Chapter 19 Glory and wealth come too suddenly, I want to be quiet
The Zhou family's other business...
Zhou Dexing has been demoted to a commoner, so of course he can no longer live in the Marquis Mansion.
In fact, to be precise, it should be the Marquis of Jiangxia. The mansion can only be called a prince, and a marquis can only be called a marquis.
Mansion houses, palaces, marquises, official residences, and private residences all have strict rules. At least in Zhu Yuanzhang's time, everything was done as it should be. Moreover, the layout of the house, the number of rooms, and even the number of beams, all of these were regulated.
In the Hongwu Dynasty, at least in the Hongwu Dynasty, it was not a small crime to exceed the system. When Zhou Dexing was the Marquis of Jiangxia, he had to live in the Marquis of Jiangxia, but he could not live there if he was demoted to a commoner.
Staying any longer will be a blatant violation of the rules.
but……
“So the villa doesn’t count!”
Yang Feng was in the pavilion, admiring the surrounding pavilions and pavilions, the clusters of flowers, and of course the young girls walking among them.
Of course the villa is not included, this is just a garden.
Even if the garden is larger and has more houses, it is still just a garden.
"But Zhang Xianzong said, even if you are a prince, you can't have too many slaves, right?"
he asked.
"These are not slaves, they are just hired workers in the old man's family. As for these women, they are the adopted daughters of the old man."
Zhou Dexing said nonchalantly.
"So the adopted daughters serve their adopted father out of their filial piety, not as your slaves. And since they are adopted daughters, of course they are not restricted by your current status. Even if you are a commoner and have several adopted daughters in your family,
It’s not considered over the limit, it’s completely legal?”
Yang Feng said.
"Exactly!"
Zhou Dexing stroked his beard and said with a smile.
"Adopted daughter, then these are adopted sons?"
Yang Feng pointed at the servants and said.
"Some of them are adopted sons, and the rest are hired workers. Your Majesty loves the people and strictly prohibits the common people from keeping slaves. Even noble officials have restrictions. This is your Majesty's love for the people. We naturally have to follow it, but we all have a big family and a big business.
We can't do without a helper, so we have to hire. It's not illegal to hire workers. We pay and others contribute. In front of Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with us. As for those poor families who really can't make ends meet in times of famine.
Let’s give some money to your children and adopt them as adopted daughters. This is also doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.”
Zhou Dexing said.
Then he showed his achievements in doing good deeds and poured wine beside him, and by the way he pulled him into his arms...
Yang Feng finally understood why his son's curtains were thin and not repaired.
His son's curtain was thin and unrepaired. When he was on duty in the palace, he was happily playing sports with a palace maid in the garden, and then he was caught by Zhu Yuanzhang.
And it was during Zhu Biao's funeral period.
Of course Lao Zhu, who was already very arrogant, became really furious.
So his kind of entering the palace at night and seducing the princess to elope is actually not too shocking. This guy's son actually dared to play all kinds of tricks with the maids in the palace.
Fierce man!
It’s really fierce!
"Sir, please!"
Then a delicate voice sounded beside him, followed by a pair of slender hands holding a wine flask to pour him wine...
"Brother Yang, there is no need to be restrained. You are a life-saving grace to me, and I will treat you as my own family here."
Zhou Dexing said with a smile.
That means Yang Feng can also pull his adopted daughter into his arms.
"Now that you have been demoted to a commoner, you shouldn't be able to support so many hired workers and adopted daughters, right?"
Yang Feng was not polite and stretched his legs outward. The adopted daughter sat on his lap shyly, but she must have really liked him. After all, compared with a bad old man, he was still very popular, so
Her pretty face was already a little red.
"It's true that Lao Chan was demoted to a commoner, and it's true that Lao Chan's evil beast was beheaded. But Lao Chan not only has his son, but even his grandson is an adult. In addition, Lao Chan has family in-laws. Lao Chan is a marquis. Could it be that Lao Chan's nephew is in-laws?
Are they common people? Lao Chen's second son is the commander of the Yongzhou Guard, and the others are also generals in the army. All of Lao Chen's in-laws are also uncles. Lao Chen is indeed a common people, but they are not common people.
What's more, the old man doesn't rely on his salary to support his family.
Do you think that in the past, the Marquis of Jiangxia, Lao Chan, could afford to raise these things with a hundred and ten kilograms of rice per month? Lao Chan has many businesses in various places, which are managed by the clansmen. There are also many fields, and even a few gardens for growing vegetables, which can be cultivated a year.
A big gain.
Your Majesty only removed the old officials and titles, but did not seize the family property. Naturally, these are still old."
Zhou Dexing said.
Yang Feng nodded understandingly.
Well, who would live on a salary like this, a marquis or something like that?
"Master, why don't you drink wine? Is it because your servant has not taken good care of you?"
The foster daughter next to me said coquettishly.
"Uh! I just think this wine is too light. I prefer strong wine."
Yang Feng said.
"Brother Yang likes to drink shochu. I told you earlier that I actually can't stand these light wines. I'm just used to it for socializing because I was brought along by those sour scholars. I'll change it to shochu, and change it to five-spice shochu."
Zhou Dexing shouted as if he had met a close friend.
"You, a warrior on the battlefield, also have to learn the style of those literati?"
Yang Feng said with a smile.
"There is no other way. The customs are like this now. Now that the world is at peace, Your Majesty will need those literati to govern the country. In the future, literati will definitely have weight. After all, we military men can no longer be like in troubled times. We must also learn to make friends with these literati. In the future, our descendants will also
You have to start studying literature, and taking the imperial examination is the right path. In this case, you have to learn from their ways, otherwise people will think that we are vulgar and will not want to associate with us. Those literati are all noble. In their eyes, no matter how many heads you chop off,
If there are too many, it would be better to be able to recite a few lines of poetry.
However, these literati do know a lot, and they are also better at playing tricks than the rest of us.
I learned a lot from them, and occasionally I could write a few lines of poetry."
Zhou Dexing said quite proudly.
"Cannons are firing to blast his mother, Weijia is returning to his hometown, heroes are counting Zhou Dexing, and giant whales are swallowing fusang?"
Yang Feng said.
Zhou Dexing was stunned for a moment, looking blankly at the smile on Yang Feng's face, then he woke up and they both laughed together.
"Brother Yang, the more I look at you, the more I like you, just like when I was young."
Zhou Dexing immediately stopped laughing and said.
"But I'm still very curious. If you treat me to a banquet like this, you won't be afraid of your emperor's punishment. He has already decreed that his subjects are not allowed to give me food and drink. You are not only giving me food, but also a banquet.
They will definitely tell the truth."
Yang Feng said.
As he spoke, he looked at the soldiers around him.
Well, these soldiers are still there, but they are standing around, and everyone is holding roast chicken, roast duck, etc., while the officer is carrying a leg of lamb.
"I have known your Majesty for more than sixty years. We have grown up together, and I still understand your Majesty. Since Your Majesty has let me go, there is a reason why you cannot kill me. In this case, what are you afraid of him doing?
If you don't even dare to buy me a glass of wine for saving your life, your majesty won't look down on you for being so heartless and unrighteous. I've already been in jail once, and I will go to jail again at worst, but I still have to drink the wine after all. Brother Yang, and
Don't worry, it's okay for you and me to drink heavily today.
Not only do I want to treat you to this wine, I will also give you this garden."
Zhou Dexing said.
"Uh, can you say it again?"
Yang Feng said in shock.
"The old man said that he would give this garden to you.
The old man is now a commoner and is over sixty years old. From now on, he will have to look for his children and grandchildren to support him in his old age. I plan to go to Yongzhou to find my second son. I will leave it to a few juniors to take care of here in the capital. This garden will be idle from now on.
It has become desolate after a long time. In this case, why not give it to Brother Yang? You don’t have to worry about His Majesty. His Majesty’s decree indeed said that he could not give you a place to live, but I didn’t give it to you. It was you who forced you to stay after I left.
, it’s just that my Zhou family didn’t report it to the official.
If the people do not raise officials and do not correct them, and my Zhou family does not report to officials, then naturally there will be no government to take care of it."
Zhou Dexing said.
"But they will tell."
Yang Feng pointed at the soldiers.
"Is Your Majesty going to kill you?"
Zhou Dexing whispered with a deep smile.
"Probably not for the time being."
"Then if you stay on that mountain and let millions of soldiers and civilians below watch it every day, won't it hurt His Majesty's face?"
"Well, there are indeed some. There were hundreds of thousands of people watching at the foot of the mountain this morning."
"Your Majesty probably has some regrets, so do you think it would be a shame for His Majesty to take back his life again?"
"Indeed there are some."
"That's right. I gave this garden to you. You came to live here, and these people stayed to serve you. Rumors spread outside that you have surrendered to His Majesty. This is His Majesty's gift to you to live. It's a rumor.
, spread very quickly, and within two days all the soldiers and civilians in the capital thought that you had surrendered to His Majesty, and the matter was covered up. My Zhou family did not report to the official, so Your Majesty naturally had no way of knowing. As for them, this guy is me
In the old department, he didn't report anything. Anyway, you just need to come down from that mountain first.
Your Majesty’s face is taken care of.”
Zhou Dexing said.
"This glory and wealth comes so suddenly, I want to be quiet."
Yang Feng looked at him and said with a confused look.
So this old guy actually worked for Zhu Yuanzhang. He also wondered why this old guy had the courage to invite him. If it were those good-tempered emperors, this kind of thing might be possible, but the subordinates of a tyrant like Zhu Yuanzhang still dare to do this.
It was purely suicide, so now it can be confirmed that Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhou Dexing to do it for him, and gave him this garden with Zhou Dexing's hand.
As for the purpose...
Of course it's harboring evil intentions.
Isn't it true that he is unscrupulous in this era because he has no worries?
Then I will let you have worries, give you wealth and glory, let you fall into it, give you things that you can cherish and be reluctant to part with, let you have worries, as long as you have worries, then you will fall into his control.
Then let him do it.
Unwilling to surrender?
Then if I take away your glory and wealth, you still won’t surrender?
I will give you a few women and give you children. If I kill your children, will you still surrender?
I have to say that His Majesty the Emperor is quite insidious.
(Thanks to book friends Beichen Delta, Chen Muchen, Shuhai Wuya 888, Benjamin Sigberg, What to do if naming is too difficult, and others for their tips. Yesterday, my daughter locked herself out in the city. I was over 30 years old.
It was so hot that I took the bus to deliver the keys, and when I came back I fainted from the heat.)