Zhu Yujiao couldn't care about Zhu Cihong, she still had something to do, so she hurried to see Queen Zhou.

At this time, Queen Zhou had already been heartbroken by her father. When I heard Zhou Bi'an's story again, I was a little numb.

As the Empress of the Ming Dynasty and the biological mother of the crown prince, for her, it is natural that the interests of the royal family are greater than everything. Although she heard that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to punish her mother's family, she had nothing to say about the virtue of the father and son.

But no matter what, her father and brother turned out to be such a person, and it was inevitable that her mood would be a little low.

Zhu Yujiao couldn't help but feel a little sad when she looked at her like this, and after thinking about it for a while, she thought of something that could divert the attention of the queen mother, so she hurriedly said to Queen Zhou: "Mother, isn't it too much for my daughter to do these things?" ”

Sure enough, Queen Zhou was a little unclear, so she asked with a look of doubt: "What did you do?" ”

Zhu Yujiao was slightly happy when she saw that she had successfully diverted her attention, so she hurriedly said some details of her relationship with Zhang Mingwei, and finally asked Queen Zhou: "Mother, are these practices of my daughter not in line with my daughter's duty to be a maid?" ”

Although she has seen what it is like for others to be a maid, but after all, she was born as a princess and has never been a maid, although she wants to be a good maid, but she didn't expect that on the side of the city gate, she was taught a lesson by that Xu Yunchao, saying that she had no rules.

Xu Yunchao's slave is the kind she despises very much. If she and Xu Yunchao are grouped together, this is absolutely unacceptable to her.

This doubt, she was originally going to ask Fei Zhen'e after she went back. But at this time, seeing that her mother was in a bad mood, she brought it up in order to divert her attention.

When Queen Zhou heard this, she was a little stupid, she never expected that her daughter would ask such a question.

After coming back to his senses, he suddenly frowned and said, "Are you still serious about the maid?" ”

As soon as she heard this, Zhu Yujiao was not happy, and immediately said seriously: "Of course this is true!" Although the daughter is not a man, she is also a promise! If you say you want to be a maid, you want to be a maid! ”

Hearing her say this, Queen Zhou remembered that strange person again, and immediately asked with a frown: "That...... Does that gentleman really have to be that important? ”

It's so important that the emperor disregarded decency and let his own daughter be that person's maid! It's unimaginable!

When Zhu Yujiao heard this, she immediately nodded solemnly, and said without hesitation: "Of course it is important, there is no more important person in the world than Mr." ”

"It can't be more important than you!" When Empress Zhou heard this, she said very dissatisfied. actually asked her daughter to be a maid, she has always been worried about this matter!

Who knew that as soon as Zhu Yujiao heard this, she thought about it for a while, then nodded solemnly and said: "If the daughter and the husband are assassinated at the same time, then the father will definitely let the father save the husband first!" ”

"......" When Queen Zhou heard this, she was immediately stupid again!

After coming back to her senses, she found that as long as this so-called gentleman was involved, things would often be beyond her cognition. Involuntarily, she asked curiously again, "What is the origin of this gentleman, and how important it is?" ”

After staring at her mother's curious expression for a while, Zhu Yujiao thought seriously for a while, and finally said seriously: "The origin of Mr. is incredible. My father said that it must be kept secret. If the queen mother wants to know, she can only ask her father! ”

"......" When Queen Zhou heard this, she was silent, bowing her head and not speaking.

Zhu Yujiao waited for a while, a little worried about whether the gentleman would leave first, and when she was a little anxious, Queen Zhou raised her head, looked at her and said seriously: "Since it is what your father meant, then the mother will just ask." Your mother will tell you about this, and you will listen to it yourself. ”

After finishing speaking, she began to point out what Zhu Yujiao said about the things that were not done right, what was too much to say, what should be decided by that gentleman, and so on.

In the end, Empress Zhou frowned and concluded: "All in all, you treat him as your father, so that you will basically not exceed your duty!" ”

"......" Zhu Yujiao was a little surprised when she heard it, and then after coming back to her senses, she nodded solemnly, obviously accepting this suggestion.

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At the same time, the crown prince Zhu Cihong had just arrived, but Zhang Mingwei had just enlightened Emperor Chongzhen with his idea of solving the refugees.

At this time, Zhang Mingwei was ready to set off immediately and go to the refugee camp outside the city.

"Father, my son wants to go with Mr. to see things outside." When Zhu Cihong saw it, he immediately made a request.

Zhang Mingwei listened to it and thought that after Zhu Cihong went to the south, he would definitely encounter similar problems. And as the crown prince, he should know about the people's suffering, so he agreed in his heart, but he didn't speak, just turned his head to look at Emperor Chongzhen.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen, his brows were tightly locked, and he nodded a little indifferently at Zhu Cihong's request, and said casually: "Then you change your clothes and stay by Mr.'s side, watch carefully, and learn a little." ”

If you don't accept it, it will be too eye-catching, and it will definitely attract the impeachment of a group of imperial historians, and Emperor Chongzhen is also annoyed by this. Hence the request.

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he didn't care about these at all, the important thing was to be able to go out, so he immediately agreed without saying a word.

Just when he thought he was leaving, he saw Emperor Chongzhen's brows furrowed, and asked Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, is the fraud in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty really very serious?" ”

Although Zhang Mingwei was concerned about the refugees outside the city, he could also understand how important the imperial examination would be to Emperor Chongzhen!

To tell the truth, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, maybe this imperial examination is actually much more important than the matter of refugees outside the city. It's just that Zhang Mingwei was eager here, so he dealt with the matter first and then asked.

If he wants to wait until Zhang Mingwei finishes dealing with the refugees outside the city, he can't wait.

Thinking like this, Zhang Mingwei had no choice but to press his temper and said to Emperor Chongzhen seriously: "This matter is indeed very serious. ”

There are people who have traveled through the past generations, and they have this benefit, and they can know things that people can't see clearly.

Wang Chengen and Zhu Cihong didn't know the antecedents, but when they heard that it was related to the fraud in the imperial examination, they immediately held their breath one by one and didn't dare to speak out. In the main hall, only Zhang Mingwei's voice sounded.

There is such a sentence in the later sources, saying that Zhang Pu, the leader of the Fushe Society, is known as the emperor of the people, and the reason is that he controlled the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty at the level of Xiucai. And later, he also used his power to influence the court, such as ......"

Speaking of this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen, whose face was already extremely ugly, and then gave him a knife in his heart and said: "Use his power to pave the way for Zhou Yanru and let him re-ascend to the throne of the first assistant, on the condition that Zhang Pu gave Zhou Yanru a list and asked Zhou Yanru to promote and select those officials." ”

As soon as the news came out, all of these people in the hall were bloodless. It is simply unimaginable that a mere leader of the Restoration Society should have such a big force!

Subsequently, Zhang Mingwei talked in detail about the specific matter of using most of the members of the Fushe to control the imperial examination in tandem with official backgrounds.

"Hehe, hehe......" After being dumbfounded for a while, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer continuously, "Folk Emperor, with such means, he is really a folk emperor!" No wonder Da Ming is going to die, it turns out that it has become like this, but I still don't know anything! Hehe, hehe......"

Obviously, this news is really a very big blow to Emperor Chongzhen!

On the bright side, the imperial court was defeated in successive battles, and now only Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan City are left; For the thieves, the more they exterminated the thieves, the more they besieged the city, and even the princes and princes were killed by them. There are also floods in the south and droughts in the north, plagues and so on, which are already the end of the world. But even so, Emperor Chongzhen is still trying to remedy it.

But he really didn't expect that this was actually not a problem of remediation, but that the inside was already rotten. The corruption of officialdom has reached such an extent that the emperor is played with by them and applauded.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen really had a creepy feeling. In this case, there will be ghosts if you don't lose the country!

However, when he saw Zhang Mingwei standing in front of him, hope rekindled in his eyes, and he hurriedly reached out to grab Zhang Mingwei's arm, and said very earnestly: "Sir, save me!" ”

At this moment, it was his instinctive reaction, so much so that he even forgot to use the self-title of "I", and returned to the instinctive desire of an ordinary person.

Zhang Mingwei could understand his mood at this time, so he comforted him and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, since God has let me come to Your Majesty's side, I am here to solve the current game!" ”

If it is just that there is an outstanding talent in this era, but, in the background of officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that even Xiucai will not be able to win, and his lifelong talent may eventually be used to rebel.

Even if you finally get into the Jinshi, but under such an officialdom atmosphere, you will inevitably be excluded and attacked by most people, and the outcome will most likely be frustrated officialdom.

This can be verified from the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Are there any outstanding folk talents?

There are definitely any, such as Yan Yingyuan, who was just an inaccessible history in the Chongzhen Dynasty, but he was able to retreat Gu San Mazi and lead the small city of Jiangyin to hold out for 81 days under the siege of the Jianyu army.

Loyal and good generals, is there any?

Absolutely, such as Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yuji, etc., but what happened to them? It's a dead end.

It stands to reason that the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the last years of Chongzhen, was really hopeless, even if Li Zicheng was not lucky, the final death of the Ming Dynasty was inevitable.