Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 491
"Um, I just want to ask if the Ming court has benefited the Yan Shenggong family? How are their children doing? What kind of officials are they?"

Qin Shao changed his tune.

Although he deliberately avoided it, Qin Shao sometimes said some words that he only had in his previous life, but fortunately, the people around him were surprised, but they didn't think too much about it.

Qin Shao only knew a little about Yan Shenggong in his previous life. In reality, Yan Shenggong’s family is indeed relatively united. For example, in the relatively open era he lived in, many places and families, especially the north, did not pay much attention to the so-called genealogy. But this surname family still pays special attention to it.

This is a powerful surname family that has survived for a long time in the Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing, and Republic of China.

But it is also very controversial, and the reason for its persistence is often considered to be a grass on the wall, and it will be lowered forever.

Qin Shao knew that Yan Shenggong was very controversial during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and he also knew that in previous dynasties, such as Song, Jin, Yuan and other dynasties, the rulers praised them very highly in order to show themselves and win over them.

Qin Shao didn't pay much attention, how did Daming treat this family?Anyway, Zhu Houzhao didn't pay much attention to it before, and the emperor of Ming Dynasty didn't pay much attention to it.

"After the previous emperors ascended the throne, they generally won people's hearts, and many of them rewarded them with officials and honors. At the beginning, Tai Zu thought that "The Analects of Confucius" could not rule the world, so he didn't think much about his direct descendant Yan Shenggong. But later some influential people went to visit. At that time, Yan Shenggong Naqiao was sick in bed and asked his son to go. Tai Zu was very angry and sent him a message. Kong Kejian immediately came alive. Go, that man is eloquent and eloquent, Tai Zu gave them rewards and food and salary as soon as he was happy, the descendants of the first sages should be gifted, and they should be raised without doing anything."

Wang Yun explained.

"Brother Yun, just tell me, does uncle want me to go to Qufu? What exactly is he thinking?"

Qin Shao knew the situation and didn't let go of his circle.

"Your Majesty, my father feels that although you have seized power swiftly and resolutely since you came to power, you have driven out many people. Although those people look honest now, they don't know what they think in their hearts, and... and I said it directly, you After all, the throne was passed on to you by the late emperor without a son. Father...Father is worried that he will be blamed in the future. He would like to suggest that you win over some people, such as the Yanshenggong family. Suppression, if the emperor gives them some sweetness, they can be used in the future... I think it's unnecessary, it's just that my father and his family are doing things, your majesty, you are also clear..."

Wang Yun said helplessly.

The night before Wang Yun was ordered by Qin Shao to travel south together, Wang Tuyu explained many problems to Wang Yun earnestly.

Knowing that they would pass through Texas, Wang Tu put forward his own idea.

"Brother Yun, I know that His Majesty is decisive and far-sighted in doing things, but you are all too young. Your Majesty has killed and decisively eliminated many dissidents in the past few years, but centipedes are dead but not stiff. Many of those people are not just one. The family, they still have many supporters, while His Majesty is doing things, he still needs to win over more people..."

Wang Tuxu said in a rambling manner.

"Father, I know what you said, but since those people are dissidents, why bother to win over them again, they conflict with the interests of the court and His Majesty, do you think His Majesty gave up on himself or they gave up, I know what you want to talk about is the Confucius family in Qufu , Your Majesty really doesn't pay much attention to those vain things... Taizu praised them back then, didn't he just suppress them..."

Regarding the Confucian family in Qufu, Wang Yun has his own ideas, which are different from his father's.

"In any case, after Tai Zu used them up, His Majesty's throne seems to be stable now, but I am worried about someone who has a heart...you can just mention this matter to His Majesty, and see how he makes a decision..."

Although Wang Yun's words were euphemistic, Qin Shao knew that the influence of Confucian culture and clans on people in this era would be difficult to change for a while!

Even though Tai Zu suppressed the Kong family, when he really ascended the throne to save face, he still needed Yan Shenggong to come forward to save face. It is also understandable for Wang Tu to propose that he use Yan Shenggong to win over scholars all over the world.

……

"Let's go to Dezhou first. As for Qufu, we'll see what's going on. Yan Shenggong is very interesting!"

Qin Shao laughed.

Yan Shenggong is very interesting!
The emperor's words, why did Wang Yun feel that the flower didn't sound like a compliment!

The ancient city of Dezhou is very simple. It was an earthen city in the early years, but because its geographical location is the city of Dingbian, Hongwu repaired it into a brick city in 13 years, and now it looks more magnificent.

Roaming in mist and sweat all over the world, crossing the Zhangliu with cold shadows, the future has its own road to Tianjin, and there is no need for bullfighting in the Milky Way.

And now, as Dezhou, it has become an important road in Gyeonggi, where merchants gather.

After Qin Shao and others entered the city, they saw a lot of business travelers coming and going, and the small Dezhou's economic development was booming.

Because it is an important traffic road, and there are many business travelers coming and going, the most numerous hotels in Dezhou City are various inns.

"Master, do we live in the Ande Horse Inn or the Andeshui Inn? The location and environment of the two places are similar. The Ande Horse Inn is smaller and older, and it is quieter; the Ande Water Inn was built later, and the facilities inside are better. , but there is a morning market nearby, it may be noisy."

Wang Yin checked the accommodation and asked for instructions.

"Choose the first place, be quiet!"

Qin Shao said.

He doesn't like noise the most, he has a lot of work, and he has to read a lot of books every night to learn a lot of problems. If it is too noisy when sleeping, it will really make people uncomfortable.

There are many inns in Dezhou. According to the previous life, there are actually star standards, which can be roughly divided into three categories: hall, apartment, and house.

The hotel belongs to the highest level, it is a government-run guest house, and the grade is also the highest, mainly to receive past VIPs and court staff on business trips;

Yuheshe is a private hotel with a slightly lower grade, mainly receiving businessmen and tourists.

Unlike Qin Shao's previous life, the hotel here is a government-owned hotel that only accepts government staff. If you want to check in, you must have relevant certificates, talisman festivals and other certificates, otherwise it is impossible for government-run hotels to accommodate.

In this era, the hierarchy system is very strict, no matter how rich a businessman is, they cannot stay in the hall.

There are two government-run hotels in Dezhou, namely the Ande Horse Inn and the Ande Water Inn.

Qin Shao and his team patted their horses and went to the Andeshui post house. Compared with the previous one, the area of ​​this post house is indeed larger, and the rooms are more luxurious.

The building of the post house is magnificent, facing south from the north, with a brick and wood structure and three couplets at the mountain gate.

After entering the mountain gate, there are 3 brick houses with unique shapes. There are 6 wing rooms in the east and west. There are 3 Tang locust trees in the courtyard.

The west-span courtyard is very large, about 40 meters from east to west, and 50 meters from north to south. There are South Chan Hall, North Meditation Hall and official hall in the courtyard.

The proof they provided was that the government office in the capital city went to the south to do business, and the hall received warm reception, and took care of food and housing, and even the horses were taken care of by special people.

驿馆内走递马60匹、驴7头，马夫35名、飞递马夫3名、兽医1名、抄牌2名，年用银2000余两
People are in different environments, and their moods are really different!
If Qin Shao had been an ordinary official before, he might have enjoyed this kind of comfortable and all-round hospitality without spending money.

But in this position, my heart is different.

He began to calculate how many Ming coins such a hotel would consume each year.

You must know that the money for the food and drink of the people who come and go is registered and recorded, and the local finance has to bear a small part, and the imperial court also has to bear a part.

It costs the court money!

When I was an employee, I always felt that the boss was instigating. After I became a boss, I thought about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure!
"A few, please!"

The waiter in charge of receiving them knew that they were from the capital, so he was very polite.

Those who can work in the yamen, even temporary workers, under the influence of the environment, many people know how to behave in the world.

Especially this kind of hotel that specially serves imperial court officials, the contacts are all officials from all sides, and these people are very good at observing words and demeanor here.

The certificate Qin Shao and the others came out this time was a document certificate from the Ministry of Rites, saying that they were going to Guangdong and Guangxi to convey something.

However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are still from the capital. As far as these two pieces of information are concerned, the official station in Dezhou naturally dare not treat them slowly.

Xiao Er led them to choose a few sunny rooms with better locations for them to choose from.

"Is the room over there vacant?"

Qin Shao asked, pointing to a building called Yin'an Hall.

The house in that location is elegantly set up with a little luxury, and it is very clean, but there is a door locked tightly, obviously it has not been opened for a long time to live in.

"My lord, that place is Yin'an Hall, which is not open to the public!"

The little boy said.

"Why not open to the outside world?"

Qin Shao was a little puzzled.

"My lord may not travel often, so I don't know. That house was the place where Emperor Mingxuan lived when he was the prince. Ordinary people are not allowed to live there, unless the emperor is traveling!"

Xiao Er glanced at Qin Shao, although the guest looked at the imposing temperament, he saw that he was not wearing an official uniform, but he should be a person of status, and he didn't know the way of it, obviously he was a person who didn't come out often people.

"Our grandfather..."

"Wang Yin, we'll stay where we were just now."

Qin Shao said directly, blocking what Wang Yin wanted to say.

He knew that Wang Yin should be able to live there because of his identity, but this time they came out, they were considered a secret trip, so there was no need to be so ostentatious, and it would save a lot of trouble.

When they came out of Hejian Mansion, they had told the local officials not to release news of his travels.

"My lords, the location I chose for you is definitely the best room here. Chen Yushi once lived here, wrote a poem and hung it in the room. Many people come to this room and want to live in it. When it reaches a certain level, it is generally not open!"

Seeing that Wang Yin has disputes about this residence, Xiaoer hurriedly said.

"Chen Yushi? Which Chen Yushi?"

Qin Shao asked, wondering which official under him it was.

According to this Xiaoer's attitude, it should obviously not be a former or retired official.

"It is the governor of Shandong, Chen Fengwu, and governor of Shandong. When he was the inspector of Henan, he passed by here to stay and left poems and essays. Who knows that by chance, he is now our governor of Shandong. The adults can tell us about our governor. Governor Chen's poems, our Governor Chen was a Jinshi during the Hongzhi period. At that time, his ranking was very high, and he was very good at writing poems. His poems..."

The little girl talked endlessly about Governor Chen.

Wang Yin wanted to interrupt several times, but Qin Shao signaled his refusal.

It's interesting to hear how the people below flatter Chen Fengwu.

Chen Fengwu, a native of Taihe, Jiangxi, was a Jinshi in the ninth year of Hongzhi and a young talent. It is said that he is really good at writing poems and has a certain reputation among civil servants.

Qin Shao had seen him once when he was a student in Huguang. At that time, when he was taking the imperial examination in Huguang, this person was an invigilator and had spoken on stage. He heard that he was serious in his work. Qin Shao's impression of him good.

Later, Qin Shao came to power, Yang Tinghe fell, and the officials changed hands. When I checked those officials, I saw the name of Chen Fengwu, and there was a lack of talents, so I chose him as the prefect of Jinan Prefecture. He did well in the first two years of Jinan Prefecture. Simply mention the governor of Shandong.

Although this person's promotion is considered fast, Qin Shao has never met this person up close, and Chen Fengwu has never met the new emperor, let alone thought that he had invigilated the emperor back then.

Qin Shao lived in the room where Chen Fengwu used to live that night, and saw his so-called masterpiece:

"Late Climb to Guangchuan Tower and Sui Banquet at the Post Pavilion":
Thousands of miles sailing back to the late autumn, Lingyun went to Guangchuan Tower.

The sky falls thousands of miles away, and the water is exhausted and the cold pool floats in a mirror.

The article of the Western Han Dynasty cherishes the philosophy, and the Eastern Fan Guangai remembers traveling together.

There is a wine under the Shuangwu Pavilion, and the moon streams into the bright eyes.

The writing is really good!

The food served in the post house is very good, and they are all local snacks with special characteristics in Dezhou.

Obviously, it is prepared for the guests to eat fresh.

Steamed chicken, Dezhou grilled chicken, fried fish fillets, salted and peppered elbows, lamb intestines, etc. were placed on the table, and the staple food was big willow noodles and steamed buns.

"Master, this Texas chicken tastes really good!"

Wang Yin likes to eat chicken very much. Seeing that the last two kinds of meat dishes on this dish are chicken, he was very happy to eat it.

Jiang Bin is not very good at talking, except for doing things, when sitting and eating together, he basically works hard!
Qin Shao also talked to Wang Yun about what he had seen and heard nearby, and expressed their views on each other.

"This chicken is really good. Dezhou's specialty is grilled chicken, and it will become more famous in the future!"

Qin Shao took a few bites of the chicken leg, it was chewy and fragrant, and it tasted really different from the Texas Braised Chicken he ate in his previous life.

The chicken they ate in the previous life was basically instant chicken, the meat was loose and not strong, and the Dezhou grilled chicken was mass-produced in the previous life, and the price was relatively affordable. When the price advantage was used, the taste quality was higher...

Now the chickens they eat are basically purely natural, and they don’t have any feed they want to use, let alone feed, even grain, and farmers are not willing to feed them.

The chickens in this era are basically free-range chickens, which are raised on weed seeds and insects, and the color of the chicken soup is yellow.

In his previous life, Qin Shao didn't really like chicken very much. Apart from feeling that the taste was not as good as beef and mutton, the most important thing was that there were too many instant chickens, and he was worried that it would be unsafe to eat.

"Is this braised chicken a famous delicacy in Texas?"

Wang Yun asked with some puzzlement, he came out almost the same, but he did a lot of homework when he came out this time.

When Wang Yin took Qin Shao to see the house just now, Wang Yun wandered around to check the situation, and asked about the local specialties. The emperor likes food, so he was naturally worried, but he had never heard of grilled chicken!
"Uh, maybe it's a folk name? At the beginning, someone seemed to say, but there are indeed a lot of chickens sold in the local area. When we went to the city, there were many people carrying baskets, saying that they were selling ready-made chickens?"

Maybe the name of the braised chicken hasn't come out yet, so Qin Shao can only talk back.

"Then what is the most famous place here? You wouldn't say it's the big steamed buns here, would you?"

"Big steamed buns are really the specialty of this place. Gangzi steamed buns are strong and delicious. I heard that many places come here to learn, and there is sheep intestines. The sheep intestines here are different from other places. The sheep intestines are stuffed with Nourishing blood, Lord, you try this!"

Wang Yun moved the plate of sheep intestines beside him towards Qin Shao.

咴儿... 咴儿...

闼闼!闼闼!
"Hurry up, someone is in the store, why don't you come to welcome customers!"

Just as Qin Shao was about to pick up a piece and taste it, there was a sudden noise outside.

(End of this chapter)