Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 110 The Emperor Also Comes to Increase Shares ([-])

When Huang Laifu led a group of military officers from Wuzhai Fort, as well as a group of representatives of merchants and civilians in the fort to welcome them out of Wuzhai Fort, he saw the angel, he couldn't help being stunned, and said: "Eunuch Ma...is that you? "

"Isn't this our house? Hehehehehehe, Huang Qianhu, we meet again..."

At the age of 22 or 1.5, he looked short and fat, with a height of only [-] meters five. The imperial eunuch who met him was the father-in-law Ma Jiuying whom he had met in Beijing before, and I helped him pay for two taels of silk.

At this time, he was wearing a palace robe, followed by a few guards in brocade clothes wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives on his waist. He turned into an angel. I really didn't expect... Speaking of 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, I really didn't say wrong.

Eunuch Ma smiled and said, "Huang Qianhu, what's wrong?"

Huang Laifu quickly came back to his senses, calmed down, and said: "It's the lower officials who are rude, Mr. Ma, please come to the castle."

Eunuch Ma smiled and said: "Okay, okay, Huang Qianhu, let's enter the castle, hehehehehehehe."

When everyone arrived at the gate of Qianhu's house, Huang Laifu's father Huang Sihao, mother Yang Shi, wife Gu Yunniang, father-in-law Gu Qianhu and others got the news and greeted them outside the gate. They also set up incense tables and sacrifices.Next to it, a group of Wuzhai Fort merchants surrounded from a distance, crowding the vicinity of the Thousand Households.

Eunuch Ma smiled and said, "Huang Qianhu, the emperor has a decree."

Huang Laifu hurriedly led Gu Yunniang and the others to kneel down, saying: "The thousand households in Wuzhai Fort, Huang Laifu, respectfully welcome the imperial decree."

Eunuch Ma took a brocade box wrapped in yellow silk from a brocade guard next to him, took out the imperial edict inside, and read out.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: I bow to the destiny, look up to the grandson of the sages of the ancestors, and get the scorpion. Suye is only afraid, but I want to govern. If the husband wants to be the surname of Di Kangzhao, he is the first to enter the talent. Today there are Wuzhai Huang Laifu, who has a thousand households in the fort, is worthy of great use to store food for the country and make the soldiers self-sufficient. Specially promoted the thousand households of Wuzhai Fort to be the guard of the thousand households of Wuzhai Fort. I hope that he will be loyal and brave in state affairs, and don't let me down, I respect this!"

After finishing the reading, Eunuch Ma smiled and said, "Huang Shoubei, accept the order!"

Huang Laifu was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly thanked him: "My minister Huang Laifu accepts the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

He respectfully accepted the imperial decree from Eunuch Ma, and he was overjoyed. Wuzhai Fort was upgraded from a thousand-household office to a thousand-household office. This is similar to a municipality directly under the central government in later generations, directly under the vertical leadership of the Ministry of War.And after adding the title of garrison, it is directly equivalent to a promotion.The most important thing is that this is the emperor's affirmation to himself. To be honest, after Huang Laifu did all this in Daming, such as the farm and the like, he was still a little worried, afraid that what he did would not be in line with what Daming was doing at this time. , the emperor's attitude at the moment has already shown everything.

He was about to speak, but he saw Eunuch Ma took a brocade box wrapped in yellow silk from another Jin Yiwei, and took out a silk scroll inside, with a pattern of emerald grass painted on it, and he said sharply: "Gu Yunniang Listen to the seal."

Gu Yunniang was taken aback, originally he had already stood up with Huang Laifu, then hurriedly knelt down again, and said: "Gu Yunniang, a civil woman, welcomes you to accept the letter, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Eunuch Ma sang: "by heaven's decree: my heir inherits Pixu, learns the classics far away, keeps close to the ancestors to establish the law, and is the king of the world. Today, the Huang Gu family of Wuzhaibao, who is beautiful and virtuous, has a filial piety, and is specially appointed Huang Gu. Your family is a fifth-rank wife, and hereditary will not replace you. This letter!"

Gu Yunniang was so happy that she was almost speechless, but fortunately she reacted quickly, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Taking over the order from Eunuch Ma joyfully, Gu Qianhu and others beside him were extremely happy, as well as Huang Laifu's sisters and uncles all showed envious expressions.The surrounding crowd of onlookers also showed expressions of amazement, and everyone discussed with each other.It is a very rare honor to be conferred the rank of fifth wife by the emperor, which means that she will also be an official in the future. In the future, when officials of the fifth rank of Ming Dynasty meet Gu Yunniang, they can only meet at the same level on formal occasions.

Huang Laifu was also very happy. In the Ming Dynasty, it was very rare for the emperor to confer on an official's wife as his wife. It was more honorable than the emperor directly conferring on that official.He looked at Gu Yunniang, only to see that Gu Yunniang was also looking at him with joy on her face, and when she met Huang Laifu's gaze, Gu Yunniang smiled sweetly.

※※※

Huang Laifu respectfully welcomed Eunuch Ma and others into the Thousand-Household Mansion—it will be changed to the Garrison Mansion in the future.

Eunuch Ma introduced the gifts that the emperor gave to Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang one by one, including some silver, some silk yarn, and various rewards.Especially those silk yarns and silks, all of which are of the highest quality. The eyes of mother Yang, wife Gu Yunniang, and a few older sisters are shining brightly.There is also Gu Yunniang's imperial wife's clothes, which Gu Yunniang can't put it down.

Eunuch Ma introduced to Huang Laifu a fellow Jinyiwei Qianhu Yang Dawei. , met Huang Shoubei."

Huang Laifu hurriedly said: "Master Yang, you are being polite." He glanced at Yang Dawei, and he always felt that this old man seemed to have seen him somewhere?Thinking of the pervasiveness of the Jin Yiwei in the Ming Dynasty, I couldn't help but feel a chill.

That night, Huang Laifu held a big banquet to welcome the angels who came to Wuzhaibao.That night, all the important figures in Wuzhaibao were present, and Eunuch Ma talked and laughed happily, talking about interesting things in the capital, which made everyone very interested.Huang Laifu wanted to ask him several times about how he made his fortune, why did he become an angel from an unsatisfactory middle-ranking official who wanted to play tricks for a few taels of money?But in the end, I still didn't ask.

That night, Huang Laifu arranged for Eunuch Ma and several Jinyiwei to rest in the official office of Wuzhai Fort, and after Eunuch Ma and others left, the joyful celebration in the thousand households, and everyone's congratulations to Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang were naturally inevitable.

Early the next morning, Eunuch Ma brought Yang Dawei and others to the door and asked Huang Laifu to show him around Wuzhaibao.Naturally, Huang Laifu wanted to meet Eunuch Ma's request, but at the same time, he wondered, this old man didn't leave after he announced the decree, so would he want to live in Wuzhaibao forever?I'm just a garrison, so it's not my turn to send eunuchs to supervise the army, right?

Huang Laifu took Ma Gonggong and others to look around, from inside the fort to outside the fort, from various farms to various workshops and factories, from various vegetable orchards to horseshoe slope sheep farm, and then to the large livestock farm in Wuzhaibao.Everywhere he went, Eunuch Ma looked carefully and asked Huang Laifu carefully.

Naturally, Huang Laifu couldn't hide his secrets, he knew everything and said everything.

For the various parts of Wuzhai Fort, Ma Gonggong became more and more surprised. After he and his party entered the territory of Wuzhai Fort, they were surprised by the changes in Wuzhai Fort that were different from other military forts. Surprised by the crowds of merchants, as well as the smooth and clean street surface on the street.Unexpectedly, this is just a small military fort.After seeing the bustling farms and workshops outside Wuzhai Fort, he seemed to have made up his mind.

When accompanying Eunuch Ma, Huang Laifu often saw Jin Yiwei Qianhu and Eunuch Ma making eye contact, the expression seemed to say: How about it, am I right?In addition, Yang Dawei Qianhu seemed to have a strange expression on his face. He had just left not long ago, and it seemed that some changes had taken place in Wuzhai Fort, which was incredible.

Of course, Huang Laifu didn't understand what Eunuch Ma and Yang Dawei Qianhu were talking about. Looking at the look in their eyes, he thought that the two of them had that kind of bad taste, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart!
After two days of careful inspection of Wuzhai Fort, Eunuch Tian Ma invited Huang Laifu to the official office of Wuzhai Fort, and after letting all the left and right go down, even Yang Dawei, a thousand householder of Jinyiwei, went down.

Ma Gonggong said: "Huang Shoubei, this time our family came to Wuzhai Fort because of the secret entrustment of the emperor. Let me tell you the truth, the emperor is very concerned about the bumper harvest in Wuzhai Fort this time. Huang Shoubei knows that now The country is becoming more and more difficult, the income cannot be paid, and the expenses are increasing day by day, the salary is huge, alas, the emperor is worrying about these things all day long."

Huang Laifu also sighed, and said: "The emperor is sympathetic to the hardships of the people, and his heart is in danger of famine and death for the people, and his subordinates respect him. I really hate that I, a subject, cannot share the emperor's worries. I am really ashamed."

Eunuch Ma smiled and said: "Why should Huang Shoubei be overly modest? The emperor and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty appreciated the achievements of the garrison. The emperor also praised the garrison in front of our family, saying that it can express the power of the people and support the soldiers." Food, border defense strategy is not good at this."

When Huang Laifu was happy to hear it, Ma Gonggong said: "Everyone has been wondering why Wuzhaibao has a bumper harvest in the current year. Others don't understand why the emperor does. After hearing what the emperor said, our family came to Wuzhai After Zhaibao has seen the farms in various places, he has to admire the emperor’s vision. Others have seen the waterwheel in Wuzhaibao, but the emperor thinks that the waterwheel is one, and there must be two other things. This is our house. The purpose of coming to Wuzhai Fort next time."

Huang Laifu couldn't help being shocked when he heard it. He thought that no one in the entire Ming Dynasty would understand his big farm plan. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wanli, who was thousands of miles away, guessed something...

Eunuch Ma said in a low voice: "The emperor knows that Mr. Huang is a good farmer. He hopes that Mr. Huang will manage the farmland of Wuzhaibao well, and he will be a model for all parts of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, he may hand over the management of the emperor's villages in various places. In addition, the emperor Knowing that adults are very popular, it will inevitably attract gossip, so I am willing to contribute 200 taels of silver to participate in all the farms in Wuzhaibao. The monarch and ministers will work together to manage Wuzhaibao, a model land for farming. Our family is bold and will contribute another 100 taels of silver. For the emperor to participate in all the workshops and livestock farms in Wuzhaibao..."

"The emperor said that from now on, Mr. Huang can just do it freely, and everything has the support of the emperor!"

(End of this chapter)