The song of the new female concubine is full of peach blossoms

As Li Zhaoting said, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the young emperor announced his wooden bird plan at the court meeting, causing an uproar in the court.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Feng Suzhen sneaked a glance at Liu Tao, who was calm and calm with his eyes closed, and then at Li Zhaoting, who was calm and composed behind him, before turning around, lowering his head slightly as if it had nothing to do with him, turning a deaf ear to everything around him.

The officials quarreled for a while, but His Majesty the emperor, who was high above him, didn't get angry, and concentrated on playing with the little wooden bird in his hand, as if he didn't care much about the sounds from the court.Seeing this, the officials looked at Zhang Shaomin, the leader of the officials, and asked him to speak first.

Zhang Shaomin, who had already been thinking about it, shook his sleeves, stepped out of the queue, bowed to the emperor from a distance, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, it is still in the middle of winter, and the birds have not returned. If the local officials are asked to put down their political affairs and arrest them Birds will not only delay the state affairs, but also can't make up [-] birds at once!"

Dongfang Haoyang raised his eyes slightly, looked at Zhang Shaomin, seemed to be thinking about his words, and after a while, said: "Well, what you said makes sense. Then make an order that all state capitals must hand over ten thousand birds before the beginning of summer. .”

"I'm afraid this is still too much?"

"I want a backup, in case there are casualties, I can make up for it in time."

"emperor……"

Dongfang Haoyang slapped the dragon chair impatiently, and said: "I knew you would oppose it a long time ago, when my father used the power of the whole country to build the Xiantai, you all tried to do things according to the order. Why is it my turn, you guys Just pushing back and forth? Could it be that I am not as good as my father? Or do you not take me seriously at all!"

When the emperor was angry, all the officials trembled, shouted "Long live", and fell to their knees one after another.

Zhang Shaomin still wanted to say something, but Feng Suzhen pulled his clothes secretly, Zhang Shaomin turned his head to look at Feng Suzhen, seeing her lowered her head and shaking slowly, he had no choice but to lie down again, and stopped talking.

"I just want to be a big wooden bird, just want some birds. Is my request too much? Ah? I don't want to increase taxes, and I don't ask you to donate your family wealth. Why can't you follow my wishes?"

"Your majesty, I think this is your personal preference. As a subject, I should listen to you."

When Feng Suzhen heard the voice, she looked up in astonishment.Wang Gonggong stood beside the emperor, covered his mouth, and said while laughing, without the consciousness that eunuchs should not discuss politics.

"When is it the eunuch's turn to speak in the court!" A minister stood up angrily, pointed at the prince and said angrily.

Eunuch Wang pursed his lips and smiled, instead of talking to the adult, he took a step back to where he should be standing, as if he hadn't spoken just now.

Dongfang Haoyang said to the courtier angrily: "What do you want to say, Mr. Wang? I think what he said is very good! It is much better than those of you who only know how to sing against me!"

"emperor!"

"Did I ask you to get up? Kneel back for me!"

That minister knelt down again unwillingly, Dongfang Haoyang glanced at the ministers lying down on the ground, and said loudly: "I am the king, you are the ministers, the king makes the ministers, the king makes the ministers die, you wait I don't know why?"

"The minister is terrified."

"It's good to know the fear! My will remains unchanged, retreat!" Dongfang Haoyang finished speaking, turned and strode away.

If it is absurd, this matter is naturally not as good as the former emperor's taking over the Xiantai, but the new emperor has only been enthroned for six years, and it still surprised the people of the world.

Before the emperor ascended the throne, because of his fascination with carpentry, his whimsical acts such as wanting a wooden bird to go to the sky, had already been widely circulated among the people.Now that he is on the throne, when the first emperor dies of illness, his nature will be exposed, making the common people wonder whether this is just the beginning?Will more incredible things happen in the future?

Feng Suzhen and Tianxiang have the same meaning, not to expose Feng Suzhen in front of everyone.But Feng Suzhen had doubts about her identity, and she couldn't help but put the world on her back. Before, she watched with cold eyes and didn't take many things to heart, so now she has a lot of questions to ask.

Because she didn't know the authenticity of her identity, Feng Suzhen didn't want Tianxiang to know too much, and she used the excuse that Zhang Shaomin had asked her to name his child, so she had to go to the prime minister's mansion, so she took advantage of the night to find Zhang Shaomin alone. .

It was inevitable that interested people would find out that Feng Suzhen hadn't handed in the greeting card in advance, and when he arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Shaomin heard the report from the concierge, put on a coat and hurried out to meet Feng Suzhen, making her apologize for a long time.

"Brother Feng, don't talk about it. If you talk about it, you will see someone else." Because it was too late, Zhang Shaomin couldn't lead Feng Suzhen, who was wearing men's clothes, to the plum bamboo room without everyone in the mansion knowing, so he led her to the study, "Brother Feng , you sit down and have a cup of tea first, and I'll come right after I change clothes."

If he didn't know the identity of Feng Suzhen's daughter, perhaps Zhang Shaomin would not bother to change his clothes, but now that he knew, Zhang Shaomin could show respect and groom himself before meeting.

After less than a cup of tea, the well-dressed Zhang Shaomin returned to the study, cupped his hands at Feng Suzhen, and asked, "Brother Feng, why did you come here so late?"

Feng Suzhen expressed her apology again, and then said: "The first is the matter of naming your son. After thinking about it for a few days, I read "Li Sao" and found that "I was talking to Yu Cheng at the beginning, but I regretted running away and have him." A gentleman's promise is worth a thousand dollars. Fang is qualified to establish the heaven and the earth, so it is called a word."

"Zhang Chengyan..." Zhang Shaomin read it in a low voice, and then smiled softly, "Brother Feng is probably reminding me, don't forget the promise to Meizhu."

Feng Suzhen neither denied nor admitted, a smile appeared on her lips, she looked at Zhang Shaomin without saying a word.

Zhang Shaomin understood, turned around and walked to the desk, took a piece of clean paper, wrote down the name with a pen, called the servant outside, and asked him to send it to his wife for review.

"Brother Feng, I will treat you to a drink some other day to thank you for giving me the name dog. Just now you said that this is the first, so what about the second?"

"Brother Zhang, did you know the emperor's will before?"

Zhang Shaomin frowned slightly, pondered for a while and said to Feng Suzhen: "I don't hide it from you, but I have heard about it before. I have eyes and ears in the palace, and I told you before. It's just that the emperor hasn't opened his mouth, so I don't know what will happen. There will be no change, so I didn't tell you."

"How is the prince in the court today?"

"Hey," Zhang Shaomin walked around the room with his hands behind his back, looked at Feng Suzhen and said, "Brother Changying and Qingle must have informed you of the current situation in the capital when they picked you up to return to the capital?"

Recalling the persuasion that Liu Changying and the two had given him back then, among them was what Wang Gonggong said. Judging from today's events, Liu Changying said something lightly.

Seeing Feng Suzhen nodding, Zhang Shaomin said: "The emperor favors the Eunuch Wang. It is said that the Eunuch Wang did a lot of things for the Emperor when he ascended the throne. When the late Emperor was still alive, the Emperor was still able to govern diligently. Since the late Emperor's funeral, The emperor no longer has to worry about the future. The previous burial was a strategy offered by the prince to the emperor. In fact, the prince wanted to get some benefits from the harem. Unexpectedly, Brother Feng solved the situation. I am going to remind Brother Feng Pay attention to Wang Gonggong's revenge, it is also strange, Wang Gonggong didn't find any trouble for you."

Feng Suzhen didn't expect that there was such a relationship in this matter, and she was a little shocked, "That's dozens of lives! He, how could he treat him like nothing just to make money?"

With a sneer, Zhang Shaomin said: "What's so strange, people die for money and birds die for food. This prince's only hobby is gold, and I don't know what's wrong. This time the emperor's wooden bird flying to the sky is also his intention. from."

"No wonder...every strategy of his is focused on the Emperor's heart. The Emperor favors him so much that even an eunuch like him dares to discuss government affairs. If things go on like this, isn't it a sign of the country's ruin!"

Zhang Shaomin sighed helplessly, "As long as the prince is satisfied with the amount of gold, no matter how big or small, he can get the emperor to agree and issue an order. More than half of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have asked him to do things, so, also Few people really want to take him down."

"It's ridiculous!" Feng Suzhen was furious when she heard this.

"But fortunately, so far, the foundation of the country has not been shaken, and..."

"Zhang Shaomin! You are the prime minister, the head of a hundred officials, and one person is under ten thousand. How can you say such a thing? The country is about to perish, and corruption starts from the subtleties. You say it without stopping it' Fortunately'? 'A dike of a thousand feet will be destroyed by an ant's nest; a room of a hundred feet will be burned by smoke from a gap'. When the situation is serious, how do you remedy it?"

"Brother Feng..."

"As a courtier, you should 'the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least'. You have put the cart before the horse, how can you shoulder the responsibility of assisting the king? How can you lead the officials to govern the world?"

"Brother Feng..."

"You..." Feng Suzhen looked at Zhang Shaomin's helpless expression, suddenly realized her current identity, retracted the finger pointing at Zhang Shaomin, sighed, and apologized to Zhang Shaomin, "I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, I, I was rude."

"No, what Brother Feng said is reasonable. I was too optimistic before, seeing that what the prince did was innocent and unforgivable, so I turned a blind eye. As Brother Feng said, state affairs are not big or small. , everything is done with the most important thing in mind, it is the duty of a courtier. It is my duty to apologize to Brother Feng."

Feng Suzhen quickly reached out to support Zhang Shaomin's elbows, not allowing him to salute, and said: "It's broken. I have one last thing to ask Brother Zhang."

"Brother Feng, please tell me."

"Brother Zhang and Grand Master Liu are familiar?"

Zhang Shaomin was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's just for colleagues. Why did Brother Feng ask Grand Master Liu?"

"It's nothing, since Brother Zhang is not familiar with you, then it's fine. I'm really sorry to bother you for so long, so I'll go back first. Please tell Meizhu that it's too late today, and it's not convenient for me to visit her. I have a chance another day." goodbye."

"Plum bamboo knows the general, she will understand."

Seeing that Zhang Shaomin spoke naturally, Feng Suzhen smiled slightly.

When it was delivered to the gate, Zhang Shaomin watched Feng Suzhen's sedan chair leave safely, and then turned back to the mansion.But he didn't know that there would be blatant assassination activities on the streets where officials in the capital gathered and lived, which made him almost ashamed to face Meizhu.