Empress Dowager Sun probed: "How about sealing off Shandong?"
After moving to Kong, Shandong will become a wealthy province, and it is located in the north. There will be no possibility of rebellion under the emperor's nose.
Because when the king of Han rebelled, the court could be calmed down overnight.
Therefore, please seal Shandong, which can calm the emperor's doubts and give Zhu Qizhen a wealthy fiefdom.
"Then what about adding Beizhili?" Zhu Qiyu's eyes turned cold.
Plop!
Queen Mother Sun was so frightened that she knelt on the ground. The emperor was testing her!
Not sincerely promising the fiefdom!
"Your Majesty, I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong!" Queen Mother Sun kept kowtowing.
Zhu Qiyu looked at her and said slowly: "I said that what I give to you is yours. If I don't give it to you, you can't take it! You are not allowed to take it!"
"I know this! Please forgive me!" Empress Dowager Sun kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu looked at her.
She behaved herself and remained motionless.
"Empress Dowager, remember my words, what I give to you is yours." Zhu Qiyu walked up to her.
Queen Mother Sun took a step back on her knees and stood up slowly.
Zhu Qiyu suddenly pinched her cheek: "If you make trouble again in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"I want the Tian family to be harmonious, but I can also make the Tian family fall apart!"
"Don't force me!"
Queen Mother Sun was so frightened that she kept nodding her head and tears kept flowing.
Zhu Qiyu let go of her.
She knelt on the ground.
Zhu Qiyu passed by her and walked out of Yongshou Palace: "When the renovation of Renshou Palace is completed, you can return to Renshou Palace and be the empress dowager of your mother to the world. I will give you face, and you should also give me face."
After that, walk out of Yongshou Hall.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Queen Mother Sun burst into tears.
Not a shred of her dignity was left.
She crawled to the side of Emperor Xuanzong's tomb and cried heartbreakingly: "Late Emperor, please open your eyes and look at me! My life is so miserable!"
Walk out of Yongshou Palace.
Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "It is decreed that from now on, the empress dowager and Tang Guifei will jointly take charge of the harem, restoring the scene of the seven years of Jingtai."
"I'll tell the Ministry of Engineering to speed up the renovation of Renshou Palace. Renshou Palace must be ready for occupancy before the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Queen Mother must move in! To show my filial piety!"
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao looked surprised. He couldn't figure out why the emperor reconciled with the Holy Mother? Don’t forget, how many things Our Lady has done!
The imperial edict spread, and the fan in Tang Guifei's hand fell to the ground.
Empress Dowager Sun once again takes charge of the harem. How does she deal with herself as a daughter-in-law?
Empress Dowager Wu, who lived in Xian'an Palace, became furious and smashed a lot of precious porcelain in the palace. Then she angrily went to Qinzheng Palace to ask the emperor for an explanation.
Zhu Qiyu was dealing with memorials when he heard that Empress Dowager Wu had arrived.
He immediately frowned and said: "Go and tell the Queen Mother that the Qinzheng Palace is the front dynasty and the harem is not allowed to enter, so let her wait in the inner palace of the Qianqing Palace. I will be there later."
Zhu Qiyu directly gave Empress Dowager Wu a blow.
He does things and doesn't like anyone to hold him back.
No one can.
Feng Xiao, who had returned from delivering the order, smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has returned to the palace. I'm afraid she may be a little unhappy."
Zhu Qiyu pretended not to hear it and continued to deal with the memorial.
"There is never a day of peace in this world!"
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "There is a flood in Chongqing Prefecture. I am afraid that some people will suffer again. Please send an order to the household department to provide disaster relief...wait!"
"The Ministry of Household Affairs should have enough responsibilities. In the future, disaster relief will be left to the Ministry of Rites and Dali Temple."
"The Ministry of Rites is responsible for specific disaster relief, the Ministry of Household Affairs provides the money, and Dali Temple is responsible for reviewing and finally reporting to the Military Aircraft Department."
He is splitting the real power of the Ministry of Household Affairs and increasing the power of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry.
At the same time, it is checking and balancing power.
Feng Xiao didn't dare to say anything and immediately went to deliver the order.
Zhu Qiyu continued to read, and felt that the Superintendent of Ceremonies' handling was inappropriate, so he wrote a few more strokes. Most of the time, he was reading, sometimes nodding, sometimes shaking his head, sometimes sighing.
After watching the whole afternoon and having dinner, Zhu Qiyu wandered around the courtyard.
"Your Majesty, are you going to Xian'an Palace?" Feng Xiao asked cautiously.
"Not going."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed: "The imperial concubine is quite calm. Let's go to Chengqian Palace. There is no need to use the imperial chariot. Just walk there."
"Feng Xiao, it's getting hotter and hotter today. Let's ask the needlework bureau to make some short coats. I won't wear robes when I return to the inner palace. It's too hot, so I'll save some ice cubes."
"This slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao ordered immediately.
Entered Chengqian Palace.
Tang Guifei came out of the palace and knelt to greet her.
"Get up." Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand to hold her hand and walked into Chengqian Palace without saying anything.
"Your Majesty, the princess has just arrived." Tang Guifei took the initiative to find a topic, took the round fan from the hand of the palace maid, and fanned it to the emperor.
"Changde?" Zhu Qiyu pretended not to understand.
"Well, the princess wants to help the concubine train the palace maid. She said it was the Holy Mother's wish." Tang Guifei tried.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Although the Queen Mother is old, she has been in charge of the harem for decades and is very skillful. It is also a good thing that she is willing to share some of the burden for you."
Concubine Tang's face turned pale. What did she do wrong to make the emperor unhappy?
After entering the palace, Gong'e quickly took out the wooden box air conditioner to relieve the emperor's heat.
"Usually not used?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Back to the emperor, the concubine thinks that ice is a luxury and she is reluctant to use it." The palace maid serving her, Peng Shi, was Peng Shi's youngest daughter and she was good-looking.
"Don't talk too much." Tang Guifei glanced at her angrily.
She looked at the emperor worriedly, fearing that the emperor would doubt her. She deliberately asked Peng to say these words.
The emperor was suspicious.
This Peng family was Peng Shi's young daughter, who had always been disobedient in the palace, so she kept her by her side for training and did not want to secretly give her eye drops.
"What's your name?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Peng.
"My daughter's name is Peng Nuying, and my father is Peng Shi." Peng Nuying is good-looking, quite charming, and has a pleasant figure.
"It turns out to be Peng Shi's daughter."
Zhu Qiyu suddenly lost interest. He didn't kill Peng Shi, but he definitely didn't like him.
Forget about his daughter.
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Concubine Tang: "Although the ice cubes are precious, you should use them when you use them. You are the imperial concubine respected by the world, so it is natural for you to use them."
"I know that Your Majesty is reluctant to use it. How could I possibly use such precious ice cubes in summer?"
Tang Guifei said seriously: "Besides, I am pampered and pampered in the palace, and I don't work hard. Wouldn't it be even more wasteful to use such precious ice cubes?"
"However, when the destined woman enters the palace, I will still use it for the sake of royal dignity. At that time, I will borrow all the money."
She winked playfully.
This made Zhu Qiyu laugh: "It is a blessing for the country to have such a virtuous concubine."
"In the future, if you encounter palace maidens who are difficult to train, send them to Yongshou Palace and ask the Queen Mother to help." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.
Concubine Tang was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the emperor had asked the empress dowager to help her block the knife.
"Is it okay for me to disturb the Holy Mother like this?" Tang Guifei asked cautiously.
"It doesn't matter, just show your filial piety."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "You should be more considerate to Changde. After all, she is my biological sister. As a daughter-in-law, you should give her some care. You can't just go to Xian'an Palace to fulfill your filial piety. Yongshou Palace Go more often too.”
"I know this." Concubine Tang knelt down and saluted.
I thought about it and figured it out. The emperor must have reached an agreement with the Queen Mother, so the emperor gave half of the power of the harem to the Queen Mother.
Although it is easy to train Gong E, after Empress Dowager Sun takes over the power, her life will definitely not be as comfortable as it is now.
"Well, I've been tired for a day. Please help me put my pillow to bed." Zhu Qiyu lay down.
He got up early the next day and exercised in the courtyard.
Wynn read to him, and he listened intently.
When he was sweaty from practicing, Concubine Tang wiped him off, then helped him cleanse his face and wash his hands.
I simply had a bowl of white porridge.
"I'm not going to sit in the chariot anymore, I'm going to walk!"
Zhu Qiyu put up the awning with his hands and looked up at the sky: "There is really no intention of raining on this day. How did the Qintian Prison calculate it?"
"Tell the prisoner of the Qintian Prison to go to the Qinzheng Palace. I want to see him when I come down from court!"
"How many times did he say it wrong?"
"It will rain tomorrow, it will rain tomorrow!"
"There are still a few more tomorrows!"
"It's sunny again today?"
"When will it rain?"
"Do you really want to kill the people by drought?"
"Tell him, if it doesn't rain today, I will let it rain his blood!"
"Nonsense, talking nonsense!"
Zhu Qiyu was full of anger, and Feng Xiao wiped his sweat.
Entering Fengtian Hall, Zhu Qiyu's dragon robe was soaked with sweat: "Why is it so hot today? It's morning, how hot will it be at noon?"
"Gentlemen, have you gone down to the fields to see the seedlings?"
"Why isn't it raining today?"
Zhu Qiyu sat on the dragon chair, and the eunuch fanned him.
But what is the etiquette of fanning in the Fengtian Palace?
He waved the eunuch away.
"Your Majesty, rain and snow are all destiny and cannot be changed by manpower. Please relax your Majesty." Bai Gui said loudly.
"I also want to relax my mind."
"But I am relieved. How will all the people in the world live their lives?"
"This year's drought will force us to use last year's old grain. I don't know how many provinces are affected and how many people will go hungry. It is really difficult to support the war in the north."
Zhu Qiyu said bitterly: "If there is another period of drought, the north will be doomed. The land will be thousands of miles away."
"There is a severe drought in the north and severe floods in Sichuan. Life is not going to be easy this year."
It was quiet in Fengtian Palace.
The weather is so hot that even a few wooden air conditioners cannot withstand the heat.
The officials would be too hot if they didn't work, let alone the common people.
"Your Majesty, the heat this year is very abnormal."
"The Dragon Boat Festival hasn't even arrived yet, and it's already so hot."
"The veteran received a report from the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province. At the beginning of this month, someone in Shaanxi died of heat."
Zhang Feng smiled bitterly: "If the heat continues for several months, the crops will be destroyed and the people will definitely suffer."
"Yeah, it's too hot today!"
"Supervisor Qintian said it will rain tomorrow, so when will it rain?"
"If it doesn't rain and the crops don't grow, people will die from the heat!"
The courtiers were talking a lot.
Wang Wei left the office: "Your Majesty, what do the Qintian Prison say? When will it rain?"
"Don't mention Qin Tianjian!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly became angry: "Ask once and tell me it will rain tomorrow!"
"Supervisor Tang Zheng said it will rain today!"
"Look at this day. The sky is so clear that it's almost melting people. How come it's raining?"
"My lords, if it doesn't rain today, I will drain the prisoner's blood!"
"If it doesn't rain for one day, I will release the blood of one person from Qintian Prison!"
"If we don't go to work in the fields, and it's so hot, what about the common people?"
"It doesn't matter if a few people die from the heat, but I'm afraid it won't rain for half a month and all the seedlings will die. In autumn, what will the people eat?"
"If there is no food, will there be a rebellion?"
In the past, courtiers would scold the emperor for being violent.
Now, I wish the emperor could be more violent.
Qin Tian Jian was so stupid. He said it was going to rain every day, but it turned out that there was not a drop of rain.
If it doesn't rain again, the emperor will issue an edict to punish himself. What's the use of the imperial prison?
It would not be bad if he could kill Qin Tianjian and relieve the resentment in the hearts of the people.
"There is a flood in Chongqing. It's just the beginning of the new year, and disaster is coming!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "Pass an edict to order the southern provinces to beware of floods. If there is drought in the north and floods in the south, this year's harvest will be over!"
"I obey the order!" Zhang Feng and other cabinet ministers bowed to receive the order.
"Capital Procuratorate, how is the recruitment of censors?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Shi.
Li Shi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I have recruited a dozen people from the Hanlin Academy to maintain the temporary operation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
"Why only recruit a dozen?" Zhu Qiyu frowned.
"Your Majesty, there is no one left in the Hanlin Academy!" Li Shi said.
Zhu Qiyu slapped his head. Recently, the central government, localities, and ministries have all recruited people from the Hanlin Academy. The Hanlin Academy has long been recruited away, and it is the Metropolitan Inspectorate's turn.
"Recruit from Nanjing! Use them first!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "Li Shi, I plan to send you down to inspect the local granary."
"I'm afraid there will be a food shortage this autumn."
"We must make sure that granaries at all levels have enough food to cope with disasters!"
"The people cannot die, and the world cannot be in chaos!"
"I know it's hard to store this food. There aren't many granaries in Tongzhou, let alone the space?"
"I will ask the Shipping Department to buy it from abroad."
"Annan, Japan and other countries have food. By the way, there are Japanese pirates on the sea, so let's buy it from the pirates. If Ming Dynasty has money, it needs food."
"We're having a hard time this year, and Mobei's life will definitely be hard too!"
"I'm worried that there will be a war at the end of the year!"
Zhu Qiyu's face turned bitter.
It is really difficult to be the home of Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty's words are very true. I also believe that life in Mobei will be even more difficult. Not to mention that a war will definitely break out, and many tribes will request to join us."
Hu Xi smiled bitterly: "There is also the Hetao! The country needs a lot of food to support the Hetao and Liaodong."
Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with Zhu Qiyu's forced takeover of the Loop.
"I will find a way to buy it."
Zhu Qiyu will never let go of the Loop, and credibility is accumulated.
If we give up the Hetao because of some difficulties in the future, who will believe in the Ming Dynasty when we return to the Hetao?
By then, how many people will believe in Ming’s ambition?
Credibility must be established!
It doesn’t matter if it’s a little bit harder.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were sharp: "Buy it from pirates! You don't have to recruit pirates, it's just fair trade!"
"I plan to open up Dengzhou Prefecture and set up a Weihai Shipping Department in Weihaiwei to be responsible for trading with pirates!"
"My lords, don't be so disdainful, pay attention to pirates!"
"Today is no longer the era of Taizong's seven voyages to the West. The country does not have large ships and cannot go out to sea to hunt pirates."
"We don't have any money. It's okay to prepare Japanese troops and guard against pirates on land. But if we really go into the sea, we are really no match."
"Let's face the reality!"
"I understand everything!"
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "When King Mobei is on the throne, it is impossible for him to go to the West again. In my hands, it is impossible. I accept my fate!"
There was an uproar in Fengtian Hall.
No one thought that the emperor would give in directly?
However, if you think about it more deeply, are you trying to appease the Jiangnan gentry?
Previously, when the emperor sent the censor to the south of the Yangtze River, the court officials suspected that it was for the purpose of opening the sea. Now the emperor proactively admitted that the Ming Dynasty could not open the sea.
Is it a compromise?
Does it mean that the emperor really has no confidence in this year's harvest?
"Just treat pirates as a country."
"It's okay to let them earn the price difference from it, or let them go out to sea to plunder."
"I need enough food to support Ming Dynasty through this winter!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at the court: "Who is willing to go to the Shipping Department of Weihai City to trade with pirates?"
The courtiers of Fengtian Palace lowered their heads.
The Heavenly Emperor does not want to admit that he is weak.
In the past, they could still live in the books of sages and deceive themselves.
However, the emperor directly admitted that the superior country of the Celestial Empire was actually a weak country of the Celestial Empire.
The weak country in China that can't even defeat Luchuan, stop pretending!
"It's understandable that you don't want to go. How can a dignified scholar-official bow his head to pirates?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled miserably: "I can't help it. I don't think it's going to rain today. It will be very sad this year."
"I bow my head and send eunuchs from the palace."
“Lower your stance and think of them as a kingdom on the sea.”
"The sea territory belongs to them, not to Ming Dynasty, that's all."
"Your Majesty, I am willing to go!" Wang Yue limped out of work with a firm tone.
Kou Shen, Nian Fu, Liu Guangheng and others all left work.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I don't want you to go. Stay in the capital and be in charge of the center for me. Send a eunuch there."
"The matter has been settled like this. The Shipping Department of Weihai City is responsible for trading with pirates."
"Send an order to North Korea and order it to transport grain to Liaodong!"
"Tell Li Yao, the leader of North Korea, that there is not enough food, and I will order him to seize the throne unfairly and force Li Hongwei to inherit the throne!"
Hu Hui objected: "Your Majesty, please don't go too far!"
"Your Majesty wants to be gentle to North Korea, so he must follow North Korea and cannot force it to do this or that, otherwise the King of North Korea must have a grudge."
"Your Majesty wants to feed Liaodong with food from Korea."
"It is better to secretly support Lord Lushan (Li Hongwei) and make the political situation in North Korea chaotic, so that we can fish in troubled waters."
Hu Xi smiled and said: "Anyway, the disaster is not happening now, so don't worry for a while."
"Our North Korea should send envoys to sit at the center of North Korea, influence North Korea's political situation, and plunge North Korea into endless political chaos."
"Our government is slowly encroaching on the borders of North Korea and the people of North Korea, and finally it will be able to fully embrace North Korea!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up: "The old master is worthy of being an old man in seeking a country."
"According to what the old lady said, North Korea may really become Ming Dynasty's meal!"
"Does the old lady have someone to choose?"
Hu Hui looked at Luo Qi, who was frustrated in court.
Luo Qi is also a talented person, and has the experience of going to Wala as an envoy to welcome the King of Mobei back, so she can sit at the center of North Korea.
But, is he capable enough?
Zhu Qiyu was not worried that he would rebel. When he went to North Korea, the only people he could rely on were himself, the emperor, and the soldiers of Liaodong.
Otherwise, with an imperial edict, Li Yao would have to give him Luo Qi's head.
"I am willing to share your Majesty's worries!" Luo Qi knelt on the ground.
"You are not capable on your own, so let Cheng Xin accompany you."
Zhu Qiyu directly named Cheng Xin: "If the two of you succeed in making North Korea gentle, it will be a great achievement. If not, there is no need to come back!"
Luo Qi and Cheng Xin looked bitter.
When other people went out of the capital, the emperor always warned them to put their own lives first, and even if things went wrong, it wouldn't hurt.
If it's their turn, they'll die if they don't succeed. What a double standard.
"I'm waiting for your order!" Luo Qi and Cheng Xin knelt on the ground.
"When you go to North Korea, you two will be the envoys of the Heavenly Kingdom!"
"It's Daming's face!"
"It represents me!"
"To put it bluntly, if you go to North Korea, you two will be the Supreme King!"
"Li Yao, the leader of North Korea, must also listen to you!"
"In case of an accident, immediately send a message to Liaodong, and Li Xian will arrive immediately with troops to support you!"
Zhu Qiyu spoke passionately: "When you leave the country, you must have the integrity of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Death is not scary, don't be embarrassed!"
"If you lose my face, I will kill your whole family!"
"Do you understand?"
"I know!" Luo Qi and Cheng Xin heard it. The emperor was beating them and calling them weaklings.
That's right, they used to be King Mobei's loyal supporters.
Now I want to be the emperor's lackey.
"When I went to North Korea, the most important thing was to destabilize North Korea and then show mercy."
"Find the right opportunity to forcefully promote Chinese among the people, so that Koreans can quickly become Han Chinese!"
Zhu Qiyu just wanted them to go to the Hanlin Academy to select someone, and sighed: "There is no one in the Hanlin Academy."
"You go to various ministries and localities to select a group of capable ministers and ministers."
"That's all, there's no need to select capable ministers and officials. Go to Jiangnan, select a group of literati, and send them to North Korea by force."
"There is no need to ask them whether they agree or not. If you give them a list, I will directly send Nanjing to defend and conscript them!"
The courtier gasped.
The emperor took revenge on the Jiangnan literati. Who asked them to call the emperor a tyrant every day?
Torturing his own brother and forcibly moving the Kong family is like Jie and Zhou!
"There are many scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. Take some of them with you and go to the people to care for the people. If you don't do well, there is no need to come back!"
"I will order Gaizhou Guards to be ready to rush to Pyongyang at any time."
"Don't worry, I am in Fengtian Palace and I am your biggest support!"
Luo Qi and Cheng Xin knelt down to thank them.
They had no choice at all. As for whether the Jiangnan literati who had been forcibly recruited were useful or not... the emperor didn't care about that.
The Cabinet and Honglu Temple still need to carefully consider specific strategies and candidates.
After going to court, Zhu Qiyu returned to Qinzheng Hall.
It's really hot today.
"The people are living a miserable life." Zhu Qiyu sighed, dismissed the eunuch who was attacking Luo Gai, and walked away quickly under the scorching sun.
After sweating all over, he asked the eunuchs to take care of him and take a hot bath.
Then I went to the Qinzheng Hall to handle government affairs.
Tang Zheng, the supervisor of the Qintian Prison, stood under the scorching sun for half an hour before fainting.
The news was reported to Qinzheng Hall.
"Why is he so out of the sun?"
Zhu Qiyu put down the memorial: "I walked under the scorching sun for half a quarter of an hour, but I didn't faint from the sun? I'm pretending to wake him up and let him kneel down!"
Every time, the eunuch came to report again, and Tang Zheng fainted again.
"Wake up and drag me in!"
Zhu Qiyu dropped the memorial, and the cold light flashed: "Password, order everyone in Qin Tianjian to kneel under the scorching sun for an hour! No one is allowed to move! Anyone who dies in the sun will be punished by the nine tribes!"
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiaozhan was trembling. He heard that the emperor was angry.
He was already irritable in this hot day, so the emperor had not yet taken the medicinal soup brought by Tan Xingxing to relieve the heat.
Tang Zheng was dragged in.
Kneeling on the ground, he cried: "Your Majesty!"
"Are you wronged?"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was strange: "You resent me?"
"Wei Chen doesn't dare, Wei Chen doesn't dare..." Tang Zheng was frightened.
"It turned out that I didn't dare, but I still had hatred in my heart."
Zhu Qiyu curled his lips and laughed: "I can understand it, but if I were you, I would hate it."
"Haiyan Heqing, why do you let your majestic Qin Tianjian stand under the scorching sun and suffer that kind of punishment?"
"I am the emperor who likes to torment people and is mentally ill. Is that what you think in your heart?"
"It's all my fault, why are you bothering me when you have nothing to do!"
"Okay, you should drink tea and enjoy the coolness in the Qintian Prison. I insist on tormenting you!"
"It's me too. I have to ask you to measure some celestial phenomena whenever I think about it. Whether it rains or not has nothing to do with Qin Tianjian! What does it have to do with Chaotang?"
"Whoever likes to die in the sun, let him die in the sun; whoever wants to suffer disaster, let him suffer disaster!"
"Have I touched your inner thoughts?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled.
"No, no, I don't dare to think like that!" Tang Zheng kept kowtowing.
"Then why did you get sunburned?"
"I walked back from Fengtian Palace and I didn't feel faint from the sun."
"People all over the world are working in the fields despite the scorching heat and they haven't died from the sun, right?"
"What? Are you, Tang Zheng, noble?"
"Can't stand a little sun? Looking at your fair skin, I thought you were a woman!"
After listening to the emperor's words, Tang Zheng shook his head like an egg and kowtowed desperately: "Wei Chen doesn't have such thoughts, no, no..."
"Okay, if you say no, then there won't be. I won't care."
"Let me ask you, why did you submit the memorial yesterday?"
"Tell me with certainty that it will rain today. Where is the rain?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
"Your Majesty, the celestial phenomena are unpredictable, I am just guessing..."
Snapped!
Before Tang Zheng finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu smashed the tea cup directly into his face: "Guess? I want you to guess? Don't I know how to guess? Don't the people of the world need to guess?"
"I'm raising you? I'm raising you to a point where you're fat? I'm raising your whole family to be fat!"
"You actually told me that what you said about observing the sky was just a guess?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes widened: "Then, the memorials to me before were all guesswork? Are you lying to me?"
"The minister made a mistake, it's not a guess, it's just how the sky shows it..."
Snapped!
Another teacup was thrown over.
"You still lied to me?"
"You just told the truth out of fear, and now you're lying to me, right?"
"The crime of deceiving the emperor, you kept going back and forth in your mouth?"
"It turns out that Qintian Prison relies on guesswork!"
"You lied to me! You lied to the people of the world!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were sharp: "Come here, arrest his whole family! Take him to the Meridian Gate and start bleeding!"
"Don't you know how to guess? Guess when your family will die!"
Tang Zheng was frightened and kept kowtowing to apologize.
"What do I do with your Qin Tianjian?"
"He's a celestial observer!"
“When did you become someone who guessed the weather?”
"I'm telling you, if it doesn't rain today, I will use your blood to create a bloody rain for the people to see!"
"If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I will use the blood of the deputy supervisor to make it rain!"
"The day after tomorrow, the next deputy superintendent will be the next one!"
"One a day!"
"Whenever it rains, I will spare the lives of your Qintian Prison!"
"If it doesn't rain, I will kill Qin Tianjian!"
Zhu Qiyu's chest heaved: "Drag to the Meridian Gate and bleed!"
"Pass an order to the Heavenly Supervisor to tell me when it will rain!"
Tang Zheng kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
However, Zhu Qiyu didn't want to hear a word. Looking at the scorching sun, he suddenly said in a low voice: "The seedlings in the field are almost dying from the sun. Even if I kill all the Qintian Prison, what's the use?"
"It's just that these bastards are actually lying to me!"
"The consequences for lying to me will be for the Nine Clans to die!"
"Pass the decree to punish the Nine Tribes of Tang Dynasty! Let them bleed to death!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
He has never had time to clean up the Qintian Prison, so he simply took the opportunity to clean up such useless people. In the future, the Qintian Prison can be used as a place for scientific research.
All the people in the Qinzheng Palace knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.
Liang Fang brought the memorial into the palace.
Zhu Qiyu relaxed angrily: "Why did you deliver it in person?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, the Chief of Ceremonies is really too busy. The minister wanted to take the opportunity to be lazy, so he came here with the memorial." Liang Fang knew that the Emperor liked to hear the truth, so she chose to tell the truth.
"Recruit some eunuchs from the two capitals to serve as ceremonial supervisors, especially Nanjing. Those idle eunuchs can be used to return to the capital."
"Wait until the Ming Dynasty wins a few battles, then recruit a group of eunuchs from the prisoners."
"Your Majesty, Sheng Ming." Liang Fang simply came to brush her face.
No matter how capable he is, he must let the emperor remember it.
"Liang Fang, were you the one who approved many memorials here?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Liang Fang just said no.
He quickly knelt on the ground and said: "I don't dare to lie to the emperor. It was indeed approved by me, but my foster father always gave me some guidance..."
He was worried that this would break Zhang Yong's heart.
In terms of closeness, no one can compare with the emperor and Zhang Yong.
Don't look at the emperor who always yells at Zhang Yong to kill him. If you don't believe it, when the emperor needs the person he trusts the most, he will definitely choose Zhang Yong, not Liang Fang.
"There is no need to cover up for him. I know that Zhang Yong doesn't have this ability."
These words seemed to praise Liang Fang, but in fact they meant to alienate the relationship between the two.
Liang Fang immediately understood that if the emperor wanted to use him, he must first draw a clear line between him and Zhang Yong. Otherwise, the emperor would not allow one group of eunuchs to dominate the inner palace.
"I dare not say anything wrong about my godfather." Liang Fang is also a wonderful person.
I understood the emperor’s deep meaning in seconds.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Go and do your work. I will ask North Korea to donate some boys to the palace. You can take them with you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Liang Fang kowtowed and on the way out, she was thinking about how to draw a clear line between herself and her godfather Zhang Yong.
In the face of power, a biological father is useless, let alone a godfather whom he has only known for a few days.
As soon as he went out, Liu Jue came into the palace to ask for an audience.
"What's the matter?" Zhu Qiyu raised his head and glanced at him.
Liu Jue knelt on the ground and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Military Aircraft Department is really too busy. Can you order more Hanlin officers to join the Military Aircraft Department?"
"I can understand."
"But the Hanlin Academy is already empty, and we really can't recruit anyone."
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "This year, due to special reasons, the Spring Festival has been postponed. I thought that after the Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival will begin."
"When the time comes, I will call back the local Jinshi and fill them into the Cabinet Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Chief Secretary, the Military Aircraft Department, etc."
"We will open Enke again this year, and we will open Enke next year as well."
“We can always recruit enough people.”
The imperial examination was held in the spring of February. At that time, there was a trembling wind in the capital, so Zhu Qiyu stopped it immediately. After the kings entered the capital, preparations were made for the imperial examination.
"Wei Chen is just complaining. Wei Chen really wishes that your majesty would only use Wei Chen." Liu Jue flattered him.
Zhu Qiyu laughed and said: "Liu Jue, you are a great talent in the cabinet, but when placed in the military aircraft department, you are overqualified and underused."
"Liu Ji has gone to take charge of Wanping. I originally wanted to let you go to Daxing as the county magistrate."
"No matter what, the Military Aircraft Department cannot do without you."
"Wait until the spring period is over. I will let you go to Daxing to gain some experience. After spending some time there, you will be able to take charge of the center."
Liu Jue was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly to thank him.
Zhu Qiyu tapped his fingertips on the table: "Pass this decree, order the Ministry of Rites to start preparing for the Spring Festival, and order the people from all over the world to enter the capital."
"The time is determined by the Ministry of Rites."
"I will give this year's test questions myself, so there is no risk of leaking the questions."
Zhu Qiyu planned to ask the students, how about moving to the Kong family?
This is his bad taste.
Take a look at the hearts of all the people in the world.
After dealing with government affairs for a while, I felt hungry again, so I had a few snacks and took a walk for a while.
"Your Majesty, someone from Xian'an Palace came to report that the Queen Mother is ill." Feng Xiao saw the opportunity to speak.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes darkened, the Queen Mother was acting like a monster again!
"Let the imperial doctor go, I don't have time."
After saying that, he entered the Qinzheng Hall.
Feng Xiao smiled bitterly and followed into the palace to persuade: "Your Majesty, filial piety is especially important."
"you……"
Only then did Zhu Qiyu realize that he had become infamous because of his move to the Kong family.
The literati in the south of the Yangtze River kept hearing sarcastic and cursing articles.
"That's all, I'll go!" Zhu Qiyu just wanted to kill all the literati in Jiangnan.
But my great cause needs literati.
Therefore, he forcibly recruited a group of literati to go to North Korea to disgust them.
Count it as revenge.
But since the reputation has already been paid, one must use the name of filial piety and suppress the name of virtue. After all, filial piety comes first among all good deeds.
This is also the reason why he must reconcile with the Queen Mother Sun.
The legitimate mother must be provided for, and the biological mother must be treated well.
Zhu Qiyu exhaled a breath: "That's it, I'll go."
I wanted to read the memorial for a while, but found that I didn't have much to think about, so I got up and went to Xian'an Palace.
Entered Xian'an Hall.
"Greetings to Queen Mother!" Zhu Qiyu bowed and saluted.
Empress Dowager Wu lay behind the curtain, turned over, and said in a cold tone: "The Ai family is uneasy!"
"My mother is not feeling well. I have asked the imperial doctor to come over for diagnosis and treatment. I will not disturb my mother anymore. I will come back tomorrow to say hello to my mother."
Zhu Qiyu retreated, not wanting to get into trouble.
"stop!"
Empress Dowager Wu sat up, opened the curtain, walked over, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, why do you let that witch take charge of the harem?"
"Mother, please pay attention to your wording. The Empress Dowager is the late emperor's legitimate wife after all..."
"She is the legitimate wife, so you are the concubine?" Empress Dowager Wu suddenly shouted.
But he didn't see that Zhu Qiyu's face was as gloomy as water.
Bastard!
Can you mention these two words?
The relationship between mother and son, which had just eased, suddenly fell into freezing point.
Zhu Qiyu suppressed his anger and said as pleasantly as possible: "My mother is not in good health, so I will take care of herself for the time being..."
"The Ai family can't support it!"
"Why should she be in charge of the harem? Why?"
"She is the Queen Mother, and the Yi family is also the Queen Mother! She can control the harem, and the Yi family can also control the harem!"
Empress Dowager Wu shouted.
Zhu Qiyu closed his eyes tightly and opened them suddenly: "The Queen Mother is ill."
Filial piety, no more!
"The Ai family is not..." Empress Dowager Wu was about to say that she was not sick, but she met Zhu Qiyu's serious eyes, and was so frightened that the rest of the words were choked in her throat, unable to speak.
"The Queen Mother is sick and talking nonsense."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were serious: "Instruct the imperial physician to diagnose the Queen Mother's illness. No one is allowed to enter or leave Xian'an Palace to affect the Queen Mother's condition. No one is allowed to come or go at will until the Queen Mother has recovered her health before entering or exiting."
Queen Mother Wu's face suddenly turned pale.
"Your Majesty, my mother just feels unbalanced..."
"The Queen Mother is sick!" Zhu Qiyu suddenly yelled, telling her to stop talking!
Empress Dowager Wu was startled, nodded quickly, and held her head: "The Ai family is sick, please call the imperial doctor!"
Zhu Qiyu is really helpless. How can he control the harem with such a brain?
Just by being surprised?
Or is it stupidity?
Lian Zhong, too, doesn’t know how to advise on this matter! Compared with his adoptive father, he was far behind!
Fortunately, Queen Mother Wu pretended to faint.
It relieved the embarrassment.
But Zhu Qiyu was really speechless towards her. This mother was a troublemaker, and she failed more than she succeeded.
He used the Empress Dowager Sun to ease the icy relationship with the Empress Dowager Sun, so that people in the world could see the family ties and give the emperor a filial piety.
The second is to use the Queen Mother Sun's hands to train the officer lady and destroy the Queen Mother Sun's popularity with the public.
The third is to make Queen Mother Sun and King Mobei calm down.
But his biological mother gave him a lot of trouble. She didn't see his painstaking efforts at all, and instead caused him trouble.
After leaving Xian'an Palace, Lian Zhong was called out.
Snapped!
Zhu Qiyu suddenly struck back and slapped him on the face.
Lian Zhong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.
"Why don't you give me some advice? She doesn't understand, so don't you?" Zhu Qiyu suppressed his voice and became furious.
"Slave, I tried to persuade you, but your Majesty didn't listen." Lian Zhong cried.
"waste!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were as cold as a knife: "If I can't persuade you, what's the use of keeping you?"
"Next time, if you can't help me, don't stay alive. Go see your adoptive father and let him discipline you, you useless trash!"
After saying that, he boarded the imperial chariot and returned directly to Qinzheng Hall.
Lian Zhong knelt on the ground, his body trembling.
The emperor was not trying to scare him, but was extremely dissatisfied with him.
Next time, he will really die!
Entering the Qinzheng Hall, Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Is Tang Zheng dead?"
"Go back to your Majesty, not yet." Feng Xiao carefully replied.
"Hurry up, don't let him see the sun tomorrow!"
Zhu Qiyu opened the memorial, suppressed his anger, and continued to read the memorial.
But I can't see it.
Increasingly irritable.
"Your Majesty, the princess wants to see you." Feng Xiao reported carefully.
"Changde? What is she here for?"
Zhu Qiyu suppressed his anger: "Let her come in."
Chang De came in happily. She heard that her mother was back in charge of the harem and reconciled with Zhu Qiyu. She knew that her good days were coming.
"Royal brother, my sister wants to go to the palace for a visit. Please allow me to do so!" Changde saluted gracefully.
"Go." Zhu Qiyu pretended to be gentle and didn't care about her title.
But Changde pushed further and wanted to take Xue Xia out of the palace with him.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at her: "Xue Xia is in class, how can I leave the palace with you?"
"Imperial brother, I have only been out of the palace for a few hours. I will be back before the palace gate is locked. There won't be much delay. My sister is so depressed in the palace that she wants to go out to the palace." Changde begged.
"All agreed."
Zhu Qiyu forced out a smile and said, "Feng Xiao, go and get one thousand taels from the internal funds and give it to the princess."
Changde did not expect that the emperor would be so generous.
Went away happily.
However, Zhu Qiyu's face turned gloomy: "Notify Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on her!"
"Who she met and what she said were sent to me word for word!"
"One word is wrong, and Jin Zhong's head is gone!"
He guessed that Zhang Fu contacted Changde!
Otherwise Changde would not leave the palace in a hurry!
But no news came from Du Zhi Jian, which meant that Queen Mother Sun and Chang De still had a line leading to the outside of the palace that Du Zhi Jian didn't know about.
The palace has been purged, who could it be?
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed and he had to dig it out.
After calming down a bit, I continued to read the memorial.
But still annoyed.
"Go and bring Mr. Tan here." Zhu Qiyu wanted to calm down, but couldn't. Could he be sick?
Gu Youzhi came to report, and Fang Ying went to the palace to ask for an audience.
"Xuan." Zhu Qiyu had to tell him before Fang Ying and Xiang Zhong left Beijing before you could rest assured.
They went to Shandong, Weihai Shipai, and eunuchs who went out of the palace also needed them to cooperate.
As for the candidates of the eunuch of the Governor, he was still pondering and did not set it out.
Today, I feel irritable and not suitable for making thoughtful decisions.
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