Chapter 97 Meeting the Son of Heaven in Front of the Hall
Chapter 97 Meeting the Emperor in Front of the Palace (Please read, please vote)
Author: Waste Paper Bridge
Chapter 97 Meeting the Emperor in front of the palace (please read, please vote)
Wearing a scarlet robe and riding a yellow gelding.
He reined up his horse in front of the palace, and immediately an internal official came over and took over the reins.
Yue Buqun got off his horse and walked into the hall without looking sideways.
The officials on the left and right sides of the palace all cast their gazes on Yue Buqun, and the curiosity, admiration, consideration, doubt, and jealousy in their eyes formed a torrent.
Although they had seen Yue Buqun's elegance from a distance last night, it was only today that they could truly see Yue Buqun's true face.
Due to Yue Buqun's delay in entering the palace, the civil and military officials present generally had a good impression of Yue Buqun.
Although he was not born as a second-ranking scholar, nor was he a traditional military household or general, the Dang Mo Division was not subordinate to the traditional six ministries, so it was not considered an infringement on the interests of the bureaucracy.
At least for now, there is no conflict. Instead, Baiguan is in urgent need of letting the Demon Division really take action, so that it can have great deterrence and achieve excellent results.
Zhang Tianshi, that Sizheng, although he acted as a rightful official, his actual performance was not outstanding.
It is an old tradition to use your own people for the main positions and the hard-working people for the deputy positions.
Seeing Yue Buqun entering the palace, Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youtang's eyes lit up and he walked straight down from the high dragon chair, then passed over the ministers and went to hold Yue Buqun's hand.
"Yue Aiqing! I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
"Since you are here, you will be punished with a drink." Emperor Hongzhi came over and said to Yue Buqun.
Two sentences made him appear very friendly. Although he lost a bit of the majesty of the emperor, he was more tolerant and approachable to people's hearts.
He took the initiative to mention that when Yue Buqun was delayed for two hours to enter the palace for the banquet, he took the initiative to mention the fine wine, which was to expose the matter.
From now on, if there are people who don't deal with Yue Buqun, they can no longer use this matter as a spear to criticize.
Perhaps only Song Renzong could compare to how considerate he was as an emperor.
Yue Buqun took the wine brought by the eunuch on the side, ignored the wine glass, picked up the jug and drank directly.
The wine entered his intestines, and then he said: "Happy!"
Then he said: "I hope your majesty will forgive me. Yue Buqun is a reckless person and behaves vulgarly."
Emperor Hongzhi laughed and said: "Where! Yue Aiqing is a man of character and a true hero. If I hadn't been in poor health, I would have followed your example."
When Yue Buqun heard this, he didn't shy away and directly grabbed Emperor Hongzhi's arm.
The palace masters who were guarding the main hall stared at each other and were about to take action, but Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand to stop them.
After Yue Buqun tested his internal strength, he said: "It doesn't matter. His Majesty had a hard life in his early years and his foundation is not strong. It is inevitable that he will be somewhat weak and weak. I will teach your Majesty a qigong. As long as you practice it diligently, you will not be over a hundred years old."
Disaster."
"Be bold!"
"presumptuous!"
The two eunuchs, one on the left and the other on the right, scolded Yue Buqun.
Although seventy years of life are rare in ancient times, it is even more auspicious to be a hundred years old.
But the emperor was called "long live", and Yue Buqun was called a hundred years old, which can also be regarded as a "curse".
Emperor Hongzhi showed an unhappy look on his face, turned around and scolded the two eunuchs: "That's rude! Who has survived through the ages? If I really had a hundred years of life, I would have lived like an old monster."
"It doesn't take a hundred years, just half!"
Emperor Hongzhi was very aware of his physical condition. In his early years, he was hidden in a deep palace by the eunuchs Huai En and Zhang Min. In order to avoid being killed, he was often hungry and cold. As an adult, his body was severely deficient and his strength was often low.
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And because of the hard work of being an emperor, and the exhaustion and exhaustion, and lack of self-cultivation, it naturally became even more difficult.
The conversation between Yue Buqun and Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be about expressing his views on the emperor's physical condition.
In fact, it was Emperor Hongzhi who was still understanding Yue Buqun.
It should be noted that Yue Buqun's various magical methods have already aroused the suspicion of many dignitaries.
Anyone who wants to ask Yue Buqun for the secret of immortality will surely be like a crucian carp crossing the river in the future.
Now that Yue Buqun has promised to live for a hundred years, Emperor Hongzhi only wants half of it, which is to set an upper limit in advance.
Those who wanted to trouble Yue Buqun no longer dared to question him openly and openly, because this would violate taboos.
In fact, after just a few words with each other, Yue Buqun quite liked the emperor in front of him.
In troubled times, it can be said that we are lucky to have such an emperor.
Compared with his willful son, Emperor Hongzhi is undoubtedly more suitable to steer the ship of the Ming Dynasty to tide over this difficult time.
Therefore, Yue Buqun's statement that teaching the emperor a martial art would protect his longevity was not an empty lie.
"Yue Aiqing! Take your seat. You were the first to perform last night, so please take your seat." Emperor Hongzhi pointed with his hand to the first row under the dragon chair.
Yue Buqun was not modest either. He walked over with Emperor Hongzhi and sat down safely.
As the food and wine were served, the singing and dancing started, and the hall suddenly became peaceful.
The ministers in the palace can also leave their seats at will and run away from each other.
From time to time, people would come up to toast Yue Buqun and say a few polite words, but they didn't go into depth.
Wang Shu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, did not have any communication with Yue Buqun throughout the whole process, perhaps to avoid suspicion.
But everyone with some information channels knows that Wang Shu is Yue Buqun's biggest ally in this palace.
Because Wang Shu's direct grandson was Yue Buqun's first disciple.
And they are still township party members.
Naturally divided into groups.
Whether a country still has hope depends on how the ministers in this palace behave when they are drinking and having fun.
If people are dissolute and care only about pleasure, then the whole world will definitely be in ruins.
Fortunately, there are some people in this palace who are drunk on wine and sex, but there are even more people who are worried about their family and country.
Among the officials who greeted Yue Buqun, some made commonplace remarks and even asked, overtly or covertly, whether there was anything about immortality.
What's more, he still chatted with Yue Buqun about slaying demons and killing monsters, which shows that he also cares about the world.
"The Weird can't be defeated by ordinary people, so the activation of artillery is a top priority."
"If we want to obtain better artillery, in addition to purchasing it from the Xiyi people, we must also spend a lot of money to hire their craftsmen for our use. At the same time, our own artillery craftsmen must also be given high-ranking officials and generous salaries to encourage them to develop and innovate.
"Yue Buqun expressed his thoughts directly without any reservation.
When it comes to politics, his modest skills are not enough in the world of politics. Even if he is placed in the court, even with the thousands of years of experience that Wang Ye lent him, it is not enough.
So he simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly.
"The national treasury is tight!" an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs said with a smile on his face.
"Then change the money. Look for it wherever there is money."
"I would like to remind everyone that if the money is put underground, the family will be gone and the money will be ruined." Yue Buqun said.
There is no shortage of gold and silver in the vast land, but most of the money is kept in the treasury by the landlords and gentry, and little is circulated on the market.
Of course, it would not be appropriate to release all the hidden money.
This will inevitably cause inflation.
Of course, Yue Buqun didn’t understand the details.
He is just a man in the world, so he doesn't know anything about financial principles.
Although some officials superficially dismissed Yue Buqun's statement.
But privately, he still planned to quietly arrange for capable people in the family to contact the Xiyi people and purchase artillery.
Protecting the family is the most important thing. If you commit taboos or whatever... put them aside for now.
Besides, if you are doing it all the time, it is not considered a taboo, it is called following the crowd.