Chapter 1 The Five Years of Wanli
Although the weather is still a little cold after the New Year, the sixteen-year-old Wanli Emperor is now a teenager with a beard on his chin. Although he still looks a little green, he is no longer the ten-year-old little emperor.
Because of these years of exercise, Zhu Yijun's body looks very strong, he rarely gets sick, and his body is very good.
"Emperor, the Queen Mother, please come over!"
Zhang Hong is a little old, and he is hunched over when he walks, and in the past few years, Zhang Hongshen has the trust of Empress Dowager Li. After Feng Bao's death, Zhang Hong took his place, and for a few years, Zhang Hong worked hard, and he took care of the palace from the inside out.
Compared with Feng Bao, Zhang Hong is really much better, he understands reason, knows how to advance and retreat, and is a good eunuch.
Putting down the fold in his hand, Zhu Yijun smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's go over!" With that, he stood up and walked to the back. Since three years ago, Zhu Yijun has begun to focus on political affairs.
He will read these recitals sent in, of course, they are recitals with substance.
Looking at how the cabinet formulates opinions and how his teacher Zhang Juzheng handles political affairs, pondering, asking, and learning, these are the main things Zhu Yijun has done in the past three years. Of course, the opinion of the Cabinet has never changed a word.
Since the implementation of the examination law, Zhang Juzheng's authority has become increasingly heavy, and now he basically controls the entire court.
In the third year of Wanli, Zhang Siwei was promoted to the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, and in addition to Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang, there was a third cabinet scholar in the cabinet. Zhang Siwei is still the spokesperson of the gentry in Shanxi and Shaanxi, but there is no way to shake Zhang Juzheng's status.
When Zhu Yijun came to Cining Palace, there were already many people here.
Sitting on it are the Empress Dowager Chen and the Empress Dowager Li, both of whom now believe in Buddhism, and they can be regarded as having something to talk about, and they study Buddhism together on weekdays. Asking the master to give lectures, sculpting the golden body of the Buddha statue, and repairing the temple, the two of them were very interested.
Usually Zhu Yijun doesn't care much about this aspect of things, with Zhang Hong's cooking, everything is very smooth, which is also where Zhu Yijun is satisfied with Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong also believes in Buddhism, but he doesn't know whether it's true or not, anyway, he coaxes the two queen mothers very happily on weekdays. The key is that he knows how to maintain the stability of the royal family, and never plays right and wrong between Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijun.
Even if there is really something, Zhang Hong will send someone to inform Zhu Yijun as soon as possible, so as not to cause a misunderstanding between mother and son.
This point is to throw Feng Bao eight streets!
Under the two queen mothers, the princess and the prince are there, and Zhu Yihua, the king of Lu, is nine years old this year, and the little guy is born with a tiger head and a tiger brain. Two years ago, he was sent to the school palace by Zhu Yijun to study, and Zhang Juzheng accepted him as a disciple.
It didn't take much effort to do this, after all, Empress Dowager Li really loved her son.
If you love your son, you have to find a good teacher for him, who is the best teacher in the world? In the eyes of Empress Dowager Li, it is Zhang Juzheng. Don't talk about others, Zhang Juzheng taught his eldest son how well he was talented.
Zhu Yijun just mentioned it, saying that he sent Zhu Yihua to the school palace to study, and was taught by Zhang Juzheng himself, and the Empress Dowager Li immediately agreed excitedly. Zhang Juzheng didn't use Zhu Yijun to say it, and the Empress Dowager Li opened it herself.
Zhang Juzheng's side is naturally no problem, in recent years, Zhang Juzheng's position as the first assistant has become more and more stable, and the support in the palace is not small.
All the folds handed in by Zhang Juzheng were all corrected, and all the folds proposed by Zhang Juzheng were all corrected. What Gao Gong wanted to do back then, Zhang Juzheng did it today. In order to maintain this situation, Zhang Juzheng did not put much effort into it.
Don't talk about others, Zhang Whale didn't receive Zhang Juzheng's things, and the news handed over by the inner factory totaled more than 100,000 taels of silver. Writing, playing, calligraphy and painting and so on are not counted, and even Zhang Juzheng also arranged a position for Zhang Whale's younger brother, and there are hundreds of households in Jinyi.
Empress Dowager Li's side Zhang Juzheng did not fall behind, first opened the door to Wu Qingbo's business and let Wu Qingbo always say good things to Zhang Juzheng. At the same time, the gifts in the palace have not been broken, and several statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva have been sent in.
Zhu Yijun is really powerless and helpless about this kind of thing, but more angry.
People who want to do things must gain a firm foothold through bribery, such as Zhang Juzheng, such as Qi Jiguang, and Hu Zongxian in the future. There is such an atmosphere in the court, how many people are like this, and most of them are greedy to death.
Zhang Juzheng has to do this, not to mention the others below, the entire Ming Dynasty is running away on an evil road.
Zhu Yijun looked and looked, but did not speak.
In addition to King Lu Zhu Yihua, several princesses are also here, and there are still four princesses of this generation, all of whom are not married. The eldest is Princess Zhu Yao'e of Shouyang, who is fourteen years old this year and looks slim.
Princess Zhu Yao'e of Shouyang is the eldest daughter of Empress Dowager Li and a compatriot of Zhu Yijun's mother.
Princess Shouyang is Princess Yongning, who is twelve years old this year, the second daughter of Empress Dowager Li, and Zhu Yijun's first mother.
Princess Yongning is Princess Ruian, ten years old this year, the third daughter of Empress Dowager Li, and Zhu Yijun's first mother.
Empress Dowager Li has a total of two sons and three daughters, a total of five, this is still Emperor Longqing's early death, otherwise he would have to give birth to a few. Although Empress Dowager Li was a palace maid when she entered the palace, she was beautiful! The key is that he gave birth to a son in his first child, and Emperor Longqing still loves Empress Dowager Li very much.
The last princess is Princess Yanqing, eight years old this year, and her biological mother is Concubine Wei, who is Zhu Yijun's youngest sister.
Princess Yanqing was standing beside Concubine Wei at this time, and when she saw Zhu Yijun coming in, she hurriedly supported her slightly. Compared with Zhu Yijun's three sisters who are siblings of one mother, Princess Yanqing does not have much contact with Zhu Yijun on weekdays.
Zhu Yijun didn't think there was anything, and it was good to have a few younger sisters, whether it was to send things or food, everyone had a share.
However, Princess Yanqing always felt a lot more restrained, and I don't know if it was because of Concubine Wei. Zhu Yijun nodded at her with a smile, then looked at the other three younger sisters, and saw that they were all gently supporting themselves, and the corners of their mouths twitched.
I don't know if it's because I'm too pampered.,My three younger sisters have a bit of a crooked personality trend.。
Especially the little sister Princess Ruian, the little girl is already small, and she has no impression of Emperor Longqing, and she only has the elder brother Zhu Yijun in her impression. Zhu Yijun is also fond of this little sister, and Zhu Yijun raised her as a daughter in two lives.
With the connivance of the emperor's brother, the little girl jumped up and down, and she had a princess temper.
Although she is very well-behaved in front of Empress Dowager Li, it is not like that at all behind the scenes. Taking advantage of the bending down, Zhu Yijun glared at them, and then said: "Erchen has seen two queen mothers!" ”