Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1
In the 23rd year of Chenghua, the prince's mansion.

"I don't know if Zhou's dream is Hu Dieyu? Hu Die's dream is Zhou Yu?"

Zhu Youtang stood by the lake with his hands behind his back and looked at the poetic and picturesque moonlight in the lotus pond in front of him, but he felt unreal and couldn't help muttering to himself.

A wet little eunuch came up from the lotus pond, holding a gorgeous lotus flower that he had just plucked in his hand, and offered it: "Your Highness, I think this flower is the most beautiful, may I know?"

"You will wait by Gu's side from now on, go back and change your clothes first!" Zhu Youtang had just witnessed the whole process of the chubby eunuch going down to the pond to pick lotus, and realized that he was not dreaming.

Huang Pan was secretly delighted, and immediately cupped his hands respectfully and said: "Your servant obeys!"

The little eunuch beside him, Tan Conggui, looked at Huang Pan who left happily, and then turned to look at Zhu Youtang after being picked up, as if he had some more assertiveness.

Zhu Youtang looked down at the bright lotus that he had just picked in his hand, then looked up at the lotus pond with a thin blue mist floating in front of him, and the summer insects that had just been scared to shut up by Huang Pan had already chirped again, all of which proved that he was in the In a whole new real world.

The air tonight is obviously fresh, and the tender lotus here is as picturesque as poetry.

I have indeed crossed over, and my new identity is Zhu Youtang, the current prince of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Ming Xiaozong, the sage king praised by the civil servant group in later generations.

During the 18 years of Ming Xiaozong's reign, he was generous and kind, practiced frugality, was not close to women, was diligent in political affairs, attached importance to the judiciary, opened up his voice, and appointed honest ministers, etc., but catered to the civil official group's personality design for Mingjun, so there are The complacent "Hongzhi Zhongxing" of the civil official group.

Just as a fan of online literature, how come I don’t know that the Ming Dynasty, which was founded more than 100 years ago, is like an old man suffering from all kinds of diseases. Hongzhi’s decentralization of civil officials has intensified the land annexation of the landlord class.

It was at the beginning of this period that the official and gentry classes sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. The well-known Xu Jie had hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land in the Susong area.

It’s fine if you can’t see these deep-seated dynastic tumors, but as a modern person, I have already seen through the ugly face of the landlord class. How can I be an emperor who is fooled by the civil society?

Zhu Youtang looked up at the full moon in front of him, and felt a sense of mission when he thought of the countless compatriots who were still busy making a living hundreds of years later.

"His Royal Highness, the Crown Princess is still waiting there. If you don't send her there, the Crown Princess will be angry!" Qin Conggui, the personal eunuch, reminded anxiously when he saw that Zhu Youtang was still watching the moon.

Zhu Youtang looked down at the lotus in his hand, and then looked up at the four brothers and sisters who were staying in the gazebo in the lake enjoying the moon, and couldn't help laughing.

Tonight is the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Zhang Yujiao, the much-loved Crown Princess, invited her two younger brothers and sisters to the Prince's Mansion to enjoy the Mid-Autumn Moon together, without even asking herself.

Like many vain women in later generations, she not only prepares a lot of good food to entertain her younger siblings, but also shows her family status intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhang Yujiao loved these two younger brothers very much. Just now her younger brother Zhang Yanling casually said that he wanted to pick a lotus, so she directly ordered Zhu Youtang to pick a lotus.

Zhu Youtang didn't have the airs of a prince at all, and he was overjoyed at Zhang Yujiao's order, which can be said to be Zhang Yujiao's dog licking.

He purposely made a big circle around the lotus pond, looking for the most colorful lotus in it.

Although Zhu Youtang only limited his target to the lotus by the pool, he accidentally fell into the water just after picking the lotus, which gave Zhu Youtang a chance to cross over.

August in Beijing is still full of light heat waves.

Four lazy figures are lying on the yellow pear flower wood lounge chairs and chatting, the maids on both sides are vigorously waving palace fans to cool the four of them, and the sandalwood next to them is used to repel mosquitoes.

"This maid is so cute, what's her name?" Zhang Heling said, already a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with acne, looking drunkenly at the beautiful maid who came to deliver the fruit plate.

This court lady is only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a medium build, looks chubby, has a lovely oval face, skin that is snowy, especially those big and energetic eyes, wearing a white stand-up collar gauze shirt and a blue pleated skirt .

As the most humble maid in the Prince's Mansion, especially tonight because she was allowed to deliver the fruit plate to the inner house due to lack of manpower, she seemed very reserved at the moment.

It's just that when the princess's natal brother suddenly asked her name, the tone of the other party was provocative, which made her nervous and annoyed.

"Are you dumb? Did my elder brother ask you something?" Zhang Yujiao, who was dressed gracefully and luxuriously, frowned, and said sharply to the ignorant court lady.

Facing the scolding from the Crown Princess, and the winking from the older court lady next to him, Niu Mengmeng had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply: "My servant's name is Niu Mengmeng!"

"Niu Mengmeng? What a name!" Zhu Youtang, who returned to the gazebo, couldn't help but praise the maid when she heard the beautiful voice and name.

Although the Crown Princess Zhang Yujiao's appearance and clothes were a bit extravagant, compared with the lovely court lady in front of her, the latter looked more pleasing to the eye.

In particular, there is a faint mole on the corner of the maid's mouth, which is playful and beautiful at the same time, and her eyes are clear and full of innocence.

Niu Mengmeng turned sideways to the prince who suddenly appeared, and was very happy to hear that the other party recognized his name, but he could only lower his head and stare at the pair of feet that appeared.

"How can you be a brother-in-law if you take so long to pick a lotus?" Zhang Yujiao, who was already dissatisfied with Zhu Youtang's efficiency, blamed him even more angrily.

Huh?
Zhu Youtang frowned slightly, and couldn't help but look at this woman who once turned the original owner of this figure into a dog licker.

This woman is about seventeen or eighteen years old, her figure has indeed grown, her facial features look very delicate, and her particularly slender eyebrows reveal a bit of a queen's temperament.

Although this woman's appearance is indeed the top choice, but this temper is not my taste at all, and is it really okay to accuse myself of this prince like this?

"Prince Concubine, Your Highness the Crown Prince carefully selected the lotus flowers, and accidentally dropped them into the water just now!" Seeing this, Qin Conggui stood up to help explain.

Zhang Yujiao didn't appreciate it. Instead, she pinched her nose and waved her hands in disgust, "I just asked you to do some trivial things, but it turned out to be so messy! What are you still doing in a daze, take His Royal Highness back to take a bath, It stinks to death!"

"Yes!" Tan Conggui and the others seemed to have gotten used to this, and accepted orders respectfully.

Zhu Youtang found out that it was the princess who was talking here, and the daring of the prince himself had been reduced to a display. Is this still the feudal society in his impression of three obediences and four virtues?
It's just that I have just traveled through it after all, so it is not appropriate to make too many changes now.

In the final analysis, these things are nothing now, it is right to let the dog at home bark more fiercely.

Zhu Youtang didn't say a word, but when he noticed that Niu Mengmeng quickly glanced at him and then quickly lowered his head, he immediately felt that the court lady was really cute, so he went to take a bath with his personal eunuch Tan Conggui.

"Eldest sister, the prince's brother-in-law seemed unhappy just now!" Zhang Yuling reminded worriedly while looking at Zhu Youtang's leaving back.

"Go down!" Zhang Yujiao yelled at Niu Mengmeng, and then said disapprovingly to her sister: "Mommy is right, this man can't be too nice to him, just wait and see how my sister handles him!"

After getting along for half a year, she has already grasped the temper of this indecisive prince clearly, and even knows how to make him submit.

Zhu Youtang took a shower and came out of the bathroom. Tan Conggui, who was guarding outside, looked embarrassed and said: "The princess said that you are not allowed to sleep in her room tonight!"

"Then where should I sleep?" Zhu Youtang faintly remembered that it was his own room, but he still blurted out the question.

Tan Conggui glanced at Zhu Youtang with complicated eyes, and Dang even said cautiously: "The princess wants you to sleep in the study!"

Zhu Youtang didn't say a word, even if he walked towards the study room, he dared to love that Empress Xiaocheng Jing in history was such a strong and unreasonable woman, but why did Emperor Hongzhi in history still do this for such an arrogant woman? How about guarding yourself like a jade?
That night, the lights in the study room were brightly lit.

Zhu Youtang, who was dressed in royal attire, was not in a hurry to rest in the inner room, but sat at the desk and read at night by the lamp, carefully flipping through "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".

I remember a certain great man said: Struggling with the sky will bring you endless joy; fighting with the earth will bring you endless joy; fighting with people will bring you endless joy.

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(End of this chapter)