Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The so-called patrol press, this title sounds like a very powerful appearance.

Especially in the film and television works of later generations, the protagonist is framed by corrupt officials and treacherous ministers. At a critical juncture, Lord Qingtian, the inspector of the Eight Houses, appears.Holding Shangfang's sword in his hand, he beheaded the faint officials under his flag.

Then, the flowers will be full and the moon will be a happy ending.

When ordinary people see this scene, they will think that this inspector must be an official who cannot be bigger.

But the fact is that patrols are generally held by officials of the seventh rank, that is, temporary positions.Generally, the imperial emissary is the official, who is sent to various places to inspect the political situation, which is a bit like the role of the central inspector in later generations.

But the power is much greater than that of the modern central inspector. After all, the inspector holds the king's order and directly represents the majesty of the emperor.The so-called: hunting on behalf of the sky, praising the patrol.

In addition to being held by the imperial envoy, the imperial court usually selects a few people from the new subjects to serve as the inspector. This is already a quick rule of the political agreement of the Ming Dynasty.

Su Mu didn't expect that he hadn't proposed to the emperor to resign from the position of chief examiner of the Shaanxi Provincial Examination, and now he was given the title of inspector of Shaanxi Xuezheng. Moreover, the date of leaving Beijing was brought forward to this year, and he couldn't even be with his family during the Spring Festival. live together.

So, he couldn't help but yelled out.

At this time, Zhengde suddenly punched him.

Emperor Zhengde was like this, often fighting with Su Mu unexpectedly.After suffering a few losses at the beginning, Su Mu also raised his vigilance.

At this moment, seeing Emperor Zhengde's shoulder move, Su Mu took a step back, making Zhengde's trick of Heihu's stealth come to nothing.

Zhengde punched empty air, and was overjoyed: "Okay, come on, let's go through a few tricks. What are you discussing, Su Qing, you eat the king's salary, shouldn't you be loyal to the king?"

Then there was a sweeping kick, Su Mu was helpless, the goshawk spread its wings, jumped up, and flashed: "But... Your Majesty..."

"Don't worry about it. Isn't it just to have children? What's the big deal? It's common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. In the future, Su Mu, you might marry a few concubines. It would be very difficult for him to have seventeen or eighteen children. It's normal. You're a new father now, and you still find it new, but if you have more children in the future, I'm afraid it will be annoying."

While talking, the two were making moves.Naturally, they are all flamboyant and embroidered, with no actual combat value.

The eunuchs watching the battle couldn't help clapping their hands and applauding in a low voice.

All of a sudden, the flattery was like a trend, and only praised Long Live Lord as the world's number one expert.Of course, Mr. Su Mu is also tied for the first place in the world.

Zhengde punched once, not even out of breath, showing good physical fitness: "Su Mu, this is an imperial decree, just accept it, and no objection is allowed."

Su Mu was furious: "This is a random fate!" He was so angry that he threw out a fist, which happened to collide with Zhengde's fist fiercely.

When the severe pain hit, the two stopped at the same time, touched their right hand with their left hand, and shouted out the pain, which made all the eunuchs change color in shock.

"Okay!" Zhengde's face was distorted in pain, but his eyes were full of joy: "This punch is a bit interesting, Su Qing, do you know why I sent you to patrol Shanxi Xuezheng and serve as the chief examiner for the rural examination?"

Su Mu: "How does the minister know?"

Zhengde: "It's not because of my sympathy for you. Aren't you poor? Now you have three wives. How much money do you pay each month? How can you support your family? Is it possible that you will become a corrupt official in the future? Go to Shaanxi to preside over a job." No matter what you do in the township examination, you can get thousands of taels, and you can get thousands of taels by patrolling the area for half a year. Not only did you not thank me, but you even came to blame me, what is the reason for it?"

When Emperor Zhengde said this, Su Mu was speechless for a while, after all, he had good intentions, so he couldn't help but appreciate it, right?Could it be possible to say to him: Your Majesty, the minister is very rich, and now has several 10 taels of net worth.

If you really say something like that, I'm afraid it won't please you.

Thinking of this, Su Mu suddenly lost his temper, and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Zhengde punched out and hit Su Mu on the shoulder.

Su Mu was defenseless, and was beaten back a step.

Zhengde's childish temper caused Su Mu to suffer, and he laughed triumphantly: "Su Mu, don't thank me, but Liu Ban if you want to thank me. He brought up this matter. I heard that you have had some unpleasant troubles recently. I don't talk when we meet each other on weekdays. I'm not a fool, so I can see it. You are my closest people, so I naturally hope that the two of you can live in harmony. I agree with Liu Jin's proposal. He took the job. Even if you were poor in the Imperial College Examination, he also..."

Probably because he realized that it was inappropriate for him to say such words, Zhengde immediately closed his mouth and looked at the surrounding eunuchs majestically.

The eunuchs all turned their heads away, pretending not to hear anything.

"It turned out to be Liu Jin!" Su Mu seemed to understand a little bit, it seems that Liu Jin did all of this, and wanted to transfer himself out of the capital for a year.

What is he doing this for?

Su Mu couldn't figure it out.

However, since Emperor Zhengde said so, Su Mu was powerless to resist.If they were entangled, Emperor Zhengde would feel that Su Mu didn't appreciate him, and he just wanted to quarrel with Liu Jin, but he lost a lot of points in front of him.

On this day, Su Mu was not in high spirits.

When he was about to leave Xiyuan in the afternoon, seeing no one around, Zhengde suddenly sighed: "Su Mu, didn't I say in the morning that you and I are both only seedlings, and the issue of heirs is very important. Now, you have to be I'm a father, but I'm very envious. It's strange to say that I got married half a year earlier than you, so why can't my women get pregnant?"

The emperor suddenly talked about his own private affairs, and this matter involved the emperor's wife, Su Mu didn't dare to open his mouth, he just faltered a few words, trying to deal with it.

Zhengde was angry, and shouted in a low voice: "Su Mu, although you and I are monarchs and ministers, you and I are inseparable, and we can tell people everything. Is it so difficult for me to say a few words from my heart to you? Okay, today You and I will put aside the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and just treat it as a friend in the world. Only this time. How?"

Seeing Zhengde's rare anger, Su Mu's heart suddenly trembled, and he felt something was wrong.

Indeed, as Emperor Zhengde said just now, his heirs are difficult.

In real history, Emperor Zhengde reigned for 17 years, but did not give birth to a prince.So that after his sudden death, no one can inherit the throne.The imperial court had no choice but to invite Emperor Zhengde's cousin Xing Wang Zhu Houcong into the Forbidden City. This is the famous Emperor Jiajing in history.

After Emperor Jiajing came to power, he got into a mess with his ministers over the issue of succession or succession, which caused a political turmoil that lasted for ten years, known in history as the Great Etiquette Controversy.

As a result of the political turmoil, Yang Tinghe resigned as the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Shen was exiled in Yunnan, and Emperor Jiajing also ignored political affairs because of conflicts with the civil official group.

The Ming Dynasty went from prosperity to decline in this internal strife.

Everything is because Zhengde has no children.