey of stealing treasures in the palace much more enjoyable. Immediately, holding chicken feathers as arrows, Song Qingshu and his party swaggered, kicking open the library one by one, finding a small eunuch and showing the sign, and finally found the fourth old one. The library of the archives can be regarded as having found a basement.

It is estimated that no one has been here for at least 100 years. The dust is as thick as the soles of shoes. Holding his nose, Shi Lang opened the door of the basement, let the air out for a while, and a group of people went down carefully. .

"The right platform on the ground floor of the East Pavilion, the third bookshelf, that's right, it's here, bring the lamp!"

Then the lantern was groping in the dust behind the bookshelf. There really was a dark cabinet, and he didn't care about getting it dirty. Song Qingshu wiped the wall clean with his sleeve, and then wiped the sharp Persian-style towel in the middle of the golden book with trembling hands. The meteorite key is stuffed in.

With the bang of the lock, the tightly closed door of the dark pavilion opened with a whimper, and pulled it open impatiently. After coughing a few times from being choked by the ashes, Song Qingshu held up the lantern. Looking inside, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The eunuch of Sanbao believed in Islam. Persian-style scrolls and parchments were piled up in the secret cabinet. On the top parchment scroll, there were vaguely printed the blueprints of the treasure ship from that year. Just take out a volume, it is "Manchu Jiaji Book" , the above detailed records of the nearby mountains, rivers, rivers, customs and customs.

"Your Majesty, here is another letter!"

As Zhang Huangyan, who was covering his cheeks, stretched out his finger, a dusty letter came into view...

(End of this chapter)