Emperor Zhengxi of Beichen Hall was facing like water, and wanted to knock down the table in front of him, because the table was too big and too heavy, he couldn't push it down, so he simply kicked it. After finally kicking the table to the ground, his anger was still not gone, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the treasure knife hanging on the wall, stepped forward to take it off, drew the knife, and slashed in the hall.

Throwing the knife aside, Emperor Zhengxi sat down on the ground after venting, gasping for breath, looking at the mess in the room, his eyes were angry, angry, and resentful、...... is constantly changing, but no matter how it changes, it is always with murderous intent.

When Emperor Zhengxi lost his temper, the chief eunuch Gao Shien beside him sent away the palace maids and chamberlains who were serving in the Beichen Palace, and saw that Emperor Zhengxi finally calmed down, hunched his waist, and slowly walked in front of Emperor Zhengxi, while helping him tidy up the clothes and hair that he had messed up because of his madness just now, he smiled and said: "The old slave doesn't know why Your Majesty was so angry just now, but forgive the old slave for offending, in the eyes of the old slave, nothing is as important as his own body, and he is not worth it to be angry with others." ”

Emperor Zhengxi raised his eyelids, raised his eyes to look at Gao Shien, thinking about the emperor who pressed on his head and refused to let go of power, so that he was constrained everywhere when he did something.

He passed the throne to him because of a stroke, and now although the emperor's body is recovering well, after all, he is old and has the root of the disease, so if he says something unfilial, even if he holds the power now, how long can he hold it? He will go one day. At that time, it will be time for him, the emperor, to speak.

Emperor Zhengxi, who wanted to understand, once again warned himself to endure, endure the anger for a while, so as to change a long-term future, got up and walked out, and instructed Gao Shien: "Drive the Shangyang Palace, I want to visit the Emperor." ”

Emperor Zhengxi walked towards the Emperor Taishang's Shangyang Palace, and he was thinking in his heart: This time, it was clear that the Emperor Taishang had stumbled on him.

Lin Ruhai took refuge in himself with the internal account of salt affairs, and this time is the threshold of salt reform, and it is a good time to collect the power of salt administration in one fell swoop. Although he didn't tell the Emperor Taishang, but officials above the fifth grade, he has no right to appoint them alone, and he must have the consent of the Emperor Taishang, so although he didn't tell the Emperor Taishang, the appointment of officials in the salt administration still can't bypass the Emperor Taishang, and the Emperor Taishang can still insert his people in.

Even if the Emperor Taishang was dissatisfied with his concealment, he could spread it out and tell him clearly like the wool industry, why bother blocking it horizontally, and as a result, the people of the Third Emperor Brother and the Fifth Emperor Brother shared a lot of benefits, so that the power of these two people increased a lot, and it made it much more difficult for him to clean them up in the future.

Although he kept telling himself to endure it, but thinking of his loss, the more Emperor Zhengxi thought about it, the more angry he became, and when he arrived outside Shangyang Palace, it took a long time to put away the anger on his face and put on a smiling face.

After an exchange of interests with Emperor Taishang, he finally decided on his own official position in salt affairs, because the result was a little better than he expected, so Emperor Zhengxi showed a rare smile.

When it comes to Yanzheng, it is inevitable to mention Lin Ruhai, the Emperor squinted his eyes, thinking of Lin Ruhai when he was in the year of the weak crown and standing on the Jinluan Palace to meet him, and then asked: "How old is Lin Ruhai's eldest son this year?" Can you get a wife? Can you get in? How's your temperament? ”

Emperor Zhengxi told him what he knew: "Lin Ruhai has not had children for many years after marriage, and now his eldest son Lin Jin is only a teenager, Lin Ruhai's arrangement for him should let him take the road of imperial examination, so he worked hard to train him, and in the first two years, he was admitted to Xiucai."

It is said that after Lin Jin won the show, there were indeed some families who wanted to marry the Lin family, including many high-ranking families, but Lin Ruhai did not respond at all, thinking that he had other considerations for Lin Jin's marriage. After that, Lin Ruhai suddenly had an accident, and Lin Jin needed to keep filial piety for three years, so I was afraid that this family matter would be discussed after three years. ”

Thinking of the words he heard from Lin Jin in the restaurant when he and Fujun Wang Weifu went to Jiangnan, and the wool industry that is now providing him with money, and thinking of Emperor Taishang's partiality and insistence on power, Emperor Zhengxi smiled: "As for talent, since you have been selected for talent at such a young age, you should still be a little talented." ”

Speaking of Lin Jin's character, thinking of what happened to the Lin family after Lin Ruhai's death, Emperor Zhengxi shook his head and said with Lin Jin's personality: "The temperament is relatively soft, and it should be related to his current only second room." "Tell the Emperor Taishang about the fact that most of the Lin family's property was taken away.

Hearing his words, the Emperor Taishang sighed: "In this way, the son is not like the father." At that time, Lin Ruhai, although he lost his father was a little older than his son, he had just passed the age of bunching his hair (fifteen years old), and his situation was similar to Lin Jin, but he not only kept his family's property under the protection of wolves, but also took advantage of the distrust between those families who coveted his family's property.

And Lin Ruhai's identity is very special, it stands to reason that the nobles who have titles in the family and the Qingliu who are scholars are not the same group; The civil and military are not under the control, so the civilian and military attaches are not the same faction. But Lin Ruhai was born in a scholarly family, but he himself really passed the imperial examination to enter the court; As a civil official, his wife is the daughter of a military general from a noble family; Several major factions in the DPRK and China are all involved in the margins.

Like him, it is very difficult to get left and right, and if one is not good, he will not only be rejected by various factions, but even forced out of the court. I remember that Jia Daihua's son of Ningguo Mansion was finally admitted to the Jinshi that year, but because of his background, he was excluded for a long time, and even had the idea of resigning.

However, Lin Ruhai was all-encompassing, and asked all factions to classify him into their own factions, so in the court, he suddenly had a lot of comrades, so it was easier for me to use him, so his career was very smooth compared to the same year. ”

Thinking of the days when Lin Ruhai was used to dismantle and suppress the various factions in the court, the Emperor Taishang sighed and said: "If this Lin Jin has a bit of his father's blood, after he enters the court, he will definitely be a good knife in your hand." It's a pity, Lao Tzu is a hero, a son is a bear, and the son is not like a father! ”

Emperor Zhengxi is not as sorry as Emperor Taishang, not only because he thinks it is easy to find a usable knife in the court, especially those who are all tied to him as an emperor, who was born in a poor family, and who has entered the office, it is not difficult to pick out a dog that he points and bites; On the contrary, it is difficult to find an official with a pattern, vision, and talent for Zaifu, and he feels that Lin Jin has the qualifications to be Zaifu, so even if Lin Jin's personality is the same as Lin Ruhai, he will not waste his talent and let him make a knife.

Although Emperor Zhengxi came to the Emperor Taishang because of salt affairs, since he came, he was not only talking about salt affairs.

Because during the reign of the Emperor Taishang, he implemented a policy of banning the sea, and only opened a port to contact foreign countries. But when he was in Weifu, Emperor Zhengxi heard Lin Jin talk about the sea trade, and after returning to Beijing, he sent someone to secretly investigate the profits of the sea trade.

Now that the investigation report has been submitted to him, Emperor Zhengxi, who has been suffering from silver money, has nothing to think about after seeing the huge profits of sea trade, and he is eager to open all coastal cities and build ports, so he also wants to discuss with Emperor Taishang about opening ports this time.

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Jia Yuanchun, who was named a virtuous concubine in Fengzao Palace, had been looking forward to the emperor's arrival since the afternoon.

After dinner, after Baoqin, who inquired about the news, came back, he saw Yuan Chun's eyes full of expectations, and the steps under his feet subconsciously slowed down, "Niangniang, don't wait, I heard that Your Majesty went to the Emperor Taishang's Shangyang Palace in the afternoon." After coming out of the Emperor Taishang, His Majesty called in the Hubu Shangshu, and also brought a lot of account books, and even dinner was used in the Beichen Palace. It seems that His Majesty should not come to the harem. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Chun's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he forced a smile: "Your Majesty is busy with political affairs, and he is working hard for the country, it is right, hold the qin, you go and tell the kitchen to make a tonic soup, and send it to Your Majesty." ”

Looking at Baoqin, who was ordered to leave, Yuan Chun lowered her head and held her forehead with her hand, covering the disappointed look on her face. Originally, she thought that she was suddenly made a concubine from a palace maid, and the emperor was different from her, but her favor was very thin. The concubines of the Sixth Palace, who were originally sideways because she flew up to the branches all of a sudden, are now watching her jokes. Every time they met, they secretly ridiculed her or ridiculed her, and they didn't know what shady means they used to coax the emperor to promote her.

In the harem, a woman who is not favored by the emperor, even a concubine, is not as decent as a favored nobleman or beauty. Yuan Chun didn't want to compete for favor, but when she was at home, she received the education of "big woman", and deep down in her heart she actually didn't look down on those little women who hooked up with the male owner by means of coquettishness and foolishness, so she wanted to learn from her aunts to bow down and be small, because of the contempt in her heart, so she didn't bend enough and learned indecently.

For this reason, Yuan Chun thought of Xiang Wuzi, whose appearance was not beautiful, but she still had a little favor from the Emperor Jing to ask for advice, but unfortunately, every time she went to visit Concubine Jing, she was closed. Somehow, Concubine Jing now put on an attitude of drawing a line with her, which made Yuan Chun very puzzled.

When Yuan Chun complained that Concubine Jing refused to help her, Concubine Jing was also talking about her to the palace maid in charge of her palace, "Go back and tell me to keep a distance between the people in our palace and the people in Fengzao Palace." ”

Looking at the palace maid who received the order but was full of confusion about her words, Concubine Jing sighed, that is, regretful, and full of regret: "That girl in Yuanchun, although she has a bit of luck, but after all, her heart is still a little anxious, and her vision is not enough. In this palace, the first thing to learn is to endure, not only to endure wealth, but also to endure loneliness.

She came out of my palace, and naturally the relationship with my side is endless. But not only does the emperor not want the harem to be monolithic, even the queen is the same, but she has just been made a concubine, so she frequently comes to my palace, I am the emperor's aunt, if she and I get too close, not only the queen will inevitably be jealous of her, but even the emperor will not favor her too much. She didn't understand it, but I couldn't bring disaster on myself. ”