Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Mu Qiyuan holds the position of the governor of the army and the general officer of the army. Although the real power was in the hands of Mu Changzuo in the past, as Mu Changzuo gradually aged in the past few years, Mu Qiyuan's power in the army began to increase. .When he arrived at the barracks, he only said that Zhou Zongjian, the new inspector, had forced the old man to drink poisonous wine, and he also summoned thousands of soldiers in a hurry.

These people carried artillery and went with him to besiege Xunyan Yushi's mansion, and wanted to bombard Xunyan Yushi.

A group of thousands of people was noisy and dusty, and when they arrived at the Yamen of the Yushi's Mansion, they saw the Prince of England with thousands of imperial troops and hundreds of cannons waiting for the people brought by Mu Qiyuan.

After seeing the power of the Forbidden Army's artillery, the soldiers of the Yunnan Mansion immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Zhou Zongjian was trembling with anger, "It's the opposite. The Duke of Guizhou has been charged with dozens of crimes for conniving slaves to commit crimes, bullying men and women and robbing property, and now they want to bombard the court officials. I want to impeach him with bullets."

Zhang Zhifeng said with a smile: "Lord Zhou, feel free to write the booklet. Don't worry here in Yunnan Mansion, my brother has Shang Fang's sword in his hand, so Mu Qiyuan can't make trouble."

Zhou Zongjian's eloquent thousand-character impeachment paper was completed overnight, and it took three hundred miles to rush it to the capital on the same day.Here Zhang Zhiji was making some calculations in his heart, so he called Zhang Zhifeng over to discuss.

"The emperor gave me Shang Fang's sword must have a purpose. Mu Qiyuan dared to lead troops to bomb and patrol Yushi's mansion. Should we besiege Qian Guogong's mansion?"

Zhang Zhifeng said: "Not only do we have to encircle the Guizhou government, but we also have to arrest Mu Qiyuan. If the side branches and slaves of the Mu family dare to do this, they treat Yunnan as belonging to the Mu family. Since the nature of the emperor can deprive You took the title of Duke Cheng and abolished King Fu, believe it or not, you also took the title of Duke Qian alive?

It's not a big deal, the Mu family can mobilize soldiers to besiege the court officials. I think it is very likely that the Mu family's duke title will not be preserved. "

Although Zhang Zhiji felt that his younger brother's words made sense, he still hesitated.

"If Duke Qian really drank poisonous wine, and Mu Qiyuan is not in the mansion, if anything happens, it will belong to both of us brothers."

Zhang Zhifeng rolled his eyes, "What did the elder brother say? We do everything for the court, what kind of hero is he who looks forward and backward. Let's ask Zhou Zongjian to go to the Duke of Qian's mansion together and ask the Duke of Mu Qiyuan how he transferred his troops. thing?"

Mu Qiyuan fled back to the Duke's Mansion in embarrassment, but his mother sent a servant girl to look for him.He said impatiently, "I'm tired, let's go later."

But after a while, the officials in the mansion came in scrambling.

"My lord, the British lord has led troops to surround the Duke's mansion, and he and Zhou Yushi are waiting for you outside the door to talk."

Without mentioning the Southwest issue, Zhu Youxiao didn't want to pass the fact that the Ministry of Household Affairs insisted on including the part of the Eastern Palace's subordinates in this year's annual budget.

Wang Yingjiao is more active than anyone else.After the Mid-Autumn Festival, he caught Liu Yuanzheng in private and asked him countless times, is he the prince or the princess?So much so that Liu Yuanzheng started to hide as soon as he saw his figure from a distance.

Anyway, from the old ministers like Zhou Jiamo to Lu Xiangsheng, a new Jinshi who was in charge of government affairs in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and other hairy boys, they were all led by Wang Yingjiao to the unanimous belief that the queen's belly must be the prince.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't laugh or cry with Wang Yingjiao's East Palace funding plan.

"Wang Qing, even if the crown prince is born, the officials of the Zhan Shifu will start to deploy three years later? They have nothing to do if so many people are assigned now."

Wang Yingjiao was really anxious, "Your Majesty, the selection of officials in the Eastern Palace cannot be ignored. This is related to the future decades of Ming Dynasty. It is necessary to select virtuous ministers with excellent moral character and talents. It takes three days to try jade, and the eloquence requires Wait for seven years. How can you select all the officials in the East Palace at once. Here, the old minister is just listing the positions first, and reminding His Majesty of the salaries that these official positions need to allocate every year."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, "Wang Qing said yes."

It is not enough to allocate funds immediately.But looking at this list, people can't help but sigh, raising a prince is really costly!No wonder Shenzong was reluctant to establish a prince for so long.

Wang Yingjiao was very satisfied with the appearance of the emperor being taught with an open mind.

Zhou Jiamo stated that he would not object to anyone's proposal, but he would communicate with everyone who made some unreliable proposals in private.

"Qianfu, you, a subordinate of the East Palace, made a proposal a little too early."

Wang Yingjiao smiled wryly, "Brother Mingqing, I can't help it. Although I am a few years younger than you, my body is not as good as yours. I haven't been able to sleep well for the past two years. Now I finally understand why Li Maofu died of illness in the first year of Tianqi. Yes. This matter of planning is too depressing. I have been relying on the prescriptions of the imperial physician for a year. I must let go of the household affairs after the next year, or I will be guilty of missing a major court event.

For next year's budget and final accounts, even if I want to, I am unable to participate. "

Looking at Wang Yingjiao, who has aged a lot in just two or three years, Zhou Jiamo felt desolate in his heart.

"You don't hesitate any longer about the candidates I mentioned. Your Majesty wants the ministers of various ministries to be able to cooperate with his subordinates, and refuses to directly refer to him as the minister. What do you think?"

Wang Yingjiao smiled wryly, "Jing Hui refuses to take up the post of Shangshu, so I must sit in the household department for a few years and watch him work."

Zhou Jiamo thought about it and said: "I thought Bi Ziyan would take over as your minister, but there is one person who has not been mentioned to His Majesty. It is Li Qiyuan, Governor of Shaanxi.

He was born in the 38th year of Jiajing (1559) and a Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli (1586).You should know something about this person?

When he was first appointed as the magistrate of the former Wu County, he dared to open a granary and sell grain to help the people.In the 1593st year of Wanli (42), the head of the Jinhu Department, Ding You was reinstated as a counselor in Shandong, and later promoted to deputy envoy of the Guannan sub-tournament in Shaanxi. Zuo Buzhengshi, and later in Wanli [-] years, he served as the right deputy capital of the Procuratorate and governor of Shaanxi. In the first year of Taichang, the censor of the right capital of Jin Dynasty and the right servant of the Ministry of war, the governor of Shaanxi trilateral military affairs and food and payment.

Li Qiyuan has managed Shaanxi well in the past two years, and His Majesty also praised his ability when he came back from the Western Expedition.The Chief Secretary of Shaanxi has shorted the food and salaries of the three sides for many years, and he was able to appease the soldiers.If you insist on becoming an official and Bi Ziyan still refuses to go any further, I would like to suggest to His Majesty that this person should take over as Minister of the Household Department first.

Regardless of qualifications or ability, Li Qiyuan's plans over the years have been top-notch, and he is very suitable to be a minister. "

Zhou Jiamo reported Li Qiyuan's resume, personality, ability, etc. to Wang Yingjiao in detail.Zhou Jiamo kept a detailed record in his mind of the resumes of each minister and the person who might succeed him as minister or minister.

After hearing this, Wang Yingjiao immediately said: "I know about Li Qiyuan. In this case, I will submit the paper for becoming an official when I come out of the first month, and you will submit the paper for proposing the Minister of the Household Department, and let me second the nomination of the Minister of the Household Department on your paper." Alas, brother Mingqing has spent a lot of thought on the matter of the household department."

"Should be. The old man is just like you, seeking his own government in his place, and wanting to be worthy of the trust of the emperor. There are fewer and fewer old guys. I also hope that you can live for a few more years. There is someone who can speak Son."

Wang Yingjiao shook his head dejectedly as he swept his head away from discussing the budget in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Neither Deyun nor I can accompany Brother Mingqing and Brother Shaofu to the end. You should also be careful. It is rare to live at seventy, and I am already at seventy-five."

Zhou Jiamo curled his lips, "I'm only eighty now. I haven't reported my old age like you."

But when Zhou Jiamo returned to the Ministry of Officials, he told his servants Zhu Guozuo and He Xiongxiang.

"Officials of the East Palace, you must take it to heart, even if you are recording things (nine grades) and writing (ninth grades), you must first be optimistic about the candidates, and when your majesty asks for the officials of the East Palace three years later, you will not be in trouble. Can't choose the right officials in a hurry."

Zhu and Xiong Shilang hurriedly agreed.I thought in my heart that Wang Yingjiao was too anxious.Even if the prince wants to be enlightened, it will take three to five years, so why worry now.

But how did the two of them know that it was Wang Yingjiao's emotion, which made Zhou Jiamo worry that his time would not be long.

Some old ones worry that the days will not be long, and some young ones are coming soon.

In the Kunning Palace, the little queen was holding her pointed and round belly, and circled around under the guidance of Liu Yuanzheng.This is already the final circle of the production launch.

Lichun and Lidong supported the empress steadily, coordinating with the empress to stop because of contractions from time to time.After a while, the three master and servant continued to walk.

"Mother, Liu Yuanzheng said that the baby is a boy and a prince, won't it be born as a princess?"

In the last month before the queen gave birth, the British princess was invited by the emperor to the palace to guard his precious queen Zhang Yan.Except for the wife of the British government, the maidservants in spring, summer, autumn, and winter who were married into the palace, and Liu Yuanzheng, the emperor did not allow anyone to get close to the queen.Before the hour, even Wen Po was waiting far away in the side hall of Kunning Palace.

"No. Liu Yuan is the best doctor in Tai Hospital, and it is still accurate to distinguish between men and women by taking the pulse."

This kind of dialogue, the mother and daughter have to repeat several times a day.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, you will see the prince in a few hours."

Zhu Youxiao and Liu Yuan were watching the Queen go around in circles, waiting for the pain interval to get shorter and shorter, and Liu Yuan was going forward to ask for her pulse.

"Your Majesty, you can enter the delivery room."

Zhu Youxiao picked up the queen and sent her to the delivery room.The British princess followed behind and shouted: "Your Majesty, you can't go in, it's unlucky."

"I was also born in the delivery room, so what's so unlucky."

At the beginning of Mao, after waiting all night for the silent inner court, dawn was ushered in amidst the loud cries of babies.On the second month of February, the dragon raised its head, and Zhu Ciran, the prince of Ming Dynasty, was born.

After Liu Yuanzheng carefully examined the newborn, he reported to the empress in ecstasy: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the prince is in good health."

Cheers immediately sounded in Kunning Palace.Then with the opening of the palace gate, the news also spread to the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to the British government and all the dignitaries who were anxiously waiting for the news, and then spread to every corner of the capital and the empire.

The Duke of Guizhou, far in the southwest, ransacked his home by the imperial son of England on this day, Mu Qiyuan was imprisoned, and the Duke of Guizhou was deprived of his title.