In the early morning of the next day, the cool breeze was bleak, and there was a thin layer of fog in the sky, shrouding the trees that were still falling in the distance, and the clumps of withered yellow grass mustard on the soil buns not far away swayed left and right in the cool breeze, as if welcoming guests.

Outside the Guoguanyin Gate outside Yingtian City, Zhu Ping'an, Chu Xiong and other officials of the Criminal Division, under the leadership of Lord Zhentai, gathered in Changting with officials such as the Political Department and the Sixth Department of Nanjing, waiting for the arrival of the new Zhejiang Inspector and Inspector of the Imperial History-Hu Zongxian.

Under the leadership of their respective bosses, the officials of different yamen greeted each other, and then waited in separate areas.

The sun was slowly rising in the eastern sky, and there was still no movement on the official road in the north, and no one could be seen.

Chu Xiong is relatively fat, standing and waiting for a long time, his body can't bear it, from time to time he reaches out and rubs the thick waist of the bucket, and can't help but half complain, half gag and said, "Tsk, who would dare to believe it in the previous dynasty, our group of officials who started from the fifth grade went out of the city early in the morning to welcome a seventh-grade official ......"

"Heh, Chu Fatty, do you dare to wait for the new Zhejiang Inspector to come and say this in front of him?"

Zhang Chufeng snorted and said to Chu Xiong.

"Oh, inferior agitation methods, clumsy knife tricks, I'm not stupid, so I won't fall for you."

Chu Xiong snorted, squinted his small eyes and glanced at Zhang Chufeng, and rolled his eyes with disdain.

Zhang Chufeng sneered, "Hehe, Chu Fatty, you, will also break your mouth behind people's backs." ”

"No, you're wrong. I'm not just going to say a few words behind people's backs, I'm going to say it in front of people. ”

Chu Xiong squinted at Zhang Chufeng with small eyes, and said with a serious face.

Zhang Chufeng snorted disdainfully, saying that he didn't believe Chu Xiong's words.

"You don't believe it?!" Chu Xiong grinned, "For example, I often say you in front of you." ”

Zhang Chufeng's face was as black as the bottom of a pot when he heard this, he turned his head and ignored Chu Xiong, seeing this, Chu Xiong's big fat face became more and more bright, like a defeated rooster.

"Little Brother Zhu, why did you say that our new Zhejiang Inspector Yu Shi Hu came so slowly? It's really calm. Chu Xiong approached Zhu Ping'an and whispered with a slight complaint.

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly, and replied softly, "I have stipulated that the Taizu can only ride a donkey when traveling according to the supervision of the imperial history, not a horse, and Lord Hu will come to the post on a donkey, so he will be late." ”

Indeed, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of Hongwu, did stipulate that the supervision of the imperial history can only ride a donkey, not a horse.

Because of the great power given to the patrol to supervise the imperial history, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, in order to balance the way and avoid the patrol supervising the imperial history, not only limited the grade of the patrol and supervision of the imperial history, but also made many restrictions in other aspects. In addition to not being able to ride a donkey when traveling, Emperor Hongwu also stipulated that the patrol and supervision of the imperial history could not eat geese...... In the era of Emperor Hongwu, geese were relatively few, more expensive, and banquets with goose meat were more high-grade, for example, Zhu Yuanzhang often rewarded his courtiers with goose meat to show his favor, why everyone relished Zhu Yuanzhang's wild history of rewarding Xu Da with roast goose and causing Xu Da to die of back gangrene, which is also one of the reasons. Zhu Yuanzhang restricted the patrol to supervise the imperial history and not eat geese, which restricted the patrol and supervision of the imperial history from the aspect of treatment.

However, any system is afraid of time, and the original intentions and good intentions of Emperor Hongwu have been ignored in later generations. In later generations, with the overall improvement of the status of civil officials and the expansion of the power of the imperial historian, the ropes that Emperor Hongwu bound to the imperial historian were gradually broken away, and the status and power of the imperial historian became greater and greater...... Today, the patrol according to the imperial history can not only ride horses, but also eat goose meat, braised meat, steamed, barbecue as you want. If you can really implement the rules set by Taizu, how can today's high-grade people go out of the city to meet the low-level supervision of the imperial history.

If it is further back, in the late Ming Dynasty, the inspector of the imperial history really became a powerful minister, arrogant and extravagant, corrupt and bribery, and bending the law and cruelty to the people are not uncommon.

However, Hu Zongxian is different.

Zhu Ping'an forgot what he read in that book, Hu Zongxian came to Zhejiang to supervise the imperial history, and he really came on a donkey.

Zhu Ping'an combined the records and comments of Hu Zongxian in historical books and wild histories, and did not doubt this record.

"Hehe, Master Zhu has read a lot of books, but what the ancients said is good, it is better to believe in books than to have no books. Although Taizu stipulated that the patrol can only ride a donkey and not a horse, but it is all the old yellow calendar, and now, the patrol and supervise the imperial history can already ride a horse and eat a goose. Zhang Chufeng laughed on the side.

"Really? Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your advice. Zhu Ping'an tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly, first thanked him, and then said honestly, "But I think Hu Yushi is late, maybe he really came by riding a donkey according to the ancestral system." ”

"Still riding a donkey?! Hehe, Lord Zhu is really young......" Zhang Chufeng laughed.

"Hehe, we're waiting here, we're idle anyway, it's okay to have a Yabo."

Chu Xiong came up again and grinned.

"Yabo what?" Zhang Chufeng raised his eyebrows and asked, last time he lost to Chu Xiong a hundred taels, and he is still haunted by it, and he has always wanted to win back, and when he heard Chu Xiong say Ya betting, he naturally became interested.

"Hehe, aren't Brother Zhu and Brother Zhang discussing whether Hu Yushi will ride a donkey or a horse to take office, let's talk about whether Yabo Hu Yushi will ride a donkey or ride a horse to take up his post this time. Anyway, being idle is also idle, and Yabo is happy to kill time?! ”

Chu Xiong grinned and proposed.

"I have no opinion, but I don't know if Master Zhu dares to insist on his opinion?" Zhang Chufeng pulled the corners of his mouth and said excitedly to Zhu Ping'an.

"On this occasion, isn't that right?" Zhu Ping'an said with a humble face.

"Yabo, why not?! Last time Zhang Shangshu arrived, we still bet on how many retinues he brought?! ”

Zhang Chufeng pursed his lips unremittingly.

"That's it, little brother Zhu don't worry, there were several officials from the yamen involved last time. It's just Yabo, and it doesn't hurt. ”

Chu Xiong also said with a smile.

"Is it really okay?!" Zhu Ping'an confirmed with a humble face.

"It's really fine." Zhang Chufeng nodded vigorously.

"Little Brother Zhu don't worry, if there is any problem, I will carry it, brother, and Little Brother Zhu will be fine."

Chu Xiong took it all.

"Well, Brother Chu has said everything about this, little brother, I can only be respectful, it is better to obey my fate." Zhu Ping'an nodded helplessly.

"Good." Zhang Chufeng smiled happily, and immediately said in a loud voice, "The gentleman is difficult to chase after a horse, so it's decided." ”