[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The Arabian horses sent by General Yili were not yet saddled, and it was not easy to travel all the way to the east. Fortunately, the Qiang people under General Yili were originally a people on horseback.At this time, the grazing was here, and the wildness was still unconvinced. When they saw people coming, these juvenile Arabian horses, led by a black horse, fled to other places with a flick of their tails.

Li Shou hurriedly called the groom to get him back, Xing Xiuyan said: "Don't be busy, let Mr. Ouyang come."

But seeing that Ouyang Lei had already used light kung fu to jump out, raising his internal energy, he quickly chased after the black horse, Mrs. Xiaohou sighed immediately: "I haven't seen you for five years, my brother's internal energy has greatly increased, congratulations!"

Not long after, Ouyang Lei has already flashed to the people of the horses. He is brave and skilled, and he is not afraid of being trampled by horseshoes.

He had already approached the black steed, grabbed the mane, and suddenly jumped onto the horse's back. Everyone present, including Xing Xiuyan, couldn't help applauding.

Daiyu and Su Fuer also opened their eyes wide in surprise, the women in the boudoir had never seen such a wild and rough thing.

Although the horse was young and mischievous, after all it was caught and caught by others. Ouyang Lei jumped on the horse and it jumped like crazy.Ouyang Lei has superb internal skills. He has roamed the rivers and lakes for decades, and his riding skills are not inferior to those of the people on horseback. He hugged the horse's neck and clamped his legs around the horse's belly.

Then Ouyang Lei led the Arabian horse to run quickly on the grassland without a saddle.Chunyu Bai saw that this horse has a beautiful body, well-proportioned body structure, and flexible gait, which is different from Mongolian horses and horses from all over the Central Plains, but is extremely fast, and his heart beats endlessly.

Li Shou also explained: "When sending these horses over, a group of Persian businessmen came along with them. They said that the horses have not adapted yet, and they will be in better condition after being raised for a while."

Xing Xiuyan was also very happy to hear that. When he was still A Piao, Tu Yuanyi was probably thinking about the "past events" and talking about the trend of the world. When talking about horses, he said that the horse breeds in the Central Plains were not as good as the Mongolian horse breeds. China has an absolute advantage.Then she casually bragged that Mongolian horses are not considered excellent, and later generations of China used Arabian horses to improve the Central Plains and Mongolian horses. In fact, many famous horses in the world have the blood of Arabian horses.

Tu Yuanyi listened attentively, but he later learned that cavalry is nothing in front of fire/gun ships, but ancient men love horses just as modern men love cars.

Since his rebirth, Tu Yuanyi has wanted Arabian horses very much, and he made this request when he met General Yili.At that time, the Rebellion of the Three Kings had just ended, Liangzhou Jiedu Sima Baocheng had all his families executed, and General Yi Li entered the customs to find out the truth of the new emperor, but he was shocked by Tu Yuanyi Wangba's spirit, so he had to do this matter .

Ouyang Lei rode that black steed back, and after getting off the horse, the black steed swung its tail and brushed against him so intimately that everyone envied him.

But Xing Xiuyan couldn't help thinking: If this is the world of cultivating immortals, is it because the elves have recognized their masters?

Now that things have happened, it's useless to talk too much, and it's stingy in my heart, but as the owner, she still understands the principle of "supporting a servant".

So Xing Xiuyan smiled brightly and said: "I think Mr. Ouyang is clumsy, so I have a reason to keep all the good horses for myself. It is said that beautiful women love heroes. From my point of view, horses also love heroes. The palace has the beauty of an adult, the beauty of a horse, it is yours now."

In fact, Xing Xiuyan thought too much, no matter how thick-skinned Ouyang Lei was, he knew that this horse might be used as a war horse, and he didn't make any achievements, but he didn't dare to accept this hard-to-buy horse.

But I didn't expect Xing Xiuyan to be so proud, but he is not a cowardly person. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Thank you for your kindness!" When Xing Xiuyan died, he also went there generously.

Xing Xiuyan also smiled at Chunyu Bai at the moment: "I am not the type of 'one horse kills two scholars', so don't be too polite, Mr. Chunyu, you can choose one too."

Chunyu thanked him in vain, and immediately picked out a maroon horse, without going into details.

Li Shou is heartbroken, how can he refuse the imperial concubine as a small racecourse official.

But Xing Xiuyan asked, "I heard that there are some ponies coming, but where are they?"

Li Shoudao: "But they are still raised in the stables. The journey is far away, and the foal is still young. At this time, it is time to take care of it carefully, so as not to get sick due to the acclimatization of the water and soil."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "Let's go and have a look."

A group of people drove to the stables again on horseback. The stables of this group of Arabian horses were cleaned very clean, fearing that they would be susceptible to diseases when they first arrived, but they could still smell the smell of horse manure.

In addition, they didn't find it strange that Dai and Fu Ershu were suffocated by the smell. Xing Xiuyan looked at their expressions and asked them to go back to the office of the racecourse and wait if they didn't like to go in, but they didn't give them any horses. .

They are still girls in the mood, they like cute little animals, and they are not willing to shrink back.

There were seven foals in total, ranging from one year old to three years old, and one less than one year old died halfway through. Everyone was heartbroken upon hearing this.

Xing Xiuyan saw a local tyrant's golden pony, about two years old, with a slender figure and long eyelashes, so cute, she couldn't help but love it very much.

She could also ride a horse. Tu Yuanyi taught her, but the horse was too young. She took a piece of candy, went in and touched the horse's neck, and brought the candy to its mouth.The little pony's tongue rolled away the candy, and the little pony couldn't help flicking its tail happily after eating the candy.

When Daiyu saw it, she said happily, "Ma'am, it's very happy!"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "I give it candy, of course it is happy!"

So, she asked Ziyue to bring a piece of candy to Daiyu and the others, and asked them to pick a horse.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "Madam Nie, do you want a big horse or a pony?"

Mrs. Xiaohou laughed and said: "How can the emperor spend so much money? The empress gave Yu'er as if she were giving me. How could a family take two horses? What do so many nobles in the capital say? It's not with the empress You are welcome, but there is no need to mention this matter again, one horse is enough for me and Yu'er, and there is no shortage of horses in the Hou's residence."

Xing Xiuyan thought to herself, Mrs. Xiao Hou understood very well in her heart.Anyway, in general, there is only one more horse, so it doesn't feel so distressing.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "I don't know if the sage has any other plans. Madam wants to save money for me, so I won't be courteous to you anymore."

Daiyu picked a white pony, which was only one year old, and Su Fuer picked a red horse, which was about two years old, so the matter was revealed.

With a lot of harvest, he planned to take five horses back to the city. As for Shi Hui, he didn't care if he didn't have a horse, because she couldn't come to the border town.Otherwise, Shi Huiyou and Yingchun would be embarrassed to leave, and Xing Xiuyan would be reluctant to part with it, so she had to give her something else when she got married.

Not long after Fengjia left the racecourse, he suddenly saw a man in blue clothes rushing out of the passenger path, shouting for injustice.Because Xing Xiuyan's trip can be regarded as "light and simple", there were only fifty Jinyi guards and ten Xichang eunuch guards, and they did not clear the way ahead.This is the only way someone can come to the official road and cry for injustice.

Jin Yiwei was about to go to clear the scene, but Xing Xiuyan faintly heard the shout, and lifted the curtain of the car, saying, "Young Master Ouyang, go and see what's going on ahead."

Ouyang Lei led his horse to go there, but he saw a few Jinyi guards beat a man to the ground with a knife on his back.

Ouyang Lei got off his horse, approached and asked, "What wrong did you do?"

At this time Xiao Hou also came over, and the man stammered: "My father... my father is Zhang Dehai, the fifth-rank chief of the former Shang Siyuan of the Household House, my father was wronged, I want to see the emperor... I want to see the emperor!"

Ouyang Lei didn't know about this position, but Xiao Hou knew about the position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs when he was a child in the noble circle of Kyoto.The supply of horses in the Shangsiyuan and the Ministry of War is different. It is in charge of the horse breeding of the royal horse farm. The royal family has horse farms in the border town of Shuofang and the suburbs of Beijing. wait.

Although Ouyang Lei is serving the emperor's order at this time, he is not good at ordering Jin Yiwei, because Xiao Hou's status is still there, so he asks Jin Yiwei to help him up and not to hurt him.

Then, the two went to report to Xing Xiuyan, and when Xing Xiuyan heard that he was the son of the former head of the Siyuan in the House of Internal Affairs, he asked him to bring them here.

When Xiao Hou went to bring someone over, he had already informed that it was not the emperor, but the imperial concubine Chen.

"The villain Zhang Zhi sees the imperial concubine, the empress is a thousand years old!" The man kowtowed outside the car.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Why did you stop driving?"

With tears in his eyes, Zhang Zhi said: "Four years ago, the Ministry of Internal Affairs cracked down on corruption. My father was greatly wronged. Those who were really corrupt got away with it. My father became someone else's scapegoat. The villain's family was murdered and silenced, only the villain escaped. I have been begging for a living, and I have survived so far."

Xing Xiuyan had never encountered this before, but the basic logic was still there, and he asked, "Do you have evidence?"

Zhang Zhidao: "Back then Langzhong concealed the fact that the ponies produced by the two royal stud farms were sold privately, and added the number of damaged foals in the name of the epidemic. My father has recorded them."

Xing Xiuyan secretly wondered if he could make a fortune by relying on this?Thinking about money is crazy.

Xing Xiuyan asked, "Do you know how many people came in and out?"

But Zhang Zhi said: "The two horse farms have had no less than two thousand horses in the past ten years or so. This is not considered corruption in the fodder. But the total number is estimated to be no less than 10 taels."

Xing Xiuyan murmured in her heart: Fuck me!

She couldn't help thinking deeply, although this dynasty inherited the Ming system, it also intends to use honors to balance civil servants. The nobles and nobles who meet the regulations all over the country, such as a small Zhuangzi under the name of Jia's mansion, have such output in a year .The input and output of a non-profit Royal Racecourse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is probably not small.If it was normal for an official to be corrupt in ancient times, three years to clear the magistrate and spend one hundred thousand blood and silver, it is like the emperor acquiescing to the corruption of the Zhen family back then, but killing people and silencing them is outrageous.

Tu Yuanyi's feudal country, the government's inefficiency and loopholes, the rigid system, and the collapse of the rural economy made Xing Xiuyan's head throb.In the big Jiangnan case back then, although he was in charge of an important taxation area, it was tantamount to renewing the life of the dynasty, but how long can this life last?

The prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty was finally in crisis. Wang Anshi wanted to renew the dynasty, but he could not restore the decadent mansion. No matter how strong Zhang Juzheng was in the Ming Dynasty, he still could not restore the once glorious Ming Dynasty.The feudal dynasty is not something that can be reversed by a wise and foolish monarch. This is an internal loophole in this system, not to mention that at this time, it has already reached the first half of the eighteenth century, which is the golden age of Western capitalism.

10 taels is naturally a small amount for Xing Xiuyan, but how many 10 taels are there in such a situation?

Daiyu looked at Xing Xiuyan. At this time, the eldest sister squinted her eyes slightly, and her body was full of low pressure, which made her feel very strange.

……

When Tu Yuanyi came back from inspecting the Yellow River, Xing Xiuyan had already returned to the palace, and she didn't say much after seeing him in the dust all day, she just helped him wash up.

Sitting in the bathtub, Tu Yuanyi took her hand to wipe his back, and said with a smile, "Come in and take a bath with my concubine."

Xing Xiuyan said, "Stop making trouble."

Tu Yuanyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Is my concubine not having a good time today? Does my concubine not like Arabian horses?"

Xing Xiuyan saw that it was too late to do anything, and he didn't want to let him sleep badly at night, so he just smiled and said: "I like it, it's just that the saint is busy with state affairs, so he should take care of his health."

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said, "I'm not that old yet. So Xiuxiu, come down quickly and let me hug you."

Xing Xiuyan had no choice but to think about how much he had spent today, and he had to obey him for what he caused.

Xing Xiuyan took off her clothes and got out of the bathtub, Tu Yuanyi smiled, moved over and took her into his arms, gently stroking her jade-white body, no matter how much you hug her.

Tu Yuanyi's phoenix eyes were shining, and he said with a smile: "No matter how troublesome the state affairs are, I won't get bored with Xiuxiu by my side."

Xing Xiuyan pressed against his firm chest, and suddenly asked: "Qilang, if I met you when you were neither married nor emperor, if the emperor asked you to choose Jiangshan or me, how would you choose?"

Tu Yuanyi said: "I am no more than a mortal now, and I can no longer cast that spell. I can't let you meet the Zhen at that time. What's more, even if you do, you are only a four-year-old girl at that time."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help but smile. In this life, he is 12 years older than her. If a 16-year-old boy hugs a [-]-year-old girl to get married, the scene will be so joyful.

But Tu Yuanyi looked at her deeply, and said: "In the next life, I will definitely marry you, and let you be my wife. There are too many unfinished things in this life, but it makes you sad. I have always... "

Tu Yuanyi never said this kind of thing. If in the past, the identity of the emperor also shaped his domineering personality, even if he took it to heart, it would be difficult for him to pull down his face and tell her that he was not happy when she first entered the palace. I can't bear to beg.

But the effect that love has on anyone is irresistible.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Qilang needless to say. Although there was discomfort and unhappiness, but looking back, since we met, apart from the regrets of marriage, you have brought me so much, and I have brought you What. You cured my eyes, became an official for my father, promoted Lin Ruhai, canonized Sister Su, the second younger sister and the third younger sister, and many more, I remember them all."

Tu Yuanyi caressed her head, ever since she entered his heart, she couldn't get out no matter what, swelling/full his heart.

Tu Yuanyi sighed: "You have brought me everything, but you don't understand. I will not be the emperor in my next life, I promise you."

Xing Xiu let out a smokey laugh: "It's not up to us to decide what to be in the next life. Besides, what happens to you in the next life is none of my business?"

Tu Yuanyi said, "You cruel girl." He leaned over and bit her neck.

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "The next life is too far away, so cherish this life. Qilang, do you still remember what we saw together in the world back then? Xiyi's boats are strong and powerful, so we must guard against them."

Tu Yuanyi was taken aback, and said, "I also ordered the Construction Department of the Ministry of War to develop new guns. The quality of the firecrackers and grenades made by the Ministry of War is already quite good. I think that in that era, the Great Zhou may not be able to defeat Xiyi."

At this time, Xing Xiuyan was just testing whether he was mentally prepared, and she didn't want to talk about it in depth at night. On a deeper level, she thought she'd better go back to the capital and talk to him again.He may not be very clear about the deeper things in the suffering of those years, and she didn't dare to talk about it before.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Why don't you arrange for me to work in a factory as an executive or designer?" She can do it herself.

Tu Yuanyi was still reluctant, hugged her and said, "That kind of thing is dirty and hard work, how can you get it?"

Xing Xiuyan raised her head: "I'm not afraid."

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said: "I can't bear it. You also said that your husband wants to raise a wife. You don't have to work as hard as you do in modern times. I can afford you. I pamper you and love you. Give me a happy life after you are happy." I will be content with having children.”

Xing Xiuyan was speechless for a while, if there is such a man in modern times who wants to raise her like this, she must be happy.

Let's take it slow.

……

After breakfast the next day, Xing Xiuyan saw that he had no plans to go out and meet his courtiers in the morning. After all, the interview with the northern tribal mission was three days later, and the time here was just for ordinary government affairs.

Therefore, Xing Xiuyan plainly stated what happened to her on the road yesterday, and the more Tu Yuanyi heard it, the more ugly his face became, and Xing Xiuyan couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Tu Yuanyi asked, "Where are people?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "I ordered Ouyang Lei and Chunyu Bai to follow him to take the account book, and then guard him, where Xiao Hou and the others live."

"Come here!" Tu Yuanyi ordered, Li Dequan rushed into the room, Tu Yuanyi said: "Go to Xiao Kai to send Zhang Zhi to see him, and ask Ouyang Lei and Chunyu Bai to escort him."

Li Dequan hurriedly took orders, and Tu Yuanyi was silent and depressed, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help comforting him: "Compared with those in Jiangnan back then, this case should...not be serious, right?"

Tu Yuanyi said coldly: "I'm afraid there will be something that you can't think of. Such a thing can be suppressed. There are not many people in the whole Shangsi courtyard clean!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "People always have greed, and there is no effective supervision. The distance between the two places is too far, communication is inconvenient, and you know it is inevitable."

Tu Yuanyi said: "Zhen... hum!" He wanted to speak, but finally turned into a cold snort.

About two quarters of an hour later, Ouyang Lei and Chun Yubai escorted Zhang Zhi to the palace, and was summoned by Tu Yuanyi in the flower hall.

Zhang Zhi had already washed his body, tied his hair, and changed into a blue robe, which didn't fit very well, probably Ouyang Lei's clothes.

The three bowed down in unison: "Villain/minor, see the emperor! See the imperial concubine!"

Tu Yuanyi ordered, Ouyang Lei and Chunyu Bai Xie'en got up and stood aside, but Zhang Zhi knelt down again excitedly, crying: "This slave is Zhang Zhi, the son of Zhang Dehai, a saint, and the villain's family has been wronged!"

It turned out that Zhang Dehai was the head of the horse farm in Shuofang back then, and Zhou Tianfu was the doctor at the first level.Zhou Tianfu was full of people, so he was so bold that he tried to get money out of the racecourse. At first, Zhou Tianfu hired the racecourse officials to steal the foals from the mares. I don't want to.But after two years, five or six out of ten foals produced by the racecourse were taken away. As the master, Zhang Dehai was afraid in his heart, so he recorded it.Zhou Tianfu would also pull people into the water, and gave Zhang Dehai some money. Zhang Dehai didn't know whether he was greedy for money or knew that he alone was not enough to fight against an interest group, so he also took the money.However, after Zhang Dehai learned that Zhou Tianhai had colluded with a man "so-called" as a Mongolian horse dealer, and transferred the horses stolen from the Royal Racecourse to that horse dealer, and the horse dealer resold the horses to the Bingbu horse farm again, he still had some conscience, so he didn't want to No matter how much he is in the same boat, or he has been in charge for more than ten years, he also wants to find a future and work hard, and write a letter to Yang Huaigu, then the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Back then, Zhang Hai still met Yang Huaigu. Although Yang Huaigu was in a high position, he was quite kind to him.I wanted to be loyal while gaining a future, how did I know that such a tragedy would happen?

There was a wave of anti/corruption/storm/turmoil under the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Zhang Hai was beaten down in this wave of storms. There are about 2 taels of silver.Afterwards, Zhou Tianfu reported meritorious service and was promoted to concurrently be the minister in charge of the Shangsi Academy.

This is simply confusing black and white, but as the emperor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a family matter, and as the head of the family, there are still such things in family affairs, which shows that the country's affairs are difficult.

Before Tu Yuanyi was reborn, apart from offending someone in the south of the Yangtze River, he entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the age of 16 to practice. His greatest achievement in his youth was anti-corruption.Although this was not done by him, it seemed to mock the few successes in his previous life.He never thought that he was incompetent, but this kind of thing still happened under his nose, and he felt more and more sad about his previous life.

After hearing this, Yuan Yi said to Zhang Zhi: "You should be an attendant at Xiao Kai's side first, and the evidence will be kept by Xiao Hou. We will make a decision when we return to the capital."

Zhang Zhi cried: "The villain saves his life to avenge the wrongdoing of the villain's family, but the villain obeys the emperor's arrangements."

Tu Yuanyi looked at Ouyang Lei and said, "You two are protecting his life, don't let anyone take the opportunity to kill him."

"My minister obeys the order!" The second hero respectfully accepted the order.

However, Tu Yuanyi called two Jinyiwei commanders over and asked them to go to the Royal Racecourse to collect all the account books and documents, which can also be used as evidence in the future.Li Dequan was then ordered to summon two eunuchs from Xichang, and ordered them to bring people back to Beijing to monitor Yang Huaigu.

After a series of arrangements were made properly, Tu Yuanyi sat in silence for a long time, and suddenly slapped the table with his palm, and the table immediately turned into powder, and Xing Xiuyan couldn't help being startled.

Xing Xiuyan persuaded: "Saint... Saint... Although human life is at stake, but you have never seen any battle, why are you so angry and hurt your body."