That day I stayed in Zhaozhou City, Beizhili, which is the Zhaozhou with the thousand-year-old Zhaozhou Bridge and the Zhaozhou where the Li family of Zhaojun with five surnames and seven families existed thousands of years ago.
But it was already evening when we arrived, and we would continue our journey tomorrow morning, so Qin Dewei still had no time to visit the historical sites.
Emperor Jiajing lived in a palace converted from a state mansion, while Qin Dewei lived in a dilapidated official residence next to it, sharing the same courtyard with several other ministers.
This condition made Bachelor Qin, who had been arrogant and licentious for several years, in a trance, thinking that he was receiving an educational activity about remembering hardships and thinking about sweetness.
Before he could get used to the earthen kang, he saw Xu Miaojing leading a young man in his twenties in colorful clothes from outside to the door of the house.
Without any introduction, Qin Dewei knew that this young man in rich attire was the contemporary Dingguo Duke Xu Yande, whom he had met when he went to court.
After all, as the Duke of the country, Xu Yande was in the front row of military ministers during court meetings. He would become familiar with it after attending court frequently.
Speaking of which, the three most important princes in the capital today, Duke Ying, Duke Cheng and Duke Ding, happen to be all in their twenties.
Academician Qin let Mr. Xu in, met each other politely in the room, and sat down separately for guest and host.
Xu Yande started the conversation and said, "We are both in the capital, and we have always lost touch with Qin. It's all my fault."
Qin Dewei responded: "I have admired the reputation of the Duke for a long time, but I just didn't have the chance to pay him a visit."
Xu Yande smiled again and said: "How can you say it's not fate? Scholar Qin is married to the Xu family in the capital. In terms of seniority, you and I are also brothers."
Qin Dewei just kept saying: "How dare you, how dare you." He never said anything further.
Xu Yande glanced at Xu Miaojing and saw that this "Xu family member" was standing firmly behind Qin Dewei, and it was clear at a glance who was close or distant.
Xu Yande could only sigh at this, lowered his figure, and said proactively: "There will be a long time to come. Mr. Qin and my Xu family have always been destined, and my Xu family is naturally willing to get close to Mr. Qin."
Qin Dewei was stunned, what did Xu Yande have in mind?
As a prince, he is extremely wealthy and has stood at the forefront in every court. How can he be so humble to himself? He has no ability to turn the prince into a prince.
After sending Xu Yande away, Qin Dewei turned to Xu Miaojing and asked: "What is he planning?"
Xu Miaojing sighed: "Brother-in-law may not know much about the affairs of the honorable circle. The previous generation Dingguo Gong was ordered to live idle because of his conviction. It has been idle and refrigerated for nearly forty years since the early years of Chenghua.
Since then, the reputation of the Xu family of Duke Dingguo has plummeted. In the past thirty years, it has been in a state of decline and has not been reused. Now Duke Xu wants to revive the reputation of the family."
Qin Dewei suddenly realized it. In fact, he understood it after comparing it.
The contemporary Duke Cheng, Zhu Xizhong, was also in his twenties and had already worshiped heaven and earth on behalf of the emperor. He was also the deputy governor during this southern tour.
However, it has been ten years since Xu Yande, the Duke of Ding, has assumed the title of Duke. He has no errands and is only an empty Duke.
Of course, Qin Dewei has no motivation at all to help this "relative". As a powerful minister, who would be interested in dealing with the clan and vases unique to the Ming Dynasty?
Of course, it is not ruled out that you will be happy to be licked, and you will help a few times when you are interested. This is the willfulness of a big man.
At this time, suddenly there was a burst of noise from outside, and I didn't know what happened.
But no matter what happened, something must have gone wrong. This is where the palace is, so making such noise is a crime in itself!
Xu Miaojing, a guard in royal robes, changed her face and said hurriedly to Qin Dewei: "I'll go take a look!" Then in a few short steps, she rushed outside the courtyard gate.
Qin Dewei greeted his entourage and walked outside. At the same time, many other ministers came out and looked at the source of the noise.
But in the distance on the street outside the palace gate, people were kneeling and shouting, making it very noisy. Gu Qin
Hundreds of pro-military officers blocked the street to prevent this group of civilians from approaching the palace gate.
Qin Dewei subconsciously said to himself: "It tastes like that."
In the TV series of the previous life, when the emperor went on patrol or visited privately incognito, he would definitely encounter this kind of mass incident. This taste is so right.
The minister next to him, Wang Tingxiang, put his hand on his forehead and lamented, doesn't this situation give Emperor Jiajing some eye drops?
Emperor Jiajing was a self-proclaimed man who "worked hard to govern" for seventeen years. He loved to whitewash the image of peace and prosperity.
Such a large group of people who were looking at the hungry and cold people came to make trouble. No matter what the appeal was, it was definitely not in line with Emperor Jiajing's pursuit of a "prosperous age."
At this time, Emperor Jiajing was preparing to meditate, but his spirit was suddenly interrupted by the bursts of noise.
It can be seen from this that how small the palace is. The shouts of the crowds outside the street can actually disturb the emperor inside the palace.
Emperor Jiajing was not in a good mood to begin with. He had a lot of bumps and bruises along the way, and what he saw and heard along the way was not satisfactory. It was far from the imagined prosperous era of Jiajing.
At this moment, he was suddenly annoyed by the noise, and Emperor Jiajing suddenly became furious and smashed Yu Ruyi against the wall.
Then he shouted to the eunuch beside him: "Let Chen Yin come over! Now!"
Chen Yin is a senior official in charge of Jinyiwei, and Emperor Jiajing may want to use Jinyiwei to handle affairs.
After a while, the eunuch came back and said: "I haven't found him yet. Chen Yin is not in or out of the palace. I don't know where he went!"
Listening to the constant noise outside, the still irritable Emperor Jiajing went crazy, "If the people who are supposed to be subordinates are ignored, this is dereliction of duty!"
At this time, the ministers and ministers headed by Xia Shoufu filed in, and Qin Dewei was the last one, standing at the threshold.
Xia Shoufu simply said: "I just went to inquire, and the hundreds of troublemakers outside are all hungry people.
Zhaozhou was hit by a disaster last year, and now it is the time of spring famine, and there is no food at home, so they want to attack the holy driver to ask for relief."
Emperor Jiajing was furious and said: "I had already issued an edict last year. To the disaster-stricken places along the way, grain should be transported from nearby prefectures and counties, and then the government would sell rice at a low price to relieve the spring famine!
Zhaozhou produces twelve thousand shi, which is enough to subsidize the needs of tens of thousands of households for a month. How come a large group of hungry people gathered in the city and even made trouble here?"
Fan Xin, the magistrate of Zhaozhou, rolled in and kowtowed to Emperor Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing shouted and asked: "What's going on outside?"
Fan Zhizhou said quickly: "I will go and disperse them right now!"
Emperor Jiajing gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to ask you, why are there still so many hungry people?"
Fan Zhizhou looked mournful and replied: "Twelve thousand stones were brought from nearby, and they were all sold out at the price of five qian per stone!
As for why there are still hungry people, I can't do anything about it! Maybe the food relief is still not enough, or maybe people from other surrounding places came here after hearing that Zhaozhou was selling food."
The monarchs and ministers looked at Fan Zhizhou with different expressions.
For a moment, everyone couldn't tell whether Fan Zhizhou had embezzled the food relief or was telling the truth?
Qin Dewei came out and said to Emperor Jiajing calmly: "You don't have to just listen to Fan Zhizhou's words. You should immediately seal up the state government's accounts and warehouses, and then check them. It can't be true or false, nor can it be true."
At this time, someone else came crawling in. It was none other than Chen Yin, the governor-general who had temporarily disappeared and was also in charge of the Jinyi Guards.