Chapter 21: Family

Zhuang Zong, Zhengli Emperor Zhu Qijun left Fengtian Hall and returned to Qianqing Palace. The moment he was half-lying on the soft couch, he let out a long breath softly. Seeing that the Son of Heaven was a little tired, Li Shizhong, who was accompanying him, glanced at the little eunuch Ah Bao, who hurriedly hunched his waist and walked forward, ready to rub Zhu Qijun's shoulder, but was stopped by the Son of Heaven waving his hand. Ah Bao cast an inquiring look at Gonggong Li, and Li Shizhong lowered his eyelids. After receiving the signal, Ah Bao bowed again and walked gently backwards, retreated to the side of Gonggong Li, and waited carefully.

At that moment, the palace was so quiet that you could barely hear the sound of breathing.

Zhu Qijun took a sip of tea, then gently put the teacup back on the small table, pinched his unconsciously frowning brows with his fingers, stood up, walked to the "official book screen" and stood still, and looked at it seriously.

This official book screen is a screen made by Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the former dynasty, Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, Tan Lun, the secretary of the military department, etc., on which the map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty is drawn, and the left and right sides are pasted with the names, places of origin and birth qualifications of civil and military officials below the governors and above the prefects. Zhu Qijun stared at the area of Yulin Mansion, thinking about the scene that had just happened.

Judging from the performance of everyone in the court, it can be concluded that Xiao Changhua of this Yulin Mansion should be a person on the line of Lin Xiangquan or Yuan Shijie of the household department. However, after defeating the thief, this must be certain - otherwise these guys who are better than ghosts will only excuse themselves from the side, instead of saying something "congratulatory for the saint". But...... There are more than 10,000 thieves, and the fight is so lively, not a single head has been handed in...... Well, the moisture won't be small, and it's likely that the thieves were driven away. Forget it, pretend to be confused - after all, not an inch of land has been lost, after all, it is much better to really fight than those kills and heroes in previous years. Zhuang Zong silently recited Xiao Changhua's name a few times in his mouth, called the internal supervisor to bring pen and ink, and wrote a few strokes in the blank space: Old Cheng is cautious, and his side talent is rare, and it seems to be of great use.

In the ten years of Hongzhi in the previous dynasty, the Yao people in Guangxi were violent & chaotic, and the rogues plundered the villages and harmed the places. The political envoy Tao Lu led the capital to command the servant Sun Bi, and commanded Bai Ying, Sun Ming, Zhang Yu, Ren Feng and others to separate ways and suppress. There was a traitor named Chen Chaoyan, who took the opportunity to slander the enemy as a thief, Sun Ming believed it to be true, killed his enemy, the whole family, and reported the first level of merit. As the saying goes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the court did not check it for a while, and issued a reward of silver. From then on, "traitors took advantage of the situation to kill people and repay their merits and share their wealth", Zhang Yu, Ren Feng and others deliberately connived until the matter became big and was impeached by the imperial history. So the emperor sent Wu Shiwei and Yushi Deng Gongfu to investigate in the local area, and the results were surprising: Huazhou, Maoming, Shicheng and other five prefectures and counties, Liangjia Shabao and other more than 50 villages, were looted by thieves in turn, the most as 15 times, the officers and soldiers either did not save the dead or were defeated and suffered many casualties, and the reports were all great victories! Among the more than 40 levels of heads that have been handed over one after another, there are only eight real thieves, and the remaining thirty or so levels are all good citizens! Hundreds of women were raped and sold......

Thinking of this, Zhu Qijun sighed secretly: No matter what, Xiao Changhua can still be trusted. But...... In such a place, it is better to send an internal supervisor to supervise the army, so that he can rest assured, so he made a mark of the prison army in Xiao Changhua's name, and at the same time ordered: "Lao Li, you choose someone and send a prison army to Yulin Mansion." ”

Li Shizhong hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, long live." ”

Zhu Qijun's gaze scanned back and forth on the Ming Dynasty territory map a few times for the last time, and then sat back on the soft couch, his thoughts gradually shifted away from today's dispute in the court.

I haven't had a few days of comfort since I sat on this dragon chair - oh well, the happy times in my memory, a few days since I was sensible as a teenager.

Since childhood, I have a vague impression of my father. The father is notoriously lazy, not only lazy in the government, but also lazy to see himself, soaking in the West Garden all day long is either alchemy or absorbing blessing & longevity & ointment, or just messing with the palace maids, father and son rarely see each other several times a year. However, the father is very smart, and if he were to quarrel like today, if he were to be the father and emperor, it might not happen at all - he couldn't even see the face of the Holy Son of Heaven, how could he quarrel? Such a minister is really, let you not tear each other down, and do something serious, will you die? Why is it so hard to do something serious!

Now I understand my father more and more - I think back then, my father should have had great ambitions - because this throne fell from the sky!

The father's lineage, originally a vassal king, only died unexpectedly because Dezong (actually a martial artist, the plot needs it, and it was dealt with in the air), and he had no heirs, so he succeeded to the unification. And those Wenchen, from the beginning, didn't have any good intentions, no, before they entered the palace, they wanted to give their father a dismount!

That Yang Tinghe jumped out first: "Your Highness, please enter the Wenhua Hall from the Donghua Gate!"

What a bastard!

Before the enthronement ceremony, you can call His Highness. What does it mean to walk through the Donghua Gate and enter the Wenhua Palace? That's the specs of the crown prince, not the emperor!

Father is really smart: "I am not a Daming Gate that cannot enter!" If you don't have to enter the Heavenly Temple! ”

This Yang Tinghe actually dared to stop: "The minister invites His Highness to enter the Donghua Gate again."

The father was angry: "The Zhu family's Jiangshan Sheji, do you want to give advice?" Otherwise, you will be the emperor! Frightened, the surnamed Yang sweated like rain on the spot, kowtowed and asked for guilt!

Unexpectedly, these people didn't know how to converge, and then they started to toss for nothing.

Soon after his father ascended the throne, Yang Tinghe, plus Mao Cheng and others came again: "Your Majesty, you have to respect the emperor as a brother and his father as a ......father in the future."

My father was furious and happy: "Where should my biological parents live?" Could it be that it is in line with 'etiquette' to call uncles and aunts? Outrageous? How can there be such a 'gift'! ”

The words of the father and the emperor were echoed by those who knew the general situation in the court. Unexpectedly, such stupid and deceitful people openly shouted: "Those who have objections are treacherous and should be beheaded"!

Who doesn't agree that recognizing a father for himself is a treacherous evil and should be beheaded?

Crazy, these guys are crazy!

The father didn't want to deal with the madmen, so he ignored them. What I never expected was that just to recognize my father, these guys actually tossed for three years! Three years! In the end, Lao Yang's son Yang Shen - well, this kid is still the champion! I'm so weird, can't this book be read in the dog's belly?! brought more than 200 ministers and cried at the gate of the palace. While crying, he beat the palace gate and shouted: "The country has been raising soldiers for one hundred and fifty years, sticking to the righteousness and dying today"!

Could it be that the country has been raising soldiers for 150 years, and you are asked to help the Son of Heaven recognize his father!

Father is really anxious: "Give me such a person who is full of food and has nothing to do"!

More than a dozen were killed on the spot, and the rest of the fourth-grade and above-grade were suspended, and all the fifth-grade and below were dismissed and got!

Finally, this farce is over.

Three years, three years!

Not to mention that Xiu Qi Zhiping is peaceful, and he doesn't do anything serious, he just wants to gain the reputation of a "bone minister" who is "outspoken and daring to admonish" - otherwise, you will continue to "admonish", why are you all dumb after killing a few people?

Hypocrite!

After that, they began to tear each other down again, and there was endless infighting. Finally, my father couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply didn't go to court and let them toss casually......

How are these guys going to clean up?

Zhu Qijun simply lay down on his back on the soft couch, covered his forehead with his hands, closed his eyes, and continued to think about his thoughts. Ask yourself, the elder emperors of the Zhu family in the past, including their own father, were indeed unbearable in their own way. However, those courtiers are really not like talking, and after watching some of the pairs of the previous dynasty, it really makes people speechless, such as ......

The emperor goes to the court every day, and he must bow down to everything conscientiously, and those civil servants feel that they can't do whatever they want, so someone will definitely write a book: Your Majesty, don't worry about such trivial matters, just leave it to us to deal with, you better go back to the harem and give birth to a few more princes, this is the foundation of the country! Then a bunch of guys swarmed up, and the chickens and ducks chimed in, chattering endlessly......

If the emperor doesn't go to court, he wants to pull the tiger skin to make a banner and find the support of the Son of Heaven and can't find anyone, so they will write sadly: Your Majesty can't indulge in the harem, and the Yin Jian of King Zhou You, the king of Shang, is not far away......

What's more, purely for the sake of giving himself a gold and fighting reputation, scolding the Son of Heaven has actually become the most effective means! Take the father and emperor as an example, there is actually a guy who swears and scolds: If the emperor does not go to court, he must be obsessed with harem women, the Son of Heaven is a demigod, and the one who can make the Son of Heaven addicted must be a demon, yes, it is a thousand-year-old fox spirit! The harem is "filthy" and "everyone knows it" - filthy you oblique numb eggs, know your oblique numb skin! Isn't there any guy who can walk in the harem at will, otherwise, how can you, an outer court official, know about the forbidden palace? Li Shizhong told himself that his father's face turned white with anger when he read the chapter, and his hands trembled: "This guy dares to be so vicious, he almost pointed his nose and scolded me!" This is a good reputation for daring to scold the emperor! If I beat you, I'll be a dumbfounded! I can't do what you want, I don't fight, I endure it! I just didn't fight...... "Father really didn't fight that guy - he just smashed the furnishings of the harem!"

Of course, I also want to be a good emperor. However, these guys are completely wrong with people, as long as one faction supports it, even if the other factions are still fighting the day before, they will immediately oppose it intimately and clearly, even if they bypass the cabinet and force them down, when they go to the locality, the magistrates of their protégés will also say: "There is no cabinet to sign it?" This edict is also, the minister does not obey the edict! "Stubbornly come back - "I resisted the will" This kind of thing, these bastards can blow for a lifetime! It seems that their bones are hard......

Thinking of this, Zhengli let out a long sigh.

With a pop, Li Shizhong knelt down. Poof, poof, and a few more soft sounds, and the other eunuchs who were waiting also knelt down.

"Long live the lord, take care of the dragon body!"

This is Li Shizhong's voice, I can hear it, the voice is not high, but the worry revealed is from the heart.

"Long live the lord, take care of the dragon's body", the other eunuchs whispered.

Immediately afterward, there was a heavy prostration.

Or they are the most faithful!

Thinking of this, Zhu Qijun's eyes suddenly lit up, opened his eyes, sat up suddenly, and looked at these people kneeling in front of him:

They are not officials. Many are even illiterate – families who can afford to send their children to school are unlikely to send them on this path. Li Shizhong and a limited number of literate eunuchs also learned in the palace. Of course, they didn't have the opportunity to read any sage books, so they wouldn't be like those Wenchen, who talked about crooked reasoning one by one.

They are not people. Acquired physical defects doom them to never enjoy the life of a normal person in this life. Not only did they have no wives and children, but when they entered the palace, they didn't even have their parents - the only thing they had was the Son of Heaven himself.

That...... What are they?

Family!

Ordinary slaves can also change masters through buying and selling, and can even run away from the enemy. But who would dare to buy these special slaves? Even if you can escape from the palace ban, where can you escape?

The Son of Heaven is the only meaning of their lives - so, they are the most trustworthy people in themselves!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun's face gradually showed a smile, and there was warmth in his eyes: "Get up, get up." ”

Li Shizhong and the others raised their heads slightly, hesitated and got up slowly, no one even wiped the dust on their foreheads, and continued to stand with their hands down and their heads down.

"It's still your sweetest!" Zhu Yijun's sigh, the fathers-in-law and the father-in-law cheered, knelt down again, and kowtowed again: "Slaves dare not be", "Slaves do their duty"......

"Get up, don't kneel." Zhu Yijun spoke again, and then, his eyes gradually became firm: "I have decided ......"

In the future, I will follow my father's example and use these most loyal eunuchs around me to clean up those old guys!

At this moment, Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi Province is already in chaos.