"Everyone has dispersed for nothing," Shi Kefa felt a little relieved, but when he thought of many things, he was so sad that he couldn't solve. He looked at his subordinates and staff and said in a deep voice: "My emperor is still waiting in the capital to serve the king's troops, and the day is set on the seventh day of the fourth month, so you can't delay any more."

Everyone agreed in a deep voice. Most of the people, including Shi Kefa, were afraid that they knew that the capital was mostly lost and the emperor was in trouble. However, in public, before there was no exact source of information, these words could not be made public openly, otherwise Shi Kefa would have lost moral points.

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Ying Tingji himself was just an aide, and the matters assigned were not cumbersome or complicated. With his talent, he stopped handling the matter before the afternoon. After using a simple lunch with his aides and Shi Kefa, Ying Tingji said something was wrong and left the Ministry of War early.

Nanjing is not inferior to Beijing in terms of prosperity. It is not a joke in the southeast. It is not a joke. Not to mention that there are thousands or even tens of thousands of scholars from various provinces gathered on the Qinhuai River. Even a large number of officials, nobles, eunuchs, and supervisors in the city have formed a huge class of food and high consumption.

In addition to foreign famous scholars, scholars from the school, officers and soldiers stationed in the Jingying and Caojiangying, merchants, tourists from various provinces, local residents and farmers in the suburbs outside the city, the vitality of this big city is by no means above the capital, it should be the big city with a population of the Ming Dynasty second only to the capital.

In terms of the number of officials and political status, Nanjing is second only to Beijing.

In terms of military strength and status, it is also second only to Beijing.

In terms of economic strength and vitality, it should be slightly inferior to Suzhou City.

Nanjing is the first place to be the best in the essay education, huge cities, exquisite buildings, and rich places.

With comprehensive strength, Nanjing is indeed qualified to be on par with Beijing, but it is located in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to establish the capital here. After all, this was the place where he started his family. Although he was not satisfied later, it was definitely not realistic to move the capital to Fengyang. He sent the prince Zhu Biao to inspect Kaifeng, Luoyang, Xi'an and other places, and they all had their own shortcomings. With the failure of the early Ming Dynasty and the weak national strength, he remembered the financial and material resources he had to use to move the capital, and even Zhu Yuanzhang, who was very talented, strong and unsuccessful, felt powerless.

Moreover, Guanzhong was defeated at that time, and Xi'an was not suitable for being the capital. Luoyang and Kaifeng also had their own disadvantages. In addition, Zhu Biao died of illness shortly afterwards, and Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition was exhausted, so he had to give up the idea of ​​moving the capital and defend Nanjing steadily until his death.

When Zhu Di succeeded in the Jing Dynasty, the Beiping where he started was naturally a place where Zhu Di was even more happy. During the Yongle period, under the opposition of his ministers, he built a large-scale construction of Beijing and finally moved the capital successfully.

Ming Renzong wanted to move back to Nanjing, but his life was too short. By the time of Emperor Xuanzong, Zhu Zhanji grew up in Beijing. Nanjing was relatively unfamiliar with Beijing's status and a stable position. Nanjing was the capital, and the two capital system was formed.

In terms of guarding the southeast and the role of military, cultural and political centers in Jiangnan, Nanjing is quite qualified. Even if he intends to suppress Nanjing's status during the Qing Dynasty, the Governor of Liangjiang, located in Nanjing, is still one of the important Governors who can compete with the Governor of Zhili.

Ying Tingji left the yamen and sat in his blue two carrying a sedan chair. After giving instructions to the sedan chair, he sat in the swaying sedan chair and closed his eyes to rest.

This time, I was entrusted by someone, and I should have had a lot of effort. Ying Tingji was quite happy.

Ying Tingji will not be poor, but he has never been able to afford it.

This is also the reason why he strongly praised Min Yuanqi in front of Shi Kefa and exaggerated his martial arts at the request of his "friend".

The Min family had nothing to do with him. If it weren't for money, Ying Tingji wouldn't have had much trouble.

If such a thing is not exposed, it is a small matter that is not a bad thing. Shi Kefa probably knows it in his heart, which will reduce Ying Tingji's weight in his heart. However, Ying Tingji is very guilty. As long as it is not an excessive matter, it is inevitable that such a thing will be around any official. As long as he is still capable, Shi Kefa's inner thoughts will not be paid much attention to it for the time being.

After passing through the Drum Tower and walking farther forward, it is the direction where the Qinhuai River is.

This river was already famous all over the world at this time, and the main reason was that a large number of famous scholars gathered here, chasing and laughing, chanting poems and essays.

It can be said that in the late Ming Dynasty, a large number of famous scholars became famous here, including Donglin and Fushe people, and even the big men in the court, such as Qian Qianyi and others, who also wandered a lot on the Qinhuai River.

In terms of scenery, the Qinhuai River is really average. There are endless river houses on both sides, decorated with flowers and weeping willows. The river water is not surprising, but it is better to be in this fashion without environmental pollution. The river water is clear and green, and that's all.

Most of the river houses can hold poetry meetings and banquets, and some prostitutes set up yards here to entertain guests from all over the world.

The next time is the large pleasure boat, which can also host a banquet and bring famous girls into the boat to entertain guests.

The next thing to wait is ordinary river boats. Only those unfamiliar girls and ordinary students who have just arrived in the capital will socialize with each other on this boat, pretending to be famous scholars.

The lowest-level ones are those small river boats, most of which are monogamous, the husband is the helm of the boat, and the wife is the boat girl. If you do some flesh-and-skinned business, usually the students who need to be a little bitch will not get along with such boat girls.

Of course, Ying Tingji went to the best river house, which was an exquisite courtyard by the river, where the most famous celebrities could come and go, and those famous prostitutes would also appear here.

At this time, the so-called Qinhuai Ten Beauty probably had their own destinations, and even the idle people who had no destination could not invite her. Fortunately, Ying Tingji did not come to visit prostitutes. When he arrived at the gate of the exquisite courtyard, the weather was still early and there was no one everywhere, which was exactly what he wanted.

When you enter the yard, of course there are people who greet you and socialize along the way. The people in the river room are all clever and delicate, and guests from all directions will not be neglected. Of course, there are no casual guests who can enter here.

The person Ying Tingji wanted to meet was in the East Courtyard. There were a few beautiful and handsome young men waiting outside the door. There was only one old servant next to Ying Tingji. It was really clear that one person was taller and more beautiful.

Ying Tingji didn't care. He strode in, and walked with his head raised and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, just your servants and chiefs follow you, and your wealth is not inferior to someone. In comparison, it really makes people feel ashamed and jealous."

"Uncle Shi was joking. It was really rude to ask Uncle Shi to miss the situation."

The furniture in the room is elegant and stylish, but the materials used are extraordinary. Zhu Wanchun is wearing a long tailor-fitted round necklace, a Tang scarf on his head, and a bamboo fan in his hand. He does not have much wealth and honor, but instead looks like a handsome young man studying and studying.

Ying Tingji also secretly praised Zhu Wanchun when he saw him. He is worthy of being a wealthy family a hundred years ago. He is much better than the hateful faces of those nouveau riche.

Speaking of which, Ying Tingji and the Zhu family are barely considered to have good transportation in the world. It is impossible for a wealthy family like the Zhu family to not cultivate their children to study. The family can only hire famous teachers to teach. Children from the clan, as long as they take out 70% of their strength, they dare not say 100%, but the chance and hope of passing the exam are also great.

One of Ying Tingji and Zhu Wanchun's uncles was a Jinshi of the same year. The Zhu family was still an official in another place and was still a seventh-rank magistrate. With this relationship, Zhu Wanchun only had a foothold when he came to ask for help. Otherwise, a person with the status of Ying Tingji was a Jinshi of the Third Class and a close aide to the Secretary of the Minister of War in Nanjing, and ordinary businessmen were not worthy of dealing with him directly.

Many big merchants have this strategy of the Zhu family. The most successful ones are the Shaanxi merchants, the Yang family, the Ma family, and the Zhang family where Zhang Siwei are all the best among Shaanxi merchants and Shanxi merchants.

For ordinary families, as long as they have sufficient financial resources, studying and taking exams for their children is the top priority.

In the past, the Song people said that the scholar-officials and emperors jointly rule the world. Even the eunuchs were mostly controlled by the huge group of scholar-officials. These people may gain power in a moment, but they have to succumb to the rules and abide by the bottom line by the civil servant group. Otherwise, the saying goes, as the saying goes, thousands of people will end up in vain.

The wealthy businessmen will at least cultivate a few officials who study and become officials, so that the family will not be easily insulted by others, and can only keep their promises. With the strength of the family itself, they can be qualified to make more officials, attach to noble eunuchs, and balance their powers, and protect their own safety.

Ying Tingji, who was in front of him, obviously wanted to come to get the money, but Zhu Wanchun had to pretend to owe him a favor. It was because he had no official position and lacked confidence.

Of course, Ying Tingji was not in a hurry. After sitting down, he had a tea and chatted with Zhu Wanchun.

The most common thing to say is of course the situation in the capital. The person who fled south must have passed by Yangzhou. The Zhu family has also seen several times. After talking, they checked the details many times and knew that the emperor should have been hanged to death on Jingshan, including how to bury him. The whereabouts of the Taiwang and the princes were probably similar.

Because of this, people's hearts are becoming more and more volatile. The old saying that the country cannot be without a monarch for a day is indeed the truth. Without an emperor, there are eunuchs in Nanjing and Shi Kefa, the Minister of War, which is currently operating as usual, but the country's major policies cannot be operated without the emperor and his cabinet.

For example, the capital was really lost, the grain transport, national taxes, tariffs, garrison troops dispatch, military pay distribution, the transfer and appointment of officials from various places, and the imperial examinations. These major events cannot be completely decided by a garrison eunuch or a minister of the Ministry of War.

Support the new king, form a cabinet, and truly rebuild the six ministries, establish the center, and then talk about establishing defense, selecting generals and training troops, and then discussing military salaries. After these important things, the important things will be held, and the imperial examinations will be strengthened and the people will be strengthened.

Such major plans have always been discussed and discussed by Shi Kefa and several close friends of Donglin. Even the most trusted aides would not tell him. Ying Tingji had nothing to say about these things. After talking a few words in a general way, Ying Tingji couldn't help but smile and said, "Then the Min family and the young brother's family seem to have a good relationship?"
Chapter completed!