Brocade tears

That night Guo Dayou stayed at Zhao's house, because Meng Kuang and Sui'er didn't sleep together that night because of Guo Dayou's presence.Firstly, they were in the Zhao family and Guo Dayou, a big man, was there, so they were too embarrassed to be too close; secondly, Meng Kuang's injury was not yet fully recovered, and Sui'er didn't want him to affect her rest.They didn't go to talk to Bai Yuyin and Meng Yan that night. They washed up and went to bed early.

Meng Kuang took the medicine before going to bed, which contained the ingredients of sleeping. She fell asleep very early that night and had a deep sleep.Sui'er slept until midnight when she was woken up by the noise outside the house. She could hear the sound of a large number of people running past in a daze. She got up and put on her shoes, opened the window and looked out, and saw many torches gathered together. The light illuminated by the night is transmitted through the top of the wall.She thought to herself that the closure of the city had really come true, and she wondered whether those spies hiding in the city with different intentions could escape this catastrophe.

There was one person who couldn't sleep that night, and that was Zhao Ziyang.He has been hiding in his own room, sitting behind the desk and flipping through a household file.This is what he brought back home on secondment from the Ministry of Household Affairs a few days ago. He did not have this authority, but because his superior, Fan Yuming, the official secretary of Shandong Province, went to Shandong on a business trip to urge the summer tax, Lu Shilang granted it temporarily. He assumes the authority of the doctor and can read the documents of the authority of the doctor.These days, he is sorting out last year's river control funds, and has read a lot of government expenditure records reported by the areas along the Yellow River. The more he checks, the more troublesome he is. It has almost disappeared. In recent years, the river management has almost relied on the local governments along the Yellow River to raise private funds. This is clearly recorded in Pan Jixun's river management and dredging by the Ministry of Industry.

Today Guo Dayou mentioned Bai Yuyin's life experience, and Zhao Ziyang suddenly remembered that he had seen an official quote her father Bai Xianshi's article in a river management project in Shandong.But the memory was a little fuzzy, and it took him a while to find it out after he came back.

This essay was written in July of the tenth year of Wanli, and was reported by Li Song, the right chief envoy of the Chief Secretary of Shandong. Deeply worried.The capital of Liaodong has always been under the direct administration of Shandong. Shandong and Liaodong are only separated by a narrow Bohai Sea estuary, across the sea.In addition, there is also a Long Island Islands in Shandong, which is closer to Liaodong, and it is very convenient to travel.Shandong took charge of Liaodong and became the rear of Liaodong. This was out of military considerations against the Northern Yuan Dynasty and came from the wisdom of Emperor Tai/Zu.

The fee list for Lu Wang's marriage in Li Song's memorial is extremely detailed, and it specifically mentions Bai Xianshi's research, so it can be confirmed that he has read Bai Xianshi's Shangshu.It's just that it's too late to say anything now, Zhao Ziyang looked at Li Song's memorial with no votes and no verdicts, which means that the memorial didn't even pass the first six subjects of refutation, and was directly detained.It is not difficult for Zhao Ziyang to be sure that this Shuwen may have never passed in front of the emperor's eyes, and even the elders in the cabinet may not have the chance to see it.

He silently threw the book on the desk and leaned against the back of the chair.I can't help but start to wonder why I want to be an official in the court.He has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has seen so much injustice, injustice and dark strife, and how much laziness, laziness and greed for public and private interests.The government is in decline, and the officialdom is dark, which is no longer what it used to be.In the tenth year of Wanli, he made great efforts to acquire Jinbang High School, so that he could serve as an official in the court and assist Zhang Shoufu in implementing the New Deal.But now ten years have passed, the former Chief Assistant is long gone, and he is drifting with the current in this chaotic political abyss like a floating creature on the surface of the water, becoming more and more lost.

At that time, he was studying with his first cousin and second cousin. The first cousin was not suitable for studying, but his second cousin was his bosom friend, and they both had the same ambition.They are all willing to be named on the gold list, and to show their ambitions under the leadership of the former chief assistant.Now it is true that things are different, such a loyal young man has his future destroyed in the open and secret struggle of many interests, and he has to hide his name and leave his hometown.

"Cousin, the key to our dynasty is taxation and people's livelihood. Only when the country becomes rich can we be able to reorganize our armaments and train an invincible Ming army to completely wipe out the intrusions of foreign tribes such as Bei Yuan. Only by starting from taxation and people's livelihood The key to everything is to actually change the current financial malpractice. Cousin, if we want to join Shoufu, we have to learn this, learn how to make the people rich, and when the people become rich, the country will become rich..." The second cousin's youthful and high-spirited voice seemed to be still echoing in his ears, but a chill seemed to creep up from Zhao Ziyang's spine, making goose bumps all over his body.

He slowly closed his eyes, as if he had seen a gigantic treasure ship that was once incomparably luxurious and high-spirited, corroded and riddled with holes, and gradually sank with an irreversible momentum. The tide of 200 years has blown away, and finally sailed to the cemetery of the empire in the waning western mountains.

He sat until dawn, finally picked up a pen, and wrote six words on the paper: Do your best and obey the destiny.

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It was not only Zhao Ziyang who stayed up all night, but also Zhan Yu.In fact, he hadn't had a good rest for several days in a row. He led troops to search and arrest in the city every day, and the soles of his boots were almost worn out in the past few days.

The day before, he encountered King Nine Fingers head-on during the hunt. Although he accidentally let him snatch the horse and escape on the road, Zhan Yu became more confident. He believed that he would be able to catch this cunning guy.Most of Nine Finger King's accomplices have been arrested, but Zhan Yu thinks he still has people around him.The bombing of the Nanxincang the night before yesterday was a trick of theirs. They must still be planning something.He sent out five people to burn Nanxin Cang in one breath, which proved Zhan Yu's judgment that there were still elite Tartars around the King of Nine Fingers.

Today, Zhan Yu intends to search from the Nanxincang area to the north first, and after arriving near the Andingmen, then search from the east to the west, focusing on the area around the imperial city and the nearby high-ranking officials. He suspects that these people are planning to attack and kill Important officials in the DPRK and China.

The search and arrest process did not go very smoothly. He met many other officers and soldiers who were also searching and arresting in the city during the period. After communicating, no one got anything.I don't know what kind of trick this group of people used to hide in the city and disappear.Right now, Chaozhong is paying close attention to this matter, and Zhan Yu has a heavy burden on him. He must arrest all of the Nine Fingers Group as soon as possible.The war in Ningxia is becoming more and more serious. If these Tatar spies are still allowed to make trouble in the city, what will be the face of the Ming Dynasty?The commanders of the soldiers and horses who used to only know how to eat food, play with beauties, and hang out on the streets all day long had to cheer up and go all out to search and hunt.

Searching all the way to the vicinity of the Drum Tower, Zhan Yu happened to come to his house.Looking at the vermilion gate of his house and the courtyard of the deep house, he frowned, turned his horse's head and planned to turn around and leave.But it was still unlucky, as soon as he reached the base of the courtyard wall, he bumped into a carriage, and the driver recognized him at a glance, and shouted happily:

"Second Master Biao, it's such a coincidence to meet you."

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and an elderly venerable in the red official robe of a third-rank civil servant leaned out and looked at Zhan Yu who was on the horse.With a sigh, Zhan Yu had no choice but to dismount, and stepped forward to salute:

"Nephew and grandson met uncle."

"Yu'er, you've been very busy these days." The elder in the car said in a deep voice.

"Yes, in the past few days we have been hunting the Tartar enemy agents throughout the city."

"No matter how busy you are, you have to go home, you know? Your mother has been talking about you these days, and you still have a marriage, get things done as soon as possible, and then go home and get married." The elder spoke slowly, but it made people feel helpless resist.

Zhan Yu pursed his lips, didn't speak, just bowed his hands and saluted.The elder took one last look at him, lowered the curtain, and the coachman drove the carriage into the courtyard.

Zhan Yu watched his uncle enter the house, feeling a little tight in his chest.How much he wanted to escape from this house, but in the end he was still bound here, unable to leave after wandering around for a long time.

His uncle was Zhang Wei Zhang Mingcheng, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials of the current dynasty, a scholar of Dongge University, and one of the cabinet ministers.Zhan Yu's mother is his biological niece, and she is not married.The reason is that Zhan Yu's grandmother, that is, Zhang Wei's own sister and her husband-in-law both died young. Zhang Wei took his niece to him and raised him. His father is the son-in-law, a great Han general in Jinyiwei, and the bastard son of a wealthy and famous family, so Zhan Yu grew up in this house as Zhang Wei's nephew and grandson since he was a child.His father has been stationed in other places for the past two years, and his mother is the only relative left in the family. Zhan Yu feels like an outsider in the family, and his uncle Zhang Wei is not very close to him.

Zhan Yu was arranged by Zhang Wei for the command of the Zhongcheng soldiers and horses. At the age of 17, when Zhan Yu failed in the examination, Zhang Wei saw that he had followed his father, that he could succeed in martial arts instead of writing, so he arranged for him to be a military officer.Zhan Yu has always wanted to break out of the world by himself, but like the monkey grandson in the palm of the Buddha, he still can't get out of his uncle's palm.But now, as soon as he met his uncle, he opened his mouth and asked him to go home and get married. Zhan Yu felt extremely disgusted.Now he has grown affection for Dr. Meng of Lingji Hall, and he doesn't want to marry other women at all.He also didn't want to use his marriage to make a fortune like his father. He just wanted to leave this family, support a small family by himself, and live in peace.

Perhaps, the arrest of the Tatar enemy agent this time is his most critical opportunity, and he must seize it.With this in mind, he immediately cleared up his distracting thoughts, focused his mind, and pulled his horse to continue commanding the search.

Searching all the way until nightfall, the curfew has passed, and Zhan Yu has come to the vicinity of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.From afar, he saw a carriage approaching slowly, and there seemed to be two figures behind the carriage, but when they saw Zhan Yu, those two figures suddenly turned around and quickly turned into a side road to leave.

Zhan Yu became suspicious, and wondered to himself, were those two people following the carriage?But he was too far away, it might be futile to chase those two people now, why not see who is in the carriage first.

So he galloped forward and stopped the carriage in front of the carriage, saying:

"The soldiers and horses in Zhongcheng searched for the criminals, please let the people in the car show up for a while."

The coachman was stunned for a moment, but his face was calm and he didn't panic.He turned around and opened the curtain, and said to the people in the car:

"Master, the people from the Bingma Division are investigating, can you show your face?"

"Ah? Bing Ma Si? What is Bing Ma Si doing? You've been running around the city in such a mess these days, and now I've been found on my head." The people in the car poked their heads out cursingly, and then a strong smell of alcohol rushed to their faces. Come on, Zhan Yu can smell it from a long distance.

Looking at the bearded and drunken burly man in front of him, Zhan Yu couldn't help frowning, and asked:

"Who is here? Why are you drunk at night after the curfew?"

"You don't recognize me? I'm... hiccup... General Li Rusong, the commander of the Chinese army's governor's mansion!" the man yelled arrogantly while hiccupping his wine.

Li Rusong?Such a drunk is actually a rising star?Zhan Yu really didn't believe it.

"Regardless of whether you are Li Rusong or not, night walks are not allowed under the curfew!"

"Isn't I already home now? I ran into you a few steps away, you stunned young man, stopped me at the door and told me to go out at night, what a joke!" Li Rusong pointed to the yamen of the Chinese Army Commander's Mansion not far away and said angrily.

"Master, don't say a few words, I really drank too much today." The coachman persuaded.

Zhan Yu thought to himself that if this guy was really Li Rusong, he would have been wronged if he was only a few steps away from the Chinese military governor's mansion, that's all, one more thing is worse than one less thing, and he will continue to search and arrest him, so he has no time to entangle him, so he said:

"It's the first offense, go back as soon as possible, and don't commit it again! The city is not peaceful these days, so you don't want to go out for nothing, do you understand?"

Li Rusong pointed at Zhan Yu and continued to scold him, but the coachman persuaded him to go back. The coachman smiled and said: "I know, I know, thank you for reminding me, my uncle is late from visiting friends, and he will definitely not do it again in the future." After all, he hurriedly drove into the Chinese military governor's mansion.

Zhan Yu watched the carriage disappear behind the gate of the Chinese military governor's mansion, and couldn't help shaking his head.