Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 457 Meeting

As the soldiers came in and out, the square was filled with boxes before long. Lu Xiangsheng made a rough calculation and found that there were thousands of boxes.

Lu Xiangsheng opened one casually, and a dazzling white light flashed, and he saw that the box was neatly filled with 25 taels of silver ingots.

Lu Xiangsheng gasped. If every box was filled with silver, there would be three or four million taels.

Lu Xiangsheng casually opened another box, this time the light was brighter, but it was full of all kinds of rare treasures.

Covering the box heavily, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhu Changxun coldly, and then sneered, "Fu Wang is a thousand years old, the country couldn't even pay the military salary a few years ago, and the soldiers on the front line frequently rebelled against the salary. You are so rich, but you have never seen him." You donated a penny, isn’t this Ming’s country belonged to your Zhu family? Or are you not from the Zhu family?”

When Zhu Changxun heard this, the fat on his face twitched uncontrollably, but he didn't know how to answer.

Glancing behind Zhu Changxun, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and murmured, "Like a father, like a son."

It was Zhu Yousong, Zhu Changxun's son, who was Zhu Youjian's cousin.

After a while, the soldiers carried out bolts of silk and satin, and in a short while they piled up into a hill.

Seeing that King Fu is so rich, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't even sigh. This is simply a moth of Ming Dynasty. Even if Zhu Youjian's palace is emptied, his wealth may not be one-tenth of that of King Fu.

At this time, a soldier dressed as an officer ran to Lu Xiangsheng's side and said, "I would like to report to the commander-in-chief that the palace granary is full of grain. According to my humble estimate, there are at least more than [-] shi."

"So much food?" Lu Xiangsheng asked in surprise.

The officer nodded, and after a while he said: "The humble officer looked carefully, and the grain at the bottom is all moldy."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he gave Zhu Changxun a hard look, and said in his heart: "This bastard, the food is moldy, and he doesn't want to use it to help the common people.

Shaking his head, Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and said, "You take my token and notify the prefect of Luoyang to immediately arrange for a vehicle and civilian husband to transport the grain to the granary of the government treasury."

The officer took the token and hurried out of the palace to deliver the letter to the Luoyang government office.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng led troops into the Fuwang Palace, and the prefect of Luoyang had already known about it.

You must know that Lu Xiangsheng is not only the governor of the Southern Army, who commanded all the Ming troops in Henan to suppress bandits, but also the chief envoy of Henan, and the immediate boss of the prefect of Luoyang.

It is impossible for Lu Xiangsheng to lead troops to Luoyang without disturbing the local government. Lu Xiangsheng did not go to the magistrate's office but led troops into Fuwang's mansion. Then the magistrate knew that Fuwang was going to be in trouble this time.

The prefect of Luoyang knew about the new policy promulgated by Li Jing for a long time, but before receiving Li Jing's order, the prefect of Luoyang did not dare to move King Fu. Li Jing will take Fu Wang down sooner or later.

Now that Lu Xiangsheng led the army into Fuwang's mansion, even if the magistrate thought with his feet, he could think that Lu Xiangsheng had received Li Jing's order to copy Fuwang's house.

Knowing that Lu Xiangsheng was going to copy King Fu's house, the magistrate naturally had to make preparations immediately.

The magistrate knew about King Fu's family background. He knew that there was a lot of money and food in King Fu's mansion, and the manpower brought by Lu Xiangsheng would not be able to transport so much money and food. At the time of the Yamen, the prefect of Luoyang had already begun to post notices calling for civilian vehicles.

Lu Xiangsheng did not expect the prefect of Luoyang to move so quickly. Not long after the messenger came back, the prefect of Luoyang brought a large number of civilian vehicles to Fuwang's mansion.

After meeting with the prefect of Luoyang, Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "You are very smart, knowing that I will let you recruit civilian vehicles."

The magistrate smiled and said: "The next official, Lord Meng Guo, will not abandon the appointment of the prefect of Luoyang, so he should carefully study the decree of the Duke of Guo. The Duke of Guo has already stipulated the amount of land for the vassal king in the decree, but King Fu has been slow. If you don't hand over the land, the Duke will not let him go easily. The lower officials know that the Lord has led troops into the mansion of Prince Fu, and he knows that the Lord is going to attack King Fu without asking. The Lord only brought more than a thousand soldiers. Where can so many supplies be transported? Of course, the lower official will relieve your worries."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded with a smile and said, "It's hard for you to work hard for you. The expenses of these civilians and vehicles should be paid by the chief envoy Si Yamen."

The prefect was overjoyed: "Thank you sir for your understanding."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hands and sighed: "I know that the people in Luoyang are not easy, and I also know that the government does not have much money, so I will not let the people work for nothing, and I will not let the government pay for it."

The magistrate sighed and said: "The people of Luoyang are miserable. After a year of busy work, most of the proceeds went into the pocket of King Fu. With King Fu taken down this time, the people of Luoyang can finally have a good life."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, thought for a while and said, "Let me give you an idea. You write a letter to the Duke of the State, telling you about the people in Luoyang who have been exploited by King Fu these years, and ask the Lord to allocate part of the food exploited by King Fu to you." The people of Luoyang."

"This..." The magistrate pondered, "Da Ming is fighting in Liaodong, and there is a shortage of food on the front line. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the subordinate to ask the Duke for food at this time?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled: "Even if you don't ask the Lord, with the style of the Lord, he will allocate some food to the people of Luoyang. If you write this memorial, the Lord will praise you as a good man who loves the people." Guan Er. From now on, as long as you understand the government orders of the Duke of Guo with your heart, and then do your job with all your heart, the Duke of Guo will definitely promote you and use it in your favor. Maybe in a few years, the position of Chief Minister of Henan Province will be yours."

The magistrate smiled and shook his head: "I never thought I could be a political envoy. I just want to govern Luoyang well and let the people in Luoyang live a good life. I am satisfied."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "If you have such a heart, the common people in Luoyang will have a better life in a few years."

Waving his hands, Lu Xiangsheng continued: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's arrange for people to load the trucks, and these money will be transported to the capital immediately."

"Your officer obeys." The magistrate hurriedly said.

……

Chongzhen Ten Years June 23rd.

Not long after Li Jing's new army was established, Shen Ying and Zhu Huiyu went to Beijing with their children and family members.

Knowing that the two wives were coming to Beijing, Li Jing went to greet them outside the city.

Li Jing's move made all the ministers in the court uproar, because Li Jing went out of the city to greet him in person, which not only reflects the deep love between husband and wife, but the most important thing is that this move means that Li Jing respects women. Some people even think that Li Jing respects women. Jing fears guilt.

However, the Ming Dynasty was an era when men were superior to women. As the chief minister of a country, Li Jing made such a move, and one can imagine what kind of impact it would have.

In fact, this is what Li Jing wanted.

It is said that what is good at the top must be good at the bottom. Li Jing hopes to influence more people through his behavior. He hopes that the men of Ming Dynasty will learn to respect women.

Many people in the court knew that the real supervisors of Jingji Company were actually Li Jing's two wives, and Li Jing's respect for the two wives was tantamount to telling everyone that he supported his wives in doing things.

Li Jing hoped that through his actions, everyone would allow women to come out to work, and even married women could come out to work.If women can come out to work, it can relieve considerable labor pressure.

Li Jing's actions surprised the courtiers, but Zhu Youjian's actions surprised everyone even more. Knowing that Li Jing went out of the city to welcome the two wives, Zhu Youjian even brought Queen Zhou to the city to greet them. To my surprise, even Empress Yi'an also came.

The Royal Textile Factory in Beijing has been in operation for several months. Many people know that the boss of the textile factory is Zhang Yan, Empress Yi'an, and Zhang Yan moved her residence to Xiyuan for convenience.

If Li Jing went out of the city to welcome his wife, it was a silent effect, then Zhang Yan's appearance was a real example.

Seeing Zhu Youjian, Empress Zhou, and Zhang Yan also coming outside the city to meet his wife, Li Jing couldn't help but smile wryly.

Li Jing knew that Zhang Yan must have instigated Zhu Youjian to bring Queen Zhou out.

Because after learning that Li Jing's wife is about to enter Beijing, Queen Zhou has already made preparations to meet Li Jing's wife in Kunning Palace.That is to say, it was a temporary idea for Empress Zhou to go out of the city to greet her, and it was naturally Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan who was able to encourage Empress Zhou to leave the city.

Li Jing is very clear about Zhang Yan's purpose, Zhang Yanlan's main purpose is not to stand for Li Jing, her real purpose is actually to meet Li Jing's two wives.

Hearing that Li Jing praised and respected the two wives so much, Zhang Yan really wanted to see what the woman whom Li Jing respected so much looked like.And Zhang Yan knew that if she missed this opportunity today, it would be difficult for her to meet Li Jing's wife by chance in the future.

Looking sideways at Zhang Yan's Luanjia, Li Jing shook his head slightly. Since Zhang Yan moved to Xiyuan, the two haven't seen each other once, but through Wang Chengen, Li Jing knows Zhang Yan's situation very well. .

Li Jing knows that Zhang Yan has already integrated into his new role, and he is becoming more and more familiar with the management of his subordinates.Moreover, Li Jing knows that although the textile factory does not have much profit for the time being, as the workers become more skilled and the speed of production and processing becomes faster and faster, the profit will gradually increase.

In fact, Li Jing didn't expect the textile factory to make much profit, as long as he could support the workers, Li Jing would be satisfied, but Li Jing didn't expect Zhang Yan to do this job so well. It made Zhang Yan learn to manage the harem, and she also quickly learned to manage the factory.

Li Jing sighed lightly, Zhang Yan is really an amazing woman, but it's a pity that she is the former queen, otherwise Li Jing really wouldn't mind making her his side wife.

"Marshal, Madam and the others are here." Xiao Jiu's voice suddenly pulled Li Jing's mind away from Zhang Yan.

Seeing the carriage approaching from afar, Li Jing suddenly became agitated.

It has been nearly a year since the two wives separated. The two wives not only have to manage the family business, but also have to take care of Yuan Keli. After Yuan Keli passed away, the two wives have to keep filial piety on behalf of Li Jing. One can imagine the hardships involved.

Finally, when the carriage came to the front, seeing the two ladies getting out of the carriage slowly, Li Jing stepped forward and suddenly bowed deeply and said: "The two ladies have worked hard, Li Jing thanked the two ladies."

(End of this chapter)