Also arriving at the same time as Zhu Youxiao were Wei Zhongxian, Kebaba, Concubine Li Kang of Xili, and Zhu Huiyuan, as well as a large group of palace people.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't seem to be very interested in women, which is better than his father and grandfather.

There are only a few concubines of Zhu Youxiao, Empress Zhang Yan of Yi'an, Concubine Liang, Wang Shi, "Guoyu" as the Imperial Guifei, Hui Concubine Fan, Imperial Guifei, Cheng Concubine Li, Rong Concubine Ren, and later the Imperial Guifei, Chunfei Duan, Feng Guiren, and Hu Guiren.

There is also a Yu Concubine Zhang, the original palace maid, in May of the third year of the Apocalypse (1623), she was called to conceive a baby and was registered as Concubine Yu, and she was pregnant for thirteen months and did not give birth, and was punished for the crime of defrauding the king, and was deposed and starved to death in August of the same year.

For a person who has been an emperor for several years, this lineup is really small, and Zhu Youxiao did not add more concubines in the later period of his original history, so he is obviously not very keen on this aspect.

Among the elders, Concubine Liu Zhao of Emperor Wanli of Mingshenzong is still the concubine of Xuanyi, in charge of the seal of the queen mother and exercising the power of the queen mother.

did not give this honor to Wanli's favorite concubine Zheng Guifei, nor to his adoptive mother Concubine Li Kang.

Concubine Zheng is the imperial concubine of Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong. A native of the capital, she entered the palace at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and was the favorite concubine of the Wanli Emperor.

After giving birth to the third son of the emperor, Zhu Changxun, he was named the imperial concubine. In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1601), the crown prince was canonized. In the forty-first year of Wanli, the traitor Kong Xuewei framed the prince and implicated Concubine Zheng Guifei.

Zheng Guifei was also the protagonist of the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty, and the eunuch of Zheng Guifei participated in it.

Mingshen Sect collapsed, and he ordered Zheng Guifei to be the queen, but the minister opposed it.

In the original history, Concubine Zheng did not die until July of the third year of Chongzhen.

But in the current situation, Concubine Zheng has been completely marginalized, and Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba are also very unkind to see her, so although Concubine Zheng is not dead, it is almost equivalent to having disappeared from the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty.

Among the elders of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, the most important ones are Xi Li and Dong Li.

Zhu Youxiao's father, Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo had two Li Xuanzhi at that time, one was Concubine Li Kang, and the other was Concubine Li Zhuang.

In order to distinguish between the two, everyone usually refers to Concubine Li Kang as West Li, while Concubine Li Zhuang is referred to as East Li.

Concubine Li Zhuang is Li Chengne's sister and Wei Bao's godsister.

Zhu Changluo loves Xi Li the most, as early as when he was the prince, there were many servants around him, such as his son Zhu Youxiao was born to Wang Xuanzhi, and Zhao Xuanzhi, who later disagreed with the Hakka family and was given to commit suicide.

But the coquettish and charming Xi Li was favored by Zhu Changluo.

Xi Li has a son named Zhu Youmo, who died at the age of 5, and since then he has only given birth to Princess Le'an.

At that time, Zhu Youxiao, who was born to Wang Xuanzhi, was the eldest son, and his mother was more expensive than his son, and his status was only below the crown princess.

After the death of the crown princess, Wang Xuanzhi became the highest-ranking one in the imperial palace.

Xi Li was jealous and hated Wang Xuanzhi, relying on Zhu Changluo's favor, often insulting her, and once beat her to death.

As a result, Zhu Changluo not only did not punish Xi Li, but also handed over the young Zhu Youxiao to Xi Li to raise.

Later, because Lady Liu was "condemned to death", Zhu Changluo handed over his second son Zhu Youzhen to Xi Li to raise.

However, Xi Li is by no means good at stubble, and scolded Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, but fortunately, she gave birth to Princess Le'an later.

Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, the two difficult brothers, had a better life.

Therefore, it can be seen from experience that the two brothers Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen have lived together for several years, which is rare in the royal family, and it can also show that the two brothers have an emotional foundation.

Unlike ordinary royal children, as long as they are not the same mother, they are only left with a competitive relationship, and they are even more enemies than enemies.

Zhu Changluo went through hardships, and after finally ascending the throne, Xi Li asked Zhu Changluo for the title of queen.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and Zhu Changluo, who has been the prince for 20 years, only succeeded to the throne for one month, and died in vain.

Xi Li's dream of being a queen was shattered.

Zhu Changluo died half a year late, and the position of queen of Xili must have been reached.

After Zhu Changluo died, Xi Li, who was unwilling to give up, did not leave the Qianqing Palace on the grounds that he wanted to take care of Zhu Youxiao, and also prevented the minister from meeting with Zhu Youxiao.

In addition, he colluded with Zheng Guifei and used Zheng Guifei's residual power in the court to instigate the minister to ask for a title for her.

The most excessive thing is that after she controlled Zhu Youxiao, she actually ordered the imperial court to hand over all the twists and turns to her first.

Xi Li, who had to make inches, finally aroused the anger of the imperial court, and they argued with reason, although Xi Li used his strength to play Lai Sapo, but after all, he was not a person who played politics, and he still lost properly, and finally left the Qianqing Palace in embarrassment.

It can also be seen here that the advanced nature of the Ming Dynasty in the political system, for other dynasties, it is not a matter to listen to the government, but in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the emperor himself, the eunuchs, the civil official group, and the relatives want to get involved in the highest power, there is not even a door.

However, there were rumors circulating in the market that Zhu Youxiao abused Xi Li's mother and daughter.

Although Zhu Youxiao told the world that Xi Li beat his biological mother Wang Xuanzhi to death, in order to maintain his image, he still did not punish Xi Li's evil deeds.

Xi Li is also a person who does not stop, and when Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka clan controlled the harem of the former dynasty, she tried her best to tie up the Hakka clan and Wei Zhongxian.

Because of Wei Zhongxian's message, Zhu Youxiao disregarded her and named her Concubine Kang, and asked her to assist in the affairs of the harem.

The news that Wei Bao received was that in addition to an old concubine, there was also Concubine Li Kang, who nominally assisted the treasurer in the affairs of the harem, and the power of the harem was actually concentrated in the hands of Kebaba!

Kebaba is the existence of the queen mother.

In fact, in terms of status, Dongli is above Xili, she is "benevolent and smiling", and she is deeply respected by the harem concubines and eunuchs, but because she is not favored by Zhu Changluo, she has no children in her life.

Later, because Xi Li gave birth to a daughter, Zhu Changluo handed over Zhu Youzhen, who was originally raised by Xi Li, to Dong Li to raise.

Dong Li treated Zhu Youxiao and Zhu You as his own, and gave him a lot of care and care.

But Dong Li couldn't get used to Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba, and he was not in harmony with the two actual masters of the harem, so that the one who should have been in charge of the harem became a marginal figure, and if he didn't die, he would have to be marginalized for a long time.

The ceremony proceeded in a step-by-step manner.

Wei Bao hadn't seen Xi Li and Princess Zhu Huiyuan of Le'an for more than a year, so he couldn't help but sneak a look.

Concubine Li Kang of Xili is still bright and moving, in her thirties, she seems to be in her twenties, and she has both a mature temperament and a good appearance.

Wei Bao doesn't like Concubine Li Kang much, but from the perspective of men's appreciation of women, Wei Bao feels that Concubine Li Kang is really the best, and those who can become the emperor's favorite concubines are counted as one, and they are all goblins who charm the dead and don't pay for their lives.

has a beautiful mother who is captivating the country and the city, Princess Zhu Huiyuan of Le'an is naturally also beautiful, comparable to Wu Xuexia.

Zhu Huiyuan is one year younger than Wei Bao, and she is only 14 this year, which is the age when a girl is just growing up.

I haven't seen her for a year, and Wei Bao feels that Zhu Huiyuan is more beautiful than last year.

Wei Bao peeked at Xi Li, but Concubine Li Kang didn't seem to mean to look at Wei Bao, she just looked around the Li family when she came in, saw Wei Bao, and then didn't look at Wei Bao more.

Zhu Huiyuan hummed softly when she passed in front of Wei Bao.

Wei Bao couldn't help laughing, if it weren't for the fact that Dongli Niangniang had just died, he respected Dongli Niangniang very much, and felt a little sentimental in his heart, otherwise Wei Bao would have laughed.

Wei Bao has a low laugh, and he can't stand others making him laugh the most.

Fortunately, Zhu Huiyuan didn't make Wei Bao laugh, but just greeted Wei Bao vaguely.

And Zhu Huiyuan's eyes were red, and it was obvious that she had already cried after hearing the news of Dongli Niangniang's death.

This made Wei Bao have a good impression of Zhu Huiyuan, and said softly: "Princess, please mourn." ”

Zhu Huiyuan looked at Wei Bao deeply again and hummed softly.

Wei Bao also secretly glanced at Ke Baba, just from the perspective of men's appreciation of women, in terms of appearance and figure, Ke Baba can really be called a stunner.

Kebaba is the same age as Concubine Li Kangfei of the West, and he seems to be younger than Concubine Li Kang.

But Kebaba is a little less extravagant than Concubine Li Kang, and a little more folk.

In fact, the queen of the Ming Dynasty and the palace concubines have all been selected from the folk and the whole country through layers of beauty pageants, so no matter which emperor's harem is the most beautiful in the past dynasties!

It also caused the old Zhu family's genes to become more handsome the more they were modified, whether it was Zhu Youxiao or Zhu Youzhen, they were all handsome and abnormal, far exceeding the average level of Ming men.

Wei Bao has seen Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait, Lao Zhu's dignity can make future generations reach the peak level of appearance, and the harem of so many generations of folk beauty pageants is a great achievement.

The ministers did not leave, like the people, if an important person in a village died, everyone else would generally be watched, except for eating and sleeping, they would be present, and they were the same.

Even Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, who was not allowed to move around at will in the Apocalypse Dynasty and had been under surveillance, was able to enter the palace this time.

Wei Bao guessed that Zhu Youzhen could enter the palace, it should be Zhu Youxiao's license, right? It seems that Zhu Youxiao still thinks about growing up with his younger brother by the side of Dongli Niangniang. Let my younger brother come to see off Dong Li Niangniang in person.

Zhu Youzhen cried very sadly, and the people who watched it were very uncomfortable.

Zhu Youzhen is the kind of crying without a sound, tears flow desperately, he keeps wiping his tears with his left and right sleeves, as if he is extremely sad, but he doesn't dare to make a sound.

Although Wei Bao has met Dongli Niangniang and has a good impression of Dongli Niangniang, after all, he has little contact and his feelings are not deep, so he really can't cry.

Life and death are impermanent!

Wei Bao, like everyone else, is most afraid of death.

I didn't dare to face it head-on, I didn't dare to think about it, because when I thought that I would die one day, it was gone, and there was not even a trace, I felt that my stomach was twisted and twisted together, and I was very sad and wanted to vomit, a feeling of almost suffocation, so I didn't dare to face this problem.

Originally, Wei Bao thought that everything was going to end like this, and then he waited a few days to arrange for Dongli Niangniang to be buried, and it would be over.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a person suddenly spoke loudly.

"Your Majesty! Weichen Yang Lian has something to play! ”

Wei Bao saw that the man was wearing a three-grade official uniform, but he didn't know who this person was.

immediately turned his face to see the reactions of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian, as well as Kebaba.

Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse seemed to be a little impatient, and Wei Zhongxian, Ke Baba and the others reacted not only impatiently, but also with obvious fear!

Yes, Zhu Youxiao listens to Kebaba for everything, and Kebaba wears the same pants as Wei Zhongxian, but the emperor is the emperor after all, and Zhu Youxiao is not a fool, he still has independent ideas.

If something really stabbed in front of the emperor, it was stabbed through the sky.

"What day is it? What is the occasion? Your Majesty is grieving for the death of Dong Li Niangniang! Do you think this is the court? Yang Lian! Do you want to hinder Your Majesty's filial piety, and what is your intention? Wei Zhongxian angrily interrupted Yang Lian's words.

Wei Bao only knew, oh, it turns out that this person is Yang Lian?

Looking at Yang Lian's fifties and whiteness, he looks like a very decent and clean person.

A typical tall character in film and television dramas.

With Wei Zhongxian's words, many people immediately echoed.

"Yang Lian! Don't you look at what kind of place this is? Do you know the relationship between His Majesty and Dong Li Niangniang? You're sinning! ”

"He should be punished!"

"Yes, he should be punished, regardless of the occasion, regardless of the time, with ill intentions!"

No need to ask, the people who spoke were all from the eunuch side.

Wei Bao didn't know much at this time, let alone these big people, most of them were seeing each other for the first time.

Yang Lian is the leader of the Donglin Party, and in terms of numbers, the Donglin Party still has a numerical advantage!

Even though cabinet ministers such as Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi have not yet spoken, there are also a number of senior officials of the Donglin Party who have spoken out!

"No matter when, the courtiers can play something important!"

"Dong Li Niangniang's mother is the world, for the palace and beyond, and admired by the ordinary people, even if Dong Li Niangniang is here, she will definitely approve of Yang Lian's public performance!"

"Are you afraid of people talking, are you afraid that something unsightly will be openly revealed?"

"Lord Yang is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he is deeply valued by the first emperor, and he has made great contributions when the first emperor ascended the throne! Why can't you speak? ”

The people of the eunuch party are full of words, and the words of the minister of the Donglin Party are even more sonorous and powerful!

Looking at the situation on both sides, you can roll up your sleeves and fight at any time.

Wei Bao couldn't help but sweat, originally according to his grade, this kind of drama that was staged in the Ming Dynasty all the time, anyway, he didn't have a chance to see it for the time being, and this also happened to Dongli Niangniang's death, which happened to make him run into it.

Only then did Wei Bao know that the fierce struggle between the Ming Party was really true, where was this in front of the emperor? It's even more popular than the scene of group fights in the countryside, right?

Wei Bao knows Yang Lian, and it is impossible for anyone who knows a little bit of Ming history not to know Yang Lian.

Yang Lian was a famous minister in the late Ming Dynasty, a leader of the Donglin Party, and one of the "Six Gentlemen of Donglin".

In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (1607), Yang Lian ascended to Jinshidi. At the beginning, he was often familiar with the county, the first honest official in the country, and he was appointed to the household department and the military department to the middle of the matter.

When Mingshenzong was critically ill, Yang Lian urged the crown prince Zhu Changluo (Mingguangzong) to enter the palace to serve Shenzong.

After Guangzong ascended the throne, he strongly opposed Zheng Guifei's request to be crowned the empress dowager.

When Guangzong was seriously ill, Yang Lian was able to explain his mistakes and was summoned by Guangzong to take care of his life.

After the death of Guangzong, Li Xuanzhi wanted to coerce the crown prince Zhu Youxiao (Ming Xizong) to control the government.

Yang Lian persuaded the courtiers to come forward, break into the Qianqing Palace, support Xizong's accession to the throne, and forced Li Xuanzhi to move out of the Qianqing Palace to stabilize the court. Moved to the left deputy capital of the imperial history.

Yang Lian not only made great contributions when Zhu Youxiao and his father ascended the throne, but also made great contributions when Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, and he was still a minister who took care of his life!

Wei Bao guessed that although Zhu Youxiao did not not go to the court for a long time, judging from the situation of his Jindian palace test that day, it is estimated that Zhu Youxiao did not speak in the court, but went through the motions, and the specific affairs of the big and small were all controlled by Wei Zhongxian.

And Zhu Youxiao should not even have a stick of incense before he leaves every time he goes to court.

Wei Zhongxian will definitely not give the Donglin Party ministers a chance to speak.

That's why these Donglin Party ministers will sue when they get the opportunity, right?

Wei Bao guessed right, a group of Donglin party officials led by Yang Lian have a long-standing grudge against Wei Zhongxian, but they can't find a chance to sue, today Dongli Niangniang passed away, Zhu Youxiao came in person, this is a good opportunity!

Otherwise, every time he went to the court, he was just about to start, and Zhu Youxiao used lack as an excuse to let the ministers have something to do, and the celebrant and the cabinet discussed and solved it.

And the performance of the complaint has to go through the celebrant supervisor, how can it be seen by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao?

It was useless for Zhu Youxiao to see it, Zhu Youxiao was the same as Wei Zhongxian, and he didn't know a few big characters.

Therefore, if you want to sue, you must make it clear to the emperor in front of the gong and the drum!

Today is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Wei Bao didn't know if Zhu Youxiao really didn't know a few big characters, but he heard that His Majesty the Emperor's education level was about the same as that of Gonggong Wei.

The reason why Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse grew up to be quasi-illiterate (not reading much) was, in the final analysis, the fault of Wanli.

During the Wanli period, the minister Qi Shijiao also said: The emperor's eldest grandson (Zhu Youxiao) is five years old, and he does not teach a book or a word.

Wanli is bent on letting the son of his favorite concubine Zheng Guifei succeed to the throne, so he doesn't care about his eldest son Zhu Changluo, he doesn't even care about his son, where will he care about his grandson?

But there is also a saying that Zhu Youxiao's knowledge is still good.

At the beginning of the "Records of Ming Xi Zong", it is recorded that Liu Yixiu, a scholar, praised Zhu Youxiao's calligraphy when he reviewed the chapters for "strict posture and strong brushwork", and expressed his congratulations to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao listened to this praise, but he was not proud, but replied: "Tianhan writes less, and he can't work." Tong Chun and Shi personally wrote the inkstone, and there is still progress. ”

It means that the weather is cold now, I write less, and I don't write well, and when spring comes, I will definitely write better.

So on the whole, Wei Bao feels that the possibility that Zhu Youxiao is semi-illiterate is relatively high, it should be that he does not know much words, and the Chinese is the level of vernacular, and the level of the second and third grades of modern primary school should be there.

However, Zhu Youxiao seems to have a very high IQ and doesn't know much, but his calligraphy is good, and he writes well.

In Wei Bao's view, this is not a contradiction, because Wei Bao's grandfather is like this.

Wei Bao's biological grandfather in modern times is an old cadre, and when the founding of the People's Republic of China, he attended a literacy class for a few days, and he didn't recognize many words, but he was quite beautiful, especially some words commonly used by civil servants, and they could all be taken to participate in the calligraphy competition.

Therefore, not knowing much words and writing very well are not contradictory in Wei Bao's view.

There is no relationship that corroborates each other, and it cannot be said that calligraphy is good, which means that it is full of knowledge.

There are also many people with a high level of education, and their characters are like elementary school students.

Wei Bao secretly looked at Zhu Youxiao's expression, the eunuch minister and the Donglin party minister were arguing, and they were about to do it at any time, but Zhu Youxiao didn't seem to hear it at all, he lowered his head, he didn't know what the emperor was thinking, and he seemed to be completely going to stop it.

This surprised Wei Bao very much.

The ministers are arguing like this, and they are going to fight at any time?

As the emperor, you don't care about it.

Where is the majesty of the emperor?

"Your Majesty, why don't you blast these people out of the palace? It's so unbelievable, dare to be so presumptuous in front of Dong Li Niangniang's coffin! Wei Zhongxian whispered to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't know why, he just won't leave today! did not answer Wei Zhongxian's words.

Wei Zhongxian was slightly surprised, I don't know what happened to the emperor today? Don't listen to yourself?

Usually, the emperor is most afraid of this kind of scene, as long as there is a dispute between the ministers, he will let the ministers have something to do, and find the cabinet and the celebrant to deal with it on their behalf!

Wei Zhongxian had no choice but to glance at Kebaba.

Ke Baba understood, twisted his slender waist, and walked to the side of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse in one step, leaning down.