Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 584

As soon as Zhu Youjian mentioned the need to implement new-style education and build new-style schools, and even held a court meeting for this purpose, Song Yingxing, Fang Yizhi and other officials who were keen on developing holy learning, that is, natural science, couldn't help being very excited. They saw a new school in a daze. The era of general is coming.

In this new era, what people are talking about is no longer just the way of sages and sages, but also the study of gewu which is related to heaven, earth, sun and moon.

Zhu Youjian also had some discussions with the frontier scientific research personnel of the Ming Dynasty at the military industrial base, and even decisively suspended some projects that were wasting manpower, material and financial resources, determined to consolidate the basic education and basic research of the Ming Dynasty at the cost of this.

It was not until night fell that Zhu Youjian left the military industrial base and returned to the Forbidden City.

Zhu Youjian walked to Jingren Palace under the moonlight.

Among all the concubines, Qi Guiren is the one who fascinates him the most. He has always wanted to eat her, but he just has no time.

Today, I had a long discussion with some officials of the military industrial base, and he seemed to see a brighter future for Daming, which put him in a good mood, so he thought of taking advantage of this time to directly take down Qi Guiren.

"Aifei, why don't you make some good tea?"

After repelling the accompanying internal officials, Zhu Youjian didn't let them call for His Majesty to come, but walked inside while taking off his coat, only to see three daughters Xu Zhaohua, Qi Dexuan, and Zhu Yuxi playing and playing.

For some unknown reason, Auntie Zhu and Xu Zhaohua grabbed Xu Zhaohua's lapel and pulled it out, but pulled out a crystal pendant:
"Sister Zhaohua, who gave this to you, such a beautiful crystal pendant, you hide it so tightly, could it be your sweetheart's?"

"What nonsense!"

Xu Zhaohua was flustered for a while, and hurriedly hid the crystal pendant in, thinking to himself that luckily the queen didn't see it, otherwise the misunderstanding would have been serious.

Zhu Youjian saw it, he was slightly startled, and immediately walked over: "Chang Ping, you go back first."

"Yes, Father." Auntie Zhu could see that her father's complexion was not good, so she obediently left here.

"My son also resigned," Xu Zhaohua also left here.

Zhu Youjian just nodded.

Qi Guiren didn't understand why the whole air became so quiet when His Majesty came, and she seemed to sense something was wrong, so she stood up consciously: "Your Majesty!"

"Pass the meal, I'm hungry!"

Zhu Youjian took a deep breath and sat down.

Looking at Xu Zhaohua and Aimee Zhu who were still whispering and laughing outside the house, he didn't know whether to believe that he saw this scene before his eyes.

Are they really innocent daughters?
After eating for a while, Zhu Youjian didn't speak, and Qi Guiren didn't speak either. She just felt that His Majesty today was different from the past, which made her feel inexplicably afraid.

"Why are you still standing there, come here soon!"

Zhu Youjian suddenly yelled and patted the couch.

Qi Guiren couldn't help but trembled, and walked over tremblingly: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Zhu Youjian crazily pulled Qi Guiren directly into his arms, and then directly pressed down on the bed, and Qi Guiren closed his eyes in fright and trembled.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian felt boring, said "boring!" and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Zhu Youjian ordered someone to call Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory.

"I remember that Dongchang reported before that the Korean envoy went to Nanjing to present a gift to the queen. There are two crystal pendants on the gift list?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"Reporting to His Majesty is available, but our people said that when returning to the capital, the Queen bestowed this item on King Hui and King Yong."

Wang Cheng'en didn't know why, as soon as he finished his words, the face of the Emperor Zhu Youjian in front of him turned frosty, even if he was too frightened, he was deeply afraid that disaster would happen to him.

Zhu Youjian was indeed quite shocked in his heart, but then he just smiled slightly:
"Good job, really good job, I didn't see it, I didn't see it!"

Wang Chengen didn't know why his emperor suddenly said that he was doing well, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. Seeing that Zhu Youjian waved him to retreat, he couldn't stay any longer, so he withdrew.

On that day, Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty stayed in Qianqing Palace all the time, neither seeing anyone nor summoning any concubines to sleep with him.

……

In an unremarkable Fengyue place outside the Daming Gate in the capital city, a few beauties were joking with a few men outside, but there were only two people inside except for a lamp.

Both of them were silent.

After the wax oil fell on the lampstand with a ticking sound, one of the old men with white hair at the temples and a thin physique spoke:

"There is news from the palace that His Majesty lost his temper in Jingren Palace today."

"Jingren Palace is Qi Guiren's bedroom, who doesn't know why His Majesty dotes on Qi Guiren the most, why would he lose his temper in Jingren Palace?"

Another old man wearing a watermelon hat and stroking his black beard and big belly asked in surprise.

"It's not important. What's important is that Qi Guiren and Xu Suitang, the supervisor of ceremonies, have always had the best relationship with cousins, and Xu Suitang's father is the eldest son of the emperor. I believe that His Majesty will not lose his temper for no reason. As an emperor, why is it because of a woman?" Jealousy and arrogance are probably due to dislike of the emperor's eldest son and his party, although we don't know what offended His Majesty, this may undoubtedly be the best chance for Gao Hongtu to lose the position of chief assistant in the cabinet."

The thin old man laughed after he finished speaking, he seemed to be in a good mood, and his turbid eyes couldn't hide his joy.

"Ah, is that right? Could it be that you are overthinking it? Gao Hongtu has been favored by His Majesty recently. It is said that even King Hui and King Yong were affirmed by His Majesty yesterday."

When the potbellied old man asked this question, the thin old man stared at him with a frosty face: "You are always so hesitant! Whether it is true or not, you have to try it and you will know. I have a trick to ask the way. You can trust me The censor, report this matter."

As he said that, the thin old man handed over a newspaper: "It has already started to circulate in the market, you can take a look, the writing is good, it is comparable to the words of a golden vase with plum blossoms."

"When the first assistant of the court, the eighteenth daughter of Yeyu, the Xiangmen's prostitute laughed and shocked the neighbors!"

The potbellied old man read the first sentence, then looked carefully, and couldn't help asking: "Is it true?"

"You think it's impossible for Gao Hongtu to have such good physical strength with his old-fashioned appearance. Regardless of whether he is true or not, it is true if His Majesty wants to believe it, and it is false if His Majesty does not want to believe it."

……

The mountain rain was about to come and the wind filled the building, looking at the boundless sky outside the window covered with thick clouds, Zhu Youjian didn't know what to say to himself.

All living beings in this empire have never been so simple. Over the years, I have killed many people and reused many people. There are not many people who confide in their hearts, and there are not a few people who rely on their arms. But sometimes people are separated from each other. It is still a bit simple to explain whether it is only based on the supremacy of interests.

"Your Majesty, the day for the civil servants of the inner court has arrived. I wonder if Your Majesty still has any objections to the matter of Xu Zhaohua's promotion to the Supervisor of Ceremonies?" At this time, He Xin came over.

(End of this chapter)