Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2010, more like a leisure vacation
Xiahetun, Liu Jin’s hometown in Changli County, Liu Jin strolled around the village very leisurely, trying to find a little bit of Xiahetun in his memory.

However, at this moment, Xiahetun has undergone earth-shaking changes, and there is no trace of the past.

Liu Jin remembered that when he just crossed over, the whole of Xiahetun was a very poor place, gray was the main color here, with dilapidated mud houses, muddy yellow mud roads, and ragged, skinny villagers and a group of people by the sea. Stoves for boiling salt.

Everything appeared in Liu Jin's mind, vividly, as if it happened yesterday.

However, the current Xiahetun has already changed a lot. There are no dilapidated houses anymore. All the houses are all reinforced concrete houses with unified planning and construction. They are neat and beautiful. People are pleasing to the eye.

Everywhere in the village has been hardened with cement, and we are no longer afraid of rain. When it snows, the roads are very clean and tidy.

Even the seaside where salt was boiled in the past has changed a lot now. A large-scale wharf has been built and a large number of ships are moored.

As for the villagers in Xiahetun, great changes have already taken place.

In the past, they mainly farmed land and boiled salt for landlords, but now many young people in the village are already factory owners, business owners, captains and so on.

As for the relationship with Liu Jin's family, like Zhao Heishan's family, that's even more remarkable. The son follows Liu Jin and works for Liu Jin, and the grandson follows Liu Jin's son and works for Liu Jin's son. The whole family follows Liu Jin, who ascended to heaven, had already established a large number of properties in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and did not live here in Xiahetun.

I only come back to visit my hometown occasionally. There is also a good mansion here, and the children in the family also study together, go to school, learn skills, and break away from the original class.

In addition, many people in the village immigrated to overseas and outside the customs, and most of them immigrated to Liaodong.

Liaodong is very close to here. After arriving in Liaodong, I have a lot of land and live a comfortable life. The key is that it is easy to come back.

The train has been opened for a long time. It is very easy to travel by train or by boat. It is very easy and simple.

There are also some villagers who chose to stay here, bought fishing boats and sea boats, chose to go fishing and do business, and lived a good life.

Generally speaking, compared to before, everyone's life has undergone earth-shaking changes, and they are all living a good life, which is a microcosm of Ming people in this era.

The small village has also changed a lot. The villagers in the village have also traveled all over the world, engaged in all walks of life, and produced a large number of talents. It is no longer the poor Xiahetun in the past.

Liu Jin lived in his hometown.

In his hometown, Liu Jin also built a huge mansion, which was built a long time ago by people returning home. Of course, this is what Liu Jin's mother meant.

This is a man who cannot forget his roots, and the roots of his hometown cannot be left behind. In any case, we must leave something in our hometown.

Secondly, it is also for future considerations. If you get old and want to go back to your hometown for the elderly, you will need a place, so you have built such a huge mansion.

Of course, this is also because of Liu Jin's identity and status. At least he is the Duke of Liao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and a first-rank official. Naturally, he must have a good appearance in his hometown and not be too shabby.

It has been more than ten years since the mansion was built. Liu Jin has never come back to live in it, but Liu Jin's mother and Liu Jin's sons will come back almost every year for a few days. People in the village chatted about the short stories of their parents.

It's just that in the past few years, Liu Jin's sons have grown up and have been arranged by Liu Jin to do their own things. Liu's mother is getting old and doesn't want to make troubles too often, so she didn't come back.

Now that Liu Jin's mother has also left, this huge mansion may be left unused in the future.

This time when Liu Jin came back, Ding You kept his filial piety, which came in handy.

Ding You's filial piety Liu Jin's life is also very comfortable.

When I am really free, I read books and newspapers every day. When I am in a good mood, I go fishing in the Bohai Sea by boat, not to mention how comfortable my small life is.

Liu Jin, who can afford to let go, seems to have nothing to worry about.

All the children in the family are also doing well. The eldest son Liu Xin has done very well in the army. The training in the military camp has made him more resolute. He has also given birth to several grandsons.

The second son, Liu Da, is also doing quite well in the South African colony. Du Mingen, Marquis of Taiping, has a very high opinion of him. He is constantly cultivating and training Liu Da, and he has already given birth to three children.

The third son, Liu Cheng, was sent to the Western United Trading Company, and he did very well. The Governor of Ceylon also spoke highly of him. He also married Cheng Guogong's granddaughter. Business houses are also very beneficial.

The fourth brother, Liu Yu, has also been arranged to train in the industry under his command. First, he will learn from others at the head office of Tianjin Ocean Trading Bank, and then he will be arranged to manage at the grassroots level. Prepare to take charge of a huge industry.

Liu Ren, the fifth child, Liu Yi, the sixth child, and Liu Qing, the seventh child, are still in college and will come out in two years, and there will be arrangements for that time. Generally speaking, the children are all okay.

He is more obedient and has good character, without the slightest aura of a playboy. Of course, this is also related to Liu Jin's strict requirements on them since he was a child.

When Liu Jin got angry and became severe, no one said it was useless. The children had been beaten and punished since they were young, and there was absolutely no pampering at all.

Liu Jin didn't want his child to become a dandy who harmed one party and ruined his reputation.

If you really love them, you should know that they should be educated strictly since they were young, instead of blindly pampering them and eventually turning them into playboys.

Four daughters, the eldest daughter is married to the son of the Duke of Australia, which can be regarded as a political marriage, but it is also the two young people who have played together since childhood. They are childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts.

The second daughter met a classmate in the school when she was in college, and the two fell in love secretly. Although the other party was just an ordinary family, Liu Jin felt that being able to be with the person he liked was also a happy thing. , so it was also agreed that they would be together, and there was no beating of mandarin ducks.

However, for the sake of the second daughter's future life, Liu Jin suffered a hemorrhage once. The dowry was confiscated and a dowry of tens of millions of taels of silver was posted.

Fortunately, her husband is not bad, he is not the kind of person who spends time and wine, eats, drinks, whores and gambles. The couple's small life is also very loving and happy.

The third daughter and the fourth daughter are still studying now, and there are many families who want to marry Liu Jin, and those who come to propose marriage have to wear down the threshold.

However, Liu Jin didn't agree to it. They followed their own wishes and hoped that they could be with the person they liked. As for being well-matched, it's really not very important.

Marrying a wealthy family has the advantages of marrying a wealthy family, but you also have to bear all kinds of wealthy families. Among other things, it is normal for three wives and four concubines. Not as good as expected.

Marrying ordinary people is not necessarily bad, at least three wives and four concubines are subject to your consent, you have more status and voice, fewer rules and restrictions, people can live a better life Take it easy.

But in general, it still depends on the person and character. If you marry Zhongshan Wolf, you will be finished, so Liu Jin also attaches great importance to this.

I will ask people to investigate in detail early on. If I really meet such a person, I will give a warning before contacting them, let them know their own, and don't ask for trouble.

As Liu Jin, there are many people who want to climb up, not to mention that Liu Jin's daughters are also beautiful, and I don't know how many nobles in Beijing and Tianjin have spent their thoughts and thoughts on this aspect. up.

In general, I don't worry so much about giving birth to a son, but I have to worry more about giving birth to a daughter. I am afraid that I will encounter Zhongshan wolves, and my son's words will be much better.

There is nothing to worry about, Liu Jinding's days of worrying and filial piety are more like leisure vacations.

However, above the court, with Liu Jin's departure, the whole court became lively again.

After several months of quarreling, at the beginning of the thirty-fifth year of Hongzhi, loyalty was settled. Yang Yiqing joined the cabinet and became the new chief assistant of the cabinet. At the same time, Yang Tinghe was also promoted and became one of the ministers.

Although Yang Yiqing is also an official of the old school, he is well-trained in politics and has a generous temperament. He is also a very capable and talented person. He writes extremely beautiful poems. Many works have been handed down to the world, the most famous of which is " "Shandan Title Wall" describes the desolation of border soldiers defending their homes and the country, bravely killing the enemy, dying on the battlefield, and shrouded in horse leather, full of sympathy for the border soldiers.

Therefore, Yang Yiqing is also quite prestigious in the Ming army, which is also a very important reason why he was able to enter the cabinet this time, because he is one of the civil servants who support the reform and construction of the army, and he supported Liu Jin a long time ago. Restructuring the army, I feel that Ming Dynasty should pay attention to army building and build a strong army to defend the country.

Of course, his ability to do things is also a very important reason for his support. This is in line with the support and approval of the practical officials who are currently the mainstream.

If he enters the cabinet, the many innovative systems left by Liu Jin can still be implemented, and there will be no such thing as people going out of office.

(End of this chapter)