Daming: I help my wife be the empress

I won't say how big Wei Guogong's mansion is. Zhanyuan alone is not as big as later generations, but it still covers an area of ​​nearly [-] mu.

Zhanyuan was originally the mansion of Wu Wang where Zhu Yuanzhang lived before he became emperor. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he gave this mansion to Xu Da in order to honor Xu Da's achievements.

At that time, Xu Da didn't accept it, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the establishment of Wei Guogong's mansion and Dagongfang on the opposite side.Later, with the continuous expansion of Wei Guogong's mansion, Zhanyuan was finally included.

During the Jiajing period, Xu Pengju, the contemporary Duke of Wei, purchased rocks, strange trees and flowers from all over the country to start building the garden.

Xu Hongji liked to communicate with literati, and often held various literary meetings in this garden, and later the name "Zhanyuan" came into being.

After Xu Wenjue took over the title, the country was originally in turmoil, and there was no environment for holding literary meetings leisurely like his father.

However, as Aunt Zhu defeated the Qing captives repeatedly, and now they drove the Qing captives out of the pass, there was no danger of war in the south of the Yangtze River, and the families of dignitaries, nobles, gentry and landlords once again enjoyed singing and dancing.

Now Xu Wenjue is just a duke with no rights, he has a lot of spare time, so he follows his father Xu Hongji's example and invites some literati and famous Qinhuai prostitutes to Zhanyuan to hold literary meetings from time to time for entertainment.

There was no literary meeting in Zhanyuan today, but Xu Wenjue still invited a few literati "friends" to accompany him.

When Xu Changfu came to a pavilion by a pond, he saw Xu Wenjue and three literati sitting in a pavilion.

Two of them are in their twenties, and they are two well-known scholars in Nanjing nowadays;

As far as Xu Changfu knew, Wu Weiye was good at writing poems and created the Loudong School of Poetry.And because of his name Meicun, his new poems were also called "Meicun style" by the people at that time.

It is said that Bian Yujing, a famous Qinhuai prostitute in the past, once loved this man and wanted to marry him as a concubine, but Wu Weiye refused because of his reputation.

Seeing that Xu Wenjue was talking about poetry with the three of them with a smile, not about any important matter, Xu Changfu walked in, gave a salute, and then went to Xu Wenjue's ear and whispered the important news he had heard.

He thought Xu Wenjue would send the three literati to discuss with him how to deal with it after listening to it.

Unexpectedly, Xu Wenjue said without any concealment: "What does the imperial court want to clear Zhang Tianmu have to do with my Duke Wei's mansion?"

Hearing this question suddenly, not only Xu Changfu was stunned.

The three of Wu Weiye next to him were also stunned.

In other words, doesn't this Wei Guogong even know how the money needed to support his wealthy life comes from?
Because outsiders were around, the butler Xu Changfu couldn't explain for a while, so he could only cough repeatedly.

Although the three of Wu Weiye were literati, they were not completely ignorant of world affairs, so they got up immediately and said: "Since the Duke has important matters to deal with, I will take my leave first."

Xu Wenjue is not a fool after all, knowing that Xu Changfu's report is indeed an important matter, so he didn't keep him, but said to a charming woman sitting beside him: "Xiao Xiao, see off the guests for my country." …

"Yes, my lord."

The charming woman smiled and responded softly.

This woman is Wu Xiaoxiao, one of the famous Qinhuai prostitutes who appeared in the past two years.Now it can be regarded as being taken care of by Xu Wenjue, and he often goes to Zhanyuan to accompany guests.

After Wu Weiye, Wu Xiaoxiao and the others left, Xu Changfu showed an anxious look, and said, "My lord, the land under our family's name now has hundreds of thousands of mu, of which the donated and hidden ones occupy [-] mu." More than half.

If the imperial court finds out about our family's fields, at best, we may not be able to keep those fields.

If Your Majesty intends to deal with our family, I am afraid that you, the Duke of Wei, may not be able to keep your title. "

"Ah?!" Xu Wenjue stood up in shock when he heard the words, and said, "That's not the case, is it? As far as I know, aren't those donated fields all donated by others? What has it to do with my Duke Wei's mansion? As for the hidden fields , I don’t think there are many in my family, right?”

Xu Changfu was speechless for a moment after hearing this, his face full of helplessness.

He felt that compared with the old man, the young man was really inferior, and he didn't even have a clue about the source of his property.

He organized his words and said: "Grandpa, our family has been passed down for hundreds of years, and we have always lived in Yingtian Mansion. The masters, servants and maidservants have all spread out, and the number of acres of fields underneath has also changed. In time, it is inevitable that Hidden Field will appear."

Xu Wenjue blinked his eyes and said, "Since Yintian was caused by the failure to report the number of acres in time, why don't you report it quickly?"

Hearing this, Xu Changfu wished he could slap Xu Wenjue.

This is what I said about the source of Yintian, do you really believe it, the master?
Although the hidden fields under Wei Guogong's mansion are not as large as those donated by others, it is conservatively estimated to be about [-] mu.

If you live in a place like Yingtianfu with a lot of people and little land, no matter how the number of acres of land has changed over the past 200 years, it is impossible to add [-] acres out of thin air.

So, do we need to explain how the [-] mu of hidden land came about?

That's what we servants have worked so hard to help you "occupy" Wei Guogong's mansion from generation to generation!

Xu Changfu knew that it was useless to explain these things to Xu Wenjue now, but it might make Xu Wenjue throw these "servants" out as scapegoats.

After thinking about it, he said earnestly: "My lord, don't you understand? It doesn't matter how our family got the extra land, what matters is whether your majesty will take this opportunity to deal with our family.

If His Majesty thinks about it, those extra fields are just an excuse, no matter how you explain it, it's useless. "

Xu Wenjue frowned when he heard this, and said hesitantly, "Then do you think His Majesty wants to deal with my Duke Wei's mansion?"

Xu Changfu felt really tired. He had already talked about this, but Xu Wenjue was still not up to it.

He could only continue: "My Lord, think about the Duke of Bao, the Marquis of Xingcheng, and the Marquis of Lingbi, but they were severely punished by His Majesty for just getting some money from the capital camp.

You are now the most honorable person in Nanjing City. Your Majesty has been on the throne for half a year, not to mention being an official for you, and you have not even been summoned a few times.So, do you think His Majesty will take this opportunity to deal with you? "

"Yes?" Xu Wenjue was still not sure.

"It will definitely." Xu Changfu could only help Xu Wenjue confirm the situation.

"Ah? Then what should I do?" Xu Wenjue panicked all of a sudden, "It doesn't matter if it's just a fine, but if I'm exiled to Qiongzhou Island like Duke Bao, I can't bear the crime, I'm afraid I will die On the way!"

Seeing this, Xu Changfu smiled secretly, approached and said: "Grandpa, for the current plan, the only way to prevent the Qingzhang Tianmu from going on is to prevent His Majesty from finding an excuse to deal with you."

"You mean to stop the imperial court from clearing Zhang Tianmu?" Xu Wenjue thought about it, "Isn't that good? Wouldn't it be more dangerous to confront the imperial court?"

Xu Changfu smiled darkly, and said: "My lord, if it's just our Duke of Wei's government blocking this matter, it will be dangerous.

But Qingzhang Tianmu is not only aimed at our family, but at all nobles, gentry, and landlords in Yingtian Mansion.

If these people can be united to oppose this matter, how can Qingzhang Tianmu continue to go on? "