The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 611

[611. Chapter 592 The streets are deserted]

. Xishan is recruiting bookmakers.

All of a sudden, the land in four villages and eight miles seemed to explode.

“There’s more, there’s more!” The security chief continued: “If people come to Xishan to apply for recruitment, the local government can do it easily. Here is the seal of the Zhenguo Mansion, personally signed by His Highness the Crown Prince.”

But the one who listened carefully just now No one, old or young, paid any attention to the security chief anymore.

Xishan is recruiting a thousand dealers!

There is white flour in Xishan. You can eat white flour for three meals a day. Not only that, there are also bacon during the New Year and festivals, and the children can study.

Compared with this era, the vast majority of people only have two meals a day, but the favorable conditions in Xishan are fatally attractive to everyone.

After receiving this news, many young men set off immediately without much hesitation. With such a good opportunity, I am afraid that there are many people who want to go, and they also want to try their luck.

If he can really be taken in by Xishan, then there must be smoke coming out of the ancestral grave. Then Biaozi can still live so happily, how can I be worse than Biaozi?

They say people are cheap when they leave their hometown, but the benefits of Xishan are real. Not to mention other things, the hot white rice alone is enough to encourage people.

So the vast crowd of people were all moving towards the same goal.

But at this time, the local prefecture and county filed a memorial and reported the matter.

Emperor Hongzhi, who was in the Forbidden City, had been frowning and troubled for the past few days. He even felt listless while reviewing memorials in the Nuan Pavilion. Emperor Hongzhi had only roughly read the memorials from Dongchang Mansion in Shandong. .

Xishan is recruiting bankers… Are people from Shandong also joining in the fun?

Although Dongchang Mansion is adjacent to Beizhili and not far away, Emperor Hongzhi still smiled!

Regarding the concerns of local officials, he just reviewed and said: “Everything should be done in accordance with the government of the town. Officials along the way are not allowed to make things difficult.”

Putting down the pen, Emperor Hongzhi briefly read a few such reports, but did not take them to heart. , I was just thinking about it, Xishan was recruiting bankers again, but I didn’t know what tricks Fang Jifan planned to use.

A thousand households is not too small.

The biggest headache for Emperor Hongzhi was the snowflakes of memorials. That didn’t matter. These impeachment memorials could be left unpublished, and they could pretend not to have seen them. The results of the imperial examinations could also be decided later!

But the problem is that tomorrow is the mid-month court meeting.

The court meeting was held twice a month. It was a major court meeting, so officials from Qingliu and the fifth rank or above were required to participate. When Emperor Chenghua was still alive, he hid in the harem all year round and did not care about foreign affairs. The court meeting was almost in name only. But after the Hongzhi Dynasty, , Unless encountering extremely special circumstances, Emperor Hongzhi was almost unstoppable.

This court discussion…did Emperor Hongzhi still choose to avoid it?

If you avoid it, this will not be the style of Emperor Hongzhi.

But once you are enthroned, facing hundreds of court officials, countless censors and officials, what will happen to these people who are sharpening their swords?

After Emperor Hongzhi thought about it, he no longer had the intention to continue reading the memorial. He pushed the memorial to another corner unhappily and closed the door to rest.

Xiao Jing on the side seemed to know what His Majesty was thinking: “Your Majesty, tomorrow’s court meeting…”

“Let it be held as scheduled.” Emperor Hongzhi said calmly: “There is no use hiding. Let them take care of themselves on the right and wrong. Please understand.”

“I obey the order.”

Early

the next morning, as the morning sun shone across the earth, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan set off to attend the early morning meeting!

They took five disciples and rushed directly to the Meridian Gate!

Outside the Meridian Gate, there were already crowds of people. Everyone had their own concerns, some had their own thoughts, and some were hesitant and ambitious.

Naturally, especially a group of young Qingliu people are the most energetic. Who doesn’t want to leave a name in history and speak out for justice? This is a great opportunity. The civil service system of the Ming Dynasty has completely suppressed the nobles and the eunuchs in the palace. They are no longer their opponents. Under the influence of speaking out for justice, there are a group of Hanlin officials who are good at criticism. , there is also a group of censors who are proud of not obeying the imperial edict.

Zhu Houzhao’s mood seemed completely unaffected, and he was whistling like a normal person.

This is very annoying.

Such a big incident caused an explosion in Beijing, but His Royal Highness was still so leisurely, pretending that nothing happened.

In fact, what everyone doesn’t like is the prince’s attitude. If you encounter something like this, why don’t you pretend to be sad for a while? If you admit your mistake, won’t things be settled?

But Zhu Houzhao was whistling. He didn’t have to enter the palace through the Meridian Gate, but he had to enter the palace through the Meridian Gate. In front of a large audience, he happily entered the Meridian Gate first, leaving only a beautiful back to everyone.

………

Yang Tinghe got up before dawn today, and then got on the sedan chair early and rushed on his way.

Today’s court meeting is a crucial opportunity. It depends on whether I, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, can turn around and become an idol-like pioneer for countless scholars.

Since your official career is blocked, you might as well become a victim and use the emperor and the prince to suppress you to show your character and show your style of ancient ministers who refused to compromise in order to defend the famous religion. So even if you are fighting for this today It doesn’t matter whether he was deposed or Yang Tinghe was hated by the emperor and the prince, and even the cabinet ministers hated him.

However, his sedan chair suddenly stopped after passing a few neighborhoods. Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and couldn’t help but said, “What’s the matter?”

The sedan bearer said, “There are many people blocking the road ahead.”

“Oh.” Yang Tinghe raised his eyebrows and said, “What day is today?”

“In return, sir.” The bearer replied, “I heard that Xishan is recruiting villagers, and we will start recruiting today. So…” “

Oh.” Yang Tinghe I didn’t take it seriously!

They are just recruiting bankers. His Royal Highness the Prince and Fang Jifan are really calm. They still have such leisure at this time!

He was still sitting in the sedan chair and said slowly: “Go around.”

“Yes.”

…

The entire capital was already deserted.

Maybe the people who went to court early in the morning didn’t have the slightest idea about this.

Recruiting bankers in Xishan is a trivial matter. The ministers don’t care, and the scholars don’t care either. After all, to them, it’s not even an anecdote.

The ministers and scholars were just staring at today’s court discussion. It seemed that a discussion about new learning and Neo-Confucianism was about to begin. In a sense, this big discussion was a reflection of many people’s criticism of Xishan Academy’s use of stereotypes to select scholars. After all the benefits, some sort of counterattack comes to an end.

But there are also things that scholars are concerned about in temples. Ordinary people are different from scholars. They have their own concerns.

Xishan is recruiting villagers, and the entire Northern Zhili has heard about it. The borders of Shandong and Henan, as well as Shanxi and Datong, many people who have heard about it have already been waiting for today’s official recruitment day.

Since the news came out seven or eight days ago, people from nearby prefectures and counties have left their homes and surged towards Xishan. There is an endless stream of people going to Xishan. Naturally, many people are not qualified to enter the capital, so they are all in the outer city. Settlement at the foot of the city wall.

To those who are high up in the world, or those who can afford food and clothing, Xishan is nothing, but to the millions of people in the world, once they are lucky enough to enter Xishan, even if they are just the lowest farmers, they can contribute to the government and the government. Serving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is a great thing, it is like smoke rising from the ancestral grave.

Over the years, Xishan has had an excellent reputation among ordinary people. They can have enough to eat and have a place to buy their strength. After working for a few years, they can build a brick house, their son can study, and even if he is lucky, he can soar into the sky. , this… is there such a paradise in the world?

Wang Jinyuan was so busy that his feet never touched the ground.

The flying team had already taken off and was observing the situation on the ground. Yang Biao couldn’t help but be stunned when he saw the scene below.

It was completely dark and there were people everywhere.

“We’re just recruiting a thousand farmers, why are so many people here?”

Shen Ao took a telescope and looked down, but said: “No, something might happen. So many people gathered at once. There are so many people from all directions.” It’s not more than 100,000. Once something happens, it will be terrible. We must quickly mobilize people to maintain it, otherwise something will happen.”

“Otherwise, the Flying Team…” Yang Biao suddenly stopped talking. Confidence.

How many people are there in the Flying Team? It’s not enough to fill the gap between the teeth of these hundreds of thousands of people. How could so many people appear all of a sudden in and around the capital, as well as in Datong, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan?

Some people carried poles, put their children in baskets, and carried dolls in front and back, pushing among the crowd.

There were strong men trying desperately to pull away the people blocking the way.

There was also a child who was lost for a while and cried loudly.

Here in Xishan, so many people suddenly came. The pressure was too great. Wang Jinyuan was so anxious that he was sweating. How could so many people come? Looking at the long and crowded queue, Wang Jinyuan had to move the mine. All the miners are here!

I feel unsure, just afraid that something will happen.

………

“My mother, don’t squeeze, don’t squeeze… give way, let me come first…”

“Straight bitch, squeeze your eggs…”

“Brother… give way , give way…”

People are like crazy, fearing that they will miss their opportunity.

Some people were stunned when they saw this. They pulled these people over and asked, “What are you doing here?”

“What are you doing? Go to Xishan and lend your strength to the prince and Dingyuan Marquis.”

The person who asked the question was obviously a scholar. The scholar’s expression A little frozen: “Selling your strength, what are you selling your strength for?”

As a result, this scholar with a turban and a scholar was despised by others: “Of course it is to eat white flour, if there is white flour to eat, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Dingyuan Marquis must wait for all generations. If they can give They are very beautiful even if they work like cows or horses.”

“Okay, okay, don’t block the way, we have to hurry, we country people don’t know anything, let’s go…”

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The second chapter has arrived. My head is a little bloated from coding. Let’s see if I can write the third and fourth chapters. This time I have a cold and I have no strength, and my head is numb. It took me a long time to write this chapter. Well, please give me some monthly votes, and then we can continue.

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