Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 407 Entering the court

  A moment later, Empress Zhang had already lowered her head to study the memorial.

  Zhu Xiurong quietly stood behind Queen Zhang, watching carefully.

  Seeing that her son was safe, Empress Zhang, who had been a little haggard due to worry recently, finally let out a sigh of relief, her sad face relaxed, and she was completely relieved.

  She turned her eyes slightly, looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and couldn't help but said: "Hou Zhao is really a reckless person, Your Majesty, you must be strict in the future, and nothing will happen again."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said: "The queen's words are very true, and when he comes back, he must be severely punished.

  Zhu Xiurong's gaze was still on the memorial, but he let out a sigh of relief. Before thinking about it, he was worried for a long time. Now that everyone is safe, he is relieved.

Emperor Hongzhi sat down, took a sip of the tea ceremony, and said in a more cautious tone: "In order to prevent the erroneous progress, I have to find a way to trap these lawless people. This time they have made a contribution, and it is inconvenient for me to punish them severely." , but you still have to find a way to beat it."

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly realized.

  Empress Zhang couldn't help taking the memorial again, looked at it carefully, and said: "Xie Qing's family also entered the disaster area alone, this..."

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Empress Zhang: "You haven't seen the assistant officials he selected. These people are all parents. My son has disappeared, and I am extremely anxious. Their son is also in that wrong place. Who can still sit still? If we wait for the mobilization of troops, the daylilies may be cold, and Xie Qing has worked very hard this time."

   After finishing speaking, he shook his head with emotion.

Sure enough, whether it is a high-ranking emperor or a noble courtier, they are all flesh and blood after all. People who grew up eating whole grains and miscellaneous grains. The sky fell, but it didn't fall on the people who mattered to him.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I will call these people back immediately. I think the army will soon clear the official path. As long as the army can enter, everything will be easy to talk about. This time has taught me a great lesson, but for the prince, It’s not like there’s no gain at all.”

  Emperor Hongzhi thought about it hard: "In short, let's talk about everything when we come back."

"There is also Fang Jifan." Emperor Hongzhi continued with a cold face: "This time it was too nonsense, and such a big incident happened, so that the whole court was not peaceful. This time, he must not be spared lightly... Fortunately, Ping Xi If he is not in Beijing, if he is, according to his temperament, I don't know what to do, he is going crazy, everyone says that the son of a thousand gold can't sit down, but look at them..."

  Zhu Xiurong stood aside and said softly: "I heard that after the landslide, the earth shook and the mountains shook. It was very scary. Fang Jifan was in a hurry to rescue the disaster, so it is understandable."

  Emperor Hongzhi's anger subsided a little, and he said with relief: "The strangest thing is Xie Qing's family. His memorial is a bit strange."

  ……………

  Xie Qian's biography was copied into the Di Bao.

   Originally, inside and outside the government and the public were extremely anxious. Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is safe, many people's doubts were slightly relieved.

  But many courtiers were blown up when they saw Xie Qian's memorial.

  Prince, this is nonsense!

  As the prince, it’s okay to go to such a dangerous place?

  As a cabinet scholar, this time he was ordered to go to Lingqiu County, so it would be fine if he didn't criticize the prince severely, but Mr. Xie is so flattering and flattering, what is he going to do? Is it to calm the impact of this matter? Want to make amends for this terrible incident?

If it wasn't for the fact that Xie Qian still had a clear reputation, and it wasn't because he was the prime minister, the cabinets of today's world are still united, and there is nothing to stumbling them secretly. However, no one dared to impeach and attack rashly.

   It's just that there is a somewhat chilling atmosphere in Beijing.

  …………

   Jingli Pegasus sent an imperial edict.

  At this time, Zhang Mao had already led the civilians and soldiers to break through the official road. When Zhang Mao arrived at the camp, he suddenly took a deep breath. Here... it really is orderly, and everyone knows it.

  However, Zhang Mao is not in the mood to care about these things now, his first reaction is to find Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan, he has only been peaceful for a few days, and now that something like this is happening again, if his father knows that he has entered this place, he will pass out to death.

  Zhang Mao was so angry that he looked around, and finally found out that Fang Jifan had left behind a student, and after obtaining the order from His Royal Highness the Prince, he had gone back to Beijing with the Prince.

   But Mr. Xie was obviously not at ease with the crown prince and Fang Jifan, fearing that something would happen again, so thick-skinned, he joined Shen Wenren and others with some retinues, gave up the laundry business, and followed.

  People go to the building to be empty.

  Zhang Maoyuan was still full of anger, but now he is a little dazed. This is really a mud monkey, and he can't catch it no matter what.

He didn't have much thought to continue to worry about this matter, because immediately after, a large amount of military rations were delivered, and this place was where His Royal Highness gave relief. We lived in peace with the people, distributed some military rations, and continued to encourage the victims to rebuild the disaster area.

  ………

   On the other side, Zhu Houzhao, Fang Jifan and others have already left Lingqiu County.

  In fact, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan were almost escorted back to Beijing.

   More than a dozen ministers stared at it, and activated the skill of "Your Highness, I don't know if I should say a word or not".

  Even at night, Xie Qian, Shen Wen and others were on duty in two shifts, one group stayed in the first half of the night, and the other stayed in the second half of the night.

  Even the horses that Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan were riding, Xie Qian had to tie a few knots on the stakes that he thought would not be untied for a while, just to feel at ease.

  He almost wanted to give these two guys laxatives directly, and then carry them back. This way, it would save trouble.

  Fang Jifan just laughed in his heart, people like Xie Gong are really worrying.

Little did he know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince later became the Emperor Zhengde. Historically, he also sneaked away secretly, but once he was chased back by a group of ministers, he would be at ease for a while, and would never make trouble, and just let it go The ministers escorted him back.

  In the historical materials, among the records related to Zhu Houzhao, the one with the most frequent occurrences is 'Night Run'.

  The so-called night running here is not actually a neurasthenia patient. It’s okay to eat full at night, but to let yourself go at night, and like to wander around. It refers to sneaking out of the palace, or even the capital, and disappearing all at once.

The ministers of the Zhengde Dynasty were the most worried. Not only were the affairs of the country in trouble, but they also had to hunt down the emperor at any time, because if ordinary people chased them, even if they found them, no one would be able to persuade the emperor to come back. The same is true. In the end, only the cabinet scholars and various ministries and halls can take command in person. They all have records of hunting down to Juyongguan and Datong, which can be described as **** and tearful.

Zhu Houzhao was surprisingly honest on the way back. No matter how others stared at him, he would drive when he should, eat when he should, and sleep when he should, just like a good baby. A minister with bloodshot eyes braved the cold night wind outside, huddled and walked back and forth. He even got up on his shoes, opened the door and said: "The Qing family has worked hard, whether it is cold or not, come inside Let's see, are you hungry?"

  Everyone looked at each other, always looking at Zhu Houzhao vigilantly. They were very suspicious that there might be some kind of drug that could faint people in this room, so they shook their heads like a rattle.

Fang Jifan is more down-to-earth than Zhu Houzhao, as if he is a high-ranking client who went to the hospital. After some tossing, he entered the sage mode. Before that, he called Xiaoguai, lifted up his trousers, lit a cigarette, and smoked for a while. After that, he severely criticized how the prostitute could do such a thing, and tried hard to persuade his wife to be a good man.

He sleeps soundly at night, because there is always a burly figure outside, Hu Kaishan is a very down-to-earth person, he wants to protect Engong, so if Fang Jifan sleeps in the back room, he will tilt his head and snore in the outer hall. The sound of snoring shook the sky, like a landslide.

Normally, Hu Kaishan would never leave Fang Jifan at all. When Fang Jifan was sitting, he would stand sideways. When Fang Jifan was walking, he would follow him from a distance. He was too tall and big, like a bear. Wherever he walked, he would be an eyesore. .

  Fang Jifan also belongs to him, he likes this loyal Shanxi man very much, simple, honest, and has the same personality as himself.

   Except eating a little more.

  Xie Qian felt that his body was overdrawn, and his waist was sore and his back hurt every day. Such bumps and long journeys required a lot of worry.

   Shen Wen, on the other hand, became a little worried about Xie Gong.

  In fact, he admires Mr. Xie a lot. He has offended him a lot before, but there is nothing he can do about it. In front of his son, what are you, Mr. Xie? But now, with his son found, Xie Gong, who was so insignificant, suddenly became important.

He smiled from the bottom of his heart when he saw Mr. Xie, and he was also worried about Mr. Xie Qian. Mr. Xie's memorial had already been sent to the court. , I met the officials who were guarding the outside, and after inquiring, I just learned that one person Youqing said.

   "Grand Xie..." Looking for an opportunity, Shen Wen stepped forward and said, "Grandfather Xie's memorabilia... I have heard a little bit about it..."

   "Oh." Xie Qian replied lightly, still feeling angry.

   "The lower officials think that this memorial is worthy of the name, but..." Shen Wen expressed his concern.

  Xie Qian said with a blank face: "I know what you want to say, but it's okay, I'm not a stunned man..."

  Speaking of Lengtouqing, Shen Wen blushed. Isn't he talking about... himself? Think back then...

   Xie Qian's face showed a bit of deep meaning, and he said again: "This time I entered the court, of course I won't fall into the shoes of others. Do you really think that the old man only cares about washing clothes in Lingqiu?"

  (end of this chapter)