"Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles is urgent," Li Yan, the chamberlain on duty, entered the inner room and whispered.
"Didn't you see that I was playing chess with the master?" Zhu Di was full of evil spirits, which happened to be directed at the dead eunuch.
"Yes, but the emperor had a decree, and the Eight Hundred Miles Expedition must be carried out immediately, no matter what the situation..." Li Yan said bravely.
"Your Majesty's state affairs are very important. I will retire first." Yao Guangxiao stood up and said.
"You are not allowed to leave," Zhu Di said, "I will wait until I really win a game against you."
"Your Majesty will deal with state affairs first." Yao Guangxiao could only say, "I'll just go and wait."
"No need, just sit down." Zhu Di shook his head and said to Li Yan: "Send it to me. Let me see where the uneasiness arises."
Eunuch Li walked forward on his knees, holding up the urgent report with both hands. Zhu Di reached out to take it, looked at the cover of the memorial, and then checked the seal on the lacquer seal. He saw clearly written on it: "Wang Xian, the envoy to Xuanfu of Shanxi Province, was sent to Shanxi."
, nine embossed characters, the emperor laughed and said: "It turns out there is a letter from Shanxi." But he was not in a hurry to open it, but handed the memorial to Yao Guangxiao and said: "Young Master, please take a look at it for me."
Yao Guangxiao shook his head and said: "My eyes are so dizzy that I can no longer see."
"You don't want to read it, right?" Zhu Di laughed loudly and said, "I don't want to read it either," then he threw it back into Li Yan's arms and said, "I don't want to read this kind of made-up stuff, it's a waste of time."
"Ah..." Li Yan held the memorial in his arms and didn't know what to do. "The emperor hasn't opened it yet."
"Does it still need to be opened?" Zhu Di chuckled and said: "The Eight Hundred Miles Express in Shanxi is handled by the three guards of the Jin Dynasty. If it is really such a ground-breaking memorial, it will be detained halfway."
The emperor said mockingly: "If you can pass the report of King Jin, what else does it feel like?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty..." Li Yan was secretly convinced after hearing this, and asked for instructions: "Then what should I do with this memorial?"
"Send it to the cabinet and let Hu Guang and Yang Shiqi look at the draft," Zhu Di said coquettishly.
"Ah?" Even though Li Yan had been in the imperial court for many years and knew the rules best, he couldn't help but be surprised. Knowing that the memorial was compiled, he handed it over to the cabinet for vote. This is so unreasonable... The so-called vote is...
After reading the memorial on behalf of the emperor, he would first write down his comments in a note and paste it on the cover of the memorial, and then ask the emperor for approval. This preliminary review system can greatly reduce the emperor's workload. It was a compromise that Zhu Di came up with when he was suffering from illness.
method.
In the emperor's view, this can save him a lot of time, and he doesn't have to worry about losing power. It's really a killing two birds with one stone. As for whether this is really the case, only time can tell...
"Ah, what?" Zhu Di waved his hand and shooed away Li Dao like a fly: "This is why you can't be a bachelor and can only serve others."
"Yes." Li had no choice but to retreat sullenly, thinking to himself that our family was shot even while lying down...
After Li retreated, Zhu Di's expression became more and more miserable. He glanced at Yao Guangxiao and said, "What a good student you taught. Although I knew it would be like this, but it turned out to be as expected, I was still discouraged." He said sarcastically:
"Even young people who have just entered the officialdom are self-taught. It seems that being deceived is really the way to become an official."
"Haha," Yao Guangxiao squinted his triangular eyes, as if he was asleep, and said vaguely after a while: "There is a saying that 'you can't be a master unless you are stupid or deaf,'..."
"If you're not crazy, you're not deaf, you don't have to be a master..." Zhu Di repeated it, sighing faintly: "Yes, there are some things that you can only turn a blind eye to, otherwise you won't be able to live this life."
This was the second time in a row that Zhu Di said that he could not live his life. Yao Guangxiao's triangular eyes flashed with a strange light, but it was fleeting.
"But" Zhu Di is Zhu Di after all. The majestic Yongle Emperor, how can he swallow his anger because of anyone? He suddenly raised his voice and said: "The heroic spirits of thousands of soldiers on my way back to the south are watching me in the sky. I promise them to severely punish the murderer, no matter who it is."
Whoever caused all this, even my son, will be severely punished." As he spoke, he flicked the chessboard angrily, "But my three-way angel only thinks about turning big things into small things, and turning small things into small things. If even this
Even if I hold up such a major conspiracy case high and put it down gently, how can I explain it to those thousands of soldiers and how can I explain it to the people of the world?"
At this point, Yao Guangxiao couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up slowly with the help of crutches and said: "Your Majesty, calm down. Although I didn't read the memorial of my bastard, I also know that although he is stupid, he is not stupid enough to wipe someone else's butt.
, make a mess of yourself."
"Oh?" Zhu Di glanced at him, "You dare to say that memorial is not wiping someone's butt for some people."
"Dare." Yao Guangxiao said lightly: "At most, he did not mention certain people, and he would never say good things for others."
"Isn't it enough not to mention it?" Zhu Di sneered and said, "It would be a shame not to mention it."
"He didn't mention it, which just left room. If the emperor wants to continue the investigation, just send his memorial back for another trial." Yao Guangxiao said: "But before the retrial, please ask the emperor to transfer the three Taiyuan guards away from Shanxi, or
The young army was sent to Taiyuan. "I am old, and I finally found a successor. I don't want him to die in Taiyuan without any reason." Yao Guangxiao said with lowered eyelids.
Zhu Di looked at Yao Guangxiao with some surprise, "It's been twelve years, and you're interceding for someone again?"
Twelve years ago, Yao Guangxiao begged Zhu Di not to kill Fang Xiaoru and leave the seeds of scholars in the world. Unfortunately...
"That time it was for state affairs, this time it's purely a private matter." Yao Guangxiao raised his eyelids and said with untold vicissitudes in his smile.
"Hehehe..." Zhu Di was also a little absent-minded. At that moment, too many bloody memories emerged in his mind. It was a memory that Zhu Di had been increasingly reluctant to touch over the years. There were too many crazy, ferocious and inhumane memories there.
, after a moment of pleasure and shock, it became a long-term nightmare for him as a murderer. Every time he closed his eyes, people like Fang Xiaoru, Tie Xuan, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng were covered in blood, carrying their families and their families.
He followed him and demanded his life. The long sleepless nights directly led to the emperor's physical deterioration and moodiness.
After a while, Zhu Di came back to his senses and said with a bitter smile: "Actually, I can't kill him without you asking for mercy. I'm not an unreasonable person. I know that with his strength, in such a situation, he can achieve such a result."
The result is already a miracle." Zhu Di was a little speechless as he spoke, and after a while he said cheerfully: "I'm just annoyed that he thinks too much of the prince, I expected him to put me first."
Yao Guang Xiaoxin said, aren't you wishful thinking? Why do people put you in the most important position? You are stingy when you see Wang Xian, but the prince undresses him, pushes him to eat, let alone
The grandson treats him like a sibling... If he still regards you as the most important thing, then he is really a white-eyed wolf. Of course, you can't say that. The old monk smiled lightly and said: "After all, he hasn't met the emperor yet, so he thinks that the prince is the sky.
…”
"Sit in the well and look at the sky." Zhu Di chuckled and said, "When he comes back to Beijing, I will meet him and let him know how big the sky was in the Ming Dynasty."
"Haha..." Yao Guangxiao smiled, he had already said what he said, and any more words would be superfluous.
"This case..." Zhu Di's childishness only lasted for a blink of an eye, and then he regained his gloomy expression and said: "Is it really necessary to stop at the level of corruption? No more investigation?"
Yao Guang Xiaoxin said, don't you just let the cabinet vote be drawn up without even looking at it? Don't you mean to stop there? It's just that the emperor needs a step down, and he happened to be there at the right time, so he had no choice but to be a step up, saying: "Look at the emperor
That’s what I mean. If we check further, there may be another earthquake in the Ming Dynasty’s court. Please think again, Your Majesty.”
"Oh, I didn't know..." Zhu Di put his hands behind his back and walked slowly. There were two ways before him. One was to investigate thoroughly and not let anyone go. But if he found out the newly established King of Jin
, what if it even involves his own son? How many sons are competing to cheat him to death in order to compete for his chair? If that happens, Zhu Di’s old face will be completely disgraced, and he still wants to be the emperor of the ages? He will be the laughingstock of the ages.
Almost. What's more, Zhu Di is getting older and his feelings for his two sons are getting deeper and deeper. He doesn't want to go to the point where father and son are suspicious of each other. He would rather be a confused man... What is double standard? This is called double standard.
, When the eldest son becomes the prince, he is no longer his son, but his opponent...
The other is to stop the case and let Zhang Chun and his gang be the scapegoats and not pursue the case further. The advantage of this is that the emperor does not have to lose face and can take the opportunity to beat his restless sons and let them break up.
The severely tilted balance of power has once again regained balance. As a mature emperor, he has naturally realized that the way to be a king lies not in killing and decisiveness, but in balance. Only by allowing all forces to have room to survive and form opposition
Only with balance can the court be stable and the emperor have authority. He will never allow one family to dominate.
In fact, the prince was punished so badly. Isn't it because the princeling party was too powerful and the prince's prestige of benevolence even surpassed that of a cruel emperor?
Naturally, I feel sorry for the dead soldiers and cannot make myself happy by doing this. But the dead are gone, so I should take care of the living people. As for my own unhappiness... I haven't had much to worry about since I became the emperor.
Is this the case?
"Alas..." After a long silence, the emperor finally spoke, but he mentioned something completely different: "I want to move the capital."
"The emperor has made up his mind?" Yao Guangxiao was not surprised at all.
"I have made up my mind a long time ago, but I just don't know how to talk to the ministers," Zhu Di said with his hands behind his hands: "What is the purpose of raising a son? Isn't it just to share the worries of the king and father? You mention it when you go to lecture to the prince. See
What does he mean?"
"People from outside my hometown..." Yao Guangxiao said with a bitter smile.
"I have ordained your disciple," Zhu Di said with a smile, "Let him accompany you to be an outsider." Zhu Di was so proud in his heart, you old dog finally has something to control.
"Alas..." Yao Guangxiao's smile became even bitterer, "I wish I could do it, but it's a pity that the women in his family don't allow it."