Zhu Di was furious because if Zhou Kang was stubborn to the end, he would respect him as a man.
Who would have thought that this guy would kneel down and beg for mercy again? Zhu Di was despised in his heart, and what he said offended Zhu Di even more.
In Zhu Di's mind, scholars are not good people. Otherwise, Emperor Jianwen was surrounded by so many "big smarts" and had an absolute advantage. How could he be killed by him in the end?
It can be said that from the perspective of strength, Zhu Di has absolutely no chance of making a comeback, because Emperor Jianwen can lose ten times, but Zhu Di will be dead as long as he loses once.
But even with such a disparity in strength, Zhu Di still became the winner.
The reason for his victory was naturally because he had countless passionate and loyal warriors around him. I am afraid that the reverse output of the great smart people around Emperor Jianwen was also indispensable.
In Zhu Di's eyes, there is actually no difference between Zhou Kang today and those great smart people.
What's ridiculous is that this person actually used his identity as a shield, thinking that he could blackmail Zhu Di with it.
Yao Guangxiao, who was standing aside, raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Kang with a caring look. He obviously did not expect that Zhou Kang would perform such a suffocating operation.
Yao Guangxiao didn't have any good impressions of scholars. People who climbed out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood could only look down on these people from the bottom of their hearts.
In later generations, there were many rumors. For example, Yao Guangxiao once reminded Zhu Di: "On the day Nanjing City is captured, Fang Xiaoru will definitely not surrender. I hope he will not be killed. If Fang Xiaoru is killed, the seeds of reading in the sky will be extinct."
Those words are more like the rumors spread by scholars in previous lives, because Zhu Zhanji had been deceiving Zhu Di all the time to rebel, and he had obviously seen the strengths of the Confucian officials around Emperor Jianwen. In my opinion, the original King of Yan,
Even at a huge disadvantage, there is no small chance of winning.
How could a person who ignored the talents of the Jianwen Dynasty value so-called scholars so highly?
At this time, Mrs. Zhang was extremely frightened. Although she was kicked, she was still begging.
Naturally, Zhu Di would not be kind to someone who he liked so much and begged for mercy. He just smiled warmly and said: "Take it."
No matter how determined the guards were, they directly escorted Ms. Zhang forward.
Zhu Di walked back and forth for a few steps, then looked at Zhou Kang and others, and said in a deep voice: "Is Zhang not guilty?"
Hou Xin and Hu Guang both said nothing. We didn't defend Zhang at first, but now... we seem to be hoping to add insult to injury.
Only Zhou Kang was frightened and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang seems to be loyal, but I suspect that I am a traitor to the people. On the staff side... there is something wrong with the merit examination. I must strictly warn the officials about the merit examination. Hereby
It's a small matter, so be careful."
Zhu Dire said with a smile: "There are no censors who write down the matter, so what if we make trouble?"
Hou Xin then said hurriedly: "It is understandable that the censor would catch wind of the incident after hearing about it, but such a misinterpretation really shocked my heart. I thought that the Metropolitan Procuratorate would also review it."
Zhu Dire snorted and said: "Is it useless for Cheng Enbo to control this ferry?"
Zhou Kang felt more and more suffocated. Looking at Zhu Di's bright eyes, he said bravely: "I have been traveling all the way. The people at this ferry... are living and working in peace and contentment."
Zhu Di looked at me straight and said: "That kind of contribution is great."
Zhou Kang thought about it and said: "Yes."
Zhu Di said: "Should I be rewarded?"
"If you are a local official, you should be ranked low in merit, and you will probably have to be promoted and used in the future. Unfortunately, Yao Guangxiao is a distinguished minister and is not a member of the civil service department. Therefore, I think... that should be a matter of His Majesty's Holy Judgment."
Zhu Di then said: "I have ordered my uncle to dismount his horse and take charge of the troops. How about he mount his horse and control the people?"
Zhou Kang was slightly frightened, but at this moment, Wu immediately responded because of his fear, and said: "Your Majesty, there is no such thing in the ancestral law."
Zhu Di said: "If we talk about the methods of our ancestors..."
As he said this, Zhu Di sat down calmly, took a sip of tea, looked at Hou Xin, and continued: "The case of the Zhang family alone involves a large amount of fraud in the court, and the level of other women is beyond comparison."
In the seal case, in the empty seal case, thousands of officials were killed, and tens of thousands of people were killed. Is that what the Jie Qing family thinks?"
Zhu Di's doubtful words were like a thunderclap under Zhou Kang's head. I shuddered and said quickly: "I... I am just following your Majesty's lead. Your Majesty has granted me full power, so I have no deep meaning.
"
Zhu Di said hotly: "I am still narrow-minded and benevolent, and I want to imitate the emperor Taizu. But if there are no more people like Zhang, then it will be difficult for me to be narrow-minded and forgiving according to the laws of my ancestors. You guys will go up!"
Zhou Kang suddenly realized that his clothes were soaked through, so he reluctantly approached Hu Guang and Hou Xin.
When I left the inn, Hou Xin's face was gloomy. That blow was a big blow to me, especially Zhu Di's stern words, which suddenly made me feel like I was surviving a disaster.
Hou Xin saw my livid face and said loudly: "Jie Gong, Jie Gong..."
Only then did Zhou Kang come back to his senses and sighed loudly: "Your Majesty's expression just now was as great as that of Taizu and the Emperor's daughter."
Those words were considered taboo, and even if Zhu Di heard them, they might not be considered as compliments.
But if those words were spoken to scholars, they might have a different meaning.
Both Xie Jin and Hu Guang remained silent.
However, Yi Shiha came out from outside at this time and said: "Your Majesty has no verbal instructions, and all the ministers must take charge."
Zhou Kang was still waiting in the inn, and I was busy reviewing the events of those few days. After careful consideration, I felt more and more that the Holy Family of Uncle Cheng En might be more overestimated than I imagined.
The death of a Zhang family is actually nothing, but that time, I'm afraid it only increased your majesty's trust in me.
If a young scholar from Wenyuan Pavilion can gain the emperor's trust, what will happen next?
For some reason, Zhou Kang felt some fear and peace of mind.
However, Xie Jin and Hu Guang really had no way of waiting in the snow. We were very hungry at this time, so we simply went to my daughter's stall to buy some food.
The market was less quiet than we imagined, and there were fewer idle people buying and selling. The inn was doing well, but there were also fewer vendors. This was because the people who worked here couldn't really go back to make fires and cook food, so they had to
Buy some food on the street for a few bites.
The stall was selling cooking cakes, because it was already noon, and people mainly eat breakfast and dinner at this time. People often don’t want to look for some cakes to eat at noon, so the business there was very good.
The old man selling the cakes immediately showed humility when he saw that Xie Jin and Hou Xin were wearing official uniforms.
"A few less," Hou Xin said.
"Yes Yes."
Hou Xin said from the side: "Look, his business is wrong."
There was a smile on the old man's lips and he said: "Yes, it's very good. Thanks to Hou Xinju."
"Why do you rely on me?"
The old man said: "You have to work as a corvee and get paid. The old man has lived for so many years. From Tatar Yuan to you, Xiao Ming, this is something that has never happened before!"
"When Emperor Hongwu was here, the corvees were in charge of the food. Although the food in charge was often withheld, but after the collapse of Emperor Hongwu, someone else took care of it. The corvees had to bring the food themselves. It was Yao Guangxiao who was responsible for dividing the land.
Collecting land rent and recruiting people are still money, but tell me, where else in the world can such good things be done?"
The old man was very talkative and in a good mood at this time. He continued with a bright face: "In the past, my family was afraid of the corvee like a tiger, but now it is the same. Now I have to be beaten. I heard that there are no young women outside the family."
I don’t have anyone to please the chief security officer, so I just hope that there will be fewer people outside the house. Is that a rare thing?"
Hou Xin and Hu Guang looked at each other, and it turned out that Jie Jin was born in Jingnan, because I wrote the article "Professing the vassal Lu Liang, people's hearts were shaken", which was actually my daughter.
Therefore, he was alienated by Emperor Jianwen.
Hou Xin is a meticulous person, very insightless, and basically talks a lot. It is difficult for others to guess my thoughts. Therefore, although the old man's words did not touch my heart, he still showed his emotions.
Hu Guang, on the other hand, is the same. I am alert and perceptive, good at observing people, but I am very disorganized and indecisive in my work.
That is very rare among scholars.
I was thinking nothing, and when the old man had cooled the cakes and wrapped them in lotus leaves, Hu Guang said: "In that case, Hou Xinju is a rare person."
The old man smiled and said: "It is indeed rare to see it. He looked at the ferry. Although there were many people in the past, nothing can compare with the scene today. In fact, my family's life is getting better, and your cooking cakes will naturally be sold.
It’s so good. In the past, who would be willing to go out to buy that food? My family relied on rice porridge to survive.”
Hu Guang paid the money, then said goodbye to Xie Jin and left.
The seven of them all walked on the snow with their heads buried in the snow, but all they could say was words.
Half a moment ago, finally... Hu Guang said: "Mr. Hu, what do you think of this boy?"
Xie Jin has always expressed his own suggestions a lot. I pondered for a moment, but today I lost a few words: "The one who can bring Xiao Ming to life must be this son, and the one who may harm Xiao Ming must be this person."
Hu Guang couldn't help but laugh: "In that case, in the eyes of Mr. Hu, does this boy become a traitor?"
Jie Jin shook his head: "No, it's just that this guy's behavior is really unpredictable. I seem to...see farther than you, but it's precisely because of the uncertainty that it's hard to guess."
Hu Guang nodded: "This is fair."
However, Xie Jin looked worried: "Jie Gong seems to be a little lost today. I am very happy for Uncle Cheng En."
Xie Jin and Zhou Kang were both from the same hometown in Jishui County. They were colleagues from the same hometown, and they were retired soldiers from the same place. Naturally, their relationship was less close than others.
Hu Guang is from Fujian. To be honest, it is convenient for Xiaojia to speak. People of that era inevitably had no accent. Being with a group of Jiangxi kings, Hu Guang was quite stress-free.
However, Hu Guang was an overly cautious person, so I smiled and said, "Jie Gong's heart is too small. What I want is beyond your reach."
Jie Jin just pursed his lips and said nothing more.
I frowned and sighed, still looking worried.
…………
Zhu Di did not drive back to the palace slowly. I was not interested in Uncle Cheng En's so-called channels.
At this time, I asked Cheng Enbo: "Does he still have any books to sell?"
Cheng Enbo said clearly: "Those four essays are published at least once a year. Of course, that edition can reap huge profits, but I think... it is not successful just by selling it. If you want to make money sustainably, you must first do something
It’s time to drain the lake and fish.”
Zhu Di nodded: "He told me directly what he planned to sell."
Uncle Cheng En said: "There is no channel through four-legged written talks. The next thing to do is to borrow that channel. These agents will definitely thrive by relying on four-legged written talks. Our bookstore will open to all provinces."
Prefecture, state capital or even outside the county, so how can your majesty...print something? For example...like...di's newspaper?"
Di newspaper?
Zhu Di was surprised.
The so-called Di Bao first appeared in the Han Dynasty and was naturally used in Xiao Ming Dynasty.
Because the imperial court did not have various decrees or decrees intended to be issued by the palace, it was possible to send eunuchs out every day to convey them. However, various states and counties always needed someone to understand the trends in the capital, so the Di Bao came into being.
gave birth.
The special situation is that each state and county will not have some personnel stationed in Beijing. Our main thing and our task is to liaise between the emperor and various ministries, and regularly report the emperor's edicts, edicts, and ministers' reports.
After official documents and irrelevant information such as palace affairs were collected, they were then sent by messengers riding slow horses through post roads to parents and officials in various states and counties.
What happened in the imperial court, the lack of recent developments outside the palace, and the personnel changes in the imperial court. When combined together, these information almost became the basis for the administration of officials in various states and counties.
In the Ming Dynasty, that situation became even more common. For example, Xiao Ming's General Administration Department did just that kind of work. We would sort out the recent decrees and memorials, and then print them into Di Bao. Of course, Di Bao
It's not for sale, it's just for people in various states and counties to copy and copy, so that we can send it back to other states and counties.
Zhu Di thought for a while, frowned and said: "The Di newspaper... is originally for the governors of various states and counties. Will scholars buy it?"
"Yes." Uncle Cheng En said categorically, and then added: "The so-called scholar knows the affairs of heaven when he goes out. Those scholars are concerned about the minor affairs of the country. But in the past, the news we received was often based on lies.
, there are many rumors among them, and few of them are slander against the palace."
When Zhu Di heard the seven words of slander, he looked askance at Uncle Cheng En, who felt restrained all over.
Uncle Cheng En continued: "But if the price is relatively high and there is no convenient channel, why would such a scholar buy it?"
Zhu Di frowned and said, "Can I sell a few copies and make some money?"
Hou Xinju thought for a moment and said, "That depends on... Your Majesty's thoughts."
Zhu Di closed his eyes: "What do you mean?"
Uncle Cheng En said patiently: "If Your Majesty is so serious about making a little profit, the agency channel is useless anyway, more or less... It is not profitable anyway, but if you want to make a small amount of money... I have no idea.
In a word, you know what you should say and what you should say."
Zhu Di opened his eyes, looked at me seriously and said, "He just has something to say."
Uncle Cheng En said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Ming's imperial examinations not only have to test the four essays, but also the policy theory. And the policy theory is often required to be taken in the county examination. As for the government examination, the college examination, the provincial examination, and the general examination, although
There are also exams, but a small minority... Xiaojia only uses the four strands to judge the pros and cons, but the quality of the policy statement is more important."
"The policy theory is actually to give advice to the court and reflect the candidates' views on the current situation. In fact, the most important test is the ability of scholars. Because of the neglect of the policy theory test in the imperial examination, these scholars just care about it in order to gain fame!"
"But Your Majesty... what if the imperial court also adds a strategic theory test in addition to the county examination? You know, the county examination is the most elementary exam, and it is also the exam with the least number of people taking it. No matter what, if the imperial court focuses on policy theory,
Even if it’s just a little bit more emphasis. For example, if a candidate’s strategy is really poor, no matter how good his four-part writing is, he will still be admitted. Your Majesty, think about it, should I still put some thought into thinking about the strategy?”
Cheng Enbo paused and continued: "The essence of strategy lies in understanding the current situation, what the court advocates, what decrees the emperor has recently issued and what he plans to do, or what the princes in the court want to do.
What are the things? If you understand those things, then there will be no starting point for the strategy."
"In this way, the scholars in this world are still crazy about the newspaper? Reading the newspaper is to know the things in the sky, and to know the things in the sky is to seek fame... And once the child is born, he will try
On the examination and policy theory, those who have no ambition to take the imperial examination will be ranked among hundreds of thousands of people, and in the future there will not even be millions of people. Such a small group will be the reading group of the Di newspaper in the future. Your Majesty, tell me, then
Is it another mountain of gold and silver?"
After Zhu Di heard this, he became very angry. He glared at Uncle Cheng En and cursed angrily: "Damn it, what are you talking about? The imperial examination is just a small test for talent, but he is so cowardly that he regards it as a
It is a tool for profit-making, and it is a statement that is harmful to the country and the people! I think he is blinded by money, and he is crazy about money."
Zhu Di was obviously very angry, but Uncle Cheng En was actually scared, but he said: "Your Majesty, policy theory is an examination subject that was set when Emperor Taizu was in power. However, when it came to the exam, the examiners only cared about the four-legged stock.
, and what I have done by focusing on policy discussions is just to bring order out of chaos."
Zhu Di frowned and thought for a while, the anger in his eyes gradually dissipated, and he stroked his beard and said: "So that's it? If that's the case, then I really should follow the laws of my ancestors. Emperor Taizu had a long-term plan, and he adopted the four-legged strategy.
Sir, I should follow Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. If this is the case, then I am being filial."
Uncle Cheng En immediately said: "Your Majesty's filial piety is touching to the heaven and the earth."
Zhu Di consciously raised his lips and smiled, saying: "I scolded him just now for his own good, to teach him that he can only think about money, and that all matters in the world can be decided one by one with money.
"
At this time, Uncle Cheng En nodded obediently and said, "Yes, your Majesty's teachings are thought-provoking. I will definitely reflect on them this time."
Regarding Cheng Enbo's performance, Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction and said: "The matter of Di Bao... let's do what he wants. When can it be put on sale?"
Uncle Cheng En said truthfully: "I'm afraid it will take some time."
Zhu Di frowned and said, "Why is that?"
Uncle Cheng En said: "I am still working hard on researching papermaking and printing inks."
Zhu Di looked at the solution and said doubtfully: "Papermaking? Ink? The best papermaking and ink in the world... I don't have them there, so he needs more craftsmen and manpower?"
Uncle Cheng En shook his head: "When you make paper and ink, you are trying to make the best out of the paper and the worst out of the paper. Just like these four pens, you use the most cost to make the worst paper... That...
…that……"
Zhu Di suddenly took a deep breath, good guy, that guy... is really shameless!
Most people just want to improve their craftsmanship and make things better and better, but I am doing the opposite.
In fact, in terms of papermaking, he can be regarded as the ancestor of papermaking. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, various new papermaking techniques have emerged one after another. Now in Xiaoming, such as rice paper, Guanyin paper and other paper, even compared with the paper in the previous life, it is not inferior.
.
But Uncle En's mind is the same. I want to make inferior paper, the cheaper the better. The best material is cheap bamboo, or hemp, or straw, which are almost valuable materials.
How much money did Hou Xinju spend when she made the paper for the four-strand pen talk? The problem is that it is a difficult craft to make bad paper and print it with ink that will spread out!
That time, Uncle Cheng En summoned many skilled craftsmen with the purpose of solving those problems at the highest cost.
Now it's actually over and there are no clues. The next thing to do is to improve the printing technology, that is, how to print large characters on that inferior paper.
Books at this time had very small fonts, and such small fonts were a waste of paper.
Of course, Cheng Enbo hoped that the font would be as big as the newspaper in his previous life, but at most... it would always waste my money. I have to control costs.
Zhu Di looked at Hou Xinju's unscrupulous look and didn't bother to care about me, so he said: "No matter what, I will get it out in the coming spring. I would like to see what his newspaper is like! Of course, it's also
I don't care about making that kind of money, the main thing is to see if his idea is good or bad."
"When he is ready, he will report it to me. I will go to the General Secretary to cooperate with him at any time and let us send the latest newspaper to him as soon as possible."
Uncle Cheng En smiled happily and said, "Your Majesty, you are wise."
Zhu Zhanji has been sitting silently, but his Buddha heart is swaying.
Hearing the insipid conversation of those seven people, he was stunned.
"Amitabha, Amitabha..."
Uncle Cheng En looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Does Mr. Yao also want to get involved?"
Hou Xinju immediately said: "As for the poor monk Fangli, money and things are brought to you in life and taken away in death, so that they can be useful."
Uncle Cheng En smiled cheerfully and said, "But you have heard of a saying that Buddha saves the poor!"
Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "There are no different kinds of monks, they are all the same."
When he arrived, Zhu Di saw that it was getting early and was finally willing to drive back to the palace.
Zhou Kang and others, who had been waiting for a long time inside, naturally followed.
It was just that when Zhu Di returned to the palace, he was still secretly relieved of his hatred. In front of the eight people from Zhou Kang, he said to Yi Sheha: "This person named Zhou will definitely have his car broken. Tell Ji Gang that I will punish him severely."
"
Also miss Ha Yingshang.
Zhu Di sat behind the royal table, stroking the case with his hands, but said with a warm face: "Zhang is particularly shameful. If you want to teach all the officials, they must take it as a warning. If there is no such person again, I will be the same."
It’s to stay.”
Zhou Kang and the other eight people were worried about An'an's safety, but they all said: "I obey the order."
Zhu Di said angrily: "Hou Xin is so shameless. The most hateful thing is that this person is still a sober official, but a mediocre official! Do you, Xiao Ming, have many people like that? After thinking about it, the reason why I am sober as an official is not at all
The problem lies in the word "foolishness". Even a fool is so self-aware that the people's livelihood is ruined and the people suffer."
Zhou Kang and others said again: "What your majesty said is to be whipped into the outside."
Zhu Di's eyes were cloudy and clear, and then he said quickly and leisurely: "It can be seen that it is appropriate to select scholars based on the four essays alone. When Taizu was under the emperor, he not only emphasized the four essays, but also focused on strategy. The most important test of policy theory is the scholar's understanding of the strategy.
The understanding of my family and my country!”
"I see... in the future, policy essays will also be added to the boy's examination. As for other things, such as government examinations, college examinations, provincial examinations, general examinations, etc., policy essays can also be neglected. Only those who pass the policy essays will measure the admission standards.
, but if even the policy analysis is qualified, then no matter how good the four parts are, it is of no use?"
Zhou Kang and others looked at you and you looked at him. It was very obvious that policy theory was indeed a required subject for the imperial examination formulated by Emperor Taizu. As for the reason why the examiners emphasized the four essays, it was actually because of the officials above.
Just four strands of bias.
In our opinion, the Four Essays can truly test a scholar's knowledge. As for policy and theory...it doesn't really matter.
It's just that His Majesty is in a rage now. Although Zhou Kang and others feel that the boy is still trying to make more decisions, it is really embarrassing for the scholars.
But now I can only say: "Since it is the law of our ancestors, I also agree with it."
…
A few days later, Zhang was taken to the county government office in Xiayuan County in a prison van.
Immediately afterwards, in front of countless people watching, the first performance of my life ended.
There were no people, no animals, no blood, no hysterical emotions outside the performance.
As if they had mastered the special flow code of the performance art in the previous life, almost all the spectators covered their eyes and opened a gap with the fingers covering their eyes and persisted until the end.
However, this incident caused quite a stir. Many scholars felt like a ray of light on their backs and felt chills in their hearts when they heard about it.
A long time ago, various stories about how Uncle Cheng En framed Hou Xin had been circulated in many teahouses.
Those stories have no nose and no eyes. How do I talk about the seven virtues and seven virtues in the end of the Zhang family? How do I have no morals? How did I study hard before and finally retired from high school? How did I serve as an official and sympathize with the people? How did the people praise my deeds?
, it can be said that the depiction is bloodless and fleshless.
As for Uncle Cheng En, of course, he may not have a good image. He is a relative, he flatters the emperor, he bullies women and dominates men, he framed the Zhang family, he is wretched...
As a result, many people gnashed their teeth, and some scholars with clenched fists even cursed outside the tea shop: "You and the traitor are bound to live together."
"Then Mao Xiang of your Yongle Dynasty will surely be punished sooner or later."
Mao Xiang was the commander of the Jinyi Guards during the Zhu Yuanzhang period. It is said that I presided over Hu Weiyong's case, and very few people were involved. In the Yongle Dynasty, I was already praised as a cruel official who could stop the crying of older children at night.
"This person is even worse than Mao Xiang. He is amassing money for nothing and will lose his face."
There may be no comments except that one sentence is correct.
Of course, Uncle Cheng En doesn't care about that.
At this time, I was outside the East Palace, checking Hou Xinju's homework.
After patiently listening to Zhang Anshi's stuttering recitation of the Analects, Cheng Enbo said happily: "Yes, yes, your Zhanji can now become a little Confucian."
Hou Xinju pouted her mouth and frowned: "Uncle, but the masters said that your reading is good."
Uncle Cheng En said with a serious face: "In my uncle's eyes, he is the best."
But Hou Xinju lowered her head and said, "My mother also said that you are a good person."
Cheng Enbo said again: "Uncle thinks he is great."
Zhang Anshi suddenly felt that his uncle actually had a few bad habits, and for a moment, he felt that his image had become more majestic.
"My mother-in-law also said that my uncle has no future prospects recently."
Uncle Cheng En said: "Of course. In the past, the Zhang family had to rely on you, his mother, your sister. In the past, you were also the smallest supporter outside your mother's family. Zhanji, Zhanji, he should pay less attention to him.
Uncle is studying."
Hou Xinju continued to frown and said: "But my mother-in-law said... I can learn from my uncle, who is idle all the time and talks nonsense all day long."
Uncle Cheng En was angry and said angrily: "I can trust his mother's words. Women are women, with long hair and short eyesight. He should not say the following to his mother and concubine."
Zhang Anshi said with great embarrassment: "But you keep it secret in your heart. You want to say anything to your mother and concubine. You listen to your mother and concubine the most."
Uncle Cheng En glared and said immediately: "You can take your leave now."
He said he was leaving, but Cheng Enbo still ran to Yang Rong to catch the autumn breeze. Yang Rong was holding a book and looking at the recent money and food coming in and out of the East Palace. He also raised his eyelids to look at Hou Xinju.
Uncle Cheng En smiled and said, "Sister, you came to see him."
Hou Xin nodded: "He is willing to come."
"Sister, you just saw Zhang Anshi."
Yang Rong still looked at the account book: "I had a hard time studying in those days."
"But you think that although studying is hard, it is also good. You have discovered that I now know how to lie."
Upon hearing this, Yang Rong became cautious and finally raised his eyes: "What's wrong? My daughter is usually very well-behaved."
Uncle Cheng En said: "I am very old and jealous of my daughter. I want to compete with you in everything. I know that my sister loves your younger brother the most, so I told the eunuchs to speak ill of you. Sister... you are too difficult.
Everyone is jealous of you."
Hou Xin smiled sweetly: "He is an uncle, but he still gets angry with the child."
Uncle Cheng En then said calmly: "Sister, what I'm saying is that no matter how much Qian Zhanji slanders your reputation, you still hate me. What is he doing?"
"Settling accounts." Yang Rong said.
"Settling accounts?"
Hou Xin had to put down the account books and said: "In those few months in the East Palace, I made some money by spinning and weaving. Now his brother-in-law is ordered to handle the affairs of the household department. That is because my father wants his brother-in-law to share my worries.
!”
"His brother-in-law checked the accounts and found that the treasury was in dire straits. Zheng He's fleet was about to come back. In the coming year, my father planned to send me on a cruise to the West. He thought about it, how much money would be needed to build ships and recruit sailors? Father,
I am a person who has no big plans or small ambitions. What I want to do is a long-term achievement, but it can be accomplished with or without money."
(End of chapter)
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