Chapter 703 Li Lian’s Little Interlude

"Brother Yulin, Feifei and the others will go to Japan, so there should be no problem?"

Yang Yinghan stood beside Zhang Zhun and said with some concern.

Chen Lingfei's fleet had just left the dock and disappeared on the vast sea in the southeast.

In the past, the relationship between Chen Lingfei and Zhang Zhun was limited to the cooperation between the two parties. Although the two were very close, there was a distance. But now, Chen Lingfei is already a member of Zhang Zhun's big family. She may have a small life in her belly, so Yang Yinghan naturally has to care more. Moreover, her relationship with Shen Lingfei was very good.

"It's okay, don't worry."

Zhang Zhun said gently comforting.

He was full of confidence in what he said. On the sea, Chen Lingfei's fleet was protected by the sword-tooth ship of the Dabai Fleet, so there should be no accidents. Even if he encountered the main force of the Zheng Zhilong Pirate Fleet, he could escape under the cover of the Dabai Fleet. As for the arrival of Nagasaki, Japan, I believe there would be no major happenings.

Since his relationship with Shen Lingfei became a negative distance, Zhang Zhun has allocated 500 Hu Ben Guns to equip Chen Lingfei's fleet, and sent people to train the fleet's guards. The 500 Hu Ben Guns are a very good armed force. If there is a conflict between the two sides, it is definitely no problem to protect Chen Lingfei from retreating safely.

"I contradicted the Queen, will she..."

Yang Yinghan suddenly said with some concern.

"It's okay, it's a good confrontation, better than I expected!"

Zhang Zhun said happily.

Yang Yinghan's performance was really beyond Zhang Zhun's expectations. No one could have imagined that Yang Yinghan had such a strong side under her weak appearance. Invisibly, she suppressed Zhang Yan's aura. Zhang Yan was originally a bit of a provocation, but she became much more obedient by Yang Yinghan. The beginning of this matter was better than what Zhang Zhun imagined.

It was not what Zhang Zhun needed to make Zhang Yan arrogant and arrogant, or to make Zhang Yan run away suddenly. The current situation was just right. Zhang Yan did not dare to use the identity of the queen to suppress others, nor was she willing to leave immediately. If she wanted to do something, she had to worry about the existence of the Hu Ben Army and did not dare to do anything arbitrarily.

"Really?"

Yang Yinghan was still a little worried and said carefully.

"Really, your personality is to be sharper so that others dare not bully you!"

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"Oh, OK."

Yang Yinghan was relieved only then.

It just so happened that Ning Lingwei came from the side, crisp and pretty, like a white elf suddenly appeared. Zhang Zhun turned around and greeted her, gave her a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Xiao Ning, your mouth is getting stronger and stronger!"

Ning Lingwei's lips curled up slightly, as if she was a little proud, and she said without any concealment: "Tsk! I'm not afraid of her! What's so great about the queen? If she is too much, I dare to reach out and suck her in the face!"

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "What if she is a relative of your family, do you also reach out to suck her in the face?"

Ning Lingwei said in a sharp tone: "How come there is such a relative in my family? Even if it is my relative, I will still smoke her."

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "You are amazing."

Ning Lingwei ignored him and went to work on her own affairs.

Yang Yinghan felt something and asked softly: "Brother Yulin, Xiaoning, and the queen... The queen looked at Xiaoning's expression a little strange, as if she had seen her own acquaintance. Xiaoning grew up in Shuiyue Temple since she was a child, and the queen could not have seen her before!"

Zhang Zhun lowered his voice and said slowly: "Well, they have some kinship."

Yang Yinghan immediately opened her mouth wide.

I have some relative relationships, that is, Ning Lingwei is also a member of the royal family?

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "You can just know about this matter, don't tell it. Xiao Ning is very prejudiced to the people in the court now. If she knows that she is a royal family, she doesn't know what to do. You didn't hear that, would she slapped the queen in the face?"

Yang Yinghan nodded cautiously.

The two of them came back from the pier and entered a house in the east of the city. This house was bought in the name of Chen Lingfei. There is a ziyuan in Fushan City, and Chen Lingfei called it Hongyuan because if planted here, most of them were red flowers. Now it is spring, and some of the buds have bloomed, and it still looks a bit springy.

With Zhang Zhun's strong support, Miss Shen's shipping business naturally became more and more prosperous. She used to have only three merchant ships, but now it has increased to ten. There are more merchant ships, and there are more cargo and business involved. Dengzhou City, which has always been a distribution center for supplies in Dengzhou Prefecture, is naturally one of the important maritime ports. So she settled a nest here.

Originally, Chen Lingfei wanted to turn the Hongyuan into her own comfort zone and a private place. As a result, when Zhang Zhun came, the nest became public. Yang Yinghan and others also lived here when they arrived in Dengzhou City. Fortunately, the place was big enough that even if all the women around Zhang Zhun came, they could be placed.

In Hongyuan, the little housekeeper Liu Rushi was waiting for Zhang Zhun to come back. When he saw Zhang Zhun appear, he hurriedly came up and said in a regular manner: "Master, this is the recipe for tonight."

As he said that, he gave him a prepared recipe.

As the Empress, Zhang Yan came to Dengzhou City, so Zhang Zhun naturally wanted to hold a banquet to express her welcome. However, Zhang Zhun's instructions for Zhang Yan's arrival were to simplify the reception and never show off. The welcome banquets in the evening were basically family banquets, and only a very small number of officials attended. As for gentry and celebrities, there were also part-time attendances. However, they basically did not dominate. Because the local gentry and celebrities in Dengzhou Prefecture had been caught by the Tartars.

Zhang Zhun carefully reviewed the recipe, nodded and said, "Okay! That's it!"

The recipes are all common home-cooked dishes, mainly seafood. At present, Dengzhou City lacks everything, and the most undesirable one is seafood. Fishing boats go out to sea to fish every day, and the harvest is very rich. Compared with the 21st century, the sea in the 17th century was indeed too rich. A fishing boat goes out to sea for a day and when you are lucky, you can recover hundreds of kilograms of fresh fish. The meat of the people in Dengzhou City is mainly fish.

Liu Rushi said hesitantly: "Master, she is the queen after all..."

Zhang Zhun said disapprovingly: "Since she is the queen, she has never eaten any delicacies? Our Dengzhou City has limited conditions, so I have to do this. I believe that her mind is not about eating and drinking here. At this time, if you give her dragon meat, she will have no appetite."

Liu Rushi agreed to go.

In the evening, Zhang Yan arrived at the banquet hall in Hongyuan on time. After the simple etiquette, both the guests and the host sat down. Since Zhang Zhun did not want to make a big fuss, Zhang Shenyan's welcome speech was quite short and the meaning was quite vague. In short, the meaning of both parties was expressed privately, and no one would take it seriously on the surface.

Only she attended Zhang Yan, and she looked a little lonely. However, her behavior and behavior have always been like this. When she was in the palace, she also liked to be alone and alone. After she was a widow, she was even more so. The only people around Chongzhen who could often come into contact with her were Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan.

On Zhang Zhun's side, there are three daughters of Yang Yinghan, Ji Yuqing, and Liu Rushi. Together with Zhang Zhun, there are four people in total. Yang Yinghan is Zhang Zhun's fiancée, which is known to everyone in the world. Ji Yuqing and Liu Rushi are both her concubines, which is also known to most people. It is not surprising that the three of them accompany Zhang Zhun to appear. As for Ning Lingwei, of course, they will not appear, she has unknown identity. Moreover, Xiaoning's temperament has never liked to be lively.

In the Ming Dynasty, big round tables, eight immortal tables and so on have become popular. However, in the upper class, the tables and chairs of the main figures with status are still separated separately, just like in ancient times, the form of kneeling. Of course, now there is no need to kneel, just sit cross-legged. Only ordinary guests are big tables.

Zhang Zhun lives in the upper head on the left, and Yang Yinghan, Ji Yuqing, and Liu Rushi are in the upper head on the right, and Zhang Shenyan, Zhou Yiming, and Li Lian are in the upper head on the right. In this way, there are four people on each side, just symmetrical. This is also the most common banquet specification.

Among Zhang Yan's accompanying guests, the more special one was Li Lian, the student. Because of his letter, he angered the court. Li Lian was driven out of the capital and almost suffered the murderous attack from others. Finally, Mo Yu found him and pulled him under the command of the Hu Ben Army.

Li Lian was young and full of energy, and was about to do something. The Shaanxi bandits would not surrender to him only if they had to destroy but not produce. But the Hu Ben Army was different. He could tell at a glance that the Hu Ben Army attached great importance to construction, so Li Lian immediately brought his family to Shandong and officially became a member of the Hu Ben Army.

Among the Tai students, Li Lian is quite famous and talented. After Zhang Shenyan had contacted Li Lian, he admired him very much. Zhang Zhun then asked Li Lian to follow Zhang Shenyan to be responsible for all the work of Dengzhou Prefecture. Compared with the status given to Li Lian by the court, Zhang Zhun was really too generous, which moved Li Lian very much.

This time Zhang Yan came to Shandong, but she actually had a light car and a small follower. There was no important person. Therefore, she would not care much about the reception specifications. However, Li Lian's appearance made Zhang Yan feel a little uncomfortable. The person exiled by the court was captured by Zhang Zhun as a treasure and appeared publicly in front of her. Isn't this intentional opposition to the court?

Zhang Zhun seemed to understand Zhang Yan's thoughts and said calmly: "Empress, Li Lian attended to tonight's banquet because he had something to say and wanted to ask the Empress to convey it to His Majesty the Emperor. I wonder if the Empress would give him this small opportunity?"

Zhang Yan looked motionless and said gently: "Tell me."

Zhang Zhun nodded at Li Lian.

Li Lian stood up long, saluted Zhang Yan first, then saluted Zhang Zhun, and then came to the middle of the banquet hall and said sternly: "I'm rude when I was young."

Immediately, I took out a memorial from my arms and read it out loud.

The content he read was similar to the situation that Chen Yin retold in front of Chongzhen that day. It was mainly because he believed that today, the fields were concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people, and the taxes of the court came from the people without land. As a result, naturally, the richer the richer the poorer the poor. The country's fiscal revenue did not increase, which led to more and more thieves and endless killings.

This measure of putting the cart before the horse will inevitably lead to a further decline of the court. In the long run, the court may suddenly collapse completely on one day. Therefore, he strongly demanded that the court remeasure the land and redistribute the land. He believed that if the refugees had land, they would naturally farm with peace of mind, and the bandits would have no new soldiers. The country's fiscal revenue increased, so more troops could naturally be formed to eliminate the bandits and pacify the Tartars.

After entering the ground in Shandong, Li Lian felt that his thoughts coincided with the relevant provisions of the "Jotian Order", which became more and more determined to remeasure the fields and redistribute them. He firmly believed that if the court did not make great changes in the distribution of fields, the current dilemma would not be improved.

As a Tai student and a representative of the eight-legged essay education since childhood, Li Lian undoubtedly had a deep affection for the court. Even after being severely hit, he was not completely desperate for the court. This memorial was his last melody to the court. If the court could follow the implementation, there might be hope. If the court refused, then he would no longer have any attachment to the court. From then on, he could follow the Hu Ben Army without any worries.

After listening to Li Lian's memorial, Zhang Yan had no expression, as if she hadn't heard Li Lian read anything. Her expression was actually telling Li Lian clearly that this memorial could not reach Chongzhen's hands. Even if it reached Chongzhen's hands, it would have no meaning.

Zhang Yan would never accept Juntian Order, and no one in the court would accept it. No matter how reasonable Li Lian said, it would be impossible to implement it. No one was willing to hand over the fields in his hands. This is the most fundamental problem. As for the building to collapse, the court might collapse... As long as you keep your own fields, what else do you do?

"Li Lian studied in the Imperial Academy and had not yet entered the official position. He vainly discussed the major policies of the court in order to seek fame. He saw that Jiangnan still had a quiet land for the emperor and was not satisfied, so he advocated the idea of ​​being a pride and signing up for the loss of wages, and wanted to do a real way to lose money. This was a chaotic political system in the declining world, and dared to preach the saint. The villain's unscrupulousness came to this!"

"What Li Lian hates to the rich is to merge with the villain. He does not know that the rich families in counties are also the source of food and clothing for poor people. If he blames the rich families because of the shortage of war, he will be punished and often lose. If he disobeys, he will be confiscated. This is what Emperor Qin Shihuang did not do in Baqing and Emperor Wu of Han did not do in Bushi. This is what he advocated, and the despair of rogues led to the trouble with the rich families. The chaos began from then on. I beg Your Majesty to behead Li Lian to be a villain to seek fame and disaster for the country!"

Zhang Yan remembered very clearly how many words were similar to the above two paragraphs in the memorials attacking Li Lian. These words were enough to confiscate Li Lian’s family and destroy the clan and destroy the corpses. It was his luck that he could appear in the Hu Ben Army. Because when everyone in the world knew about Li Lian’s proposal, they didn’t know how many wealthy families who wanted to find him bad luck in private were not known. Especially the wealthy families in Jiangnan, they even publicly clamored to buy his head for three thousand taels of silver.

"Li Lian, go back."

Zhang Zhun said slowly, waved his hand gently at Li Lian.

Li Lian suddenly tidied up his clothes with a serious expression, then knelt down, knelt three times and nine times at Zhang Yan, without saying a word, and then returned to his seat. It was vaguely revealed that the corners of his eyes were a little wet and a little red.

Zhang Yan was slightly stunned and then understood. Li Lian had a little favor for the court after all. Even when he came to Zhang Zhun, he did not completely cut off his expectations for the court. However, her reaction made Li Lian understand that his memorials and suggestions were impossible to implement. Therefore, he was completely disappointed with the court. These three kneelings and nine kowtows meant to break up with the court completely.

No one around said anything.

Li Lian's arrival was definitely not the Hu Ben Army, but the voluntary resignation. His appearance means that the Hu Ben Army has the possibility of replacing the court in the eyes of some scholars. Compared with the mobilization of Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan, it is much more difficult. Li Lian is the first person to take the initiative to surrender to the Hu Ben Army!

Zhang Yan also understood it very well. The rule of the court itself was based on the gentry. Once the gentry no longer supported the court, the court would be over. Li Lian's actions were a dangerous signal. This danger was reflected in that some scholars had lost confidence in the court. However, even if Zhang Yan felt the danger, she could not keep Li Lian's. Li Lian's initiative touched too many interests. If she recommended Li Lian, she might not be able to protect herself.

After Li Lian's episode, the following banquet was dull. Zhang Yan obviously had some worries and did not have much interest in speaking. It was obvious that there was no way for the Hu Ben Army to have too many words. Don't look at both sides sitting here and raising their glasses to drink together, in fact, in the end, they will still have to see the truth on the battlefield in private.

Seeing that the banquet was almost the same, Zhang Zhun said casually: "What are the arrangements for tomorrow?"

Liu Rushi said cautiously: "The child from the Literacy Institute, I heard that the Empress is coming and wants to see what the Empress is like..."

Zhang Zhun nodded, raised his voice and said to Zhang Yan: "Empress, there will be a show tomorrow. I wonder if Empress is interested?"

Zhang Yan said a little absent-mindedly: "What program?"

Zhang Zhun said loudly: "There are some children in Dengzhou City who want to meet the Queen."
Chapter completed!