Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 190
The next day, inside the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Queen Mother Zhang looked at Zhang Xuan with a smile on her face and said, "Xuan'er, I heard that you were with Zhao'er yesterday? How are you doing?"

"Queen, I let the emperor hug my cousin, but the emperor didn't!" Zhu Xiurong interrupted.

Zhang Xuan blushed all of a sudden, and it took her a long time to say to the queen mother: "Aunt, my cousin and I are just"

"Well, you don't need to talk about it. I'll tell Zhao'er later that I want him to canonize you as Concubine Xuan."

"Ah! This is impossible! Auntie, is this impossible?"

"Why not? You are the niece of the Ai family, and Zhao'er is the son of the Ai family, so it's decided first, and the Ai family will tell you about it after dinner."

Zhang Xuan didn't know why the queen mother was so anxious to canonize herself?

In the harem, the Queen Mother has the highest status. Below the Queen Mother is the Queen, below the Queen are the twelve concubines, and below the ten concubines are the concubines.

Zhang Xuan is a little hard to figure out, is something big going to happen?

Zhang Xuan didn't know that Shangguan Haitang had returned to Beijing by order, and that Shangguan Haitang's identity had undergone a fundamental change from that of the previous secret agents.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Just as Zhu Houzhao picked up a bowl of longan and lotus seed soup from his servants, he heard Xiao Fangzi come over and cup his hands and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is asking to see you outside the palace."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "This old stubborn donkey was arguing with me yesterday, but today he came here to give in!"

"Announce him in!"

Not long after, Li Dongyang walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

Looking at Li Dongyang who was kneeling below, Zhu Houzhao knew that he must have persuaded himself, he must have figured it out, otherwise with this person's character, if he didn't let go, I'm afraid it would be really hard for him to figure it out.

"Li Qing's family, hurry up!"

In the middle of the speech, Zhu Houzhao stopped talking, and Li Dongyang was preparing to thank him. Unexpectedly, the emperor hadn't finished speaking, and Li Dongyang was a little embarrassed, neither standing nor kneeling.

"What is Mr. Li guilty of? In the hall, Mr. Li always speaks righteously for the sake of our Ming people, but I don't know who he is thinking about now?"

"If I insist on cutting down the feudal clan, wouldn't I become a sinner for the people of the world?"

When Li Dongyang heard it, Zhu Houzhao was saying the truth, so he knelt down and spoke quickly.

"Your Majesty is wise, but I am confused. I also think about the people of Ming Dynasty, and I don't want His Majesty to bear the name of a tyrant. I hope Your Majesty will learn from you!"

Zhu Houzhao's tone was a little cold, and Li Dongyang immediately felt a little pressure, transmitted from the eyes of the emperor.

"Your Majesty deserves to die for his crimes, and please make atonement!"

"Okay, it's enough to figure it out. I'm most annoyed by Shengming's ten thousand deaths. Do you think ten thousand deaths is enough?"

"If I don't know your sincerity, do you still think that you can kneel here and talk to me now? In the Xuanzheng Palace, I have already asked the guards to pull you out."

"Remember, you will always be my subject, the elder of the three dynasties, right? You don't have any understanding at all."

After all, Li Dongyang said gratefully: "Thank you for your awakening, I thank you for your tolerance, your majesty is wise!"

"Get up, watch the seats!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Xiao Fangzi quickly hugged Hou Jindun and placed him behind Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang arched his hands to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Hou looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Li Aiqing, in his position, he wants to manage his own affairs. Since I have entrusted you with the cabinet, you have to take care of it for me, instead of following some ministers who have no opinions."

"I know I was wrong, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. From now on, I will devote myself to Daming."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction and said: "As for the matter of countering the rebellion, I will be handed over to Wang Shouren for the time being. He also told me about the situation in Liaodong. There is no major problem for the time being. Cheng Wang Zhu Fu is indeed sharing my worries. With a few more vassals like this, wouldn't I be able to sit back and relax?"

"The last time I told the cabinet to measure the land in the world, how is it going?" Zhu Houzhao asked suddenly.

"It's ongoing, but it won't be over until the end of the year at the earliest. Many aristocratic families deliberately deceived it before, and many fish slipped through the net."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed and said: "These noble families neither pay taxes nor cultivate land. They only collect land rent, but they still treat the court like this. They should be killed!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is not that simple. There are still many issues left over from history. Now the ministers are stepping up the formulation of relevant policies, which are expected to be announced after next year."

"Okay, go back and get busy!" Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, signaling Li Dongyang to back down.

At this time, Xiao Fangzi came to report again: "Your Majesty, Yuhuatian is asking to see you!"

"Call him in!"

Not long after, Yuhuatian walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Li Dongyang was considering whether to avoid it, but Yuhuatian had already walked in.

"Chen Yuhuatian sees His Majesty!"

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"How is the prisoner's interrogation going?"

Seeing that Li Dongyang was still sitting here, Yu Huatian was embarrassed to speak, and seeing that Zhu Houzhao had no intention of telling him to evade, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have already written the prisoner's confession on the memorial, please have a look at it."

Yuhuatian provided the confession to Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao read it carefully.

"Your Majesty, according to Qian Ning, the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, King Lu currently has a total of [-] tiger squat cannons, [-] three-eyed bird blunderbuss, and more than [-] well-trained sailors."

"In order to assist King Lu's successful rebellion, Commander Jin Yiwei made Qian Ning provide King Lu with the information of the Ming court every two days through the convenience of his position, especially the progress of the military. This is the content that must be provided to King Lu every time. .”

"It just doesn't make sense!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became furious.

He had long felt that someone was secretly selling their arms information, otherwise the Ministry of Industry would not have been able to sell all the military secrets.

It turned out that this inner ghost was always by her side.

No wonder when he ascended the throne, his father, Emperor Hongzhi, warned him in a secret decree, asking him not to trust anyone, as anyone is dangerous by his side, it seems that this must be true.

Because of regaining Jiayuguan, Qian Ning appraised the Tatars as meritorious, and placed him inside Jinyiwei, but unexpectedly, he secretly cooperated with King Lu to rebel.

"Where are these letters hidden? Why didn't those great officials of the frontiers of Zhen find out?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the letters are all hidden in Qianning's underground mezzanine, there are more than 100 copies in total."

"In addition, 10 taels of silver were also found in his home!"

Snapped!
When Zhu Houzhao heard the number, he immediately threw the memorial on the dragon case heavily, and a small bowl on the dragon case was shaken and smashed to the ground.

Li Dongyang, who was on the side, was also really terrified, and he cupped his hands to Zhu Houzhao in fear: "Please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down, Your Majesty!"

"A mere hundred households in Jinyiwei dare to covet so much money from Mozhen. As my right-hand man, it is really embarrassing to me!"

"The incident with Liu Jin hasn't taught them a lesson yet? Why are they still greedy for ink?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little excited. It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the entire Ming Dynasty. For more than 100 years, corruption of ink has always been an unsolvable problem.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu Gao, was alive, the rule established was that for every 60 taels of silver corrupted, he would be skinned.

But even so, the cases of corruption of ink are still repeated!
A county magistrate, seeing the human skin hanging on the side, not only did not feel awed, but instead blamed this person for how careless he was, this is an official of Daming.

"Come here, immediately Xuan Jinyiwei Commander-in-Chief Shen Lian has an audience!"

Xiao Fangzi immediately received the order, and quickly trotted outside.

at the same time.

Inside the Beizhen government office.

The noon morning had just ended, and Shen Lian felt like an ant on a hot pan, sweating profusely.

At the same time, he was very grateful that he didn't listen to his subordinates and went to Xichang to settle accounts. If he offended Xichang's fan, he probably wouldn't have any good fruit for him now!

What he is most worried about now is that His Majesty will blame him, how should he respond?After all, he is the commander-in-chief of Jin Yiwei.

(End of this chapter)