Goryeo Gongnu?

Zhang Shou really wanted to flip through the yellow calendar to determine whether it was the Ming Yongren Xuan period. Because as far as he knows, that period was the most frequent period of Goryeo tribute women, and in the entire Ming harem, there were many Goryeo concubines represented by Concubine Quan Xian, and even two Goryeo sisters entered the palace, and then unluckily encountered the tragic event that the emperor died and were forced to be martyred.

On the one hand, the period of great exploration had already begun, and a bunch of Western literature in Latin had been brought back from overseas, and there were probably a lot of science books in the middle, but on the other hand, the imperial court had also issued an edict to Goryeo, asking people to send Goryeo's daughter as if they were paying tribute? This feels like two completely incompatible painting styles are mixed together, so that Zhang Shou, who has obviously met the Goryeo Mission today, was a little shocked.

After a long time, he finally noticed that the expression on Zhu Ying's face didn't seem to be right, and after a moment of silence, he asked with some uncertainty: "Why, is it possible to make this so-called edict...... Is there actually a problem? ”

"Of course there is a problem!" Zhu Ying was so angry that her brows stood up, "Goryeo has beautiful women, in the past, Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Sejong really liked it, so they issued an edict to ask for Goryeo tribute girls at every turn, but among them are one or two concubines, and there is only one inferior title in the other old death palaces, or even no titles." But since Emperor Yingzong, he hasn't done this! Emperor Ruizong also said......"

Speaking of Emperor Ruizong, who may be his grandfather, Zhu Ying was full of energy: "Emperor Ruizong said that the concubines in the palace are selected from among the countrymen, and they will still have the opportunity to see their families in the future, but if it is a Fanbang woman, the family will be separated forever and will never see each other again." Wherefore, why do you create such iniquity? Besides, it's not that we don't have beauties in Daming! ”

She paused for a moment, and said angrily: "This is what the emperor told me, so it is definitely impossible for the emperor to give such an edict!" So I wondered, what went wrong, why did Goryeo suddenly become a tribute girl again? ”

Zhang Shou thought of the scene when he met that person Shanjun on the way into the city, and he thought that he seemed to have seen a few very inconspicuous black oil carriages, which were often sat by civilians and even merchants.

Sure enough, the next moment, he only heard Zhu Ying speak: "Moreover, the Goryeo royal family is afraid of death. Because there is often a disaster of overturning by sea, it is often a tribute all the way, taking the sea route to Tianjin, in case of an accident, they will cry and cry, and the court will not care about their obedience. They themselves traveled by land, and although it was a little farther and a little harder, at least it was safe. ”

"Moreover, the goods are all on the sea, and they don't have much oil and water on them, and they always have to send one or two hundred escorts along the way, so they don't have to worry about encountering bandits and the like. These guys are shrewd like ghosts, and in the past, in order to sell their Korean ginseng for a high price, they also advertised everywhere that their Korean ginseng was better than the ginseng in Liaodong! ”

Originally, it was a very serious topic, but at this time, it was completely crooked, but Zhang Shou didn't care, the left and right were just laughing behind his back, did he still have to rise to the height of discussing state affairs?

Fortunately, Zhu Ying had already realized her digression as she spoke, and immediately coughed and turned back to the original topic: "If it weren't for the fact that I happened to meet someone from the host and guest division with the Goryeo delegation to the South Pavilion, and one of the carriages suddenly fell apart on the spot, and as a result, three girls fell from it, and they were in a panic with a long robe on their heads. ”

"This kind of ghost custom is only available to the so-called aristocratic women in Goryeo, so of course I went up directly to ask, as soon as I heard the word tribute girl, I knew that there was a problem, and immediately entered the palace to ask the emperor what was going on. But when I arrived at Donghua Gate, I heard that you had already gone to Ciqing Palace with the four princes, so I decided to wait for you to come over first. ”

"If the emperor is in a good mood, since I have bumped into him, then do a good deed and go to the palace to report this matter, if he is in a bad mood, then forget it, anyway, the people who turn back to the host and guest department will also go to report, I will not block this thunder for them!"

Zhang Shou was slightly stunned, and then noticed that since he got into the carriage, the carriage has indeed not moved! He couldn't help but laugh dumbly, shrugged his shoulders and said: "The emperor originally saw the four princes, and he should be in a good mood, but he messed up the mandarin duck spectrum and asked Zhang Chen to go to the Ye family to propose marriage, so I took Zhang Chen away in a few words, and then said something excessive, as if he was angry with the emperor." ”

Zhu Ying's eyes couldn't help but widen slightly. The next moment, she immediately opened the curtains and beckoned: "Ah Liu, tell me to go down, go, let's go home first!" ”

Even if it was her, she would never rush into the palace when her husband was likely to anger the emperor, wouldn't that be sent to give people anger? However, she was very curious about how Zhang Shou was angry with the emperor, so although she endured and endured it on the road, as soon as she returned to Zhang Yuan, she pulled Zhang Shou all the way into the study, and she had to ask carefully.

When she heard that Zhang Shou asked Zhang Chen to find out his intentions with the Ye family, and even said that he could reconcile and leave in the future, even her big grinning character who didn't care about everything couldn't help but be dumbfounded, especially when she heard Zhang Shou's claim that there was no insinuation of three hundred taels of silver here, she couldn't help laughing out loud after being stunned.

"Ah Shou, what you said is really straightforward!"

"If it's just straightforward, if it's really straightforward, I should say that marriage is free, if one day love is relaxed, then you might as well break it happily, the man can marry another, and the woman can marry another." Zhang Shou smiled, then gradually put away his smile, and said lightly, "This is just talking, if something happens to someone else, it will naturally come as happy, but once it happens to yourself, ......"

"That's probably the pain in the heart. Therefore, although I don't think so, couples like Liang Hong and Mengguang, but there is a way that amorous but always seems to be ruthless, when love is deep, it dies and lives, and when it is strong, it becomes thin, how many couples who once loved each other end up detached? Therefore, since ancient times, there have only been virtuous queens, but there are no dedicated emperors, this is the truth. ”

"Once delicate and lovely, when the love is thin, it becomes willful and ignorant; What was once thought to be naïve and straightforward has become a posturing when it comes to thin feelings; used to have a soulful heart, but when the love was thin, it became a different dream in the same bed. ”

Zhang Shou said this with deep feelings, and when he saw Zhu Ying's delicate face, he smiled and said: "So, what did you say to me at the beginning, even if you were ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed...... In fact, I still want to say, if one day you think that I have gray hair and wrinkles, but I still have hateful words and strange personality to find fault with you, and even find fault with others, then don't hesitate to divorce me immediately! ”

"Phew!" Zhu Yingzheng felt sad in her heart, but Zhang Shou's last self-teasing sentence successfully teased her. So, she completely forgot to send someone to find out what the result was for Zhang Chen and the Ye family, and also forgot to find out what kind of situation it would be after the matter of the Goryeo Gongnu was transmitted to the palace.

She just felt that Zhang Shou was obviously the same age as herself, but she seemed to have vicissitudes in her heart, so she could always say things that others could never say anyway.

Zhang Shou casually gave the emperor a big stimulus and slipped away, thanks to the three princes and the four princes, the two sons accompanied, the emperor finally gradually recovered his mood, and then took the four princes who had just returned to the palace to visit the five princes in Yonghe Palace.

Seeing that when the fourth prince saw the infant brother, he was very rare on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was like the third prince, stretched out his finger and poked it in the face, and then poked it again, making people cry and never tired of it, he finally couldn't help but reach out and take the person away, and scolded with a smile: "When you are an elder brother, you should also have the appearance of being an elder brother, so you are called Mr. Xiao Zheng outside!" ”

The fourth prince's eyes widened slightly, and then he came to his senses, this is because his father is not worried that he is outside, so there must be someone nearby to protect him. He sneered for a moment, and then his eyes rolled around, and he made an excuse that he wanted to congratulate the concubine on her happy son, but the emperor threw him a laugh.

"Your mother also had to be confined when she gave birth to you, and now the concubine is the same, I can't even see you, let alone you?"

The fourth prince knew that he couldn't slip away, so he honestly promised that he would be a good brother and a good example in the future, and he couldn't help but look at the third prince a few more times during the period, as if he was complaining that the other party didn't help him speak.

And the third prince smiled innocently, for fear that the emperor would remember that when he first saw his younger brother, that action was the same as the poke and poke of the fourth prince at the moment. How fun it is for such a big child, he has never experienced it before!

And the father and son saw the five princes in Yonghe Palace, and they almost poked and poked to make people cry, and then hurriedly sent them to the nurse to feed, and then came out together. At this time, the emperor sent the four princes into Concubine Jiang's longevity palace, but when he saw the mother and son hugging their heads and crying with joy, he quietly left with the three princes.

Of course, he personally sent the third prince to his biological mother and concubine, that is, the imperial concubine, without discrimination, but he did not stay, but went straight back to the Qianqing Palace. Since the abolition, the number of times he stayed in the harem has been very small, but the number of times he has slept alone in the Qianqing Palace has become more and more, so Chen Yongshou is of course very accustomed to him coming back alone.

As for reminding the emperor to spend the night with a certain concubine, of course, it is completely impossible. Even the Queen Mother doesn't care about this kind of thing of the emperor, what is he doing with such a hollow heart with a stewardship? The Emperor now has three sons!

At this moment, the hour is naturally early, so the emperor has to flip through the ticket sent by the cabinet - he is not a diligent madman like Qin Shi Huang, it is impossible to really read every book carefully, in that case, in addition to three meals a day, he will probably even have to compress the time to sleep. Therefore, he first glanced at the outline compiled by the celebrant and then began to look at the ticket draft.

In fact, it is just a glance, and the circle is painted in red, and in most cases it is swept away, without rejection at all.

However, when he swept to one of the notes and saw a few words about the Goryeo Mission, he was about to skip it when he didn't want to do anything important, but then he saw that the ticket was about to ask emphatically, who had issued an edict and where he had come to pay tribute, he was stunned for a moment.

The emperor suddenly remembered that when he had just sent the third prince back to the imperial concubine, a certain female official had indeed mentioned that this Zhengdan Dynasty was after the winter solstice, and the prince attended the court meeting for the second time, and there would be many envoys to come to celebrate the New Year, and the Goryeo delegation came as usual. At that time, he didn't take it to heart at all, but now that he thinks about it, what people reminded me is probably the word tribute girl.

The former concubine is also the current imperial concubine, which is naturally a character of ten thousand indisputable, however, the female official next to her may have a sense of crisis, so she reminded him euphemistically, but he didn't hear it at all!

Because of the matter of the Goryeo Gongnu, he only knew about it for the first time now! This is a big joke, whether he is or the elder of the pavilion who wrote this vote, he doesn't even know when he will issue an edict to ask for a tribute girl from Goryeo!

The angry emperor directly threw the note in his hand, and then he was so angry that he got up. When Chen Yongshou heard the movement and hurried over, he said word by word: "Go and summon the three scholars Kong, Wu, and Zhang to the Qianqing Palace, and talk about the Goryeo mission, and I will discuss with them!" ”

If the emperor summoned him without a word of reminder in advance, then even the three elders with high status would be more or less uneasy, but since the chamberlain who came to deliver the message deliberately made it clear that it was the matter of the Goryeo mission, the three of them naturally knew it. Therefore, when he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he saluted, and the Confucius scholar opened his mouth bluntly.

"Your Majesty, the Goryeo delegation came to pay tribute this time, and also claimed to be a tribute girl, which is simply incredible, even if the minister's memory is not good, he will not forget what is written on the letter to Goryeo. What's more, since the time of Emperor Yingzong, our dynasty has never asked for Goryeo tribute women. ”

"On the contrary, every year when they exchange Korean ginseng for various silk satins, the imperial court mostly converts them at a flat price, which is already very face-saving for them. According to the minister's opinion, it must be the newly enthroned king of Goryeo who felt that his position was unstable, so he sent the noble women of the country to the capital to show goodwill, but pretended to be a tribute girl. This wind cannot be fueled, and it must be strictly punished! ”

Seeing that the Confucian scholar was so tough, Zhang Yu, a bachelor on the side, hesitated for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the king of Goryeo who ascended the throne before is young, he may not be able to convince the public, and he should indeed have the will to serve our dynasty respectfully. ”

"If you are small, you will be attacked by the Chinese of the country, and if you are big, you will ...... It may cause turmoil in the country and the throne will not be secured. The minister thinks that the lord of a country should not be so stupid. ”

Confucius University suddenly frowned: "Then do you mean that someone in my court forged an edict and let Goryeo pay tribute?" It's ridiculous, not to mention whether there are such rebellious ministers in the court, what can this Goryeo Gongnu do? What's the use? Moreover, the king of Goryeo falsely claimed that the edict was exposed, which was a stain and might even lose the throne, isn't it a felony for our officials to do such things? ”

Seeing that Confucius and Zhang Yu were fighting each other, Wu Gelao, who had not spoken, finally coughed. However, the first sentence he uttered made Confucius University Scholar and Zhang Yu stunned at the same time.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since this kind of unbelievable thing has happened, then ...... Could it be a misunderstanding? Wu Ge Lao blinked at the emperor, and then said with a pun, "For example, which person who is no longer there was a heart jumping, his mouth shook, and even his hands when he passed the edict, so he wrote more, or said more words that he didn't have?" ”

At that moment, the other three monarchs and ministers in the Qianqing Palace looked at each other, and they all thought of some kind of ridiculous possibility for a while.