Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 463 Bumbutai Seeks to See Queen Zhang Yan
Seeing that the courtiers were sweating profusely, and the official robes were soaked in a large area, some elderly officials seemed to be a little shaky, and they seemed to be fainting from heat stroke, but because the censor was watching from the side, they did not dare to move wantonly I can only hold on.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't bear it, so he ordered Wang Chengen to give seats to some older ministers, and at the same time ordered to give each of them a cup of iced sour plum soup.

A young and unruly speaker wanted to take advantage of this to say that the court cannot be turned into a teahouse, and that the officials drinking sour plum soup would violate the imperial etiquette, but the other officials gave them a stare. Everyone was so hot that their mouths were dry. Chap, why are you being so serious at this time, you really don't understand the rules.

The speaker had no choice but to back away, resentfully daring not to speak any more.

Suddenly the sour plum soup was served. Because the Royal Academy of Engineering of the Ming Dynasty improved the refrigeration technology, the Ming Dynasty can now make ice at low temperature. However, due to the high cost, it can only be used for scientific research and the royal family. These iced sour plum soups are made by temporary refrigeration. , When it was brought into Qianqing Palace, these ministers didn't care about the appearance of the emperor, and they all started drinking like old cows.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help snickering for a while, since he became emperor, he has never dealt with these bureaucrats in this way. During the seven years he was in power, he only had two extreme methods of binding interests and ransacking the property of the officials.

Obedience will make you rich and powerful in an instant, and you will feel the warm spring-like kindness bestowed by the emperor; if you are not obedient, your family will be ruined, and you will deeply experience the ruthlessness of the monarch; but now he discovered that the former Ming emperors It seems that it would be better to punish these ministers to kneel outside the palace gate, especially when it is not a big matter to punish a group of officials.

After all, if I want to rule this empire, I still need a large number of bureaucrats to form this ruling system. It is impossible to confiscate all officials' homes and exterminate their families. But I'm afraid few dare to do things for themselves.

When the empire enters a period of relatively stable and balanced situation and social conflicts, the relationship between the emperor and his officials will also change from fierce confrontation to a more harmonious state, and the number of radical officials will decrease, and as the emperor, His Majesty can also start to tolerate A momentary mistake by the officials.

Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao and the ministers who were hungry at the beginning and had been exposed to the sun for half a day because they were too early to have breakfast, they were already exhausted. morning.

Except for a few young officials who didn't understand the world and hesitated to speak, other senior officials took the lead in saluting Zhu Youxiao, and respectfully sent His Majesty Zhu Youxiao back from the court.

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the harmonious state of the monarch and his subjects. After nodding, he left the main hall of Qianqing Palace and walked towards Xinuang Pavilion. He and Yang Sichang, the left servant of the Ministry of War, also walked towards Xinuange.

Since the eradication of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao issued a decree to let Lu Xiangsheng return to Beijing, and directly let him enter the Xinuang Pavilion, and added the official title of Taifu, bestowing the title of Xinningbo, which seems to be replacing Li Mingrui. Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng I know that I have military power and have made great achievements. If I show my sharpness in the officialdom, I am afraid that I have already become a Wenzhong Yafu, so I deliberately behaved very low-key and did not show that I want to compete with Li Mingrui for power. the meaning of.

But now Li Mingrui, who likes political struggles, still feels a little headache about it. He managed to overthrow the conservative leader Qian Qianyi, the chief minister of the cabinet, and now there is Lu Xiangsheng, who has a high status in the military system. Although Li Mingrui and Lu Xiangsheng do not get along well Many, but he knows that Lu Xiangsheng's position in His Majesty's heart is definitely not inferior to his own, otherwise His Majesty Zhu Youxiao would not have entrusted him with the daily affairs of the Imperial Guard, and even let him concurrently serve as Minister of the Ministry of War.

Therefore, Li Mingrui still regards Lu Xiangsheng as an imaginary political opponent, especially now that the position of the University of Jianji Temple, which symbolizes the chief assistant of the cabinet, is vacant. Out of worry, worrying that His Majesty Zhu Youxiao will let Lu Xiangsheng be the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Of course, apart from Lu Xiangsheng, Li Mingrui also had to be wary of Cheng Jiming, the new leader of the conservative school, because although Zhu Youxiao exiled Li Biao of the conservative school because of the reform of the Ministry of Rites, he suddenly promoted Cheng Jiming to Jinming a few days later. The Bachelor of the Body Palace has also been added the title of Shaobao, the official rank has been promoted to the first rank, the cabinet status has also been promoted to the second place, and even directly surpassed Lu Xiangsheng. Although he did not enter the Xinuang Pavilion, Li Mingrui still felt a threat .

Li Mingrui doesn't know who His Majesty is asking to be the first assistant. If Lu Xiangsheng, who has made great achievements, is the first assistant, then why did Cheng Jiming be appointed as a scholar of Jinshen Palace, even ranking above Lu Xiangsheng? Life, why not allow him to enter the Xinuang Pavilion to participate in the central affairs.

Li Mingrui also thought about the worst outcome, that is, His Majesty Zhu Youxiao was only considering the test of choice between Lu Xiangsheng and Cheng Jiming. According to the established rules, nobles cannot hold the highest power in the government.

Although Cheng Jiming is the same as Li Biao, honest and honest, and abides by the traditional Confucian idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, but he is not practical in practice, and his thinking is aging. Shi Qi fainted, and Li Mingrui didn't think that His Majesty would let such a person be a bridge of communication between the civil servants and himself, the emperor.

In other words, His Majesty is probably still hesitating whether to make Lu Xiangsheng or Cheng Jiming the chief assistant.

But looking back, it's not like Li Mingrui never thought that His Majesty might let him be the chief assistant. After all, Zhu Youxiao had secretly appointed his third son as Shangbao Sicheng a few days ago, and even named him dead. His mother was ordered by Yipin, and his father was Doctor Guanglu. This kind of favor had such an honor in the Tianqi Dynasty, and Sun Chengzong, who went to Liaodong to preside over the land reform.

That is to say, there is another possibility here. His Majesty Zhu Youxiao conferred the title of Earl Lu Xiangsheng and the title of Grand Tutor, and the official position was super rank, and Cheng Jiming was promoted to the University of Jinshen Palace, all in order to check and balance his own future. After all, Lu Xiangsheng is the representative of the military system and a group of neutral people, and Cheng Jiming is the representative of the conservative faction. According to the thinking of a wise emperor, this kind of balance is to be achieved.

In fact, Li Mingrui dislikes His Majesty Zhu Youxiao's balance, because in Li Mingrui's view, only royalist officials (emerging bourgeoisie) like himself who are tied to His Majesty's interests will be of one mind with His Majesty. Will support His Majesty's reforms, and support His Majesty's plunder and exploitation of overseas countries.

Therefore, as the emperor, Zhu Youxiao didn't need to engage in this kind of balance. Although he almost prevented His Majesty from carrying out the reform of the Ministry of Rites because of his greed for power, he still chose to obey unconditionally in the end.Based on Li Mingrui's understanding of Zhu Youxiao, he felt that his majesty the emperor would not be so petty.

"Jiandou pacified and built slaves this time, and eliminated the hidden dangers that threatened my Ming Dynasty for decades. I didn't intend to take it seriously, but with a broad-minded character, I took the initiative to say hello to Lu Xiangsheng as soon as he came.

Lu Xiangsheng has been with the generals and soldiers of the army all year round, so he has some martial arts habits. Seeing the No. 1 civil official, Li Mingrui, the emperor's first favorite minister, is like other bureaucrats. He cupped his hands: "The old man is over the prize!" After saying that, Lu Xiangsheng advanced into the Xinuan Pavilion and sat at the desk on the right, ready to read the memorial and discuss state affairs with His Majesty Zhu Youxiao.

Li Mingrui didn't mind Lu Xiangsheng's unapproachable nature, and he didn't say anything except for a faint smile. When he saw Yang Sichang, the left servant of the Ministry of War, come in, he also came to greet Yang Sichang: "I haven't seen you for a few days, but he has lost a lot of weight. You still have to take good care of your body, after all, His Majesty can't leave you, if you are sick, His Majesty will have no advisers."

"Hmph! Mr. Li should still care about himself, don't be so greedy, worry about this and that, and don't have countless gray hairs." Although Yang Sichang is an official of the Ministry of War, he has also witnessed many people being raped by Li's workshops in the capital. Exploiting ordinary migrant workers, thinking of the unfairness of these migrant workers being squeezed by these businessmen, Yang Sichang treated Li Mingrui even more, so even though he was just a servant, he was not half polite to Li Mingrui.

Facing Yang Sichang's irony, Li Mingrui was helpless except for the itching of his teeth in hatred. After all, he also knew that although Yang Sichang was just a little servant, he was always unreasonable, but he was quite sympathetic to His Majesty Zhu Youxiao today. appetite.

Therefore, Li Mingrui smiled back, and Liu Ruoyu, the admiral of the East Factory, couldn't help but snickered when he saw this, thinking that Li Mingrui, as an official, was aggrieved enough, and he was stunned by the little servant by accident, but he didn't even dare to boast Say something.

When Zhu Youxiao approached Xinuang Pavilion, several senior officials in Xinuang Pavilion had already sat down, and only when Zhu Youxiao came in did they stand up and salute at the same time.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then sat on the throne above him. He picked up the memorabilia screened by Liu Ruyu, the supervisor of etiquette, and several ministers on duty, and began to read it. And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been merged and is about to send a doctor from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ask the Ministry of Punishment to also send a doctor to the Lindan Khan Department to ask for Dorgon with the official letter from Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but said: "It's just a guy who doesn't know how to praise. It seems that he thinks highly of Lin Danhan when he is sent to the doctor. If you return to Wen Tiren, you can do it as soon as you are in charge!"

With that said, Zhu Youxiao took care of several other government affairs. After the sun set on the western mountain, Zhu Youxiao left Xinuang Pavilion and walked towards the inner court.

However, several officials including Li Mingrui had to stay up until dark, and one even had to be on duty until late at night.

After returning to the inner court, Zhu Youxiao did not go to Jingren Palace, but went to Kunning Palace. Zhang Yan, the queen of Kunning Palace, had already learned that Zhu Youxiao had met Concubine Fan Hui. As a queen, one must be mentally prepared that His Majesty will have more women, so when she learned of this, she immediately ordered someone to send some rewards to Concubine Fan Hui.

But what Zhang Yan didn't expect was that when she was dealing with Concubine Fan Hui's matter, she saw Hai Lanzhu bringing Bumbutai to Kunning Palace to ask for an audience.

As the lord of the sixth house, she is basically in charge of the daily affairs of the harem, so she has to intervene and meet all the newcomers who have entered the Forbidden City.

But just because I have seen it, in the eyes of Queen Zhang Yan, this Bumbutai is a well-known beauty in Jiannu, because she does have a natural charm, even if Zhang Yan is a woman, it seems that she is easily attracted. Like a ghost, Queen Zhang Yan couldn't believe that her majesty would end up in the same end as Huang Taiji after seeing this Bumbutai.

Therefore, Queen Zhang Yan was still debating whether or not to meet this Bumbutai, but when she thought that His Majesty had kept this person up to now because she was greedy for his beauty and would meet sooner or later, she nodded and signaled her permission. Hai Lanzhu and Bumbutai came in.

Bumbutai fell in love with Kunning Palace as soon as she entered Kunning Palace. Only now did she know what kind of palace in this world is the house where the most honorable woman in the world should live. She regretted why she would She became Huang Taiji's woman first and was captured here as a captive. Otherwise, she felt that she could definitely become the master of the six palaces with her own ability!
But now she is just an ordinary woman living in the Forbidden City, even inferior to Hai Lanzhu, in fact, she is Hai Lanzhu's servant, which makes Bumbutai very depressed. The queen Zhang Yan on the phoenix tail was dragged off, and then sat on it by herself.

Bumbutai believed that if he became the empress himself, he would definitely become Zhu Youxiao's good helper and make Zhu Youxiao a man who conquered the world.

Due to his current political status and class status being too low, in order to take advantage of the empress Zhang Yan's sympathy and get close to the emperor Zhu Youxiao, Bumbutai had no choice but to come to the empress Zhang Yan to complain first at this time, and deliberately She behaved very dignified and virtuous, which made Queen Zhang Yan quite satisfied.

"Let's talk about anything, everyone is a family, don't be restrained." As soon as Queen Zhang Yan said this, Bumbutai knelt down first: "I have a merciless request, I hope Your Majesty The empress and the empress can allow the slaves to become nuns. The slaves know that their sins are serious, and they are also the quality of the broken flowers and willows. They don't expect to be loved by thousands of people like you, the empress. Yes!"

Empress Zhang Yan was a little moved when she saw this, she didn't know what to do for a while, but Bumbutai was too courteous, which made Zhang Yan a little embarrassed to refuse, and directly bowed to Zhang Yan.

Bumbutai couldn't help her not to do this at this time. She thought she could attract the emperor Zhu Youxiao with the graceful piano sound, but she didn't expect that the emperor would not buy it and forced her to let her maid commit suicide. Attracting Zhu Youxiao's attention, Bumbutai had no choice but to find Queen Zhang Yan, and forced Zhang Yan to invite Zhu Youxiao to make a decision by insisting on becoming a monk.

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