The man in his thirties in front of him, who still looks a little frivolous and unstable, and is not much different from ordinary gentlemen, is the first person today, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde!

Throughout the more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, more than ten generations of emperors, Emperor Zhengde is an extremely special existence. Compared to other emperors, he was so different, as if he were not an emperor.

Among the kings of the Ming Dynasty, there were diligent people, such as Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and lazy people, such as Zhu Jianshen, the emperor of Chenghua, who had not been in court for many years; There are simple, such as Zhu Youji, the thrifty Hongzhi Emperor who has been diligent and thrifty all his life, and there are also greedy, such as Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor. But it's hard for you to use these praise and disparagement to describe the Son of Righteousness, because he is so complex and contradictory.

You say that he is diligent in government, but his reputation in the history books is really bad; But if you really say how lazy he is, you can't say it, because he didn't always go to the court like his ancestors or descendants. You say he is simple, he builds a leopard house that the world criticizes, but other than that, he doesn't seem to have made any other sign of greed.

Perhaps, there is only one word that can describe the current Emperor Zhengde, and that is fun. Everything he did was because he felt it was fun, and it was fun to have disputes with those ministers in the court, and it was for fun to let a powerful person like Liu Jin make trouble in the court, and he built a leopard house outside the palace, and he moved in it for fun, even including the sudden appearance of the Great Wall side plug like Yatouguan this time, it was only because of this reason - fun.

He was like a child who would never grow up, and everything he did was just for the sake of watching and having fun, even if it would bring great disasters to the empire and the people, it was not in his consideration.

However, in addition to being greedy for fun, Zhu Houzhao, as the Son of Heaven, actually still has a responsibility for the country passed down to him by his ancestors. Although he was impatient to deal with those officials in the court who were always full of benevolence and righteousness, he was extremely concerned about side affairs, always thinking that one day he could sweep the desert with the elite of the Ming Dynasty like the two ancestors of Taizu and Taizong, completely wipe out the Mongolian people who had been in trouble for many years, and drive them back to the far north.

For this reason, as early as a few years ago, Zhengde, who had just ascended the throne of God, had sneaked away from Beijing and went north to the Great Wall, which was adjacent to the Mongolian people and seemed to be ready to encounter war at any time.

Here, he saw a lot of things that he could only know in books before, and really saw the spectacular scene of the enemy and the enemy fighting on the battlefield. The only pity is that because of his identity, under the hard work of the ministers and border generals, he was unable to really set foot on the battlefield after all, to do a face-to-face decisive battle with those century-old enemies.

However, during that period of time, the young Tianzi who wandered around in micro-service still gained something. In this little eccentricity, he actually met a beautiful woman Yun Niang, who was full of wild charm - a widow who had just died of her husband and Dai Xiao's home. Then, Zhu Houzhao, who had always been only in contact with the docile women in the palace, completely fell, and he became a dewy couple with this wild woman in this small city as a rich and noble son.

It was not until his whereabouts were completely exposed that the courtiers persuaded him bitterly that Zhengde returned to Beijing. However, he did not forget this woman who brought him great joy, so he not only paid for her to buy a house here so that she could have no worries about food and clothing, but also many years later, he came to the side again as a gentleman and relived the old dream with Yun Niang.

It's just that this time, his purpose of wanting to be an ordinary gentleman still didn't last long, and an accident brought several subordinates who were looking for him everywhere in the county town of Biguan to him, and quickly recognized his identity.

So when Yang Chen suddenly knelt down to him and bowed, Zhengde looked still calm, but there was inevitably some loss in his eyes. Because he knows that with his identity revealed, these days of freedom will be completely gone.

After a while, he waved his hand and said, "You can calm down." As he spoke, he looked at Yang Chen with interest: "Why did you report your official name like this, and you actually brought the official position of the previous one?" ”

This is indeed a bit strange, because there has never been such a rule in officialdom, and it is necessary to report all the official positions you held before. After all, official positions are different from fame, and once they pass, they have nothing to do with people.

"Your Majesty, the minister said this because the minister's identity is somewhat special." Since Yang Chen had already made up his mind, he had no intention of concealing his true identity and intentions. As he spoke, he told all the causes and consequences of his order to come to the Partial Pass to investigate the cause and effect of someone trying to destroy the Guancheng here, and then added some of the encounters he had encountered before.

Hearing these words, Zhengde's eyes widened, and at the same time, he couldn't help but show envy: "I can't imagine that you can encounter so many changes in a short period of time, which is really desirable." ”

Yang Chen didn't know how to respond for a while, so he could only look at the other party a little embarrassed, and said in his heart, Is this still my Ming Emperor? It stands to reason that he heard that someone was doing something in the partial head pass, causing Guan Cheng to be weak, shouldn't Long Yan be angry?

After seeing the other party's surprised appearance, Zhengde seemed to come back to his senses and coughed: "So Yang Yiqing sent you back before to find me, but also to find out the truth in this eccentric pass?" ”

"Exactly. Because Lord Yang is in Datong and has a heavy responsibility, it is naturally not good for him to come to Biguan County because of this matter. And he has a very high status now, as long as he moves, he will inevitably attract people's attention, which will only make those thieves react, so he will let Wei Chen and Ding Qianzong come here in disguise as a warning Mengren, looking for an opportunity to find out those thieves and wipe them out in one fell swoop, so as to prevent future troubles. Yang Chen nodded hurriedly and replied.

"Well, this is a pretty good strategy, Yang Yiqing really has some skills." Zhengdemo rubbed his chin and said with admiration on his face. Immediately, he turned his eyes again and thought of something: "So, the person you chased just now has a lot to do with this case?" ”

The emperor finally found the right direction, and Yang Chen's heart was relieved: "Your Majesty, Shengming, that's exactly the case." It's just that the ministers didn't know that the house outside the granary was actually His Majesty's hidden residence, and they collided with the Holy Driver, and they hoped that His Majesty would punish him. ”

"This is not a fault, as the so-called ignorant is not guilty." Zhengde waved his hand generously, and then smiled heavily: "Listen to you, this matter hasn't been completely investigated, right?" Why don't you let me and you check it out? As he spoke, his eyes were full of anticipation, and he couldn't help but rub his hands, looking really gimmicky.

If it were replaced by other courtiers, when they heard the emperor's words, they would definitely refuse categorically. As the Son of Heaven, how can he interfere in such a trivial matter at the border? In this way, where is the majesty of the Son of Heaven?

But Yang Chen obviously didn't have these concerns, and even when he took the initiative to mention this matter to the emperor, he already had such a plan: "Your Majesty has a decree, and the ministers naturally dare not disobey it." "As long as you find this reason to be with the emperor, everything else can be discussed.

"Okay, then it's decided, you don't dare to bully the king, right?" Zhengde was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said another word to implement the matter.

Yang Chen had another wry smile in his heart, where is there still a little bit of the majesty of the Son of Heaven? But his face was solemn: "The minister doesn't dare, since the minister has promised His Majesty, I should let you find out the truth together." ”

"Good ......" Zhengde suddenly smiled, he was obviously full of interest in such a thing. Although he is a noble son of heaven, there are always so many things that he can come into contact with, and he has never been exposed to such interesting things as investigating cases and finding out the silverfish hidden in the official mansion, so he naturally can't wait to try it: "Then what are you waiting for, since the person in the know has been caught, let's interrogate him directly." Don't worry, two of the guards I brought this time are the torture masters of the Jinyi Guard, and as long as they intervene, I don't believe that guy will not tell the truth. "Well, as soon as the emperor opens his mouth, he will use torture to interrogate.

"Your Majesty, this is not possible." Yang Chen hurriedly spoke to stop him.

"Why is that?" Zhengde looked at him with some confusion and asked.

Yang Chen prepared his words for a while, and then said: "After all, torture to extract confessions can only be used as a last resort, otherwise how can the government convince the public?" Moreover, such means alone may not be able to make them tell everything, and it is better to interrogate them slowly. As a former official of the Criminal Department in Beijing, the last thing he could accept was the factory guard's method of torture to extract confessions, and naturally he would not approve of the emperor's use at this time.

Seeing that Zhengde was still hesitating, he hurriedly continued: "And Your Majesty, this matter also involves many officials in the county town of Piguan County, and the attacked Zhu County Order has also returned to the county office, so we must have an explanation for him." There was another assassin who had also been taken to the county government at this time, so ......"

"That's it, that's it, since you've said so much, I just want you." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand a little impatiently and said: "Then without further ado, we will take people to the county office, and I will personally find out those thieves who dare to be greedy for ink and repair the city and silver in the border pass, so that my Ming is in danger!" ”

After saying this, he turned around and walked out excitedly, and when Yang Chen saw it, he could only quickly follow.

Then, I saw that our Zhengde Tianzi walked up to the woman Yun Niang, who was still a little frightened, and comforted her softly for a while before she smiled again, and then accompanied by several guards and Yang Chen, escorted the assassin who had already been bound and sturdy to go out.

Judging from Yun Niang's worried and convinced expression at this time, our Zhengde Emperor at least has one thing that is quite clever, that is, to deal with women......