Chapter 19: The People Are Suffering

Since then, Zhu Qizhen has started regular and painful days.

Li Shimian is demanding, and his schedule is full every morning. Because he only teaches one student, and Li Shimian is a scholar, Zhu Qizhen's learning progress can't be hidden from him.

Although it seems that there is no exam.

But every day in front of Li Shimian is like an exam.

Li Shimian was very stern.

Zhu Qizhen studied hard every day.

After all, not to mention anything else, in Li Shimian's teaching plan, there are four books and five classics, and he wants Zhu Qizhen to memorize it like a stream. However, Li Shimian was stern and severe.

The level is still there.

Zhu Qizhen didn't feel how boring his studies were, but he was a little tired.

Ten big characters a day, Zhu Qizhen can only stay at night to write, and his wrist hurts from practicing every day. So much so that for many times, I fell asleep at the Empress Dowager.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen intends to do this, it's just that children are snooze, which is common sense. Although Zhu Qizhen has matured psychologically, he can't overcome his body.

And Wang Zhen didn't dare to match Zhu Qizhen is Wenhua Hall every day.

There are two reasons, one is that he is afraid that Li Shimian will use his excuse to play again, and the second is that he is also too busy to die.

Although the Empress Dowager trusts Sanyang very much, she must always be supervised, and the cabinet vote is always going to be repeated by Wang Zhen.

In order to establish his authority, Wang Zhen also tried to find out the problem in Sanyang's vote.

Whether Wang Zhen's ability can be found out is another question. But Wang Zhen found that the Empress Dowager did not object to his approach.

Although every time after rejecting the cabinet's opinions, Yang Shiqi and others would report to the Empress Dowager, under normal circumstances, the Empress Dowager always reprimanded Wang Zhen and asked Wang Zhen to obey the cabinet.

But Wang Zhen secretly figured out something. Therefore, every morning he focused on the notes sent by the cabinet, and he was not willing to simply approve a "quasi" on it. ”

For Wang Zhen's fingers, the cabinet is actually quite dissatisfied, but fortunately, the empress dowager understands the righteousness.

In fact, Yang Shiqi and these old foxes also know. If there is no Wang Zhen's fingers, then the Empress Dowager will understand the righteousness. I can only assume that I don't know.

Fortunately, under the auspices of the Empress Dowager, there was no delay in getting down to business, at most it was delayed.

In this way, the normal operation of Ming Dynasty politics does not need Zhu Qizhen to interfere more.

Zhu Qizhen can also study with peace of mind.

However, these quiet days did not last long.

Ten years of Xuande, after entering April. And there were more things.

Before Zhu Qizhen finished class, he had already found Wang Zhen waiting outside.

Zhu Qizhen knew that Li Shimian offended Wang Zhen to death. Although Wang Zhen can't be the power of the government and the opposition, he can be regarded as a big man in the court.

Even Yang Shiqi didn't dare to slack off easily.

But Li Shimian did not pretend, and really regarded Wang Zhen as a slave.

Wang Zhen hated it deeply, but he was helpless.

Because the Empress Dowager is still there, Wang Zhen knows that if he does things that are not in line with the Empress Dowager's wishes, even if the emperor wants to protect him, he will not be able to do so.

And Li Shimian's loyal and upright voice is well-known all over the world. The Empress Dowager also values him very much.

Therefore, with the support of the Empress Dowager, he couldn't help him, so he couldn't see it out of sight and was not upset, although he sent Zhu Qizhen to class every day, he didn't meet Li Shimian.

It's not yet noon, and I'm waiting outside, and something can only happen.

Zhu Qizhen was suddenly a little absent-minded.

Seeing this, Li Shimian said, "Let's stop here today, Your Majesty can go first if you have something." ”

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly said, "Thank you, sir." ”

Li Shimian said: "This is also Your Majesty's wisdom, the Analects have been completed, and tomorrow I will give a lecture on the university for Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Thank you, Mr. ”

Hurriedly got out of class. Zhu Qizhen saw Wang Zhen and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Zhen hurriedly said: "There is a great drought in Henan, there has been no rain since the beginning of spring, and there is news on the grassland, at the beginning of this year, the tile thorn defeated the Tatars. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "At the beginning of the year? Why is there news now? ”

Wang Zhen said: "Jinyiwei is not in a good position. ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't speak, he actually guessed a few points when he asked this question. Thinking about it, it must be that the court and the middle government were busy with the funeral of the first emperor at the beginning of the year.

This kind of intelligence can only be pressed first.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen never expected that they could be suppressed for such a long time.

It has been a hundred days since the first emperor, and the Jingshi has also gone out of the country to mourn. The news just came.

"But the Empress Dowager called me?" Zhu Qizhen said.

"With the courage of the three slaves and maids, the slaves and maids did not dare to disturb Your Majesty. It was the Empress Dowager who asked the slaves and maids to invite Her Majesty. Wang Zhen said.

"Let's go." Zhu Qizhen got up and walked in the direction of Cining Palace.

The Forbidden City is too big, there is still a palace city outside the Forbidden City, and Zhu Qizhen is only in the Forbidden City, and there are some people who can't come and go.

I had time to use the Walk.

Coming to Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager looked at the sky. said: "Send someone to inform the queen mother, and say that the emperor is eating here with me." So she doesn't have to wait. ”

Immediately after the first house people saluted, they immediately went to do it.

Zhu Qizhen often went to accompany Empress Dowager Sun to eat at lunch every day.

After all, Empress Dowager Sun is her biological mother. If you can't even see each other for a day, first, there will be unfilial ridicule in the outer court, and second, Zhu Qizhen can't bear it.

In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the Sun family is certainly a little clever and confused. But it is really good to Zhu Qizhen, and now the clothes on Zhu Qizhen's body are mostly from Kunning Palace.

It was all done by the Sun family and the palace maids around him, a heart of love for the son, which could not be untouched.

The Empress Dowager immediately said to Zhu Qizhen: "I think Wang Zhen has already told you, Henan has suffered a disaster, I'm afraid that this season's grain will not be much, and the famine has become settled." ”

"My grandson understands." Zhu Qizhen said.

"You don't understand." The Empress Dowager said: "You grew up in the deep palace, and you know what the people are like, when Emperor Taizong was in Beijing, he recruited Renzong to go to Beijing, but I followed, on the way, Emperor Renzong got off the boat, left the official road, and went to the homes of ordinary farmers. ”

"In the farmer's house, there is no overnight food, but there is only a thatched hut, and only a few men come out, and the women are avoided."

"Do you know why?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "But, the female relatives avoid it? ”

The Empress Dowager said: "The female relatives avoid, the scholars have this saying, the people do not have it, the daughters of the people's families, they have to work in the fields since they were young, where is the reason not to see outsiders." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "My grandson doesn't know. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "It's because there are no clothes." ”

Zhu Qizhen was taken aback, and was speechless for a while. He never imagined that this was the reason.

The Empress Dowager's tone was also sad, and she said: "Back then, Jingnan raised troops from Shandong all the way over, so Shandong was the most damaged, and there was a canal passing through, and the people were tired of levying and discharging, so that the people lacked food and clothing, so that. At that time, Emperor Renzong could not sleep while on the ship. He was particularly disgusted with Taizong's relocation of the capital, which was the reason why Renzong had to move the capital back to Nanjing, so as to avoid the suffering of the people's transfer. ”

"I'm telling you this, not to let you move the capital, but to let you know that the suffering of the people is far beyond your imagination, and if there is a slight famine, the people will not be able to continue."

"And the territory of the country is huge, two capitals and thirteen provinces, the climate is different, there will be disasters and famines every year, such disasters in Henan, you have to be common, but you must remember carefully, don't think that there is no major event because it is commonplace."

"You must know that the difference of your thoughts can be eaten by thousands of people."

Zhu Qizhen said: "The child understands. Don't dare to be negligent for a moment. Zhu Qizhen turned his head and asked Wang Zhen and said, "Wang Daban, how is the cabinet drafted." ”

Wang Zhen said: "Henan will be exempted from taxes this year, and Yu Qian will be appointed as the governor of Henan and Hebei, and 100,000 stones will be allocated first to help the victims." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "The old gentlemen of the cabinet, experienced, no need to doubt it, but such a thing, the royal family can not fail to say, Wang Zhen sent Jinyi Wei to Henan, first, to see if it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, and second, if there are people with bad intentions, they must be dealt with decisively." ”

Wang Zhen said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Qizhen listened to them, but he was reading a name in his heart, which was Yu Qian.