Zhang Mingwei went to attend the morning court, and the Kunxing Princess Zhu Yuluo who was with him went to greet her mother. At the same time, she also wanted to talk to her mother about the situation she and her husband had been in these days.
This was Empress Zhou's request, and she also wanted to know how she was doing and whether she was better than before. Zhu Aona has always been worried about the fact that she was despised by Xu Yunchao before!
But who knew that before she saw Queen Zhou, she heard a quarrel coming from the palace. This surprised her very much. How could there be any quarrels here?
Out of curiosity, she didn't let the maid report it, so she stood outside and listened.
"I worked hard to raise you up, and now you are the queen and enjoy the glory and wealth. As for dad, I am still just a Jiading uncle. Do you think this makes sense?"
"That's right, sister, why was that man directly named a Duke? And our father is just an earl! Look at my younger brother, I don't even have a title. I am your biological brother and the prince's biological uncle. !Sister, are you looking down on our Zhou family and you?"
"That's enough. Let me ask you, the jewelry and other items I gave you last time must have been at least five thousand taels. How much did you give to His Majesty? How...how could you do such a thing?"
"And you, don't think that I don't know about your misbehavior outside. You are doing this to discredit me and embarrass His Majesty. Haven't you ever thought about it?"
"..."
Zhu Ainao outside couldn't believe her ears and was filled with rage. She didn't expect that Uncle Jiading and his son would be so shameless. Instead of reflecting at home, they would come to ask for a title in the name of their husbands.
The Ming Dynasty was about to perish. Fortunately, God sent a gentleman to save the nation and save it. My father even had the idea of dividing the country equally, let alone just a prince.
But even so, sir, he is serving the country and the people. He just wants to impart scientific and technological knowledge after reviving the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty can be as powerful as in movies and TV shows. He is just a prince, and his contribution is not worth mentioning at all.
As for your family, you still have the honor to ask for a title, so don’t think about it, how can you be so virtuous, how can you be so virtuous!
When she heard that there was no movement in the palace, her anger calmed down a little. Finally, under the questioning of the Queen Mother, the father and son had nothing to say.
So, Zhu Ainao wanted to enter the palace.
But at this moment, the silence lasted only for a moment, and the voices in the hall began again.
"My good daughter, don't you remember those hard days in the past? Think about being a father who would go out early and come home late, tell fortunes for others, and eat something every day. I'm afraid of such hard days! You said, Is it wrong for me to save more money?”
"That's right, there's me. I'm your biological brother and the prince's biological uncle! Now that you've gone out, others are claiming to be a lord or a marquis, etc., but I have nothing. I feel like I'm embarrassing you. s face!"
"..."
Zhu Aona never expected that the father and son would be so shameless, without a trace of repentance, and would start looking for reasons to persecute their mother again.
So, she couldn't bear it any longer and barged in directly, shouting: "You...are you still human? Do you still have any sense of shame?"
It's not easy for the Queen Mother to say harsh words, so it's up to her to do so. Otherwise, she can imagine how sad the Queen Mother must be when she sees the faces of the father and son!
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At this time, in the meeting hall, Zhang Mingwei had already paid tribute to Emperor Chongzhen. Then, he glanced at the civil servants in the palace and looked at them one by one.
His actions and attitude made many civil servants very unhappy. They felt that Zhang Mingwei was too arrogant! If you secure your position as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, wouldn't you be so arrogant to the sky?
As they were thinking, they heard Zhang Mingwei say to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I have severely punished all the lawbreakers and black sheep in the Jinyi Guards. The lightest ones were dismissed from office, punished with a cane of more than fifty, and ransacked their homes. , there are quite a few of them. The details are all written at the back of these memorials."
Hearing what he said, the civil servants in the palace couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Is it true or false? So many people have been dealt with, so does Jinyiwei still have people available?
Although they had heard that Jinyiwei had seconded many people from the Yongwei camp. But first, those people may have to pay back, and second, those people are soldiers who went into battle to kill the enemy. They are completely different from the Jin Yiwei side. They can't be qualified, right? Is this Mingwei really capable of killing everyone?
The reason why they thought Emperor Chongzhen would protect Zhang Mingwei and not punish the Jin Yiwei was because in their opinion, if so many people were punished, the Jin Yiwei would be paralyzed. As the new commander of the Jin Yiwei, you will definitely not allow this to happen, right?
But why did he say that he had to deal with all those people?
Although he couldn't understand it, Chen Xinjia couldn't help but be secretly happy. If Wang Zhixin transfers the people from the Brave Guard Camp back, then the Jinyi Guards will really be useless!
Naturally, he didn't know that Wang Zhixin was actually in prison at this time, and the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor had also been replaced.
Zhang Mingwei continued: "I heard that many people came to ask Your Majesty about the handling of the Jinyiwei Yamen. That's just right. I brought all these memorials back. You can return them to them and let them check them. , whether the handling result is consistent with what was replied in the memorial."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen certainly knew that what the Master said must be true, so he nodded and ordered: "Just follow what the Master said, and divide all the memorials."
When Wang Chengen heard this, he immediately ordered the eunuchs Bingbi, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, to receive the memorial and return it to them one by one according to the person to whom it was written.
Wasn't that what we were making about this memorial just now? I'll give it back to you, okay?
Seeing all the civil servants below looking at their own memorials, their expressions were a bit ugly. Zhang Mingwei turned his head and glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, both of whom smiled at each other.
How could they not be clear about the thoughts of these civil servants? Well now, let’s see what else they have to say!
After waiting for a while, Zhang Mingwei suddenly spoke to these civil servants again: "Today you are all gathered together to ask me about these things about Jin Yiwei. I don't know whether you are doing it out of public conscience, or are you afraid of Jin Yiwei and just want to bring down Jin Yiwei? Look? Look, the Cabinet, the Procuratorate, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, tsk tsk, it’s so rare to have so many yamen together!”
No one expected that he would ask such a question, and he would ask it in front of the emperor. For a while, many people were a little dumbfounded.
Some things are nothing more than soldiers coming to block it, water coming and earth covering it up, each of them taking action and knowing it well. What did Zhang Mingwei think and actually said it in front of the emperor?
At this moment, they suddenly felt that the new Jinyiwei commander seemed to have come with bad intentions, and he was not following the rules.
Seeing Zhang Mingwei's gaze, Censor Yang Zhi couldn't help but suppress the uneasiness in his heart and immediately replied: "Of course it is out of public interest!"
