Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 139 A kind father and a filial son is the best way of life!
There is a ginkgo tree in front of the door.

I don’t know who planted it and when, but now it has grown tall and majestic like a canopy.

The huge tree trunk was not rippled at all with two people hanging on it. However, as the thorny sticks whipped them, some yellowed ginkgo leaves and ginkgo fruits fell from time to time.

Hu Zongxian struck with great force, and every time the stick struck, the thorns on the brambles could tear off some flesh and blood.

After a while, Hu Guiqi and Hu Songqi stopped howling and could only make faint humming sounds unconsciously.

The backs of the Hu brothers were covered in blood and flesh. The nobles watching over them felt pain just by looking at them. They frowned frequently, but they couldn't help but look.

It was just the time when officials were leaving the government office. Many officials were coming and going in this alley which exuded nobility everywhere. When they saw this scene of "loving father and filial son", they all stopped to watch.

These two ruffians finally got their lesson. The officials from the six ministries felt relieved and ordered the sedan bearers and servants to notify their friends to come and watch.

Hu Zongxian did not stop until the two Hu brothers fainted.

Li Shizhen appeared here at the right time and quickly ordered people to put down the Hu brothers. After a simple cleaning, he poured a whole bottle of the best medicine on the wound.

After all, it is an external injury, it just looks serious, and there is no damage to the lungs. He will be able to get out of bed after resting for ten days or half a month, and he will be able to recover as before after a few months.

Li Shizhen told Hu Zongxian about the situation of the brothers Hu Guiqi and Hu Songqi, and Hu Zongxian nodded.

Hu Zongxian had thought of this training for his son a long time ago. After all, it would be unacceptable if he could not explain to the emperor and the court the donation of more than two million taels of silver from the Huizhou merchants.

Fortunately, the two sons accepted the money but did not do the job, otherwise, Hu Zongxian would have killed the twins for the sake of justice, leaving the young to die.

In short, after this beating, the two sons were able to keep quiet for a few months, and an explanation was given to the emperor and the court, which also made the Huizhou merchants "satisfied".

They had to be satisfied no matter how dissatisfied they were. All in all, the Hui merchants were eager to give money to Hu Guiqi's winery and Hu Songqi's tea house. They did it all voluntarily without any coercion.

As the first marquis of the Ming Dynasty and a cabinet elder, being able to teach his son a lesson in public is enough to give face to the Hui merchants and relatives in his hometown.

Of course, Hu Zongxian would not return the more than two million taels of silver.

Just think of it as the Huizhou merchants paying to watch a big show, it's just a little expensive.

Hu Zongxian ordered his men to carry his two sons, who had not woken up yet after applying the medicine, into the mansion in front of him, and asked the old housekeeper in the mansion to load the 1.7 or 1.8 million taels of silver that Hu Guiqi and Hu Songqi had not spent onto a car and send it to the Yan Mansion.

To be precise, it should be changed to Hu Mansion. However, Hu Zongxian had no idea of ​​changing the plaque on the door, as a way to leave something for his mentor Yan Song during his stay in this world.

In the years that followed, he, Yan Song's favorite student, would live in Yan's mansion and consider himself a member of Yan's family. He would work for the heaven and earth, for the past sages, for the people, and to atone for the sins of his mentor.

I heard that the pickle shop with the same plaque inscribed by my mentor and Xu Jie, which seemed to be called "Liuxinju", has been deserted recently. The shop is located on a busy street, with a bustling crowd of people, but people passing by would avoid the door of the pickle shop.

Hu Zongxian also passed on the message, asking Liuxinju to continue delivering pickles to Yan's mansion every year, just as they had served their mentor Yan Song.

Hu Zongxian took possession of the rest of Liuxinju's pickles and ordered Liuxinju to send people to the city gate to distribute them to the poor, restoring Liuxinju's pickles to their original appearance.

Pickles, or some foods in the old capital, were originally poor foods. When Emperor Chengzu Wen moved the capital, the most noble people in the world came here, and some nobles became fond of these poor foods, so the poor foods gradually became unaffordable for the poor.

But the thing is still the same thing. It thinks it is elegant and has nothing to do with the poor. But this is also the source of the disaster.

If the shopkeeper of Liuxinju had not wanted to curry favor with his master, and had been able to resist asking for a calligraphy from his master, how could he have been so ignored today?

The past could not be retrieved, and Hu Zongxian did not want to recall it, so he simply stopped thinking about it, got back into the car, and headed towards Yuxi Palace.

When the minister came to Beijing, he should first go to the palace to thank the emperor for his grace. He has been delayed by some trivial matters and can't wait any longer.

……cabinet.

The government office was not closed.

Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin all wanted to meet their new peers, so they planned to stay a little longer.

If the cabinet ministers don't leave, the ordinary cabinet members will be even more afraid to leave. Those who have finished their work and those who haven't finished their work all have government affairs in their hands, but their eyes are not on government affairs at all.

This is the officialdom.

Zhang Juzheng urged them several times, but seeing that no one was leaving, he asked Liu Tai, a disciple of the Cabinet Secretary, to order the kitchen to prepare some food for all the elders and members of the cabinet, as the conversation between the emperor and Hu Zongxian might not end soon, and they could not wait on an empty stomach.

As some of the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty, Grand Secretaries of the dynasty, and the most polite people in the world, Zhang Juzheng's cabinet did not care about not talking while eating or sleeping.

Those etiquettes are established to restrict others, not to hinder them.

"My Lord, Ruzhen (Hu Zongxian's pen name) has just entered the cabinet. He was relieved of his duties as the Governor-General of Zhejiang and the Governor of Zhejiang. When he arrived at the court, what kind of affairs did he take care of?" Li Chunfang swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked.

The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is not actually a particularly high official position. He is regarded as the head of all civil and military officials only because of his special existence, his proximity to the imperial power, and his similarity to the power of the prime minister.

In fact, the power actually held by several cabinet members is still within the scope of the six ministries.

Li Chunfang also led the Ministry of War.

Chen Yiqin also headed the Ministry of Rites.

The second prime minister, Gao Gong, was also in charge of the Ministry of Revenue.

The Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng was also in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works.

When the six ministries had official documents to submit to the cabinet, they would be presented directly to the corresponding person. For some non-controversial matters, the cabinet elder could agree or reject them on his own.

Hu Zongxian entered the cabinet and was appointed prime minister. With the addition of one more person, power had to be redistributed.

Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin also raised their heads and looked at Zhang Juzheng, their meaning was obvious, that they were unwilling to give up their existing power.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Give the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Ministry of Works to Ruzhen."

After becoming the head of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng finally understood why Yan Song, who was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Works at the time, needed Yan Shifan's help, because this was really not something a human could do.

With the addition of another ministry, there were a lot more things to do. Even though Zhang Juzheng had the talent to multitask, he often felt exhausted when dealing with the affairs of the three ministries of civil service, justice, and works.

The more power the better, but there are also more and more government affairs. Taking advantage of the addition of new people to the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng decisively got rid of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Works.

Gao Gong's face changed, "Taiyue, this is not appropriate. The affairs of the two ministries are so heavy that Ruzhen alone may not be able to handle it."

"He who can do it should work harder."

Zhang Juzheng looked at Gao Gong and smiled, "Ruzhen is really too busy, I will help."

that power.

Even if you give it to a new person, you cannot give it to an old person. This is the best way.

(End of this chapter)