Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 753 Is Your Grandmother Still a Brothel Courtesan?

Those old friends of He Liu, those who have already died of illness, died of illness, and those who died without illness.He feels lonely.

In the past three years, he has rarely stepped into the Jinyiwei yamen.Occasionally, when encountering a difficult and serious case, Commander Wang Zhizhen and Beizhen Governor Luo Sigong would come to his master's house to ask for advice.

Chen Ju and Wang An, two writers, would bring some exquisite food to He's mansion to see their sixth master at the end of every month.

A gust of spring breeze brushed Yang Wan's cheeks.Yang Wan let out a "hey, hey" laugh.

He Liu sighed and said, "If nothing happened to you back then, you would at least have the title of commander now. Alas, child, this is fate. When I was young, I didn't believe in fate. I always thought that man will conquer nature. Now I am old. , I feel more and more that people cannot fight against the sky and their lives.”

At this moment, a 25-year-old young man, wearing a fifth-grade civil official uniform, rode a fast horse to the poplar forest.

This civil servant doesn't seem to be afraid of the guards in brocade clothes who are like wolves and tigers.He got off his horse and threw the reins directly to a wrestler.

This person is none other than He Liu's grandson, Li Hanjiao.

Li Hanjiao walked up to He Liu quickly: "Grandpa! I'm back!"

Li Hanjiao lowered his head and said to Yang Wan, "Uncle Yang."

Yang Wan raised his head and smirked at Li Hanjiao: "Hey."

When He Liu saw his grandson, he looked happy: "Why did you come to the capital all of a sudden?"

Li Hanjiao said: "Governor Su Song Ye Xianggao recommended me to the Ministry of Officials to be the acting prefect of Shunde Mansion. I came to the capital this time to be transferred to the Ministry of Officials."

He Liu smiled and said, "Okay. This is double happiness for you. Firstly, you have been promoted to an official. Secondly, Shunde Mansion is very close to the capital. I can come to Shunde Mansion to see you if I have nothing to do. By the way, I The granddaughter-in-law, have you brought it back to Beijing?"

Li Hanjiao is a man who dares to love and hate.When he was a county magistrate in Shandong, he married a woman from a brothel.The Ming Dynasty had a system, and it was a serious crime for officials to accept prostitutes as concubines.Not to mention marrying a prostitute?

However, Li Hanjiao is the son of the general soldier of Jizhou, the grandson of the general soldier of Liaodong, the nephew of the general soldier of Xuanda, and the grandson of Jin Yiwei He Butcher.The officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked upright, but they were all bullying in their bones.They would not trouble Li Hanjiao.

They knew that if they scolded the emperor, the emperor would not kill them.Because the emperor has to take into account the eternal history.The three rough men of the Li family were all reckless men who licked blood with knives.If you joined Li Hanjiao, maybe those three guys would come to Beijing with a knife in their hands to find them desperately.What's more, Li Hanjiao is the grandson of the famous Butcher He?
Li Hanjiao replied: "Bring it back, it is at our house. She is pregnant. You will always be a great-grandfather."

He Liu was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Okay, then let's go home quickly. Have a reunion dinner."

Turning his head, He Liu ordered Xiaoqi, a guard in Jinyi, "Go to the Tianjin Racecourse immediately, and let Ze Zhen go home! Tell him that his cousin and sister-in-law have returned to Beijing!"

He Liu returned to the capital, first sent Yang Wan back to the mansion, and then returned to the He mansion with Li Hanjiao.

In the hall of He Mansion, stood a stunning woman who was pregnant with Liujia.He Liuyi's eyes were dazzled for a moment, and in an instant, he even mistakenly thought it was Bai Xiaoyan.

The woman gave He Liu a blessing: "My concubine, Yang Guier, has met my grandfather."

He Liu said disapprovingly: "My grandson's wife is just my grandson's wife, what kind of concubine do you call yourself?"

A look of shame appeared on Yang Gui'er's face, and then he said: "The humble grandson concubine comes from a lowly background... She is not worthy of calling herself the grandson's wife of the Great Ming Crown Prince Shaobao, Jinyiwei Zuo Dudu."

He Liu burst into laughter: "Silly boy. What a humble background! Nonsense. Your grandmother was the courtesan of Yicui Tower in Jinling decades ago!"

When He Liu talked about Bai Xiaoyan's background, not only did he not hide it, but there was a proud smile on his face.

Oiran, the chief among flowers.Only a woman who sinks fish and wild geese, and closes the moon and shames flowers, is worthy of these two words.

Li Hanjiao said from the side: "Grandpa, if only my father and mother were as open-minded as you are. They don't let Gui'er into the house until now."

He Liu pointed to Gui'er's swollen belly: "When Gui'er gives birth to a child, I'll take him to Jizhou! If Mr. Rubai dares not let him in, I'll break his legs!"

The family entered the dining room.Ziyan has already prepared dinner.

He Liu sat down at the dinner table with his grandson and grandson-in-law.He Liu picked up a chicken leg for Gui'er: "Come on, kid, eat more. Now you eat alone, and two make up."

Li Hanjiao poured wine for He Liu.

He Liu asked: "You were transferred from Henan to Jiangnan a year ago. How is the situation in Jiangnan now?"

Li Hanjiao asked: "What are you talking about? World customs? Official governance?"

He Liudao: "Let's talk about the world style first."

Li Hanjiao said: "Jiangnan was originally a place full of luxury and prosperity. When Zhongjie Gong Hairui was in Jiangnan, the wealthy families and noble officials could restrain themselves a bit. Now... alas, they are becoming more and more extravagant."

He Liu asked again: "Where are the officials?"

Li Hanjiao said: "Mr. Zhang's examination method is now in name only. Corruption is rife in the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River. The top beam is not right and the bottom beam is crooked. Zhang Jing, the supervisor of ceremonies, is now suppressing the cabinet and holding most of the power in the court. Corruption How can the officials below not follow suit? Governor Ye Xianggao is clean and self-reliant, but he can only defend himself. He can't control his colleagues."

He Liudao: "The reincarnation of heaven. Now it's not just Jiangnan. The entire Ming Dynasty officialdom seems to have returned to the situation during the Jiajing period. Officials are only able to earn money."

Li Hanjiao said: "Isn't it? Those noisy crows in the Three Law Departments and the Six Divisions who claim to be clean will only look for opportunities to make troubles in the court and fight for power and profit. But they never care about the corruption of the officials below."

He Liudao: "Nowadays, officials are only able to gain fame and reputation. How can they care about the life and death of ordinary people? There are no Qingliu like Yang Lian and Hai Rui who really fight for the people. They all say it is Qingliu Yanguan, I see, the current Yanguan are all turbid streams!"

Li Hanjiao said: "Jiangnan's finances are also drying up day by day. The supervising eunuchs and guardian eunuchs sent to Jiangnan by the Supervisor of Rituals are desperately squeezing the people to get money. More than half of the money they got went into the emperor's internal storage. A small half went into their own pockets. The people are suffering, but the treasury does not see riches. A while ago, Governor Ye had a dispute with the eunuch Lin Jiang, the chief eunuch of the Hangzhou River Channel Supervision Office, over the collection of money for river repairs. Governor Ye hindered him I'm a person in the palace, so I can only bear with it. But I didn't take it into consideration, so I scolded that eunuch Lin Jiang."

He Liu smiled and said, "That's right. Although your official is small, he is the grandson of my Butcher He. You, this is a fox pretending to be a tiger."

(End of this chapter)