Objectively speaking, the jade pillar carrying the secret decree in his arms is actually the biggest stumbling block for the fourth child when he goes south to Henan Province this time.
It’s okay not to mention the pre-Ming Dynasty.
It has been almost eighty years since the Qing army entered the Pass.
However, the Yellow River embankment has been repaired and collapsed repeatedly, which not only cost countless money and food, but also achieved little effect.
According to Lao Si's opinion, the reason why the embankment burst must be because corrupt officials cut corners.
Not killing is not enough to deter Xiao Xiao!
However, Lao Si's methods were too violent and bloody, and he often suggested ransacking his home.
In fact, Lao Si often offered discounts and put forward his own unique suggestion: simply sell the official wives and concubines together.
In his later years, the old emperor, because of his old age and extremely strong vanity, always pursued the attitude of doing less than doing more.
To put it bluntly, the old emperor wanted to have a good reputation as a benevolent emperor after his death, and he would indulge in corrupt officials.
Others don't know, but Yuzhu is very clear in his heart. The old emperor talks about Song Renzong all day long.
From the perspective of princes and generals, Song Renzong, who was always defeated in battles, was definitely not a good emperor.
However, from the perspective of ordinary people, as long as he does not mess around, he is a good emperor.
Before departure, Lao Shisan and Yuzhu reached a secret agreement. However, Lao Si had always had doubts and was worried that Yuzhu would be a demon.
After all, when Yuzhu beat Lao Shi, Lao Si had something in his heart.
Now, since Yuzhu has seen through the chess game and the fourth wants to get rid of Yuzhu, he must carefully consider how to report to the old emperor after returning to Beijing.
Different identities will definitely lead to different countermeasures.
After all, Yuzhu beat Lao Shi, not only did nothing happen, but he became even more favored by the old emperor.
Above the temple, strength is king!
In order to get the real disaster situation, it is imperative to sneak into Weihui Mansion without leaving any trace.
However, the inspection blocking the way has become the biggest stumbling block.
It’s hard work. Well, the conditions are not met at all.
When traveling by land from Taierzhuang, Yuzhu only brought a few followers such as Niu Tai, Wu Jiang and Wu Sheng.
There were only five guards with swords around the fourth and thirteenth children.
Because, in this era, there is a saying that goes well, a thousand days are good at home, but everything is difficult when going out.
Inns, hostels and guild halls in various places have always been the focus of official inspections.
In order to deceive others, Laosi and Yuzhu dressed up as a caravan in advance and headed on their way with a carriage carrying goods.
However, in this era, the merchant's transport team is a piece of super fat meat, and everyone who sees it wants to take a bite.
The checkpoint officers wherever the caravan passed through had to spend real money to manage it privately.
Objectively speaking, the caravan also has rules. As long as Laosi and his entourage exceed the reasonable range, they can easily alert the local officials.
The fourth child was helpless, but Yuzhu calmly lowered his head and drank tea.
The emperor is not in a hurry, so why should the eunuch be?
The fourth child is an imperial envoy. If he is not in a hurry, who is?
Anyway, the fourth child cleared the way, and Yuzhu followed him into Wei Hui's mansion, that's all.
If the fourth child had been stuck in Caoxian County, Yuzhu would have suffered no losses.
Because, according to the old emperor's instructions, Yuzhu's responsibility is only to keep an eye on the fourth child and not allow him to mess around.
As for the victims after the Yellow River burst its embankments, to be honest, Yuzhu is unable to help them for the time being.
Hey, even after Lao Si ascended the throne and almost all the corrupt officials on the river were killed, the floods of the Yellow River still gave no face and the embankments still broke every year.
In the final analysis, the concept and technology of water control are too backward, making it impossible for Laosi to achieve: man can conquer nature!
What is the nature of the Yellow River?
Every year, huge amounts of sediment flow down the river from the Loess Plateau and are continuously deposited in the flat terrain of the three prefectures of Henan Province.
The fundamental problem is to dredge the river so that the river bed is lower than the city.
However, with the current level of technology, how is it possible to do it?
No matter how strong the loess embankments are, they are still afraid of pipe surges.
Opening the road to Henan, Lao Si has no shirking responsibility, and it has nothing to do with Yuzhu.
Since they came to Caoxian County, Yuzhu simply led Niu Tai and Wu Jiang out of the private courtyard of the inn and walked to the streets of the county town.
In the county town of this era, the houses on both sides of the streets were generally two-story wooden buildings with gray tiles.
From Yuzhu's point of view, all counties across the country are basically the same, and there is nothing to see in the street scenes.
Moreover, after visiting several stores, Yuzhu had no intention of shopping at all.
In a word, whether it is the richness of goods or the price of goods, they are far different from those in the capital.
To be honest, under a small peasant society, the commodity economy is not prosperous in the inland areas that do not rely on the Grand Canal.
Let alone a mere county town, even Caozhou Prefecture (Heze), which governs Cao County, is just like that.
After walking around the street, Yuzhu found a fairly grand teahouse and sat down on the second floor.
Wu Jiang took out a big handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the tables and chairs carefully. The whole process took very little time and his movements were smooth and smooth, which made Yu Zhu very satisfied.
However, what surprised Yuzhu was that the waiter at the teahouse actually brought two plates of melon seeds.
A plate of watermelon seeds is not unusual. Another plate of sunflower seeds is extremely rare.
Yuzhu immediately became energetic, pointed to the plate of sunflower seeds, and asked the waiter in the teahouse with great interest, "What is this?"
"To be honest, sir, the name of this thing is Zhangjuzi, and it is something unique to my name. All the guests who have knelt down with me have said good things to me."
After hearing the introduction from the waiter, Yuzhu became more knowledgeable.
I'm sorry, in Shandong in the early Qing Dynasty, sunflower seeds were actually called Zhangjuzi?
Yuzhu was able to win the top prize because he had really worked hard.
Wang Xiangjin, an agronomist in the pre-Ming Dynasty, specifically introduced sunflowers in his agronomic treatise "Qunfang Pu": zhangju, passionflower and sunflower.
Yuzhu is greedy. He has always wanted to eat sunflower seeds, but he has never found any trace of sunflowers.
As the saying goes, you can't find anything even if you wear iron shoes, but it takes no effort to get it!
Wu Jiang was immediately entrusted with the important task and went to discuss a good deal with the teahouse shopkeeper to purchase some sunflower plants.
No matter what era, in business, as long as you are willing to spend money, businessmen will be moved.
After negotiating the deal, Wu Jiang happily rushed back upstairs, but he bumped into someone unexpectedly.
"How did you walk along the street? Didn't you look at the road? Why did you hit the road blindly?" The man opened his mouth and scolded him fiercely, speaking in a pure Beijing movie.
Wu Jiang raised his eyes and couldn't help but rub his eyes. Then he took a closer look, "Good guy, isn't this an old acquaintance from Beijing?"
Being used to being a servant, Wu Jiang didn't dare to hesitate at all. He patted his sleeves and called out respectfully: "Please..."
Unexpectedly, the man who was hit actually took the lead and said sternly: "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will gouge your eyes and cut out your tongue."
(PS: I got home late and drank too much. Just to make a complaint, when you were on vacation, I had a lot of social activities, which delayed my normal coding.)