Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 44

Under the gray sky, the execution in the courtyard of Qingning Palace finally came to an end.

"Hurry up, take Niu Mengmeng back to apply the medicine!" Huang Pan saw that Niu Mengmeng's fleshy face was swollen from the beating, and immediately ordered a court lady and a little eunuch to say.

Niu Mengmeng's ass just happened not long ago, and now his mouth has suffered again. He asked a good little palace lady: "My mouth is... swollen... oops!"

When she was speaking, she stopped talking immediately due to the pain of pulling the facial nerve, but tears still burst out from those beautiful big eyes.

"Sister Mengmeng, stop talking, your mouth is swollen, let's go back to the Qianqing Palace and apply medicine!" Xiaojuan looked at Niu Mengmeng who was in pain, and stretched out her hand to hold Niu Mengmeng towards the Qianqing Palace.

Niu Mengmeng still wanted to speak, but the pain caused her to dare not move her face, but looked at Qingning Palace with worried eyes.

Even though Qing Yunhou is His Majesty's uncle, His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how dare Qing Yunhou talk to His Majesty like this, and he is not afraid of his ancestral grave being struck by lightning.

In the main room of Qingning Palace, the tense atmosphere has eased at this moment.

Qing Yunhou's disrespect just now frightened many Zhou family members, but after all, with the Empress Dowager here, it is unlikely that they will be wiped out.

Just judging from the conversation between His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, His Majesty did not obey the Empress Dowager in everything as they imagined, and the honor and favor of their Zhou family may not be as good as that of the Chenghua Dynasty.

However, the good news of getting a full [-] hectares of land has diluted the worries of many people. After all, it is a wealth that can be passed on to future generations!
"Yes, you are not joking!" Zhou Shou suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and nodded repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, Jiao'er said that you have changed. Ai's family still doesn't believe it, but you really don't look like the one brought up by Ai's family now!" The Empress Dowager Zhou took a sip of tea to calm down, but Seriously examine the road.

Since she was six years old, she has been in charge of raising Zhu Youtang, and all her actions are basically under her nose. Even Zhu Youtang's eyes can guess whether he wants to eat or play.

It's just that Zhu Youtang has become like a cloud of fog in front of him now, and he can't see through Zhu Youtang's thoughts at all.

What made her feel the most cold was that her younger brother rashly said a word of disrespect, and he refused to say anything about how he dealt with the court lady, and finally began to make love for the matter, so that she had to agree to this deal.

"Before his death, my father asked me to be a qualified emperor, to support the Zhu family's country, and protect the country made by my ancestors. I don't want to live up to my father's wishes, and I dare not be ashamed of my ancestors. Now I He has only grown a little, but is he still far from being a qualified His Majesty?" Zhu Youtang knew that the people around him must have doubts, so he seemed genuinely moved.

Hearing this explanation, Zhang Yujiao suddenly realized something in her heart, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, but she knew that Zhu Youtang was just trying to distance herself from herself.

"It's the Zhu family's fortune that Your Majesty has such an idea!" Naturally, the Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't believe it all, but she couldn't fault it, so she had to say it against her will.

A person's temperament can change a lot, but his mind can't change just as he said, and now the person sitting in front of him looks like a cunning fox, which is still unreasonable.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Zhu Youtang put down the teacup in his hand and prepared to leave.

"Your Majesty, my concubine has an unfeeling request. My eldest brother Zhang Heling is already at the age of marriage, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to marry the daughter of the consort Wang Zeng!" Zhang Yujiao saw that Zhou Shou's matter had been dealt with. Say your request.

"The gift of marriage is not allowed, so there is no need to say anything!" Zhu Youtang no longer played sloppy eyes, and expressed his attitude directly.

Zhang Yujiao's father, Zhang Luan, and his cousin Zhang Qi studied together with his uncle Zhang Jin, who was then Jiaocheng's teacher. Later, Zhang Luan and Zhang Qi entered the Guozijian in the name of tribute, but Zhang Luan failed repeatedly.

On the other hand, Zhang Qi can be said to be very talented. He was a Jinshi in high school in Jingtai five years, and he was tired of officials to the Liaodu Procuratorate, Youqiandu Censor and Governor of Liaodong.His son Zhang Bangxiang married Xu Pu's daughter Xu Yuanxiu under the tutelage of Shang Ren, the former chief assistant, and he can be said to be a proper member of the civil service group.

It can be said that Zhang Luan's Zhang family is very close to the civil official group. Now if Zhang Heling, the eldest son of Zhang Luan, marries the daughter of Wang Zeng, the grandson of Wang Ji, former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the relationship between the Zhang family and the civil official group will undoubtedly be greatly deepened.

I can turn a blind eye to what the Zhang family is doing, but if I want to thread needles for them, the official family, this request is already too much.

Seeing Zhu Youtang's ruthless refusal, Zhang Yujiao immediately bit her lower lip and said compromisingly, "If Your Majesty insists on my concubine apologizing in public before agreeing, I will apologize to Your Majesty now!"

"You don't need to apologize anymore! If your family wants to marry Wang Zeng's daughter, you can normally do three letters and six appointments. It's just that the ancestors said that the emperor carefully selected the daughters of the common people and hired them. If your family is too noble, it will affect your position. !" Zhu Youtang stopped lightly, and then seriously warned.

Why did Emperor Chenghua only favor Concubine Wan Gui? Although he was blocked by the civil society and could not confer Concubine Wan Gui as a queen, he did not touch the young and beautiful queen.

This is because Concubine Wan Gui was born as an ordinary court lady, and the royal family where Wang and Empress lived had a deep relationship with the civil official group. Emperor Chenghua handed over his harem to Concubine Wan Gui to sleep peacefully, but not necessarily to the Queen. .

Now that he is on the throne and wants to promote reforms, there is already a big conflict between the Salt Administration and the civil service group, and the next reform will inevitably touch the bigger cake of the civil service group.

Once his harem is too deeply involved with the civil official group, the civil servants are likely to use the harem to disrupt the government, and even the day of his son's birth is the time of his funeral.

Although Zhang Yujiao is not necessarily a bad woman, and has been sung by civil servants in history, her ideal harem still has to be handed over to a woman with one heart, even if this woman is a little stupid, it doesn't matter.

From my current point of view, even though Zhang Yujiao has no notoriety in history, if the Zhang family gets closer to the Civil Service Group, I still have to choose to be wary.

"Since you don't agree, forget it, my family will hire a good day tomorrow, and we can have a good time without your marriage!" Zhang Yujiao naturally refused to listen, and immediately said angrily.

Zhu Youtang looked at this proud woman, and sighed secretly. She is also a stupid woman, so she said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Grandmother, I need to return to Qianqing Palace to deal with government affairs, so I will take my leave first!"

"Your Majesty manages a lot of things every day, and you should put your health first. In the evening, I will send you a bowl of ginseng soup!" The Empress Dowager Zhou was a woman who had really experienced the struggle in the harem, and she looked very kind and authentic.

"I'm sorry, Grandmother, my grandson is leaving!" Zhu Youtang always felt that the ginseng soup sent by the Empress Dowager Zhou had a strange taste, so he cupped his hands in a filial manner.

Zhou Shou watched as Zhu Youtang was about to leave, but he still remembered the tunnel and said, "Your Majesty, don't forget about Xiaohou!"

"Your Majesty, my maidservant!" Seeing that Zhu Youtang was about to leave, the court ladies and eunuchs knelt down and bowed one after another.

Zhu Youtang walked out of Qingning Palace, but he couldn't help but secretly sighed.

Although the matter of the military power of the Beijing Army has made progress, the five hundred hectares of fertile land is related to the livelihood of thousands of people, and this matter undoubtedly needs to be properly handled.

In fact, I can pretend to be confused, as long as I give that piece of land to Zhou Shou, Zhou Shou can drive away the people there with his own evil slaves, or use the power of the Shuntian government to drive them away.

It's just that I was a member of the ordinary bottom in my previous life. Although I saw too much injustice in society, even if my family was favored, they were also...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but have an idea in his heart.

(End of this chapter)