Chapter 228: The Monarch and the Ministers Answer
It's not just Zhu Yunwen who is entangled, Xiao Fan is also entangled.
The two looked at each other stupidly, and the hall was silent for a long time.
After not seeing each other for so long, Zhu Yunwen has not only become shameless, but even his IQ has a downward trend, Xiao Fan feels very worried.
He couldn't imagine how a shameless fool could lead the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, ordinary people were shameless, it didn't matter if they were stupid, but if an emperor was stupid and shameless, it would be bad, such people generally called them "faint kings" in history.
Looking at the facial features distorted into a ball, the eyes are shining, and the cuteness is indeed very cute, but unfortunately it doesn't look like a Dao Mingjun.
"Your Majesty...... Just took an aphrodisiac? Xiao Fan had to break the silence.
There are only two of them in the hall, if this stupid person has a strong attack, the ancients don't mind dividing the peaches and breaking their sleeves, in case Zhu Yunwen loses his mind...... What's the matter, how can you have the face to face your wife and children in the future?
Zhu Yunwen nodded vigorously, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he was about to cry.
"How does it taste?"
"Sour, a little bitter...... I don't believe that this thing will not taste good if it is placed in other people's girls' diets. ”
"You don't care about the taste, this thing wasn't made for you in the imperial dining room, how do you feel now?" Xiao Fan said cautiously.
As long as Zhu Yunwen admitted that he was a little hot and wanted to take off his clothes or something, Xiao Fan decided to run away, and would rather die than let him spoil it.
Fortunately, Zhu Yunwen gave him a more reassuring answer.
He smacked his lips, looked like an aftertaste, and said, "Except for the taste is not very delicious, there is nothing else to feel......
Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
That's good, Chrysanthemum saved.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xiao Fan and wondered, "Why did I swallow a big mouthful but didn't react?" ”
Xiao Fan pondered for a while, then frowned and nodded, "I want to ...... I see why. ”
Zhu Yunwen hurriedly leaned forward and asked repeatedly, "What is the reason?" What's with? ”
Xiao Fan slapped his thigh heavily and said firmly: "...... This medicine is fake! ”
Zhu Yun was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "It's still Xiao Shi who is smart!" Yes, this medicine must be fake! ”
Then Zhu Yunwen was so angry that he slapped the dragon case fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "Damn eunuch, you dare to fool me with fake medicine!" Come! ”
Two Han generals who were guarding outside the hall walked in proudly.
"Arrest the eunuch who offered the medicine, and kill him with a cane at noon!" Zhu Yunwen said angrily.
The Han general clenched his fists and took the order, and left with a murderous spirit.
Xiao Fan looked at Zhu Yunwen, whose face was flushed with anger, and suddenly remembered the evaluation of him in the history books, it is undeniable that he is a very benevolent emperor, but he may have been deeply influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he is very mean and unkind to the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace, and he is often beaten and scolded to death, and he does not treat the eunuchs as human beings at all, so the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace have a lot of resentment towards Zhu Yunwen, and when Zhu Di's soldiers came to the city of Nanjing, it was also the eunuchs in the palace who defected and helped Zhu Di open the gate of the inner palace.
If you plant evil causes and reap evil results, people's success or failure may be predestined in the dark.
Xiao Fan opened his mouth, thought about it, and closed it again.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many eunuchs who had chaotic governance, and it was good to be strict with those people, so as to save the future trouble, besides, Zhu Yunwen is now the Son of Heaven, and he is no longer the young emperor and grandson who let himself casually split Huashan, he has his dignity, and some things can't be too bad for him.
Thinking of this, Xiao Fan was secretly frightened.
Once upon a time, I was so indifferent to a life? Thinking about it again, he was relieved that since he had come to this era of strict class hierarchies, he should adapt to it, conform to the ideas of this era, and vainly try to impose the theories of equality and human rights on the people of this era in the previous life, which is simply ridiculous and stupid.
However, the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace have a lot of resentment towards Zhu Yunwen, and Xiao Fan really feels that he should pay attention to this matter, so as not to leave a disaster in the future.
"If you cane it, you cane it......" Xiao Fan comforted softly: "To be honest, fortunately he gave you fake medicine, if this is true, there are only two of us in the palace now, if you react, won't you give me ...... What's that? This is the palace, it is your territory, at that time I called the heavens should not be, called the earth not spiritual, a good young talent was ruined by you......"
Zhu Yunwen's face turned blue, he was silent for a long time, then suddenly jumped up, covered his chest with a frightened face, and screamed: "I don't have this problem!" ”
"Neither do I!" Xiao Fan hurriedly expressed his attitude.
Zhu Yunwen was shocked.
Looking at the aphrodisiac placed on the dragon case, Zhu Yunwen frowned, and pushed it onto the scarlet carpet with a flick of his hand.
"Xiao Shiyu, I carefully read the report you sent from Beiping, haha, well done! Come, tell me more about how you did it......" Zhu Yunwen asked with great interest.
Xiao Fan said shyly: "Actually, I was forced to do that, and I had to go out, in fact, I was also quite scared, I was in the den of the tiger and wolf at that time, and there were only 3,000 people under my hands, if King Yan really decided to turn his face with the court, I would probably be dead, the reason why I dared to do so many things that made King Yan angry in Beiping was nothing more than to catch the psychology that he did not dare to turn his face with the court at present, in the final analysis, there was the Son of Heaven and the court standing behind me, and King Yan was jealous, so I had a chance to take advantage ......of it."
said that Xiao Fan sent someone to assassinate King Yan, and when he first arrived in Beiping, he met King Yan pretending to be crazy and talked about it carefully.
Zhu Yunwen's face gradually became solemn: "With such a vicious scheming, the antipathy of the Fourth Emperor Uncle is simply obvious!" ”
Xiao Fan Zhengse said: "The whole world knows that he has an anti-heart, and of course the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also know, so it must be cut down!" King Yan has more than 100,000 brave Yan troops, standing in the Youyan Xiongguan, eyeing my court, even if His Majesty does not cut him, he will inevitably rebel, this time I went to Beiping, learned a lot of information that we did not know......"
"What information?"
Xiao Fan looked at Zhu Yunwen and said word by word: "King Yan has now begun to hoard grain and grass, and without asking the imperial court, he has recruited more than 40,000 new troops, and handed them over to Zhu Neng, the confidant general of King Yan, to train in person, and it will not be long before he can become ......an army."
Zhu Yunwen was shocked when he heard this: "He...... He's ready to do the opposite! ”
"Not only that, the king of Yan also went around contacting the kings of various places, spreading rumors among the kings that the Son of Heaven wanted to cut the domain, and wanted to ask them for guilt, so as to intimidate the kings, and now the king of Jin is new, powerless to take care of it, and the king of the valley and the king of Ning have the heart but no courage, still in the wait-and-see, the king of Zhou in Kaifeng Mansion is the brother of the mother of the king of Yan, and naturally stands on his side, but Kaifeng Mansion is still far from the border of my Ming Dynasty, the strength of the king of Zhou is very weak, and the court gives him only thousands of soldiers and horses, but the king of Yan goes on like this, if all the kings of the world are united, At that time, Your Majesty's imperial uncles will oppose you, the world will be full of anti-flags, even if there are many armies in the imperial court, they will not be able to suppress and exterminate them one by one, Your Majesty, the crisis of the imperial court is imminent! ”
Zhu Yunwen's face gradually turned pale, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, his expression was shocked and angry, and he also had a little fear that could not be concealed.
"Xiao Shiyu, what should I do? What should I do? Yan Wang he ...... He's preparing for a rebellion step by step, I'm ...... I ...... the rivers and mountains that the emperor's grandfather passed to me," Zhu Yunwen said with a crying voice in his tone.
Xiao Fan looked at him coldly, and Zhu Yunwen in front of him returned to his original unassertive appearance, so frightened and helpless, like a child who got lost and couldn't find a home.
Xiao Fan sighed, Zhu Yunwen is still too young after all, his shoulders can't bear the burden of the entire country, he grew up in a greenhouse in his life, he has not experienced wind and rain, he doesn't know that the world is difficult and dangerous, and people's hearts are ugly, he ...... In fact, he is just a simple child.
"Your Majesty! Calm down! In the Wenhua Hall, Xiao Fan's tongue bloomed with spring thunder, like the roar of the Buddha's lion, and he shouted loudly.
The voice echoed in the hall, and Zhu Yunwen was called back to his soul by his shout, and looked up at him in confusion.
"Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven! It is the ninety-five supreme above tens of thousands of people! The lands and people of this world, including the fiefs of your imperial uncles, all belong to you! Now your imperial uncle wants to snatch your position, this is a rebellious act to defeat the monarch with a minister, you are the orthodoxy set by the first emperor, you are the emperor of course, what are you afraid of? The imperial court has millions of troops, looks down on the world, and looks down on the ugly crowd, we are taking advantage of the opportunity, what are you afraid of? It should be your Fourth Emperor Uncle who should be afraid! ”
Zhu Yunwen was full of excitement, and finally walked out in a completely frightened mood.
He looked at Xiao Fan gratefully, and said sincerely: "Xiao Shiyu, the imperial grandfather once said that you will be my humerus assistant in the future, and the imperial grandfather is really right." Xiao Shiyu, fortunately, I met you in Jiangpu at the beginning......"
Xiao Fan said with a straight face: "Fortunately, you didn't kill me when I slapped you, this is a good cause, a good result, you are so lucky to know me, you have accumulated virtue for yourself." ”
Zhu Yunwen smiled: "It's rare to hear you praise me, I'm really embarrassed......"
Xiao Fan: "............"
After being silent for a while, Zhu Yunwen said uncertainly: "...... Were you just complimenting me? Why do I think it doesn't taste right? ”
Xiao Fan: "............"
…………………… The crisis is imminent, and the hearts of the two are also clouded.
"Xiao Shiyu, King Yan is gradually gaining momentum and eventually becoming a disaster, how should I deal with it?"
Xiao Fan pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "The cutting of the feudal domain must be cut, this is the first major event of my Jianwen Dynasty, and it must not be shaken, if there are ministers in the court who oppose the cutting of the feudal domain, they must be ruthlessly suppressed, Your Majesty must make an uncompromising posture for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, otherwise if even you are swaying, the courtiers below will not be able to guess the intentions, and those ministers may make a move to collude with the vassal king, burying the root cause of my court......"
Zhu Yunwen nodded vigorously and agreed: "Yes, the cutting of the feudal domain must be sharpened!" And never waver! Xiao Shi read, I will give you an order, if there is a minister who opposes the cutting of the domain, you Jinyi Wei will take him to prison and punish him severely! ”
"Obey the order!"
"Go on."
"Second, step up the training of soldiers and horses, hoard grain and grass, there are many plains in the north, suitable for cavalry battles, Your Majesty should spend the treasury to buy war horses and horses, and train cavalry, although the number of soldiers and horses in the imperial court is dominant, but my southern soldiers have enjoyed peace and prosperity for a long time, and the twilight is gradually rising, and their combat power is not good compared to the northern army, so they must improve their combat power as soon as possible to deal with the future rebellion of King Yan."
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said: "This is also very necessary, fortunately, the emperor's grandfather has been recuperating with the people for 30 years since the founding of the country, and there is no major war with the outside world, but the treasury is full, and the treasury can afford this expenditure." ”
Xiao Fan glanced at him, and said leisurely: "There are a lot of places to spend money, whenever the war starts, in addition to the bravery of the sergeants and the strategy of the generals, what is more important is the strength of the country, you can't fight a war without money, and you can't do it if you don't have enough money. ”
Zhu Yunwen laughed indifferently: "I don't have anything else, but I have never lacked money, I lack everything, I just don't lack money, I'm so poor that I only have money left......"
This time, Xiao Fan was dumbfounded, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't necessarily dare to say such big things when he was alive, right? Why did he dare to say that? And he has a nouveau riche tone, and he doesn't want to see ...... "Your Majesty...... Have you recently bought a lottery ticket and won a huge prize? ”
"What is a lottery?"
"I know the treasury is rich, but it's not so rich that you're so rampant, right?"
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said mysteriously: "Because I recently discovered a way to make money......
Xiao Fan's spirits perked up, and he immediately became interested: "Let's talk about it, let's share ...... together"
Zhu Yunwen pointed to his nose and said, "Who am I?" I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! All things under the world are mine, including silver......"
"Understood, you're going to rob?"
"How rude the robbery is, I have a very gentle method......"
"What's the method?"
"In the eighth year of Hongwu, in view of the scarcity of silver and copper in the world, the emperor's grandfather Jianbao banknote was promoted to issue Daming treasure banknotes to replace silver and copper, and it was stipulated that the people were only allowed to use treasure banknotes to buy and sell barter, and were not allowed to use cash silver ......"
"So?"
Zhu Yunwen licked his lips, patted his thigh excitedly, and said, "This is a shortcut to making money!" The Ming Dynasty is mine, and the treasure money lifting division is also mine, I want them to print as much as I want, they will print as much as they want, when there is a shortage of money, I will go down with a holy decree and seal it for me! How much you want to spend, you say, will my dignified Ming Emperor be short of money to spend? Haha......"
Xiao Fan was silent, but his face gradually turned green.
Zhu Yunwen laughed proudly, and when he saw that Xiao Fan's expression was not good, he couldn't help but gradually smiled, and said, "Uh...... Did I say something wrong? ”
"Your Majesty......"
"Huh?"
"Can I use a move on your brain to split Huashan?"
Zhu Yunwen jumped back quickly, and said vigilantly: "Don't come nonsense, the gentleman doesn't move his mouth, let's all be gentle......"
"Not slapping you is really not enough to vent the anger in my heart......"
"What the hell am I saying wrong to recruit you like this?" Zhu Yunwen said aggrievedly.
Xiao Fan sighed heavily, ignorant ancient people, do they understand how serious the consequences of indiscriminately printing and issuing treasure banknotes will cause to the Ming Dynasty? Inflation, Monetary Reserves, Monetary Credit ...... These terms flashed in Xiao Fan's mind, but unfortunately Xiao Fan's knowledge in his previous life was not very good, if he wanted to explain these words one by one, he really didn't know how to speak, he only knew that printing money indiscriminately was definitely wrong, and there would be big trouble.
"Your Majesty, if you believe me, stop printing and issuing treasure banknotes immediately, otherwise hundreds of people will be ruined because of your decision, and your country will begin to rot and deteriorate from the roots...... Believe me, it's never a good idea to print money! Xiao Fan's expression was unusually serious.
Zhu Yunwen was dissatisfied: "Aren't you blocking my way to make money? ”
Xiao Fan said angrily: "The entire Ming Dynasty is yours, you can make a fortune and take care of it!" There are so many things in the world, but your treasure money is more and more, and in the end, the treasure money depreciates, and they will become less valuable than the straw paper that wipes the buttocks, you don't care, how much you spend and how much you print, how do the people and merchants live? You're going to kill them! Do you understand? ”
Seeing that Xiao Fan was angry, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help shrinking his neck in fright, and hurriedly smiled: "Okay, okay, if you don't print it, you won't print it, if you really lack silver, let's find another way, can you be so atmospheric?" …… It's hot, it's easy to get on fire, and you have to have a bowl ......of iced sour plum soup."
After speaking, Zhu Yunwen turned his head and shouted outside the hall to send sour plum soup in.
Xiao Fan's face softened slightly, and after regaining his composure, he also understood that Zhu Yunwen valued his friendship with himself too much, so he compromised with him, if someone else dared to yell at the emperor like this, how many heads would be cut clean.
The current Zhu Yunwen is the Son of Heaven, and the matter of losing his temper at him can never be repeated, Xiao Fan secretly reminded himself at the same time, he was also moved by Zhu Yunwen's love and righteousness.
"Xiao Shishu, put aside the matter of silver for the time being, now that the treasury is full, it is not a big problem to deal with a war, you can continue."
Xiao Fan organized his language and said slowly: "Third, it is the military reform that I once mentioned to Your Majesty......
"How to reform?"
At this time, there was a ringing sound outside the hall, and a palace maid with a graceful figure came in with a chilled sour plum soup.
Somehow, after Zhu Yunwen, who originally looked as usual, saw the palace maid, his face suddenly swelled with an extremely abnormal flush, his eyes looked at the palace maid sluggishly, his breathing gradually became short, the green tendons on his neck suddenly jumped, and the focus in his pupils was dilated, and he looked like he had fallen into evil.
Xiao Fan didn't realize it, and said to himself: "...... The so-called reform is mainly to build armaments, open up military forces, and build military academies...... Your Majesty, could you please concentrate a little bit? When have you been staring at women, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? ”
Zhu Yunwen's face turned red, and his eyes stared directly at the palace maid, as if a hooligan who had been a rogue for many years had seen the best in the world, and his two eyes were shining with a faint green light, and his appearance was extremely scary.
The palace maid was at a loss when she was stared at by Zhu Yunwen, and even the jade hand holding the sour plum soup couldn't help but tremble.
Xiao Fan chuckled in his heart, he knew that it was not good, Zhu Yunwen's reaction seemed to be ...... It's not normal.
"Someone! Come on! The Son of Heaven is not quite right......" Xiao Fan shouted outside the hall.
Zhu Yunwen didn't realize it, he stood up and bypassed the dragon case, grabbed the palace maid's hand, then hugged her tightly, and kissed her cheeks.
The palace maid was so frightened that her face was pale, and she screamed, trembling all over, but she didn't dare to move.
Xiao Fan was stunned, this was clearly a reaction to taking an aphrodisiac, could it be that what Zhu Yunwen swallowed just now was not a fake medicine? It's just that the timing of the attack is a little slow?
At this time, of course, it was not the time to study real and fake medicines, Zhu Yunwen's face had become blood-red, like a boiled crab, and his rapid breathing was mixed with the hissing phlegm in his throat, he didn't pay attention to Xiao Fan's presence at all, and his two big hands began to caress the palace maid up and down...... The palace maid's face was pale, and her tears fell from her eyes in fright, but she didn't dare to move in the slightest, and she just called out delicately: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, don't ......"
Xiao Fan can't stand it anymore, it's bad morals! You don't have to be so anxious after taking aphrodisiacs, the dignified Emperor Ming actually staged a movie in front of the minister in person, what kind of world is this!
"Your Majesty, don't ...... Please...... Don't! The maid of the palace was still mourning and weeping.
Xiao Fan stepped forward and hugged Zhu Yunwen's waist, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, calm down, I will immediately send you into the harem to vent the fire, and hold on a little longer!" …… Come! What about eunuchs? Where did they all die? ”
A eunuch ran in sweating.
Xiao Fan was overjoyed and said, "Quick! Send His Majesty back to the palace, recruit his queen or concubine, and ...... with him What's that. ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhu Yunwen broke free from Xiao Fan, and rushed towards the palace maid impatiently.
The palace maid continued to cry and beg: "Your Majesty, don't ......"
Xiao Fan was in a hurry, stepped forward and hugged his waist again, and said angrily: "Can't you have a little concentration?" If you want to vent your anger and find your harem wife, don't spoil the girl of the good family......"
Who knew that the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground and weeping suddenly rushed forward, bit Xiao Fan's hand fiercely, and said angrily: "Why are you always bad!" Who does Your Majesty want to spoil and what does it matter to you? What are you always mixing in the middle......"
Xiao Fan immediately let go of his hand in pain, and Zhu Yunwen suddenly rushed up, hugged the palace maid horizontally, and carried her into the embroidered couch in the side pavilion of Wenhua Palace.
The palace maid quickly regained her weak and pitiful expression, and kept exclaiming: "Your Majesty, don't, don't, don't......"
Xiao Fan was dumbfounded: "............"
The eunuch in the hall hurriedly pulled Xiao Fan's sleeve, left the Wenhua Palace, and turned around and closed the door of the palace.
Xiao Fan listened to the wheezing and coquettish screams of the upside-down phoenix in the hall, was stunned for a while, and said puzzledly: "Hey, is there something wrong with the palace maid?" I was kind enough to save her, why did she bite me? ”
The eunuch naturally recognized Xiao Fan, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "My lord may have done something bad with good intentions, but I don't blame you, you are a high-ranking minister in the court, and you definitely don't understand the despicable thoughts of our miserable people......"
"What the hell does she mean?" Xiao Fan said dissatisfied.
The eunuch smiled and said, "...... The palace maids are selected from the civil or official female drafts into the palace, they all want to turn sparrows into phoenixes when they enter the palace, just waiting for the Son of Heaven to pamper them one day, and climb the high branches, seal a concubine to shine on the lintel, my lord, you just stopped the Son of Heaven, almost messed up her good deeds, she doesn't hate you, it's ......"
Xiao Fan paused for a long time, and then slapped his forehead fiercely.
That's a ...... Zhu Bajie looked in the mirror, he was not a person inside and out.
However, this also shows that Zhu Yunwen's aphrodisiac ...... It's really an aphrodisiac!
Xiao Fan said with a straight face: "The eunuch who offered aphrodisiacs just now ......"
"In accordance with Your Majesty's will, I have killed him with a rod at noon."
Xiao Fan shook his head and muttered, "It's really unjust to die......"
"That medicine ......"
"That kind of medicine slave can also get ......," the eunuch smiled flatteringly.
"Great!" Xiao Fan clapped his hands heavily: "...... Give me half a catty. ”
The eunuch's eyes straightened: "Half ...... Half a catty? ”
Xiao Fan said seriously: "The official wants to breed the stallion at home and let it become a stallion." ”
"Seed ...... Stallion? The eunuch unconsciously turned his head, and in the Wenhua Palace, the sound of Zhu Yunwen's hard work was in his ears.
"Yes, stallions! The plot is secondary, the stallion is king! Xiao Fan nodded very firmly.
(To be continued)