Tang Fan twitched the corners of his mouth: "...I didn't think so, how did you see it?"
Sui Zhou snorted coldly: "The corners of the mouth, the eyebrows, can be seen at a glance."
Tang Fan laughed horribly: "Do you really think of me as a baby? Commander Sui, I'm not silver, and I'm loved by everyone!"
Sui Zhou glanced at him blankly: "You are my baby."
This person usually doesn't talk about love, but if he gets serious, the words he says can make the old lover sigh.
Right now, after hearing this, Master Tang didn't say anything, just buried his head and drank the tea, pretending that he didn't hear it, but the crimson color slowly climbed from the neck, until the cheeks were also dyed a little red.
The snow was still falling, and it was getting bigger and bigger.
There were fewer and fewer people on the street, and a few customers who were about to leave after drinking tea had to sit down again and let the shopkeeper add hot water to their teacups.
But for Tang Fan and Sui Zhou, the quiet time that they stole for half a day was extremely cherished.
They didn't mean to go in a hurry, they were still sitting at the table, watching the snow outside cover the roof and street, the sky and the earth were white, and they felt peaceful and beautiful.
The girl who made the tea quickly came over with two cups of loquat tea.
The tea was boiling hot, but in such cold weather, it soon became warm enough to drink.
Tang Fan took a small sip. The tea had the unique fragrance of loquat flowers, sweet and slightly sour, refreshing and pleasant.
"Good." He complimented.
The girl was very happy: "Both of them are well-known officials. It must be nice to have a good word from you!"
Tang Fan was very interested: "How do you know we are officials?"
The girl smiled and said, "You're a layman when you ask this question. Although the two of you are wearing normal clothes, this gentleman still has a knife on his body. If the little girl is not mistaken, this knife should be an embroidered spring knife?"
Tang Fan raised his eyebrows: "Good eyesight, are you really a tea seller?"
The girl is slightly content: "That's natural, the little girl has been in the capital for five or six years. A few years ago, she helped her family sell cloth at Dengshikou. Today, my cousin and my cousin set up a tea house here to make a little kid. In business, I see a lot of noble people, and my eyesight is not bad. Besides, you, compared to the old man next to you, I am afraid that your status is not inferior!"
When she was talking, she did not forget to wink at Tang Fan. Maybe her appearance was not as good as Xiao Wu's, but in terms of charm and style, she was not worse than Xiao Wu, and from her bun , should be a widow, so her words and deeds are much bolder than ordinary women.
It's a pity that this wink was thrown at the "blind man", Tang Fan was unmoved and did not say anything, but instead made the people next to him unhappy.
"Why haven't you left yet?" Sui Zhou said coldly.
The girl was startled, a little wronged and unwilling in her heart, but she knew that since the other party was holding an embroidered spring knife, it was not something she could afford, so she didn't dare to say anything, Yingying smiled, then turned her attention and focused Put it on Suizhou.
"Why is the lord so fierce? The little girl is just speculation. If you are wrong, you just need to point it out." She smiled tenderly.
Tang Fan was born to be handsome and handsome, and because he was in power, he added a little dignity to his modest gentleman's demeanor. Such a man has always been the favorite of most women, so this girl would have the courage to take the initiative to strike up a conversation, but unfortunately the master I didn't pick up on this, and the person next to her was too incomprehensible, so the girl had to give up and turned her attention to the man with the embroidered spring knife. After looking at it, she realized that although this man was not the type she usually liked, he didn't. There is another masculine and handsome, with a high nose and deep eyes, which is deeper than the average Central Plains person, and it seems to have an exotic color.
"Isn't this gentleman a seductress?" the girl asked curiously.
Sui Zhou was silent, didn't even pay attention to her, and drank tea by himself.
On the contrary, Tang Fan took the initiative to say something to relieve the girl's embarrassment: "He is a native of the Ming Dynasty, and he has no ancestry, so please give us some hot water."
The girl knew that this was euphemistically chasing people, and she was very reluctant to leave, but Suizhou's eyes and face were too lethal, the girl agreed and had to move away, looking back from time to time as she walked.
Seeing this, Tang Fan took the opportunity to make fun of it: "Look, she not only likes me, but also you, so as long as it's good-looking, she likes it!"
Sui Zhou asked back, "Are you afraid that I will double toss you at night?"
Tang Fan was suddenly asked this question, the tea he entered almost choked into his nose, and he coughed violently.
Sui Zhou patted his back unhurriedly: "Just drink tea, why are you distracted?"
Who did this harm
Tang Fan raised his head and glared at him fiercely.
Historically, when a new emperor ascended the throne, he always had to implement a new policy. Even if it was a gesture, he had to create a scene of all-encompassing renewal, as if not doing that would not be enough to prove the new emperor's wisdom.
Today's emperor is no exception, but his new policies are mainly focused on cleaning up the mess for the old man.
To expel the demons, monks, and demons, the sins are as great and evil as Jixiao, and they are directly decapitated for their crimes, as an example to others.
Under the suggestion of the cabinet, those temples that cost a lot of money to build are all stopped, and those that have already started construction but have not yet been completed, the materials will be removed, or used for repairing the yamen in the capital, or for the renovation of the palace hall in the future. , so as not to waste money again in the future. Those who have built it will directly withdraw the monks who are stationed in it. The court will no longer allocate funds, and will also take back all the fields that were originally given to these temples.
As for the Wan Dang and the people who are dependent on the Wan Dang, they will be dealt with according to the severity of the situation. If a temporary defector like Wan An is committed, he will take the initiative to serve as an official. The emperor also gave him money to return to his hometown for retirement. The famous festival, but to Yin Zhi, Peng Hua and others, they were not so polite. They took off their official hats and drove them out of the capital. People like Li Zisheng were directly expelled from Beijing. The eunuch Liang Fang, who colluded with, went directly to Caishikou to ask for the beheading.
Everything was done properly, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared with the emperors of this dynasty, the present emperor Hongzhi is already very magnanimous.
His biological mother died inexplicably, and he was closely related to Concubine Wan and his siblings, but after ascending the throne, he did not pursue the nine clans of the family, but let it go lightly.
There has always been a conflict of interest where there has been a fight. When one side falls, the other side can benefit from it, no exception at any time.
No matter how noble the reasons and reasons were originally, once interests are mixed in, they will not be clean.
So the downfall of Wandang is the same. When many people encouraged the new emperor to counterattack, he held on to it and did not continue to pursue it. He even followed the order of the previous emperor and did not move the coffin of Concubine Wan and kept it. Her posthumous title spared her family.
The cabinet naturally also supported the emperor's decision.
No matter how much hatred he had with Wan Dang before, there was a difference between a capable minister and a straight minister.
The former does or does not, and will make appropriate modifications while retaining the principle, while the latter will disregard all darkness in order to maintain justice.
However, the darkness can never be quenched. Only when the light has the upper hand will the darkness hide in the corner and dare not come out.
Tang Fan and the others, the ultimate purpose of what they do is to make the country better and better, not to fight against differences. An emperor who falls into hatred and just wants revenge is destined to bring little benefits to the people of the country.
A tolerant and benevolent emperor is the necessary prerequisite for a prosperous world to govern the world.
The ascension of Emperor Hongzhi is bound to herald the arrival of an era in which light has the upper hand.
In this case, in the second year of Hongzhi, the person who should leave in the cabinet has already left, and there is only one left, Liu Ji. Because of the sudden change in the style of painting, he was mediocre and inactive during the Chenghua years. stand up.
Emperor Hongzhi originally wanted to invite Liu Ji to go back to his old age, just as he wanted to leave Wan'an, but now he has changed from a mediocre minister to a loyal minister, and there is no excuse for chasing people, so he has no choice but to let him continue to occupy the first assistant. Location.
The only advantage of Liu Ji's staying in office is that in order to please the emperor, he said that he is really different from before, and he can no longer follow the mediocre route before, at least he has to show some courage as the leader and assistant, Tang Fan proposed The new laws, Liu Jian advocated the use of troops against the Tartars, were all passed one by one during this period.
In the Hongzhi Dynasty, there was really something new gradually.
But the real big change occurred in the third year of Hongzhi.
In the spring of the third year of Hongzhi, a small group of Japanese pirates landed in Zhejiang, burned and looted the coastal people, and even once invaded the city of Shaoxing. It was not until the Zhejiang provincial envoy led troops to the rescue that those Japanese pirates calmly left by sea. Before leaving, he swept away a lot of gold and silver treasures and women.
In this short day, the city of Shaoxing was looted. When everyone was caught off guard and it was too late to organize a defensive counter-offensive, the Japanese pirates attacked first, slaughtering most of the soldiers, and almost looting the rich households in the city. , and the prefect of Shaoxing City was hijacked and chose to commit suicide for the full name festival.
When this matter reached the capital, the government and the opposition immediately shook. It was difficult for everyone to imagine that a mere 1,000 Japanese pirates could capture the Shaoxing City Palace.
However, when we got to the bottom of it, it was discovered that those Japanese pirates had used the identities of paying tribute from Japan to hijack the official ships of the Ming Dynasty that were originally going to trade with Japan, and then pretended to be people of the Ming Dynasty and returned to Ming Dynasty. They colluded with the people of Daming again, and learned that the defense of Shaoxing was empty. They took the opportunity to attack, and they succeeded easily. Those Japanese pirates were worried that the imperial army would soon kill them, so they did not dare to stay for long. They just swept away the treasure and robbed another batch. Woman, pat on the butt and slip away.
After Xuande, the imperial court gradually implemented the sea ban. The treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty, which was all-powerful in the past, has disappeared, and even the shipyard has been abandoned a lot. Today, the only official ships have limited combat power, and soldiers rarely prepare for naval battles. How can they catch up? Those wave-ridden, seasoned pirates? Not to mention that they still have the inner responders to tip off the news. Long before the Ming army came, they had already boarded the ship and sailed away, and the Ming officers and soldiers had no choice but to watch them go away.
This joint trade was the only official way of trade between the Ming Dynasty and the outside world after the implementation of the sea ban.
It is also common for Japanese pirates to loot the official ships of the Kanhe trade, but it is unheard of for them to openly go to Daming to loot like this!
After all, are the Japanese pirates too arrogant, or are the officials too incompetent
Are we going to crack down on Japanese pirates, or stop even the exploration and cooperation trade, completely cut off Daming's passage to the outside world, and also cut off the outside world's desire to covet Daming
The court was arguing about it.