.South of Anhui.

Going east from Jixi Town, along the valley where pines and bamboos are lush and streams flowing, it is about twenty miles long. At the confluence of Dengyuan River and Longchuan River, you can see a Hui-style building with pink walls and black tiles hidden among the green mountains and green waters. Look at the mountain shape here, Longxu Mountain is towering in the east, Jiguan Mountain is standing in the west, Tianma Mountain is winding upwards, and Dengyuan River is winding towards it, and at the north is winding towards it, and at the end is a Feng Shui treasure land with dragons and creeping in the east.

Since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Hu clan moved there, and has been studying here for many generations. Because of its good education and the stern style, countless elite children have gone to the outside world for two hundred years. Their choices are different, either to become officials and govern the country and pacify the world; or to do business and do business, to build businesses and spread the world... But no matter what choice is made, they will manage their careers in full swing and shine with dazzling brilliance.

However, in the end, no matter how brilliant it was or how broad it was, after the end of life, the fallen leaves return to their roots and the soul returns to their hometown. It turns into a fertile soil in the countryside, and a clear spring in the mountains will always protect this place where generations of reproduction and prosperity are forever.

Today, another tribe member will be sent here to a place of long sleep. However, its grand momentum and grand ceremony have never been seen in two hundred years. Even decades ago, the grandfather of this tribe member, Hu Fu, was far from being compared with today when the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was buried.

Standing on Tianma Mountain by the Dengyuan River, I saw thousands of people crowded with people like soul-guiding banners, memorial flags, paper people, paper horses, Anling House, Gold and Silver Mountain and other underworld objects, which were arranged for several miles - all for this great descendant of the Hu family. When the ceremony began, they would be burned to him so that he could live the best life in the Yin family and no longer felt wronged for what he had experienced when he was alive.

The loyal bones are buried in the green mountains, and the body is the same as the mountain. Today is the day when the Taibao of the Ming Dynasty and the burial of the Prince Hu of Haining is named Molin Gong.

Ever since the imperial burial order came, officials from Huizhou and even Nanzhili have been busy building a cemetery for Hu Zongxian... Because the burial date set by the Imperial Heaven Prison is the fourth day of the second month. When relevant officials received the imperial edict, it was already the year's time. It was only more than a month to check the New Year. At first, all parties were quite upset, thinking that it was impossible to build a cemetery regulated by the earl in such a short time.

However, immediately afterwards, they learned that Mr. Shen actually personally carried the coffin south and was about to come to Tianmashan to preside over the burial of Hu Taibao. All the voices of prison disappeared... Everyone automatically filtered out the idea of ​​"this matter cannot be done", and only in their minds were how to overcome difficulties and complete this impossible task.

So the officials and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang immediately mobilized a great force to build the best cemetery on Tianma Mountain in Longchuan before the fourth day of the second month, waiting for Mr. Shen... to send Hu Taibao to bury him.

The project was led by the Governor of Jiangnan and the Minister of Works of Nanjing. The design plan was given by the Governor of Jiangnan and the best construction experts in Jiangnan... Of course, while waiting for the design drawings, there was no time to take. The Governor of Jiangnan, Tang Ruji, ordered the collection of relevant building materials... To build such a cemetery, there are more than a dozen kinds of stone materials alone, and as for the remaining rare materials such as star sand and sunken wood, there are countless. The origin of these things is from east to west, south to north, and even if you are willing to collect them at any cost, it will take more than a year.

However, Governor Tang made a free trick. He put the required materials into a list and published them in major newspapers in the southeast. Soon, many big investors took the initiative to contact him, saying that he had any materials and was ready to use them for the grave repairs, but now he is willing to contribute to the Ge Lao Chen... Oh no, Hu Taibao will do his best.

Tang Ruji refused everyone and asked them to send the materials to Huizhou... Although the homes of some big families are hundreds of miles away from Huizhou City, now on the southeast ground, if you can't even transport this little thing, how can you be called a big family?

So the materials were sent from all over the place to Huizhou. The local government had already recruited tens of thousands of civilians and tens of thousands of pack horse animals, and sent them to Longchuan day and night.

In just seven days, tens of thousands of cubic meters of earth and wood were piled up on Tianma Mountain.

At this time, the design drawings were also sent. Tang Ruji and the big xiǎo officials from Jiangnan Road set up camp at the foot of Tianma Mountain to supervise the progress of the project day and night, and even the New Year was launched on the construction site.

In this way, 30,000 military and civilians were used to work day and night, regardless of cost. In just one month, a three-acre and complete earl tomb was built in the north of Tianma Mountain.

When the silent coffin came to Longchuan and was invited to inspect the progress of the project, I saw the tomb of Baibaiyu, the columns, railings, and Shintoku fang, all of which had been built. The stone statues of stone people, stone horses, stone sheep, stone turtles, etc. were lifelike and stood there in a noble and solemn manner. From both sides of the two-story granite terrace, climbing up the stairs paved with blue bricks, you can see a huge tomb like a mountain covered with lush tall pine and cypresses.

If the shed at the foot of the mountain had not been demolished yet, the workers were still building stone steps up the mountain, and the entrance of the tomb in front of them was wide open, and they would have thought that they had come to Hu Fu's tomb?

Listening to Tang Ruji's request for credit, there were also two suspicious tombs, and the regulations were exactly the same as those here. He was quite unhappy and said, "I want to bring wind and rain to me again."

But Tang Ruji was already a very mature official. He confidently said to silent: "Don't worry, the elders of the Ge. This is the kind of wish of our Southeast officials and gentry to General Hu, and no one can say anything." He said with a proud smile: "Especially, the big families actively paid money and people, completely shattering the rumors that the generals promoted the introduction of the method of editing, and the big families in Jiangnan could not sleep with their skin and eat them."

He smiled helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Even if Southeast is rich, you can't spend this way. Isn't this just arousing people's eyes?"

"The southeast is richest in the world and has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts." Tang Ruji smiled and said, "Even if you save money, others will always want to get rid of yours. It's the same whether you save money or not, why pretend to be poor?"

Silence was completely speechless, but I felt a little relieved about the confidence and high spirits shown by Tang Ruji and other Southeast officials, and different from the previous spiritual style.

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There is still some time left before the auspicious time for the land to be buried. At this moment, on both sides of the shrine, the cemetery was filled with civil servants and military officials, nobles and nobles who came to pay tribute to Nanzhi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, and even Guangdong and Guangxi, Shandong... It was also because it was expected that this day, Tang Ruji would build the cemetery very wide, and the open land in the Guangyuan could accommodate thousands of people, and now it was full of stocks.

With so many Southeastern appearances coming, the guards naturally cannot be slackened in their work. The mountains and the gardens are filled with soldiers serving as guards. Outside the cordon, three layers inside and outside are filled with people coming from all over the countryside to watch the lively crowd... The filial son cried like a crying shocked the wilderness. The flags surrounded the clouds and the grand funeral opened their eyes completely. In addition to being amazed, they were also amazed.

There was also a long-lived old man who saw the funeral of Mr. Hu when he was young and always thought that it was nothing compared to the top. So during his long life, whenever someone talked about someone's funeral, they would say disdain: "That's what you haven't seen Mr. Hu..." However, at this moment, they had to admit that the scene in front of him was several times more than that of those years.

However, at this moment, those who have mastered the wealth and destiny of the Southeast have not yet appeared, but are waiting in the filial piety shed in the cemetery... There are more than a dozen filial piety sheds in the cemetery, which were originally temporary residences built for Tang Ruji and other supervisors. After the project was completed, he did not allow demolition, but asked someone to decorate it for silence and sacrifice to officials for temporary rest. Therefore, although it is a temporary building, it is very warm, and the tables, chairs, benches, tea, and snacks are naturally complete.

Anyone who is qualified to sit in is a person who calls the wind and rain on one side. But compared to the east and the one in the room with strict guards is a great witch.

This is where you can silently meet important people.

At this moment, he sat alone, with a row of red sandalwood chairs on both sides, and there were less than twenty people sitting in the left... On the left were the Governor of Jiangnan Hu Zongxian, the Governor of Fujian and Jiangxi Wang Xun, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Wu Baipeng, and six governors. On the right were the heads of the Southeast wealthy family headed by the Nine Great Masters. These were the people at the top of the pyramid of Southeast wealth and power.

The silent eyes were patrolling everyone, most of which he had just met in Nanjing last year. He never expected that he would meet again after less than half a year... But he never wanted it, this way.

But time is precious and he did not give him a chance to be sad... These governors and governors were not allowed to leave their provinces as usual, but most of them became famous in the war of anti-Japanese wars, and even Hu Zongxian was promoted from middle and low-level officials. When Hu Zongxian was alive, they had to avoid suspicion, but now people are the most serious, and there is no need to avoid suspicion anymore. So they generously applied to the court to send them the commander to the last journey.

This is human nature, and he is still scared of the Hu Zongxian case, so no one wants to be that evil person, so he is finally sure.

However, so many governors came to be buried, and the former Southeast Governor General was silent. Even if these people gathered together, they would do nothing and would make people think a lot. Besides, if something big happened at this time, but caused trouble because there was no official control, it would be purely giving others a chance to weaken themselves.

The better the situation, the more cautious it is. Xu Ge Lao's example is right in front of him. Chen Si does not want to be the next target of being attacked by the group. In view of this, Chen Si has strictly ordered officials from all walks of life to set off immediately after the burial meeting today and return quickly, and no one can delay.

Therefore, only at this moment before the funeral, at this moment when everyone is here, can we hold a meeting for all giants in suspicion and unify our understanding to deal with the situation where huge changes will occur, so as not to be caught off guard.

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He put away Hu Siluàn's thoughts, calmed down, coughed, and said slowly: "There was no business in this filial piety shed. But now the situation has reached a turning point, and the future of the southeast will also face great tests. I hope the commander in the sky will forgive us."

When he said this silently, the gods were serious. Everyone here knew that he was serious and calmed down and listened quietly, for fear of missing a word.

"Her Master Xu's retirement is a foregone conclusion. Who will take over the position after he leaves?" He looked at everyone silently. Because time is precious, he rarely did not get confused, but said directly: "I heard that some people are connecting recently and want to try to push me up." Looking at several of them, he said: "After all, I'm kind-hearted, so I won't say who it is..." As he said that, he changed his mind: "But such a big thing, without my consent, is that he too brave!"

The people lowered their heads when they heard this, not daring to look into his eyes.

"It's also my fault. I didn't vent my thoughts with you earlier," said silent expression calmly: "Now I understand and tell you that I will not be the prime minister. Even if I send my seat to me, it will never change!"

"Sir, why?" Finally someone couldn't help saying, "As soon as Mr. Xu left, there was only Mr. Li, who had no prestige and had a disgrace. I'm afraid that's what he said, let him not take the initiative to treat him!" As he said, he was silent, "If he retreated, it would be your turn. It's not your turn to fight for it, so why are you afraid of gossip." The power of the chief assistant and the secondary assistant were hugely disparate, and the southeast became increasingly prosperous and wealthy. These noble officials and noble officials also made a lot of money, and they have become jealous of other provinces. The people of the country are not worried about poverty and unevenness, and there must be someone who cares about them.

The serious sense of crisis made the officials and gentry in the southeast hope to have a strong chief to protect their interests; although silence is doing well now, but in the future, when open and hidden arrows come from all directions, can he still cover them?

So everyone hopes that he can become the chief assistant as soon as possible so that everyone will no longer be worried.

However, Chen Si now clearly told them that he would not seek this prime minister, so how could he not disappoint everyone here?

"It's not that I don't want to be this prime minister," Chen Si explained to them patiently: "However, I am in Beijing and in the cabinet, and I know the situation of the country more clearly than you. The Ming Dynasty is full of crises and has reached the point where reforms must be maintained. The prime minister's position is a crater. After sitting on it, if the reforms are reformed, it will offend countless people. The more thorough the reforms are, the more people will offend... Even in the future, you will rise up and oppose the people who sit in that seat. If you don't change, it will become a corpse-position and will also attract resentment, saying that you are a 'a corpse-position'. Whether you change it or not is a sin. It is precisely because Master Xu understands this, so he has long wanted to leave."

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