"Long live, Concubine Li Kang, it seems to be ...... Worried and ......"

In the Renshou Hall of the Luan Palace, when the Tai Hospital of the Tai Hospital said these words, Zhu Youxiao was very surprised in his heart.

"No signs of poisoning?"

"Long live it, no." The Tai Hospital made a careful return of the salute, and Wang An next to him stepped forward and said:

"Long live, Concubine Kang is gone, Princess Le'an is young, she should be ......"

"The eighth sister is young, so let it be taken care of by Concubine Zhuang." Although he hated Concubine Li Kang in his heart, he was sympathetic to Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Hui, who had just passed his birthday, but was only nine years old.

Don't blame Zhu Youxiao for being soft-hearted, in the past 16 years, among his six brothers and nine younger sisters, only Zhu Youzhen and his three younger sisters survived.

The three younger sisters, Zhu Huiyan, a ten-year-old princess of Ningde, Zhu Huijing, a nine-year-old princess of Suiping, and Zhu Hui, a princess of Le'an, are three people.

Therefore, for him, he is very concerned about his only four remaining relatives, especially his only younger brother Zhu Youzhen.

Wang An understands his affection very well, after all, many princes and princesses also grew up under Wang An's watch, and when they died, Wang An was also uncomfortable.

However, for the sake of Zhu Hui's safety, Wang An said cautiously:

"Concubine Kang and Concubine Zhuang have a bad relationship, do you want to change it?"

There is a grudge between East Li and West Li, this is something that the entire Shuntian Mansion knows, and it is difficult to guarantee that Concubine Li Zhuang will take good care of the daughter of her rival Concubine Li Kang.

However, after Zhu Youxiao heard this, he sighed and said:

"Concubine Zhuang can raise a handsome talent like her younger brother, and she won't be angry with a little girl."

"The slave takes the command." Seeing that Zhu Youxiao did not change his mind, Wang An could only respond.

However, after he responded, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief and said to Wang An and the Tai Hospital:

"Concubine Kang had a close relationship with the imperial examination, and she was loved by the imperial examination, so she sent a decree to the fifth brother of the emperor, and he ordered someone to find a treasure cave near Qingling to build a mausoleum, and the Ministry of Industry issued 100,000 taels of silver from the Jieshen Treasury."

"In addition, Princess Zhu Huiyan of Ningde will keep watch in the Jiyan Palace, and then tell the hundred officials, and those who want to pay tribute can go to the court."

"The slave (minister) receives the order." Wang An and the envoys of the Tai Hospital saluted one after another, and Zhu Youxiao saw this, and also waved his hand to tell the two to retreat.

After the others left, he walked to the window of the Heart Cultivation Palace, looking at the wind and snow outside the hall, but he was not particularly happy in his heart, but he said calmly after a few seconds:

"Mother, the school avenged you......"

At the same time that Zhu Youxiao said this, Concubine Li Kang's death soon spread throughout the outer court, and many civil servants were frightened, and the footsteps of walking back and forth also sounded in the Renshou Palace of the inner court.

"Why did she die? Didn't you get okay the first two days? ”

In the palace, an old female voice sounded, and if you look closely, it is a richly dressed concubine who looks no more than forty years old.

I have to say that judging from that face, this concubine may also be the face of the country and the city when she was young.

Just looking at her current face, I'm afraid I can't tell her specific age.

When she was crossing, there were many palace maids and chamberlains standing next to her, and the person led by them was Cui Wensheng, who had dark eyes and looked like he was injured.

He stood up and said to the concubine:

"Niangniang, the current delay is urgent, or send someone to the Jiyan Hall to mourn Concubine Kang, and see if she was poisoned by the way."

"The imperial pharmacy has been replaced by that kid right now, and Wei Jinzhong is also wagging his tail in front of the new master, ignoring the care that Niangniang took care of him at the beginning, if Concubine Kang is really poisoned, then you have to notify the prince in advance."

"No way!" The concubine reacted and refused directly:

"Right now, we can't inform Xun'er, we have to wait for Xun'er to find me, otherwise that kid will find out, and it will become a big deal."

With a high status and an heir, such a person is only Emperor Zheng and Concubine Zheng Mengjing.

I have to say that as the person who knows the most about power in the inner court of the late Ming Dynasty, except for the Empress Dowager Li, Emperor Zheng's concubine has endless methods and scheming.

Concubine Li Kang was originally bewitched by her, so she tried in vain to detain Zhu Youxiao in the palace transfer hall.

However, the historical Emperor Zheng Guifei did not expect that Concubine Li Kang would dare to ask the cabinet to show her all the notes.

You must know that in the entire Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, only Empress Zhang of Renzong and Empress Li of Muzong would make such a request when her husband died and the emperor was young.

And Zhu Youxiao is already sixteen years old, which was already considered a weak crown in ancient times, and the ministers would not agree to this kind of thing at all.

It was precisely because of Concubine Li Kang's extremely stupid request that the follow-up of the palace transfer broke out.

However, due to Zhu Youzhen's indiscriminate incursion, the influence of the palace was not expanded, but Emperor Zheng's plan to hold the inner court hostage with Concubine Li Kang also went bankrupt.

Therefore, Emperor Zheng Guifei was anxious at the moment, for fear that Zhu Youxiao, a newborn calf, was not afraid of tigers, and used poison to send her and Concubine Li Kang away.

Emperor Zheng's only card at present is Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, but she can't take the initiative to contact Zhu Changxun.

If Zhu Youxiao is caught in this way, her situation will be even more dangerous.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zheng glanced at Cui Wensheng, and then said:

"You go to the imperial pharmacy and ask if Concubine Li Kang's woman ate anything that shouldn't have been eaten before she died."

"Slave maid takes orders......" Hearing Concubine Zheng's words, Cui Wensheng bowed slightly, and then walked out of Renshou Palace.

It's just that after he walked out, Concubine Zheng dismissed all the palace maids and eunuchs, called a palace maid alone, and ordered:

"Find a way to get out of the palace and go outside the palace to tell the news to King Rui, King Hui and King Gui."

The palace maid was a little surprised, but she still took the order and walked out of Renshou Palace.

Looking at the back of the palace maid leaving, Emperor Zheng Guifei didn't know why, and there was always some uneasiness in her heart.

Just when he was uneasy, Cui Wensheng went to the Imperial Pharmacy, and after asking some people from the Imperial Pharmacy, he walked to the side wall of the East Sixth Palace and stuffed a small note into the crack of a door on the side wall.

After a while, a patrolling Han general came to the place, took the note from the crack in the door, opened it and looked at it, and after finding that there was no special information, he frowned and left the place.

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"Dead?"

When the imperial city was frightened because of Concubine Li Kang's death, in the Yanshan camp, Zhu Youzhen, who had just received the news of Concubine Li Kang's death, was not surprised, because Concubine Li Kang's death was originally his hand called Lu Wenzhao.

Although he is a liberal arts student, there are too many ways to want an ancient person to die, and the imperial doctor of this era can't see it.

However, he didn't expect that Concubine Li Kang would die so quickly, and she would die at this juncture.

"Long live have an edict to His Royal Highness, ordering His Highness to find a treasure cave near Qingling to build a mausoleum, and the Ministry of Industry will pay 100,000 taels of silver."

The little eunuch saw that Zhu Youzhen didn't reply, and continued to talk about the meaning from the capital.

"I see, you go down."

When he came back to his senses, Zhu Youzhen raised his hand and motioned for the little eunuch to step back, and he also lay back on the bed, and after covering himself with the futon, he closed his eyes and calculated in his mind.

"Concubine Li Kang and Emperor Zheng Guifei, who are fighting for the country, are in the same group, although the officials also hate them, but in terms of the political situation, Concubine Li Kang's death will inevitably disturb the peace of the inner court, and will also make Emperor Zheng Guifei frightened."

"Civil officials will definitely ask, no matter which party they are, whether they have enmity with Concubine Li Kang, they will open their mouths to ask about Concubine Li Kang's death."

"What I'm going to do now is be eager."

"In the past two months, I have been too eye-catching, and it is best to keep a low profile before the soldiers and horses are trained, and remove me from the eyes of the hundred officials......"

After thinking clearly, Zhu Youzhen turned over and got up: "Come on, change clothes!" ”

As he spoke, three little eunuchs walked in, changed into a blue round-necked robe, and put on a large coat.

"Send someone to tell Yang that Concubine Li Kang has passed away."

"The slave takes the command." A little eunuch who was dressed was ordered to retreat, while Zhu Youzhen was sitting in the main hall with a small copper stove in front of him.

After a quarter of an hour, the sound of hurried and familiar footsteps sounded again, and Zhu Youzhen didn't need to look up to know that it was Yang Lian coming.

The footsteps of this stubborn old man have been familiar to Zhu Youzhen for nearly a month.

In the entire barracks, only his footsteps were heavy and heavy, and he walked fast.

"Your Highness, how did Concubine Li Kang die?"

Although Yang Lian and Concubine Li Kang were not used to each other during the Wanli and Taichang periods, Yang Lian was still a little nervous after learning that the other party had died.

He was nervous not because there would be people who would suspect him after Concubine Li Kang's death, but because he was worried about the situation in the Ming Dynasty.

Who is Concubine Lee Kang? Needless to say.

Now that she is dead, will the two brothers Zheng Huang Guifei, who once asked people to try to kill Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, be the next?

Concubine Zheng is not Concubine Li Kang, and she has no sons.

The son of Emperor Zheng's concubine, Zhu Youzhen's good third uncle Zhu Changxun is still alive in Luoyang.

In addition, Emperor Wanli did not have only two sons like Zhu Changluo, but gave birth to eight sons, three died young, and five survived.

Although only Zhu Changxun was born to Emperor Zheng's concubine, at this time, it is certain that the other three princes will also ask the reason.

Not only them, but also other large and small vassal kings will also be dismissed.

Although the Ming Dynasty's pig raising policy is very good, the current soldiers and horses of the imperial court in the interior have long been transferred to Liaodong.

The possibility that some ambitious vassal kings took advantage of Zhu Youxiao's young age to raise troops under the pretext of "Qing Jun's side" did not appear.

Even in the situation of Chongzhen's second year, Tang King Zhu Yujian could recruit thousands of troops in a short period of time, not to mention other veteran vassal kings.

As long as the vassal king has determination, ability, silver, and food, he can pull up a group of men and horses in a very short time.

Yang Lian's worries were not unprovoked, but Zhu Youzhen knew his worries: "Yang will sit down first." ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that it was okay to pretend to be in other Wenchen, but not in Yang Lian.

This little old man doesn't say that he has touched himself thoroughly, but he has also touched three points of familiarity, and if he wants to act, he must be ready to be exposed.

So for Concubine Li Kang's death, he behaved very calmly.

After Yang Lian took a seat, Zhu Youzhen motioned for someone to serve tea, and then spoke:

"The death of Concubine Li Kang is not a good thing for the court and the inner and outer courts."

"I will go to the capital tomorrow, but the imperial brother also issued an edict to build the mausoleum of Concubine Li Kang near Qingling, and the Ministry of Industry will pay 200,000 silver."

"When I return to Beijing this time, I estimate that I won't be able to come back for half a month, so I want to ask Yang to take silver from the imperial horse supervisor to get the mausoleum of Concubine Kang Niangniang while being responsible for supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum."

"This ......" Hearing this, Yang Lian choked.

He wanted Zhu Youzhen to preside over the overall situation here, and he went to the capital to find out.

But at the moment, Zhu Youzhen's words made it difficult for him to refute, because he had just talked to Zhu Youzhen about the abolition of the guard in Beizhili.

He can't just punch himself in the face after a few quarters of an hour, right?

Helpless, he could only sigh in his heart, and said: "The old man is duty-bound. ”

"But stabilize your old boy......" Seeing that Yang Lian would stay in Changping, Zhu Youzhen was not afraid.

In history, Concubine Li Kang was almost burned to death, and it was Yang Lian, the little old man, who was the first to ask the reason.

If he returns to the capital, the situation will definitely be stable, but if he can't keep it, he will be able to index the line to Zhu Youzhen himself.

This may be very low, less than one in a thousand, but even if it is only one in a thousand, Zhu Youzhen will not let this possibility have a chance to appear.

"Tomorrow, Mrs. Qin Liangyu of the stone pillar will lead three thousand white pole soldiers to come, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet them on a different route."

"If Yang has time to do things, you can help me receive the old lady, after all, the death of Ma Xuanfu's envoy was also caused by the eunuch mine supervisor sent by the emperor's grandfather."

Speaking of which, Zhu Youzhen also secretly scolded his great-grandfather.

Wanli's methods of collecting mining taxes are crude and difficult to calm down.

Most of the eunuchs who were sent to collect taxes exploited the people and local officials when collecting mining taxes, and Qin Liangyu's husband, a brave general who participated in the Battle of Pingbanzhou, was framed by Qiu Chengyun, an internal supervisor sent by Wanli to Shizhu to collect mining taxes, and died of illness in prison.

There are good and bad things in the Ming Dynasty, and the worst of them is not that the emperor does not take care of the government, but that loyal ministers and good generals will always be killed every few decades.

Zhu Yuanzhang's massacre of civil and military affairs was mostly because of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, for the sake of peace in the world, and for the position of children and grandchildren.

But Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Yijun, one killed Yu Qian, and the other allowed the party to frame Qi Jiguang, Qi Jiajun, Li Chengliang and others, and they were either killed or injured.

Ma Qiancheng's family can be said to be a model of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, but they were blackmailed by a eunuch, Qiu Chengyun, for 10,000 taels of silver and couldn't get it, so they were framed to death.

In comparison, even if Ma Qiancheng was slandered to death, and Qin Liangyu had the strength to rebel, Qin Liangyu's family died more than a dozen people in the Ming Dynasty one after another, and they were full of loyalty.

Therefore, for Zhu Youzhen, so far, he feels that he can't stand it, that is, Qin Liangyu and Qi Jin.

In addition to them, I don't know how many other people died because of mine supervisors and party disputes, Zhu You can't calculate it, he can only take care of the people he can take care of.

Therefore, asking Yang Lian to receive Qin Liangyu is one thing he can do in courtesy.

As for Yang Lian, although he has no good impression of the generals, he also has no bad feelings.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, he wrote:

"Your Highness invited, the old man didn't dare to refuse."

"Thank you, sir." Zhu Youzhen also used an honorific title, and Yang Lian saw that there was nothing to do, so he got up and prepared to leave.

But when he turned to leave, he turned back again.

Zhu Youzhen thought he was going to say something, but he didn't want him to turn around and pick up the cup of tribute tea brewed by the little eunuchs, so he smiled awkwardly:

"This tribute tea, even the old man can't drink it a few times a year, so he took it away......"

At the second of "......", Zhu Youzhen couldn't hold back a little nervousness, so he could only hold back a smile and wave his hand:

"Just take it, my lord, and I'll ask someone to send you a pound of tribute tea later."

"Then the old man retired...... "Probably realizing that there was something wrong with his own approach, Yang Lian blushed and walked out of the Imperial Horse Prison with the cup of tea.

He stepped out of the Imperial Horse Prison Yamen with his front foot, and heard Zhu Youzhen's laughter from behind.

"This Yang Lian...... Really...... Alas......"

Zhu Youzhen's stomach hurt when he smiled, and the few little eunuchs next to him couldn't help but snicker.

It's just that when they were still laughing, another footstep came, and it was Cao Huachun who was confused who walked into the backyard of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's Yamen.

He looked at the people who were laughing happily and didn't understand what was funny, and Zhu Youzhen smiled and waved his hand when he saw him:

"Huachun, let's talk about it, what happened to the displaced people and honeycomb coal kilns resettled in Yanshan?"

Seeing Zhu Youzhen ask this, Cao Huachun responded:

"The people resettled in Yanshan have already lived in temporary houses that have been built, and the location of the government school has also been determined."

"In accordance with your Royal Highness's order, the honeycomb coal kiln has been set up in the wilderness to take the lead in production, and there are more than 37,000 people, couples and children who temporarily participate in the production, and more than 3 million honeycomb coals can be made every day, and each of them wears three layers of cotton as required...... Masks. ”

When talking about the word mask, Cao Huachun glanced at Zhu Youjian, and didn't understand where his Royal Highness got so many new words.

"Take out the map of Yanshan's official school and I'll take a look." Hearing Cao Huachun's words, Zhu Youzhen also stood up.

Seeing this, the little eunuch next to him hurriedly moved a table, and Cao Huachun also took out a map to determine the location of the social study.

The map was spread out on the table, and the appearance of the Changping area was immediately displayed in front of Zhu Youzhen's eyes.

Changping, Hongqiao, Imperial Tomb, Yanshan Daying, Yanshan ......

All kinds of places are marked, and the so-called Yanshan Institute is the general name of the villages where more than 200,000 acres of wasteland in Changping are resettled by displaced people.

Cao Huachun pointed to the places marked on the map with villages and social studies:

"Your Highness, look, there is a total of one Yanshan Institute at present, twelve towns, ninety-four townships, and 224,607 military dependents and displaced people."

"After the Yanshan Institute, a rammed earth wall four miles wide and six miles long will be built, but in addition to the soldiers and horses living in a thousand households, the rest of the place is the official school for many children."

In Cao Huachun's words, Yan Shan depicts a huge official school.

There are no ordinary people and businessmen in the entire Yanshan, only officials and students.

"In the past few days, there have been more than 3,000 remnants of the army, and the slaves and maids have arranged them near the Huairou wasteland, so the number of children of the bereaved families has reached more than 3,700."

Cao Huachun said to Zhu Youzhen: "According to the scale of Yanshan Institute, it can accommodate 30,000 people. ”

"Although the slave maid thinks that even after the beginning of spring, the number of students in Yanshan Institute will not exceed 10,000, but I am afraid that there will be 600 gentlemen needed at the moment to meet the needs of the students in Yanshan."

Six hundred literate gentlemen, this may be difficult for other forces, but it is not difficult for Zhu Youzhen.

The son of the north and south is the biggest source of Mr. Zhu Youzhen.

There are nearly 80,000 people in the north and south of the country, and it is not difficult to select 200 students with no background.

In order to prevent himself from being targeted by various parties after the first selection and planting chess pieces in it, Zhu Youzhen's idea was to find a thousand people in one go.

1,000 people is a person with 30 students, and it can also meet the needs of 30,000 students in Yanshan Institute.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen nodded, and then said to Cao Huachun:

"After I return to the capital, you look at the honeycomb coal kiln, once the people who went to Zhangjiakou, Xifengkou and Baimaguan come back, as long as they have to make money, they will immediately transport the honeycomb coal in batches."

"The slave knows what to do, Your Highness can rest assured." Cao Huachun bowed, and Zhu Youzhen also nodded when he heard it.

He pointed to the wasteland in Huairou and Miyun that belonged to the Imperial Horse Supervisor:

"In these places, Miyun is reserved for the relatives of future government students to live in, and Huairou is used to receive displaced people."

"The slave takes the command." Cao Huachun saluted, and when Zhu Youzhen saw this, he also waved his hand, signaling that he could retreat.

However, before he stepped back, Zhu Youzhen still explained:

"Now that the honeycomb coal is on the right track, I asked someone to prepare 30,000 catties of honeycomb coal and 300 stoves and bring them back to the capital for the hundred officials and the imperial brother."

"If the road is feasible, in the future, Huangdian will cancel firewood coal and sell honeycomb coal instead."

"The slave takes the command." Seeing Zhu Youzhen's final explanation, Cao Huachun completely withdrew after saluting.

As for Zhu Youzhen, looking at his back as he withdrew, he sighed, and then walked into the snow, and after seeing the wind and snow listening, he walked out of the backyard of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and asked someone to set up an arrow target in the snow twenty steps away.

He took the three-force bow and shot an arrow at the arrow target, only to hear the noisy grass full of the roar of the training soldiers, and the arrow target constantly sounded the sound of "popping" of the arrow.

It wasn't until it was getting late that Zhu Youzhen was ready to return to the yamen to rest.

But at this moment, a deep and shallow footsteps appeared behind him.