Chapter 68: The Betrothal

Zhu Qizhen was a little ashamed.

But there is no way to do it.

In the first half of this year, the disaster relief and the battle of Luchuan almost filled Zhu Qizhen all the time.

It can be said that in a country as big as Daming, where is there nothing wrong every day, as long as Zhu Qizhen has something in his heart, then he will be busy with things, in addition to greeting him every morning and evening, he actually rarely enters Cining Palace.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The mother is wise. There is really something to report to the mother. Zhu Qizhen said with a slight pause.

The Empress Dowager immediately understood, and with a wave of her hand, she asked the maids around her to retreat.

Zhu Qizhen was in charge of the Empress Dowager sat down under a large towering pine tree, blowing the cool evening breeze, listening to the birdsong and the sound of the pine trees shaking, there was a sense of heaven.

This is one of the two gardens in the Forbidden City, the Garden of Cining Palace. It's not a little worse than the Imperial Garden.

The Empress Dowager said, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately told Emperor Jianwen about it.

The Empress Dowager was in a trance for a while, and said: "This is really Zhu Yunwen's style." Doing things is unstable, should be ruthless or not, should be lenient or not lenient, repeatedly swaying, there is still a heart of a reader in my heart. ”

The Empress Dowager's sigh, Zhu Qizhen couldn't interject for a while, but he sighed in his heart, it was true.

If Jianwen had just cut down the domain, Huairou was right and didn't do things so desperately, Emperor Taizong might not have raised troops, even if he raised troops, he might not be able to attract so many vassal kings to sit and watch the success or failure.

With Zhu Yunwen's actions towards the king of Xiang, it was not cutting the feudal domain at all, but asking for people's lives.

But Emperor Taizong raised troops, and he just remembered his reputation, that sentence Don't want to kill my uncle, although it can be understood positively and negatively, but the two sides have already met each other, and there is no room for maneuver, can't you say a sentence of Ming Zhengcanon?

It's never about doing the wrong thing when it's not right.

The Empress Dowager said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "What Mr. Hu means is that Emperor Jianwen is dead. Emperor Taizong has already closed the coffin. ”

The Empress Dowager said, "It's okay, just do it." But I want to meet the old man. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I listen to my mother. ”

The Empress Dowager said this, then changed the topic and said: "After the business is over, let's talk about your marriage, when are you going to do it?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a bitter face: "Niangniang, can you delay it, the grandson is not filial, and there is not much silver in the inner treasury." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "I have calculated that more than two million taels for the big wedding is enough, is there no one in the inner treasury?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Yes, it's just when the imperial court is using money

Wait, the grandson doesn't want to use the financial resources of the inner treasury at this time. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "The foundation of the state is the most important of the great things. Two million taels is already a careful budget, and it can't be postponed any longer, I'm old, I don't know when I'm gone, you always have to let me see my great-grandson. It also allows me to go to see Emperor Renzong with peace of mind, otherwise, I really can't rest assured. ”

After all, Zhu Qizhen is the thought of later generations, and he can't understand the worries of the Empress Dowager for a while.

Zhu Qizhen's handling of political affairs in the past six months is not without mistakes. But he is finally well-eyed and well-behaved, and then Zhu Qizhen's age is counted, he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, which is already very good.

Thinking that Zhu Qizhen will be older in the future, he will be more skilled in handling government affairs.

At this point, the Empress Dowager is not much worried.

But his worries were placed on Zhu Qizhen's heirs.

The Empress Dowager was worried not only about Zhu Qizhen's heirs, but also about the heirs of Emperor Xuanzong's line.

Emperor Xuanzong died too early and had too few heirs, which was actually a major hidden danger in the imperial court.

The Empress Dowager Hongwu married Emperor Renzong who was still the son of Yan Shizi at that time, and she has seen almost all the emperors from the Ming Dynasty to the present, and she understands what is called impermanence.

Just like Emperor Xuanzong, the twenty-third day of the lunar month is still good, but it is not good as soon as it enters the first month.

Who would have thought beforehand.

Emperor Xuanzong had only two sons, Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu. Now it seems to be all good, but who can tell? Once there is a case, both of them are gone.

Not to mention anything else, on the issue of the ownership of the throne alone, there is no authoritative candidate for each party.

If the Empress Dowager was still there at the time, naturally she wouldn't have to say anything, but the Empress Dowager knew her body and bones best, and it didn't take long.

Once he is gone, it is the Empress Dowager Sun who is in charge of the palace.

The Empress Dowager was deeply concerned about Sun's political wisdom. What will happen when the time comes, the Queen Mother doesn't even think about it. The story of the previous generation has long been illustrative.

And what happened later was that Zhengde had no heirs, and Jiajing Jitong made a big ceremony, but I didn't know that there was a lot of chaos.

So the best thing to do is not to let that happen.

The Empress Dowager wants to see her great-grandson before her death, which is of course a little selfish, but also a guarantee for the inheritance of the imperial lineage. As an emperor, it is an inevitable responsibility to have many sons and grandchildren.

Speaking of which, Emperor Hongzhi had only one queen in his life, but true love left a lot of hidden dangers to the world.

Zhu Qizhen didn't think so much for a while, just regarded it as the wish of the Empress Dowager, although he didn't want to marry early, he was only a teenager and wanted to get married, but he forced the Empress Dowager to be an old man, and said: "If you want to do it, just do it." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "It's okay, it just so happens that Zhang Tianshi has also arrived."

Jingshi, just let Zhang Tianshi unite the eight characters for you, and calculate the auspicious time. ”

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "I used to delay the strategy of summoning Zhang Tianshi into the Beijing Division, but I didn't expect it to come in handy in this matter. ”

The Empress Dowager summoned Zhang Tianshi, and the next day, the news of the emperor's upcoming wedding spread among the Jingshi. For a while, the capital became much more lively.

After all, although the people in Beijing are well-informed and have seen a lot of the world, they have never seen the emperor get married, because Zhu Qizhen was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty to get married.

It's not that the other emperors didn't get married, it's that they all became emperors after they got married.

Generally speaking, marriages are solemn, even if ordinary people get married, the groom can still wear official uniforms. And the emperor's marriage is much more grand than that of the prince, and the weight of etiquette is almost irreversible.

Therefore, things are also a lot more complicated, although we all know that this wedding day will probably be next spring. But now it's busy.

Ma Shun came to Beijing along the way.

Seeing this situation, the news of Emperor Jianwen's reappearance has spread, but everyone doesn't believe it too much, because as soon as Jinyiwei caught an unknown number of foolish men and women pretending to be Emperor Jianwen, the people actually heard about it.

And many people who eat melons agree that this is probably also fake, otherwise the royal family is not nervous at all, but is busy preparing for the wedding.

The emperor's marriage suppressed the reappearance of Emperor Jianwen.

Ma Shun is the most aware of the cause and effect, after all, he is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he is extremely well-informed, so he can't help but secretly say: "Jiang is still old and spicy, the Empress Dowager has a way to do it." ”

Just behind Ma Shun, more than a dozen brocade guards dressed up as ordinary officials. But I didn't know that they were all first-class fighters, and they had firearms, long knives, and short crossbows. Always be careful about the people in the carriage.

There were two people in the carriage.

An old monk, dressed in a robe, sat in the carriage, the rosary in his hand kept turning, quite a treasure solemn state, it was none other than the old monk of Yunnan who claimed to be Emperor Jianwen.

And there is another one next to the old monk, but he is wearing a Taoist robe. Naturally, he is not a true Taoist, but he feels that his parents do not dare to damage his body. He would rather pretend to be a Taoist priest than a monk.

Of course, many times, he still changes his identity all the time. Scholars, farmers, soldiers, all kinds of identities have changed. He is Cheng Ji, who is admired by Yao Guangxiao and Hu Hui.

The old monk opened his eyes and said, "But it's time to Beijing." ”

Cheng Ji said: "It's here, it seems that Yan Wei has done a good job for so many years." Beijing is also very prosperous. He suddenly got up, knelt down in front of the old monk, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has sent Your Majesty here." ”