Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 170 Have I Been Played? (seeking a monthly ticket)

Unbeknownst to Wang Hua and his son, a catastrophe had quietly befallen them.

The rain in the capital city suddenly increased in May, and the dark sky with billowing dark clouds seemed to destroy the ancient city. Raindrops the size of soybeans hit the streets and alleys of the capital city.

When the rainwater reached the center of the palace group, it became obviously softer, especially when it fell on the lake surface of Taiye Pool.

The Tingchao Pavilion by the lake is almost completed, and the raindrops hitting the smooth glazed tiles of the new hall not far away did not make too much noise, and the rainwater quietly collected into the tile drain and fell from the eaves.

The light in the Hall of Mental Cultivation has been somewhat affected, but compared to the violent storm outside, this place is like a warm harbor.

Wearing ordinary clothes, Zhu Youtang sat in front of the case and worked as usual, watching all kinds of things that happened in the two capitals and thirteen provinces recently, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

The matter of drafting girls was obviously coming to an end, but in the end, Yu Shishu was still looking for trouble.

It's just that this is the characteristic of Daming, these censors can of course keep an eye on those important ministers for themselves, like when Datong soldiers died two thousand in battle and it was also the result of the Datong inspectors, but most of the time they are actually afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

Zhu Youtang was stunned when he saw Jiangxi governor Li Ang and the Jiangxi inspector censor's press conference, but he didn't expect that Wang Hua had committed an economic style problem, and was impeached by the governor together with the deduction of military pay.

Although the amount involved is not large, this is a felony.

"Your Majesty, regarding Wang Hua's withholding of military pay, two officials from the Jiangxi Procuratorate also made a statement!" Liu Jin knew that Zhu Youtang had always attached great importance to Nanjiang, so he immediately sent two similar memorials to the road.

Zhu Youtang glanced at it lightly, then put the memorial in his hand directly on top of it and said: "Send it to the cabinet first!"

Since the official change of the Yuan Dynasty, he has made some articles on the confidentiality of memorials. He not only asked the secretary to send important memorials directly to him, but also directly canceled the copy system.

After I have not officially read the memorial, theoretically the memorial will not be made public.Only when the memorial is processed by oneself, or the memorial is submitted to the cabinet for drafting, can officials have the opportunity to spread it to the outside world.

Although Zhu Youtang felt that Wang Hua would not make such economic mistakes, he should not be too subjective about people and things after all, so he chose to listen to the opinions of the cabinet.

In fact, this is the consistent practice of Emperor Gaoming!When encountering vacillating decisions, the cabinet can vote first. If the cabinet votes agree with what you think, you can naturally face it together with the cabinet.

"Obey!" Liu Jin said no more, and immediately returned the three memorials to the cabinet.

Zhu Youtang thought that Wang Hua had no results so far, and began to wonder if he had chosen the wrong person.

Due to its special geographical location, the problem of southern Jiangxi cannot be underestimated.It would be better if the development of maritime transportation is better. Once the inland transportation is maintained, the stability of the southern Jiangxi region is related to the prosperity of Guangdong.

Although Guangdong is now enjoying the bonus of privately opening the sea, Guangdong's handicraft industry is still too weak, and silk, ceramics and tea have to rely on the southeast.

Because of this, he has always attached great importance to the issue of Nanjiang, and absolutely does not allow the rogues in Nanjiang to affect the economic transportation lines of Guangdong and the southeast.

Even though the rogue bandits have just formed, he is very resolute in eradicating them.

Of course, in order to avoid the emergence of rogues on the scale of the original history, the imperial court actually needs to solve the livelihood problems of the local low-level people.

In the evening, the rain cleared.

Zhu Youtang returned to the Forbidden City on a dragon chariot as usual, accompanied by Zhang Yong.

The eunuch Thirteen Leopards took turns to be on duty. In fact, the most important thing in the palace was eunuchs. The thirteen eunuchs in charge of the army mainly came to report the situation of the barracks to Zhu Youtang. After all, they were actually the bearers of the barracks.

The Aegis Battalion is now equipped with complete equipment. After such a long period of training, its combat strength has already surpassed that of the [-]th Battalion by a large margin. Facing the challenges of other battalions, it can always make the other battalion fail.

"Wang Zhi was sixteen at the time, and this servant is almost twenty this year. The servant will not disappoint His Majesty!"

"The current elite of the Beijing Army in the Shenji Battalion is also the face of His Majesty. I have only one request for you!"

Zhu Youtang had a conversation with Zhang Yong when he just started driving.

"Slaves are all ears!" Zhang Yong had already regarded Zhu Youtang as his spiritual sustenance, and immediately expressed his position very solemnly.

Xiyuan Gate and Xihua Gate are only a short distance of tens of meters. Whenever the emperor passed by here, Zhu Ji would personally lead the school captain in Jinyi to strictly guard the periphery.

Naturally, today was no exception, he was still personally on guard for Zhu Youtang, his eyes full of respect.

Zhu Youtang had a deep understanding of his position as an emperor, so he seriously warned: "As a general, all arrogance will be defeated! You train soldiers, and I train generals. What I want is to be brave and resourceful." Wang Zhi! This trip does not require you to come back with a big victory, but you must have a certain amount of advance and retreat, and a well-organized offense and defense!"

The main reason why the cards with full marks in the later dynasty were beaten to the ground was that although the generals were loyal to the court, they were useless and useless.

Xuanfu and Datong were able to survive under the leadership of Wang Yue and Wang Zhi, and even led troops to assist Yansui to win a great victory a year before the defeat. It was because they were excellent generals with courage and strategy.

On the other hand, although Xu Ning and Cai Xin obeyed the civil officials in everything, they were actually fools without any plans.Even if the soldiers of Datong were able to fight again, they would not be able to survive this kind of death, greedy for meritorious deeds, and recently entered other people's ambush circle.

It is precisely because of this painful lesson that he hopes that the generals he chooses will be thoughtful leaders, not the trash like Xu Ning and Cai Xin who only know how to praise the stinky feet of civil servants.

"Your Majesty is so holy, this servant only wishes to serve His Majesty for a long time, and I will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations!" Feeling Zhu Youtang's expectation, Zhang Yong immediately expressed his position solemnly.

After the rain, the Forbidden City seems to have been cleaned, and the air has become fresh.

Yu Jia came in from the Xihua Gate and walked along the palace road.

Qingyue stood outside Renshou Palace in green clothes, slim and tall, holding a sandalwood box in her hand, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she looked glamorous and natural.

There is a fixed route every day, and the time is about the same every day, so Zhu Youtang's whereabouts are not a secret now.

Holding the sandalwood box in Qingyue's beautiful hands, she greeted Zhu Youtang who was passing by, "Servant Qingyue welcomes His Majesty back to the palace!"

"Follow me!" Zhu Youtang noticed the sandalwood box in her hand, and said lightly.

Since the queen mother always sent Qingyue to contact Zhu Youtang, the two of them spent more time in contact, and even knew that Qingyue was born in a family of officials and was just the eldest daughter of a concubine.

Zhu Youtang has a good impression of this intelligent and good-looking woman, but that's all.

"Yes!" Qingyue saluted again, and obediently followed the team to Qianqing Palace.

Dozens of eunuchs and palace maids kept the Qianqing Palace in good order. After being washed by the heavy rain just now, the palace roads here have become much cleaner.

The sandalwood in Xinuange was lit, and there was a pleasant smell in the air.

Walking in here is like entering a small museum. In addition to a very eye-catching spinning jenny, there are various wooden models, the most of which are sailing ships.

Zhu Youtang puts his energy here in his spare time. In addition to the various models sent by the Ministry of Industry, there are also various designs of firearms or heavy artillery from Nanjing.

Out of a deep understanding of the development logic of the industry, they know that it is impossible for market funds in this era to take the initiative to intervene in the field of ordnance, and only the imperial court can promote technological breakthroughs in ordnance.

Naturally, Zhu Youtang couldn't be satisfied with the little Xuefeng Dao, and he had already set his sights on the design of the gun, flintlock, red cannon and three-masted gunboat.

It's just that nothing can be done overnight, and technological research is an economic activity that requires time and money.

Zhu Youtang picked up the spring just sent by the Ministry of Industry. This technical difficulty was not overcome. He squeezed it with his fingers to feel the elasticity, but he still felt dissatisfied.

Qingyue followed with an exquisite sandalwood box in her hand. This was not the first time she had entered this strange room, and even the things contained in the sandalwood box in her hand came from this room.

Rules and patience seemed to be engraved in her bones, even though she came here at the order of the queen mother, she didn't bother Zhu Youtang because of it.Seeing Zhu Youtang playing with weird objects, he stood quietly aside.

It's just that she has been in contact with a lot, and this former wardrobe prince has brought her a great impact. Both her courage and resourcefulness are far beyond ordinary people, and she is a domineering emperor who can control everything.

Zhu Youtang put down the spring in his hand, and looked at the court lady in Tsing Yi in front of him. Her temperament was indeed outstanding, and her pair of beautiful legs was the best in the entire harem, so she asked directly, "Is it about mahjong?"

It's not that he has the ability to predict the future, but that this sandalwood box is too familiar.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, when the Empress Dowager played mahjong with the three concubines today, she played a set of cards but couldn't count the number of cards, so she sent her servants to ask for advice! The Empress Dowager said that if Your Majesty has no time, this matter is fine. Slaves must not bother His Majesty!" Qingyue raised the sandalwood box in her hand, expressing her intention to come.

"Your Majesty, dinner is ready!" At this moment, Liu Jin hurried in from the outside to report.

Zhu Youtang looked at the well-behaved Qingyue, but ignored Liu Jin's statement and said: "Give me that deck of cards to have a look first!"

Since Zhancheng and Annan paid tribute to ivory last time, he planned to add some entertainment atmosphere to this quiet harem, so he asked the Ministry of Industry to create two sets of mahjong, one set was given to the Empress Dowager, and the other set was given to the Queen Mother. Queen Mother.

The gameplay of mahjong is easy to master, but after all, it is more entertaining to divide the pieces into big and small pieces, but it takes a certain amount of brain power to calculate the numbers.

Qingyue didn't expect to meet Yong Shan, but she was obviously more decisive than ordinary people, and immediately came to the desk where Zhu Youtang was standing, and took out mahjong from the sandalwood box.

Zhu Youtang was almost next to this woman, smelling the fragrance of the woman's body in his nose, his side face looked very serious, his hands seemed to have no flaws, which made people feel excited.

In just a dozen seconds, a deck of cards has been placed.

All in one color, Pair Pong and Kong Shanghua unexpectedly appeared in a set of tiles at the same time, but it seems wrong to have a mahjong at the same time, so it cannot be formed into a correct tile at all.

Zhu Youtang knew that if the cards were correct, it would be difficult to count the cards, so it was no wonder that the Queen Mother would send Qingyue to find him.

"Your Majesty, I would like to invite Your Majesty to have a meal first, and wait for my servant to assemble the cards before disturbing Your Majesty!" Qingyue didn't know what went wrong in the space, but she immediately asked decisively.

Zhu Youtang knew that it was impossible to form the correct card type, but suddenly said in a difficult way: "Do you think I'm in the way here?"

Liu Jin didn't know what Zhu Youtang was thinking, and glared at this court lady who had always been generous.

He thought that this smart and beautiful woman might become one of his mistresses, but when he saw that she had offended His Majesty, he realized that he had made a mistake.

"I don't think so, I'm just nervous in front of Your Majesty, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle things well!" Qingyue knew that she couldn't make this mistake, so she hurriedly explained.

Zhu Youtang knew that even if she wasn't nervous, she wouldn't be able to form the correct cards, but she didn't leave the tunnel and said, "You're nervous because you're afraid of making a mistake. I'll punish you?"

"No! The servant girl is not nervous because she is afraid of being punished by His Majesty!" Qingyue shook her head lightly, looking serious.

Zhu Youtang couldn't help asking curiously: "Why is that?"

"The servant is nervous because he is afraid of missing this rare opportunity to please His Majesty, and even more afraid that His Majesty will hate the servant!" Qingyue bit her lower lip lightly, speaking truthfully.

Zhu Youtang knew that this woman was actually given to him by the Queen Mother, as if he had already seen through everything and said: "Is the Queen Mother putting pressure on you?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it was the servant who moved her heart and wanted...to become His Majesty's woman!" Qingyue seemed to raise her head boldly, looking into Zhu Youtang's eyes to express her love.

Zhu Youtang was slightly taken aback at first, but when he met this pair of bold eyes, he felt the affection of this woman.

He stretched out his hand to caress this delicate face, and when his fingertips touched this fragile skin, he felt possessive and sentimental in his heart.

When Qingyue saw Zhu Youtang's response, tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt that her life was worth it.

Zhu Youtang looked at this tender woman and asked seriously, "Have you considered it clearly?"

"En!" Qingyue nodded without even thinking about it.

Zhu Youtang had already made a decision in his heart, so he ordered: "Liu Jin, go to Renshou Palace and tell the Queen Mother that Qingyue was left by me, and you will stay in Qianqing Palace tonight!"

The first sentence is to Liu Jin, and the latter sentence is an order to Qingyue.The emperor has never had time to talk about love, and as the only man in the palace, he doesn't need to be hypocritical, he just needs to be in love for a long time in the future.

"Your Majesty's grace is truly my servant, but my servant's month... the menstruation has not yet passed!" Qingyue did not expect Zhu Youtang to be so decisive, and hurriedly confessed with a blushing face.

Liu Jin was about to take the order to leave, but she was also stunned.

Zhu Youtang looked at the woman kneeling in front of him, and said with a complicated expression: "You are more attractive than Huanlian beauty!"

The fire was lit, and it turned out that this woman played this trick.No matter how many little tricks Fan Jinling made, I could throw her down anytime and anywhere, but now I was ready to pounce, but this woman actually showed a red card.

"Please punish the crime, Your Majesty!" Qingyue felt Zhu Youtang's resentment, and said anxiously.

Zhu Youtang looked at this nervous woman, suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said: "Zhen will fix it!"

That night, a small tabby cat was chasing mice on the palace road, but Lian Meiren, who was sleeping in the bed, kept ringing bells, seriously suspecting that Zhu Youtang had taken the elixir.

　There are 100 monthly tickets plus one change, so there is one more today!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)