"My lords, please make peace."
After Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were watched by many people and their crotches almost started to get wet, Zhu Houcong opened his mouth and took the lead to walk to the Qianqing Palace.
A group of people followed uneasily. As they walked, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were naturally bypassed, as if they had turned into two stinking stones.
Although there is no evidence at the moment, who knows if His Majesty’s factory guards have any clues?
Since His Majesty can have people surround the scene after the fire is extinguished and wait for them to see it, then maybe he really knows something.
Everything is speculation.
Therefore, the two Zhang Heling brothers who stepped into the gate of Qianqing Palace felt as if they had stepped through the gate of hell. Zhang Yanling could not help but look at his brother with suspicion and fear.
Because Zhang Yanling knew very well that this matter had nothing to do with him.
But Zhang Heling and her sister... Zhang Yanling really couldn't explain.
Who did this?
In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houcong walked to the throne, and the others were naturally divided into civil and military groups.
The two brothers Zhang Heling were marquises, but other marquises naturally vacated the seats around them.
The two of them occupied a few bricks of land and stood there shivering.
Zhu Houcong has always been unsmiling, and everyone can understand this.
Think about it, you arrived in the capital and became the emperor, you didn’t want to adopt the family and you quarreled with the ministers, and suddenly the wall in front of your house was burned down.
Are you in the mood to laugh?
But Zhu Houcong laughed: "Mr. Yang Ge, I'm afraid the person who came up with this idea didn't expect that I and my ministers are truly united and considerate of each other. Do you think so?"
Yang Tinghe immediately had tears in his eyes. He knelt down with great relief and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is so wise and solemn, and I am inexplicably impressed by it! Your Majesty is considerate of you, and I feel ashamed. Today I know that your Majesty is so broad-minded!"
After Zhu Houcong arrived outside Beijing, this was the most sincere sentence Yang Tinghe said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Touching.
"If I am suspicious, the ministers will be in panic, and the elders will be in danger. Even if they are blamed, they still have to plan for life and death." Zhu Houcong sighed with a smile, "After the succession to the throne, the celestial phenomenon immediately warned, What a good excuse? If I were a suspicious person, this open fire would be easily extinguished, but the dark fire would burn even brighter."
Yan Song looked at the smiling emperor with deep admiration in his eyes.
His Majesty has a clear view of the calculations behind the fire on people's hearts. How could a fifteen-year-old see so clearly?
The young emperor, whose life was in danger, lived in the forbidden palace without a stable foundation. On the tenth day after he ascended the throne, he encountered a fire at the door of his house. How many people can not be suspicious?
With the emperor being suspicious, how much sanity can be left?
The butcher's knife is dancing wildly, and if the ministers are wronged and fall under the emperor's sword, everyone will be in danger.
check?
Of course there will be a thorough investigation, but someone who can calculate to this point probably won't leave any clues, right? This is what a very smart person like Yan Song can think of.
Emperor Zhengde had no heir for many years. If he had any foresight, even if this was possible many years ago, what would it mean to ambush a few dead soldiers in the palace?
Why not just assassinate him?
Because after that, everyone really competed with each other immediately.
Only when a storm breaks out in the court and the emperor and his ministers become disloyal can some people make plans calmly and once again establish a new emperor who is in their interests.
Now the young emperor's smile made Yan Song's eyes show admiration, made Yang Tinghe burst into tears, made Yuan Zonggao take a long breath, and made other people's hearts drop a little.
A huge turmoil seems to be over - at least on the surface.
In this matter, the monarch and his ministers are truly united.
"I said it was a banquet." Zhu Houcong said with a smile, "Huang Jin, bring the charcoal stove over here. My clothes are wet all the way here, and the weather is cold. Wipe your face, toast your clothes, and go to the banquet easily. Just like Mr. Ge As the saying goes, the servant was careless and the oil lamp fell over, causing the fire."
Yan Song and Liu Long, who had slowly figured it out and were frightened, looked at each other.
That's all I can write on the daily notes.
His Majesty was afraid that the ministers would be worried, so he specially asked the Dukes and Counts, Prince Consort and other relatives, cabinet bachelors, and Jiuqing who attended the meeting to go to the scene of the fire in Qianqing Palace to investigate. It turned out that the fire was caused by the on-duty chamberlain accidentally tipping over the oil lamp. . Fortunately, it was raining heavily and the fire was quickly put out.
The emperor who was destined by destiny was protected by the gods and Buddhas in the sky and the ancestors. His majesty was safe and sound, and he was not even much frightened. He attended the imperial meeting as scheduled and gave a banquet to the civil and military officials to appease the ministers.
Everyone is happy.
Of course, Yan Song didn't think the emperor would care about such superficial smearing.
After today's incident, the emperor criticized "the ministers would not be so naive if they took action", and then suppressed the overwhelming anger and put the stability of the court and state affairs first. What he did next, Yan Song will record it one by one. of.
Future generations will have their own say, not to mention that even at this time, Yan Song had to admire the unusual calmness and rationality of this young emperor.
Then, the banquet began.
The small desk was placed in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the highest-ranking civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty gathered together and had a great conversation - except for Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling (this sentence is not recorded).
"You're all here, let's discuss the arrangements for Qian Ning and Jiang Bin who have no family assets today."
Taking advantage of the fact that the great bachelors of the cabinet, the nine ministers, and the governor of the fifth army were all present, the emperor spoke after the banquet was dismissed.
Zhu Houcong sat on the throne and looked at the top group of civil and military officials below.
Yang Tinghe sighed silently in his heart: How could a child be so cunning and come to discuss this matter after what happened today?
He has entered the adult state of dividing interests so quickly. He is still a truly mature adult, not a naive giant baby.
"It doesn't cost much money to rebuild the Rijing Gate and renovate the Qingning Palace. However, the Qianqing Palace is prone to fire, and it is not convenient for me to summon foreign ministers in the inner palace. I intend to place the palace on the west side of the Yuehua Gate, in front and behind the imperial dining room. It was converted into a side hall with a special layout, not the main hall. The hood on the south side of the imperial dining room near the Longzong Gate was opened as the imperial study room, which was still considered the former dynasty, and would be there in the future Yan dynasty; The Heart Palace, if I am late at night studying or reviewing memorials, I can sleep there, it is considered the inner palace."
"Heart Cultivation Hall?" Yang Tinghe wondered why it was called this.
"Mencius said that the best way to nourish one's mind is to have few desires." Zhu Houcong said with a smile, "Since this is where I study and manage politics, what do you think of this name?"
"...Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
How can a minister respond to the emperor's claim that he wants to have "as few desires" as possible, especially after he was almost burned to death today?
Yang Tinghe was concerned about money: "I wonder what kind of regulations do you want to modify this Yangxin Palace to?"
"Save money. In addition to not looking out of place, it doesn't need to be built like other halls. It just needs to change the layout and treat it as a family residence. The imperial dining room there does not need to be moved, and it is still a bit smoky."
Yang Tinghe and others breathed a sigh of relief. If they wanted to build the cloud platform tall and majestic, it would cost millions of taels of silver.
If it were just to be built as a family home, even though the materials used by the royal family were much better, the cost would only be 10% or 20%: the place is not big after all.
Li Hao, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had been impeached before. Now that he wanted to sell well to Zhu Houcong, he immediately expressed his attitude to the emperor: Repair!
No one is stopping it now. After all, the emperor said that the Qianqing Palace was "easy" to catch fire. The purpose of building the Yangxin Palace was to open more Yan dynasties besides the Chang dynasty, which was a good thing.
Zhu Houcong waved his hand: "Repairing the Qingning Palace is simple, and the Yangxin Palace won't cost much according to my idea. Let's discuss the more important expenses first. The reset of the three camps must be done at least every year for at least three years. In addition, 50,000 elite soldiers will be recruited for one year's salary, so that the three battalions can be restored to the size of the ten regiments and battalions in the Jingtai period, with a total of 150,000 capable soldiers. The reserve military pay in the secret treasury is prepared for war, but this routine must be included planned expenses."
Yang Tinghe and others immediately heard the key point: "Your Majesty, how can this person who has no family qualifications be able to have it every year? Aren't the three major battalions that have been reorganized from the Shangzhi Guards outside the imperial army reorganized from the Beijing army or selected from various guards? Want to recruit troops?"
As soon as he said these words, there was an eerie silence in the palace for a moment.
Afterwards, many pairs of eyes glanced at Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling involuntarily.
Can homes be confiscated every year?
From the perspective of an important minister, I naturally hope that this situation will not occur. What if one day my home is raided?
But once this happened today, the incident of the Sun Jing Sect roasting the Holy Emperor, which was covered up on the surface, naturally could not really end like this.
It just so happens that the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling have both money and many tricks!
Are His Majesty and Yang Ge always singing along and deliberately acting?
Guo Xun looked at the Zhang brothers this time with much kinder eyes and a smile.
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling: Guo Xun, you are such a bad person...
