Chapter 58 Outstanding Civil Servants of the Ming Dynasty
Zhu Cheng did not look for Li Zicheng, he was very busy.
Although it means that Li Zicheng is the culprit of destroying the Ming Dynasty, he did not intend to kill Li Zicheng. When he became a hundred households and had personal soldiers, he wanted to send people to Shaanxi to kill Li Hongji, Li Zicheng before the rebellion, but in the end he gave up this idea. The so-called "heroes" are created by the times. If there were no small ice weather in the late Ming Dynasty, the artificial grain production in Jiangnan, the Donglin Party's misunderstanding of the country and the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, Li Zicheng would not be able to make a breakthrough at all. If the problem was not solved from the root, even if Li Zicheng was killed, Wang Zicheng and Wu Zicheng would rebel.
But he was destined to meet Li Zicheng.
In July of the second year of Tianqi, the road was built to Mizhi, and all the postmasters at the postmasters next to the official road came to Zhu Cheng's carriage to visit. This was not because Zhu Cheng's body was shocked, and the turtle's aura leaked, which made the postmasters convinced him and came to visit, but because they were driven by interests. The hundreds of miles ahead were stations near the road, and they were eating on the road, either opening a restaurant or selling travel supplies, and they made a fortune. Moreover, Zhu Cheng was a very short-lived person. He regarded all the postmasters as his subordinates. A son of a prefect was free to eat and live in the postmasters, and Zhu Cheng knew about it. He immediately led the Jinyiwei to surround the postmasters, beat the prefects' son and escorted him to the government office to get the accommodation fee back.
There was an instructor who had an internship. He didn't know what was going on. Not only did he not cooperate with the road construction, he also cursed the road construction workers. As a result, Zhu Cheng did not beat him or scold him. He just wrapped his internship outside the road when he was building the road. As a result, he regretted it now that he went to Zhu Cheng's station to apologize in person, and his head was swollen, and Zhu Cheng did not let go - he would also hold a grudge.
There are positive examples of making money and negative examples of regret. Why don’t these postmasters seize the time to flatter Zhu Cheng?
Zhu Cheng refused everyone, and he would accept whatever the postmaster gave him. This was not Zhu Cheng's greed. He had a children's playground, and some things were leaking from his fingers, which was enough for the postmaster to eat and wear. Moreover, these postmasters were bitter. What good things could be given, and they were just food and wear. But Zhu Cheng didn't accept these things, and the postmaster was unsure. He asked the way every day when he would go to the gate of the postmaster, and was so annoyed. It would be better to accept these things, make a short expression, and first stabilize the postmaster's heart.
The sound of cars and horses at the door gradually subsided, and Zhu Cheng stretched, guessing that no one had come, and was about to take Zhu Youjian outside to see the scenery of Shaanxi. Shaanxi is a good place, and the 800-mile Qinchuan gave birth to Chinese civilization. Since he has come, how can he not visit?
Suddenly, a shout came from outside the door: "Li Hongji, put things here. Move faster. The master will bring you to see Lord Zhu because you are smart and able to speak. Whether our post station can be developed depends entirely on this time."
Zhu Cheng shook all over, Li Zicheng, I finally saw you.
As soon as the curtain was raised, a young and strong man appeared in front of him. What a man, he saw this man tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. He looked up at his head. The heaven was full, his cheekbones were bulging, his eyebrows were thick, his eyes were deep, his nose was high, and his short beard had a rash spirit.
When the young man saw a teenager sitting in the carriage in a python robe, he knew that he was Zhu Cheng and bowed and said, "Biaoxia Li Hongji paid homage to Lord Qianhu. Lord Qianhu is wise and powerful, and shining with others, so he feels ashamed of himself."
Zhu Cheng smiled slightly. Li Zicheng was his idol when he was young, but when he grew up, he knew that if it weren't for Li Zicheng, the Qing soldiers would not have been able to enter the pass, so he couldn't say he liked him or dislike him. In short, it was a very strange and complicated feeling. When we met, although it was different from the image in later comic strips, we also felt a little heroic and couldn't help but feel some favor.
Before Zhu Cheng could speak, Li Zicheng stretched out a fat hand from behind and pulled him rudely to the side. Then a fat man squeezed in, squeezing while muttering: "There is no rules, I haven't entered yet, why did you go in first?"
When he saw the fat man, Li Hongji's heroic image suddenly shattered. He nodded and said, "Sir Yicheng, please check if the carriage is safe. This carriage is so big, it is as big as our post station. It is worthy of being a master Qianhu, and it is so grand when walking."
When the fat man heard Li Zicheng say this, he became much more angry and said, "That's all, where is the Lord Qianhu?"
Li Zicheng did not dare to use his fingers and signaled with his eyes. The fat man saluted Zhu Cheng, and his face was so smiling that he squeezed into a bun, saying, "Mr. Zhu has always been nice, so I'll pay my respects to you."
The fat man and Zhu Cheng exchanged a long time to finally get to the point. It turned out that the fat man was also an official poster, but his poster was not next to the road built by Zhu Cheng, and it was at least twenty miles away. This time he was here to try his luck to see if Lord Zhu could move his poster to the side of the road. Of course, he knew that this hope was extremely slim, so he also prepared a trick at the bottom of the box. Once this trick was used, it would definitely shock the world and make ghosts cry. This trick was to cry bitterly and pounding like garlic.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Cheng agreed immediately, and the fat man was stunned. Before he could use his ultimate move, why did Lord Zhu agree? When he came to his senses, the fat man and Li Zicheng suddenly turned into kowtow bugs, and their heads were so loud that Zhu Cheng was a little worried that the bottom plate of the car would be broken by these two people.
Zhu Cheng pondered and said, "I don't have the power to change the location of the post station. The post station belongs to the Ministry of War. Changing the location of the post station requires the approval of the Ministry of War. It is impossible to change the direction of the road. The cost of the road is quite high. If you turn a corner, it's a sky-high price."
The Fatty and Li Zicheng's faces turned into bitter gourd, but Zhu Cheng's next words made them turn their worries into joy: "Although the location of the post station and the direction of the road cannot be changed, you can open a branch. I will build an inn on the side of the road, and you can just send troops to station it in. However, the inn in the past cannot be abandoned. Whatever you did, what else would you do in the future. If something went wrong, I can't protect you."
The fat man's face turned into a bun again, and he praised Zhu Cheng for his lack of ease.
"This Li..." Zhu Cheng originally wanted to call Li Zicheng, but he thought that he had not changed his name yet, and he was stuck all of a sudden.
Li Zicheng was indeed clever. Seeing that Lord Zhu had forgotten his name, he hurriedly added: "Hongji."
"How is this Li Hongji usually performing?"
The fat man began to introduce Li Hongji's work performance. In the fat man's description, an excellent grassroots civil servant of the Ming Dynasty appeared in front of him: Since Li Hongji joined the post station and became a glorious post station, he developed the habit of using the post station as his home. He came the earliest every day, cleaned the courtyard and raised war horses. Before leaving, he also checked the use of fire and prepared various application items for his comrades who were on duty at night, which won praise from the intersections of the post station. Once, in order to convey emergency documents, he left his wife who was about to give birth and did not come back until three days later.
Zhu Cheng then understood why Li Hongji was rebelling and never accepted the revenge of the Ming Dynasty. He worked diligently, just to keep his position, but was unemployed for ridiculous reasons. An official sent his wife to the scene of adultery with his mistress on time because of the efficiency of the post station, and was furious and angry. He initiated the emperor and sacked the post station in the world. Even the clay man would be angry, let alone a hero like Li Zicheng.
Zhu Cheng then felt relieved that as long as there was an office station, Li Zicheng would not rebel. With his relationship with Zhu Youjian, it was easy to keep the office station.
"Li Hongji, you are really a role model for the postmen of the Ming Dynasty. By the way, do you have ideals? What is your ideal?"
"I want to become an excellent postmaster and pass on the news of the court to the people of the Ming Dynasty in a timely manner." After saying that, Li Zicheng glanced at the fat man with some concern.
"Okay," Zhu Cheng rose up and said, "The postman who doesn't want to be a postman is not a good postman. I believe that in the near future, you will become an excellent postman. You don't have the word "Phe" yet. I'll give you the word "Zicheng". Li Hongji, whose name is "Zicheng."
Li Zicheng was overjoyed. They were the lower-class soldiers, but they didn't have any words to say, it would be good to have a name. He was so excited that his tears flowed into a river. He knelt down and said, "Li Zicheng is willing to die for the Lord."
"We don't have to die for me. Our status and power are given by the emperor. We should die for the emperor. We will be the only one who can't overcome the hurdle in the future and come to Beijing to find me directly. No matter how difficult the problem is, I can help you solve it. With this, you can directly enter my mansion. Of course, I hope you will never use this for the rest of your life. Because using this means that you have gone through all your hardships and ended your end."
After saying that, Zhu Cheng took off a jade pendant from his neck and handed it to Li Zicheng. Zhu Cheng's jade pendant was naturally made of the best jade. In addition to the auspicious patterns, there was also the word "cheng".
Li Zicheng didn't dare to accept it, Zhu Cheng said: "This is not for you to sell it for money, but when you encounter great trouble, come to Beijing to find my certificate."
When Li Zicheng heard Zhu Cheng say this, he said, "Then the price is to save this beautiful jade for Lord Zhu first."
After conquering Li Zicheng, Zhu Cheng was very proud and pulled Zhu Youjian to travel around and enjoy the scenery. He was so happy.
Just when he was overjoyed, a group of Dongchang players chased him up. The leader was Li Yongzhen. He pointed at Zhu Cheng: "Young people, take Lord Zhu for me."
Chapter completed!