Everyone in the world calls Zhu Houzhao a faint monarch, because he is playful and playful, in order to let himself play freely, he simply threw state affairs to the eunuchs and the cabinet, and he didn't care about anything, I have to say that these behaviors are indeed the same as faint monarchs.

However, the world can't just look at the appearance, there are all kinds of faint kings in history, which faint monarch is not willing to stay in the palace for a lifetime? Which faint gentleman doesn't spend all day long, frolicking, singing and dancing? However, Zhu Houzhao led the army before the weak crown year, and even personally rushed into battle to kill the enemy.

Zhu Houzhao is suitable to be a general on the battlefield, and he is also suitable for being a gentleman who spends all his time drinking, but he is not suitable to be an emperor.

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The march speed of the army was very slow, and it only took two or three hundred miles for more than half a month, and the momentum of this march did not look like the class teacher returning to Beijing, but it seemed to protect Zhu Houzhao to travel the mountains and rivers.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao played and played, but there was no effort to work the people and lose money, when passing through the prefecture and county, there were always local officials to take over and arrange the palace, Zhu Houzhao refused all, and did not even enter the city, only set up camp tents outside the city.

The Zhengde Emperor in history was not so polite when he traveled, mainly because of the pretensions of the ministers around him, collecting wealth and kidnapping women in the name of the emperor, and every time he passed through the country, he was like a locust crossing the border, and I don't know how many people's wives were separated and their families were ruined. However, in this life, it is Qin Kan who is by Zhu Houzhao's side, he will never allow this kind of thing to happen, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. Qin Kan did not refuse the money of the minister of the capital division, and when he confiscated the property of corrupt officials, Ding Shun also occasionally intercepted a few rare treasures and presented them to Qin Kan, which was harmless, but Qin Kan would never loot the poor people, the people had lived hard enough, Qin Kan had not been able to improve the world so far, it was because he was ashamed in his heart, how could he bear to make the people worse?

Qin Kan's reluctance to loot does not mean that the officials below do not loot.

In fact, many local officials did this, and before Zhu Houzhao's army arrived, some officials forcibly apportioned taxes to local wealthy squires, merchants, and peasant households under the banner of welcoming the holy car. Tens of thousands, tens of thousands, tens of thousands of silver were collected. It turned out that the emperor did not admit his feelings, and he did not commit any crime against the local autumn at all, and even when he broke a few pieces of wood when he set up camp, the quartermaster took the initiative to come to the door to pay the silver, and the silver that the local officials scavenged was gone. When the door was closed in the dark room and ready to divide the money privately. Jin Yiwei sent them a driver's post......

All the way back to Beijing. Qin Kan's Jinyi Wei found out six or seven magistrates, reported to Zhu Houzhao, dismissed them and exiled them, and published the glorious deeds of these people in the palace newspaper. CC to the Ming Dynasty government offices.

After killing these chickens, the remaining monkeys finally sobered up and became timid, and they found that this Ning Guogong was not only not a vegetarian, but also played for real. So the forcibly apportioned money was returned overnight by the frightened officials, and on the way back to Beijing, Grandpa Qin easily reversed the corruption, and inadvertently made him famous, and it was an unexpected gain.

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No matter how reluctant you are to return to Beijing, since you have been on the road, you will eventually reach the end.

In the third year of Zhengde, on the day of the first snow falling in Beijing, Zhu Houzhao's army finally arrived outside the Jingshi Anding Gate.

When the weather was getting colder, Zhu Houzhao changed the chariot, eight horses dragged the carriage about two zhang long and more than one zhang wide, dragging slowly in the snow, in the golden carriage, Zhu Houzhao and Qin Kan sat cross-legged on two white bear skins, two pots of charcoal were burning in front of them, and there was a small sandalwood coffee table in the middle, on which a pot of flower carvings was warm, the two were chatting and drinking wine, the carriage was warm like spring, peaceful and peaceful.

"When I returned from a great victory, I really wanted to see what the faces of those ministers who greeted me were there, when I wanted to conquer in person, the ministers were so anxious that they seemed to dig their ancestral graves, and they jumped out one by one to oppose it, what a son of a daughter, what a thousand times of honor, who would have thought that I not only won the battle, but also came back with all the mustaches and tails, to see what else they had to say." Zhu Houzhao took a sip of wine, with a sneer on his drunken face.

Qin Kan said with a smile: "Most of the court's people see the wind and rudder, and when Your Majesty returns from a great victory, presumably the courtiers will only sing praises and praises, and they must have forgotten that there are many mediocre people in the world, and it is difficult to see the icing on the cake, and it is difficult to see charcoal in the snow." ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes blinked a few times, and his expression was a little excited: "There must be a lot of courtiers outside the Anding Gate to greet them, you said that I should give an edict later, simply ignore those ministers who greet them, and the royal driving path will go directly to the Forbidden Palace from Anding Gate, I will slap them hard......"

Qin Kan was embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, this matter has come out a little, Your Majesty is relieved, but in the future, the relationship between the monarch and the minister will become worse and worse, and any words and deeds under Your Majesty in the future will attract scolding from the Manchu Dynasty, in order to vent your anger for a while, but you will have to suffer endless grievances in the future, Your Majesty, it is not cost-effective." ”

Zhu Houzhao was suddenly a little deflated: "You're right, I'm happy today, but tomorrow I can add to the blockage, it's really not cost-effective." Okay, I'll reluctantly catch up with the minister who greeted me later......"

Qin Kan reminded: "...... And with a smile on your face. ”

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "I'm not laughing, where can I laugh at these old and immortal guys?" ”

"When you see the annoying guy under your majesty, you imagine that he was suddenly killed by a flying stone from outside the sky, will your majesty be happy when you think about it?"

Zhu Houzhao turned his anger into joy: "It makes sense, I will definitely laugh so much that I can't stop laughing......"

As the two were talking, the chariot suddenly stopped.

Outside the chariot, a staff general knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the royal driver has arrived at the Jingshi Anding Gate." ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Are the ministers who greet you all outside the city gate?" ”

The general hesitated for a moment, and then Ai Ai said: "Well, Your Majesty, the last general will not dare to speak......"

Zhu Houzhao was anxious, stepped forward in two steps and personally opened the curtain of the car, stood at the chariot building bridge and looked around, and saw a white endless snow, the sky was gray, and the goose feathers and heavy snow were still fluttering.

Zhu Houzhao glanced around the city gate, and saw that in the snow outside the city gate, a group of people stood respectfully, and when they saw Zhu Houzhao get out of the chariot, everyone knelt down and kowtowed.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for returning to Beijing with a great victory, the king is victorious, and my emperor is mighty!"

The corners of Zhu Houzhao's mouth hooked, just a hint of a smile bloomed, stared at it carefully, the smile suddenly froze on his face, his expression gradually tensed, and a cold cold light shot out of his eyes.

The people kneeling in the snow, headed by Zhang Yong, Dai Yi, and Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, were densely kneeling behind the three of them were a group of hereditary princes and military generals of the Beijing camp, these people had no problem, the problem was that in addition to these eunuchs and nobles, the six departments of the court, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, the General Political Envoy, the Guozijian, etc., did not see the shadow of a civil official.

Zhu Houzhao's face was pale, and he trembled with anger.

Qin Kan followed out of the chariot, and couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the situation outside the city gate, and in an instant, his face was not much better than Zhu Houzhao.

If the emperor personally conquers an unprecedented victory, the ministers even have to go out of the city for thirty miles to greet him, which is not polite, but the ancestral system, which is so stipulated in the legal code.

Today, Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing, three days ago, Qin Kan sent a wave of messengers to report to the Beijing Cabinet about the emperor's actions, when Zhu Houzhao arrived in Beijing, they should know very well, why at this moment, except for eunuchs and nobles, there is no civil official to greet him?

"These dog officials are too deceitful!" Zhu Houzhao stood for a long time, and finally roared.

Qin Kan didn't answer, but his heart was extremely heavy.

The relationship between the monarch and the minister of the Ming Dynasty has been frozen to such an extent, and in the future, he wants to quietly change the way of the world in a silent way, I am afraid it will be much more difficult than imagined.

After returning from the big victory, he did not receive the expected cheers, but waited for a desert, which was simply humiliating for Zhu Houzhao.

"Zhang Yong, you dog! Why didn't any of the civil servants come? Are they all dead at home? Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked Zhang Yong hard.

Zhang Yong knelt on the ground and said in a panic: "Your Majesty is angry, the slaves and maids don't dare to hide it, everyone in Beijing knows that Your Majesty is returning to Beijing today, but those adults in the court don't know when they are connected, and they actually made a private appointment not to welcome today, saying that it is ...... It is absurd to say that His Majesty has left Beijing to conquer his family, and it violates the ancestral system, and now His Majesty has returned victoriously and is in full swing, if the Dynasty is full of driving, I really don't know how many times His Majesty will leave Beijing in the future, so ......"

Zhang Yongqi Ai Ai didn't dare to say any more, and looked at Qin Kan with a pair of eyes asking for help.

Qin Kan couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to help Zhang Yong and said: "Your Majesty, to put it simply and plainly, the ministers don't welcome you because they don't want to get used to you." ”

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he jumped to his feet and roared: "Dog Guan'an dares to insult me!" ”

Zhang Yong and the others were furious when they saw Long Yan, and they all bowed to the ground with bitter faces and said: "Your Majesty, calm your anger, take care of the dragon's body." ”

"How do I calm my anger? I went to Jiangxi to quell the chaos and won a complete victory, I fought a winning battle, not a losing battle! Why did the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty treat me like this! After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, his eyes suddenly turned red, he blinked vigorously, and held back his tears.

With a long sigh of exhaustion, Zhu Houzhao said with a relieved expression: "I'm really tired...... If you don't welcome it, you won't welcome it, Zhang Yong, let's go into the city and set up a leopard room. ”

"Wait, Your Majesty!"

Qin Kan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up, and in the face of everyone's puzzled eyes, Qin Kan bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has quelled the rebellion, wiped out all the rebels, ended the war in Jiangxi, and restored the people to stability. ”

Zhu Houzhao stood stunned for a moment and said, "Qin Kan, what do you mean ......?"

Qin Kan said slowly, word by word: "Master Jing, I owe your majesty a welcome." ”

"So?"

"Therefore, Your Majesty should not enter the city in such a deplorable way. The minister is willing to share the worries of His Majesty. (To be continued......)