Gu Zuo recovered more than 1.6 million taels of silver from Zhejiang, not counting the shops waiting to be sold. The southwest corner of the imperial city of the capital was hammered and hammered all day long, with three religions and nine people coming in and out, causing official resentment to boil.
After the emperor reprimanded some censors, the memorials continued to come in.
Zhu Houzhao reviewed three articles of impeachment against Gu Zuo in succession, and actually frowned as he continued reading.
Something is wrong...
He put down the ink pen and rubbed his head.
"Your Majesty, why don't you take a rest and approve it later?"
Zhu Houzhao didn't insist on it. He obviously felt that there was a problem, but he couldn't think of it for a while, and his intuition told him that it was a big problem. He felt anxious and became more anxious.
"Come with me and go out to relax."
"My slave, we will make arrangements now. Do you want to... play Cuju again?"
According to general habits, the emperor would choose to let go when he was not in a good mood, so Liu Jin asked this question.
But Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "I feel a little out of strength, so let's go for a walk. Ask Huaigu and the others to come over and practice some wrestling for me to see."
"Okay. I'll do it now, slave."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and he went away.
The Forbidden City is really boring, and there is indeed nothing interesting. Even the harem is empty.
Even Empress Dowager Zhang was good at playing. She summoned some maids in the harem to play small cards every day, changing the tricks, and had a lot of fun.
Zhu Houzhao touched the white marble railing and looked at the undulating red and yellow Forbidden City. He thought...to change his mood. Anyway, I don't understand one thing, forget it, put it down for now, and wait until my mind is not so blocked to think about it again.
"...Wei Zhonghai went to Gansu?"
Mei Huaigu stood beside the emperor and heard this whispered question. He nodded, "It has been more than ten days since we set out."
On the ring, two strong men with their shirts off were beating each other. This was in front of the emperor, and winning or losing was more important, so they both used all their strength.
The emperor waved to Liu Jin, "I heard from Zhou Shangwen that we have captured a particularly brave Mongolian this time. Send a message to bring him over and compete with these warriors of mine."
When everyone heard this, they thought the emperor was having fun.
Mei Huaigu Dantian exerted his strength and shouted: "Your Majesty called the Mongols. If you lose, you will not only lose your own face, but also lose the face of Ming Dynasty. But please be careful!"
Zhu Houzhao was helpless, "It's just wrestling, don't be nervous."
Mei Huaigu said seriously: "We are the ones who want to earn face for His Majesty, so we must have this ambition."
"Well, I'll just stay a little longer today and take a good look." Zhu Hou looked after Mei Huaigu's red face, and thought of what happened in the Mei Mansion earlier, "Huaigu, did Uncle Huaiyuan go to force another marriage?"
Speaking of this matter, Mei Huaigu still had a thorn in his heart. He was afraid that the emperor would mention it, but he was also looking forward to it...
"Your Majesty, this matter... I am about to explain..."
"No need to explain." Zhu Houzhao wanted to relax. He didn't want to listen to nonsense, even if it was a slap in the face, it would increase the psychological burden too much. "I know the ins and outs of that matter. But I was too busy later and forgot to ask. Nothing happened?"
If Uncle Huaiyuan is a fool, that would be really bad. ….
Fortunately, Mei Huaigu shook his head, "With His Majesty's decree, everything is peaceful now. But..."
"But what?"
"Wei Chen dare not say it." Mei Huaigu knelt down.
"The matter between Mei Mansion and Uncle Huaiyuan was caused by your daring to speak out. It almost got Liu Jin in trouble. Huaigu, if you have nothing to do, go talk to You Zhi. That guy is not very courageous, but what should he say? He will dare to say anything. I am the emperor. As long as you are loyal, act for me, and consider me, is there anything you can't say?"
"Yes, Weichen Hutu has been holding it in his heart for such a long time. It's true that Weichen's two younger sisters have low status and they really don't dare to disturb His Majesty."
A trace of amusement arose in Zhu Houzhao's heart, "This Mei Kejia is here."
What's the matter with giving birth to two daughters who are so charming to the country? Which dignitary from the imperial court has taken a fancy to them this time? "
"My sister-in-law Pu Liu is so beautiful that she can't be called the most beautiful person in the country. It's just that the matter of Uncle Huaiyuan... is widely rumored in the capital, and His Majesty has him abstinent in the palace. This... is really... really..., it's very easy. Become a talking point for ordinary people in the market."
Zhu Houzhao found a stone bench and sat down, crossing his legs. "You mean to say that this method is vulgar, immoral, and dramatic. Ordinary people like to talk about it, right?"
"I don't dare to comment like this, but the people in the capital do talk a lot, and Uncle Huaiyuan is a distinguished member of the court. Who else can stop him except the emperor? In this case, everyone will know that it was your majesty who protected She Sister. The bad thing is that Your Majesty and my sister are similar in age, so there are rumors... Your Majesty, it is the death penalty for a humble minister!"
There were some words that Mei Huaigu didn't dare to say. But he could also guess that the emperor was attracted to his two sisters.
Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth, he was a little shocked, "...who is here spreading this rumor?"
Mei Huaigu said in a daze, "Everyone in the capital is talking about it, and several of Wei Chen's friends are also talking about it to Wei Chen."
"Hey. Then it will be difficult for your sister to get married. Which ordinary person is willing to take a dip in this troubled water? It is better to believe that it is true than to believe that it is not true. But let's talk about it. It's strange, I've never been to Mei Mansion, and I've clearly never seen your sister. Where did this rumor come from?"
"The rumor is just nonsense. Where it originated from, I can't find it."
No,
Zhu Houzhao had that strange feeling again.
"Uncle Huaiyuan is a distinguished member of the imperial court, and Meifu has a transcendent status in the capital. He is far away from ordinary people. If he is interested in your two sisters, even fewer people know about it. Since they don't know, I have issued an edict. Uncle Huaiyuan is abstinent in his mansion. How can ordinary people think that he is related to the Mei Mansion? He is usually a lecherous person. Why doesn't he think that he is protecting the Zhang Mansion and the Liu Mansion, but the Mei Mansion?"
Zhu Houzhao touched his chin, or was it his imagination?
But he always thought it was fun, and it was understandable that people would talk about it. But a lustful person is abstinent. This is an independent story. Anyway, Uncle Huaiyuan likes little girls.
Do you know how many people are involved with Uncle Huaiyuan and Mei Mansion?
Mei Huaigu was a little confused after hearing this. Could there be something wrong with this? ….
"...Since we know about Uncle Huaiyuan and the Mei Mansion, it means that the person who sent the message is not an ordinary person. Since he is not an ordinary person, he should know that I have never seen your sister. Someone wants to stir up trouble."
The emperor's eyes narrowed.
He has almost figured out some things.
Recently, memorials have been submitted to South Zhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian. It is said that Gu Zuo had his hands in Zhejiang and was greedy for ink. He even replaced all the famous paintings and antiques that were confiscated with ordinary ones and sent them to the palace, keeping the good ones for his own collection. .
Such rich details made Zhu Houzhao a little dazed, so he was in a bad mood. As the saying goes, people's hearts are separated from each other. He was also thinking what if Gu Zuo was a corrupt official?
Just like Emperor Jiaqing, in the face of official corruption in the later years of Qianlong, he also vigorously rectified it and set up several models of clean government. In the end, the officials were found to be corrupt. Qianlong himself trusted Wang Danwang, but he created the "Gansu Relief Initiative" that is a joke in the history books.
Things in the officialdom are particularly difficult to talk about and distinguish. From Zhu Houzhao's perspective, why did he assume that Gu Zuo must be honest and self-responsible? Blindly trusting someone based on emotion is actually politically naive.
As much as he trusted Yang Shangyi, he could no longer let him be the commander of the Ming cavalry.
Speaking of Gu Zuo... I shouldn't be able to make small money, but the matter in Zhejiang involves millions of taels of silver. It's hard to guarantee that no one will be greedy for such a huge wealth.
When Gu Zuo went to Zhejiang, he was accompanied by Zhang Mao, the deputy censor of the Holy Ming Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was a figure like Hai Rui, so maybe he should be called over to ask...
Or ask Mao Yuwen to look it up.
None of this is difficult.
But if we really check it like this, we won’t be able to find out
The problem is fine, but what if the problem is found?
Have you dealt with Gu Zuo?
This is not a big problem. But in fact, doesn’t this negate the Shaofu to some extent? !
Now that he, the emperor, and Gu Zuo, the Shaofu Ling, encountered crisis at about the same time, could it be a coincidence?
Thinking about it carefully, this rumor is too strange, and the participation in Gu Zuo's memorial is also too strange.
Could it be that the courtiers couldn't stop the emperor from using imperial power to establish new institutions... Zhu Houzhao rubbed his fingers... so they focused on Gu Zuo, the emperor's spokesperson?
In fact, the logic makes sense. In Zhejiang, families were ruined, money and shops were all robbed to the north, and wars and construction projects were launched... At first glance, the emperor did not handle this matter properly.
But Zhu Houzhao was not sure whether the rumor Mei Huaigu said was aimed at him, or maybe the spread of the story itself formed the rumor. After all, it is difficult to define.
If you want to confirm, you can only go one step further.
And he still had to take this step, because once someone was behind it, it meant that there was some force secretly targeting him, the emperor, and wanted to take a step to drain the fire.
...how many times have I said it,
Whoever fights for the moral high ground will die. If anyone dares to ask him to come down, he will die without a burial.
This is his reverse scale.
"Nostalgic."
"Wei Chen is here."
"I heard that Mei Mansion is rich and noble. The mansion is magnificently built, and the courtyard has rockeries, streams, courtyards, peach blossoms... everything. I actually want to take a look."
Mei Huaigu blinked. To him, these words meant a lot.
Rockeries, streams, courtyards, peach blossoms, no matter how good they are, has the emperor ever seen them? He didn't even dare to say this himself. The emperor doesn't have it, but you have it. What do you mean?
So what can really be said that the Mei Mansion has but the Imperial Palace does not, in fact... is people.
"I, the humble house where I live, if I can have His Majesty's holy body come to you...certainly, definitely...blessed." Mei Huaigu was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly.
"Let's find some time."
"yes."
Zhu Houzhao leaned over again and said, "Send someone to Gu Mansion."
Mei Huaigu blinked, "In Young Situ's house?"
The emperor has stopped answering. As for the answer, it should not be difficult to know.
He trusted Gu Zuo. This was a mutual agreement between the king and his minister. However, the size of what happened next was unknown, and the Shaofu Order would have too much power in the future, so he sent someone there first. This was a means.
There is no despicableness or despicability, and there is no moral pressure or inner struggle at all. He wants to be a good emperor, not a good person.
===
lq.
royal hired cat
