Chapter 263: Your Majesty is wrong
After being so frightened, coupled with the fact that he couldn't sleep all night, Wanli was already listless by the time he stayed in the early dynasty, and he didn't know what the courtiers were talking about. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info and when he listened to Zhang Juzheng's lectures, he couldn't concentrate, so he read the wrong words while reading and was reprimanded by Zhang Juzheng.
Sun Hai carefully whispered everything he knew to Yang Zhen, and at the same time looked around vigilantly, for fear that his words would be heard.
In fact, according to the rules, an inner servant like Sun Hai should not relay the things in the inner palace to others, but he could see that Yang Zhen was very related to Wanli, and he also knew Wanli's trust in Yang Zhen and the low mood of the emperor today, so he thought of asking Yang Zhen to comfort the emperor.
So after some explanation, he said a little hesitantly: "That Yang guard, Your Majesty has been depressed today, and our family has persuaded you a few times but it is useless, why don't you go in and talk about it?" β
Yang Zhen was judging this matter in his heart at this time, to see what benefits he could get from it. He felt that Wanli's low mood might be due to two reasons, the first was from the shock he received yesterday, after all, he was only fourteen years old, and he had never been so frightened, of course, he couldn't react for a while; Secondly, he should be afraid of Zhang Juzheng, as long as he is a normal emperor, he can feel the pressure from Zhang Shoufu from yesterday's incident.
In this regard, Yang Zhen really had some ideas to help Kuantianzi's heart, and after hearing Sun Hai's request, he said: "Since Your Majesty has a knot, I, as a courtier, should help him wholeheartedly." But...... I hope to have a separate conversation with His Majesty, but I wonder if Grandpa Sun can make it easier? β
"That's not a problem. His Majesty thinks that our slaves are too annoying, and asks us all to quit. Seeing that Yang Zhen agreed so happily, Sun Hai was overjoyed, and immediately said: "We'll remove the people later, and then we will rely on Yang to guard you." As he spoke, he bowed his hand again and again.
In response to him, Yang Zhen smiled confidently.
In the warm pavilion.
There were a lot of dishes he liked to eat on the dragon table in front of Wanli, but he didn't even have the heart to move his chopsticks. As for the notes on the other side, he didn't have the heart to look at them, and the whole person just sat in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
In fact, what kept coming up in his mind at this moment were the words that the queen mother threatened him last night, what Huo Guang, what King Lu...... Every time he thought of this, he only felt a palpitation, and he wanted to scream to relieve the depression in his heart. But he didn't know what was blocking his throat, so that even in the empty warm pavilion, he couldn't make a sound.
Suddenly, the closed door of the warm pavilion was suddenly pushed open, and a person walked in softly. Although this person's movements were gentle, they still disturbed Wanli, and he couldn't help frowning and said, "Didn't I say it, I didn't tell you that you don't have to come to serve, let me out!" β
"Your Majesty!" The man who came in did not go out as he was told, but took a few steps closer and bowed to him.
At this time, Wanli saw clearly that it was not the attendant beside him who came, but Yang Zhen, whom he had always trusted, which soothed his eyebrows slightly, but he still said, "What are you doing?" β
"I heard that Your Majesty has something on your ......," Yang Zhen said, glanced at the dishes on the table that had not been touched, and continued: "...... So that I don't know the taste of food, so I came to greet him to see if the ministers can share his worries for His Majesty. β
"You...... Got it all? Wanli is not a fool, seeing Yang Zhen's tone and expression, he can guess that he knew about yesterday's events and came to comfort him.
If you change to an ordinary official, you have to treat it as if you don't know anything about this matter, after all, this is an internal matter of the Heavenly Family, and it is better for you to mix less or less. But Yang Zhen didn't think so, since the emperor asked, he nodded honestly and said, "The minister did hear about what happened in the palace last night. In fact, although His Majesty is at fault for this matter, it is not so serious. Even he didn't dare to say such a sensitive matter as the abolition of the establishment to his face.
Yang Zhen's words seemed to remind Wanli of the unbearable moment last night, and his face turned a little pale. After being silent for a while, he said with difficulty: "Do you also think that I have done something wrong?" β
"Yes, Your Majesty did make a mistake. As the king of a country, how could he let those little servants not obey his orders, this is really difficult for the ministers to understand. Yang Zhen's answer was so unexpected that he was stunned: "Are you saying that I can't call those inner servants wrong?" β
"Exactly! What is a joke? What is a word? Presumably, these don't need to be explained to Your Majesty by this rough man, right? The ancients once said that the self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, this harem is Your Majesty's home, if even those slaves are not tamed by Your Majesty, it is really difficult for your Majesty to believe that Your Majesty can govern my great world! Yang Zhen looked at Wanli, not flinching at all.
Although these words were a little ugly, they fell into Wanli's ears, but they didn't make him feel a little angry. Yang Zhen was clearly saying that he was wrong, but in fact, he was not saying that he was wrong, but just pointing out the importance of his imperial authority in circles.
After being stunned for a while, Wanli smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I also know that whether it is the imperial court or the harem, I, the emperor, have limited power. There is the Queen Mother inside, and Master Zhang outside, it is really difficult for me to do anything as an emperor, and it is no wonder that those guys refuse to obey their fate! β
"Your Majesty is wrong!" Yang Zhen took a step forward and said this sentence very directly, which made Wanli stunned again, not knowing what he said wrong. Yang Zhen continued after organizing his words for a while: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he is ordered by Heaven, how can he have such weak thoughts because of a small setback? And no matter the inner palace or the outer court, since Your Majesty is the emperor, you should not have any fear! β
"You mean...... Let me go and compete with them? Speaking of this, Wanli couldn't help but think of the topic that made him almost faint in shock last night, and his face became even paler. He really didn't have the courage to compete with the queen mother and Master Zhang anymore: "Yang Qing, you don't know how critical the situation was yesterday, if it weren't for the queen mother finally changed her mind, I was afraid that I would ......" The last words, he didn't want to say it.
Yang Zhen smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, you are wrong again." β
"Huh?" Wanli was stunned again, and he didn't understand why he was constantly saying the wrong thing in Yang Zhen's eyes today?
Yang Zhen said very firmly: "Actually, the Queen Mother has no intention of doing such a thing, otherwise she would not be so angry." It was because she knew that His Majesty was the king of a country that she was so angry. β
"This ......," Wanli thought about carefully, "but there is some truth in it." But the Queen Mother still recruited Master Zhang into the harem, wasn't it to do Huo Guangzhi's old things? β
Yang Zhen shook his head and said very decisively: "Your Majesty, you are wrong, this matter cannot really come true at all." Now is not the time of the Han Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty; He, Zhang Shoufu, is not Huo Guang, who has no power in the world and no one dares to oppose it. If he really dares to do these things, even if he has the help of the Queen Mother, he is afraid that he will be attacked by the subjects of the world, and he will die without a place to be buried. He understands this, and the Queen Mother also knows it, only Your Majesty, you are still ignorant, so you will feel afraid. β
"Huh? Are you saying they're just trying to scare me? Wanli was taken aback, and even Yang Zhen didn't feel anything when he mentioned such a sensitive word as abolishing Li.
"Exactly. Although Zhang Shoufu is the head of the imperial court, and his protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the world, he is not the prime minister after all, and he is not as good as Huo Guang, the great general of the imperial court, who combines the military and political power of the imperial court. Moreover, does Your Majesty remember the final fate of this General Huo? β
"This ......" Wanli recalled carefully before he said, "Although he had a good death, his family was wiped out shortly after his death. As he spoke, he had a thoughtful expression.
Since he was on the side of the emperor in the palace, Yang Zhen knew that he couldn't just fight and kill, but also know how to fight as an official. And this is no faster than reading history books and learning from the rise and fall of historical figures. It is precisely because he has read a lot of books on this subject during this period of time and knows Huo Guangqi's affairs, otherwise he may not have such a good eloquence today.
Now that the emperor understood what he meant, Yang Zhen didn't hide it, and continued: "Exactly." Since he is a courtier, he dares to make a move to abolish the establishment, unless he is finally called the king and emperor like Cao Cao, he will inevitably escape the fate of death and annihilation. The minister thought that with Zhang Gelao's shrewdness, he would not be able to think of this, so no matter what, he would not dare to do such a thing. Besides, he doesn't have the ability to do it yet! β
Under Yang Zhen's words, the fear that had plagued Wanli suddenly dissipated. At this time, thinking about all the things before, Wanli couldn't help but blush, why was he so cowardly, and he couldn't even see through this truth? At the same time, he was impressed by Yang Zhen again, and he couldn't imagine that this guard was not only loyal to his martial arts, but also superior in knowledge, which was really rare.
Thinking about this, Wanli, whose fear gradually disappeared, unconsciously gave birth to hatred. If it weren't for the fear that he would be abolished, he wouldn't have let Zhang Juzheng draw up that guilty edict last night. Unexpectedly, Zhang Juzheng saw his own fear, deceived himself, and set up that edict of self-sinner!
Although Zhang Juzheng did not read the edict in front of the ministers in the early court this morning, presumably the edict should have been sent to the yamen of the Beijing Division through the Department of General Administration at this time, and it will soon be announced to the world.
Thinking that his mistakes would be known to all the subjects of the world, and that all of this was from Zhang Juzheng's hands, Wanli only felt a wave of resentment uncontrollably emerging from his heart.