Updated: 2012-12-06

When he woke up from his drowsiness, Zhang Ning first heard the "twittering" sparrows. When he opened his eyes, he saw the yellow sunshine sprinkled in from the window, and the shadow of a teapot on the table in front of the window was long printed on the floor of the house. It seemed that he was in his hometown in his previous life. He had overslept in a nap, and he could have dinner in a while, and then he could go out to cool off and see the two old men in his neighbors playing chess and chatting for a few words. The kind old family members would ask Xiaojun where he was doing work now, and then he would envy and say that it was better to have air conditioners in the office building than to work on the construction site. It seemed that on a weekend, he could finally cancel the alarm clock and wake up naturally. After getting up, he would go through the refrigerator to drink something.

But the door quickly opened, and a slim girl appeared, crossing her arms and long skirt. As she came in, the light of the sunset also appeared at the door, making her feel as if she had just come down from the sky, and her whole body was shining. In ancient costume, Zhang Ning quickly returned to reality. At this time, everything in the Ming Dynasty entered his consciousness like a tide.

"Brother, you are finally awake!" Zhang Xiaomei's voice came out of the light, just like the first time she came to this world.

Zhang Ning got up, feeling soft and his mind was a little dizzy and a little pain. He asked, "How long have I been sleeping?"

"You came back at noon yesterday." The little sister walked to the bed and looked at him with concern, "Eat something, red date porridge, I put candied fruit."

Zhang Ning reached out and wiped his face, walked to the table and picked up the teapot with a long shadow and shook it. He heard the sound of water and poured a few mouthfuls of tea into the mouth of the pot. He turned around and said, "Please take the toothbrush towel for me, let someone boil some hot water, I'll take a shower and change my clothes first."

"There is still hot water in the kitchen, I'll get it for you." The little girl hurriedly said, "Also, Miss Luo came yesterday and didn't dare to wake you up. She was worried that she slept at our house last night."

"Well..." Zhang Ning explained after hearing this, "I asked Zhao Erniang to do the things just now, and I said it was my order."

"She hasn't come back yet." The little sister looked at him innocently.

Zhang Ning slapped his forehead: "Oh!"

After a while, Luo Yaoniang came, and complained: "You are really like you came back from fleeing famine. You slept unconsciously when you come back, making people worry more about you..."

"My little sister is still well-behaved in your family these days?" Zhang Ning showed an ugly smile. When he touched his beard, it seemed that it had suddenly grown a little bit again. The Ming Dynasty did not shave, so he could only let it grow like this.

Luo Yaoniang said, "It's pretty good. Our Cuihua in a few days is very reluctant to leave her... You did a good job this time. My father nagged him a few times yesterday, and said that you are a good material."

"Oh." Zhang Ning just responded.

He had heard a lot of belittlements and rolling eyes in his previous life. Later, he became "sensible" and did everything he should do as a person. In addition, he was a little promising, and he also had a lot of exaggerations and praises. It was not surprising. In fact, most of them looked at whether you had a promising future in front of you on the surface. Living in the world would be bound by this invisible public pressure. Regardless of whether you want it or not, you should only be or not.

At this time, the little sister and Wenjun came in to get water, and Zhang Ning asked, "Have you had a rest?"

Xu Wenjun was stunned for a moment and realized that she was asking herself. She nodded quickly and said, "I got up this morning and got ready to sleep." Her eyes looked elsewhere, as if she was deliberately avoiding Zhang Ning. Perhaps it was because of the incident in the Chunhan Pear Garden in Nanjing that made her embarrassed?

Luo Yaoniang continued, "I went home in the afternoon. My father said that there were many memorials to persuade him to ascend the throne as soon as possible, but the prince said that the late emperor had just passed away and did not agree."

Zhang Ning casually said: "The ministers advised me to express their conspiracy three times, and the prince 'rejected and refused to accept' to avoid the difficulty of holding the throne ceremony."

Luo Yaoniang said: "There is also the British Duke (Zhang Fu, the leader of the Ming army, who made a statement to ask the prince to issue a martial law in the capital in the capital, but the prince said that the weather was hot and the soldiers worked too hard and there was no need, so he ordered the troops that had already been added at the city gate to withdraw."

Zhu Zhanji was indeed not a mediocre person. This move showed his courage and demeanor, which meant that he was not afraid to come to the capital, even if he did not dare to attack the capital.

After the bathing stuff was ready, Zhang Ning planned to take a shower in his room and change his clothes before talking, and then said, "I'm going to take a shower, I'll talk about it later."

Luo Yaoniang's cheeks turned slightly red and she said seriously: "You guys go out first, I have a few more words to say."

Xu Wenjun and Zhang Xiaomei walked out of the room silently. Zhang Ning pulled out his coat and threw it directly on the floor. Seeing that Luo Yaoniang was not leaving, he was too lazy to care about her, so he pulled out his underwear and threw it away. Luo Yaoniang hurriedly turned around and whispered: "The death of the late emperor, our marriage will be postponed again... Originally, ordinary subjects could not help but marry for twenty-seven days, but my father wanted to be a model of loyalty and filial piety, so it would take at least a year to wait."

Zhang Ning had stripped naked and jumped into the wooden barrel. There was no shower in this era. If you want to take a shower, you either wash it in the bathtub or carry a bucket to rinse it with water outside. At this time, he was smelly, mostly sweaty, so naturally he didn't have to worry about the scent of a woman on his body. It was really difficult to tell from the unpleasant sweaty smell that had been feminine for a few days.

"Then you have to wait another year." He said seriously, "You go out first. There are no outsiders in the yard, but it is always bad to do this just after the late emperor passed away. Don't spend the night here during this period, just forget about last night. Lord Yang is an important official of the court. If someone catches up on such a small matter, it will always be unpleasant."

After hearing this, Luo Yaoniang blushed and walked out, and couldn't help but say at the door: "It's quite a long time."

Zhang Ning said: "Don't worry, I'm not a fickle person, are you?"

...

The capital was full of funerals, and there were national funerals in the past two years. However, at this time, the peace was restored, and there were no large number of troops swaying around the city, and the order of each city was in good condition.

Zhu Zhanji did not think that the King of Han had the courage to lead troops to attack Beijing at this time. Before Zhu Zhanji entered Beijing, there was almost no favorable excuses and opportunities, and the situation gradually tilted towards the capital. It was impossible to restore the situation in the era of Emperor Hongxi, because Emperor Hongxi was the elder brother, and the King of Han did not dare to disrespect his brother as a younger brother easily; while Zhu Zhanji was different. He was a junior and his prestige was not as good as the King of Han. However, Zhu Zhanji had a legitimate title, and there should be no major events for the time being.

The one in front of Zhu Zhanji is not a mess, but the situation is also very complicated. First of all, the vassal kings are too strong, not only the King of Han, but also several uncles are also changing their minds.

The country's people's livelihood has not yet recovered from the Yongle era. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were still fighting in Jiaozhi (Vietnam), bleeding and suffering a lot of military expenses every day. The Vietnamese people were resisting the invasion and constantly causing trouble for the Ming army. The south was full of blood and tears incendiary accusations of "the violence of the northern dynasty". However, the civil officials of the Ming court said they were very innocent. They wanted to use the royal education to make Vietnam more civilized, and sent hundreds of thousands of troops to help them, built city fortresses and post roads, and built post roads as strongholds in the post roads to improve transportation in the wilderness. They also implemented the baojia system in various parts of Vietnam to make them more organized; they continued to collect food and livestock. In short, they could do major things that were beneficial to the people... But now others do not appreciate it, and the Ming court was in a dilemma and might want to withdraw their troops.

In addition, there are rebellions in ethnic minority areas in the southwest and other places from time to time, taxes and service issues in the Jiangnan region, and changes in the strategies of border defense in the north... The judiciary also needs further innovation, and centralization needs to be further strengthened...

In addition to serving the funeral of the late emperor in the Forbidden City, Zhu Zhanji's main idea is the upcoming national governance event.

There are two most important things at the moment: the edict of the throne. The first edict was to lay the fundamental national policy of the Zhu Zhanji dynasty. Zhu Zhanji was very passionate about his great joy, but at this time he thought it clearly that he should continue the tone set by his father, focusing on restoring and developing the economy; the second thing is that his core team of the regime, who value people, is also the top priority.

Ministers such as Sanyang and Emperor Hong Xi were friends in times of distress and had deep feelings. Zhu Zhanji also recognized them, but their personal feelings were not that deep. He thought a lot, and a set of methods of governing the country that he thought was more stable had already taken shape in his mind.

He first met with Yang Shiqi and other important officials in private, and talked about the heavy burden on the people of the Ming Dynasty, the hard life of soldiers, etc. He first stated that he had adapted to history and mission to restore the economy, and suggested that Yang Shiqi would prepare the edict for the throne. The stage of creation and stability of the dynasty gradually passed, and the subjects in the world now wanted a better material life, so Yang Shiqi and others were very pleased and agreed with Zhu Zhanji's words.

Immediately afterwards, he called the eunuchs from the Silijian to meet with some former officials in the East Palace and asked about the situation of the ministers. The eunuch Wang Gouer was fortunate to meet the saint. He was already a eunuch of three dynasties. It seems that he would not lose favor in front of Zhu Zhanji, because Zhu Zhanji had heard of that incident: Wang Gouer was serving when the late emperor passed away, and later the ministers asked him if he had any last will. Wang Gouer said that Emperor Hongxi ordered the prince to return to Beijing to inherit the throne.

Zhu Zhanji believed that most of the eunuchs in his Eastern Palace were illiterate and had no talent. Because he believed that Wang Gou'er was loyal, he had the intention to let Wang Gou'er serve as the supervisor of the seal.

After the king and his ministers said something for a while, Zhu Zhanji thought of something and asked casually: "Did Zhang Ning submit a letter?"

Most of the people present had no idea who Zhang Ning was, and they looked at each other and were very nervous. At this time, Wang Gou'er hurriedly said, "Silijian has not received his memorandum."

There have been many people saying goodbye to persuade him in the past two days. It is very difficult for the eunuch of Silijian Wang Gouer to determine whether Zhang Ning is like this person. This is also Wang Gouer's ability. I have heard that Zhang Ning went to welcome the prince and was very pleased with him, so the remarks he paid extra attention to included Zhang Ning.

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