On April 21, Liangxiang County, southern suburbs of the capital.
As the gateway to the southwest of Shuntian Prefecture, officials in Huguang, Shanxi have always had to repair their duties in Liangxiang for one night when they come to Beijing to report their work. Because of this, the people of Liangxiang often proudly say that they are people who have seen the world. Liangxiang has nothing to do when they go out.
The only specialty of pears is quite famous. People who come to Beijing often have to buy a basket, so there are stalls selling pears everywhere in the entire county town.
Only today, all the small vendors choose to close their stalls and not do business. The reason is that there is a major event that has happened in Liangxiang that has been talked about for several generations.
The emperor is here!
No, to be precise, the person who wants to be the emperor is here.
In the inn, Xian Ruxing stood beside the pillar with a little bored bored look at the vast head in the distance, and silently thought about what wave it was.
The future emperor lived for a while, so officials around him had a rare opportunity to show their feelings, so they came to pay their respects regardless of how far they were. As a local bun who returned to Beijing from the first place, Zhu Houcan was sociable to show his kindness.
, had to smile and see one after another.
At the beginning, I felt a little excited, but in the end I was completely numb.
Xian Ruxing yawned and wanted to say something to someone around him. However, after looking at it, Mao Cheng was the closest to him. At this time, Mao Cheng also happened to turn his head and the two looked at each other.
Xian Ruxing opened her mouth and was about to speak, but the old man instantly twisted his neck.
Xian Ruxing: "..." As for it?
Since last time I used modern knowledge to successfully predict that it was raining in front of Mao Cheng, I have acted hard and tried to compare. After that, the other party seemed to be hiding from him all day long.
To be honest, it is not for Mao Cheng to act like this. Xian Ruxing, as a beautiful female Taoist priest, perfectly stepped on the two major minefields of court officials.
First of all, the emperor Zhengde was greedy for flowers and lust. Building a leopard house to rob women everywhere was enough to make the ministers a headache. There is still a saying among the people that Zhengde is too much sex, so the wine and sex emptied her body, so she was so young
Dead.
In addition, although Zhengde does not believe in Taoism, his father Hongzhi and his grandfather Chenghua had all favored Taoist priests in his later years. Among them, Hongzhi was even addicted to fasting and ceremonial activities in the later period. He even invited the 47th generation of the great real man Zhang Xuanqing to join.
In the court, the emperor personally summoned Qin'an Hall and ordered him to sit and give him a banquet. He chatted for a long time. As a young minister, Mao Cheng had witnessed the ministers and eunuchs who tried medicine for the emperor with his own eyes. How could he not be more careful about this?
After seeing someone mechanically for a day, Zhu Hougui returned to the temporary bedroom exhausted physically and mentally
Although he has not ascended the throne yet, he is not careless in his work for the emperor, so at this time his food, clothing, housing and use are basically the highest specifications in the country. Even in the inn, there are two warm pavilions in the east and west, and the suburbs of Beijing in April are still
It was a little cold, and the warm cabinet was burned with golden silk charcoal. In order to prevent the emperor from being smoked, it was also equipped with a faint incense.
Xian Ruxing followed him and saw that his eyelids could not be lifted up, so he poured a cup of tea for him to calm down.
Zhu Houxiang drank it all in one gulp and said depressedly: "Do you have to see Xu Guangzuo later? Can't you take a break?"
The boy had fair skin and beautiful eyes, and his eyes were wet and looked like a poor puppy. He looked at the other person so hard that he might not be able to bear the weaker resistance.
Unfortunately, he met the real and heartless Xian Ruxing.
The female Taoist priest smiled slightly and took the teacup. Xian Ruxing said that he could rest for a quarter of an hour.
"Oh, forget it, let's come in." Seeing that the plan failed, Zhu Houcan waved his hand and ordered Huang Jin to ask for someone.
Xu Guangzuo was the great-grandson of Xu Zengshou, the first Duke of Dingguo. Their family was the one of the general Xu Da. Xu Zengshou once secretly passed on the news for Zhu Di during the Jingnan Campaign and was killed by the then emperor Zhu Yunwen. After Zhu Di ascended to Dabao
, and immediately won this family, and since then it has been honored and favored, second only to the British Duke among the nobles.
Yes, after careful discussion, Zhu Houcong and Xian Ruxing focused their attention on the nobles.
When Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he had a total of 36 lords. Although he had almost been killed by him later, he had left several families. Later, Zhu Di ascended the throne, and he was not stingy with his subordinates who fought the world with him.
The British Duke Zhang Fu's favor is still talked about until decades have passed.
Of course, Zhu Di did not give it randomly, he had his own considerations.
As we all know, in order to prevent foreign relatives from causing trouble, the Ming Dynasty required the royal family to choose relatives from small families. Moreover, once they became royal relatives, it was basically equivalent to not having a chance to have a career. In addition, the brothers also enfeoffed the vassals early and drove them out of the capital. It can be said that
The emperor has been alone since childhood.
Throughout history, although there have been constant incidents of foreign relatives interfering in politics, it has to be said that this is actually a sword in the hands of the emperor.
The policy of the Ming Dynasty is like a doctor who found a patient with dextrosclerosis and immediately issued a doctor's advice: It's no help, just amputate it.
It's just so hard.
It's so simple and crude.
Although the effect was immediate, the emperor could only rely on the eunuchs around him to fight against the literary management group.
The two sides can be called sitting on seesaws and it is difficult to achieve balance, so Zhu Di introduced the variable of nobles.
A triangle has stability.
With all kinds of dukes in charge, where can eunuchs and ministers go?
Poor Zhu Dixiong was talented and had a slight trick, but he never expected that he had a great grandson named Zhu Qizhen.
He took all the civil and military officials to the grassland to chop off with people, saying that he would flatten Mongolia, and then he was taken away by someone.
All officials and eunuchs can find someone to take over, but many nobles will directly lose their heirs. The British Duke Zhang Fu was 75 years old and died on the grassland in order to protect Zhu Qizhen's safety. A generation of genius didn't even find his bones.
return.
Since then, the nobles have been in a slump and can only eat and wait for death in Beijing.
At this time, Zhu Houcong wanted to promote their own hands, rebalance the power of the court, and cultivate his own team.
After a while, Huang Jin brought Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Ding.
Xu Guangzuo has just arrived this year. He is not tall, with a round head and a pair of beards, and looks quite funny.
He was still a little confused when he saw Zhu Houguan, wondering why the young emperor called him over.
"Get up, Huang Jin, give me a seat." Zhu Houcon narrowed his eyes slightly, looking calm and gentle.
"Duke Ding Guo, please," Huang Jin moved the chair diligently, then took the initiative to pour tea and water for him, and said while serving: "You are a coincidence. This tea was given by Grandpa Xian in the past and Emperor Xiaozong.
Yes, I have given you a drink in these years."
He was with his master since he was a child and never avoided anything. He was very clever. After learning about his master's intention, he automatically cooperated in his words.
"Oh," Xu Guangzuo smacked his lips and smiled silly, "I said why is it so old."
"Bang--" Huang Jin's hand holding tea shook and looked at Xu Guangzuo in shock.
Xu Guangzuo also noticed that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, his face suddenly turned pale, and he stuttered: "No! I mean - it's normal for the tea to be tasted after being stored for so long!"
Zhu Houcan's eyes narrowed even harder.
Xian Ruxing couldn't help but hold his forehead behind him, always feeling that their plan seemed to have overlooked something...