Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 207 Wife's suggestion, give Zhu Yuanzhang a favor! Yang Shiqi calls for help!Yuanzhang promises again!

"You mean, let me plead with the Holy Majesty Zhu Yunqi?"

In the middle of the night, the couple at the bedside were talking about today's affairs. Li Xiao seemed a little surprised by Ning Yun's suggestion, and frowned slightly.

"Well, yes Xiaolang."

Zhu Ningyun also thought about this matter for a long time before she suggested this.

She leaned her head on Li Xiao's arm, looked up at the roof, thought for a while, and then asked, "What kind of person do you think the Holy One is?"

Li Xiao pondered and said: "Some people who are unpredictable, people always say that he is moody, and I think he is quite kind, but today I saw those princesses kneeling down to beg me for mercy, which made me feel again. Variety."

Zhu Ningyun smiled and said: "Actually, the emperor's grandfather attaches great importance to family affection."

Li Xiao shook his head, and said, "Today, those princesses... said they won't see the Holy One for several years."

Zhu Ningyun said: "Hey, I can't bear to say it. The Holy One has too many children, and he doesn't care about all of them. In his mind, there are only four people who can be called his sons. Among these four people , and there is only one person, he treats him like his own son."

Li Xiao suddenly realized: "I understand, they are the four sons of Empress Ma, the first prince, the king of Jin, the king of Qin and the king of Yan."

Zhu Ningyun nodded, "Yes, although the Holy Majesty has many concubines, he only regards Empress Ma as his wife all his life. They are married couples who share weal and woe."

Li Xiao nodded, somewhat understanding what Zhu Ningyun meant.

For example, Li Xiao, if he looks for a concubine in the future, it means that he is greedy for beauty or body, but he will always regard Ningyun as his true love, because they are the first to meet, they have common ideals and goals, and their hearts have come together. Together.

Of course, this is assuming that it is impossible for Li Xiao to find a concubine.

Zhu Ningyun went on to say: "That's it, it makes the imperial grandfather look unfeeling and ungrateful, but in fact, he only regards a few people as his sons, even if I am his granddaughter, the love I receive is infinitely more than those princesses. Double, the title of my Yong'an was conferred by the Holy Majesty himself, and the titles of other princesses are all finalized by the Clan Mansion and the Ministry of Rites, and the Holy Majesty has seen it at most once."

Li Xiao held his wife's arm, and said in his heart that the husband and wife are the most united, and Ning Yun will try his best to help him.

Li Xiao said: "I understand, among these four, Zhu Biao is the most?"

Zhu Ningyun nodded: "That's right, uncle Zhu Biao has received more love and care than King Jin, King Qin, and our father combined, because he was the first son of the emperor's grandfather before he succeeded. As a father, he gave the most hope and expectation. If the uncle hadn't left suddenly, do you think someone would be able to shake him? Do you think this relationship will dissipate so easily after decades?"

Li Xiao shook his head: "No. Although the Holy Majesty is very calm in front of everyone, I think maybe in the middle of the night, he will also think about his son and can't sleep."

Zhu Ningyun nodded: "Yes, Zhu Yunqi and Zhu Yunxi have been cultivated by the emperor's father, but now they have fallen to this point, all civil and military officials will blame them, even if the emperor can't bear it, there is nothing he can do."

Li Xiao suddenly understood: "So, Ningyun, what you mean is to ask me to intercede, following the heart of the Holy Spirit, to ask the Holy Lord to owe me a favor?"

Zhu Ningyun said: "That's right, for us, but also for our father, because as long as the two grandsons are punished, as long as the father is still the prince, every time the Holy Majesty is in that familiar scene, recalling the scene of teaching his grandson, it will inevitably hurt the spring." Sad autumn, recalling the past. Fortunately, I helped the Holy Father untie this knot, after all, he is the grandson of his favorite son, even if the crime is heinous, he will always feel unbearable in his heart."

"But."

Li Xiao said: "If Zhu Yunwen comes out, will it inevitably affect father?"

Zhu Ningyun analyzed: "It doesn't have much influence. Now my father is the crown prince who was proclaimed by the Holy Majesty, and he was also recognized by civil and military officials at the conferment ceremony. It is the destiny and cannot be shaken."

Li Xiao smiled, and kissed his daughter-in-law: "Ningyun, you are really my good wife, this matter is settled like this, I plead with Zhu Yunqi, and for the sake of safekeeping, I will bring him back to Beiping, under our care." Let him be an ordinary person, so he won’t die in Yunnan, and when the Holy One finds out about this, he will definitely think of us.”

"Husband, it's your hard work."

Zhu Ningyun laughed, pear dimples bloomed, touching people's hearts.

Li Xiao smiled wickedly: "What's the hard work? The next thing will be hard work."

As he spoke, he turned over, revealing his six-pack abs.

Zhu Ningyun's pretty face flushed, and her face was full of shyness: "You hate it to death, your mind is full of messy thoughts all day long, where did you learn so many tricks?"

Just when the two of you are talking about each other.

There was a knock on the door outside, disturbing the interest of the two.

A servant outside the room shouted: "My lord, someone wants to see you."

This time, Li Xiao's interest was disturbed, he shouted impatiently to the door: "See you soon."

The maid said: "Your Majesty, the servant has already declined, but the man kept begging outside the mansion, saying that he would let me meet, and even said that he was an old acquaintance with you."

old acquaintance?
Li Xiao asked, "What's your name?"

The maid shouted: "Yang Shiqi."

After listening, Li Xiao was taken aback, why did this guy come here?
He shouldn't be the kind of person who climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix, right?

"Xiaolang, why don't you go."

Zhu Ningyun squeezed it with a smile, and jokingly said: "You have become smaller."

"Hey, Yang Shiqi, what a disappointment."

Li Xiao smiled helplessly, "Then madam, go to bed first, I'll go back as soon as I go."

"go Go."

Zhu Ningyun watched her husband get up, and after leaving, she smiled beautifully, then turned sideways and closed her eyes, thinking:
"I had a thorough conversation with my husband today, and I feel that the relationship between us has gone further and become more different. Fortunately, the peace just now has not been destroyed."

After a while, she fell asleep with a smile.

Outside the mansion, Yang Shiqi stood outside the door of the mansion, looking left and right, afraid of being seen, he shrank back inside and stuck himself beside the door.

Unfortunately, and unfortunately.

The theory that Li Xiao told Zhu Yuanzhang today is that it is difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family. Even if a noble son is born, he will be coerced by an invisible hand, used by others, and unable to display his talents.

Yang Shiqi is such a person.

He lost his father when he was one year old, and lived in poverty by teaching private schools. With the help of local gentry, he was able to go to Beijing to take the exam.

This time, he was able to be promoted to the sixth-rank official of the Ministry of Rites in the capital, and it all depended on the list that Li Xiao gave Zhu Di.

Of course, that list was given to Zhu Gaochi a long time ago, and Zhu Di was busy with government affairs all day long, so he forgot about it.

Zhu Gaochi talked to the official department and asked the official department to promote him to the capital.

However, Zhu Gaochi is just a grandson of the emperor, and he is obviously not good at speaking.

In ancient times, even if you were an emperor and wanted to promote yourself and others, you didn't just mention it.

The emperor can't do whatever he wants, the imperial decree has to go through the Ministry of Education, and go down to the lower level for approval. For example, the promotion of a person has to go through the investigation of the Ministry of Households to see if the person has made any achievements. If there is nothing, it is very likely to ignore this greeting.

This is why in ancient times, powerful officials and treacherous officials often appeared in the court.

And even if the emperor knew that he was a powerful and treacherous minister, he was reluctant to get rid of him, but liked him very much.

Because powerful officials and treacherous officials can really do things for the emperor.

Just like Zhu Qizhen's favored Wang Zhen, why do you love Wang Zhen so much?
It was because Wang Zhen relied on his favor to attract a group of officials for his own use to meet any needs of the emperor.

Want to build a palace?Then cover!Want to recruit more concubines?No problem, all done.

Want to visit Jiangnan?Then play.

Even if Zhu Qizhen wanted to go on a personal conquest, Sanyang couldn't stop him, because Wang Zhen could let the people in the military department dispatch troops, let the people in the household department prepare military supplies, and let half of the people in the court praise the emperor's fame.

Therefore, the emperor cannot do whatever he wants.

When Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this, he killed the prime minister, because he found that the power of the prime minister could affect the imperial power, which was intolerable.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are both powerful, so there will be no situation of taking power, but there will still be an invisible hand on the court.

For example, Yang Shiqi would never have been promoted.

It was a servant from the Ministry of Officials who found out that this Yang Shiqi was a student supported by their family, and he could use it for himself, so he mentioned Yang Shiqi to the capital.

Of course, coming to the capital is just a small official.

Yang Shiqi found that he was a bit out of place after coming to the capital.

When I was a magistrate, I could still live in the county government. When I came to the capital, I didn’t even have a place to live. I had to find a house by myself.

Moreover, the clothes he wears are much worse than those of others. Fortunately, there are official uniforms to wear, otherwise he would be too embarrassed to meet people.

These are secondary, the important thing is that after coming here, there is a faint hand grabbing him, pushing him, letting him blend in, if he doesn't blend in, he may be eliminated, and he will be a petty official forever , cannot be reused.

No, that is, at night, the official minister who promoted him approached him and asked him to oppose the mine tax collection in the morning tomorrow.

It was this gentry who rescued him at the beginning, and now he is promoted by an official of this gentry, and he is also moved with emotion and reason, saying that the country has just been established, and it is not appropriate to start a big war, and that once the tax is increased, those people who rely on the mountain to eat the mountain It was even more difficult to live, and Yang Shiqi couldn't refuse because of emotion and reason.

But Yang Shiqi had a heart, he immediately investigated privately, and found that behind these mines and kilns are the industries of these aristocratic families
What is clear, they are protecting their own interests.

Yang Shiqi felt that something was wrong, if he told about it tomorrow, he wouldn't be beaten to death later, right?
Yang Shiqi found out that he had no backing and no background in the capital, but he was treated as a gunman. The backcourt was worrying, he might as well be a small county magistrate.

After thinking about it, he thought of Li Xiao, who once met once, and even borrowed a boat for him, which was considered a favor.

Now that Li Xiao is the Duke of the state, he is also a celebrity in front of the Holy Majesty.
Just as Yang Shiqi was thinking a lot, the door creaked open.

"I have seen the Duke."

Yang Shiqi hurriedly cupped his hands, afraid that Li Xiao would ignore him.

"Come in and talk."

Li Xiao beckoned and called Yang Shiqi in.

Yang Shiqi was overjoyed, and bowed and got in.

After bringing Yang Shiqi to the hall, Li Xiao said: "I'm afraid there is something important to visit late at night, right? I have also received a favor from you. Tell me, I can help if I can."

Yang Shiqi cupped his hands and told what happened to him.

After listening to this, Li Xiao was a little surprised, he didn't expect things to happen so quickly.

Li Xiaodao: "To tell you the truth, the matter of raising mining tax was proposed by me. If you come out to stop it, it will probably make the Holy One angry. His Royal Highness wants to go to war now, and the matter of raising military expenses is imminent. It is impossible to give in. .”

After listening, Yang Shiqi said bitterly: "Hey, but I have to do this. If I don't do it, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to move forward in the officialdom. Is there any way for the Duke to help me get down?"

In fact, Li Xiao doesn't have much to do. Although he is now the Duke of the State, he doesn't form a party or know the officials in the court. This is because Li Xiao can make Zhu Yuanzhang trust him, and he doesn't have many backers. , but very large, they are the Holy One and the Prince.

As the saying goes, hell is easy, but little ghosts are hard to deal with.

If Yang Shiqi was put on small shoes in officialdom, he wouldn't do it either.

And it won't be long before I leave the capital.

A Duke who is not in the capital is almost the same as Tang He, Duke Xin who is in Fengyang, and his face is not worth a lot of money.

Yang Shiqi sighed: "Hey, this capital city is too difficult to get along with. I, a poor official, can't survive at all."

This is the tragedy of poor students.

Li Xiao thought for a while and said, "Well, how about I find a way to transfer you to Beiping to help me?"

Yang Shiqi's eyes lit up, "That's great, I'm still willing to be a small magistrate, that's enough."

Right now, Yang Shiqi still has an old mother to support, and he feels that if he doesn't take bribes in the capital, he might not even be able to support his mother.

"That's fine, let's just say it like this, you go back first, I'll think of a way."

When Li Xiao spoke like this, Yang Shiqi bowed gratefully and withdrew.

"It's hard to be a good official."

Li Xiao was also slightly moved.

Back in the room, Zhu Ningyun had already fallen asleep, Li Xiao went to bed lightly, and soon fell asleep next to her.
Early the next morning,

Li Xiao wore court clothes and went to court with Zhu Gaoxu.

The officials entered the palace in order of their official positions. Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu were noble, so they were naturally the first to go in and stood at the front.

"See His Royal Highness, the prince is a thousand years old!"

On the court hall, all civil and military officials stood on the left and right after seeing them.

The dragon chair was empty, and Zhu Di sat on a small chair beside him.

Looking at the empty dragon chair, Li Xiao thought to himself, my good brother Huang Ba has had a better life, but his father-in-law is suffering, and now his eyes are still a little black.

Zhu Di also looked at Li Xiao, and smiled slightly, indicating that your kid is here.

Zhu Gaoxu also felt Zhu Di's gaze, and later realized that he was actually looking at his brother-in-law.
I feel bad and want to cry.
Father, love doesn't disappear, but it transfers, right.
"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing!"

With the eunuch shouted.

The early morning began, and the officials reported their affairs.

Halfway through the court, Zhu Di saw that no one spoke, so he said:

"Dear dears, the Northern Yuan rebellious party covets my heart in the Central Plains. A few months ago, when I was still the King of Yan, only a few months away, there were thieves in the Northern Yuan who dared to invade the frontier. I decided to summon soldiers and horses to personally What do you think about going to Beiyuan?"

As soon as the words fell, countless officials came out to persuade them.

"Your Highness, absolutely not. Your Highness is the current crown prince, who is also responsible for overseeing the country and shouldering the responsibility of the country. How can he go out to fight in person?"

"That's right, Your Highness, the body is the most important thing, and His Highness needs to preside over the government."

"Your Highness, the grandson of the real dragon, has a noble status, so you must not put yourself in danger."

"Now that the country has just been established, we should not start a war, but start with the people and rest and recuperate."

Many officials came out to persuade them that there was almost no such thing as the emperor's personal conquest in the past dynasties, and how could the emperor go to the conquest if the body of a daughter is not sitting on the throne?

Li Xiao stood with his hands down, looking at the scene in front of him, it seems that Zhu Di's orthodox position has its advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that he will not be called a thief who steals the country.

The downside is that these officials are not afraid of Zhu Di at all.

Of course, Li Xiao felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

Above the court, the officials clamored and felt that this matter was absolutely impossible, and some officials pointed out that the national treasury is not rich now, and it should not be used for wars, but should be used for people's livelihood.

"enough!"

After all, Zhu Di was Zhu Di. Although he didn't break into the capital, the incident of beheading Sapphire was still vivid in his mind that day.

"This matter has been decided alone, not to discuss with you, but to inform you."

Zhu Di patted his chair and said: "Just do as you please. Gu is about to draft an imperial decree, and the Ministry of War, Ministry of Households, and Ministry of Industry will give Gu a plan together. Even if Gu goes to war, there will still be a grandson to supervise the country, so it will not delay the country's major affairs. "

No one can stop him, Zhu Di wants to sweep Bei Yuan's heart away.

And now that the country has Li Xiao's [-]-jin sweet potato crop per mu being cultivated, the common people will be much richer, and they will be richer in a short time. Zhu Di must fight this battle.

"Your Highness, absolutely not, the national treasury can't stand the toss, if this continues, it will only make the national treasury empty." A member of the household department advised the matter.

"Guzheng wants to talk about this."

Seeing someone talking, Zhu Di picked up the words and said, "I plan to raise taxes for military expenditure. Of course, this tax cannot be taken from the people. I plan to raise taxes on iron ore and copper mines. Your Excellencies What do you think?"

The voice fell, and the entire hall was silent.

This is the highlight of today.

What Li Xiao said yesterday made Zhu Yuanzhang pay more attention to this issue.

Are these officials who have entered the imperial examination for the protection of the interests of the gentry behind them?

Whether these humble scholars were really coerced by these nobles as Li Xiao said, you can see for real today.

Li Xiao watched quietly, as expected, after a while, the cannon fodder appeared.

First, a seventh-rank speaker walked out, knelt down and said:
"Exploiting mines and increasing taxes is to compete with the people for profit. The common people will think that this is a search for the people's fat and anointing, which will damage the sanctity of His Highness. You must think twice."

The seven-rank eloquent said a lot of polite words, with a set of principles.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Shiqi also cupped his hands and came out, and began to persuade him.

Immediately, several small officials appeared again, and tried to dissuade them with righteousness.

The hall became very quiet.

After all, most civil servants don't want to fight. Once a war is fought, the military officials will get military merits, and they will be enshrined as marquis and knighted, and then they will be overwhelmed again.

Therefore, no one came out to object.

Zhu Di, who was sitting on the chair, was taken aback for a moment. He didn't expect that, as Li Xiao said, those who came out to persuade them were these humble bachelors who had just entered the court, and they were the first to be the first ones.

If Zhu Di didn't know about this situation, he might be furious right away.

However, Zhu Di still got into a rage after performing a full set of plays. He scolded these people and threatened to dismiss them.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Xian, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Chen Sidao, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Jing, the Left Minister of the Ministry of Households, came out to respond.

"Your Highness, calm down. Yang Shiqi and others just entered the court and they don't understand the reason. The Northern Expedition to wipe out the Northern Yuan Dynasty is a major event and should not be taken lightly. However, they also have a reason. They raised taxes easily, causing complaints, and the people complained unbearably. Need to think twice”

These people also said a lot of reasons with good reasons. In short, the result is that tax increase is not advisable. I hope His Highness think twice before acting.

In the end, Zhu Di talked for a long time, and the following were all objections. The morning meeting broke up unhappily and ended hastily.

Withdrew from court and returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the rocking chair and shook, and shook, and shook.

Seeing that the fourth child came back with a bitter face, he laughed and said, "Fourth brother, why, the emperor's job is not easy, right?"

Zhu Di was filled with indignation: "Damn it, as Li Xiao said, poor scholars are being used by others, and there is an invisible net in the court. Those officials who come out, although they have no clique for personal gain or corruption, but in their hearts To acquiesce is to protect the interests of the noble family first."

The ancient gentry clan was very large, and often a large clan could extend to 2000 people. Some were officials, some were businessmen, and some were local landlords. Maybe they were not close relatives, and some were even far away. relatives, but because of the entanglement of interests, the energy is very huge.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "We already know about this."

Zhu Di said angrily: "Father, my subjects already know why Father wants to kill so many officials, they really should kill them!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Killing people can't solve the problem, you have to weigh it, you are not as good as your elder brother in this regard, he can always do what he wants to do without bloodshed."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already begun to teach Zhu Di the ability to be emperor.

"trade off."

Zhu Di seemed to understand a little bit.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "That's right, you just came to power. You used to be very powerful in Beiping, but your foundation in Beijing is too weak. There are no people who can work for you. You have to gradually promote some people who can be used by you. Of course, you can't Let them be proud of their favor, and another group of people need to be indulged and opposed."

These are all the experiences that Zhu Yuanzhang has pondered over the years.

"It turns out that being an emperor also requires people who promote themselves."

At this moment, Zhu Di instantly understood, "I seem to understand."

Zhu Di has always been a military commander and has been fighting wars. The balance of these courts is really far behind, and he has to slowly adapt.

He looked at Li Xiao, thinking that Li Xiao had given him a list.

Maybe, it's time for me to slowly find a way to bring up those people on the list, otherwise someone will stop me from doing anything I want to do in the future, and I will be a ghost.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, you see it clearly. It seems that everything you said has been confirmed, which surprised us. We want to give you another privilege."

(End of this chapter)