Bright Spring

Qin's whole body went limp, and she said with tears in her eyes, "It's my fault that I don't know the general idea."

Yao Ji sighed and said, "I know that for you, the sky is falling, and it doesn't matter if you don't know the general situation at this time. But we have to know in our hearts, this is not something we can force. Sister-in-law, go back and wait. I will figure out a way myself, and when the time is right, I will speak in front of the Holy One."

At this moment, a female official hurried to the gate of the hall and said, "My Lady, Your Majesty is here!"

"Let's go meet him first." Yao Ji glanced at Qin Shi, and only said one sentence, but didn't say much.

When the two walked to a corridor in the courtyard, Qin saw a burly man wearing a red tuanlong suit and a black gauze hat. She knew in her heart that this was the man of my sister-in-law, the current emperor Zhu Gaoxu.

The two of them knelt down on the road together and saluted the emperor.

Zhu Gaoxu came over, bent down to help Yao Ji up, and then turned his head to look at Qin Shi: "Get up."

When Qin got up, she looked at Zhu Gaoxu again, and found that he was also looking at her face.Only then did Qin realize that her eyes were probably red, so she immediately lowered her head.

"She is the concubine's sister-in-law Qin Shi." Yao Ji said in her voice.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and spoke very briefly: "Let's go into the house first."

The group returned to the palace where Yao Ji lived.Zhu Gaoxu sat down on a big chair, greeted Yao Ji and Qin Shi and said, "Sit down and talk. Mrs. Yao, how about Ling Weng Pingyihou (Yao Fengji)?"

The Qin family said: "Hui Sheng said that my father-in-law has been a little worried recently, and his meals have been reduced. It should be fine."

She remembered Yao Ji's words, and only talked about Yao Fang when the time was right.Qin didn't want to make trouble, so she resisted crying in front of Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu said with a look of emotion: "Back when I raised troops in Yunnan, the most important thing in employing people was trustworthiness. At that time, there were really too few generals who could be trusted, and Marquis Pingyi was one. Now the government of Hubei is fair. An, I have to be grateful to Marquis Pingyi, otherwise Ping An would not even have a place to hide."

The Qin family didn't know why the emperor suddenly mentioned Yao Fengji.She had never heard of these things before, and suddenly felt that the Yao family was really powerful.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Yao Fang also helped me a lot in secret back then. In those turbulent years, I was often in danger, it is really hard to forget."

Qin Shi didn't know what to say when she heard this.

Zhu Gaoxu went on to say: "Yao Fang should not be in danger of life yet. Mrs. Yao went back to comfort Ping Yihou and told him not to be too sad. It's not time to be sad yet."

"Really?" Qin asked hurriedly.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "At present, Japan is playing a game with the Ming court. This is not the first time they have done this. They succeeded once in the Hongwu Dynasty. The best game is to understand the opponent's true intentions, bottom line, etc. as much as possible. Money Xili and other court civil and military officials, of course, cannot be killed casually, the Japanese must want to take something useful out of their mouths."

Qin asked with concern: "Will I be tortured|beaten?"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her: "I'm afraid living crimes are unavoidable, as long as they can come back alive, they will be fine."

Qin said hurriedly: "Your Majesty is right."

Zhu Gaoxu went on to say: "For the hostages, the imperial court cannot force|force the Japanese country to submit. Emperor Taizu once threatened to conquer the Japanese country, wanting the Japanese country to ban Japanese pirates and hand over criminals suspected of espionage activities, but It didn't work. So we can only redeem people with money."

Unknowingly, the Qin family felt more and more hopeful.

Zhu Gaoxu's voice said: "We can't redeem people in the name of the imperial court, otherwise the Japanese will feel that they are rare goods and put forward conditions that are even more difficult for us to accept. Qian Xili is a Jinshi, and Yao Fang is a wealthy businessman, so we can try to To send news to the Japanese, in the name of the Qian family and the family members of the Yao family, they proposed to redeem a group of people with 500 million Wen. The money is actually allocated by the imperial palace. If the Japanese only have objections to the amount, it is acceptable .

Qian Xili, Yao Fang and others were only there to negotiate, and they did nothing bad.If the Japanese killed them, it would not have any effect, and they were short of copper coins in circulation, so exchanging them with copper coins was very likely to succeed. "

Qin hurriedly knelt down in front of the chair, kowtowed and choked up, "Your Majesty is so kind and virtuous, this concubine will never forget it."

Zhu Gaoxu made a gesture of support, and said kindly: "Get up quickly, this is something I am willing to do, but if there is a way, I will definitely try my best."

The Qin family continued to worship: "I thank the emperor for my kindness."

When she got up, seeing Yao Ji's eyes on Zhu Gaoxu's face, she showed a grateful expression.Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly.

Seeing the way Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yao Ji, Qin suddenly remembered how Yao Fang treated her, and there was a vague similarity.Qin can feel that Yao Ji is still very favored.

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he said: "Concubine Xian finally talked to her natal family, I will come back tomorrow."

Qin immediately said: "It's getting late, and it's inconvenient for me to stay in the palace for a long time, so I ask for an order to say goodbye."

Yao Ji said: "The sister-in-law will come to the palace to meet again when she is free. If there is any news about Yao Fang, I will send an eunuch to her mother's house and tell the sister-in-law."

The Qin family thanked the emperor and concubine Xian again, and then insisted on leaving.Yao Ji then sent someone to take Qin Shi out.

Qin walked out of Bei'anmen all the way and got back into the carriage, feeling much better than before, at least she really had hope.Because the emperor didn't talk about the scene, he explained the specific methods of how to rescue him very carefully, and it sounded very reliable; of course Qin could tell that the emperor was taking this matter seriously.

With this experience, Qin Shi also discovered that Jinshang's reputation is not very good and is purely misinformation, but in fact he is quite gentle with others, and he is not a bloodthirsty violent|ruthless martial artist at all; anyone who has seen the emperor with his own eyes will know I understand that he is a very calm and decent gentleman.

Chapter 792 On the East Corner Gate

After the end of Yumen's hearing, the ministers almost all left Fengtianmen.Several officials on duty in the Imperial Academy did not leave for the time being.In addition, the three important ministers that Zhu Gaoxu summoned that day did not leave the imperial gate, and they seemed to have something else to do.

Zhu Gaoxu saw it, but still got up and left his seat.He walked out of a gate in the north, then turned to the eunuch Wang Gui beside him and said, "Go ask Qi Tai and the other three to meet at the east corner gate."

Wang Gui replied, then turned and walked back to the imperial gate.

After the emperor came to court, if he wanted to find a place to discuss secretly with his confidant ministers, the corner gates on both sides of Fengtian Gate were really the only ones that were relatively close.

At that time, Emperor Jianwen summoned Huang Zicheng and others to secretly discuss the reduction of the vassal. It is said that it was at Dongjiaomen, and the reason is probably because it is close to the imperial gate.However, there are east and west gates in Fengtianmen, and Zhu Gaoxu always chooses the east corner gate because of the precedent of Jianwen.The "Battle of Jingnan" that led to the replacement of the throne seemed to give Zhu Gaoxu a vague sense of vigilance, reminding him that he must still fully consider the consequences when doing things.

He stood on the pavilion, looking at the large palace with double eaves and waiting.

Then the three men came upstairs.After the monarchs and ministers saw the ceremony, Hu Wei took the lead in speaking: "At the beginning of Yongle, the official army conquered Annan Kingdom. After the war, some Annan scholars went to the imperial city to petition, asking Emperor Taizong to include Annan Kingdom into Ming Dynasty. As far as I know, behind this incident is Xincheng Hou Zhangfu was in charge. At that time, many civil servants in the court dissuaded Emperor Taizong, but because Zhang Fu and others created momentum, the imperial court still decided to add Jiaozhi Chief Envoy.”

Zhu Gaoxu listened patiently.

Hu Wei paused for a while, and said in a deep voice: "At this time, if Qian Xili's family members are asked to wear Qian Xili's clothes and go to the Thousand Steps Corridor to cry; Petition by officials and scholars...the momentum of conquest of Japan is quite different from before. Qian Xili studied in the Imperial College before the examination, and has many acquaintances."

Zhu Gaoxu was slightly surprised, and immediately looked at Hu Wei.Hu Yan also closed his mouth, and bent down with a serious face.

This matter, which was originally upright, suddenly shrouded in a layer of conspiracy in the attic.However, after being reminded by Hu Wei, an old civil servant, Zhu Gaoxu also believes that public opinion seems to be changeable.

Hu Wei didn't hear Zhu Gaoxu's response, so he wisely stopped talking.

At this time, Gao Xianning's voice said: "The holy lord has shown that there are many officials in the court who want to flatter the holy lord, but they are afraid of being despised by their colleagues. After Qian Xili's family makes trouble, the second court meeting will be held after conquering Japan; at that time Qi Butang, Hu Butang, and ministers proposed to conquer Japan, and the left envoy Hou Hai, the right envoy Qian Xun, and the military minister Pei Youzhen, etc. will also advocate the use of troops. This time, many officials will definitely support the proposal.”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu gradually became a little excited. He found that his new policy seemed to have the approval and support of some civil officials.

After all, according to the traditional concept, the motivation for opening up territories should be to occupy and "kingly transform" the land that can be cultivated.Opening up the land of Japan is obviously not in line with this concept; because compared with Japan, which is barren, mountainous and far away, the best direction for the imperial court to expand cultivated land is Liaodong.Therefore, Qi Tai, Hu Wei and others support war against Japan, which means that they are likely to be willing to support Zhu Gaoxu's New Deal.

Zhu Gaoxu took two steps, and quickly responded calmly: "I will ask who is guarding Hongwumen this afternoon, and I have to say hello to Shangfeng, the general guarding the gate."

The three worshiped together: "The Holy One is wise."

Zhu Gaoxu's mood was getting better, so he said a few more words: "When the imperial court gets more silver, I will issue a decree to implement silver control | in the whole country, and stipulate in the form of laws that private individuals are not allowed to collect silver ingots, and the weight of silver jewelry is also limited. There must be restrictions, serious offenders confiscated | property exiled to Liaodong. The silver mines mined from Japan and Ming Dynasty's chief envoys should all be used for minting coins. I wonder if Xia Yuanji will have any objections to this."

Gao Xianning immediately said: "Xia Butang will not object to minting coins, because there is no worse coin than treasure banknotes and iron coins."

Zhu Gaoxu: "..."

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and found it quite reasonable. With the depreciation speed of the Ming Dynasty's banknotes, the loss of credit, and various currency problems, the country's economy should have collapsed long ago.However, the self-sufficient farming economy and the system of taxation in kind made Daming's economy invulnerable to all kinds of poisons. As long as there were no large-scale disasters, the court would be able to operate well.