9

The second day is a moment.

Wang Chengen dressed neatly and tiptoed into the palace where the emperor slept.

According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, you must go to the court every day, go to the morning court, and go to the morning court when it is still dark.

This represents the king's diligence and leads by example, and I hope that the civil and military officials can also understand this painstaking work.

In ancient China, there has always been a concept that waking up early = working hard = will have good results.

In fact, it was also forced to rule a centralized empire based on the county system, especially in the Ming Dynasty, when the monarchy became more and more powerful, the emperor wished that he had twenty-four hours a day and did not have to sleep, so that there was a little more time.

Therefore, the daily court meeting was set to be held at five o'clock in the morning, that is, in the future.

In addition to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and other eloquent emperors, the other emperors of the Ming Dynasty ignored this as a fearful way, and when they arrived in Wanli, they simply did not even go to the court.

Although it was to demonstrate to the civilian clique, there was some anger in it.

Wang Chengen shook his head, everyone on this throne looked at it hotly, but if they really sat down, they might not be happy, especially if they still had a little conscience......

As soon as he pushed open the outer door, he stopped, and there was a deafening noise in the room, and he knew that it was a snoring sound when he looked closely, and he thought it was thunder if he didn't know it.

The dragon bed where the emperor rests is actually not very mysterious, but it is larger than the bed of ordinary people, the carving is more exquisite, the tent is hung more, the bedding is warmer and softer, and the sleeping companion is more beautiful.

For example, Chen Yuanyuan?

It is said that there is also a Liu Ruyi, not only does not lose her appearance, but also is proficient in poetry and songs, and some people pondered to dedicate her to Emperor Chongzhen at that time.

As a result, Qian Qianyi was one step ahead of others and was in his pocket.

Fortunately, it is Lu Zhishen who is attached to Zhu Youzhen's body at the moment.

If it is replaced by Cao Mengde, a generation of Donglin Wenzong only needs to change to a green headscarf to show respect for the emperor's grace.

It's not a big problem on the emperor's side, the crown is originally yellow......

It symbolizes imperial power, but also symbolizes ...... Yellow......

It's a pity that Cao Cao is very busy, and the schedule can't be arranged, and at this time, he is attached to Wu Dalang and Jin Lian to compose sincere love, and he also received a hand, which is enviable.

Pushing open the door of the inner room, Wang Chengen was even more furious!

Although he was also drunk and dizzy last night, he still carried the emperor back to the palace, and I don't know why, Emperor Chongzhen, who looked thin, seemed to have mercury in his bones, and he was dead.

Wang Chengen felt strange, but then he thought about it, so many things happened from morning to night, and it was not strange that it was no more evil than the emperor's weight.

When he arrived at the dormitory, he beckoned the little eunuch to serve the emperor and changed into a middle coat and went to bed, and then he put down the tent with his own hands and then withdrew.

Before leaving, he specially took care of the two little eunuchs, "Little monkey, wake up our family at night!" Today, Long Live Lord is overworked, and he may have to drink water in the middle of the night, so he waits a little more, it's always right! This is your blessing! ”

When the little eunuch saw the prince coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, but was kicked away by Wang Chengen one by one, "Bastard, our family will pick your skin!" ”

"Look what you guys do!" Wang Chengen was so angry that he lowered his voice and roared, and his fingers pointing at the dragon bed trembled.

I saw Zhu Youzhen take off a red stripe, put a big character on the bed, snoring, the best Suzhou embroidered satin quilt, which is Huzhou silk cotton, warm and light......

It's all piled up on the ground!

The spring night is cold, the Son of Heaven is weak, and there is a small stove burning silver frost carbon in the palace, which has been extinguished at this moment, Wang Chengen stepped forward carefully and brushed it gently, it was cold!

Apparently extinguished for several hours.

When I thought of my departure last night, I told me a lot.

Wang Chengen knew that the future of the Ming Dynasty was really pinned on the Son of Heaven.

What if you have a headache and brain fever......

"Bastard thing!" Wang Gonggong scolded loudly, "Long live the golden dragon body, how can it withstand it!" ”

"Come on, drag the two brutes down for me! Beat! Hit hard! Kill! Wang Chengen couldn't help but be angry and screamed.

"Princess, spare your life, spare your life"

The little eunuch was so frightened that he peed his pants, knelt down and kowtowed, "It's not that I can't wait!" After you left last night, our brothers didn't dare to fall asleep. After a while, we heard Banzai calling for us to go in. ”

“？” Wang Chengen was stunned: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Hooray is too hot, let's extinguish the carbon stove, we don't dare to agree, hooray, hooray he will raise his hand and fight!"

"Fart!" Wang Chengen jumped three feet high, "Long live, if I really beat you, can you still live until now?" He's not even ... Old...... Well...... Bastard, how dare you lie to our family? ”

"The eunuch spares his life, you see, the little ones are all green on their faces, and they were slapped out by the ...... of the Long Live Lord."

The other little eunuch lifted his clothes and revealed a big bruise on his back: "Long live a kick that kicked me to the wall, so I didn't die......"

"Huh?" Wang Chengen felt that, aside from his strength, these actions were really something that this Holy Son of Heaven could do.

"And then?"

"Little ones, it's really hot to see Banzai, but don't you see it, Banzai took off his stripes at that time, his face was red, and his body was steaming...... It's like a cage drawer with steamed prison pills in the imperial dining room, and if you think about it, you can still have a quilt and a mattress anyway, ......."

"Bastard!" Wang Chengen continued to scold, but his tone softened a lot, "Look at it, where is the quilt?!" Don't you know how to pick up the crack in the door at night? Pick up the quilt when you throw it on the ground and cover it! When our family was in the Xinwang Mansion, we also slept outside, and we didn't have three or five times that night. ”

The little eunuch suddenly cried: "Eunuch, you mentioned this little ones before, we didn't sleep all night last night, so we picked up the crack in the door, and when we saw the quilt falling to the ground, we quietly went in and picked it up, and wanted to cover it again for the Lord Banzai, but Banzai didn't know what magic skills there were, and we were punched away as soon as we touched him......"

"Look," the other little eunuch also cried, "the tables and chairs in this room are broken, and it's too late for people to change them......

"How, how are they all bad?" The prince was surprised.

"It's just a punch and a slap in the sleep of the Lord of Long Live, and our brothers flew up, and they were smashed when they fell......" After speaking, he couldn't help coughing and vomited several mouthfuls of blood.

Wang Chengen didn't know what to say......

"Early in the morning, which one is noisy? Get in with the sprinklers! No, get out! ”

Probably because the voice sounded a little just now, the son of heaven in the dragon bed roared: "Close the bird's beak, and the sprinkler family will tear down your old crow's nest!"

After speaking, the earth-shattering snoring sound came to mind again.

Wang Chengen rolled his eyes and said to the two little eunuchs, "You two get up and follow us three steps behind our house, understand?" ”

"Yes" The little eunuch looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the eunuch Wang.

It seems that his life has been saved.

Wang Chengen trembled in his heart at this moment: "Our family is old, and this body is not as resistant as these two little monkeys...... But, hey......"

sighed, and moved to the bed step by step, "Long live, long live, it's time to get up, and I'll have to go to court in a while!" ”

What came back to him was purring

"Long live the Lord, long live the Lord"

The purr continues.

"Long live the ......"

Hearing only the sound of tearing, Wang Chengen was so frightened that his legs were weak, and his eyes were closed, thinking that he was going to be bad.

As a result, he was unharmed, opened his eyes, but saw that Banzai had just tore off a large piece of the fine Su Gong embroidered tent to cover ......his head.

Wang Chengen stood up and said loudly: "Rise at dawn, sprinkle and sweep the court, the king is diligent in government, and the merit is in loving the people......"

These four sentences were handed down from the palace and were used to wake up the emperor's alarm clock.

This kind of work, ordinary eunuchs can't do it, not only requires the reciter, in addition to having a loud voice and full of energy, but also has to win the sacred heart, otherwise when he gets up, he is likely to be directly pulled out and cut off his head in a daze.

After three times, it really worked, and the Son of Heaven flew up: "Go to the sky with a red mouth, enter the ground with a white tongue, this old crow is so noisy that people are annoyed!" Sooner or later he uprooted this bird tree...... Oops, Wang Chengen! It's you! ”

Wang Chengen was lying on the ground, almost didn't roll his eyes, but fortunately, he was clever and let the two little eunuchs follow behind him, he was kicked and flew up, and it happened to land on the two little eunuchs, with two human sandbags padding, and finally picked up a life and came back.

Chongzhen jumped up from the bed, grabbed Wang Chengen by the collar and dragged him up: "It's okay to ...... it?"

"Hooray,...... Pine...... Pine...... Hand, slave, panting, breathless......"

Chongzhen hurriedly let go, "snap", and Lao Wang fell on the little eunuch again......

Finally, Fang Cai's unintentional move in his sleep, without killing intent, Wang Chengen just twisted his waist, except for a moment and a half when he couldn't walk fast, nothing else.

Since the Son of Heaven has woken up, he can only let the eunuch serve and dress and wash, and then go to the court for a while.

Wang Chengen passed on breakfast, and came in with all kinds of breakfast at the price of eunuchs.

The Son of Heaven waved his hand, "I was very full last night, and these birds have no appetite, so let's go and serve a bowl...... Porridge comes to ...... Sprinkle the family to moisten the belly"

Wang Chengen beckoned, called the little eunuch and commanded in a low voice: "You go to the small kitchen, bring the pot for boiling porridge, well, and take a big bowl, a big bowl for soup." ”

After a while, the little eunuchs came up with pots and were about to bring bowls to serve them.

The Son of Heaven grabbed it in one step, "You wait and go away."

Stretch out your fingers and insert and stir into the pot, feel that the heat and cold are appropriate, pick up the pot, and pour it into your mouth......

In a few breaths, the pot was empty.

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and walked away.

Wang Chengen smiled bitterly and followed behind, not forgetting to instruct the little eunuch, "After a while, I will pass a message to the chef for our family, and say that from today onwards, the amount of food will be five from the previous five...... No, ten people will count...... Remember, it can be bad, it can't be full. In addition, ask if there is anyone in the palace who is good at cooking dogs, and if there is, pull it directly...... Whoever dares not to let go, our family will come to the door in person! ”

……

At the court, Wang Chengen's whip sounded three times, the Son of Heaven sat down, and the court meeting officially began.

Today, it is still a small court meeting dominated by the cabinet, and according to the usual practice, the civil and military bigwigs played one by one, and stated to the emperor the major and difficult things they encountered, as well as the methods of coping.

Then make decisions together.

Of course, this is ideal.

In the early days, the emperor was dictatorial, and the ministers were only responsible for providing information and proposing a number of proposals, and the emperor finally decided to adopt that one.

But with the passage of time, the government was corrupt, and the imperial power was declining, but the power of civil officials increased.

China's political tradition has always been that of scholars, and although the rulers enjoyed supreme authority, the power of the government was actually in the hands of scholars. After the scholars who paid attention to the cultivation of Qi and Zhiping were integrated into the bureaucratic system, they formed a high-level version of the "rabble". When the dynasty reaches this stage, there is often an institutional advantage, which becomes an institutional cost.

In other words, as the bureaucratic class, especially the civil bureaucracy, which consisted of fellow countrymen and classmates, grew, the central government represented by the emperor was exploited from the actual wealth and power, which went into the hands of the individual ruling class who controlled the government, that is, the civilian clique.

These people are lawless and, as a class, have a duty to protect the interests of the state, but as individuals, they are the only beneficiaries of corruption.

While some of them know this is wrong, and most of them also try to protect the interests of the state, this effort has always compensated for the inefficiencies of corrupt politics by raising taxes on the unlimited expansion of the power of the civilian bureaucracy and the social underclass.

The result, of course, is to put out the fire with a salary, and if the salary is not enough, the fire will not be extinguished.

Wanli Tianzi did not go to court for fifteen years, it was not a kind of rebellion against this, or he wanted to play a game of picking, but the civil official group really had a way to make the emperor a hypocrisy......

After that, things got more and more out of control.

The current Emperor Chongzhen is no better than at the beginning, although he has not risen to a theoretical level of understanding this, but he has experienced the influence of the information society, and naturally knows that there is a big problem here.

But how to improve?

I haven't thought about it for a while.

In fact, this is already the realm of the class struggle, and it is beyond the reach of an individual, and only another group can fight against it.

Chongzhen on the throne didn't speak, but thoughtfully: "If the brothers from Liangshan are here, I'm afraid it will be more convenient?" ”

"It's even better if the black whirlwind is here, pull out the plate axe, and if you can cut it down, you can also export bird gas!"