Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 378 Still this operation?
Zhengde 16 April [-]th.

A group of people and horses escorted a group of people from Tongzhou to the Forbidden City.

Forty miles from Tongzhou to Chaoyangmen is an ancient road commonly used to enter Beijing, with a long history.

Qin Shihuang's east tour to Jieshi, Cao Cao's northward expedition to Wuhuan, Sui Yangdi and Tang Taizong's march into Goryeo all followed this path.

As an official road, there used to be a lot of traffic and a continuous stream here, and it was the ultimate way for water transport to deliver goods to Beijing.

Now because of the martial law in the capital, apart from their team, the avenue is deserted and there is no trace of people.

Under the wilderness of the four walls, a team of horsemen roared and galloped, but there was a sense of loneliness and desolation.

Among the team, surrounded in the middle was a heroic young man with a stern expression, staring directly in the direction of the Forbidden City.

This person is the original Xing Wang Zhu Houxi, and now the new emperor who is about to enter Beijing to succeed him.

Qin Shao was a little excited, but also a little confused looking at the bumpy and dusty ancient road.

Even though this Ming Dynasty is much more prosperous than I originally imagined, the biggest problem in this era is the underdeveloped road traffic.

Even the road to Beijing is so bad and muddy.

Zhu Houzhao was in the capital before, and when they were drinking together, they also talked about road traffic issues.

To be rich, build roads first!
In fact, not only people in the previous life had that kind of thinking, but people in ancient times, especially the monarchs in power, also recognized this problem early on.

It's just that most of them are stuck on two words: lack of money!

Yes, lack of money is not only for ordinary people, but also for a dynasty. Without money, it is difficult to move an inch, and without money, nothing can be done!
No matter how many ideas and dreams you have, without money as the foundation, they cannot be implemented at all.

So is the emperor!
"Your Majesty, Chaoyang Gate is not far ahead!"

Qin Shao was surrounded by several tough men, among whom the strong man with beard was very conspicuous.

That person was Jiang Bin, he said respectfully to Qin Shao.

"Straight mother thief! If you say that you don't want to steal merit, you can see that he is capable and able to perform if you follow the emperor closely. They say that Jiang Bin has no brains. Now I see him with 100 minds!"

A man was squeezed into the periphery and spat hard on the ground. It was Xu Guangzuo, Dingguo Duke.

"My lord, no matter what, we are the ones to welcome the new emperor. Such a long guard battalion is all theirs. We all want to ensure that the new emperor enters Beijing safely. There is no need to worry too much!"

Gu Dayong comforted him from the side.

He was more careful than Xu Guangzuo, and he could tell from the ends of the twigs that Jiang Bin seemed to have a different relationship with the new emperor!
"Your Majesty, Chaoyang Gate is in front of us. After entering Chaoyang Gate, we have entered the city!"

Jiang Bin emphasized again.

Ever since he knew that the new emperor was going to take a detour around Donghuamen, the depression in his eyes has not dissipated all the way.

With the ability of the new emperor, there is no need to wrong himself so much.

As long as he said Wumen, they would risk their lives to let the new emperor go that way.

"I know! Tell everyone to cheer me up!"

Qin Shao ordered directly.

He glanced at Jiang Bin and gave him an encouraging look.

He knows that his approach is difficult for people to understand in this day and age.

Parents and clan etiquette, as long as you have filial piety in your heart, why bother so much!
What's more, he, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Youtang themselves also flowed the blood of the same ancestor. The closeness of blood made him willing to inherit the legacy of these two poor men, to fight hard for the Great Ming Dynasty, and to fight to the end with monsters and monsters!
What is the mere secular etiquette!
Han Xin can bear the humiliation of his crotch, not to mention those little etiquettes, he, Qin Shao, has been influenced and baptized in an age when he didn't believe in anything!

What's more, it is only a temporary expedient measure now, and the time for them to accept the move is still to come!
……

Chaoyang Gate.

"Captain, there are spies ahead reporting that a team of horses is coming towards Chaoyang Gate!"

Xu Tai had been suffering for several days, his eyes were bloodshot, just now he squinted his eyes in the temporary tent at the city gate, when a soldier came in to report.

Xu Tai, who was already lacking, bounced up instantly.

"People have come?"

"It's already here!"

"How far is it?"

"About ten miles!"

"Bring my armor and follow me to the city gate!"

"Yes!"

……

"Your Majesty, now that we are about to arrive at Chaoyang Gate, why don't you let someone report it quickly so that someone can welcome us!"

Now that he was about to arrive at Chaoyangmen, and the task was basically completed, Xu Guangzuo couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He had previously thought that he should find soldiers to report to the city in advance, and he told Gu Dayong what he thought, but Gu Dayong just hesitated and said he should ask the emperor.

Xu Guangzuo wanted to show it very much, especially seeing Jiang Bin and the others surrounding the new emperor, taking the lead.

I just don't know why, this new emperor is not very old, much younger than the previous emperor, but when he talks to him, he always has a sense of timidity.

Especially the cold gaze he glanced over always made him feel chills from time to time.

He wanted to suggest in advance, but seeing that Gu Dayong hid far away and the others didn't mention it, he couldn't help hesitating, and now that he was about to go to the city gate, he finally couldn't help it.

"Why is it so troublesome! If we go directly to the city, those people will know? They will naturally come to visit the emperor and report one by one. How troublesome!"

The commander named Lin Tong said directly.

His tone and demeanor didn't even take into account his identity as he was talking to Gonggong Dingguo, it was really impolite!

Xu Guangzuo was very unhappy. This person is really not big or small. If it was in the past, he would definitely read this kid's book, so that he can't eat and walk around!
What's even more irritating is that Jiang Bin just laughed it off, saying that Duke Ding doesn't need to bother, and we can go straight to the city.

Xu Guangzuo's face turned pale with anger!
Good boy, this is really going to kill the donkey. I was on good terms with my brothers before, but now I don't recognize anyone at all!
The token to enter the city is in his hands, so he wants to see if this group of people can bring the emperor into the city if he doesn't report it for a while, and if he doesn't take the token!
"Who is in front? How dare you enter Beijing during the time of martial law?"

As soon as Qin Shao and his team arrived at Chaoyang Gate, the city gate was full of soldiers.

A person at the city gate stood on it and shouted loudly.

……

Wenyuan Pavilion.

A group of ministers sat side by side in the cabinet office meeting room.

Sitting in the middle are Yang Ting, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Mr. Yang Ge.

On both sides of him are two ministers of the cabinet:
Jiang Mian, Shaofu Jiandian University scholar;
Mao Ji, a scholar of the Hall of Valor.

The next ones sitting around are:

Qiao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials;

Yang Tan, Minister of the Household Department;

Zhang Zilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments;
Lin Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Because the Minister of Rites went to meet the new emperor, Sun Jiao, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, attended.

As for Wang Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, although he is still occupying the position, he has not held various meetings for a long time, and no one has notified him, so he is basically in a vacated position now.

"The work of the late emperor's funeral has been almost arranged, just follow the process! What we need to discuss today is the work after the new emperor enters the palace. When Mao Shangshu left, we discussed the weather in Anlu Prefecture Not good, the road is rough, the new emperor is in good health, it is expected that the new emperor will be able to go to Beijing for at least one month."

Yang Tinghe said softly.

Previously, some frontier troops in the capital were dismissed. In order to appease those people to leave, Yang Tinghe had to withdraw money from the Ministry of Households.

These expenses are quite a lot. Although they look forward to Yang Ting and the leader of the horse, the imperial treasury is empty. If there is too much expenditure in this area, he is very worried that if someone has any objections, he will be blamed.

Regarding Yang Tinghe's rush to talk about the disbandment of the frontier army and the expense of the household department, Yang Tan has some opinions.

Regarding the new emperor, the three people in the cabinet are also mysterious. They only know that the new emperor is the new king. They don't know what the situation is.

But these people can go to six departments, and none of them are vegetarians. After some inquiries, they only say that the new emperor is obsessed with cultivating Taoism, and his behavior is very low-key.

Anyway, it's a mystery!

However, from Yang Tinghe's joyful expression, they could feel that this new emperor should at least be honest and not as weird as the former emperor Zhu Houzhao!

"Everyone, the new emperor is coming. We need to have a good discussion now about the etiquette for welcoming the new emperor. Sun Shilang and Mao Shangshu are not here, so you can tell the big guys about the specific etiquette for the new emperor entering Beijing!"

Yang Tinghe spoke softly to Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao, a native of Anlu County, De'an Prefecture, Hu Guangcheng's official envoy, a fellow of King Xing, and a Jinshi of Xin Chou Ke in the 17th year of Chenghua.

There is also a little-known story between him and the old Xing Wang and Xing Wang's mansion, that is, he almost married Zhu Youtang and became Zhu Houcong's old father-in-law!
Sun Jiaozhong was an official for less than two years after being a Jinshi. Because of his poor health, he asked for leave to go back to his hometown to recuperate.

Zhu Youzhu appreciated Sun Jiao's talent and had a close relationship with him.

When Sun Jiao's vacation was over, Zhu Youzhu also used his social circle to recommend a good job for Sun Jiao.

Sunjiao has a daughter who is not only handsome but also tall and well-proportioned. Because Sunjiao's wife gave birth to seven children, she has a good family gene for multiple heirs.

Zhu Youxuan was very moved, so he asked people to match up with the crowd, and wanted to marry Sunjiao's daughter as a family. He hoped that Sunjiao's daughter would marry his eldest son Zhu Houcong, so that he could have more children for the Xingwangfu.

To be honest, with the status of Prince Xing's Mansion, it is a good idea to have more than enough daughters to match Sunjiao.

Don't want Sun Jiao but refused!

After all, Sun Jiao is very ambitious. He thinks that if he gets married with Prince Xing's mansion, he is regarded as a relative of the emperor. Daming now has a policy of suppressing the vassal king.

If he marries the vassal king, he will be easily suspected by others in the court, and it will be difficult to go far politically.

Because of this incident, the relationship between Sun Jiao and Prince Xing's mansion gradually faded!

In the previous life, Zhu Houcong later became the emperor.

Sun Jiao's position is actually very embarrassing.

After Zhu Houcong came to power, Sun Jiao was very frightened, and kept resigning and wanted to go home for the elderly.

Zhu Houcong deliberately let him go out to do things, and treated him with courtesy when he saw him.

The more this happened, the more embarrassing and tormenting Sun Jiao became.

As for Ms. Sun, she was raised at home by Sun and never remarried for the rest of her life.

Sun Jiaozi thinks that the matter between himself and Xing Wangfu is a secret, few people can know.

But this matter did not hide from Yang Tinghe's eyes.

The officials of the court, where are they from, who recommended them, and which faction they belong to.

How could these things escape the eyes of old Jianghu Yang Tinghe?

When learning about Zhu Houxi's situation, Yang Tinghe had already learned about Sun Jiao's situation, knowing that he had an intersection with Xing Wang's mansion, and even inquired about their affairs.

After all, it is troublesome to go to King Xing's Mansion to find out the situation, but it is not difficult to find a few people Sun Jiao knows in Shangjing to understand his situation!

Yang Tinghe was naturally very happy to know that Sun Jiao still had such a relationship with Prince Xing's Mansion.

If it was before, he would definitely not use Sun Jiao, after all, he is from Anlu Prefecture.

No matter what year it is, in this officialdom, it is normal for fellow villagers to meet fellow villagers, and they are often gangs.

It's just that Sun Jiao actually refused to be the in-laws of Xing Wangfu when Xingwangfu was unknown.

Now that Prince Xing's mansion has reached the sky in one step, let alone him clinging to it, it would be nice if he could not be put on little shoes.

Yang Tinghe directly used Sun Jiao as his own right now!

Mao Cheng went to greet him, and he directly named Sun Jiao to discuss matters.

"The procedure drawn up by our Ministry of Etiquette is: detour through the Donghua Gate, enter at the noon gate, live in the Qianqing Palace, write a letter to persuade you to enter, and choose a day to ascend to the throne!"

Sun Jiao stood up and said.

"What do you mean by bypassing the Donghua Gate? Entrance at the Noon Gate? Why is it the Entrance at the Noon Gate?"

"That's right, why is it the Noonday Gate? Didn't it mean that the Donghua Gate entered and lived in the Wenhua Palace?"

As soon as Sun Jiao finished speaking, a group of people couldn't help questioning and discussing.

They discussed this matter before, but Yang Shoufu said that King Xing would inherit the throne of Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang, and of course he would inherit it as Zhu Youtang's son.

Naturally, he should enter through the Donghua Gate as the crown prince.

Every gate in the capital has its meaning.

Zhengyang Gate, commonly known as Qianmen, is the main gate of the capital, and naturally has the highest status. Only the emperor can enter and exit through the main gate under the Arrow Tower, and others can only go around the gate under the West Gate Tower.

During the discussion at that time, all the ministers agreed and knew well that this Yang Shoufu wanted to give the new emperor a disgrace and strengthen his spirit so that he would not be as ignorant as the former emperor Zhu Houzhao.

It's just that in just a few days, why did Yang Shoufu change?
Although this opinion was put forward by the Ministry of Rites represented by Sun Jiao, everyone knows that which of these things can be carried out without Yang Shoufu?

"Everyone, at first I also thought that the new emperor would be the successor, so naturally he should enter through the Donghua Gate and live in the Wenhua Palace where the prince is! It's just that we received an urgent letter from King Xing of Anlu Prefecture, saying that it was to express gratitude for Xiaozong and the late emperor's kindness. , They are willing to inherit the throne and inherit the heir. When the new emperor comes, he will walk around the Donghua Gate and enter through the Noonday Gate! What do you think?"

Yang Tinghe laughed.

"The new emperor is willing to succeed and succeed?"

"Of course, didn't you hear what Yang Ge said just now?"

"Hehe, there are still people like this these days. When you become an emperor, you don't even want your own original clan. I heard that this emperor has some brains..."

"Keep your voice down, you want to be the emperor, let alone a son, even a grandson, no matter how many people are willing!"

"That's right! But the new emperor seems to be a good talker. I was worried that he would not agree, but I didn't expect that he not only agreed, but also made an extra step. Xiaozong and the first emperor are really lucky! Hahaha!"

"Keep your voice low, so people can hear you carefully."

"What are you afraid of? You didn't look at Mr. Yang Ge's expression. I said he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear recently. He couldn't hide his joy at the funeral of the former emperor. It turned out that he was happy about it! It seems that the new emperor is really a good person. It’s easy to talk! I suspect that Mao Shangshu probably talked about this issue this time. You must know that this process is led by the Ministry of Rites. King Xing is probably worried that he will not agree, and this emperor’s dream will come to naught. He will be a son and a brother directly. Be obedient!"

"Yeah, what you said is that we don't have to worry about it in the future. The former emperor often comes out again and again, which makes this person often frightened. I'm really worried that I won't be able to make it to the official position."

The crowd was talking.

These people usually have five people and six people, in fact, they are no different from the aunts in the vegetable market when they hold meetings, and they all gossip and talk.

"Everyone, if you have no objections, this matter will be handled according to this process first! Next, there is one more thing to discuss with you, that is, after the death of the first emperor, the Leopard Workshop was abandoned for a long time, and it was full of filth and waste. The court has spent a lot of money, and after the cabinet's discussion, it plans to ban Leopard Square... Tomorrow..."

"Old man!"

"Old Yang Ge!"

Yang Tinghe was about to instruct the officials of the Ministry of Industry to dismantle the Baofang, when the shouts of officials sounded outside.

(End of this chapter)