So far, Zhu Houzhao is probably able to control the small circle closest to him. These people may not agree with every decision he makes, but they trust him as the emperor.
However, if the scope is expanded, it will actually be much more intense.
And since the military order precedes the political order, the plan of the Qianqing Palace today cannot be passed on to the outside world until the military order is in place.
The emperor glanced at Liu Jin. The grand duke in charge of the ceremony knew that he should say something himself.
"...The purpose of opening the sea is to rectify the situation, to quell the border troubles, and to quell the border troubles is to pacify the four directions. You are all His Majesty's confidants, and you all know the rules of the court. Matters discussed in the palace are subject to the imperial edict of the Chief of Ceremonies. If the Supervisor of Ceremonies has not approved it and it is spread outside, the Supervisor of Ceremonies will not recognize it."
He is pretending to be a powerful person. Everyone knows that in the Zhengde Dynasty, the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approve red affairs has been greatly restricted.
Zhu Houzhao then said: "If nothing happens, let's all retreat. After retreating, the cabinet will discuss with the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War the candidates for the commanders of Zhejiang and Min. The Ministry of Household Affairs will make arrangements for random inspections of reserve warehouses this year. As for Zhejiang, The Governor of Fujian...if there is a suitable candidate, he can also send a letter to come in."
This candidate is very critical, so the emperor means that it is not appropriate to make an immediate decision today, but to think about it.
"As for Mr. Yang Ge, I don't know how the situation will be this year. If the situation is good, I will allocate another 300,000 taels of silver. If the situation is bad, then we have to wait. Some people always say that I am young and impatient, but In fact, I am very patient when it comes to the complex situation, and Mr. Yang Ge must also grasp this rhythm. As far as this year is concerned, Ningxia, Datong, and Xuanfu cannot be in chaos again."
Yang Yiqing, Yang Shangyi and Zhou Shangwen came out together, "I obey your Majesty's holy will!"
After the courtiers had retired,
Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair in Xinuan Pavilion and refused to leave for a long time. He stared blankly at the black-tiled red wall outside the palace gate and the white square in front of the palace.
He was still thinking about these things in his mind, wondering... if there were any mistakes or omissions.
"Youji."
"My slave is here."
"Go and call Zhang Yong."
Zhang Yong was a supervisor before, but he got along well with Yang Yiqing. In an important frontier place like the northwest, the palace usually sends out eunuchs to guard it.
In order to reduce constraints, Zhang Yong is still the most suitable.
You Zhi hurried to the Royal Horse Prison with his body in his mouth. Zhu Houzhao called Fengxi and Guo Shangkun over again.
"...I forgot to ask, how did you persuade Yang Yingning before?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I made my own decision and went to the Ministry of Punishment to let Mr. Yang Ge meet Liu Shiyong."
Zhu Houzhao was indeed a little surprised. He had so many things to do every day, it was difficult for him to think of such a method. "So it was Liu Shiyong who persuaded me."
[In view of the general environment,
Liu Daxia's crime was to punish the Queen of Qiu.
Generally, such people would still have a chance of survival. Even after the emperor slowly calmed down, he might not be killed.
"I didn't kill him immediately, but I didn't expect it to have such an effect. You two are quite clever."
"Thank you for your compliment, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao tilted his head, and suddenly remembered what he had discussed with them before, "You all know what happened in Zhejiang and Fujian. Yuan Xue (Fengxi), do you have the courage to take up the post of Chief Envoy of Fujian? ?」
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Fengxi's scalp tightened. He had tried so hard before, of course, hoping to make the emperor think that he was capable. By persuading Yang Yiqing, this goal was indeed achieved.
Following this logic, he will naturally be assigned unusual tasks.
"Why don't you dare? The so-called hardships and dangers only end in death!"
"It's nothing more than death... If you are not even afraid of death, then there are indeed few things that are terrible. But Yuan Xue, you have to know that Fujian is no better than Zhejiang. Zhejiang has been rectified before, and I have people there, so the situation is still there. Slightly better. Fujian will definitely be a lot more dangerous."
Fengxi said calmly: "I have gone, your Majesty has someone in Fujian."
In fact, during the court meeting just now, the name of the person who popped up in Zhu Houzhao's mind was Liang Chu. Liang Chu is currently the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Before that, he was the Minister of Taipusi Temple. He was also a very capable person.
However, Fengxi's persuasion to Yang Yiqing made him immediately change his mind. In that kind of environment, it was necessary to use strange methods, but Liang Chu was still a little more decent.
"Mingzhi, He Jian, the governor of Yingtian, will probably go to Beijing in the next few days. When he takes office, you should follow him. Become a political participant."
"Wei Chen received the order," Guo Shangkun said.
Zhu Houzhao raised his head and rubbed his temples. Liu Jin came out and took the two people out.
Since his sudden accession to the throne, there have been too many things going on.
However, while he was resting, his mind still couldn't seem to stop, "Liu Jin."
Liu Jin quickly took a few steps and came to the emperor, "Your Majesty, how about you rest early today?"
"Prepare the fragrant soup and take a dip before going to sleep. Zhang Yong will go there when I arrange it."
"Then slave girl, go and call Miss Qiuyun."
"Qiuyun, just find someone to go there. You can go find Huagu yourself. His two sisters are being used by me..."
Liu Jin bowed and waited for the emperor's next order.
"Forget it, you'd better ask him to come over."
"Your Majesty..." Liu Jin probably felt that the emperor was working too hard.
"It's okay, it's all simple."
Zhang Yong is an internal official. Where he goes is just a matter of the emperor's word, and there is no need to discuss with anyone. So it's really simple. You can leave as soon as you come and there's no time for a stick of incense.
But on Mei Huaigu’s side…
Zhu Houzhao sat back on the imperial eucalyptus. He had left the palace to go to the Mei Mansion earlier. In fact, he was taking advantage of people's thinking that he was going for the two girls. I'm afraid everyone in the inner courtyard of Mei Mansion also thinks so.
Speaking of which, this actually means to put it nicely, if someone is no longer able to marry someone, wouldn’t it be immoral if he is still irresponsible?
But if you really take it seriously, how can you not take advantage of it... The biggest reason is that he saw the beauty himself, so of course he doesn't reject it. He doesn't want to engage in such a mind-consuming thing as finding a partner yet, but it is a man's instinct to distinguish between beauty and unbeautifulness.
As for pity... how painful can it be for two eldest ladies who have a good life to feel about their love? Is it more painful than the poor people who have no clothes to wear and no food to eat?
"Weak minister, please see Your Majesty."
The emperor did not raise his head, but he could already hear Mei Huaigu's voice.
"Get flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Those two sisters of yours, should I write one letter or two letters?"
….
Mei Huaigu was stunned. He didn't expect such a question, and he rarely heard it. He was really stunned for a while.
Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao also thought of a solution in an instant, clicked his tongue and said, "Let's just write two letters. It's a bit too much to read one letter to two people."
After all, even the party taking advantage of it would find it a bit weird to use one person's strength to pick up two people.
Mei Huaigu slowly came to his senses. The gloom in his heart swept away, and he said with some joy, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. I think one letter is enough."
The emperor raised his eyes and looked at him, making Mei Huaigu feel a little embarrassed, "Uh... Your Majesty...?"
"Do you understand women's thoughts?"
These words were said with a taste of disgust, leaving Mei Huaigu speechless for a while.
It didn't take long for the emperor to write the two letters. Because it was just one line of poetry, and in an era of strict etiquette, he could not write a small composition.
"Sister, sister, please separate them carefully and don't make mistakes. And tell them that the time is not right yet, so they have to wait patiently for a while."
Mei Huaigu knew in his heart that the so-called inappropriateness meant that the late emperor had not passed away not long ago.
"I am a humble minister, thank you for your gift! Your Majesty has shown you such kindness in the Mei Mansion, and I will never be able to repay it in my lifetime!"
"Go down."
after awhile
, Liu Jin and Qiu Yun also arrived together.
Surrounded by eunuchs and maids, the emperor prepared to bathe and change clothes.
A few days ago, the emperor went to Mei Mansion, and the matter spread in the palace. Since he could deceive the important officials of the court, the people in the harem would not see through.
Qiu Yun probably still remembered that Empress Dowager Zhang summoned her the next day, then retreated and asked some embarrassing questions. She is still a virgin girl, how can she be embarrassed to say some things?
Therefore, she was quite reserved in front of Queen Mother Zhang, and her face turned red like a ripe nectarine.
Empress Dowager Zhang was very direct, "Qiuyun, you are the ones who serve His Majesty on weekdays... I have to ask you some questions. I heard that Your Majesty went to Mei Mansion, and I was quite surprised. Why... In the palace Can’t you? Do you want to go outside the palace to find the merchant’s daughter?”
From her point of view, it was indeed weird. What she was worried about was whether a woman outside the palace might cast a spell on the emperor.
Moreover, these words smacked of indifference and accusation, but in fact Qiu Yun couldn't say nonsense, "If the palace can't do it, that's not her problem, because she doesn't have the status to accept this accusation."
"The slaves don't understand what the Queen Mother means. All the time, the slaves have just served Her Majesty in daily life."
Empress Dowager Zhang sighed, "In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, the late emperor and I were already selecting a good family for your majesty... Succession of children is the most important thing for the Tian family. Now, your majesty is fifteen years old and busy with government affairs all day long. But he doesn’t care at all about his heirs. Listening to what you mean again, Your Majesty... doesn’t seem to have such intention?"
No?
How should Qiu Yunxin reply to this!
If you say no, then isn’t it because your majesty has been programmed to say that there is something wrong with him? When the time comes to cause the Queen Mother to worry, that simple thing will become complicated!
If there is, how do you know there is? He must have done something, and it’s hard to explain clearly.
In fact... Looking back, Qiu Yun felt that it was probably the case. The emperor sometimes made some unintentional or intentional actions or simply bold eyes.
"What the Queen Mother said... I really don't know how to answer. I only know that I am just a maid serving tea, and I don't dare to have any excessive delusions."
Queen Mother Zhang smiled slightly and nodded, "No wonder His Majesty keeps using you. You are indeed smart."
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Zhu Houzhao also felt that something was wrong with Qiuyun today, because his face was flushed when he was changing clothes.
"What's wrong with you?"
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