Wanli 1592

Chapter 383
The empress dowager is here again?

Zhu Yijun's face tightened, and he immediately ordered the eunuchs around him to put away all the memorials, leaving only the books of the sages of Confucius and Mencius on the table. He straightened his clothes and put a piece of ice in his mouth to cool down his hot body, and heaved a sigh of relief. Use the best state to greet my mother - there is no way, I gave the jade seal to her old man in a flash of brain, and now I don't pretend to be a grandson and ask for the jade seal back, I really can't feel the majesty of the emperor.

He cannot live without the majesty of the emperor, without the power of the emperor, even if it is the castrated imperial power, he must at least master some.

Empress Dowager Li's frame fell at the door of the emperor's bedroom, Empress Dowager Li came out with the help of a maid, and saw Zhu Yijun standing respectfully under the sun waiting for her.

Strange to say, the sun is not too small, but there is no warmth in the sun, and Zhu Yijun can even feel a little bit of coolness—this would only happen after mid-October in previous years. Now, the distance between There are two days left in October.

"The sons and ministers welcome the queen mother."

After so many years, Empress Dowager Li still doesn't understand that the emperor has regained her spirits, she just handed over the jade seal to herself in a flash of enthusiasm, and now she can't hold back her face and can't find a reason to return her jade seal and power, so she is so eager, But it’s not the Song Dynasty or the Han Dynasty now, women don’t have that much power anymore, and stereotyped writing has flourished in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and there is no social foundation for women to hold power.

The empress dowagers of the Ming Dynasty were all born in small families, with no outside reinforcements and no alliance inside. The only Empress Dowager Li who came to the front of the stage completely lost her status of influencing the government after the deaths of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao. The civil servant alliance was already strong Even if Empress Dowager Li has a certain prestige, she has nothing to do without the means of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao. Civil servants have good reasons. They only recognize the emperor. You let them choose between the emperor and the queen mother. One, [-]% will choose the emperor, as for the queen mother - who cares about you?

It's not that she didn't want to help the emperor, but that the emperor himself destroyed his hope of turning things around. He personally abolished Zhang Juzheng's hard work and Feng Bao's power in the inner court. His power was almost abolished by him, just for the dream of a sage, and when the dream of the sage woke up, he suddenly realized how stupid things he had done, and at this moment, Queen Mother Li's warning was meaningless.

Thinking of Zhang Juzheng's admonition from Empress Dowager Li before the abolition of the New Deal, Zhu Yijun regretted it, but there was nothing he could do, he could only sigh.

The mother and son looked at each other silently, and looked at each other against the big sun for a long time. Empress Dowager Li withdrew her gaze, sighed slightly, and said: "The emperor should not stand under the big sun, follow the big sun. Go in, don't break your body."

After speaking, Empress Dowager Li entered the emperor's palace, followed by Zhu Yijun.

It's not hot at all, so what are you talking about?
Zhu Yijun secretly slandered.

Although the ministers restricted the emperor's expenses, the emperor himself had money, and Zhu Yijun was quite affluent during this time. Xiao Ruxun brought so much money from Japan for him, and there were so many mine incomes. He was not short of money. , as soon as you smell the incense in the palace, you know that it is a high-end product. Once you enter it, you can feel refreshed and comfortable. Empress Dowager Li is in a better mood. Her own maid served tea for her.

Zhu Yijun was standing next to Empress Dowager Li and did not sit down.

Empress Dowager Li glanced at Zhu Yijun as she wrote, and after a while, after drinking tea, she slowly said, "What is the emperor doing standing up? Sit down!"

Only then did Zhu Yijun sit down, and said with a smile on his face, "Why is the queen mother here today?"

Empress Dowager Li smiled slightly, and said, "Isn't it for the emperor's business? The Ai family heard that the emperor hasn't left the palace for two months and hasn't summoned the ministers, not even the concubine. The Ai family is very worried! The emperor is a How can the king of the country stay silent in the bedroom and not summon the ministers and concubines? In this way, the officials will feel uneasy, which may not be a good thing for the country."

"The empress mother taught me that my son knew his mistake. These days, my son has been reflecting on himself, devoting himself to reading, reading the books of the sages of Confucius and Mencius, hoping to find the way to be a king."

Even though he said this, Zhu Yijun was slandering in his heart—that group of bastards wanted me to ignore everything, put Yuxi in the cabinet, and let them take charge of all state affairs. I just need to be a mascot. It just happened to fulfill their wishes, if I can still do what they say I will do, then I will definitely not be able to escape the title of the eternal sage.

This group of extremely shameless bastards just hold the pen and the writing of history books. They don't know what I am like now, and what will be written by them after I die?I'm afraid I can't escape the title of a fatuous and incompetent king!In their eyes, their father and Master Hongzhi are the models of the Holy King, because these two masters have soft ears and listen to them in everything.

And the emperor who really has achievements will be slandered by them as a fatuous and mediocre emperor, and the emperor who uses eunuchs to protect the emperor's power will be reprimanded as an innocent king who trusts eunuchs. The emperor was said to be a tyrannical king, unkind and unrighteous. Anyway, in their eyes, they were only allowed to act recklessly, and the emperor was not allowed to set things right. They had the final say on everything in the world. Just a string puppet, that is the holy king who everyone shouted long live.

Chenghua Emperor Zhengde Emperor Jiajing Emperor was mostly demonized by history books, and Hongzhi Emperor Longqing Emperor was mostly beautified by history books. However, if you look closely at some interesting details in history books, you will know that Emperor Yingzong was demonized as a fatuous emperor after Yingzong. In the world, there are emperors who have the brains not to be deceived by the officials. Basically, they can use eunuchs and royal guards to fight against civil officials, while the emperor of sage, morality and righteousness is an auspicious emperor who has soft ears and does nothing.

Ming Wenchen's low moral level and absurd double standards after the Tumu Fortress incident all hit the highest peak in history.

But Zhu Yijun, who had seen all this, was helpless. He watched the power fall to the sidelines.

Just calm down and think about it carefully, Zhu Yijun also knows that he is too impulsive. If he follows the previous approach, I am afraid that no matter how loyal Xiao Ruxun is and how good he is in fighting, he will not be able to escape the fate of Chao Cuo. How can he fight with the entire civil servants alone? What about the alliance of gentlemen against it?These people don't even look down on the emperor, let alone Xiao Ruxun, a military general, I think he will be forced to "kill Chao Cuo" in a short time, and where is his own Zhou Yafu?

Thinking about it now, Zhu Yijun feels that his situation is very similar to that of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. Government orders do not leave the capital, local tycoons stand in their own ways, the central army is weak, and local forces are tyrannical. The joint confrontation between the central civil servants and the local gentry, lacking an alliance, and not even a Chao Cuo, a Zhou Yafu, and a Xiliuying, how can we "reduce the feudal clan"?
The situation faced by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was much easier than his own. At least at that time, the Han Dynasty had only been established for a few decades, and what he was facing was 200 years of bad governance. How easy is it?It is easy to kill ministers, but difficult to clean up the mess. Who will handle the government affairs?Who will issue the decree?Taizu Taizong is such a powerful emperor, doesn't he still want to set up a cabinet to help deal with government affairs?One person cannot rule the world, he must share the power, and he has no alliance, how can a coup d'état?

It was frivolous, hasty, and simple, but luckily it was stopped, otherwise, not only would Xiao Ruxun, the most promising talent to become Zhou Yafu, not only be unable to keep his throne, but at least Xiao Ruxun was still alive, and his throne as emperor would also be lost. In my hands, I am only 30 years old, in my prime, when I am most energetic, and I still have a chance, I really still have a chance.

Empress Dowager Li looked at the emperor's well-behaved appearance, and she didn't know what the emperor was thinking and saying, but at this moment, she really couldn't allow the emperor to take her own life to joke with Zhu Jiatian, more directly, she I also want to spend my old age in peace and live a few years of comfortable life, but I don't expect to face the disaster of war when I get old.

So she personally took action to stop everything.

But it seems that the emperor didn't give up, but became more cautious. This is not a bad thing. After all, the world still belongs to the Zhu family. She is also very dissatisfied with allowing the people below to do evil, but the beast trainer Zhang Juzheng is dead. Feng Bao is also dead. She is powerless and can't do anything. If her son can do it, she will naturally support it, but all of this must be within the scope of political struggle and not involve military affairs.

Therefore, she decided to keep Xiao Ruxun in Myanmar and not let her come back.

It's just that Queen Mother Li still thinks highly of her son. Zhang Juzheng can succeed, and there are a group of helpers and generals like Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang who hold the military power. They give their full support, but what does Zhu Yijun have?What else but the throne?Political reform needs helpers, supporters, and more directly - guns!When the other party refuses to accept it, fuck him!

Zhu Yijun has nothing, how about a coup?

"It's good for the emperor to know that he is wrong. The way of being a king is in your heart, in your books, and in your daily actions. As long as you can see through and understand it, then the way of being a king You can naturally understand that everything in the past should be let go. Ai’s family is old and can’t stand the toss. What I hope most is to spend the rest of my life smoothly. The first half of my life was too hard and stressful. Now, I just want to be safe. live."

Empress Dowager Li raised her minimum needs, the subtext is - you let me live in peace, I will not toss you, do what you want to do, if you are really sure, you can do it, but if you are not sure, you can do it. To make trouble is to prevent me from living a peaceful life. Although I am old, it is still no problem to clean up you little red guy!
remember!Never fight against your old lady!Your mother, I have eaten more salt than you have walked!

Zhu Yijun is not stupid, of course he can hear what his wife is saying, he knows what he should do.

"I would like to follow my mother's teachings. In the future, you must be cautious and think twice before doing things."

After making such a political commitment, Empress Dowager Li breathed a sigh of relief and changed her tone a little softer.

"I'm tired of mourning. I have helped the emperor deal with some things these days, and now I leave them to the cabinet to take care of. After Wang Xijue finishes the last few things, he will retire and return home. The emperor pays attention, Wang Xijue can still guard himself mouth, but also prevent it from happening."

Zhu Yijun's heart shuddered, and he nodded in agreement.

"My son understands!"

Empress Dowager Li nodded and waved her hand. The eunuch beside her came over with a plate. The eunuch brought the plate in front of Zhu Yijun and presented it to Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun looked at the familiar jade seal, hesitated, and reached out to take it. plate.

"The subsequent matters will be left to the emperor to deal with. The Ai family doesn't want to take care of anything, and doesn't want to participate in anything. The Ai family will not talk about things that the emperor can do by himself. The Ai family will go back to live their own comfortable life. If the emperor is free, he will come to visit Aijia, if not, he will focus on state affairs, the country of the ancestors is much more important than an orphaned old woman, understand?"

Zhu Yijun knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Queen Mother Li.

"My son understands!"

Empress Dowager Li felt that the fire was almost over, and there was no point in talking any further, so she stood up and said, "Then Aijia will not disturb the emperor's reading of sage books, Aijia has gone back."

After walking a few steps, Zhu Yijun also followed, and was about to send his mother out. Queen Mother Li didn't stop her, but halfway through, Zhu Yijun was told not to follow.

"Don't follow, just come here, you still have a lot of things to deal with."

Zhu Yijun nodded and did not follow.

After walking a few more steps, Empress Dowager Li stopped and looked back at Zhu Yijun.

"By the way, Emperor, Xiao Ruxun, your favorite general, won a great victory in Burma and wiped out that Dongwu country. Now the cabinet has decided to restore Burma Town there, under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yunnan. Feng Xiao Ruxun In order to be hereditary Wangdi Zhennanhou, the commander-in-chief of Burma Town, the Shizhen Burma, and an overview of the military affairs in the southern border, you can rest assured that from now on, the southern border of the Ming Dynasty will be safe, and you can let go of the northern border affairs!"

After finishing speaking, Empress Dowager Li quickly left Zhu Yijun's bedroom. When Zhu Yijun came back to his senses, Empress Dowager Li had already gone a long way.

In the courtyard, the sun was shining on Zhu Yijun's body, but Zhu Yijun couldn't feel any warmth.

Xiao Ruxun won a big victory, destroyed the Dongwu Kingdom, and the southern border of the Ming Dynasty was stabilized. This is a good thing, of course it is a good thing, but... what does it mean to let Xiao Ruxun live in Burma?Don't let him come back?He is not allowed to come back to my side?
Mother, Wang Xijue...

Zhu Yijun took a deep breath, with a cold light in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)