In Lou Suzhen's bedroom, Sun Lan came to visit and asked about the author of the song "Linjiang Fairy".
"Young Master admitted that the poem was indeed written by him. Based on his indifferent attitude at that time, I realized that in Young Master's mind, the false reputation of a poem is nothing. Although he is young, he has far more talents than the famous scholars nowadays.
You are open-minded, you are so magnanimous and magnanimous, my sister should feel at ease now, right?"
Lou Suzhen spoke with a little envy.
This stupid sister is still feeling sorry for herself, but she doesn't know that the right man has already become her husband, but she still always wants to do something, some kind of spiritual love?
Now you know that the person you admire in your heart, who can guide the world with magnificent words, is your future pillow. How do you feel?
Do you still want to escape from marriage and be alone?
Sun Lan seemed to have expected this result, and said with a wry smile: "I think this is the truth."
Lou Suzhen couldn't help but smile when she heard this: "It's impossible for your father to lie to his daughter... Your father said that it was the Young Master of the Yang family who admitted in front of him that the lyrics were written by Zhu Hao. How could such a thing be false? Alas! Deal with it."
He, he will leave for the south tomorrow, and tonight is supposed to be the time for you and your wife to get together, are you..."
The implication is that it may be too late for you to make amends and close the relationship between husband and wife before Zhu Hao leaves.
Zhu Hao is going on a long trip, and when he returns, it may be a few months or even half a year later. If things don't go well, he may stay in Jiangnan for a year or two.
The world is tough, who knows what it will be like in a year or two? If there is any misunderstanding between husband and wife, just go to the room and explain it clearly. Why are you talking nonsense to me?
Sun Lan shook her head slightly: "Time is destiny, actually... I have nothing against anything, it's just..."
"Now that you know that the person you admire has been by your side for a long time, do you regret it?"
After all, Lou Suzhen is not a young woman. She has a mature and intellectual soul, so she always likes to tease her inexperienced sister, "At this time, I don't know how to cherish the people in front of me? The young master is talented, and there are so many women in the world who admire him.
You have such a good opportunity, you should seize it, but don't let others occupy the magpie's nest."
Lou Suzhen actually said this for Sun Lan's good.
Because she had made a promise to Zhu Hao, Lou Suzhen could not tell Sun Lan about Ouyang Fei's willingness to be a concubine. Lou Suzhen guessed that if Zhu Hao went south for a long time and Ouyang Fei had already intended to commit herself, then when Zhu Hao came back, perhaps
Ouyang Fei will challenge Sun Lan's status as a concubine.
Although from a legal perspective, Sun Lan, as the legal wife, should not be afraid of this.
But from a woman's perspective, if a wife is not as favored as a concubine and cannot win her husband's heart, then isn't that a failure for the woman?
Sun Lan nodded but said nothing.
Obviously Sun Lan had some concerns, mainly because Zhu Hao's side... seemed too indifferent, and it was difficult for her daughter's family to take the initiative to take that step.
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Before Zhu Hao left, that is, in the morning before departure, he took Sun Lan back to see Zhu Niang.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhu Hao took a carriage out of the city.
Sun Lan sighed slightly, with a hint of the resentment of a woman in a boudoir.…
"Take good care of your house and wait for me to come back."
Zhu Hao stuck his head out of the car window and said loudly: "If anything happens, you should know who to call... There are also people secretly protecting you, so you don't have to worry. I'm leaving."
Zhu Hao said a few words to Sun Lan.
Although they were simple words of entrustment, Sun Lan felt that there was something in them.
Watching the carriage go away, Chun Yu, the maid next to her, approached and said, "Miss, it's time to get on the sedan."
"Um?"
Sun Lan took her mind back and saw that the bearer of the sedan chair had been waiting nearby, respectfully waiting for instructions. Only then did she remember that Zhu Hao had specially bought a sedan chair for her to ride on for the convenience of her travel.
Sun Lan no longer showed any emotion towards her life experience.
Compared to the average girl in a boudoir, she now has a "career" and her best friend Lou Suzhen, so her life will not be so boring.
There are many things waiting for her to do in life, and she does not need to put all her energy on men. In this era, it is really rare for a woman to have such an independent mentality.
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Zhu Hao and Yu Chengxun walked together.
Each of them brought his entourage, and Yang Tinghe asked Shuntian Prefecture to send more than ten government officials to accompany them. There were nearly thirty people in the group, which can be regarded as a large number of people.
But for Zhu Si, he was still worried and insisted on sending Jin Yiwei for personal protection.
In this way, the goal was too big. The final result of the discussion was to let Luo An personally lead people to go to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the raging situation of Japanese pirates and to rectify the Nanjing Jinyiwei, and let him set up an outpost for Zhu Hao. This was also for
To prevent any urgent matter, if you fail to contact Zhu Hao, it will delay the important matter.
Zhu Hao's only request for this was that no royal guards should appear in front of the troops heading south, and things should not be made too obvious.
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Zhu Hao and his party left the capital.
The plan was to arrive in Nanjing in twenty-seven days, which was already a bit rushed in terms of distance.
After all, it’s not a journey under the stars and at night. We mainly take boats and take canals on the way south. We don’t stop all the way south. If we want to stay, we always stay at the inns along the canal. After arriving in Nanjing, we plan to use half a month to a month to complete the official work, which is basically not necessary.
We will leave Nanjing City and return after finishing the work.
The business trip lasts for almost two months. If things are delayed, I will basically not be able to return to Beijing until the end of the year.
In the first few days after Zhu Hao's departure, the court was calm and there was basically no big news.
Zhu Si's review of memorials was almost the same as in the past.
Yang Tinghe wanted to detect clues from this point, but it seemed that he had no chance for the time being. After all, Zhang Zuo and other eunuchs and eunuchs were gradually gaining experience, and Zhu Si's ability to handle government affairs had also been greatly improved. He could not review those memorials that were not too difficult.
any problem.
When encountering problems, first figure out which yamen should be approached, when it comes to money, whether to apply pressure or to give generously, when it comes to personnel appointments and removals, you should pay attention to party and seniority, when it comes to border defense affairs, how to do both kindness and power...all kinds of things, Zhu
The four are all familiar with it under Zhu Hao's words and deeds.
In the past two months, Zhu Hao had intended to rely on listening to the opinions of the cabinet. Most of the memorials were based on the opinions of the cabinet. This also avoided the situation that there would be a huge gap in the memorials and comments after he left.
But Zhu Hao knew that with Yang Tinghe's sophistication and ruthlessness, it wouldn't be long before he noticed that the little emperor's ability to handle court affairs had declined...
Then something must distract Yang Tinghe before he becomes suspicious, so that he has no time to pay attention to the nuances of the memorial review.
That is to recommend Liu Chun to the cabinet.
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The way the incident started was very straightforward.
On this day in the imperial court, Zhu Si opened a topic in front of all the ministers: "Dear ministers, a few months ago I proposed to add more ministers to the cabinet, not more, just one person. I asked you before
Regarding the opinions of the Qing family, I now propose that Liu Chun, a Hanlin scholar, and the Liu Qing family should join the cabinet. Please discuss it."
As soon as the topic came up, there was an explosion in the court.
The emperor spoke too directly.
Without any reason, he directly said that he wanted to increase the number of cabinet ministers and named Liu Chun, without giving others time to react.
Sun Jiaorao had been mentally prepared and was shocked by the emperor's way of speaking and doing things.
Sun Jiao thought to himself, before Jingdao said goodbye, he said that he would help Liu Renzhong enter the cabinet after he left. He originally thought he had such a clever method, but this...
As soon as this topic comes up, all the ministers should express their opinions, and the first one to bear the brunt is Yang Tinghe. After all, as the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe is qualified to put forward his own opinions on the issue of who should join the cabinet.
Yang Tinghe came out and said: "Your Majesty, the draft is almost settled now. Seeing that the wedding is approaching, it is not appropriate to cause trouble at this time."
It is said that after Zhu Hao left the capital, Zhu Si still had to face a big problem, which was to choose the queen.
Now the three candidates have been decided, namely Chen, Zhang and Wen.
None of these three people
She was always beautiful. In history, Chen was selected as the queen and became Empress Xiaojiesu. She died of miscarriage and hemorrhage; Zhang succeeded as empress and became Empress Zhang Fei; Wen became Concubine Wen Gong and was imprisoned for some reasons.
Died in the eleventh year of Jiajing.
Zhu Si's indifference and unkindness are vividly reflected in the three women.
Of course, there is a certain reason, that is, the three women were all chosen by the Empress Dowager Zhang for Zhu Houcong. He did not like them and developed a rebellious mentality. As a result, he never had a good temper towards the women in the inner palace, otherwise the "Renyin Palace Change" would not have happened.
, almost died at the hands of a woman.
Zhu Si's face was full of dissatisfaction: "I am recommending a candidate to join the cabinet. Is this called an extraneous incident? One is in the palace and the other is in the court. They don't affect each other, right? Or is it that Mr. Yang Ge is unwilling to let others join the cabinet, which will affect the
Do you govern?"
The words were extremely fierce, and they simply denounced the current abnormal relationship between king and minister.
Yang Tinghe was frightened after hearing this.
The little emperor was fine before, so why did he suddenly have a seizure? Is this a convulsion? Or is the word "extraordinary" that I mentioned earlier touched the new emperor's back scale?
Just when a minister was about to come out with a "death remonstration" and ask Zhu Si to take back his life, the young emperor suddenly changed the topic: "Forget it, I won't argue with you. Regarding the candidates for the cabinet, the DPRK and the Central Committee have already discussed it.
You all have an idea in your mind. In the past two days, the candidates have been reported to the court one by one. This time, I will have a good discussion with you all... I will not be the only one, and finally follow the opinions of the majority, how about it?"
As soon as these words came out, the new emperor instantly changed from a willful and foolish king to a wise king who respects the opinions of his ministers.
This transformation...
It's really a bit crazy.
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The meeting ended.
As soon as Yang Tinghe returned to the cabinet for duty, Jiang Mian approached and asked: "Jiefu, what do you think...what does your majesty mean by this? Do you really want Liu Renzhong to join the cabinet?"
Not to mention that Jiang Mian didn't understand, even Yang Ting and himself couldn't figure out what was going on.
Where did the new emperor make the fuss?
When I first brought up the matter of Liu Chun joining the cabinet, my attitude suddenly became ambiguous, meaning that I would not force it.
This is different from Zhu Si's previous use of cunning and deceitful methods. According to the ministers' understanding of the young emperor, if the emperor really wanted to let Liu Chun join the cabinet, he would have made subtle moves and should not have been so direct.
The more this is the case, the more fishy it is.
I'm afraid there is another cabinet candidate behind the scenes, waiting for an opportunity...
Could it be that the young emperor wanted Tang Yin to enter the Hanlin Academy, or even directly join the cabinet? Or did he want to push Sun Jiao to the throne?