Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 186 Poor groom! The threat from the Donglin Party!

In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, it was the second day of February.

A full year has passed since Jingdemen was struck by lightning last year.

More than half a year has passed since Emperor Wanli's Qianqing Palace was burned down.

Emperor Wanli's Qianqing Palace had not yet been repaired, and Zhang Yunxiu, whom Zhu Yijun personally granted marriage to, got married on this day.

His Majesty the Emperor granted the marriage in person, so the pomp was naturally huge. After all, the entire wedding banquet was organized by the Ministry of Etiquette.

However, what is intriguing is that at this grand wedding banquet, except for the officials hired by the Ministry of Etiquette to make up the occasion, most of the guests were relatives of the bride.

As for the Zhang family relatives on the groom's side, Zhang Yunxiu, there are only three Zhang Jianxiu, Zhang Chonghui, and Zhang Jingxiu.

As for the other Zhang family members, who were still thousands of miles away in Jiangling at this time, they seemed to be unaware of the marriage.

The wedding banquet was grand but slightly embarrassing. The only really happy people in the room, apart from the bride who found a bargain, were the only ministers who came to join in the wedding banquet.

"Luo Gongbao, don't flatter yourself!" Zhang Jianxiu said with a look of disgust, "Besides! In terms of seniority, you have to call me after your cousin's children now, call me uncle! "

Zhang Jianxiu witnessed the birth of a wedding banquet 'again'. He first watched Zhang Chonghui get married, and now he watched his brother Zhang Yunxiu get married, but...

This time, it was Luo Sigong's turn to be unhappy: "What? Zhang Sizhe, do you really want to be my cousin?"

It's okay to think that he is already old and has not yet gotten married. The key is that he is actually related to Luo Sigong. Just thinking about it makes him feel uncomfortable...

"Hey!" Luo Sigong glared at Zhang Jingxiu: "What's the matter with you? What trouble are you causing! Get out of here!"

If Zhang Yunxiu was the most unhappy person at the wedding banquet, then Zhang Jianxiu was the second.

He didn't know if it was because he was 'touching the scene' that reminded him of his fiancée who had broken off the engagement.

Zhang Jingxiu was watching the excitement and said without hesitation, "Then you, Luo Gongbao, have to call me uncle. I'm older than you!"

"Why do you have no appetite? I really have no appetite!" Zhang Jianxiu rolled his eyes at his younger brother, then said angrily:
"Why do you think this is? Lao Wu is obviously younger than me, and I, the older brother, haven't even gotten married yet! Why did the emperor give Lao Wu a marriage first, instead of me first?"

"Bullshit uncle!" Luo Sigong said angrily: "You are so much younger than my father, the most I can do is call you uncle!"

"Hey, what can I eat? I have no appetite." The sixth uncle Zhang Jingxiu sighed. The seventeen-year-old boy looked very listless.

After all, it’s not a big deal to watch the excitement, it’s human nature!
The most unhappy person in the room was the groom Zhang Yunxiu.

……

"Why don't you eat?"

After hastily bowing to heaven and earth, and hastily sending the bride into the bridal chamber, Zhang Yunxiu had no choice but to put on a fake smile and greet the guests hastily.

He himself is still an old bachelor...

Zhang Jianxiu immediately scolded his brother: "Why did you talk to my brother, no, how did you talk to your uncle!"

Zhang Chonghui, who has been ill for more than half a year, does not look like he has just recovered from a serious illness. At this moment, among the "acquaintances" at this table, he is the only one who is lively and enjoying himself.

Zhang Jianxiu felt uncomfortable all over, and Luo Sigong felt even more uncomfortable.

At the wedding banquet.

Luo Sigong doesn't even know how to deal with the seniority between him and Zhang Jianxiu...

"..."

Suddenly, this originally unpleasant wedding banquet started to quarrel because of such a title issue.

As for Zhang Chonghui, the 'chief culprit' who stirred up this topic, he seemed not to have seen this chaotic scene at all, and was only interested in eating and drinking.

Seeing that the farce was intensifying, the two in-laws Zhang Jianxiu and Luo Sigong were about to fight each other with fists, but the groom Zhang Yunxiu only glanced at it from a distance and had no intention of coming to break up the fight.

The groom's official made no comment, so the bride's relatives could not stand idly by.

At this time, if the mother's family does not stand up for Luo Sigong, who is also the 'mother's family', how will the bride's status in the Zhang family be obtained in the future?

Ever since, this picture appeared.

I saw a large number of the woman's relatives tightly surrounding the two brothers Zhang Jianxiu and Zhang Jingxiu. The woman's elder headed by them even pointed directly at Zhang Jianxiu's nose, criticizing him for having no regard for the king's law and no favor from the emperor!
The bride's family has always looked down on these "criminal empresses" of the Zhang family. Now that something like this has happened, they have even responded with cold words and taunts. The bride is really suffering from this "low marriage". !
In response to this, Zhang Jianxiu, who is usually sharp-tongued and unforgiving, just replied angrily and palely: "It was obviously Luo Gongbao who bullied my brother in the first place! It's obviously you who have no mercy from the emperor!"

Zhang Jingxiu also joined in at this time, and the young man said with a pitiful look on his face: "Oh...forget it, Fourth Brother, they bullied our parents and left us with nothing to rely on, and they even bullied our Zhang family. Forget it. , it’s nothing if I feel a little wronged..."

Seeing that all the people who were joining in the fun gathered around to watch the show, Zhang Yunxiu, the groom's official, came forward to break up the fight.

"What's going on?" After Zhang Yunxiu came up with an anxious look, he admitted his mistake to Luo Sigong without saying anything:

"Cousin nephew, after all, today is your cousin's and my happy day. No matter how much you bully others, you can't do such a disappointing thing on this happy day, right?"

Seeing that Luo Sigong was about to defend himself, Zhang Yunxiu quickly pulled his "ignorant" younger brother Zhang Jingxiu behind him and said:

"My brother is still young and ignorant. Even if he makes some mistakes with his words, he is still your uncle now. Logically speaking, you can't bully him!

and! Even if you don’t look at the face of our Zhang family, you can’t help but look at the emperor’s face! This is a marriage given by the emperor! How can you be disrespectful to the emperor? "

"When did I disrespect the emperor's favor? No..." Luo Sigong was dumbfounded!

Looking at the three brothers who were confusing right and wrong, and then looking at the officials who were talking in low voices around him, Luo Sigong realized that he had been tricked!
However, this was not over yet. Just when Luo Sigong's mind was confused and he was thinking about how to end this chaotic situation, his groom's "cousin" Zhang Yunxiu spoke again!

"Cousin nephew, my brother is still young and he can't bear the pain. Since you are still angry, then take all your anger out on me! It doesn't matter if you beat or scold him, it's all up to you!"

Zhang Yunxiu's face was full of helplessness. As he spoke, he even lifted up the hem of his clothes, preparing to kneel down and admit his mistake to Luo Sigong, a 'cousin'!
With everyone's "Hey, eh, eh, you can't help it", Zhang Yunxiu still failed to kneel down. This absurd and chaotic scene was finally stopped by the official from the Ministry of Etiquette who was in charge of the wedding banquet.

The wedding banquet has reached this stage, and there is no doubt that the relationship between the bride and groom has become strained. If an ordinary person's wedding banquet was held like this, if they encountered a more stubborn relative of the woman, they would probably take the bride home long ago, and the marriage would be annulled on the spot.

However, this is a marriage granted by His Majesty the Emperor. Even if both men and women are unhappy, they must endure it!

At this time, Luo Sigong and the woman's relatives who were more clever finally realized that something was wrong!
Now it's better, everyone knows that the woman looks down on the man, and she even blatantly 'bullied' the groom's brother at the wedding banquet!
From now on, if there is any friction or dispute between this young couple, what will people outside think?
From now on, if this young couple has a bad relationship, what will people outside think?
It must be because the bride is too arrogant!

As for the groom’s official?
On this special day, the groom has to kneel down to Luo Sigong, the bride’s family. What a pitiful, innocent groom!
……

It was getting dark, and after such an event, the wedding banquet could only end hastily.

……

The guests had almost left, and the night was already deep.

Zhang Yunxiu, who was supposed to rush to the bridal chamber to have sex, didn't care about the bride in the bridal chamber. Instead, he took Zhang Chonghui, the only one he could talk to, and started drinking in the study.

"After a day of acting, I'm really exhausted."

Zhang Yunxiu was exhausted. When he thought about this marriage and the emperor who granted him the marriage, he felt even more resentful.

While drunk, Zhang Yunxiu couldn't help but sneered at the 'enemy' and sneered: "The old hen has to move its nest to hatch eggs, but he doesn't even want to move his nest. He really was burned out by the fire! "

"So what if I move my home? What can be changed? At least there won't be a sudden fire in Xiyuan." Zhang Chonghui said with a smile, keeping his eyes on the open door of the study.

It was obvious that he was waiting for someone.

As for the people waiting, it was like a timely rain. As soon as Zhang Chonghui finished speaking, he saw the uninvited figure of the visitor.

"Hey, what are you talking about again? The groom is not going to the bridal chamber, so why are you drinking here?"

Gu Xiancheng patted the plaster on his body, walked into the study, and closed the door on his own initiative.

Gu Xiancheng's arrival did not surprise the two of them. Needless to say, Zhang Chonghui and even Zhang Yunxiu knew just by listening to the voice that the person coming was Gu Xiancheng who always liked to climb over the wall and come uninvited.

Zhang Yunxiu didn't like or welcome Gu Xiancheng, so he simply turned his eyes away from him.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Chonghui seemed to have something to say to Gu Xiancheng, he would have just waved his broom and drove this strange man out!

"Wulang, are you that unwelcome to me?" Gu Xiancheng shamelessly sat next to Zhang Yunxiu and said with a smile, "I came here specially to be your follower."

Zhang Yunxiu turned his face further away, and the boredom towards Gu Xiancheng on his face didn't seem to be staged.

"Alas..." Gu Xiancheng seemed to have been hit by something. He turned to look at Zhang Chonghui and said directly:

"Have you heard that the emperor is going to open gold and silver mines in two capitals and thirteen provinces and send mine supervisors there to make money?"

"Then what?" Zhang Chonghui said calmly: "The emperor asked the eunuchs to mine and collect taxes in various places, and they can still see some money. But if he lets 'you' go, I'm afraid he won't even hear a sound, right?"

Zhang Chonghui stated "interests" so straightforwardly that Gu Xiancheng also looked uncomfortable after hearing this, but he soon followed the words and said with emotion:

"Nowadays, the emperor and his ministers are at odds with each other. If the emperor wants to make money, he can only rely on the eunuchs who have no roots. In the end, he can only make the people miserable!"

"So?" It was Zhang Yunxiu who spoke this time. He was finally willing to look at Gu Xiancheng, but his eyes were filled with anger and he cursed:

"The emperor is stupid and amassing money! Don't you morons amass money? In the face of military and national affairs, you will always be a miserable common people! When it comes to private matters such as stealing love, you are as moral as the possessed saints!"

Gu Xiancheng seemed to be dumbfounded by Zhang Yunxiu's scolding, and he was stunned for a long time without answering.

Seeing that the atmosphere was starting to get a little different, Zhang Chonghui casually took over the topic and said:

"The Ming Dynasty now seems to have only one court, but in fact it has two courts, one is the inner court of the emperor, and the other is the outer court of the ministers.

The emperor can make the decision in the inner court, but as for the outer court, ha... the emperor can beat the courtiers, demote the courtiers, and even kill the courtiers, but no one listens to what the emperor says. "

"That's because he's useless!" Zhang Yunxiu said without mercy and with a hint of complaint:

"He was taught by so many great bachelors who were selected from millions, but in the end, he only knew how to be a king with a shrunken head! He is worthy of my father... Forget it, he is useless anyway!"

"Okay, don't talk about these old shit." Gu Xiancheng interrupted the topic. He looked at Zhang Chonghui and said seriously:

"The most urgent task now is how to get the emperor to cancel the mining order! Don't pretend, I know you have a way!"

"Ah?" Zhang Chonghui said with a smile: "What does it have to do with me, Mr. Zhang, if the emperor opens a mine?"

"You must have already known that private mining is rampant among the people today, right?" Gu Xiancheng said aggressively:
"You want to help the tyrants do evil, let the emperor come in and interfere, making the world more chaotic and the people more miserable, right?"

Zhang Chonghui looked at Gu Xiancheng: "Are you kidnapping me morally?"

"You can say that." Gu Xiancheng stopped pretending and spread his hands and said:
"I know you won't ignore this matter, and I can tell you clearly that I did not break my promise to you.

I asked someone to recommend Yu Shenxing to the cabinet, but the emperor doesn't even read the memorial now, so it's not that I won't help you.

And I guess you have already seen that it is not that easy for Yu Shenxing to join the cabinet! "

"So?" Zhang Chonghui asked again lightly.

Zhang Chonghui always had such an indifferent attitude. Gu Xiancheng became a little impatient. He simply threatened:

"This year, the emperor has not cared about anything! The cabinet has been in chaos and has had several fights!
You want Yu Shenxing to join the cabinet! If you want to come out of the East Palace alive! You have to take care of this! "

At this point, Gu Xiancheng is already 'threatening' Zhang Chonghui!
Almost all the prince lecturers in the East Palace are from the Donglin Party. Gu Xiancheng is confident that he will be able to 'threaten' Zhang Chonghui!
However, Zhang Chonghui choked Gu Xiancheng with just a few words!
"What's the use of threatening me? The person you want to threaten should be the emperor!" Zhang Chonghui said with a strange smile:
"Didn't you all burn down the Qianqing Palace? If that's not enough, you can also burn down the Huangji Palace, the Zhongji Palace, and the Jianji Palace!

If that's not enough, you can also set fire to Xiyuan and burn it down too!
I'm sure the prince will be able to ascend the throne directly once this fire breaks out! "

(End of this chapter)