Daming Yuanfu

A pair of maps hanging on the wall of the study room in the side hall of Dongnuange occupies half the size of the wall, and the Emperor Ming slightly raised his head to look at it.Emperor Wanli's expression was neither sad nor happy, I don't know whether it should be said to be indifferent or indifferent.

A slender figure walked in from the door, looked at the emperor with his back turned and called softly: "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Yijun didn't look back, and didn't even reply immediately, as if he had never heard it.

"Is the emperor going to deal with the concubine?" The slim figure walked forward, all the way to the back of the emperor, and sighed quietly: "Whether it is poisonous wine or white silk, the emperor... thinks that the concubine has been with the emperor for many years." For sake, let this concubine be presumptuous for the last time."

After all, she didn't care how the emperor responded, she just slowly reached out to hug the emperor from behind, and leaned her side face against the emperor's back, as if she was listening to the emperor's heartbeat seriously.

After a while, she took a deep breath, let go of her hand, slowly knelt behind the emperor, and whispered: "I don't want to hear the imperial decree read by those slaves, please ask the emperor to pronounce the sentence himself, okay?"

"What do you want me to pronounce judgment on?" Zhu Yijun finally turned around, looked at Zheng Huangguifei who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Don't you know that this matter was not my idea from the beginning to the end?"

"The concubine naturally knows, but no matter whose idea it is, in the end only the emperor can decide." Concubine Zheng raised her head, her eyes couldn't tell whether it was bitterness or determination: "Da Ming is the emperor's Daming after all."

Zhu Yijun sighed, shook his head and said, "Da Ming is indeed my Ming, but I alone can't beat a hundred officials."

Concubine Zheng said bitterly: "It's not that the emperor can't resist, it's just that the consequences are too serious, and my concubine understands."

"You may understand, or you may not understand." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "In the eyes of many people, the emperor is omnipotent, because the emperor alone determines the world's major events. But in fact, no one in the world is truly omnipotent." .Imperial power...it needs someone to act on its behalf, so the emperor cannot do without the court...and the court is a hundred officials."

He looked at Concubine Zheng and said calmly: "It is true that the power of the hundred officials comes from the emperor, but if the emperor does not have the hundred officials, no matter how powerful the imperial power is, he can't do anything."

Concubine Zheng didn't seem to want to entangle these things, she just asked: "Do all the officials want their concubines to die?"

Zhu Yijun sighed: "The Baiguan never cared about this matter. The Baiguan just wanted me to admit the truth just now."

Concubine Zheng showed a trace of confusion, and said: "But the emperor obviously understands these principles."

"I made it very clear that the officials didn't want me to understand - of course they know that I understand, they want me to admit it."

Concubine Zheng was a little angry, she gritted her teeth and said, "This is bullying, Your Majesty!"

"Yes, this is bullying, but so what?" Zhu Yijun sighed: "One person is bullying, and a group of people is still bullying, but if it is everyone, then it is not."

"The concubine understands... Then the emperor will accept the wishes of all the officials." Concubine Zheng said with a strong self-deprecating tone, and said: "The concubine has been favored by the emperor for so many years. If I can die and make all the officials The wrath of Yang Yuhuan is like that of Yang Yuhuan and Maweiyi, and there is nothing to regret... At least, the 'disaster' caused by the concubine is much smaller than her."

The corners of Zhu Yijun's mouth twitched. He remembered that he and Gao Wushi had discussed Yang Yuhuan's death many years ago. reason.

But this is all nonsense, anyway, in the final analysis, both of them thought that Yang Yuhuan was just a scapegoat.It’s nothing more than the need for such a dazzling bright pearl as an embellishment in a prosperous age, but when the country is in turmoil, it can only be blamed on the pearl’s head, saying that everything is to blame for this pearl that makes the king lose his mind.

Ridiculous, ridiculous, now I almost became such a king.

Fortunately, the prime minister next to me is not Li Linfu, and Daming can't produce a real An Lushan...

"Practically speaking, there is no real evidence in the medicated diet case."

Concubine Zheng was inexplicably surprised, she opened her eyes wide and asked, "Your Majesty?"

The medicated diet case has only been investigated for a day, and Gao Wushi said that there is no evidence in the investigation?This is obviously unreasonable.

Zhu Yijun didn't respond, but continued: "But he also said, after all, the matter started from the Yikun Palace, so you have to suffer some grievances, temporarily relegated from imperial concubine to noble concubine, and wait for Chang Xun to confer the feudal kingdom... Let's talk about it later. "

Concubine Zheng lowered her head so that people couldn't see her expression clearly, only she could hear her faint answer: "It turns out that Mr. Gao Ge is a hundred officials."

Zhu Yijun's complexion changed slightly, but after a while, he sighed again: "Don't say it's you, even I don't know what he is now...how to count."

After a pause, the emperor didn't wait for Concubine Zheng to intervene this time, and continued: "However, no matter how you calculate it, I know that he has no malice or ambition towards me."

Concubine Zheng lowered her head and said calmly: "Duke Zhou was afraid of rumors, but Wang Mang was humble before usurping him. Xiang Shi died at the beginning, who knows if he will be true or false in his life?"

"I guessed that you would say this, and I also know that I am afraid you are not the only one who thinks this way." Zhu Yijun said: "Now the memorial has not been published, the draft draft has not been attached, the Zhu approval has not been issued, and the imperial edict has not been announced... so you are still the same now. It's the imperial concubine, not a sinner, so you don't have to keep kneeling. Get up and look at this map. It was presented by someone just after Pragmatism left."

Concubine Zheng didn't know why the emperor asked her to look at the Kanyu map, but now that the matter was over, she stood up silently and looked up at the Kanyu map that was said to have just been delivered.

She has seen maps of geomancy before, but today's one is very different from the previous one, the most important thing is that the color has changed.In the past, although the maps presented by Jinghua were detailed, they were all in black and white, but today this one is in color.

Concubine Zheng is no stranger to Kanyu map, she can tell at a glance that the big red area in the center of the whole map is Daming.If you take a closer look, you will find that Tumed, Ordos, Manchuria, and even North Korea are all red.

But she immediately discovered that Annan in the south, the "three announcements and six comforts" in Daming's mouth, and even many islands in Southeast Asia, all have orange-red backgrounds in this picture... Oh, and there is an overseas place in the southeast of Daming So are the melon-shaped islands.

Concubine Zheng wondered: "Isn't Annan attached?"

Zhu Yijun said expressionlessly: "Annan is naturally included, but the imperial court did not send officials to manage it."

Concubine Zheng shook her head and said: "But if you want to say this, how should Tumed and Ordos be counted? The imperial court has not sent officials to govern."

Zhu Yijun was slightly surprised, turned his head to look at Concubine Zheng, finally nodded and said: "Yes, you are right, then think about why the colors in this picture are arranged in such a way."

Concubine Zheng nodded, and she really thought about it. After a while, her face gradually became serious, and she pondered: "Your Majesty, this picture is...Gao Ge is always declaring it? Or is he threatening the Emperor?"

"Don't always put him on the side of my opponent." Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Pragmatically, this picture is telling me that there is no need to worry about his ambition, because his ambition already has a direction."

Concubine Zheng pointed to the orange-red area on the guide's side, and asked, "You mean three propagandas, six comforts and Nanyang?"

Zhu Yijun asked back: "Isn't it?"

Concubine Zheng shook her head and said: "I don't know if it is true, but as far as I know, the three propagandas and six comforts are just barbarian lands, and although Nanyang has a lot of products, it is only limited to spices.

I'm sorry to say bluntly, although these places look not small on this map, but in terms of value, I even suspect that they are not as good as a governor of Yingtian when they are added together. "

Zhu Yijun was silent for a while, and said: "Although the area under the governor's jurisdiction of Yingtian is a rich place, it has become what it is now through three times of crossing south in clothes and clothes. It may be a place of barbarians, but in From my point of view, if my Huaxia Clothes also make a 'south crossing' to it, it may not be another fertile land in the future."

He paused, looked at Concubine Zheng who was full of disapproval, and said, "You may not believe it, but I know that no less than a million people have been transferred there over the years.

It is true that most of these people are victims of disasters, and they can no longer survive in Daming, so it is not a bad thing to transfer them to make public announcements and six comforts.In the spirit of kindness, I don't want to and I haven't said anything more about it, but anyway, this is undoubtedly a kind of dressing up and going south.

With at least one million Chinese immigrants, San Xuan and Liu Wei are bound to prosper more and more, not to mention that this is where his pragmatic talent lies... He is a real minister of the country, as long as he is willing to spend energy, the rapid progress of San Xuan and Liu Wei is possible foreseeable. "

Concubine Zheng opened her mouth, but stopped talking.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. Just now, when I was being pragmatic, I withdrew everyone. Now, only I can hear what you say."

But Concubine Zheng obviously still hesitated, and said: "Your Majesty, this is probably a state matter..."

"It seems that after the medicated diet case, you are really more cautious, which is a good thing." Zhu Yijun seemed to be a little emotional, but continued: "But now you can say whatever you want, this is not meddling in politics. What's more If you really want to talk about meddling in politics, then you have already been meddling in politics."

Only then did Concubine Zheng remember that she used Bai Juyi's poem to accuse Sang and scold Huai for Gao Yushi just now.Now that the emperor said this, she simply felt relieved.

"If that's the case, then the concubine will not hide it." She frowned and said, "Three declarations and six consolations plus the Nanyang Islands, it seems that they are no smaller than the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty. If it is true what the emperor said, Gao Ge The old man has spared no effort to transfer the victims there, and he himself is a great talent in the community, if it continues like this...there may be a trend that will never go away in the future."

Zhu Yijun was silent for a moment, and said: "It's not that easy. The population of the land of three announcements and six reliefs is not small, and the millions of disaster victims even account for less than [-]% of them. Do you know what this means?"

Although he asked a general question, he gave the answer himself: "This means that governing the local area is very troublesome, even more difficult than the king of Qianning governing Yunnan. The Ming Dynasty governed Yunnan for more than two hundred years, and now Yunnan can barely be attributed to Wang Hua, but There are still so many toasts intertwined.

No matter how pragmatic and heroic he is, from my point of view, it is impossible for his generation and two generations to be fully integrated, plus his own unintentional fall into the original, how can he be regarded as a big deal?I think he did it on purpose. "

"On purpose?" Concubine Zheng frowned, "What did you do on purpose?"

"Deliberately tell me that he will not stay in the Central Plains in the future, so as not to be rewarded with great achievements in the future, and there will be a rift between me and his monarch. Or..."

Concubine Zheng guessed this "or maybe".Few of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty lived a long life. Except for Taizu and Chengzu, only Shimiao lived a long life.Therefore, Gao Yushi may mean that even if he does Gu Ming in the future, he will retreat bravely like his teacher, and he even told the emperor clearly where he "retired".

"Does the emperor believe it?" Concubine Zheng frowned and said, "The concubine knows Gao Ge's meritorious service over the years, and he does not deny that he has always been self-disciplined, but... the emperor really thinks that there are people who will be satisfied with the backcountry and not peep at the prosperous Central Plains?"

"I really believe it." Zhu Yijun looked at Kanyu map and said, "If not, why would he offer this map?"

Concubine Zheng shook her head, apparently not believing it.

Zhu Yijun didn't dwell on the issue of trust or not, instead he said: "Not long ago, he sent his eldest son, Gao Yuan, to Siam, and at the same time took away most of the staff in his other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, and he hasn't replenished it yet."

"What does this mean?" Concubine Zheng asked.

"I think there are two meanings." Zhu Yijun said lightly: "On the one hand, he is telling me that he has a clear conscience and is willing to put himself under the 'danger' that I can deal with at any time; on the other hand, he is also He is telling me that someone can inherit his foundation in the south at any time, and if I really want to do something reckless, there will naturally be someone who will avenge him... Even if I can't win, it will still make me burnt out."

Concubine Zheng raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you threatening the emperor?"

"You can understand this way, but I don't." Zhu Yijun sighed, and said: "He is right, I grew up with him since we were young, we have been classmates for more than ten years, and we have a deep enough understanding of each other. What kind of person I am, he knows; what kind of person he is, I also know.

He likes to make arrangements for things, and his plans are long-term. He often starts when others don't even think about it, so he rarely changes his mind.What he decides will definitely be done from the beginning to the end; as for me, although I dare not boast, I am not a mean and ungrateful king.As long as the ministers who have made meritorious service for me have not done any heinous things, I will honor them gracefully.

Because of this, I knew that he had cultivated power and controlled one side in Annan back then, but I didn't say much.Firstly, Annan was the one who took it down by himself, and secondly, I don't think his actions were intended to harm me.

After the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, I also found that he had begun to exercise power in three propagandas and six comforts, but I still remained silent.I was also a little hesitant at the time, not sure what he wanted to do.After all these years later, I discovered a very interesting thing, and only then did I know that he has always expressed...some meaning to me. "

Concubine Zheng wondered, "What's so interesting?"

"He never meddled in Nanjing affairs." Zhu Yijun said, he seemed to feel that he didn't make it clear, and he emphasized: "What I mean is that he never asked about the civil affairs of the southern provinces, and even tried his best not to ask about military affairs, except for Liu Tingzhi. In addition, he has always tried his best to avoid interfering with the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Ministry of War, let alone meddling in it."

"What's the meaning of this move?" Concubine Zheng obviously didn't understand the reason: "What is the difference between the south and the north?"

"The southern provinces are close to three propaganda and six comforts." Zhu Yijun pointed to Kan Yutu and said, "He doesn't only ask about Nanjing, but he is actually reassuring me. Just imagine, with his position in the court, if he devotes all his energy to the south The provinces have placed important posts, and once there is something really wrong, how many people will respond and how many people will acquiesce to it?"

Concubine Zheng shook her head and said: "Nanjing Military Department only manages how many guards, he is probably already famous in the Nine Borders, why should he care?"
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