Chapter 21 Family
Zhuang Zong, the Zhengli Emperor Zhu Qijun left Fengtian Palace and returned to Qianqing Palace. The moment he was half-lying on the soft couch, he let out a long, gentle breath. Seeing that the Holy Emperor was a little tired, Li Shizhong, who was accompanying him, glanced at the eunuch A Bao. Abao hurriedly stepped forward with his waist bent, ready to rub Zhu Qijun's shoulders, but the Holy Emperor waved his hand to stop him. Abao cast a searching look at Eunuch Li, and Li Shizhong lowered his eyelids. After receiving the signal, A Bao once again bowed his body and walked away gently, retreated to Eunuch Li's side, and waited carefully.
At that moment, Nuoda's palace was extremely quiet, and even breathing could hardly be heard.
Zhu Qijun took a sip of tea, then gently put the tea cup back on the small table, pinched his frowning brows with his fingers, stood up, walked to the "officer's book screen" and stood in front of it, and read it carefully.
This official screen was made by Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the former dynasty, Zhang Han, the official minister, and Tan Lun, the military minister. It has a map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty. On the left and right sides are the civil and military officials below the governor and above the prefect. The official’s name, place of origin, birth qualifications, etc. Zhu Qijun stared at the area of Yulin Mansion, thinking about the scene that just happened.
Judging from the performance of everyone in the court, it can be concluded that Xiao Changhua from Yulin Mansion should be on the line of Lin Xiangquan or Yuan Shijie of the Ministry of Household. However, the fact that the thief was defeated must be certain - otherwise these guys who are smarter than ghosts will just make circumstantial excuses instead of clearly stating "Congratulations to the Holy One". But... there were more than 10,000 thieves, and the fight was so lively, and not a single head was handed over... Well, the moisture is not small, it is possible that the thieves were driven away. Forget it, just pretend to be confused - after all, no ground was lost. After all, having a real fight is much better than those who killed the good and took the credit in the past few years. Zhuangzong silently recited Xiao Changhua's name several times, asked the eunuch to bring him some pen and ink, and wrote down a few strokes in the blank spaces: Mature and prudent, rare talent, seems to be of great use.
In the tenth year of the Hongzhi reign of the previous dynasty, the Yao people in Guangxi were in riots, and rogue bandits robbed villages and harmed the local area. Tao Lu, the chief envoy, led the capital to command Sun Bi, who commanded the envoys Bai Ying, Sun Ming, Zhang Yu, Ren Feng and others to attack in different directions. There was a traitor named Chen Chaoyan, who took the opportunity to falsely accuse his enemy of being a thief. Sun Ming believed it to be true and killed his enemy's entire family, including everyone's heads. As the saying goes, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. The court ignored it for a while and issued a reward of silver. From then on, "treacherous people took advantage of the situation to kill people and share their wealth." Zhang Yu, Ren Feng and others deliberately condoned it until the matter became serious and they were impeached by the censor. Therefore, the late emperor sent Wu Shiwei and Yushi Deng Gongfu to the local area to investigate. The results were shocking: five prefectures and counties including Huazhou, Maoming, and Shicheng, and more than 50 villages including Liangjia Sand Castle were looted by bandits in turn. As many as fifteen times, the officers and soldiers either refused to save themselves or were defeated and suffered numerous casualties. However, the reports were all great victories! Among the more than forty levels of heads that were turned in one after another, only eight were real thieves, while the other thirty or so levels were actually good citizens! Hundreds of women were raped, robbed and sold...
Thinking of this, Zhu Qijun sighed secretly: No matter what, Xiao Changhua can still be trusted. However... in a place like this, it is still necessary to send an internal supervisor to supervise the army, so that he can rest assured, so he took a pen and made a mark on Xiao Changhua's name to supervise the army, and at the same time ordered: "Old Li, you choose someone to give Yulin Mansion should send a supervisor."
Li Shizhong hurriedly bowed and said: "Yes, long live."
Zhu Qijun's eyes glanced back and forth on the map of the Ming Dynasty for the last few times. He sat back on the soft couch and his thoughts gradually shifted away from the dispute in the court today.
Ever since I sat on this dragon chair, I haven’t lived a comfortable life for a few days—oh, well, the happy times in my memory have only been a few days since I was sensible as a teenager.
Since childhood, I have had a vague impression of my father. The father is notoriously lazy. Not only is he too lazy to do government affairs, he is too lazy to see him. He spends all day in Xiyuan either refining elixirs, absorbing blessings and longevity ointments, or hanging out with the palace maids. It is rare for father and son to see each other a few times a year. Second-rate. However, my father is very smart. If it were my father to quarrel like today, it might not be possible at all - how can we have a quarrel if we can't even see the Holy Emperor in person? It’s true that such a minister is asking you not to undermine each other and do some serious things. Will you die? Why is it so hard to do something serious?
Now I understand my father more and more - thinking back then, my father must have had lofty ambitions - because this throne fell from the sky!
The father's lineage was originally a vassal king, but because Dezong (actually Wuzong, the plot required it, it was handled as an aside) died unexpectedly and had no heirs, so he succeeded to the throne. And those civil servants didn't have any good intentions from the beginning. No, they wanted to give their father a showdown even before they entered the palace!
That Yang Tinghe jumped out first: "Your Highness, please enter the Wenhua Hall through Donghua Gate"!
What nonsense is this!
The enthronement ceremony hasn't been held yet, so you can just call me His Highness. What does it mean to walk through Donghua Gate and enter Wenhua Hall? That's the standard for a prince, not an emperor!
My father is really smart: "I can't enter unless I have the Great Ming Gate! I can't enter unless I have the Fengtian Palace!"
This Yang Tinghe actually dared to stop him: "I will invite your highness to the Donghua Gate again."
The father was angry: "Do you want to give advice on the Zhu family's country? Otherwise, you can be the emperor!" The man named Yang was so frightened that he sweated profusely on the spot and kowtowed in apology!
Unexpectedly, this group of people didn't know how to restrain themselves, and immediately started making trouble over nothing.
Not long after the father ascended the throne, Yang Tinghe, Mao Cheng and others came again: "I will tell your majesty that from now on you must respect the late emperor as your brother and your father as your father..."
My father was very angry and happy: "Then what position should my biological parents occupy? Is it only in line with the 'properties' to call me uncle and aunt? Isn't this reasonable? There is no such 'property'!"
The father's words were echoed by those who knew the general situation in the court. Unexpectedly, those ignorant and secretive people openly shouted: "Anyone who disagrees is a traitor and should be killed!"
Who doesn't agree that having a father is an evil act and should be beheaded?
Crazy, these guys are really crazy!
Father didn't want to argue with the madman, so he ignored them. What they never expected was that these guys had been struggling for three years just to recognize their father! Three years! In the end, Lao Yang’s son Yang Shen—well, this kid was still the top pick! I'm just wondering. Could it be that this book has been read into the dog's belly? ! He took more than two hundred ministers with him and cried at the gate of the palace. While crying, he banged on the palace door and shouted: "The country has supported a scholar for one hundred and fifty years, and he died for his integrity and righteousness, today!"
Could it be that the country has been raising scholars for a hundred and fifty years just to ask you to help the emperor recognize his father?
My father was really anxious: "Stop me for being a reputation-seeking person who has nothing to do but has enough to eat!"
A dozen of them were killed on the spot, the remaining ones above the fourth rank were suspended from their salaries, and all those below the fifth rank were dismissed from office and got out!
Finally, this farce is over.
Three years, three years!
Not to mention Xiu Qi Zhiping, he doesn't do anything serious, he just wants to gain a reputation as a "hard-nosed minister" who is "outspoken and dares to remonstrate" - otherwise, you will continue to "remonstrate", how come you killed so many people? Totally mute?
hypocrite!
Afterwards, they started to fight with each other and fight among themselves. Finally, my father couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply refused to go to court and let them do whatever they wanted...
How should we deal with these guys?
Zhu Qijun simply lay down on his back on the soft couch, covered his forehead with his hands, closed his eyes, and continued to think about his thoughts. Ask yourself, the elder emperors of the Zhu family in the past, including his own father, did have their own shortcomings. However, those ministers are really shameless. After reading some of the memorials from the previous dynasty, it is really speechless. For example...
The emperor goes to court every day and does everything he does conscientiously. If those civil servants feel that they cannot do whatever they want, someone will definitely write a letter: Your Majesty, don't worry about such trivial matters, just leave it to us. You should go back to the harem and give birth to more princes. , this is the foundation of the country! Then a group of guys swarmed up and chattered in agreement...
If the emperor does not go to court and wants to use the tiger skin as a banner to find support from the emperor, but cannot find anyone, they will write a letter with sorrow and sorrow: Your Majesty cannot indulge in the harem. The Yinjian of King Zhou You of Shang is not far away...
What's more, purely to gain Jinbo's reputation, scolding the emperor has become the most effective method! Take the father as an example. There is actually a guy who swears: If the emperor does not go to court, he must be addicted to the women in the harem. The Holy Emperor is a demigod. The one who can make the Holy Emperor obsessed must be evil. Yes, it is a thousand-year-old vixen! The harem is "not smellable" and "everyone knows it" - you are dirty with your eggs, but you are dirty with your skin! Is there any guy who can walk around the harem at will? Otherwise, how can you, an outer court official, know about the forbidden palace? Li Shizhong told himself that when his father read the memorial, his face turned pale with anger and his hands trembled: "How dare this guy be so vicious, he just pointed at his nose and scolded me! This is trying to get a beating." Why don't you dare to scold the emperor for a good reputation! If I beat you, I will definitely be a fool! I can't follow your wishes, I won't fight, I can't bear it! I just won't fight..." My father really didn't fight. That guy - just smashed all the furnishings in the harem to pieces!
Of course I also want to be a good emperor. However, these guys are completely against people and things. As long as one group supports them, the other groups will immediately oppose them closely and clearly, even if they were beaten to a bloody head the day before. Even if they bypass the cabinet and issue a decree to push it forward, When they get to the local level, the local officials who are their disciples will also say: "No cabinet endorsement? This is an imperial edict, and the minister does not obey the edict!" They come back with force - "I have resisted the edict", this kind of thing Helping the bastard can last a lifetime! It just seems like their bones are so hard...
Thinking of this, Zhengli let out a long sigh.
With a pop, Li Shizhong knelt down. Plop, plop, there were a few more soft sounds, and the other eunuchs who were waiting also knelt down.
"Long live Lord, please take care of your dragon body!"
This was Li Shizhong's voice. It was audible. The words were not high-pitched, but the worry revealed came from the heart.
"Long live Lord, please take care of your dragon body," the other eunuchs whispered.
Immediately afterwards, there was a heavy sound of kowtows.
They are still the most loyal!
Thinking of this, Zhu Qijun suddenly felt his eyes light up, opened his eyes, sat up suddenly, and looked intently at the people kneeling in front of him:
They are not officials. Many are even illiterate—families that can afford to send their children to school are unlikely to send them down this path. Li Shizhong and other few literate eunuchs also learned it in the palace. Of course, they don't have the opportunity to read any sage's books, so they won't be like those civil servants who talk about fallacies one after another and always plausibly.
They are not even civilians. Acquired physical defects destined them to never enjoy a normal life in this life. Not only did they not have wives and children, they also lost their parents after entering the palace - the only thing they had was the Holy Emperor himself.
So... who are they?
family!
Ordinary slaves can also change their masters through buying and selling, and can even take risks and escape. But who would dare to buy these special slaves? Even if you can escape from the palace, where can you escape to?
The Holy Emperor is the only meaning of their lives - therefore, they are their most trustworthy people!
Thinking of this, a smile gradually appeared on Zhu Yijun's face, and his eyes also brought warmth: "Everyone, get up, everyone."
Li Shizhong and others raised their heads slightly, then stood up slowly and hesitantly. No one even wiped the dust from their foreheads, and they all continued to stand with their hands down and their heads lowered.
"You are still the most considerate!" Zhu Yijun sighed, and the young men cheered, knelt down, and kowtowed to the ground again: "I don't dare to be a slave", "It is my duty to be a slave"...
"Get up, no need to kneel." Zhu Yijun spoke again, and then his eyes gradually became firm: "I have decided..."
From now on, I will follow the example of my father and use the most loyal eunuchs around me to deal with those old guys!
At this moment, Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi Province was in chaos.
