Chapter 165: Behind the Scenes
In the hall of the imperial envoy's residence, the civil and military officials of Shenyang City were gathering. Just as Shenyang City's deputy commander-in-chief You Shigong was brought in, laughter suddenly rang out again outside.
"Sir, this celebratory drink will have to wait for a humble job!" Following the words, a sweater walked in quickly, dressed in civilian clothes but still looking formidable.
"General congratulations!" When they saw the person coming, everyone in the room stood up and said with surprise. The person who came was no one else. This was He Shixian, the commander-in-chief of Shenyang City.
He bowed his hands to the people in the room, and He Shixian laughed and said: "Everyone, He has made everyone worried!" He walked quickly to Sun Chengzong, lifted his clothes, knelt down, and said loudly: "This is a humble position. He Shixian, see the Marshal."
Reaching out to help He Shixian up, Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "General He is a loyal and brave general. I have already reported your military exploits to the Emperor. I believe the reward will arrive soon."
The banquet lasted until very late, and many people were very drunk. They had to go home with the help of soldiers. After so many years, these Liaodong civil and military officials have suffered very much!
In the first year of the Apocalypse, on March 15th, the night of the full moon is suitable for weddings and funerals, but it is forbidden to move or move.
Looking at the moon in the sky, Emperor Tianqi poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Baozhu, I am very happy! I am really happy."
"I know that when things in Liaodong stabilize, Your Majesty will be able to do a lot of things. I am also happy for Your Majesty. Your Majesty will definitely be a good emperor." Queen Zhang said with a smile as she filled up the wine for Emperor Tianqi.
Gently holding Queen Zhang's hand, Emperor Tianqi said with emotion: "You come from the folk, you must know a lot about the folk, tell me about it."
"Your Majesty, the people are the people, and they are all trivial matters. Your Majesty has to govern the country, and what you are busy with every day is military affairs. It is better not to worry about these trivial matters." Seeing Emperor Tianqi ask this, Empress Zhang pondered for a moment, said with a smile.
Slowly shaking his head, Emperor Tianqi said with a wry smile: "I don't know what the treasure is, but I know it. The world is very chaotic! Local officials are incompetent, local tyrants and evil gentry are rampant in the countryside, and the lives of the people are miserable! The imperial court After years of military use, the people have to pay taxes hard, and there are many excessive levies and miscellaneous taxes." Sighing deeply, Emperor Tianqi continued: "There are constant natural disasters and riots, and the people's life is not easy!" He drank all the wine on the table, Emperor Tianqi fell into deep thought.
After pouring a glass of wine for Emperor Tianqi again, Empress Zhang also sighed softly. She came from among the people and knew more or less about the lives of ordinary people. Regarding Emperor Tianqi's words, Empress Zhang didn't know what to do. After saying yes, he couldn't help but fall into silence.
After glancing at Queen Zhang, Emperor Tianqi smiled and said, "Baozhu, do you know what I am most dissatisfied with?"
Empress Zhang shook her head gently. Ever since she married Emperor Tianqi, she had always felt that Emperor Tianqi was a child who had not grown up. He was always busy inexplicably every day, and she didn’t know what he was busy with, but it seemed that the emperor He should be so busy. But at this time, Empress Zhang seemed to understand. This seemingly young emperor had many things in his heart. Those were things that he did not understand and could not understand. In his heart Pretend to be the world, pretend to be the people, pretend to be too many people.
"I don't know if Baozhu has ever heard of such a poem. One of the lines is: 'The wine and meat of the Zhumen stink, and the bones are frozen to death on the road.'" When Emperor Tianqi said this, his face was dejected and his smile was quite serious.
For bitterness.
Nodding slowly, Empress Zhang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have certainly heard of this poem, Concubine. It is a poem by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty."
Looking straight at Queen Zhang, Emperor Tianqi smiled for a while and said, "I forgot, Baozhu is a talented woman!"
"Your Majesty, you are making fun of me again!" Queen Zhang said coquettishly to Emperor Tianqi.
Gently stroking Queen Zhang's hand, Emperor Tianqi said feebly: "Isn't this what the world is like now? Of those official families, those wealthy businessmen, which one is not surrounded by servants? Which one is not a wealthy family?
?But what about the people?”
Empress Zhang did not speak, because she knew that what Emperor Tianqi said was true, and she had seen these things before, but she didn't know what to do, let alone how to comfort Emperor Tianqi.
"The ministers in the court have been shouting about emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business all day long. What do we mean by emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business? Do they mean to impose light taxes on businessmen? But those wealthy merchants only need thirty taxes per one? And as long as they have the name of an official,
There is no need to pay taxes if you have the name of a distinguished person. Doesn’t the Ming Dynasty have no money? It has a vast territory and magnificent mountains and rivers. That is not just talk. Even if there is a drought here and a flood there, how big is the Ming Dynasty? It can’t be anywhere.
Are they all disasters?" As he drank the wine on the table, Emperor Tianqi laughed loudly, but the laughter was full of bitterness.
Standing up unsteadily, Emperor Tianqi kept jumping up and down in the courtyard, and kept saying: "The Ming Dynasty is so majestic! The annual tax is 3.2 million taels, and you are not afraid of making people laugh when you say it?
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, there are countless people with this amount of money, but once something happens, these people will only ask me for money."
Suddenly, Emperor Tianqi suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, waved it continuously, and shouted loudly: "Force me, force me, Liaodong has settled down, if you force me, I will kill you all."
, ransacked the house and destroyed the nine tribes. As long as I take all your money, I will be a rich man."
After saying this, Emperor Tianqi suddenly threw the sword out, and then tilted his body and was about to fall to the ground. Empress Zhang was immediately frightened and ran towards Emperor Tianqi quickly, but there was someone faster than her. She
As soon as he stood up, someone was already supporting Emperor Tianqi.
Seeing Chen Hong, Queen Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, she seemed to understand that this old eunuch who followed Emperor Tianqi all day seemed to be very extraordinary. It seemed that there were indeed many people in the palace.
You should still pay attention to the things you don’t know in the future.
After giving a salute to Queen Zhang, Chen Hong said with a smile: "Queen, do you think we will send His Majesty to Kunning Palace?"
Nodding slowly, Queen Zhang said a little worriedly: "Well, I don't feel at ease when others take care of me, so I sent her to my place. But Eunuch Chen, what's going on today?"
"Don't worry, Queen, the people here are deaf and blind. They can't see or hear anything." Chen Hong smiled and said flatteringly.
Emperor Tianqi went to Kunning Palace. The news spread quickly in the palace, and no one thought there was anything strange. Everyone in the Forbidden City knew that Emperor Tianqi doted on the empress the most, and now he carries the memorial with him every day.
The Empress. If anyone can compete with the Empress, it is the original Miss Li and Concubine Lan who now lives in Chengqian Palace. As for the others, no one can compare.
Although the Queen Empress has a noble status at this time, Concubine Lan is pregnant with a dragon seed! Once she gives birth to a dragon child for Emperor Tianqi, there is no guarantee that the mother will not be as valuable as the son. Of course, if the Queen Empress also gives birth to a son, her natural status will be
It was very reliable. As for the women who were selected, it seemed a little miserable. There were even rumors in the palace that the two concubines who had just entered the palace and Emperor Tianqi had not yet consummated their marriages.
The news that Emperor Tianqi was drunk in the palace naturally did not spread, but the news of the Liaodong victory came, and there were many various celebrations in the capital.
This is a house located in the west city of the capital. It is a large house with three entrances and three exits. In this place where noble people gather, the status of people who can live in such a house must be different. Although it is already late at night, here
The banquet was still going on, but there were not many people there, only five or six.
"Teacher, I think this incident is an opportunity. If we can move to Sun Chengzong, we will definitely be able to win back the victory!" A man put down the wine glass in his hand and said in a deep voice.
Sitting on the main seat was an old man. He shook his head slowly and said in a deep voice: "Don't you understand yet? This is not a question of who we knock down, but how can we bring down His Majesty?"
Trust us. If we still attack the ministers in the DPRK, we will end up like Ye Xianggao."
A person on the side put down the wine glass in his hand, nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, I heard that Ye Xianggao and his disciple died in mysterious circumstances. I don't know who did it.
?”
The old man gently twirled the wine glass in his hand and drank the wine in one gulp. The old man sneered and said: "No matter who did it, Ye Xianggao brought it upon himself. He ruined the good impression we left on the emperor. Let's
Our efforts at the beginning of the establishment were in vain. I told him at the beginning, don't be too anxious, don't be too anxious. The emperor had just ascended the throne, and when he didn't trust anyone, he decided to jump out and not only drove away Fang Congzhe
, I have to sit on it myself. At that time, the emperor had already become suspicious, or someone with ulterior motives made the emperor suspicious."
Several people around him nodded, and the first person to speak said, "But that time it didn't work out?"
"It was just because the emperor was suspicious that he failed. I don't know if Ye Xianggao was old and confused and interfered in Xiong Tingbi's case again. Xiong Tingbi was originally from the Chu Party. He had just driven away Fang Congzhe and wanted to bring him down again.
Xiong Tingbi, who does he think he is? That Yang Yuan is also a fool, what trouble is he causing at this time? Fortunately, Ye Xianggao is dead, and his apprentice is also dead, otherwise many people would have been killed by them." The old man seemed.
I was still very angry and didn't leave any room for words.
Chapter completed!