Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 380 Is he still alive?

On the fifth day after his ascension to the throne, the new emperor still did not go to court.

Said that he had seen the Queen Mother Zhang and the old concubine Shao, lamented the permanence and impermanence of life, and then murmured: Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things.Everything bears yin and embraces yang, and the spirit is full of harmony.

I heard that an altar was set up in the palace, and incense was chanted every day.

When Yang Shoufu and others visited the new emperor, they wanted to discuss the reign issue, but the new emperor didn't see him, and said wait a minute, he was in the Qing Dynasty.

But let Yang Shoufu and the others find out who is better at writing Qing Ci in the court, and recommend him a few writers of Qing Ci. It seems that the Imperial Academy was mentioned, saying that people in it can read, and they should be able to train some who can write Qing Ci. of.

All the officials were talking about it, but the cabinet represented by Yang Shoufu didn't say much, only saying that the new emperor was tired these days, and it was normal for him to take a rest.

These words left those officials speechless.

The Ming Dynasty Hall can function normally without the emperor, not to mention that the new emperor does not go to court for five days, even the former emperor Zhu Houzhao has been emperor in these years, especially in the later years, there is very little time to go to court and work normally.

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Qin Shao went to see Queen Mother Zhang first.

Even though he excused himself from being unwell and refused to go to court, he still went to see this woman who was also considered a legend in history after a two-day rest.

A woman who enjoyed all the glory, wealth, and carefree life in the first half of her life, but her later life was bleak.

The Queen Mother Zhang in the 16th year of Zhengde was not too old, she was only 51 years old, and she died one after another of her eldest son, her husband and the only emperor's son.

Qin Shao actually has sympathy and respect for him, after all, she is Zhu Houzhao's mother.

Even though he had some unpleasantness with Zhu Houzhao in the later period, he respected and appreciated Zhu Houzhao from the bottom of his heart.

There may also be inexplicable genes in the blood of the old Zhu family, and they are also close to them psychologically.

When Qin Shao went to visit Queen Mother Zhang, he waited outside for a while before someone inside told him to go in.

Unlike the mother he imagined would be heartbroken shortly after losing her own son, Queen Mother Zhang's clothes were much more elegant, but her expression was still very calm.

She is well maintained. Although she is in her early fifties, she looks like she is in her 40s and looks much younger than her actual age.

From her flat and slightly arrogant tone, Qin Shao understood that this was a spoiled woman with low EQ and living in her own world.

Even though she has stood in the supreme position of empress or empress dowager, because of her special experience, this lady is not much different from the housewife-style Fudimo that Qin Shao had seen in his previous life.

Yu Qin Shao expected that the queen mother would feel sad and ignorant when she saw the new emperor and thought of the emperor's son who had just passed away.

The empress dowager asked him about the "registration ban" in the harem as soon as he sat down.

Qin Shao's expression was a little cold. He finally knew the reason why Zhu Houzhao was not close to this Empress Zhang. If he had such a mother, he would not be able to get close either.

For Qin Shao, a woman who didn't feel much grief after her son's death, but cared about her younger brother and her natal family's fat job, was a strange existence for Qin Shao.

Registered palace ban means that the imperial palace needs the services of eunuchs, and many eunuchs are brought in every year, and the errands responsible for registering these eunuchs and receiving wages are registered palace bans.

Today, the people who are in charge of the errand of registering the imperial ban in the harem of the Ming Dynasty are the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, the two younger brothers of Empress Zhang.

Every time a eunuch is brought into the harem, a sum of money has to be paid, and the two brothers are very greedy in order to get more kickbacks, and they absorb a large number of eunuchs into the harem every year.

Driven by huge interests, some ignorant parents eunuched young children and sent them to the court. It became a fashion for a while. The worst thing was that there was a village where all the children in the village were castrated and sent to the capital. .

Because the court couldn't have so many people, some were sent directly to Nanhaizi. Nanhaizi, which was originally the royal backyard, became a gathering place for eunuchs for a while.

Because there were too many eunuchs entering the palace, and this kind of behavior was too bad, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty was very furious and asked people to investigate strictly, but it turned out that the source was his two brothers-in-law.

Although Ming Xiaozong, the wife-loving expert, was furious, under the wind of Queen Zhang's pillow, he actually let the matter go.

It's just a policy to issue a decree prohibiting private castration of children.

After the policy was promulgated, although it played a certain role, the private camping of dogs has not stopped.

In short, the Zhang brothers did not stop making such black-hearted money.

After Qin Shao entered the palace, the first thing he ordered Zhang Zuo was to prohibit the palace from recruiting a large number of eunuchs into the palace.

In addition to the original ones, what they brought here, there is no necessary situation, and it is forbidden to absorb "fresh blood".

The first reason for adopting such measures is to ensure the purity of the people around them. The servants in the inner palace where he lives now are all brought over from the hidden mansion.

As for the original people, Qin Shao didn't want to take away their jobs and let them do activities in the backyard without confirming that there was a problem.

As far as the statistical list brought back by Zhang Zuo is concerned, the palace is now filled with a large number of internal officials, and the bloated staff is a serious problem.

It's just that his actions, of course, affected the interests of some people, for example, the most direct ones were the Zhang brothers.

Qin Shao understood that the Empress Dowager Zhang had come to Xingshi to inquire about her crimes.

Looking at this woman's seemingly innocent and calm eyes, Qin Shao finally understood the reason why Zhu Houcong in history was so mean to this woman.

This is really a winkless, stupid and unlikable woman!
She is not a qualified mother, and the death of her son seems to be a calm event for her, as long as she retains her position as empress dowager.

I heard that one of the reasons why she is satisfied with being the emperor is that the old concubine Lao Xing is gone, and there is no threat to her position as empress dowager.

She seems to be partial to her two younger brothers, but in fact, every step of the way is to roast her two younger brothers on the fire!

In fact, it was because of her that the Zhang family was finally ruined!
A family without a good wife is restless!

Queen Zhang is practicing this all the time!

Regarding her question, Qin Shao just talked about him left and right, saying that he didn't know clearly, so he went back and asked.

Empress Zhang seemed a little unhappy and wanted to shake her face.

Qin Shao got up straight away, saying that he had other things to do, and would come to visit when he had time, leaving only an angry Queen Zhang behind.

"Your Majesty, Old Concubine Shao has been waiting for you early in the morning!"

As soon as Qin Shao came out from Empress Dowager Zhang, someone came to greet him from Old Concubine Shao's.

The people who are serving Old Concubine Shao are also sent by their side.

Qin Shao nodded.

Zhang Zuo and another internal official led the way, and they quickly went to the palace where Old Concubine Shao was staying.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace where the old Concubine Shao lived, Qin Shao saw the grey-headed, stooped figure from a distance.

Seeing Qin Shao, the figure was excited and staggered towards him with the help of the maid.

"Toffee, slow down! Slow down! Hasn't Your Majesty already come here?"

The maid comforted her worriedly.

Qin Shao quickly quickened his pace, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but smile and walked towards the figure.

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Yang House.

"Father……"

"Shut up! When will you calm down?"

Yang Tinghe closed his eyes, his face was a little gloomy.

"Don't forget, you are now an official, and you are still in the Imperial Academy. Now the new emperor is in power, and the queen will come to Beijing in a few days. He has two sons. I still want you to go to the Wenhua Palace to be the Pope's son." read……"

"Father, the new emperor looks like his child... Let me ask him to read? Teaching a fool to read is like a short life for me..."

Yang Shen has always been proud of his talents, full of self-conceit, and looks down on stupid people, let alone teaching. When he heard that he was going to teach Zhu Houxi's son to read, he was very dissatisfied. To him, he only admired extremely smart people.

But in his opinion, there is no one he can fancy now, even if it is the prince, he is not willing to bear the burden of teaching those people to read!

"You...you idiot! Do you know that if you go to the Wenhua Palace to teach the emperor's son to study, you will be the emperor's teacher in the future? Didn't I achieve what I am today because I was the teacher of the first emperor? You think you can study alone Will you be able to secure the position of chief assistant if you can take the scientific examination? You and I should be careful not to go to the place of fireworks..."

"Father, Wei Jin..."

"Don't talk to me about Wei and Jin romanticism. There is nothing enviable about those unrestrained people. They just don't have the ability to be useful in the court. They deliberately use alcohol to anesthetize themselves and pretend that they don't care! If you just follow them, even if So what if you are full of talent, but if you don’t behave well, don’t say you want to be the emperor’s teacher, even if you want to do it, you still have to go through the test of the new emperor and empress!”

"Let's not talk about the new emperor, but he is obsessed with immortality and has no objection to this. Although the new queen is from a military officer's family, according to the information I found out, I heard that she is very capable and able to do things, better than your daughter-in-law who can only sing poems. There are too many, and the palace can be managed in an orderly manner! At that time, if she intervenes and says that you have a problem with your style, it will be a difficult problem!"

"Got it, father!"

Yang Shen reluctantly agreed.

If he didn't agree, his old man would reprimand him endlessly.

It's better to echo his point of view first, the queen and the prince have not yet arrived in Shangjing and are still on the way, so his father has made plans.

What's more, the prince is still a child now, and how to learn it is still a problem, anyway, one step at a time is counted!
……

After hearing his father's reprimand and returning to his yard, Yang Shen let out a sigh of relief.

"Master, the young lady has asked you where you have been many times? Do you want me..."

Mo Yan came over sneakily and asked in a low voice.

Yang Shen frowned.

This Zhang...

Yang Shen's feeling for Zhang Shi is like the analogy between the red rose and the white rose for women.

Before Mrs. Zhang married him, in Yang Shen's eyes, he was a pure and elegant white rose, elegant and fragrant, and he was the favorite of scholars.

There was a marriage contract due to his own reasons, and his parents were very satisfied with the marriage contract. In order to marry Mrs. Zhang, Yang Shen did not hesitate to use some means, and finally welcomed Mrs. Zhang into the house.

I don't want the former Bai Yueguang to be like rice balls on clothes, which makes people more and more annoying.

Mrs. Zhang has been married for several years, and she lost her pregnancy once, and has not conceived a son and a half since then.

The mother, Mrs. Yang, is a strong one, and she wants to train Mrs. Zhang to be the head of the house, after all, he is the eldest son.

But Mrs. Zhang doesn't know how to please her mother, and often bumps into her mother.

At first, Yang Shen felt that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not easy to get along with, and his mother was a little too demanding, but after a long time, he found that Mrs. Zhang also had many problems.

I don't know how to express, and I don't do things well. When I encounter problems with my mother, I often cry and cry, and sometimes take it out on myself.

Sometimes Yang Shen is very tired after a day of socializing outside. As a man, after a day outside, he hopes to have a good rest when he returns home.

But every time I didn't come back, I saw Zhang's face crying and complaining, hoping that I could uphold justice for her, and I was even more physically and mentally exhausted.

Sometimes Yang Shen felt that when he came home, he would be more comfortable outside in Cuixiang Pavilion.

Although that Qin Mianmian is a firework girl, she has excellent looks and talents, and knows how to be considerate. The two of them recited poems and poems, and they were so happy!
Yang Shen thought of the Han family whom he had betrothed since he was a child, and he heard that he was brought up as a big family wife.

At that time, he thought such a woman was boring, that is to say, his parents liked it. Naturally, Yang Shen didn't like such a boring woman.

Now that I think about it, if I marry the Han family, maybe I can deal with my mother, and I can manage the family well, and I don't have any troubles at home. As for Xie Huayu, there are more outsiders!

Thinking of this, Yang Shen suddenly shook his head in fear, why did he think of that thing again!
Because of that incident back then, he was severely beaten by his father. If his mother hadn't pleaded for mercy, his father might have left him something. Thinking about it, I have lingering fears!
"I'm going to the kitchen in the front yard, don't tell the young lady that I'm back!"

Yang Shen turned around as if walking away and went to the front yard again.

"Yes!"

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"Master! Master!"

Yang Shen just went to lie down on the recliner in the study room in the front yard and prepared to rest for a while.

Qin Mianmian was tightly entangled with these, his body was a little weak to be honest, but fortunately he was still young, and he would recover soon after rest.

I heard that another lady named Liu Ruyi came to the Yanliu Building in the back street.

I have to check it out when I have time!
I heard that several of the brothers in the capital had met, and the lady was very proud, and said that she wanted to meet guests. The guests should not only have a good-looking appearance, but also have a literary talent and understand the rhythm.

Isn't this talking about yourself?
Yang Shen felt that there was nothing he couldn't take down!

He was thinking wildly, when Mo Yan's cry came.

"What's the matter? It's not the young mistress or the old lady who called me, right? Didn't I tell you? Don't say I'm back, but if they know I'm back, they just say that the master told me to have work to do, so they don't bother me!"

Yang Shen said impatiently.

"No, young master, someone sent a letter from outside saying it was for you, the butler asked me to give it to the young master!"

Mo Yan escaped a letter from his arms and said.

"My letter? Who wrote it? You see, if it's something you want to cling to, just throw it there!"

Somewhat impatiently, Yang Shen pointed to the box on the side where the messy letters were placed.

Every once in a while, one will be thrown out.

He wasn't very interested at first, his current identity and his father's identity were there.

People often ask for directions and write flattering letters in order to gain his trust and recommendation.

He glanced at many letters and threw them directly into the trash can beside him.

Sometimes he would ask the book boy Moyan to read it and filter it for him.

"Master, I checked, the envelope says he is from Xiangyang, please open it yourself!"

Mo Yan replied, and taught Yang Shen again.

"What a trick!"

Yang Shen tore open the envelope impatiently, shaking off the letter paper inside.

After seeing the contents inside, his face turned pale instantly.

"Master, what's the matter? Who is the letter from?"

Mo Yan asked with some concern.

"Why did that man come to the capital? Didn't I mean to send someone to deal with him in Xiangyang? How did he come to the capital? Mo Yan, go! Hurry up and call Huang Tong over, and tell him that I have something urgent to do with him! "

"Yes! Young master!"

Seeing Yang Shen's expression, Mo Yan knew it was urgent, so he hurried out to find Huang Tong.

In less than half an hour, Huang Tong followed Mo Yan back in a hurry.

Today, he was sent by Yang Tinghe to check the accounts at the book shop, but Mo Yan called him back before he finished checking the accounts.

Seeing Mo Yan's description of Yang Shen's face, Huang Tong knew that something was urgent.

However, although his young master is talented, his behavior is eccentric, and sometimes he doesn't even care about it. Even though Huang Tong doesn't dare to disobey his orders, he can't help being a little impatient most of the time!
"Master, what do you need from me?"

Huang Tong rode all the way over, his body was still sweating.

Although he is now working for Ge Lao, he has no fame and because of Yang Tinghe's status, many so-called officials have to give him three points when they meet.

But only he knows how tiring, demanding, and busy it is to do things for Yang and his son!

Huang Tong sometimes wondered if he had insisted on the scientific examination back then and had been a part-time official, would it be much better than it is now?

It's just that he is not too young now, and he has long been unable to cope with scientific research.

"Look at this letter!"

Yang Shen said in a cold voice with a dark face.

"What? He...he's still alive?"

Huang Tong took the letter, unfolded it, and cried out in surprise when he saw the content and signature inside.

(End of this chapter)