Wanli Youming

Chapter 68
"Daughter has long said that as long as our Chen family lives in peace and does more things that benefit the country and the people, the court will be able to see it."

When Chen Jingxing of Gu'an Bo was just ordered by Zhu Yijun to benefit three hundred, and he went to the palace to tell the Empress Dowager Chen about the matter, the Empress Dowager Chen also said to her father, Chen Jingxing, and asked with a smile: "Father, do you believe it now?"

Chen Jingxing nodded: "Yes, I believe it. Your Majesty is really benevolent and filial. Although he has a biological mother, he has not forgotten your aunt, so that we will also be blessed with kindness."

"The emperor is the son of benevolence and filial piety, and all the ministers he employs are ministers. Father, you must strictly control the children of the Chen family because of this. As long as you do well, the court will see it. But don't do anything wrong. You know, even the Li family, because of If you made a mistake and got severely punished, if the Chen family does the same in the future, they won't be taken care of more than the Li family."

Queen Mother Chen said.

Chen Jingxing clapped his hands and said yes.

Empress Dowager Li also found out about the awarding of the Chen family, so she called her younger brother Li Jin.

Although Li Jin is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Li, because life was too hard when the Li family was not prosperous, he was unwilling to do the work of a mason, so he couldn't bear to be castrated into the palace by himself, and finally served by the Empress Dowager Li, and now because he is still Zhu Yijun Uncle's relationship has been promoted to eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor.

This can be regarded as a very special one among the uncles of the Ming Dynasty, who is both the emperor's servant and the emperor's uncle.

However, because Li Jin stayed by Queen Li's side since entering the palace, he was tightly controlled by Queen Li. Instead, he was not like a few brothers outside who were ignorant of the law and did not have any notable evil deeds in history.

Now, when Empress Dowager Li asked him to come, Li Jin still said respectfully, "Your Majesty."

"Privately, we should call them siblings."

Empress Dowager Li said.

Li Jin clapped his hands and said yes.

Empress Dowager Li then said: "You must also know that the Chen family has won a reward."

"understood."

Li Jindao.

Empress Dowager Li said again: "It's not good for our Li family to fall! Nowadays, the court officials are clear and bright, the more they keep their own, the more dignified they are, and the more ignorant they are, the easier it is to suffer, even the emperor's relatives are no exception. You put me This meaning has been passed on to the Li family's children outside, especially Wen Quan who is in the army. Don't really let those people from the outer court get closer to the Chen family, and give her a good reputation!"

"Yes!"

Li Jin agreed, he naturally understood who the "she" his sister was talking about.

As for Li Wenquan, this Empress Dowager Li's eldest brother, Uncle Zhu Yijun, was recognized by Xu Fan who had been here for many days shortly after he was dispatched to Jizhou.

After all, they were all the children of the rich and powerful who drank flower wine together in the past.

Xu Fan, who was already full of tendons and darkened a lot, came over first and shouted: "Uncle Guo, Uncle Guo, why are you here to serve as an army?"

Li Wenquan ignored Xu Fan.

And Xu Fan said: "This world is becoming more and more abnormal. It's nothing more than being exiled as the former chief assistant. Unexpectedly, Uncle Guo, you will also be exiled. Could it be that your surname is Zhang?"

"you do not say!"

Li Wenquan replied and asked, "How did your father cultivate such a student?"

"My father regrets it now."

As Xu Fan spoke, he said, "Uncle Guo, let's wait until your emperor's nephew takes charge."

"However, you don't know that life in exile is not easy. Zhang Jiangling gave all the money he collected to Tan Zili to train recruits to repair the side wall, so that the exiles now have to move bricks every day!"

"And the bricks on the wall here are too big and heavy to move. The key point is that they are as cold as ice in winter and as hot as fire in summer. People don't even want to touch them."

"Uncle Guo is a relative of the emperor after all, so there is no need to arrange a job for him. Put him in shackles, just don't let him escape, and send someone to follow him."

At this time, Qi Jiguang came over and gave instructions to his subordinates.

Therefore, Li Wenquan was not assigned to move bricks.

Xu Fan listened to it for a long time but did not regain his composure.

Li Wenquan didn't appreciate Qi Jiguang's affection, he just looked around, and saw that there was something wrong with a section of wall behind Xu Fan, and walked over to take a look, and gestured with a thumbs up: "No! No! This is wrong! The wall is crooked!"

Seeing this, Qi Jiguang came over and asked, "Why did Uncle Guo say that?"

"This is crooked!"

"My family has several generations of masons, I can tell it at a glance!"

After speaking, Li Wenquan raised his right thumb and made a thumbs up gesture and said to Qi Jiguang: "Look for yourself!"

Then, when Qi Jiguang came to look at it, Li Wenquan said: "Qi Yuanjing, you are spending my emperor's nephew's money to build a side wall for my emperor's nephew like this? I am afraid that such a crooked wall will be destroyed in a few years." collapse!"

Li Wenquan followed his father Li Wei and worked as a mason before his sister, the Empress Dowager Li, entered the palace and was named a side concubine, that is, before the Li family made a fortune. I have very professional talent and rich experience in building walls, and at this time I directly pointed out the problem due to the influence of my old professional habits.

After Qi Jiguang looked at it carefully, he said: "Cut off the person who supervised this section of the wall!"

Qi Jiguang had always ruled the army very strictly. In history, he even dared to execute his own son for violating military discipline. So at this time, after he himself discovered that the wall was indeed crooked, he directly ordered the person in charge of this section of the wall to be cut down.

Li Wenquan was a little dumbfounded after hearing this.

Then, Qi Jiguang ordered people to tear down this section of the wall and let people build it again.

Li Wenquan looked aside for a while, then couldn't help but rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let me do it, he's obviously a novice, it looks like he's here to make a living in a border town."

"Give me the trowel!"

Li Wenquan snatched the trowel from that man's hand as he spoke.

Seeing this, Qi Jiguang didn't stop him, he just approached and said in a low voice: "Uncle Guo, the Queen Mother in the palace has a kind order, asking you to behave well and don't embarrass the Li family again."

At this time, Li Wenquan was fully focused on building the wall, so he didn't look up at Qi Jiguang, but said: "You help me answer the message to the empress, and say that I am repairing the side wall for Your Majesty! No trouble!"

"There is also a problem with the mud. The rice soup is obviously less! It is different from the mud I saw when I came here. The previous ones are correct. This one is wrong. It will collapse when used to build walls. I use low-quality cotton for winter clothes. , but if you build a wall like this, it will collapse!"

Li Wenquan also spoke at this time.

"Cut off the person responsible for the mud!"

After hearing this, Qi Jiguang continued to give orders.

Qi Jiguang's generals were stunned: "The uncle of this country is here to make trouble, right? Two people were killed just after he came!"

……

half a month later.

Wenhua Hall.

Zhang Juzheng reported to Zhu Yijun while Zhu Yijun was receiving lectures and readings: "Your Majesty, Qi Jiguang, the Prime Minister of Jizhou Military Affairs, reported that Uncle Guo is very insightful in supervising fortifications, and he made up for the disadvantages caused by the incomprehension of civil and military officials in the border town. , several issues have been found."

"And I believe that although Uncle Guo is a foreign relative and is serving in the army, he should give full play to his talents, restore his official status, and make him supervise the repair of the side wall. It is not a violation of the old regulations for foreign relatives to inspect the project, but they can just be dismissed when they return to Beijing.”

Zhu Yijun laughed after hearing this: "This shows that it is right to serve as a soldier. Let him continue to guard and patrol Jizhou with his salary as a Jinyiwei Qianhu. He will return to Beijing whenever he is pardoned."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhang Juzheng responded.

(End of this chapter)