The well-known "Chengde Summer Resort" was first built in the Qing Dynasty.
After Zheng Haizhu traveled through time, when he showed the map of the development and reform plan to the capital, he once wondered, if the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were afraid of heat, weren't the emperors of the Ming Dynasty afraid of heat?
Why didn't the Ming Dynasty build a summer resort in Hebei? Could it be that the border troubles in Beizhen never went away, so going to Hebei to escape the summer heat might make Ming Yingzong's unlucky story happen again?
Zheng Haizhu's questions were quickly answered.
From Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty to Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, they all lived in seclusion and liked to live in the Forbidden City. The Ministry of Industry then built a summerhouse in the palace according to local conditions. Under the summerhouse, many deep wells were dug, and the wellheads were covered with round bricks with holes. In midsummer, the water in the wells was Coolness diffuses into the house through the brick holes, like a natural "air-conditioning" supply.
In this way, the emperor of tomorrow can enjoy the cool weather without leaving the palace.
But at the beginning of last year, the eunuch Wang Tiqian, who had risen to prominence, kept lobbying Zhu Changluo to go to the mountains in his hometown of Changping to escape the summer heat.
Changping is not far from the capital, so the scale of the ceremonial guard and the security pressure for the holy driver are much smaller, and there is no need for officials to pick him up along the way.
Wang Tiqian's second priority is to return to his hometown to be successful. The key is to be like the project managers of later generations. He can make a big profit by launching a big project.
It just so happened that Zheng Haizhu led a team to clear fields in Shandong, and the Liao Rating Section of the Ministry of Revenue had a harvest. Zhu Changluo felt that it would not count if he diverted 20% of the money from repairing the three main halls to build individual businesses in the suburbs of Beijing. Your virtue has failed, so you allow Wang Tiqian to handle this matter.
Wang Tigan had a lot of money to be greedy and was very efficient. He quickly built a small area of buildings and houses suitable for living near mountains and rivers. At the beginning of autumn last year, he took advantage of Zhu Changluo's opportunity to visit the Dingling Tomb of Emperor Wanli and asked the emperor to drive him. The summer resort was accepted.
Zhu Changluo was very satisfied. Wang Tigan had made his first profit, and he also mentioned the matter of summer vacation early this year so that he could continue to make money from it.
But Wang Tiqian didn't expect that the mantis stalking the cicada, the oriole behind, the profit-making project he was happily planning would be targeted by Zheng Haizhu and become a lever to bring him down.
At this moment, Zheng Haizhu pretended to be confused, knowing clearly through Tian Ergeng's palace informant that Zhu Changluo had indulged in excessive sexual activities recently, and deliberately changed the explanation of the reason for Sheng Gong's illness, which aroused Concubine Li's heart.
Yes, when going to Changping to escape the summer heat, only Concubine Li Guifei is qualified to go with her. The foxy ladies in the inner court will not be able to behave like monsters.
"Well, A-Zhu," Concubine Li was in a good mood, and even called her warmly, "are your letters from the outer court accurate? Have you not bothered Long Live Lord up and down the court by those who have made money recently?"
"Don't worry, Madam, things are going well. Long Live the Lord will not be in the mood to go to the outskirts of Beijing. But..."
"But what?" Concubine Li looked at Zheng Haizhu's face and put on the alert look she always showed others.
Zheng Haizhu looked back at the yard. Several familiar young eunuchs were standing far away, chipping away at the ice.
In the room, there were only the maids closest to Concubine Li.
Zheng Haizhu said: "I also suddenly thought that Wang Tiqian has always been organizing things in Changping. The young lady who came to my shop last time to buy pearls and jade jewelry was not clear about it. The lady also said that Wang Tiqian has entered summer. He is more diligent than Wang An when he goes to Qianqing Palace. Will he, at his summer retreat, present a beauty to the Long Live Lord, um, to the Long Live Lord... beauties?"
"Click", Concubine Li stirred the silver spoon of the bird's nest soup and hit it on the edge of the bowl.
Concubine Li is not a lady from a wealthy family and has limited education, but she has heard a lot of folk tales and dramas. The story of how a dog and a cat's ministers took advantage of the emperor's tour and used women to attract favors is the story that Concubine Li is most familiar with. .
"It makes sense. The prince's eldest companion, Cao Huachun, has nothing to do with Wang Tiqian, and King Xin hates Wang Tiqian even more. This eunuch, if he doesn't just want to curry favor with the Long Live Lord, hurry up and sit on the palm of the superior's ceremonial supervisor, I'm afraid he will have to go to the pigeon house to clean up some day. Go away with pigeon droppings."
Zheng Haizhu thought to herself that the imperial concubine's mind only became particularly in line with the logic of political struggle when she suspected that someone was poaching her husband.
"Then, the empress will nip the problem in the bud, and go and clean the hole in Liting for Lord Long Live first." Zheng Haizhu gave the plan in a calm tone, "Well, let's go to supervise Uncle Chang Ping, the father-in-law of the first governor. Jirang, and then go to the summer resort to wait for Long Live."
"Smooth, smooth. That's it. You should follow. If that Song carpenter does a good job, help me reward him." Concubine Li said.
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"Mommy, it should be here."
Dongchang Fanzi shouted to stop the carriage, turned around and said to the guest Yinyue.
Ke Yinyue walked down and looked up at the cottage dozens of steps away.
The green brick house is hidden among the lush green trees in summer.
"Is this the only decent house?" Ke Yinyue looked at the other thatched houses scattered at the foot and mountainside of the nearby mountains and asked suspiciously.
Fanzi seemed to be less confident because of what she said. He jumped out of the carriage, walked around to the opposite side of the official road, and came back and said: "That's right, grandma, please look, there's a stone bridge over the river over there, and it's surrounded by people." Yes, it’s Lord Long Live’s summer resort, right? Lord Tian told me it’s too small.”
Ke Yinyue also looked towards the summer resort.
The night before Wei Zhongxian went to Luoyang, he suddenly said that he wanted to buy a small house in Changping.
Ke Yinyue was shocked when she heard this, thinking that Wei Zhongxian's last sentence was to expose Wang Ti's affair with her. Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian said seriously: "You always keep talking in my ears about going back to the Zhu family. I'm confused." I'm going to be bitten by you. Do you think this method will work? I'll buy a courtyard for you to live near the summer resort. When the prince and Long Live Master go to escape the summer, you, please make some snacks that the prince loved to eat in the past. Please Send it in. A Zhuangzi is much easier to enter than the Forbidden City, right?"
Ke Yinyue breathed a sigh of relief, but then asked: "Don't the Zhu family think that we are waiting for the rabbit to trick them?"
"How could it be so?" Wei Zhongxian said calmly, "I'm still on a job from the Xinxing Department. Autumn is coming again in the blink of an eye. I have to run between the capital and Xuanfu. I have a house outside Changping City to rest. What's the point? It's strange. It's only a hundred taels of silver in a country yard, and the officials can't figure it out. Those pieces of shit cost three to five hundred taels to buy a broken painting."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Later, Wei Zhongxian told guest Yinyue not to take matters into his own hands until his beloved brother found a good house.
Ke Yinyue thought to herself that she could not tell Wang Tiqian about this. She had placed bets on both men, so she had a better chance of winning. Neither of them could give up.
Wei Zhongxian had been away for almost a month before Tian Ergeng from Dongchang sent someone to tell guest Yinyue that Yaren had agreed on the house and Lao Tian had signed the deed.
Ke Yinyue wanted to go see her immediately, but Tian Ergeng's people were not too polite, saying that Dongchang was very busy, and she would wait for Tian Shuai's arrangements. Mammy, please don't spread the word everywhere, Tian Shuai didn't want everyone outside to think that , Tian Qianhu from Dangtang Dongchang, I will run errands for you as a woman.
After all, Tian Ergen had a grandfather who was a minister of the Ministry of War. Ke Yinyue, a nanny who climbed into the palace as a grassroots civilian, was still intimidated when she met a child from a family of serious courtiers, so she had to wait patiently.
Finally, it was the end of the day, and a kind-hearted man came from Dongchang. He drove her out of Beijing, and first stayed at an inn in Changping Fucheng for a night. Taking advantage of the coolness this morning, he sent her over to see the house.
At this moment, Dongchang fanzi put wheels on the carriage and said to the guest Yinyue: "Mommy, let's go in and take a look? Master Tian said that he hired a local from Changping to sweep and look after the house. If grandma feels it is inappropriate, , it can be replaced."
"Okay, thank you."
When the two came to the fence, Fanzi shouted and reported the source. Soon a woman came to answer the door.
"Salute to Grandma Wei, grandma is in good health. My surname is Lin."
Ke Yinyue looked at the mother-in-law, she was in her fifties, her facial features were ordinary, her complexion was rough and dark, she was like an old woman in the country, her speech was quite eloquent.
"Aren't you from Changping?" Ke Yinyue stared at her and asked.
"As for grandma, the younger one escaped from the famine in Ji Town. Before that, she worked as a cook in a hotel in Fucheng. A noble man took a fancy to her and hired her to work for grandma."
"Oh." Ke Yinyue responded while walking towards the yard.
She stopped in front of a row of pottery jars: "What is this?"
"I told my grandma that the sauce maker, Changping's bean paste, was the first one in Beizhili. I was grateful to my grandparents for taking them in, so I made a few cans and stored them in the cellar. The weather won't be bad. I took them out, fried them, and mixed them. Cold noodles, oh my, they taste so good..."
The mother-in-law is a cook after all. When it comes to food, she immediately loses her restraint and the wrinkles on her face spread out like chrysanthemums.
Ke Yinyue had been driving for a long time, and now she really felt panicked.
She walked straight into the main room, sat down, and said to her mother-in-law: "Make two bowls of noodles with soybean paste, and this military master and I will eat them."
"Let's go, let's go!" the mother-in-law responded and stepped back, walking towards the kitchen.
Ke Yinyue looked around, but he didn't expect that the house was in decent repair. The green bricks on the floor were obviously new.
The wood of the tables, chairs and furniture is not shabby, and the shelves are actually decorated with beautiful white porcelain.
"You just hired a woman to guard the door, and you're not afraid that these things will be snatched and stolen?" Ke Yinyue said to Dongchang Fanzi.
Fanzi also seemed a little surprised by the grandeur of this house, but quickly responded with a smile: "I think Yaren knew that a nobleman from the capital bought it, and he told the people on the road. Green-skinned gangsters, if you want to rob, you can rob Luo."
I'm just a businessman. Besides, Long Live Master's summer resort is on the other side of the river. Changping Mansion must have eliminated this generation early in the morning. Grandma, how about you take a look at the house first? I'll drive the horse to the nearby village and ask the fellow villagers.
Buy some bean cakes and grain. I was in a hurry this morning and left the grain bag at the inn."