Domineering Daming

King Ping shook his hand holding the teacup, and then laughed loudly: "That's good, that's good, to tell you the truth, I'm still used to being in the capital, and I'm getting bored to death in North Annan. Wet, it's hard to sleep well..."

Zhu Xu looked at King Ping's expression and smiled without saying a word.

The government and the public's fear of Zhu Xu has been rooted in their hearts, and even King Ping is worried.However, King Ping is a wise and foolish man, and he acts with propriety, so he will not let him down.

Chapter 1099 Fright

Zhu Xu and King Ping sat opposite each other, they were chatting half of family affairs and half of government affairs, they ate less and talked a lot.

Zhu Xu drank herbal tea and ate iced watermelon, and said: "People outside say that I am cold and ruthless, and I don't even care about the blood of my compatriots. The people who tossed such a huge clan are scattered, and the descendants of the great ancestors said that I am cold and ruthless. There are not many left. As for me, I have never defended, and there is nothing to defend. The emperor's uncle was in charge of the clan mansion before, and he also played a very important role in the clan. Tell me, I have so..."

King Ping didn't wait for Zhu Xu to finish, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, no matter what others think, I only know that the Emperor is a Mingjun. My Ming Dynasty is precarious, Shen Ke is too heavy, so naturally I have to take heavy medicine. Some people don't understand the Emperor's painstaking efforts, not only Instead of defending the country that Taizu brought down, and doing everything possible to obstruct the emperor, I think... some people should be killed..."

Zhu Xu looked at him, laughed, and said: "It's okay, I usually can't catch people complaining about these complaints, but today the emperor's uncle is here, so I just listen to my nagging, one ear goes in and the other goes out..."

There was no smile on King Ping's face, but he was full of contemplation, and said: "Your Majesty, after returning, I will go to the clan's mansion to discuss with King Lu. Some cases that were vague and ambiguous in the past will be dug out and checked again to block everyone. In the future, if someone dares to make irresponsible remarks, slander the emperor, and pour dirty water on the clan, I will definitely not forgive you lightly!"

Zhu Xu looked at King Ping, who was indeed a very smart person, and said with a smile, "Let's not talk about this, Bei Annan, what else do you want to say?"

North Annan has basically stabilized. Zhu Xu decided to let King Ping come back and untie Dorgon—the southeast peninsula is too peaceful.

King Ping couldn't figure out Zhu Xu's thoughts, so according to his own understanding, he said in a vague voice: "Your Majesty, I don't understand the general plan of your ambition, but I always feel that the southeast peninsula is a quagmire, you should not take it lightly." It's better to step on it."

Zhu Xu raised his brows, smiled deeply, and said, "Don't talk about this, what do you think about Nanbei Annan?"

Seeing that Zhu Xu ignored him, King Ping moved his obese body, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Wen Tiren is a man who can do things, but every time I see him, his eyes flicker, dodging left and right, as if hiding Other thoughts, not a gentleman. The land in North Nan'an is not as good as that in South Annan. Dorgon is looting everywhere, including the population, planting land for them, and separating men and women. The women are filled into the house by their Jurchen Here, he is desperately giving birth to a child... Your Majesty, I think that Dorgon's wolfish ambition is a beast that is difficult to subdue, and it cannot be left alone, and it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible."

King Ping's thoughts represent the attitude of the courtiers.

Zhu Xu was noncommittal, picked up a piece of watermelon with a calm expression, took a bite, chewed slowly, and said after a while: "I plan to change places between Li Banghua and Wen Tiren, what do you think?"

King Ping looked at Zhu Xu, he couldn't keep up with Zhu Xu's train of thought, and paused for a while before saying: "Li Banghua has been in Shaanxi for many years and has rich experience in disaster relief. If he goes to North Annan, it would be suitable. Wen Tiren is similar, and I have no objection."

Zhu Xu ate the watermelon and nodded calmly.

Li Banghua's "farm policy" in Shaanxi has aroused uproar. Not only the local gentry, but also the common people revolted like a wave.

Zhu Xu is not because of these pressures, but because Li Banghua's farm policy has reached a certain level, and now he needs to stabilize and ease the local opposition.

Similarly, what North Annan has to do is to save all money and food, and speed up reclamation to accommodate more victims. Li Banghua's "farm policy" is quite appropriate!

Zhu Xu ate a few mouthfuls of watermelon and said, "Uncle, you come back from Guihua City, and then go to Xi'an to meet Uncle, and Li Banghua, Uncle, I plan to transfer to Beijing before the end of the year and join the court. Li Banghua I will be transferred to North Annan before. When you arrive, chat with them, ask them what they think, and take a look at Shaanxi, listen, there may not be anything I want to see in the playbook."

King Ping understood, and said: "Yes, I will go and have a look, and I must read more things that are not in the emperor's memorabilia."

"I will see the emperor off tomorrow. I have already asked the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to prepare the people who should be arranged. The emperor will go for a walk. There is nothing important." Zhu Xu wiped his hands, stood up and said.

King Ping was startled, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, are you in such a hurry?"

Zhu Xu looked down to the west, but the setting sun was still scorching the earth. He turned his hands behind his back and said, "Don't worry, I still have a lot of things to do. Let's talk about it is the end of the year again."

King Ping came over and said, "No, it's almost October. I will leave early tomorrow morning, and I will go back quickly. The situation faced by the Mongols is worse than that of my Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, you don't need to worry too much, be at ease."

Zhu Xu smiled, he wasn't worried about Mongolia, there was nothing around him worth worrying about.

After seeing off King Ping, Zhu Xu stood in the gazebo for a while, then turned back to the harem.

Before returning to the Qianqing Palace, the maid of the Compassionate Ning Palace came towards her and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager invites you and the Empress Dowager to have dinner at the Compassionate Ning Palace tonight."

Zhu Xu was taken aback, and said, "But what happened?"

The maid lowered her head and said in a trembling voice: "Princess Yongning led the eldest princess to ride a horse. The eldest princess almost fell off the horse. Princess Yongning is being punished by the queen mother."

Zhu Xu frowned slightly, and said, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay, it's okay." The maid said quickly: "It's okay, Princess Yongning held her back, and the eldest princess was not frightened."

Zhu Xu heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go to the Palace of Compassion."

Zhu Xu walked through Qianqing Palace, and just arrived at Kunning Palace, Zhang Yun greeted him, stood beside Zhu Xu, walked forward, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the concubine has already asked, Shuxian I'm fine, I'm still very happy, I'm eating at the Empress Dowager's place..."

Zhu Xu's face was a little ugly, and he said: "From now on, you should watch it more closely, Shuxian can't be like Yongning."

Zhang Yun looked at Zhu Xu's side face, and said softly, "Your Majesty, Yongning is getting older, and besides, the Empress Dowager only has such a child, Your Majesty... think twice."

Although Zhu Xu was a little angry, he still didn't lose his mind, and said as he walked, "Well, I know, this girl is 12 years old, and she has to teach her a lesson later."

When Zhu Xu came to the Palace of Compassion, he saw Xiao Yongning holding the bench with both hands, his little face was full of grievances, and he was about to cry.

Empress Dowager Zhang stood in front of her holding a willow stick, and said coldly, "Stand up for me! If you can't stand up well, I'll hit you until you stand up!"

On the other side, Xiao Shuxian stood on the stool by the table, grabbed the pastries in the bowl in front of her, and looked at Queen Mother Zhang ignorantly while eating, as if she didn't quite understand what happened.

"Father." Xiao Shuxian's eyes lit up when she saw Zhu Xu, she first called out, then climbed off the stool, and trotted towards Zhu Xu.

Seeing it with his own eyes, Zhu Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, hugged Xiao Shuxian, and said, "Shuxian, have you been scared today?"

Xiao Shuxian looked at Zhu Xu, then suddenly turned her head to look at the pitiful Yongning holding the bench, shook her head and said, "No."

Xiao Shuxian was not yet two years old, her voice was very vague, but Zhu Xu could understand, wiped her little face, and said, "That's good, where is your concubine mother?"

The little girl looked at Zhu Xu, and suddenly said something quickly, but Zhu Xu couldn't understand, so she couldn't help turning her head to look at Zhang Yun in amazement.

Zhang Yun blinked and said, "The concubine can't understand either."

At this time, Xiao Yongning, who was holding a bench, said: "She said that her mother and concubine are sick and have been sleeping."

Zhu Xu was startled, and just about to speak, Empress Dowager Zhang pulled the willow stick over, and said sternly, "Shut up! Hold it straight!"

As soon as the willow sticks went down, Xiao Yongning trembled all over, and he was even more wronged, tears rolled in his eyes.

Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to be really angry this time, the wicker in her hand was trembling, and she wanted to pull it away at any time.

"Queen..." Xiao Shuxian in Zhu Xu's arms called out to Queen Zhang in a childlike voice, holding a complete pastry in her little hand.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked over, her expression froze, and she slowly relaxed. She put the wicker on the table, walked over, and sighed, "It's a good thing that Shuxian is fine. When I knew about it, I wanted to beat this evil person to death." never mind……"

Zhu Xu came here with anger. Seeing this, she also shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law Huang, forget it, Yongning is still sensible, and Shuxian is fine."

Empress Dowager Zhang frowned, and said: "You can't ignore it. If you don't ignore it, you can't manage it. By the way, I heard that the queen plans to open a calligraphy school in the palace. Well, it's very good. Yongning will send it over. I will go to see it myself every day." , if she doesn't study hard, I'll just beat her to death!"

The corner of Zhu Xu's mouth twitched, and he smiled wryly.

Empress Dowager Zhang was in a hurry, and she said such cruel words to her only precious daughter, which was probably an outburst for a long time.

At this time, Xiao Shuxian reached out to pass the pastry again, and spoke quickly to Queen Mother Zhang.

This time Zhu Xu understood, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, Shuxian said, don't be angry, empress dowager, eat cakes to calm down."