Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 397
Yu Qian replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, it is Shen Yi, the current right servant of the household department. Shen Yi was the doctor of the household department at that time. He thought that burning grain before seeing the enemy was to weaken himself.

So he ordered people to burn rotten grass, and the smoke covered the sky.Wala's probing horse saw it and reported it first.

At first, he thought that all the grain in Tongzhou had been burned, so he changed his strategy. After winning the Tumu Fort, he was not in a hurry to attack the capital.

And Shen Yi calmly transported the grain from Tongzhou to Beijing. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded in praise and said: "Shen Yi is calm and calm; thinking about the long-term of the country and disregarding personal favors and disgraces is the loyalty of the country.

Shen Yi preserved the food and grass, and delayed the attack of Wala. He made such great achievements, but he was not famous.

Those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements, this is what is called it.

Shen Yi is casual and open-minded, not self-confident.This is a virtue, but I cannot be ignorant of rewards and punishments.

Let the cabinet draw up a decree, and Shen Yi will be promoted to Minister of the Household Department to take charge of the affairs of the Ministry.

As for Mr. Chen Ge, he should be appointed Minister of Rites. "

It was only then that everyone understood, and after going around and around, it turned out that the emperor was waiting here.

Such an exchange can be summed up as follows: Shen Yi and Liu Zhongfu are the Ministers of the Household Department; Chen Xun, Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan are the Ministers of the Rites.

In this way, it is obvious that the Ministry of Rites now has three ministers.

Unless the emperor wants to create a third book after the second book, one of Chen Xun, Yu Shiyue, and Zou Gan will definitely change his position.

Yu Shiyue and Zou Gan have not been welcomed by the emperor recently, so the prospects may not be very good.

No matter what everyone thought, Zhu Qiyu was tired anyway, so he waved his hands: Let's go.

In fact, everyone still has something to play, but the atmosphere is really not good today, so they just left.

Zhu Qiyu returned home, fell on the bed, and sighed uncontrollably.

Lin Xiangyu leaned over and asked, "What's the matter, is our Emperor Jingtai being bullied again?"

"Hey, I didn't suffer too much, but I'm tired of thinking about fighting these bastards all day long.

I adjusted the Hubu Shangshu and the Rites Shangshu.Chen Xun transferred to become Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Shen Yi was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Households.

This Shen Yi has worked in the household department for a long time, and he is good at managing money, food and finance.Moreover, he is honest and upright, with a view of the overall situation. He is a good candidate. I didn't pay much attention to him before. "

"Husband's discerning eye is of course right. It's just that old Chen Ge was not good before?"

"Hey, how should I put it, I can't say it. He is suitable to play the role of a middleman who mediates all parties, and the position of Minister of Rites is suitable for him.

I really want him to follow me wholeheartedly and fight Emperor Gongrang to the death, but he really refuses to do it.

Besides, he is already in his seventies, so there is no need to make things difficult for him anymore, let him be a pure cabinet minister in the future, responsible for peace and harmony.As for the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, it is just a name to keep a bit of decency. "

Lin Xiangyu nodded, and asked again: "Is it better to let the emperor and the prince respectfully? Shall we send something there? Otherwise, neither visit nor condolences, it seems too impolite."

"I have already ordered the Supervisor of Rituals to give the crown prince a jade ruyi, and I also rewarded Empress Qian, Empress Zhou, and concubines in various palaces with some silver and brocade.

That's it, you don't give away any more, especially don't give away food.

Otherwise, let the emperor, or the prince, or prince eat what you gave, and it won't be long before that, and the matter will be serious.

Your life is over. "

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu immediately added: "In the future, we must keep a distance from Queen Zhou and the crown prince, and we must not have any more private contact, otherwise we will not be able to tell if something goes wrong.

And if you call Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin tomorrow, I decided to send them out to avoid the limelight.

Before leaving, I have to give them good instructions. "

"Huh? Where is your husband going to send them?"

"Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin were dispatched to search Sanyang's family property. Shu Liang went to Xuanfu to serve as a guarding eunuch and supervise the military affairs of Xuanfu."

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Then Jinying, Xing'an, Cao Jixiang and others must not gain more power and take advantage of the opportunity to make waves? Is your husband afraid that they will not rebel?"

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "The capital is in the streets and alleys, and rumors have begun to spread that I want to depose the prince and make your son the prince instead.

The ruling and opposition parties, many officials, and many common people were agitated.

Just think about it, if you respectfully let the emperor's family not rebel, these things will be endless.

We have never been able to gain the upper hand in public opinion.

So this reaction, they made it up.

Also, don't go out again in the future.Fifteen of you sisters should not go out for a walk, in case someone jumps over the wall in a hurry. "

Lin Xiangyu agreed little by little, and Zhu Qiyu asked again: "How much money does our family have?"

"Didn't you copy Wang Zhenyu's party again before, the money was used to pay the three relatives and guards, enough to last for three years.

Our family's fertile land has been rent-free for three years for tenants, so it has not produced any income this year.

We depend on those shops for our daily life.All properties such as casinos and brothels have been sold, leaving only some restaurants, grain stores, cloth stores and the like.

However, there are too many stores and the business is good, so there are more than 100 million taels of income every year.

Our sisters thought that if we just eat, drink, and buy some clothes and jewelry, we would not spend 3 taels of silver every year.

So these monthly cases, we don't want them, let's save them for your husband to do great things. "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Take it at ease, you are my big concern."

Lin Xiangyu also smiled and said, "Husband, don't worry, if you don't give our sisters so much money, we won't murder our husband. As the saying goes, a dog is not too poor. Even if there are only a few handfuls of rice in the house to cook, we sisters have to Stick to your husband and drink rice soup."

"Dog? Rice soup? Is there something wrong with my understanding? Are you implying something?"

Lin Xiangyu smiled sweetly, but didn't say much, just turned her head and lay down on the bed.

Silent all night.

In the next few days, apart from meeting the new Jinshi, Zhu Qiyu played with his favorite concubines at home, and he was at ease.

As for the turbulent undercurrent in the capital and the stirring of people's thoughts, Zhu Qiyu ignored it and let it ferment.

……

But when it came to April [-]th, in the Nangong Palace, Zhu Qizhen reluctantly got up, and with Xing'an's support, he wandered in the garden.

Because the Nangong was built for Zhu Zhanji, the grandson of the emperor, at the beginning of its construction.Therefore, Nangong can be regarded as a smaller Forbidden City.

There are pavilions, towers and pavilions, exotic flowers and plants, and there is no shortage of everything.

The palace is also majestic and majestic, with a magnificent atmosphere.

Zhu Qizhen sat down in a gazebo, and asked Xing'an: "What's going on in the palace recently?"

The emperor has been in office for a long time, and he always hopes to be able to judge the world arbitrarily, and deal with military and state affairs while talking and laughing.

Recently Zhu Qizhen always likes to ask what's going on in the palace, Xing'an always scratches his head, this palace is full of trivial affairs, how can there be so many big things.

But today is really different, Xing'an replied cheerfully: "My lord, there is really a big event happening in the supervisor of rites. The four little eunuchs, Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin, have left Beijing together."

"Leaving Beijing?"

When Zhu Qizhen heard the words, he suddenly regained his spirits.

"It's Lijing. Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin were sent to search Sanyang's property, and Shu Liang was sent to guard Xuanfu."

The amount of information was a bit large, and Zhu Qizhen was completely confused.

The first is to search Sanyang's family property. Isn't this a bit crazy?
Zhu Qizhen confirmed to Xing'an: "The three Yangs you mentioned refer to Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu?"

Xing'an replied: "Of course, besides the three elders, who else can be called San Yang."

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen frowned.My younger brother is really too fierce. When I was in charge, I hated San Yang so much, so I only killed Yang Shiqi's son, but now my younger brother is going to take the blame.

Xing'an continued to report: "My lord, the emperor held a small court meeting a few days ago. I heard that at the court meeting not only established a big purge of Sanyang, but also vaguely compared the late emperor to the Han Yuan emperor."

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen frowned even tighter: "Is there anything wrong?"

"Reporting to the emperor, this is indeed the case. Moreover, the emperor also emphasized the sentence that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty said: 'The prince who messes with my family is also!'. This not only denies the first emperor, but even alludes to you, the emperor.

Emperor, think about it, Emperor Yuan is the prince of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty; and you are the prince of Xuanmiao.

The emperor is alluding to the loss of your own conquest. "

As he spoke, Xing'an burst into tears, knelt on the ground and cried: "The sage has something to say, the master is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the master is the one who humiliates the ministers to death. The emperor just led the six divisions to conquer Wala in order to protect our great Ming country and society.

The emperor has suffered so much for Daming, and it's fine if no one sympathizes with him. Instead, he taunts and ridicules the emperor. The slaves and servants all feel unwilling for the emperor. "

Zhu Qizhen looked around, and quickly scolded: "Hurry up and get up, what do you look like crying. If someone with a heart sees it, report it to the emperor, and there will be good fruit for you."

Hearing this, Xing'an had no choice but to stand up.

Zhu Qizhen also instructed: "For the current plan, we must be patient and wait for the emperor to make a mistake, and we must not act arrogantly. Tell me again, why did the emperor send all four of his most trusted eunuchs out of Beijing for business?"

Xing'an replied: "This servant knows that there have been rumors in the streets and alleys recently that the emperor intends to depose the prince. Now there has been a lot of trouble, and everyone knows it.

The public opinion is turbulent, and very few people support changing Prince Yi.

Now Wang Cheng and others are weak and isolated in the palace.In order to protect them, the emperor sent them out of Beijing to avoid the limelight. "

Zhu Qizhen nodded, and asked another question: "With my younger brother's ability, it doesn't look like he can't do anything about rumors?"

"Whether the emperor is indifferent to this, or helpless, this servant does not know."

Xing'an instinctively resisted believing in the emperor's strength.

Zhu Qizhen also didn't want to praise his brother's outstanding ability all day long.

People tend to believe what they want to believe.

How many people will think about things that make them unhappy all day long, but they can't change them.

Instead of bearing the frustration of being powerless, you might as well lie to yourself more.

……

The capital is in turmoil, and Shanxi is not peaceful.

In the governor's yamen of the Xuan Mansion, Li Bingzheng sat on the hall with a sad face in a daze.

There were two other staff members sitting at the bottom, accompanying Li Bing in a daze.

Just when everyone was looking at each other in blank dismay, the guard suddenly sent a letter of greeting.

Li Bing took a look, and it turned out that he was applying for the staff.

Li Bing has been recruiting staff for more than three months, but he has not been able to find a suitable one.

Although the two current staff members are very knowledgeable and capable, they have followed him for a long time, and they also lack understanding of the mess in Shanxi.

Therefore, Li Bing needed to recruit several staff who were familiar with Shanxi affairs.

The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. In three months, Li Bing did not even recruit a suitable staff member.

(End of this chapter)