Chapter 406: Going through the back door (seeking a monthly ticket)
The end of August, Zhuozhou.
The emperor personally marched on the expedition and walked very slowly. Unexpectedly, Wang Shouren's memorial of victory had been transmitted. Yang Ting and Ma Shangshu, who stayed behind in the capital, persuaded the emperor to return to the court. The great scholars Jiang Mian and Liang Chu who accompanied him on the expedition were also persuading.
But to no avail.
On this day, the two cabinet ministers went to see Jia again.
In the temporary imperial tent, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand impatiently and asked: "How can I, the imperial commander of the two Qing family, personally conquer the army and return to the army just after leaving the capital? What does this make the people of the world think? Do you think I am fooling around? I have already
I ordered people to suppress all the memorials so that outsiders would not know the specific situation..."
Liang Chu once served as the first assistant when Yang Tinghe was in power. He had dealt with this nonsense emperor so many times that he couldn't help but want to vomit blood when he heard this.
You really know how to deceive others!
Could it be that since you suppressed the memorial announcing the victory, the war over there is really not over?
Jiang Mian said: "Your Majesty, this southern tour is very expensive. Now that the world is at peace, there is really no need to put your Majesty in danger."
That's putting it mildly.
In order to dissuade Zhu Houzhao from his southern tour, they knelt in front of the palace gate to remonstrate, and the officials who were beaten to death with the imperial staff took turns to be carried out... This tragic scene is still vivid in my mind. Now the two cabinet ministers have tried their best to speak as gently as possible to avoid intensifying the conflict between the two sides.
I want Zhu Houzhao to accept it as soon as he is ready.
At this time, Jiang Bin, who had been silent next to him, said: "Two pavilion elders, I will finally hear that this time Wang Shouren led the troops to fight against King Ning. It was all because of the conspiracy between the two parties and something was going on secretly. Wang Shouren was unable to solve the problem.
, began to raise troops to attack... If His Majesty leads his troops back and Jiangxi rebels again, no one will be able to bear this responsibility, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Mian and Liang Chu were stunned by this brain circuit.
How could he actually slander Wang Shouren, who was instrumental in putting down King Ning's rebellion?
He helped the court quell the Chenhao Rebellion and captured King Ning in three strikes, five and two... It was a little faster, but it couldn't be because he was too fast in suppressing the rebellion and affected the emperor's southern tour, and framed him and Ning.
Wang is in the same group, right?
Liang Chu said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is no solid evidence for this matter."
Zhu Houzhao grinned happily: "It is said that there is no solid evidence, but it is not impossible... Since I have gone south, it will look like a conquest... I am tired today, the two Qings will go back first, and we will talk about it later if we have anything to do.
...Here comes, let’s see off the guests!”
Zhu Houzhao was not polite at all. He didn't seem to regard himself as an emperor at all. He was like a mischievous master who treated his hard-working servant casually.
No matter how upright Liang Chu and Jiang Mian were and wanted to leave a confession and remonstrate with them, they had no choice but to be pushed out of the emperor's tent.
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At this time, in a tent in the camp, a woman in gorgeous clothes was receiving guests from Huguang.
The visitor is none other than Su Xigui.
The person who brought Su Xigui to see him was Zhang Rui, the eunuch of Dongchang, the admiral.
"They are all good things. Your Excellency is very thoughtful." Su Xigui came here to give gifts, especially to the female relatives around the emperor. He was naturally generous in giving them, with two boxes of gold, silver and jewels.
Zhang Rui said with a smile: "Master Su is the brother-in-law of Huang Shilang of the Central Household Department. He contributed a lot in the northwest battle. If you need anything in the future, just say hello to him. Master Su has many friends from all over the world.
Basically, he can get anything in the world."
"Yeah?"
This charming and charming woman is the most favored "Empress Liu" by the emperor in the past two years.
This girl was originally Lehu's wife. When Zhu Houzhao was touring the northwest, he got this girl in Taiyuan. Because of her excellent voice, beauty, and gentle personality, she knew how to serve men, so much so that in the past two years, she was able to dominate all the beauties in front of the emperor.
, even Zhu Houzhao’s wild and uninhibited character seems to have restrained himself.
Su Xigui said respectfully: "I heard that my queen likes vocal music, so I specially found some story books, plays, and music scores from Huguang... for my queen's amusement on the road."
With that said, Su Xigui handed over another wooden box.
Zhang Rui asked someone to open it, and there were many books inside.
It must be said that Miss Liu values gold, silver and jewelry very much. After all, she comes from a small family and she only cares about these external things. However, after seeing a few brochures given by Su Xigui, her eyes still couldn't help but shine.
Obviously, she knew that if she wanted to keep her favor, the best way was to have more talents to win over the emperor. Otherwise, with Zhu Houzhao's nonsense, new women would be sent to him every day, not to mention women, even handsome men.
They all have... If you want to stand out, it's useless to just talk about it, you have to put your heart into it.
"That's great, that's great."
Liu Meiren was born in Lehu, and she still has a good eye. She can tell that this is something good at a glance.
Su Xigui said with a smile: "I originally prepared a troupe, but due to the war in Jiangxi, I can't send it to you early. We may have to wait until Your Majesty returns from work to be able to do so."
Zhang Rui was laughing beside him, but when he heard this, his face turned cold: "Master Su, it's best not to say a word about things that shouldn't be mentioned. Is this something you can worry about?"
Su Xigui guessed what was going on as soon as he heard it, and hurriedly saluted: "Yes, the villain is too talkative."
Liu Meiren said: "Eunuch Zhang, don't blame Master Su. He also has good intentions. In fact, Your Majesty should return to the capital earlier. Not only is the journey south tiring, but also the acclimatization. Speaking of which... I am also feeling a little unwell.
."
"Yes, empress."
Zhang Rui said this, but he said in his heart, you can mention the class teacher, but we can't.
Who makes our identities different?
Liu Meiren looked at Su Xigui again and said, "I'm going to trouble Mr. Su now. If anything happens in the future, just ask someone to report it. I'll trouble Eunuch Zhang to lead the way."
Zhang Rui squinted his eyes and looked at Su Xigui, thinking, can I easily let go of this kind of extortion? Of course I will blackmail him to death if I have the chance, otherwise I would have the intention to bring this guy to meet the female family members in the back tent? I have money.
Pave the road, whatever arrangements you want me to make, no problem!
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Su Xigui met Liu Meiren and came out under the guidance of Zhang Rui.
Su Xigui was extremely grateful to Zhang Rui, because he had given him the money to pay for the trip in advance, and he only needed to give him some jade pendants as extra gifts afterwards.
"Master Su, you are really good at doing things. You can even take care of Empress Liu's side. Where did you get those scripts, dramas and so on?"
Zhang Rui asked with a smile.
Su Xigui said: "Huguang, Bashu and other places always have some differences from the opera troupes in the Central Plains and Jiangnan. The small thing is to sort them out and give them to the empress for review."
Zhang Rui said: "You are not giving it to the empress, but you want your majesty to see it, right? The empress is good at this, so just give it to her... I'm afraid that your majesty will be too arrogant and you won't have a good book in the future... Then you will
If the supply cannot be supplied, then..."
"No, no, I will do my best, little one."
When Su Xigui heard about it, there was someone extorting scripts and scripts?
Even if the play and story are so good, the emperor has so many things to do, how can he have so much time to appreciate them in his busy schedule?
Zhang Rui sighed: "You don't know the temper of our sage. If you have fun things, you will forget to eat and sleep. I'm afraid that you will start this way and cause trouble for yourself... You'd better reserve more in advance to be prepared."
"Um!?"
Only then did Su Xigui realize how much nonsense the current emperor was playing.
Even the people around the emperor knew that the emperor was very unreliable, so he was so concerned about eating, drinking and having fun?
Then wouldn’t I be...
Do you still have to look for plays and scripts?
You can only get it from Zhu Hao!
But the price is...
Hire a wealthy little scholar... Oh no, it's probably the Juren Master to write a play for me? What price will it cost for the young master of the Zhu family to continue to help?
It’s hard for me to sue someone.
"Okay, I'll introduce you to the Holy See again when I get the chance. His Majesty is currently angry about the Southern Tour. Don't talk nonsense in front of outsiders."
After Zhang Rui finished speaking, he left arrogantly. Someone from the Jinyi Guards would escort Su Xigui out of the camp.
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That night, Zhu Houzhao came to hang out with Liu Meiren.
He thought that Liu Meiren had prepared another women's battle for him so that he could enjoy it. Unexpectedly, Liu Meiren changed into men's clothes this time and was like a storyteller, preparing to tell him a story.
"My guest, you are here!"
Liu Meiren picked up the wood on the table and patted the table, as if she were a storyteller.
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Interesting, this female gentleman, do you want to talk about the Three Kingdoms or the Sui and Tang Dynasties today?"
Liu Meiren said: "What I want to talk about today is about Liaozhai..."
Zhu Houzhao was confused after hearing this, and hurriedly asked Jiang Bin beside him: "What is Liaozhai?"
Jiang Bindui smiled: "Father, this Liaozhai... I don't know either."
"It is said that there was a scholar who came from Qiantang in the south of the Yangtze River. One year, he was rushing to the capital to take the exam. He missed the time to set up shop, so he had to go all the way and strayed into the deep mountains and forests. In the dead of night, he found that he had lost his way. He could not get out of the mountains and forests...
"
Liu Meiren began to tell Zhu Houzhao stories, and they were also kind of strange stories.
Some are fairy tales, and some are purely folk legends compiled by Zhu Hao himself. They are not just monsters, but also female ghosts. In short, they are as bizarre as they come.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were people who wrote such strange stories among the people, but very few of them had their own systems. They could only be spread by word of mouth, and few were compiled into books. When Zhu Houzhao heard this story, he was fascinated by the bizarre and novel plot.
attracted.
"What happened next?"
Here, Liu Meiren stopped halfway through her story, and Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked.
Liu Meiren stretched out her hand and said: "This guest wants to ask, can this man and ghost speak? Let's see..."
With Liu Meiren's voice, the curtain next to her suddenly opened, and two women walked out. One was dressed in men's clothing and acted as the scholar in the story, while the other looked like a female ghost. She looked very delicate and charming.
The clothes are all prepared according to the storyline.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes shone: "Interesting, very interesting."
Then two actors showed the actions and dialogues in the story told by Liu Meiren in front of Zhu Houzhao.
"...I am an only daughter in the family, but I am coveted by others. I was not able to win the love of the king during my lifetime, but my love will never change after my death. Young Master, can you relieve my worries for this little girl?"
The woman playing the female ghost said.
Zhu Houzhao went up and took the woman's hand and dragged her into his arms: "You don't need that young master to comfort you, just let me comfort you."
After Zhu Houzhao pulled the person over, he suddenly thought of something. He turned around and pulled the woman who was playing the scholar over: "Young master, please come too, haha!"
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