Wang Zhizheng's guess was not bad, he didn't think too much, Emperor Chongzhen listened to the performance of Han Yi, the first assistant of the cabinet, in the court, and fell into silence. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Han Ge Lao stared at the emperor, guessing his thoughts, and after a while, Emperor Chongzhen stared at him and smiled slightly and said: "Wang Zhizheng is very interesting, he told me about traveling in the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, but I didn't expect that this journey was all the way to kill!"

Han Ge was always a kind person, and he didn't hear what Emperor Chongzhen said, so he stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhizheng has always been jealous and hateful, and now bandits are rampant all over the country......

Before Han Yi finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand a little impatiently and said: "Well, Han Ge, you are right, Wang Zhi is very comfortable in suppressing bandits in Jiangnan, it seems that he is also a good talent in this regard, but he told me that he is not willing to participate in the government and wants to be leisurely... Hehe, I don't know what Wang Zhizheng's leisure refers to."

Han Yi listened to Emperor Chongzhen's seemingly cool words, and then he knew that Emperor Chongzhen was vaguely dissatisfied with Wang Zhizheng.

He pondered for a moment, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, according to the old minister, Wang Zhizheng is still mainly playing in the south of the Yangtze River, but passing by Tongcheng and Wuhu counties, it is indeed rampant banditry, take Wuhu County as an example, he actually dares to blatantly open a hacker stack in the mouth of the river to make money and kill him, and he is guarded in the mountains, there are many people, and Wang Zhizheng may not be a good thing to cut it off in time." ”

After Han Yi finished speaking, he peeked at Emperor Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "Elder Han Ge, what you said makes sense, I just think that he has such talent, but he doesn't ask about political affairs, which is really a bit wasteful, and some of them are too inconsiderate of the country. ”

Han Yi nodded and said: "What the emperor said is that in this regard, Wang Zhizheng really did not do it properly, according to the old minister, he will return to Beijing from Jiangnan at that time." I'd better give him the task right away!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "Yes, now is the time for the country to employ people, and no one can retreat." What is the name of the political participant under Yang He, the governor of the three sides?

Han Yi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Long live Hui, it's Hong Chengchou!"

Emperor Chongzhen slapped the table and said: "Yes, it's Hong Chengchou! I think this Hong Chengchou is very good, a scribe was born, but he has the courage to command the army and personnel, and the country lacks such talents!"

Han Yi said with a smile: "Speaking of this Hong Chengchou, he is indeed a scribe, when the first emperor was here, he was a scholar in Zhejiang, and the old minister didn't think that he was still so capable of fighting!

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Yes, I also have this intention. Okay, you can step down, I'm a little tired today, and I want to hurry up and go back to the palace to rest. ”

Emperor Chongzhen returned to Kunning Palace, the young emperor was a little tired, and when he entered the palace gate, the maid and servant hurriedly came over to greet the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You don't have to dangle in front of my eyes, what about the queen?"

At this time, a beauty in her early twenties, with a phoenix crown of Emei, a face like white jade, red lips and white teeth, came over generously and gave Emperor Chongzhen a gift.

Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly helped her up and said with a smile: "Queen, hurry up, you just gave birth to a prince for me, and it is not yet a month, so you don't have to make this big gift!"

Empress Zhou smiled slightly, stood up, and let Emperor Chongzhen hold her little hand. Didn't feel unnatural.

Empress Zhou is a woman from an ordinary family in Suzhou, her father's name is Zhou Kui, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in order to prevent relatives from interfering in politics, the children of the royal family are generally selected from civilian families.

She was selected by Zhang Yan, the then Empress of Xizong, to be the princess of Xinwang Zhu Youzhen from the age of sixteen, and after King Xinwang ascended the throne, she naturally became the queen.

Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou walked into the palace together, and Emperor Chongzhen said to Xu Yingyuan, the eunuch who followed him: "You don't have to follow me, wait outside, I'll talk to the queen." ”

Xu Yingyuan stood outside with interest and did not enter.

Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou entered the palace together, Empress Zhou hurriedly sat down carefully, but Emperor Chongzhen first supported Empress Zhou and said: "You be careful, you have just given birth to a prince, you must give birth to a good body, don't be tired, fall into the root of the disease!"

The two are as affectionate as a folk husband and wife, if they are in the dormitory, they can't be seen as the king and queen of a country at all, but like a folk couple.

Empress Zhou smiled slightly and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I also said that the emperor should also take care of the dragon body, think about it, you are just twenty years old, the spring and autumn period is prosperous, although the state affairs are busy, but you can delay the urgent matter, don't be tired!"

Listening to Empress Zhou's soft words of concern, Emperor Chongzhen was particularly useful, and said with a wave of his hand: "As the queen said, I am only twenty years old, and I will be tired if I work hard, after all, I am young." Besides, this country does not allow me to rest, you think about it, northern Shaanxi has been in drought for many years, there is no harvest, some counties and counties are starving to death, the people are struggling, thieves are swarming, attacking cities and plundering land, killing people like hemp. Although Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was in northern Shaanxi, he still couldn't hold it down. On the other hand, the Emperor Taiji of Jianzhou in Liaodong has raised troops to commit crimes several times, and since I ascended the throne, he has frequently committed border crimes many times, and the wolf smoke is everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and I have no blessing from the emperor's brother, and I have inherited such a mess!"

Emperor Chongzhen's sentences are true, fully revealing the helplessness and pressure of this young son of heaven who has just ascended the throne for two years and is in his early twenties.

Queen Zhou who said this passage couldn't help frowning slightly, and felt that it was difficult to sit in the world for her husband.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, his eyebrows showed obvious gloom and loneliness.

Queen Zhou saw it in her eyes and felt distressed in her heart.

She stared at her husband and said: "Although the situation in the world is chaotic, in the final analysis, it is not your responsibility, now there are many natural disasters in northern Shaanxi, and there is no harvest of drought every year, which is also the will of heaven. The current crisis may be that the sky wants to train you to become the Ming Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Emperor Chongzhen, who said these words of Empress Zhou, suddenly boiled with enthusiasm, and the young man's blood was rekindled by her.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, his face exuding a long-lost look: "Yes! The queen is right, this may be a kind of experience that the heavens have for me! But if you can endure what ordinary people can't do, you can do what ordinary people can't do!"

Empress Zhou also stood up with Emperor Chongzhen, she hugged her husband's waist from behind her and said: "Your Majesty, you have lost a lot of weight recently, since your cousin (Wang Zhizheng) left the capital, you have often been angry from time to time, if you want to use him, just transfer him back and say directly, the concubine feels that it is also possible!"

Empress Zhou's words happened to be in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, he turned to look at Empress Zhou, sighed and said: "You don't know, he wants to live freely now, how can I force him to stop his temper?"