Chapter 13 The number of terrifying Liao noises
"I understand..."
Seeing Zhu Youjian say this, Lu Wenzhao also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Zhu Youjian supports him, Luo Sigong's threat will be almost gone, and he only needs to lead the 600 people in Nanzhen Fusi and then slowly expand it.
He could see that His Highness needed more than just 600 people.
"Long live His Highness Xuanwu enters the palace~~~"
Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared at the door of Qianqing Gate, and Wei Jinzhong shouted to Zhu Youjian in a raised voice.
Seeing Zhu Youjian looking at him, the guy showed a flattering smile.
"I'll go in first, remember what I said."
Zhu Youjian was calm and didn't care at all about his dear brother's concern for the Hakka family.
He told Lu Wenzhao and walked towards the gate of Qianqing Palace. The Jing army on both sides of the palace gate were looking at him. He didn't care but glanced at Wei Jinzhong and said loudly:
"Since the emperor has given you the opportunity, you must make good use of it. You and Wang Zhangyin will take good care of some matters in the inner court. Don't let things that are not good for the emperor happen again."
"I know this. Thank you, Your Highness, for reminding me." As he said that, Wei Jinzhong flattered Zhu Youjian and guided him, without being hostile to him.
After all, he is just relying on an old dog of the Hakka family.
Zhu Youxiao may care about Hakka's feelings, but if Wei Jinzhong dares to put on airs in front of Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian can let Lu Wenzhao beat this guy to death on the spot.
But this is not necessary. He wants to keep Wei Jinzhong. For whatever he wants to do in the future, someone will always need to take the blame, and Wei Jinzhong is obviously a good candidate.
In this way, under the guidance of Wei Jinzhong, he set foot on the palace road of Qianqing Palace again, but this time all the eunuchs in Qianqing Palace were replaced by eunuchs from the East Palace.
"Eunuch of the East Palace, were you transferred here?"
Zhu Youjian walked in front and asked absentmindedly. Wei Zhongxian, who was walking half behind him and was a little groveling, also flattered:
"I was transferred here by my slave. Ke Baba said that the inner court was not very safe, so I transferred here."
"Well, pay more attention to Concubine Li Kang and Concubine Zheng." Zhu Youjian responded and stopped asking other questions, and they also walked to the gate of Qianqing Palace.
But what embarrassed him was that when he stood at the entrance of the palace, he saw Zhu Youxiao with his back turned to him, wearing a thin sleeve shirt.
At this moment, he was planing wood on a piece of wood placed on a stool. The expensive floor tiles of Qianqing Palace were covered with scraps of cheap wood.
"Brother Royal?"
Zhu Youjian calmed down his mood and shouted to Zhu Youxiao, who was known as the Carpenter Emperor.
Unexpectedly, when Zhu Youxiao turned around, he actually held a plane in one hand and a memorial in the other.
"Brother is here? Come quickly and help me read this memorial."
Zhu Youxiao smiled at Zhu Youjian, greeted him incidentally, and waved the memorial in his hand to urge him.
Zhu Youjian never expected that his good brother could plan wood with one hand and handle memorials with the other.
In fact, Zhu Youjian was also led astray by some later Internet public opinions.
Du Chebieyi, the author of historical evaluation of Zhu Youxiao, has always been impressed by public opinion that Zhu Youxiao was probably an emperor who only knew how to be a carpenter, and he was also illiterate. Apart from being a carpenter, he only liked eating, drinking and having fun.
However, Zhu Youxiao in the "Records of Ming Xi Zong" is not like that. There are many records of Zhu Youxiao's lectures and readings in the Wenhua Palace in the Records, and there are endless records of Zhu Youxiao's personal comments on military and state affairs.
Judging from the truly serious historical data, Zhu Youxiao had a high level of education and a smart mind. His opinions on military affairs and employment were often wiser than those of his ministers.
Most people have the impression that Zhu Youxiao ignored government affairs because he was a carpenter, which comes from "Chibei Ou Tan" written by Wang Shizhen of the Qing Dynasty:
"An old palace eunuch said: 'Ming Xizong was good at making small pavilions in the palace. He did not use his ax to weigh his hands, and his carvings were exquisite. Whenever Wei Zhongxian served the emperor to make the work, he would often bring in the seals of various ministries, and the emperor would always order them. He said: 'You are good at life, don't bully me. Therefore, the power of eunuchs is getting stronger day by day, but the emperor's soldiers don't realize it.'"
However, the source of the records in Wang Shizhen's "Chibei Ou Tan" should be from the book "Zi Zhong Zhi" written by Liu Ruoyu, an eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, during the Chongzhen period.
The original text of "Zi Zhong Zhi" is: "The late emperor liked to ride horses, watch martial arts dramas, and was very good at water play. He used big wooden barrels, big copper tanks, etc...."
"When he is chopping with knives and undressing the majestic rock, no one who is not familiar with him can peep at it, or if he is cutting the chapter tightly, he is writing documents such as the body, and he is handling the despicable things while listening attentively."
"After all the officials came to invite you, Yuyin immediately said: 'You guys go with your heart, I understand."
It can be seen from here that Zhu Youxiao is ingenious, good at mechanical design, and skilled in the manufacture of architectural furniture. It is a fact that Zhu Youxiao is talented in this area, but it is just a rumor that Zhu Youxiao ignored government affairs in order to become a carpenter. Later, the distortion of the facts.
In December of the first year of Tianqi, Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet, once wrote to Zhu You:
"My emperor is extremely intelligent, and when the time comes for a court lecture, he can truly be said to be a diligent and eager to learn. But today's court meeting is just a set of official documents and has nothing to do with political affairs. As the time for the lecture is limited, I may not be able to gain insight into it. The subtleties of justice determine the gains and losses of politics in ancient and modern times."
That is to say, Ye Xianggao also admitted that Tianqi was very diligent, often went to court, and often listened to lectures, but he was worried that Zhu Youxiao would retreat to the palace and waste time like Wanli and Jiajing.
However, when he saw that Zhu Youxiao was resting in the inner court and reviewing memorials, he would often pass on instructions, explaining that Zhu Youxiao was very attentive to state affairs even in the palace.
After that, Zhu Youxiao retired to the deep palace and did not neglect the government affairs, but he was too lazy to go to court.
After all, as far as the political situation in the late Ming Dynasty was concerned, going to court was just watching a group of people quarreling, and in the end they couldn't come up with a solution to the problem.
It is better to handle the government affairs directly in the palace, issue decrees when you think the matter is acceptable, and replace the decree with a group of obedient cabinets if it is rejected by the cabinet.
Therefore, even if Zhu Youjian is somewhat familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty, as a person who needs work, it is impossible for him to read "Records of the Ming Dynasty" and "History of the Ming Dynasty" every day.
He only remembers some big things, and it is difficult to remember small personal things.
Seeing Zhu Youxiao asking him for his opinion, he also stepped forward and took a look.
[The Ministry of Household Affairs reported that from the fourth intercalary month of the 46th year of Wanli to the first September of the first year of Taichang, a total of 1,515,723 taels were issued, and there were still 100 taels of Liaodong salary outstanding. Two hundred and eighty-seven thousand, four hundred taels, and each of the other sides has 1,650,000 taels. Please ask the emperor to use his internal funds to reward the troops and horses of the eleven towns along the nine sides.]
This memorial is very novel. Of course, Zhu Youjian is not referring to the content, but the style of it, which is actually traditional Chinese characters mixed with simplified characters.
"I didn't expect that in the Ming Dynasty, simplified characters were written on official documents, but there is still a little difference between this simplified characters and the simplified characters of later generations..."
Chapter completed!