The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 297 The Gap Between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor
Compared to Beijing, Zhu Cihong never went to court, and could sleep as long as he wanted, but the court meeting in Nanjing was not cancelled.

However, it was changed by Zhang Yan to hold a small court meeting on the seventh day and a big court meeting once a month, but this is normal. Now that the emperor came to Nanjing, he must temporarily hold a big court meeting to accept the worship of civil and military officials.

Zhang Yan already had people notify the yamen in Nanjing yesterday, so before dawn today, countless civil and military officials rushed to the palace in sedan chairs.

But no matter whether they were civil servants or generals, compared to the casualness in the past, today they all looked serious and cautious. After entering the palace, no one dared to talk.

Not only civil and military officials, but in just one night, the news of the emperor's arrival in Nanjing spread throughout Nanjing, so that the atmosphere of the entire Nanjing city suddenly changed, becoming a little tense and depressing, without the former ease and freedom.

Obviously, the arrival of Emperor Xiaozhu has affected everyone before he has done anything or said anything.

The emperor is like a big rock, weighing on everyone's hearts, which shows how terrible the ancient imperial power was.

In the brothels and restaurants in the city of Nanjing, the scenes of drinking freely and criticizing and commenting on world affairs at will are almost invisible in the past.

But Emperor Xiao Zhu, who was the chief culprit of all this, was still sleeping soundly on the dragon couch.

Zhang Yan also knew that Zhu Cihong was used to being careless, so she deliberately postponed the court meeting for half an hour, but who would have thought that Zhu Cihong was still lying on the bed and refused to move. After sending someone to urge her three times, she finally couldn't help pushing the door in person went in.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong was spending time with ten talented people on Longtao. She was too tired yesterday and fell asleep at some point. Now that she wakes up full of energy, she naturally wants to cultivate her relationship with them again.

Seeing Zhang Yan suddenly barging in, the ten talented people were terrified, they scrambled to get out of bed and knelt down on the ground, all of them looked terrified.

"You go back first." Zhang Yan glanced at them coldly and said coldly.

"It's the queen mother." The ten people hurriedly got up and fled.

"Auntie, there's no need to go there in person at this time, since it's nothing serious anyway, can you go and say something?" Zhu Cihong said in embarrassment.

"Lang'er, how can you be so lazy? The last time you came to Nanjing, you didn't accept the pilgrimage of civil and military officials. This time, you must not be like this again."

Zhang Yan said unhappily, obviously not planning to pamper him this time.

"But there's no need to be so early. The court meeting is held before dawn. Isn't this torturing the emperor and the ministers?"

Zhu Cilang looked at the gray area outside, obviously it was not completely bright, so he yawned and said.

He has no objection to the opening of the dynasty meeting, but it is really disgusting that it will be held early in the morning before dawn, especially when the weather is still very cold.

In his opinion, this is all tormenting himself and making mistakes. Could it be possible to show the emperor's diligence by getting up earlier?

At the beginning, I don't know which emperor established the rules, or the minister's brains showed off the suggestion.

"It's still early? Look at what time it is now. The ministers have been waiting in the hall for nearly an hour. If you wait any longer, how do you let the civil and military ministers treat you as the emperor?"

Seeing him curled up in the bed, Zhang Yan still said such words, obviously not planning to get up, and she was very angry.

"The child didn't let them wait. He got up in the middle of the night and didn't sleep well. How could he have the energy to deal with government affairs during the day? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?
Auntie, from now on, my Ming Dynasty will govern the country in a civilized manner, put people first, and show humanity everywhere. Such an unreasonable and inhuman court meeting must be changed. How about it, the future court meeting will be rescheduled to be held in the afternoon. up. "

Zhu Cihong said with a serious face, he knew that he had complied with Zhang Yan this time, and he might not let him off in future court meetings, how could he have time to chatter with those ministers?

Seeing him lying in bed, Zhang Yan would stay in bed, and even pull out such a lot of reasoning, it was also very angry and funny.

But thinking of Lang'er, although he is a little lazy, he is not a person who does not know the importance, so he nodded and said: "You are the emperor, so you can change as you want, but today you can't avoid it."

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, she waved her hand to let the maids come in to serve her, and immediately a lot of maids rushed in.

Zhu Cihong didn't say anything else, turned over and sat up, it didn't matter once, he was afraid that Zhang Yan would ask him to go to court early every time in the future, after all, he would have to stay in Jiangnan for at least a year.

Seeing Zhu Cihong sitting up, Zhang Yan also heaved a sigh of relief.

In fact, she didn't want to force Lang'er to go to the early court, but she was worried that if she didn't go this time, the scholars in Jiangnan would misunderstand that the emperor was belittling them.

In addition, the land policy implemented in the south, west and northwest last year will make the whole of Jiangnan more tense, even panic, so I want to let Lang'er accept the worship of Jiangnan civil and military officials as soon as he arrives, so as to ease the atmosphere.

Half an hour later, accompanied by Zhang Yan, Zhu Cihong came to Fengtian Hall to accept the worship of civil and military officials, and at this time the sky was already bright.

Although the officials in the main hall waited for nearly an hour and a half, with the arrival of the emperor, not only did everyone not feel any resentment, but they were very excited. They were afraid that the emperor would not see him again like last time, so they only asked the queen mother to come forward to arrest them. dismissed.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

For a moment, the sound was like a bell, and everyone in the hall seemed to have been trained in advance, and they performed three shouts and prostrations in unison. There was no slightest sign of depression due to getting up in the middle of the night.

After Zhu Cihong came to sit down on the dragon chair, and waited for everyone to finish their salutes, he said slowly: "Everyone is flat!"

"Thanks my emperor!"

All the ministers got up one after another after thanking each other, then bowed their heads and stood still, looking at their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, and the sound of needles falling could be heard in the hall.

Zhang Yan also sat on the chair next to the dragon chair, seeing such an atmosphere, she couldn't stop smiling wryly in her heart.

In the past, Zuo Liangyu was the most active no matter whether it was a big court or a small court, but now facing Emperor Xiao Zhu, she also tensed up and dared not show her breath.

Although there are hundreds of civil and military officials in the hall, most of them are unknown to Zhu Cihong, so he only praised the seven cabinet ministries in general, especially the Ritual Department, and made a general summary of the work of each ministries this year. After deploying, he announced the dispersal of the court.

Even so, all the officials were relieved, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites was even more excited. Everyone knew that, apart from the imperial examination, His Majesty would not make any big moves this year. This would be a good thing for the whole south. information.

On the way back, Zhang Yan still couldn't help feeling emotional.

No matter how much she encourages these civil and military officials, the response is mediocre. Today, with just a few words from Lang'er, they seem to have changed one by one.

(End of this chapter)