First Minister of Ming Dynasty

You must know that when crossing the river into Jinling, Zhang Ximeng suggested to Lao Zhu that the sedan chair should be abolished and people should not be used as animals.Zhu Yuanzhang naturally agreed. Over the past few years, in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, literati rode in cars and warriors rode horses. They really did not sit in sedan chairs.

The folk bearers also disappeared, and the big guys returned to their hometowns to farm.

Who can honestly cultivate the land and live comfortably, who is willing to be a cow or a horse for others, and let others sit on their shoulders?Therefore, under the entire Ming Dynasty, the sedan chair, as a means of transportation, almost disappeared.

The only thing that still exists is the eight palanquins used for marriage.

Marriage is an extraordinary event for anyone.

Carrying a large sedan chair, carrying it like a rich lady, carrying it like a perfect body, and carrying it like a supporting partner... This kind of thing must never be banned.

Originally, Zhang Ximeng didn't have anything to do here, he just picked a few bearers to help carry his wife back.

But for some reason, when Chang Yuchun heard about it, he immediately clamored to become a bearer.

When he first came here, thanks to Zhang Xiang's guidance and teaching, he could not repay this kindness, and it was only natural that he helped Zhang Xiang carry his wife back.

Hearing what he said, Xu Da immediately rolled his eyes, can you stop putting money on your face?How late are you attached?My name was chosen by Zhang Xiang. How can it be your turn to change the name?

The two of them quarreled, Fei Ju scratched his head, and said to them, "Actually, I was the first to join here, and I am more qualified than you."

Hu Dahai coughed in a low voice: "Don't mention any qualifications? In terms of qualifications, how can you compare to Tang and Tang Guogong? If he is not here, we are all the same! I, Lao Hu, will also be the bearer."

Feng Guoyong echoed: "Who says no, what are you robbing? It takes eight people to carry a big sedan chair, and I'm the only one to count."

Ding Pulang suddenly said: "Zhang Xiang wrote articles and established a temple for Master Peng. I have to repay this kindness. Count me in."

Liao Yongzhong also said: "That's right, that's right! Zhang Xiang is still the commander of the navy, so it's only natural for us to carry my wife!"

At this point, Liao Yongan, Yu Tonghai, and several navy generals stood up.

Hua Yun, Wu Zhen, Wu Liang, these people are also in a hurry.

Hua Yun yelled: "At the beginning, Zhang Xiang gave me the word Yun, and expected me to be on par with Zhao Zilong, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms. What a kindness, I cannot be left behind!"

Zheng Yuchun rubbed his hands, hehe said: "Anyway, I don't care about anything else, we trainers are all arranged by Zhang Xiang, this time no matter what, we must have a share."

No need to count, the eight places must have been exceeded.

From Xu Da to Chang Yuchun, there were almost dozens of generals, and they were quite arguing.

On the other side, Liu Bowen, Song Lian and others looked at each other in blank dismay. You guys are arguing about this, have you considered us?

Zhang Xiang has written so many articles, and his disciples are all over the world, and we are all Zhang Xiang's disciples.

Now that Zhang Xiang is getting married, it's such a big happy event, why do you give your military officers such an advantage?Don't look at our frail body, but when it comes to quarrels, we are not afraid!With the addition of this group of literati, things immediately became troublesome.

Originally, there was still hope for the big guys to grab eight spots.

As a result, as soon as the civil servants came, they had to divide into four.

Suddenly even Chang Yuchun was not sure.

Is this okay?

Civil and military ministers opened the battlefield.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the most serious civil and military struggle ensued.

The civil servants can quarrel, but the military officers have thicker arms.

If you can't make noise, just flip the table.

The general turned the table, and Song Lian, Liu Ji and others couldn't argue, so they could only calm down for a while, but soon the martial arts man couldn't figure out how to allocate eight places, and they quickly became chaotic.

Then came the opportunity for Song Lian and others to tell tales, stir up trouble, form cliques... All in all, all [-] kinds of martial arts came up.

Needless to say, this lively energy.

Seeing that the roof of the house was about to be lifted, Zhu Ying bravely made a suggestion.

"I told you to stop arguing. My elder brother is a very simple person. Let's just use a carriage instead of a sedan chair." As soon as he uttered these words, he was immediately pierced by countless eyes.

Zhu Ying was so frightened that she trembled, it was broken!Get in trouble!Sure enough, the anger of both civil and military parties was directed at Zhu Ying, boy, what do you mean, you want to smash our game, don't you?

The big guy's sharp words, thunder and lightning, drowned Zhu Ying in an instant.

Zhu Ying can't stand it, run away!

He escaped, just met Zhu Yuanzhang, and shouted, "Godfather, help!"

Lao Zhu saved his godson and asked what happened?

As soon as Zhu Ying said, the old Zhu laughed, "Why are you arguing, we have already figured out a way!"

Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the side hall with big strides, glanced at the noisy crowd of civil and military officials, and couldn't help shaking his head, "You guys, who said that you must carry a big sedan chair eight times to welcome your relatives?"

Liu Bowen was clever, and immediately said: "What does the superior mean?"

"Zhang Xiang's status is enough to use 64 to carry the sedan chair, what do you think?"

Chang Yuchun quickly bowed, "Sage Master! Even if it's 120 or [-], it's a matter of course!"

With just a word from Lao Zhu, he got an unprecedented big sedan chair.

It didn't matter, Lao Zhu waved his hand, and someone brought in a gold medal with four shining big characters on it: Master Fu Guoyuan.

Seeing this, the ministers hesitated for a moment, and immediately said in unison: "Your superior is wise, Mr. Zhang deserves his name!"

Chapter 497 The Wedding Team

Yuan Nai is the elder of goodness, the way of heaven and the four virtues, Yuan Henry is chaste, and there is a new one, and everything is renewed... Zhang Ximeng is the first courtier to follow Zhu Yuanzhang, and also Zhu Yuanzhang's teacher. He teaches reading, assists the country and the people, and benefits a lot. .

The word Yuanshi is well-deserved.

Among the civil and military officials present, no one would object to this... The only one who has some ideas may be Li Shanchang who is still in Yingtian.

In the end, he could only watch Zhang Ximeng being revered as a Yuan teacher. Isn't he depressed to death?

But don't worry about how depressed he is, anyway, it has nothing to do with the big guys present.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the big guys what they meant, and I heard that they were all willing to carry the sedan chair.

Old Zhu said with a smile: "Then go together and prepare 64 big sedan chairs for Zhang Xiang. Except for the leader, the rest of the people can change shifts in the middle... The big guys are all exposed to the rain and dew, and everyone has fun together. What do you think?"

"The superior saint!"

Everyone cheered and encouraged, smiling.

Xu Da sighed and said: "My superiors, Zhang quite put in a lot of painstaking efforts in teaching literacy and setting up rules in the army at the beginning. He is like a teacher of ministers and others. Today, ministers and others are overjoyed to be able to participate in Zhang Xiang's wedding. It is unavoidable to be a little reckless. , please forgive me.”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "Needless to say, we are not like this! You all don't know that Zhang Xiang was thin and small back then, with a handful of bones, a pair of big eyes, and no flesh in his body. Back then, the queen cooked the dishes herself. , eating and drinking delicious food every day, it’s so easy to grow so big, but we don’t even have a wife, we are anxious to see it. Fortunately, there is Jiang Tiju, who can be regarded as a man and a woman, a match made in heaven.”

When Lao Zhu said this, he glanced at the civil and military present, and then said murderously: "Jiang Tiju has worked hard in state affairs for the past few years and punished corrupt officials. She has made great contributions. Her character is obvious to all. Now she is married to Zhang Xiang. Let's say, the pure will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. If someone has a rotten heart and lungs, and chews his tongue behind his back, don't blame us for not reminding him when the time comes! The law of the country is ruthless, and the knife in our hand is even more ruthless!"

Everyone quickly agreed, with awe in their hearts.

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang's words were not intended for these people.

The civil and military people present more or less understood the relationship between Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as Zhang Ximeng's character. If they wanted to instigate trouble here, they would simply enter the latrine with a lantern and seek death.

But in this world there are always those guys who pretend to be smart and think they can tell the truth and get benefits.

With Lao Zhu's words, when the ghost knife falls, don't be called wronged.

After Lao Zhu finished speaking, he told the big guys, "You are rushing to carry the sedan chair, there is something I want to remind you, if someone makes a mess in the middle of a hurry, affects the wedding, and disturbs the bride, we will not agree!"

These words really reminded the big guys that this group of generals is enough in terms of physical strength, but lifting the sedan chair must be skillful and must be stable, and there must be changes in the middle. How to ensure stability is also a technical job.

If the auspicious time is delayed, the crime will be serious.

Then you saw a group of the top military generals of Ming Dynasty, headed by Xu Da, running to the school grounds, each holding a wooden pole, carrying it on their shoulders, shouting chant together, stepping neatly, not daring to make any mistakes have.

It made the soldiers watch and laugh, happier than the New Year.

And the group of people present just laughed and cursed, didn't care, and even felt quite honored.

After all, being able to carry Zhang Ximeng's sedan chair has a certain status.

Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai, and Feng Guoyong are the four leaders, and the rest are Huayun, Wu Zhen, Wu Liang, Fei Ju, Zheng Yuchun, Liao Yongzhong, Yu Tonghai, Zhu Wenzheng, and Lan Yu.

With this combination, the minimum is a hereditary Marquis.

If you want to carry it from the beginning to the end, you must be the master of the state.

The big guy has practiced all afternoon, and he is familiar with it. Just about to show off his skills, that annoying Zhu Ying swayed again.

Chang Yuchun snorted, "What are you doing here, kid? Want to talk nonsense?"

Zhu Ying chuckled, "I came here under the order of Mr. Fenglin... He asked me to tell the big guys that since we are welcoming the bride, you can't wear military uniforms, that's not okay."

Feng Guoyong nodded, "That's reasonable, as long as we all wear court clothes."

"That's even worse." Zhu Yingdao: "My eldest brother is a courtier, and you all wear official uniforms to help him welcome the bride. Those who know are Zhang Xiang's marriage, but those who don't know think that His Majesty is welcoming the imperial concubine!"

At this moment, the big guy was taken aback, "Then, what should we do?"

Zhu Ying looked at a few people, suddenly smiled, took out a bright red shirt from behind, and shook it in his hand, "Big guy, please pay attention!"

When the generals saw it, they didn't need to use their eyes anymore, they just turned their eyes off. What kind of thing is this? Why is it still wearing flowers?

"Zhu Ying, what the hell are you doing?" Hua Yun asked angrily.

Zhu Ying hurriedly yelled, "I'm wronged, isn't it right for the wedding party to dress festively? If you guys don't want to, I, I'll find someone else!"

"do not!"

Chang Yuchun hurriedly stopped her, and then said: "Isn't it just a red dress with flowers? I really can't wear it anymore? When I was acting in the army, I even pretended to be Concubine Yang! It's okay, I'll come!"

When the big guy heard what he said, his face turned black. No wonder there was an Anshi Rebellion. Li Longji fell in love with you, so he was blind. Can the country not be destroyed?

Maybe An Lushan felt that the imperial concubine's eyes were sharp, so he wanted to go to Luo with a knife, and complained about his interests!

When Yuchun often said this, the big guy relaxed instead.

It's no big deal, it's just that through Zhang Xiang's marriage, everyone has a lot of fun... just wearing red clothes and flowers, and not letting the big guy really come on stage, it's nothing.

"Zhu Ying, what else do you have to do, show it!" Hua Yun patted her chest and said angrily.

Zhu Ying smiled even wider, "Commander Hua, let's not talk about anything else, just your messy beard, it's scary to go out, let you greet the bride, don't scare the child... Listen to me, trim the beard, carefully Get in order."

Hua Yun nodded, "Sure, I'm already handsome, if I do this, I'll really become Changshan Zhao Zilong!"

His words aroused laughter, and Zhu Wenzheng yelled loudly, "Take a knife and see how thick this skin is?"

During the yelling, Hua Yun was not the only one with beards, Hu Dahai couldn't help but said: "I, I want to clean up too?"

Zhu Ying took a serious look, scratched her head and said, "Not only do you need to trim your beard, but you also need to apply some powder. Your face is almost like the bottom of a pot."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all couldn't help laughing.

A group of fierce generals in the world are willing to wear red clothes and big flowers, and carry the sedan chair in pink and ink to welcome the bride.

In itself, it was quite an astonishing thing. Zhang Ximeng's prestige was indeed terrifying!

The time soon came to the wedding day.

Zhang Ximeng's residence was decorated with lights and festoons, and it was freshly painted.

This place was originally Liu Futong's other courtyard, and the architecture was very elegant and luxurious. Zhu Yuanzhang lent the other courtyard to Zhang Ximeng, and also brought in a nearby courtyard, demolished the courtyard wall, and made a little renovation to make it very spacious and bright. , the weather is magnificent, very suitable as Zhang Ximeng's new house.

Of course, it wasn't that Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant to award the house to Zhang Ximeng. The key was that Jiang Tiju said directly that although there were many houses in Kaifeng, they were all government property. The reward must have a name, and the house must have a destination.

It is not justified to reward the courtiers just because it is convenient to get married.

Good guy, no one else needs to do anything, Zhang Ximeng will be taken seriously by a Jiang mention.

In the past, some people wanted to challenge Zhang Xiang's weakness, and they probably had a chance, but now that Jiang Tiju was there, Zhang Ximeng's Tiju was understood.

Zhang Ximeng also had nothing to say, he even took out [-] guan banknotes and handed them over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, which was regarded as the renovation expenses of the house he borrowed, so we can't take advantage of the court.

Rules that did not exist before must be established.

What was there before should be more clear and no loopholes are allowed.

On the wedding day, Zhang Ximeng got up early.

In fact, there is nothing to worry about. The white-faced scholar has always been so handsome. He doesn't need makeup at all. He is full of poetry and books, and has a natural temperament!

When other people get married, they will dress up as the number one scholar, and put on a half-carrying suit, playing and playing, that's all.

When Zhang Ximeng arrived, the outfit of the champion was too shabby.

Our Zhang Xiang wears a beam crown on his head, a boa robe and a jade belt.

The Duke of Chaopin, the leader of hundreds of officials, don't need to say more!