Something like that happened at home last night. Even the Wu family was worried about Zhu Ying's safety, but Zhang Shou wasn't worried...that's weird! Even if Zhu Ying has practiced martial arts since she was a child, has extraordinary skills, and has two hundred soldiers and horses,
But Youdao is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. However, if Zhu Ying is really in trouble, will the emperor have the leisure to call him and ask him to take people to pick up Zhu Ying?
If there was no ulterior motive...he would have changed his surname to the emperor!
So, when Hua Qi heard that Zhu Ying was outside, he saw the emperor's face immediately darkened. Although he wanted to laugh, he tried his best to hold it back. However, when he saw Zhu Ying coming straight in like a storm,
, he still couldn't help but laugh.
Zhu Ying only learned from others that the emperor was in Ciqing Palace, and she only expected to see the emperor and the third prince. She didn't pay much attention when she saw Chu Kuan and Hua Qi. After all, their responsibilities were theirs. But when she saw Zhang Shou, she was the real deal.
She was so surprised and happy that she almost didn't care to salute. She came straight to Zhang Shou like a gust of wind and asked eagerly: "A Shou, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I slept until dawn." Zhang Shou smiled and winked at the eldest lady, and then said calmly, "The emperor is worried about your safety, and just asked Ah Liu and I to take people to pick you up.
What! What happened to you last night?"
"Why are you picking me up? If you come, it will only cause trouble!" Zhu Ying did not answer Zhang Shou's last question, and glanced at the emperor with an unkind expression. "If the emperor is really worried about me, it would be more serious to send more troops to pick me up."
, Why do you want Ah Shou to come here? His appearance is particularly eye-catching. If I encounter a thief when I go outside, will your Majesty compensate me?"
The emperor only felt that he had come to the wrong place today, and he was almost choked to death by people again and again - first Chu Kuan, then Zhang Shou, and then Zhu Ying! He snorted coldly and said with a straight face.
: "Didn't I ask you to stay there for one night? Why did you come back so soon?"
"I also want to have a good night's stay, but even if I don't have a problem with choosing a bed, I can't bear to keep making trouble all night long! If Aunt Yuquan hadn't helped me, I would have been so angry that the eldest prince was so angry
Kill the guy who attracts bees and butterflies!"
To describe a grown man, he used the word "attracting bees and butterflies" as an analogy. Zhang Shou couldn't help but sweat profusely, and the emperor couldn't help feeling that the veins on his temples were pulsing, but in the end he still asked in a deep voice: "Okay, Yingying, don't say anything.
Nonsense, what happened? Did someone want to save that evil beast last night?"
"Yes, the banner they used was to establish a direct line leader and clear the emperor's side." Zhu Ying said angrily, "But after the leader was beheaded by me, the rest of the people immediately withered. I still thought they were from there.
The rebellious officials and traitors are actually just an old scholar from the countryside leading a group of villagers who were dumbfounded by his teachings, carrying sickles and hoes, and just come to the Imperial Manor to cause mischief. Do you believe it, Your Majesty?"
Hearing what Zhu Ying said, five words suddenly popped into Zhang Shou's mind - the imperial power will not go to the countryside!
Not only him, but even Hua Qi, who had been silent just now, couldn't help but interrupt and said: "Foolish men and women in the countryside have limited knowledge. If the local gentry and even the scholars in the rural academia tell them
Things are biased, and their seductiveness is certainly not trivial... Having said that, the eldest lady should not have brought the eldest prince with her when she came back this time, right?"
"Of course I didn't bring it with me! I was afraid that a lot of villagers would appear on the road and stop us from meeting the eldest prince. Then we would start crying and making a scene. How would it end? I brought five people, all in black clothes.
Wearing hats, we greeted people along the road and told them about the military situation in Liaodong, whistling by, and they only took off their black dog skins when they entered the capital."
As Zhu Ying spoke, she looked at the emperor and said angrily: "I originally went to seek justice for my eldest brother, but who knew I would get into such a big trouble! Aunt Yuquan is now in charge of the Huangzhuang.
There are only a few days left for the wedding. I don’t have the ability to clean up this mess in two or three days. Your Majesty, please hire someone else as soon as possible. I’m not going anyway!”
Both of them were unreliable, and the emperor was already furious. Of course, what was even more angry was that someone actually incited the people with the intention of supporting the eldest prince... Just when he couldn't help but want to make a fuss, he suddenly heard Zhang Shou
the sound of.
"Your Majesty, if we just take back the eldest prince, Yingying is certainly qualified. But since, as Yingying said, there were people who incited the people to make trouble last night, then I am afraid that non-important ministers will not be enough to appease them. I think that we should choose from the cabinet.
It would be safer for a highly respected pavilion elder to go there in person to appease the people and at the same time bring the eldest prince back in an upright manner."
When the emperor saw the expression on Zhang Shou's face, he couldn't help but feel angry: "Don't you know that your future brother-in-law personally blocked the door for Academician Kong, and he asked for leave this morning and didn't come to attend the court today?
The judge from Taiyuan Hospital went there in person, but the results have not come back yet! I wonder if he will just take advantage of the situation and become seriously ill!"
"Huh?"
Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying let out a cry of surprise almost at the same time, and then couldn't help but look at each other.
The emperor believed that Zhu Ying, who had just returned to Beijing, did not know about it, but he did not believe that Zhang Shou, who should have met Zhu Tingfang before the court this morning, did not know about it. But Zhang Shou had an innocent face, and he could only say with a long face: "You still
Do you want to show off to me?"
"Your Majesty, I really don't know." Zhang Shou was really helpless at this time. It was true that he met his uncle, but his uncle only said that he would go to the Confucius Mansion to raise troops to investigate the crime, and did not say that he would give Confucius a bachelor.
He was so angry that he fell ill at home! Seeing Zhu Ying looking at him curiously, he repeated what Zhu Tingfang said in public at that time. Now, the emperor was very angry.
"You are really not a family. Even if you don't belong to the same family, you will act exactly the same! I really don't know how I owe you all my life. I will clean up the mess for you juniors if nothing happens!"
Seeing the emperor rubbing his chin in annoyance and thinking about countermeasures, Zhang Shou quietly asked Zhu Ying: "Yingying, Scholar Confucius looks quite thin. Do you know whether he usually likes to eat light or likes to eat
Desserts, or do you prefer greasy foods like poultry?”
Although his voice is not loud, how keen is the emperor who has practiced martial arts since he was a child?
Before Zhu Ying could answer, the emperor immediately asked angrily: "Why are you asking these questions? The Kong family is a famous scholarly family. It is said that the first Jinshi who was awarded the title of Jinshi seventy or eighty years ago likes to say the most.
Meat eaters are just despicable. After being an official for so many years, I have developed a lot of bad rules. For people like this, their diet is exquisite, and every dish they eat can't help but come up with thousands of allusions."
"That is to say, what matters is the presentation and artistic conception, cherishing blessings and nourishing the body, and not overeating? And as a pavilion elder, I guess for the sake of image, even if you like to eat sweets, you will be relatively restrained?"
Seeing the emperor looking at him more and more puzzled, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "So, the Kong family should generally live a long life, right?"
This time, the emperor suddenly nodded with a half-smile. And Zhang Shou immediately laughed - as long as there is no genetic disease of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, coupled with the habit of eating light and light meals, and because he is a high-ranking official, he has this age.
Relatively good medical resources... So even if Zhu Tingfang is so angry that Bachelor of Confucius complains about illness, it will probably be nothing serious.
Don't use the lifespan of a creature like the emperor to measure the lifespan of many prime ministers these days. You must know that high-ranking officials such as prime ministers and cabinet ministers generally live much longer than the emperor as long as they do not die violently.
Thinking that people who could survive to the age of seniority were at least fifty, and many were over seventy when they retired, he said nonchalantly: "Although Mr. Zhu must have made a big fuss in the Kong family, with all due respect, Your Majesty
At this time, send someone to visit the Kong family. If there is no serious problem, then it should be more suitable than anyone else to send a bachelor of Confucius to pick up the eldest prince back to the capital."
"The accusations that Master Zhu made against Dr. Kong are genuine. And he said that a servant in the Kong family deserted his master and ran away. This should also be true. In this case, Master Kong should be in a very embarrassing situation now.
, if the eldest prince Zhu really writes a letter of impeachment, he might have to take advantage of the opportunity to beg for his body. Therefore, the emperor sent him to pick up the eldest prince, and he should be willing to express his feelings. "
The emperor was slightly startled, remembering that although Scholar Confucius was a person he had single-handedly promoted, he was also known as the backbone of the new sect at the beginning. He strongly advocated people from overseas countries to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and even study. He also supported the official ships to sail to various countries to a certain extent and understand all the countries in the world.
Intelligence, to further improve the ball made by Emperor Taizu Mengtian. However, after Mr. Jiang Ge stepped down, people became relatively conservative.
And he did not formally determine the chief minister of the cabinet, not only because the Confucian scholar had secretly plotted against Zhu Jing and his son, but also because he was concerned about the political attitude of the Confucian scholar. As expected, he had not yet become the cabinet chief.
As for Fu, he had already deviated from his original position, and even ostracized Zhang Yu, the bachelor he had promoted.
As for the yes-man Wu Ge Lao, let alone him, Academician Confucius showed his disgust and contempt without hesitation.
I think the Confucian scholar felt that if the three members of the cabinet were all imperialists, then his existence would be meaningless. Of course, the officialdom and scholars would probably also attack him... Regardless of most officials in the DPRK, they were
Are all the Confucian scholars supportive?
Therefore, although nowadays, the emperor is increasingly opposed to Confucius, the emperor knows that he can promote people to the cabinet more and more, but if his ability is not strong enough and his face is not thick enough, he may not survive for long.
After all, people like Mr. Wu Ge who are smiling but extremely able to withstand impeachment are rare in the court. When Zhang Yu first entered the cabinet, he also complained in private that whether it was the splitting of votes or the drafting of the final votes, or even
Facing the dissatisfaction and even attacks from the six provincial procuratorates, he felt that he was struggling.
So, after the emperor thought carefully for a while, he finally said to Chu Kuan: "Forget it, in the name of the prince, you go to the Confucius family and visit the Confucian scholar. If he is in good condition, tell me that I intend to let him go."
He went to Huangzhuang to pick up Dalang."
"Your Majesty, Academician Confucius said in public at the Sutra Banquet last time that it is best for Ciqing Palace to use illiterate servants. So..."
Although Chu Kuan did not finish what he said, everyone present came to their senses - if Chu Kuan went, even if Master Kong was not sick, he would pretend to be sick and resign, even if he turned around and turned the lie around, he would not hesitate to do so, because Chu Kuan visited him.
It was really a slap in the face!
Seeing that the emperor was suddenly stuck, Zhang Shou saw that the emperor seemed to want the third prince's people to show mercy, and he couldn't help but move in his heart. But when the words came to his mouth, he saw that the third prince was hesitant to speak, so he smiled and asked: "
Does His Royal Highness have any better ideas?"
Although Zhu Ying didn't understand why Zhang Shou wanted to protect Confucius as a bachelor, it was obvious that the emperor listened to this suggestion and liked it very much, so she had no objection. She just heard the emperor asked Chu Kuan to go, but she didn't do it even though she knew it was inappropriate.
As she spoke, she even felt a little regretful when she saw that Chu Kuan had exposed this point by himself. If Chu Kuan really ran away and the Confucius University scholar resigned angrily, how happy would that be?
Therefore, when she heard Zhang Shou suddenly ask the third prince, she couldn't help but look forward to it. After all, the third prince had little experience in the past, so he might come up with an idea that the emperor thought was good, but was actually as bad as just now?
Sure enough, the next moment, she heard the third prince say hesitantly: "Father, as the prince, I naturally cannot leave the palace casually, but I thought that my fourth brother could go visit the great scholar of Confucius.
,Then……"
Before the third prince could finish what he said, Zhu Ying immediately praised him: "What a great idea!" The fourth prince was impulsive and irritable, and he always had a bad impression of Confucius, so maybe he could make him more popular!
Zhang Shou immediately stopped him with laughter and tears: "Yingying, please don't cause trouble! Your Highness, please think carefully and ask the fourth prince to speak to the Confucian scholar and ask him to pick up the eldest prince at Huangzhuang, and then appease those who have been seduced by others.
Riots? Is this appropriate?"
At this moment, the third prince was stunned, and then he realized that he was confused because he was concerned. It was okay for the fourth prince to visit, but it was totally inappropriate to convey such a thing. But after understanding this, he
After thinking about it, he said: "I know that my father wants to establish a reputation for filial piety and brotherhood, but now I understand that this is inappropriate. I feel..."
"I think it would be more appropriate to send someone to visit the great scholar Confucius in the name of my father and convey the intention of sending him to pick up my eldest brother. As for the candidate, I think it is best to send the Duke of Qin there? The Duke of Qin has always been there.
He has a good reputation among civil servants, and he is now in charge of the Shuntian Mansion, and there is an explanation for the fact that the servants in the Confucius Mansion abandoned their masters and fled, taking away their property."
Seeing that the third prince finally gave a very reasonable suggestion, Zhang Shou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was the right choice. But Zhu Ying beside him muttered dissatisfiedly: "In this case, wouldn't my father
It's quite appropriate?" My father went there not to visit, but to provoke and demonstrate! It would be strange if the Confucian scholar didn't resign in anger!
When Zhang Shou saw the emperor's expression of "I didn't hear what you said Zhu Ying," and he just nodded in agreement with the third prince with great joy, he couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead, and then whispered: "Yingying, you
Don’t you think the best way to take revenge is to let someone stay under your nose, stab him from time to time, and make him feel heartbroken? If Grand Bachelor Kong resigns, then it will really be..."
He paused and said meaningfully: "The sea is as wide as the fish can leap, and the sky is as high as the birds can fly. With his reputation, any academy he returns to will treat him as a guest of honor. By then, the world will be filled with peaches and plums, and his teachings will be outstanding."
A large number of students fill the court, don’t you think it’s even more uncomfortable?”
Zhu Ying immediately frowned. She immediately nodded heavily and said: "You are right, if he runs away, we will not only have to guard against hidden arrows in the future, but also guard against his comeback. A gentleman's revenge, from morning to night, cannot be allowed to happen.