Domineering Daming

Li Biaotou, Li Dingguo, and Wang Qiongyu all packed up and walked over, and at the same time knelt on one knee and said: "The grassroots refer to the emperor, long live my emperor."

Zhu Xu looked at the three of them, smiled and waved his hands and said, "Well, you have meritorious escorts this time. After I return to Beijing, I will reward you according to your merits. Let's live in peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The three got up and stood not far from Zhu Xu.

Escort Li felt uneasy, he did not expect that the noble son who made him impatient would be the current emperor, let alone that his identity had been discovered.

Wang Qiongyu looked flat, neither happy nor sad.

Li Dingguo was the most disturbed, he had run on Zhu Xu a lot along the way, if the emperor hated him, the consequences would be disastrous.

With his hands behind his back, Zhu Xu looked at the place where the copper mask disappeared, with a calm expression, but the fingers behind his back tapped on the back of his hands incessantly, and his eyes kept flickering strangely.

A group of cavalry came galloping, and the leading lieutenant dismounted in a hurry, knelt down on one knee and said to Zhu Xu, "My minister, Chen Huxiao, sees the emperor."

Zhu Xu nodded and said with a smile: "Pingshen, you came in time."

Cao Bianjiao looked at Chen Huxiao, and suddenly realized that this person is from Jingdong Daying, no wonder he didn't know that the emperor had taken such precautions.

Chen Huxiao was tall and burly, with a rough face, looking at the corpses and gunpowder smoke all over the place, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, do you need me to chase down the traitors?"

Zhu Xu shook his head lightly, and said, "Get someone to clean it up. It's getting late today, so let's camp here. You guys come with me."

"Yes." They were all dignified people, each ordered a few words, and followed Zhu Xu to an open space not far away.

Zhu Xu flicked his robe, sat down on a stone on the ground, then waved to several people: "Sit down, there are no outsiders."

Several people looked at me and I looked at you, and finally raised their hands and said, "Yes."

The five people formed a semicircle not far from Zhu Xu, hunched slightly, as if they were going to listen to the hadith.

Zhu Xu slightly leaned on the boulder behind him, and asked thoughtfully, "What do you think of today's group of 'bandits'?"

The highest ranking person here is Cao Bianjiao. He is not good at words, so he can't hide it at this time, so he can only frown and say: "Your Majesty, I think it is the remnants of some criminals, and they should be eradicated as soon as possible."

Zhu Xu was noncommittal, looked at Chen Huxiao and said, "Tell me."

Chen Huxiao was still not quite clear about the situation, so he could only say: "I am a soldier, listen to the emperor's will and act."

Zhu Xu didn't make things difficult for him, turned to escort Li, and said, "You are Jin Yiwei, tell me."

Li Escort's expression changed slightly, but he didn't expect that the emperor knew his identity. He bowed and said, "Return to the emperor, Jin Yiwei has noticed that the recent events in the capital are related to these bandits, and many attempts have been fruitless, so I was sent to guard the darts, and I planned to pretend to be captured, to find out the details... other details, I don't know."

Zhu Xu didn't change his face, he didn't ask Li Dingguo and Wang Qiongyu again, and said with a smile: "'The universe is anyway, let's reorganize the mountains and rivers', do you think ordinary 'bandits' or ordinary nobles can shout such slogans? "

Everyone's expressions changed slightly, even if they didn't know the court situation, they still understood the meaning of these eight characters.

This is clearly someone trying to do something wrong!

Cao Bianjiao's face changed slightly, and he remained silent.

He is in the center, even if he avoids the court again, he should know that he will clearly fall into his ears.

There must be no problem with the high-level officials in the imperial court. They have all been tested and are relatively stable. However, since the emperor ascended the throne, he has banned the clan, abolished the cabinet, expelled the Donglin Party, "annihilated" the Eunuch Party, and almost wiped out all the nobles in Nanjing. , It can be said that all the great powers before Tianqi were destroyed in the Chongzhen Dynasty. This is only the upper class, and there are many low-level, unknown fish and shrimp.

If these forces secretly collude to plan something, the power is absolutely terrifying!

Chen Huxiao was a military commander, so he didn't think much about it, he just stared in surprise.

As for Chief Li, Li Dingguo, and Wang Qiongyu, they are even less qualified to speak. They don't know much.

Zhu Xu didn't expect to get the answer he wanted from the few people. He slapped his knee with his right hand and said with a smile, "Tell me about your views on the New Deal, um, let's talk about it, Li Dingguo."

Cao Bianjiao, Chen Huxiao, and Li Escort were all members of the imperial court, so what they said might not be what Zhu Xu wanted to hear.

Li Dingguo was startled, and watched Zhu Xu open his mouth in a daze.

He was still very apprehensive, afraid that the emperor would settle accounts after autumn, and when he heard Zhu Xu's roll call, his heart skipped a beat subconsciously.

After a while, he looked up at Zhu Xu and saw that he still had a calm smile on his face. Li Dingguo felt a little more at ease. Based on the taxes in the Tianqi years, most of the people in our southwest may starve to death."

Zhu Xu nodded slightly. This is a beneficiary of the New Deal. He looked at Wang Qiongyu and said, "What about you?"

Wang Qiongyu said calmly, "My life hasn't changed much."

Zhu Xu looked at her and asked curiously, "No change? Tell me more specifically."

Wang Qiongyu frowned, but did not speak.

Chapter 597 is a man or a ghost

Zhu Xu had always been curious about this little girl, and now she was even more curious.

Seeing that Wang Qiongyu didn't speak, Li Escort head hesitated and said: "Back to the emperor, she was sold by her family very early, she has been working in my Escort Bureau, she has a lot of monthly money, and she is living a good life."

Wang Qiongyu glanced at him, but said nothing.

Zhu Xu was thoughtful, obviously it was private, he didn't ask, sighed lightly, and turned his head to look in the direction of the capital.

After a while, Zhu Xu looked at Li Escort, Li Dingguo and the others, and said with a smile: "Are you wondering why I left the palace early and kept it from the civil and military court?"

This is Li Escort, Li Dingguo and others were puzzled and looked straight at Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu smiled and said: "There are many reasons, all of which are important. To put it simply, first, the court is going to make a big move, and I can't stay in Beijing, or it will get in the way. Second, this trip has There are a lot of things to solve, from south to north, I need to come forward in person. The third thing is that I am bored."

Several people were still thoughtful when they heard the first one, but they were taken aback when they heard the third one.

Zhu Xu sat up cross-legged, looked at a few people and said with a smile: "You must be very strange... Let's put it this way, I was born in the palace, grew up in the palace, became an emperor and still stay in the palace, just like a bird in a cage, all I can touch Except for those in the palace, those adults in the outer court, the number of times I have left the palace is less than the number of times you have escorted the darts, let alone the capital..."

Everyone frowned. This reason sounds pitiful, but shouldn't the emperor stay in the palace?

Zhu Xu picked up two formulas from the ground and weighed them in his hands. After a while, he smiled and said, "Of course, it's selfishness. It's publicity. It means that the political reform has been established. I want to see the actual implementation and results." , I am not afraid of your jokes, my understanding of the world is not as good as yours, because all I read are memorials, colorful articles, and the sufferings of the people.

"You don't know, my grown-ups are getting more and more clumsy now, always trying to fool me, and the notes are getting more and more similar, and they're better now. After a year or two, I'm worried that they don't want to What I see, I definitely can't see, so I still have the ability to go out and take a look, lest I won't be able to leave the palace in the future..."

The five of them were speechless. The emperor's words sounded a little pitiful, but there was also a risk in them, and no one dared to insert a half sentence casually.

Zhu Xu was just a little bored, looking for someone to talk to, the conversation stopped abruptly at this point, and diverted: "Speaking of which, if I don't go out of the palace, if I don't go through this experience, how would I know that the world still hates me so much? , People who must be killed very quickly? These, you will never see in the playbook..."

Zhu Xu babbled on for a while, just to vent his emotions. Some remarks can be passed back to the capital through several people's mouths, beating, or expressing his mind. It is a kind of tactful and more effective communication.

After today, I am afraid that the news of leaving Beijing quietly will no longer be concealed, and the whole world will know about it.

It was getting dark, and the convoy and five hundred cavalrymen had already started cooking. Zhu Xu looked at the people in front of him, waved his hands and said, "Let's all go."

"Yes." Chen Huxiao, Li Biaotou and the other four got up and left, feeling strange and indescribable.

None of them thought that the life of the supreme and noble emperor would be like this!