Brocade legend

Chapter 31 The Emperor's Trouble

He stood at the gate of the palace, raised his breath and said in a deep voice: "Chen, Lu Bing begs to see you!"

This sound, although not high-pitched, but full-bodied

The sound was sent into the hall, and the hall immediately became quiet. Soon Huang Jin opened the door from the inside, and while opening the door, raised his head slightly and gave Lu Bing a twinkling look.Lu Bing nodded almost imperceptibly, indicating that he understood.

Huang Jin lowered his head and opened the door, then quickly walked into the Nuan Pavilion in the hall with small steps, and quickly knelt down again.

Lu Bing walked in after him, and saw that Emperor Jiajing was not sitting cross-legged on the bed, but was standing on the ground wearing cloth shoes, wearing a navy blue Taoist robe, holding a dust whisk in his right hand and resting on his left arm, his face was reddish, it seemed that he had just died Temper.

Just as Lu Bing was about to kneel down, he said, "See..."

Before the word "Your Majesty" could be uttered, Emperor Jiajing shook his whisk impatiently and said, "That's all right, all right! No courtesy, no courtesy!" Lu Bing got up helplessly, and before he could speak, Emperor Jiajing went on to say: "In the future If you come to see me, don't kneel here and there, delaying things will make me feel upset when I see it."

"This..." Lu Bing hesitated, "Etiquette is indispensable."

"Hmph, what etiquette." Emperor Jiajing snorted and said, "No matter how rude you are, Lu Bing, I believe you respect me, but most of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty are polite on the outside, but they may not be respectful in their hearts."

Lu Bing had no choice but to flatter himself, so he couldn't deny it, so he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love."

Seeing that Huang Jin was still kneeling, Lu Bing asked Jiajing, "What's wrong?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned and said, "It's nothing." He glanced at Huang Jin who was still kneeling and said angrily, "Okay, get up too! It's not your fault, why are you kneeling?"

Huang Jin didn't get up, but raised his head with his hands on the ground, and said tearfully: "Slave. The slave hates himself for being incompetent. He can't share his worries with grandpa... I feel so guilty, let the slave kneel... Kneeling, the slave feels his heart Feel better."

Emperor Jiajing said impatiently: "Okay, okay! I feel even more annoyed when you kneel down! Get up!"

While talking about Jiajing, he walked to the dragon couch and sat down.Emperor Jiajing had been inactive for many years, and after he came down to court, he practiced Taoism and meditated. His body was very weak, and he felt very tired from the anger just now.

After Emperor Jiajing sat down, he couldn't help letting out a breath of foul air.Feeling a little thirsty, she said to Huang Jin who was still kneeling, "Stop kneeling, go get me a cup of tea. Oh, get Wen Fu a cup too." Huang Jin kowtowed, stood up quickly, and ordered Make tea.

Only then did Emperor Jiajing ask Lu Bingdao: "Wenfu, what are you doing here to see me?"

Lu Bing cupped his hands and saluted, "I don't know why the emperor was angry just now?"

Emperor Jiajing sighed and said, "What else can I do? The Ming Dynasty has such things every year, such as disaster relief, rebellion, pirates in the south and barbarians in the north. Can't the world just stop for a few days?"

Lu Bing said with a smile: "The emperor is proficient in everything, and he is sympathetic to the common people. It's not much better in the past few years, and it will get better and better."

When Emperor Jiajing heard these affirmative words, he also smiled a little, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and Wenfu has also learned to flatter?"

Lu Bing smiled and cupped his hands and said: "The emperor knows about my humble minister, and I never tell lies."

Emperor Jiajing also said with a smile: "So Wenfu is the most reassuring for me!" He couldn't help but frowned and said: "If only those civil and military people can save their worries like Wenfu, it would be great to make some pickles every day. The troublesome things bother me, recently it is not as easy for me to enter meditation as before."

Lu Bing didn't want to take Jiajing's talk about Taoism, so he turned back and asked, "What's the reason this time?"

At this time, Huang Jin had already brought tea in. First he presented a cup to Jiajing, and then to Lu Bing.

Lu Bing put his hands in his hands and didn't drink it. Emperor Jiajing took a sip and seeing that Lu Bing didn't move, he said, "Taste this tea first. There aren't many Shifeng Longjing teas here before tomorrow." The Emperor sighed again and said, "It's all caused by the Japanese pirates..." Then he took another sip of tea and handed it to Huang Jin and ordered, "Go and show Master Lu the battle report from the north."

Huang Jin responded and went out of the Nuan Pavilion to get it outside. Lu Bing lowered his head and took a sip of the tea. As expected, the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth. Then he lifted the lid of the tea bowl and took a look. The buds stood upright, the soup was clear, and the fragrance was overflowing. One flag, one shot.Can't help sighing: "Sure enough, good tea, worthy of being one of the four wonders."

Emperor Jiajing also laughed and said: "It seems that Wenfu has worked hard on tea!"

Lu Bing replied with a smile: "I know a little bit, and this one just happened to be the most famous Shifeng Longjing."

At this time, Huang Jin came in, and Emperor Jiajing took the battle report and asked Lu Bing with a smile: "Then I will test you, which four unique skills are these four unique skills?"

Lu Bing replied with a smile: "This humble official really knows, "green in color, rich in fragrance, mellow in taste, and beautiful in shape", which are called "four unique things"."

Emperor Jiajing nodded with a smile and said: "Wen Fu is worthy of being a Jinshi of Wu family background, he is both civil and military!"

Emperor Jiajing glanced at the battle report in his hand, "It's a pity that the "Four Uniques" are getting harder and harder to drink."

Lu Bing asked, "Why?"

Emperor Jiajing sighed: "There have been pirates and pirates in the south for many years, and this year is still fierce. Tea farmers can't grow tea and pick tea, and tea merchants dare not collect tea and transport tea. Even though I am the emperor, I can't drink good tea."

Lu Bing frowned and said, "Then why don't you send troops to destroy them?"

Emperor Jiajing shook his head helplessly and said, "Is it that simple? Not to mention the ancestral precept that "a piece of wood should not go into the sea". The pirates in the southern sea are the same. Even the inside and outside are inextricably linked with that Collusion makes it difficult to distinguish the enemy from us. Recently, you received a report from your Jinyiwei spies that Zhejiang is suffering from mining wood, and civilians gather to make trouble; , the poor rose up to rebel. None of the civil servants and censors came to report. Every day, they either picked up Chen Hong’s little problems and came to find trouble, or they fought with each other, or there was an endless battle for heirship. It’s been a few years, and I haven’t written anything to say that I’m wrong! Are there still few dirty things about themselves? Sigh...”

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help complaining in front of the milk brothers, sighed, and then said: "Oh, there is more." While talking, he handed the battle report in his hand to Lu Bing: "There is also endless trouble in the north."

(End of this chapter)