At the end of August, Zhu Houzhao, the Zhengde Emperor who had been wandering abroad for more than half a year, finally returned to Beijing and returned to the Forbidden City.

Until he saw Sun Zheng with his own eyes, Zhengde couldn't believe it.

"Brother Zheng! It's really you! You're back! I thought they were making up fake news to trick me into going back to Beijing......"

Yang Tinghe, who was accompanying him next to him, interrupted: "Your Majesty is cautious!" The emperor calls his courtiers his brothers, what kind of system does it become? Where do you want to put the national teacher?! ”

I'll go!

Sun Zheng almost laughed angrily, but Zhu Houzhao really listened.

I really saw a living ghost, is this some kind of confusion?

Zhu Houzhao has this kind of temperament, and he can still take him with him when he goes out to surf, this guy is really a little capable.

After chatting for a few words, Yang Tinghe reminded that the emperor should go to see the Queen Mother first, and the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety...... Horn blah, it's so annoying.

Zhu Houzhao was accustomed to this kind of life, so he reluctantly said goodbye, made an appointment to go back and chat slowly, and then went to Cining Palace to meet the old lady.

Nine days have passed. It was not until the day of the Double Ninth Festival that Sun Zheng was invited to participate in the Double Ninth Festival banquet in the palace, and he was "lucky" to see the little emperor again.

Sitting alone behind the case table belonging to the national teacher, looking at the lord of the Ming Empire, talking and laughing with a group of important ministers, Sun Zheng couldn't help but feel a sense of strangeness in his heart.

At the banquet, Zhu Houzhao frequently persuaded Sun Zheng to drink, and every time he went to the imperial kitchen to serve a new dish, he deliberately asked people to explain it to him. All kinds of preferential treatment, the ministers who saw it were red-eyed.

Two days after the Chongyang banquet, Sun Zheng got the news that the three pavilion elders started with the ministers, and the ministers responded to the emperor and wanted to build a national teacher's mansion for Sun Zheng.

Zhu Houzhao didn't say a word, waved the royal pen, and directly compared it with the regulations of the vassal king.

From beginning to end, no one asked Sun Zheng's opinion.

In the words of the little emperor, this is the honor that Brother Zheng deserves. From the courtiers' point of view, this is the best time to drive Sun Zheng out of the palace.

Sun Zheng knew very well that Liu Jin played a big role in the emperor's snub of himself. Even the words that Liu Jin said to the little emperor reached Sun Zheng's ears word for word.

Sun Zheng returned in a high-profile manner, whipped his favored ministers for no reason, and scared dozens of officials with one sentence. The Shang Fang sword given by the first emperor was given away casually.

Every case, every piece, all shows that this former prince's playmate has reached the point of lawlessness and no emperor. If you continue to be so indulgent, in this world, is the surname Zhu or the surname Sun?

Zhu Houzhao is no longer the carefree prince who hides in the shadow of his father.

With the help of the ministers, he clearly expressed his dissatisfaction to Sun Zheng.

Aunt Baiyun said well, feelings are such a thing, distance produces beauty. If you are too close, you will inevitably have all kinds of diaphragms.

Since the emperor is worried that we will affect the imperial power, then stay away from you.

To earn luck and accumulate merits, it is not necessary to stay in the palace, let alone leave the imperial power.

On September 13, before the holy decree of the founding of the country's mansion was issued, Sun Zheng left a letter to the emperor and quietly left the palace.

At the court meeting the next day, Zhu Houzhao received Sun Zheng's excerpt, thinking that he was going to give in to himself.

Flipping through the fold, a line of big characters came into view: "The world is so big, I want to see it." ”

The little emperor hurried to Chonghua Palace and learned that Sun Zheng went out of the palace alone, and only brought a few clothes with him when he left. Moreover, he left his waist card for entering and leaving the palace.

This is Sun Zheng's response to his official methods! As always, it's simple, brutal, direct, and leaves no stone unturned.

In an instant, the little emperor's heart was flooded with countless scenes from the past.

The father and emperor were prisoners in the north, and they slept and ate restlessly for days. The civil and military officials were helpless, so they could only let those Tartars enter the land of no one. At that time, every once in a while, news would come from the Beiyu, but unfortunately there was almost no good news.

When he succeeded to the throne, the grassland became the wool producing area of the Ming Dynasty, and the northern border troubles that were originally shocked every year disappeared completely. The wilderness land of thousands of miles on three sides has now become the north and south of the Yangtze River. Not only is it not a burden on the imperial court, but a large amount of food and materials are imported to the imperial court every year.

It was Brother Zheng who reversed this situation!

At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that year, he saw Brother Zheng's young man white-headed, and he also vowed that he would become the emperor in the future, and he would not be as picky as his father treated Brother Zheng.

In the five years that Brother Zheng disappeared, he also made countless wishes, just asking God to let Brother Zheng come back to help.

Brother Zheng came back, but he went to listen to the rumors......

When Zhu Houzhao returned to the Qianqing Palace, the first thing he did was to beat Liu Jin for twenty boards. The second thing is to appoint Mu Bin as the commander of the Jinyi Guard to implement this title. Subsequently, it was ordered that the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry, together with the craftsmen, would supervise the construction of the National Teacher's Mansion and complete it within a time limit.

Subsequently, Zhu Houzhao packed the people who were waiting for Sun Zheng in Chonghua Palace and sent them to the Four Seas Inn.

According to the practice of the Hongzhi Dynasty, when it was transferred to the Four Seas system, it was no longer under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Palace. Zhu Houzhao, like Hongzhi, tacitly allowed the Four Seas system to wander outside the jurisdiction of the imperial power and the imperial court. They all knew in their hearts that such a stable additional source of finance, whether handed over to the factory guard or the imperial court, would only end up disappointing.

Before sending these people out of the palace, Zhu Houzhao arranged for them to pass on the edict for the last time, sending a holy decree to inspect on behalf of the heavens and a Shangfang sword to Sun Zheng. Along with the decree and the sword, there was also a private message from the emperor's handwriting.

In the evening of the same day, Sun Zheng received the letter.

The content of the letter, just like the tone he said when he went to the three sides, asked Sun Zheng to play outside, don't forget to write down the scenery and deeds along the way, and write a letter to him.

This is actually the emperor's attitude, as long as Sun Zheng does not offend his imperial authority, everyone is still good friends.

"The master is right, the profession of the emperor will really change people's minds. His imperial technique has been qualified. It's a pity that the emperor's mind is inhumane. ”

Sun Zheng sighed with emotion and accepted the holy decree and sword. Arrange for the old people of Chonghua Palace to enter the Four Seas System, at least the Four Seas System, Sun Zheng's words still work.

Zhao Yuanfu, Qian Shuangxi, Sun Qiuan, Li Dongsheng. The four old men who used to support Sun Zheng for the first time went out to practice, stubbornly wanted to follow Sun Zheng's side. Sun Zheng really needed someone to help with the chores, so he simply took him on the road.

"Master, where are we going?" Well, I've been out of Beijing for two days, and I don't know the destination yet.

Sun Zheng actually didn't have any goals, and pondered for a while: "It is said that the fist is out of Shaolin, and the sword is returned to Huashan." Let's take a trip to Huashan first! Visit the immortals, pick the fairy grass, and refine the elixir! ”

The four of them burst into laughter, and the detached and free young man who looked down on the world was back!

A group of five people dressed as Ti rode out of Beijing and went straight to Guanzhong non-stop.

I played in Xi'an City for a few days, visited the places of interest, drew a map by hand, wrote a few small travelogues, and sent them to the little emperor through the Jinyiwei system. Express your attitude to him, you are your emperor, and I will wave my rivers and lakes. Your imperial power, I'm not interested!

In the golden autumn of October, when the wind swept the leaves, Sun Zheng and his entourage walked into Huayin City.

This is the world of rivers and lakes with martial arts, Huashan is a hundred miles away, and even the entire Guanzhong and Shaanxi are regarded as the traditional sphere of influence of Huashan.

Huashan had an internal strife because of the sword qi dispute, and his vitality was greatly damaged. Junzi Jianyue Buqun succeeded to the head, and after more than ten years of painstaking development, there is a faint sign of revival. Even in Huayin City, the people responsible for maintaining law and order on the streets can clearly see that they have learned a few shallow kung fu, which is the foundation of the big faction.

The old rule, stay at the Four Seas Inn. The shopkeeper saw that it was Ti Qi, and directly arranged it into the courtyard of the back house. The cooperation between Jinyiwei and Sihai System, after several years of running-in, has already formed a tacit understanding.

As soon as the horses were settled and before they were washed, a guest came to the door.

Please come in and see you, acquaintance. The beggar gang leader relieved the wind and took two young knights.

"The grass people relieve the wind, see the national teacher!"

Sun Zheng hurriedly stopped: "When you go to the rivers and lakes, you will follow the rules of the rivers and lakes." Those red tape are still free! ”

Xie Feng was very serious: "The national teacher is a Buddha born in ten thousand families, Xie must dare to be disrespectful to the national teacher, not to mention the heroes of the rivers and lakes, just despising the elders of the gang, you can be exempted from understanding the position of the leader of this gang." ”

Belch? It turns out that I have such a high reputation among the people?

"The master of the Xie gang is polite. You know I don't care about these face-saving jobs...... Sit down and talk. Who are these two? ”

Xie Feng kicked one by one, and the two young men who kicked him knelt on the ground: "This is Xie and two unsuccessful dogs, Qinglian and Bailian." Stunned, it's a shame! ”

The Blue Lotus Envoy and the White Lotus Envoy, as the elders of the Beggar Gang, are also a bit famous in the rivers and lakes. was kicked to his knees by his father, obediently kowtowed to Sun Zheng, and performed the junior salute.

Since he is a junior, it is nothing for Sun Zheng to kowtow to him a few times. Let Lao Zhao and Lao Qian help the two of them to get up, and each of them handed over a short knife.

"When you go out, you don't bring anything, don't dislike it, take it!"

What about the beggar elders? The two short knives are not idle just from the outside. The two of them only felt that if it weren't for their father's face, they would have to pull it out on the spot and play with it.

Xie Feng hated that iron could not become steel, scolded a few times, let the brothers stand next to him, sat down with half of his buttocks, and answered with Sun Zheng.

It turned out that the Sihai Dart Bureau took a trip to Huashan, because the goods were more expensive and involved more property, so the beggars were asked to take care of it. The beggar gang itself was also friendly with Huashan, and Xie Feng happened to be nearby at the time, so he simply went on a trip in person.

As soon as the handover with Huashan was completed, I saw Sun Zheng enter the door. Xie Feng's impression of Sun Zheng can be said to be deep in the bone marrow, and when he looked closely, he quickly pulled his two sons to visit.

Sun Zheng was very happy: "It was also a whim to come to Huashan, and I was worried about whether it would be too presumptuous to visit the mountain." Since the beggar gang also has a relationship with Huashan, please ask the gang leader to make an introduction. ”

How dare Xie Feng shirk it, and respond to it. I made an appointment to go up the mountain early tomorrow morning, and then I said goodbye and left. As soon as he went out, he didn't support his son to run errands, and personally performed light skills and went straight to Huashan to deliver the news.

Early the next morning, Sun Zheng converged to relieve the wind. A group of eight people went out of the city, and the south was only a few miles, which was the pure yang view of Huashan.

In the distance, I saw a lot of people standing in front of the Pure Yang Temple.

When everyone approached, a man dressed as a Confucian stepped forward and saluted loudly: "Huashan Yue is not a group, see the national teacher!" ”

The head of the gentleman Jianyue can be regarded as alive!