Zhang Fu and Mu Yan found their horses and got on them.
Weng and his son-in-law rode on horses and walked slowly side by side on the royal road.
"When does father-in-law think the emperor will officially move the capital?"
Zhang Fu fought together when Emperor Yongkang was still the King of Yan, and he knew the emperor very well. If he doesn't mention today's matter, the emperor will not let him go. He just said what the emperor wanted to say for him.
As a courtier, how can he go against the emperor?
Shou Xinggong is about to hang himself, do you think his life is too long?
"Even if millions of civilians and soldiers are recruited to build the Forbidden City, it will take several years. I am afraid that it will not be possible in the past few years. But we can make some preparations."
Once the capital is moved, most of the court officials will still move to Beijing. Zhang Fu is very self-aware, it is absolutely impossible for him to stay in Nanjing.
Then the Zhang family will also move to Beijing.
It is easy for this family to move, and it is definitely not just talking about it.
Zhang Fu felt that his head was big. As the patriarch, he felt that there were thousands of threads and a lot of chaos.
Glancing at his son-in-law, "I'm afraid your family won't miss out."
This son-in-law, as the hostage of the Qian State Government, who is in charge of the military, government and people's livelihood of the province, cannot stay in Nanjing.
The Duke of Guizhou is now the king of Yunnan, can Emperor Yongkang rest assured? Can you be more careful?
Mu Yan nodded: "Well, my son-in-law knows. I have also made some preparations for moving the capital over the years."
smiled again, "Xi'er went to Beijing to buy a house a few years ago. Father-in-law doesn't have to worry about not having a house to live in."
Zhang Fu also remembered that year, when he fought in Mobei, when he left the city, he saw a girl disguised as a man in the crowd.
also smiled, "Ninny thinks long-term, I'm not as good as her."
Even though he knew that the emperor was going to move the capital, talking about it was not the same as issuing an edict and announcing it to the world.
Although his ancestors are from the north, he was born and raised in the north, but he has lived in Nanjing for many years, and he has already gotten used to the southern climate. Moreover, the Zhang family finally moved here, and it is not easy to move back to the north.
Thinking about it is a bunch of annoying things.
forget about it.
"My daughter-in-law has already made sufficient preparations, so as a father, I will just wait to enjoy my daughter's happiness. I will leave it to my daughter."
Mu Yan looked at him and smiled. Father-in-law cherishes his son, so he naturally treats Lord Taishan as his own father.
"Take a rest tomorrow, and I will bring Xiao Yuer to my house for dinner with Nannan. If I don't see Xiao Yuer again, he will forget me as a grandfather."
Mu Yan wanted to roll her eyes, Xi'er and Xiao Yu'er are still going back to her mother's house, isn't it? That's him, he doesn't talk about any rules, otherwise, which wife would go back to her mother's house over and over again?
Besides, I only met Xiao Yuer a few days ago.
"Xiao Yuer asked us two days ago what he caught when he was catching Zhou. Xi'er said that he caught the wooden sword carved by Grandpa. His eyes lit up amazingly when he heard that, and he also said that he wanted to be like Grandpa. General."
Speaking of his son, Mu Yan had a deep smile on his face.
"Hahaha. Xiao Yuer is doing well."
Zhang Fu really loves this little grandson so much, if it wasn't for the yamen's business, he would have wanted Mu Yan to take Xi'er and Xiao Yuer back to her mother's house now.
"I must remember tomorrow and bring them home."
"My son-in-law made a note."
At night, Mu Yan watched Huo Xi coax Xiao Yuer to sleep, stretched out her long arms, and hugged Xiao Yuer to the side of the bed.
"Be gentle, don't wake him up. Just let him sleep between us."
Sleeping in the middle? Isn't it in his way?
Letting Xiao Yuer sleep with them instead of sending him to find a nanny is already magnanimous of him.
Huo Xi thought about it, and it seems that he is also. This long-armed and long-legged, Xiao Yuer has a short body, if he is pressed down, the two of them are asleep and don't realize it, they will suffer.
Seeing that Huo Xi didn't persist any longer, Mu Yan was overjoyed, covered her son with a quilt, stretched out another quilt, and covered Huo Xi in it...
Afterwards, the two hugged each other to calm down, Huo Xi was a little dazed from exhaustion, half-closed his eyes.
"At today's court meeting, officials from the Ministry of Rites proposed to move the capital, and the emperor agreed."
Huo Xi opened his eyes, "The officials from the Ministry of Rites mentioned it?"
"The officials of the Ministry of Rites are not the emperor's tongue!"
"Aren't the censors making trouble?"
"Why don't you make a fuss? You choked your head on the ground and knocked loudly. My teeth hurt when I heard it. There are still a few censors who are going to hit the pillars, and they were pulled away. Otherwise, blood will be splashed on the spot." Tsk tsk tsk.
"How can a courtier beat the emperor."
"Not really."
"Then when will the capital be moved?"
"I asked my father-in-law, and my father-in-law said that it may take several years to build the Forbidden City, and I am afraid that it will not be completed in these few years."
Huo Xi recalled the history of another time and space. The Forbidden City in Beijing cost millions of people and took five years to complete. History will turn a corner, but there should not be much difference.
"Five years should be about the same."
"How do you know?"
"I have sharp eyes. And judging from the speed of the construction of Beiping City over the years, I'm afraid it won't take five years."
"However, when Beiping City was built, there was still surplus silver in the national treasury. In recent years, various expenses have been consumed. Look at the Changling Tomb. Although Empress Wen was buried in the past, the buildings in the Changling Tomb have not yet been completed. .”
Manpower is sufficient, and the emperor dares not to obey the order. But it is in vain if there is no money to open the way.
"You said that the matter of moving the capital was decided by the emperor a long time ago. Where there is a shortage of money, there will be no shortage of the construction of the Forbidden City."
The emperor wanted to do one thing, but didn’t he think of ways to do it well? It is not easy to have no money, copy the homes of a few salt merchants, and you have everything.
Thinking of something, Huo Xi froze.
"What's wrong?" Mu Yan caressed her soft arm and looked down at her.
"You said, is it short of money to build the Forbidden City?"
Mu Yan nodded, "What do you want to do?"
How about saying that the husband and wife agree with each other, Huo Xi just mentioned it, and Mu Yan knew what she wanted to do. Huo Xi leaned up and pecked on his lips, causing Mu Yan not to let her go, deepening the kiss.
After a while, Huo Xi pushed him away, "I have something serious to discuss with you."
"you say."
"I was thinking, is it right that the emperor is short of money, then we will give him the money and exchange something with him."
"What to change?"
Huo Xi then told Mu Yan what was in his heart, and Mu Yan was stunned.
"Are you willing?"
"White sugar and rock sugar have brought us a lot of wealth over the years. With the sugar workshop, our annual income is no worse than that of the salt merchant. Moreover, we have been hiding it for so many years, and we can't hide it these years. People often come here Jing searched and wanted to buy sugar. I happened to use the method of making sugar to exchange it with the emperor."
Mu Yan thought for a long time, "It's fine, go back to the British government tomorrow, let's discuss it with my father-in-law before making a decision."
"Go back to the British government tomorrow?"
"Well, my father-in-law said he misses Xiao Yuer. I'm afraid Xiao Yuer will forget him."
Huo Xi couldn't help laughing: "I haven't seen you for a few days. No matter how young Xiao Yuer is, it's impossible for him to forget grandpa so quickly."
"Aren't you happy that your father-in-law loves Xiao Yuer? Go to sleep, get up early tomorrow, and go back early."
The husband and wife stopped talking, and lay down together hugging each other. After a while, they fell asleep.