Jiajing Dynasty, Yangxin Hall.
The breeze blew by, making the sleeves of his clothes rustle. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong stood in the palace, facing the breeze. The surrounding palace maids and eunuchs all bowed their heads in submission. In front of the Yangxin Palace, four officials in red robes saluted respectfully. , and a pile of historical materials were piled beside him.
Zhu Houcong held a Taoist scripture in his hand. After looking at it twice, he felt inexplicable.
It has been three months since I returned to the Jiajing Dynasty. I didn't expect that as soon as I came back, the ministers would treat me respectfully. Even the maids and eunuchs felt that I was destined by fate and no one dared to disobey.
He performed a journey through time and space in public, which was more effective than his previous six years in power.
Zhu Houcong couldn't help but smile.
Ancient people ate this the most.
Now in the city of Beijing, he can be said to be true to his word, and no one dares to stop him!
"Your Majesty, all the historical materials from the first year of Hongwu to the first year of Jiajing are here."
Huang Jinhe and two or three young eunuchs behind him were holding tall historical materials and were extremely respectful to Zhu Houcong.
These are not only official historical materials, but also a lot of information collected from the private sector.
"Shan." Zhu Houcong nodded, "Put it over there."
"promise!"
Eunuch Huang Jin immediately ordered the eunuchs to put these historical materials away and pile them together, waiting for Zhu Houcong's next transmission to take them away together.
Zhu Houcong naturally heard the last half of Zhu Di's unfinished words.
Therefore, he would collect these historical materials and prepare to take them there next time to show Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and even Zhu Qiyu enough.
"His Majesty."
Seeing that Zhu Houcong seemed to have taken care of everything, Zhang Cong on the side spoke: "Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen have an audience."
"Xuan."
When Zhu Houcong heard this, he turned around elegantly, and the eunuch Huang Jin was also very sensible and asked a few conditions to carry the chair over, so that Zhu Houcong could sit in front of the main hall, looking at the two figures, one old and one strong. .
Different from the mature and steady Yang Tinghe in the memory, and different from the high-spirited Yang Shen in the memory, the father and son now look very haggard, Yang Tinghe has a lot more worries on his head, and Yang Shen is seven years older. Looks like eight years old.
"Your Majesty, Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen, bow to your Majesty. Your Majesty bows in peace!"
Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen stepped forward to greet him.
"I am safe."
Zhu Houcong shook his head and continued: "Yang Qing, there is no need to be polite, just stay on your side."
After Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen stood up, Zhu Houcong did not hesitate at all and said directly: "Has Yang Qing been strong enough to continue serving the country?"
Hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Yang Tinghe lowered his body for a moment. He did not look like the powerful chief minister he had been in the past. Instead, he acted like an ordinary old man who was submissive: "The old minister is old and dim, and is not good for the country and the court. Although he intends to, he can't do it." With a humble minister and a weak body, I may not be able to serve His Majesty and devote myself to the Ming Dynasty."
Yang Shen on the side was a little happy when he heard the words, but after hearing Yang Tinghe's voice, he immediately stopped smiling and bowed his waist a few degrees.
At that time, Yang Tinghe went home to farm, while Yang Shen took the lead in stirring up trouble in the Dali Conference incident and was sent to Yunnan.
In the past few years, Yang Shen has obviously become much more honest.
They don't think that I let them come back just to give them little shoes, right?
Seeing the two of them like this, Zhu Houcong couldn't help laughing, and then said: "Mr. Yang Ge defeated the Eight Tigers, planned to eliminate Jiang Bin, and welcomed me as the emperor, which has contributed to the country. How can I tolerate Mr. Yang Ge to do this?" How about ending up in the family fields and dying?"
"More than a hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil. There were slaves, invaders, and separatists. My descendant, the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, was a fool. The cabinet members were only idiots and traitors, and there were only a few talented people. No matter what, it is exactly what we need Mr. Yang Ge to continue to shine for our Ming Dynasty."
Hearing Zhu Houcong's voice, Yang Tinghe didn't react for a moment, and Yang Shen looked even more incredulous.
You have to be forced to come back after retirement, right? You are not an emperor, you are clearly a capitalist!
Yang Tinghe sighed deeply. Although he had heard on the way here that His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was intelligent, he was even more destined to lead an army of 30,000 to rescue the Sixteenth Ming Dynasty Emperor and defend the capital.
And according to the wounded soldiers who came back, they did go to the world a hundred years later.
But Yang Tinghe still has some doubts about this.
But after hearing what Zhu Houcong said personally, Yang Tinghe didn't know what to do for a while.
And Yang Shen...
Because he was located on the border, he had never heard of these rumors. He just thought...the emperor was crazy.
But Yang Tinghe just changed his mind slightly, and then he handed over his hand and said: "If your Majesty really has a way to send this veteran to more than a hundred years in the future, I will be willing to go through fire and water for the Ming Dynasty without hesitation!"
Him, Yang Tinghe.
Not voluntary retirement.
It was a power struggle, because of the disagreement with Emperor Jiajing, because Emperor Xingxian was not qualified for the exam, and it was because of the injustice in his heart!
Although you are the emperor, can I quit?
In this way, Yang Tinghe withdrew from the center of power, but it didn't mean that Yang Tinghe didn't want to return to this kind of life, it was just that Jiajing, the boss, was not comfortable with him.
In this regard, Zhu Houcong did not kill him. After all, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty still had to have some character.
This is better than surrendering at every turn later, right?
Going a little further, this is better than being a minister serving as a slave to the Manchus in the Manchu court, right? Whatever the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were doing, these ministers were like quails, afraid to speak.
In the Ming Dynasty, at least in the Jiajing Dynasty, Zhu Houcon still wanted to see a court where a hundred flowers bloomed.
And Yang Shen's eyes widened even more when he heard his father's words.
father.
The emperor is crazy, why are you crazy too?
Yang Shen felt a little strange, but he found that the cabinet ministers in front of him, whether they were Zhang Cong, Wang Shouren, Fei Hong, Xi Shu, etc., had no expressions. They seemed to agree with the Ming Emperor's matter, and even Yu...still eager to give it a try.
This made Yang Shen feel even more incomprehensible.
"Good, Mr. Yang Ge and Yang Qing still need to take care of themselves."
Zhu Houcong nodded, very satisfied with Yang Tinghe's answer, and then said: "I remember that there are still several rooms in Jiaque in the city. I asked the Yang family and his son to live there. I arranged for the imperial doctor to come and go, and I must take good care of their health."
After saying that, Zhu Houcong waved his hand, looked at his cabinet bachelors, and said, "Has anything happened in the past three months?"
"Your Majesty, Jinghai Guards and Weihai Guards came to report on the 17th that Japanese pirates invaded the border. The officers and soldiers of the two guards of our army were victorious and beheaded the 27th level Japanese pirates..."
"Mao Bowen, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, presented a memorial before the month, saying..."
"Liu Wen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, reported that a fleet of Francons and Henanese were passing by... Your Majesty, it is really interesting to say that in that barbarian land, there is a country with the same name as the land of Henan. Isn't it ridiculous? ?”
After hearing the last sentence of the report, Zhu Houcong immediately understood that the minister had misunderstood the meaning, or that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi had made an error in translation.
That should be the Dutch and Portuguese fleets.
Historically, in the 21st year of Jiajing, the Portuguese fleet planned to plot in Xiangshan County. On the pretext of "borrowing land to dry the flooded goods", they bribed Wang Bai, deputy envoy of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Punishment and Inspection of the Sea Channel, and were allowed to sail in Macao. Temporary residence on the peninsula.
Later, step by step, Macau became a Portuguese colony.
And Henan... no, it's the Netherlands.
During the Wanli period, Taiwan was directly colonized!
But for the time being, Zhu Houcong doesn't want to break up with these two countries.
"I ordered Liu Wen to negotiate with the Franji people. I want to purchase some firearms. As for the price... Just talk about it. I don't plan to buy it." Zhu Houcong said casually.
It is known that after the Jiangnan Manufacturing Administration is established, it will have an invincible fleet that spans the ages.
So, now stabilize these Westerners, and after the fleet attacks, Zhu Houcong will tell them directly what is the real empire on which the sun never sets, and what is the real invincible fleet at sea!
"I accept your order."
Although Xishu, the scholar of Wenhuadian University who was in charge of this matter, was a little confused, he still accepted the order.
After all, the current Son of Heaven has the blessing of God and is truly the son of destiny. All they can do is obey!
Unless it's something too egregious, the cabinet won't have any objections.
"How is the progress of reforms in Jiangnan and other places?"
Zhu Houcong took the tea from Huang Jin, took a sip, put it down, and turned to ask Zhang Cong, the great scholar of Dongge.
Zhang Cong immediately reported: "Your Majesty, you are not very kind, but some landowners heard that your Majesty has destiny, so they took the initiative to implement it, but there are still some people who are stubbornly resisting..."
"snort!"
Zhu Houcong snorted coldly, and then said: "Mr. Wang Ge, please take my sword with you and go to Jiangnan. Take one battalion from the Beijing camp and station it in Nanjing to implement reforms. If there are any pushers or obstructionists, behead them!" "
"I accept your order!"
Wang Yangming's face was full of red light and his voice was sonorous and powerful.
Zhu Houcong actually wanted to kiss Jiangnan, but Zhu Qiyu's coup was just in front of him. For a while, Zhu Houcong didn't have time to do it himself. He just stayed in Beijing and waited to see how Zhu Qizhen was beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.
When the time comes, it will definitely be exciting.
"But I don't know how prepared Emperor Jingtai is now."
