Gu Dayong responded to the order and immediately sent someone to convey Zhu Houzhao's will. Then he said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, these people around you have been carefully selected. If your Majesty is not at ease, you might as well ask Shao Shao for these days."
A real person will drive you around.”
After speaking, Gu Dayong bowed to Shao Yuanjie and said: "Master Shao, you are a master of Taoism. Normally, I shouldn't disturb you, but you have also seen that there are still people who dare to deal with the dragon son and slave in the Empress's belly."
I am really afraid that someone will be unfavorable to Your Majesty. There are so many people, and among the people Your Majesty can trust, after much thought, only real people are the most suitable."
Shao Yuanjie was a Taoist master, and his cultivation was highly praised by Chu Yi. Zhu Houzhao knew this, but in Zhu Houzhao's heart, he subconsciously forgot that Shao Yuanjie was a strong martial artist.
Now when I heard what Gu Dayong said, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his gaze fell on Shao Yuanjie and said: "If there is a real person by my side, I can feel at ease."
Shao Yuanjie bowed his head and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty bears the weight of all the people, and I should do my best to protect your Majesty's safety."
Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In this case, I would like to thank you Master."
After pondering for a while, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Gu Dayong and said: "Gu Dayong, please go and ask Inspector Qin An to go to Kunning Palace and tell him that if anything happens to the Queen, I will take his head.
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Gu Dayong's expression revealed that Qin An was the first person among those who studied the Sunflower Book to reach the innate realm, many years earlier than Chu Yi.
When Lu Wenyang rebelled and Zhu Han entered the palace to assassinate the emperor, he was captured by Qin An. However, Qin An was already over ninety years old and kept a low profile, so he was only an eunuch in the palace. Of course, no matter whether he was
But no one in charge of the palace dared to disrespect him.
Even the emperor would not disturb the Dinghai Shenzhen who was in charge of Ouchi unless it was necessary.
Zhu Houzhao did not recruit Qin An to escort him, but instead ordered him to protect the queen. This shows that Zhu Houzhao valued the queen and his son.
Even though Zhu Houzhao had given an order not to spread the news about the Queen's attack, more than one person knew about it. Unless Zhu Houzhao could kill everyone who knew about it, the news would inevitably spread.
Sure enough, in less than three days, the news spread that the queen was attacked and that the dragon in her belly was almost alive, which immediately shocked the government and the public.
For most courtiers, it is a matter of great joy for the emperor to have a queen, because when the emperor has a queen, it means that the royal inheritance is in an orderly manner, and there will be no unpredictable consequences due to the inheritance of the throne.
trouble.
Just like Zhu Houzhao had no children before and had no concubines in the harem. This is absolutely abnormal for a normal dynasty. That is to say, Zhu Houzhao is still young. If Zhu Houzhao is still childless when he is over forty years old, then
I'm afraid the court will be in turmoil.
Now, news came out in the Forbidden City that the queen was attacked and the dragon in her belly was almost killed, which naturally made all the officials excited.
It is true that the royal family is selfless.
Although it was said that the Queen was attacked and had nothing to do with the court officials, the matter was related to the royal family's heirs. These ministers immediately wrote letters. One of them begged the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation and be sure to find out the person who wanted to harm the Queen.
On the other hand, he wrote to the emperor, imploring him to draft a draft to enrich the harem and reproduce the royal heirs.
In the Palace of Qianqing, Zhu Houzhao was sitting there. In the first place under him, Jiao Fang, the chief minister of the cabinet, was sitting upright on his seat and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, now all the civil and military officials have submitted a letter, imploring your Majesty to draft a draft to enrich the harem... …”
Zhu Houzhao frowned. If it had been in the past, with Zhu Houzhao's temperament, he would not have been reluctant. However, under the influence of Chu Yi and Shao Yuanjie's more than one persuasion to restrain him, as he got older, there were many reasons Now, Zhu Houzhao is no longer so obsessed with women.
However, Zhu Houzhao also knew in his heart that he only had three or two concubines in the harem, which was relatively few. It was no wonder that all the civil and military officials would write letters, imploring them to be selected to enrich the harem.
He is the only direct descendant of the royal family from the previous emperor. As far as he is concerned, he does not even have a brother. It can be said that the number of people is withering. This is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.
After waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Jiao Fang and said: "What Mr. Ge said is true, and I have agreed to this matter. However, I have already recruited the senior companion of Chu to return to the capital. It is expected that the senior companion will return to the capital in just a few days. At that time, I will leave this matter to my eldest companion."
When Jiao Fang heard this, she was slightly startled, her face showed a bit of joy, she stroked her beard and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao pushed forward a pile of memorials on the desk and said, "Mr. Ge, you might as well take a look at these memorials."
At this moment, the little eunuch serving on the side quickly stepped forward and presented the pile of memorials to Jiao Fang. Jiao Fang's eyes fell on these memorials, and he read them one by one, and his brows gradually furrowed.
After reading all the memorials, Jiao Fang showed a wry smile and said: "Your Majesty, the Jianyang Zhu family is a descendant of Zhu Xi, and has great influence among the world's literati and even civil and military officials. This great event The general manager captured the Zhu family on charges of treason and took them to the capital, but all the officials were excited and the public was furious. These memorials are the result of too much pressure from the veterans."
Zhu Houzhao's face turned cold, he slapped the table with his hand, and snorted coldly: "It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous. Zhu Zi is revered as a sage by them, I can't care about it, but Zhu Zi's descendants, thanks to Zhu Zi's legacy, see Look at what these so-called descendants of sages have done, roaming the countryside, evading court officials, and even assassinating the emperor. Are these the descendants taught by sages?"
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao knocked on the table and said: "All my civil and military officials have written letters begging me to forgive the Zhu family. This is a serious crime of treason. If I forgive it, then I will still have to forgive someone if they assassinate me." !”
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's furious look, Jiao Fang stepped forward and prostrated himself: "Your Majesty, calm down, I am afraid!"
Venting the anger in his heart, Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and looked at Jiao Fang who was kneeling on the ground. He put one hand behind his back and supported him gently with the other: "Please get up, Mr. Ge. I am not blaming you, but I am begging for forgiveness for these petitions." My ministers are disappointed. In their eyes, my safety is not as good as those of the so-called descendants of sages..."
Jiao Fang said quickly: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. In fact, most people still know right from wrong and support Your Majesty and the General Manager. Of course, they are the ones who wrote the letter. Some of them are also thinking about Your Majesty and the General Manager. After all, the Zhu family has too much influence." , if we really kill it, it will definitely make the scholars excited."
Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, waved his long sleeves and said: "I have said something in the letter from my senior companion. Regarding these people, my senior companion advised me not to pay too much attention to these people, and to kill them if they should be killed. If I pardon them, where will the royal family's face be, and where will my majesty be!"
Jiao Fang sighed softly. With Chu Yi's temperament, he would naturally not be swayed by the pressure from the ministers. Obviously Chu Yi had expected such an experience.
If you think about it more deeply, Chu Yi took people from the Zhu family to the capital for questioning, so he was trying to use the Zhu family to shake the mountain and stern the tiger.
Taking a deep breath, Jiao Fang bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Since the Chief Manager and His Majesty have made up their minds, I will naturally admonish those who do not know right from wrong."
Zhu Houzhao patted Jiao Fang on the shoulder and said: "I know that this matter has caused Mr. Ge to worry about it, but Mr. Ge doesn't need to care about those stubborn people. I want to see what is in the hearts of these people."
Is their saints more important, or my face is more important."
Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Jiao Fang sighed in her heart. It seemed that the emperor had made up his mind this time. Even if the die-hards in the court were still fighting against the emperor on this matter, I'm afraid the emperor would not give up.
After returning to the desk and sitting down, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Jiao Fang and said: "By the way, there is one thing, I forgot. Didn't the senior companion order the senior general of the pavilion to increase the commercial tax and mining tax? Didn't the news get out?
How did the Central Minister react to this?”
Jiao Fang couldn't help but smile a little bitterly when he heard the words. Could it be that he was going to tell the emperor? As soon as the news came out, the officials in the court were almost excited. If it weren't for the fact that he had quietly spread the news, neither the emperor nor Chu Yi had expressed a single word.
, I'm afraid all the civil and military officials have already written letters to directly remonstrate.
Compared with the destruction of the Zhu family, the imperial court's intention to increase commercial taxes, mining taxes and other taxes were the major events that really touched the nerves of all the civil and military officials in the court.
As the saying goes, being an official for thousands of miles is just for money. In this dynasty, there are many large and small families behind the civil and military affairs. They run various businesses, but few of them take the so-called business taxes and the like at heart.
No one will pay taxes obediently.
If the commercial tax is really to be raised at that time, it will definitely affect the interests of these people. The northern land is nothing more than a royal deterrent. With the capital's army inside and the border troops outside, it will not cause any trouble.
However, in the southern land, commerce is prosperous, and people with a net worth of tens of millions will not obediently take out the white money from their pockets and hand it over to the court.
Jiao Fang could even imagine that those in the court who were born in the south or were directly involved with Jiangnan would definitely come out to oppose the increase in commercial taxes.
Although Jiao Fang did not speak, Zhu Houzhao knew just by looking at Jiao Fang's expression that Zhu Houzhao was not a mediocre and unprincipled king. Under the influence of Chu Yi, although he was not diligent, he still had a certain influence on the court and the world.
understanding.
Even Chu Yi used Jiao Fang to spread the word about the tax increase to test the reactions of all parties. If it was really that easy to increase taxes, then the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty would have already implemented it long ago, and it would not be their turn.
The monarch and his ministers have tried their best.
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