Zhengde 5th year, June 16.

On a summer afternoon, it rains so hard that the rain crackles on the rooftops.

The emperor opened the door, and the wind blew with the rain and made his sideburns fall back.

In the main hall, Lu En knelt behind him. This picture seems to freeze the frame, and it hasn't changed for about a stick of incense.

"You said you figured it out, but I'm really eager to kill you!"

Lu En's head bowed lower, "The minister is guilty!" ”

"Where is the sin?" The Emperor turned suddenly.

"It is an unforgivable sin for a minister to be pretentious and to despise the court!"

"Not bad! Your sin is not in your works, but in your heart! You think you are high, and you look like a master outside the world, what kind of official wants to be smaller and smaller, as if you are a good person in the whole world who asks for the life of the people, and only you can see the way of the world clearly?

Open your eyes and see, from the bottom of the cabinet, the six ministries, the governor, the prefect, and then to the frontier generals, which one is not more meritorious than you, and which one has more complaints from you?! With a little insight, you complain about all kinds of dissatisfaction, and you ask yourself, what have you done! ”

Lu En's heart was hit hard, and he couldn't help crying as a big man, "Your Majesty taught you a lesson." In the past few days, the minister has seen with his own eyes that His Majesty's diligence can chase after the sages, and he has done his best every day, and he has done far more for the common people in the world than the guilty ministers. ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little relieved in his heart, and he could finally say the intention of putting him aside every day for him to see.

At least not too stupid.

"The territory of the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles, the people are hundreds of trillions, and the north has not yet come out of winter, and the south has entered summer. On the land, there are the Northern Mongolian Western Regions, on the sea there are Japanese Invaders, and there are corrupt officials and corrupt officials inside, so many people have to feed, such a large territory must be stable, can you endure it, what simple way do you say to solve these problems overnight?!

I don't know what kind of person is a hero in your heart. But I think that no matter how difficult the situation is, the person who always grits his teeth and changes it little by little is a hero. And you? If the status quo is not as good as you want, you will cover your head and sleep, and you will sleep on it, and you will ridicule the world. I'm telling you, this kind of person is not a hero, but a bear. So no matter how Gu Liqing and Gu Yishan recommend you, I originally planned to let you go to be that pawn, and you will fall without the Ming Dynasty?

Scold. I don't believe in that evil. I am not like you, I am willing to swallow my grievances and realize my ambitions step by step! I'm such a man! As for you, it's easy to be a pawn, and by the way, you're just scolding the courtier, a mediocre person! ”

Lu En began to kowtow with a bang, "Your Majesty scolded well, scolded thoroughly, and the minister now understands everything." There is nothing easy in the world; There are no easy people in the world. The minister is ...... It's just that I was too confused in the past, I hid when I ran into it, and I scolded when I hid, but if I think about it carefully, I really can't achieve anything! Minister, you know that you are wrong, Your Majesty! Woo, woo! The minister knows that he is wrong! ”

Zhu Houzhao turned around and walked over, and squatted down, his voice was a little softer, "Rather die than live silently." These eight words are said and done, so Fan Zhongyan is Fan Zhongyan. You're not as good as him, are you? ”

"Fan Wenzhenggong is a generation of famous ministers, and the ministers still have a little self-knowledge."

"Good. Since you like to read his books, follow his beliefs. I sometimes can't figure it out, you say you're hiding, why are you hiding? Afraid of death? ”

Lu En wiped his tears, and his eyes became firm, "Don't be afraid!" ”

"You're not afraid of death, what are you afraid of?"

He probably didn't know how to answer this sentence for a while, and Zhu Houzhao's anger disappeared at this time, "Okay, get up." ”

"Your Majesty."

At this time, the defense line in Lu En's heart had been dissolved, and the rebellious aura on his body had receded a lot, and he walked with a slight bend.

Outside, the summer rainstorm came and went quickly, and the sun slowly came out again.

Zhu Houzhao didn't have anything else to say, "The rain has stopped, you can go out of the palace." I still have something to do, you don't have to follow. ”

Lu En replied gently, "Yes." His Majesty...... Your Majesty? ”

"What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty also said that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is not an overnight achievement, please Your Majesty is imprisoned!"

"Heh, it's not easy for me to hear your kind words."

When he had finished speaking, the Emperor left on his own.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao himself also felt that he couldn't be too tired, and he couldn't do his job, one piece and one relaxation was the king.

Sometimes some hardships are in a hurry, and they are all big things, and he can't help but be in a hurry.

In the harem, Queen Xia is also about to give birth, and the heavenly family is not like ordinary people. From the day the queen became pregnant, people and things that needed to be prepared, such as Wen Po, were all ready and waiting.

Just wait for that day. This day is getting closer and closer.

When the emperor sees her now, he has to support her.

"This year is a great event. Around August and September, I plan to meet with the envoys of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, and the east, west, and south will come, and it will be a great event. ”

Queen Xia was also overjoyed when she heard this, "The concubine has to fight, and then add a prince to the emperor, so that people from all over the country can see that the Ming Dynasty is not only in power, but also has prosperous heirs." ”

"Hahaha." Zhu Houzhao was also amused by her words, she pulled this girl to sit down like a young queen, just like a homely affair, and it can be regarded as a day of government affairs, and she eased her mood.

"The queen and I want to go together." It happened to be Concubine Jing today, Zhu Hou pulled her in his words, "Concubine Jing, do you want to be happy too?" ”

Because she was asked to sleep two days ago, but she hid under the pretext of the menstrual affair.

How could she have an irregular menstrual period, a person who grew up with a miracle doctor since she was a child. So I was probably worried that I was pregnant, so I still had to moderate it.

Queen Xia let out a soft 'ah' and said in surprise: "Really? Why didn't you listen to Sister Jingfei? ”

Concubine Jing blushed, "Because, because the pulse is not too accurate, the concubine didn't talk about it." This...... Not necessarily. ”

Zhu Houzhao is twenty years old this year, and he is completely mature, well.

"What are the signs?"

Concubine Jing shook her head, if there was, she would be sure of it herself.

Zhu Houzhao laughed, "How can there be no warning." No sleep, for me, that's a clear sign. ”

"Your Majesty!"

The two delicate women called the emperor at the same time to be shy.

It's still daytime.

"Sister Jingfei, this is not a trivial matter, it is better to believe it than not to believe it. It's always a matter of paying attention. Your Majesty......" the queen turned her head and said, "the concubine wants to be the master, and give the concubine more people to serve." I don't know if Your Majesty can approve it? ”

"Ah, it's up to you, I'm fine." Zhu Houzhao walked over, grabbed the hands of the two women and rubbed them one after another, "You get along well and care for each other, I like it very much." I'm a big man, and I'm not proficient in women's minds, so I'll tell you what I have in the future. ”

The two looked at each other in shame, and at the same time sweetly replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Although the relationship between them is very good, but one is in labor and the other is suspected of being pregnant, they can't sleep, Zhu Houzhao sat and talked with them for a while, and finally went to Concubine Shun.

Shun concubine, that is, as it is. She is the daughter of the leader of the Yongshebu tribe.

In the second year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao gave them a water meadow outside Datong City, and asked them to resist the Tatars together with Zhou Shangwen, who was stationed in Datong.

Later, Zhou Shangwen left, and Yibula, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, continued to migrate north, occupying more grasslands.

After all, Dayan Khan was defeated, and there was a power vacuum in the steppe.

Now it is the fire sieve that inherits the territory of Dayan Khan at that time. In addition to the fire sieve, there were two tribes, Ordos and Tumut, which were relatively large, and even after Dayan Khan's absence, they were even larger.

He also tried to persuade the other two Wanhu tribes to surrender, but they were unsuccessful.

Zhu Houzhao always remembered that he left these people to Wang Yangming.

So from that time on, it will be three years since he married him.

The emperor's attitude towards her is average, of course, there are political factors in this, but her personality is hearty and not annoying at all, so in fact, Zhu Houzhao and her will see her every once in a while.

There is good news this time.

After the clouds and rain, he hugged the beauty in his arms and said: "I received your father's note today, when I summoned the envoys of various countries this year, he was going to come to Beijing in person, I thought, he probably misses his daughter a little. ”

As soon as he heard this, he immediately half-propped up his body, revealing a piece of moonlight scenery, "Really? ”

"Of course it's true, the emperors of the Han people are all Chrysostom, and you can't say anything untrue."

As it is, she was really happy, "The concubine thanked the emperor for his grace." ”

"I still have the grace I have given." The emperor pondered and said, "The imperial court will readjust the selection of generals for Hamiwei, and I plan to choose one Han minister and another Mengchen, and then you go and tell your father whether he is willing to let me send one of his brothers." As long as I have made meritorious contributions, I will be rewarded the same as Hanchen. ”

This is a bold attempt, the last time a foreign minister was used was the Tang Dynasty, and then there was an Anshi Rebellion. However, if the Ming Dynasty didn't want to stick to only the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty, then the foreigners would have to use it.

Anyway, the relationship like the one that is about to leave is really fragile, these people surrender today, and they may rebel as soon as he dies.

(End of chapter)