[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

The spring night is short and the day is high, and since then the king will not go to court early.

When Zhu Houzhao woke up, the bed next to him was already completely cold.He wrapped himself in the quilt and laughed silly for a while before turning over.Gao Feng heard the noise inside, and hurriedly led the maids to bring in all the things Zhu Houzhao needed to get up.

When Zhu Houzhao got dressed and came out rubbing his eyes, he saw Du Ruo punching with his upper body bare.Sweat slid off his healthy, wheat-colored skin, which shone brightly in the sun.Zhu Houzhao leaned against the door and watched for a long while before Du Ruo noticed him. He stopped his fists like flowing clouds and flowing water, and pulled a cloth towel from the weapon rack to wipe his sweat.

"No wonder you seldom get sick. There is a reason. I live in the palace all day, and I don't know how lazy I am." Clothes opened his mouth, and food stretched out his hands. Even if Zhu Houzhao had self-control, he would still be like this The one who was eroded under the comfortable life turned into a lazy pig.Touching his unexistent abdominal muscles, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sigh.

Hot water for Du Ruo's shower has already been prepared in the side room.Du Ruo grabbed Zhu Houzhao, stripped him naked and threw him into a big bathtub to soak.He himself carried a wooden bucket beside him, and poured hot water on himself one by one.

After wiping the drops of water off his face, Zhu Houzhao leaned on the edge of the tub and watched Du Ruo smile.Du Ruo looked at himself uncomfortably, but found nothing wrong, so he gave Zhu Houzhao a supercilious look, and put on his clothes on his own. "I don't know what you're laughing at? Why do you look stupid when you wake up early in the morning?" Although Zhu Houzhao, who was a little crazy, didn't want to pay attention to it, Du Ruo, who just did something unspeakable yesterday, really couldn't ignore it. he.

Zhu Houzhao stroked the water, recalling the time in his previous life: "I was thinking, you said you were never so nervous back then, why are you so nervous this time?"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao had no intention of taking a bath, Du Ruo tidied up his clothes and replied with a frown, "How can this be compared to before." In the past, I wished I could think of countermeasures for every conceivable accident, and all the auxiliary tools were equally good.This time it all depends on experience, especially when Zhu Houzhao's body is too young.Du Ruo was considerate of him, but he didn't expect him to be the beneficiary and laughed at himself instead. "If you don't wash up and go back to the palace quickly, the people in the palace should be worried. Even if it's not early today, you will probably suffer from what happened today. You should think about how to explain it when you enter the palace!"

When he said this, Zhu Houzhao really lost the mood to play. After washing in twos and twos, he stood up and asked Du Ruo to dress him.Du Ruo couldn't help him, sighed, and put on his clothes obediently: "Okay, if you make trouble again, it's over."

Zhu Houzhao kissed him on the cheek and said with a smile, "I know."

After breakfast, Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo went to the palace together in Du Ruo's sedan chair.When we arrived at the gate of the palace, there were already people guarding there, and asked An Guogong to go directly to Weiyang Palace. The emperor came to him urgently. Du Ruo and Zhu Hou looked at each other and smiled, knowing that this would happen.

Zhu Houzhao was still wearing Du Ruo's clothes, so it was not appropriate to see Zhu Youtang and Mrs. Zhang, so Du Ruo had to go first.He went back to the palace to change his clothes before going there.

When Zhu Houzhao arrived at Weiyang Palace, the scene he saw was harmonious.Zhu Houzhao even wondered if he had gone to the wrong place.

"Come here quickly and take a look, do you like the people I have drawn up?" Seeing Zhu Houzhao coming in, Mrs. Zhang was just dazed for a moment, but she immediately realized, "I can see a few girls. It's just that I think It’s not good to think too much, so why don’t you just choose two. Come and have a look with me.” Zhu Youtang and Du Ruo beside him didn’t know what they were talking about, and Zhu Youtang kept smiling.

Zhu Houzhao and Mrs. Zhang discussed for half a day, and finally settled on four girls. They are all from a scholarly family and have a very good reputation outside.Next, Mrs. Zhang and Ai Cao will have to meet in person to decide which two girls will be selected.

After being delayed for half a day in Weiyang Palace, Gao Feng came several times to urge the ministers in front of him to hand over the papers to meet him, and Zhu Houzhao asked them to wait.Mrs. Zhang looked really shameless, and persuaded: "State affairs are the most important thing, you should go back."

Glancing at Du Ruo twice, Zhu Houzhao didn't know why he and Zhu Youtang had so much talk, he hesitated for a long time and still couldn't make up his mind to leave.Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang stood up and straightened his clothes, and suddenly shed tears for some reason.Zhu Houzhao stood there bewildered, not even wiping her, nor not wiping her.Mrs. Zhang choked up for a while, and said with a forced smile: "This is also the first day of your wedding, and we can't celebrate you with your appearance. It's just that you will live a good life in the future... I hope you are really like what you said, I That's enough."

This is Zhang's loving mother's heart. Zhu Houzhao gently wiped the tears on her face, looked at her increasingly mottled cheeks, and comforted her softly: "We will be fine." This is his most solemn promise. , I also swore to each other in my previous life, so I don't need to say much about the ending.Fortunately, this life starts from scratch, and Zhu Houzhao's greatest wish is to live a good life like this until the two of them are gray-haired and can support each other.

Mrs. Zhang personally sent Zhu Houzhao out of Weiyang Palace, and the two walked side by side quietly for a long time before Zhu Houzhao asked her to go back.Zhu Hou looked at Zhang's step and looked back at him three times, feeling warm and sad in his heart.Holding back his sore nose, Zhu Houzhao calmed down and went to fight those old foxes.

The Ministry of Household Affairs has already allocated the money for building the library, but the Ministry of Rites dare not accept it, insisting that the Ministry of Household Affairs transport this part of the money along with the daily salaries of the officials to various prefectures.This is not a matter of classification by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and they don't want to take this risk in vain.The two sides could not reach a consensus, so they had to find Zhu Houzhao to solve this matter together.

The Ministry of Rites also has their reasons. Most of the time they are Qingshui yamen, and most of the various expenses on weekdays are drawn from each yamen.Such a large amount of money came suddenly, and the Ministry of Rites did not have any extra manpower or experience to transport this batch of money, so it had to ask the Ministry of Accounts to help.The Ministry of Finance said it was none of their business.They also have their own considerations, if someone embezzles the silver taels, what will they do if they push it to the Ministry of Accounts.The point is not that this matter is not troublesome, but that there may be endless troubles in the future.

It is such a trouble without a bank, and Zhu Houzhao is also a headache.Hearing that they had been arguing for half a day below, they finally let the Ministry of Rites figure out a way for themselves.After all, this is the Ministry of Rites' own business. If there is a precedent for the Ministry of Accounts, can such matters be pushed to the Ministry of Accounts in the future?The Ministry of Households does not need to do other things, it is enough to deliver silver to them.When something happens again, who should bear the responsibility?

After dismissing a few of them, Du Ruocai arrived late, and sat down by himself Shi Shiran.Zhu Houzhao approved several urgent memorials with a vermilion pen, and handed them to Gao Feng to be sent to the Supervisor of Rituals for seal, before he spared time to talk to him: "Why didn't I realize that you and the emperor have so much to talk about in the past?"

It's no big deal for Du Ruo to enter the palace today, it's just to send Zhu Houzhao back.He sat down to drink tea by himself, just watched Zhu Houzhao busy there, and replied with a smile: "It's just listening to him nagging how to get along with you. You have a pair of good parents." Zhu Houzhao knew that his parents in the two generations were not related. He also echoed and sighed: "Perhaps it was my life that saved the universe, but that's not necessarily the case."

Knowing that Zhu Houzhao wanted to make him laugh, Du Ruo did not disappoint his kindness, and she really burst into a big smile.

"In the past two days, I was only focused on fighting with you, and forgot to ask you, how are your things prepared?" Zhu Houzhao asked about natural navigation.

Du Ruo didn't forget about it when he devoted himself to cultivating new crops. "Most of them have been prepared. However, anti-corrosion is a big problem below, and the craftsmen are trying to solve this problem." In ancient times, there was neither sealing technology nor preservatives. In the humid and hot sea, how to keep food fresh became a problem. A big problem.Everyone tried sealing it with clay pots, absorbing water with charcoal, and adding quicklime, but the results were not very good.An old craftsman who used to brew wine thought of the method of sealing with wax paper. Everyone is experimenting, but there is no result yet.

It is only the beginning of May, and July and August are the best time for sea conditions in the Pacific Ocean. There are still more than two months of preparation time, and Zhu Houzhao is not in a hurry.

On the contrary, Du Ruo is worried about another problem: "This year's weather is much colder than previous years, and there is less precipitation. A few days ago, there have been rumors in the capital that there may be a severe drought this year. You'd better let Qin No matter what the result of the deduction is, we should make preparations first." Zhu Houzhao, who had never heard of this matter, nodded in agreement.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't sit comfortably, and deliberately twisted in front of Du Ruo for a long time, and Du Ruo reluctantly took some less important memorials to comment on.After noon, I left the palace after eating.

In the next few days, Zhang sent things to Zhu Houzhao every day, such as sea bass, scallops, and various animal organs, which made Zhu Houzhao dumbfounded.It's just that his mother was full of love and love, so Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to eat it all in his own stomach.If he couldn't accept the food, Zhu Houzhao simply sent it to Du Ruo. As for whether he ate or not, Zhu Houzhao couldn't control it.

A small palace next to the Forbidden City was also cleaned up, specially for Ai Cao to go to school.The main hall is where the gentlemen give lectures, and the two side halls are for the two princesses to study and live in.The imperial garden also specially surrounded a place for them to grow flowers and vegetables on weekdays.For a while, countless daughters in the capital were envious of these two lucky ones.

At the same time, Xu Jin's memorial also entered the capital following the battle report of Huo Zai's re-offending.