I'm really not the carpenter emperor

The so-called selection of three means that the empress dowager or the concubine will select three of the fifty new concubines for the emperor's appointment.

On April [-]th of the first year of Tianqi, it was time for the third round of selection. Concubine Liu, who was in charge of the Queen Mother's seal, was naturally invited by Zhu Youxiao to preside over it.

Therefore, at this time, Zhu Youxiao lacked interest, so how could he have the heart to listen to these old scholars' lectures.

Chapter 60 One queen and three concubines

In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youxiao was absent-minded, turned the faces of Sun Chengzong and other Japanese teachers into blue with anger, and walked away tremblingly.

Not long after they left, a ceremonial eunuch ran over from outside the palace, and said happily: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the result of the three selections."

Zhu Youxiao threw the book in his hand aside, and immediately asked, "Li Shi, who are they?"

Li Shidao: "Going back to the emperor, after concubine Liu took the examination of poetry and painting arts, she selected three people as concubines, the Zhang family in Xiangfu County, Henan Province, the Wang family in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, and the Yingyangwei Duan family in Nanjing."

Zhang, Wang, Duan, this Zhang, if there is no accident, should be the famous Empress Yi'an, Zhang Yan!

Seeing the emperor's happy face, Li Shi hurriedly said with a flattering smile:

"Concubine Liu said that the three selected daughters are all beautiful and beautiful, and the ancient Zhaojun and Yuhuan can't pass. Concubine Liu also said that if it is about being upright and blessed, chaste and not frivolous, Zhang's daughter is especially good."

"Okay, okay!" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile, waved his hands and said, "Li Shi, you have merit, tell me, what do you want?"

Hearing this, Li Shi thought for a moment, but still had a smile on his face.

"Choosing a concubine for the emperor is the duty of a servant. How dare you take credit for it? As long as the emperor doesn't blame the servant, the servant will be satisfied."

"come here."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and waved.

Li Shi hurriedly stepped forward, only listening to the emperor's words.

"The scholars in Suzhou made a fuss last time. After Yang Zhaoji led his troops to Suzhou, he sent a message back to me, saying that there was a businessman secretly colluding with him."

"This matter, I think... I'm afraid it's not that simple." At this point, Zhu Youxiao didn't continue, but looked at him with a half-smile.

Li Shi rolled his eyes and said with a chuckle: "This slave is willing to contribute to the imperial court, please give orders from the emperor!"

"It's really not my original wish to send Wang An home for the elderly." Zhu Youxiao's voice was a little low, "Suzhou Weaving Bureau has such a big stall, and someone still needs to take care of it."

"Li Shi, can you handle it?"

Hearing this, Li Shi bowed his head and prostrated himself on the ground, expressing his feelings: "But the emperor ordered me, the servants will die!"

The Suzhou Weaving Bureau, on the surface, is a yamen for the royal family to supervise and purchase silk and satin, but in the dark, it also shoulders the important task of representing the royal family and businessmen.

Others, Li Shi has not guessed yet.

All he knew was that the emperor asked him to be the admiral of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and he must have an idea to let him develop the imperial business.

Suzhou Weaving Bureau, this is a fat job!

Before returning to Beijing, Li Shi was shocked by the news of the downfall of the great eunuch Wang An.

You must know that Wang Anna was a veteran of the three dynasties, and no one thought that he would fall down before the emperor issued an order to allow him to return home.

However, under Wei Zhongxian's insidious tricks, Wang An fell, and his large party members were also cleared out of the court center.

As for the Wei Dynasty, it has been almost half a month since we arrived at Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, and now we are afraid that we will be beaten to death by Wei Zhongxian's son-in-law.

The emperor didn't care, and who would care about the life and death of the Wei Dynasty.

The three weaving bureaus in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Jiangning were once managed by Wang An's confidant eunuchs. Now that Wei Zhongxian has gained power, these three bureaus continue to have a new batch of newcomers.

It was because Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Youxiao was also watching, so he didn't make a substitution on his own initiative. He was waiting for Zhu Youxiao's attitude.

The admiral of the Weaving Bureau is a fifth-rank official, but because he is an imperial envoy, his actual status is almost the same as that of the governor and governor of a first-rank official.

Everyone is thinking about such a good job, so how can Li Shi not covet it?

He even thought about whether he wanted to flatter and ask Wei Zhongxian to speak well in front of the emperor.

Before he had time to find Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao was so happy today that he directly rewarded him with this wonderful job.

However, is this position so easy to stay in?

"Never die?" Zhu Youxiao sneered a few times, "I want you to be my eyes and ears, to develop my imperial business, and to help me earn money."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao came to Li Shi's side, patted him on the shoulder twice, and said: "When I arrive in Suzhou, I will report the local affairs to me three times a month, understand."

"Slave, slave, obey the order!" Li Shi looked down at the ground, his palms were sweating, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

Zhu Youxiao laughed a few times, as if there was no such thing at all, and followed Xiao Gong'e to the election with a smile.

……

Not long after, a group of people arrived at Chuxiu Palace, and Zhu Youxiao walked in under the surprised eyes of everyone, and saw three slim girls.

These three women have their own characteristics, which made Zhu Youxiao's eyes brighten.

The first person on the left is the woman, and Zhu Youxiao can see that she is different from a glance.

And seeing her beautiful and plump, her face is like Guanyin, her eyes are like autumn waves, her mouth is like vermilion cherry blossoms, she stands there without moving, but she looks dignified and generous.

Concubine Liu was pulling her to look left and right, she liked it very much.

Could it be that this woman is Zhang Yan, Queen Yi'an in history?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao slowly paced over with his hands behind his back, and began to look up and down around her.

Seeing that the emperor's eyes were the same as hers, Concubine Liu felt even more joyful, she looked at Zhu Youxiao and said, "Emperor, take a look too, are you satisfied?"

Zhu Youxiao didn't reply, just looked at the woman quietly and asked, "What's your name?"

The woman opened her lips slightly, saluted, and said softly:

"Back to the emperor, the civilian girl's surname is Zhang, her first name is Yan, and her small character is Baozhu. Her father, Zhang Guoji, is from Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture."

Zhang Yan, it really is her!

Zhu Youxiao was even more happy in his heart, and walked around her twice curiously, as if he wanted to know all about the famous empress and queen in history in an instant.

Suddenly, he asked again:

"What do you usually do when you're at home?"

Zhang Yan put her hands in front of her chest, restrained herself and observed the etiquette, and said meticulously: "When you return to the emperor, the women of the people only practice female celebrity, or read poetry and books."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, turned his fist around her again, and finally stopped in front of him.

Yu's two chosen concubines, Wang and Duan, stood still quietly, but they were envious and jealous of Zhang Yan in their hearts.

They were all in the palace with dozens of beautiful girls, the emperor didn't look at any of them, but kept staring at Zhang Yan.

First of all, when choosing three, Concubine Liu's love for Zhang Yan was beyond words.

Furthermore, Zhu Youxiao came to Chuxiu Palace to hand-pick the queen, and everyone saw and understood Zhang Yan's love and curiosity.

It seems that the empress of the Ming Dynasty seems to have been settled.

After staring at her for a while, Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered a book he had read these days, and asked:

"You said you read poems and books at home, then I would like to ask you, "The Story of Yue Fei Breaking the Eastern Window", have you heard or read it?"

Zhang Yan raised her head, her demeanor was still elegant, she just glanced at Zhu Youxiao lightly, lowered her eyes again, and replied softly:

"My concubine often reads "Historical Records" and "Great Learning."

"What are these books for?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, thinking that Zhang Yan still needs to be trained by me.

Otherwise, she will become a "female lady" in the harem, giving me lessons all day long.

The two questioned and answered, and they seemed to be in love with each other, and the friendship was strong. The palace people looked at them from a distance, and they felt like a pair of golden boy and jade girl made in heaven.

However, Zhu Youxiao's next words were not as satisfied as he had shown at first.

I saw him turn around and said lightly:

"It's okay."

As soon as the word Zhu Youxiao came out, the central palace of the Tianqi Dynasty was established, and the position of the queen was confirmed, and the only thing to do was to wait for the big wedding in the next day, and the whole world would celebrate together.

……

In April of the first year of Apocalypse, Zhang Yan, a civil daughter, was appointed as empress by Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

In addition to the three daughters, Tong Jing'er, who was lucky enough to become pregnant in Xinuange, was blessed as a concubine and was named Concubine Yu.

Chapter 61 Prisoners

After the six ceremonies of Nacai, Wenming, Naji, Nazheng, notice, and personal welcome, on April [-], Zhu Youxiao issued an edict to formally enshrine Empress Zhang of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Zhang Yan's father, Zhang Guoji, was named "the head of the country" and "Tai Kangbo", and Jin Yiwei went to Henan to bring him into the capital to pay his respects.

The edict said:

"I only rule the world as my queen, and I assist one person to lead the family."

"I inherit the Baoli calendar at a young age, and only the ancestors value the plan, and only read it at night. I respect the emperor's imperial edict, and I specially enjoin the secretary Jian to ask Ling Shu to match him."

"My bow is for use, and I only tell heaven, earth, and ancestors. On April [-], the first year of Tianqi, the Zhang family was registered as the queen, and the nine temples were enshrined in the middle. The celebration of Piyan's family."

"Announce it at home and abroad, and the salty envoys will hear it."

……

Henan, sunny after rain.

The guard of honor of more than a thousand people was loud with gongs and drums, and more than a hundred brocade guards in red flying fish uniforms followed on both sides, and walked into the boundary of Xiangfu County in a high-profile manner.

In the end, this team from the capital stopped outside an inconspicuous wooden house, and the people gathered more and more, all of them were whispering for no reason.

At this time, a Jinyiwei Qianhu knocked on the door and said loudly:

"The emperor has a decree. The eldest daughter of Ceer, Zhang, is the queen. This is the home of Tai Kangbo, the 'father of the country', Zhang Guoji?"

Not long after, a little old man came out in a hurry.

The county government received the news that the county's daughter was appointed as the queen by the emperor, and it took it very seriously. It dispatched all the guards and soldiers to guard both sides of the official road.

Such a big battle naturally attracted people to come and watch.

"Ah!" A farmer carrying a hoe opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief, "Lao Zhang's daughter has been elected queen, and she has reached the sky in one step!"

"I told you a long time ago that Baozhu has the appearance of wealth and honor, so she will definitely not stay in this small county like us." A woman also said.

"Xiangfu County unexpectedly produced a queen of this dynasty..." The county magistrate was even more exaggerated. Seeing him weeping with joy, he was even more excited than Zhang Guoji.

Zhang Guoji stared at the long line behind the whole street, knowing that they were all here to pick him up, so he smiled and said:

"Please, please come in!"

"No need, just pack up and come to Beijing with us!" Jin Yiwei Qianhu said with a smile: "The emperor has taken a fancy to your daughter and has prepared three large courtyards. You can come to Beijing to enjoy yourself!"

"Enjoy happiness, I can enjoy happiness..."

Zhang Guoji repeated a sentence, dumbfounded, as if he hadn't reacted yet.

……

Zhang Guoji, a prison student in Xiangfu County, Henan Province, was blessed with a daughter and became the head of the Ming Dynasty. It shocked far and near, and the neighbors and villagers both envied and hated it.

After hearing the news, many people worked hard and wished they could have a good daughter, so that they would honor their ancestors in the future!

At the moment in the capital, all the officials received the emperor's order and rushed to stand downstairs in Chengtianmen.

They waited for half an hour, and were blown by the cold wind for half an hour, and now they were quite critical, whispering.

The emperor called them to come, but he didn't come. What's the reason?

Not long after, accompanied by the sudden sound of Kaile from upstairs, Zhu Youxiao went upstairs in his uniform and sat down.

At the same moment, a marching troop of soldiers appeared on the corner of the street.

This group of soldiers was full of murderous intent, and compared with the brave guard battalion trained by Qi Jin, they had an even more rebellious temperament.

Accompanied by the impassioned Chengtianmen Si Le triumphant song, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were full of pride, leading more than a hundred captives to enter the arena from Donghuamen.

They held their heads high and stood outside the soldiers' sticks south of Chengtian Gate.

After a while, a general in standard armor stepped forward and said loudly to the emperor sitting upstairs: