Chapter 979: Ninety-Nine-Seven Summoned
Emperor Chongzhen was also amazed by the appearance of these Fujin, but he was a very polite person, and he was not very keen on women.
The Empress Dowager and the others knelt down and kowtowed, and the etiquette was very good, and Emperor Chongzhen was also extremely happy in his heart, his expression was very excited, and his face and tone were very gentle. He kept a smile on his face, and Cao Jixiang next to him almost burst into tears, and secretly turned his head to wipe his eyes. How long has it been since I've seen the emperor so happy?
Once was the day when Liu Ruozai and others sent the news back, and once it was today! He secretly said in his heart: "This Liu Ruozai, the errand he did is really good, and he should be of great use." β
He is not the only one who thinks like this.
Emperor Chongzhen's eyes swept over Liu Ruozai who was standing on the side, Liu Ruozai looked at his nose and nose and heart, his expression was solemn, there was no emotional fluctuation, Emperor Chongzhen nodded secretly, and said in his heart This Liu Ruozai is really a person who can do great things, he is really calm, even in this court, he can be as calm as a mountain.
Not bad, very good.
He has already made up his mind, and in a few days, he will summon Liu Ruozai to play the right game alone, and praise him.
And he also remembered one thing, he and Liu Ruozai still have some origins.
Liu Ruozai is the champion of Chongzhen's first year, this is the first champion since he ascended the throne! Therefore, Liu Ruozai can be said to be an out-and-out protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven, and the relationship with Emperor Chongzhen can be regarded as extremely close.
When the audience is over, the feast is held.
The dishes at the banquet are very exquisite, but unfortunately, you can't eat them with an open stomach, otherwise it will be rude.
Those who are eligible to attend, in addition to the nobles from the Chahar Department, are some princes and relatives of the Ming Dynasty, as well as members of the court. Many of them have eaten the royal banquet, and some have eaten more than once, all of them have some experience, and they have eaten some snacks and other foods to cushion their stomachs before they come, so they are not very hungry at this time. But where do the nobles from the Chahar Department know the doorway? The officials of the Ministry of Rites did not remind them, not that they had forgotten, but that they really didn't know how to open their mouths. I couldn't tell them, "Your Majesty's banquet, you can't eat more......
It's awkward to say that! So the officials of the Ministry of Rites simply pretended not to know.
Now it's okay, many nobles in the Chahar Department put their hungry chests on their backs, and they didn't dare to eat when they wanted to, and they died of discomfort one by one.
In fact, this time, when the Empress Dowager came to the capital, she still had to talk to the emperor and these chiefs and assistants of the cabinet about some very important things about the Chahar Ministry in the future. Liu Ruozai can't be the master of these things, and it only counts if these big people in Beijing nod.
Of course, whether it is the time of the Hajj or the time when the emperor holds a banquet, these things cannot be discussed, and these things must be talked about in private.
What I'm doing now is that everyone is laughing and laughing, and saying something that is not salty or light.
At the end of the banquet, the Empress Dowager and others left.
When I returned to the hall, I first took off my makeup, took off my cumbersome and heavy clothes and face, ate a full meal, and then took a hot bath to wash away my exhaustion. The Queen Mother was lying on the bed, staring at the top of the tent without focus.
This tent is extremely exquisite, the patterns on it are intricate and ornate, in fact, not only this tent, but everything in this house is extremely elaborate on covering luxury. The quilt is made of fine satin, and it is slippery on the skin, and there is no abrasive feeling at all. I don't know how many layers of mattresses are spread on the bed, and the softness makes the Queen Mother feel like she is stuck in the clouds, and the light and soft collapse makes her heart feel weak for a while.
The house is paved with terrazzo bricks, and the furniture is made of fine rosewood, which is worth a lot of money when you look at it. There is a copper stove in the corner of the wall, and the incense is curling inside, so that the room is filled with a warm and lazy aroma, and after smelling it for a long time, the heart will feel very calm and peaceful.
It was already winter, but the house was as warm as spring, because the earth dragon was burning under the courtyard.
All this, for her, has an indescribable feeling.
Lying on the bed at this time, she still felt a little unreal.
"It turns out that I have crossed thousands of miles to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, met the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and went to the Forbidden City, and slept here. Really, I really didn't expect it! β
Nothing was said all night.
In the next few days, the Empress Dowager and others were busy to death, and there were many things to do every day, many places to go, and many people to see.
It took three days for the situation to improve.
On the fourth day, Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet, and several cabinet assistants met with the Empress Dowager and some powerful people of the Chahar Ministry to discuss what to do after the Chahar Ministry moved to the sea.
And it was also on this day that Emperor Chongzhen summoned Liu Ruozai in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.
"Minister Liu Ruozai knocks to see the emperor!" Liu Ruozai knelt down with a big salute.
He lowered his head, but saw a pair of feet walk up to him, and then put a pair of hands on his shoulders. Emperor Chongzhen came with a joyful voice: "Liu Aiqing, please get up, please get up." β
It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen actually came to support him in person.
Liu Ruozai is such a very loyal and patriotic courtier, the emperor's behavior made him move to tears, his eyes immediately turned red, and tears couldn't stop falling. He quickly wiped his tears, and said in a choked voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty." β
He kowtowed again before he stood up.
Emperor Chongzhen saw that his bitter feelings were sincere, there was no falsehood, and he was also moved in his heart, he was an extremely emotional person, and he actually felt that his eyes were a little sour at this time, and he couldn't stop crying after enduring it. He sighed in his heart: "There are few such loyal courtiers in this world." β
Emperor Chongzhen has actually always looked down on many of his courtiers, and in Dong Ce's original time and space, he once said a sentence when he broke through the city: "The ministers are mistaken!" β
From this, it can be roughly seen that he has an attitude towards many courtiers, and Chongzhen never relented in killing courtiers, especially killing civil ministers. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen thought so, and by doing so, he really didn't wronged his subordinates at all. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers planned more for themselves for the clan and less for the emperor for the court, and they were busy fighting for power all day long. Moreover, the civil officials were used to being arrogant in the previous dynasties, and they were used to bullying the emperor, and as a result, they met an Emperor Chongzhen who was unwilling to endure and indeed couldn't bear them in specific actions, and many civil officials were actually extremely disgusted with Emperor Chongzhen in their hearts.
This disgust is also reflected in many of their behaviors. During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, he was cheated by these people a lot of times, and he was deceived by them for a longer time.