Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 570 Strange Political Smell
Li Jing took the chopsticks, pointed to the chair, motioned for Xiaozhu to sit down, took a bite of the rice and said, "Xiaozhu, it's almost done. We'll go back to Beijing after dinner."

Xiao Zhu shook his head and sighed: "Master, do you have to be in such a hurry, can you take another day off?"

Li Jing said with a smile: "I originally wanted to rest for two more days and prepare to return to Beijing on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, but there are so many things waiting to be dealt with, it is impossible not to go back."

Xiaozhu sighed softly, seeing that Li Jing's rice bowl was empty, she hurriedly got up to fill Li Jing's meal.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Look, my appetite is pretty good, I can eat two bowls. If I can eat two bowls of rice, it means that my body is fine."

"Master's appetite has been reduced a lot. With such a small bowl, master could eat three bowls before." Xiao Zhu sighed.

Li Jing said with a smile: "After all, it's not back then, are you getting older?"

Xiao Zhu shook his head, silently watching Li Jing eat.

After a while, Li Jing finished eating, put the rice bowl gently on the table and said, "Okay, I'm full."

Suddenly seeing Li Xiang packing up some books he often read, Li Jing hurriedly stopped him: "Hey, Xiang'er, don't put those books away, I need to read them on the way."

"I know, the slaves put the master in the car." Li Xiang said hurriedly.

Li Jingjing nodded, got up, put on his cloak, and walked out of the room.

After a while, when everyone was ready to stop, Li Jing got into the carriage and waved his hand to drive.

It is about 300 miles from Tianjinwei to Beijing. Due to the snow that had just fallen two days ago, the road was difficult. Li Jing and his party walked for a whole day and did not arrive in Beijing until noon the next day.

Seeing Yongding Gate from a distance, a guard in front of him suddenly returned and ran to Xiao Jiu and whispered a few words, Xiao Jiu heard that he walked beside Li Jing's car and said, "Commander, there are a large number of officials waiting outside the city to welcome you. "

Li Jingwen frowned: "What's the matter? Who told them to welcome them?"

As he spoke, he lifted the curtain of the car, looked up, and saw a group of people waiting in front of him, waiting on both sides of Yongding Gate.

At this time, the people in front saw Li Jing's car stop, and the first person hurried over and said: "Commander, the emperor led a hundred officials to greet him outside the city."

Li Jing couldn't help frowning when he saw the person coming, "Brother Boying, who encouraged the emperor to engage in this ostentation?"

Yuan Shu smiled wryly and said: "Who else could it be? The emperor himself did it. The emperor said that the commander-in-chief has made great achievements for Ming Dynasty, and all officials should welcome him outside the city."

Hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help but smile wryly, thinking that he gave Zhu Youjian a big gift the day before yesterday, and he wanted to repay his favor.

At this moment, the drums and music were playing in front of him. After listening for a while, Li Jing was startled: "Brother Bo Ying, what kind of music is this playing? Why does it sound like the imperial music used by the emperor?"

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "It is the imperial music used by the emperor."

"Nonsense! How can you use Yule? Are there any rules? It's almost time to stop." Li Jing frowned.

"It's the emperor's arrangement, we dare not stop it." Yuan Shu said hastily.

"The emperor's arrangement doesn't work either! As a subject, if I return to the capital to use Yule, if word spreads, what will people say about me, do I want to usurp the throne?" Li Jing said displeased.

"This..." Yuan Shu was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, all the people in front shouted together: "Welcome Duke Xing to return to Beijing! Long live the Duke, long live, long live."

Li Jingwen's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he urgently ordered Xiao Jiu: "Quickly shut them up, and check for me right away, who told them to shout."

Yuan Shu smiled wryly and said: "There is no need to investigate. It was the emperor who asked everyone to shout. The ministers originally disagreed, but the emperor said that without the Marshal, Daming would not be where it is today. Long live the Marshal, and Daming will last forever. If everyone If you don’t call the Marshal Long Live, then you don’t want the Ming Dynasty to live forever, you just don’t want the Ming Dynasty to last forever.”

"You're talking nonsense. If you don't call me long live, Ming's Guozuo won't last forever? Xiaojiu shut them up!" Li Jing said angrily.

Xiao Jiu received the order, rode forward, and shouted loudly: "The commander-in-chief has ordered to stop playing music, and all officials are not allowed to call the Duke Long Live!"

After hearing this, Shen Zheng smiled wryly and said to Zhu Youjian who was standing in the middle: "Your Majesty, I just said that the commander-in-chief will not be happy after hearing this. Look at this..."

Zhu Youjian said hastily: "The Duke of the State decided the universe for the Great Ming Ding, and he worked tirelessly to recruit Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, so as to save the Ming Dynasty from the disaster of swords and soldiers. Such achievements should be admired by all people. I am here with all your ministers. No matter what you do to welcome the Duke back to court, it is not an exaggeration. Just wait a moment, I will talk to the Duke."

"emperor!"

Shen Zheng and the others were anxious to stop him, but Zhu Youjian waved his hands and walked quickly towards Li Jing's carriage.

When Li Jingyuan saw it, he hurriedly ordered all the guards to get off their horses, while he quickly went up to meet him.

When the two met halfway, Li Jing cupped his fists and smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, what are you doing? This is to roast me on the stove!"

"Brother Li, this is what I mean, and it is to commend Brother Li's achievements." Zhu Youjian said with a smile.

Li Jing shook his head: "It's too late, Your Majesty! Things are not stable in Daming at this time, and if you make such a move, there will definitely be another disturbance."

"Make waves again? Who dares to make waves?" Zhu Youjian asked doubtfully.

Li Jing took a deep look at Zhu Youjian and shook his head slightly.

Zhu Youjian ascended the throne at the age of 17, and it took only one year to eradicate the eunuch forces headed by Wei Zhongxian, who were in power.

Li Jing really didn't believe that Zhu Youjian couldn't see what impact today's incident would have on Daming's political situation.

If I accepted the title of Long Live today, and used Yule in the Passover Ritual System, then all the royal officials and some officials of the new dynasty in Ming Dynasty would definitely rise up against me.

At that time, it will be a life-and-death political contest. If Zhu Youjian wins, he will regain power, but if he loses, I will definitely drive him to the bottom.

But the army is in his own hands, Zhu Youjian doesn't even have a half chance of winning, how dare he provoke trouble rashly?Zhu Youjian's character is forbearing, how could he do such an unreasonable thing?
And all along, I have given Zhu Youjian due respect and vigorously maintained the majesty of the emperor. It should be said that the relationship between the two has gotten along very well in the past year.Especially two days ago, I asked Zhu Youjian to preside over the New Year's Ceremony, and promised Zhu Youjian the title of Lord of Zhongxing. At this time, Zhu Youjian had no reason and should not provoke a dispute.

Could it be that Zhu Youjian has absolute certainty?
Li Jing raised his eyes to look at the ministers in front of him, and saw that Gao Qi, Shen Zheng, Zhou Hengchen, Yang Liufeng and others were all present safely, and even Chen Guozhu was standing among the crowd. Responsible for vigilance.

The presence of Chen Guozhu meant that there was nothing wrong with the garrison of the capital, and the presence of Yang Xuan meant that the palace was under his control.Zhu Youjian couldn't even guarantee his own safety, so how dare he provoke trouble with him?
Looking at Zhu Youjian's expression, Li Jing sighed secretly, Zhu Youjian was not nervous at all, and he didn't see anything unusual at all.

Could it be that Zhu Youjian's move today is really from the heart?Or has Zhu Youjian lost his sense of politics after a year of easy life?Can't see the possible consequences of this incident?Or did Zhu Youjian exercise more perseverance?
From the bottom of his heart, Li Jing is unwilling to doubt Zhu Youjian. Li Jing's implementation of the New Deal now requires Zhu Youjian's strong support.And all along, Zhu Youjian has done a good job. It is because of Zhu Youjian's support that the New Deal can be implemented so smoothly.

At this time, Li Jing really didn't want to turn against Zhu Youjian.

Li Jing's thoughts changed sharply, knowing that this was definitely not the time to find out what happened, so he patted Zhu Youjian's hand lightly and said, "Your Majesty, Li Jing has taken over your heart, but I'm sorry Li Jing won't welcome you with such a standard." Dare to accept it."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing turned his head and said to Yuan Shu: "Bo Ying, who is in charge of the etiquette system in the Ministry of Rites? He doesn't know that today's specification exceeds the standard? Why didn't you dissuade the emperor? Get rid of him!"

"This..." Yuan Shu looked at Zhu Youjian and then at Li Jing, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

Li Jing paused and said again: "Also, can't the ministers of the cabinet see that today's welcome standard has exceeded the limit? And those people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, don't they all speak well? Are you dumb? Let them all write me a letter asking for punishment!"

Hearing that Li Jing wanted to deal with the officials, Zhu Youjian said anxiously: "Brother Li, where do you put me like this! It's really none of their business. I let them do this. If you want to punish, just punish me." .”

Li Jing shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, Li Jing understands your heart, since you call me Brother Li, then I will treat you as a brother, even if the brother does something wrong, the elder brother will not blame the brother. "

Zhu Youjian hurriedly said: "Then look at my thin noodles, let's forget about today's affairs, otherwise, how can I still have the face to see everyone in the future. You also said that during the New Year, let all the officials come to the table to congratulate me, you If you want to punish them, who cares about me!"

Li Jingwen pondered for a while and said: "That's right, it's not appropriate to deal with everyone at this time, so let's do it this way, we'll talk about it after the New Year."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "It's so cold, everyone must have been frozen outside after staying outside for so long, let's go."

"Brother Li, please!" Zhu Youjian waved his hand.

Although Li Jing was smiling, people like Gao Qi, Shen Zheng and others who knew Li Jing could see that Li Jing was not in a good mood, so everyone just exchanged greetings and then returned to the city.

He ordered the guards to send Xiaozhu home, and Zhu Youjian to the palace, and dismissed all the officials. Li Jing took Gao Qi, Shen Zheng and other important cabinet ministers to the cabinet office.

After taking his seat in the study, Gao Qi cautiously asked, "Marshal, did we do something wrong?"

Li Jing glanced at everyone, and asked in a deep voice: "When did the emperor order the Ritual System Division of the Ministry of Etiquette to play Yuyue today?"

Yuan Shu hurriedly said: "It was decided by the emperor on a temporary basis. We didn't know it beforehand. We only saw that the emperor called the doctor of Yizhi to give some instructions. After the commander arrived, we realized that the music was played."

Li Jingjing nodded, and then asked: "Then who proposed to call the Duke Long Live?"

"It's also the emperor. At first, the master of ceremonies took the lead in shouting to welcome the Duke back to Beijing. Later, when the emperor asked us to add the Lord's long live, everyone disagreed at first. It was the emperor who took the lead in shouting, so the ministers followed suit. "Shen Zheng said hurriedly.

(End of this chapter)