The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Chengxian Street, by the river.

The old chess players wanted to learn chess from the old scholar surnamed Zhu, but they hadn't seen him for a few days.

Not far away, the retired emperor Hongzhi stood on the river bank. He had heard everything he wanted to hear, so there was no need to continue playing chess. It was time to visit another place.

"I heard that the new emperor has established a new system, allowing military meritorious officials and princes of vassal states to take the imperial examination and become officials in the court."

Xiao Jing reported carefully. Although the retired emperor was outside the palace, he was more concerned about court affairs than before.

After all, he could see memorials when he was in the palace.

Hearing this, the retired emperor Hongzhi's first reaction was how the officials would refute it, and what benefits did Yan Chengjin get from Duke Wei?

A month ago, Duke Wei asked for an imperial decree to come to the capital.

"Didn't the officials stop the remonstrance?"

"Mr. Li seemed to have listened to Yan Chengjin's words..."

Xiao Jing felt guilty and looked around carefully, as if Yan Chengjin could hear it.

Forget it, let's change the topic for the retired emperor.

lest it get to this boy's ears, he will be in trouble. This boy is a gentleman, and it's not too late to take revenge in ten years.

"The new emperor wants to see you."

"Hou Zhao is still filial. I've only been out of the palace for seven or eight days, but you're already missing me."

"The new emperor asked you to move out of the Qianqing Palace."

"..." The retired emperor Hongzhi.

However, when he heard Xiao Jing say that Hou Zhao was going to be canonized as the crown prince, the retired emperor Hongzhi turned around. Yes, Zai Kun can already be canonized as the crown prince, and he has to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth and the ancestral tombs.

It's time to go back to the palace.

...

Fangshan, Nankang Winery.

Yan Chengjin scooped up a small spoonful, light yellow, with a thin layer of bubbles floating on it. He put it under his nose and sniffed it gently, and he could smell a light aroma of wine.

Most of the lees made from grains will smell like this grain smell, right?

Is this beer?

He didn't dare drink it, in case this group of scholars made it into poison, or the grains used to brew wine bran were not good...

"Lord Yan, are you going to sell this wine?"

Wei Guogong Xu Jue took a sip and took a sip. He was not as cautious as Yan Chengjin. The taste was indescribable and very different from the previous wine.

"How is the Duke?"

"... I want to vomit. It is really a good wine."

Everyone: "..."

"That's right." Yan Chengjin said.

Zhang Xian: "???"

Yan Chengjin saw that Xu Jue's body was not abnormal, so he knew that this wine was probably drinkable.

Poor people don't have high requirements for the taste of wine. They can drink it with a little taste of wine. It can be transported to Guangdong and Guangxi. Of course, the craftsmanship left in Liangxiang needs to be improved.

It may taste better if it is simmered in oak barrels to Guangdong.

Wang Qiong likes the new things Yan Chengjin is tossing. With one in and one out, I don't know how much silver the banknotes can earn.

The transportation cost was silver, and winemaking was related to sunlight and humidity. Yan Chengjin ordered Wang Bushui to take people to Guangzhou to build a workshop.

Xu Zhu walked towards the dock with his hands behind his back, and the laborers carrying the wine barrels followed behind. The ten large ships in front of him were all going to Guangzhou Prefecture. When he got on the ship, Xu Zhu realized what was missing. Where was his grandson?

"Wait, don't sail."

"Duke Wei, the new emperor will confer the title of the crown prince in a few days. Xu Pengju will stay in the palace." The guards came forward to report.

Yan Chengjin glanced at the large ship that was going away.

In two days, it will be the crown prince's conferment ceremony. The emperor should show up, right?

Although the emperor Hongzhi was not in the palace, he listened to the report of the arrest department.

In the past few days, he visited the capital, played chess at the chess stall in front of the orphanage, and inquired about the people's livelihood in various places.

The military meritorious and vassal princes were allowed to study in Beijing and serve as officials in local areas. Such a big thing did not jump out.

First of all, it should be recognized that his auxiliary ability.

Secondly, perhaps he also felt that this matter was not a bad policy.

I wonder if the emperor will jump out if Zhu Houzhao gives him the position of Prime Minister.

After Duke Wei left the capital, the news that military meritorious and vassal kings who were not hereditary descendants could go to Beijing to study also spread.

The imperial edict was posted on the red wall outside the palace gate.

The military meritorious children in the capital first went to the Wuzijian to register, and the number of people in the previously established Xiyong gradually increased.

The cabinet, the duty room.

Li Dongyang poured a few pieces of tea crumbs from the tea bag into the cup.

"The emperor will avoid us for a few days. When the prince is canonized, he will definitely appear at the ceremony. If you have any important matters, please report to the emperor."

What else could it be?

Of course, Zhu Houzhao only read the memorials for four hours a day. He had never seen the emperor so lazy.

It was useless for them to persuade the new emperor, and it was useless to complain to Empress Dowager Zhang, so they had to ask the emperor to control it.

But the emperor was like a person sinking into the sea, and he could not be found no matter what.

Two days passed in a flash, and the new emperor did not issue an order. The Ministry of Rites had to prepare the utensils for the ceremony on their own, prepare the altar in front of the Fengtian Hall, and serve fish and other offerings.

On this day, Yan Chengjin wore a first-grade crane red robe and looked up at the high platform.

The retired emperor, who had not been seen for a few days, stood on the right side of the altar, and on the left was the emperor's grandson Zhu Zaikun, who was only a little higher than the altar, and his head could be vaguely seen.

The Ministry of Rites sang and shouted several times, directing the emperor's grandson to kneel down.

It was almost October, not only to comfort the heaven and earth, but also to pray for a snowfall this year and good weather next year.

After the ceremony, all officials looked up.

Li Dongyang turned his head slightly to look at Xie Qian, and several people remembered what they had discussed in the duty room.

So, the officials rushed to the high platform and walked towards the retired emperor Hongzhi.

But the retired emperor Hongzhi had expected it, and he circled the Fengtian Hall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Weiwu, go to Kunning Palace later to pack your clothes. I will vacate a bedroom for you in the East Palace."

"Yes, father."

Yan Chengjin looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked suspiciously: "The new emperor won't go to Qianqing Palace?"

"Father said that if I go to Qianqing Palace, a fire will break out, which is unlucky."

Yan Chengjin's eyes flickered, and he always felt that the middle-aged and elderly couples were not living harmoniously and wanted to sleep in separate rooms.

…

Overseas, the vast sea fog enveloped everything.

The big ship didn't dare to get too close, for fear of losing control of the sails and hitting them, but the sea wind was so strong that even if the sails were lowered, the ship's speed would still be astonishing.

"In which direction?"

Liu Jin looked at the Yin Yang officer next to him with a hint of threat.

The Yin and Yang official wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was so thick that the sky was completely invisible, "I don't even know about it."

The fog made it difficult to see even three feet around me, let alone from a distance.

Boom!

A large ship next to it hit something, and the entire hull shook violently.

Gao Feng seemed to remember something and murmured: "We're here! It's here, we're here!"

The hull of the ship trembled violently, like a carriage that was speeding suddenly being hit and stopped.

Everyone felt dizzy and dizzy as a group of incomprehensible voices sounded, which seemed to come from the thick fog...

"arrive?"

Liu Jin's eyes sparkled with brilliance. Master Yan was right. This territory is huge. As long as you sail eastward, you can reach it with your eyes closed.

"Stop the boat at the rear and don't hit it."

The dense white mist gradually dispersed, green mountains and rivers came into view, dense forests and shrubs stretched as far as the eye can see, and roaring people stood on the brown stone shore...

"Is this the Golden State?"