Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 299 Qin Liangyu Enters Beijing

The main hall of Qian Qianyi's mansion, which used to be luxurious and full of high-ranking officials, has been completely transformed into a hall that can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time. The word "Headquarters" is written on the right side.

At this time, although it was already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the treasurer of the Daming Central Bank was still on duty, and many officials lined up one after another to come here to receive the silver reward issued by Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian.

Huang Zongxi, editor of the Imperial Academy and professor of the Institute of Mathematics of the Daming Academy of Sciences, looked at this formerly luxurious mansion of Qian Qianyi and sighed inwardly. And it's all for money, which can be said to completely turn this money mansion into a place of money.

Huang Zongxi was in line behind an official from the eighth rank, and he didn't bother to jump in the line because he was a seventh rank official. To be able to receive a generous salary at the end of the year for the New Year was considered a poor official with little power like him. Satisfied, and he also saw several low-ranking officials of the seventh and eighth rank smiling and leading out a bag of silver dollars wearing patched inner jackets.

Huang Zongxi was a thinker as famous as Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi in the late Ming Dynasty, and he also regarded business as an important industry as agriculture. He even hoped to restore the prime minister responsibility system in terms of politics and thought. The policy of the auxiliary responsibility system is very consistent, so Huang Zongxi agrees with the current emperor's policy. What makes him admire Chongzhen Zhu Youjian even more is that the introduction of the year-end salary system not only solved the food and clothing worries of many poor officials , including his own worries about food and clothing were resolved.

An hour later, Huang Zongxi, like other officials, happily walked out with more than [-] silver dollars and a receipt.

A total of [-] silver coins, although the housing prices in Nanjing City are getting more and more expensive, but you can still afford a good mansion. Huang Zongxi's parents were convicted of party disputes in the Tianqi Dynasty, and their family business is no longer comparable to that of the Tianqi Dynasty. In the past, he was the one who won the imperial examination, but because he was not good at making a living, he was not considered very rich. Now that he was called to study mathematics in Nanjing, he was still relying on some money sent from his family to survive. Naturally, he was still relying on renting a house in Nanjing. day.

"This is [-] silver coins. You keep it. When Uncle Wang comes later, you pay him the rent we owe. If you save money, you can make it up later. By the way, ask Uncle Wang if there is any good money in this area." Buying a house", Huang Zongxi put a bag of silver in front of his wife, Huang Zongxi's wife was stunned for a moment: "Where did the master get so much money?"

"It was issued by the imperial court, and there will be every year in the future." Huang Zongxi smiled, while his wife smiled and held the bag of silver coins and said, "I have never seen so many silver coins in my life. It is really beautiful. It can be seen that the world today is indeed Well, the emperor is getting better and better, sir, is the portrait on this coin really His Majesty?"

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If you have money, you can be a good person, and the emperor Zhu Youjian is the same. If you have money, you can win over the officials. Now that the generous salary is paid, more than half of the officials have forgotten the cruelty of Zhu Youjian in the past, and everyone is afraid of it. Thinking of Zhu Youjian's good.

However, because of this, the commercial market of the entire Ming Dynasty became more active during the Spring Festival holiday than in the past, and the purchasing power of the masses increased significantly. The flower boats on the banks of the Qinhuai River and the Qinlou Chu Pavilion stayed up all night from the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the [-]th of the first lunar month. It was lit, and there was a lot of people, and countless people were spending gold (fine) and silver there, and the New Year’s goods in shops everywhere were sold out in an instant, and some nearby farmers who went to the city to sell agricultural and sideline products went to the city early in the morning. , and went back empty before noon.

Coupled with the stimulus of large-scale lending some time ago, the number of new shops and businesses in Yingtianfu and its surrounding areas is several times that of the past, and they all expect to make more money when the market is the hottest before the Spring Festival. The entire outer city of Nanjing City stretched for several miles and was full of voices, as if fighting a war.

Chen Hongshou intended to make another Nanjing City version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", so he had already lived on the Nanjing City Tower for several days. Because Zhang Dai received a salary, he spent the whole day in a boat full of luxury.

Qin Liangyu, who had been conferred the title of Taibao and Prince Taibao by the special envoy sent by Zhu Youjian, and Qin Liangyu, who was named Zhongzhenhou, entered Nanjing City accompanied by Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of War. At this time, Qin Liangyu was also confused by the prosperity and excitement of Nanjing City. She never expected to see such a prosperous scene in the southern capital of Ming Dynasty, which had already lost half of its country.

Qin Liangyu came to Beijing by order, Zhu Youjian naturally did not forget that there was such an outstanding female general in Ming Dynasty, because he was busy dealing with the Qing army's cavalry going south and reforming taxation, Zhu Youjian hadn't had time to meet this Female general, but now Shizhu chieftain is already at the junction of the Daxi regime between Daming and Zhang Xianzhong, and it may become the frontier for Ming to recover Sichuan in the future, and Qin Liangyu is the veteran of Sichuan who is most familiar with Sichuan, and has not surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan. With the highest prestige in the middle school, Zhu Youjian naturally met this legendary figure in advance.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Youjian officially received Qin Liangyu in the Qianqing Palace. At this time, the Forbidden City was also busy just like the outside of the palace city. Lanterns and festoons had begun to be decorated everywhere in preparation for the festival. Almost all the palaces had been completely renewed. Has been repainted or re-cleaned.

Zhu Youjian himself also changed into a new dragon robe, accompanied by Shi Kefa, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and Ma Shiying, a scholar of Wuyingdian and Shangshu of the Ministry of war, waiting for the arrival of the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu was already over seventy years old at this time, her temples were all white, but she still looked valiant and heroic, with her chest straight, she walked into the palace in a python robe with a tiger pattern, but when she saw the blackened walls and the cracked jade steps of the palace, , can't help but secretly surprised, the Nanjing city outside the palace city is full of flowers, but the palace of His Majesty inside the palace city seems to be still undecorated. It can be seen that today's majesty's virtue, it is not surprising that Jiannu can be defeated by such a majesty up.

"Wei Chen has seen His Majesty!"

Seeing that an old child was going to give him a big gift, Zhu Youjian hurriedly ran down from the throne, helped Qin Liangyu up himself, avoided the big gift, and gave him a seat immediately.

However, at this time, Qin Liangyu pleaded guilty again: "I failed to defend Sichuan and caused thieves to poison Western Shu. This is my dereliction of duty. I am really ashamed of your majesty's reward. Please take back your order. And punish the crime of ineffectiveness in guarding the river!"

"Old General Qin, don't blame yourself so much. It's not your fault that the thief Zhang Xianzhong invaded Sichuan. You Shizhu chieftain has exhausted countless children for Ming Dynasty. I reward you to comfort these white soldiers who have made great contributions to the country and society of Ming Dynasty. Ladies and gentlemen, these are the sons of your Chieftain Shizhu, and also my loyal ministers and generals, Aiqing should be granted the title of Marquis, and the whole court has no objection!"

(End of this chapter)