Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 123 Important things
Even the emperor dare not confront the civil official group, let alone Zhang Guoji, and Zhang Guoji also knows in his heart that the emperor can't beat the civil official group. , then he would probably be tortured to death by this group of people.

Although the emperor rewarded himself with Shang Fang's sword in public, and also told him that he could kill anyone who dared to block his mission, he could kill him first and then show off. This gave him a certain amount of confidence, but did he really dare to use this "confidence"?Beating a dog depends on the owner. If you really kill someone's dog, wouldn't you have a deadly feud with that person?

However, Zhang Guoji thought about it again, "Destroying someone's financial path is like killing one's parents." The job the emperor asked him to do was to interrupt the financial path of these civil servants. Regardless of whether he had taken action on their subordinates, they Everyone will hate themselves to the core and want to get rid of themselves and then quickly!

And based on my current position, I don’t seem to allow myself to back down even a little bit. Ever since I was recalled to the capital by the emperor and restored to my original post, I have become the emperor’s confidant. Now that the emperor and the civil servants are on the opposite side, I don’t want to You may have both sides, and you must identify your own position.

Furthermore, he is the head of the state and his daughter is the Empress of the Ming Dynasty. What he does is not only related to his own honor and disgrace, but also related to his daughter Zhang Yan's successor. If he betrays the emperor's trust, even if he has If you back down even a little bit, the consequences will most likely be catastrophic, and even your daughter will be implicated and lose her position as queen.

Therefore, Zhang Guoji could only make up his mind and remain loyal to the emperor unswervingly, even if he offended everyone and was isolated by everyone.

What Zhang Guoji is worried about is also what Zhu Tianqi is worried about. If he wants to get things done, he must first ensure Zhang Guoji's safety. Now that Zhang Guoji has the protection of power and status, he is not afraid of someone openly going against him. What we are afraid of now is that someone is playing dirty tricks, so we must put more effort into safety and security.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi gave Zhang Guoji another imperial order, which could mobilize local commanders and envoys to send troops to assist in errands. With the local army as a guarantee, the safety factor could be greatly improved.

But even so, in order to prevent officials from the local command department from colluding with the civil service group, or from being members of certain parties, a large number of Jinyi guards were sent to protect Zhang Guoji. Now the Jinyi guards are still very loyal to him. It's high, but it's still trustworthy.

After making up his mind, Zhu Tianqi found Zhu Youjian and ordered him to go with Zhang Guoji personally on errands to assist with some matters.

After Zhang Guoji and Zhu Youjian left, Zhu Tianqi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Guoji finally did not disappoint him. It seemed that his vision of people was still good.

While Zhu Tianqi was stunned, Zhang Yan stepped forward, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, you have been so busy recently, you should pay more attention to the dragon body and don't be too tired!"

Zhu Tianqi looked at Zhang Yan, smiled at her, and said: "Queen, please rest assured, I am sensible!"

Zhu Tianqi is indeed measured. Although he now works nearly five hours a day and has more and more things on his hands, he is not a workaholic. No matter how busy he is at work, he will still Always adhere to a regular schedule. After all, the work is never done, but maintaining good health is the last word.But the way he looked at Zhang Yan today, it seemed that she was not just a simple greeting and concern, she seemed to have something to say but hesitated.

Zhu Tianqi did neglect Zhang Yan during this period, so after sensing the strangeness in Zhang Yan's expression, he asked with some concern: "Queen, do you have something to tell me?"

Zhang Yan saw that Zhu Tianqi took the initiative to ask, and then she said: "During this period, I saw that your majesty was busy with state affairs, so I didn't dare to disturb you easily. But has your majesty forgotten something important?"

"Important thing?!" Zhu Tianqi was slightly stunned, but couldn't think of anything for a moment.

If his girlfriend asked him this before he traveled through time, he would have to reflect on it and quickly think about what days he should celebrate soon, such as "Valentine's Day", "Chinese Valentine's Day", "various anniversaries", There are even "520" and "Double Eleven". If you are not careful, the "festival" will turn into a "catastrophe"!
However, it is obvious that women in this era would not do such a thing, and Zhang Yan's words to herself would definitely not imply "provoking an accusation". She was simply reminding herself, but she really couldn't think of it. Looking up at the "important thing" she mentioned, it was obvious that this matter must not be that important to her, otherwise she wouldn't have forgotten it so much!
Seeing that Zhu Tianqi was surprised, Zhang Yan hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, more than three months have passed since you asked my concubines to take charge of the selection of concubines. You have never even met these girls!"

When Zhu Tianqi heard this, he immediately remembered everything. At that time, he was talking to himself here and said something about "envying" Zhou Daodeng, but Zhang Yan heard it. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan took it seriously. Zhu Tianqi was too embarrassed to go through all the fuss and choose a concubine for himself, so he casually agreed and turned around and forgot about it.

Now that Zhang Yan mentioned the matter again, Zhu Tianqi had actually given up on this idea a long time ago. It wasn't that he was "single-minded" and "noble", but that many things had not yet been resolved and he couldn't care about it. Thinking about this kind of thing, the second reason is that the internal and external troubles of the imperial court have not yet been resolved, and it is not yet time for me to enjoy it.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi pulled Zhang Yan into his arms and said: "Queen, tell me honestly what you think, why do you insist on helping me choose a concubine several times? Didn't I say that you are enough?" Yet?"

Zhang Yan was naturally very moved after hearing Zhu Tianqi's words, but the more she was moved, the more she felt sorry for Zhu Tianqi. After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Yan finally said what she had been holding in her heart for a long time: "Your Majesty , I am worried that after last time, I am afraid that I will no longer be able to give birth to a dragon child for Your Majesty..."

Looking at Zhang Yan's eyes that had turned red, tears were already rolling in her eyes. One can imagine how much courage it took for him to say these words and how much pressure he had to endure.

The so-called "last time", Zhu Tianqi knew, Zhang Yan was talking about the time when she was killed by the Hakka family and gave birth to the stillborn child Zhu Ciran. Although it had been a long time, the Hakka family was also sent to Zhang Yan to let her live. He wanted to take revenge for his child, but I am afraid that the wound in Zhang Yan's heart is not so easy to heal.

(End of this chapter)