The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 357 Qingyun, your uncle’s name is Zhu Shou, his courtesy name is unknown, and his nickname is Wild Ass.

Chang Ponu was looking through some old case files in Daxing County in the Houya study.

The head of the service entered the study, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there are two people of the same age as you outside the door. They said they were going to the south to take up their posts. They passed by our Daxing and came to see you to reminisce about the past."

Chang Ponu said: "Oh? Do you have the same age? Please come into the living room of the back office."

Not long after, Chang Ponu came to the living room of the back office. When he saw Emperor Zhengde and Jiang Bin, Chang Ponu could hardly believe his eyes.

He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said, "Ponu, you read that right, it's me."

Chang Ponu quickly knelt down to Emperor Zhengde with an expression of disbelief on his face: "Your Majesty, how come you are in Daxing?"

Emperor Zhengde said: "I went to Hejian to eat donkey meat and burn it on fire. I passed by your Daxing County. Po Nu, you have done a good job as the county magistrate. The whole Daxing is peaceful and peaceful."

According to etiquette, when the emperor praises, the ministers must be humble.

Chang Ponu couldn't care less about being humble at this moment. He asked Emperor Zhengde: "May I ask, Your Majesty, where are the Han generals who are accompanying you?"

Emperor Zhengde said: "This time I am going on patrol incognito, and there are only two of me and Jiang Bin."

Chang Ponu's expression changed immediately: "What? Your Majesty, your Majesty, how can you go out of the capital alone and put yourself in danger?"

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "Look at you. We haven't seen each other for a long time, but as soon as you come up, you start to accuse me. I know you are Chang Ponu, but if I don't know, I thought you were Liu Jian."

Chang Ponu kowtowed: "I respectfully invite the emperor to return to the capital. The county government's combat effectiveness is low and cannot bear the important task of escorting along the way. I will send a message to Jinyiwei and ask Jinyiwei to send someone to pick him up."

Emperor Zhengde looked displeased: "You really like to disturb the scenery so much? I live in the palace like a prison all day long, and I finally find a chance to relax. It has only been less than two hours since I left the palace. How can I go back?"

Chang Ponu said: "The emperor is the lord of the world. It's true that he leaves the capital alone without his followers. That's true."

Emperor Zhengde asked: "What is it? Tell me!"

Chang Ponu replied: "It's because you don't care about the common people of the country!"

Emperor Zhengde became angry: "I'm just going on a patrol incognito! Besides, I'm not only on patrol to eat donkey meat and burn it, but also to understand the sentiments of the people! Why don't you care about the common people of the country?"

"Chang Ponu, you are becoming more and more like a rotten civil servant!"

Chang Ponu kowtowed: "Back to the emperor, I was born in the top three Jinshi, and I am a civil servant!"

Emperor Zhengde scolded: "Don't forget, you are still my companion who grew up with me! We seem to be emperor and minister, but in fact we are brothers!"

"My brother I haven't seen for a long time comes to see you. Not only do you want to shut him out, but you also drive him home? Whose etiquette is this?"

Chang Ponu said something as cold as ice and as cold as iron: "From the day you ascended the throne, you and I are no longer childhood friends, but monarchs and ministers."

Emperor Zhengde said angrily: "Okay, very good! You drive me away, I don't want to stay anymore! Jiang Bin, let's drive to Hejian!"

Chang Ponu stood up in a hurry: "The emperor left Daxing and did not plan to return to Beijing, but to Hejian Mansion?"

Emperor Zhengde scolded: "You have already said that we are monarchs and ministers. Where can I go without having to report to you, a seventh-grade county magistrate?"

Chang Ponu held up his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen is too bold to let you leave the Daxing County Government Office. Please rest in the County Government Office for a few hours. I will find a way to tell the Jin Yiwei in Beijing to pick you up."

Jiang Bin interjected: "My Lord Chang County, is it possible that you want to imprison the emperor?"

Emperor Zhengde said angrily: "I am the emperor, and I can go wherever I want! No one can imprison me! Don't even think about Liu Jian and Xie Qian back then, and don't even think about Chang Ponu today!"

"Teng" Chang Ponu violated etiquette and stood up directly: "Your Majesty, then don't blame me for the offense!"

After saying that, Chang Ponu yelled: "Here comes someone!"

More than a dozen government officials who were on night watch at the county government office rushed in.

Chang Ponu said: "This man is pretending to be the current emperor and is under strict supervision! He is not allowed to leave the living room even half a step! Wait until the Jin Yiwei in Beijing sends someone to get him!"

Emperor Zhengde was confused: "Chang Ponu, do you think I am a fake emperor?"

Chang Ponu then ordered the squad leader: "This person is full of nonsense. None of you are allowed to talk to him, in case he confuses people. Close the living room door immediately. Then lock the county government door!"

Jiang Bin said quickly: "Mr. Chang County, do you know what you are doing? To be serious, you are putting the emperor under house arrest, plotting evil, and intending to rebel!"

Chang Ponu said: "The emperor is the most respected person in the imperial palace. How could he come to Daxing County? He must be pretending!"

After saying that, Chang Ponu actually left the living room. He ordered the yamen to lock the door of the living room from the outside.

Emperor Zhengde and Jiang Bin were dumbfounded. They never expected that Chang Ponu would be so brave and dare to put the emperor under house arrest.

Emperor Zhengde said angrily: "I came to see him with good intentions, but he locked me up like a prisoner! He really treated me like a donkey out of kindness!"

Jiang Bin said: "Father, don't worry. Chang Ponu is probably just being stupid. He is still loyal to the father. I guess he just wants to lock you up for a few hours and go to the capital to ask the Jin Yiwei to take you back."

"He has absolutely no rebellious intentions."

Emperor Zhengde laughed out loud: "Chang Ponu has no intention of rebellion. Do you need to say this?"

"Even if everyone in the world rebels, Chang Ponu will not rebel! He is my brother!"

"This bastard is so courageous! It's over, it's over, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat the donkey meat if it's burned!"

Seeing that Emperor Zhengde had lost most of his anger, Jiang Bin smiled and said: "People say that a son follows his mother, and this is true. Mrs. Chang is a bold woman. When she was in the imperial garden, she dared to fight with one person, one horse, one bow and one arrow. Tigers face off.”

"Chang Ponu looks very much like Mrs. Chang."

Emperor Zhengde cursed: "It's all my fault! Why come to him to catch up with him when you have nothing to do? Well, now, I just left the big cell in the palace and entered the small cell in the Daxing County government office."

"Now that you've arrived, let's settle down. Just wait for Chang Feng and Li Dongyang to pick you up!"

Let us say that Chang Ponu came out of the living room, ran all the way to the study, and wrote a note. And stuffed it into the mail box on the foot of a homing pigeon. The homing pigeon is then released.

The Jinyiwei used carrier pigeons to communicate urgent messages with the eyes and ears stationed in various provinces.

This homing pigeon was sent by Chang Feng to Chang Ponu before he left the capital to take up his post. Father and son agreed that if Chang Ponu encounters an emergency in Daxing, he can use carrier pigeons to contact him.

After releasing the homing pigeons, Chang Ponu returned to the living room door and stood guard.

Emperor Zhengde shouted inside: "Chang Ponu! You bastard who has lost his conscience! I have a guest who comes to drink tea at night. You don't even give me a drink of tea? I haven't even had time to have dinner! What do you think?" I’m starving to death!”

The team leader at the door of the living room said: "Your Majesty, how dare this guy pretend to be the emperor to be so arrogant and domineering? I'll go in and treat him to twenty big ear scrapes!"

Chang Ponu said: "Don't move rashly. You stay here and don't step into the living room."

Two moments later, Chang Ponuti slipped a food box into the living room.

Chang Ponu opened the food box and placed a few side dishes, a pot of wine, and a few steamed buns on the table.

Chang Ponu lowered his voice: "These are some side dishes cooked by Jian Nei. Please use them."

Emperor Zhengde was already starving. Seeing that the side dishes were delicious and delicious, he immediately moved his index fingers and started gobbling them down. Chang Ponu poured him a glass of wine next to him.

Emperor Zhengde picked up the wine cup and drank the glass of wine in one gulp. When the wine entered his mouth, Emperor Zhengde made a strange sound: "Uh! Uh! This wine."

Jiang Bin was frightened: "What's wrong with you, Your Majesty? The wine is poisonous?!"

"Oh!" Emperor Zhengde spat out the wine and chewed food on the ground in one gulp: "Chang Ponu, is this wine? It's obviously concentrated salt water!"

"This is the way I used to tease the eunuchs in the palace when I was young. I gave wine and the wine glass was filled with strong salt water!" Chang Ponu said: "Your Majesty, you also know that it is strong salt water? You left the palace alone, with only Jiang Bin by your side. If If someone with ulterior motives poisons your food and wine, what will be the consequences?"

"I will tell you the consequences. You will be poisoned and die. The court will be in chaos. The Tatars will take the opportunity to go south and invade. The people will be in ruins."

Emperor Zhengde scolded: "Okay, I know! I have become your prisoner with peace of mind, what else do you want from me?"

Chang Ponu offered Emperor Zhengde a bowl of tea with both hands: "Please rinse your mouth, Your Majesty."

Emperor Zhengde rinsed his mouth and continued to feast. He actually ate all four side dishes and three white flour steamed buns.

Jiang Bin said from the side: "The emperor's appetite has never been as good as tonight when he was in the palace."

Emperor Zhengde was full and rubbed his belly with satisfaction: "You just said this was made by your wife? It tastes good. I didn't expect that Mr. Li's daughter could go to the hall or the kitchen."

"Oh, by the way, where is Chang Qingyun? I ran fifty or sixty miles and came to your land. You should let me meet my little nephew, right?"

Chang Ponu said: "I will bring the dog here."

Not long after, Chang Ponu brought six-year-old Chang Qingyun to Emperor Zhengde.

The last time Chang Qingyun saw Emperor Zhengde, he was still three years old, so he didn't recognize him.

Six-year-old Xiao Qingyun was taught to be polite by his father Chang Ponu.

Chang Qingyun cupped his hands: "Uncle Shi."

Emperor Zhengde was stunned: "Uncle Shi?"

Chang Ponu said from the side: "I told Quanzi. You are the same age as me. Your name is Zhu Shou, your courtesy name is Wu Ke, and your nickname is Wild Ass."

When Emperor Zhengde opened a trading street in Xiyuan, he pretended to be a hawker selling straw sandals, and his pseudonym was Zhu Shou.

Emperor Zhengde laughed and scolded: "You are called Wild Ass! My little nephew, your father had a bold character and was called Mad Dog when he was a child."

Chang Qingyun naturally knew that the "Uncle Shi" in front of him was joking. He cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Shi was joking."

Emperor Zhengde had no children, so he liked Chang Qingyun very much when he saw that he was white, tender, and polite.

He asked Chang Qingyun: "Have you studied? Who is the enlightenment teacher?"

Chang Qingyun responded in a childish voice: "I'm studying. The first teacher is my father."

Emperor Zhengde asked again: "What book have you read recently?"

Chang Qingyun replied: "I read Zhuangzi."

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said, "Can you recite "Xiaoyaoyou"?"

Chang Qingyun put his little hands behind his back, shook his head and memorized: "There is a fish in the North Ming Dynasty, and its name is Kun. Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. It turned into a bird, and its name is Peng. I don't know how many miles it has on the Peng's back. Thousands of miles away”

Emperor Zhengde praised him repeatedly: "Good, good! Your father is now a sour scholar. He actually read Zhuangzi to you. It shows that the youthful spirit has not been dulled by officialdom."

After saying that, Emperor Zhengde took off a piece of jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Chang Qingyun: "Here it is, it is a meeting gift for our uncle and nephew. This piece is of the lowest quality. When Uncle Shi returns to Beijing, I will reward you with the best piece." of."

Chang Qingyun took the jade pendant with both hands: "Thank you, Uncle Shi."

Chang Ponu said: "Okay, you go back to your room and sleep first."

Emperor Zhengde stared at Chang Qingyun's leaving back and said with emotion: "Ponu, I envy you very much. You have a son, but I don't."

Chang Ponu said nothing. How can the emperor allow his ministers to talk too much about the emperor's private affairs?

The homing pigeons raised by Jinyiwei are all helmeted pigeons. It can fly one hundred and forty miles in one hour.

Half an hour later, in the West Garden of the Imperial Palace.

Chang Feng was anxiously waiting for the news with Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe.

Chang Feng said: "My dear brother, you must prepare for the worst in everything. If the emperor really runs from Xuan Mansion to the grassland and is captured by the Tatar cavalry, how do you plan to deal with it?"

Li Dongyang was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is a good person and a good minister, such a thing will never happen."

Yang Tinghe showed his ruthless side at this time: "There are only three of us here. There are some things I dare to say."

"If the emperor really becomes a Tatar prisoner, we will announce to the outside world that the emperor died of a sudden illness, and select a person less than a year old from a large number of close relatives to inherit the throne."

Li Dongyang quickly made a silence gesture: "Don't say such words again. Don't even have such thoughts!"

At this moment, Basha rushed into the Xiyuan check-in room: "Master Handsome, the two pavilion elders, the emperor has found them!"

Chang Feng stood up from the chair: "Where is it?"

Basha replied: "I just received a message from our young master. The emperor is in Daxing! He was stopped by my young master!"

Chang Feng said: "Get your horses ready. Let's go to Daxing!"

Li Dongyang said: "I'll go too!"

At midnight.

Emperor Zhengde and Chang Ponu were sitting and talking in the living room.

Emperor Zhengde said: "You have managed Daxing County in an orderly manner. I am very pleased."

Chang Ponu said: "The emperor has given you too much praise. This is my duty."

Emperor Zhengde lamented: "It's a pity that nine out of ten officials in the world don't know what their job is! In their eyes, making money is their purpose of being an official."

Chang Ponu remained silent.

Emperor Zhengde added: "When Liu Jian and Xie Qian were in court, they talked about being loyal to the emperor, serving the country, and benevolent, righteous, and moral."

"What's the reality? Liu Jian left office and owned 80,000 acres of prime land in Luoyang, Henan. Where did the money come from? I'm afraid he couldn't save even if he served as chief minister for five hundred years based on his salary alone!"

"Xie Qian doesn't have much land. But the Xie family of Yuyao is the most famous maritime merchant in the entire southeast. It is said that they can earn hundreds of thousands of silver a year!"

"Even they are like this, let alone the officials below."

Chang Ponu remained silent.

Emperor Zhengde said: "Everyone in the world criticizes me for using eunuchs so much. What can I do? The eunuchs in the world are rotten to the core."

"It's just that I overestimated the character of the eunuchs. Once these rootless people gain power, they will be just as piss-poor as those bastard civil servants!"

"After six years on the throne, I finally understand. Power is the most terrifying poison in the world. It can turn good people into beasts."

"Oh, the robes of civilian officials in the Ming Dynasty are like animals, and the robes of military officers are like beasts. Aren't they just like beasts in clothes?"

At this moment, Chang Feng's voice sounded like a loud bell outside the living room: "I, Chang Feng, came late to protect you. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Then came Li Dongyang’s voice: “Your Majesty, Li Dongyang, take me back to Beijing!”

Emperor Zhengde cursed: "They came very quickly! Let them get in!"

(End of this chapter)