Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 52

On this day, Zhu Yousong was practicing calligraphy in the Hall of Martial Arts, with Queen Jin and Chan'er waiting by his side.

Although Zhu Yousong also learned brushes for a few days in his previous life, how to write that character is still in his own family. However, in the era when hard brushes replaced soft brushes, no one said that his calligraphy was bad. However, more than 300 years ago, he found that he was in a family of his own. I can't get the words out of my hand at all, I really don't know it, I'm shocked when I compare it.

Fortunately, the domineering Zhu Yousong didn't write very well, so during this period of time, he can use this identity that no one dares to question when he is reviewing memorials, but he can't deceive himself like this For a lifetime, in the future, if you become a generation of unrivaled heroes, all the inscriptions are nondescript, how can you be so embarrassing?

Therefore, Zhu Yousong decided that this façade should not be left behind, especially after having Chaner as a servant, he made up his mind to spend time practicing calligraphy. Prince Tai Fu Liu Zongzhou and other masters of calligraphy and painting, seeing the emperor's efforts to govern and strive to make progress, any one of them is willing to give him advice.

But Zhu Yousong prefers to practice calligraphy with Cicada. This little girl is only 16 years old. She can not only please her husband on the bed, play chess, calligraphy and painting, play and sing. The family, but the handwriting is like a person, writing fresh and handsome lower case, it is very suitable for Zhu Yousong to let her practice with her.

Interest is the best teacher. Now, Zhu Yousong has written two tanks of black water, and his handwriting has improved rapidly.

At this moment, a small yellow door came in, bowed and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, Eunuch Li, the supervisor of rites and the supervisor of the horse, asked Jin to see him."

"Let him in." Zhu Yousong said, completing the last stroke of "Tianxia Taiping".

"Your Majesty is wonderful, Your Majesty has written well!" The Golden Queen and Chan'er clapped their little hands and cheered.

Zhu Yousong looked at them with interest: "What's the good thing, if you can't say one, two, three, I won't let you go."

"Your Majesty's dots are like peaches, and skimming is like a knife, of course it's fine." The Golden Queen laughed.

"Also, this point is indeed the finishing touch." Chan'er also leaned over to point fingers.

Zhu Yousong smiled and nodded, not without complacent self-admiration, he felt that the Golden Queen and Chan'er were not all flattery.

At this time, Li Guofu knelt down in front of Zhu Yousong.

While admiring his masterpiece, Zhu Yousong said to Li Guofu who was standing at his feet, his eyes had not moved away from these four words, "How is the purge of the Jingying soldiers and Caojiang navy?"

"Return to Your Majesty, everything is going well. It's just that Xu Wenjue, the military preparation officer of the capital, went to bail and released Liu Kongzhao, the former admiral of Caojiang." Li Guofu said, holding a copy over his head.

Zhu Yousong took the scripture unexpectedly and let Li Guofu die.

Empress Jin and Chan'er saw that His Majesty was about to deal with government affairs again. Of course they knew the rules of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor dealt with government affairs, and women had to go away, so Ermei and the palace maid and inner eunuch put away their pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and hurriedly withdrew. .

After reading the memorial, Zhu Yousong handed it to Li Guofu, paced back and forth, and said to himself: "Although this official Xu Wenjue is not very big, he is the hereditary Duke of Wei. Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, but at this juncture of prudence and self-preservation, everyone avoids it, for fear of getting involved with the Ma Party, why does he want to release Liu Kongzhao on bail, isn't he afraid that I will chop off his head with him?"

"Your Majesty, Xu Wenjue is a bit bold and reckless, but this servant understands clearly that he is upright by nature, does not flatter the rich and powerful, and has a good personal relationship with Liu Kongzhao. Apart from official business, he has no contact with Ma Shiying and his son, Zhao Zhilong, Ruan Dacheng and others. He also privately persuaded Liu Kongzhao more than once to draw a clear line between him and Ma Shiying and others, and it was because of this that he was demoted to Nanjing Bingbei Dao."

"Well," Zhu Yousong nodded. In this era when the party is fighting for the country, it cannot be said that the opposite of the chaotic party is the loyal minister, but at least this Xu Wenjue has some people who are different, so he said, "Then tell me about Liu Kongzhao Bar."

"My lord, Liu Kongzhao's ancestor is not simple. That is Liu Bowen, the living god. This person is good at astronomy and geography. He can pinch and count. He is a master of Lu Wang in Zhou Dynasty and Zhang Liang in Han Dynasty."

"I know this. Tell me about Liu Kongzhao's performance as an official and the current situation." Zhu Yousong interrupted Li Guofu. The impression of the second generation of officials and the rich second generation has always been bad. They always feel that they rely on Lao Tzu's yin and virtue to make a living. They are ignorant and incompetent.

"The servant girl checked his resume. Liu Kongzhao was considered clean and honest for more than 10 years as an official. It was just that he drifted with the crowd during the admiral's Caojiang period. However, he was not involved in any major cases except for being close to Ma Shiying and his son. The stolen gold and silver are equivalent to only [-] taels of silver. During the period of detention, the slaves and Eunuch Lu paid close attention to him. In the past few days, water and rice did not touch their lips, and they often knelt and cried in the dead of night, saying that they were ashamed of their ancestors and shameless to see the gods, etc. .

"Okay, I know." After Zhu Yousong sent Li Guofu away, he asked Lu Jiude and the cabinet chief assistant Gao Hongtu about Xu Wenjue and Liu Kongzhao, which basically matched what Li Guofu said.

Can be regarded as a usable person.Zhu Yousong subsequently issued an order on Xu Wenjue's memorial to release Liu Kongzhao.

After the purge of the Jingying soldiers and the Caofa navy, in addition to the loyalists of Zhao Zhilong and Ma Shiying, they also arrested several criminals who committed the most heinous crimes. The case of Xu Guoding and others has also been investigated and dealt with.

There are memorials from the cabinet and verbal performances from eunuchs. Zhu Yousong reads and listens carefully, and then delivers an order to release innocent people such as Chen Zhenhui and Fang Yizhi, who were persecuted by Ruan Dacheng and imprisoned. People such as Ma Shiying, Zhu Guoyu, Yue Qijie and others escorted them to Caishikou and beheaded them.

When the decree was announced, the beheading of the list was very popular, but many people were quite critical of those who were released.It was mainly some imperial envoys who came to remind Zhu Yousong in private that Chen Zhenhui and Fang Yizhi were the backbone members of the Fushe, and they sang and joined forces with the Donglin Party to oppose the imperial court and harm the country with empty talk. Discussing government affairs indiscriminately, let them go, it is better to take this opportunity to get rid of them, so as to save them from crows from time to time.

Zhu Yousong laughed at this kind of remarks, "A merit is a merit, a fault is a fault, and one yard is equal to one yardstick."

These envoys were surprised, when did our Majesty become so open-minded?

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