Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 757 It's time to confer a knighthood
Song Hu's convoy was walking on the official road to Xuanzhen. Because of the heavy snow recently, the road was full of snow, and the convoy's speed was not fast.

Zhao Wen wandered around the capital with soldiers these days, surveying the situation in the capital.

Those officials and nobles who were cleaned up in the capital were gathered by Zhao Wen, and when the capital was completely settled down, Zhao Wen would deal with these nobles.

Zhao Wen wandered around the capital for a day, and returned to the palace after dark.

After dinner, Zhao Wen did not deal with political affairs as before, but came to the bedroom where Chongzhen was imprisoned.

At this time, Chongzhen was sitting in the bedroom having a meal with his family.

Although the food provided by Zhao Wen to Chongzhen was not very rich, it was not bad, and there were all kinds of canned meat.

Chongzhen is the emperor, but in recent years, it is rare to eat such a rich meal.

Zhao Wen walked into the bedroom where Chongzhen was imprisoned, looked at the Chongzhen family sitting in the middle of the bedroom eating, and said, "Have you finished eating yet?"

Chongzhen looked at Zhao Wen in a daze for a moment, stood up hastily, and said, "It will be over soon!"

At this time, when Chongzhen faced Zhao Wen, he could no longer raise any confidence.

Although Chongzhen's identity as emperor had not been completely dissipated, when facing Zhao Wen, he was no longer what he was before.

When facing Zhao Wen, he already lacked confidence.

Everyone who was eating also stood up hastily, and bowed to Zhao Wen.

"You go down first!" Chongzhen urged the people eating at the table.

Chongzhen's empress and others hurried outside and waited quietly outside.

The Chongzhen family was placed under house arrest by Zhao Wen in the palace, but they were allowed to have small-scale activities.

"sit down!"

Sitting opposite Chongzhen, Zhao Wen took out the account book that Song Hu had given him earlier, and placed it in front of Chongzhen.

"Look at what this is!" Zhao Wen pointed to the ledger in front of him and looked at Chongzhen.

Chongzhen sat down, and picked up the ledger with a puzzled expression.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

Chongzhen looked at the content above, the veins on his forehead and neck popped up, and his whole body was on the verge of collapse.

Chongzhen is going crazy at this time, if Zhao Wen is not here, Chongzhen will be 100% crazy.

Zhao Wen could clearly feel that Chongzhen was on the verge of collapse.

"Hoohoo!"

Chongzhen panted heavily without warning, with sweat streaming down his forehead.

Chongzhen's eyes were red and full of murderous intent.

"Snapped!"

After Chongzhen read the contents of the ledger, he finally couldn't help it, and slapped the table in front of him.

"Damn it, damn it, a group of thieves who have ruined the country!" Chongzhen shouted and cursed loudly, his face full of anger.

"Damn it, I asked these officials to see if they could donate some money for the sake of the country's difficulties, but who would have thought that these people would cry poorly in front of me one by one, and even took out the pots and pans at home Go sell it. Damn it.

Especially those nobles and officials whose salaries are low, I will recognize them.But these nobles, one by one, received the state's favor, and my Zhu family treated them well, but this ended up in the end.

All of them are big-bodied Shushu, Shushu.I just said how often there is no money in the treasury. It turned out that these group of rats took it away.Damn it, damn it!
I am not the king of a subjugated country, and all my subjects are subjugated ministers. This statement is true, this statement is true! "

Chongzhen couldn't suppress the anger in his chest, and kept roaring beside Zhao Wen.

It's no wonder that Chongzhen was so angry. In order to get the money, Chongzhen begged these officials several times to donate some money, and it's not like he didn't return it.

But what about the result?These courtiers are like iron roosters, they don't pull out a penny. In order to prove that their family has no money, they even take their pots and pans to sell on the street to show that their family has no money.

Among them, Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of Chongzhen, did the most excessive.

In Song Hu's brochure to Zhao Wen, Zhou Kui's family alone produced a million taels of silver.

This made Chongzhen very angry, he really didn't expect Zhou Kui to be so shameless.

Chongzhen cursed and cursed, his voice suddenly became quieter.

In the end, it turned into a long sigh, "Oh, what a pity, what a pity, it's a pity that I didn't recognize these wolfish ambitions, otherwise I wouldn't have kept any of them!"

Zhao Wen looked at Chongzhen who had calmed down, and said, "I'm here today to let you see what the courtiers of your Zhu family look like, of course, it doesn't mean that all your courtiers are like this.

There are also loyal ministers among them. During this war, countless officials in the capital died for the country, and there were not a few of them who were full of families. "

When Chongzhen heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then sighed again and again: "Good minister, good minister!"

"To tell the truth, I'm really pitiful and hateful to you.

Ever since you ascended the throne, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued. This is a factor of force majeure, but you also have a great responsibility for Daming to be able to come to this scene! " Zhao Wen looked at Chongzhen with hatred.

The crisis in the late Ming Dynasty, to be honest, Chongzhen also had a lot of responsibilities. Although the responsibilities of his ministers were greater, Chongzhen's responsibilities were not small.

"What's the use of saying this? Isn't Daming dead? Isn't Daming dead? Is it useful to say this? Now it's your Zhao family's world!"

Chongzhen seemed to accept his fate, and said dejectedly.

"Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, came from a humble background, and ruled the world with Huaiyou commoner clothes, which is extremely rare in history.

From ancient times to the present, there is no one who has won the most righteous country than the Ming Dynasty.Even I can't be regarded as the most righteous in the country! "Zhao Wenwen spoke in a straight voice.

When the dejected Chongzhen heard this, his eyes were full of light again.

He couldn't understand why Zhao Wen would say such a thing.

Throughout the dynasties, those who changed dynasties tried their best to blacken the previous dynasties and killed all the clans of the previous dynasties.

But when Zhao Wen came here, everything changed.Zhao Wen not only did not kill himself, but also gave himself the status of an ordinary person, and now he said such a thing, which made Chongzhen really puzzled.

"How do you say that?" He looked at Zhao Wen in a nasty manner.

"You don't have to look at me like that, I'm telling the truth.

The reason why it is said that the Ming dynasty is the most upright is that your ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang was not an official of the former Yuan Dynasty.The original purpose of his uprising was not to change the dynasty, but to resist the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, your ancestor was not an official of the Yuan Dynasty at all, but a farmer.

Although Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, also came from a humble background, he was a pavilion chief and an official.As long as it is an official, it is a rebellion.

The country is at the top, almost no one can surpass your ancestors. "Zhao Wen said slowly.

Chongzhen listened to Zhao Wen's voice, his face was full of disbelief.

In this era, no one has ever said such a statement, and Chongzhen has never thought about this kind of problem.

This statement was like a bolt from the blue to Chongzhen's ears.

"After the new year, I will let people compile the history of the Ming Dynasty. Don't worry, it will be what it should be. I will not let people blacken Da Ming, and of course I will not let people sing praises to Da Ming.

I will let people make Ming history from the perspective of a bystander, that's all. " Zhao Wen said.

"Thank you!"

There was a whining sound in Chongzhen's throat, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally choked out these two words.

Chongzhen knew how important Zhao Wen's words were, and Chongzhen also knew how important these words were.

Although it was just a simple sentence of "compiling Ming history from the perspective of a bystander", in Chongzhen's view, this was extremely difficult.

In this era, it is the greatest justice not to touch the history of the previous dynasty.

"Okay, I won't say anything, your family should prepare well, and you will return to Xuan Town in a few days." Zhao Wen stood up, left a word, and walked out of the bedroom.

Chongzhen stood up hastily and sent Zhao Wen out.

Chongzhen looked at Zhao Wen's leaving back with mixed feelings in his heart.

He really couldn't see Zhao Wen clearly.

He couldn't figure out why Zhao Wen would do such a thing.

In all dynasties and dynasties who rebelled, there was almost no such thing as him. Chongzhen couldn't figure it out.

……

Five days before the new year, Zhao Wen returned to Xuan Town.

Chongzhen was placed not far from the imperial palace by Zhao Wen. Because of his special status, all the servants in Chongzhen's family were sent out by Zhao Wen.

That afternoon, Zhao Wen was sitting in Kunning Palace, eating hot pot with his wives. The hot pot was similar to that of later generations.

Only Li Xiaoying and Hai Lanzhu are qualified to sit and eat hot pot with Zhao Wen.

Li Xiaoying is the queen, and Zhao Mingyu will soon be canonized as the prince by Zhao Wen, so Li Xiaoying is fully qualified to sit and eat with Zhao Wen.

Hai Lanzhu is an imperial concubine, and she has given birth to two sons for Zhao Wen, so she is also qualified to sit and eat with Zhao Wen.

However, among the two, Li Xiaoying is still the most respected.

As for the remaining concubines, they did not have such qualifications.

To be honest, there is no difference in essence between imperial concubines and ordinary people's concubines, the only difference is their status.

In ancient times, as long as the queen was not stupid and had sons, the queen's status could be said to be unbreakable.

Even the emperor has to handicap three points in the harem.

It is almost impossible for a little concubine to compete with the queen for favor in the later generations, and it doesn't take much effort for the queen to punish her.

"Sit down and eat, too, the table is big!" Zhao Wen said with a smile as he looked at the concubines standing behind Li Xiaoying.

However, these concubines were indifferent.

These concubines didn't dare to sit down until Li Xiaoying agreed.

Even sitting down, they dare not move their chopsticks easily.

"It's been a long time since our family sat down to eat properly. Let's take some time today to have a hot pot!" Zhao Wen picked up a piece of mutton, put it into the hot pot in front of him, and said with a smile.

Li Xiaoying said: "Anytime is fine, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and you are busy, so there is no need to take time out to accompany us.

In case the courtiers find out about the delay because of us, His Majesty, there will be some complaints. "

Li Xiaoying came from a scholarly family, but she could tell her priorities.

"Damn, what is it intentional or not. I eat with my wife and children, what can they say? If they want to talk, let them talk!" Zhao Wen didn't care, and then dipped the tied mutton with seasoning , feasting on it.

Zhao Wen's control over speech is still relatively loose. In Zhao Wen's view, everyone in the world can talk about everything in the world. As long as it is not those fallacies and heresies that confuse the public, Zhao Wen will generally not care about it.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, let's have a good meal!" Zhao Wen finally found time to spend time with his wife and children, and he didn't want to say anything else.

Zhao Wen started cooking hot pot as soon as he spoke, Li Xiaoying didn't say anything else, and started cooking hot pot together with Zhao Wen.

The appearance of eating hot pot may not be very good-looking, but this is the harem, and there are no outsiders, so Zhao Wen doesn't care at all.

After eating hot pot until night, Zhao Wen wandered around the palace rubbing his round belly.

"Part of the gold and silver obtained from the capital will be sealed in the treasury, part of it will be forged into currency at the mint, and the rest will be placed in the Daming Bank as a deposit!"

Zhao Wen was thinking about these things while walking in the imperial garden.

"Five days will be the new year. I originally said that after I completely conquer the world, I will be rewarded with a title. Now it's time to confer the reward!"

The next day, Zhao Wen held the Great Court Meeting.

This grand court meeting was the last one in the second year of Qiyuan. At this great court meeting, Zhao Wen threw out the news of conferring titles.

All of a sudden, the whole court exploded.

There is no one in this world who does not like fame and wealth, even saints are no exception.

As long as officials pursue fame and fortune under the rules, Zhao Wen generally doesn't care about it. After all, this is a matter of human nature.

At the Great Court Meeting, Zhao Wen handed over the matter of conferring titles to the Council of Governors and the Military Council.

Let the two chambers discuss the matter of rewarding civil servants and generals separately, and come up with specific regulations after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

After the news got out, the whole Xuan Town exploded, and there were heated discussions about it almost every day.

But Zhao Wen took a few personal guards for a leisurely stroll around Xuan Town.

……

After Chongzhen came to Xuanzhen, he felt that he had spent the first half of his life in vain, so he took his son to wander around Xuanzhen almost every day.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of others, Chongzhen changed his name to Zhu Jian, and took the middle one from the character.

Chongzhen and his son Zhu Cihong wandered around Xuan Town under the leadership of Zhao Wen's servants.

The new year is coming soon, the streets are full of excitement, all kinds of vendors, all kinds of new things are available, and Chongzhen is very curious to see.

Zhu Cihong has always lived in the deep palace and rarely went out to play. Now that he came to Xuanzhen, he couldn't see enough, his eyes kept looking around.

A middle-aged man in a T-shirt led a young man past Chongzhen, and the middle-aged man stopped just as he walked past.

"Hiss, why do I feel this person is so familiar? I seem to have seen it somewhere!" The middle-aged man stopped, turned around, looked at Chongzhen's back, and frowned tightly.

(End of this chapter)