Chapter 1036: Will do what you want (sixth update, please vote for me!)
The Fuguo Palace is moving to Beijing.《》
Once he goes to Beijing, he will stay in Beijing for a long time. Only a few family members can stay in Nanjing to take care of this house. In the future, they will only stay here briefly when he goes south for a tour, so all the maids and maids in the Duke's mansion have to follow him north.
The servants who were originally employed locally were reluctant to leave their homeland, so they were sent away, and they were recruited again when they arrived in Beijing. Those who were relegated as official slaves or those who had signed a deed of sale had to go with them.
There are more than a thousand people in the Fuguogong's mansion, plus their families, old and young, totaling five to six thousand people. These people all have luggage, and the team is so vast that it can load eight large ships.
In Yanziji, Xia Xun and his family were about to board the ship. The royal relatives, dignitaries and heroes in Nanjing had all moved to Nanjing. The officials who had not had time to move were thousands of miles away from their status as Fu Guogong.
He was not qualified to see him off, so Liu Yujue was the only one who saw him off.
"Brother, take care!"
Xia Xun bowed his hand to Liu Yujue, and Liu Yujue returned the bow and said with some disappointment: "My eldest brother has been gone for two years, and now that he is back, he and his younger brother are really related to each other. There are so many etiquettes."
Xia Xun laughed: "Haha, people say it's not strange to be polite to many people, but you think I'm too polite, okay, okay, okay, okay, then I won't say more, I will leave now, you..."
As soon as he said this, a horse flew over and shouted from afar: "Master Fuguo! Master Fuguo!"
Xia Xun and Liu Yujue looked in surprise, and saw a man dressed as a servant of a wealthy family galloping over on a black horse. Because Xia Xun was wearing casual clothes, he didn't dare to recognize him. He quickly got off his horse and saluted: "I wonder who is the Duke of Fuguo?
"
Liu Yujue said: "This is Duke Fuguo. Whose family do you belong to? What can I do for you?"
After hearing this, the servant hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to Xia Xun, and said: "Master Guo, the younger one is the servant of Duke Cao Guo's house. Duke Cao will be here soon. Please wait a moment, Duke Guo. ""
"Oh! Li Jinglong?"
Xia Xun was a little surprised. He and Li Jinglong hadn't dealt with him for a long time. He didn't expect that the Duke of Cao, who had been idle at home, would come to see him off. Xia Xun asked Liu Yujue in a low voice: "Hasn't Duke Cao moved to Beijing yet?"
Liu Yujue stayed in Nanjing to deal with the aftermath. The so-called aftermath was actually to urge all the powerful officials, civil and military ministers who should move to Beijing not to be reluctant and procrastinate. Therefore, although Li Jinglong had long since faded out of the political arena, Liu Yujue was clear about his movements.
Chu, then said: "Cao Guogong fell ill a few days ago, so he did not move north in time..."
This was meant for Cao Guogong's servant. After Liu Yujue said this, he immediately lowered his voice and whispered: "As far as I know, the illness is just a fake, because he doesn't want to let go of his fields and houses, and many shops are abandoned here.
, except for a few places that were managed by his henchmen, he handled all the other fields, houses, and shops with his own hands, selling them one by one and exchanging them for gold and silver."
Xia Xun couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
At the beginning, Li Jinglong was accused by Chen Ying and others, "It is extremely unethical to sit at home and receive an audience from the pavilion as if it were the courtesy of a monarch and ministers; his younger brother added more branches and established a farmland, and raised thousands of children and servants, which has ulterior motives." When Emperor Yongle questioned him, Jinglong was horrified.
, Mengzhi went on a hunger strike and stayed alive for ten days. Later, he lost his relationship with Xia Xun and asked him for an idea, so that he could save himself.
In the original history, Li Jinglong would have lost his title due to this catastrophe, and the Cao Guogong line ended in three generations. Because of Xia Xun's intervention, his title was actually saved, but after this disaster, Li Jinglong's frivolous temper changed.
He often restrained his family members and lived a peaceful life, and gradually faded out of the officialdom and the circle of relatives. From then on, Li Jinglong was no longer keen on power, but his interest in money greatly increased.
Since Li Jinglong was coming to see him off, Xia Xun and Liu Yujue had no choice but to wait at the pier. After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a group of people appeared in the distance. Xia Xun and Liu Yujue were a little surprised when they saw it.
There are hundreds of cars, and there are a large number of entourages on both sides of the convoy. Is this a gift? Why is it like moving.
Just as he was surprised, several horses galloped up first, and when they arrived in front of Xia Xun, they got off their horses one after another. The next person, wearing a brocade robe and a cloak, stepped forward quickly, cupped his fists towards Xia Xun and said, "Wenxuan, long time no see, long time no see! I'm so ashamed, so ashamed.
I was busy with family affairs for my brother, and I didn’t hear the news until Wenxuan was about to leave. Fortunately, it was still in time. ("")"
This man was none other than Li Jinglong. Xia Xun originally thought that he was much fatter than he was back then because he was pampered at home, but at first glance, he saw that he had a clear face, but he was actually thinner than he was then.
This Li Jinglong was already a dignified person, but now his temperament is less frivolous and lazy than when he was young, and he is more talented, and there is a spirit of energy in his bones. It seems that after leaving officialdom, Li Jinglong's ability to cultivate his character has greatly increased.
Xia Xun hurriedly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Jiujiang, long time no see, long time no see. What are you..."
Xia Xun pointed at the long motorcade behind him, and Li Jinglong suddenly laughed: "Haha, blame me, blame me, I knew the news was late, and I was afraid that Wenxuan would just leave and be unable to catch up, so I sent people to chase the Duke without explaining anything.
reason."
Li Jinglong said: "Brother, I'm not here to see you off, I'm here to go north with you!"
Xia Xun was startled for a moment, seemed a little nervous, blinked his eyes, and then said: "You...you...are going north with me...?"
Li Jinglong smiled and said: "Yes, I didn't catch up with the previous princes and ministers who moved north. If I delay it any longer, I won't be able to send New Year greetings to the emperor in time. But with so many people in my family, it's too difficult to travel by land.
We are taking the water route, which is very windy and rough, and occasionally there are small groups of pirates. Do you think I can protect the house with just a few servants like me?"
As Li Jinglong spoke, he tapped his boots with his horse scabbard and said in a leisurely manner: "I heard that Wenxuan is going north. It's great. We just want to keep him company."
"Uh... uh... uh..."
"Um?"
Li Jinglong was a little unhappy: "Wenxuan, is it possible that you don't want to travel with me, Li Jinglong?"
"No, no, no, brother Jiujiang, what are you talking about? I mean...oh, my boat is full of people. Brother Jiujiang, who has a family of men, women and children, this..."
"Hahahaha..., you, you, you Yang Wenxuan, hahaha, you also get confused sometimes, you think there are so many of me, how can I take your boat? I just want to go with you.
,Here, look, my ship is here."
Li Jinglong raised his whip and pointed his finger. Xia Xun turned around and saw two large ships sailing down the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in a swaggering manner. They stopped at the riverside. Li Jinglong turned around and ordered: "Hurry up, hurry up, move the things on board first."
Boat, let’s go with Duke Fu.”
"Hula la!" A group of women and children came first. They were Li Jinglong's wives and concubines. They rushed to the big boat. Among them, a beautiful young woman in her thirties gave Xia Xunying a blessing and called out in a sweet voice: "Fu Guo"
male!"
Xia Xun Dingqing took a look and saw that it was Li Jinglong's concubine Yi Zhuo.
Immediately, the servants, maids and maids started moving things to the boat, leaving Xia Xun stunned.
Li Jinglong glanced at Xia Xun, leaned closer and whispered: "Wenxuan, I have a good friend of yours here who also wants to go to Beijing with me. Originally, he wanted to take my boat, but now I
I want to go with you, but I have to tell you."
Xia Xun had not yet woken up from the shock. Hearing what Li Jinglong said, he was even more shocked and said: "Which one else is there?"
Li Jinglong turned around and smiled, and one of his guards appeared, clasped his fists towards Xia Xun, called out: "My lord!" and burst into tears.
When Xia Xun saw it, he couldn't help but stand speechless on the spot.
It turned out that this person was Xie Jin. Xie Jin was sent to prison by Ji Gang. After Ji Gang was executed, Xie Jin was naturally released. However, Emperor Yongle refused to resume his official position. Xie Jin was an official fan and he was only four years old.
When he was more than ten years old, he was unwilling to go home to retire, so he stayed in Jinling to smoothen the relationship.
However, his popularity is not very good to begin with. He only has a good relationship with a few colleagues in the cabinet. However, he was originally the chief minister of the cabinet. If he is invited back, all the cabinet ministers will have to take a step back and make way for him. Who can be so selfless?
That kind of situation?
As a result, Xie Jin had been active in Beijing for a long time and achieved nothing. Xie Jin had no choice but to go to Beijing to look for another opportunity. At first, he relied on the "Yongle Yuji Enthronement Edict" to make a fortune. When he arrived in Beijing, he might not have the opportunity to enter another one.
The article was appreciated by the emperor.
But when he was in prison, in order to save him from suffering, he took care of his family and dissipated all their wealth. Now the family is so poor that they only have books. Xie Jin's books are not good. Not to mention the collection of one hundred thousand volumes.
But he loved books as much as his life, and he was reluctant to sell them. As a result, he couldn't even raise the expenses, so he wanted to take his family on a smooth sailing.
Ordinary officials really don't dare to take him with them. This unlucky figure in the officialdom is just a broom star. Who wants to build relationships with him? His in-laws, Hu Guang, now the chief minister of the cabinet, were among the first to go to Beijing.
,it can not be helped.
As a result, Jie Jin found Li Jinglong. The two of them had known each other in their early years. Not to mention, it was probably because they were both from Tianya, or because Li Jinglong had long given up on the idea of reentering officialdom and didn't mind catching up with someone like this.
Unlucky, I agreed.
However, Li Jinglong delayed taking care of the pots and jars at home for a long time, and Li Jinglong also missed the best opportunity to go north. It was not until today that he learned that Xia Xun was going north that he came to accompany him.
Xie Jin knew that he had repeatedly ignored Xia Xun's advice, which disappointed Xia Xun. He had been active in Nanjing for so long, and no one among the officials was willing to help him. A big reason was that Xia Xun had given up on him. Because of this
Because of the high level of consideration, officials were too lazy to help.
Xie Jin himself was a little shy to meet his old friend. When Li Jinglong pointed him out, Xie Jin was so ashamed that he had no choice but to step forward to meet him. When Xia Xun saw him, he couldn't help but be even more shocked. Xie Jin was so ashamed that he didn't even look up
If he dared to raise it, he just bowed his head and called out: "My lord!"
Xia Xun looked at this talented official fan, and after a while he smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Gentleman..."
Xie Jin said: "Xie Jin dare not call him such a duke anymore. Xie Jin is extremely ashamed for not living up to the high expectations of the duke. Originally, Xie Jin had no face to see the duke again, so he asked for the help of Duke Cao and took him on his train.
The boat goes to Beijing, and I don’t want to avoid meeting the Duke..."
Speaking of this, Xie Jin couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.
Xia Xun looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, thinking only in his mind: "These two living treasures...could this be God's will?"
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