Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 386
"Who do you think is the son of the cabinet who married the daughter of a salt merchant? The eldest son of Mao Shangshu is over 40. I heard that he is going to be a grandfather. His wife seems to be a baby relative, a cousin of his aunt. Not married! As for Bachelor General Jiang Mian, he and I are fellow villagers, both from Quanzhou, his two sons’ wives are from our Quanzhou old family, and I still know their Qin family, so it shouldn’t be them!"

"Then the chief assistant, Mr. Yang Ge, is left! His son Tanhua Yang Shen, where is Yang Shen's wife from?"

"It seems...it seems to be from Shanxi, right?"

"Shanxi people? Then... is that a salt merchant?"

"I remembered that Yang Shen and Yang Yongxiu seemed to have a wife who had never been married before. It is said that she suddenly disappeared, and she seemed to be from Xiangyang, Huguang! Yang Ge's father, Yang Chun, Mr. Yang, seems to have been a student in Huguang. The Yang family lived in Huguang, and it seems that they were married to the Xiangyang Han family at that time."

"This... this is too coincidental!"

"That's right, I heard that not long after the lady of the Han family passed away, Yang Yongxiu married a daughter of the Zhang family from Shanxi. Isn't the Zhang family a salt merchant family in Shanxi?"

"That's right, I've also heard that although Mrs. Zhang is the daughter of a salt merchant, it seems that he has an uncle who is a editor in the Imperial Academy and is very talented. I heard that Yang Yongxiu went to his class. Is he right?" Did you meet Mrs. Zhang at that time?"

"That's a private exchange!"

"That's so normal! Yang Yongxiu has always praised himself as being romantic in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it's so normal to teach and receive privately with the little lady!"

Someone laughed.

"Of course it's different! A man who is flirtatious in the land of fireworks is a man's true nature, and a wife is his own family. He is a member of his own family. He is free to give and receive privately from a good woman and marry them back home. What is the face of the ancestors? How does the book of sages teach? Why do you become a sage? How do you become a role model for parents and officials?"

"That's right, Yang Shen has some talent but is defiant. He often looks down on this and that. When his tabloid was still there, he criticized this one for not being polite, that one with bad character, and saying that he was covered in pig hair. She is a demon! Not to mention giving and receiving privately, but also instructing others to ruin the reputation of an unmarried wife, how is this different from murder?"

"I think you're wrong! Not to mention the reputation of instigating a man to murder a woman from a good family, the most important thing is that he told the man that he can guarantee the family to pass the rural examination, and the examination can also make a relationship! We studied hard for several years What is the reason for this? What is the fairness? I am very clear, can I tolerate the day and night in broad daylight?"

"Don't be so loud, you don't want to mess around anymore! He is the son of Mr. Yang Ge! Be careful..."

"What's the matter with Mr. Yang Ge? Didn't he always say that he is the representative of our scholars and has been doing things for us? It's different when you get privileges! I want to ask, is this Ming Dynasty Hall just their Yang family? It's up to you!"

The discussion about the Yang family in the capital city became the No. 1 topic list in Beijing for a while.

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Wenyuan Pavilion.

Yang Tinghe was on duty today, feeling that many officials seemed to be spying on him.

Yang Tinghe has become accustomed to the reverent eyes of officials.

It's normal for the superior to not be angry and prestige, which will naturally make the subordinates want to look directly at him but dare not look directly at him.

It's just that the eyes of those people today seem to be a little unclear.

Mao Cheng also looked at him several times today, hesitant to speak.

"Xianqing (Mao Cheng's word Xianqing), what have you been watching me do? If you have something to say, don't act like you're hesitating!"

Yang Tinghe looked at Mao Cheng impatiently and said.

This old boy is usually a chatterbox, talking non-stop all day long, and sometimes he really annoys Mao Cheng.

However, he is the most suitable person in the etiquette department. He is obsessed with those red tape and etiquette all day long, and his debates and scolding are also a must.

When he was fighting with Zhu Houzhao earlier, this Mao Cheng made a lot of effort and ideas.

He likes to write books at every turn, and his relentless energy will anger Zhu Houzhao the most. For Yang Tinghe, Mao Cheng is actually a sharp sword.

"Jie Fu, have you read today's tabloid today?"

Mao Cheng said cautiously.

With his personality, if it was something else, he would have said it long ago, but today's matter...

"What tabloid?"

Yang Tinghe asked with some puzzlement.

He has been busy recently. The new emperor Zhu Houxi called him the day before yesterday, saying that he was going to the morning court five days later to discuss the matter of welcoming the new empress into the palace.

On the first day the new emperor entered the palace, although Yang Tinghe saw the new emperor, he had no real close contact with him. Afterwards, the new emperor stayed in the harem, blindly studying his so-called Taoism.

Yang Tinghe is still somewhat satisfied with the fact that the new emperor has nothing to do. As long as he is "obedient", he will be a good emperor, much better than Zhu Houzhao's tossing boy!
Therefore, even though he knew that the subordinates of the new emperor had been tossing around in the palace recently, using the palace servants he brought, they heard that the back kitchen had also changed, and even beat out many disobedient ones.

Yang Tinghe didn't think it was very good at first, but it was just tossing around in the inner house. Thinking about it, this person was born as a vassal king after all, and it is normal for him to focus on the inner house and have high requirements in life.

As long as nothing happens in the court, Yang Tinghe thinks it's nothing to worry about in the back house!
The new emperor suddenly proposed to go to the court. He thought that this man was free and had nothing to do, and he wanted to come to the court to make a fuss. He was thinking about how to deal with this man, and strangled his thoughts in the bud.

Knowing that this person misses his wife, he immediately felt relieved!

The new emperor didn't mention it, and they didn't say they would welcome the new empress into the palace. For those who want to be strong, such as the former emperor Zhu Houzhao, they must be blowing their beards and staring with anger. , but gave him Yang Tinghe face.

Although the new emperor didn't plan to make any mistakes when he came to court, Yang Tinghe was thinking about what he would do this time.

Although Jiang Bin, the big thorn in his eyes, is silent like his grandson in Baofang, he hasn't made any trouble.

Yang Tinghe felt that a nail is just a nail, and it must be pulled out quickly!

Anyway, the current new emperor doesn't pay attention to that guy, so it's better to take the opportunity to deal with him.

Therefore, in the past two days, Yang Tinghe has been busy collecting some information about Jiang Bin. When he is going to go to court in a few days, he will ask Jiang Bin's question with his colleagues. Or send it elsewhere.

"It's the "Jinghua Tabloid"! Didn't the "Yandu Jokes" run by your son close down a long time ago?"

Mao Cheng thinks that Mr. Yang Ge is getting older recently, and his memory is not good!

Their family's tabloid has long since closed down, and now there are only three tabloids left in the capital, of course the most popular is "Jinghua Tabloid".

The other two are also quite prosperous, but they all look like pirated copies of "Jinghua Tabloid".

The "Jinghua Tabloid" is generous, and it was pirated and did not find those two.

But think about it, this book piracy of Ming Dynasty is very crazy, many books written by Mao Cheng and Mao Shang have been pirated, and it is impossible to stop it, let alone this tabloid!
Although he is only two years younger than Yang Tinghe, to be honest, Mao Cheng feels that his body is much better than Yang Tinghe's.

I still have two concubines to wait on at night, and I will still be on duty the next day, of course sometimes my legs will be weak.

Yang Tinghe also preached to himself several times, saying that he should recharge his energy, blah blah blah...

Mao Cheng listened to Yang Tinghe preaching to him a few times, and to be honest, he was a little unconvinced. At least his face was flushed every day, but Yang Tinghe became more and more dry, surrounded by an old wife all day, no wonder he was not dry!

I wanted to share with him my health-preserving skills, but seeing his serious look, I had no choice but to give up!
"What's the news from Jinghua Tabloid?"

Yang Tinghe asked with some doubts.

Of course he is familiar with "Jinghua Tabloid", this newspaper has caused him a lot of trouble, at the beginning he even secretly sent people to check the news of this newspaper, but this newspaper was too hidden and did not find the source.

He also suspected that this tabloid was produced by Zhu Houzhao before, but based on his understanding of Zhu Houzhao's ability and IQ, he always felt that he should not have that brain, and there should be someone behind him.

Later, two other tabloids even appeared, similar to the "Jinghua Tabloid". Yang Tinghe was very troubled, and suspected that some unscrupulous businessmen took the opportunity to amass money.

Fortunately, after Zhu Houzhao was cleaned up, these newspapers restrained a lot, and gradually turned to folk entertainment gossip and news.

Yang Tinghe didn't pay too much attention to it, and occasionally looked at the gossip and privacy of some celebrities in the Beijing circle. These things are not in the elegant hall, but they also have a deterrent effect on those people, but they help regulate the behavior of many officials. , Yang Tinghe's attitude towards the tabloids has changed from the original fear, to now he occasionally reads them!
One time, the tabloid also wrote about the secrets of Mao Cheng's boudoir, Minister of Rites. Although it was obscure, anyone with a discerning eye could see it.

I am also proud that only a decent person like myself is worthy of the position of chief assistant. As for Mao Cheng and the others, they can help me a few words!
"Uh, Jie Fu, look, this is today's tabloid. I feel that the content on it seems to be related to your noble son... I'm a little anxious right now, so I'll go to the latrine first..."

Mao Cheng took out the "Jinghua Tabloid" he bought, unfolded it on Yang Tinghe's desk, and walked out of Yang Tinghe's office.

……

Pavilion Xianglou.

"Master! Master!"

Yang Shen was reciting poems and odes with a group of children under the service of a group of "talented women", when there was an eager cry outside.

In fact, today is also Yang Shen's on-duty time, and the work of officials in Ming Dynasty is actually quite hard.

Especially when Zhu Chongba was in power, the officials were the long-term workers of their family, and they could squeeze everyone's value so hard that they could not stop 24 hours a day.

Later, it gradually became more humanized.

Among them, Shu Jishi is the most arrogant, taking a bath every five days, which can be regarded as the ceiling of vacation!

Other officials take a rest every ten days!

Guozijian students rest on the first and fifteenth day of each month, and princes and feudal princes are no exception.

It's just that at any time, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and there must always be some special privileged groups.

For example, for someone like Yang Shen who has a lot of background and social connections, the head of the Hanlin Academy is his father's colleague, and it can even be said to be a subordinate.

Such children work in the unit, and of course those who are capable will do something. After all, Yang Shen is indeed talented in literature. If he helps revise the history of Ming Dynasty and do writing work, he is definitely capable.

However, there are so many concubines and editor assistants, if this kind of young master doesn't want to work and wants to rest, he can definitely slip away at will.

As for the assessment, everyone knows...

"Master! Master! Come out quickly!"

Yang Shen's servant came in angrily and shouted.

"Yongxiu, look at the eagerness of your servant to call you, can't it be that Mrs. Sister-in-law knows you are here?"

A young man who often played with Yang Shen laughed.

"Screw you!"

Yang Shen scolded impatiently.

"what's up?"

Yang Shen was writing a letter for Liu Mianmian, a geisha, and was very unhappy to be interrupted.

"Master, Butler Huang is at the door. He said he has something urgent to see the young master!"

The boy hurriedly replied.

Yang Shen knew that the butler Huang mentioned by the boy should be Huang Tong, Yang Tinghe's aide, and now he is basically the butler of Yang's residence.

He didn't like Huang Tong's meddling. Although he said he was his family's staff, he was just a low-level person. He couldn't study well, and he always took care of face when he went to his own family to make a living.

If it weren't for the fact that he still has a little fame and is usually quite capable in doing things, sometimes Yang Shen really doesn't want to give him face!

Yang Shen dawdled for a while before going downstairs.

He didn't want to see Huang Tong at first, so he managed to get out today, his father had just trained him a few days ago, and he insisted on being on duty for several days, and today he just took advantage of the excuse of going outside to do some errands, and was found by Huang Tong.

Just thinking about Huang Tong's many things that his father ordered, he was worried that his father was looking for him, if his father knew that he was on duty and came here to hang around, he would inevitably be reprimanded again.

"Master!"

Huang Tong saw Yang Shen coming down, and hurried forward.

"What's the matter? Tell me now!"

Yang Shen was a little impatient.

"Then...then Lu Mao just appeared! Has the young master ever seen him?"

Huang Tong's face was dripping with sweat, what happened today was too unusual, he needed to understand the situation quickly.

Lu Maocai sent them a letter on purpose a few days ago. It looked like he wanted something. They searched for a few days but couldn't find anyone. They thought that since this person came to Shangjing, he must have something to ask for, and they would look for them again.

When he comes to find them, it will be easy to decide then!

I don't want to make such a sudden announcement in the tabloids today.

When Huang Tong saw that report, he broke out in a cold sweat. This was going to drag the Yang family into trouble!

Huang Tong had come into contact with Lu Maocai before. When Yang Shen asked someone to contact Lu Maocai to sit down, after Yang Ge knew about it, he was the one who was sent to clean up the mess.

At that time, he thought of solving the matter directly with that guy, so as to avoid future troubles!

Elder Yang Ge felt that it was inappropriate for them to attack directly, so he handed over the matter to the Han family.

I don't think that the Han family is a waste material, and it's not so neat to deal with individuals, and that kid is still alive.

It's only now why Lu Mao is directly targeting the Yang family?Could it be that Yang Shen, the young master of his family, angered Lu Maocai again, and the one surnamed Lu turned his face directly?

To be honest, Huang Tong really didn't like Yang Shen. Apart from being able to read, he really wanted to scoff at his level of dealing with people. One word: Stupid!

"What? Did you find Lu Maocai? How did I meet him? A man like him deserves to see me?"

Yang Shen thought about the wretched look of that guy when he first contacted him, it made him sick to think about it!

"Master! Something happened! Let's go back!"

Huang Tongshen felt that this matter was abnormal, and now he had to go back and discuss it with Elder Yang Ge quickly, otherwise this matter would become a big one, not just about their young master murdering his unmarried wife, but it involved...

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It was night, and the old Yang Mansion in Daming Yang Pavilion was brightly lit all night.

On the second day, there was a group of people who were said to be soldiers and horses in Wucheng who were looking for people early in the morning. It seemed that a thief had appeared in an official's house and was looking for people all over the city.

However, what big scene hasn't been seen by the people in the capital?
Only a few days have passed since the late emperor passed away and the whole city was under martial law.

Presumably, the soldiers and horses of the five cities are searching for thieves, and the people in the capital are most concerned about the content of today's tabloids.

"Jinghua Tabloid" continued to serialize the details of the murder of the unmarried wife by the privileged second generation of officials in Beijing, as well as the persecution of the so-called contributor.

"Shanghai Express" serialized the fraud cases of Tang Yin, a romantic genius, and Xu Jing, a rich man, in the 12 years of Hongzhi, and reviewed in detail the specific details and suspicions of the sensational scientific examination fraud case that year.

After all, that case had a great impact back then, but the final result was indeed hastily dismissed and became a temporarily unsolved case.

"Yandu Facts" also mentioned Tang Yin's scientific examination fraud case, but he focused on wondering who this so-called noble son of the capital was?

The article has a lot of space to lay out various information about this noble son, as well as the marital status of the noble sons in the capital.

Even though there is no statement at the end of the article, three candidates are deliberately given for guessing.

But anyone who is not a fool can tell who this person is!
There is the Qin family in Xiangyang, whose unmarried wife suddenly disappeared, and married a great talent from a salt merchant in Shanxi. If it wasn't Yang Shen, the son of Yang Ge, who else could it be?
The game of guessing characters based on the details made Shangjing people very excited and interesting for a while!
The more important people are involved, the more interesting it is!
The big teahouses and teahouses in the capital whispered to each other when they met, and no one said anything when they walked in. Everyone knew what was going on!

There is also a very courageous gambling house, which even started a game of betting and guessing people. I heard that many people even participated in it!

As for the other key figures in this matter, the tabloid even directly stated it bluntly.

For example, the Xiangyang family, whose wife was slandered but said nothing, directly pointed out the Xiangyang Han family by excluding them.

And it also introduces the history of the Han family's fortune and the current development of the Han family in a small space.

It is very surprising that after the incident with the wife of the Han family, the two little-known brothers of the Han family, Master Han and Master Han, both got promoted.

Although Uncle Han is currently in the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Nanjing, he is considered to be half a pensioner, but with his ability and background, that position is not his turn.

As for Mr. Han Er, I heard that he is currently working in the Ministry of Rites. This Jinshi is almost one of the few unknown people in the ranking. According to his situation, he is now mostly working in remote counties, and he has stayed in Beijing for so many years.

Could this be a compromise for some reason?

Ordinary people seem to pay attention to the minutiae in this matter, just like ordinary people are as curious as they see big stars.

Guozijian and some academies in the capital were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing an uproar.

Even though the tabloids in Nanjing, Henan Province, Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were not synchronized with the tabloids in Beijing, the articles of the first day of "Jinghua Tabloid" began to be reprinted in these places.

All of a sudden, the storm rose!

(End of this chapter)