The emperor is embarrassed

Ming Zhan's plan didn't work out here at Feng Jingqian. He has always had a thick skin and was not afraid of losing face, so he went back and told Ruan Hongfei dejectedly.

Ruan Hongfei's stomach hurts from laughing.

Ming Zhan patted the edge of the bed, "I really lost my wife and lost my army. I have to do what offends Ming Qi!"

Ming Zhan was so angry that he didn't dare to attack Feng Jing, and was reluctant to attack Ruan Hongfei, so he turned his head and sprayed it on the courtiers.

"My mother and the emperor's grandmother are getting older, so they care about the old people of the same age. Now the emperor's grandmother is the name, and the mother takes the lead. In addition, the imperial family and women are willing to participate. They are going to raise funds to open a medicine hall in the imperial capital." Ming Zhan Sitting lazily on the dragon chair, he said lazily, "Mother made a rule that all elderly people over the age of 60 will only be charged half of the consultation fee and medicine fee in the pharmacy. Those over 80 years old will be free of charge." Let's try to open one first, and if the people think it's good, I'll try another place in the future. I thought, this is a good deed, and it's the money that the female relatives collected themselves, so there's no reason not to support it. What do you think? "

"Emperor Shengming."

"I didn't pay the money, and I didn't take care of this matter. You complimented the wrong person." Ming Zhan said mockingly the junior officials.

The little official really knew the current affairs, and immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Your Majesty has now ascended the throne, and he goes to the Zhennan Palace every day to wake up in the morning and evening. His filial piety is commendable. Your Majesty's pure filial piety is so far, how can you put it down?" Your mother is condescending to the position of princess. This is absurd in terms of reason and law! Your majesty is the king of the country, your majesty's wife is the queen, and your majesty's mother is the queen mother! Now, the queen mother, the mother of the country, is hanging outside the palace , I wait for the courtiers to turn a blind eye, it is really an unforgivable crime, an unforgivable crime!"

"After your majesty ascended the throne, you have rewarded all the people for being considerate and compassionate. How can you forget your mother?" , came all the way to the imperial capital, but can only temporarily live in the palace. How can your majesty bear it, and how can we wait for your subjects? I ask your majesty to lead a hundred officials to welcome the queen mother into the palace!"

In this world, there is always icing on the cake!

In fact, many people have already softened their hearts about Princess Wei's entry into the palace.

This is the emperor's own mother, the emperor went to pay her respects every morning and night, did he lose the face of the royal family?

The one who is really shameless is the minister.

Especially when Ming Zhan just ascended the throne, your ministers forced the emperor out of the palace to serve his mother.

Ming Zhan doesn't care about the name of being weak, anyway, as long as the ministers can survive, he doesn't care, and it's not that he loses face.On the contrary, now that the children are in the imperial capital Chunwei, who doesn't know that His Majesty the Emperor goes out of the palace twice a day to greet his mother.

With the leader of this little official, the paper on the window was pierced, and the officials all said: It is time to take the old queen mother into the palace.

Seeing that even Li Pingzhou lowered his head, Ming Zhan smiled slightly, "Okay, since it's the request of the Aiqings, as a son of man, I naturally hope that my mother will live in the palace. Qin Tianjian, choose an auspicious day, and I will I will personally lead all the officials to welcome my mother into the palace." I said in my heart: If you understand, I won't have to recruit my son again!

Li Pingzhou asked about Enke's chief examiner again, Ming Zhan made up his mind, "It's still a month away from Enke, don't worry, I have to think about it."

The nine days of Chunwei generally occur at the end of February and the beginning of March, so it is called Chunwei.The place of the examination remains unchanged through the ages—the Gong Yuan.During the introduction, the examinees had to take their clothes, food, and even the toilet with them to the exam room.They stayed for nine days and were only allowed to wear unlined clothing to prevent entrainment.If you are afraid of the cold, you can wear a few more layers.

Think about the physique of a scholar, no matter how much you wear, how will you spend the night?

Therefore, after these nine days, not many people walked straight out of the examination room.

Ming Zhan does as the Romans do when he goes to the country, and he can't just change the rules for others as soon as he takes the stage.However, it is still possible to make some slight changes. He changed the spring time to the beginning of May. The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. It is not too cold at night and not too hot during the day.

Although the candidates are still in the cell, compared to the late winter and early spring at the end of February, at least it is much easier in terms of climate.

Seeing that the ministers were anxious about the confirmation of the examiner, Ming Zhan became more and more tempting. He first told the list of the examiners, but the examiner didn't mention it for a long time.

He had to prepare to take his wife into the palace first.

Entering the palace doesn't just mean entering the palace, especially Princess Wei is the mother of Ming Zhan's birth, and her status is precious.Ming Zhan first ordered the bachelor to prepare the imperial edict to make the birth mother the Queen Mother. Of course, it will not be issued now.When Qin Tianjian chooses a date, Ming Zhan will get on the chariot, lead all the officials, and personally go to the Zhennan Palace to welcome Princess Wei into the palace.

In the Zhaode Palace, the decree was issued to confer the Queen Mother to the Holy Mother, and all the officials saluted the Queen Mother.After the empress dowager moved to Shou'an Palace, the princesses ordered their wives to salute the empress dowager.

Then there is a banquet to celebrate.

The courtiers thought it would take another two months, at least the queen mother's dress, phoenix crown, gold seal, and gold book, these preparations would take a month.

Unexpectedly, Song Qingcheng, the newly-appointed head of the House of Internal Affairs, immediately presented a golden book of phoenix robes and crowns with a gold seal. His predecessor was assigned by Ming Zhanfa to open up wasteland and grow vegetables in deep mountains and old forests due to economic problems.

Ming Zhan said, "If I give it, you can take it. If I don't give it, you can't touch it. You should not only listen to what I say, but also remember it, and remember it with your heart."

Ming Zhan didn't know how to say anything about serving the country with loyalty, and he got goose bumps all over his body when he said it, so he lightly nodded to Song Qingcheng.However, Song Qingcheng felt that the emperor was unpredictable. He was already trembling when he first took office as the head of the House of Internal Affairs. After he said a few words to Ming Zhan, Song Qingcheng lost everything except loyalty in a short time.

Therefore, when Ming Zhan told him to secretly prepare the gold book and seal of the Empress Dowager's dress, Song Qingcheng really did not dare to leak a word of it, and kept it a secret.Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs offered things up, and Ming Zhan rewarded everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a month's salary. The speed of his actions stunned all the courtiers.

Ming Zhan specially called Qin Tianjian to come out, looked at the old man a few times, and threatened, "The earthquake last year, I remember all the celestial phenomena you saw. Well, I asked you about the weather last winter, A lot of people asked you, and you leaked the news, right?"

Qin Tianjian looked like he was about to turn over, lying on the ground, trembling and unable to speak.

Ming Zhan waved his hand, leaving Qin Tianjian an open ending, "Get up."

Although the status of Qin Tianjian is not high, sometimes he is a surprise soldier. Wu Zetian can be recruited, which shows its power, so we have to guard against it.

Ming Zhan glanced at the officials at the lower ranks, and said the ugly words first, and if anyone wanted to resort to any tricks, don't treat him as a fool.

"The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are preparing for the Empress Dowager's return to the palace."

Ouyang Ke and Song Qingcheng quickly received the order.

It took two months to resolve the issue of Princess Wei's entry into the palace. Ming Zhan told Ruan Hongfei after dinner.

Ruan Hongfei tapped his palm with a folding fan, and said with a smile, "Okay, wait for Sister Wei to be seated in the Shou'an Palace, and see how your little father will greet her."

Ming Zhan sprayed honey water on the ground, squinted at Ruan Hongfei, "What do you call my mother?"

"We've known each other for a long time. It's not wrong to call Sister Wei."

"Oh, brother Ruan, brother Ruan, huh!" Ming Zhan was so jealous that he couldn't get angry for a while, and went over to push Ruan Hongfei, "Your young sister and brother are indiscriminate, you have to follow me if you marry me." You can call me mother. If you don’t want to be affectionate, you can call me mother.”

Ruan Hongfei grabbed Ming Zhan's wrist, gently pulled it towards the couch, and slapped him on the buttocks.Ming Zhan felt ashamed, and muttered, "Don't slap my ass if you have nothing to do, it's sunny, how nice it is for others to see."

"Just a little more." Ruan Hongfei rubbed and whispered in Ming Zhan's ear.

"Fart!" Ming Zhan looked disconvinced and angrily said, "Aren't you blind, my butt is still not up? You can touch it carefully." He sent it to Ruan Hongfei's door to touch it. Seeing that Ruan's thief was about to succeed, Ming Zhan suddenly felt complacent. With a smile, he twisted Ruan thief's wrist, raised his small eyebrows and smirked, "You want to take advantage of me if you know it, you're so beautiful!" Bounced and ran away, and turned back to the door to make a will, "Don't eat at noon, my name is They have passed the word, let's go eat with mother."

Ruan Hongfei waved his hand.

Ming Zhan took He Yu and Li Jinfu to the study room.

Now that Ming Zhan is in charge of the house, everything is done in a proper manner, and there are rules for when to come to the study to discuss matters.There are no special circumstances, and Ming Zhan is never late.

Ming Zhan also plagiarized a famous saying: Punctuality is a virtue like an emperor.

As a young and assertive emperor, Ming Zhan changed the rules of going to the study a little bit. He promoted six young and middle-aged Tanhuaers from the court to be his secretaries.

After Ruan Hongfei found out about this, his tooth ached for a long time.

Ming Zhan looked frank, "Feifei, you are from Tanhuaer, and I am Aiwujiwu."

One of them is Zheng Kaijun, the son of Tanhua, Princess An Yue. Ming Zhan held a meeting with the cabinet ministers to approve the memorial.He Yu held the jade seals in his hands, approving one by one and covering the other.

Yuan Feng was Fan Wei and Feng Zhi's mission when he was in charge of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion in the past.

Seeing Zheng Kaijun, Ming Zhan asked casually, "Has your father come back yet?" It has been a long time since his edict was sent out.

Zheng Kaijun was born in a famous family, his father is Marquis Anding, and his mother is Princess Anyue. Among them, his father is also a transfer envoy of the salt department, and he is a fat job.

Zheng Kaijun replied respectfully, "My father has arrived at the imperial capital, but...just feeling a little unwell..."

"What are you hesitating for? Are you pretending to be sick?" Ming Zhan sat down and casually said that seeing Zheng Kaijun sweating on his forehead, he was embarrassed to embarrass the handsome guy, and excused him, "Is there still something unspeakable?"

Li Pingzhou and others went forward to salute, Ming Zhan glanced at the old melon-skinned faces of several people, corrected his complexion, raised his hand, and several people sat down and began to discuss politics.

The first major event in the imperial capital right now is Chunwei.

Ouyang Ke first talked about the preparations for the examination room, and the leaky houses should be repaired to avoid rain and water leakage.There are also candidates who have difficulties arranged to live in the temple, so as not to live on the streets and lose the face of the emperor.

The importance of Chunwei is much more important than the college entrance examination.

There are only more than 4000 literary candidates in the whole country who participated in the Chunwei literary test. Among these candidates, the top [-] are selected as Jinshi.

Ming Zhan was very worried about the poor scholar, with a look of pity and compassion, he sighed, "Although there are temple shelters, those who have clear soup and little water in the temple are all vegetarian, but they are just full of stomachs. All the tall people who came to participate in the spring He's a big man. It's hard to say whether he can survive the nine-day exam with such green vegetables and bean curds. To save the poor, I told the Ministry of Internal Affairs to reduce my share by half, save some money, and allocate [-] to Ministry of Rites. Is there too much? Each referee is five taels of silver. If there is a real difficulty, at least it can be used to save the emergency. Civil and military candidates are treated equally, so I don’t need to say that I am partial.”

Ming Zhan is very good at this kind of small means of giving favors. It costs less money and can also play a great role in publicity.He himself also dislikes the ostentation of thirty or fifty dishes if there is nothing to do, and every time there is a festival, there will be a big banquet. .

What's more, Ming Zhan's clothes on weekdays are thirty sets of outer robes, thirty sets of inner clothes, thirty sets of regular clothes, and thirty sets of cloaks and capes every month, basically referring to one-time consumption.

Ming Zhan felt that he might be used to being poor in his previous life, and he couldn't stand such ostentation, but he thought about things well, and since he came from Yunnan, he was suddenly reduced, and he was afraid that people would say that he came from a corner of the mountain without knowledge and was not flattering.Hey, it shows that you are noble, there are still emperors, empresses, empresses and concubines in this palace!Sudden and unreasonable reduction of the rate, it is rare to complain.

There is no good reason, even good things will offend people.

Therefore, although Ming Zhan ordered people to serve fewer dishes when eating, he did not intend to reduce the amount. He was the only one to save, which was very limited.

Now I really fell asleep and someone sent me a pillow, which not only saved money, but also gained a good reputation.Anyway, he has made up his mind that if he subtracts, he will not add more.Calculated in this way, even if Chunwei rewards everyone as a rule, it will only cost more than 1 taels every three years, with an average of more than [-] taels a year.But what about the palace?

He has reduced the number of roles, even if the Empress Dowager Wei and Feng Jing are not reduced, the rest of the concubines will not be less kind!Calculated in this way, at least tens of thousands of silver can be saved a year!

Ming Zhan couldn't help a burst of joy, and laughed out loud.

The ministers stared in a daze, so we didn't say anything. This master doesn't like to listen to flattery, so they just said "the emperor is holy", and they were as happy as if they had Mongolian disease.

Ming Zhan laughed for a while, and said, "Let's do it this way. Only the applicants can issue money with their identity certificates and certificates of participating in the Spring Festival. Ask the printing department to print the receipt, and whoever gets the money will sign, draw and press their fingerprints, and then The Ministry of Rites will check the receipt with Yu Yinhui and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Get things done as soon as possible."

Ming Zhan handled the affairs quite neatly, and at noon, when several important matters were settled, he ordered the rest of the people to go home for dinner.

Li Pingzhou didn't leave, he was going to have some private conversations with Ming Zhan.

Ming Zhan was in a hurry to get out of the palace, and said directly, "The car said that it happened to be going to Zhennan Prince's Mansion. Let's have lunch together."

"Your Majesty, I am old and want to resign and go home to take care of myself." Li Pingzhou knelt down with a "plop".

Ming Zhan knew that lunch would not be finished, so he winked at He Yu, He Yu knew the opportunity, and went down to pass on the message, so as not to wait at the end of the Zhennan Palace, and took all the little eunuchs down.

Helping Li Pingzhou up, Ming Zhan was puzzled, "You are not young, but you have a neat body, why don't you want to do it?" He motioned him to sit down in a chair beside him.

Li Pingzhou didn't answer, and said directly, "The position of chief examiner of Enke this time is of great importance. After the old minister leaves, your majesty can bestow this position on whoever you want to be the chief assistant of the cabinet."

"Are you afraid that I will resent you for blocking your mother from entering the palace?" Ming Zhan asked directly.

Li Pingzhou was embarrassed, and said stubbornly, "The minister is loyal to the court and the emperor, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"That's it." Ming Zhan sighed, and now he has to be a psychological tutor, and said to Li Pingzhou, "Since you are out of public interest, you just talk about the facts, even though it's embarrassing me these days, I won't trouble you because of these things Furthermore, I have just ascended the throne, and I don’t think I’m such a weak and incompetent king. Next, there are many things to be done in the court, such as the Tatar in the northwest, the sea ban in the southeast, and the reform of the salt industry. You have been an official in the court since Emperor Dezong. When the first emperor was relegated, the father was reused when he ascended the throne. You are honest and upright, and you are the best in the court. In my dynasty, you are a veteran of the four dynasties. The father has fought for the prosperous age. Once the foundation is established, it is my generation that the prosperity of the world will take off. You have had a bumpy official career in your life, and although you have a bit of a stubborn temper, I have always felt that an upright official is rare, and you are both clean and capable, which is even more rare."

"Let's talk about the mother entering the palace."

Ming Zhan sighed, "I know exactly what you are thinking, and you should also think about it clearly. There is only one situation where a female leader can take charge of politics, and that is when the son is weak and the mother is strong. Do you think that I am not as good as a human being?" ?”

"Besides, the little emperor's grandson is still raised outside the palace. How can it be easy for the emperor's grandson to ascend the throne in the future? Could it be that only the royal blood is a competent emperor?" Ming Zhan said, "The teaching of the emperor's grandson is a big deal. Only us monarchs and ministers, you pat your chest and say, although the empress dowager is not old, can she be able to teach the emperor's grandchildren?"

"Don't talk about teaching the emperor's grandson, we all know the temperament of the emperor's grandmother. If the emperor's grandmother had the talent to be a regent, the court would definitely not be like it is today!" Ming Zhan sighed, "One loss, one gain, one peck and one drink The emperor's grandmother cannot teach the emperor's grandson, and other concubines and concubines are not qualified to do so. I only have two concubines, and they are not qualified enough. Moreover, I ascended the throne as the emperor's nephew, and in the future I will be the master of the Zhennan Palace and the imperial capital. Considering the relationship, therefore, the mother must enter the palace."

"Comparing your heart to your heart, you have become high-ranking officials, and you all know that you want to seal your wife and son, and please seal your mother! Now that I am the emperor, do I want to wrong my mother?" Ming Zhan stroked the soft silk shirt on his body The son said softly, "Li Qing, I am also a human being, not a saint, let alone a god."

"On the other hand, although I am not a saint or god, I still have a heart." Ming Zhan took a sip of tea, "The Tian family has no personal affairs. If you have different opinions, say it or do it, it doesn't matter. As long as you have a heart That's good, even if we disagree, I won't say I hold grudges."

"Why do you think I took such a big detour to take my mother into the palace? Before I opened my mouth at court, you all became dumb. I am not stupid, and I know you are not happy." Ming Zhan looked indifferent, " But having said that, I have already ascended the throne, and there are thousands of ways to welcome my mother back to the palace. If I turn my face up at that time, it is just to dismiss some ministers, and it is just to establish the king's prestige. I don't need you to teach these thousands of ways. It’s been a long time ago. I have spent so much effort and made eight hundred detours, is it just to get you to resign?”

Li Pingzhou almost blushed when he told Ming Zhan, and hurriedly said, "I dare not."

"It's not a matter of daring or not. It's because you don't know me well." Ming Zhan snorted twice, raised the corners of his lips, and said to Li Pingzhou, "Go out and inquire, and anyone who offends me in a hurry will What is the result! If I have annoyed you, would you still be allowed to resign with me here safely?"

Ming Zhan suddenly showed the face of a bully, and Li Pingzhou had nothing to say, so he couldn't thank him with his head. Thank you, Long Live, for not remembering him.

Ming Zhan let out a long sigh, "Anyway, think clearly for yourself, if you resign because of your mother's entry into the palace, then you should resign. Although it's a pity for me, I still want to create a prosperous world with you, but no matter what, I won't Maybe you are as important as your mother. If you are afraid of offending me, you resign. And there is no need, your three tricks really didn't offend me."

"Okay, you go back and think about it. After thinking about it, come and tell me."

Li Pingzhou originally thought that Ming Zhan was extremely indifferent to him these days, and thought he disliked him.Anyway, he is also very old, serving three generations of emperors, and he is also tired.He decided to get together and leave, and took the opportunity to resign. Unexpectedly, Ming Zhan would give him a hard and soft meal, and he hesitated.

In other words, Li Pingzhou, who is willing to resign in his position, good or bad?

The key is that Ming Zhan is not easy to get along with, and this family is not easy to get along with. He offended Ming Zhan, Ming Zhan's mother, and Ming Zhan's sister indirectly. way of life.

But today, being persuaded by Grand Duke Ming Zhan selflessly, my heart was a little shaken.

Anyway, Ming Zhan asked him to think about it. After he saluted, he was ready to go home and think about it. As soon as his feet reached the threshold, he heard Ming Zhan murmur, "I'm old enough to learn to act like a baby..."

Li Pingzhou's raised foot faltered slightly, but he couldn't stabilize his body as he walked forward. Due to the effect of inertia, he stumbled over the half-foot-high threshold.

Afterwards, Ming Zhan secretly nicknamed Mr. Li Pingzhou——Baojiao Li.

After Mr. Li found out, he almost spat blood onto Zhaoren Gong Feng Mingzhan's face!

Deceiving too much!