Chapter 5: The Goryeo Rod is over (1)

Yan Xiaoliu, the sixth family, was originally named Yan Qing. He had four older brothers and one older sister. His sister married far away and died after his birth. After Yan Xiaoliu was born, his parents were over fifty years old, so he naturally loved him a hundred times. His parents died early, and his sister married far away and no one cared about him. Yan Xiaoliu developed idle evil deeds and gradually became a bully in the streets. He was very loyal and loyal, and he belonged to the kind who was not too involved in gangs.

Zhu Yinglong quickly obtained the inquiry record of the Yan Xiaoliu, inheriting the shadows of the Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and was not worried about not being able to pry Yan Xiaoliu's mouth. Although Zhu Yinglong disagreed with the cruel means of torture, it was clear that the society had not yet made progress to that level. It would be better not to force change some things.

"Your Majesty, Yan Xiaoliu has no idea that there is a dark room underground in his kitchen. The empress has asked someone to secretly investigate. It has been nearly half a year since Yan Xiaoliu bought the yard. In order to redeem his woman and buy the yard, he almost spent all his savings. So now he has difficulty making a living and set up a stall to buy defective blue and white porcelain." Zhou Huaian stood down and reported.

"So, the five double-hook light feather arrows in the underground dark room have nothing to do with him?" Zhu Yinglong frowned.

Zhou Huaian pondered for a moment and replied: "Weichen carefully compared the confessions of Yan Xiaoliu and that woman in Xiaoyan. Unless they had already broken up, it shouldn't matter."

"Have you checked the original owner of that yard?"

"According to Yan Xiaoliu, the owner of the yard is an antique businessman named Zhao. Half a year ago, because of a business failure, he forced to sell his property. This yard was originally where the antique businessman privately saved his concubine. Yan Xiaoliu did not know the antique businessman. With the help of a friend, he bought the yard and arranged the woman behind him there. He also left the dilapidated ancestral house and lived in it, and..."

"And what?" Zhu Yinglong asked after seeing Zhou Huaian hesitate.

"And, that alley is full of independent small courtyards, and the beautiful women living in wealthy businessmen and nobles hide in golden houses." Zhou Huaian said shyly.

"Miss Village?" Zhu Yinglong was surprised. When a man had money, he became bad. This sentence seems to have some truth from ancient times to the present.

"What is a mistress village?"

"It's not your business. If you follow this antique merchant surnamed Zhao, you must find out the origin of these five double-hook light feather arrows." This was a noun that appeared in later generations. Now he explained it to Zhou Huaian. He may not be able to understand. He could only pass by in this way.

"Weichen has already given instructions, but after Yan Xiaoliu said that the antique merchant surnamed Zhao may have left Beijing City. It is probably more troublesome to investigate and it may take some time to get results."

"Well, I understand, you go down and do your business." Zhu Yinglong was about to wave his hand to let Zhou Huaian leave, but suddenly remembered something and summoned him to the front and asked, "What happened today hasn't alarmed the harem, right?"

"No, but will the Empress know? I am not sure." Zhou Huaian replied cautiously.

"They can't not know about such a big disturbance. Forget it, you go down." Zhu Yinglong was a little helpless. Seeing Zhou Huaian's tone of answering, he knew that he might not be able to hide the fact that he left the palace in a confinement. He was not afraid of his woman, but the key was that he was also the head of the family. What if something happened to them, what should they do if they were orphans and widows?

Although I didn't see much in this private visit, I still gained some, especially the disorderly operation on the streets, the sanitary civilization situation, and the backwardness of the basic supporting facilities of the city. If the original historical development is developed, it may not be exposed in one or two hundred years. However, according to my own concept, at most twenty years, the capital of the Ming Dynasty will be overwhelmed. The city planning must be carried out first. First of all, the expansion of the city. The four cities and five cities outside can no longer meet the current needs. Beijing City must be expanded at least more than doubled, and it must be planned in advance. In the future, Beijing will be the most eye-catching political and cultural center in the world. It must be formulated with this specification. This was originally a matter of Shi Kefa, but since Shi Kefa's vision cannot be so advanced, this work must be completed by the court.

That night, Zhu Yinglong went to Chen Qianqian's place, and Chen Qianqian tried his best to please him. He knew that Chen Qianqian's sudden change must have a purpose, and he was happy to enjoy the pleasure brought to him by various tricks on the erotic palace map that Chen Qianqian had from somewhere.

Thanks to Zhu Yinglong's nourishment, Chen Qianqian also became plump, from the original beautiful and skinny woman to a beautiful young woman in bloom. Although the two had more desires than love, Chen Qianqian had completed the transformation from a girl to a hostage from her initial resistance and awkwardness to her current skill and indulgence.

Although Xiong Hu and other women can accompany him two or three, they still passively bear it in their bones because they do not take the initiative in their bones. Chen Qianqian is a bit the opposite. Although she is the same as women of this era in her bones, she adopts an active approach in terms of love between men and women. This may be what Zhu Yinglong thinks she is different. Although these may have purpose or are instigated by some, this kind of sex that both men and women are undoubtedly the most physical and mentally happy. No wonder so many emperors only visit in confinement and care about the most is the brothel. The reason is that the women in the palace are too boring, and the same is true. No matter how beautiful the woman is, she is just a puppet, just like her original inflatable doll in time and space. Of course, it is not possible compared to real women.

Over the past year, Zhu Yinglong consolidated and stabilized the current regime and achieved certain stages of victory. Although there were the Miaojiang Rebellion and the rebellion of the Sichuan King of Sichuan, they were all controlled by the court. The preparations for the southern expedition had begun secretly. Before the New Year, some new troops in the Beijing camp had been secretly mobilized to go south. In order to avoid being alarmed, the number was not large. He mainly went to help Xiong Zhaolian in Yangzhou train soldiers. In order to coordinate the battle, the shadow also infiltrated Nanjing and controlled a considerable number of knowledgeable officials who were dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian's monopoly of the government. Among them, a group of officials led by Zhou Shipu, the former Minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing, and some former officials in Nanjing. After Wei Zhongxian came, he also had some officials in Nanjing. They have lost power to a greater or lesser extent, and once a war begins, they are very likely to turn against each other. After all, the Jinyiwei and the East Factory under Wei Zhongxian are foreign forces. Nanjing itself also has its own Jinyiwei forces. As soon as Wei Zhongxian comes, the former eunuch Han Zanzhou, the former left-behind eunuch in Nanjing, was greatly reduced. Han Zanzhou was driven to Nanjing by Wei Zhongxian, and now he is driven out of the power circle by Wei Zhongxian. Naturally, some eunuchs were carefully selected by Zhu Yinglong to signal Li Yongzhen to Li Yongzhen. As an undercover agent, he sneaked into the palace and became an undercover agent. These eunuchs are under the control of Li Yongzhen. What is the wind in the imperial city of Nancheng? Zhu Yinglong from Beijing will soon know the most core, but he may not know how to judge some clues. For example, the eunuchs in Nanjing Imperial City gradually divided into two forces, one under the control of Wei Zhongxian, and the other under the control of the new empress dowager Xu Rongrong, mostly under the former garrison eunuchs in Nanjing, with Han Zanzhou as the main force. Xu Rongrong leaned against Wei Zhongxian and cultivated his own direct lineage. The two sides fought hard dozens of times. Although Han Zanzhou lost a lot, Xu Rongrong was the nominal empress dowager. Wei Zhongxian could not kill Xu Rongrong at this time. If he wanted to kill, he had to wait until the little emperor grew up. The situation It was originally unfavorable to him, so Wei Zhongxian could only continuously strengthen the control of the eunuchs and palace maids around Xu Rongrong, and tolerate Han Zanzhou to strengthen his strength little by little in the cracks. From this point, it can be seen that the new queen mother and Wei Zhongxian were incompatible. In addition, many ministers in the court also saw this and believed that they could use the power of the new queen mother to compete with Wei Zhongxian for the control of the court. Especially among the hundreds of officials, many of them opposed Wei Zhongxian. In addition, many of their families were still in Beijing, without any worries, and they were against Wei Zhongxian wholeheartedly. The Ming Dynasty in Nanjing suddenly divided into three relatively large forces.

Kebaba has the smallest force and controls part of the army. Empress Dowager Xu Rongrong is in the hands of the emperor and some ministers support him. He is barely considered medium. The biggest one is naturally the army controlled by Wei Zhongxian and most of the cabinets. Kebaba and Xu Rongrong are not as big as Wei Zhongxian. However, these two women are smart and know that it is beneficial to the two sides. They advance and retreat together, and they barely maintain a fragile balance.

On the New Year's Eve of the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yinglong gathered a group of concubines and asked Yanhong to specially invite Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan over.

Zhu Yinglong cooked himself. There were several difficult times in this year. If it weren’t for something particularly happy or a festival, how could a dignified king of a country do such a low-end job? However, Zhu Yinglong did not think that cooking in the kitchen was a low-end job, but rather a rare kind of relaxation. He was busy with state affairs and had the difficulty to have the opportunity to do something for his wife and children. Making a New Year’s Eve dinner was the most helpless compensation.

Although Zhu Yinglong's cooking skills are not as good as those of later chefs, many of the cooking methods he learned are not available in this era, especially some home-cooked dishes, which are essential life skills for a single man in later generations (that's what he thinks).

After drinking and eating, the careful Zhu Yinglong asked Tian Shulan to prepare a red envelope of 10,000 taels for each person. Although they all lived in the palace and had no food and clothing, it did not mean that they would not spend any money. If they spent every penny of silver, they would have to take care of the flowers that Tian Shulan had withdrawn. Everyone had their own privacy and it was not convenient to say where some money was spent. So Zhu Yinglong thought of giving each girl some silver that she could control at will. His approach was naturally liked by all the girls, and it was 10,000 taels for each child. If there were children, each child could get an extra red envelope of 5,000 taels. Without children, there would be no one. This is fair. Boys and girls were the same. At this point, Zhu Yinglong even embodies the idea of ​​equality between men and women, and the result was naturally very happy.

There are not many programs for entertainment in this time and space, either sing opera or juggling, storytelling, etc. Zhu Yinglong specially arranged some opera troupes and juggling troupes to enter the palace, and set up a large stage in the imperial garden to enjoy the people. In addition to the guards, eunuchs and palace maids on duty in the palace, Tian Shulan also made her business into the palace. Because there are too many people and limited places, it is hasty. There is no audio-visual equipment in this era, so even a few people can listen and see clearly. Of course, this is not difficult for Zhu Yinglong. When he recalled his childhood in time and space, the two villages played movies at the same time. Because the films were the same and there was no same film, there was only a run-off. Zhu Yinglong made this run-off.
Chapter completed!