Queen Ma looked at her son, who was already a teenager, and said: "Before I know it, my son is getting married, and my mother is also old. ”

Zhu Biao frowned and said, "Why did the queen mother suddenly sigh with emotion, didn't someone say something to you?" ”

Queen Ma is actually not very old, she is only thirty-seven this year, but she is naturally older than those girls who have just entered the palace.

It's not impossible, these two people don't talk for a long time when they lose their temper, unless the mood suddenly improves, and they will reconcile by lowering their heads in private.

The old people in the palace all know it, but those newcomers may still think that the emperor is tired of the queen, and they don't dare to say anything on the surface, but they can also do it if they say a few words that are not yin or yang.

If this is the case, Zhu Biao doesn't mind giving an order, although he can't directly intervene in the affairs of the harem, but he can't teach a few little concubines a lesson.

As long as they give an order, those palace maids and eunuchs in the harem, and even the concubines with children, don't mind selling them to His Royal Highness the Prince, after all, their sons and daughters have to count on their brothers.

Queen Ma looked at the coldness flashing in her son's eyes and said: "Don't think about it, your queen mother has gone from Mrs. Handsome to Princess Wu to the current queen, where will people be bullied, those new little concubines are in order." ”

Zhu Biao laughed, although his mother said that those concubines would be, and they would have to be smaller, they were clearly still minding their age.

Zhu Biao opened his mouth and said: "My father is not a person who covets women, those who are admitted to the palace are just to appease the ministers, and a few are sent by small countries outside the fan, and my father can't drive people away." No matter how young and beautiful they are, I am afraid that the emperor will not even remember who they are, and they are qualified to compare with you. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like to sleep with the concubines, most of the time he let them go to the side hall after finishing his errands, and rest alone, and rarely allowed those concubines who had children and were more favored to sleep with them when he was in a good mood, which could be regarded as giving them some decency.

It's different from Queen Ma, the two of them have always slept together, and even if they quarreled in the middle of the night, Comrade Lao Zhu shouted a few unreasonable words angrily, and ran to the imperial study to sleep with the quilt.

Queen Ma nodded without stubble and said: "Yesterday I saw a few more strands of gray hair on your father's sideburns, he was too tired, but he couldn't trust others, and he carried everything by himself." Biao'er, your father loves you the most, you have to help him share more. ”

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Queen Mother, don't always quarrel with your father, a few days ago, there was a rare smile on my father's face, and my father was measured in the affairs of the court, and he would not kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

Queen Ma shook her head: "Those people are a little wrong, but it is never to the point of death, your father's killing intent is now heavier than when he was in the war, and he treats civil and military officials like enemies, how can this work, those who win the hearts of the people can be convinced." ”

Zhu Biao nodded yes, and Queen Ma continued: "The one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and now that he has the world, doesn't he need the hearts of the people?" Wanton killing is definitely not something that Ming Jun can do, since the law has been set, it should be strictly implemented, how can he arbitrarily increase the punishment because of the momentary anger, so how can the law be implemented in the world. ”

Zhu Biao smiled and complimented: "The queen mother is shengming, if she is born as a boy, the queen mother has the mind and bearing to help the world." ”

Queen Ma sighed: "As long as your father heard me say this, he had to jump to his feet and shout that the harem should not interfere in politics, and then he left in a huff." ”

Zhu Biao comforted Queen Ma for a while, and then after Zhu Lu was tired of playing and ran back, Zhu Biao talked to his sister again, promising to bring her a kitten back next time.

Queen Ma didn't say anything, there are also many concubines in the palace who have puppies and kittens, after all, what can be the meaning of the inner courtyard of the deep palace, Queen Ma is fortunate to be in charge of the entire harem, and Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't like cats and dogs, so she didn't raise them.

Zhu Lu sometimes meets those little things that run out when she plays in the palace, and seeing that she likes it, those concubines naturally politely said that they would give it to His Royal Highness, but Queen Ma is not willing to take advantage of others, and Zhu Lu is still young, so she told her to ask her brother for it.

The child is forgetful, the first few times Zhu Biao came, she patronized and forgot about it, this time it can be regarded as remembering, Zhu Biao's pampering sister is naturally agreed.

Nanjing City is now recovering very well, very prosperous, the market selling cats and dogs is also open, when the time comes, ask someone to pick a few good ones to send in.

The bazaar selling small animals began as early as the Song Dynasty, Zhu Biao read the essay of a Jinshi in the Song Dynasty, which recorded that in front of the Great Xiangguo Temple of Kaifeng Mansion, five times a month open to the trade of ten thousand surnames, the big three doors are all birds, cats and dogs, rare birds and beasts, everything.

There is also cat food and dog food for sale in the market: "Where the house raises horses, there are people who provide forage every day; If you raise a dog, you will provide chaff; If you have a cat, you will provide fish loach; Fish farming is for shrimp. ”

There are even a variety of small commodities and pet services in Hangzhou, including "cat litter, cat fish, selling cats, changing cats and dogs", the meaning of cat litter, cat fish, and cats is easy to understand, and "changing cats and dogs" is likely to be for pet cats and pet dogs to do grooming.

Zhu Biao was fascinated by it at that time, the Song Dynasty's record may not be good, but most of the people's lives are indeed relatively rich, and I don't know when the Ming Dynasty will be able to restore this grand situation.

After Zhu Biao said goodbye to his mother, he got up and walked towards the front palace, and now it is almost time to go down, and the civil and military officials have to go back to the government office.

All the way to the vicinity of the Fengtian Temple, I saw a group of civil and military officials walking out of the Fengtian Palace, the lower the grade, the faster they came out, one is that they are close to the door, and it is easy to block the door if they don't go quickly, and the other is that the bigwigs will always walk at the end to discuss a few words, in case they accidentally hear something that should not be heard, their small body can not stand it.

Zhu Biao stood in place and watched the crowd pour out, and it was obvious that the general party was divided, such as the officials of the imperial history who were upright and had clean sleeves, and followed Liu Bowen directly to their official offices, without saying much to anyone.

The generals and nobles shouted that they were going to drink, anyway, if they didn't fight, they would be fine if they sat in the yamen for a day. The officials of Zhongshu Province are clearly divided into several waves, vaguely excluding each other.

As for the real bigwigs in the court, they walked out happily together, Yang Xian and Li Shanchang wanted to talk about Zhenghuan, Hu Weiyong and Xu Da didn't know what to talk about, and the scholars of the six departments came out with their hands behind their backs, vaguely headed by the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials.

Chang Yuchun walked side by side with Li Wenzhong, both of them were Zhu Biao's foundation in the army, and Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song Guogong in the back, chased after him, and the three of them were also smiling and smiling.

Zhu Biao was wearing a golden and red dragon robe today, and it was naturally obvious that he was surrounded by a group of people, and most of the officials saw it and saluted from afar and left, after all, they didn't think that the prince could have anything to say to them.

Zhu Biao looked at Li Shanchang and Yang Xian with his hands behind his back, they stretched out their hands to each other and humbly, and finally it was Li Shanchang who led the way to Zhu Biao.

Hu Weiyong, who was in the distance, took a deep look at Yang Xian's back, and his eyes were cold, while Xu Da looked at Hu Weiyong's complexion, and thought to himself: "Hu Weiyong and Yang Xian are the same kind of people, and when they don't have their will, they are rampant when they are good at forbearance, and they are far from Li Shanchang." ”

After Hu Weiyong came back to his senses, he extended his hand to Xu Da to invite, both of them are Huaixi nobles, Hu Weiyong now has the support of Li Shanchang, as long as he can get the support of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, he can become the leader of Huaixi Xungui after Li Shanchang's abdication.

said to be a civilian leader, but in fact it is the same as the leader of Huaixi, after all, Xu Da often goes out to command the army all year round in the spring, and he is too lazy to take care of things even if he is in the capital.

The six scholars also looked at Yang Xian's back with disdain, Yang Xian was eager to do things for quick success, and he only wanted to satisfy the emperor, and often ordered them through the Zhongshu Province.

The official secretary glanced at Zhang Chang, the secretary of the household department next to him: "Have you clarified the problem of taxation in Yangzhou?"

Zhang Chang shook his head slightly: "There must be something wrong with Yangzhou, but there is still a lack of evidence." ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department sneered: "Yang Xian is smart, he doesn't want to wipe the shit on his buttocks, so he is in a hurry to climb up, hmph, let's see how bad he will fall." ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu didn't say a word, and the Ministry Shangshu glanced at him and said, "Be cautious, do you really think that Yang Xian can deceive the saint and hide from Mao Xiang's pro-army Governor's Mansion?" ”

The rest of the people immediately stopped talking, and the official Shangshu didn't say more, bowed to Zhu Biao from afar, and then turned around and left.

And the imperial historians who had already gone away from the ministers also began to whisper, Liu Bowen walked forward with a calm face, and a person behind him said: "Zhongcheng, Yang Xian was your protégé after all, and now the undercurrent is surging in the court, and all the spearheads are pointed at Yang Xian, whether to help him, or let our imperial historian go to impeachment, even if Yang Xian has an accident in the future, our responsibility has already entered." ”

Uncle Liu was silent for a while and said: "It's okay to play impeachment, but you don't need to press a big sin on him, just impeach him for being arrogant and nepotistic in Zhongshu Province, and the rumors you hear can't be played." ”

As soon as these words came out, the imperial historians also had a scale, Liu Bowen sighed, he really pitied Yang Xian's talent, he really didn't understand, why should he be so eager for quick success when he was still young, he could have become the pillar of the country, and it was not without a chance to take charge of the prime minister in the future.

Now it's a good thing, it has become a knife in the hands of the saint, and after stabbing the Huaixi Party, it is inevitable that it will be pushed out and beheaded to appease the anger of the Huaixi Party.

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