Chapter 1968 Luo Longwen is here
In the capital, in every city, suburb, village and town, a red-backed notice was posted by the officers of the Ministry of Rites in conspicuous places.
A notice was also posted on a big tree in front of the ancestral hall in a village on the outskirts of Beijing. A group of curious villagers gathered around to watch the fresh notice.
"Old scholar Zhang, we are all illiterate, but you are the only one who can read and hyphenate. Please read it to us. What is written on it? Is it a wanted notice? Why don't you see the portrait of the Jiang Yang gangster? Huh?”
The villagers looked at the notice curiously The words on it, they thought, were the same as usual, it was a wanted notice for a certain gangster, but it didn't look like it, because they didn't see the portrait of the gangster, but they didn't know the words, so they quickly grabbed an old man with white hair and a robe and asked him to Let me read the contents of the notice to everyone.
"What kind of wanted notice? Didn't you see that it has a red background? You can tell it's a good thing just by looking at the color. It says, forget it, you won't understand it either. I'll give you a simple translation in vernacular. Didn't Suzhou Prefecture achieve a great victory? They killed 40,000 Japanese pirates, captured several hundred Japanese pirates, and even captured a Japanese monk alive. To celebrate this great victory, they raised In order to boost the morale of the army and the people against the Japanese, the imperial court will hold a Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony in two days. This notice was issued by the Ministry of Rites, and we are invited to hold the ceremony in the square, as well as the respected squires and elders over eighty years old. Celebration ceremony."
The old scholar Zhang straightened his waist, touched his beard with one hand, pointed to the notice with the other, and preached to the curious villagers.
“Oh my God, that’s great, that’s great…”.
A tall and thick man suddenly jumped three feet high, as happy as if he had won the first prize on the imperial list.
"Butcher Zhang, are you suffering from convulsions? Your family has been butchering pigs for generations, and your family, Li Zheng, and the squire are all out of reach." The crowd around them sneered.
"Lizheng and the squire have nothing to do with us, but my old lady is eighty-one this year, and the imperial list says that people over eighty years old can attend the ceremony. This means that my old lady can go to the ceremony. Maybe we can see the emperor again, oh my god, our old Zhang family’s ancestral graves are really smoking.”
Butcher Zhang said with excitement and pride.
"Oh, it's true. It's a pity that my father is only seventy. I really hate that my father is too weak." The onlookers were envious.
While they were watching the notice, Li Zheng had already come to count the number of people in the village, which was more than 80 years old. Of course, they had to be able to walk.
At the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, a group of eunuchs commanded a group of craftsmen who were doing simple construction, building high platforms and furnishings.
"The Meridian Gate Prison Presentation Ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow. The throne must be set up today. The position of the throne must be in the middle of the couplets in front of the Meridian Gate Tower. It cannot be offset by an inch. The Qintian Supervisor said that the weather the day after tomorrow will be sunny but windy, so must Pay attention to shelter from the wind and keep warm, the throne must be paved with white tiger skin, and ambergris must be prepared."
Huang Jin came to inspect the progress of the construction, and took the trouble to explain the precautions to the eunuch in charge over and over again.
Outside the Forbidden City, Liu Mu and others lived in the Forbidden Army barracks. They also had to participate in the Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony.
They were responsible for escorting Japanese pirate prisoners.
However, they were only responsible for taking the Japanese captives to a mile in front of the Meridian Gate, and then handing the prisoners over to the Imperial Guards, who would then escort the Japanese captives to the Meridian Gate and offer them as prisoners.
Although they didn't have a chance to stand out, they still had the benefit of at least wearing a military uniform.
When the Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony is completed, they can return to Suzhou.
While the capital was preparing for the Meridian Gate Prisoner Offering Ceremony, the eunuchs who were going to Suzhou to read out the imperial edict had already gone south under the escort of factory guards.
When they arrived in Suzhou and read out the imperial edict, Zhu Ping'an was officially promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War in Yingtian and the governor of Zhejiang.
Although the imperial edict has not yet arrived, the news that Zhu Ping'an was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War in Yingtian and the governor of Zhejiang has already spread to Suzhou and Zhejiang.
In addition to local officials in Suzhou, many officials from Zhejiang also sent people to congratulate him in advance after receiving the news.
When people come, they can’t be kicked out. Moreover, the new official has not yet taken office, so Zhu Ping’an had to deal with waves of officials coming to congratulate him.
"You must remember that people are allowed in, but gifts are not allowed. All congratulatory gifts will not be accepted, otherwise people will not be allowed in."
Zhu Pingan immediately made an iron decision. According to the rules, I will not accept gifts.
Zhu Ping'an got the news two days ago. Two days ago, he received a letter from Master Xu Jie. In the letter, Master Xu appointed Emperor Jiajing as the right minister of the Yingtian Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang. Tell him in advance so that Zhu Pingan can be prepared.
In the letter, Master Xu also told Zhu Ping'an that Yan Shifan's henchman Luo Longwen was sent to Jiangnan for business.
This business trip is quite special. Luo Longwen is from Zhongshushe, but this time he is assigned by the Ministry of Industry.
Now that there is a Japanese invasion in Jiangnan, aren't city walls being built in various places in Jiangnan?
Originally, small towns in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty basically had no city walls. Because of the developed economy of the south of the Yangtze River and the emergence of capitalism, building city walls not only cost money, but also affected transportation. In addition, it was not necessary for military strategists. They were competing for land, so basically no city walls were built.
Now that the Japanese invasion is becoming more and more serious, all places in the south of the Yangtze River are facing the threat of Japanese pirates. The cities with walls are relatively fine. When the Japanese pirates come, they can barely hold on by closing the city gates. However, the cities without walls will suffer when the Japanese pirates come. So he rushed into the city, killed people and set fire to it. The people in the city were in bad luck and suffered from old sins.
A city without walls is like a girl without clothes, it's too unsafe.
Such a comparison highlights the importance of city walls. Jiangnan is relatively prosperous. For safety, people from all over the country actively donated money and materials, and a vigorous craze for building city walls began in various places in Jiangnan.
As long as the imperial court does not pay for it, the imperial court is quite supportive. Memorials from various places requesting the construction of the city wall have basically been approved.
As the Ministry of Industry is in charge of construction projects, they can take charge of the construction of city walls across the country.
This dispatch from the Ministry of Industry is to inspect and guide the construction of city walls in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, as a member of Zhongshushe, it is still unreasonable for Luo Longwen to participate in the Ministry of Industry's overseas inspection.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
Combining the conflict between Zhu Ping'an and Yan Dang, and the fact that Zhu Ping'an had just been promoted to the right minister of the Yingtian War Department and the governor of Zhejiang because of the Suzhou victory, Xu Jie reminded Zhu Ping'an that Luo Longwen's visit this time was probably for Ben. Zhu Ping'an is here, so Zhu Ping'an must be prepared and be careful about Luo Longwen.
"It's not very possible, but Luo Longwen must have come to me." Zhu Ping'an put away the letter and was very sure of Luo Longwen's intention.
Luo Longwen is Yan Shifan's iron leg. He usually sticks to Yan Shifan's side like a dog and cannot drive him away. This time he was sent to Jiangnan, a thousand miles away. It is definitely not to inspect and guide the construction of city walls in various places in Jiangnan. thing.
Yan Shifan had the intention to kill him when he was in the capital, but due to various reasons, he failed to succeed and just demoted himself to Jiangnan.
But to their disappointment, it didn't take long for him to make a comeback, and even went a step further. The right minister of the Yingtian Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang stimulated him so much that he sent Luo Longwen.
Don't be afraid, the soldiers will stop you, and the water will cover you. (End of this chapter)