Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 53

Caishikou publicly executed Ma Shiying and his main henchmen. There were a lot of people on that day. When dozens of heads fell to the ground, the government and the public were shaken.

Zhu Yousong issued an order to temporarily assign Gao Hongtu the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and promoted Zheng Hongkui to be the admiral of the Beijing camp and the commander of Jinyiwei. During the period of observation, Liu Kongzhao was the head of Nanjing Bingbei Road, and was promoted to the post of Xu Wenjue, the admiral of Caojiang.Of course, Li Quan and several senior supervisors who had contributed to eradicating the chaotic party this time were also rewarded, and Li Zhan, who was killed before the governor's mansion, was posthumously named a loyal doctor.

Zhu Yousong, who has always advocated that meritorious deeds must be rewarded and deeds must be punished, of course he will not forget Zheng Damu, who has contributed to escorting him, and ordered the West Terrace of Wuying Hall to summon Zheng Damu alone.

Zheng Damu, who had just returned home with his teacher Qian Qianyi and had not yet returned to the Imperial Academy, knelt down with his teacher Qian Qianyi to receive the imperial edict.

Zheng Damu was very happy. He didn't expect that the emperor, who was busy with everything, would still miss him, a student without a job or a title.

After seeing off the decree officer, Qian Qianyi patted his shoulder and said confidently, "Omu, this time you are going to get rich."

Zheng Damu quickly bowed and bowed deeply, "This is the teacher's cultivation, and the students have the ambitions of today. Please come to the palace with the students to face the saint."

In Zheng Damu's view, the students deserve more credit, and the teacher deserves more credit. Qian Qianyi also thought so, and he didn't refuse.

Zheng Damu was still dressed as a student of the Imperial Academy.

Liu Rushi and his little daughter Liu Shi gave a farewell party for the master and apprentice, Qian Qianyi said: "Aiai, why don't you rush over to the house to congratulate your good sisters Li Xiangjun and Hou Fangyu?"

It turns out that Ma Shiying fell, Ruan Dacheng was killed, and Li Xiangjun fell into Hou Fangyu's arms immediately after being rescued and became his concubine. This is also called lovers getting married.

For Li Xiangjun, Liu Rushi worked hard in front of Qian Qianyi, and Qian Qianyi really looked down on Ruan Dacheng, who had a lot of bad deeds, so the former risked his life to impeach Ruan Dacheng.Now that Ruan Dacheng was executed by the emperor, Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi are of course kind to Li Xiangjun and Hou Fangyu.

However, Liu Rushi disagreed with Qian Qianyi's statement. Going to the Marquis's Mansion will inevitably be suspected of asking for credit and asking for rewards. If you do something good for others, you will show it off quickly, for fear that others will not remember it. Liu Rushi can't do such a thing, so he laughed. Said: "Master has the power of impeachment, and the emperor Longmu has kindness. If you go alone to figure out what's going on, it's not urgent. The couple will definitely choose a good day and auspicious day. It's important to enter the palace with Damu."

Hearing that what Liu Rushi said was reasonable, Qian Qianyi had no choice but to give up, and left the mansion of the Ministry of Rites with Zheng Damu and entered the palace city.

But what Zhu Yousong heard was Zheng Damu, Xiao Huangmen led Zheng Damu into the West Terrace, and Qian Qianyi had to wait outside for orders.

"Student Zheng Damu kowtowed to the emperor." Zheng Damu knelt down on the ground after entering.

Zhu Yousong bowed his body to leave the seat, and said with a smile on his face: "Da Mu, let's get down, this is the West Terrace, not the palace where the king of Shen worships, and you are also my servant, so you don't need to be as polite as they are. Come and give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." This is the second time that Zheng Damu has met the Emperor face to face. He did not expect that the high and mighty king of a country would be so approachable, as if he did not have any airs of the Emperor.

But after Zheng Damu Xie sat down, he sat down, but he didn't dare to sit down, but his buttocks touched the edge of the chair, he sat upright with his chest upright, his eyes looked at his nose, his nose asked his mouth, his mouth asked his heart, and behaved well , Xingkui did not dare to let loose at all.

"The day before yesterday, you did a great job in escorting, and today I rewarded you heavily. Do you want to be an official or do you want money?" Zhu Yousong laughed.

"Your Majesty..." Before he could speak, Zheng Damu stood up again, bowed his hands and saluted, and Zhu Yousong asked him to sit down and speak.

"The students didn't dare to take credit. The facts on that day were a coincidence. Thanks to the love of the teacher Qian Gong, the students came to see the fourth uncle. The incident happened suddenly. At that time, the students acted completely spontaneously. First, they protected the teacher and then thanked the emperor. , the emperor did not punish the student for the crime of reckless driving, the student would be very grateful."

"Well, well said." Zhu Yousong kept nodding, watching his words and knowing his heart, seeing Zheng Damu's sincere face, knowing that he was speaking from the bottom of his heart, with a little immature bookishness, feeling that history books There is no mistake in the above, the character of these few words has been vividly revealed.

In his previous life, Zhu Yousong did not read a lot of books. He knew that as long as a person can be called a "hero", no matter if he is a hero, a hero or a bear, he is capable of achieving a career. Especially in troubled times, because heroes who are upright and caring about the people generally do not end well, those who rule the roost are often scheming and flexible heroes and bears who succeed by betraying the interests of the country and the nation.

Zhu Yousong felt that Zheng Damu in front of him should be a young hero. Of course, Zhu Yousong also regarded himself as a hero. He was promoted to be an associate official of Jinyiwei Baihu, and after completing his studies, he could go to Jinyiwei North Town Fushi to take up his post.

Although this is a small official of the sixth rank, Zheng Damu, who is still a jobless student, is no different from reaching the sky in one step. What's more, this is the official position of Jinyiwei sealed by the emperor himself, which is different from the official ranks in ordinary yamen. The power of a small official is extremely high Great, just like the rank of the imperial envoy is low, but he can impeach the emperor at the top, supervise the common people at the bottom, and impeach the ministers in the middle. This kind of supreme glory is rare.

Zheng Damu was so grateful that he knelt down to thank him.

Zhu Yousong ordered Xiaohuangmen to summon Zheng Hongkui to let their uncles and nephews meet, and then come to see him again.

Sending Zheng Damu away, Zhu Yousongxuan and Qian Qianyi saw him, and the Minister of Rites who had been waiting outside for a long time came in and knelt down on the ground full of hope.

But when Zhu Yousong found out that the Minister of Rites was only here to accompany the students, and had nothing specific to say, he waved his sleeves and asked him to leave.

Only the students are rewarded, but the teachers are not rewarded. Isn't it true that the students have made such a great contribution without a little credit from the teacher?Also, the former risked his life to impeach Ruan Dacheng, and the charges were confirmed. Those persecuted by Ruan were acquitted and released. The emperor turned a blind eye to these things.

The leader of the Donglin Party felt very depressed, he came in high spirits, but returned disappointed.

Probably the heart of money is like the heart of an official. The more money a person in power has, the more he feels that he does not have enough money. The bigger the official, the more he feels that his official is small.

This time the emperor strategized and eradicated the rebellious party Ma Shiying. Many people were promoted and made fortunes, including the rest of the Donglin Party members who were far inferior to him in reputation, status and knowledge, such as Lu Daqi. Even the students he led were also awarded officials, but alone With him Qian Qianyi standing still, the emperor didn't even mention a word to him, turning a blind eye, which made him, who is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, quite critical.

(End of this chapter)