After returning from the Kunning Palace, Chongzhen was in a very good mood. The emperor Cixi's "Daddy" voice made him very happy. After teasing with Empress Zhou for a while, he reluctantly returned.
When they arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion, before leaving, Cixi was still a bit clingy and stuck to her to prevent Chongzhen from leaving. Chongzhen tried to coax him with nice words for a while, but Cixi still refused to comply. Empress Zhou even tried to coax her, but she still refused to listen. In the end, the wet nurse had something to do.
, he took out a rattle and shook it three times and twice, and he shook Ci Xing away.
Seeing his son staggering away with his nanny on his little feet, Chongzhen couldn't help but grin. His eyes looking at his son were full of tenderness from a loving father.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go back and stay with me?" Queen Zhou felt sorry for her husband who often stayed up late to criticize her. Although she knew that her husband would not stay, she still couldn't help but whisper.
"It's not like you don't know my nature. Besides, if I stay, I'm afraid I might lose my temper and hurt you." Chongzhen looked at Queen Zhou's swollen belly jokingly. When Queen Zhou saw it, her face turned red and she let out a sweet cry.
: "I am so heavy that I cannot withstand the emperor. If the emperor cannot bear it, just go to them."
Chongzhen laughed, took Queen Zhou's hand, squeezed it lovingly, and then shook his head, "Okay, I'm leaving. You should rest early. I'll finish my work. If it's still early, I'll come
If it's too late for you, just rest in the Nuan Pavilion."[
"Yes." Queen Zhou nodded and escorted Chongzhen out to the palace gate. After the couple exchanged a few sweet words, Chongzhen got into the imperial chariot and drove back to Dongnuan Pavilion.
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"Bring up today's memorial."
As soon as he entered Dongnuan Pavilion, Chongzhen couldn't wait to order the eunuch to bring the memorials handed over by the General Secretary and the Cabinet. Hot water had been prepared on the shelf. He washed his face with a towel and sat on the imperial desk. Outside, the eunuch and
The ladies in the palace have been busy since they all know that the emperor will stay up late again to review, so everything such as midnight snacks, snacks, hot tea, etc. must be prepared.
Zhao Quan, the eunuch on duty, stood aside with his hands folded and his face lowered. He knew from the series of actions that Chongzhen made when he came in that it seemed to be very late today.
The weather has already cooled down, but fortunately there is a charcoal fire in the warm pavilion. The temperature is much higher than outside, so people don't feel cold.
Chongzhen ignored Zhao Quan and just sat there minding his own business, reviewing the newly submitted memorials one after another. He had a characteristic that everything must be resolved summarily. Today's memorials must be approved today.
Don't put it off until tomorrow.
Speaking of his energy and seriousness, I am afraid that except for Emperor Taizu, none of the emperors in the past generations have been so diligent in their affairs.
After approving several copies, Chongzhen suddenly felt a little tired, so he asked Zhao Quan to read the memorials and reports to him. He then gave his comments and comments, and Zhao Quan drafted them.
Writing edicts for the emperor was a right that only the eunuchs who were in charge of the ceremony had. It was a great honor for Zhao Quan, a eunuch on duty, to get the emperor's permission to write edicts. In the previous dynasty, this would have been a harbinger of rapid success.
However, Zhao Quan was not happy at all, because he knew that the emperor in front of him was actually not at ease with these eunuchs. Looking at the palace, except for Wang Cheng'en and Wang Dehua, the two old men who were hiding in the palace, the rest of them were in the emperor's heart.
They were somewhat inferior. Even Gao Qiqian, the admiral of Jingying, and Cao Huachun, the admiral of Dongchang, were not as trustworthy in the emperor's heart as the two kings.
The big eunuchs are still like this, let alone Zhao Quan, the little eunuch in front of the imperial court. People need to be self-aware, Zhao Quan has no ambitions, he just wants to do his job well, and he knows that the emperor cannot really treat the two kings the same way.
Treat yourself the same way, so you take the matter of planning the purpose lightly.
He wrote there very seriously. Thanks to the teachings in the Nei Shu Tang, his handwriting was pretty good and neat, and he never wrote other words. I'm afraid this is why Chongzhen felt free to let him draft the edict.
Reason.
After Zhao Quan drafted six memorials, Chongzhen felt that his energy had recovered a little, so he waved his hand to Zhao Quan to step back, and he continued to draft the decree himself.
Zhao Quan stepped back a few steps respectfully, and stood where he was just now, breathing hard and not daring to make any movement.
Before the previous dynasty, this vote was handled by the ministers of the cabinet. However, Chongzhen was always dissatisfied with the votes of the ministers. He often revised the words with a red pen. As time went by, the cabinet no longer changed the vote without authorization.
To a certain extent, it has reduced the power of the cabinet.
He picked up a memorandum, which was submitted by He Ruchong, a bachelor of the cabinet. It was about the improvement of the river. Chongzhen took a cursory glance and agreed with He Ruchong's opinion. The river needed to be overhauled, but there was no money in the treasury at the moment.
, so we can only focus on improving a section of the Yellow River. As for the Huaihe River, we can leave it to the Nanjing Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
But just as he was about to write for approval, he suddenly burst into laughter. It turned out that He Ru Chong was a joke in this essay. When he quoted a memorial from the Ministry of Industry, he actually used the word "he" in someone else's memorial.
Treat it as a person's name, and say it seriously in the memorial, not to mention how it is.
This confused He Ruchong, I really don’t know how he became a bachelor.
Chongzhen was very funny. After he finished laughing, his face became serious. He marked the word "what's more" with his pen, and then added a frown, saying that He Ru, who was born in the Hanlin Academy and was known as a "learned scholar"
Chong gave him a severe scolding.[
After scolding He Ruchong, Chongzhen saw that there were still many memorials on the table and could not finish them all at once, so he put down his pen and stood up to stretch his muscles. Zhao Quan came up and asked the emperor if he wanted to have supper, which Chongzhen had just eaten at Queen Zhou's
I was very full, so I said no.
Later, we came to the wall behind the imperial desk. On the wall was the "Picture of Jun Fang" painted by Concubine Tian herself. On the painting, Concubine Tian carefully painted twenty-four meticulous flowers, which were very beautiful.
Chongzhen liked it very much and asked the imperial eunuch to frame it with precious yellow brocade and hang it on the wall. He had to look at it every day.
While admiring the painting intently, he suddenly asked Zhao Quan casually: "Has Gao Qiqian come?"
Zhao Quan said respectfully: "The emperor said that he would be summoned at the Wenhua Hall, and he is already there waiting for the emperor."
Chongzhen asked again: "Where are the soldiers and horses of Jinzhou Xianjie?"
Zhao Quandao: "Someone from the Ministry of War reported in the evening that they had arrived in Tongzhou and that they would be able to enter Beijing tomorrow."
Chongzhen nodded to indicate that he understood, turned around, picked up a jasper cup on the table, took a sip of hot tea, and breathed softly. After a few sips of tea, he put the cup back on the coffee table and whispered majestically: "Get up."
drive!"
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When the royal chariot arrived outside the Wenhua Gate, Gao Qiqian was already kneeling on the side of the white marble corridor. When he saw the emperor, he hurriedly shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Slave Gao Qiqian will pick you up!"
Chongzhen ignored him, got off the chariot, walked through the front hall, entered the back hall of Wenhua, and sat down on a dragon-carved armchair covered with yellow cushions in the east room.
Gao Qiqian followed in, knelt down again, and performed the usual ritual of bowing and kowtowing three times. If he were an ordinary eunuch, serving the emperor all day long, of course he wouldn't need so many etiquettes. But Gao Qiqian is not in the palace now.
If the eunuch serving the emperor is not the eunuch specially appointed by the emperor to supervise the army, it is necessary to salute like a foreigner.
After he finished the salute, Chongzhen suddenly turned cold, glanced at Gao Qiqian coldly, and said in a low voice: "What did you say to me when you went to war?"