Since the imperial power is only ten steps away and within a thousand miles, and the farther away from the emperor, the weaker the imperial power becomes, then the emperor should not stay in one place, but should regularly patrol and bring the imperial power to all corners of the world. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is Han Ruzi's idea, it is very simple, but it is difficult to implement, he first has to find supporters.

The minister is not good, as soon as they hear about the "patrol hunt", the first thing they think of is waste, play and fainting, and the people in the palace are not good, the mother and the queen will only think of safety, and they will be trapped in Jincheng for the first time on the hunt, this is not a good start that can be reassured, not to mention that the emperor has just been assassinated, and they are lucky to get out, they will not even agree to the emperor leaving the palace, let alone leaving Beijing.

Han Ruzi had to come step by step, and the first persuasion target he was looking for was Meng E.

Meng E has a peculiar identity in the palace, she is a palace maid, but she is not naturalized; He spent more time with the emperor than any other concubine, but he never had a skin-to-skin relationship with the emperor; She is the closest person to the emperor, but she can't be trusted by others, everyone doubts her, and everyone can't touch her.

Han Ruzi lives with the queen most of these days, and can no longer chat with Meng E before falling asleep as before, this afternoon, after dealing with the affairs of the whole day, before going back to the palace for dinner, Meng E came to clean up her things, and Han Ruzi took the opportunity to speak.

"I want to keep patrolling."

Meng E was stunned for a moment, and then continued to clean up the pen and paper on the table, "Where are you going?" ”

"The world."

"With the size of the world, Your Majesty will never be able to finish it in his life."

"I'm going to go for the rest of my life. Everyone thinks that the last hunt patrol was a fiasco, but I think it was a success, if there was no hunt patrol, I might never have found out what Han Chou did in Luoyang, and I would never have understood why the court worked harder and the more people were homeless, and I would never have seen how cowardly and incompetent the acting king was. ”

Meng E hurriedly cleaned up and turned to look at the emperor, "But Your Majesty is in distress in Jincheng." ”

"It was an accident, it can't happen every time."

"Without the Huns, there will be other accidents, the patrol is not as good as in the palace, the farther and longer you go, the more accidents you have."

Han Ruzi suddenly reacted that Meng E was imitating the reasons for others to object, so she straightened her expression and replied seriously: "Staying in the palace, there are fewer accidents in me, but there are more accidents in Da Chu. ”

"The emperor is no better than ordinary people, if the emperor has an accident, the world will be shaken, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"The world is shaken because the world is unstable, and I patrol the Quartet to make all places stable, so that there will be no chaos due to the life and death of one person, if I have an accident in the palace, the world will be shaken even more seriously."

Meng E thought for a while, "The treasury of Great Chu is empty, the subjects are tired, and the trip to hunt is huge, but I am afraid that the counties in the world will be difficult to support." ”

"My patrol is not for fun, everything is simple, if you can't bring 10,000 people, you can bring 8,000, and if you can't do it, you can bring 5,000, 3,000, 1,000, so that the treasury and various places can easily provide for it."

"It's back again, the fewer people Your Majesty brings, the more accidents there will be, and a thousand guards are afraid that they won't be able to stop a robber like Yun Mengze."

Han Ruzi didn't think of a suitable answer for the time being, and smiled at Meng E, "Thank you." ”

"I haven't been convinced, Your Majesty wants to use these words to get the consent of the minister and the palace, but I'm afraid it will be a little difficult."

"Take your time, you have to celebrate the New Year first, the affairs in the first month are complicated, and you will not be able to patrol again until March or April at the earliest."

There is already a festive atmosphere in the palace to welcome the New Year, this is the first time in many years, the happiest person is the Empress Dowager Cining, who advocates a big operation, and has a lively year, of course Han Ruzi will not stop it, and his mother seems to have given up the pursuit of power, and he is already very satisfied.

The second person Han Ruzi tried to persuade was Zhao Ruosu.

"You can rest from tomorrow, you don't need to enter the palace before the tenth day of the first month." Han Ruzi started with this sentence first.

Zhao Ruosu is grateful, he really needs to go home, he is not a big official, he is not high, but he is busier than the senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and his family does not understand.

"Everyone in the house has a reward, have you received it?"

"I received it, Your Majesty's gift is too heavy."

Han Ruzi smiled and said: "Don't thank me, thank Han Chou and those merchants, they self-destructed the IOU and saved me a lot of money, so that I have the spare energy to reward you." ”

"Han Chou and the businessman are only afraid of a bad year."

Of course, Han Chou had a bad New Year, he had been convicted and only to be executed after the first lunar month.

"Han Chou deserves it, as for those merchants, Qiao Wanfu is communicating with several merchant leaders, giving them some privileges, making up for the losses a little, and the merchants can always live a year with peace of mind."

This is Qiao Wanfu's suggestion, businessmen are mercenary, except for money, they are not loyal to anyone, as soon as Han Chou fell, they turned against each other, testified for the government, and exposed all kinds of ugly deeds of the former Henan Yin, but businessmen are useful after all, they are like a reservoir, if Da Chu feels thirsty again and urgently needs a stream of water, only businessmen can supply it immediately.

Within the scope acceptable to the emperor, Qiao Wanfu appeased the merchants and gave a long-term assurance: when Yunmengze and the East China Sea were pacified, they would have a wider business territory.

"Your Majesty is merciful."

Zhao Ruosu seemed to be about to retire, and Han Ruzi said, "I have something to consult with you." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak, Weichen knows everything."

"It is recorded in the history books that the ancient emperors regularly patrolled the Quartet, and spent more than half of the year on the road, so in modern times, why are there fewer and fewer patrols?"

Zhao Ruosu glanced up at the emperor and replied: "Weichen is just a small official, and he is familiar with history books, but he has a better memory. ”

"Well, I'll ask him in the future, but I'll ask you first today, and say whatever comes to mind."

"Weichen said bluntly: If Your Majesty wants to go out of Beijing to hunt again, you need to solve a fundamental problem first."

It was too difficult to hide from Zhao Ruosu, and as soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he understood his true intentions.

Han Ruzi smiled, and then said with a straight face: "What problem?" ”

"Who can stay in the capital?"

Han Ruzi was silent, Zhao Ruosu did say the key, after all, the capital is the emperor's home, and the family is unstable, how can the emperor go to all sides to patrol with peace of mind?

"I'll find a suitable prime minister."

Zhao Ruosu arched his hand, "Not only the prime minister, but also a prince in the palace, only in this way, the capital is worry-free, and Your Majesty can patrol and hunt, otherwise, I am afraid of many resistances." ”

In this kind of matter, Zhao Ruosu is much more powerful than Meng E, and he doesn't argue with the emperor, but only puts forward the two most important problems, Han Ruzi can't give a satisfactory answer, so he has to smile and say: "Don't discuss it first, let's discuss it after the year, Lord Zhao will go home and have a good year." ”

Zhao Ruosu retired, Han Ruzi returned to the inner palace, and specially went to visit Tong Qing'e, the child in her womb is now more important.

Concubine Deng Yun came to accompany her almost every day, and today was no exception, as soon as she saw the emperor, she said excitedly: "Today, the imperial doctor predicted that it would be a boy." ”

"How many imperial doctors have you visited?" Han Ruzi asked, smiling at Tong Qing'e, the two had seen each other a lot, Tong Qing'e was indeed no longer so nervous, and smiled back.

"Eleven." Deng Yun remembered clearly, "Seven people predicted to be male, three predicted to be female, and one vague remark, which means that nothing was said." ”

Han Ruzi didn't take it seriously, those imperial doctors wanted to please the Queen Mother, what was good to hear.

After chatting for a while, Han Ruzi went to greet the two queen mothers again.

The Empress Dowager Cining has her own sleeping palace, but she has to go to Cishun Palace every morning and evening to accompany the Empress Dowager Shangguan, which is also convenient for the emperor, so he doesn't have to run on both sides.

Rules are rules, Han Ruzi and the Empress Dowager Shangguan were not interested in meeting, and even resisted, but they had to abide by it.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan is getting old rapidly, and even Han Ruzi, who often sees her, can feel it.

The invitation ended quickly, the Empress Dowager Cining said goodbye, and after going out, she asked the emperor to go to Cining Palace together, she had something to say.

The emperor has been staying in the palace recently, and often visits Concubine Tong Qing'e, and the Empress Dowager Cining is very satisfied with this, but still feels that it is not enough.

"Concubine Tong still doesn't know men and women in her womb, Your Majesty still needs to work hard, more than ten concubines, not only one person can conceive." The Empress Dowager Cining did not hide her thoughts.

Han Ruzi was quite embarrassed, "Yes, I will work hard." ”

Empress Dowager Cining nodded, "Your Majesty should not work the Empress alone. ”

Han Ruzi felt even more embarrassed, "Yes, Queen Mother." ”

"That Meng E next to you......"

"What's wrong with her?"

Empress Dowager Cining thoughtfully, "Let the imperial doctor see if she is pregnant." ”

Han Ruzi was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The Queen Mother thinks too much, she is just a palace maid, how can she get pregnant for no reason?" ”

Empress Dowager Cining sighed lightly, "Your Majesty is the child of a maid, if Your Majesty can get any palace maid pregnant, it will be a happy event, there is no 'just palace maid'." ”

Han Ruzi immediately bowed down and replied, "Yes, I understand. ”

"Your Majesty must make the palace his home." The Empress Dowager Cining said a lot, to the effect that the emperor should not only love the queen alone, and the more pregnant palace people, the better.

Han Ruzi heard it with a big head, and she had an idea, so she took the opportunity to test her mother's tone, so she said: "Not only in the palace, but also Concubine Jin, she is outside the plug, maybe I can go and see it." ”

Empress Dowager Cining reacted quickly, and immediately said sternly: "Your Majesty must not leave Beijing again, how long has the predicament of Jincheng passed, Your Majesty has forgotten it?" ”

"I didn't forget." Han Ruzi didn't want to argue with her mother now, Zhao Ruosu was right, and when there was a suitable prime minister and at least one prince, the problem would become simpler.

"Your Majesty also said that Jin Guifei is not a real concubine, if she is pregnant with a child, she is about to give birth now, why don't she say a word, and she doesn't even have any news? If Your Majesty really cares, you can send someone to visit you, and you don't need to go yourself. Since Concubine Jin wants to be a Huns, His Majesty does not need to take it to heart. ”

The mother and son chatted for a while, and when Han Ruzi said goodbye and walked to the dormitory, he became more and more determined to continue patrolling.

When the palace was full of malice, he was heavily restrained, and when the palace was instead releasing kindness, he still felt constrained and had to find a way to break free. (To be continued.) )