Chapter 45: Face Saint
It is true that you have to get up early to enter the palace, and get up at the right time to freshen up and dress up. She wore a lilac curved skirt with a wide embroidered brocade edge on the collar and hem. Wearing six golden hairpins on his head and combing double flat buns, he is completely in line with the etiquette system of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Ran remembered that the last time she entered the palace, she was just dressed on weekdays, and this time she was dressed so elegantly, she really wanted to face the saint. It's just that in her identity, why did the emperor meet her? Or why did Zhu Heyu arrange for the emperor to see her?
Zhu Ran and Zhu Heyu rode in the same carriage. As soon as he got into the carriage, Zhu Heyu explained all kinds of matters to Zhu Ran, he looked at Zhu Ran intently, said it again, and asked Zhu Ran to repeat it.
"Don't look at your eyes when you go to court, ask questions from the emperor, and don't seek the king's will. Do not mention the words "Rong" or "淅". Zhu Heyu deliberately emphasized these three points.
After explaining, seeing Zhu Ran nodding, Zhu Heyu held Zhu Ran's hand and said, "Is Princess Ran interested in being a princess?" ”
Zhu Ran's hand shrank subconsciously, but Zhu Heyu held her hand tightly, looking at his unusually serious eyes, not knowing how to answer. But the true thoughts in my heart are the same as those of women in the world.
Zhu Heyu didn't care if she answered, and when he was about to get off the carriage, he still told her the reason for entering the palace to face the saint this time.
"Ran Ran's courage and wisdom are outstanding, after Ran Ran taught agricultural knowledge, a large area of wasteland in Gunzhou County has become fertile land, and the rice seedlings are growing very well, and hundreds of thousands of people in Gunzhou County have organized a merit book of 10,000 people on their own, which was submitted to the saint by the county guard Wu Yimin, and after the saint saw it, he felt very emotional."
Zhu Ran listened to Zhu Heyu's words of avoiding the important and trivial, what merit did she have? All this was arranged by him. Are the people spontaneous? Is he deeply popular with the people, or is he deeply popular with the people?
At midday, we arrived at the main gate of the palace and the noon gate. Hundreds of officials came one after another, regardless of the rank of the official and lined up in the order of arrival to be inspected by the guards on both sides of the noon gate, even if Zhu Heyu's status was high, he could not be an exception, this may be the fairest one in the national etiquette system.
The team lined up to Zhu Heyu and Zhu Ran, and Zhu Ran raised his eyes to find that the leader of the right guard next to the noon gate was actually Xi Ziyu. The dark cyan guard was covered in armor, with a sword at his waist, and he was proud, not giving Zhu Heyu face at all, but Zhu Heyu had the same face as usual and didn't care. When he arrived at Zhuran, he only heard Xi Ziyu say in an orderly manner: "Princess Fang, offended." The next moment he touched her shoulders and went down to her calves, and her whole body was not spared. The great humiliation made Zhu Ran's face crimson, but she couldn't say anything, and Zhu Heyu couldn't say anything. Zhu Ran looked up at the noon gate and explained to himself: what a glory it is to be able to enter the palace through the noon gate, this kind of glory that even other imperial concubines other than the queen have never had.
The civil and military officials waited outside the Suzaku Palace, even if it was the end of the hour, and the emperor had not yet come to the court, he could not hear a complaint. Vermilion Bird Palace, Zhu Ran remembered what Zhu Heyu said to her in the carriage. The name of this Suzaku Hall is derived from the oblique pronunciation of the name of the founding emperor Zhu Yu.
At the beginning of the year, Zhu Ran finally saw the man who was about to look old and showed his old age, Zhu Yun, the son of heaven of the Yuan Kingdom. He sat on the dragon chair three feet above the ground, and Zhu Ran stood on the square dozens of steps away from him, unable to see anything other than the dazzling yellow crown he was wearing. After the ministers bowed their heads and performed the great salutes, the ministers routinely suggested to the emperor, reported, asked questions, and asked for decisions on various matters. Halfway through the early dynasty, Wu Yimin stepped forward to start government affairs. Before Wu Yimin could speak, Zhu Yun instead said: "Gunzhou is far away from Beijing, why did Wu Aiqing come to the early dynasty today?" ”
Zhu Yun, as the Son of Heaven, ascended the throne at the age of 20, and now has reigned for 39 whole years, how could he not know that today's event is a great dynasty, and the local county guards are going to participate. This remark is nothing more than thinking of the effect of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, of course, this tiger is not Wu Yimin but Zhu Heyu. But how to answer Wu Yimin with this remark directly shows that today is the same as saying that the emperor is mediocre. The reactions of the courtiers were mixed, some secretly watched the excitement, and some were uneasy. Zhu Ran wanted to see what Zhu Heyu's reaction was, but when she thought of what Zhu Heyu said to her earlier, she didn't move at all.
In the end, it was Zhu Yun's personal eunuch who said with a smile: "Your Majesty, today is the Great Dynasty, don't embarrass Lord Wu!" ”
Zhu Yun laughed loudly after hearing this, and then sighed and said, "I'm really old!" ”
The hundred officials unanimously knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "Long live my emperor, long live long live, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”
Zhu Ran thanked this kowtow so that she could change her posture, thinking like this, she sighed in her heart the hard work of the officials.
The matter that Wu Yimin wanted to report was really related to Zhuran. First of all, he reported on the farming situation in the city of Gunzhou. Zhu Yun praised it repeatedly. When mentioning the tax reduction policy again, when he said this, Zhu Ran felt that Wu Yimin's voice trembled significantly. Zhu Yun didn't speak at first, and looked at the fold handed over by Wu Yimin a few days ago. The emperor's joy and anger were just for a moment, Wu Yimin was very worried in his heart, Zhu Ran still couldn't hold back, and glanced at Zhu Heyu at a very fast speed. Seeing that his face was as usual, his heart settled down, and his usual face proved that he was victorious.
After a while, Zhu Yun said: "What do you think of reducing taxes?" ”
Zhu Heyu's excerpt on reducing taxes in Gunzhou was handed over a month ago, and Zhu Yun was already aware of the reduction of taxes in Gunzhou. At that time, there were only four people in the palace, Zhu Yun, the eunuch Jiang Gonggong, Zhu Heyu and Du Yanzhuo. Zhu Yun was furious after watching the recital, and raised his hand to throw it on the ground. Zhu Heyu knew that he couldn't argue in front of Zhu Yun, so he hid his edge and knelt on the ground without saying a word. Reducing taxes was bound to be beneficial to the people, and at that time, the form of Gunzhou County was urgent, and reducing taxes was the most effective method. Zhu Heyu didn't say it, but Zhu Yun also knew it. Zhu Yun was angry only because of one point, his authority as the Son of Heaven was challenged, and the people who challenged him were the third prince who had never been favored by him, but had to be reused due to the urgency of the war. In the end, Du Yanzhuo stepped forward and bowed down and said: "The form of Gunzhou County is tense, although Prince Ruixin's policy is the best policy and alleviates the form, but it is against the holy decree to cut first and then play." It's better to offset the merits and demerits, and not both. ”
Zhu Yun didn't answer for a long time, and the eunuch Jiang next to him whispered in his ear: "Concubine Zhen is still waiting for Your Majesty to have lunch!" ”
After Zhu Yun heard this, he waved his hand and said, "That's all for today!" "There was no follow-up after that.
It wasn't until a month later that we had today.
Hearing Zhu Yun's question, Zhu Heyu and his faction did not answer, but it was the prince's faction, and the prince Zhu Hechu took the lead and said: "Enlighten my father, my sons think that reducing taxes will inevitably cause the treasury to be empty.
Zhu Ran heard Zhu Hechu's words and shook his head secretly. In times of uncertainty, it is necessary to reduce taxes and appease people's hearts. As the crown prince and the prince of a country, how can he only consider his own advantages and ignore the suffering of the people.
Although Zhu Yun is faint but not mediocre, the reason why he asked so much is just to see who Zhu Heyu's henchmen are, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't show Zhu Heyu's henchmen, but the prince's incompetence. In the end, he took all the credit for it, and said: "Prince Ruixin is at my behest to reduce taxes, promote good breeds, and do things properly, and I am comforted." 100 taels of gold and 10 taels of jewelry. ”
Zhu Heyu received the order to thank him, knowing that he would not receive a substantial reward, but he was already very satisfied in his heart, because today's move was not for him, but for her.