After Zhu Shou traveled through time, he rarely went to the newly built Leopard House. In his mind, it was Zhu Houzhao's paradise.
Zhu Shou didn't have any special feelings about the legendary extremely stubborn emperor, his forward projection. He just carefully maintained his identity as a time traveler.
He did not have close contact with Queen Xia, Concubine Wu De, and Concubine Shen Xian, did not go to bed with all the palace people Zhu Houzhao had contact with, did not stay in Zhu Houzhao's favorite new leopard room, and did not even play the bow and arrow shooting game that Zhu Houzhao played most.
In the eyes of others, this was the emperor's preference for the new and dislike of the old. Even his wife, Queen Mother Zhang, thought this was normal. As long as Zhu Shou did not depose Queen Xia, it would not matter to the overall situation.
The Ming Dynasty had its own political bottom line and its own court system bottom line. When Zhu Shou did not grasp the overall situation, it was impossible for him to challenge these bottom lines.
From the records of Ming history, it is not difficult to see that the civil service group based on the gentry class, commonly known as large and medium-sized landowners, set up numerous red lines around the emperor and did not allow the emperor to cross any of them. .
Since Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty basically had no opportunity to express their opinions on important national policy issues. Therefore, what we often see is that the emperor and his ministers are in agreement, and there is rarely any debate.
What caused the most trouble was the emperor's family affairs, such as Jiajing's great etiquette, Zhu Houzhao's nonsense, etc.
Although the civil service group after Xianzong was divided into countless factions, as a whole, the emperor was just an iconic figure and a nominal leader representing the gentry class.
As mentioned above, maintaining the large rural system established by Chong Bage has become the core of the survival of the gentry class. This is also the most famous political bottom line of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Shou's opening of the sea had a huge impact on Chongba Ge's rural system and centralized system. However, no one could realize this at the time. Even Zhu Shou himself did not understand the difference between marine civilization and agricultural civilization. A huge difference.
He just subconsciously wanted to play a real-life version of the Age of Discovery, and the civil servants who had the ability to resist his policy, or those who had the same vision, were removed from power by Boss Liu, such as Liu Daxia and Liu Jian.
Li Dongyang was ignorant of military matters, Yang Yiqing was acting as a jester, and Yang Tinghe was sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers. It was impossible for them to realize the historical significance of Zhu Shou's decision.
Civil servants, gentry, military households, land, rural areas, taxation... As long as Zhu Shou's actions did not encounter these red lines, then he would not provoke confrontation among the entire civil servant group.
As for training a group of young ladies, molesting a few soft girls, and making millions of taels of silver, to civil servants, it is just a trivial matter and not worthy of attention, because not every emperor is like Ming Xiaozong, who knows that he should stand In what position.
The most fundamental purpose of this situation set by Empress Dowager Zhang is to let Zhu Shou understand: You are the emperor, and you must know your position.
"You weren't called by this name before?" Zhu Shou looked at Sister Li Feng and asked in surprise, "Then who are you?"
He and she were lying on a large, soft bed, with wide windows on all sides. Although it was early spring, the heating in the mezzanine of the wall was still sufficient.
At this moment, the dusk was getting darker, candles hung high all around, and the room was filled with the intoxicating fragrance of flowers. The eunuchs and maids in attendance all held their breaths and stood around, not daring to make the slightest sound.
This is a dormitory in the Qianqing Palace. In the Ming Dynasty, this was the residence of the emperor. Except for the queen, the other concubines only entered and went to bed in order, and had to leave that night. Unless the emperor gave permission, they could not stay for a long time.
Sister Li Feng raised her slender hands, which seemed to be white and transparent. Her two thighs were in pain, and the middle of her thighs was particularly painful. She pulled out the white silk gauze from under her buttocks, and there were bright red marks all over it...
Seeing these marks, she blushed shyly, but she still followed the predetermined lines, looked at the emperor, and said in a soft voice: "The Queen Mother has decreed that because my body is similar to the woman the emperor was thinking of in his dream, I gave him the surname Li." ."
She did not answer Zhu Shou's question directly, but guided Zhu Shou to think about the real problem.
The woman you are thinking of in your dream?
Only then did Zhu Shou remember that even when he was sleeping, there were dozens of palace maids waiting around him. Someone must have remembered what he said in his sleep and passed it on to Queen Mother Zhang.
As an otaku who reads too many YY novels in later generations, the word Sister Li Feng has been swirling in his mind since the day he traveled through time, and has become the object of his frequent YY novels.
Not for any reason, just for those shameful TV series, novels, and several celebrities who have played this role. Otaku is really an animal that easily creates a sense of empathy.
But after he becomes Zhu Houzhao, Sister Li Feng will no longer be yy, but will become a real thing.
Zhu Shou recalled that he had told Wei Bin and others in his spare time what kind of women he liked. Bahu had a very close relationship with him, and finding girls was also an important task for Wei Bin, a gold medal pimp.
My mother and the Eight Tigers are working together to deceive me! This was his first thought.
If it were Zhu Shou when he first traveled through time, Wei Bin would definitely have had a layer of skin peeled off by him, and then dragged out to feed the dogs. At the same time, he would have given the other seven tigers a good education so that they would not become arrogant due to his favor.
However, it has been almost a year since he traveled through time. In this year, he has seen too many conspiracies and many bloody battles.
I and the Eight Tigers are not deceiving me, but educating me!
What is an emperor?
A woman who speaks in her sleep can become a reality. This kind of absurd plot will only appear in science fiction films of later generations. But now, this girl named Sister Li Feng, oh, she should be called Little Woman Then she lay naked next to her, and in her hand she still held the white gauze scarf stained with virgin blood.
Emperors are also human beings, and they also have human emotions and desires. Although they are called the Son of Heaven and represent the herdsmen of Heaven, they are not gods!
Therefore, emperors also need the spirit of yy, but their yy can usually come true.
It was the emperor's greatest preference to satisfy his own sexual desires as much as possible without touching some of the red lines of the Ming Dynasty.
Empress Dowager Zhang's painstaking efforts were finally understood by Zhu Shou.
Zhu Shou was lying on the dragon bed, looking at the ancient pine bookshelf on the left, which was filled with all kinds of antiques. Next to the bookshelf, there were countless memorials, most of which were from Donghai Company, Longjiang Bao Shipyard and Daming Martial Arts Academy. It is his favorite thing to read.
These are also yy!
He remembered Liu Jin's words again: Your Majesty, you have the power to order them!
Yes, this is also yy!
But in reality? Donghai Company is just an extension of the inner treasury; Longjiang Bao Shipyard is the foundation of Yongle Dynasty; Ming Martial Arts Academy is just an alternative form of martial arts.
As the emperor, he can order all officials in the world. His political authority allows him to have a certain suppressive effect on the civil service group, and he can punish any official, or even any faction!
But can he promote his own cronies?
Liu Jin is the boss Liu who is a stinker on the street; Zhang Yong is the admiral Zhang who is also a stinker on the street; Jiao Fang is a young rogue scholar; Zhang Cai and others are all eunuchs.
This is the crime imposed on this group of cronies by the behemoth of the Civil Service Group!
He can change anything within the tolerance limit of the civil service group, but he has no power to create new rules.
Outside of his yy, the Ming Dynasty had a real ruler, and that was the gentry class all over the world!
And he is just a kind of ceremonial recognition, a puppet sitting on the dragon's throne, a symbol of the gentry's arbitrary devastation...
All the bizarre conspiracies and all the criss-crossing political situations cannot change the essential attributes of imperial power.
Empress Dowager Zhang used an almost absurd farce to give Zhu Shou her girl, and at the same time, she made him understand a simple truth.
The question that has been lingering on Zhu Shou's head for many days has finally been answered.
That is: Why does he always feel inadequate after traveling through time?
The answer is: in addition to the emperor's control, within the political structure of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a huge force that manipulated the emperor.
When all the eunuchs unite, they can play tricks on the emperor under the command of the Queen Mother, but what about all the gentry uniting?
Although the temperature in the room was not low, Zhu Shou had goosebumps all over his body.
He suddenly remembered several questions that were debated by later generations on the Internet: Why did Emperor Chongzhen fail? Why did Li Zicheng fail? Why did Yongzheng, the Jianru, fail?
Because they all have a common enemy: the powerful gentry class.
Even if this answer is not the standard answer, let’s put aside this question that is difficult for historians to answer and take a step back: Did Zhu Houzhao in history really die of illness because he fell into the water?
After the cause of his death, is there any trace of this enemy?
The poor otaku gradually fell into the historical skepticism set by himself.
Queen Mother Zhang knew that her son was very smart, and Zhu Houzhao's high IQ was really no joke, but she never thought that a time traveler would enter her son's smart brain.
If Empress Dowager Zhang wants to teach her son, it is just a political rule of the game.
So what Zhu Shou was thinking about was historical agnosticism and skepticism.
His time travel has changed all the historical processes after the second year of Zhengde. Without Qian Ning, Yang Yiqing did not continue to live in seclusion. Boss Liu showed no signs of decline. Twenty ports were opened to the sea. He also sent Qin Dongyi to the Japanese country.
make trouble!
History has long since slipped onto a new trajectory, and all of this already happened a year ago.
But Zhu Shou suddenly realized clearly in a fourteen-year-old girl: the rules of Ming Dynasty's game are his heaviest shackles!
If that's the case, then it's up to you to break the shackles.
Zhu Shou looked at Sister Li Feng, smiled lightly, and said, "I have to thank you."
Without waiting for Sister Li Feng to reply, she clapped her hands again, and Wei Bin's burly body immediately trotted in with a flattering smile on his face, like a puppy.
"Xuan, Jin and Li selected the attendant as Concubine Ning," Zhu Shou raised his hand and said softly, "Xuan Liu Jin came and asked him to bring the list of fifty people."
After Wei Bin took the order, Zhu Shou put his hand on Sister Li Feng's soft body and smiled proudly.