Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 80: Zhang Juzheng’s question! 【Please subscribe! ! 】

It is no exaggeration to say that the number of memorials issued in this impeachment has reached the point where Zhang Juzheng was impeached by hundreds of officials when Zhang Juzheng was seizing love!
  Such an exaggerated scene made Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun dumbfounded...

Looking at his chief assistant Shen Shixing, he did come out to block him as the emperor.

However, Shen Shixing's body was obviously not as 'hard' as Zhang Juzheng's back then. The 'sharp blades' that flew over directly penetrated Shen Shixing's 'frail' 'barrier', and they all pinned to Zhu Yijun behind Shen Shixing. On your body!
  It was only then that Zhu Yijun discovered that Zhang Juzheng had blocked so many people in front of him when he was trying to win love...

……

Qianqing Palace.

In the main hall, there were piles of memorials piled up everywhere on the table and on the floor. The eunuchs in charge of rituals would send a new batch from time to time, one after another.

Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon throne with a look of despair. He no longer had the courage to open these memorials and read them. You can imagine how unpleasant those ministers scolded them.

Among them, what made Zhu Yijun the most angry was that there were several censors from Yingtian who came all the way to criticize Concubine Zheng for being charming and seducing the Lord. The memorial also boldly suggested that their emperor should not grow old. He only dotes on Concubine Zheng, so she goes to the Queen's Palace when there is nothing else to do.

Zhu Yijun is really shocked. As an emperor, which wife's palace should he sleep in? When will it be the turn of his ministers to make suggestions?

Who is the king's father? Who is I?

Forget about interfering in the private life of his emperor, the key point is that someone actually mentioned that the reason why he, the emperor, was tortured by endless illnesses was because of kidney deficiency...

A young and aloof emperor was told by his ministers that he had kidney deficiency every now and then. It could be said that it was not very harmful, but extremely insulting.

Zhu Yijun only felt angry and tired. He would rather believe that the dead Zhang Ju was taking revenge on him, and there was absolutely no way he would admit that he had kidney deficiency!

impossible!
  "Your Majesty, Mr. Shen Ge has submitted his resignation again..."

Zhang Jing reported the latest situation to His Majesty the Emperor with a painful look on his face.

After hearing the news, Zhu Yijun felt his tooth hurt even more, and the pain made his brain twitch and feel dizzy.

Prior to this, Shen Shixing had submitted two resignations in succession, and this was already the third time.

The previous two resignations had been rejected by Zhu Yijun, and this time, Zhu Yijun was still prepared to reject them.

Zhu Yijun knew very well that although Shen Shixing didn't block much for him, he still blocked it for him. If Shen Shixing is allowed to resign at this time, all the troubles in the court will be showered on him as the emperor.

So at this time, Shen Shi must not be allowed to walk!

Zhu Yijun had a headache. He rubbed his head with one hand and raised the ink pen with the other hand, preparing to write down personally to reject Shen Shixing's resignation.

But just before he was about to put pen to paper, someone came.

It was Zheng Mengjing who was crying.

"Your Majesty, the scoldings they scolded me were too unpleasant. Oh, oh, oh, oh, why don't you give me a white silk silk as a concubine?"

Zheng Mengjing was crying as soon as she came in, looking like she had been greatly wronged. This made Zhu Yijun's headache even worse.

"Where did you hear the news?" Zhu Yijun put down his pen and asked. He clearly did not tell Zheng Mengjing that she was impeached by officials.

"It's my brother." Zheng Mengjing cried and replied: "He came to the palace today to find me and said that his uncle, the king, didn't even dare to leave the house! As soon as he went out, someone poked his spine and scolded his sister. I am a fox. The vixen who deceives the Lord! Oh, oh, oh, why am I a vixen? With such ugly words, where can I put my face and the faces of our Zheng family!"

"It turns out it's the uncle..." Zhu Yijun also sighed helplessly. He took every precaution to prevent the palace people from leaking anything about the previous dynasty to the harem. Unexpectedly, in the end, he didn't prevent his uncle from coming to 'snitch'...

"Okay, don't cry. I have a headache right now. If you have nothing to do, go back first." Zhu Yijun was already irritable and was really not in the mood to listen to a woman crying.

If it happened in the past, Zheng Mengjing would definitely be obedient and go back to her palace to stay, but this time she didn't.

This time, Zheng Mengjing refused to leave, and even acted unreasonably.

"Your Majesty, I can't stand the many insults and names. I can be shameless, but my family can't be shameless, and my son can't be shameless either!"

Zheng Mengjing had been carefully observing Zhu Yijun's expression as she spoke. She knew that the other person was about to get angry because she was annoying her, but what she wanted was his anger!
  "Anyway, the cause of the matter is to establish the crown prince. How about you 'listen' to them and make Chang Luo the crown prince!"

As soon as Zheng Mengjing finished speaking, Zhu Yijun became furious as she thought!

"Let's go!" Zhu Yijun swept all the memorials on the table to the ground and cursed: "Go back to your palace. If you keep nagging me, I will destroy this noble concubine!"

The emperor was so angry that the surrounding palace people hurriedly knelt on the ground. However, Zheng Mengjing was still not afraid. He didn't even kneel down to beg for mercy. He actually retorted:

"It's better to be useless than to be scolded!"

Zhu Yijun was almost furious. He was so angry by Zheng Mengjing that he could hardly speak. He ordered the eunuch beside him with trembling hands:

"Come here, drag her back to me. She is not allowed to step out of the palace gate without my order!"

Seeing that the eunuch was about to come up and drag her, Zheng Mengjing threw her hand away and said, "I have legs and can walk on my own! No one needs to drag me!"

After saying that, she quickly ran out of the palace!
  Behind him, there was the sound of "crackling" things being thrown, and Zhu Yijun's roar!

Zheng Mengjing ran out of Qianqing Palace. She stumbled along the way, and her heart was about to jump out of fear!

You know, the person she just angered was the emperor! He was the emperor who could kill her whole family with just one word!
  And the rebellious words she said were piercing Emperor Zhu Yijun's heart and lungs!

First, he asked the face-saving emperor to "listen to the words of the ministers" and make Zhu Changluo the crown prince, and then he said in front of the emperor who had limited legs and feet that he "had legs and could walk."

Zheng Mengjing knew very well that she was just looking for death!

But she knew better that in order for her son to become the prince, she had to risk everything this time! Even if she offended the emperor, she had to go out and say what she just said!
  Otherwise, this indecisive man will definitely compromise with his courtiers again! Once again, he cowardly agreed to make the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo the crown prince!
  After stumbling all the way back to the palace, the first thing Zheng Mengjing did after returning was to hold her son Zhu Changxun tightly, shivering.

She had already made preparations before going to Qianqing Palace. If Emperor Zhu Yijun was really angry with her and wanted to kill her, she would take her son to death with her!

"I will put myself to death and live again! Xun'er, mother must let you be the prince! This throne can only be yours!"

Zheng Mengjing hugged her son tightly, thinking like this almost crazy.

……

Facts have proved that Zheng Mengjing underestimated Zhu Yijun's tolerance. The young emperor, who was so angry with his concubine, only ground Zheng Mengjing in the end.

However, Zhu Yijun himself was so angry that his blood surged and he almost fainted from a headache.

Looking at the impeachment memorials flying in one after another, Zhu Yijun felt dizzy.

While he was having a headache, an idea suddenly came to him!
  What would happen if these memorials were ignored?
  What would happen if I never went to court or saw those annoying ministers?
  Zhu Yijun just fell into deep thought, recalling that his grandfather, Emperor Jiajing, did not go to court, but nothing seemed to happen to the Ming Dynasty.

Instead of constantly asking for leave and having to suffer from the yin and yang and kidney deficiency of his ministers, wouldn't it be better for him, the emperor, to simply not go to court?

Instead of rejecting the resignations of his ministers again and again, wouldn't it be better for him, the emperor, to simply refuse to approve them?

Want to resign? I won’t approve!
  Want to add someone? I won’t approve either!

You want to force me to establish a crown prince? I won’t stand!

The more Zhu Yijun thought about it, the more he thought about it. He felt more and more that this was a very good idea!
  ……

The fifteenth year of Wanli was a watershed for the Ming Empire. Starting from this year, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun almost stopped going to court.

He no longer saw his courtiers, and he began to "no longer read back" many personnel appointments and dismissals in the court.

Countless ministers who wanted to resign were handed in their resignations, but their resignations were as silent as sinking into the ocean.

There was never any reply from His Majesty the Emperor, and I don’t know whether he read it or not.

Many positions are vacant, and His Majesty the Emperor's consent has never been obtained for "adding people". Some officials even have to hold multiple positions. (The kind without a salary increase.)
  The fifteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.

The number of officials in the Ming Dynasty began to decrease.

The sky in the Ming Dynasty is gradually darkening.

……

In the fifteenth year of Wanli, June 20th.

On this day, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, who was determined not to go to court, went to see his eldest son Zhu Changluo in Wang Gongfei's palace for the first time.

Concubine Wang Gong was so happy that she was even more panicked. She was so worried that she didn't know what to do.

Just when Concubine Wang Gong was wondering why the emperor came to see her and her son, the emperor's next words made her even more silent.

"Today is Chang Luo's birthday, are you going to feed him these?"

Zhu Yijun came here on a meal break, and Zheng Mengjing has been having trouble with him since the last incident.

He, the emperor, was committed and took the initiative to see the other party. As a result, Zheng Mengjing not only refused to appreciate it, but also blamed him and said:
  "You yelled at me? You actually yelled at me?"

Zhu Yijun was also drunk. In a fit of anger, he turned to Concubine Wang Gong, thinking that today was the birthday of his eldest son Zhu Changluo. While he came to have a meal with his son, it would also make Zheng Mengjing aware of some 'sense of crisis'.

As a result, I found that the meal on this table was really hard to describe.

Concubine Wang Gong was also confused. She replied carefully: "To answer your Majesty's question, today is not Chang Luo's birthday..."

"Isn't it?" Zhu Yijun frowned, as if he had lost his memory and forgot what day it was.

Zhang Jing on the side was sweating again...

Zhu Yijun didn't think much about it. Anyway, he felt that as long as he could remember the birthday of his precious son Zhu Changxun, it would be fine if he couldn't remember Zhu Changluo's.

After hastily finishing the meal, Zhu Yijun wanted to leave, but he thought that if he didn't stay longer, what if Zheng Mengjing wasn't jealous?
  So, he reluctantly stayed and started chatting awkwardly with Concubine Wang Gong.

"Why do I feel that Chang Luo hasn't grown much taller?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, the imperial doctor said that it is normal for a boy to be this tall at his age. He does not start to grow until he is a teenager."

"Oh, I see that you seem to have gained a lot of weight recently. Eat less if you have nothing to do."

"Yes... I obey my orders..."

"Why is it so hot here? Where are the ice cubes to cool down?"

"To tell you your Majesty, the regular ice cubes for this month have been used up..."

"Tsk, why are you so wasteful? Don't you know how to use it sparingly?"

"Your Majesty, I have given the little ice to Chang Luo, but I have not..."

"Oh, you are so verbose."

"..."

Zhu Changluo is five years old this year. The child can run, jump and talk. When he sees a very 'rare' father coming to see him, he is happy for no reason.

When the child was happy, he wanted to act coquettishly. He twisted around and got closer to Zhu Yijun, trying to sit on his father's lap like his elder sister and his grandmother coquettishly.

"Father, I want a hug~" Five-year-old Zhu Changluo cooed in a babyish voice.

Zhu Yijun glanced at him. He didn't refuse his son's request for a hug, but he only gave him a very brief and perfunctory hug.

After hugging him, Zhu Yijun pushed Zhu Changluo out and said, "Okay, let's go play."

Zhu Changluo, who was only five years old, didn't want to leave. After finally meeting the emperor's father, he naturally wanted to stick to his father.

However, he was very afraid of his father. He did not dare to disobey his father, so he could only retreat obediently.

But after a while, Zhu Changluo came back again.

This time, Zhu Changluo took out his favorite toy. He wanted to share it with his father to play with, and wanted his father to spend more time with him.

However, the toy Zhu Changluo took out made his father Zhu Yijun angry!

……

Zhu Changluo cried. He was only five years old and had no idea why his father was suddenly angry.

He just wanted to share his most beloved toy with his father, but instead of playing with him, the father snatched his most beloved toy "Wind Gourd" and threw it to the ground!

Although Zhu Changluo was the eldest son of the emperor, neither he nor his mother was favored. People in the harem were all people who worshiped those who were superior and looked down upon those who were inferior. In addition, with some secret hints from the beloved concubine Zheng Guifei, their life as a mother and son was fine. It's quite difficult to say.

This also led to the fact that the wind gourd was Zhu Changluo's only toy.

However, his only toy, which he happily shared with his father with great anticipation, made his father furious and even smashed it to the ground in disgust!
  Zhu Changluo cried very sadly, but his father didn't care how sad he was. He only heard his father scolding him for being "unlucky", and saw his father was so angry that he raised his right foot and was about to kick it down!
  ……

In the fifteenth year of Wanli, June 20th.

On this day, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, who was ready to start showing off, had goosebumps all over his body when he saw the gourd in his son's hand!

At this moment, Zhu Yijun finally remembered what day it was.

Suddenly, shame, regret, anger, unwillingness, and all kinds of complicated emotions rushed into my heart!
  At this moment, Zhu Yijun seemed to see the dead Zhang Ju sarcastically questioning him from the familiar wind gourd:
  "Your Majesty, don't you think that as long as you leave the shackles of your ministers, you can fly high in the sky and accomplish great things?"

"Don't you want to be like Emperor Chengzu, a prosperous lord who is good at conquering and fighting, and is both civil and military?"

"But now that you neither go to court nor manage politics, you can't even deal with the civil servants of the court!"

"All you do now is hide in the harem all day long, hiding from people and solving problems by escaping!"

"Your Majesty, you really can't do anything without me! You can't accomplish anything!"

Zhu Yijun was so angry that he almost collapsed. He seemed to have been ridiculed by Zhang Juzheng. In anger, he snatched the wind gourd from his son Zhu Changluo's hand and threw it to the ground!

Zhu Yijun felt that this was not enough to relieve his anger. He also wanted to step on the wind gourd on the ground!
  Maybe he was so angry that Zhu Yijun forgot that his right leg was sick for a moment. He raised his right leg and kicked it towards the round wind gourd!

With this kick, something happened!
  (End of this chapter)