Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 496 Promotion and Knighthood

It was early summer, and the earth was scorching with heat, but fortunately, Zhu Youxiao and others were taking a nap in the mountains at this time, so they didn't feel the slightest bit of heat, but when Zhu Youxiao said "No way" at a high decibel "After saying it, the whole air was stagnant.

On the left and right sides of Zhu Youxiao, five Jinyi guards appeared on the side of the bluestone slab with Xiuchun knives. The ten Central Special Forces personnel of the Fifth Army on the hillside behind Zhu Youxiao also turned around suddenly, holding shiny black rifles , index finger on the trigger.

Wang Siren's face turned from red to white in fright, and the hand holding the tea almost couldn't hold the cup steady. The wobbly tea had already spilled out, and the scalding water scalded his old skin, but he didn't know it.

Liu Rushi, who was used to it, still calmly swept the wind and made tea, with an indifferent expression.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to the back, and the Jinyi guards on the left and right were pushed away ten steps away like a gust of wind, so as not to disturb His Majesty's elegant mood, and the ten fifth-season central special personnel on the hillside also fled immediately In the bushes, the muzzle of the rifle has never appeared so blatantly in the sight of all the followers.

At this moment, Wang Siren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and smiled awkwardly at Zhu Youxiao, and hurriedly tried the sweat on his forehead.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao still held the tea calmly, looked at Yichuan Waterfall, which was flying straight down to the bottomless cliff, and said only one sentence: "You are too old, and my maid is not playing the piano for you. Yes, I want to listen to the piano and ask your concubine Ji to play it for you."

Hearing this, Liu Rushi couldn't help bursting into tears, and he still remembers the scene when His Majesty suddenly said "No" at the beginning, and now seeing Wang Siren's sneer, he also finds it ridiculous, so he can't help but say narrowly : "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Wang Jizhong is a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. His piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all outstanding for a while. Your Majesty is here today. Why don't you listen to him?"

Zhu Youxiao was taken aback for a moment, he knew that Liu Rushi was taking revenge on Wang Siren for letting her play the piano just now, but Zhu Youxiao himself wanted to see if Wang Siren was as arrogant as before and refused to give in to him. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao agreed to Liu Rushi's proposal, nodded and said: "That's right, Wang Siren, if you play it, the chirping and chirping of cicadas that are full of forests will almost overwhelm you." My ears can hear cocoons."

Liu Rushi couldn't help but chuckle when he heard Zhu Youxiao's words, and at the same time looked at Wang Siren, who had half-white hair on his temples, to see what his answer would be.

Wang Siren didn't expect His Majesty to reject his interest in Liu Rushi because he was too old, but this also made him realize that he was really a bit bold just now, daring to covet the people around His Majesty, and it was obvious that It can be concluded that this Gong'e is not an ordinary person around His Majesty, and His Majesty has already marked her in his heart.

"Criminal officials obey the order, but there is no harp or zither here", Wang Siren dared not refuse. In the past few years in Suiding Mansion, he has lost his vigor, because here is not like Jiangnan, and there are more bad customs and stereotypes in the officialdom than Jiangnan. If he doesn't try to show weakness, he might have been thrown into a deep ditch with no bones left, but now Wang Siren can survive in this poor mountain and rough water, all because he has changed his former vigor, knows how to follow the time, and the way of catering, so that he can keep doing it. According to the instructions, life is quite good, at least not like Qi Biaojia who has to farm by himself to make a living.

"I'll get it", Liu Rushi disappeared like a rabbit in a blink of an eye, and then took out a guqin in a blink of an eye, tried the sound, and handed it to Wang Siren with both hands: "Please, Ji Zhong gentlemen."

"Thank you very much", Wang Siren expressed his thanks in a hurry, smiled awkwardly, and bowed to Zhu Youxiao first: "The criminal skills are unfamiliar, and playing the piano is even the last skill. If your majesty's ears are dirty, please forgive me." The crime of madness and disobedience."

"Old man, just play your own", Zhu Youxiao said impatiently. At this time, Wang Siren had already stepped back and sat on the green lawn. He calmed down, sank to his dantian, and took a deep breath before his fingers began to vibrate the strings.

Immediately, there was a bang, and the strings began to move. The noisy sound was like the rapid and slow flow of water, washing away people's hearts and making people close their eyes, as if the beauty of the world can only be found by listening to it. Hearing is normal, but what the eyes see can no longer replace what the ears hear.

Zhu Youxiao had to admit that Wang Siren was indeed a talented person, and his playing of the zither was indeed fascinating. Of course, letting Wang Siren play the qin not only made Zhu Youxiao feel comfortable listening, but also felt comfortable in his mood. Explaining that when I exiled these Jiangnan literati to such a poor place, there were indeed some people who turned around and began to obey themselves as the emperor.

"Go back to the Imperial Academy and become a lecturer. There is no need to stay in Suiding Mansion anymore, but you must not forget the foundation of teaching and educating people. In addition, considering that you have been away from home for several years, I will grant you a half-year leave. The students are too noisy, and your ancestral tomb has been disturbed a lot, you can find someone to bury it again after you go back." As soon as Wang Siren's piano sound stopped, Zhu Youxiao stood up first, and did not respond to what Wang Siren was talking about. No comment at all, just directly talked about the next arrangement for Wang Siren.

However, Wang Siren is favored by this. Now, although he has finished playing the qin, his hands are still on the strings, and he forgot to take them back. The main reason is that he really did not expect that after playing the qin for His Majesty, he would He was directly appointed as a minister of the cabinet, which is the position of prime minister for promotion to the cabinet. As a top-ranked scholar, he has always been able to serve as magistrates and other officials in the local area. It has been nearly ten years since he was exiled to Dongxiang County, Suiding Prefecture.

His greatest wish at this time in his life was to get permission from the court to return home to visit his relatives. After all, he had been wandering abroad for nearly ten years, and according to the order of the court, he was not allowed to return home easily.

Wang Siren didn't expect that he would be appointed as an imperial official at this time, and he would have a chance to return to his hometown for half a year, which naturally made him unable to believe it was real.

Seeing that Wang Siren didn't take the initiative to return the royal qin for a long time, Liu Rushi had no choice but to take the initiative to hold one end of the qin, pulled it out and said: "Idiot, why don't you thank your majesty quickly, and occupy your majesty's guqin What are you doing?"

Wang Siren came back to his senses after hearing Liu Rushi's words, and knelt down to Zhu Youxiao in a hurry: "Your Majesty Long En, the guilty minister, long live my emperor!"

The news that Wang Siren was awarded the position of lecturer in the Imperial Academy because he played the piano for His Majesty was spread all over the world. Ashamed, and many Jiangnan literati began to see through some things because of this, and realized why they were exiled here from Wang Siren's incident, and how they should deal with it in order to return to their glorious life before His Majesty came down.

After passing the Suiding Mansion, go down the Qujiang River, enter the Jialing River, and then enter the Chengdu Mansion by the Tuojiang River.

As the saying goes, Sichuan is the Land of Abundance, and the real prosperity refers to the Chengdu area. The prosperity or decline of farming culture depends on the development of water conservancy, and the success of the great project of Dujiangyan has made Chengdu Prefecture hungry for thousands of years. What is it, and now after Zhu Youxiao enters the Chengdu mansion, he can also see the fertile land stretching as far as the eye can see. Most of the men, women, old and children live in a leisurely way, and most of the houses are decorated with white walls and black tiles. Even when Luanyi passed through the countryside , You can also see the old landlord in silk and satin walking around on a sliding pole.

After 200 years of development in the Ming Dynasty, the Chengdu Mansion in this world has long been a world full of flowers, and its prosperity is naturally more than ten times more prosperous than that of the so-called heyday, and now thanks to the arrival of Zhu Youxiao, the fate of Daming has been completely changed. As a result, the so-called Sichuan Massacre will no longer exist. Zhang Xianzhong's whereabouts are unknown now, and he does not know that he is buried in that corner of history. Hauge and Li Guoying, who led the army into Sichuan, were also executed by the Ming Dynasty.

With the development of industrialization in the Ming Dynasty, even in inland areas like Chengdu, a large number of factories and workshops can be seen springing up like mushrooms after a spring rain, countless gorgeous carriages can be seen on the avenues, and the latest bicycles developed by the Royal Industrial Company have also begun Active on the Chengdu Plain, the wheels made of fine iron wires are like the axis of time, bringing this land of abundance to people hundreds of years later.

The tinkling of bells is like the sound of nature floating in the sky of Jianyang. Looking back, it is the camels from the Western Regions carrying goods that are marching among the green mountains and green waters. The beauty of machinery brought by the moving bicycles and carriages is Comparing with this sense of mystery from the alien race, it becomes the most beautiful scenery in the Land of Abundance in the Middle Ages of the Ming Dynasty.

Different from going to Jiangnan, as an emperor, he came to this southern Sichuan not to fight against the gentry who are both merchants and landlords, but to see the Jiangnan literati and the restless and honest people who were exiled here by him along the way. The soldiers of the barbarians also need to take this opportunity to visit the southwest to see and contact the Uzbek region at this time. Although the center of gravity of the Ming Empire has always been in Nanyang and Siberia in the north, the ownership of the roof of the world has never been clear. forget.

The importance of Chengdu Mansion is not only because of its wealth, but because it is an important hub connecting the barbarians, Uzang, and the core areas of the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, in the period of prosperous commerce, people from Tujia, Yao, Yi, Zhuang, Miao, etc. There are quite a few Fanyis in the southwestern region who are active in Chengdu. You can even see many lamas in some lively markets. These lamas can also skillfully communicate with the local Sichuan people.

Since the vassal king was ordered by Zhu Youxiao to return to Beijing to find another way out, the Shu king of Chengdu Mansion has always been timid and did not dare to oppose the court, so he was one of the earlier batch of vassal kings who entered the capital. It was also free, and now it happens to be used as Zhu Youxiao's palace.

The governor of Sichuan, the inspector, the chief envoy, the inspector, and other officials have naturally been waiting in the Qingbaijiang area. Zhu Youxiao didn't care about this. What he only cares about now is when Qin Liangyu will be able to come to Chengdu when he is called and several other officials. Ren Xuan comfort envoy.

Today's governor of Sichuan is Ma Shiying, and he has just taken office. Now Zhu Youxiao almost regards Ma Shiying as the vanguard of administrative reform. Almost wherever the reform is advanced, Ma Shiying will be an official. Now in the entire southwest region It is imminent to reform the land and return it to the local people, and Sichuan, as the first province in the southwest region, naturally cannot afford to delay, so Zhu Youxiao decided to send Ma Shiying to Sichuan as the governor, and at the same time, Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, was also asked to be a governor. As an example, as long as the chieftain of Shizhu can accept that the imperial court directly sends officials to rule, then the remnants of extravagance can be more peaceful.

Of course, if the land reform goes smoothly, the Ming Dynasty will have no worries about marching into Uzbek and India in the future, and even marching into Annan in the future, and even controlling the entire Southeast Asian Peninsula and the Indian Peninsula. It is particularly important to reform the land and return to the bloc without various rebellions.

"I have seen Your Majesty." Qin Liangyu is over sixty years old, but wearing a chain mail still looks heroic. Zhu Youxiao saw that she was going to bow her knees to salute, so he hurried over to support Qin Liangyu himself: " The old general can't do it, I rely on your Dinghaishenzhen to hold the southwestern part of the Ming Dynasty, how dare you make such a big gift?" Zhu Youxiao saw that Qin Liangyu was followed by a young man, and he thought that maybe it was Shizhu chieftain The family member, who was Qin Liangyu's junior, asked him: "How is the old general's health recently, how much food can he eat, can he still dance with a sword and draw a bow?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, my grandmother is getting older, her hair has lost her teeth, and her appetite is not as good as before. Although she can still fight against one or two soldiers, she is not slack in her strength."

Zhu Youxiao could tell that this young offspring was Qin Liangyu's child, and he was obviously very filial to his mother, otherwise he would not have answered so truthfully.

On the contrary, Qin Liangyu couldn't help but glared at this moment: "Nonsense, which eye of yours saw me lose my teeth, and my appetite is not as good as before. I asked you to come now, not to let you talk nonsense!"

"I dare not lie to Your Majesty. My grandmother is very old. For the sake of our Ma family's bloody battles for Daming for many years, Your Majesty will allow my grandmother to retire and return to her hometown, in order to honor my filial piety!"

The young man knelt down as he spoke, and slammed his head heavily on the ground. Qin Liangyu wanted to say something, but he was obviously moved by his grandson's pleading with the emperor for him, so he didn't say anything for a long time. Speak up.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and he hurriedly said: "As expected of the old general's grandson, he can afford the word benevolence and filial piety, but you have all misunderstood me. I summoned the old general Qin this time, not to ask Qin The old general is in command, but he wants to reward and reward the old general of Qin. Liu Rushi, go and get the bullfighting uniform I prepared for the old general of Qin. To comfort the good generals of the world!"

Qin Liangyu didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao would suddenly make herself a marquis, but she didn't know that Zhu Youxiao did this just to keep the other chieftains who were about to move around in peace.

(End of this chapter)