I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 371 This is power, saving people, killing people

The doctor swallowed and replied, "Mother and child are safe!"

Emperor Longqing opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief: "Say it again."

"In reply to the emperor, Concubine Wang and her child are safe!"

"Give birth to a prince?" Emperor Longqing asked again.

"Yes, your majesty, it's a prince."

At this time, a baby crying sounded in the yard. Although the cry was weak, the sound was clear.

Emperor Longqing cried with joy, covering his face with his hands and making a whimpering sound.

"Woo woo, I gave birth to another prince. Father, ancestors, I have given you another grandson. Woo woo!"

Zhu Yijun asked the medical staff, "Where is Concubine Wang?"

"Your Highness, it's nothing serious. Midwife Chen is applying medicine and bandaging her wounds, and other medical staff are bathing and dressing the prince."

"Are the clothes steamed?"

"Yes, it's all done according to the standards of the Foundling Home."

"Well, you have made great contributions, and there will be a generous reward in the harem. In addition, you will take good care of the newborn prince and princess according to the methods of the Infant Foundling Hall.

Are there any arrangements for the Xianzhong Nursery?"

"To answer your Highness, the time for planting is between March and June, depending on the baby's condition."

"Okay, before the vaccination, be careful about everything. Anything outside needs to be disinfected before it comes into contact with the baby."

"Yes!"

"Hail!"

"The slave is here!"

"Instruct them to eat light meals in the first half of the month in Shuhua Palace and Chunkou Palace, and then get more nutritious meals in the second half of the month. Just listen to the nursery's full-time nurses. They are experienced and have been trained in the Medical Academy, so they have their own rules."

"This slave will remember it."

Everything was arranged properly. Zhu Yijun turned to Emperor Longqing and said, "Father, everything is arranged properly. You have been worried for a long time and you are tired. Go back and rest early. After you have rested, I will come to congratulate you."

Emperor Longqing held Zhu Yijun's hand and said with emotion: "Boss, it's all thanks to you.

What would this family do without you? I've been worried since this morning, and I'm really tired. Now they're all safe, and I'm relieved. I'll go back and have a good sleep first."

Zhu Yijun listened to Emperor Longqing's chattering and helped him sit on the sedan chair.

The eunuch lifted the sedan chair, but Emperor Longqing was reluctant to let go of Zhu Yijun's hand: "Boss, you are thoughtful, you are sincere, and you are sincere."

"Father, there is no need to say this. We are one as father and son, and the ruler and his subjects are of one mind."

"Okay, okay!" Emperor Longqing loosened his hand and lay down on the sedan chair exhausted. Zhu Yijun untied his outer robe and covered Emperor Longqing with it.

The dazed Emperor Longqing was startled. He opened his eyes and found that he was wearing an extra robe. When he turned around, he found that it was Zhu Yijun who took off his robe and covered himself with it.

He sighed softly, looked at his eldest son with a complicated expression, and walked farther and farther away in the sedan chair.

Zhu Yijun turned to Chen and said, "Mother, everything has been arranged here. You have worked hard, so go back and have a rest."

Chen couldn't help but touch Zhu Yijun's face lovingly, "Old Zhu's family has you. If I go back to rest, you should also go back to rest early. Feng Bao, put your coat on your master. It's cold now, don't let him get cold."

"Yes." Feng Bao immediately took off his outer robe and put it on Zhu Yijun.

After watching Chen's sedan chair go away, Zhu Yijun said without turning his head, "Feng Bao, long live the emperor, and return to the West Garden."

"Yes!"

Zhu Yijun put on a new outer robe and sat down in the Qinzheng Hall. Feng Baohe and Wanfu stepped forward and saluted: "Your Highness!"

"Sit down and talk. You are all my close friends and family. There is no need for so many formalities. Sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Feng Bao, have you found out?"

"In reply to your Highness, we have found out. The two palace maids in Shuhua Palace and Chunkou Palace were transferred from other places by Liang Zhaoyi and Wang Jieyu in exchange for rewards from the Emperor."

"where?"

"Yonghe Palace."

Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, "Xianfei Li?"

"Yes."

"Any more?"

"Li Xianfei has been going in and out of Shuhua Palace and Chunkou Palace very frequently recently, once every three to five days. According to the spies around Li, Li Xianfei told Liang Zhaoyi and Wang Jieyu that someone in the Forbidden City would not let them give birth to a prince for the emperor. She also said that person has the power to control everything and would find ways to make Liang Zhaoyi and Wang Jieyu die in their wombs, killing both mother and child."

Zhu Yijun sneered: "That person, isn't he talking about me?"

Turned to look at Wanfu.

Wanfu replied hurriedly, "According to the eunuchs and maids assigned to Shuhua Palace and Chunkou Palace, Concubine Li did say similar things to Liang Zhaoyi and Wang Jieyu. Those two palace ladies were also highly recommended by Concubine Li, and she brought them in from Prince Yu's Mansion. It is said that when she was giving birth, it was all thanks to those two ladies that she was able to turn the corner."

Zhu Yijun stood up, put his hands in his sleeves, and slowly walked around the room twice.

"Last time, during the incident at Baoen Temple, I severely punished her brother and sister-in-law, but let her go. I didn't expect that she would not repent and hate me to the core, and wanted to use such a clumsy scheme that would harm others and not benefit herself to frame me."

He suddenly stopped and asked Wanfu, "Is the third child six years old?"

Wanfu replied cautiously, "Your Highness, the Third Prince was born in August of the 42nd year of the Jiajing reign and will soon be six years old."

"I saw him a few days ago. He was very strong and kept pestering me, calling me the prince. He wanted to follow me to the performance field in the West Garden to learn riding and archery. He was a very sensible child."

After saying this, Zhu Yijun turned to look at Feng Bao and Wanfu, and said word by word: "Get rid of the mother and keep the son! Do it more cleanly!"

Feng Bao and Wan Fu knelt down quickly, lowered their heads and said, "As you command!"

Zhu Yijun slowly sat down on the chair and turned to look out the window.

The spring sun is shining brightly outside, making the trees and lakes of the West Garden green and full of vitality.

Zhu Yijun patted the armrest of the chair gently and said leisurely: "To save or kill, it's all decided in one thought. This is power."

But there were still a lot of things waiting for him, so he didn't feel like sighing. He waved his hand and said, "Go get things done!"

After Feng Bao and Wan Fu left, Qi Yan came to report: "Your Highness, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, Zhao Zhenji, has sent a sign requesting an audience."

"The items for rectifying the royal families of the various vassal states have been written so quickly?"

Zhu Yijun was a little surprised, but then he thought that Zhao Zhenji was well-prepared for the rectification of the various vassal states and royal families, and the drafts put forward at the meeting were well thought out and roughly consistent with his attitude.

To organize the items, he only needed to add his own opinions and arrange them a little. For a talent like him, it was as easy as drinking water.

Moreover, I also wasted a lot of time in the palace.

"please come in."

After Zhao Zhenji completed the ceremony, he presented the item to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun read it carefully and was very satisfied. He put the manuscript on the table and touched it with his left hand.

"Mr. Ozu, I will leave it to you to sort out the various clans and royal families."

"This is my duty."

"My idea is very simple. I will drastically cut off most of the parasites in the vassal clans, let them be self-reliant, and reduce the burden on the court. I will retain some of the vassal kings and royal families, but I want them to stay in the capital, under the emperor's nose, and not cause trouble in the local areas anymore."

Zhao Zhenji's brows twitched slightly, but he said nothing and continued listening.

"Reform? If you use the knife on others, it will definitely be drastic and refreshing. If you use the knife on yourself, it will definitely be painful. Now the reform of the various vassal clans will destroy the iron rice bowls of nearly 100,000 people. Mr. Dazhou, you have a difficult task."

"In reply to your Highness, I know, and I am ready."

"Okay, we, the emperor and his subjects, are all prepared. But if you smash someone's iron rice bowl, you have to give them a clay rice bowl so that they can have something to eat and support their family. If the descendants of Emperor Taizu really starve to death or freeze to death, it will give people something to talk about at this stage."

"Your Highness, I will remember this."

"Mr. Dazhou, are there any different opinions in the court regarding the rectification of the various vassal clans?"

"Your Highness, the opinions are similar to those of the ministers in Taiji Palace, which are also three. However, after the Crown Prince expressed his attitude and wanted to severely punish the princes and royal families, those ministers who wanted to follow the ancestral system and old rules no longer said anything."

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Those who are clamoring to thoroughly sort out the various vassal clans and eradicate a major cancer for the court are still clamoring fiercely?"

"Your Highness is wise."

"Two old men?"

"Exactly."

Zhu Yijun let out a long sigh, put his hands in his sleeves, and leaned back in his chair.

"These two guys are stubborn, especially Gao Xinzheng. They are stubborn and fearless. Ming Dynasty reforms need people with such temperament, but sometimes being too stubborn is not good."

Zhu Yijun said jokingly: "Mr. Dazhou, teach him a lesson."

Zhao Zhenji quickly declined, saying, "I am afraid. I am not strong enough."

"Mr. Dazhou, in the future in the cabinet, you have to keep an eye on this stubborn donkey from Henan for me."

Zhao Zhenji understood what he meant and said, "I obey your command!"

(End of this chapter)