eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 198 Yang Tinghe Returns to Beijing

Palace.

Zhu Houzhao took the boiled medicine from Xiao Jing's hand. He was thinking in his heart that even the emperor could do nothing about the life and death of a person. He could only do well what his son should do while Emperor Hongzhi was still alive.

"Originally I wanted to choose a concubine for you... Unfortunately, my body does not allow it. People say that parents are ordered, and matchmakers say. That is to say, even the children of the people have their parents to arrange marriage for them. My son will be in the end But don’t have to choose by yourself…”

The emperor seemed to know his own limit, saying such depressing words made Zhu Houzhao feel uncomfortable.

"Father is the emperor, the Ninth Five-Year Sovereign, if you want to choose in person, just tell them to do it. When the time comes, my son will marry the best concubine, and father will be happy."

Emperor Hongzhi squeezed out a smile, "I want the best, and my prince definitely wants the best."

After talking a few words and taking a few sips of medicine, the emperor was weak, and the time when he made the most expressions was when he was drinking medicine, and at that moment his five sense organs seemed to be pulled together.Don't talk about drinking these traditional Chinese medicines, Zhu Houzhao smells bitter.

Over there, Xiao Jing hurriedly served water again, and asked the emperor to drink a couple of sips.Zhu Houzhao wiped his chin again. It seemed that such a simple action would take several minutes.

"Huh..." The emperor made a sound like coughing up phlegm, Xiao Jing wanted him to drink a few more sips, but he quickly waved his hands, as if he had knocked over some poison.

This scene suddenly made Zhu Houzhao feel that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was actually suffering.

Just like many old people he saw in the hospital in his previous life, the weakened body function made the medicine useless, and the pain here was painful for a while, and the pain was there for a long time. After a long time, people almost collapsed mentally. alive.

Emperor Hongzhi was like this. He was physically weak. He had been lying down intermittently for at least a month in the past few years.

Thinking of these things, and what the emperor said just outside the door, Zhu Houzhao, who has always been tough, actually shed tears.

Emperor Hongzhi was startled when he saw it, "What's wrong with the prince?"

Zhu Houzhao sniffed his nose twice, "I feel sorry for my father. Like this kind of medicine, I feel like throwing up just by smelling it, not to mention that my father has to drink it every day, and I have been drinking it almost constantly for the past few years. .Father ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety. Which one in the inner palace and outside the court has not said that the father is good in front of the children? They all say that good people have good rewards, but I don’t know why God always makes the father suffer from illness.”

Emperor Hongzhi was also a sentimental person, and when he heard the prince's words in tears, he was infinitely moved. He grabbed Zhu Houzhao's hand and said: "God's bad things can't be said nonsense, even for the sake of me. remember?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded.

Afterwards, the emperor smiled gratifyingly, but he smiled and cried, and he did not forget to pat the prince's hand, "Don't cry, I am very satisfied that you can have such thoughts. A few days ago, I have also told the British public that your way of thinking is very different from mine, but these years you still put protecting me as the first priority. Your son is God's greatest blessing to me."

"Looking at my body, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get better. Even if I really get better, it may be difficult to deal with the government affairs for a few days. It was up to you to pick it up."

Zhu Houzhao heard that his heart was in mourning, and the situation was even more difficult.

"...It's the New Year's Eve." The emperor muttered.

At the end of the new year, there are fewer things to do. From the palace to the government offices of various ministries, it is very leisurely, so time passes quickly.In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-first day of the twelfth lunar month.

A few days ago, Yang Tinghe, who was in Shandong, packed his bags and went north to the capital. According to the decree, he had reached the end of his tenure in Shandong, and he was about to go back to take over the position of Zhan Shi, the young master of Zhan Shifu.

He was 39 years old when he left Beijing and 46 years old when he returned to Beijing.

Now that the situation in the court is becoming clearer and His Royal Highness is gaining more and more power, he can get the position of Zhan Shi's Shao Zhan Shi at this time, which shows that his future is also broad.

In the 18th year of Hongzhi, Bichou Enke was about to start after the new year. A few days ago, the crown prince discussed with the cabinet, and first promoted Yang Tinghe to the position of Zhan Shifu, and then appointed him and Lin Han, Minister of Rites, as the examiners to be in charge of B Chou Enke responded to the matter.

The chief examiner is also a prominent position. Generally speaking, there are very few people who are suddenly promoted from such a position as the Shandong chief envoy, but the prince said that the articles on Enke's central strategy should be combined with the actual situation, and Yang Tinghe works in the local area. Why can't I be in charge for many years?

In fact, people in the court gradually understood that on the one hand, the crown prince was promoting Yang Tinghe, and on the other hand, he was releasing the message as always: Those who have experience in local positions will be promoted quickly.

It has been 17 years since Hongzhi, and these smart people can always find out some experience.

This has also led to more and more Beijing officials wanting to go to the place first to practice.Isn't this the absence of the Shandong chief envoy after Yang Tinghe left?
In this position, the previous Wang Hua was also the governor of Zhejiang.

Who has a future and where is a future can be understood at a glance.

If it is said that Liu Daxia's days are declining in the Ministry of War, then Yang Tinghe is scorching hot in Shandong. From the office of the chief minister to the office of the inspector, and then to the magistrates of various prefectures and counties, they all hold him as if he is a future elder. The time has come for all kinds of practice.

It made Yang Tinghe more tiring to leave than to take office, but fortunately Shandong is not far from the capital, and he also arrived in the capital on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. Han Ziren, who was promoted by him and came into the eyes of the prince, greeted him in the capital.

Yang Tinghe was more than half in a coma, "I just 'escaped' from Jinan Mansion, and fell into your wolf's lair again. Please forgive me."

The beard on Han Ziren's chin is also thicker. He is more robust than the previous few years. After arriving in Beijing, he actually tried to climb up the big tree of the crown prince. He was promoted all the way in Tengxiang Zuowei, and now he is also a thousand household.

"We all know that you are going back to Zhan Shi's Mansion. If I don't bother you, I'm ignorant. When I called Yang Zhifu back then, my subordinates still remember it." After finishing speaking, Han Ziren slapped himself on the mouth, "Look at me This mouth, you are no longer the prefect of Qingzhou!"

Yang Tinghe himself also had a few emotions. He looked up at the capital after the snow, showing a look of reminiscence, "When I left the capital, many people were shocked. His Royal Highness asked me: He said that every day, my generation of scholars talked about doing things for me. The country is for the people. I really went from Zhan Shifu to serve as a magistrate in a place. Did I feel happy that I could do more for the people? This question shocked me."

After hearing this, Han Ziren had a kind of sympathy, "His Royal Highness has been handling the government affairs, and the court has indeed taken on a new look. Shi Zhai's ability to take the exam from Shandong's chief envoy is a sign that the court's government affairs have changed from emptiness to reality. It is in the hearts of the lower officials. Somewhat curious, how did Mr. Shi Zhai answer His Highness at that time?"

Yang Tinghe walked towards the capital, "Your Highness is brilliant. He said that I don't need to answer, the answer is in my heart."

"At ease?"

what is that?Perhaps only Yang Ting and himself knew.

But this moment is just like that moment.

At that time, there were few horses and horses in front of the door in the cold, but now someone will send them off within ten steps.It's useless to just understand these things, you have to experience them yourself to understand them.

When he returned to Beijing at this juncture, he was of course the one who would come to the door to pass on the post, so after entering the Yang residence, he simply closed the door to thank the guests.

Yang Shen didn't know what to say, so he looked at Han Ziren and said, "Brother Han, what's wrong with father?"

Han Ziren thought for a while, "To withstand the cold reception and to withstand the excitement, Mr. Shi Zhai is teaching us the way of being an official by setting an example."

"The way to be an official?" Yang Shen chewed these four words.

Just as I was thinking, I heard a bang, and bright fireworks rose in the sky.

"New Year's Eve."

"Yes. Next year will be Hongzhi's 18th year!"

People bid farewell to the old and welcome the new with the atmosphere of the new year, thinking that next year will be a good year.Except for Zhu Houzhao, probably no one expected the difficulties in the new year.

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