Chapter 114 Zhu Houzhao: Uncles, I wish you good luck!
"What your Majesty said is true."
"Today, officials and ministers both inside and outside the court are praising His Majesty for having the legacy of Taizu's rule, but for being far more benevolent and virtuous than Taizu. He treats his ministers well and obeys his advice. He is comparable to Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He is truly a sage king.
, will be remembered for generations to come."
After hearing that her younger brother had acquired the land, Empress Zhang smiled on her face and opened her mouth to see the beautiful lotus flower.
Zhu Youtang may not necessarily like to be flattered by his courtiers, but he definitely likes to be flattered by Queen Zhang.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with what she said. Hongzhi's courtiers would give a thumbs up whenever they mentioned Emperor Hongzhi's civil and military skills.
Looking through the history books of the Hongzhi Dynasty and the memorials submitted by the cabinet, as long as they did not touch Zhu Youtang's bottom line, Zhu Youtang's approval was basically "accept it", "accept it", "accept it". p>
Let me ask you, if you meet such a talkative boss at work in a company, no matter what you propose (even if it is a plan to make money for yourself), the boss will approve it for you, and afterward, he will praise you for your good work and give you a bonus.
Are you happy? Are you happy? Are you happy?
If I met this kind of boss, I would have to kneel down and kowtow to him, burn incense at my own expense, and pray to heaven for the boss’s long life.
"Haha."
Zhu Youtang smiled and accepted it completely.
In his view, in the current world, except for the fact that there are more refugees in various places without food, the border defenses are exhausted, there are fewer soldiers in the Beijing camp (only 60,000 are left), the national inventory is empty, and other
The problems are not big. It is a great situation with clear seas and clear rivers.
"In my life, I don't seek the emperor of the Tang Dynasty or the Han Dynasty, I only seek to be worthy of heaven and earth, and worthy of my ancestors."
Zhu Youtang pinched his thinning beard and sighed.
Suddenly.
Queen Zhang let out a scream.
"What's wrong with the Queen?!"
Zhu Youtang suddenly looked anxious. In his heart, the queen was his beloved, and the queen and her family were the ones he must protect throughout his life.
From this perspective, Zhu Youtang is definitely a good match for unmarried girls.
"Your Majesty, where do these people come from, and why are they all wearing dragon robes?"
‘Dragon robe?’
As soon as the words came out, Zhu Youtang also heard the sound and looked to the left, looking surprised.
From behind the rockery five feet away, five figures he had never seen before appeared. Three of them were wearing dragon robes, one was wearing a python robe, and one was wearing a style of clothing he had never seen before.
Especially the one in the middle wearing a dragon robe is holding a large mace in his hand.
Looking at it, it is so terrifying.
Could this be an attempt to assassinate the king?!
This is a serious crime that will destroy the nine tribes!
Zhu Youtang became a little nervous. He didn't want anyone to disturb the world of his husband and wife. All the guards were guarding outside the doors of the palace harem.
The couple looked in the direction of the rockery, originally surprised by the sudden appearance of the five people.
However, after the five people, seven or eight people appeared at once, all wearing either dragon robes or python robes, but I didn't recognize any of them.
Until someone appears.
The moment when Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen appeared from behind the rockery.
Zhu Youtang was stunned instantly.
"Dad, dad?!"
Queen Zhang on the side was even more stunned because she saw another person with a very familiar face.
"Hou, thick photos?"
After Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao appeared immediately, grinning with big white teeth at Mrs. Zhu Youtang from a distance.
At this moment, Zhu Youtang was completely confused.
His father, Zhu Jianshen, died in the 23rd year of Chenghua, and his son, Zhu Houzhao, was born in the 4th year of Hongzhi. There was a full four years between them, and the grandfather and grandson had never met.
Now, why are we still standing together?!
Moreover, the age of the two people seems to be about the same!
Zhu Jianshen in the 11th year of Chenghua was twenty-eight, and Zhu Houzhao in the 16th year of Zhengde was already thirty.
If we really put aside seniority to calculate age, the current Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde is two years older than Zhu Jianshen of Chenghua, enough to call Zhu Jianshen "little brother".
Zhengde Zhu Houzhao took the lead and trotted up quickly, eagerly coming to Zhu Youtang and his wife.
Queen Zhang hurried up to meet Zhu Houzhao, took Zhu Houzhao's hand, and looked at him carefully.
"Huzhao, why have you grown up so much and grown a beard? Did these people do something to you?"
Empress Zhang looked anxious. She really couldn't figure it out. She had met her beloved son yesterday, and he was still so youthful and full of sunshine.
Why did he become so greasy after just one day of absence?
"Huzhao, what on earth is going on? Who are these people?"
Zhu Youtang frowned, looking at the 'dragon robes' approaching him, feeling a little timid in his heart.
But thinking that I am the emperor of Ming Dynasty, the son of Ming Dynasty, the man in charge, and the head of the family, it is my duty to stand up and protect my wife and children.
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Youtang looked at the middle-aged and elderly player holding the mace.
"Assassin the king and kills the driver, he will destroy the nine great clans, you guys..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhengde Zhu Houzhao's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, and he stopped Zhu Youtang repeatedly.
"Father and mother, there is no time to explain."
"Run!"
As soon as the words came out, Zhu Youtang didn’t wait for him to realize what they meant.
Young Hongwu Xiao Zhusi, Yongle Zhu Zhanji, Hongxi Zhu Zhanji, Zhengtong Zhu Qiyu and other young men in their twenties suddenly swarmed up and rushed to Zhu Youtang's side at extremely fast speeds.
Three times, five times and two times, Zhu Youtang was forced to the ground.
"伱, you, you are so presumptuous!"
"I am the Son of Heaven, the Emperor, how dare you...!"
When the furious Zhu Youtang said this, Zhu Yuanzhang had already walked in front of him, carrying a mace on his shoulder, looking down at Zhu Youtang with his cold eyes, and spoke calmly.
"Please remember our names."
"Zhu Yuanzhang."
Boom...!
When these three words hit his ears, Zhu Youtang was instantly stunned.
Even if an atheist sees the scene of more than twenty emperors and princes of the Ming Dynasty in front of them, his worldview will be overturned and he will worship God wholeheartedly.
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Not to mention that Emperor Hongzhi, who had already studied Taoism deeply, accepted this reality in an instant.
‘The ancestors have appeared!’
Queen Zhang on the side was even more shocked, her whole body was stunned and she couldn't say a word.
"Mother, let's go for a walk, let's go for a walk."
Zhengde Zhu Houzhao hurriedly dragged his confused old lady away from Chenglong Pavilion and walked in the opposite direction of the pavilion to prevent Empress Zhang from feeling heartbroken when she saw the tragedy that followed.
At this moment, the guards who came looking for the movement poured in from the left entrance of Qiongyuan, and happened to bump into Empress Zhang and Zhu Houzhao who were walking around the corner. They both stopped quickly and saluted one after another.
"Father is fine, everyone is out."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at the guards and shouted sharply.
‘Why does His Royal Highness have a beard?’
These guards were very confused, but the Crown Prince always liked to play, so it was normal for him to do something different.
Naturally, these guards did not dare not listen to His Highness the Crown Prince's words. Moreover, this was the Back Garden, so how could anything happen to His Majesty? They all saluted and withdrew.
‘How can I let you guys disturb my ancestors from doing their business?’
'Besides, my father deserves a beating. Day by day over the years, he has been deceived by these civil servants.'
When Zhu Houzhao thought about his father's humble attitude towards civil servants, as well as the so-called monarch and his ministers who were united in one mind, and how powerful they were, all they got in the end was a bunch of false reputations, and he felt angry in his heart.
Inside Chenglong Pavilion.
Zhu Youtang was pressed to the ground, sweating violently.
He subconsciously looked around. The group of old and young men wearing dragon robes like him were all staring at him like monkeys.
"Great Grandfather, he is my son. The sage said that it is not the father's fault to raise him, so let me teach him."
Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen stood up with a solemn expression and looked at Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu glanced at Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen and nodded slightly.
After all, the father came to teach his son when he made a mistake. This was in line with the rules of the old Zhu family, so he handed over the mace in his hand.
"Lao Zhu, don't be so cruel."
Ji Boying glanced at the mace, spoke lightly, and then glanced at Zhu Youtang who was pressed to the ground.
To sum up, Zhu Youtang is definitely a good man, a good husband, a good father, and a 'good' emperor.
At least this "good emperor" is indeed true from the perspective of civil servants.
All the civil servants in the Hongzhi Dynasty were in trouble, and it was only the people below who suffered.
From the analysis of various historical materials, it can actually be seen that Zhu Youtang's original intention was to be a promising king.
But history has also verified that he has the heart, but does not have the ability.
For example, the "Regulations on Penalties" were enacted in this way, essentially to correct the Ming Dynasty laws in line with the current era, and to further stabilize and strengthen the imperial rule.
However, when the civil servants formulated this set of regulations, they blatantly included a large number of private goods that were beneficial to the civil service group.
After Zhu Youtang got the draft, he read the regulations several times under the explanation of the civil servants, but he couldn't see the disadvantages, so he finally approved it with a wave of his hand.
Another example is the abolition of the "Kaizhong Law". In fact, we can understand Zhu Youtang's mood. Salt introduction is related to national taxation, and the salt introduction system was on the verge of collapse during the Hongzhi Dynasty, and it had indeed reached the point where it had to be changed.
But you have to pay attention to methods when making changes, and do you really not even do the back tone?
Ye Qi, who made the plan, is a wealthy salt merchant himself. The thief screams "catch the thief", but he can't even see such an obvious bug?
However, abilities can be improved.
That's why Ji Boying kept Emperor Hongzhi, hoping that this soft-eared brother could go through the training class and return to the path of imperial power back to the old Zhu family.
"Father, why do you hit me?"
"My ancestors, I, Zhu Youtang, revived the Ming Dynasty and created a prosperous age. Why do you blame me again!"
What Zhu Youtang saw in the memorials handed over by his ministers were praising the wise, the world was peaceful, the seas and rivers were clear, and the scene of a prosperous age.
ZTE, prosperous age.
When these two words fell into the ears of these emperors and princes, they all felt particularly harsh.
Of course, the Jiajing Immortal and the young Zhu Houcong didn’t think so. After all, they were ranked behind Zhu Youtang. They were just watching for fun.
"As a father, I will tell you why I blame you."
Emperor Chenghua did not take the mace handed over by Lao Zhu. After all, Zhu Youtang looked very thin and looked bad. A hard beating would probably make him burp on the spot.
Roll up your sleeves, start fighting.
While beating him, Emperor Chenghua counted out the items he had just talked about in class one by one, which fell into the ears of Zhu Youtang who was being beaten. For a moment, he seemed to wake up.
For a moment, he felt as if he had really been deceived.
There was a lot of excitement in the pavilion, and of course it was mainly Emperor Chenghua who was fighting, while the others were watching the excitement.
Only the orthodox Baozong would give him a slap in the face from time to time. After all, he had been beaten too much, and today he had a rare opportunity to fish in troubled waters and beat others.
Ji Boying and Lao Zhu turned around and walked to the small lake beside the pavilion. Each had a cigarette and smoked quietly.
"Master Xian, I think the progress of our theoretical classes is a bit slow. We have already implemented the content taught in the previous few classes."
Lao Zhu threw the mace aside, frowned slightly and said.
Having tasted the sweetness of reform, Lao Zhu couldn't wait to create the most perfect and powerful Ming Dynasty.
"Well, it's a bit slow."
Ji Boying nodded and looked at the clear lake with several white geese swimming around.
"The reasons for the financial collapse of a dynasty"
This topic that has been raised a long time ago has not been fully covered so far.
"After this practical observation class is over, the theoretical class will speed up."
"Brother, please tell me, if we can do it, we can do it for brother, and if we can't do it, we must try our best to do it for brother."
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu.
"Don't be so nervous, it's not a big deal."
"There are more students in the class now, and there will be more and more in the future, and other different types of classes will appear, so I would like to ask you to be the monitor of this large class and the leader of the first Ming Dynasty emperor training class.
Class leader, responsible for all work except teaching."
Hearing this, Lao Zhu's eyes lit up.
"Oh brother, we thought it was some big deal, we just couldn't ask for it!"
Lao Zhu has always used his identity as Taizu to intimidate these descendants, but after all, it is a class, so he must have an identity in the classroom, so that he looks more solemn.
"Well, that's settled."
Ji Boying glanced at the pavilion.
The corporal punishment of Zhu Youtang has ended. After all, Zhu Youtang's body is weak and cannot bear heavy beatings.
At this time, Zhu Di and Zhu Laosi were leading Emperor Chenghua and others to conduct in-depth criticism and education on Zhu Youtang. They must make Zhu Youtang realize his mistakes.
The Orthodox Fort Sect, who had been quietly rejoicing on the sidelines, was now pulled out and used as negative teaching material.
Tianshun Black Hua Zhu Qizhen's expression changed, and he quickly retreated and hid.
At this time.
In the palace houyuan (imperial garden) and the corridor at the left gate of Qiongyuan, there is constant noise.
"Sister, why don't you let me see His Majesty! I must see Your Majesty today!"
"That old man Zhou Yu is really bullying people. Hongzhi hasn't beaten him enough in nine years, and now he dares to steal my Zhang family's business. The business of all seventeen shops on Yonghe Street has been ruined by this old man.
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"Today I must ask His Majesty to issue an order to kill this old man!"
Zhang Heling shouted, his face full of anger.
"Yes, kill this old man! Destroy the entire Zhou family!"
Zhang Yanling followed Zhang Heling, shouting with an angry look on his face.
Then he added a sentence.
"Your Highness, why do you have a beard? And you have grown a lot taller."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said nothing.
"He Ling, Yan Ling, Your Majesty has important matters to deal with now, you must not...
Queen Zhang hasn’t finished her sentence yet.
Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes and quickly interrupted Queen Zhang's words. He looked at his two good uncles with a look of indignation on his face, sharing the same hatred!
"Uncles, my father is at the Chenglong Pavilion. Go quickly. The Zhou family is really abominable. You must ask my father to issue an order to kill the entire Zhou family!"
"His Royal Highness, what you said is right! This is like the seed of our Zhang family bloodline!"
Zhang Yanling grinned and said with excitement on his face.
"Be careful when prolonging your life!"
Queen Zhang frowned and scolded her repeatedly.
Genetically speaking, DNA is indeed the same thing as one person.
But to the outside world, Zhu Houzhao can only be a member of the Zhu family, not your Zhang family.
If Zhang Yanling's words get out, it will be completely treacherous.
It's just that Zhu Youtang was used to being arrogant when he indulged the Zhang brothers. When he was drunk, he dared to directly rape the palace maids, and he spoke unscrupulously.
"Sister, what Yanling said just now is correct. His Royal Highness is half of my Zhang family."
After saying that, Zhang Heling walked straight towards Chenglong Pavilion, and Zhang Yanling quickly followed.
The two brothers-in-law of Zhu Youtang had evil looks on their faces, and they wanted to ask for an order to kill the Zhou family.
Zhengde Zhu Houzhao looked at the backs of the two uncles as they were rushing away, his eyes filled with joy.
Taking advantage of their status as relatives, these two gangsters ran rampant, causing harm to the people, selling out their official positions, embezzling state property, killing people and setting fires. They committed all kinds of evil, and even being chopped alive would not be enough to vent the people's anger.
Zhu Houzhao had always been unhappy with them before he came to the throne, and became even more unhappy after he came to the throne. However, because his mother, Queen Mother Zhang, was still alive, not only could he not engage in these two things, but he also had to provide them with delicious food and drink during the holidays.
"Uncles, I wish you good luck."
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