On the morning of October 15, Yanjing City.

It's the day of the pilgrimage again.

Zheng Wen was dressed in a black crown of the Son of Heaven and wore a sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, surrounded by all the warriors and eunuchs, and walked into the main hall of Daming Palace with a limp.

A person limped step by step up the imperial steps, and after a while, Zheng Wen sat on the dragon chair.

The ministers below were dressed in court clothes and stood in shifts.

Huang An shouted: "Greetings from the ministers!" ”

The ministers below saluted Zheng Wen and shouted together: "Ministers and others to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" ”

Zheng Wen replied as usual: "I am safe, everyone is safe!" ”

Seeing this, Huang An opened his mouth again and said loudly: "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Qian Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out and played: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, the country cannot be without a king for a day, nor can it be without a queen for a day. His Majesty's filial piety period has passed, and the edict should be issued to select the beauties of the world, enter the palace to serve His Majesty, give birth to the prince as soon as possible, and appease the heart of the courtiers! ”

Zheng Wen sat on the imperial chair, listened to Qian Chang's words, thought for a while, and then said: "But, let's start from the first month of next year, and your Ministry of Rites will prepare for these two months!" ”

In the year of the draft, the emperor issued an edict to the world, and the local chief officials cooperated with the Ministry of Rites to select women who took the initiative to participate in the election, and it was not compulsory to participate in the election, and women aged 15 and above to 20 years old and below, commoners, families, and nobles could all participate in the election, which was a primary election.

After that, they will gather in the capital, and the queen mother of Changle Palace or the queen of Weiyang Palace will be selected again, and the suitable ones will be selected, and then the emperor will see them in person, and leave the right ones as their own women, and the others will be given to the prince of the clan or married by themselves after soliciting their opinions, of course, some will stay in the palace as female officials. In this regard, Daqian still respects women!

As for the draft time, it is not fixed, it all depends on the mood of His Majesty the Emperor, or three years, or five years, or ten years, and even some emperors have never issued a draft edict in their entire generation, Zheng Wen's grandfather Emperor Longcheng has been an emperor for nearly 40 years and has never issued a draft edict, and Zheng Wen's father Zheng Yan has been an emperor for 16 years, and he has conducted a draft in the first year of Jianqi, and has not conducted a draft at other times.

Of course, Zheng Wen's draft this time is definitely different from the past, because he has not yet married a wife and ascended the throne, so this draft is mainly to select the queen, and it is also the only direct draft to select the queen since the founding of the country 300 years ago, and the others are made by the princess or the crown princess to become the queen again.

So the scale of this draft will definitely be large, and there will definitely be a lot of people involved, of course, this is a later story.

Why would Zheng Wen agree?

On the one hand, because of politics, an emperor who has been on the throne for many years without a queen and no children will cause turmoil in the court, and the ministers will be uneasy. If you refer to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for a specific reference, Liu Che knows that Liu Che has been on the throne for many years and has no children, and even his uncle Tian Command has been eyebrow-raising with Liu An, the king of Huainan, but he can only turn a blind eye and treat it as if he doesn't know.

On the other hand, Zheng Wen, as a man with strong blood, of course longs for a beautiful wife and concubine, and also needs a queen. And he is not a person who puts love first, although he has crossed over from the afterlife, but there is no other person who has to fall in love before he can get married, he is the standard appearance party, as long as you are a beauty, you can look at him differently.

Of course, Zheng Wen also knew in his heart that someone must have worked Qian Chang, but he didn't know who it was!

But Zheng Wen doesn't plan to get to the bottom of it, as an emperor, he has to learn to pretend to be confused about many things.

As soon as the ministers below heard that His Majesty the Emperor agreed, they saluted Zheng Wen with a happy face, and then said, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Zheng Wen listened, and then said: "I don't know if the saint is saint or not. ”

"But I know that you ministers are smart, and you are the wisest of all!"

Zheng Wensui stood up from the dragon chair, only then did he take a piece of music, raised his right hand in the air, and then said: "Look, look, my Daqian actually has so many moths, Ma Yuan, Di Ping, Xia Yong, don't you know?" You know, it's just that you are too smart, and you all understand the truth of self-protection! ”

"I just need some stupid people. Xia Yong, do you know? It was the former privy deputy envoy, and after he was caught, he said to Zhou Kuo: I could have escaped, but I don't want Your Majesty to be disappointed in the great Qianwuren. Some people say he's stupid. Yes, he's silly and cute. Although he is not a good thing, it is this loyalty that touches me. And you, just lack this stupidity, otherwise how could the corruption and bribery of my great cadres and court be so serious? ”

When the ministers heard this, they had different thoughts, but none of them dared to speak.

"Listen, you also listen, Zhou Kuo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, played a piece of music to me."

Zheng Wen opened the recital, walked a few steps, and read aloud: "Zhou Kuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers and Criminal Affairs, respectfully plays: Since the ministers and the subordinates of the three law divisions were ordered to investigate the case of Ma Yuan, the property of Ma Yuan's family has been confiscated: 1.3 million taels of silver, two mansions, 20,000 hectares of fertile land, and other gold, silver and jewelry are valued at 1 million taels. The property of Lang Diping, the former right attendant of the household department: 1.8 million taels of silver, five mansions, one garden, 30,000 hectares of fertile land, and other gold, silver and jewelry are estimated at 2.3 million taels. The property of Xia Yong, the former privy deputy envoy, is 1.3 million taels of silver, three mansions, one garden, 20,000 hectares of fertile land, and other gold, silver and jewelry are valued at 1,500,000 taels ......"

"Listen, listen, it's an eye-opener! Huge greed, big moths, greedy people are all people's fat and people's ointment! ”

Zheng Wen paused for a moment before standing in front of the imperial chair and asked sharply, "Why did it become like this?" Is it because the court is not good enough for them? ”

Zheng Wen stood on a high place, pointed with his right hand to the ministers standing below, and said, "No, in my opinion, it is you ministers who connived at them!" ”

"Touch your conscience and ask, are you worthy of the official hat on your head?"

"Touch your conscience and ask, Are you worthy of your breadwinner?"

"Touch your conscience and ask, are you worthy of the court's trust in you?"

Zheng Wen was in a fierce mood, saying that he was tired, so he fell down from the height and fell heavily on the floor of the hall all of a sudden, and the sound of "poof" not only fell on the floor of the hall, but also fell in the hearts of the courtiers.

The ministers knelt on the ground together, and then they all spoke: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, and the ministers will die!" ”

Zheng Wen stood on a high place, quietly looking at the minister kneeling below, the anger on his face did not subside, and he did not speak.

Halfway through, Zheng Wencai spoke again: "Get up!" Actually, I know it, and I can't blame you all. ”

"It is said that the son does not say anything about the father, but today I still have to say it in front of the ministers, and a large part of it is indeed due to the leniency of my father for more than ten years."

"However, I still want to tell you today that my father's leniency does not mean that I also have to be lenient!"

"I want to tell you that my Zheng Wen's governance in this life is just one word, strict!"

"Whatever it is, be strict. The army must be strict, and the courtiers must be strict. ”

After a pause, he sat down on the imperial chair again, and then spoke: "The armament building should also be strict, and the grain and taxes should also be strict...... In short, no matter what it is, I have to be strict! ”

"I give you a month, and if you feel that you can't meet my requirements, please resign!"

"Otherwise, I will let you know what a son of heaven and a courtier are!"

The ministers below were silent, but they had different thoughts, and they didn't know what they were thinking?

After a moment of silence, Zheng Wen said again: "Is there anything else?" If not, just leave. ”

At this time, Liu Jian opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the case of this imperial tomb is already in a deadlock, and it is impossible to find any results, and the old minister thinks that there is no need to investigate again, please show your Majesty!" After Liu Jian finished speaking, he saluted Zheng Wen.

Zheng Wen understands Liu Jian's meaning, but Zheng Wen also has his own considerations.

The courtiers were also curious, so they pricked up their ears and listened carefully, wanting to hear His Majesty's attitude, so as to guess His Majesty's thoughts, so that they could further benefit themselves.

But as an emperor, how could Zheng Wen let them guess their thoughts so easily?

Then he said, "Think again! We'll talk about that next time. ”

So, Zheng Wen sat on the dragon chair and said again: "Is there anything else?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Shan, the secretary of the military department, came out and played: "Your Majesty, three days later, the 100,000 troops led by the general and Wu Yong, the Duke of Liao, who went out to Shanhaiguan, will arrive in the capital, please give me instructions!" ”

When Zheng Wen heard this, he laughed and said, "Good, good, good!" ”

Then he stood up, and danced a little with his hands, obviously very happy, so he spoke: "They are all my warriors, I can't treat them lightly!" ”

"Spread my edict, I will personally go out of Beijing thirty miles to meet them!"

"The military department and the household department must do a good job of related work, and don't let the warriors shed blood and tears!"

"Whoa!" "Whoa!"

"So be it! Anything else? ”

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Zheng Wen opened his mouth and said, "Then retreat from the dynasty!" ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Zheng Wen limped down the imperial steps step by step, and was surrounded by all the warriors and left the main hall after a while.

The ministers looked at Zheng Wen's disappearing back, and their hearts were full of emotion!

Your Majesty's Imperial Mind is getting more and more powerful!

I was still furious when I talked about corruption and bribery, and then I laughed when I talked about the triumph of the army!

They are becoming more and more unable to see through whether His Majesty is really angry or falsely angry, whether he is really happy or falsely happy, otherwise how could his face change so quickly?

And Zheng Wen is in the main hall today, is he really angry? Yes, but he wasn't as angry as he seemed, and now that it had happened, it was useless to be angry again.

And the reason why he was so angry was to beat these courtiers who had been living in the gentle countryside for more than ten years!