Of course, Zhu Cihong had to order the speed not to be too fast.

As the crown prince of the former dynasty, he spent the past few years tremblingly, and the death day of his father was approaching again.

However, in the second year of the republican calendar, he first married a woman who had been engaged, and then he was allowed to live in a house outside the city.

There is some trouble in moving, there are many things for the younger brothers and sisters, and the space is limited, and some loyal old eunuchs are willing to follow, and those strange uncles ...... Without ambiguity, you have to admit that the various behaviors of the elders are bizarre.

However, with a little bit of freedom, the move is still very pleasant, and although the newlywed life is simple, it is also sweet.

Although the Ning family's dream of the crown princess can't come true, it is already difficult to ride a tiger at this time, in fact, it is already fortunate to be able to escape the death threat of breaking the family and destroying the family at this moment of changing the dynasty.

Of course, it's okay for Zhu Cihong's small life, compared to what happened in history, at this time, the brothers and sisters reunited as a family, they had no food and clothing every day, and they even had a lot of fun, what else did they ask for, after a long time, he also found that the loyalty of those civil servants was largely based on glory and wealth, and they shouted in front of him, either for the various privileges and wealth that had been canceled, or simply because their family wanted a privilege after committing a crime or something.

There are a lot of talk about the prince being the master of the ministers, but Zhu Cihong is not a stupid person.

Chongzhen's personality has some problems, at least in the early stage of the reign, he made a lot of mistakes, but in the later stage, he grasped the education of his children very tightly, several history books from different sources, all of which were fair and beautiful to Zhu Cihong, good at coping, and a lot of neat calligraphy records, and Chongzhen absorbed the poor education of the previous emperors, and the shortcomings of chicken feathers and duck blood, and the education of this son is definitely at the level of ear and face.

However, the world outside the palace is indeed very ...... It's terrible, Zhu Cihong also occasionally came out to take a look under the prodding of some elders, the crowd was surging, and the voices were noisy, everyone had their own expressions, no longer those eunuchs, only lowered their heads and were silent, silent and obedient.

After slowly getting used to it, civilian life is no different, he is now a person who has two salaries, one is the salary of the Palace Museum, as a person who has really experienced court life, Zhu Cihong is worth this price, and the other part is the subsidy given by the Ming Tombs.

Of course, Zhu Cihong was allowed to take away some of his belongings, which themselves are also part of cultural relics, but if you think about it carefully, it seems a little unkind not to let people take them away.

Of course, Zhu Cihong's personal protection work is still the responsibility of the elders, and his personal freedom is still guaranteed, as long as he does not leave the imperial capital, he can walk at will.

This is also a helpless way, Zhu Cihong's identity is extremely sensitive, if a careerist harms him, won't the final account be counted on the elders.

However, there are still a group of people who have been following behind.

Although Zhu Cihong's small mansion is not a vast Ten Kings' Mansion, it is not bad in nature, and the carriage can be driven directly in, of course, Zhu Cihong has always instructed that it is not necessary to be too fast, and it is not a trivial matter if he hits someone with his identity.

Of course, when I was about to get back to the house, a group of people who had been waiting outside the door pounced.

The carriage had to stop, because Zhu Cihong really knew these people.

"Meet Your Highness."

A group of old men took the lead, and many people knelt on the ground, and the road was naturally blocked.

Zhu Cihong hadn't seen so many people kneel down to him for at least a few years, "There's no need to be polite, have you been waiting here for a long time?" ”

In the past two years in the imperial capital, the elders have already canceled the kneeling salute with the firmest heart, and ordinary people can bow a little when they see officials, and Zhu Cihong is also used to this.

The old man knelt on the ground at this time, raised his head slightly, and said: "The old minister is old and useless, he just entered Beijing today, and he can see the prince, and he will die without regrets." ”

Zhu Cihong was not very happy when he heard this dead word, he also met with many foreign ministers in the past two years, and they basically spoke very cautiously, at first they were the former Ming ministers who remained in the imperial capital, since these people did not die for the country, they naturally took refuge in Li Zicheng, and then they trotted all the way into the control of the elders, and later, it was the rest of the celebrities from all over the world.

Later, gradually, it was the ministers from all over the south, the people sent by the vassal kings, and in the end, many vassal kings also came over boldly, and even Zhu Cihong's wedding almost became a party of vassal kings.

"Oh, the things of the previous dynasty are already in the past, so there is no need to say anything more."

"The old minister Huang Daozhou, came to meet the prince, there are only a few people around the prince, and they are really abused and despised, which makes people have to be annoyed."

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "The imperial capital has been severely cracked down several times, and the traitors have basically gone to Australia, and now it is not said that the house is not closed at night, but it is deserving to leave no trace on the road, and no one will treat me even if I walk on the street by myself." ”

Huang Daozhou felt his blood surge, and said: "What about the decency, you are a dignified prince, there are thousands of people in the south of the Yangtze River, this time the old minister came to the imperial capital, just to discuss how to welcome back the prince and go back to Nanjing!" ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "Don't talk about Jiangnan affairs, I'm very good in the imperial capital." ”

Huang Daozhou had a hard temper, and the minister who had angrily negotiated peace with the Jurchens in front of Chongzhen, but at this time, he stood up, pulled Zhu Cihong, who was about to get off, and said: "Could it be that the prince indulges in extravagance and forgets the inheritance of his ancestors." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "I am in this imperial capital, but for the people!" ”

Huang Daozhou said: "Now there is no owner in the world, and in the land south of the Yangtze River, from time to time there are those with ill-intentioned people who make trouble, and only when the prince arrives in Nanjing can he calm people's hearts." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "I think that mess has nothing to do with me, but the actions of the southern ministers, which really makes people laugh and cry." ”

Huang Daozhou's eyes widened, and he said: "Why did the prince say this, the Ming Emperor Bintian for two years, but he still maintained the imperial rule, and hundreds of millions of people are looking forward to the prince, why do you say this!" He suddenly looked at Wu Meicun in the distance, and shouted: "Wu Weiye, they are all the princes you taught, so disregard for the righteousness!" ”

Wu Meicun was dragged here, and his face was not good.

was fooled into coming to the north, and his life was suitable, and later he lived in the imperial capital, and now he is also an upright official, and he has even been set for the next imperial examination...... Oh no, he is one of the examiners of the civil service examination, of course, he still maintains his relationship with Zhu Cihong, but he is very interested in all kinds of new things in the imperial capital, in fact, at this time, he is studying as a subordinate official of radio and television, Wu Meicun is fascinated and even addicted to the world of movies, and longs to one day he can also create films.

Our comrade Wu Meicun is not only able to write about being angry and angry, but his script and music are good, in fact, the poems themselves are related to music.

As a native of Jiangnan, he was caught by the Zodiac Zhou who rushed to the imperial capital to come here, and he felt depressed, and said: "Don't say that, my lord, the prince is a reasonable person, and he has his reasons for refusing to go south." ”

Zhu Cihong was not angry, and said, "A few adults, please come in, this is not the place to talk." ”

Huang Daozhou looked at the person who drove Zhu Cihong, wearing a training uniform, obviously an official from the imperial capital.

However, this person packed up his car and went to rest by himself, although there were people at the door of Zhu Cihong's house, but they were not standing guard, but purely a janitor.

Entering the courtyard, someone received him attentively, but the clothes were like the old court, so that Huang Daozhou could see the heat, he was a person who kept manners or pretended to be forced, since Zhu Cihong was not there, he naturally did not dare to go to the door, and waited outside for a long time.

All the way south, the closer you get to the imperial capital, the more wrong it feels, it turns out that the conservative imperial capital really doesn't know where it is, especially after getting off the ship in Tianjin, sitting on that terrible railway, being supported all the way, but Huang Daozhou can still withstand it, but the big girl on the street walks the streets and alleys to do business and do things, he can't stand it.

Barbarians.

This is the latest evaluation of the imperial capital by the Zodiac Zhou.

The reason why he dared to go north was because at Zhu Cihong's wedding a few days ago, there were many guests, and even a large number of Daming clans came to cheer, and afterwards these people also got a severance silver to show that they could be peaceful people, no matter what, it is better than being done, in fact, this money is still Zhu Cihong for his relatives, after all, the elders took down the Forbidden City in one go, and many of the cultural relics in it are theoretically personal belongings inherited by Zhu Cihong from his father.

And these kings and kings can actually come out of a place like a wolf's den, according to Huang Daozhou's saying: "Thieves sell their fame and reputation and buy people's hearts." ”

But this is also an opportunity, if he can, Huang Daozhou made up his mind to go north to the imperial capital, and naturally wanted to take the prince away.

For two years, the situation in Jiangnan has stabilized, but the undercurrent continues, as he himself said, there is no emperor, but the bureaucrats continue to pick up, in fact, the situation is also stabilized, and taxes continue to be collected.

However, people who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, and the legitimacy of the regime and the unification of the law are the fundamentals pursued by a group of mature politicians.

As we said, the Ming Dynasty was a society with a small peasant economy as the theme and bureaucratic capital inflated, and the main source of officials, the imperial examination system, needed grading examinations to determine the core, and now, they lack the backbone, and it is difficult to hold even the imperial examination.

Without the imperial examination, how can you gather people's hearts? Everyone used to be the same province, why do we Hunan men have to go to your Nanjing to take the exam, you have more Nanjing...... Well, there is one more palace than us, and it is to accompany the capital.

Huang Daozhou wanted to say his own words, but Zhu Cihong looked at the pile of things at the door and said, "What is this?" ”

The eunuch came over and whispered something, and he suddenly realized, turned around and said, "A few adults, just rest in the living room, I have family affairs to go." ”

Huang Daozhou bowed modestly, and the rest of the old men watched Zhu Cihong return upstairs.

The decoration of the living room on this floor is not too deviant, the traces of the newlywed still exist, although Huang Daozhou is anxious, but there is no other way, just look left and right, cheer up the others, and find a way to bring the prince back to Nanjing.

Fortunately, naturally there were eunuchs who came over to serve the tea, and it was not too embarrassing, but more than a dozen old men were naturally dissatisfied, and some people sat directly on the ground and surrounded the coffee table.

After a long time, Zhu Cihong slowly came down, saw that a few old adults were still calm, stood up to greet him, and said: "I'm tired of a few people, if there is no big event today, I won't snub a few people, but my little sister's marriage is also coming soon, I'll go talk about it." ”

Huang Daozhou didn't react too much, which in itself was the prince's private matter.

Although according to the old rules, the officials who died of their father must worry about it for three years, they can't eat, drink, or play, but this rule must not be used against the emperor and the crown prince, the emperor's family pays attention to blood inheritance, in fact, several emperors are in a hurry to get married in the first year of the throne, which is not only a sign of adulthood, but also a hurry to leave the dragon species, in order to ensure that the royal family has an heir, there is no need to break out a civil war, and thousands of miles of blood are just to compete for the power of a broken chair.

And this princess, the little girl is 16 years old, if she keeps filial piety for three years and becomes a 19-year-old leftover girl, you are responsible.

Huang Daozhou immediately said: "I just don't know ...... the horse is"

He was a little afraid to hear the story of an imperial daughter being occupied.

"It's still the person chosen by my father, Zhou Xian, the son of the prince, Zhou Xian's age is not young, today I finally sent someone to send an auspicious gift, I want to find time to discuss with me when to marry my sister, they are so prepared, I also have to prepare, but Brother Li said that he will give me a dowry."

Huang Daozhou asked with some vigilance, "Who is Brother Li?" ”

"It's an elder."

Huang Daozhou said: "How can the prince ask for the thief's money!" The old man didn't bring much entangled here, but he was willing to give it all to the prince, and the prince couldn't fall for the thief's poisonous plan for a little favor. ”

Although Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, it was nothing, he just said: "Lord Huang, it's not what you think, as for the dowry, it can be regarded as a gift from a friend, but it's okay." ”

"Did the prince forget that there are still hundreds of millions of people in the south, as well as the Nanjing palace, just because of such a little bit of fine clothes and food."

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said: "I am staying in the imperial capital, it is for their good, now in the south, it can be said that it is almost out of control, and the court is gone, but the Liao salary is still being collected, and even intensified, because the money received can all go to the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the people have been wronged, and more are asking for help, it can be said that in the past two years, the life of the people in Jiangnan is not better, but worse." ”

(End of chapter)