Today is the sixth day of the lunar month, and the weather is already cold, and the closer to the evening, the lower the temperature becomes. The pedestrians on the street are tightly wrapped and hurried, but the business of the street restaurants is thriving, filled with steam and fragrance.

Smelling the tempting aroma of meat, Xu Jin's stomach growled uncontrollably, and his saliva almost flowed out. Since coming to the Ming Dynasty, I have eaten gruel almost every meal for most of the month, and even the oily is not sticky for half a drop, not to mention eating meat, and the mouth can fade out of the bird, and then I smell the smell of meat, and the gluttonous worms in my stomach will collectively rebel.

Xu Jin hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but enter a restaurant called Linjiang Building.

This Linjiang building is quite high-grade, divided into three floors, the lobby on the first floor, the private seat on the second floor, and the private room on the third floor. Xu Jin just wanted to satisfy his hunger, and there was no need to spend that unjust money, so he found a table by the window in the lobby on the first floor and sat down, and ordered a plate of boiled mutton and a pot of wine.

At this time, there were about seven or eight tables of people eating in the lobby on the first floor, and on Xu Jin's left hand side were several young people dressed as scholars, who should be dressed as ordinary scholars, and it was no wonder that if they were wealthy, they would not be in the lobby on the first floor with the peddlers' pawns.

Of course, this did not affect the few scholars to talk about state affairs, and after a few glasses of inferior turbid wine, they talked about state affairs as if no one was around, and they looked generous as if they were pointing out the country and worrying about the country and the people.

Xu Jin laughed after listening to it for a while, what these scholars talked about seemed to him to be nothing more than a disease-free moan, superficial and naïve, without the slightest practicality, saying that it was empty talk and misleading the country to promote them.

Xu Jin was really not interested in listening to these guys' talk, but they were talking loudly, and their voices were not ordinarily loud, as if they were afraid that the people around them would not be able to hear them.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang formulated strict laws, strictly prohibiting private vain talk about the government, especially for those who studied and studied, and was punished with whipping and cane, deprived of fame or qualification to participate in the imperial examination, or even exiled for 3,000 miles.

However, later the formation of the cabinet system and the rise of civil politics formed a certain constraint on the imperial power.

In particular, the previous Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youji, who was generous and benevolent by nature, and only married one wife, can be said to be unique among the emperors of ancient dynasties. Once there was a fire in the palace, Emperor Hongzhi didn't close his eyes all night, and he didn't have the energy to go to the morning court the next day, so he accompanied him to ask for leave from his ministers.

It was the enlightened and generous benevolence of Emperor Hongzhi that the civil politics of the Ming Dynasty reached its peak, not only the officials were willing to admonish, but even the literati were keen to discuss state affairs and government affairs, leading the trend for a while.

And when Hongji's son Zhengde succeeded to the throne, the most willful and absurd emperor in history was not as good-tempered as his father, and many students who incited speech in Guozijian were arrested and imprisoned in Jinyiwei and rectified to death.

Despite this, these literati, who valued their reputation more than their lives, not only did not fear, but made even more trouble, and were proud to have been arrested and imprisoned by the emperor, because the more this happened, the more they thought that their proposition was right, and so they irritated the emperor.

"The eldest husband is righteous and dead, how can he succumb to power and power, although there are tens of millions of people, I will go!"

This is the so-called literati style, and in addition, as long as you are lucky enough to get out of the edict alive, your prestige among the literati will naturally increase greatly.

Because of this, even under the suppression of Emperor Zhengde, literati and students were still happy to openly discuss court politics. In the end, Emperor Zhengde didn't bother to pay attention to these people, as long as they weren't too out of line, he continued to play bird fighting cocks every day, and often went out to visit the mountains and rivers with great fanfare with his henchmen and favorite ministers.

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When Xu Jin was annoyed by the scholars who were talking about the table, the mutton and wine were finally delivered, but it was a big disappointment, although the wine smelled of wine, but the wine was very turbid, there were a lot of granular floating objects, no wonder it was said that "a pot of turbid wine is happy to meet", at this time, the wine-making technology is far behind the modern, the wine is naturally not clear, and the degree is still very low, so it is not without reason that all the heroes of Liangshan can drink in a big bowl.

Besides, the dish of boiled mutton, no matter what the taste is, it is the smell of mutton that makes Xu Jinzhi frown, it is obvious that the chef of this restaurant did not remove the smell of mutton at all, if he was the owner of the restaurant, he would have fired this chef a long time ago.

Xu Jin blamed the chef of the restaurant, in fact, at this time, people didn't know how to use ginger, cooking wine, wolfberries and the like to remove the smell and freshness of the food.

In addition, chili peppers were only introduced to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so there were no chili peppers at this time, and naturally it was not popular to eat spicy, so there were no spicy girls!

Although the taste was not ideal, Xu Jin, who had not eaten meat in recent months, still killed a plate of sao mutton.

"This Linjiang building is also a high-grade restaurant, the level of the dishes is really lackluster, compared to the small restaurants of later generations, or you can start from the catering industry!"

Xu Jinzheng was secretly pondering, and then he heard someone at the table of scholars say loudly: "I heard that this afternoon, Fei Ge Lao arrived by boat, and moved his family to this county with his children and the elderly from Leadshan County, do you know what the reason is?" ”

Fei Ge Lao said that it was naturally Fei Hong, who was once a member of the cabinet.

Xu Jin couldn't help but look up when he heard this, and the other people who were eating in the hall also pricked up their ears, everyone loved to listen to gossip, not to mention that it was about the celebrities of the mansion, and Fei Ge Lao, who had even won three yuan.

The scholar who spoke noticed the many glances cast at him, and immediately became proud.

"Brother Yuanhao, don't sell it, come quickly!"

At the urging of his companions, the scholar said: "I think everyone knows that Fei Ge Lao once prevented King Ning from restoring the three guards when he was in the court, and he also bluntly admonished the current emperor, and King Ning asked for the restoration of the three guards to harbor evil intentions. ”

"Well, there are indeed such rumors, could it be that Fei Ge's family moved out of Leadshan County because of King Ning?"

Brother Yuanhao said angrily: "Isn't it exactly, I heard that the reason why Fei Ge Lao resigned was precisely because King Ning took revenge and secretly instigated the traitor Qian Ning to slander the emperor. After Fei Ge Lao resigned, King Ning still did not give up, and even sent thieves to burn Fei Ge Lao's ship and luggage. ”

A scholar said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, King Ning dares to be so lawless!" ”

Brother Yuanhao said again: "What's more, I heard that when Fei Ge Lao returned to his hometown in Leadshan County, King Ning actually asked Fei Ge Lao's house to be set on fire, steal his family's things, and even dig up the Fei family's ancestral grave. Brother Ziyu is Leadshan County, if you don't believe it, you can ask him! ”

Brother Ziyu slammed the wine glass and said angrily: "It is true that as Brother Yuanhao said, just a few days ago, I received a letter from my brother, and the thieves sent by King Ning even attacked the county seat of Leadshan, and Fei Ge's eldest brother Fei Dian was unfortunately killed by the thieves. Now the people of Leadshan County are panicked, and they are all in a mess! ”

"How can this be reasonable, King Ning dares to be so mad, digging up people's ancestral graves is a great shame, and he also arson thieves and murderers, why didn't Fei Ge Lao play a copy of him!"

"What's the use, the current emperor ignores the government and takes a group of traitorous ministers and internal prisoners out to play in the mountains and rivers, and King Ning colludes with the power traitor, and all the impeachment of him has been detained!"

"No wonder even Fei Ge Lao was forced to flee from Leadshan County, if this continues, the country will not be a country, and my Ming country will be in danger!"

Xu Jin's heart moved, so speaking, the water thieves who attacked the big ship today were probably also sent by King Ning.

"King Ning?" Xu Jin suddenly felt that this name seemed to be a little impressed, and after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

I have the impression that there were two rebellions of vassal kings during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, one of which was Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, but both ended in failure.

Xu Jin was not calm for a moment, you must know that the fief of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, is in Nanchang, Jiangxi, only five or six hundred miles away from here, once the army rebels, it will definitely affect Shangrao County, not to mention that Fei Hong is still living in Shangrao County, with King Ning's grudgeful character, he will let Fei Hong go?

"Grandma's, I really jumped into the pit this time!" Xu Jin couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp, you must know that there are a few water thieves who escaped today, especially one who was kicked by Xiao Wan and fell into the river, if he hadn't been drowned, he would definitely recognize himself and Xiao Wan.

If those water thieves were King Ning's people, once King Ning rebelled, he might find Shangrao County to retaliate. Xu Jin did not forget the fierce eyes of the two water thieves who looked back before swimming in the water to escape.

Xu Jin's mind was racing, fortunately, in his memory, King Ning's rebellion was pacified not long after, less than two months before and after, he was more careful, it should not be difficult to avoid this catastrophe, and the only thing he was entangled in now was that he didn't know when King Ning would rebel.

Although Xu Jin recalled the historical records and learned that King Ning would rebel, he didn't remember exactly what year Zhengde rebelled.

At this moment, Xu Jin had a great sense of crisis in his heart, as if a sharp sword was hanging above his head, which could be cut down at any time, and it was really uncomfortable.

And now the safest way is naturally to flee from Jiangxi and wait until King Ning's rebellion fails and then come back, but can Xu Jin escape?

A white body, without a road guide, is not allowed to leave his hometown hundreds of miles away, not to mention that he will have to serve in conscription next year, Xu Jin doesn't want to hang up with a cold, so he must participate in next year's children's exam, and he must also take the talent test.

At this time, the people who were eating in the lobby had all checked out and left, and several scholars who were not afraid of death dared to scold King Ning in public, but most of the small people did not dare to get into trouble. You must know that King Ning is powerful, and he almost covers the sky with one hand in Jiangxi, he is simply the emperor of the soil, and scolding him is definitely going to die faster than scolding today.

When the scholars saw the diners around them leaving, they couldn't help but show contempt and continued to talk as if no one was around, but the topic was on the current Emperor Zhengde.