[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

The memorial in Jiao Shizhi's hand was about shipping.

When he passed by the Supervisor of Ceremonies just now, Lehua's eyes lit up when he saw him, and he pulled out a few memorials and asked him to bring them over.As for why Jiao Shizhi was asked to do this...

Of course it's because it's not a good thing!

Jiao Shizhi also read the content inside, and felt it was funny and helpless. If he really followed the instructions in the memorial, wouldn't he pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon?

Seeing Jiao Shizhi, the waiter outside the house quietly opened the door after saluting.Jiao Shizhi nodded to him with a smile, and stepped into the house.

Le Xiao saw Jiao Shizhi at a glance, and was about to retreat, but Jiao Shizhi raised his hand to stop them. What they were going to say was not something that needed to be avoided.

Emperor Zhengde was naturally happy to see Jiao Shizhi come back during the daytime.He put away the memorial that he was still pondering just now, and walked quickly to Jiao Shizhi's side, "Why did Shizhi come back so early today?"

Jiao Shizhi said with a smile: "I've finished dealing with the matters that need to be dealt with, so I'll come back first. But I'm still working hard. Please read these memorials. Don't be angry."

The last four words seemed to indicate something, which made Emperor Zhengde raise his eyebrows, and leaned on Jiao Shizhi to open the few memorials. After reading the memorials, he threw the memorials away and said with a frown: "That kid Lehua dares to order Are you doing something? See if I won’t abolish him.”

Jiao Shizhi grabbed Emperor Zhengde's wrist and smiled helplessly, "Aren't you afraid that you will be angry? After all, you lost your temper at civil and military officials two days ago. Who would dare to pull out the tiger's beard at this time?"

"Don't you just dare?" Emperor Zhengde said, he circled Jiao Shizhi and stopped him from going away, "There are a lot of foreign ships during this period, and the Japanese pirates attacked last month. Those officials along the coast were all scared."

"The naval forces along the coast are not weak, and they haven't benefited the Japanese pirates. But Franji's side... seems to be very similar to the country Zhang Yong and the others mentioned." Jiao Shizhi pondered.

Emperor Zhengde said: "That's right, Zhang Yong mentioned that there seem to be two powerful maritime countries in the west, one is Franji, and the other is Risbania. hot."

Jiao Shizhi listened to the eagerness in the emperor's words, laughed and talked in his heart.Although the Tatar fight made them bow their heads and surrender, apart from the stability of the border, there was no real benefit. On the contrary, it cost a lot of military expenses, and Emperor Zhengde naturally felt distressed.

Now that Zhang Yong and the others are about to return, Emperor Zhengde was naturally unhappy to hear the memorials that restricted going to sea one after another at this time.

During this period of time, these few memorials were not the only ones to mention this matter. In fact, many people were worried about the repeated invasion by Japanese pirates, and asked Emperor Zhengde to pay attention to this matter and strictly forbid maritime affairs.

How can Emperor Zhengde, who is trying to make a big splash in the shipping industry, agree to this?

However, this will not really make the emperor furious, but because Emperor Zhengde's majesty is getting more and more serious, few people dare to treat him as leisurely as before.

"Are you alright?" Jiao Shizhi asked softly when he saw that the emperor was holding him back, but he didn't look like he was about to do anything.

Emperor Zhengde had a smile on his eyebrows, "Of course it's fine, what does Shizhi want to do?" Le Xiao looked at the memorial at the beginning with pity, and sighed for the supervisor and the cabinet.

Of course, Jiao Shizhi knew how watery the emperor's words were, but he really wanted to take the emperor with him, so he did not dissuade him, but said: "I heard that the princes haven't talked to you much until now, just I just want to go and see them with you."

In fact, in comparison, Emperor Zhengde saw Jiao Muran more often.Because Jiao Muran lived in Jiao Shizhi's former house, which happened to be close to Emperor Zhengde's study, and we could see him several times occasionally.As for Jiao Muran, Emperor Zhengde was obviously much more patient.

Emperor Zhengde looked at Jiao Shizhi with a smile, and let Shizhi take him out, "I'm busy recently."

"Yeah, you're busy. So I asked Le Xiao to stop the renovation of the palace." Jiao Shizhi answered casually, and Emperor Zhengde felt hurt in his heart, "Why? I think Liu Jin's suggestion is very good. !"

"Then do you want me or Liu Jin?" Jiao Shizhi turned his head to look at Emperor Zhengde, a smile flickered in his dark eyes, but the words he asked made Emperor Zhengde slightly stunned.

What can be compared between the two?

Emperor Zhengde said, "You."

There is no need to hesitate.

Jiao Shizhi smiled at him, then led him forward.

Emperor Zhengde's eyes moved slightly, and he also smiled and said: "Shizhi, this is unfair, you know how to deal with me more and more."

Jiao Shizhi's laughter came from the wind, "If you really want to see the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and the streets outside the palace, go there as much as you want. But building a lively street market inside the palace? That's not a big deal. Little things."

Emperor Zhengde caught up with Jiao Shizhi and walked side by side with him, "Aren't you worried?"

"Are you worried?"

"You can choke to death when you eat, what are you worrying about those illusory things?"

"The emperor is not worried, what else am I worried about?"

Following the sound of the wind came the words of the two talking easily, and the two shadows grew longer and longer in the light and shadow, blending intimately together.

Emperor Zhengde really didn't have much contact with these children.

The reason why he adopted so soon was not because he wanted a child, but because of the vague thoughts in his heart.Later, it was to relieve the pressure on Shizhi.Zhu Houzhao has an essential understanding of his character. He is not a good person, nor is he a gentle person.

He would not be a good father, nor did he intend to be.

And Shizhi...Zhu Houzhao knew that he didn't plan to become a father, but compared to him, Shizhi actually did a good job.

During this period of time, Shizhi was too busy to get in touch with these children who had just entered the palace, but at least every night after he came back, Emperor Zhengde knew that Shizhi would always go to their houses to visit them first, and then Will go back to the main hall.Sometimes when he meets one or two children talking in their sleep, he will stay with him for a while longer.

But Emperor Zhengde...

Now is the time for the children to play around, and Emperor Zhengde didn't let all of them go out of the pavilion to study so quickly.Therefore, apart from reading books like the "Three Character Classic" a few times in the morning, the highnesses almost ran around the palace.

At the very beginning, their natural fear of the imperial palace made them cringe, especially the First Prince, Second Prince, and Jiao Muran.The three of them are already old enough to remember, and they even know who their biological parents are.Although because of their young age, they didn't understand what that kind of adoption meant.

But the sense of abandonment that family members are no longer family members is still there.

When they finally started to become lively again, it was because of Jiao Shizhi's comfort every night.Jiao Shizhi didn't know that not every night, the sleeping appearance he saw when he went in was real.The youngest child has his own camouflage when he feels insecure.

The first person to realize it was the Second Prince. The consequence of sleeping too much during the day was that the child couldn't sleep at all that night.The palace people carefully extinguished the candlelight, and the dark room was only filled with the moonlight by the window, which made the child start to fear, and the fear deepened the second prince's thoughts of separation in his little heart.

He quietly turned over, sniffed inwardly, and shrunk himself into a small ball.

When Jiao Shizhi came in, he really didn't notice that the child was awake.After all, the second prince quietly buried his head in the quilt.He glanced quietly for a few moments, then withdrew and said a few words to the palace servants, and soon a faint light was quietly lit up outside.

By the time the second prince's little head popped out, Jiao Shizhi had already left.The child looked at the faint light outside, his heart suddenly settled down, and he fell asleep in a blink of an eye.

On the second day, he excitedly told a few friends he had just met about this matter.The eldest prince expressed his disbelief, and the third prince was lying on the couch, holding a doll in his hand, babbling and laughing, the teeth of the millet grains were exposed, "No, heart."

The second prince patted the third prince's little butt, and said angrily: "You don't even have all your teeth, you don't care about your big head!"

Jiao Muran held back his laughter from behind, but he proposed a solution, don't sleep tonight, hold on, and see if Mr. Jiao will come over.

Of course, the First Prince and Jiao Muran at this time did not feel that the Second Prince was telling the truth.

At the beginning, Emperor Zhengde left such a deep impression on them that they dare not have too much contact with Jiao Shizhi until now.And every day when they got up, Emperor Zhengde and Jiao Shizhi were no longer in the leopard room.Except for the occasional early morning visit, they really didn't have much contact.

It turns out that too many people working together are easy to spot.Jiao Shizhi discovered all the children who were awake that night.Jiao Shizhi thought it was because the children were playing too positively, so he coaxed them a few words in a funny and helpless way.

He didn't go back until late that night.

What Jiao Shizhi didn't know was that from that time on, the children who had always been in awe of him began to change a little.

Started to crave Jiao Shizhi's attention.

Of course, he was still afraid of the real father, Emperor Zhengde, as always.When Jiao Muran was glad that he took the queen's surname, he was a little disappointed to find that the two of them were already married, which made no difference.

The topic is far away, anyway, under the leadership of Emperor Zhengde's casual temperament, he doesn't have the feeling that he should catch up with a few children from a young age, and put them in a variety of ways.

As a result, Jiao Shizhi had just seen them in the garden, but within a quarter of an hour, the children had already gone to the martial arts arena.

When the two arrived at the martial arts arena, they happened to see a few servants standing next to the weapon rack protecting something. When they took a closer look, the First Prince and Jiao Muran were standing on the top of the weapon rack.

Jiao Shizhi's face changed suddenly, and so did Emperor Zhengde.

The two appeared next to the weapon rack almost at the same time, one by one catching the child who had climbed to the top floor.Emperor Zhengde shook the eldest prince, and said angrily and amusedly: "You guys are quite capable, this kind of thing is what you should touch at your age? A little carrot head, no one is as tall as a spear!"

The eldest prince struggled in mid-air unconvinced, his little face flushed, "I'm not a little carrot!"

Emperor Zhengde was overjoyed, he put the child on the ground, stood beside him shamelessly, and gestured with his hand for the height difference between the two, "Look again?"

First Prince: ...

Jiao Shizhi: ...

A bunch of radish heads watching: ...

Jiao Shizhi laughed lightly, and Jiao Muran, who was held in his arms, raised his head blankly, and saw him lower his head and pat his head, then the second prince who was standing beside him, and finally put the little doll on his back The third prince on his lap also touched, "I'll tell you a secret."

"The emperor actually loves to play, just like you, so don't be afraid."

The second prince turned his head to look at Emperor Zhengde, who was teasing his elder brother in a wicked way, and suddenly trotted forward, imitating the third prince's movements and lying on his lap, then hugged him tightly, closing his eyes like he was strong, but in fact he was limp Muttering, "If you don't play with me, I will, I will, I will not let you go!"

Emperor Zhengde: ...I didn't expect the second child to be so stupid and bold, and made a mistake.

Jiao Shizhi hugged Jiao Muran next to him and smiled happily, rubbing Jiao Muran's belly and said, "You, you can play with them, hahahaha——"

Emperor Zhengde frowned, pretending to be angry, "What about Shizhi?"

One of Jiao Shi pointed to the third prince who fell on the ground, and Jiao Muran in his arms, "One person is in charge of both, just right."

Emperor Zhengde curled his lips, Shizhi's two sides are quiet children, but he is so noisy here!

Jiao Shizhi just smiled, without any intention of extending a helping hand.

After more times, the children became a little closer to Emperor Zhengde, and even dared to go to the main hall with them.

The days flew by in the blink of an eye, and the new year came again.

In the first month of the 11th year of Zhengde, the emperor wanted to go to worship Mount Tai in person, but was advised by the officials.

Mount Tai has been shrouded in mystery since ancient times.From the Qin and Han Dynasties to Song Zhenzong, Taishan Fengchan is a grand ceremony.Although the Ming Dynasty never held a ceremony of enshrining Zen, there were often sacrificial ceremonies.

But the Emperor has never been there in person.

There are two reasons for this. First, Song Zhenzong was the last emperor who conferred Zen on Mount Tai. However, this person's achievements are really... a bit unsightly.Second, apart from the two emperors, Taizu Kaiming and Chengzu Ming, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were restricted by officials. For such a grand ceremony as Mount Tai's enshrining of Zen, most emperors could not help but be regarded as not having such a magnificent career.

Didn't you see that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used to be ridiculed for enshrining Zen in Mount Tai.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't control that much, Song Zhenzong's deeds naturally disgusted him, and he didn't want to be with him at all, and Feng Chan's mentality had never been there before.He wanted to go to Mount Tai just because he wanted to go, and he was curious about the mystery that Mount Tai had been endowed with for thousands of years.

Originally, he didn't have to go to Mount Tai. In fact, as mentioned before, just visiting Shandong seems to be a good choice.But the dissuasion of the courtiers who feared that he would tarnish the dignity of Mount Tai made Emperor Zhengde want to go with all his heart, and turned the cart before the horse.

Li Dongyang hurried out in the middle of the court, and the Minister of the Household Department followed him, with a bitter expression on his face, "If the emperor insists on going his own way, there will be too much controversy in the future." Li Dongyang chuckled softly, "Master Zhang, the emperor is not going Taishan Fengchan, I don't know what to worry about. Officials can go, but the emperor can't? How do you explain to the emperor?"

Hubu Shangshu said helplessly: "But the meaning of Mount Tai is different from the past, this..."

"Hey, you don't need to tell me this, just tell the emperor." Li Dongyang said with a smile, the Minister of the Household Department wanted to say something, Yang Tinghe came up from behind, looking hurried, I don't know if he remembered something important Things seem to be heading straight for Li Dongyang.At this time, no matter how much the Hubu Shangshu wanted to pull Li Dongyang into the water, he could only give in regretfully, and he couldn't just stand by so blankly.

Yang Tinghe also had reasons for being so anxious, but it was not so obvious.Hubu Shangshu could tell that it was because he was standing next to Li Dongyang, and Yang Tinghe didn't put on airs in front of Li Dongyang.

"If the emperor intends to bring the queen up, what should I do?" After half a year, the emperor spent his life with them, and the matter became a reality, and they had no way to recover.

"Then take it with you." The old god Li Dongyang said on the ground.

"But..." Yang Tinghe seemed to want to say something, but Li Dongyang asked back, "When the emperor offered sacrifices to the heavens, didn't he have any attendants by his side?"

Yang Tinghe: ...he can even guess what Li Dongyang will say next.

The servants can guard, but the queen can't?

Although Li Dongyang's words sound like a rascal, if it falls on Emperor Zhengde, you don't need to think about it, the emperor must have such a reaction.And because of their increasing opposition, the emperor was very eager to go to Mount Tai, and this matter was almost a foregone conclusion.

Yang Tinghe sighed helplessly: "Perhaps it will take some time for them to learn. If they follow the emperor's will, they may make the emperor give up. The more intense the dispute, the more the emperor will insist on his opinion." The character of this emperor is It's unfathomable that it's so different.

Li Dongyang laughed and said: "I don't think this day is far away."

If you fall too many times, you will naturally learn to behave.

On the third day of June in the 11th year of Zhengde, it was sunny and windless, and the emperor went out.

The mighty team set off from the capital and started the third trip of Emperor Zhengde.

This time the purpose was clear, and Zhu Houzhao didn’t make any small plans to run away. He arrived in Shandong safely and stopped all the officials’ banquets. .

The Shandong side was very happy when they heard the news that the emperor was coming, but a few days after Emperor Zhengde set off, he found out painfully that the emperor did not seem to intend to pass through the town this time. This is a chance to stand in front of the emperor!

Emperor Zhengde arrived at the Taishan Palace in mid-July, as if he didn't notice the wailing of officials all the way.

The sixth day of the eighth month is the best day calculated by Qin Tianjian.

During the time of Chou, Emperor Zhengde climbed the mountain with Jiao Shizhi.

As the two of them took the first step, the bell rang, except for the breeze, the moon, and the starlight, there were only guards at ten steps and one post, and a black shadow that was thrown farther and farther behind.

The whole journey was silent, the two of them just walked side by side, there was a tacit understanding between each other, and the leisurely comfort flowed in their hearts, even the low eyebrows and slight smiles, both with familiar arcs.

There were bursts of drum music from the bottom of the mountain, faintly penetrating to the top of the mountain.The two just made it to the top.At this time, the altar has been set up here, and among the guards kneeling outside the altar, Yin Hong spear tassels are flying in the wind, and the wind gets stronger as they reach the top of the mountain.

At the moment of Yinshi, seven quarters before sunrise, the sound of drum music stopped suddenly, and at the south steps of the altar, the mighty music of Zhonghe Shaoyue rose melodiously, gradually becoming majestic and grand, and the sound of percussion reverberated with the sound of Ming Dynasty music. melody.

Amidst the music, Emperor Zhengde stood in the center of the altar, looking at the rising smoke, feeling peaceful in his heart.He always sneered at ghosts and gods, but this time, he willingly knelt down with Jiao Shizhi, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth.

——Pray for the stability of the mountains and rivers, proclaim the peace of the world, bless my Ming Dynasty with prosperity, and wish the people around me to be healthy.

Zhonghe Shaoyue's voice became louder and louder, as if it wanted to pierce through the sky and reach beyond the sky.When the early sun breaks dawn, the first ray of morning light falls on the two people who are prostrating, or because of the morning dew, they are smudged with a faint colorful light.

The people of Qin Tianjian were shocked, and all the people under the altar bowed down one after another, shouting long live, the voice swept away with the early morning wind, scattered on the ground.

Its daybreak.

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