Imperial Palace, Cining Palace.

"Husband, the emperor is angry, if you have a spirit, you should be gratified, others say that you are afraid of guilt, so you only love me for life, but who knows, our feelings, the concubine wants to go with you, but the emperor is still young, and he has not yet married, the concubine is selfish, I want the emperor to be good, he and we are good children, husband~ woo!" Empress Dowager Zhang was crying to herself in Cining Palace and drove away her subordinates.

The news of Zhu Houzhao's victory reached the harem, making her happy and sad, Zhu Youzhu left, leaving her orphan and widow, frightened all day long, on the one hand, she had to face the minister, on the other hand, she had to face the gossip of the harem, she was really physically and mentally exhausted.

Fortunately, the emperor is angry, every time she is about to be unable to support it, Zhu Houzhao can create miracles, do exciting things, solve any problems, think about the original Ning Wang and his party usurped, the later open sea ban incident, Hejian Mansion natural disaster, Nanjing Mansion Dilong turned over, Datong Mansion royal driving personal expedition, this pile one by one, which, in her opinion, is a major event of the collapse of the sky.

As soon as the ministers have something, they enter the palace and ask to see the queen mother to preside over the overall situation, she is a woman's family, where does she know so much, on the one hand, she is her own emperor, and on the other hand, she is the pillar minister of the dynasty, what can she do.

Now it's okay, she is really relieved, those ministers want to say it, let them go, Zhao'er is no longer the original thing, he is the emperor, he has his own principles of doing things, it is better not to interfere for the mother, so as not to make Zhao'er embarrassed.

She talked to herself for most of the day, and the Xia family also entered the palace, almost during the time when Zhu Houzhao left the palace, the Xia family entered and exited the palace every day, and was extremely respectful and courteous to the future hostess of the imperial city, whether it was a guard or a eunuch and palace maid.

"Miss Xia, the Queen Mother has been waiting for a long time, and I ordered the slave maid to welcome you here, please get on the sedan chair, this is what the Queen Mother ordered."

Xia's Yingying's thanks, with the old palace maid next to the queen mother entering the palace, the news of the emperor has already spread all over the capital, everyone is talking about the emperor, she is more and more curious about the emperor, and very frightened, this is the girl Huaichun.

That woman doesn't want her husband to be a hero of the world, and she can be kind to herself, but she knows that all this is just a luxury for her, when the hero of the world becomes the emperor, it is destined that he cannot be just her hero, nor can he only be kind to her.

Xia Shi has been very confused recently, I like this word, it is very strange to her, and she can't help but fantasize, what does it feel like to like it? Will he like me? Do I like him? In the sedan chair, she was carried into Cining Palace in such contradictory emotions.

"Queen Mother, Miss Xia has arrived."

Empress Dowager Zhang cleaned up her emotions, walked out from behind, tidied up her appearance, and said with a smile: "Please come in quickly, let the mourning family wait." ”

The next day, in November of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, the sixth day of the first month, the Son of Heaven won a great victory, returned to Beijing in triumph, the people were empty, burned incense and knelt down to welcome the Son of Heaven, and the hundred officials went out of the city to welcome the Son of Heaven back to the dynasty with a grand ceremony, and the whole world celebrated, and the Son of Heaven was happy.

The news of His Majesty's triumphant return to Beijing spread all over the capital, and hundreds of officials went out of the city to greet the emperor, and greeted him with Liang Guan, and Wenchen Wu will use Liang Guan to distinguish the title and quality system to come forward to salute in turn, in order to express the recognition and attitude of the Son of Heaven's triumphant return to the court, in order to show grandeur.

Zhu Houzhao remembered that he had read a historical record in his previous life, the two sides fought for a few days, Zhu Houzhao personally went to the front line to fight with the enemy, and it is said that he also killed one enemy with his own hands, but it was also full of dangers, taking advantage of the public opinion and several traps, Zhu Houzhao personally commanded this battle, achieved the record of killing 16 enemies, wounding 563 people on his own side, and killing 25 people, which of course can be regarded as a victory, because the Tatar army was finally repulsed.

But this battle was written in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he was particularly vigilant, so he warned the ministers before he set out on the expedition, don't talk nonsense, don't do the Spring and Autumn Period, once there are signs, kill them in advance, he wants to be a Ming Jun, don't be tainted, and be wise.

Therefore, those who want to make trouble have been sent to prison, as well as the prison of Dongchang, under the leadership of Liu Li Xie and the three elders, plus Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang, Liu Daxia and other old ministers, no one dares to find uncomfortable, His Majesty personally returned to Beijing in triumph, everything is going on normally.

Under the propaganda of the secret guard of Jinyiwei, the people burned incense and worshiped along the way, all wanting to see the demeanor of the Son of Heaven, how many years, since the emperor ascended the throne, the people's life is getting better and better, what ruffians and bullies, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, no one has cared about before.

Now it's different, after the emperor ascended the throne, he vigorously rectified it, the security of the capital was clear, the people had something to ask for, the poor could afford medicine, the lonely and widowed old people as long as they were old, there was the court to provide for them, and the outcasts were sheltered by the court, and the appearance of the capital was no longer as before.

The smooth road surface and street vendors were cleaned up to the temporary places set up by the imperial court, and the imperial court only charged a symbolic amount of silver every month, which was called the venue rental fee, and there was no commercial tax for running a business that did not cost ten taels a day.

The people explained by the people arranged by Jinyiwei, they all understood why the imperial court did this, every decree of Zhu Houzhao was explained and propagated by a special person, and the government officials in various places, up to the political secretary, down to the small officials, dared to misinterpret up and down, all went to prison, and the eunuchs of Dongchang who guarded various places also played an active role.

The kind of person who dies and follows the boss will not end well, this is the common sense of officialdom, so the storyline told by some people is a story, the real situation, just like Liu Daxia, like Jiao Fang, like Yang Tinghe and others, strength determines everything.

The emperor has absolute strength, naturally he has the final say, and as soon as Chrysostom opens, those who oppose it are all fools, either go to prison or die, because he has the army in his hands and the will of the people, and it is not something that can be refuted by a few ministers who have planned together.

The former has the usurper Ning King Zhu Chenhao, what is the final result? Later, there was Wang Qiong, who thought he was loyal and upright, what was the result? These people are all examples of opposing His Majesty, do you think you are Chengzu Zhu Di, a big flag erected at the door to Jingnan, and you successfully took the position of your nephew on the side of Qingjun.

You think you are Wei Zheng, you would rather bend than bend, and be praised for leaving your name in the historical records, but after death, you are not whipped as the same corpse, how can you Wang Qiong be virtuous.

Zhu Houzhao saw the honest ministers, and thought proudly in his heart: "Sure enough, they are still a group of cheap embryos, and they don't open the house for three days, it seems that Mu Bin, Fan Ting and Zhang Zhong are attentive, not bad." ”

He accepted the worship of the ministers on the Luan drive, and after the mountain call, he found that there was an old man in the crowd who looked kind and curled up, he was Kong Shangyi's father Kong Wenxun, the head of the Confucian Mansion of Beizong, and saw him standing side by side with the three elders of Liu Li Xie, which was an honor given by the imperial court and represented the courtesy of Confucianism.

Liu Jian took the lead in shouting, and then congratulated: "Ministers, welcome the emperor's victory and triumphant return to the dynasty, destroy the Tatars, take Daning and return to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's merits, even if it is the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, it is not as good, in addition to Taizu, Chengzu, Your Majesty's martial arts are prosperous, the military power is strong, and the non-Taizu Chengzu is incomparable, ministers, and then congratulate the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

This is Li Dongyang's old guy, who found out Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, and specially instructed Liu Jian to say it, otherwise, Liu Jian can't say such a thing, they can be regarded as figuring out Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, the emperor has the ability and means, the more you do it, the more counterproductive it is, and the emperor returns to Beijing with great fanfare.

Isn't it obvious what that means? How many people have been arrested in the capital, and what those people have said and done, and what they have been arrested, they are all clear, so Li Dongyang thought of a way to retreat as advance, and first fulfilled the emperor's thoughts, so that he could have the opportunity to speak and save them.

What is the old face, they have already seen through it, you want an old face, the emperor wants even more face, is it necessary to force the palace again, so that the emperor and them have a regeneration estrangement, or forget it, the emperor's mind has already been seen through by them, the emperor likes it, then let the emperor be happy and happy, and the rest will be talked about later, anyway, they can't die now.

Hooray, hooray, hooray.

The people also congratulated in unison, and the mountains shouted congratulations.

Zhu Houzhao's face was full of red light, and with the thickness of his face, he was a little embarrassed, and said; "I am really pleased to be praised by Master Liu once, this time I can destroy the Tatars in one fell swoop, as well as the traitors of the three guards, and let Daning return to my Ming rule, it is the result of the concerted efforts of all Aiqing and all the soldiers, Qing and others have solved my worries in the court, so that the soldiers can fight bravely on the front line to kill the enemy, this is your credit, it is the merit of the soldiers, I want to thank you, the Ming Dynasty has you, in order to have long-term peace and stability, enjoy the peaceful and prosperous world, you have worked hard." At this time, although he was so excited in his heart, he still didn't forget to put on a saintly posture, which was really shameless.

However, the effect is predictable, the ministers are all satisfied, who is not happy to be praised by His Majesty, Liu Li Xie and the three pavilion elders nodded silently, extremely comfortable, Your Majesty has really grown up, their hard work and expectations have not been in vain, this is the bearing of the wise holy lord.

Kong Wenxun tidied up the hem of his clothes, bowed his head, and said; "Your Majesty's young heroic, civil and martial arts, do not lose the predecessors, the ministers see, the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty are also not as good as also, I have been in the Ming Dynasty since the beginning of the dynasty for more than 100 years, the country is becoming more and more decaying, fortunately Your Majesty is young and heroic, with a weak crown, to save the country and the dynasty is embarrassed, punish the rebellious thief Ning Wang and his party, Hejian Mansion disaster relief and the people are hanging, Nanjing Mansion natural disaster, Your Majesty is not afraid of the ministers' criticism, the people are slanderous, and resolutely save the people and the catastrophe. Kong Wenxun, the sixty-first generation descendant of the Confucian family, congratulates His Majesty and the people of the world, long live our emperor, long live, long live. ”

At this point, Zhu Houzhao knew who this old guy standing next to Liu Li Xie was, it turned out to be Kong Shangyi's old man, hehe, this old guy is very interesting.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and looked at him, Kong Wenxun looked up at him sincerely, the two exchanged glances tacitly, Zhu Houzhao slightly motioned to him with satisfaction, and said; "Calm down, go back to the palace."

Long live our emperor.

Tens of thousands of troops, all stationed in Xishan outside the city, in the future, these soldiers brought back, to receive the training of the Iron Eagle Guard, and then, the Xishan regimental battalion changed to Datong, Xuanfu, Jinzhou, in the future, such military adjustment, will become the norm, only in this way, the Ming army, can become stronger and stronger, until the goal of Zhu Houzhao is completely achieved.

Zhu Houzhao also issued an order, choose an auspicious day, offer the head of the enemy chief to worship the temple, tell the ancestors, and in the square outside the temple, establish a monument to the heroes and martyrs of the Ming Dynasty, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, as long as it is a military household sacrificed for the Ming Dynasty, you can come to declare, and the dynasty will give compensation.

This news came out, whether it was a soldier or a civilian, they were deeply moved, the emperor really said that he did it, not only that, the Ming Heroes Monument was also built on the square in front of the temple, which represents the true grace of the Son of Heaven.

At the same time, the state capitals must also be built, there must be a monument, so that everyone can see, there are declarations for the families of the Ming Dynasty who died in battle, the names must be engraved on it, and there must be a pension, the military household since then, not to become a military household, but the family of the martyrs, the government should have preferential treatment, the township school, the county school to let the descendants of the martyrs' families read and write, can not be treated differently, otherwise if they are found together, they will be punished as bullying, which is promised by the Son of Heaven himself.