The heavy snow for many days has also made the entire Forbidden City clothed in plain color, and the eunuchs of the palace have been busy like spinning tops these days, carrying brooms all the time to clean the snow in the palace.

In the warm pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing with two cabinet ministers, and his face could not hide his tiredness.

Each dynasty has different regulations on court meetings, and after Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, abolished the prime minister system, all the major affairs of the whole country were concentrated in the hands of the emperor alone.

Therefore, Lao Zhu once stipulated that there was one day a day, and he was also a workaholic, and the daily court meeting never fell.

But in the future, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty no longer had such vigorous energy, and the rule of one day and one dynasty was useless, and it became a three-day dynasty, a five-day dynasty, a ten-day dynasty, and a later one-day dynasty was not even a new thing.

But since Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne, he seems to have inherited Zhu Yuanzhang's diligent energy for several generations, and even surpassed it.

Every morning and noon, there are meetings of different scales, and if there are no major events in the DPRK and China, the court meetings can be concluded in an hour or two.

But if there are some tricky situations, then the time of this court meeting is uncertain, and it is normal to discuss until dark, and it is not unheard of to be busy until the middle of the night.

In this warm and warm pavilion, the three of them first discussed the big and small affairs of the court and the central government in the past few days, and then began to worry about the cold weather, which was also a headache for Zhu Youzhu in the past two days.

In the past few years, there have always been a large number of victims across the country, which seems to have become a thunderous practice, but he clearly remembers that the previous winter was not so cold, and there were not so many victims in winter.

Since the sixth year of Hongzhi, the cold of this winter has been racing for a year, especially after the tenth year of Hongzhi, the temperature has dropped suddenly, and the cold is scary every winter.

By the end of this year's winter, the cold reached a new high, cold to an outrageous level, and Zhu Youzhu did not know that this was the work of the Xiaoice River period.

He was so worried about this that he had no choice but to be anxious, and as the emperor, he had to carry this pot on himself.

Sighing, Zhu Youzhu said slowly: "I think it is my book of virtue, so that I am to blame the heavens, and it has rained down this severe cold that has not been encountered in a hundred years, and I am afraid that I will have to make a sin before I can cough up."

Halfway through his words, he coughed, and Xiao Jing, who was standing on the side, hurriedly stepped forward to help pat his back, and handed over a cup of hot ginseng tea to Emperor Hongzhi to moisten his throat.

And Xie Qian and Liu Jian didn't dare to agree with this crime, not to mention that the theory of heaven and man induction is nonsense, take 10,000 steps back, even if it is true, even if the strange celestial phenomena in the past few years are really some kind of blame from heaven, it should also fall on the head of the faint monarch or tyrant.

But now His Majesty's diligence in government and the opposition is well known, even Emperor Taizu Gao is afraid that he can't reach it, His Majesty is tolerant and benevolent, and these years of hard work, they are all courtiers in their eyes, and they are definitely not a faint king.

Xie Qian bowed and said: "As soon as the celestial phenomena are said to be nothing, what does it have to do with Your Majesty, please Your Majesty don't say such remarks, and in such an extremely cold weather, Your Majesty must cherish the dragon body even more." ”

After a few sips of ginseng tea, Zhu Youzhang's face improved a lot, and then said with a wry smile: "I sit in this warm warm pavilion, the cold from the outside world does not intrude at all, and this steaming ginseng tea is used to nourish and warm the stomach, but what do the people have, lack of food and clothing, so they have to cover themselves with tiles, and the victims of this world are even more suffering from cold, hunger and cold." ”

Speaking of this, he sighed slowly, "If you don't hide it from the two ministers, it's really hard for me to figure it out, the first emperor has never been diligent in political affairs, so that people inside and outside the government and the opposition are superficial and careless.

I am a son of man, I should not slander the first emperor, but the first emperor Chenghua did have a lot of maladministration, the first emperor passed this ancestor to my hands, I did not dare to slack off, at the beginning of the throne was determined to get rid of all the malpractices left by the imperial examination.

Over the years, I have taken the maladministration of the previous emperor as a warning. The first emperor was not diligent in political affairs, and I would have two dynasties a day, or even three dynasties;

The first emperor regarded officials as private property, and the country's famous instruments were privately granted and received, and as soon as I ascended the throne, he dismissed all the ministers in the court;

The first emperor added the West Factory, Lianxing Prison, and ruled the world with heavy canons. But this world."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but pause, and his eyes also showed a little sadness, "When the emperor was the first emperor, although there were many cruxes in this world, it was only a disease of scabies. Generally speaking, the wind and rain are still smooth, the country and the people are safe, but I have been sleeping all night for more than ten years, but in the end, I have made this ancestor like this. ”

He really couldn't understand this, and for countless days and nights he had asked himself, was it wrong for him to be diligent in government?

He reduced taxes to the people year after year, and there was no year that was not the case, and he even dared to say that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no emperor could have reduced or exempted more taxes from himself, even Emperor Taizu Gao, who was born in cloth clothes and had the people of the world in mind.

But the more diligent he is in government and the more he loves the people, but the people of this world are living a year after year, not to mention natural disasters, and even the military disasters on the border are continuous year after year.

Zhu Youzhu is really puzzled, what went wrong?

After hearing these words, Liu Jian and the others were also silent, not to mention that His Majesty couldn't figure it out, they couldn't figure it out either.

Since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, these three ministers have been assisting them wholeheartedly, and the monarchs and ministers have worked together to create an ideal peaceful and prosperous world.

But he was busy working for more than ten years, but when he turned his head, he found that this world was not as good as when he was the first emperor.

This result is really unacceptable, and every time I think of this, I feel sad from it, as if I have been drained of all my heart.

In the warm pavilion, the monarchs and ministers were speechless, and after a while, Zhu Youzhu said with a gloomy face: "In the past, I always thought that my burden was heavier, and the country left to the prince would be clearer; I do more, and the prince will have less trouble in the future.

What I want to leave him is a peaceful country, not a mess, and I don't want to wait for the crown prince to inherit the throne, and face internal and external troubles."

Speaking of these, the sadness and worry in Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were even worse, "I feel that my body is getting worse and worse now, but the prince is still young and still a doll who doesn't know anything, and I really can't rest assured." ”

"The two Qing families, if I die one day."

Zhu Youjiao's tone at this time carried a feeling that he was supporting the orphan, so that before he finished speaking, as soon as the word collapse and death came out, Liu Jian and Xie Qian felt sad and knelt down directly, "Your Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, how can you say the word collapse and death lightly, and I hope that Your Majesty will retract this word!" ”

(End of chapter)