I am the king of the dead

"The Empress Dowager." Zhu Qiyu bowed his hands to the Empress Dowager Sun in the Palace of Compassion and Peace, as a salute.

Empress Dowager Sun said quite calmly: "The emperor has worked hard."

"See the Queen Mother, all blessings to the Queen Mother." A group of courtiers, led by Yu Qian, saluted the Queen Mother Sun.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Sun was sitting on the luan seat, but her eyes were shifting, and Yu Qian came unexpectedly.

Yu Qian is famous for his uprightness, what is uprightness?

Just never flatter.

Yu Qian has never been to the Longevity Festival since he was a Jinshi in the Yongle period.

Zhu Di couldn't see Yu Qian on his birthday, which made Zhu Di very angry!

Zhu Gaochi couldn't see it, Zhu Zhanji couldn't see it, and Zhu Qizhen couldn't see it either.

But this time Yu Qian was in charge of the capital, coordinating the battle of the capital, and arranging many matters in the Xuanfu, and his virtuous reputation spread far and wide.

If Yu Qian doesn't come to celebrate her Queen Mother Sun's birthday, what can her Queen Mother Sun say?

On the day of the big banquet, Yu Qian did not attend, but went to Daxing to continue to promote the Farm Law.

It is precisely this kind of style that Yu Qiancai has been governor outside for 19 years, but he has never been able to be a Beijing official.

Yu Qian is now in charge of the leader in Beijing, and even His Majesty the Emperor often asks about politics. Yu Qian's previous style, this kind of reputation, can continue to be maintained.

Yu Qian has never been willing to participate in this kind of court banquet, nor is he willing to participate in the longevity celebration.

But today, Yu Qian came and brought his ministers to salute and offer gifts.

She knew that this was a dignity given to her by His Majesty, after all, she was a respected relative.

Empress Dowager Sun took a deep breath, and said with a smile on her face: "All my loves have worked hard, and I am flat."

"Congratulations from His Majesty the Emperor! Dongpo ancient inkstone." Xing'an shouted loudly, and handed an ancient inkstone to Empress Dowager Sun.

The Empress Dowager Sun picked up the ancient inkstone, looked at it for a long time and said: "The emperor has a heart. Most of the inkstones hidden in the palace are stars in the East Well. Like this kind of good thing with a plain heart and a dragon, the cinnabar magpie eyes, the purple robe and the gold belt are solid. It's rare."

"Derby Zhuanxu, but it is also engraved, very upright."

After Yu Qian and other courtiers heard about it, they looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't dare to say anything.

"Shaobao, Minister of the Ministry of War, Yu Qian's congratulatory gift, a pair of woodcarvings of Songhe's birthday and a hundred birds and phoenixes." Xing'an shouted again: "Prince Taifu, Huagaidian University scholar Chen Xunxian presented a picture of drinking in the neighboring Chongshe in the suburbs of Sangzhe, One roll."

"Graduate scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion..."

Xing'an announced the list of gifts loudly one after another, but this time the list of gifts was lengthy, and it took more than half an hour before they were presented one after another, and they slowly exited the Palace of Compassion and Peace.

"Your Majesty, is that Fang Yan fake?" Yu Qian followed behind Zhu Qiyu, asking with some doubts.

Zhu Qiyu naturally knew what Yu Qian was going to say, shook his head and said, "That Fang Yan is true."

"It was purchased by an internal official. I got a fake one." Yu Qian frowned and said: "The ancient inkstone of Dongpo, Su Dongpo and Su Shi are the ministers of Song Shenzong, and Song Shenzong's surname is Zhao Mingxu. According to the taboo, Dongpo How can there be four words like Debi Zhuanxu on Po Gu inkstone?"

Zhuanxu is one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. It is not surprising that Zhuanxu, the derby, appears on any ancient inkstone, but it is impossible to appear on the Dongpo ancient inkstone.

"Derby Zhuanxu, I made someone engrave it." Zhu Qiyu walked with his hands behind his back and told Yu Qian the truth.

The ancient inkstone is genuine, but the line of characters is newly engraved.

Only then did Yu Qian suddenly realize that this is His Majesty's gift for the Longevity Day.He hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Yu Qian wondered at first, why is it so mysterious that His Majesty sent an ancient inkstone?

But only then did he fully understand what the ancient inkstone was giving.

It is not difficult to understand that the new characters on ancient inkstones have meanings.

If the throne of the emperor is old and the words are new, it means that the emperor, His Majesty, is an established fact. The Queen Mother should not get too entangled in this matter.

Even Yu Qian entered the palace to offer gifts, what a face!If you are not decent, then everyone is not decent.

Why did Yu Qian enter the palace?

At present, in the farm law, the most harmful to the interests are the relatives.

This Xun Qi felt that he was wronged, and the land he finally occupied was confiscated by the emperor with the farm law. They were naturally not happy.

After being wronged, it is natural to find the parents, and the Empress Dowager Sun is now the parents.

After stabilizing the Empress Dowager Sun, the relatives could not form a joint force to successfully implement the Farm Law in Gyeonggi.

Although Empress Dowager Sun was born in commoner clothes, she has been a queen and empress dowager for so many years, so she can naturally see that this thing is real, only the characters are new, so it is said that the Derby Zhuanxu is also very upright.

It can be regarded as expressing his attitude in front of the officials.Who doesn't know what Song Shenzong's name is among the great scholars of the current dynasty?

The Empress Dowager also recognized the new characters on the ancient inkstone, after all, the Empress Dowager Li Sun accepted it.

His Majesty is determined to forge ahead, there is no doubt about it.

It's not that His Majesty can't afford a knife, but the Northern Expedition is the main conflict of Ming Dynasty right now. If the faction fights together, how can we talk about the Northern Expedition of Ming Dynasty?

Yu Qian said with emotion again and again: "A soldier's ominous weapon must be used as a last resort. Victory is not beautiful, but the beautiful one is happy to kill. Those who are happy to kill cannot be ambitious in the world."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

The meaning of Yu Qian's words is that weapons are the ominous weapons of the Lord's killing, and they are used only as a last resort. If you win, you will not be complacent. If you kill someone and think you are great, then you like to kill.

Anyone who wants to kill and never get tired of killing can never be successful in the world.

This passage is not a Confucian classic, but from Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching".

Yu Qian's reasoning and Chen Xun's reasoning have never been the same. Everyone talks about the way of benevolence and forgiveness.

Chen Xunze always talked about respecting the sky and loving the people, admiring the destiny of heaven, respecting the ancestors, righteous ethics, benevolence and righteousness, abstaining from leisure and pleasure, such things as self-cultivation, chanting sutras one after another, which made Zhu Qiyu's scalp numb.

Advising Renshu, but always limited to the scope of chanting scriptures, chanting over and over again, even Chen Xun himself didn't bother to believe it.

Yu Qian followed His Majesty and talked about another matter, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have heard that the ancients had one emperor, one empress, three wives and nine concubines, so the heirs are widely adopted."

"Today, His Majesty upholds the importance of the ancestral temple and the country, which is far from the long-term plan of the eternity, but the internal position is not prepared, the heir is not in the family, and the ministers are waiting day and night."

What Yu Qian asked was about the draft girl, Zhu Qiyu stopped talking about it.

There are divisions in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and they all look dumbfounded. What does it have to do with fighting on the front line and accepting concubines by the emperor?But for this kind of thing, what His Majesty says will naturally be what it is.

Now that the battle is over, can the matter of drafting girls be continued?

Guang Chu heir, the emperor has more children, that is the emperor's obligation!

The emperor has only one heir, so the courtiers are naturally hanging around day and night!

The emperor has only one Zhu Jianji heir, too few, and the courtiers hang around day and night, paying close attention to the trend of His Majesty's draft.

Keep an eye on Your Majesty, don't evade the responsibility of having a baby!

It is impossible to be wrong as an emperor, but it is a big mistake to have no children.

"Emperor Taizu Gao once ordered the Ministry of Rites to carefully select nine concubines, one empress and three wives and nine concubines, and if the nine concubines are dismissed, I will naturally not forget the instructions of the emperor's ancestors." Zhu Qiyu first emphasized.

You can choose concubines, but you can't choose nine concubines or court ladies.

Zhu Di didn't dare to violate the ancestral system, so he had to go to North Korea every day to toss beautiful women into the palace.

In this matter, the first to destroy the ancestral system was naturally Zhu Qizhen, the God of War of the Ming Dynasty.

He had done the matter of the big draft girl, and it turned out to be a big mess.

In the seventh year of orthodoxy, Zhu Qizhen came to power, and immediately there were rumors that the emperor was going to draft a girl!

According to folk legend, the imperial court wants to choose women.

Anyone who has a daughter-in-law's family without a betrothal will get married if he does not choose a son-in-law.

Some even hid their daughters in relatives' homes.

If the capital is like this, it will be spread to the world, and the suspicion will increase. The courtiers will clamor, and the sanctification will be lost at the top, and the Yilun will be defeated at the bottom.

What is the trouble?

From seven to eight years old to 20 years old, there is no one who does not marry, and no one who chooses a son-in-law!People who get married on the street are shoulder to shoulder, just like robbery!

Even afraid that the government would ban marriage, they held it at night, cooked raw rice, and settled the matter first.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, no matter how big or small, young or old, good or bad, rich or poor, they all considered marriage a blessing. They went far to the mountains and villages, and even entered the homes of scholar-officials and poets.

How big is this?

It is said that thousands of miles are full of turmoil, men and women are mismatched, old and young are good and bad, and if they are not married, the government cannot prohibit it, and the rituals and music will collapse in Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangxi, and it will stop at the extreme sea.

how so?It was rumored that the emperor wanted to choose three thousand court ladies!

In the end, Zhu Qizhen did choose three hundred court ladies into the palace.

It is reasonable for the people to react so strongly, because instead of choosing one empress, three wives and nine concubines, they enter the palace as palace maids. Only some female households are exempt from part of the corvee.

It is tantamount to robbing civilian women.

Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated in the instructions of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty that at this time, one empress and three concubines, not even nine concubines, would be given up.

Zhu Qiyu thought of his own Tai'an Palace, he used everything, and couldn't live in three hundred people...

Zhu Qiyu's meaning is very clear, you can choose, but you can only choose a little bit.

You can choose, but you can't make trouble.

"Your Majesty, I was worried about this." Only then did Yu Qian know that His Majesty was worried that someone would take the opportunity to spread rumors and cause trouble, and at the same time, it caused a commotion inside and outside.

He said with a smile: "Your Majesty chooses a marriage, one empress and three wives, not the servants chosen by the palace. If you make a name for yourself and announce it to the world, slanderous words cannot enter."

"If Your Majesty is worried, just leave it to Hu Shangshu, Minister of Rites."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Then let's do it, I also have a candidate, so there is no need to go to war."

"It is enough for the people to choose a woman, there is no need to torment the people."

1 Sixty Chapters

Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian were discussing state affairs while walking, especially the recent dispatch of some military generals.

Fan Guang needed to go to Liaodong to preside over important military and political affairs, and the Xizhimen Camp lost a deputy commander in chief.

There is a lot of talk about this member of the que, the capital battalion is the backbone of the emperor, and the candidates for the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief are quite important.

Zhu Qiyu said in a low voice: "Uncle Sun Zhong of Huichang wrote a letter saying that Liu Pu, Marquis of Anyuan, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, is clean, capable, fair, wise and brave, and should be recalled to lead military affairs."

Yu Qian took a deep breath, who is Sun Zhong?

Empress Dowager Sun's father.

After the Sun family was honored as the empress dowager, Sun Zhong, the father of the empress dowager, became more dignified, and Sun Zhong often used his influence, as a foreign relative, to recommend intercession for Xun Chen or Xun Chen's children .

For example, Wang Tong, the Marquis of Chengshan, was defeated in the conquest of Jiaozhi, won the title and was imprisoned, and finally lost his family property.

After Wang Tong was released, Sun Zhong immediately donated dozens of hectares of fertile land that he had received, so that Wang Tong could support himself and be self-sufficient.

After the son of Marquis Chengshan returned to his title, he was grateful for his kindness and often went to Sun Zhong's house to pay his respects. During the New Year, he was called a nephew.

People at that time praised Sun Zhong for his honesty and humility, especially thinking of his old friends from his hometown.

But Zhu Qiyu repeatedly checked, this Sun Zhong is from Shandong, and this Wang Tong is from Shanxi, where does the old friendship come from?

There isn't even a relationship between them!

What is the integration of Xunchen and relatives?What is the mutual aid of Xunchen's relatives?

Even the two younger brothers of the British Duke Zhang Fu are very close to Sun Zhong.

This time, Fan Guang was transferred to Liaodong as the commander-in-chief and presided over the Liaodong capital, in order to guard against the Tatars and Jurchens, and there was a lack of a deputy commander-in-chief outside the Fucheng Gate of the capital.

Sun Zhong once again recommended Liu Pu, Anyuanhou Liupu, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, and this is not the first time.

When the Tenth Regiment was built, Sun Zhong had already recommended it once, and Zhu Qiyu approved Yu Qian's list, and the matter was left alone.

Now that Sun Zhong brought up the old matter again, he was about to touch the emperor's balls.

Yu Qian looked very embarrassed. He built the Beijing camp, trained the sergeants, and nominated the generals from top to bottom. This has already finished the battle of the capital. Suspected of seizing power and using the Beijing camp as his own back garden.

But he still bowed his head and said: "Liu Pu is useful, and the barbarians in Guangdong and Guangxi are rampant. I think it is better to keep Liu Pu in Guangdong and Guangxi. Otherwise, Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao will be in Fujian, and the pressure will double."

"Lu Chuan repeats, Jingyuan Bo and Wang Ji alone are far from enough."

It's not that Liu Pu is incompetent, but Yu Qian dare not hide his private affairs in state affairs.

Yu Qian was telling the truth. Logically speaking, the emperor and Sun Zhong are relatives, and the emperor should trust the relatives of the ministers more.