On April 20, the tenth year of Zhengde, the palace gate of the Beijing Division was opened, and the mighty brocade guards escorted the Son of Heaven and the dragon out.

Half a month earlier, the emperor had decreed that he would launch a southern tour.

During the southern tour, the cabinet Yang and Wang assisted the emperor's eldest son to supervise the country, except for major military and political matters that still need to be sent to the emperor's palace by fast horses, many other government affairs are decided by the emperor's eldest son and the four cabinets.

However, the results of the treatment should be kept as they were, so that the emperor could return to Beijing to check them.

The other two in the cabinet, namely Wang Bing and Yang Tinghe, were to follow the emperor south.

Among the many ministers, there are also many attendants, the main ones are Jin Gui of the chamber of waiting, Gu Zuo, the prime minister of foreign affairs, Gu Renyi, the commander of the Shaofu Order, and the commander of Jinyiwei, Cheng Guogong, etc.

In the harem, there are virtuous concubines and concubines who are servant.

Concubine Xian's hometown is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the emperor gave her back to visit relatives. Concubine Jing was requested by Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Xia together, because they were worried that the emperor would encounter a special situation of illness outside.

Zhu Houzhao did not object, so many people brought it, not missing one or two.

In this way, the entire team was very large, and there were only two thousand Shenwu Guards in charge of the emperor's guards.

Or to say that although Zhu Houzhao has been wanting to see all over the place, he still has to wait until Zhengde for ten years.

Without a certain amount of financial resources, he can't get out of the Forbidden City.

On the bright side, Emperor Zhengde had two things to do when he went south this time, one was to go to Fengyang, the central capital, and Nanzhili Xiaoling to hold sacrificial activities such as ancestor worship, and the other was to go to Ningbo to review the sailors that had been built by the Ming Dynasty.

There are also courtiers who suggested going to Mount Tai to seal Zen, but Zhu Houzhao denied it, and he has not yet opened up the territory, so don't do this kind of thing in such a hurry.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao has the purpose of leisure play.

From ancient times to the present, his scope of activities is uniformly limited to the Forbidden City, at most he is walking around Beijing, but that is only occasionally.

God knows how he endured as a posterity.

In addition, considering the overboard incident in history, Zhu Houzhao did not choose to be a boat, but passed by the Liangjing Straight Road and took the land route.

The Son of Heaven traveled, this was a major event, the two capitals were not allowed to enter the straight road, and the Jinyi guard's team drove the road to the front of the three miles, and the two sides of the road were full of guards on horseback to ensure that no one could offend the emperor.

This kind of thing is handled by Wang Bingyi of the cabinet, and Zhu Houzhao does not need to worry about it.

At this time, his whole body was spread out in a huge carriage, and because there was no government affairs to deal with, he was suddenly idle.

After reading the book for a while, I felt that my eyes were sore, so the emperor had been sleeping for a few days before the departure, and he had to make up for what he had not slept before.

It wasn't until the royal driver arrived outside Jinan that his spirit reached its best.

Zhu lifted the curtain and looked out at the trees, wheat fields, and occasionally the smaller peaks dotted among them.

"Liu Xixian is eighty, is he okay?"

You Di, who was waiting by the emperor's carriage on a horse, replied: "Back to the emperor, it's already eighty-two, but I heard that the body is very tough, and I often patrol various places by myself." ”

The emperor twisted the snack in his mouth, and while chewing and thinking, he said, "Stop." ”

"Yes."

You Ji pinched the horse's belly, stepped forward a little and shouted, "Stop!!" ”

As soon as he shouted, Wang Bing, Yang Tinghe, Gu Zuo, Gu Renyi and other courtiers all came out of their sedan chairs and stood with You Ji. At the same time, there were chamberlains to lift the curtain for the emperor.

Only then did You Di shout: "Please get off the sedan chair for the emperor." ”

During this time, Zhu Houzhao had to wait, and only when these young ministers stood up, this was called a ceremony.

So the trouble of being an emperor is here, in fact, it's like acting, you have to act well.

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his hands and walked out, and said very casually: "Get up, I see that the wheat on both sides is growing well, and I can't help but want to take a look." On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I never know that this matter has to be done, and after ten years of governing the country, how the people are doing, it is not enough to just look at the music. I want to see it for myself, but I'm afraid that our big group of people will scare the people, and it will disturb the people. ”

Wang Bin and the others were still scared when they heard him say the first half of the sentence, but their hearts were a little more stable later.

"That's it, Chongsui (Jin Gui), Yishan (Gu Renyi),"

"The minister is here."

"You two will take a trip to see how the people live along the way, and come back to Jinan to meet you. Remember to keep a low profile and don't reveal your identity. ”

"Yes!"

The emperor beckoned to Wang Bing again, "You come to control and give a decree to the governors, the three divisions, and the prefects and counties along the way." Let them control the subordinate officials in their yamen, and no one shall intercept the people to stop the sedan chair, but if they violate the law, they will be punished as protesting the decree, and their chief officials will be demerit in the official department for the crime of negligence. ”

Wang Bingling gave the order, "The minister will do it." ”

After explaining this, Zhu Houzhao went to the side and asked a guard to dismount, and then climbed up by himself, "I'm tired of sitting in a sedan chair, let's ride a horse." ”

After all these years of practice, his riding skills have become very good.

Needless to say, the natural environment in ancient times felt like a trip to any scenery, or it was caused by him staying in that city for too long, always breathing fresh air and looking at the scenery outside, he felt very enjoyable.

"Liqing."

"Your Majesty."

"Some time ago, Zhejiang came to a strange place, saying that there were a few Japanese ronins making trouble in Ningbo, and that matter was later transferred to you. What's going on now? ”

Gu Zuo, who is now the prime minister and foreign minister, said: "After five years of Zhengde, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan gradually increased. However, His Majesty ordered the survey to be stopped, and as a result, Japan gradually changed from a situation in which every time it went to sea to a situation where it could not make a profit every year. The minister had heard from a businessman who had been to Japan that there was now hatred and even anti-Ming sentiment in Japan. These people have come to the Ming Dynasty, and they will act extreme if they are slightly dissatisfied. Now, the minister has ordered them to be imprisoned. ”

"Let the city department sort out the whole situation, and after I go, I will detail all the important foreign-related cases one by one. I have basically approved it in the past in the recital, did they do it? How's it going? Take them all out and take a look. ”

After the establishment of the Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Yamen, the Municipal Department of Foreign Affairs has been assigned to the responsibility of the Yamen.

"Yes."

"There's nothing to do on the road, you can think about it yourself. I felt that the Ming Dynasty had to have a law that dealt with foreigners, and I issued it there through my visit to Ningbo. ”

Gu Zuo knew that this matter would not be good.

For many years, the emperor has always said that he has been doing things: what he is eyeing must have a result.

Although he has always emphasized the rules of the imperial court, but the matter of sea trade is all in 10,000 pieces of silver, and after the previous case in Huai'an Mansion, he actually didn't believe that there would be no problem at all. Therefore, if a foreign-related case is not handled well and something is involved, it will be punished.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about this.

A few days later, the royal driver arrived in Jinan City, and Liu Jian, the governor of Shandong, accompanied by major officials from all over the country.

(End of chapter)