Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 44 Return to Beijing and demand power

Lu Mou wanted to see the red lady's heroic figure. Li Yan smiled and said to the void: "Madam, please come out and pay homage to the prince."

Just when Lu Mou was confused, there was a whoosh, and a red shadow appeared in front of Lu Mou. Lu Mou was so frightened that he rolled over from his chair to the back.

The red lady dressed in fiery red clothes raised her hand to Lu Mou and said, "My little lady, I pay my respects to King Ding."

Lu Mou hid behind the chair, trembling involuntarily: "Madam, husband, have you always been by our side?"

The red lady smiled: "Of course, I have to protect my husband's safety. Of course we are inseparable."

"Then, are you watching every move I make?"

The red lady sneered in disgust: "I only protect my husband, no one cares about watching your every move."

Lu Mou breathed a sigh of relief. If she could see the actions of a thirteen-year-old body and a fifty-year-old mind, wouldn't it be embarrassing to death?

In fact, the red lady is not pretty, but why did the suave and talented Li Yan fall in love with her at first sight? Lu Mou concluded with a smile, this is called the law of the bastard looking at the mung bean and making eye contact.

When he said this, he got the murderous eyes of the red lady. If possible, he, Lu Mou, would have been cut into pieces with a thousand swords and his body would be shattered into pieces.

The red lady no longer has to be invisible, and the couple is inseparable all day long, which is really the envy of others.

After another group of Jinyi guards were transferred over to supervise the reform and operation of local governments, one division of the First Army was left to guard Baoding and guard the southern part of Zhili. The independent division was immediately transferred to Liu Mao at Zijingguan. After strengthening it, Lu Mou decided to lead 20,000 forbidden troops back to Beijing.

On the way, an unexpected heavy rain fell from the sky. This made Lu Mou stand in the rain, crying and cheering with the people along the way.

The Little Ice Age has long since ended, and the climate has returned to normal. But such drenching rain in spring is really rare. This can save all the seedlings and ensure a good harvest in autumn. Why doesn't everyone cry with joy?

Such heavy rain also played an obviously beneficial role for Lu Mou and the Ming Dynasty. That is, 20% of the people trapped in Li Chuangliu's bandit army fled just overnight because of the rain.

Yes, even if you haven’t received the policy news from King Ding Aimin, if you just go to a place and open up wasteland and you can have a good harvest and have enough food and clothing, who would want to be a bandit?
  On the way, Lu Mou received a report that Guan Ning's army had arrived in Sanhe.

Lu Mou became anxious and ordered the army to rush back to Beijing regardless of the situation, day and night.

In the end, Lu Mou walked into Beijing city ahead of Wu Sangui.

Father and son see each other again, as if they were a lifetime apart.

Chongzhen took San'er's hand and looked at his son really carefully from birth to now.

Yes, I am too concerned about national affairs and have no energy to pay attention to my family.

He seemed to be taller than he thought, and his complexion looked very dark, but when he saw the fair skin under the collar of his son's clothes, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel moved. It's not that his son is originally dark, but that he has been eroded by the wind and rain during these ten days of fighting.

But black skin is a reflection of health and strength. Unlike himself, who is pale, and even less like his prince son, who is weather-proof, sickly white, and an unhealthy color.

Since ancient times, princes have often died young, so perhaps this son will live a long life.

On his face, there is a kind of perseverance, and in his eyes, there is a kind of vicissitudes that does not suit his age. Why does a thirteen-year-old child have eyes full of vicissitudes of life?
  Yes, it was he who woke up from a serious injury and faced the Ming Dynasty that was about to collapse and perish, and his family was about to be destroyed. It was he who took up the task of raising food and funds, reorganizing the army, and fighting off the aggressive bandits, which made him become like this. .

And Lu Mou also formally took a look at Chongzhen, his cheap father.

He is not tall, and his figure is so thin that wearing a mink dragon robe looks empty as if hanging on a clothes rack.

A thin face, with not much flesh to be seen, white with blue and black. The short beard is already interspersed with strands of white hair, and the sideburns are also gray.

No matter how you look at it, this Chongzhen, who should be a young man, looks like an old man.

It seems that these more than ten years of torture have caused Chongzhen to decline prematurely.

The father and son looked at each other for a long time. Looking at his son, Chongzhen couldn't help but murmured: "It would be great if you were the boss."

Lu Mou smiled: "Father, if you say this to me, it will easily make me ambitious."

Chongzhen was shocked and knew that he had said the wrong thing, but he asked seriously: "Are you ambitious?"

Lu Mou replied without hesitation: "Of course."

Chongzhen was shocked again, and the country was in turmoil. If the tragedy of seizing the legitimate son happened again, what would it be like?
  Of course, Lu Mou didn't want the more suspicious Chongzhen to misunderstand him at this time, and said easily: "My ambition is to ask my father to allow me to participate in politics to relieve my father's worries during this difficult time; my ambition is that my father can adopt My suggestion is to rebirth the Ming Dynasty and revive the Ming Dynasty; my ambition is to assist my brother, the crown prince, in the future so that the Ming Dynasty can stand for thousands of years."

Chongzhen breathed a long sigh of relief, not bad, not bad. At this time, the ministers were useless and could only rely on their own father and son to maintain the ancestral empire. The three of them, father and son, must never get into trouble again. Lu Mou took his father's hand, stared into his eyes, and asked solemnly: "Father, can you agree to my ambition?"

At this time, what Chongzhen saw was a pair of sincere, clear, but middle-aged eyes.

Why does he have eyes that only middle-aged people have? For a moment, he became dazed.

Hearing that his son now just wants to abolish the system that prohibits ancestral princes from participating in politics, directly participate in politics, and help himself to rebirth and revive the Ming Dynasty, he can't help but smile bitterly: "Now, the Ming Dynasty is in danger. It will only be overthrown day and night. The officials are alienated and indifferent. This kind of danger is like a pile of eggs." In this situation, only we, father and son, have to shoulder the responsibility together. Since you have the ability, why should you say that the prince cannot be involved in politics? Tomorrow, in front of all the ministers, I will officially announce your participation in the affairs of the court. "

When Lu Mou heard this, he was overjoyed and came with a fierce Ouye, which made Chongzhen not know what it meant.

Although it was Chongzhen's last resort to abolish the prince's right to interfere in politics and allow himself to go to the court in good faith, it completely opened the shackles that restricted him.

"In that case, please ask dad -"

"What?" Chongzhen stared.

Didn't you get carried away? "I am asking my father to allow my sons and ministers to carry out the method of saving the Ming Dynasty, reviving the Ming Dynasty, and reviving the Ming Dynasty."

Therefore, for the first time, Chongzhen listened carefully to his thirteen-year-old son's method to save the crisis. Although there were many deviants, he had to admit that his son's method was superior, really superior.

In fact, in the imperial study room, every time father and son had different opinions, Chongzhen would have a violent and anxious temper and would argue with his son.

In the imperial study room, the tragic song of King Ding, "Only mother is good in the world," would be heard. In the end, Chongzhen could only compromise in frustration.

If you don't listen to your son, you will kill your wife and daughter. If you hang yourself on a coal mountain, your son has only one request: die first and occupy the place first. As long as you bury yourself next to your mother, you can go to hell and no longer be an orphan. It's that simple. How can you not compromise when asked? Unmoved?

"I will never allow that traitor Li Yan to come to court, and he is still the Minister of the Ministry of War."

"Only mother is good in the world——"

"Okay, okay, I agree. Anyway, there is no one in the court. No one will take that position if you give it to anyone. But if you ask me to operate on the vassal king, I will never agree."

"Only mother is good in the world——"

"Shut up, my little ancestor, can't I agree?"

"We only charge two cents for ground rent, and we only charge commission money? No, absolutely not."

"Only mother is good in the world——"

"Forget it, this can be regarded as restoring the ancestral tradition. I will implement it, but if you are short of money, you have to find a way."

"What? Announcing the lifting of all household registration restrictions? That is an ancestral law and must not be changed."

"In this world——"

"I'm afraid of you, so let's lift all household registration restrictions."

"What? Withdraw internal funds and return all fiscal revenue and expenditure to the Ministry of Household Affairs? Do you want to die?"

"In this world——"

"Shut up, keep half of it as internal funds, and other ministries will no longer have the right to manage finances. Let the finance go to the household ministry."

"No, this is absolutely not possible, I--"

"In this world——"

"Ok."

"What? I——"

"In this world——."

"Stop crying in mourning, I agree."

After a deep conversation all night, Chongzhen had to re-examine his son and finally characterize him - when did he accidentally give birth to a monster?
  (End of this chapter)