Bright moon and breeze (2)

The old horse pulled a broken cart and walked on the official road to the capital.

The carriage was covered with sheepskin mattresses and a blanket of sheepskin. The wool was knotted and dull. I don’t know how many years it has been used. This was taken off from the old sheepskin coat, and the new ones can no longer be purchased.

Lin Yutong hid her head and face, but it was still cold! Take out the handkerchief and wipe the frozen snot!

Oh! It's so exhausted.

I want to open the curtain and look outside the window. What's there to see in this ghost sky? I'm so frozen that I can't help but have no choice but to come out. I leaned against the wall of the carriage, shrank myself into a ball, and then gave myself two needles, making it feel better. Then I pulled out the needle, and the carriage gradually slowed down. Then Cui Bo said "soo--" and the carriage stopped.

What's wrong with this?

Cui Bo was outside and whispered: "Three...Three Master, the tax officer is collecting taxes."

Lin Yutong picked up the curtain of the carriage and looked over. But, three or five eunuchs were sitting next to the fire, and two stout men were blocking the road and paying money to pass by.

That's right, this is the eunuch tax officer arranged in the palace. There are these people all over the country. They have to collect taxes when passing by, crossing the river, and taking a boat, and having to collect taxes when taking a carriage. They have to collect taxes when taking a carriage. They have to collect taxes when taking a goods. They have to collect taxes without taking goods. They have to collect taxes when raising a chicken at home, and they have to collect taxes when raising a horse.

Most of Zhang Juzheng's one-whip method reforms are good and progressive, but they are useful! People die and dominate the country!

Emperor Wanli is really the kind of person who wants money and is poor. Anyway, don't force one by one, money is the bottom line. The minister submitted a memorial and said that the money should be given to the border, and you should approve some money. If you want to fight, you have to pay the money you owed before. The man ignored it! Then the minister came forward and said that it was the two princes, King Hui and King Gui, who wanted the money for the wedding. It was said that a prince should give 140,000 taels of silver. Isn't we not rich now? Can you give a prince 70,000 to save half of it and take it as military pay first? This time the emperor approved the memorial and the reply said that you are looking for excuses one by one, and it is your business to raise the money. The prince's wedding cost of 140,000 taels of silver is not small, so we can raise it first.

This is true! It seems that some prince took the money for the wedding and went to the vassal state. As a result, Emperor Wanli forgot about his son's wedding and spent it until the prince was twenty-seven. The prince was also amazing, and he took 140,000 yuan, but he was plundered as if he was in the fiefdom. He wanted him to take out the 140,000 yuan he gave first, so he cried poorly!

Which king is here? Forgot! The people also said privately about this behavior, saying that the Zhu family was from begging for food - sting.

Thinking of this in my heart, my hands were not slow. Lin Yutong took out her wallet and took out a copper coin.

As a result, one of them didn't work, so they stretched out three fingers. This is what it means to say three big money!

I only passed two people and one horse, and I received three money.

The money is handed out and the road is over! Lin Yutong weighed the money bag, what is enough for this little money? After thinking about it, she took out a few dollars from it and stuffed it to Uncle Cui. "I saw a wine banner in front of me. Uncle Cui should warm up my body."

Thank you Sanniang!

The car stopped outside, and Mr. Cui went to have a drink. Lin Yutong looked out a few times. Is this still Tongzhou? There is no business at the pier, and the river is frozen. How can there be the prosperity of the main roads?

Sitting in the carriage, Tongtong prayed for God's blessing all the way. Being born among the people is good, but it's not right to think about it! The Qing Dynasty entered the pass, were fewer people dead? Are fewer people killed? There are many! War is war, and innocent deaths other than war are all bad. If the Fourth Master is really a small commoner, will he ignore it? He won't!

But how should we manage this? Could it be that we should also be the King of Rebellion, first overthrow the Zhu family, and then block your ancestors outside the pass?

Well! After thinking about it this way, it is indeed very exciting. This is a relatively refreshing way of playing. Tongtong still likes to play like this! It is easier to break the old and build new ones!

But if she was born in the Old Zhu family, Tongtong felt that she would be redundant in everything she thought now, because the Old Zhu family's palace was hard to describe. Their palace was different from the Qing Dynasty. Although the slaves in the Qing Dynasty were quite powerful, such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and formed cliques. This thing was not good and difficult to clean up. But in general, it was taken care of by the top master, and there were always queens or favorite concubines in the harem.

But the palace of the Ming Dynasty was not! Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, the empress and palace concubines were limited by their origins, so they really didn't have much to do. In the early years, the female officials in the Ming Dynasty were quite popular, and these people were still responsible for guiding the central palace.

Listen, this is called guiding the central palace.

Good guy, I want me to be the queen. Every move, every word and action must be guided by a female official. If this is a little unconfident, what can you do if you become the queen?

The whole team of these people in the palace operates on their own. The power is so great that it restricts the rights of the harem, which is nothing wrong. But there are so many servants, just a few masters, who controls who?

Later, the eunuchs almost excluded the female officials, and the eunuchs were in charge of the matter inside and outside. The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were timid, and the previous dynasty could compete with powerful ministers. Which one in the harem, from the queen's harem to the princess, was not under the jurisdiction of the other party?

Those who were accustomed to these eunuchs were all destroyed. The Qing Dynasty entered the pass, but for so long from Shunzhi to Kangxi, several groups of eunuchs in the Qing Palace rebelled!

Why did they rebel? How much did they love the Ming Dynasty? No! They love the rights given to the eunuchs by the Ming Dynasty.

The eunuch party was a troubled person and said this group of people. This is really not sensational. Anyway, Chongzhen first believed in the king and took over the palace banquet the night before his brother's class was about to ascend the throne. He didn't dare to move the food and drink on the table, and he carried the food with him secretly, for fear of being killed by Wei Zhongxian.

After a little bit of my mind, I felt that the Fourth Master was really surnamed Zhu, which was really pitiful.

But if this is surnamed Zhu, who could it be?

Emperor Wanli? That's not! If so, I will issue an imperial edict to find myself?

Is it the prince? I don’t know! I guess he doesn’t have such good luck.

Is it the eldest grandson of the emperor? The one who does a good job in carpenter?

But no matter what identity is, it is not easy to live! Being a prince is safe? It’s nonsense! The prince is in the palace, and disaster comes from the sky. According to time, two or three years ago, a court attack occurred in Ciqing Palace. By the way, there was a man named Zhang Cha who entered Ciqing Palace with a wooden stick in his hand and beat the eunuchs guarding the gate. It was said that even the prince was beaten a few times, and he didn’t know whether this was true. But Zhang Cha was a man who was nothing and dared to go directly to the prince’s bedroom with a stick to beat him.

Do you dare to believe this is true? Believe it or not, it happened to others. The Ming Dynasty was sometimes so magical.

Wait, wait, wait until you enter the capital to see if there are any marks left outside the palace. If there are marks, it proves that he is relatively free to move. If there are no marks, it would be a bit bad. After a long bumpy day, he entered the capital.

Let’s go to the place where my elder brother rents first! The Jinyiwei has extra money, but it is definitely not rich! The place where I rented is really shabby. I went to the place and found an inconspicuous small courtyard. This is the courtyard shared by the lieutenant who worked as a member of the school. If you are with your family, you will take up one more room. If you are not with your family, you will only have one room.

Uncle Lin rented a side room in the yard, divided into two rooms inside and outside. His colleagues' mother helped to take care of the work at home.

Aunt Yu knew Uncle Cui, and when he heard the movement, he stuck his head out and laughed as soon as he saw it, "It's Mr. Lin's family!"

Lin Yutong responded with a smile and followed the people in. The room was not cold. Aunt Yu sealed the fire. The bloated aunt opened the fire, "Warm and warm! I'll pour tea."

I'm working hard!

Not only did I bring hot water, but I also took two hot wheat cakes. It was a bit choking, but at least I filled my stomach first.

I didn't have time to chat with someone and didn't dare to wait for my elder brother to come back. Who knows when I will come back? I can't say it! I'll wait for the other person's pharmacy to be closed! I have to go home early tomorrow morning. There are patients at home, which is really delayed! She told the difficulties, "...I have to go to the pharmacy, my sister is waiting for the medicine. Now I don't care much!"

That's a hurry! I came to the city before, but I didn't have to go to the pharmacy directly. I spent most of the day on the road. I could not eat when I was hungry, but how to solve the problem of the third emergency? I have to go to the toilet all the way! It's hard for a girl to go out of the house, so it's hard to go out here.

When you come here, it is a trivial matter to solve the problem. The key is to go to the toilet. Once the problem is solved, leave quickly. You have to go to the pharmacy. It is secondary to not seeing Dr. Tao. The key is to have an excuse to walk around the palace gate.

Jishi Pharmaceutical Store was in a relatively prosperous area, leaving Cui Bo outside and looking at the carriage. She went in. As soon as she entered, she walked with someone and walked in.

Yipo Liu?

"Lin San... Master?" Liu Yipo looked up and down at Lin Yutong, "Is the second mother still here?"

Yes! Isn’t this here to get medicine?

Doctor Liu simply turned around and walked in: "San Master, come with me."

After entering the inner room, he was an old doctor. The old doctor was quite polite to Yipo Liu. When he saw him, he looked up. Yipo Liu told him about the situation, and Lin Yutong added a few points, which was more targeted. Then the doctor prescribed the medicine. When he saw the prescription, Lin Yutong nodded. This prescription was not too clever, but it was also the right symptom and could be used.

After grabbing the medicine, she came out with Yipo Liu. She stopped her, "You are always not busy, please give me a look and have a cup of hot tea. How about it?"

Is this a problem?! Liu Yipo only hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Don't go far, go right."

There is a teahouse or a restaurant. Let’s go to the restaurant! Lin Yutong took people over, but they insisted on not going there. “No need to spend money, just have a cup of tea.”

OK! Have a cup of tea.

Lin Yutong gave Mr. Cui a few money and asked him to buy some food to warm up in the carriage. He followed Yipo Liu to the teahouse. When he went there, he asked for a private room and went to the second floor.

Why choose this Liu Yipo? Because this person can occasionally enter and exit the palace.

Yes! There is a doctor in the Ming Dynasty Palace.

There are three special types of women in the palace: milk lady, stable lady, and doctor lady.

Liu Yipo is this type of person. She belongs to the registered doctor for the purpose of calling in the palace.

At this moment, Lin Yutong didn't know if she could use it. She just thought that she was at least someone who knew the situation in the palace. Let's find out first and see if there were any special events, abnormal characters, or any new trends. She had to rely on these news to check where the Fourth Master might be.

I entered the private room, ordered tea, two plates of snacks, and two plates of dried fruits.

Yipo Liu whispered: "Sanniang has something to do?"

After all, it was right for a woman to speak in a low voice when she went out! Lin Yutong asked, "I want to ask, what happened to this talent show...? Has the matter been done?" This is a starting point, otherwise wouldn't it be surprising if I asked about the news in the palace carefully?

Ask this!

Liu Yipo did not think much, and she lowered her voice: "Before, King Jian was seriously ill, and the palace had the intention of celebrating joy. It was so meaningful that the news spread to the outside of the palace, saying that it was going to be a talent show, and everyone was in trouble. You sisters were anxious and came out. I told Aunt Huanwen before, you may have suffered in vain this time. When I went to see you, I heard that King Jian in the palace was not very good, and said it was useless. Isn't this a talent show? But yesterday, it seemed that he had recovered again. You, it was better to leave it and let people see it, and I am afraid that something would happen. King Jian is young, the same age as you. If you really choose a concubine to celebrating joy, you will be more dangerous than the second wife..."

Wait! King Jian? Is King Jian among Emperor Wanli’s sons?

No!

She asked, "Who is King Jian?"

"His Royal Highness of the Second Emperor of Ciqing Palace was enthroned by King Jian."

So, it’s not the prince, it’s the prince’s grandson!

Ciqing Palace was the bedroom of the prince in the late Ming Dynasty, and Lin Yutong knew about it. In other words, King Jian was Zhu Changluo's son.

But Zhu Changluo's son, besides the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao, was the only one left Chongzhen Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian's daughter died when she was born, and had no son to inherit the throne. Only one younger brother Zhu Youjian was close to him. But Zhu Youjian's title was not King Jian. After his brother ascended the throne, didn't he enthrone him as King Xin?

Where did King Jian come out? Which son of Zhu Changluo was enthroned by King Jian? No!

There is a King Jian Huai in history, but this is the posthumous title given to his younger brother after the carpenter ascended the throne. After all, the two of them were born to the same mother, right?

But she remembered that King Jian Huai was only three or four years old when he died young? Did she remember it wrong?

But don’t worry about what’s wrong. With this information, it’s roughly a good idea - this King Jian is probably the Fourth Master!

People are almost out of reach, and they are alive again, so there is no such coincidence.

Hey! She almost couldn't help laughing out loud when she saw this identity.

If you remember correctly, Zhu Youxiao has not been enthroned by the crown prince yet, right? Oh! The crown prince has not been enthroned yet. As your younger brother, you first got the King Jian. How are you doing this? You are looking for death! You know without asking that his situation in the palace is not ordinary. This is the stage when my father doesn’t love him, my mother doesn’t love him, and Changsun’s close people are afraid that he will get in the way and want to kill him.

After all, Wei Zhongxian's title is quite reputable.

The reason why Wei Zhongxian was called Wei Zhongxian was changed back by Wang Cairen, the biological mother of the Fourth Master. Wei Zhongxian was originally a street-style boy, ignorant of his big words, and loved to gambling. He lost too much gambling, so he simply castrated himself and planned to enter the palace. After entering the palace, he first called Li Jinzhong, which was the side of Emperor Changsun. The biological mother of Emperor Changsun, the biological mother of the Fourth Master, asked someone to restore his original surname, which is what Wei Zhongxian was called.

It can be seen that Wang Cairen attaches great importance to the slave who can take care of her baby's eldest son.

Your mother trusts slaves, want to steal you, oh! What a different palace life! Isn't it surprise? Is it exciting?
To be continued...