Jinyi Music

Chapter 541
Let’s talk about cracking down on smuggling. Now that Daqing’s military is in decline, many generals of the Chinese navy have colluded with local gentry, and they have been banned repeatedly. Let’s talk about taxing these people more. They hold the Daqing law and say it can’t be broken Taizu Taizong's method, the court really can't do anything about them!
Wang Wanting was from the Jiangxi gang, and he was very at odds with the southern barbarians in Chaotang. If he had the opportunity to trick them at this time, of course he would not let the opportunity go, so he said to Zhu Hou,

"Your Majesty, how about a tour to the south?"

"South tour?"

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows, Wang Wanting nodded and said,

"Exactly, Your Majesty is rich and prosperous in the south of the Yangtze River. Why don't Your Majesty go on a southern tour to take a look..."

The two masters and apprentices discussed for a long time in the imperial study, and when the next morning, His Majesty the Emperor announced the decree to all the officials.
"Since I came to the throne, I have been conscientious and hard-working. I dare not slack off for a day. I only hope that the country can be peaceful and that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Just like today, if I don't follow people's wishes, disasters have happened year after year, people's livelihood is difficult to continue, and all businesses are withered. I feel that I live in the temple. Above, I can't understand the people's feelings, and it's hard to solve the people's worries, so I decided to go on a southern tour to observe the people's feelings, comfort the people's livelihood, and listen to the voices of the people's suffering..."

After hearing this, all the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and each of them secretly thought,
"Your Majesty, this is the song that was sung again. The disasters in various places have already appeared. Shouldn't it be to allocate funds for disaster relief? Why do you want to spend money to tour the south?"

There is a cold snort that understands in the heart,
"This means that there is no money in the treasury. Your Majesty is going to the south to ask for money!"

After the morning court, Mou Biao got the news, and went back that night and said to Si Lian,

"Your Majesty is planning to go to the south to ask those wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River for money!"

After thinking about it,

"I'm afraid I'm going to go to the south with your Majesty this trip, but Silian is willing to go to the south?"

Si Lian was shocked when she heard this,
"With Xiao Lin's current status, can we leave Beijing?"

According to the rules of the imperial court, family members of senior officials of the fourth rank or above who are officials in other places or on business outside must stay in Beijing. Leaving Beijing!
Mou Biao laughed and said,

"Rules are dead people, people are alive, and besides...the job of monitoring the officials in the capital is the Jin Yiwei's job!"

So...Silian and the others left the capital, as long as Jin Yiwei didn't say anything, no one would know!

Si Lian's eyes lit up when she heard the words. Since Gu San and the others went to the south, the money has been earned back in a hurry. Speaking of the overseas scenery, she had longed for it in her heart, but she had no choice but to be limited by her status, so she kept suppressing this thought and dared not reveal it, but who is Mou Biao, how could Si Lian hide her thoughts from him, now If you get the chance, you will naturally get what your wife wants.

"But... what about Fu'er and Yuru?"

Si Lian was worried about the children again, and Mou Biao laughed,

"What's so difficult about it, just take them all the way!"

After reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, children should see more of the world!

"But we're all gone, isn't this house empty and won't attract suspicion?"

Mou Biao smiled and patted his chest,
"This idea can't be done. I, the commander of the Jinyiwei, didn't do it for nothing!"

Even if he was planning to go south, sooner rather than later, it would be better to leave before the emperor, as long as he left Beijing, he would have to entrust those six boats of food to others. Silian thought of her mother-in-law Liu, and the next day So he took the children back to the old house of Mou's family. Seeing them coming, Mrs. Liu was very happy, took Si Lian's hand and said angrily,

"What kind of fragrant wind is blowing today, I finally think of my old lady!"

Silian laughed,

"Daughter-in-law also does not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, and wants to ask her mother-in-law for help, and I hope you, the old man, will lend a helping hand!"

Liu smiled and said,

"If you have anything to ask me, it's okay to say it!"

Si Lian looked around, but she dismissed the two children first,

"Yu Ru, Fu'er, go to your uncle's side and say hello to your uncle!"

Since Aunt Feng came back from the temple, she never came to see Yuru by herself, and Silian didn't know whether she was detained in the yard by You Shi, or if she didn't want to see the child because of her stature, but this trip happened in twos and threes. Yue, let her meet Yuru!

Mama Wang led the two children down immediately, and Mrs. Liu also took advantage of the opportunity to drive away the people around her.
"I thought what you said was a joke, but I didn't think there was something wrong?"

Liu asked curiously,

"What do you want to do for your mother?"

Si Lian then told about the fact that she was going south with Mou Biao, but the six shipments of grain were not delivered.
"This year's disaster has already occurred. I am afraid that there will be a food shortage in the capital. The daughter-in-law bought the food to help the family survive the hardship. After this time, the food is not easy to deal with after it arrives. Mother-in-law, the old man presided over the middle After many years, and there is a capable steward, my daughter-in-law is begging to come to you!"

Mrs. Liu suppressed her smile when she heard this,

"When will your food arrive in Beijing?"

Si Lian had the final say,

"It is estimated that two ships will arrive first after ten days, and then two ships will arrive every five days..."

"Um……"

Liu nodded.

"It's best to come to Beijing in batches, so as not to be ostentatious!"

She is an old man, so she naturally knows the reason why this tree attracts the wind. People in the capital are short of food, but you made six boatloads of food to attract attention. If you don't dispose of it properly, you may cause trouble!
Silian made it easy,

"It is precisely because this matter is a bit eye-catching, the daughter-in-law is worried about handing it over to the steward, so she comes here to ask the mother-in-law to make up her mind!"

Liu thought for a while and nodded,

"Okay, I'll take care of this for you..."

asked again,

"Six boats of food, I'm afraid our family can't finish it..."

Silian Road,
"My daughter-in-law thinks, if the disaster is severe and the imperial court sets up porridge sheds to give out porridge, our family can also give porridge to the common people!"

Liu nodded,

"Okay, if you haven't returned to Beijing by then, I'll take care of this for you..."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed the details for a while, and when it was noon, Mrs. Liu left Silian for lunch, and Silian asked the maids to call the children back. When Fu'er and Yuru came back, Yuru was the little girl red nose,
"mother!"

Seeing Si Lian, Yu Ru rushed over and threw herself into her arms, buried her small face in Si Lian's chest, and started crying again, Si Lian was startled, hugged her and coaxed,
"What's the matter, but fell?"

Yuru didn't speak, but Fu'er answered.
"Mom, sister is scared!"

Fu'er spoke early, she was only over one year old at this time, but she had already spoken clearly and expressed clearly, and everyone around her was like a young master Zao Hui, only Si Lian and Mou Biao knew what was going on, but Si Lian secretly ordered passed son,
"You are too young and you talk too much, it will inevitably make people think it is weird. From now on, you can talk at home, but you will talk less outside!"

Fu'er understands and remembers it in her heart. Usually when she goes out, she keeps her mouth tightly shut and doesn't speak easily. Today she saw Yuru crying so hard that she opened her mouth to speak, which really attracted all the ladies and maids around Mrs. Liu. A look of amazement.

Silian didn't dare to ask her son any more, so she hugged Yuru and turned her gaze to Mama Wang, who had a weird expression on her face.

"Just now I went to the uncle's yard and met Aunt Feng, who hugged the young lady and insisted on asking her to call her, but Miss Yuru refused..."

As a result, Aunt Feng hugged her daughter tightly and cried loudly, scaring Yuru!
Liu Shi frowned upon hearing the passage,

"Feng's presumptuousness!"

Silian hugged Yuru and patted gently, coaxing her, saying,

"It's nothing! It's nothing. It's because Aunt Feng likes our Yuru too much. It's because our Yuru is too cute. Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!"

Yu Ru is weak and well-behaved, she was coaxed by Si Lian, and she stopped crying, but the lingering fear was still there, Lai was in Si Lian's arms and refused to leave, so Si Lian hugged her After lunch, he said to Liu Shi when he left,
"After all, it's a mother-daughter bond. This is the child she worked so hard to give birth to. It's inevitable that she will lose her composure when she sees it. Please don't blame her mother-in-law!"

Liu nodded,

"I see!"

After Silian and the others left, Mrs. Liu sent people around her to see Aunt Feng,

"The old lady said that Miss Yuru is with Mrs. Eight. It is her great good luck. If you are for the sake of the lady, then keep your mouth shut. In the future, you will stay away from the lady. If you don't listen to the advice , insisted on hurting Miss Yuru, don't regret it in the future!"

Aunt Feng had been taught a lesson by Mrs. You earlier, and now that Mrs. Liu sent someone to reprimand her, she couldn't help but feel sad again, locked herself in the room and cried again, until the afternoon when Mou Wen went down to the Yamen Hearing about this, I went to see Aunt Feng,

"Mother is right. I've seen that child Yuru. Yuxue was born cute, healthy and lively. It's all thanks to the eighth brother and sister. Now she is recorded under the name of the eighth brother. She is the eldest daughter of the eighth family. , the eighth brother is now in the third rank, Yuru has only advantages and no disadvantages in the eighth room, you will not only harm yourself, but also her by making such a fuss..."

Aunt Feng also cried when she heard that,
"The slaves know what the master said. Since the slaves came back from the temple, they have been trying not to look at the lady, but today they suddenly saw her, and they couldn't help it for a while..."

Speaking of this, thinking of her daughter's cute little appearance, she couldn't help feeling a pain in her heart, and threw herself into Mou Wen's arms and cried,
"Master, that's the first child of my servant and master!"

Mou Wen sighed, stroking her shoulder,

"Don't cry, we will have children in the future!"

That night Mou Wen stayed in Aunt Feng's room, but when Mou Xiuhui got married, You and Feng were both pregnant, that's a later story.

Si Lian handed over the matter of food to Mrs. Liu, packed her things, and set off early three days later. The emperor's tour is a big event, and even if the decree was issued, it will take one month until the trip, Si Lian First took the children to Tongzhou, stayed there for five days, and waited for Mou Biao who came on a fast horse.

Mou Biao deliberately asked the emperor for orders, and went south in advance to serve as a pawn for the emperor's southern tour. After getting the emperor's nod, he hurried to Tongzhou to meet his wife and children. That night, the family boarded a chartered merchant ship.

They boarded the boat after dark, and Mou Biao brought Mou Long, Mou Hu and twelve personal guards with him, but Silian left the pregnant Hongyu in Mao'er Alley, and the rest of the maids and Mama Wang were all alone. It was the first time for Yuru and Fu'er to go out for a long time at such an age. After boarding the boat, they ran all over the boat excitedly, without the consciousness of finding their mother to sleep after dark.

After everyone boarded the boat, the boatman on the merchant boat yelled, and the long penny was pushed heavily on the bluestone of the wharf, and the boat slipped into the river without a sound, and left Tongzhou quietly.

On the deck, the sound of children running and laughing could be heard. In the cabin, the largest room was used as a bedroom and study room for the husband and wife. Mou Biao left the capital and was on board, but the official secretary Newspapers still flew in like snowflakes, sent by fast horses along the coast, or sent by flying pigeons. Mou Biao was sitting behind the desk, writing quickly, while Si Lian was sitting in front of the window, looking at the newspapers. With the lights passing slowly along the coast outside, Mou Biao glanced at his wife by the window, saw the night wind blowing her loose long hair, and said,
"The wind in Silian is cool at night, less blowing..."

Silian turned her head and smiled at him, half closed the window according to the words, picked up the small clothes on the table, and embroidered with the oil lamp while asking,
"Are we going straight to Hangzhou?"

Mu Biao nodded,

"Going all the way south until Hangzhou before going ashore..."

After a pause, he said,
"The group of people in the south probably already know the news that the emperor is going to make a southern tour. I'm going out of Beijing secretly this time to make a stand for His Majesty, and see how they respond!"

This time Zhu Houzhao came out of Beijing because he had made up his mind to scrape off the fortunes of the gang of rich men in the south, so he sent Mou Biao to the front first, in order to find out the details of these gangs one day earlier, so as to make calculations How to do it!

Silian laughed,

"This time, it's His Majesty fighting against those noble gentry in the south, but I don't know who will win in the end!"

Mou Biao smiled and put down the official document in his hand, and took another copy,

"Even if His Majesty has already taken action, how can he scrape off some oil? This... Whether it is more or less depends on His Majesty's ability!"

While the husband and wife were talking, there was a bang outside and someone pushed the cabin door hard. Fu'er ran in in front and Yuru in the back.
"father!"

Fu'er rushed towards Mou Biao, but Yuru climbed onto Silian's lap,

"mother……"

Silian hurriedly put away the needle in her hand, moved it aside, then hugged Yuru and asked,
"It's so late, Yuru and my younger brother have played enough, let's go to bed, shall we?"

Yuru shook her head, her little head was drenched with sweat, Silian quickly took a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, while Fuer got into Mou Biao's arms, sat down solemnly, poked her little head like his father Mou Biao opened a copy with a smile and asked him,
"Son, how many characters do you know here?"

Fu'er shook her head, frowned, and pointed to one of the words,
"This is a herringbone!"

Mou Biao smiled and glanced at Si Lian, and said with a smile,

"It's a good feeling...it saves enlightenment!"

So he pointed to another word and asked Fuer,
"What is this word?"

"Mountain……"

"Hmm! Good... good..."

Mou Biao became interested, and while reading the official document, he pointed out some simple words and asked his son, unexpectedly, seven or eight out of ten knew each other. Mou Biao happily said to Si Lian,

"Fu'er can already read at such a young age, why not invite a gentleman to teach at home, in the future she might really be a number one scholar!"

(End of this chapter)