Chen Zizhuang was one of the Three Loyalists of Lingnan. He was awarded the Bachelor of Dongge University by Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty. He was granted the official position of military officer and minister of the second department of rites. He was awarded Shang Fang Baojian and was the governor of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi and Huguang military affairs to fight against the Manchu Tatars.
After being defeated and captured, he refused to surrender and was tortured by sawing by Tong Yangjia, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at the time. He was sawed in half from the beginning. However, Chen Zizhuang was not afraid and died generously.
I wonder how ordinary people could forget such a heroic sacrifice.
It was because of Chen Zizhuang's favor that Li Suiqiu was allowed to speak by Zhong Jinwei.
However, Zhong Jinwei does not have Baidu to check it at any time. Otherwise, if Guang Li Suiqiu died fighting against the Qing Dynasty in history, Zhong Jinwei would not embarrass him too much.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Li Suiqiu's sweating head and looked very frightened. He thought for a while and then said to him: "Thank you for having a good teacher. For your teacher's sake, I will give you another chance, but you
You have to do one thing first.”
After Li Suiqiu heard this, he immediately bowed and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, please show me."
"It is said that your writing style is very good, so I want you to submit an article to Ming Pao. No matter what form it is, it can be any poem or song. The content is about whether it is rich or not, and how the rich should behave in the world."
This request made by Zhong Jinwei made everyone startled when they heard it. They didn't expect it to be such a thing.
Who knows that Zhong Jinwei has not finished speaking yet and continues to add: "And your article must be published in ten consecutive issues of "Ming Pao". If it is not well written and cannot impress others, the editor of "Ming Pao" will not let your article be published in the newspaper.
, you should pay attention to this."
When Li Suiqiu heard this, he felt it was very difficult and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "This..."
"Huh?" Zhong Jinwei didn't see his reply, so he couldn't help but snorted with a cold face.
Li Suiqiu was so frightened that he quickly replied: "Student, you obey!" He thought about agreeing first, but then he figured out who this adult was before deciding whether to do it or not.
In order to see that Li Suiqiu's matter had been settled, Cai Lin saluted Zhong Jinwei and then asked, "May I ask if you have any relationship with your mentor?"
Gu Baichuan and other guards were also a little strange. It seemed that the Duke had never seen Chen Zizhuang before. Maybe he just heard about it, but as the Duke, he didn't have to give face to a small right minister of the Ministry of Etiquette. But in the end, the Duke
But it gave Chen Zizhuang face.
"It has been famous for a long time, but I have never seen it before." Zhong Jinwei shook his head and said.
In order to listen to Zhong Jinwei's answer, Cai Lin had only heard of her mentor's reputation. He was a little surprised that Li Suiqiu had made things difficult for Zhong Jinwei before, so he let him go just because of this?
Therefore, he became even more curious about Zhong Jinwei's identity, and couldn't help but said: "Sir, I will definitely inform my mentor about today's matter in a letter. I just don't know the official taboo, I wonder if I can tell you?"
Not only did Li Suiqiu prick up his ears to listen to his question, but the two women also ignored Zhong Jinwei and looked at Zhong Jinwei, wondering what kind of official he was.
Zheng Zhilong stood next to Zhong Jinwei. When he saw the Duke nodding in agreement, he introduced to his old acquaintance Cai Linwei: "This is Duke Xing Guo who bestowed Shang Fangjian and inspected the important military and political affairs of the southern provinces on behalf of Heaven!"
As soon as the words fell, there was no sound at all. Everyone including the two children noticed the abnormality and stopped eating.
After a while, Cai Linwei and Li Suiqiu knelt down at the same time to greet each other again. No matter how much they wanted to break their heads, they would not have thought that the man in front of them was the famous Duke Xingguo, and now he was an imperial envoy going south with orders.
The two women had never heard of Duke Xingguo, but the imperial envoy understood what was going on and quickly left the table and knelt on the ground.
Li Suiqiu's back was covered in cold sweat. If his classmate Cai Lin hadn't stopped him in time to commit suicide because he recognized Zheng Zhilong, the consequences would have been disastrous.
He secretly decided in his heart that he would never do such a thing again. Otherwise, if he bumped into a big shot again, he would not be so lucky and would be let off again.
At the same time, Li Suiqiu also decided that he must complete the work of Xingguo Public Transport with all his heart and do his best to write a manuscript for submission to "Ming Pao".
He did not expect that such a decision would win him a good reputation among the people. At the same time, it would also set off a trend in the Ming Dynasty to discuss whether the current trend of luxury should be appropriate and what should the rich do in order to make sense.
Combined with the charity society activities initiated by Miss Yue'er and Mao Pijiang in the capital, the Ming Dynasty's luxury enjoyment began to change in the south and in the north.
"Everyone, get up. This is not a government office. I go out in casual clothes, so I don't need so many etiquettes." Zhong Jinwei knelt on the ground again and said to them.
After everyone stood up, Zheng Zhilong whispered a few words in Zhong Jinwei's ear.
After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei showed a hint of joy on his face. He asked Cai Linwei and Li Sui: "Both of you have relatives and friends in Nanyang?"
The two of them didn't know why the Duke suddenly asked about this matter, but although they were confused, they quickly nodded and admitted.
People from Fujian and Guangdong provinces have been going to Nanyang continuously since the Song Dynasty. It is not surprising that the Cai and Li families have relatives and friends in Nanyang.
After Zhong Jinwei got their answers, he asked again: "The imperial court is in urgent need of food from Nanyang. Do you think you can ask your relatives and friends to sell more food back to the Ming Dynasty?"
Based on the power of their two families in the Ming Dynasty, it can be inferred that their relatives and friends in Nanyang will not be unknown people. What's more, Zheng Zhilong is reminding him, so Zhong Jinwei has a lot of hope for their relatives and friends.
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The two looked at each other, and finally Cai Linwei asked cautiously: "I wonder how much food you want, sir?"
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he smiled and shook his head and said: "It's not how much food I want, but the Ming Dynasty needs food. Now there are droughts in the north and floods in the south, and Liaodong has just been recovered. These require a lot of food. Therefore, as long as your relatives and friends can transport it,
You can buy as much food as you want, and it is free of customs duties. If there is any need, the court can consider it based on the situation."
After hearing this, Cai Linwei and Li Suiqiu looked at each other again, and both saw a glimmer of hope in the other's eyes. Among them, Cai Linwei turned around and prepared to tell Zhong Jinwei.
However, he saw the two women out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but shut up again.
When Zhong Jinwei saw him, he knew what he meant. It might be that it was inconvenient for these two women to be here.
Now that we are talking about official matters, it is indeed not very suitable for ordinary people to be present, and it is also the aunt who is most likely to gossip.
So Zhong Jinwei said to Chang Jian: "Give this young lady some money and let her live a good life with her two children."
Unexpectedly, when the young woman saw that Zhong Jinwei was going to give her money and wanted to let her leave, she felt anxious and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "If a daughter of the people has a grievance, please ask Mr. Qingtian to make the decision!"