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But at least from the current point of view, Zhang Siwei has not shown any bad intentions. Let's take a closer look.

"Taiyue Gong, Ru Mo has been feeling unwell these days, so he has taken sick leave to His Majesty."

"Oh."

Zhang Ju responded lightly and said in a deep voice: "Ziwei, this matter is very important, the old man has decided to play His Majesty, and His Majesty will make a holy judgment!" ”

Zhang Siwei was a little stunned when he heard it. What does this mean? In the past, it didn't matter if it was a big or small matter, but it was handled by Zhang Juzheng alone, although this matter was not small, but according to Zhang Juzheng's character, he must have made a decision and drafted it, and sent it to the palace to go through the motions. Why did you make an exception today?

Although he was puzzled in his heart, Zhang Siwei didn't say anything.

If you want to survive under the eyes of Zhang Juzheng, the tiger, the most important thing is to be obedient, and you must not behave when you shouldn't.

"Taiyue Gong is wise!"

Zhang Siwei offered a sycophant, Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and said, "The old man will go to the Qianqing Palace now." The affairs of the cabinet are left to Ziwei. ”

Zhang Siwei didn't even dare to say it, and watched Zhang Juzheng get out of the duty room and sit on his shoulder, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

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Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was sitting in a precarious position, his face as cold as water.

A painter in the Warm Pavilion is painting a portrait of him.

Of course, Zhu Yijun doesn't like portraits very much, it takes an hour to sit on a low couch, during which he can't eat snacks, drink water, move or blink, and must be like a wooden man.

He prefers hunting, fighting crickets and cocks, even frolicking with palace maids and eunuchs is more interesting than sitting here.

He couldn't understand why he was sitting here doing such pointless things.

Isn't he an emperor? Isn't the emperor able to do whatever he likes?

He had just gotten married, and it was supposed to be a time to enjoy the joy of men and women. But he was not interested in the queen.

The queen Wang came from a humble background, which was in accordance with the ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty. In order to prevent the occurrence of foreign relatives interfering in politics, Emperor Taizu once ordered that no noble-born person should be appointed as empress.

In fact, this marriage was handled by the queen mother for him, and Zhu Yijun did not have any right to choose.

It's okay, but the queen is plain and taciturn, which makes Zhu Yijun disgusted with her even more.

On the wedding night, Zhu Yijun did not have a ceremony with the queen. This is extremely unusual. Zhu Yijun is fourteen this year, and he should have children at this age in the royal family. But Zhu Yijun dragged it again and again, and the Empress Dowager Cisheng couldn't force him to comply.

The Queen Mother could only comfort herself that the emperor was dissatisfied with the Empress. Anyway, now that the queen has been ordained, the emperor can ornate other concubines according to his own temperament.

The emperor can't be uninterested in women! For the Empress Dowager Cisheng, it is naturally best for the queen to have a dragon seed, and that is the concubine who is justified and worthy of the prince in the future.

Even if the queen is not favored by the emperor and fails to give birth to a dragon heir, there are other concubines who are favored, and there will be an heir.

As long as the royal family spreads more, the Empress Dowager Cisheng will be happy.

But Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun didn't think so. In his opinion, women can do nothing but coquettishness, and he longs for a sense of conquest, but the women around him are too docile because of his identity. The queen is like this, and so are the other palace people.

Therefore, he is not very close to women, and prefers to spend things on fun.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has already painted the imperial phase."

Zhu Yijun was in his own trance, when he heard the painter's respectful voice.

"Well, step aside."

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said tiredly.

The masters often told him to have the bearing of a king, and the so-called gentleman's bearing refers to the collapse of Mount Tai in front of him without changing his face, which is the majesty of a king.

In this regard, Zhu Yijun feels that he is still doing very well.

But more often than not, he was just a symbol, standing there like a statue. Government affairs are handled by Feng Daban and Zhang Yuanfu. He only needs to fasten the gold seal on the recital and the edict.

"Retire!"

The painter respectfully withdrew with the freshly painted portrait. In fact, he didn't want to stay in the warm pavilion for a moment.

His Majesty the Emperor is very tired from sitting upright, and he is even more tired.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor can still sit, but he has to kneel.

If the portrait damages the majesty of the Son of Heaven, it is a great crime of deception and will lose his head.

Therefore, the painter trembled like walking on thin ice, and his back was already soaked after a portrait was painted.

As soon as the painter withdrew, Zhu Yijun's personal attendant Xiao Anzi came over and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to Wenhua Hall to listen to the lecture." ”

Zhu Yijun was finally able to get up and move his muscles and bones, and when he heard the words "Wenhua Palace", his body froze.

There is a tradition in the Ming Dynasty that the emperor should listen to the Confucian scholars in the Wenhua Palace, and this activity is called the scripture feast.

These Confucian scholars were all well-read poets and scholars, and their understanding of the Confucian classics reached the pinnacle.

But they also have a disadvantage, that is, they are very sour and rotten, and they are stubborn and inflexible.

Zhu Yijun hates these sour and rotten literati the most, but Mr. Zhang asked him to go to the Wenhua Hall every three days to listen to the lectures, and Zhu Yijun was helpless.

He did not dare to openly refuse Mr. Zhang. Because once he refused, not only would the ministers protest, but the queen mother would also severely reprimand him.

Sometimes Zhu Yijun even wonders who the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is? Why did the ministers only show respect to him, but they looked down on Mr. Zhang?

Zhu Yijun shook his head and sighed, "Raise your shoulders, come on." ”

The Qianqing Palace is quite far away from the Wenhua Palace, and you need to take the shoulder to go there. Xiao Anzi respectfully accepted the order and left, but met the first assistant Zhang Juzheng outside the Qianqing Palace.

"Ah, Zhang Ge Lao! Slave maid see Zhang Ge Lao. ”

Xiao Anzi almost bumped into Zhang Juzheng, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zhang Juzheng had something important to do with him, and he had no intention of bothering with him, so he nodded and walked towards Qianqing Palace with four square steps.

It stands to reason that foreign ministers need to be notified by eunuchs when they meet the emperor. But there is one exception, and that is Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng can meet the Son of Heaven without notification. This is also specially ordered by Emperor Wanli in order to express his trust in his teacher.

This act was once written in the song by an imperial historian, and Zhang Juzheng was impeached. But in the end, the imperial historian was ordered by the Son of Heaven to have forty rods. Since then, no one has dared to make a fuss about it.

When Zhang Juzheng entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Yijun had already resumed his posture of sitting upright. It's just that this time there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, which was specially prepared for Mr. Zhang.

"The old minister greets Your Majesty."

Zhang Juzheng bowed slightly to Zhu Yijun as a salute, and Zhu Yijun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Mr. don't have to be polite, sit down!" ”

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