The wind vane of the imperial court turned quickly. First there was a wave of opposition. The clan cried out for the late emperor at the palace gate. The civil and military ministers objected. Even the common people joined in, and the momentum was huge.
But as Yang Shen said, the people are ignorant and follow what others say. Once the limelight is over, they lose interest. How to live, how to live.
No, Zhang Sheng's impassioned memorial shocked the court. Immediately, the trend changed again, and the target was the clan.
The people clamored again.
You see, the emperor is still thinking of us. It turns out that he is not planning to force us to emigrate, but his own relatives. Tsk tsk~ What a good emperor!
Zhu Houzhao wanted to live an unfettered life, so he had to solve the immediate troubles first, otherwise he would become the second emperor of Sui Yang. For him, life is too short.
"King Anhua is indecisive and has great ambition but little talent. Zhang Zhong suddenly appeared. I don't think he can counterattack. It's a pity that a good chess piece was lost." Zhu Houzhao groaned innocently.
Liu Jin lowered his eyebrows and remained silent, thinking to himself, Your Majesty, do you expect the vassal king to rebel?
Hearing this, Yang Shen asked doubtfully, "Why is Your Majesty so sure that King Anhua will not dare to make a desperate move?"
Zhu Houzhao looked at him proudly and thought, because I have foresight, so what! I knew it five hundred years ago, and I know it five hundred years later.
"Just because the imperial court has successive great victories, consecutive battles and victories, and the military morale and public opinion are in the imperial court, Zhu Zhixiu's mission is unknown?" Zhu Houzhao said.
Yang Shen naturally understood this, but he just didn't understand how his majesty could be so sure that Zhu Zhixiu did not dare to rebel.
"It will take a few days for Eunuch Zhang to get news back to the palace. The clan members are ready to make a move. Does your Majesty want to watch them make trouble first, and then kill the chickens to scare the monkeys?" Zhu Houzhao didn't want to say, and he wouldn't dwell on it anymore. It wasn't the way to be a minister, so he changed the subject.
Zhu Houzhao said disdainfully: "Them? They can only be regarded as fleas. If they don't care about the mother and the empress dowager, can an imperial edict deal with them?"
What he said was arrogant and confident. Yes, it was really just a matter of imperial edict. Don't forget his identity. He is the emperor. Moreover, he has military morale, public opinion, and imperial power in his hands. There is really no need to use any conspiracy. , Does the emperor need to look at other people's faces?
Is it still interesting for an emperor to look at other people's faces like that? Rule the world with your arch? That's not what Zhu Houzhao wants. He wants the absolute power to do whatever he wants. He wants the Ming Dynasty that will never be easy.
Yang Shen could only smile helplessly when he heard this. Yes, this emperor who seemed to be a good friend and good-tempered was only slightly understood by Yang Shen, who often visited the palace.
Zhu Houzhao is knowledgeable and talented. No matter what you talk to him about, he can quote you from classics and always have refreshing opinions.
All kinds of weird things, airships, gunpowder bombs, kerosene bombs, cement, none of them are incredible.
He won the first prize in the Wen Neng Examination, which made all the scholars in the world ashamed. Although this is a self-directed and self-acted show, Xu Qiong still doesn’t know who Zhu Shou is!
Martial arts? Not to mention, the Tatars were destroyed. The imperial army personally conquered the Tatars who had been poisoning the border areas of the Ming Dynasty for many years, regained the lost territory of Daning, and put down the rebellion in the southwest.
Political affairs? Take a look at Hejian Mansion and the Ten Thousand Names Book in the Seven Cities of Nanjing? The government and the public admired it, and all the people supported it.
One after another, these things are all done by the current emperor after he ascended the throne. Which one is not beneficial to the country and the people?
Yang Shen occasionally thinks about it and always feels amazed. He prides himself on being knowledgeable and knowledgeable, but in front of Zhu Houzhao, he always has the feeling of looking up at a high mountain.
"Your Majesty, the general trend is yours. Their clown-like tricks are really not worth mentioning." Yang Shen cupped his hands and was sincerely convinced.
Zhu Houzhao was proud again, and Yang Shen was depressed again.
"Come on, they are not worth wasting your brains on. Do you have free time today? Why don't you go out of the palace to have some fun!"
Yes, when Yang Shen heard this, he smiled playfully and said jokingly, "Your Majesty invites me, I am free."
Liu Jin bowed and exited, took the casual clothes His Majesty wore when leaving the palace, and a group of three people, as well as the secretly protecting guards, left the palace in a grand manner.
After Xia entered the palace, Zhu Houzhao was so busy chasing women that he almost forgot that there was a beautiful woman leaning against the window and looking up.
The public security in the capital is much better than before. Since that severe crackdown, there have been a lot fewer scoundrels. There are some, but they have restrained themselves a lot.
However, there are still a lot of beggars. No matter today or in future generations, beggars can be seen everywhere. There are relatively few beggars in the capital.
Your Majesty doesn't like it, so beggars are managed by the Jingzhao Mansion, especially since Your Majesty often goes out of the palace in casual clothes. If he sees anything bad again, he might get angry again.
Zhu Houzhao is the young master, Liu Jin is the servant, and Yang Shen is the friend accompanying him.
The entertainment industry in Ming Dynasty still needs to be developed. Looking at the busy flow of people and the constant hawking of vendors, apart from the excitement and novelty of having just traveled through time, it soon became boring.
Zhu Houzhao pretended to be a rich man, shaking his head here and there, looking and commenting, with a sullen look on his face and a completely dandy behavior. Yang Shen was embarrassed, "Your Majesty, can we not play like this?"
It's boring, it's all boring. I want to have fun, but it seems there is a long way to go!
In the distance, there were several blond, blue-eyed, and ragged foreigners arguing with a wine shop owner. Many Ming people pointed and pointed, which suddenly attracted Zhu Houzhao's attention, and he led Yang Shen over.
"I can't understand a word you are saying."
Jiligulu...!
"Stop talking, either pay the money or follow me to see the official!"
Chirgulu, chirpgulu…!
Yang Shen came along to watch the fun. He was also known as the smartest person in the Ming Dynasty. However, looking at these blond and blue-eyed foreigners, he also frowned. They were talking like chickens and ducks. They couldn't understand what you said.
But Zhu Houzhao understood. Not only did he understand, he could also speak.
So, he stepped forward, followed closely by Liu Jin, staring at the foreigners with a wary look on his face.
Zhu Houzhao pointed at the foreigner and asked, "What are you doing? What happened?"
Several foreigners looked confused, and then they were overjoyed. Oh my God, there was finally someone in this country who could understand what they were saying.
I don’t know how they got to the capital.
Yang Shen looked surprised. Your Majesty can even understand the language of foreign vassals. This... this is really... really amazing, my Majesty.
Liu Jin looked at the unexpected Yang Shen with an arrogant look, scorning the thought and making a fuss.
A middle-aged foreigner first put his hand on his chest and bowed in a very gentlemanly manner, and then said excitedly: "May the glory of the Lord be bestowed upon you, my friend, and please help us. There is no one in this country." He didn't understand our language and couldn't communicate at all. God, we just wanted to eat some food. Because of the language barrier, we broke the boss's things when we left. What was he going to do? He just held us back and refused to let us go. , please help us! We have been without food for many days."
Zhu Houzhao said with sympathy on his face; "So that's it. Just wait a moment and I'll go and talk about it. If you break something, you have to pay for it. Do you have money? Forget it, I'll just treat it as a good deed."
Yang Shen saw a few words from him and said that the outsiders were quiet. Then he looked grateful and felt even more incredible. "Your Majesty, you know so much."
The common people pointed at it and found it novel.
When the store owner saw a wealthy young man coming forward, he wisely stopped shouting, but still glared at them with an angry expression.
Zhu Houzhao turned to him and said, "Store, how much do these people break? I'll pay it, Liu Jin."
Liu Jin hurriedly stepped forward and took out the money. The storekeeper even said he didn't dare, but his subordinates were dissatisfied and took it, and went in to greet the customers with satisfaction.
Okay, let's go.
The people had nothing to see and gradually dispersed.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said to Yang Shen, "You have always been interested in foreign vassals. They are from the country of the far west tens of thousands of miles away. There is a lot of chaos there now. These few should be the pioneers. Daming seems to have been discovered, hehe, that’s interesting.”
Yang Shen wondered: "What is the country of the extreme west? It's tens of thousands of miles away, it's to the horizon! Yes, remember you said that there is a ball under our feet, but how big is this ball? They! They are in another place. On one side, are you talking about the northern and southern hemispheres?"
Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded: "That's right."
Several foreigners were fine, and they gratefully said to Zhu Houzhao: "Dear friend, thank you for helping us solve our dilemma. My name is Fran, and I come from the great empire on which the sun never sets."
Zhu Houzhao sneered when he heard this and said viciously, isn't it Britain? The sun has not yet set, Britain is not yet unified, and Elizabeth and Charles have not been born yet.
"Oh, this is the Ming Empire. You are welcome to come." He said on his face.
Yang Shen asked: "What are they talking about?"
Liu Jin curled his lips and whispered, "Listen."
Yang Shen smiled and thought, yes, Liu Jin is a eunuch, how could he know what His Majesty is talking about?
Zhu Houzhao turned back and said to Yang Shen: "It seems that I can't listen to the piano today."
Yang Shen nodded, expressed a moment of silence to the future empress, and said, "It's just based on His Majesty's orders."
Zhu Houzhao said; "Their appearance makes me very interested. If you want to know what is happening over there now, you have to rely on them, but naturally they will not say it easily. Yang Shen, are you willing to learn a new language?" "
Under normal circumstances, Zhu Houzhao calls Yang Shen by his name, which is Yongxiu. Calling him by his name means that Zhu Houzhao is the emperor at the moment.
"Yang Shen obeys the order." He accepted the order solemnly.
Zhu Houzhao nodded, turned around and looked at where he was going just a street away, and turned around again with regret.
"The Ming Dynasty is the most hospitable, especially guests from far away. It is the local host who is also hospitable. It will be inconvenient for a few friends to be unfamiliar with the place. So, come with me." Zhu Houzhao looked sincere and tempted. He led a few beggar-like British people towards the East Police Factory, laughing evilly all the way.
Liu Jin looked at the familiar place. Why did Your Majesty end up in Dongchang?
Yang Shen seemed to understand something. He shivered and felt a chill all over his body.
Zhu Houzhao led several people into the East Factory with a smile. After ordering them to eat and drink, he squinted his eyes at Yang Shen and Liu Jin in front of several foreigners and said, "Yongxiu, what do you think of my palace?" Wouldn’t it be more royal and majestic to have a few blonds around?”
Liu Jin instantly thought about whether his status would be replaced by some ghost guys. He looked at several blond and blue-eyed foreigners, weren't they ghost guys?
Yang Shen shivered again and looked at the hatred in his eyes. Yes, he read it right. Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of hatred. It was hatred that came from hundreds of years later, hatred that was unforgettable. He will not understand that this kind of hatred is a shame engraved in the hearts of every future generation, and he wants to vent it. He does not understand why Zhu Houzhao has such hatred, but he understands that he wants to say something at this moment.
"I guess it must be an interesting sight in the court." Yang Shen said with a smile.
Zhu Houzhao thought about the records in the history books of later generations. There was a man from the outer vassal country, blond and blue-eyed, who was said to be the country where the sun never sets in the extreme west. He traveled across the ocean just to see the prosperity of the Ming Empire, the country in the middle. Another day, he met incognito for a private visit. Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was immediately impressed by Wuzong's virtue and wished to always accompany him. Wuzong was moved by his sincerity and granted him the status of chamberlain.
Oops, I’m a little excited just thinking about it. The sun never sets? I told you to be a slave. Do you know what a chamberlain does? He is a servant who cuts the little dick, hehe.
Yang Shen looked at the foreigner who hadn't eaten for many days and was devouring his food without any manners. He couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart and looked at him with pride. Barbarians are barbarians. They have unkempt hair, ragged clothes and no etiquette. You can tell a country by looking at its people. shallow.
Liu Jin made a vicious plan, "Eat, eat, hey, take good care of yourself before I start cutting. I want to compete with the Za family for favor. Let's see how the Za family deals with you."
