Tang Bohu Marries Qiuxiang

Chapter 153 Loyalty

Zhu Youtang said to the eunuch standing aside: "Send a team to pull them away, and take down all the troublemakers."

Empress Zhang murmured, "After Tang Bohu came back from Liaodong, he really didn't stop for a day."

While enjoying the queen's massage, Zhu Youtang hugged his daughter and said, "Bring Tang Bohu and He Ding, I have something to ask them."

The little eunuch who was waiting on the side left in a hurry
Zhu Houzhao also heard about the gang fight in front of the gate of the Forbidden City, but Zhu Houzhao saw a large group of guards with knives coming to his East Palace and surrounded his East Palace tightly, so he had to give up the idea of ​​going out to watch the fun.

"It's a pity that the prince can't see such a fun thing." Zhu Houzhao stood at the gate of his East Palace and worried. His father also treated the matter of bombing the Imperial Hospital with rotten eggs. up.

The brawl at the gate of the Forbidden Palace has reached a fever pitch. The two sides wrestled with each other in various postures, no matter how despicable the moves were, they all used them.

Seeing the chaos in front of him, Tang Bohu waited, and finally waited for the action in the palace. A large group of officers and soldiers with knives surrounded the place.

The leader of the officers and soldiers said loudly: "Your Majesty has ordered that all the rebels be taken down."

"Tang Bohu, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, He Ding, the admiral of the East Factory, immediately went to the Qianqing Hall to meet His Majesty."

Tang Bohu knelt down on one knee: "I obey the order."

He Ding kowtowed to the ground and said: "Old servant respects the order."

"Two! Please!"

In this way, Tang Bohu and He Ding were brought into the Forbidden City in front of the two parties who had been fighting.

It was already dusk, and the winter night came very early. He Ding and Tang Bohu did not speak to each other, and quietly came to the Qianqing Palace.

"Sir, Tang Bohu pays his respects to His Majesty."

"Old slave He Ding, pay homage to Your Majesty."

Just as He Ding and Tang Bohu knelt down, Zhu Youtang cursed loudly: "You two daring bastards!"

"I'm guilty!" Tang Bohu said.

"This old slave is guilty!" He Ding also said.

"It's quite quick to admit your mistake, do you two really think that I dare not kill you?"

"The ruler wants to die and the minister has to die. The life of the old slave belongs to His Majesty. Your Majesty will take it at any time. I will never blink the old slave."

"He Ding said that, Tang Bohu, what about you?" Zhu Youtang looked at Tang Bohu with a sneer on his face, "Do you think I should kill you?"

Tang Bohu knelt on the spot silently, and Zhu Youtang continued, "I know you are doing this to protect yourself."

"I am loyal to His Majesty, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other!" Tang Bohu said.

"Loyalty?" Zhu Youtang: "If you say that He Ding is loyal to me, I still believe it, but you, Tang Bohu, say that you are loyal to me, so it's better not to insult these four words."

Tang Bohu blushed: "Your Majesty, please speak directly."

Zhu Youtang covered the teacup in his hand and said, "You and the crown prince made that thing that was thrown into the imperial hospital together?"

Tang Bohu nodded without daring to deny it: "Actually, this thing is not difficult to make. It's just that the principle of the grenade has been slightly changed, and some things have been added to the grenade. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is smart enough to understand."

"Smart?" Zhu Youtang said with a wry smile. : "I know what my wife is."

"Your Majesty's lesson."

"Since I ascended the throne, no one has had the courage to fight in front of my Forbidden City. I will not express my opinion on this matter. I am afraid that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree, and I will definitely criticize you and the other two. , even if you want your life, how can you let me let you go."

Listening to Zhu Youtang's words, Tang Bohu almost understood in his heart. It seemed that Zhu Youtang would not kill himself so easily.

Tang Bohu knew that Zhu Youtang would not kill him so easily. He had made an agreement with Zhu Youtang a year ago, using the grenade as a bet that Zhu Youtang, the current Emperor Hongzhi, would keep Tang Bohu.But right now he was suddenly worried that Zhu Youtang would put forward this condition, to do a river crossing to demolish bridges or kill chickens to get eggs.

"It's time for Your Majesty to have dinner." The maid walked over and continued, "The Empress has prepared dinner and is waiting for Your Majesty."

"It's freezing and snowing everywhere in this winter, I can't even eat a bite of vegetables, and I'm so tired of eating meat every day."

Can't eat vegetables?Tang Bohu thought that in the modern market, vegetables can be eaten almost all year round in winter.

Tang Bohu bowed and said, "Chen has a way to let His Majesty eat green vegetables in winter and they are fresh."

Hearing Tang Bohu's words, Zhu Youtang became interested, "Tang Bohu, can you really let me eat green vegetables?"

"I dare not commit the crime of deceiving the emperor." Tang Bohu continued: "Your Majesty only needs to give me a month, and I can grow vegetables in winter."

"You are not joking!" Zhu Youtang said, looking at Tang Bohu's eyes brighter and brighter.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty," Tang Bohu said.

Zhu Youtang stood up and prepared to go to the queen to have dinner, and then said: "But the two of you gathered in front of the Forbidden City to fight, so we can't just let it go."

"The old slave is willing to accept the crime."

Zhu Youtang said: "He Ding is loyal to me. Tang Bohu, you are of great use to me. To be honest, I still can't bear to kill you two. The two sharp swords of Dongchang and Jinyiwei Municipality have some things that I can't do. I need you to help me to complete it, you are different from the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, your responsibilities are directly under my orders, if I don't have you two right-hand men, I am afraid that I will be in the court, and this kind of place will be difficult."

Tang Bohu understood what Zhu Youtang said. Since ancient times, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang established Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and Emperor Yongle reopened Dongchang and re-established Jinyiwei. The existence of Jinyiwei was to consolidate the imperial power.To a certain extent, it is sandwiched between the power of the monarch and the power of the ministers, and a check and balance effect is obtained. This is the role of the Jinyi Weidong Factory. It is hoped that no one party will dominate, but it will not make any party lose its balance.

But from a historical point of view, Jinyiwei Dongchang is also a double-edged sword. If the emperor can't control these two sharp swords, he will hurt himself. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, it was caused by the dominance of Dongchang or the weakness of Jinyiwei. The monopoly of eunuchs has made the world and the court a mess.

Regarding the two potential threats of the Jinyiwei East Factory, Zhu Youtang knows how to use them and how to check and balance them, so he will not take the lives of Tang Bohu and He Ding now, because now he still needs Jinyiwei and the East Factory to deter those Enemies hidden inside Daming.For example, those aristocratic families in Jiangnan, such as those party members and factions in the court.

(End of this chapter)