The emperor is embarrassed

"Your Majesty is really wise. I have some doubts whether we did something wrong."

"It's nothing wise to put people under your nose, father. Everything is ready, just wait for the right time. Father, the Dafeng Dynasty is not the world of his Zhennan Prince and his son. Our surname is Feng, The same descendants of Emperor Taizu."

Ming Zhan is very aware of his strengths and weaknesses. He has just ascended the throne, and no matter what he does, he can't compare with Feng Jingqian's years of rule and management of the empire.Ming Zhan knew that he did not have the prestige of Feng Jingqian to the empire.Besides, Ming Zhan didn't know that there were so many messy things secretly under Feng Jingqian's rule.

As a result, he lacks sufficient control over the southeast and northwest.

After defeating the Tatars, it was not that no one suggested taking advantage of the victory to pursue it, but Ming Zhan was only a little familiar with the four generals on the northwest defense line, Pingyanghou.What's more, since Ming Zhan knew that there was still a private deal between the Northwest and the Tatars, he did not want to easily launch a war against the Tatars before he fully controlled the Northwest.

Although he has encountered so many unknown difficulties, Ming Zhan has Ming Zhan's method.

Let's talk about the southeast first. When he was the prince, Ming Zhan had already taken over Zhejiang and Fujian.After ascending the throne, he directly sent the young and vigorous Lin Yongshang to Huaiyang, and then used the loyal Marquis Yongding to go south to control the Huaiyang army.

Back then, at this time, Ming Zhan also experienced the rebellion of the local forces in Huaiyang.

Ming Zhan once again showed his uniqueness, controlling Huaiyang from a distance. At this time, he still can't do it.Rather than that, he brought all the local snakes with heads and faces in Huaiyang to the imperial capital, and put them under his nose to watch.

This method, although stupid, is extremely effective.

Because every emperor has unparalleled confidence in the control of the imperial capital.

Xiaoyaohou, Linjianghou, Jinyihou, and Shanrenhou, these four are all descendants of Prince Yi, the eldest son of Emperor Taizong.If you say that Prince Yi was originally the eldest son of Emperor Taizong, why didn't he become emperor, instead he conferred Huaiyang as a prince.There is also a public case that cannot be ignored.

Although Prince Yi is the eldest son of Emperor Taizong, he was not born as a direct son, because his mother was not the original spouse of Emperor Taizong.Emperor Taizong's first wife was Emperor Jiayi, and what was very terrible was that although Empress Jiayi died early, Empress Jiayi left behind her own flesh and blood, the third prince who was born in Yuan Dynasty.

At that time, there were endless disputes in the court because of the establishment of the crown prince. In the end, Emperor Taizong said, "Although the king of Yi is expensive, the prince of the Yuan Dynasty is more respectful", so he appointed the third prince as the crown prince.

Emperor Gaozong did not treat Yiwang's family badly. In the end of Yiwang's life, Emperor Gaozong rewarded him more. Up to now, Yiwang's descendants still have the title of four princes.

This is also the origin of the four titles of Marquis Xiaoyaohou, Linjianghou, Jinyihou and Shanrenhou.

Ming Zhan's status is noble, but his seniority is small. These four are all his uncles.Ming Zhan summoned people all the way from Huaiyang to the imperial capital, so it was inevitable that he would host a banquet. He said with a smile, "I was enthroned as a young man, and now my father has gone to the southwest, and I rely more on the old ministers to make decisions in the middle of the court." Why do you act like a baby? Li wants to resign, and Ming Zhan wants to stay after death.Li Pingzhou was left to him by Feng Jingqian, a veteran of the four dynasties.What's more, Li Pingzhou has always been known for integrity. In a certain way, Li Pingzhou is the representative of the veterans left by Feng Jinggan.If Ming Zhanfu were to mobilize veteran officials as soon as he came to the throne, let alone the court's chilling like Ouyang Ke, even the leading generals in the frontier, it is not known whether he would be paranoid.

Ming Zhan is such a careful and cautious person, so he still used the old officials left behind by Feng Jingqian, but slowly placed his confidants one by one.

Of the four princes, Shanrenhou is the oldest, who is in his sixties, with white hair and beard, and a kind face. He said with a smile, "The Supreme Emperor is an undisputed emperor, and all my subjects are loyal ministers who are loyal to the country. Your Majesty Wise and wise, you will rule the world with your bow, and in the future, you will surely surpass the three emperors and surpass the five emperors in virtue."

Even a liar can't believe Ming Zhan's words!Veteran decision?Who can believe this?Which old minister wanted to change the salt system and lift the sea ban?It's not the trick of the little emperor.

However, everyone is a well-trained old fox, so naturally no idiot jumped out and said, Your Majesty, what you said is untrue, haha, etc.On the contrary, the other three people also flattered each other after hearing what Shan Renhou said.For a time, flattery was like a tide.

Ming Zhan laughed, "My uncles are really flattering me. When it comes to age, I am two years younger than the eldest grandson of Uncle Shan Rentang's family. When it comes to prestige, I am far less respected than my father. When it comes to government affairs, I am also Not as good as Li Xiang and the others. Let’s talk about this imperial capital. Since I came to the imperial capital at the age of ten, I have been living in the palace. In the past, I was accompanied by several imperial brothers.” Sighing, Ming Zhan’s face darkened, “Now Needless to say, although I am in the ninth level and the king is in the world, there are not many elders in the imperial capital who can guide me. Uncle Shen Wang is getting old, and I am very worried about the pain of illness in recent days. Furthermore, the three Brother Wang, he loves to play more than I do."

"Sometimes, I want to get close to my elders, but suddenly I see that there are no elders around me to get close to, and I feel very lonely." Ming Zhan smiled, "Besides, since I became the throne, I haven't met my uncles yet. I want to go out Let's go, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are blocked, so I can only issue an edict to invite my uncles to come to the imperial capital. You also look at me, and I also have many things that I want to rely on my uncles."

No matter what he thought in his heart, Marquis Linjiang said gratefully, "Your Majesty is so humble, we are close relatives, and the emperor is in the ninth and fifth ranks. I can't be more grateful to the old officials for waiting for them. It's just that the old officials have been waiting for you for many years. Desolate in the wind and moon, I don't know anything about political affairs, I'm useless, I'm afraid I'll embarrass the emperor."

Jin Yihou was even more ashamed, stood up and apologized, "The dog has caused trouble for His Majesty as soon as he arrived in the imperial capital, and I am really ashamed to meet His Majesty."

Ming Zhan smiled brightly, "If we have to take care of the political affairs, what do you need the ministers for? Li Xiang and the others are loyal to the country. I am very relieved to have them here. If the uncles are free , Let's enjoy the flowers and swim in the lake together, watch the wind and enjoy the moon, it is also a romantic story."

Everyone laughed and said yes, Ming Zhan looked at Jin Yihou with a smile, "Cousin Jinyi, don't worry. I know what happened to Feng Li. Now that I have just ascended the throne, when Yongninghou's uncle's cousin made a mistake, I don't need to worry about it. How was it dealt with? Although the uncles are far away from the imperial capital, they must have heard the rumors. Besides, the lawsuit in the Nanfeng uncle's mansion is even more embarrassing."

"It's hard to be an emperor. If I were in the family of ordinary people, how can I not care for the young. My family is always closer than outsiders, and I have to have feelings." Ming Zhan sighed, "But I became the emperor. , Manchurian and military, people all over the world, how many pairs of eyes are staring at me. Marquis of Yongning, that is my uncle. Nanfeng Bolu's family is the eldest princess's in-law's family. My, although this heart is partial, the hand cannot be partial In the past, when I looked at the history books, I was quite puzzled when I saw the Emperor Taizu beheading King Xi in anger. Can outsiders compare to my own son?"

"Emperor Taizu is such a wise man, there are still such difficulties, let alone me." Ming Zhan smiled, "Don't you need to feel ashamed, Uncle Jin Yi, isn't Emperor Taizu a sage king? There is still a son like King Xi. More recently, Emperor Renzong was lenient, and Prince Li was insane, even though his biological mother Fang was incompatible, he kissed him."

At first, everyone thought that since they first came to the imperial capital, and they were all elders, the emperor would treat each other with wine so politely, Jin Yihou took advantage of this to plead guilty, and the emperor would laugh it off, but they did not expect Ming Zhan to say such a remark.Immediately, everyone was cautious and solemn, following the emperor's training.

"So, I said, Uncle Jin Yi, he really thinks too much." Ming Zhan saw that the atmosphere was a bit cold, raised his hand and pressed down, motioning for Jin Yihou to sit down, and said with a warm smile, "Although Feng Li almost provoked you Trouble, after all, I taught him in the face of Uncle Jinyi. We are all one family, and we don’t speak of two different languages. My surname is Feng, and Feng Li is also my cousin. He caused trouble, and I can’t Selfishness, but what face do I have?"

"Yongninghou's uncle's family name is Zhao, and Uncle Nanfeng's family name is Lu. No matter how he is related to the royal family, his surname is not Feng." Ming Zhan said, "If our surname Feng does something that hurts face, don't Speaking of which, you are Uncle Jinyi, what is your reputation in your old life?"

Ming Zhan's speech has always been soft and hard, but with a bit of sincerity, Jin Yihou sighed, "The emperor really spoke of the old minister's heart."

Ming Zhan said in a warm voice, "What Tang uncle in Jinyi thinks is also what I think, and I can naturally speak to my heart." He raised his glass and said with a smile, "Come on, come on, today our uncle and nephew meet. Happy event, don't mention these things. I respect all uncles."

The four said "Don't dare", and after thanking them, they raised their heads and drank the wine.

After entertaining these four people, Ming Zhan rewarded them in various ways and kept them living in the imperial capital.

Several old brothers resigned from the palace on their own, and they all praised the emperor's sageness. After their wives and daughters came out of the Queen Mother's palace, they took their wives and daughters home one after another.

Shan Renhou was getting old, he was a little drunk after drinking, he leaned on the couch and let the young and dexterous maid carefully wipe his head and face with a warm handkerchief.

"Master Hou, let's have a bowl of hangover soup." Mrs. Shanrenhou personally brought the hangover soup, sent the maids back, served her husband with the hangover soup, and rubbed and pressed the temple for Shanrenhou. waiting.

"What did the queen mother tell you?" Shanrenhou asked lightly.

"What can there be, it's just some face-saving words." Mrs. Shanrenhou pursed her lips and smiled, and crow's feet flew upwards from the corner of her eyes, "Compared with the previous time when the empress dowager was in charge of the harem, the dishes at the empress dowager's banquet are much better. It's worse."

Shan Renhou said, "Everyone is not here to eat that meal. Extravagance is just a waste of money. Now the emperor and queen mother practice strict frugality, which is really the appearance of a king."

"That's right." Mrs. Shanrenhou smiled, "It's not that the concubine is trying to curry favor with her. The empress dowager is much more powerful than the empress dowager." In fact, Mrs. Shanrenhou didn't spend much time in the imperial capital. Time is also limited.However, Empress Dowager Wei's background is not a secret in the world. In addition, the old lady has a simple heart, so attending banquets has always been a name.If you expect the old lady to help the imperial court politically, it is a dream.The old lady is not such a person, nor does she have such abilities.But in the same way, the old lady enjoys wealth and wealth in peace, and has never had the slightest desire to get involved in power.When you deal with the old lady, there are only two words to describe it, that is: comfortable.

Now the Empress Dowager Wei is long-sleeved and good at dancing, brave and resourceful, majestic and graceful, when she speaks, there are words in her words, if you don't think carefully about it three times in your stomach, you may get a wrong answer somewhere.

Everyone has long been used to the simple and homely harem banquets of the Empress Dowager Wei period, but now it is a bit uncomfortable to meet the unpredictable empress dowager Wei for the first time.Mrs. Shanrenhou sighed, "Speaking of which, the Empress Dowager is quite similar to Empress Fang back then."

Marquis Shanren didn't agree with the old wife's opinion, he closed his eyes and said calmly, "How can Empress Fang compare with the Empress Dowager? If Empress Fang raises such a son, it is considered incompetent."

"Who says no? I remember that in Emperor Renzong's harem, the queen mother was raised in Kunning Palace. At that time, I thought that Queen Fang would marry the queen mother to the prince as a concubine. Unexpectedly, the queen mother married Zhennan King." Mrs. Shanrenhou said with emotion, "The queen mother's fate is extremely honorable." Without marrying the emperor, she can become a queen mother without hesitation. This kind of ability and luck is not something ordinary people have.

Mrs. Shanrenhou thought about it, and said with a smile, "I brought Min'er there. The Queen Mother really liked Miner, and asked her a few words." Mrs. Shanrenhou was talking about her own little great-granddaughter , Feng Simin, five years old, cute and lively, and ignorant of etiquette, very cute.

Shan Renhou also lost his mind, and after another calculation, a scheming smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "Then when you are free, just take Min'er to the Queen Mother to pay her respects or something. Her children are innocent and immature. At her age, there is nothing wrong with taking her to see the world."

"Hey." Madam Shanrenhou responded.

Ming Zhan went to pay his respects to his mother.

The Empress Dowager Wei still has a few little radish bosses. At first glance, Feng Minglan's two sons, Yongke Yongduan, and Feng Mingrui's son Yongjin, who are only over one year old, are sitting in the arms of the Empress Dowager Wei. In addition, there is Wei Tansu, the three-year-old eldest son of Yongning Hou.

"Hey, this bunch of radishes." After drinking, Ming Zhan's face turned a little pink. Seeing that the little guys wanted to salute, he waved his hand, "No need to salute." With Yongshen's small face, he asked Wei Tansu with a smile, "Xiao Tan, why did you enter the palace?"

With a stern face, Wei Tan Su thought seriously for a long time before replying in a childlike voice, "Go back to the emperor, my aunt asked me to come."

Ming Zhan was depressed and teased him, "You said that you are a bit older, but your seniority is not low. You are actually of the same generation as me."

Wei Tansu was only three years old, and didn't understand what Ming Zhan said, so he turned to ask Queen Mother Wei, "Auntie, how big is the fart?"

Zhile made fun of Empress Dowager Wei, Yong Duan was the oldest, five years old, jumped up and made fun of Wei Tansu, cooing and saying, "It's really stupid, farts are farts, how can there be size."

Yongke and Wei Tansu were about the same age, they circled around Wei Tansu, Ming Zhan asked him, "Yongke, what are you doing?"

Yongke said seriously, "Let me see how big Wei Tansu's butt is. There is only one word difference between butt and fart. I think it has something to do with it."

Ming Zhan smiled and praised, "You are only so old, you can speak such long sentences. You are really smart."

Yong Ke smiled shyly, put his little hands behind his back, raised his childish face, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your compliment, Uncle Huang."

Ming Zhan talked with these little guys for a while, and then asked the palace servants to take them down.

"Mother." Ming Zhan sat on the throne with his mother, Queen Mother Wei, and said with a smile, "Why did you call Wei Xiaotan into the palace today?" Ming Zhan felt that people's names these days were really awkward, like Wei Tansu This name, it is said that his old fox grandfather read so many ancient and modern books, and almost became bald because of his hair loss, so he came up with such an extremely awkward name.

Ming Zhan saw that Mrs. Yongning Hou brought Wei Tansu into the palace several times to pay her respects. Ming Zhan called Wei Xiaotan directly to refresh his taste.

Empress Dowager Wei touched Ming Zhan's face, and asked with a smile, "Didn't you drink the hangover soup?"

"After drinking it, I still feel hot on my face."

Empress Dowager Wei said softly, "Mrs. Yongning Hou gave birth to another son, and she has no time to take Tan Su these days. The emperor's grandchildren have no playmates, so I will ask him to enter the palace and be a companion together."

"Well, that's fine." Ming Zhan felt extremely comfortable with his slightly hot face against his mother's cool hand, and sighed, "I intend to choose a companion from the clan, but I don't know much about the clan at the moment. The emperor's grandson We are still young, when we are delicate, it would be bad if we choose naughty children."

"Let's wait a few days, I haven't entered school yet." The Empress Dowager Wei said, "It's not too late to choose after entering school."

"Looking at it now, Yong Ke is quite talented." Ming Zhan said.He can speak clearly at a young age, and he also knows how to think.Although the children's words were a little childish and ridiculous, but at this time, Yongke did show extraordinary talent.

Empress Dowager Wei said with a smile, "This kid is indeed smarter, he can remember Tang poems just once. Yongduan is very lively and active, Yongjin is not young, so he can't see anything."

Now that the emperor's grandchildren are still young, it's too early to talk about them, so Ming Zhan stopped there and sighed, "I really don't know how Emperor Taizong granted the land of Huaiyang to King Yi. It's too partial." It was really difficult for him to walk now. Facing this bunch of old foxes, it was so slippery that it was almost difficult to strike.

"Emperor Taizong has Emperor Taizong's considerations. Emperor Yi's mother, Empress Jiahui, was originally from the Yongkang Palace, and Emperor Gaozong's mother, Empress Jiayi, was from the Huaiyang Qian family." Empress Dowager Wei said, "Think about it, What kind of prestige is Yongkang Gongfu in the imperial capital? Emperor Taizong put Yiwang in the land of Emperor Gaozong's mother clan, which means he put Yiwang under the eyes of Emperor Gaozong. At that time, this was a step Good chess."

Ming Zhan said, "I thought Emperor Taizong was partial to Yi Wang." This is the disadvantage of studying less, not only that, Ming Zhan's grasp of these aristocratic families is far worse than his mother, Queen Mother Wei.

"For the emperor, the inheritance of the country's stability comes first." The Empress Dowager Wei said, "Emperor Taizong has literary talent and military strategy, and a generation of Mingjun. No matter how partial to his beloved son, he can't make fun of the country's great authority. Taizu had already With the emergence of His Highness Prince Rui of Zhennan, Emperor Taizong absolutely cannot allow another Prince Rui to emerge from among his descendants. At this time, he has no choice but to wrong Prince Yi."

"Mother, I want to keep them in the imperial capital."

The Empress Dowager Wei did not object to this proposal, and there are advantages to being stupid.Empress Dowager Wei said, "Ming Zhan, you have gradually established your prestige. As long as the world is peaceful, no one will be able to shake your position in two years."

"At this time, you should be careful, there is no harm."

Ming Zhan scratched his chin and said in a low voice, "I always feel a little uneasy, mother, my seat is not very stable now, there must be something wrong with Huaiyang, the difficulty is now, I don't know which company is behind the scenes "Ming Zhan has an extraordinary intuition, although it seems that the world is at peace now, but he still has a sense of urgent crisis that is overwhelming!

"Now that they have just come to the imperial capital, they can't be slaughtered all at once." Although Ming Zhan is used to being shameless in front of Ruan Hongfei on weekdays, but on the throne, Ming Zhan cherishes his feathers very much. Wouldn't you want to lose the reputation of a tyrant?"

Empress Dowager Wei glanced at her son with a half-smile, "People always come up with solutions."