: Drunk

In October of the 15th year of Chongzhen, after more than a month of march, Sun Chuanting, Wang Pu and the more than 10,000 troops accompanied by him finally arrived outside Nanjing. However, what was surprising was that Liao Luo, a pedestrian outside the city gate, had sparse cars and horses on the street market, and only two rows of soldiers stood upright in the bleak cold wind like javelins, and ignored the black army and Sun Chuanting outside the city, and Wang Pu's two cars.

The official documents of appointing Sun Chuanting as the governor of Zhejiang should have been sent to Nanjing more than half a month ago. Whether it is out of official etiquette or to maintain good relations between colleagues in the future, the six ministers, the governor's office, the officials of Yingtian Prefecture, and the heroes of Nanjing should all go out of the city to welcome them.

But what is surprising is that not only the six ministers and powerful ministers of Liudu did not come to greet him, but even the officials of the General Secretary, the Censorate and Yingtian Prefecture did not come to greet him. This matter is a bit intriguing.

Wang Puce immediately took a step forward, walked alongside Sun Chuanting, and whispered: "Old man, the atmosphere is a bit wrong."

"Yes." Sun Chuanting nodded and said with a serious expression, "I am the governor of Zhejiang and the chief rank of the Ming Dynasty. No matter what, they are all first-rank officials. It would be fine if the six ministers and nine ministers of Liudu and the honorary and powerful men of Nanjing did not come to greet them. Even the Nanjing General Secretary, the Censor and Yingtian Mansion did not send anyone to welcome them. This is a bit extraordinary."

"Yes." Wang Pu nodded, "The new boss took office as a subordinate, but he didn't come to greet him. Hehe, this is a bit too much. Are they not afraid of you to settle the score later?"

Sun Chuanting said: "It seems that the water in Nanjing is very deep, much deeper than you and I imagined."

"Yes." Wang Pu nodded, "It seems that the Nanjing Ministry of War will not send people to arrange military affairs. I'd better let the army temporarily station outside the city first, and then go to the six ministries' yamen with you to deliver the official documents."

"Okay." Sun Chuanting said, "There is a tea stall on the road ahead. I'm waiting for you at the tea stall."

At that moment, Wang Pu bid farewell to Sun Chuanting and commanded the army to set up camp in the northwest corner of Nanjing.

After the camp was almost settled, Wang Pu took Neng Niang and 50 personal soldiers from Lu Liuhe gathered with Sun Chuanting at the tea stall on the street. After passing the Taiping Gate, he went straight to the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing.

Unexpectedly, the two of them were rejected in the six ministries in Nanjing. He Xiongxiang, the Minister of Personnel of Nanjing, and Shi Kefa, who were originally going to hand over the documents separately with Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu, were both sick and at home. They did not come to the director. Even the Ministry of Rites, Works, Justice and the Ministry of Revenue next door were deserted. Apart from the officials and yamen runners on duty, there was no one else.

"What's going on?" Standing at the gate of the Nanjing Ministry of Personnel, Sun Chuanting frowned, "Is it because of my colleagues in Nanjing who want to give me a warning?"

"It may not be that simple." Wang Pu thought for a while and said, "Dad, it's almost dark. Anyway, the official documents cannot be delivered today. Why not stay in the inn first."

Sun Chuanting breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "That's all."

It was night, the Nuanxiang Pavilion.

The madam, Aunt Li, dressed up in a colorful manner, was welcomed and sent off in the lobby. From time to time, she flirted with the familiar Prince Sun, and slapped her with honest and unceremonious encounters who wanted to get her cheaper. After that, she called her sweetheart and could even hook her soul.

However, the clients also enjoyed their eyes and mouths, because Aunt Li was also a famous Qinhuai prostitute who was not a man in her early years. Now she became a madam and even stopped selling her skills. Only when she met a well-known powerful and powerful queen, she occasionally showed her cooking skills. Most of the powerful and powerful queen, in Nanjing, are art-like, and few people can do things like burning the piano and cooking cranes, and no one is in a dilemma with her.

Aunt Li had just gotten rid of the entanglement of a romantic young man. When he turned his head, he suddenly saw a slender young man entering the hall with a smile. The young man looked at him slightly and looked at him carefully. Aunt Li's beautiful eyes lit up, and he was about to shout out as soon as he opened his mouth, but was stopped by the young man with a wink.

Aunt Li walked with pretty steps in the spring breeze and leaned over to the young master and said in a low voice: "Mr. Prince Consort, are you here?"

Of course, this young man is Wang Pu, who is lightly dressed in a simple manner. Wang Pu looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Auntie, this is not a place to speak."

Aunt Li knew it and turned around and shouted, "Sanniang. Come and greet the guests."

"Hey, here we come."

Li Sanniang, who was leaning on the stairs and laughing, responded sweetly. She twisted her waist and swayed her hips and walked over. Then Aunt Li said to Wang Pusu: "My husband, please come with me."

Wang Pu turned around and waved his hand, signaling Lu Liu and Neng Niang to follow.

Lu Liu looked calm, but the young lady's face was already red.

Aunt Li took Wang Pu and his servant through the corridor and came to the monastery in the backyard. She first asked Wang Pu to sit down and asked the little maid to serve incense tea. Then she happily told Wang Pu a blessing and said, "Mr. Prince Concubine, I congratulate you first. You are not only a royal relative, but also become the governor of Nanjing. Yuanyuan is really blessed and is about to become the wife of the imperial decree."

Wang Pu sipped the fragrant tea and asked, "Auntie, Yuanyuan has been here, right?"

"I've been here." Aunt Li said, "I came half a month ago, but I went to Songjiang after staying for less than two days."

"Yes." Wang Pu nodded and said, "Auntie, I have to trouble you if you have something."

Aunt Li chuckled and said, "You are so polite, you are so kind. If you have any questions, just give me instructions."

Wang Pu said: "Please find someone to inform Mr. Chang and Mr. Li, and say I'm waiting for them in Nuanxiang Pavilion and let them come to see me soon."

"No need to invite me." Aunt Li said, "The two little marquises are in Nuanxiang Pavilion."

Wang Pu said in surprise: "They are in Nuanxiang Pavilion?"

"Yes." Aunt Li smiled and said, "The two little marquises have been waiting for you in Nuanxiang Pavilion for several days. I have been invited by my family just now, so it should be coming soon."

"Brother, you're finally here."

"Yes, let's wait so hard."

As Aunt Li finished speaking, two clear voices were already heard outside the door of the monastery. Wang Pu turned around and saw that Chang Yanling and Li Zushu had arrived together. Aunt Li said tactfully: "The two little marquises and the prince consort are chatting first. I will arrange a table of wine and food for you, and your favorite osmanthus catfish."

Wang Pu stood up and clasped his fists and said, "It's a good time for Auntie."

When Aunt Li left, Wang Pu asked Lu Liu and Neng Niang to go outside the monastery to guard.

"Come on, brother, please sit down." Li Zushu stepped forward and hugged Wang Pu's shoulder affectionately, pressed him to sit down on the chair. "Brother, I have heard of your heroic deeds in Datong. The whole family killed more than 40,000 Jiannu, it's so satisfying! If I had known this, I would have really gone to Datong with you."

"Yes." Chang Yanling also echoed, "stayed in this bird's place in Nanjing. I've lived a very vague life."

"Not to talk about this for now." Wang Pu waved his hand and stopped the two of them, "I have something to do, so I want to ask the two brothers first."

Li Zushu said: "Brother, do you want to ask about the six departments, the governor's office, the inspector's office, Yingtian Mansion, and the powerful and powerful Xunqi in Nanjing City who did not go to Taiping Gate to welcome you and Sun Chuanting?"

"Yes." Wang Pu nodded quickly, "That's it."

Chang Yanling said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, brother. If you want to blame, you can only blame the old man Sun Chuanting. Before he arrived in Nanjing, he made a harsh statement. He actually wanted to implement a new policy in Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces. What should we do to collect silver land on a mu per mu, so that all the strong and powerful relatives and gentry's farmlands would pay taxes to the court."

Li Zushu continued: "The six officials in Nanjing City include the General Secretary, the Censorship Department, and the officials of Yingtian Prefecture. Which family does not have a thousand acres of farmland? Not to mention Xunqi Haoqiang, any one company has tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of mu of farmland, and our family only has three thousand acres of paddy fields, which is considered a small amount. Brother, you say, if Sun Chuanting wants this method, can he be popular?"

"Of course it's not popular." Chang Yanling said, "As I mean, don't say anything. Find a dark and windy night, find someone to beat the old boy to death, so as not to stay in Nanjing to cause trouble for everyone. Brother, don't you?"

Chang Yanling and Li Zushu didn't know the relationship between Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu. Of course, Wang Pu's face became more and more excited. Wang Pu was shocked to hear it. Then he realized that the local affairs in Nanjing were not as simple as they thought. Compared with Datong, Nanjing was too different. Apart from the King of Dai, Datong could not find any other powerful people. But Nanjing was different.

In Nanjing, powerful and powerful relatives like Chang Yanling and Li Zushu can easily bring out dozens of families.

"Brother." Li Zushu patted Wang Pu's shoulder and said, "My brother and Brother Yanling didn't go to the outside of Taiping Gate to greet him. Don't take it to your heart. There is no way. Now the entire Nanjing city of honor Qi Haoqiang treats you as his group with Sun Chuanting. My brother and Brother Yanling are going, so he will not be able to stay in the ground in Nanjing in the future."

"I know." Wang Pu smiled, "I don't mean to blame the two brothers."

"That's good." Chang Yanling smiled, "We knew that Brother, you will definitely come to Nuanxiang Pavilion when you arrive in Nanjing. You have been here for the past few days. It's been your hope. Now, from now on, you will be the admiral of Nanjing. If you didn't say anything, you must make a job in the army for me and Brother Yanling."

"It's easy to say." Wang Pu smiled, "I can't ask for it, but I'm afraid that the two brothers' families will not agree."

"Don't worry," said Li Zushu, "I will give the title of Marquis to our second son, and I will follow you, brother."

Chang Yanling said: "So too."

At this time, Aunt Li had brought a few maids to the table and brought the food. Wang Pu quickly changed the topic and said, "Come on, two good brothers, we haven't drunk together for a long time. We'll have a good time to drink tonight. Whoever doesn't drink or falls down will be a man."

"Okay." Li Zushu and Chang Yanling also laughed, "I won't go back if I'm drunk tonight."

Late at night, the lights in Sun Chuanting's room were still on.

Sun Chuanting was reading Wang Yangming's "Five Classics Conjectures" with anger. This book was written by Wang Yangming when he was exiled to Longgang. The "heretic Qu Theory" in the article was highly rebellious and fiercely criticized Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which occupied an absolute dominance in the field of thought at that time, and caused great shock to the entire Shilin class.

When Sun Chuanting was reading happily, the closed door was suddenly pushed open, and Wang Pu walked in with a gloomy face.

"Son?" Sun Chuanting asked anxiously, "Have you figured out what's going on?"

"It's clear." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "We will implement new policies in Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces and implement a one-whip law on the acquisition of silver land by mu. This incident angered the entire Nanjing officialdom and all the powerful and powerful people. Then they joined forces to embarrass us, with the goal of putting pressure on us."

"It's true." Sun Chuanting frowned and said in a deep voice, "I had long expected that it would be difficult to implement the new policy, but if they thought that doing so would scare me, it would be a big mistake!"

"No." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "We must not act too hasty, and we must not push all the scholars and gentry and honorary heroes to our opposite side. Otherwise, we will be unable to move forward in Nanjing. With this little army in our hands, it is impossible to force the new policy."

"What he said is reasonable." Sun Chuanting nodded, and a hint of worry suddenly appeared between his eyebrows. "But if the new policy is not implemented as soon as possible and the one-whip method for obtaining silver land per mu by mu, the financial situation of Zhejiang and Zhi provinces will not be improved in a short time. If there is no money, the new army will not be able to train, and it will not be possible to submit a report to the court."
Chapter completed!