Xia Xun has really cultivated his moral character in the countryside. He has visited almost all the nearby scenic spots. If there is no urgent matter, his people will come every three days to report some important events that happened in the court.
He reported that Xia Xun only wanted to briefly understand the important things that happened in the court.
On this day, Xia Xun's family visited Putang again. There are many mountains and ravines here, green pines and bamboos, tinkling milk springs, and winding mountain trails. There are various trees and shrubs, hanging wisterias, towering ancient trees, and bamboo forests.
When the sea and mountain breeze comes slowly, you will see a vast expanse of blue from a distance, and the dancing bamboo shadows up close, like the sound of nature. Wandering among them, you will forget all the favors and disgrace, and feel relaxed and happy.
After swimming in Putang, Xia Xun and his family returned to the other courtyard in high spirits. On the road, they could still see people getting married from time to time. Xia Xun didn't know that the people were at the peak of surprise marriages, and the emperor's selection of girls was a matter of competition with him.
No, naturally no one would report this kind of thing to him. If he even inquired about this matter, then there would be nothing in the world that he did not need to know.
When Xia Xun returned to the other courtyard, Xu Jiang arrived just in time.
Today is not a fixed date for reporting every three days. Xia Xun knew that there must be an emergency and hurriedly took him to the study. After asking, he found out that it was the emperor who was on a northern tour. The information Ming'er had learned before was true. Emperor Yongle
Sure enough, we went on a northern tour.
During this northern tour, Zhu Di still ordered the crown prince to supervise the country, and issued an edict to the world. Along the way, the prince was only one way away from the royal city to greet him. Officials, soldiers and civilians were in the territory to meet him, and no one was allowed to leave the country except where he passed. All road supplies were provided.
Already scrupulously prepared, no one can contribute anything.
He also ordered that all important matters from the six ministries and provinces, as well as the coming of foreign barbarians to the court, should be sent to Xingxing. Small matters should be sent to Jinling and reported to the crown prince.
The scholar Huang Huai, the left envoy Yang Shiqi stayed to assist the prince; the Hubu Shangshu Xia Shuji, the right entrustment Jin Youzi, the Imperial Academy scholar Hu Guang, and the right concubine Yang Rong's retinue.
Xia Xun had known this for a long time, so he was naturally not surprised. Others were puzzled by the emperor's frequent visits to the north, but he knew clearly that the emperor's heart was in the north, and he was eager to move the capital. However, moving the capital was a matter of concern.
It's so important that the Emperor has not revealed it yet, and we don't know how long he will keep it secret.
Xia Xun listened to Xu Jiang's report and knew the emperor's whereabouts and personnel adjustments. As long as he was aware of it, there was no room for him to comment on the matter. The emperor had left Jinling, and the prince was in charge of the court.
Nothing major would happen during this time, so Xia Xun felt relieved to stay in another courtyard for a while, and there was no need to rush back to Beijing.
At this time, in several counties under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Prefecture, you can see wedding reception teams playing and playing music everywhere. The most difficult thing to find now is the matchmaker, master of ceremonies and trumpeters, so that they have raised the price several times, but the supply is still in short supply. Some families with small families have small families.
Let's not worry about these things at all, just put the girl into new clothes, cover her head with a red hijab, carry her to the groom's house on a donkey, and it's considered a marriage.
Who is willing to let his biological daughter be separated for a slim chance of glory and wealth, and may even say farewell forever? Although finding a husband in a hurry may not be satisfactory, at least you can get along day and night, and you can see your relatives from time to time.
It's better than being sent to the palace and waiting until old age before being able to leave the palace, or never being able to come out, and finding a eunuch to work as a vegetable farmer.
Matchmakers are really running out of money these days. Later, the trend of emergency weddings became more and more popular. A kind of panic began to spread rapidly among the people. Just like the salt grab incident in 2011, surprise marriages have reached a certain level.
It's morbid. The panic is unstoppable. If any parents are not anxious to find a husband for their daughter, then there are some girls who are so anxious that they hang themselves.
Thus, a custom that was only popular on the grasslands began: bride-stealing!
Different from the custom of robbing brides and robbing women on the grassland, now it is robbing men. Anyone with outstanding looks or a decent career has become the target of being robbed. When they are robbed at home and they are knocked down to get married, you have no idea whether you want to admit it or not.
This kind of custom is especially common in rural areas, where the wealthy gentry have no problem with local affairs and want to snatch a son-in-law back, without fear of him turning against him later.
The people are in panic, and the grass and trees are all at war. Many families who have been registered are also eager to marry their daughters. They hold on to the hope of contingency: "My daughter is already married and is no longer a young girl. What can you do to me?"
This trend quickly aroused the vigilance of the government. Ying Tianfu notified the local governments to strictly prohibit getting married during the female draft period. The inspection departments in various places set up checkpoints at large and small intersections to prevent young women from walking around or getting married during this period.
No visiting friends were allowed, and they all went home to wait for the draft girls. This move by the government, encouraged by the good guys, actually fueled the situation, and the panic among the people became more serious.
The rumors became more and more outrageous. Later, it was said that all young women who did not have a man were required to participate in the talent show. As a result... some young widowed women also hurriedly joined the army of surprise marriages.
Young men with better time conditions have become a hot commodity, and each family has about a dozen matchmakers or the girl's parents waiting for him to choose.
The matchmaker and the girl's parents are both very smart, and they are not willing to hang themselves from a tree. What if the young man's family doesn't like his girl? So they cast a wide net and caught whatever fish they wanted. Zhang Jiagang said he wanted to
After thinking about it, they left the Zhang family and immediately went to the Li family to propose marriage. As a result, the Zhang family and the Li family agreed, so a girl got married twice and even three times. Several families had to marry each other.
To draw a trap.
The aloof Emperor Yongle would never have thought that entering a palace would be regarded as entering the gate of hell among the people.
In Jinling City, the Lijia security guards also went from door to door to inform.
There is only one family outside Jubaomen.
The Jinyi Xiaowei, the eunuchs in the palace, and the officials from Yingtian Mansion. This trio knocked on the door of a house and entered the house. The Jinyi Xiaowei showed off his power and said with authority: "What's going on? Isn't your daughter supposed to go there today?"
Does the government accept the selection? Why is there no movement?"
The owner seemed to be a knowledgeable scholar. He was dressed in a green shirt and had three long beards. He said calmly and calmly: "The emperor's rule is not to select the daughters of officials when selecting women. Women from official families are not included in the show. This rule
,hasn’t changed?”
"oh?"
The Jin Yiwei looked him up and down, then cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Disrespectful! Disrespectful! It turns out that I am actually an official. I don't know where I am an official?"
The host said proudly: "Master Chen Yingchen, the imperial envoy of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is my brother-in-law!"
The little eunuch quickly stepped forward and pulled the Jin Yiwei guard over, and whispered: "Captain Ma, since this family is a relative of Chen Buyuan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, we can't afford to offend him. Forget it, forget it, we don't lack such a person.
, let’s go, let’s go to someone else’s house!”
It's a good thing that the owner of the house didn't mention Chen Ying. The Jin Yiwei and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are sworn enemies. As soon as he mentioned Chen Ying, the Jin Yiwei refused to give up. He had already had the idea of competing with him, but now he heard this little eunuch show weakness.
He even refused to agree. He said proudly to the young eunuch: "Eunuch Luo, you are afraid of him Chen Ying, but I, the Jin Yiwei, are not afraid. We are on errands for the emperor. Even if Chen Ying is standing here, why are you afraid of him?"
The little eunuch quickly advised again: "Forget it, forget it, you may not be able to choose if you take her. If you don't provoke such an enemy, Master Ji will inevitably blame you!"
"Ha ha!"
The guard in golden clothes looked up to the sky and laughed, patted the young eunuch on the shoulder and whispered: "Eunuch Luo, you don't know something! If I lower my head today and walk out in dejection, I will make Master Ji unhappy.
.”
"ah?"
The Jin Yiwei curled his lips and said, "Can't you choose? Why can't you choose? Even if his daughter grows up to be ugly, for Chen Ying's sake, we still chose her!"
Captain Jinyi rolled up his arms and sleeves, rushed forward, pointed at the owner of the house and yelled: "What the hell! Your brother-in-law? What your brother-in-law means is that your daughter is just Chen Ying's niece? If this is according to the law
From your point of view, if relatives try to trick relatives, the emperor doesn’t have to choose a beautiful girl! Unless... hey, unless your daughter is Chen Ying’s bastard, then that’s another matter!"
If the daughter of the owner of the house is Chen Ying's biological daughter, wouldn't it mean that Chen Ying's sister and brother are having an affair? These words were so vicious that the owner was so angry that his lips were blue and his face was pale, and his whole body was trembling: "You... you bastard
Zhang Xingzi, what nonsense are you talking about!"
The Jin Yiwei had just boasted to the young eunuch, and when he was scolded, he couldn't keep it off his face. He slapped him in the face, and then kicked him again, causing the owner of the house to lie on the ground, gasping for breath.
Son.
The official from the Yingtian Mansion next to him didn't want to come because he knew about the relationship between this family and the Chenbuyuan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in advance.
He passed by, but he didn't expect that the little eunuch in the palace remembered this family when he took the list last time. He couldn't shirk it and had to bring them here, so he hesitated and said nothing.
The little eunuch in the palace secretly laughed in his heart. Eunuch Mu from Dongchang had ordered that he must find trouble for this family. As expected, he only had to bring the people from Jinyiwei and let him know that this family was related to the capital.
He refused to give up because of his relationship with the Procuratorate.
"master!"
"Daddy!"
A mother and daughter burst out from behind the screen. It turned out to be the wife and daughter of the owner of the house. They were listening to the news behind the screen. When they saw that he had been beaten, they rushed out immediately.
When the guard in Jin Yi looked at her, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Look at this girl, she is very beautiful. Take her away!" After saying that, he stepped forward to pick her up and left. The girl was crying and shouting, and the master of the house was lying on the bed.
Unable to stand up for a moment, he yelled: "Stop him! Don't let him take the lady away!"
The guard in Jinyi held the girl with one hand, pulled out the spring knife with the other, and shouted angrily: "Who the hell dares? If I chop you, it will be in vain!"
The servants in the mansion immediately flinched when they saw it. They watched the Jin Yiwei dragging the girl out. The young eunuch smiled and stretched out his hand to pull the Yingtian Mansion official who looked like an eggplant with frost, and followed the Jin Yiwei out in a swaggering manner.
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At this time, Xiaoying was disguised as a young man in black clothes and had just arrived at the Fuguogong Palace. The eldest girl and the daughter-in-law could not leave the house now. Xiaoying had to disguise herself as a man to enter the city, and her lips were sticky.
With his mustache, he really looks like a handsome and handsome young man.
The door of Duke Fuguo's Mansion looked Xiaoying up and down and asked: "You want to see our master? Do you have any invitations?"
Xiao Ying smiled and said, "I don't want to meet you. Please tell the Duke, just say... just say... Xiao Ying wants to see me. He will naturally know who I am!"
The man said lazily: "I'm sorry, my husband and his wife went to a villa at the foot of Ci Lao Mountain to escape the summer heat. They are not in Beijing."
Sakura was shocked: "Ah? Why is it so unfortunate? This... what should I do?"
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