March in the spring can be said to be the most beautiful season in the south. There are trees blooming all over the mountains and fields, and large areas of golden rapeseed flowers bloom in a row, as if they were covered with a yellow and green carpet on the earth.

Occasionally, there are farmers wearing straw straw hats and hats working in it, which adds a bit of vividness to this beautiful picture.

Jingzhou City, located in the heart of the Jianghan Plain, was a noisy and prosperous scene, with shouts and shouts in the streets and alleys. Pedestrians and merchants on the streets were shoulder to shoulder, and various large and small cattle, horses and mule carts were moving slowly. The coachman shouted from time to time to remind the pedestrians who were looking at the east bridge in front to pay attention to avoid them. Three or two street patrolmen in soap robes looked at passers-by vigilantly, and the iron ruler in their hands was warning the thieves: "You are here, hurry up and get away."

"What a prosperous scene!

Recalling the situation where the thieves in the north were raging a few years ago, and people were panicking everywhere, everything seemed like a different world!"

On the second floor of a restaurant facing the street, several scholars who were having a banquet were tasting wine and chatting, while watching the bustling and lively market downstairs from the wide open window. A middle-aged scholar who was over thirty years old and had a clear appearance couldn't help but sigh.

"A prosperous era?

Did Brother Dingsheng forget that the prosperous era mentioned by my brother is the worship accumulated by the Chen clan of Yixing for several generations.

Although today is wise and wise, sometimes the strategies you have taken are a little too far.

Although my father has been promoted to the present, I am a bystander and still feel that some of the court's strategies are biased. If this continues, there will be no favors to speak of!"

The person who was sent a conversation was a scholar in his twenties and beautiful appearance. He was the eldest son of the cabinet minister Hou Xun and one of the four young masters in the late Ming Dynasty who were famous in later generations, Hou Fangyu.

The middle-aged scholar who was speaking just now was also one of the four young masters, Chen Zhenhui.

"Haha, the resentment in Chaozong's heart has not diminished!

Is this reluctant to let go of the beautiful wife and maid at home?

The Chen clan members were able to judge the situation, obeyed the court's orders at the critical moment, and resolutely chose to be patient and obey, and thus escaped the great disaster in Jiangnan. Whenever I thought of this, my brother fooled me realizes that it was a blessing to invite heaven.

Wouldn't it be a hero who knows the current affairs?

Now that the emperor has made the contribution of rebuilding the country and the country, no matter how he does it, no one dares to fight against it in today's world. Otherwise, there would be one more head to the evil souls all over Nanjing.

Just some wealth. Since the Tianjia clan vassals have to pay taxes according to the rules, why can't others?"

Chen Zhenhui raised her glass and drank it all, and replied in an indifferent tone.

It has been two months since the Nanjing purging case. Chen Zhenhui, who is from Yixing, was also frightened when she heard the news, fearing that Chen Yuting, the father of the Donglin Party, would be one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, would be involved, so that the Chen family would be implicated.

Just as he was about to write a book and ask for inquiries, the letter from his family arrived. After learning that the Chen family was safe, Chen Zhenhui immediately called for luck.

It's indeed a lucky draw.

His father Chen Yuting retired as the right censor of the Censorate of the Censorate and chose to settle down in his hometown in Yixing. This time, when Xie Qiguang and others planned to assassinate Lu Xiangsheng, they were eager to succeed in one blow, so they did not send anyone to inform Chen Yuting who was far away in Yixing, so the Chen family survived.

If Chen Yuting had gone to Nanjing to settle down after resigning, he would have definitely become one of the masterminds this time.

"Brother Chaozong, do you really want to return to the capital because you are sick?

I think that Brother Chaozong should think clearly about this matter. Although we have suffered a little since we were sent by the court, the immigration and resettlement matter has already begun to show results. Returning at this time may trigger unnecessary public opinion. I hope my brother in the court will think carefully!”

The person who spoke was Mao Xiang, the youngest of the three, who was only eighteen years old this year, and the childishness on his face had not yet completely removed.

Speaking of which, history is really inevitable.

The four young masters in the late Ming Dynasty in history, Fang Yizhi, Hou Fangyu, Chen Zhenhui and Mao Xiang, all entered the Imperial College after failing to get a record of history. Fang Yizhi has now gone to Europe. Although Hou Fangyu and others did not go to Nanjing as they did in the original history, they became friends in the Imperial College.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, after the advice of the chief minister Wen Tiren was adopted by Zhu Youjian, more than 1,000 candidates of the Imperial College were sent to Huguang and prefectures near Jingxiang in Henan to assist local governments in various things. Hou Fangyu and three others were assigned to Jingzhou Prefecture.

For the children of aristocratic families like Hou Fangyu and others from wealthy families, this time the job was like falling from heaven to hell.

Let’s not talk about how it is difficult for immigrants who are ignorant and extremely ignorant to communicate. Just talking about their daily environment and treatment is enough to make many people extremely collapse.

From brocade clothes and delicacies to cloth-robed pig food, from romantic and romance to dirty and chaotic, I traveled among the ragged grass people all day long. Under the orders of local officials, I had to arrange the daily itinerary and food for these immigrants. After I arrived at the immigration site designated by the government, I had to arrange the immigrants to do all kinds of work. Everything in front of me put Hou Fangyu on the verge of collapse.

After half a year of various struggles, dozens of people from the more than a thousand students have secretly returned to their homes. These deserters are generally the children of officials who are the elders in the family who are officials in the court, which is also their reliance on returning with the wishes of luck.

"Chapter Chou, what Pijiang said is very reasonable.

Although we have heard that someone has returned home secretly, don’t forget that my uncle is a great minister, so how can anyone compare to others? If you return to the capital privately this time, if you are interested in discovering it, I am afraid that Uncle Yu’s reputation will be unfavorable!"

Chen Zhenhui looked at Hou Fangyu, who was already impatient on her face and persuaded her.

“Hmph!

If it weren't for the son of the plague-in-chief who came to Jingxiang, my father forced his younger brother to come, so how could Hou have endured such hardship?

That Wen Zhenyu is just an official fan, and he is simply useless measures to get promoted!

Look at his current appearance, he doesn’t have the temperament of a prime minister, he is completely like a country farmer!

How can I live in the temple in the future when I hang out with those stupid people all day long?

If you want to be a high-ranking minister, you should use wisdom and strategy as a saint, rather than be close to the people and wander in the countryside!

Hou dared to assert that Wen had been at the fifth rank and would never be able to enter the palace for the rest of his life!

In the future, the court will be the one with our outstanding wisdom!

Brother Dingsheng, please don’t persuade me anymore. Hou here can’t stay for a quarter of an hour! You two of you will give me a banquet today!”

Through the verbal talk, Hou Fangyu vented all his resentment, and pointed directly at Wen Tiren's second son Wen Kan.

Wen Kan came to Jingxiang area several months earlier than their Imperial College students. During this period, he also met Hou Fangyu and others. After seeing Wen Kan who looked like an old farmer under the wind and sun, Hou Fangyu, who was also the son of a cabinet minister, was envious and jealous, and was quite disdainful. Therefore, the remarks just now meant that Wen Kan had a very bad head.

Originally, a family background like them did not have to withstand such destruction. They just need to rely on the kindness of their parents to be promoted step by step. After twenty years, they will be promoted to a senior official of the Ministry. Then they still have to work so hard. If this is the case, what's the use of having a father of a cabinet minister?

"Since Chaozong has settled his mind, then Brother Yu and Pijiang will not say much. Come on, after making this cup, it is considered to see Chaozong off!"

A month later, Hou Fangyu returned home, and the news soon spread to the palace. Zhu Youjian, who had long been dissatisfied with the private return of the officials, immediately ordered people to summon Hou Xun into the palace, severely condemned Hou Fangyu's behavior, and used the simple and diligent Wen Kan as an example, asking Hou Xun to strictly demand Hou Fangyu and not to embarrass the court.

After Hou Xun returned to his house after eating, he immediately ordered someone to hang Hou Fangyu on a tree, beat him inhumanely with a vine, and personally made him heal after he was injured. After he immediately returned to Jingzhou Prefecture. If he returned privately, he would immediately send him back to his hometown and would not be allowed to become an official in his life.

After the news of Hou Fangyu being beaten up spread, the children of officials who returned home privately were immediately treated the same. More than ten days later, on the official road leading to Hubei in the capital, the children of officials invited each other in groups, and turned back step by step and returned to the Jingxiang area.
Chapter completed!