Domineering Daming

Zhao Lengjiao sat on the horse, looked at Gao Yingxiang coldly, and said in a deep voice: "The bandit leader is tied up, and the others will be detained in batches!"

Gao Yingxiang did not resist. As far as he knew, all the bandit leaders who surrendered were sent to the capital, and none of them were killed.

Chapter 454 Zhu Xu coma

At the same time, the governor's office in Shaanxi also gathered senior officials from all walks of life.

Sun Chuanting, the commander-in-chief who came out of Beijing to govern the military power of the southwestern provinces; Bi Ziyan, the emperor who went out of Beijing to take charge of the reform of the southwestern province; As for Cao Wenzhao, Liu Hua, Zhao Liaojiao, Cao Bianjiao and others are busy crusades everywhere, put down the bandits, and eliminate the banditry in Shaanxi, they are not here.

These five people are not to say that they are the most powerful in the southwestern provinces, at least in Shaanxi.

With embarrassment on his face, Hong Chengchou stood up, raised his hand to Sun Chuanting, and said, "Shuai Sun, I am the one who lost Shaanxi. I would like to confess my guilt to the Ministry of War and the Emperor."

When Yang He saw it, he hurriedly came out and said: "The lower officials are also guilty. The corruption of Shaanxi is due to my incompetence. I implore the emperor to punish the crime."

Sun Chuanting looked at the two men and frowned slightly. In fact, he was in a dilemma. The imperial court was in the midst of employing people, and three more provinces were drawn up at once. The number of generals and governors needed should also be increased. These two men have been in Shaanxi for many years. Knowing the inside story, how can you be severely punished?But if they are not severely punished, these two people are indeed to blame for Shaanxi's corruption to the present level!

Sun Chuanting looked at Bi Ziyan on the left, and said: "I allow you to perform crimes and make meritorious deeds. When I return to Beijing, the emperor will deal with it!"

Both Hong Chengchou and Yang He relaxed, raised their hands and said, "Thank you Shuai Sun!"

Bi Ziyan saw that the two had pleaded guilty, so he looked at Sun Chuanting and said, "Master Sun, how long will it take for Shaanxi to be pacified?"

Sun Chuanting knew that Bi Ziyan had stayed in Shaanxi for a long time, and that the provincial reform had not been advanced for a long time because of civil unrest, so he said with a somber face: "This time I mobilized nearly 15 troops into Shaanxi, and General Cao's [-] soldiers , plus the garrison in Shaanxi, the Zhongyong Army, with a strength of more than [-], at most ten days, Shaanxi can be pacified!"

Bi Ziyan nodded slightly, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Okay, in a few days, Lord Sun will send me a team. I need to go around the southwestern provinces to see how to divide the provinces. "

Sun Chuanting was all right, and said: "Okay, then I will invite Commander Cao to accompany him. Commander Cao's trip to Beijing this time is also because the emperor wants to see how the Southwest is. It is the most suitable."

The so-called Commander Cao is the Commander of the Forbidden Army, and Cao has changed.

Bi Ziyan bowed his head, with Sun Chuanting's army under control, there is no problem here in Shaanxi, and the rest are Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan. In addition, the territory of these four provinces in Shaanxi is relatively large except Guizhou, which needs to be carefully divided. Only by balancing the demands of all parties can it be completed smoothly.

Naturally, compromise and exchange of interests are indispensable.

The major events here in Shaanxi have been decided, so naturally there will be memorials flying into Beijing.

But at this time, no one was looking at the imperial study room.

The emperor is ill.

From the old concubine, Queen Mother Zhang, to Sun Chengzong, Fu Changzong and others all came, standing outside Zhu Xu's bedroom in Jingyang Palace, waiting anxiously.

On the dragon bed, Zhu Xu was covered with a brocade quilt, his face was pale, his brows were tightly furrowed, his breathing was weak, and he was unconscious.

Accompanied by Li Jieyu, an imperial physician carefully gave Zhu Xu his pulse.

The old eunuch is over 60, sitting there, stroking his beard, squinting, looking like he is constipated.

Li Jieyu glanced outside the door and said in a low voice: "Emperor doctor, how is the emperor?"

After another half hour, the imperial physician withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, just rest more, I'll prescribe the medicine."

Li Jieyu looked relieved, then looked at Zhu Xu on the bed, and followed behind the imperial physician.

The imperial physician wrote, and after careful consideration, he wrote a prescription, handed it to Li Jieyu, and instructed: "Three times a day, remember to be hot and sour."

Li Jieyu glanced at them, they were all blood and brain nourishing things, nothing special, then looked outside, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, when will you wake up?"

The imperial physician stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said: "If there is no accident, I will definitely wake up tonight."

"If there are no accidents", this sentence should be the most annoying.

Li Jieyu didn't think too much of himself, nodded with a light smile, and sent the imperial doctor out. As soon as he went out, a group of people surrounded him, and the old concubine asked anxiously, "How is the emperor?"

The imperial doctor raised his hand and said: "Toffee, Empress Dowager, don't worry, the emperor is just overworked, plus the occasional cold, it's okay."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and the old concubine said again: "Then... can we go in and see the emperor?"

The imperial physician hurriedly stepped aside and said, "Yes, as long as there is no noise."

Leaning on crutches, the old concubine walked in quickly after hearing the words, followed by Queen Mother Zhang, followed by Sun Chengzong and others.

But Fu Changzong didn't go in, took advantage of no one to pull the imperial physician past, and said coldly and lowly: "Tell me honestly, is the emperor in trouble, if you dare to speak falsely, I will kill your whole family!"

The imperial physician was taken aback, and knew that this was a high-ranking uncle of the country, so he hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, the emperor is indeed fine. Just take a bowl of medicine and feel cold, and he will go to bed tonight." can wake up."

After hearing this, Fu Changzong heaved a sigh of relief, waved his hands and said, "Go, be careful."

The imperial doctor felt that he was involved in a great event, so he agreed and hurried away.

Fu Changzong looked at his back, his tense expression softened slightly.

He couldn't help but not be worried. First, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was too "willful", saying that death was death, and he often didn't prepare time for people, which caught people off guard.Not to mention, Emperor Taichang and Emperor Tianqi are typical negative teaching materials.Secondly, it is also because Zhu Xu's reform is at a critical moment, and if something really happens, no matter which emperor is in power, he will not be able to understand Zhu Xu's reform, and if he cannot advance it, he can only veto it, which is tantamount to... completely destroying Ming Dynasty !

Concubine Liu and the others looked at Zhu Xu carefully for a while, and saw that although his face was pale, his breathing was very smooth, and he didn't look like he was in serious trouble.

A moment later, the Jingyang Palace side hall.

Empress Dowager Zhang sat on top with cold eyes, while Cao Huachun and Liu Shimin kneeled down below trembling.

"Say, what's going on, if you dare to speak falsely, the emperor can't protect you!" Empress Dowager Zhang said coldly with a cold face.

She has always been steady and rarely loses her composure, but this time is different.

Cao Huachun was also worried. If something happened to the emperor, he would not be redeemed even if he died a hundred times, so he had to explain in detail how Zhu Xu slept in wet clothes a few days ago, got a cold and coughed from the cold, and then walked around. .

Empress Dowager Zhang frowned when she heard that, Zhu Xu had nothing to say about his diligence, but he slept in wet clothes, which showed that people like Jingyang Palace were unreliable!

She immediately planned to send Huan'er from her palace, and Zhu Xu had asked for it many times, but Queen Mother Zhang was not willing to give it.But she hesitated again, the emperor was not young, he was old enough to understand human affairs, Huan'er... was not suitable.

She thought about it, she had to discuss this matter with the old concubine, and let Jingyang Palace have a woman earlier.

However, she did not intend to let Cao Huachun and Liu Shimin go like this, and said in a cold voice: "You two are the stewards of the ceremonial supervisor, responsible for the emperor's daily life and food. Now the emperor is ill for no reason. , I will settle accounts with you again, and now I will keep an eye on the emperor, if something happens again, I will directly chop off your heads!"

Chapter 455 Blind Date

Three days later, Renshou Hall.

Zhu Xu was wrapped in a thick blanket and surrounded by a group of women.

Concubine Liu, Empress Dowager Zhang, Concubine Ping, Concubine Jing, and the little one, Princess Yongning.

Zhu Xu was holding a bowl of ginger soup, his face was still a little pale, but his head hurt even more, because Concubine Liu and Empress Dowager Zhang planned to arrange a woman in Jingyang Palace to take care of his daily life.

For Zhu Xu, who is used to being single, or who has hidden countless secrets, he doesn't want anyone to get involved, at least for now.

But these few people had no intention of listening to his words at all, especially Queen Mother Zhang's attitude was so firm that Zhu Xu couldn't refute.