eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 197 The Interpretation of Father's Love

The matter of Yang Yiqing still troubled Zhu Houzhao. In his memory, history books all recorded that Yang Yiqing was a capable and loyal minister, and he also became the chief assistant during the Jiajing period.

But Xu Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, went to Shaanxi at this time, didn't he just say that Yang Yiqing was from Liu Daxia?
The split between reality and memory made Zhu Houzhao a little uncomfortable.

But Yang Yiqing would not be moved easily. From Wang Yue to Qin Hong to Yang Yiqing, a powerful person is indispensable in Northwest China.

So he thought over and over in the hall of the East Palace that it is better to stabilize the situation temporarily. No matter what, at this time in the middle of Ming Dynasty, the courtiers could not shake the foundation of the court.

But he must answer this letter properly.

"Let me write this letter myself."

Feng Xi was slightly taken aback. The Crown Prince attached great importance to these important local officials, even no less than some bigwigs in Beijing. This actually reflected the Prince's thinking on governing.Ordinary people may simply get things done, but if you want to be a caring person, you can actually feel the taste of the prince's behavior.

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys the order."

Zhu Houzhao scratched his nose, "What do you think Yang Yiqing's mood is at the moment? Fengxi, tell me first."

"I feel that...he must be a little confused. His Highness is the master of the moment who strives hard to govern. Originally, dealing with the damage of the army's empty pay in the border town is also a strategy for benefiting the army, but there is a big Sima in it, so he is afraid You will not be able to figure out His Highness's intentions. That's why I wrote this letter."

"Liu Jin, what do you think?"

Liu Jin was not as immature as Feng Xi, and he said it boldly, "What kind of person Yang Yiqing is... Your Highness is also clear. He has always had a strong personality when he is an official, and he will do things that benefit the country and the people, not to benefit the country and the people. He does not dare to defy the decree openly, and will secretly find a way to delay it. Therefore, this letter is not to find out His Highness's intentions, but to reduce His Highness's suspicion."

Feng Xi dare not say this.Because if what Liu Jin said was true, he actually wanted to punish Yang Yiqing, because he was playing tricks with the crown prince.

Yang Yiqing is indeed very personable. So far, Zhu Houzhao has not met a similar official.

"Then how do you guys think this letter should be answered?"

Liu Jin pondered for a while, "I think that I should answer him honestly and put the court and the overall situation first."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but glanced at him, this old eunuch was slippery enough.

"Your words mean that the three governors of the imperial court will die. The court and the overall situation are the most important. What is the overall situation? Which overall situation?"

Emperor Jiajing liked it like this, letting his courtiers guess, and it made snakes and scorpions in the court.

The prince sat down to draw a pen by himself, "I have given Liu Daxia this job, so why don't you want him to do it? Even if it is just to clear up the accumulated abuses of the border army towns and towns, it will be of great benefit to the court and the country. If Liu Daxia has always been able to make such contributions to the imperial court, so what if he is given the position of Secretary of the Ministry of War? So the first point is to tell Yang Yiqing not to have other thoughts, and cooperate with the Ministry of War to do this job well."

"Also, what do you think Xu Jin can do when he goes to Guyuan Mansion at this time?"

Feng Xi and Liu Jin both frowned and remained silent.

"We know Yang Yiqing. Don't Liu Daxia and Xu Jin know Yang Yiqing? As long as the imperial court supports the matter of cleaning up the vacant pay, Yang Yiqing would do it himself without Liu Daxia. So Xu Jin must have gone to Guyuan in person for other reasons, he thought. Win over Yang Yiqing."

"So Your Highness wants to confront him directly?" Fengxi could probably guess, because the prince used to like to go straight and straight, and didn't like to guess and guess with his courtiers, which would reduce efficiency.

Zhu Houzhao nodded appreciatively, "People like Yang Yiqing are firm-minded, extremely assertive, and have exquisite thoughts. If you want to fool people like this, even if you can do it, it will be very tiring and the risk is extremely high. It's better to tell him Donggong directly. The intention, I want this, if you Yang Yiqing can do it, there will be an end, if you can’t do it, there will be an end, and then it depends on his choice."

At this point in time, Zhu Houzhao can not care about it. There is only one thing, the northwest has hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Gansu, Ning, and Yu, and he is facing the Mongolian tribes in the Hetao area. Focus on peace and avoid war as much as possible.

This can also be regarded as grasping the main and ignoring the secondary in a complicated political situation.As long as this is ok, the rest will be discussed later.

So Zhu Houzhao was going to write this letter like this, and when it was finished, he told Liu Jin, "This letter will be delivered in the palace, you send someone. When you see Yang Yiqing, tell him that you understand the answer and don't delay!"

"Yes!"

After this incident, Zhu Houzhao stretched his waist, "Fengxi, is there anything else important?"

"His Highness announced that Zhang Chengtian from "Ming Pao" entered the palace."

Zhu Houzhao remembered.

"Oh, that's right. Take out all the memorials you prepared earlier, and ask him to take them back later."

These memorials were excerpted from the military newspaper by Fengxi, Jin Gui and others, and Zhang Chengtian could not allow Zhang Chengtian to bring some sensitive information to the Ming Pao.The rest is roughly the situation of border troubles in recent years:
In April of the 13th year of Hongzhi, thieves invaded Datong, the capital was under martial law, and people's hearts were ruined.From the 23th to the [-]rd, massacres were carried out in Datong Zuowei; in the middle of May, from Weiyuan, Pinglu, Jingping and other guards in the west, from Yanghe, Tiancheng, and Shunshengchuan in the east, and from Ying, Shuo, and Shanyin in the south , Mayi, Hunyuan, Weizhou, Guangchang and other prefectures and counties in the middle of the ring Tun Lizhai, stretching thousands of miles, with more than a million fireworks settlements, production disappeared within ten days, and people and animals were exhausted.

In August of the 14th year of Hongzhi, about [-] to [-] horsemen from the Ningxia Huamachi and other Mongolian tribes joined forces with the little prince of the captive chief to go deep into Guyuan to the south.

In the 17th year of Hongzhi, the Mongolian right-wing Huosie Department led hundreds of people to attack Jiaoshan...

Every time these military reports came, the reaction from the court was impassioned. When Emperor Hongzhi really said that he wanted to do something, he had to be cautious.The number of times was too many, and everyone gradually got used to it. Anyway, they were just robbing at the border and then went back.Day by day, the situation at the border is really corrupt.

These memorials held by Zhang Chengtian are also heavy,

Zhu Houzhao explained to him: "These memorials have recorded in detail the invasions of various Mongolian ministries against our Ming Dynasty in the past few years, almost every year, and there are also many details recorded in them. You should report it immediately when you go back. First sort it out and sort it out. Make a plan, and report one after a while. Don’t stop every day, otherwise it will give people a sense of fatigue.”

Zhang Chengtian was surprised, but he didn't dare to ask.

As a result, Zhu Houzhao also saw his doubts, and explained: "The purpose of ranking those 108 generals earlier was to make them blush, not to make the people laugh at the court. These things this time are to be taken into consideration. Get into your head. Do you have someone with excellent writing skills under your command? Preferably someone who has written a story."

Zhang Chengtian rolled his eyes, "There is one person."

"Then you just look at the arrangement. In a word, the effect is to reflect the viciousness of the enemy and our patience. In addition, we should not describe the court's blind avoidance of war. We want to guide public opinion to be dissatisfied with the Tatars, not the court. Besides, In the 14th year of Hongzhi, the commander Wang Taishi died in battle, and in the 17th year of Hongzhi, the commander Zheng Yu died in battle. These all show that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were fighting the enemy desperately."

This is easy to understand.

To be honest, Zhang Chengtian is in control of Ming Pao, and it is not the first time that some articles have been intentionally arranged for special purposes to build momentum over the years.

It was these battles... Da Ming didn't fight well in most cases.Your Highness, this is to raise troops...

"Questions?"

Zhang Chengtian shook his head. It is the imperial court's decision whether to send troops or not, and it has nothing to do with him. "If you go back to His Highness, there is nothing. It's just that there is something... the villain wants to report."

"Say."

Zhang Chengtian took out something from his bosom, which looked like the typesetting of the Ming Pao newspaper, "Recently, "Zhi Bao" and "Xian Shu" imitating "Ming Pao" have been circulated among the people. The content of the newspapers was originally literary articles. But gradually it will also involve things such as people's livelihood, case resolutions, and political opinions. The villain remembers that His Highness said that public opinion wars are bloodless wars. Can such newspapers be circulated?"

With a frown, Zhu Houzhao took the newspaper from Zhang Chengtian's hand.It is indeed the word "Zhibao", which records the life scenes of a family of three who fled famine to the capital, as well as some New Year customs of the royal family's family who are about to celebrate the New Year. Many people don't know it. A fun read would be nice.

"Who is doing this?"

"Your Highness, do you still remember Jiang Tongzu?"

"Ah, it's him. These people are frustrated in the court, and they want to do these things." Of course Zhu Houzhao remembered, and he was already thinking about it, "Let them do it first, this matter, This palace knows."

Zhang Chengtian didn't say anything else, he packed up and left the palace.

Jiang Tongzu, Ma Yiqian...Zhu Houzhao is now waiting for these names to slowly gather. They already have some resentment towards themselves, and one day they will say disrespectful words and do things that cross the line. At that time, many things will be justified.

After Zhang Chengtian left, Zhu Houzhao asked someone to change his clothes. He was going to Emperor Hongzhi.

This winter, the emperor's health is very bad.There was a slight improvement before, but now the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse. In fact, it is very dangerous. Many times it will never get better again.

So much so that even the matter of Zhu Houzhao's big wedding is actually at a standstill.That's fine, it doesn't matter.But at the end of the new year, there will be many sacrificial activities, and the emperor is always lying down, which is actually not very good.Isn't there a saying that says: the great affairs of the country are in the sacrifice and the army.In ancient times, sacrifices had to be taken seriously.

In the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace, it was as warm as turning on the heater, but even so, Emperor Hongzhi was still covered with a thick bedding.

When Zhu Houzhao walked to the door, he told the eunuchs to keep silent as usual, he was afraid of disturbing the emperor's rest, but this time it was different, there was a voice inside.

It belonged to Xiao Jing, the old eunuch said: "Does the emperor want to see His Highness?"

"...cough cough." This is the emperor coughing, and his voice is a little hoarse, "I don't want it anymore. Now the government is on his shoulders, and the daily life is already very hard. If he has some time, let him rest more... I The father is not good, people say that the children of poor families will be in charge of the family early, how can my crown prince be in charge of the family so early, "

Zhu Houzhao outside the Nuan Pavilion took back the steps he had stepped out, and smiled warmly when he heard this.

Xiao Jing said again: "Your Highness shouldn't think like this. Your Highness is very wise. It is a good thing to be able to take charge of the family early. Last time, I heard that the British Duke Zhang Mao was very envious of the Emperor. He couldn't give birth to such a good person." The son of my servant. Does the maidservant say it can be the same? Your Highness is the son of the dragon.”

Emperor Hongzhi sighed, "You can speak nice words. But you don't have a son, so you can't understand. Let me tell you, a real father doesn't care about how promising his son is. I... only hope that he can be happy and healthy."

Zhu Houzhao is not very fond of sensational people, and his emotions are difficult to be aroused by others.But Emperor Hongzhi's words still made his nose a little sour.From the tenth year of Hongzhi to this year, Emperor Hongzhi showed him the appearance of a real loving father. Perhaps at this moment, this father-son love really emerged in his heart, so that his adult soul could recognize another Father.

But the sky is not beautiful, and in a blink of an eye, it has been 18 years since Hongzhi...

Thinking of this, the sockets of his eyes turned red.

(End of this chapter)