Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1319 Pillow Wind (Part [-])
After showing embarrassment to Imperial Concubine Zheng and beating her last time, the emperor came to Yikun Palace again last night, and today he came again.

Since Concubine Zheng got the news from Princess Yongning, she began to carefully pay attention to the emperor's expression as soon as the emperor came into her sight.

After several years of companionship, Concubine Zheng could tell at a glance that the emperor was in a bad mood, and there was always a trace of unresolved melancholy between her brows.Taking a closer look, she seemed to feel that the emperor's melancholy was half angry and half worried.

"Is the emperor tired? The concubine wanted to see the lotus at first, but it will be gone after this season." Concubine Zheng held the emperor's hand like a little girl who didn't know much about the world, and pressed him on the ground. Sit down on the pineapple flower wooden chair, gently pinch his shoulders for him, and said with some resentment.

The action of "pressing" is a little extravagant. In the harem, only Concubine Zheng can do it, but Zhu Yijun doesn't mind, and even likes it a little.

"In a few days." Zhu Yijun sighed, leaned his head back, and gently closed his eyes.

"Someone upset the emperor again?" Concubine Zheng complained, "Why are these annoying things always pestering the emperor?"

Zhu Yijun didn't open his eyes, didn't think about it, just replied casually: "Qiuzhen said before that the greater the power of a person, the greater the responsibility. I am the emperor, the supreme under heaven, the responsibility is of course the greatest, and the responsibility When it’s big, there will naturally be more troubles.”

"Gao Situ is a star of Wenqu, so what he said naturally makes sense." Concubine Zheng held the emperor's shoulders while observing his expression. Seeing the corner of the emperor's mouth twitching slightly, she couldn't help saying: Sure enough, I can only say good things about Gao Pragmatic, Your Majesty will be happy.

But Concubine Zheng continued: "Since the emperor has something to worry about, why don't you discuss it with Gao Situ? Although the concubine doesn't know about the affairs of the outer court, I heard that Gao Situ has always been effective in handling affairs, and has never disappointed the emperor. .”

"It's different this time. The trouble lies with him." Zhu Yijun finally opened his eyes, but he stared straight at the roof and sighed, "He was impeached a few days ago..."

"Ah?" Concubine Zheng "turned pale with shock", and opened her almond eyes: "Which speech official is so blind that even Gao Situ is impeached? What can Gao Situ do to impeach?"

Zhu Yijun said unhappily: "I'm going to get angry when I talk about this, a group of... hmph, talking crazy, saying that the previous "Qiyong Shu" slandered the king."

"Gao Situ slandered the emperor?" Concubine Zheng was even more surprised: "This...how is it possible?"

Zhu Yijun said bitterly: "Of course it's impossible. These people just wanted to collect their business taxes for truth, so they stalked and bitten, and they didn't even know the severity. I think they just need to deal with it!"

"Pfft!" Concubine Zheng Gui couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Looking at the emperor's appearance, I think he has already cleaned it up?"

"That's natural, can I still get used to them?" Zhu Yijun snorted softly: "Two were resigned from the town governor, one was dismissed and repatriated, and the other was demoted to a foreign post."

Zheng Guifei pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Your Majesty helped Gao Situ out of anger, presumably Gao Situ should come out and take care of the matter, wouldn't that be it?"

"That's where the problem lies." Zhu Yijun sighed: "Qiuzhen is a very good person, but he attaches too much importance to reputation. He begged me to let go of the past, but I refused to agree, so he continued to stay at home and refused to come out of the mountain. ...Do you think I am annoyed or not?"

"Oh, the emperor is sullen because of this?" Concubine Zheng shook her head and said, "It's nothing. Gao Situ is also afraid that outsiders will gossip about him, so why don't you order some more words of comfort? He It’s not that I don’t follow my wishes, if you can’t do one thing, you can do two things, if you can’t do two things, you can do three things, it’s just that the Chinese scholars are busy for a while, and Gao Situ will come out sooner or later?”

"Of course I know this truth. The problem is that the time will be delayed. If he doesn't come out, something big will happen!" Zhu Yijun said with his hands on his forehead, the more troubled he became.

Concubine Zheng asked knowingly, "After everything has been dealt with, what big things can happen?"

Zhu Yijun sighed, "Mr. Wang has entered Beijing."

"Which Mr. Wang?" Concubine Zheng asked again.

"Wang Xijue." Zhu Yijun thought Concubine Zheng didn't know him, and explained: "He is a new minister who was just pushed into the cabinet by the court. He was Sanding Jia in the same year as Mr. Shen, and he used to be my lecturer."

"He will go to Beijing as soon as he comes to Beijing. Why is there something big going on?"

Zhu Yijun was at a loss for words for a moment: "He..."

Concubine Zheng pursed her lips slightly, and said: "Oh, it's the government again, so the concubine will not ask."

"Uh, it's not entirely about government affairs..." Zhu Yijun was a little entangled, seeing that Concubine Zheng really didn't ask, but felt a little sorry for her, hesitated for a moment, and sighed: "He advised me to rectify the country as soon as possible."

As soon as these words were uttered, Zhu Yijun noticed that Concubine Zheng's hand stopped suddenly, and after a glance, she found that she was a little absent-minded.

Zhu Yijun couldn't bear it, grabbed one of her hands with his backhand, and patted it lightly: "Don't worry, don't move the fetal gas."

It turned out that Imperial Concubine Zheng Huang was still pregnant at this time.

"What's the hurry for the concubine?" Concubine Zheng's eyes were clouded, she turned her head away: "The concubine is not in charge of these matters."

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun felt a little blushed—the implication of these words was too obvious. "Concubine" can't be the master, so can the emperor also be the master?
Theoretically, the emperor can certainly call the shots, but the fact is that the emperor really can't completely call the shots.Previously, the third son of the emperor, Chang Xun (the second son was also born of Concubine Zheng, but died on the same day) had just arrived in January, and Zhu Yijun quickly promoted Concubine Zheng from concubine to imperial concubine. This dispute.

Fortunately, Chang Xun was just full moon at that time, and Zhu Yijun suppressed it with the reason of "empty east palace to treat his son-in-law" after Gao Pragmatic's advice, so there was no trouble.

Now this time is a bit different, Chang Xun is over one year old, he is white and chubby, his body is also strong, he has never suffered from any disease, and there is quite a charm of Zhu Yijun in his eyebrows, which is very favored by the emperor.

As a result, the courtiers became more and more worried about the emperor's abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones. From time to time, there would be one or two memorials asking the emperor to appoint a prince. improve.

At this moment, Wang Xijue returned to Beijing with the fame of Shilin, and immediately made a memorial to invite the emperor to rectify the country. Even if Zhu Yijun didn't care about the situation in the outer court, he could fully guess that there must be many people in the outer court eager to fight. I want to do a good job on this matter.

To put it simply, with Wang Xijue doing this, "rectifying the foundation of the country" suddenly became the most important event that attracted the attention of the government and the public, and everyone's attention was focused on it.No matter what Zhu Yijun thought, he had to give an explanation.

What happened more than a year ago, it can be calculated that Gao Yushi cooperated with the emperor to suppress it, but now Gao Yushi happened to be "retreating", wouldn't it mean that something big was about to happen?

Unable to give an explanation that satisfies the courtiers, this is a big deal.

Zhu Yijun blushed for a while, and said a little discouraged: "If you hate it, you hate it. Wang Xijue also made a terrible suggestion, saying that Chang Luo could worship the queen as his aunt, and ask the queen to raise him. In this way, the "Xudong Palace" suggested by Qiuzhen last year is waiting for him. The strategy of the son-in-law has been bypassed, alas!"

Concubine Zheng didn't say anything in person, but she burst into tears, and Zhu Yijun felt even more embarrassed by her appearance of sobbing but refusing to say more.

He simply got up, hugged Concubine Zheng Gui in his arms, stroked her black hair with his hand, and comforted her: "Don't worry, I probably won't agree to this method..."

"He's still at home!" Concubine Zheng finally said, sobbing.

"Yes, yes, yes, I know. I will make an order tomorrow to let him come out and watch the matter quickly." When he was in a hurry, Zhu Yijun stopped talking about me.

"But what about Wang Xijue's suggestion?" Concubine Zheng sighed: "I know what the outer court said about me, it's nothing more than a trick to seduce the Lord, just for fear that the emperor will treat the queen as well... Maybe Gao Situ also has this kind of thing. Worry."

Zhu Yijun was about to speak immediately, but Concubine Zheng looked up into his eyes, shook her head, and said, "Your Majesty, needless to say, I can always guess what the outer court thinks of me, and it's not surprising that Gao Situ has such worries. .I think, if the emperor fulfilled their wishes..."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yijun said angrily, "Why? Am I the emperor or are they the emperor? My son, they have the final say on who I want to be established?"

Concubine Zheng smiled wryly and said: "Why does the emperor say such angry words, of course they are not in charge, but... this is the ancestral system."

"I..." The emperor obviously wanted to say something "angrily", but he finally held back the words, groaned for a while, and said through gritted teeth: "I think it's better to speak the truth!"

Concubine Zheng was at a loss: "What?" After saying this, her heart tightened.

Fortunately, Zhu Yijun immediately said: "Qiuzhen once said in the past, 'I want to follow the original intention of my ancestors, but not necessarily follow the old methods of my ancestors'. This is too true!"

This kind of thing is not the director of the harem, Zheng Guifei couldn't turn the corner, she thought to herself: what is the original intention of the ancestors?After the death of Prince Yiwen, the Taizu would rather train the emperor's grandson than let the rest of the princes become princes. Isn't this... the original intention of insisting on establishing a heir and an elder?
Seeing Concubine Zheng's strange expression, Zhu Yijun knew that she didn't understand what he meant, and explained: "The original intention of the ancestors, if you go deep into it, is not simply to establish a heir and establish an elder, but in the final analysis it is for the stability of the world. To be honest, to establish a leader is to be the leader of the country. This is all for the stability of the world, and we can't just think that the ancestors can't do everything blindly."

Concubine Zheng said in amazement: "The last words..."

"Uh, this... is of course truth-seeking." Zhu Yijun said, and immediately emphasized: "But what he said is right. I can't just stick to the original words of my ancestors, but should go deep into the original intentions of my ancestors. Truly abide by the ancestral system."

"Then now?"

"Right now? Now that all the ministers are forcing me, can the world be stabilized?" Zhu Yijun snorted coldly: "I said before that unless the empress has a son-in-law, the country's foundation will be emptied for the time being, and it will be considered later!"

Concubine Zheng Gui didn't feel confident, she thought to herself: Isn't this going back again?Although there was no movement from the queen's side, it seemed that there was no need to worry for the time being, but the important ministers forced the palace, and the momentum was overwhelming, and all the ministers followed up one after another. Is the emperor really able to withstand it?

After thinking about it, Concubine Zheng still felt that it was not safe, but there was no good way to do it, so she had to use the old method: "If this makes the world uneasy, it is the fault of the ministers and concubines, or the emperor will follow their wishes..."

Zhu Yijun said angrily: "I don't! I don't believe it anymore. If I don't make this decree, they can still push Chang Luo to be the prince?"

Concubine Zheng Gui sighed: "But it's not an option to continue like this."

"Don't worry, wait three or four years at most, and I will definitely be able to solve this matter." Zhu Yijun suddenly said proudly.

"Oh?" Zheng Guifei was also the first time to hear the emperor say this matter so firmly, she couldn't help wondering: "Why is this, the emperor is sure to convince the ministers and workers of the outer court in these three years?"

"Persuade? Why do I want to persuade them?" Zhu Yijun snorted coldly and said proudly, "I want to persuade them!"

Concubine Zheng obviously didn't believe it, but she couldn't speak up, so she could only say: "Your majesty... are you sure?"

Zhu Yijun took a deep breath and said, "As long as you use the truth-seeking method well, you can be sure of this matter. Uh... at least [-]% sure."

After all, it is a matter of personal interests, and it is the greatest interest. Concubine Zheng finally couldn't help it, and asked cautiously: "Why is the emperor so confident that he can subdue the foreign court in just three or four years?" The two words accentuate the tone.

Zhu Yijun was indeed very confident, raised his chin slightly, and said, "I am the Ming Dynasty in 210, do you know what troubles are always with me?"

Concubine Zheng thought for a while and asked, "Mongolia?"

"Of course!" Zhu Yijun smiled, "Mongolia has always been the great enemy of Ming Dynasty. Cheng Zu's numerous expeditions to Mobei could not completely wipe it out, and now it is still a centipede that is dead but not stiff. This is the 200-year trouble of Ming Dynasty. .”

Zheng Guifei came to understand a little bit, and asked tentatively: "The emperor wants to destroy Mongolia, fulfill the last wish of the second ancestor, and then shock the world. ,Then……"

"That's right, that's exactly what it is." Zhu Yijun took her hand, sat down together on the brocade couch for a small rest, and comforted him: "I shouldn't have told you about this, but today I don't want to hide it from you. Matters and Qiuzhen have been planning for many years, and it can even be said that they have been planning since Mr. Gao was in power in the past. At that time, the late emperor was still in power...

In short, now that the general situation is clear, I, Ming, only need to accumulate some money and food so that there is no need to worry about it, and I can wipe out the northern captives and reunite the world. At that time, I naturally don't have to say anything to some people in the outer court.The only thing to worry about is that this year, due to the reduction of the military salary, there was a chaos in the Northwest, so in the future, we can no longer think of ways to save money, and that's why I use truth-seeking for Dasinong..."

Concubine Zheng nodded and said: "Gao Situ has a great way to make money, so it's right to entrust this matter to him."

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "I think so too, but this matter is not so easy to handle. After all, the Ministry of Households is not like his own business. The Ministry of Households is not doing business, but looking for someone to pay taxes... Think about it. People who pay taxes are happy, but people who pay taxes must be unhappy, right?"

"That's right." Concubine Zheng nodded.

"And what's even more difficult is that Qiuzhen thinks that no more land tax can be collected, only commercial tax, and this commercial tax... Hehe, the Nanbang officials are naturally unwilling, which is why I told you just now' The slander case."

After hearing the reason, Concubine Zheng said from the bottom of her heart this time: "The emperor punished those eunuchs well!" Then she said: "In this case, it is better to persuade Gao Situ to come out sooner." It's up to you!"

Zhu Yijun nodded vigorously, patted Concubine Zheng's hand, and said, "Don't worry, this matter will be settled tomorrow. If he doesn't come out again, I will invite him personally, and invite him out!"
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Thanks to book friends "Cao Mianzi" and "Xiao Ye Zi" for their support, thank you!
PS: The Empress Dowager ordered me to go to Xiangtan tonight and Shaoshan tomorrow, so this chapter was published in advance, and tomorrow's chapter will be updated normally, but it may be later.

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