Daming heir

Chapter 418

Taisun Mansion.

Since the emperor's grandson left the capital, this newly built mansion beside the Jiuqu Qingxi has been deserted and has no royal appearance.

When Zhu Yunxi returned to Taisun's mansion after a few months absence, even though it looked unchanged from the outside, the whole Qingxi Jiuqu River seemed to come alive.

Even the guards in front of the mansion gate looked even more mighty and majestic.

After returning home, Zhu Yunxi let go of all the burdens of plotting the country and felt relaxed.

"Now is the time when your body is heavy, you need to rest more. Let Caidie and Cailian do these things."

Zhu Yunxi was soaking in the bathtub, looking up at Tang Queqing and Mu Caiyun who were standing behind him, who were pressing their shoulders one by one.

Now that both of them have been pregnant for half a year, the thin cheeks in the past have become rounder, and the breasts can't be covered because of the extra pregnancy.

The lower abdomen, as if inflated with air, turned into a round pearl.

Tang Que lowered his brows and eyes, and his eyes were full of tenderness: "The hospital said that the fetus is very stable at this time. In two months, my sister will give birth, and then I will be a concubine. At that time, I will pay more attention to it in the first month or so." Some, that's all. You are doing errands outside, and you don't know how many difficulties and obstacles there are. Now that you are back, the concubines can't do anything else, and they can only rub your shoulders for you. "

It seems that it is because she is pregnant and will soon become a mother for the first time.The princess became a little talkative, chattering about her family's problems.

"A few days ago, the ladies in the palace rewarded a lot of things. Obviously His Majesty is very frugal, but I heard that those rewards were ordered by His Majesty."

"The concubine put everything away and left it to the children."

"Last time I was a little bored. I don't know how the King's Palace of Zhongshan knew about it. They set up a stage in Xuanwu Lake for several days. It was in the house that His Majesty rewarded back then. I sent invitations and waited on my concubine and my sister to listen to it." A few days of play, and it coincides with spring, so a trip to the lake is a must."

"However, the Xu family doesn't talk much now. It seems that they are just leading Xungui to do shipping. The family also wrote a letter, saying that they also participated, but they are all well-behaved. It is not clear whether it should be taken or not."

"There's been a bit of unrest in Yunnan recently. The chieftains are making a lot of noise. My sister's elder brother is sitting there, which inevitably makes my sister worry. It's just that the country's affairs are the most important. Xipinghou returned to Beijing. The soldiers are out."

"A few days ago, news came from my hometown, saying that the person who moved there had decided a life-long event in private, and went to talk to grandpa and beg for kindness. Grandpa wrote the memorial, but His Majesty never spoke, and the matter just froze there. The concubine is worried that if something happens after a long time, the clan's reputation will not be good..."

In the house, it was the parents who were short-tempered, and they babbled over and over again about unimportant things, but Zhu Yunxi felt extremely at ease.

Before he knew it, Zhu Yunxi was lying on the bed, his eyes were hazy, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep without any worry.

It wasn't until the incandescent sunlight started to turn slightly yellow and penetrated lazily into the room through the window paper that there was a movement above the bed.

Zhu Yunxi slowly opened his eyes, looked at the gradually familiar roof, turned his neck and looked sideways at the side of the bed.I saw Tang Queqing was already lying on the soft couch, rolled up a blanket and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Mu Caiyun was sitting by the side, silently flipping through a volume of books in her hand, and there was a dried fruit pastry next to her.Read a book for a while, eat a dried fruit, and look up at the roof to soothe your eyes.

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi had woken up and was staring at her, a smile appeared on Mu Caiyun's face, she opened her mouth and was about to speak.Zhu Yunxi had already pulled out his hand and shook it, his eyes glanced at Tang Queqing who was sleeping soundly beside him.

"Be quiet, don't wake her up."

Mu Caiyun shrank her head, only then did she realize that there was a sleeping Crown Princess next to her, and said in a soft voice, "I forgot..."

Zhu Yunxi showed a smile on his face and waved at the girl.

Mu Caiyun's face immediately turned red, she lowered her head as if she was struggling a few times in her heart, then she stood up timidly, twirling her hands and feet, and came to the bedside with a suppressed voice.

Zhu Yunxi hooked his hands, and gently hugged the girl into his arms.

"Thank you for your hard work, let you stay in the mansion by yourself these days."

Mu Caiyun lowered her head, leaned into Zhu Yunxi's arms, and shook her head: "I don't work hard, it's my sister who is working hard, and she is in charge of the affairs of the grandson's house. She doesn't like to be with those honorable men in Beijing. The female relatives of the noble family come and go, but every time they have to insist on being with them, listening to the gossip of the female relatives talking about each family."

Zhu Yunxi rubbed Mu girl's head with the palm of her hand, while the other hand was carefully placed on the swollen belly full of vitality: "What about you?"

Mu Caiyun raised her head in Zhu Yunxi's embrace with a blushing face, looked at him shyly, and said in a low voice: "I can't speak, so I always stay by my sister's side and listen to them."

Zhu Yunxi kissed the girl tenderly.

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty were a special group, especially those founding nobles who followed the old man from Huaiyou from the very beginning.

When Empress Xiaoci was alive, the contact between the royal family and the nobles was handled by the old man himself. After the empress passed away, it was also handled by the women in the harem and the original Lu family.

Now there is no woman in charge in the East Palace, and the Taisun Mansion is opened outside the palace again.

For the female family members of the Xungui family, it is always easier to come to the grandson's mansion than to invite an order to enter the palace, and it is also more convenient for these families to maintain a positive relationship with the royal family.

"These are all systems, and the country is stable, so these things are indispensable." Zhu Yunxi explained softly, and when he lowered his head, he realized that Mu girl had fallen asleep in his arms.

With a warm smile on his face, he turned around and dragged Mu Caiyun carefully on the bed, and then turned to Tang Queqing who had been sleeping soundly on the soft couch.

Zhu Yunxi's movements were very gentle, as if he was holding the most exquisite piece of porcelain, he was careful not to have the slightest bump in his movements.

After putting Tang Queqing on the bed, Zhu Yunxi covered the two girls with quilts, then adjusted his inner clothes a little, put on his robes and accessories and left the back room.

In the outer room, two girls, Cailian and Caidie, were sitting on the stool against the wall, resting with squinted eyes, completely unaware that Zhu Yunxi had come out.

This is probably what the whole mansion looks like when it has a backbone.

Zhu Yunxi pushed the door lightly, stepped out of the room, and pressed the door panel with his backhand to close it carefully.

outside the house.

Sun Cheng, the envoy of Fusi Township in Jinyiwei North Town, had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi walk out of the house, Sun Cheng immediately waved his robe, stepped forward with one foot and knelt down, cupped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Minister, Sun Cheng, see His Royal Highness."

Zhu Yunxi stepped forward and patted Sun Cheng's fists: "Get up, I'm very relieved to have you here in Beijing."

Sun Cheng lowered his head: "The responsibility of the humble minister lies."

After finishing speaking, just bowed and stood up.

Zhu Yunxi looked up at the sky at this moment, and asked: "How is the situation in the city now? There is a disturbance at the Meridian Gate."

"Everything in the city is as usual, but there are more exchanges between officials and gentry, probably because of the forced palace in front of Wumen today."

Sun Cheng replied in a low voice, followed Zhu Yunxi's footsteps and walked outside: "At the Meridian Gate, Zhai Shan and others have already gone to persuade, and the ministers saw that there were fire bubbles coming out of Zhai Shan's mouth."

Zhu Yunxi put his hands together, hid under his sleeve robe, and smiled silently: "Zhai Shan may not be able to persuade these people."

Sun Cheng nodded and said: "He persuaded a lot, he said all the good things, and even used the Jingcha to threaten the people present, but no one listened."

It's no wonder that the officials who were shocked by the cancellation of their merits and preferential treatment could listen to Zhai Shan's persuasion.

Zhu Yunxi's eyes dimmed: "What about their demands?"

"It is to say that it is not easy to be a scholar in the world. There are thousands of difficulties. The implication is that the ministers and others think that they are worried about whether the court will really take away the preferential treatment of academic fame. "

Zhu Yunxi sneered: "Then let's go and see how worried they are."

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"We are not worried about fame and fortune, we are only thinking about the future livelihood of scholars in the world."

"Throughout the ages, how many poor young men should have sat on top of the school, not having to worry about daily rice, winter clothes and summer ice. But because of their livelihood, they had to live between the fields."

"Preferential treatment of fame and fame in the court is to preserve a dignity and calmness for future generations of scholars. In the court, he is the farmer, and in the evening, he goes to the Tianzitang. Although this sentence is good, how many people agree with it in ancient and modern times?"

In front of the Meridian Gate, Jing knelt down to force the demands of the palace officials to come out through the mouths of the red-robed officials at the front.

Zhai Shan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, felt his head dizzy for a while. This group of people tried to persuade them but couldn't persuade them, and they couldn't beat them.

Zhai Shan endured the pain at the corner of his mouth, and said tirelessly: "Who said that the imperial court will seize fame and give preferential treatment? Such groundless nonsense has never been discussed in the court. As officials of the court, if you listen to it, you will understand." , rather than indiscriminate right from wrong."

"Dare to ask Zhai Shangshu, why did such a thing happen when His Highness questioned the Kong family and sent all of them back to Beijing?"

A red-robed imperial censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked at Zhai Shan with calm eyes and asked: "Although we don't know what kind of evidence His Royal Highness has against the Confucian family, the news of taking meritorious service and giving preferential treatment just happened. At this time, I dare to ask Zhai Shangshu, shouldn’t we be worried about the world’s scholars and future generations?”

Zhai Shan clenched his hands together, clenching his teeth and hammering his palms: "Rumors only stop with wise men! As long as His Majesty has not issued an order, such things will not happen! Your worries will not appear!"

"For this, we hope that after seeing His Majesty, His Majesty will speak with his own words." The red-robed imperial censor choked on Zhai Shan, and made up his mind to get a guarantee from the emperor.

But in today's situation, how could the emperor meet these people.

Zhai Shan's heart was on fire, his mouth was dry, and he looked sideways at the other four ministers beside him.

Ru Xun, who had only shocked the scene once before, lowered her head slightly: "Did your family cook meat today?"

Ren Hengtai who was beside him frowned, and turned to look at Ru Yuan who was speaking.

A trace of helplessness appeared on Ren Hengtai's face, it was because Ru Yu wanted to speak out, so that she could find a way to get rid of the group of people in front of the Meridian Gate.

Ren Hengtai's eyes turned, and when he looked up, his face was already serious: "You are persecuting Father Jun! Where are all the books you have read in the past? Have you forgotten the teachings of sages and sages, monarchs and ministers?

By kneeling here quietly at this moment, you are persecuting His Majesty.Your Majesty is the father of the world, and we, as subjects, should serve Your Majesty.If you act like this today, it is disloyal to the court; it is disfilial to the emperor.Such disloyalty and filial piety are also inhumane and unrighteous.Don't you even want your posthumous name? "

At this time, one of the green-robed officials behind the red-robed officials raised his head.

It seems to be a young minister from the five temples.

"Zhai Butang, Your Majesty is the father of the people of the world today, but also the father of the people of the future. I don't agree with what the minister said before. We are not persecuting the father, as a subject, because of consideration People who are worried about future generations who will study have just done what they do today, so why dare to speak out and persecute them?"

Zhai Shan opened his mouth, and suddenly felt how appropriate the words those nobles said when they yelled at civil officials in the past.

This is a bunch of rascals.

You say your reasoning, and he says his reasoning, but neither side is compatible.

Hubu Shangshu Yu Xin took a step forward at this time, looked at Zhai Shan and the others beside him, and then said to the officials in front: "Go back, if Your Majesty wants to see you, you have already been summoned at this moment. Up to now, His Majesty knows it when he thinks about it, and I will go to His Majesty to talk about it when I turn back, and then I will come to meet the Holy Spirit and explain these things clearly, so I don’t want to miss many matters in the court.”

It was fine if Yu Xin didn't open his mouth, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the front of the Meridian Gate immediately became lively, and all the officials immediately chattered.

"Since Your Majesty knows what's going on here, you should summon me!"

"Why does Your Majesty not see us? Could it be that there are traitors blocking it? Or is Your Majesty really acquiescing to the rumors and rumors outside, and really want to take away the fame and preferential treatment of scholars all over the world?"

"Does Your Majesty want to chill the hearts of scholars all over the world?"

"How many people in the world are studying hard in the cold window, just for the imperial examination to become an official, and once they can serve the emperor and govern the world."

"It's only been 28 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and 28 years since the Taiping. Your Majesty will indulge the traitors and sycophants, so that the world will return to the situation it was 28 years ago?"

In front of the Meridian Gate, the elite officials of the Ming Dynasty sighed for a while, their faces were sad, everyone was an official, and they looked like they were concerned about the country and the people.

Yet at this moment.

Outside the Duanmen, there was another burst of noise suddenly.

The noise is filled with local accents and dialects of Yingtianfu.

Everyone turned their heads in unison.

Accompanied by a group of servants, countless ordinary people dressed in coarse linen went through the gate of the imperial city, passed through the Duan Gate, and arrived at the corridor in front of the Meridian Gate.

Inexplicably, all the officials who knelt quietly in front of the Meridian Gate and forced the palace silently felt a twitch in their hearts, and there was some bad hesitation.

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