"I will see you, Your Majesty!"
In Dongnuan Pavilion, Cao Bianjiao, commander of the Warrior Battalion, Li Ruolian, commander of Jinyiwei, and Cao Huachun, admiral of Dongchang, who had been waiting for a long time, saluted immediately.
"I am going to the south of the Yangtze River. You arrange for people to disperse secretly along the way and explore the surrounding area of the canal."
"Jiangnan?"
Cao Bianjiao was stunned. Although he had not gone to court in the morning, he had been notified that the emperor was going to Qufu. Why was he going to Jiangnan now?
Immediately he realized that the emperor wanted to build a plank road openly and secretly to visit Chencang.
As the emperor's absolute confidant, although he didn't pay much attention to government affairs, he also knew that the south was the biggest concern of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor's trip to Qufu this time was probably to go to Jiangnan.
"Luan Jia walked through the canal, and the large group of people followed Luan Jia, stopping and running. I led the elite team to leave Luan Jia and speed to Jiangnan. Li Ruolian, you can negotiate and arrange this!"
"Cao Bianjiao and Li Ruolian are accompanying us on this trip, while Cao Huachun is staying behind in Beijing!"
"I obey the order!"
The three of them exited Dongnuan Pavilion, and Chongzhen fell into deep thought.
There are many things going on in that place in Jiangnan, so it is necessary to go there in person.
The first was the Japanese pirates’ attack on Shangyu County last year. After investigation by Jinyiwei, it was discovered that a group of people from Suzhou disguised as businessmen colluded with Japanese pirates, Jiannu, and Nanjing officials;
Secondly, the man behind the bet of cutting down the feudal vassal was also from Jiangnan, vaguely pointing to officials in Nanjing.
Finally, he is going to Jiangnan for a private visit to see what is going on in Jiangnan. This is the granary and taxation center of the Ming Dynasty, and must be controlled by himself.
Take a look at the smooth flow of the canal.
If you don't move, that's it. Once you move, do it right at once. Only by making your own decisions will you not give them an opportunity.
Four or five days passed in this way. On this day, Chongzhen was reviewing memorials in Dongnuang Pavilion, and an exquisite jade bowl was placed on the dragon table.
"Your Majesty, this is the mung bean soup made by the Queen herself to cool you down!"
"Put it aside, I'll drink it later!"
Chongzhen said something casually without raising his head, but after he finished speaking, he was stunned because the voice seemed to belong to Wang Chengen.
After thinking this, Chongzhen raised his head and looked at the person standing beside the dragon table. It was Wang Chengen who had been recovering from his injuries for nearly half a month.
Chongzhen said in surprise: "Daban, are your injuries healed?"
"Thanks to His Majesty and the care of several famous doctors from the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, my slave's injuries have fully recovered."
"It'll be good if you recover, it'll be good if you recover!"
Chongzhen patted Wang Chengen on the shoulder, his words full of joy.
Wang Chengen has been following him since he was in Prince Xin's Mansion, and has been by his side since he ascended the throne, accompanying him for several years, not as a family member but as a family member.
If he had not sacrificed his life to block and protect King Jingjiang during this assassination, he would have been seriously injured even if he had not died, and the situation in the court would have been in turmoil.
It can be said that Wang Chengen not only saved him, but also stabilized the situation of the court and made great contributions.
"My dear friend, you have done a great job in rescuing the driver this time. If you want any reward, just tell me and I will grant it!"
"Your Majesty, as a servant of your Majesty, this is what you should do.
If this slave did not protect His Majesty and allowed King Jingjiang to injure His Majesty's dragon body, how could I still have the dignity to live in this world? I dare not think of a reward, and I cannot even think of it! "
"Okay, I am a person who knows clearly about rewards and punishments. I will reward you for my merits and punish me for my mistakes!"
Chongzhen waved his hand and pondered for a moment: "I will give you three rewards. First, I will build a school in the future. I will give you a quota to enter the school without taking the exam. This quota can only be used by the descendants of your family. You must consider it carefully. , don’t waste it;
The second is a reward of one thousand taels of silver.
Third, when you die and have no major faults in your life, I will allow you to be buried outside the gate of my imperial mausoleum. "
"This this……"
Listening to the three rewards given by the emperor, Wang Chengen stood blankly on the spot, his eyes full of surprise.
Money doesn't matter, every festival, the emperor and the empresses in the harem are rewarded, not to mention too much.
But after one year's salary, it is definitely much higher than that of a first-rank minister. This is the treatment of the palace manager and the emperor's companion.
He didn't quite understand the admission quota, but he thought it was similar to the martial arts hall. He was accompanying the emperor in the palace. As long as the younger generation had a little bit of momentum, they would be able to get ahead in the future and the family could prosper.
But compared with being buried outside the imperial mausoleum, these two are not worth mentioning.
Where is the Imperial Tomb? That is the royal mausoleum, the place of dragon veins.
The land of the imperial mausoleum was demarcated by Liao Junqing, the national master of Feng Shui, Wang Kan, Wu Ya and many famous masters of Feng Shui during the reign of Emperor Chengzu. The memorial to Emperor Chengzu was called "Magnificent":
The peaks of the Eighteen Ridges are towering and the four directions are auspicious. It is shaped like a gong and is located in the center of the cave. All the six beauties are adequate, and the eight scenes are very flat...
The mountains are like thousands of horses galloping, and the water is like yellow dragons. Inside, there is water where saints ascend to the temple, and wise kings will be born in the world; outside, there is a mountain where princes and princes worship and dance, and they will always come to pay tribute... It is a perfect place for the mausoleum.
Liao Junqing's memorial is very long, but in summary, this is a famous Fengshui site in the Ming Dynasty, an excellent auspicious soil, and a land of ten thousand years of longevity.
Since the Changling Mausoleum was built in the seventh year of Yongle, a total of twelve emperors, twenty-one queens, two princes, and more than thirty concubines have been buried, but no vassal king, prince or nobleman has ever been buried here.
Now that he was allowed to be buried there by the emperor, even outside the gate of the imperial mausoleum, it was a great gift.
"My slave, I thank you for Your Majesty's grace!"
After the surprise, Wang Chengen knelt down and kowtowed vigorously.
With a little bit of dragon energy, this is enough for future generations to endure.
Seeing Wang Chengen's surprise, Chongzhen naturally knew why. Not to mention Wang Chengen, even if he was given this kind of treatment to Yuan Keli, Sun Chengzong and others, they were all so surprised that they were speechless.
This is the power of the divine right of kings and the supremacy of imperial power in the feudal era.
"Would you like to learn from the layout of Tang Zhaoling?"
This idea was killed by Chongzhen just once. He was less than twenty years old, so it was too early to think about it now, but he could give it a try in the future.
"Okay, get up!"
Chongzhen said lightly: "I am going to Qufu in a few days. You continue to stay in the palace and look at the palace. Cao Huachun also stays in Beijing.
You should discuss matters in the palace. If you are not sure, you can go to...the Clan Mansion. "
"Also, go and pack my gifts. You don't need to bring too much, just a few sets of changes of clothes!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
Suppressing his excitement, Wang Chengen slowly exited Dongnuan Pavilion.
In the busy work of various ministries, by the end of June, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War were fully prepared and ready to go at any time.
Outside the Zhengyang Gate, Chongzhen looked at the ministers: "Prince Fu, people from the clan will be returning to the capital one after another recently. You and the clan mansion will make arrangements. I don't want those who come back to make the capital a mess."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. The ancestral teachings of the Emperor Ming Dynasty have been revised. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I will let them know the power of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Thank you, Uncle Wang!"
Chongzhen nodded and looked at Yuan Keli: "Yuan Aiqing, during my southern tour, you will be in charge of the cabinet and the six ministries and handle the government affairs. Undecided matters other than natural and man-made disasters will be discussed after I come back.
You are solely responsible for the war in Ningyuan and Pidao. You can arrange it according to the previously discussed plan and fight steadily! "
"I obey the decree!"
"Okay, I won't go on patrol once or twice. You all know the precautions!"
"I would like to send you off to Your Majesty and the Queen!"
Amid the congratulations of the ministers, Luan Jia slowly left the city and went straight to Tongzhou, the northern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal!
Looking at Luan Jia slowly leaving, Yuan Keli sighed: "This time, there will be another bloody storm."
