"Your Majesty is reading the memorial drafted by Mr. Yuan Fu Zhang!"
"Your Majesty wants to see how Mr. Zhang governs the country, especially how Mr. Zhang handles certain specific political matters when it is difficult to make decisions. If there is anything you don't understand, or something enlightening, please write it down first. In this way, I can ask you sir when I give a lecture at the Wenhua Hall tomorrow."
Zhu Yijun bowed his head and replied.
"Xu Fan, the minister of Taichang Temple, and Xu Kun, the young minister of Shangbaosi, were reinstated to their original posts. Note: These two are both sons of Mr. Xu Ge. Why were they dismissed before?"
"The officials all recommended Hai Rui to Luo Zun to impeach Tan Lun during the incident. Note: Although Tan Lun should not be dismissed, why not use Hai Rui?"
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Empress Dowager Li saw that Zhu Yijun's imperial note indeed contained content about government affairs, rather than obscene poems, and it was not a book of folk tales. She believed Zhu Yijun's answer and only asked: " Then why did I hear people say you were playing cricket?"
Zhu Yijun cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother!"
Then, Zhu Yijun replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "It is true that a close servant offered crickets to the emperor, and it was also to make the emperor happy. The emperor understood his kindness and accepted it, but he thought that Xuan Temple had done this for a good reason. People didn't like the thing because of it, so they didn't dare to indulge it, but deliberately squeezed it to death to stop their desire to play."
Queen Mother Li frowned a little when she heard Zhu Yijun say that she had accepted the cricket.
But after she heard that Zhu Yijun restrained herself because of this, she thought about Emperor Xuande, and her eyes widened again.
However, when Queen Mother Li heard that Zhu Yijun was about to crush the cricket to death, she frowned.
Empress Dowager Li was about to speak when Zhu Yijun added: "But because I thought that my mother always worshiped Buddha and couldn't bear to kill, I temporarily let her out of the window and let her escape into the grass. I only kept the jar for washing my pen."
Zhu Yijun said as he took over a bamboo jar dipped in ink: "Please check it, Queen Mother!"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li nodded, her tone softened, and asked: "Then why is your brother playing with crickets here?"
"The emperor's younger brother didn't know where he got the crickets from, so he wanted to play with the emperor's son. However, the emperor's son thought that as a monarch, he should read more memorials and learn how to govern as quickly as possible, so he didn't want to play with his younger brother. Afraid of being disturbed by the emperor's younger brother, I only asked the close servants to accompany him to play outside the palace. The emperor's younger brother is young and wants to join the vassal, so it is best to make him happy."
Zhu Yijun replied.
Queen Mother Li nodded repeatedly.
Queen Mother Chen also laughed at this time: "Jun'er Renxiao! This misunderstanding today should not have happened."
Others were fine. Feng Bao naturally felt a little bit in his heart after hearing this.
Queen Mother Li also raised her eyebrows again.
Snapped!
A solid slap appeared on Feng Bao's face.
"Feng Bao! What the hell is going on?! Can the emperor frame something so casually?!"
Empress Dowager Li was not stupid. If it was true as Feng Bao said and she saw Zhu Yijun playing with crickets, she would naturally not be a little lenient towards Zhu Yijun.
But now Zhu Yijun is obviously not playing cricket. How could she not guess the reason?
So she naturally scolded Feng Baolai angrily and took action.
Teach Feng Bao a lesson!
Because she couldn't allow a slave to have the idea of framing the emperor.
This involves the issue of superiority and inferiority, and also involves the issue of whether Feng Bao, a slave, is really thinking about the emperor.
Therefore, Queen Mother Li also questioned Feng Bao and directly attacked Feng Bao.
Feng Bao knelt down on the spot: "My dear, please forgive me! The people below reported the news blindly, but this servant was a fool, so he really believed it, and now he has wronged the emperor and almost really wanted to do it." It’s my servant’s fault for ruining the reputation of the Emperor!”
Snapped!
Snapped!
Snapped!
Feng Bao was not beaten enough by Empress Dowager Li, so he started beating himself up, hoping to gain mercy from Empress Dowager Li.
Zhu Yijun had to admit that Feng Bao was quick in reaction and very good at reversing the situation that was unfavorable to him. He cleared himself up by pushing the misunderstanding to his subordinates.
Queen Mother Li did believe what Feng Bao said, and thought that Feng Bao might have misheard the news from his subordinates, so she only scolded: "Why didn't you verify it yourself first before reporting it! It shows that you are lazy!" Forgot your duty!”
"Mom, please calm down! This servant has forgotten his duty. I should look at the emperor myself, not just hearsay!"
Feng Bao didn't defend himself and replied with acknowledgment.
Queen Mother Li did not continue to pursue Feng Bao. She was not completely disappointed with Feng Bao, and she still needed Feng Bao to continue to look at Zhu Yijun for her. She only said:
"Deal with the person who presented crickets to the emperor immediately! From now on, the emperor will not be allowed to have such a arrogant person around him. He dares to teach me, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what is his intention?!"
After Empress Dowager Li asked sternly, Feng Bao trembled and quickly agreed.
Queen Mother Li then turned to look at Queen Mother Chen.
She didn't want to disturb Zhu Yijun from reading the memorial here, so she smiled at Queen Mother Chen and said, "Sister, let's go to my sister's place."
Empress Dowager Chen smiled slightly, glanced at Zhu Yijun suddenly, and asked: "Jun'er, why do you use a bamboo pot as a brush washer? Is it because there is no other brush washer in your palace?"
After hearing what Empress Dowager Chen said, Queen Mother Li noticed that Zhu Yijun had just said about using bamboo cans to wash pens, and then asked Feng Baolai: "Feng Bao, what's going on? Why are the chamberlains around the emperor not even prepared for pen washing? Do you only know how to find crickets for the emperor? How did you choose the person?!"
Feng Baozheng was about to continue kowtowing to admit his mistake, but Zhu Yijun hurriedly explained: "Mom, please calm down. This is not because the internal servants did not serve you well, but because the emperor discovered through reading the memorials that since the time of the emperor's grandfather, there have been signs of spending money and eating grain. The sage said, Jian Yi To cultivate virtue, the emperor thought that there was no need to use the inner treasury to make a fortune, but he thought that he could use the bamboo can instead for the time being. In this way, the emperor himself personally advocated the trend of frugality in the palace. "
Queen Mother Chen and Queen Mother Li couldn't help but smile at each other.
Feng Baoze felt as if he had been hit hard and froze in place. He did not expect that Zhu Yijun not only did not play with crickets, but also deliberately revealed his act of releasing animals because he knew that Empress Dowager Li was worshiping Buddha, and then performed it with a bamboo pot at this time. Once you show yourself to be frugal for you.
For a moment, even Feng Bao couldn't help but glance at Zhu Yijun and thought to himself: "Is this young prince really a precocious and benevolent sage? That he doesn't even have the playful nature of a child?"
"It's good to be frugal. It's rare that our Jun'er has such a saintly character at such a young age. We should let the gentlemen outside know about it."
Queen Mother Chen said something at this time.
Queen Mother Li smiled and echoed: "Sister is right!"
Queen Mother Chen affirmed Zhu Yijun, and she herself was very happy.
Empress Dowager Chen put her arms around Zhu Yijun's shoulders and said, "But Jun'er, you are the emperor after all, and you should have the dignity of the emperor, so sometimes frugality should not be reflected in these places."
Empress Dowager Chen turned to look at Empress Dowager Li and said, "Just right. I have a jade brush washer that I got in the past. It is made of fine jade. I, a woman, kept it and had no use for it, so I gave it to Jun'er. Bar."
"The elders gave it to me and I dare not refuse it. Thank you, Queen Mother!"
Zhu Yijun bowed at this time.
Queen Mother Chen smiled and left with Queen Mother Li.
After the empress dowagers of the two palaces left, Feng Bao Ze saluted Zhu Yijun and left here.
Zhu Yijun only raised his head after Feng Bao left, staring at his back like a hawk.
