Jingming

Chapter 71
"All gentlemen, calm down."

After many people saw Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling's crotches almost starting to get wet, Zhu Houcong opened his mouth and took the lead to walk into the Qianqing Palace.

A group of people followed anxiously, and while walking, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were naturally bypassed, as if they had turned into two stinky stones.

Although there is no proof now, who knows if the factory guards under His Majesty have any clues?
Since His Majesty can get people to surround the scene and wait for them to watch after the fire is extinguished, then maybe he really has mastered something.

Everything is guesswork.

Therefore, the two brothers Zhang Heling who stepped into the gate of Qianqing Palace seemed to have stepped through the gate of hell. Zhang Yanling looked at his brother suspiciously and fearfully.

Because Zhang Yanling knew very well that this matter had nothing to do with him.

But Zhang Heling and his sister...he, Zhang Yanling, really couldn't tell.

Who did this thing?
In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houcong walked to the throne, and the others were naturally divided into civil and military classes.

The two brothers Zhang Heling are marquises, but the other marquises naturally vacated the positions around them.

The two of them monopolized a few bricks, standing there trembling.

Zhu Houcong has always been serious, and everyone can understand this.

Think about it, you became the emperor in the capital, and you quarreled with the ministers because you didn't want to adopt an adopted son. Suddenly, the courtyard wall in front of your house was burned.

Are you in the mood to laugh?
But Zhu Houcong laughed: "Mr. Yang Ge, I'm afraid that the person who came up with this idea didn't expect that I and my ministers are really united and sympathetic to each other. Do you think so?"

Yang Tinghe immediately had tears in his eyes, knelt down in relief and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is sage and dignified, and this old minister is inexplicably grateful! It is His Majesty who sympathizes with your minister, and this old minister is ashamed. Today I know that His Majesty is so broad-minded!"

After Zhu Houcong came outside Beijing, this was the most sincere sentence Yang Tinghe said, "Your Majesty is holy."

Touching.

"If I am suspicious, all the officials will be in a state of panic, and everyone in the court will be in danger. Even if you are blamed, you have to plan for life and death." Zhu Houcong smiled and said, "After the succession, the celestial phenomena immediately warn, What a good excuse? If I am a suspicious person, this open fire is easy to extinguish, but the dark fire will burn even more."

Yan Song looked at the smiling emperor with deep admiration in his eyes.

Your Majesty has a clear view of the calculation of people's hearts behind this fire. How can a 15-year-old see it so clearly?
The young emperor, who was in danger of life, lived in the forbidden palace with a precarious foundation, and encountered this fire at the door of his house ten days after he ascended the throne. How many people can not be suspicious?

How much sanity is left when the emperor is suspicious?
Butcher knives are dancing wildly, if the officials are wronged by the emperor's sword, everyone will be in danger.

check?
Naturally, there will be a thorough investigation, but those who can calculate to this point should not leave any clues, right?This is what an extremely intelligent person like Yan Song would have dreamed of.

Emperor Zhengde had no heir for many years, if he had had foresight, even if it was possible many years ago, what is it to ambush one or two dead men in the palace?
Why not just stab the driver?

Because after that it was really an immediate race to the top.

Only when there is a sudden storm in the court and the monarch and ministers are separated, can some people calmly plan and once again support a new monarch that suits their interests.

Now the young emperor's smile made Yan Song's eyes full of admiration, Yang Tinghe's eyes filled with tears, Yuan Zonggao let out a long breath, and the big stone in other people's hearts also fell a little.

It seems that a monstrous turmoil can be calmed down - at least on the surface.

In this matter, it is true that the monarch and his ministers are of one mind.

"I said it was a banquet." Zhu Houcong said with a smile, "Huang Jin, bring the charcoal stove over. Along the way, the clothes are wet, and the weather is cold. Wipe your face, dry your clothes, and go to the banquet easily. Just like old Ge It is said that the servant was careless, and the oil lamp was dumped and caused a fire."

Yan Song and Liu Long, who had slowly figured it out, looked at each other.

This is the only way to write on the daily life note.

His Majesty feared that the ministers would be worried, so he specially asked the princes, earls, concubines, captains and other state relatives, cabinet scholars, and Jiuqing who participated in the Great Court Meeting to investigate the fire scene in Qianqing Palace. It turned out that the servant on duty accidentally dumped the oil lamp and caused the fire. .Fortunately, it was raining heavily and the fire was quickly extinguished.

The son of heaven, whom the destiny belongs to, is blessed by all the gods and Buddhas in the sky and the ancestors. His Majesty is safe and sound, and he has not even been frightened much. Only then did he attend the Great Court Meeting as scheduled, and gave a banquet to the civil and military officials to reassure the officials.

All are happy.

Of course, Yan Song thought that the emperor would not care about such superficial smearing.

Today, after the incident happened, the emperor beat "the cabinet ministers would not be so naive if they took action", and then suppressed the overwhelming anger. He put the stability of the court and the rationality that puts the country's affairs at the top of his mind, and what he will do next, Yan Song will record them one by one. of.

Later generations have their own opinions, not to mention that even at this time, Yan Song had to admire the unusual calmness and rationality of this young emperor.

Then, the banquet began.

The small case table was placed in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the top civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty gathered together and had a good conversation—except for Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling (this sentence is not recorded).

"It's all here, let's discuss the arrangements for Qian Ning and Jiang Bin to have no family assets today."

Taking advantage of the fact that the Cabinet Scholars, the Jiuqing, and the Governors of the Five Armies were all present, the emperor opened his mouth after the banquet was withdrawn.

Zhu Houcong sat on the throne, looking at the top group of civil and military officials below.

Yang Tinghe sighed silently in his heart: How can a child be so "old and cunning" to discuss this matter after what happened today?

He has entered the state of an adult who has divided interests so quickly, and he is still a really mature adult, not a silly giant baby.

"It doesn't take much money to rebuild the Rijing Gate and clean up the Qingning Palace. It's just that the Qianqing Palace is prone to fire, and it's not convenient for me to summon foreign ministers in this inner palace. It was changed into a convenient hall with a special pattern, not the main hall. The cover room on the south side of the imperial dining room and close to the Longzong gate was opened as the imperial study room, which was still counted as the former dynasty, and it was there in the future Yan dynasty; Heart Palace, if I am late in reading or reviewing memorials at night, I can also sleep there, it can be regarded as the inner palace."

"The Hall of Mental Cultivation?" Yang Tinghe wondered why it was named this way.

"Mencius said, there is nothing good in cultivating the mind with few desires." Zhu Houcong said with a smile, "Since it is where I study and manage politics, what does Mr. Ge think of this name?"

"...Your Majesty is holy."

How can a courtier respond to the emperor's claim that he wants "few desires", especially after he was almost burned to death today?

What Yang Tinghe cared about was money: "I don't know what kind of regulation this Hall of Mental Cultivation... is trying to rebuild?"

"Save some money. Except it doesn't look obtrusive, it doesn't need to be repaired like other halls. It's just a change of layout, and it can be used as a house. The imperial dining room there doesn't need to be moved, and it can be regarded as a bit smoky."

Yang Tinghe and the others breathed a sigh of relief. If they want to build a tall and majestic cloud platform, it will cost millions of taels of silver.

If it is just built as a house, even if the royal materials are much better, the cost will only be [-] to [-]%: after all, the place is not big.

Li Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was on the list of impeachment before, and now that he wanted to sell Zhu Houcong, he immediately expressed his attitude to the emperor: Xiu!

No one is stopping it now, after all, the emperor said that the Qianqing Palace is "easy" to catch fire.And the meaning of building the Hall of Mental Cultivation is that in addition to the Chang Dynasty, there will be more Yan Dynasty, which is a good thing.

But Zhu Houcong waved his hand: "It's easy to repair the Qingning Palace, and the Hall of Mental Cultivation will not cost much according to my idea. Let's talk about more important expenses first. The reset of the three major camps must be set aside at least in three years. Recruit 15 elite soldiers for one year's salary, so that the three battalions can be restored to the size of the ten regiment battalions in Jingtai years, with a total of [-] capable soldiers. The reserve military salary in the secret storehouse is prepared for war, but this routine should be included in its own plan expenses."

Yang Tinghe and the others immediately understood the important point: "Your Majesty, how can this homeless property be available every year? Could it be that the three major battalions that were re-established were reorganized from the Shangzhiweiwai and reorganized from the Beijing official army or selected from various guards? Want to recruit troops?"

As soon as he said this, there was a strange silence in the hall for a moment.

Afterwards, many eyes involuntarily glanced at Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling.

Can home copying be done every year?

From the standpoint of an important minister, I naturally hope that this situation will not happen. What if it is copied to my home one day?
But as soon as this happened today, it is naturally impossible for the incident of Rijingmen to roast the Holy Son of Heaven, which was covered up on the surface, to really end like this.

However, the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling have both money and many handles!

Are Your Majesty and Yang Ge always singing together, deliberately acting?

Guo Xun looked at the Zhang brothers this time with a much kinder look, with a smile on his face.

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling: Guo Xun is a man tm...

(End of this chapter)