Li Xian told Zhu Qizhen very tactfully: "Your Majesty, on the 15th of the first lunar month, a fire broke out in the palace, and many palaces such as Cining Palace and Qianqing Palace were burned down.
The emperor and the empress dowager have successively issued edicts to punish themselves.
Zhencai and Jingcai were also unfortunately killed in the fire. Now the Grand Master is furious and wants to evacuate all the materials and slaves brought by the mission to His Majesty. "
This amount of information was a bit large, and Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a moment, unable to react.
After a long while, Zhu Qizhen asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that the three major palaces in Fengtian were burned down? In the past few days, Cining Palace and Qianqing Palace were also burned down?"
Li Xian gave a more detailed explanation: "Your Majesty, this time Cining Palace, Qianqing Palace, Xian'an Palace, Renshou Palace, Yangxin Palace, Yongshou Palace, and Yikun Palace have all been burned to the ground."
Zhu Qizhen took a breath of cold air: "Not even the first month has passed, and more than half of the Forbidden City has been burned down? Then where will the emperor live in the future? Where will the queen mother, the empress, and my concubines live in the future?
There are only a few palaces left that are not on fire. How can our two families live together? I can't let my concubines and my brother live in the harem, right? "
Li Xian smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is overly worried. The emperor has no interest in moving into the Forbidden City at all. Before the fires in Cining Palace and Qianqing Palace, the emperor had already moved his family to Yuquan Mountain in the western suburbs."
Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a long time after hearing this. Li Xian's words were obviously beyond his understanding: his brother actually ran away to Yuquan Mountain. Is there still an emperor in the world who doesn't want to live in the Forbidden City?
Instead of living in the magnificent imperial city, go to live in a separate business in the mountains? Does the younger brother really think of himself as Wang Wei?
Zhu Qizhen finally nodded, but this was good, at least his concubines no longer had to live in the Forbidden City with his brother's family, so he continued to ask: "Are the three princes okay?"
Li Shi responded first: "Your Majesty's three princes are all safe and sound. Only the emperor's only son suffered misfortune. Now the next generation of the royal family is only your Majesty's prince."
When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately became energetic again. At least so far, the only candidate for the next generation of emperor is his own son.
As long as his younger brother cannot give birth to a son in the future, the throne will eventually have to be returned to his own lineage.
If his younger brother 'unfortunately' dies in a few years, then he will at least be the powerful emperor.
Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen looked at Li Shi eagerly: "Who is the eunuch in charge of the emperor now?"
How could Li Shi not know what the Emperor in front of him was thinking? His original intention in saying this was to ask the Emperor to apologize to the Emperor, write a handwritten letter and give it to the envoy to take back, so as to warn the Emperor's faction so that they would be safe in the future. Share a little.
Li Shi really didn't think about inciting the emperor to give him sterilization medicine, so he could only reply sternly: "The emperor does not have a supervising eunuch.
No one is allowed to enter Yuquan Mountain except the emperor himself and his fifteen favored concubines.
The emperor's life was exactly like that of a Taoist priest who lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests. He grew his own vegetables and cooked his own meals, which was very peaceful and quiet.
Yuquan Mountain has excellent water and soil and beautiful scenery. The emperor cultivated his moral character and cultivated his sentiments all day long.
Not only will I be healthy physically and mentally, I am afraid that within a few years, I will be able to flourish and have many children. "
Before Zhu Qizhen had time to be happy, he was poured cold water on his head, and he regained his senses in an instant: That's right, his brother is really too shrewd.
Relying on the emperor's personal maids and eunuchs to administer sterilization medicine would definitely not work. Because there are no maids or eunuchs who can serve the emperor closely, and they can't be bribed even if they want to.
If the medicine must be administered, the only feasible way is to bribe the emperor's fifteen favorite concubines.
Although as long as you successfully bribe one, there is a chance to poison it.
But the most critical issue is that if you take two to three hundred thousand taels of silver over, no one will even look at it.
Zhu Qizhen has come to admire his younger brother's ferocity more and more: For his own safety, his younger brother really dares to grit his teeth and spend a lot of money.
Each favorite concubine's annual allowance is thirty thousand taels, not counting Zhu Qiyu's additional rewards when he is in a good mood.
As long as he follows Zhu Qiyu for thirty years, each beloved concubine can get at least one million taels of expenses. Is there anyone really stupid enough to be bribed with a mere two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, and then ruin their job for a lifetime?
This only counts the monetary gains. As long as the beloved concubines give birth to sons, they are princes, and if they give birth to daughters, they are princesses. If two or three princes are born, it is impossible to calculate the income. It can only be said to be a huge profit.
In addition, status is also valuable.
The status of these beloved concubines must be at least in the top thirty among all the women in the Ming Dynasty.
That's the first thirty. There must be tens of millions of women in the Ming Dynasty. The status of this imperial concubine alone cannot be measured by three hundred thousand taels of silver.
Zhu Qizhen himself figured out that it was simply unrealistic to buy the emperor's favorite concubine with money. Moreover, all the belongings of the empress dowager and empress were burned, and the emperor restricted their freedom of movement. Internal funds were also controlled by the emperor himself.
Even if the emperor's favored concubines accepted bribes, they themselves would not be able to come up with the money.
Li Shi looked at Zhu Qizhen's uncertain expression and knew that the emperor's focus had completely deviated. The most important thing now is that the Supreme Emperor is still in the mood to care about the struggle for imperial power.
Sure enough, what are you afraid of? Nahachu, who had been listening to the chatter between the monarch and his ministers for a long time outside the tent, ran out of patience, walked in from the outside, and yelled: "It's time for you to finish talking, please move away."
"Move?"
Zhu Qizhen was a little puzzled.
Nahachu explained: "We have prepared a new felt tent for the Supreme Emperor, and also allocated cattle, sheep and horses to you. The Ming Dynasty has stopped giving us a way to survive. There is no other way. You can support yourself from now on."
Besides, this winter, our tribe has been short of food and clothing, and many people have died of starvation and freezing.
You are here surrounded by beauties, well-dressed and well-fed, smiling and watching the Ming Dynasty drive us all out. It is really unreasonable.
We really want to respect you, the Ming Emperor, but we really can't bear it anymore.
If you are willing to draw up an imperial edict and order the emperor in Beijing to completely stop pursuing us and restore our tribute rights, then we can continue to feed you with good food and drink.
Otherwise, we will only feel sorry for you. After all, we can't live any longer. Whether your Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven or not has nothing to do with us. "
After saying that, Naha made a gesture of invitation.
Zhu Qizhen was still bargaining, and Naha signaled his guards with his eyes.
The guards understood this and came up to force Zhu Qizhen out of the tent.
It can be said that a scholar meets a soldier, and there is no reason to explain.
Zhu Qizhen quickly surrendered: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'll write it. I'll write the edict first and then I'll talk about it."
Li Xian and Li Shi were angry, ashamed, and sad. But there is no way to stop it. The Emperor can just write it if he wants to. The Emperor will definitely not accept it anyway.
(End of chapter)
