Palace.

Zhu Houzhao took the boiled medicine from Xiao Jing's hand, he thought in his heart, even the emperor is powerless in life and death, he can only do what his son should do when Emperor Hongzhi is still alive.

"Originally, I wanted to choose a concubine for you...... It's a pity that my body doesn't allow it. The folk all say that the life of the parents is the words of the matchmaker. That is to say, even the children of the people have parents who arrange the marriage for them, and my son will not have to choose his own ...... in the end."

The emperor seemed to know his limit, and said such very frustrating words, which made Zhu Houzhao feel uncomfortable.

"My father is the emperor, the supreme of the Ninety-Five, where I want to choose in person, I will explain it to them and let them do it, and when the time comes, the son will marry the best princess, and the father will be happy."

Emperor Hongzhi squeezed out a smile, "I want the best, and my crown prince definitely wants the best."

After speaking a few words and taking a few sips of medicine, the emperor was weak, and the most time he made expressions was when he drank medicine, and his facial features seemed to be pinched together at that time. Don't say drink these traditional Chinese medicines, Zhu Houzhao smells bitter.

Over there, Xiao Jing hurriedly brought water and let the emperor drink two sips. Zhu Houzhao wiped his chin again, as if some simple movements like this would take several minutes.

"......" The emperor made a sound like coughing phlegm, and Xiao Jing wanted him to take a few more sips, but he quickly waved his hand, as if he had knocked down some poison.

This scene suddenly made Zhu Houzhao feel that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was actually boiling.

Just like many old people he saw in the hospital in his previous life, the weakness of physical function makes the medicine ineffective, it hurts here for a while, it hurts there for a while, and after a long time, people's spirits almost collapse, even if they can live, they don't want to live.

Emperor Hongzhi is a little like this, he is weak, he has been lying down intermittently for a few years, at least a month each time, and he has to drink medicine during this time, and he has to toss it continuously, and people are really going crazy.

Thinking of these things, as well as the words he had just heard the emperor say outside the door, Zhu Houzhao, who had always been tenacious, burst into tears.

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked when he saw it, "What's wrong with the prince?"

Zhu Houzhao sniffed twice, "Erchen is distressed by his father. Like this kind of medicine, Erchen felt like vomiting it just by smelling it, not to mention that his father had to drink it every day, and it had almost been in the past few years. The father and the emperor govern the world with benevolence and filial piety, which of the inner palace and outer court has not said that the father is good in front of his sons? It is said that good people have good rewards, but I don't know why God always let my father suffer from illness."

Emperor Hongzhi is also a sentimental person, when he heard the prince cry and say this, his heart was infinitely moved, he grabbed Zhu Houzhao's hand and said, "God's bad words can't be said nonsense, even for me. Remember?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded.

After that, the emperor had a relieved smile, but he smiled and cried, and did not forget to pat the prince's hand, "Don't cry, I am very satisfied that you can have such thoughts." A few days ago, I also told the British Duke that your thinking is very different from mine, but all these years you still put the maintenance of me first, and this is your filial piety. Filial piety comes first, so God doesn't have a Gu Gu in the sky, and with your son, it is the biggest Gu Gu in the heavens." ….

"Look at my body, I'm afraid it's difficult to get better, even if it really gets better, it is estimated that it will be difficult to continue to deal with the government for a few days, it is not easy to deal with the government, I know it, and the burden of this big tomorrow in the future will depend on you to pick it up."

Zhu Houzhao listened to his sadness, and this situation was even more difficult.

「…… It's the New Year." The emperor muttered so much.

As soon as the New Year passes, there are fewer things, and it is very idle from the palace to the yamen of various ministries, so time flies quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was the twentieth month of the lunar month.

A few days ago, Yang Tinghe, who was in Shandong, packed his bags and went north to Beijing, according to the will, he had reached the age of serving as a political envoy in Shandong, and he had to go back to take over the position of Shao Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu.

He was thirty-nine years old when he left Beijing, and he was forty-six when he returned to Beijing.

Now that the situation in the court is becoming clearer and clearer, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is becoming more and more powerful, and he can get the Shao Zhan of the Zhan Mansion at this time

This position shows that his future is also broad.

A few days ago, the prince discussed with the cabinet that Yang Tinghe was promoted to the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, and then he and Lin Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, were the chief examiners, responsible for the affairs of Yi Chou Enke.

The chief examiner is also a prominent position, generally speaking, there are very few people who are suddenly promoted to such a position by the political envoy of Shandong, but the prince said that the article on Enkezhong's strategy should be combined with reality, and Yang Tinghe has served in the local government for many years, why can't he hold it?

In fact, the people in the court gradually understood that on the one hand, the prince was promoting Yang Tinghe, and on the other hand, he was releasing a message as always: If you have experience in local positions, the official will be promoted quickly.

It's been 17 years since Hongzhi, and these smart people can still find some experience.

This has also led to an increasing number of Beijing officials who want to go to the local area to experience it first. Isn't this the absence of Shandong's political envoys coming out after Yang Tinghe left?

In this position, the previous Wang Hua was also the governor of Zhejiang.

Who has a future, and where there is a future, you can understand it at a glance.

If Liu Daxia is in the military department, then Yang Tinghe is hot in Shandong, from the political envoy Yamen to the inspection envoy Yamen, and then to the prefects of various prefectures and counties, they all hold him as a future elder, and all kinds of practices come when he leaves.

It made Yang Tinghe more tired than going to work, but fortunately, Shandong was not far from Beijing, and he also arrived in Beijing on the twentieth day of the lunar month, and Han Ziren, who was promoted by him and entered the prince's sight, greeted him in Beijing again.

Yang Tinghe was dizzy for the rest of the day, "I just escaped from Jinan Mansion, came out, and fell into your wolf's den. Spare me."

Han Ziren's beard on his jaw is also thicker, he is more lean than in previous years, and after arriving in Beijing, he actually found a way to climb the big tree of the prince and go up, and he was promoted all the way in Tengxiang Zuowei, and now he is also a thousand households.

"I know that you want to return to Zhan Shifu, if I don't bother you, but I'm not sensible, when I heard Yang Shifu, my subordinates still remember it." After speaking, Han Ziren slapped his mouth, "Look at my mouth, you are not the prefect of Qingzhou for a long time!"

Yang Tinghe also had a few feelings for himself, he looked up at the Jingshi after the snow, showing a look of reminiscence, "When I left the Jingshi, I shocked many people, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me: He said that my generation of scholars talked every day about wanting to serve the country and the people, and really went from the Zhan Mansion to the prefect of a place, do you feel happy that you can do more things for the people, or do you feel that you are disappointed to retire from the Beijing official to the local official. His Highness was not yet ten years old at the time, and I was shocked to be able to ask such a question." ….

Han Ziren felt a kind of resonance after hearing this, "During the period when His Royal Highness was dealing with the government affairs, the court did have a new atmosphere, and Shi Zhai was able to take the main examination from Shandong, which is a sign that the government affairs of the court have changed from virtual to real. However, Xia Guan was a little curious in his heart, how did Mr. Shi Zhai answer His Highness at that time?"

Yang Tinghe walked towards the Jingshi, "Your Highness is clever. He said I don't have to answer, I can answer in my heart."

"In your heart?"

What is that? Maybe only Yang Tinghe himself knows.

But at this moment, just like that moment.

At that time, it was a snub in front of the door, but now it is sent by someone within ten steps. These things are useless to just understand, and you have to experience them to understand them.

When he returned to Beijing at this juncture, of course, he was one of the few people who had to come to deliver the post, so after entering the Yang Mansion, he simply closed the door and thanked the guests.

Yang Shen didn't know what to say, he looked at Han Ziren and said, "Brother Han, what's wrong with my father?"

Han Ziren thought for a while, "We can stand the cold reception and the excitement, Mr. Shi Zhai is teaching us the way to be officials by example."

"The way to be an official?" Yang Shen chewed on these four words.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a 'bang, and there were bright fireworks rising in the sky.

"It's the New Year."

"yes. Next year will be the eighteenth anniversary of Koji!"

People are saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new year in the spirit of the new year, thinking that next year will be a good year. Except for Zhu Houzhao, probably no one expected the difficulties of the new year.

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Royal Mercenary Cat