Emperor Zhu’s solution is ready-made, which is to let Dongguo Gege pretend to be dead in advance!
Because Dongguo Gege is nominally the sister of Emperor Shunzhi and the daughter of Queen Mother Bumubutai. As soon as she died, Emperor Zhu had to send someone to report the funeral to Shunzhi and Bumbutai - the Ming Dynasty was a state of etiquette, and basic etiquette must be in place. Not to mention that the two countries had not yet started a war, even if they started fighting, the funeral still had to be reported. Report.
And this matter had nothing to do with Azig, it was not his daughter who died. Therefore, Emperor Zhu's people could justifiably bypass Azig, the regent, to have secret talks with Shunzhi.
In addition, the marriage between Emperor Zhu and Dongguo Princess was a marriage between two countries. Once Dongguo died, the marriage was broken. In order to maintain the friendship between the two countries, of course, he had to marry another princess.
With this name, Emperor Zhu could slowly negotiate with Emperor Shunzhi... Only by keeping in contact with each other would it be possible to use tricks!
After participating in the collegial meeting between the two governments, Zhu Cixiang went directly to the small courtyard where Dongguo Gege lived. The little girl is still crying there! Her Korean biological mother was gone a long time ago, and now she has lost her father. She is a lonely orphan, which looks very pitiful.
Zhu Cixiang asked his sister Princess Zhaoren to come to the palace to accompany her. Princess Zhaoren and Dongguo Gege were of the same year and were classmates at Jinling Girls' School. They were both top students in both morals and academics. The two girls were very good at school. Be good. So when Zhu Cixiang arrived, Princess Zhaoren was weeping with Dongguo Princess?
Of course Emperor Zhu had to put away his smiling face and try to show a rather serious face.
"I'm here to see the Emperor."
"I've met the emperor brother."
When the two little girls saw Emperor Zhu coming, they quickly got up and performed the blessing ceremony.
"Sit down." Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and asked the two little girls to take their seats. He also found a chair and sat down.
"Donggor," Zhu Cixiang thought about it for a moment, "do you know why your father wanted to marry you to me?"
"I know one thing..." Dong Gou nodded, "Ama from the slave family has no children, and the slave family has no brothers to rely on... Ama's health is not good. If he is gone, I'm afraid The slave family was bullied."
"Yes," Zhu Cixiang nodded, "When the regent was alive, he held the emperor hostage, slept with the queen mother, and regarded himself as the emperor's father. Since ancient times, there has been no other traitor. If he has a son who can inherit the authority, there is no harm in doing the things of Wei, Jin, and martial arts. , but he only has you as his daughter... He kicked off his legs. Of course he is not afraid of his enemies chasing him to the bottom of the earth, but you are still in the world of Yang. If you fall into the hands of political opponents, there will be no good end. Yes. That’s why the regent entrusted you to me. Although I and the regent are also enemies, you are my wife and concubine, so I naturally want to keep you safe and prosperous.
But you have to listen to me, right? "
Dong Ge nodded repeatedly, "I will listen to your Majesty."
Dongguo is well-behaved and smart, and is very aware of his situation. Her only support now is Zhu Cixiang!
Zhu Cihong paused, "What if I want you to fake your death?"
"Fake death?" Dongguo was startled.
Zhu Cixiang said: "If you don't fake your death to escape from the world, you must go back to attend the funeral. Shunzhi hates the regent to the core, and Azig and Duduo are brothers who are fighting against each other. It is a fight. Naturally, I, the Ming Dynasty, will not let go of the opportunity of the Northern Expedition. By then, I'm afraid you and I will never see each other again. Moreover, the regent once dug up Konglin, and all the scholars in Ming Dynasty hated it. After much thought, I can only let you fake death to avoid disaster. From now on, I will use the name of Dongzhu and How about we be together?"
Dong Ge Ge understood what Emperor Zhu meant and nodded obediently: "I obey your Majesty. From now on, there will be no Dong Ge Ge in the world, only the civilian girl Jin Dong Zhu."
So good!
Zhu Cixiang looked at Jin Dongzhu with pity, "Dongzhu, don't be too sad. Take good care of your health. There will be a long time ahead! When your three-year mourning period expires, I will choose you to enter the palace. You will be elected as an attendant first, and then Then she will slowly be promoted to Imperial Concubine. But all treatment will be the same as Imperial Concubine."
Jin Dongzhu hurriedly knelt down to Emperor Zhu and expressed his gratitude.
Zhu Cixiang said to Zhaoren again: "Sister, you have been staying with Dongzhu these days, and you want to treat her as a biological sister, do you know?"
Princess Zhaoren nodded heavily: "Brother Emperor, don't worry, my sister already knows."
After making arrangements for Dongguan to pretend to be dead, Emperor Zhu returned to the dormitory where he and Wu Sanmei lived together - Zheng Chagu was in Nanjing to give birth these days and did not come to Wuhan with her.
In addition, Zhu Cihong's other beloved concubine Fei Zhen'e was also pregnant with a child, making it inconvenient to travel far.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu asked Ning Xiangyu to stay in Nanjing and take care of Zheng Chagu and Fei Zhenge. So I took Wu Sanmei and headed west alone, letting Sanmei accompany me these days. Finally, the hard work paid off and the third sister got pregnant again.
When Zhu Cihong came back, Wu Sanmei was sitting in front of a statue of Guanyin, which was sent to the palace by his brother Wu Sangui. It was said that it had been consecrated by the great monk of Famen Temple in Fengxiang Prefecture and was particularly efficacious.
Hearing Zhu Cixi's footsteps, Wu Sanmei hurriedly turned around, smiled at her husband and said, "Your Majesty, when I was taking a nap just now, I dreamed of Guanyin giving birth to a baby. It seems that this baby must be a boy."
"That's great," Zhu Cixiang walked to the third sister, sat down cross-legged, and stretched out his hand to touch her growing belly, "My prince is in there... The Ming Dynasty will have to deal with it in the future. Give it to him!”
After hearing this, Wu Sanmei laughed so hard that she could hardly close her mouth.
Zhu Cixi then said to her: "I just came from Dongguo... I told her about pretending to be dead, so Dongguo Gege died of illness due to excessive sadness. You are the queen, look at Take care of it."
Wu Sanmei patted her chest and said, "Oh, it's all covered by me."
Zhu Cixiang nodded and raised his voice: "Dabao!"
Dabao is Huang Dabao, the eunuch who holds the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Nowadays, the Supervisor of Ceremonies has become a miscellaneous agency, with many things to do but little real power. Zhu Cixiang does not rely on eunuchs to control civil servants at all. It is not necessary at all, and it is not the idea.
He has two methods. One is to prevent the northerners from getting rich before they become officials.
To him, getting promoted and making a fortune was not a big problem. The real problem in the Ming Dynasty was getting rich before becoming official, that is, giving too many privileges to scholars and hereditary military attachés, allowing them to seize too many economic benefits. Therefore, a Ming Dynasty official was already extremely rich - this was actually the gentry's power overpowering the imperial power.
Therefore, after Zhu Cixi retreated to the southeast with a large group of northern military nobles, he gradually canceled all tax exemptions - not only Shen Tian was not exempt from tax, but even Huangzhuang and Xun Tian had to pay taxes... After paying, you can get a tax refund (tax refunds are applied to the Ministry of Household Affairs, so they are all under Zhu Cixiang's control). Under this institutional arrangement, the privileges of the gentry in Nanming were completely lost. Although corruption in the officialdom still existed (corrupt officials were of course endless to be caught), there was no room for corrupt officials who could not do things.
Once the civil servants were able to do their jobs, the emperor would certainly not raise the status of the eunuchs too high.
But today, Zhu Cixiang summoned General Manager Huang to give him something important to do for the first time.
"Dabao, Dongguo Gege is dead!" Zhu Cixiang said to the fat eunuch who was running over panting. "Of course it's a lie... but he's still dead in name! So we have to send an envoy to the Northern Kingdom to announce the funeral. , I plan to let you go."
"Your Majesty, this matter should be left to the Ministry of Rites, right?" Huang Dabao said in a low voice.
"Originally, you should belong to the Ministry of Rites," Zhu Cihong said, "but I still have a secret mission for you to handle... Funeral reporting is just a status."
"What secret?" Huang Dabao asked.
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "Of course I went to deceive the Emperor Shunzhi and the Queen Mother of the Northern Dynasties."
"Your Majesty, this matter..." Huang Dabao looked nervous.
This thing sounds very dangerous! Will Donglu find out?
"Don't be afraid. I'm here, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "There will be no danger in this mission. As long as you follow my instructions, you will be able to return safely."
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