Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 52 Let Zhu Youjian Enter Beijing
Seeing the cold wind blowing outside again, Xiao Rushi hurriedly stood on tiptoe and lowered the bamboo curtain a little bit. At this time, Zhu Youxiao, who was reviewing the memorial, suddenly said:
"Xiao Rushi, close the curtain to block my light."

"Hey!"

Liu Rushi responded, so he had no choice but to climb up to the twig and close the bamboo curtain again, then ran to Zhu Youxiao, and pushed the stove towards Zhu Youxiao's feet.

"Don't dangle in front of me, just stay aside and read a book honestly, I have to test you tonight how you have studied in the past few days?"

Zhu Youxiao dipped some ink, said something to Liu Rushi, and then continued to review the important papers sent by Xinuang Pavilion.

Liu Rushi had no choice but to half-squat next to the incense burner with her cheeks in her hands, waiting for His Majesty to finish his work so that he could tell him strange stories from all over the world.

Zhu Youxiao didn't bother to care about what the little girl was thinking. Now the snow is falling violently. The north has just experienced a drought and a snowstorm. Countless livestock froze to death, countless crops froze, and refugees started increase.

Although Sun Chengzong sits in the town, by killing corrupt officials, plowing wasteland, and appeasing the refugees, there is no chaos in the north, but no one can guarantee that if the snow continues, when the spring famine next year, the refugees from all over the world will rise up.

Although Zhu Youxiao said that if the people in the north rebelled within five years, Sun Chengzong would die, but he didn't really want such a result. It didn't matter whether Sun Chengzong died or not, but the people rebelled, which worried him very much.

For this reason, Zhu Youxiao had to send an additional 50 stone grains and [-] taels of silver to Sun Chengzong.

……

Just when Zhu Youxiao was burning with worry, Empress Zhang Yan walked in, seeing that Xiao Rushi was about to get up and salute, she hurriedly made a gesture of hissing, and then Empress Zhang walked up quietly, pressing a pair of catkins on her. On Zhu Youxiao's temples, he gently rubbed them.

Knowing that it was his queen who came, Zhu Youxiao smiled knowingly, so he simply closed his eyes and let her massage.

"Your Majesty should also relax when he is busy with state affairs. Now that the New Year is approaching, the common people can still have a few days of idleness. Why can't you take a rest for a while? There are hundreds of officials to assist in government affairs."

Empress Zhang chatted some gossip while massaging Zhu Youxiao.

"Come on, I want to sleep well for a few days until the sun is shining, but all these officials are smarter than monkeys. When I just said to shorten the ten-day vacation, they all look like dead old ladies. They are not sick. If I want to go home to recuperate, my father is sick and needs to serve soup and medicine. Even that kid Li Mingrui asked me for leave a month ago. It happened that there was a heavy snow last night and there was a natural disaster. The memorials of these local officials They flew into my Forbidden City like snowflakes, and I couldn't ignore any of them."

As Zhu Youxiao said, he asked Empress Zhang to order people to arrange lunch here directly. From this point of view, Zhu Youxiao planned to sacrifice his time for eating and making people in the afternoon.

Zhang Yan naturally understands the difficulty of her husband as the king of a country, and she abides by the ancestral precept that the harem should not interfere in politics. She didn't say anything more, but rubbed ink on Zhu Youxiao's side.

Liu Rushi, who was in a daze, saw that the queen had robbed him of his job, so he ran out of the palace door and started skating in the snow outside the palace. Although his face was flushed from the cold, he was very happy.

However, she accidentally bumped into Wang Chengen, who was coming over. Wang Chengen knew that His Majesty liked this little maid very much, so he didn't dare to put on the airs of the supervisor of ceremonies in front of Liu Rushi, so he quickly grabbed Liu Rushi's arm and said: " Ouch, my little ancestor, be careful, it's not a place to play in this snowy day, let's go inside."

Wang Cheng'en walked into the hall as he said that, and when Zhu Youxiao saw him coming in, he also put down his pen and asked him what he wanted to come to play.

"According to reports from Dongchang spies, His Royal Highness Xin Wang has been very manic recently, and his concubines are often beaten by him, and even Princess Zhou was beaten all over by him." Wang Chengen just reported Zhu Youjian's whereabouts routinely, and it was nothing serious .

However, Queen Zhang Yan was also a little interested after hearing this, and quickly asked: "Oh, what is it that makes the emperor's brother beat up the emperor's sister and other concubines?"

When Wang Chengen saw the queen's question, he glanced at Zhu Youxiao, because the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, so he didn't know whether he should answer or not.

Empress Zhang Yan also regretted her slip of the tongue and looked at Zhu Youxiao, fearing that Zhu Youxiao would be suspicious of her because of this.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youxiao just smiled and raised his hand: "It's okay, King Xin is my younger brother, his business is naturally a family matter, and the queen is the elder sister-in-law, so you can naturally ask."

Seeing Zhu Youxiao being so considerate of herself, Zhang Yan's heart warmed, and she couldn't help but smile like a flower on her face.

On the other hand, Wang Chengen replied without any worries: "According to the spies, His Royal Highness Xin Wang must drink heavily every day, and after drinking, he will go crazy. He said that the Ming Dynasty is about to perish, and the country and society are at stake. As a royal blood, he is naturally a Those who want to die for the country, but his concubines are not sure whether they will be looted by the bandits after he dies, so they should be killed first to prevent them from falling into the hands of the bandits."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing after hearing this, thinking to himself that his brother Zhu Youjian was really an irritable and impulsive person. In the 17th year of Chongzhen in history, when Li Zicheng was about to break through the capital, he also attacked his concubine and princess because of this. Not as emperor, but still like this.

However, in the final analysis, this Zhu Youjian is almost just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. He was bewitched after being educated by the Donglin Party, and he was impulsive. He is optimistic about the Donglin Party, which naturally makes him feel that Daming is in danger, and there is a reason for doing crazy things.

"Your Majesty, why don't we take Wang Xin and the others into the palace, after all, he is your own younger brother, and the Chinese New Year is coming, so the whole family should get together."

Empress Zhang Yan advised.

Zhu Youxiao nodded. He naturally understood that his queen was homesick and everything was going well, but the vassal king could not enter the capital without a reason, and he could not let Wang Xin enter the palace without a reason, so he said: "You pass on my will to the family The government said that the king of Xin was stubborn and lawless, and the prince was dismissed, and he was escorted to Beijing immediately!"

Wang Chengen understood that Zhu Youxiao's direct removal of Zhu Youjian's prince was not really to do something to Zhu Youjian, but just followed the Queen's advice to bring Zhu Youjian into the palace, and it was also more convenient to control.

The Donglin Party that supported Zhu Youjian has been destroyed, and even if Zhu Youjian is allowed to stay in the capital, it will be difficult to make any changes.

Therefore, Wang Chengen didn't say anything more, and retreated after answering.

Not long after Wang Chengen retreated, Liu Ruyu, the seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, came to report that officials from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies were already waiting outside to be summoned by His Majesty.

(End of this chapter)