[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

At the beginning of the eighth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde set up a special organization in Fujian to be responsible for shipping, named Nanhaixing.Specially appointed Wang Shouren as the person in charge of this trip, and concurrently as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

In August of the eighth year of Zhengde, Bao Shipyard completed the ships required by Emperor Zhengde according to the regulations, and conducted sea trials on August [-]th.In September of the eighth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde ordered eunuch Zhang Yong and a series of officials to accompany him to sea.Accompanied by a navy to protect each other, the first attempt was made in a mighty manner.

Emperor Zhengde generously asked the envoy not to worry about time, but to collect information on coastal countries when sailing, so as to make the trip worthwhile.After finally getting this done, Emperor Zhengde naturally didn't just look at the day and night, what he wanted to know was something deeper about other countries.

After this matter came to an end, it was almost the end of the eighth year of Zhengde. At this time, the king had already requested the emperor to allow the re-introduction of the previous "Zong and Vassal Regulations", and re-raise the issue of citizenship that had been temporarily put on hold due to opposition. Come out and discuss.

Although Emperor Zhengde guessed that some of them might be unable to resist after a long time, he was still surprised that someone took the initiative to speak in such a short interval.After a search, the problem was found.This generation of kings has many wives and concubines, as well as many descendants.As a prince, he can only have one heir, but the imperial court will only bear the salaries of the two, and will not care about the other dozen or twenty.

It stands to reason that as a prince, it is not a problem to raise a dozen idlers with his own money.However, some people are favored and some are not. It is impossible for Dai Wang to treat everyone equally, so his wives and concubines are even more dissatisfied.All of a sudden, the backyard caught fire and many things happened.It would be fine if that was all, but those two undecided positions caused his good sons to fight with each other, which was more fierce than the battle for the throne, and several of them died in a row due to excessive force.After these funerals, Dai Wang's hair was going to turn gray, and after hesitating again and again, he had to be the first bird to mention this matter.

After reading the report, Emperor Zhengde slapped the case and said with a smile: "It turned out that the backyard caught fire, which saved me a lot of trouble. By the way, how are the other vassals doing?"

Jiao Shizhi said: "The majority are on the sidelines. Only the two princes are clearly on the side of the Dai Wang. The memorials sent by the rest of the few days are all against the Dai Wang. But there are Dai Wang , things have already opened a gap, and it is much simpler than before."

Emperor Zhengde nodded, signaling to Le Xiao to send the people from the cabinet, ready to fight with confidence.Jiao Shizhi was asked to rest early by him, and was not allowed to leave with him.

Although the emperor would be so considerate after every incident, Jiao Shizhi still couldn't laugh or cry in the face of such tender concern.It is indeed a little difficult to be in the lower position, but it is not impossible to walk.Jiao Shizhi listened to the emperor's gentle words, but when he turned around, he still couldn't do the behavior of lying on the bed for a day.

After filing all the memorials, Jiao Shizhi walked out of the room.It was a rare time that Xiu Mu was alone with him, so Jiao Shizhi went back to the house and wiped his sword.

Ever since this sword followed him, except when it was used to suppress King Ning's rebellion, it has been used for power since then, and it is rarely used.After maintaining the sword, Jiao Shizhi got up and went to the martial arts arena with the sword in his arms.Although he would practice sword every morning, Jiao Shizhi seldom had time to practice duel with others due to his busy schedule.

The martial arts arena in the Leopard Room has been modified many times by Emperor Zhengde, and it is adapted to practice on various terrains, and even circled the woods inside to practice terrain.In addition to practicing on weekdays, the guards on duty in the leopard room can also practice at certain time slots, so when Jiao Shizhi passed by, there were still a few people in the spacious field.

There was a person standing at the corner who spotted Jiao Shizhi first, and immediately pushed aside the person standing in front of him and walked towards him.When he got in front of Jiao Shizhi, he wanted to kneel down and salute, "Humble Zhang Changyu, I have seen..." Before he could finish speaking, Jiao Shizhi's sword hilt rested on his knee, "Don't do this, just don't do it! The day is gone, but you are much more refined."

Zhang Changyu stood up with a smile, "My lord, don't you blame me for being polite? Even my father praised me for being more polite during this time."

Jiao Shizhi smiled and said: "Your words are too watery. Commander Zhang can at most praise you. By the way, how is his health during this time?" Zhang Changyu is the son of Zhang Donghua, the former commander of the Eastern Palace. Last year, Zhang Donghua begged his old man to return home due to injury. After Zhang Changyu entered the palace, because of his sweet talk and black hands, he was quite liked by Emperor Zhengde, so he was quickly transferred to the Leopard Room.

Zhang Changyu said: "It's still the same, it will hurt when the season changes, but the medicine sent by Master Jiao is really quite effective, and my father told me to thank you very much."

Following the conversation between the two, the guards scattered around also came over to greet them. After one of Jiao Shi talked with them, he took Zhang Changyu to practice with him.

Zhang Changyu said bitterly: "My lord, you know that I can't beat you, so looking for me every time is not good for you, is it?" Jiao Shizhi slowly drew his sword out of its sheath, with a smile in his eyes, "What do you say?" Wrong, I think you have the possibility to improve, so I need to train you more. Don't worry, I will be merciful today, and you should not be so miserable."

Zhang Changyu rubbed his nose and had no choice but to fight.

Jiao Shizhi was very supportive of the guards' practice in the martial arts arena, and demanded that they must come with real guns and swords, but if they couldn't grasp the speed and seriously injure others, they would be punished accordingly.After all, as a guard in the palace, if you can't even grasp this, or if your skills fail to advance but retreat, there is no need to keep it.

When Jiao Shizhi and Zhang Changyu were fighting, some people around stopped to watch.Jiao Shizhi had a lot of things to do, so he rarely came to the Martial Arts Arena. They didn't see the palace commander very often, and when they saw him occasionally, they would pay more attention to him than others.A young guard took a few glances, and muttered in dissatisfaction, "That's all it seems." Just as he finished speaking, he was slapped by the person next to him, "What are you talking about? That's Can you talk nonsense?" The man curled his lips in disbelief, but didn't speak again.

After watching for a while, the person who slapped the young guard just now said: "Master Jiao seems to have kept his hand today, but Zhang Changyu will lose within ten moves." If you can pass a hundred moves, no matter how powerful Mr. Jiao is, you still don't have fifty moves!"

"Hahahahaha——" the man smiled and patted him, "So your eyesight is not good enough." Following his words, Jiao Shi kicked Zhang Changyu away with one kick, and looked at Zhang Changyu with a frown, "Your point What's the matter with time, why is it more unbearable than last time?"

Zhang Changyu turned over and stood up, showing embarrassment, "Recently, I have indeed been slacking off a bit, sir, please don't be angry."

Jiao Shizhi does not require all of his subordinates to be peerless masters, but this kind of obvious regression should not happen.Just when he was about to say something, another middle-aged guard came over to rescue Zhang Changyu, "My lord, this guy has just married a beautiful wife, so I'm afraid he won't be able to get out after being immersed in the soft red blanket."

Zhang Changyu kicked over and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? I was forced by my father to read Sun Tzu's 36 strategies during this period of time. It made me dizzy. I can't even read it." , I need to understand, now just thinking about those books makes me want to vomit." This relief might as well not be said, just let him talk nonsense.

Jiao Shizhi was thoughtful, "There is nothing wrong with Commander Zhang's actions, but you have regressed because of this, and you should be punished. Before next month, you have copied "Sun Tzu's Art of War" ten times. Next time, fight with me again." If you are so slack in time, I will send you to the Fifth Army Battalion to hone your training for a while."

Zhang Changyu turned pale with shock, and quickly waved his hands, "My lord, I will never do this again, let's forget about the Fifth Army Battalion?" He didn't like to go to that place, but the palace was much better.

Jiao Shizhi glared at him, kicked him away, and found another person to practice duel. After picking seven or eight people in a row, he felt his body loosened.When he was about to continue, he saw Xiao Dezi trotting over from a distance, looking very anxious.

"My lord, the emperor is looking for you. After knowing that you have come to the martial arts field, your face is very ugly. If you were not persuaded by Chief Le Xiao, you would come here now." Xiao Dezi said eagerly beside Jiao Shizhi.

Jiao Shizhi looked at the sky, and found that it was almost sunset, he had been staying here for more than an hour unknowingly, no wonder the emperor came back now.

After returning from the martial arts arena, as soon as Jiao Shizhi entered the room, he saw the angry Emperor Zhengde sitting at the table. Le Xiao had a bitter expression on his face, and felt relieved when he saw Jiao Shizhi come in.Jiao Shizhi nodded at him, looked at Emperor Zhengde who was looking at him, and decided to strike first, saying, "How is your discussion with the cabinet going?"

Zhu Houzhao patted the stool beside him and motioned Jiao Shizhi to sit down.There was a soft cushion specially placed on the stool, Jiao Shizhi hesitated for a while, Le Xiao retreated tactfully, leaving only the two of them in the room.Seeing the emperor's persistent attitude, Jiao Shizhi could only sit down.

"Don't change the subject, didn't I tell you to take a good rest? Do you know how I heard you go to the Martial Arts Field? When can't you go, but today is the day?" Emperor Zhengde said dissatisfiedly, pulling Jiao Shi up and down After reading it several times, I was afraid that something might be wrong with Jiao Shizhi.

Jiao Shizhi smiled and said: "If you don't make gestures with me, you will know how my body is now." Emperor Zhengde pouted and tugged Shizhi's sleeves angrily. There is no agreement on this matter.

Seeing that Emperor Zhengde was not as serious as Xiao Dezi said, Jiao Shizhi also breathed a sigh of relief. If the emperor was really angry, it would not be easy to coax him back.With this thought in mind, Jiao Shizhi tried to change the subject again, "You haven't answered my previous question yet, you haven't quarreled with those people, have you?"

Emperor Zhengde said casually: "It's not a matter of disagreement. They are more willing to sit and wait for them to argue with each other than I am. The Ministry of Rites is already re-drafting the document. I will take a look after it is confirmed." Jiao Shizhi nodded , this matter is estimated to be close to ten.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "After this matter is settled, I want to go to Xuanfu to have a look."

Jiao Shizhi looked at the emperor in surprise, and felt that this was something that should be done.The emperor has always yearned for the feat of Ming Chengzu's southern and northern expeditions, and has always been eager to try the Tatars.It was mentioned several times before, but it didn't touch Jiao Shizhi deeply this time.

The emperor's tone was sincere.

He took a deep breath and didn't say anything against it. After all, from proposing this matter to actually taking shape, he didn't know how many times he had to go through obstacles.However, decades ago, there was a conquest by Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, which led to the change of the civil castle. It is normal for the courtiers to be worried.The emperor probably knew this too, so he didn't mention Ningxia Town, where wars had occurred frequently in the past few years.But the importance of Xuan Mansion is self-evident, even going here is not small.

Emperor Zhengde looked at Jiao Shizhi's pensive expression and smiled lightly: "Shizhi doesn't have to worry. Since I will mention this matter, I am naturally prepared for the court's opposition. I just went for a tour. In the past two years There is no war, so don't worry so much."

Jiao Shizhi said: "But Xuan Mansion is too close to the border after all, and it is also an important town ready to fight at any time. If you want to go there, you still have a lot of problems to deal with." Xuan Mansion has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times , how can it be so simple.

Emperor Zhengde laughed loudly and said: "That's natural. These pedantic people only have a lot of big ideas. They can rest assured that I will bring them this time and let them enjoy the scenery beyond the Great Wall with me. Solo It’s better to have fun than to have fun, right?”

Jiao Shizhi: ...

In fact, the original intention of those ministers should not be like this.

In October of the eighth year of Zhengde, a fierce quarrel broke out in the court about the nationality. During this period, many vassal kings slammed the memorial of the acting king, but Emperor Zhengde did not express his position.In November of the eighth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde withdrew the power that had allowed some vassals to set up guards before.

At the end of December in the eighth year of Zhengde, Zhengde Dika announced the re-drafted "Regulations of the Suzerains and Vassals" to the court before the New Year's Eve, and then sealed the seal on the next day, happily celebrating the New Year.

The emperor had a very happy year, but most of the vassals had a very unhappy year.

However, after the New Year's period of precipitation, in the first month of the ninth year of Zhengde, when Emperor Zhengde reopened the court meeting, more than half of the people agreed, far more than the number before the New Year's Day.Anyone who thinks about it knows that Emperor Zhengde is not the kind of person who would be jealous of the royal reputation. Since he took the initiative to propose the matter of citizenship, it means that he has already done enough.

The emperor's behavior in the past few years has also made them understand most of it. If they don't move, if they move, they must have been prepared long ago.

Emperor Zhengde carried this matter forward smoothly, but Wang Shouren was in charge of supervising this matter before, if he knew that there would be such a big turning point so soon in the second half year, Emperor Zhengde would not mobilize him so quickly.We can only ask someone to be responsible for this matter again. Although that person is a bit rigid, he is relentless in this matter, and the supervision is not as bad as before.

After dealing with his confidant's serious troubles, Emperor Zhengde began to think about the matter of the northern tour.But Jiao Shizhi persuaded him at least so that he didn't plan to travel so soon.At this time, the new "Regulations of Suzerain and Vassal" are being implemented. If Emperor Zhengde immediately went out of the palace to make a tour of the north at this juncture, it would be difficult to stabilize the hearts of the people.

After Emperor Zhengde agreed with Jiao Shizhi's suggestion, he quietly found Li Dongyang.It seems that Jiao Shizhi has picked up the habit of looking for Liu Jian in the past, and now he also likes to invite Li Dongyang to chat in private.After all, Li Dongyang has a strict mouth and a quick mind, so telling him these things is not easy to be leaked.So when Jiao Shizhi saw Li Dongyang in the Leopard Room again, he just took him to the emperor's room as usual.

Just when he was about to retreat, Emperor Zhengde stopped him, "Don't leave Shizhi, there is nothing important today, just chat casually." It is really "casual" to call in a cabinet chief assistant.

Li Dongyang's smile remained unchanged, "It is an honor for the emperor to talk to the veteran."

Emperor Zhengde was unmoved at all, and curled his lips and said, "It's fine if you don't scold me in your heart now, can you still think it's your honor?"

Li Dongyang said: "The emperor's words are biased, all the ministers are trembling, how could they slander you in their hearts?"

As a person who had just slandered the emperor, Jiao Shizhi felt a little stressed, "Your Majesty, Mr. Li Ge, if there is something else, let's start first?" This opening sentence is not very good.

Emperor Zhengde rubbed his chin, but let Li Dongyang go easily, and said with a smile: "It's true, every time I talk with Li Qing's family, it seems to scare Li Qing's family. But this time No exception, I hope Li Qing's family will not be surprised."

Li Dongyang smiled and said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Jiao Shizhi listened with a smile on his face. The relationship between the emperor and Mr. Li Ge is good. If he can provoke the solemn Mr. Li Ge to speak like this, it seems that Mr. Li no longer has any grudges against the emperor.

"That's good, I'm going to make a tour of Beijing and the north."

The smile on Li Dongyang's face froze, his eyes shifted from the emperor to Jiao Shizhi, who was "seriously" drinking tea, and the smell of dust was almost unbearable to disturb.

Li Dongyang said helplessly: "Your Majesty, if you want to make another southern tour, it will be relatively easy. But there are so many important military towns in the north, if you want to go there, you will not be in line with your status."

Emperor Zhengde said: "It's just a few visits. What does it have to do with my identity? If you say that, it should be because I am the emperor, so I can go to those important towns for inspection?"

Li Dongyang shook his head, and said seriously: "Your Majesty shouldn't have said that. You have a high status. The incident during the Southern Tour has already caused the whole court to worry. If you go to the Northern Tour this time, I'm afraid that someone will swear to death."

Emperor Zhengde sneered, and said lightly: "Is it because of their little worries that my affairs should be changed? Things in this world are impermanent, and even drinking water may choke to death. This makes me not drink water from now on? Isn't it funny!"

Li Dongyang said: "The emperor is secretly changing the concept. Although the Tatars have not knocked on the customs in the past two years, the threat is still there. This is a big danger for you to travel. The food of the king is the worry of the king, and the ministers are not afraid." Think I'm worrying too much."

When Jiao Shizhi heard this, he already understood what Li Dongyang was thinking. In fact, he had expressed such thoughts since his southern tour.The emperor's inspections, especially the private visits of Emperor Zhengde before, are actually necessary to a certain extent, which can make the emperor deeply understand the people's sentiments.But no matter which emperor goes on tour, he will take great risks. No matter how good the emperor is, there will be a few people who want to kill him. If something really happens, the emperor has no heirs now. Is it over?

After Emperor Zhengde finished drinking the tea from the cup in front of him, he brought over the cup of tea placed in front of Jiao Shizhi, "I will take the army out this time, and I will definitely not sneak away like before. But the Li Qing family can rest assured, even if I sneak away, the Li Qing family will definitely carry it with me and will not leave you behind."

Hearing these words, Li Dongyang was as depressed as Jiao Shizhi thought before and couldn't express it. Your Majesty, the old minister is really not worried about such a thing!

Emperor Zhengde carried on the conversation very happily, and finally achieved phased results. After sending someone to send Li Ge back, he smiled and said to Jiao Shizhi: "It seems that Li Qing's family appreciates my opinion. I am very relieved."

Jiao Shizhi recalled Li Dongyang's face just now, but he couldn't see what the emperor said now, it would be fine if it was true.He said to the emperor dumbfoundingly: "Although your performance during the southern tour last time can strongly dismiss those who dare to doubt you, it will also make them more worried about the emperor's situation. After all, you ran away last time. This time your promise won't be of much use."

Emperor Zhengde raised his hand and drank the last sip of tea, and said, "Northern tours are inferior to southern tours. If I really want to go to Xuanfu, I must not take any people around me. I won't take your life Just kidding. Mentioning this matter with Li Dongyang first is also to prepare him, don't find out something in private and then come to persuade him, it will feel uncomfortable to hear."

Jiao Shizhi asked curiously: "Although Mr. Li Ge has a strict mouth, it is normal for him to discuss with the cabinet on such an important matter. If the news is leaked at that time, isn't the emperor worried?" Character has always been good, but it is absolutely impossible for Zhu Houzhao to make random decisions because of something so illusory as character.If this thing is known to the ministers before they are ready, they will be nagged to death.

Why did the Ming Dynasty have such a group of officials who could criticize things unscrupulously?

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "You don't know. After Liu Jian retired, I set Li Dongyang too high. Now Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are in the same group in the cabinet. Although Jiao Fang and Yang Tinghe will not get together, However, they would often cooperate against Li Dongyang. Even if Li Dongyang knew in advance, so what, he knew my temperament, and at most he would talk to Xie Qian. Xie Qian's temperament is stricter than Li Dongyang's, and he won't say anything. something."

Xie Qian has always been talking nonsense when he sees people, and talking nonsense when he sees ghosts.Jiao Shizhi thought of Mr. Xie Ge's mouth, and felt admiration.It is said that he once finished scolding the person, and it was several days after the person returned home that he came to his senses and realized that Xie Qian's words were scolding him.The art of speaking like this is breathtaking.

But Zhu Houzhao insisted on letting Li Dongyang know his thoughts in advance, and it was for another thing.Emperor Zhengde wanted to adopt his stepson, and the two he liked were on the route of the northern tour, so he could go and see them then.I just don't know if Li Dongyang will really faint from anger when he knows what he's thinking?

Emperor Zhengde, who was annoyed by his ministers every day, thought about this seriously.

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In April of the ninth year of Zhengde, the court, which had been quiet for nearly half a year, was shaken again by Emperor Zhengde's words.The emperor announced that he would go on a northern tour starting in July.

Not to mention the route, even how to mobilize the local army on the way, and other places that need attention, he marked all the ministers, which is really considerate.However, in the face of this thoughtfulness, the courtiers could only start a persuasive career of continuous, persistent, and repeated defeats.

The ministers were very bitter in their hearts. It was hard for the last southern tour to settle down, and the emperor planned to visit the north again? !With the previous experience, how could the ministers, who were always worried about the emperor's escape, agree with it!

From April to June, the ministers fought against the emperor for two whole months, and gained the upper hand because of the superiority of the civil servants.However, this situation changed suddenly at the end of June, and several generals who were guarding outside wrote a book one after another, hoping that the emperor could make a northern tour to show the power of the court.

This is strange, there has never been a military officer who has taken the initiative to play on this matter and asked the emperor to go to inspect it.In fact, they have always been out of touch with such things, and the civil servants were a little confused when they suddenly came up with such a move.However, counting those names, Wang Xun, Zhu Zhen, Jiang Bin, etc., are all military officers stationed on the border now, and they are quite successful.It is amazing to see such a rare situation.

At the beginning of July in Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao ignored the objections of the courtiers and began to prepare for the trip. He ordered Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and two old elders to accompany him.

Emperor Zhengde's tough attitude finally made the courtiers shut up, and this time compared with the time of the southern tour, the emperor's majesty became more and more serious, and it was no longer the situation that required bargaining.Emperor Zhengde had no intention of compromise, so they had to give up in the end.And the number of people that the emperor ordered to accompany this time was much more than that during the southern tour.To their surprise, their attention was also diverted a lot.

After all, the few officials brought by the Southern Tour were purely used by Emperor Zhengde to make up the numbers.This time he went through careful selection and brought out quite a few officials.Some civil servants suddenly learned that they were on the list. Although they were grateful for the emperor's kindness, they still had a headache.Not to mention that they were persuading the emperor not to go on tour before, even the long journey was enough to make their frail bodies suffer.But no one dared to remonstrate with Emperor Zhengde that he didn't want to travel with him.

In such a weird atmosphere, preparations for the northern tour were proceeding in an orderly manner.

Jiao Shizhi felt deeply that his official position was in a delicate state during the war of words in the past few months.Although you also need to go to court with you, you don't need to stand in line.As a Jin Yiwei, he is a close minister of the emperor, unless he clearly stated that his own views are different from the emperor's, otherwise he will be with the emperor by default.

In private, some people hoped to persuade the emperor through Jiao Shizhi, but they were all rejected by Jiao Shizhi.There is no so-called unconsciousness in the first place, so how can we persuade him to wake up?

But the fact that the military officer turned up, which surprised the civil servants, was expected by Jiao Shizhi.

Over the years, from the beginning of the emperor's ascension to the throne, he had been in contact with these military officers on the border in private, and after building the leopard room, he communicated with the military officers some things obtained through practical operations.Of course, in the eyes of the military officers, Zhu Houzhao was just a brat.Even if it is the emperor, he will be outside, and the emperor's orders will not be accepted.Zhu Houzhao's words did not get much attention from them.

It was not until later that Emperor Zhengde's newly modified armor was actually applied and replaced the old armor.Those military officers stationed at the border began to pay attention to it slowly.But what really convinced them was after Emperor Zhengde suppressed King Ning's rebellion.Only those military officers who value strength can gain their respect if they have a record that can really be achieved.

Emperor Zhengde wanted to make a northern tour this time, so he ordered the military officers who had really attached to him to prepare first, and a surprise came.As for the effect, he didn't care much, after all, Emperor Zhengde had his mind on it, and no matter what the courtiers thought, he had decided to go on this northern tour.

The only thing that made him feel a little bit embarrassed was that it fell on the Queen Mother's side.

After learning that Zhu Houzhao planned to tour the north, Queen Mother Zhang angrily sent someone to invite Emperor Zhengde over, and then scolded him bloody.To be honest, in all these years, Zhu Houzhao had never been reprimanded by Queen Mother Zhang before, and he was a little confused for a while.Unexpectedly, as soon as Empress Dowager Zhang finished scolding the person on the front foot, she was so angry that she wept on the back foot, which made Zhu Houzhao scramble to persuade him.

Empress Dowager Zhang cried: "I raised you so big for nothing. You didn't discuss such a big matter with me first. In a blink of an eye, you said you would go to the north. Can the place be the same as the south tour? Ah, you want to I worry about you every day!"

Zhu Houzhao and Aunt Mo supported Queen Mother Zhang to sit on the couch, one left and one right, and immediately admitted their mistake, "You are right, I am indeed wrong about this matter, I should tell you in advance."

Queen Mother Zhang was so angry that she patted him, and said: "How can it be so simple, is it just because of this that I am angry? I am angry that you don't take your body and life seriously! You have no children now, and you It was the time when I liked Jiao Shizhi, didn't I think about what happened after that?"

Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips, looked at the excited and weeping mother, and whispered after a long time: "Baby, I plan to adopt."

"What!" Empress Dowager Zhang was immediately attracted by the emperor's words. She was still crying, but she restrained herself a little.She looked at Zhu Houzhao through teary eyes, and said word by word, "Are you going to adopt?"

Emperor Zhengde nodded slightly. This was the only thing he felt sorry for his mother in this matter.After all, he couldn't fulfill her desire to carry on the family line.

"Shou'er, even if it's just one time, don't you want to try?" Empress Dowager Zhang subconsciously grabbed Emperor Zhengde's wrist and asked in a mournful voice.Although she reluctantly accepted the relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Jiao Shizhi, she never thought that Zhu Houzhao would give up the idea of ​​inheriting the family because of this.

Emperor Zhengde said softly: "You know how false it is to only have one time. As far as I am concerned, I would rather have a single heart and never leave my head. This sentence should be able to express my heart."

Empress Dowager Zhang stared blankly at Zhu Houzhao gently pulling her hand away, and gently put it on her knee again, "Mother, I know what you are worried about, but that is what I want to do, and I hope that the queen can make it happen." .”

Empress Dowager Zhang shook her head helplessly, her voice trembling slightly, "You are the heart of the Queen Mother..."

Emperor Zhengde said: "Mother, with my temper, I'm afraid I won't be able to be a good father. If it's not for the sake of the government, even this adoption, I originally planned not to. But since I have indulged myself to get what I want things, you won’t be so dissatisfied and yearn for other things.”

"Only this matter, please don't force me."

Because no matter how much pressure was exerted by Queen Mother Zhang, Zhu Houzhao would never let go, and it was impossible to really find a woman to have a child.The reason why that feeling is heavy is because when it carries too many things and bears too many costs, it can still be so firm and unmoved by it.

Finally Empress Dowager Zhang asked a completely irrelevant question, "Does he know that you have sacrificed so much for him?"

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "Mother, you are wrong. No matter what I give, what he needs to pay is also the same. There is no such thing as one of us owes the other."

Emperor Zhengde did not let Jiao Shizhi know the content of this conversation.From the emperor's disheveled appearance, Jiao Shizhi still guessed a little bit, no matter what it was, he couldn't turn back.Jiao Shizhi could only pretend that he didn't know, and drifted away.

In July of the ninth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde started his second tour.