Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 6

Lu Fangzhengyan said: "I'll teach you the sentence that the military officers said again - 'put him to death and live later'! You killed Zhou Yunyi, not only King Yu, but also many people hate you, which is good. But How do you make them understand that Zhou Yunyi was not killed by you. If you stay in the palace, you won't have this chance. Judging by my strength, Daming, this throne will belong to King Yu sooner or later. When that day comes, you will really be dead! Listen! My, I am now sending you to Prince Yu's mansion as the great companion of the emperor's grandson in the name of the emperor. You must put your tail between your legs and really make King Yu and the people in his mansion look at you again. If there is really King Yu who is in charge of the palace One day, godfather's old life will depend on you."

Speaking of this, tears flashed in Lu Fang's eyes.

Feng Bao knelt down and burst into tears, wondering if he understood Lu Fang's intentions.

From Yinshi to the present, in just a few hours, Zhu Zaihou, king of Yu, seemed as long as decades.Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng had told him about the struggle at the imperial meeting in Yuxi Palace the night before.But at the end of Yinshi, the concubine Li's concubine suddenly went into labor, and for nearly two hours, only the howling of Concubine Li's dystocia was heard.King Yu in the outer hall of the bedroom was accompanied by Tan Lun, Zhan Shi of the palace, wandering around the room.While worrying about Concubine Li's birth, she worried about the safety of Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.Now, the son was born safely, and when Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng came safely through the snow, and they came to congratulate him according to the order, King Yu's extremely nervous heart was relieved, and his body seemed to collapse all of a sudden Sitting on the chair in the middle of the outer hall of the bedroom, I wanted to stand up and pay back a half-respect to the masters, but I couldn't stand up, so I had to bow my body and stretched out my hands: "please rise, masters, please come back That's good..."

A few chairs formed a circle around a Baiyun copper brazier in the middle. Xu Jie and Gao Gong got up and sat down on the right side of King Yu. Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun sat down on the left side of King Yu. Huo, looking at each other, a little bit of emotion at this time, I don't know where to start.

"Mr. Xu Ge, brother Suqing, and brother Taiyue don't know how the prince came here these few hours." Tan Lun's eyes were already a little moist when he started the conversation, "The princess began to give birth at Yinshi, and the mother gave birth at two hours Mama couldn't continue, because she suddenly remembered that there was a birth-promoting pill left by Li Shizhen last year in the mansion, and she took it and poured it into the concubine to keep the mother and child safe."

Only then did Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng pay attention to King Yu, who was still pale and weak, sitting in the armchair in the middle.

Tan Lun continued: "The concubine is having a hard time giving birth, and the prince still misses you. He braved the snow to go outside the gate a few times to watch. I'm afraid that some of you won't come back this time."

"Confucius said benevolence, and Meng said righteousness. It's nothing more than dedicating this life to Ming Dynasty like Zhou Yunyi." Gao Gong said this with pride, "The prince is happy to give birth to a son, and my Ming Dynasty will be rejuvenated. We One of these people dies and another one dies. Sitting in this seat, if you don’t fight at this time, it’s better to die.”

"But the Ming Dynasty only has your vitality." King Yu seemed to have regained some strength, reached out to pick up the copper tongs on the copper basin and fiddled with the charcoal fire, his voice was still weak due to exhaustion, "If the court doesn't even have you I really don't know who else can assist the emperor to rectify the current situation."

"The emperor is still wise." Xu Jie continued, "There will be no such consequences."

Gao Gong said: "But today's result is not much better. My lord, it's frustrating to say it. Last year's bad debts were all reported."

"This year finally got off to a good start." Xu Jie continued, "Expenditures are under control, and there is no tax increase for the people. I hope that the conversion of farmland into mulberry fields in Zhejiang can be done well."

"It can't be done well." Zhang Juzheng made it very clear when he opened his mouth.

King Yu and Tan Lun both looked at him.

Zhang Juzheng explained to King Yu: "In front of the emperor, Yan Song proposed a strategy to convert half of the farmland of Zhejiang people into mulberry fields. He said that as long as Jiangsu and Zhejiang can produce 20 more pieces of silk this year, they can make up for the deficit of the national treasury. At that time, we Thinking about it, they came up with another name to take the opportunity to annex the fields of Zhejiang farmers. The profit made them dizzy, and they didn't want half of the people in a province to lose their fields, and it was a place where Japanese pirates made troubles, and chaos would come within a few months."

"Why didn't you report to the emperor at that time?" King Yu became anxious again when he heard this.

Gao Gong replied: "As soon as Yan Song's words fell, the emperor immediately approved the decree. At the same time, after the farmland was converted into mulberry fields, no additional taxes should be levied. Why did the emperor not think about it? Once this strategy is implemented, the strict party in Zhejiang will Those confidantes will immediately collude with wealthy businessmen to fight desperately to buy the land of the common people."

"Master Gao and Master Zhang are very worried." Tan Lun answered, "After the farmland is converted into mulberry fields and there is no tax increase, the harvest of one mu of mulberry fields will be more than [-]% higher than that of one mu of farmland. If these mulberry fields are all In the hands of those officials and merchants in Zhejiang, the process of buying silk can be saved from planting mulberry and silkworms to weaving silk and satin, and the profits can be imagined.”

Zhang Juzheng: "Zi Li made it clear that most of Yan Song's plan was to make up for the shortfall in the national treasury they caused, and they didn't necessarily have these calculations. But Yan Shifan and the others encouraged Yan Song to make a detailed plan beforehand."

"We can't let them succeed!" Gao Gong stood up, "We couldn't stop it at the time, and we have to find ways to remedy it. We can't let this bad government be implemented in Zhejiang."

"How can we stop them? They are from the imperial court to Zhejiang. Master Xu, what do you think?" King Yu looked at Xu Jie who had not said a word.

Xu Jie only bowed to King Yu, but looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Does Taiyue have any specific ideas?"

Zhang Juzheng did not answer immediately, but thought for a while before answering: "Zhejiang is not monolithic, and there are not people in the strict party who do not have a conscience. If you want to tear a hole, I think there is someone who can win."

"Who?" Gao Gong asked immediately.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "Of course it must be someone who can take care of the overall situation."

"You mean Hu Zongxian?" Gao Gong immediately asked again.

"It is this person." Zhang Juzheng replied firmly, "He is the governor of Zhejiang Province and also the governor of Zhejiang Province. Not only Yan Song, but also the emperor trusts him very much. If anyone can persuade him, let him confess to Yan Song and the emperor Chen Lihai, this bad government may end without a problem."

"Taiyue, a scholar's opinion." Gao Gong immediately dismissed it, "He, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was promoted step by step from Yan Song's hand as the magistrate. It's not that no tree can be moved. The roots are buried deep in Yan Song's mansion, you can't move him even if you want to."

At this moment, King Yu turned his gaze to Tan Lun.

"I think Taiyue's idea can be discussed in depth." Tan Lun continued, "The prince knows, and several adults know that Hu Zongxian once had a close relationship with me, and he still has opinions on major issues. From the Governor's point of view in the past few years, although Yan Song and Yan Shifan have always followed Yan Song and Yan Shifan on the table, he can always be stable when it comes to the overall situation of the court."

Gao Gong didn't take it seriously: "Even so, who is going to win him over? He will listen to us if we don't know each other?"

Zhang Juzheng continued: "Of course we can't let him listen to us directly, but we can send someone to him to let him understand the gains and losses."

"Which person to send?" King Yu was looking at Zhang Juzheng, seeing that Zhang Juzheng's gaze had been looking at Tan Lun, he immediately understood, and turned to Tan Lun as well.

Tan Lun had no choice but to answer: "There is no need to ask. Of course I will go. But there must be a position that allows me to stay by Hu Zongxian's side justifiably, so that I have the opportunity to speak to him."

Everyone shook their heads and exchanged glances with each other.

"I think this move can be tried. With Tan Zili by Hu Zongxian's side, every point is worth every point." Having said that, Xu Jie expressed his position cautiously.

"Then let Zili go to Hu Zongxian's side first." Yu Wang stood up with the armrest of the armchair, "As long as Hu Zongxian's conscience can be aroused, the overall situation may not be out of hand."

"It can't be just to clean up the situation." Zhang Juzheng became excited, and looked at Tan Lun, "Zili, do you want to come back after you go?"

Tan Lun was taken aback, and asked back, "What do you mean if you want to come back?"

Zhang Juzheng replied: "If you want to come back, you must start a big fire in Zhejiang, and then burn this fire from Zhejiang to the capital, and burn it to Yan Song and Yan Shifan. If you can't, you will have no face to come back to see the prince, or I fell down in Zhejiang. Think it over, are you going or not?"

"Taiyue's question is good!" Gao Gong immediately stood up, patted his knees, "Either you don't go, or you go, it's not a matter of fighting for a point!"

King Yu immediately became nervous at what the two said, and looked at Xu Jie again.Xu Jie didn't care that the two juniors denied him in front of King Yu, but after all, he was the star of these people and even the Qingliu of the Ming Dynasty. The one in charge of silk is the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau under the jurisdiction of the Li Supervisor.”

"Master is concerned." King Yu was immediately reminded, and looked forward blankly, "If it involves the weaving bureau, it will involve the palace and the emperor. Tan Zili should not go."

Tan Lun expected Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong to be the fierce generals. Although it was a matter of his own life and death, he didn't think much of it.However, Xu Ge's old saying about the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau caused King Yu's fright, but it made Tan Lun feel a bit of sadness from the bottom of his heart. When Yu Wang said this, he was obviously not worried about his own life and death, but was deeply afraid of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, deeply Fear the emperor.

On the contrary, Tan Lun's heart-wrenching sorrow aroused his desire to leave. He looked deeply at King Yu: "Don't worry, my lord, this minister will never involve the palace, let alone the lord and you. As long as the officials If the Ministry can give me a piece of paper about the appointment of the Zhejiang Provincial Governor's Office to join the army, I will leave tomorrow."

King Yu was originally a very sensitive person, so Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng couldn't hear the surge in Tan Lun's heart when he said these words.For a moment, everyone was a little embarrassed, and they were all there.

Tan Lun laughed instead: "My lord, today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, please give me a bowl of Lantern Festival."

This is a bit like "don't swallow Yandan today".Not only King Yu, but also Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng couldn't help feeling mixed feelings, and looked at Tan Lun together.

Just at this time, a palace lady came out from the room: "My lord, my concubine said, it's the end of noon, shouldn't it be time to serve the Lantern Festival to all the adults?"

"Go to the Lantern Festival... Serve the Lantern Festival right away..." Yu Wang's voice was a little hoarse, and it was hard to hide a bit of choking in the hoarseness.

"Go to the altar bar again." Gao Gong said loudly, "Let's drink with Tan Zili!"

——He actually forgot that he and his party came here to congratulate the son on his birthday.

(End of this chapter)