Mighty and Majestic Concubine Wan Gui

Zhu Jianshen, as always, criticized the memorial.At the same age as Hua, he almost withered in this endless memorial.

I'm so busy, I haven't finished writing the poems for the gods and the sacrificial rites for the dead father. I feel angry when I see the lazy cats sleeping in the yard every day when I go out. Why are they so carefree? Woolen cloth!

Now, he is sitting by the brazier, warming his hands on the smoker.

The ministers told him with stern faces: winter is coming again, and for the disaster victims and refugees, winter is more difficult than summer.In summer, we can pull weeds and eat them. In autumn, there are all kinds of wild fruits to satisfy our hunger. You can eat pine nuts if you catch a pine tree. You can eat anything you can find in the mountains.

Winter is even worse, not to mention the heavy snow blocking the mountains, if there is no place to shelter from the wind and rain, it is easy to freeze to death, and there is nothing to eat outside. If the court does not provide relief, they can only freeze and starve. die.And this group of people has no firewood to burn, so they are prone to get sick. Well, don't expect a group of people who can't afford to have cotton clothes to wear.

Then this creates two problems: "If these people die of freezing and starving honestly, then next year, there will be a lot of wasteland." These wastelands do not pay taxes.

"If this group of people is restless, they will attack the nearby prefectures and counties to grab food and cotton clothes. If they become a force, then..."

Zhu Jianshen watched Xiao Huo Zhe squatting next to him and pulling chestnuts with tongs, and asked with a frown, "There is no disaster relief in various places? Or is there no food in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Your Majesty, there isn't that much food anywhere."

"Your Majesty, there will be a lot of loss on the way to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest. Half of the grain and grass will be consumed along the way, and it will be even more difficult to move forward when it encounters ice and snow."

"Officials in various places...some people will embezzle disaster relief funds, continue to report, conceal reports, and falsely report the disaster situation."

"Your Majesty, Henan's food production is very high, second only to the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, but this year they also suffered disasters there."

Zhu Jianshen patted the table, and said in a deep voice: "Hey, I wanted to be born to amnesty the world for the sake of the little prince. Fortunately, Niang Niang told me that guilty people should not be released to harm the common people."

The ministers put their hands in their hands respectfully, lowered their heads slightly, and listened to the emperor's lecture.

Yu Qian is enjoying the roasted chestnuts, ghosts and gods use the aroma as food, and now the popped chestnuts exude a soft and sweet aroma after being roasted, which is fragrant and strong.He suddenly thought of peeling day lilies. Although this was an inhumane act of Master Hong Wu, whenever he saw those corrupt officials who were victimized by officials were separated from their flesh and blood, and they couldn't survive by selling their sons and daughters, he felt that this method was actually not bad. .And it's not considered to be punished for not teaching.Well, it still doesn't work, it's too strict!

Zhu Jian sighed deeply: "If Taifu Yu is still in the palace, why would I be like this. The corruption of officials from all over the world makes my heart ache. What's your opinion?"

"Your Majesty, since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, no matter whether it is rituals and music, or strictness... can not stop corruption."

"Yeah, people's hearts are unpredictable, and seawater is unpredictable."

"Wealth touches people's hearts."

Zhu Jian was so angry that he deliberately sent the eunuchs in the palace to monitor officials from all over the country, and then remembered the famous Wang Zhen, how much money Wang Zhen had embezzled!Jin Ying is a little more honest, and she is not less corrupt!Oh my god, who else in the world can believe it?He began to babble: "Those local officials are full of food all day long, and they don't want to reimburse the country for favors to the people. Their minds are full... Alas, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, how can I be so miserable."

"Since I ascended the throne, I have not dared to slack off in the slightest. I have been conscientious in reviewing memorials during the day and studying at night, governing the country with benevolence, respecting the virtuous and accepting advice, frugal and simple, and not indulging in women."

The ministers secretly complained about his saying that you are not addicted to women, you are addicted to a woman without beauty!The emperor who is really not addicted to women will accept many concubines, take turns favoring them, and have as many children as possible!Your majesty, the efficiency of your childbirth is very low. Although you have sons in your teens, other emperors can have seven or eight children a year. You, you can have two or three children in seven or eight years, and then there will probably be none.Although it is useless to have so many princes except to spend more money, the old saying goes, more children are more blessings.

Zhu Jianshen continued to complain about how hard he worked and how hard he worked, but the result was still so sad. No matter how hard he tried, he was still very unlucky. Only sister Wan could make me feel at ease. There are still a lot of people who don't like him, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue , and I haven't learned how to govern a country before I ascended the throne.

The ministers wanted to give an example to illustrate that the ancient sages had such bad luck, but after thinking about it carefully, no, other dynasties suffered disasters in one place or several places, only this year, most of the country suffered disasters.well.

But there are also some explanations for this. This is the sin of the first emperor. The first emperor made the sky and the people angry. The first emperor should be punished but he died early.

His Majesty Zhu Jianshen held his fat face in depression, and discussed with them how to solve the problem of starving thousands of miles away. When it was lunch time, the imperial dining room only delivered three dishes, a bowl of white porridge, and a stack of scallion pancakes to the ministers as ordered. There are fish, meat, rice and steamed buns.

The ministers quietly watched the emperor's lunch, and almost cried: "The ministers are incompetent, and the emperor is so frugal."

"I am ashamed."

"The minister is ashamed."

What can the emperor say?He can say that he read history books and saw a lot of past famines and disaster relief methods...

Zhao soldiers were not allowed to eat for 46 days, and all of them were killed by the inner yin. ——"Historical Records"

In the second year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, there was a great famine in Guanzhong, and the rice was worth tens of thousands of dollars, and people ate each other. ——"Hanshu Shihuozhi"

Ren Cheng and Liang Guo are hungry, and the people eat each other. ——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty"

Women in Hanoi eat their husbands, and men in Henan eat their wives. ——"Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

The famine in Kansai, the bones covered the wild, and the people survived without exception. ——"Book of Jin Biography of Sima Mo"

After reading these things, who still has the appetite to eat!Zhu Jianshen's throat has been choked for several days. After reading it that day, he was so disgusted that he couldn't eat. The next day he was so hungry that he couldn't see meat.But, the ministers mistakenly think that they are worried about the country and the people so that they can't eat, it's good, they should work hard.

At any rate, they raised seven or eight plans to help the victims survive the winter, copied several copies, and circulated them. It seems to be okay, and most of them can survive.The officials urgently recommended many people who are good at handling economic and general affairs, and transferred some honest people from the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai to go hunting on behalf of the sky.

The ministers suddenly remembered one thing. If there is heavy snowfall in various places this winter, and the auspicious snow will herald a good year, a group of people may freeze to death, but there will be no drought in the spring of next year.If there is no snow in winter, maybe a group of people can live until the beginning of spring next year, and then continue to be dry...

Zhu Jianshen felt that he could relax a little bit: "Everyone, let's talk about something happy."

The ministers wiped off their cold sweat: "What is the emperor happy about?"

The emperor slapped the table happily, his drooping brows raised, and a smile appeared on the corner of his sighing mouth: "I have a son!"

The ministers all smiled at the same time: [The emperor can point to this matter and enjoy it for a year? ]

[The old man estimates that the emperor will be happy until the next child is born. ]

[The bet on men and women is lost, do you dare to bet on when the emperor will accept his concubine? ]

[What a bet. ]

[Hey, let me tell you, the emperor is really frugal, and he didn't celebrate the birth of his son. ]

[The emperor wants to celebrate, do you have money? ]

[Now even the tributes from all over the place are cut off... Wan Niangniang is also miserable. ]

The emperor said: "After thinking about it carefully, I can't do amnesty to the world, and you are blocking the empress. If you reward her with gold, silver and jewelry, there are jewelry, and there is not much gold and silver. I will not even burn official kilns this year. Saying that the officials held a grand banquet to hold a celebration is a bit implying that the roads of rich people, wine and meat are stinking to death. I want to celebrate in the capital, so please help me think about it. Is there any way to save money and have a good celebration?"

The ministers accompanied him to think for a long time with forced smiles, and finally: "Let's distribute wedding candies and red eggs to the people. This is how the folks are. When a family gives birth to a child, it will send some red-dyed eggs to every neighbor in the neighborhood."

"Let them share the grace of the emperor."

The emperor clapped his hands and laughed: "Hahahaha, that's good! Shangluo, you can do it."

"The minister obeys the order."

The meeting adjourned, and the ministers left the Qianqing Palace, and began to angrily fight each other: "Why are you talking about eggs dyed red! Just say it's eggs! How much dye would be wasted if you dyed eggs red!"

"Why do you say give candy! Candy is so expensive!"

"You can only give candies to children."

"No, there are too many children. We only give candy to the elderly over 70 years old, and there are not many in total."

"good idea!"

"How many eggs? Five per household?"

"Damn! Where do you find so many eggs in the whole capital? Each family will give you one, and you have to buy eggs first!"

"Oh."

"There's only one question now, who pays?"

"The emperor's internal treasury will pay for it."

"Do you still have money?"

"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it's always worth scratching."

……

His Majesty the Emperor appeared in Chengqian Palace on time, walked in from the door with a smile on his face, threw his coat to the little maid, washed his hands in the basin that greeted him, took a hot towel, wiped his face, threw it back, and pushed the door open. Entering the dormitory: "Aifei~hehehe~Aifei, how are you doing today?"

Wan Zhen'er feels very thirsty recently, and she drank hot water every day, drinking water can replenish blood, and then went to the official room again and again.

Mammy suggested to bring the toilet over when she needed it, but Wan Niangniang felt that it was very comfortable to come down for a walk every once in a while, and her joints would itch after lying down for a long time.

She walked out of the official room slowly, and was supported by six people: "Jian Shen? Why are you so happy today?"

Zhu Jianshen strode forward, pushed the old nanny away, and helped her walk to the dining table. "I finally negotiated with the ministers how to celebrate our great treasure. Although it's a bit shabby, but well, frugal, let's just say it's frugal."

His face was a little ashamed, I have already become the emperor, and my life is even more difficult than that of Prince Yi's mansion.

Wan Zhen'er said with a smile: "It's good for the three of us to be together, how can we celebrate?"

"Well... that is, giving out candy and wedding eggs to the common people in the whole capital, and they didn't do the big banquet for the ministers, the lantern show, and the amnesty for the world."

"It's good, it's good! It's good to eat with sugar, it's enough to make people happy."

"Have you eaten the persimmons sent by Prince Yi's Mansion? How does it taste?"

"I ate one, and they boiled it with water. It's not satisfying to eat. There are a few on the stone table outside, and they are frozen for you."

"Okay, good, my good wife knows that my heart is angry, look at my tongue, the wooden ear of this tongue."

Wan Zhen'er felt distressed, and sat down slowly: "Jian Shen, alas, I also know that it's useless to persuade you not to get angry, as long as the matter is resolved."

Zhu Jianshen waited for her to sit down, and then sat down beside him: "Isn't it! Ask the imperial doctor to prescribe me diaper, and then she will tell me to be at ease, don't worry about getting angry, it's not their son who died together. Min and the others are not in a hurry. Hey. Sister, do you think I should let Jianji go to sacrifice to the heavens and pray for good weather?"

Wan Zhen'er hesitated for a moment: "Although King Tan is very efficacious, I don't know if he can pray for blessings or misfortunes."

Zhu Jianshen turned to the eunuch and said, "Remember this, let him enter the palace tomorrow morning."

"Yes, obey the order. The villain will send someone to deliver the letter now? Let King Tan prepare to enter the palace?"

"Well... Forget it, I'll go tomorrow morning, I won't have time to see him until noon."

Before eating, put a pot of black chicken soup with mushrooms, which is for Wan Zhen'er to nourish her postpartum weakness, one pot every day.She drank a bowl of soup and ate a chicken leg: "Drink some of this soup, it's delicious."

The maid immediately filled a bowl for the emperor.

Zhu Jianshen took a sip graciously, and put it aside: "Well, it's delicious. Sister, let me ask you, how did the late emperor celebrate when I was born?"

Wan Zhen'er was a little embarrassed to grind her teeth with a chicken leg bone, um, the first emperor was not interested in your birth at all, not even me, but Empress Dowager Sun thinks you are funny, and you will not be afraid to see the wind when you can leave the house after two or three months When you hug it to play, and then you crawl all over the bed, Sun Niangniang teases you with a rattle.I?I was either serving in front of my mother, or eating and drinking next to Master Zhang. At that time, I was drying clothes in spring, taking a nap in summer, folding clothes in autumn, and taking a nap in winter.Alas, Sun Niangniang's clothes are box after box, she can't clean them up at all, no matter whether she wears them or not, she takes them out on a whim to look at them, and the little maid holds them up to show them, and after putting them back, I have to take the little maid with me Stack together.

She thought about it carefully for a while, and then said tactfully: "At that time, the first emperor was planning to march in person, so he didn't help you celebrate. Well, Sun Niangniang gave wedding cakes to the wives outside the palace. The temple lit a hundred long-burning lanterns for you to pray for blessings and longevity, and also added meat and vegetables to the palace people."

Zhu Jianshen's face was not very good-looking, and he seemed a little unhappy.Although his feelings for the first emperor were faint, he still slightly expected the late emperor to be happy for the birth of the eldest son, but he did not expect that the first emperor was also faint.snort!

"You can also send wedding cakes to the wives. The ever-burning lamp... light it when next year's taxes come up."

Wan Zhen'er could see that he was unhappy: "Xiao Bao ate nearly ten meals today, almost one meal an hour. The food is delicious and he grows fast. I always feel that he will grow up again when he wakes up. a piece."

"Hahaha, do you rise when you see the wind? Hahahaha."

Nanny Song came over and blessed her body: "Your majesty, empress, pass on the meal?"

Zhu Jianshen nodded, and Mammy went to deliver the meal naturally.

The emperor asked again: "Sister, why do you call him Xiaobao?"

"He's so young, so of course he has to be called Xiaobao." Wan Zhen'er, who had been pregnant for three years, was no longer as shrewd as before, and thought dully: "Ah, yes, your majesty, you always call him Dabao, why? "

The emperor reasoned with her: "Sister Wan, think about it, you have to arrange the order! The eldest son of the emperor is the eldest treasure, the second son of the emperor is the second treasure, and the little princess is the little treasure." I have a special plan!How many children will you have in the future, and how to arrange them, I have made careful arrangements!I took time out of the daily schedule of approving memorials to plan!smug.

Wan Zhen'er suddenly felt pain in the wound, and she was tired for several months after giving birth to one, and two more?However, the emperor is so enthusiastic, what can I say?She laughed aloud: "That would be great! Give birth to a little princess... I hope she can look like Empress Sun. Empress Sun was so beautiful when she was young, she is unparalleled."

Zhu Jianshen was a little unhappy again: "Isn't it good to look like me?"

I think I am very handsome!

I think that although you are not as handsome as I am, you are not bad, so why belittle yourself?

Fat chickens and big ducks appeared one after another interrupted the conversation. The imperial dining room mastered the whole chicken feast. Since the empress wants to eat chicken during confinement, she must make the chicken in a different way. Now this one is Bright red and oily crispy chicken, next to roast duck, shredded radish, sweet onion, sesame chicken in sweet noodle sauce and Bobing, a large bowl of light vegetable soup with seaweed and shrimp, a dish of fried liver with celery, and a dish of hot bitter gourd.

Bitter melon is not bitter when it is fully ripe. Not only is it not bitter, but it is also very sweet, very red, and very soft.As for the dazzling array of staple foods, there is no need to mention, since the palace people have to eat after the empress has finished eating, no matter how many different delicacies they serve, they are not afraid of wasting.

Zhu Jianshen was biting a piece of milk cake that had been steamed until it cracked: "Oh, actually, what you said is right, if you give birth to a girl who looks like Sun Niangniang, Sun Niangniang is also very beautiful now, much prettier than Queen Mother Zhou." Yes. As soon as I saw the face of the Empress Dowager Zhou, I felt angry, whoops. Didn't she come looking for trouble recently?"

"No, maybe I gave up. I have a son, just like Yuan Shao snatched the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, hehe"

"Hmph, what, huh!" Zhu Jianshen threw the cake onto the plate speechlessly: "Auspicious? Yuan Shao! Huh?"

Yuan Shao almost killed Sun Ce in order to snatch the imperial jade seal, and then, with abundant food and several times the army, he was forced to a dead end by Cao A!The jade seal of Chuanguo is useful!

The jade seal I use is not the one made by He's Bi. Different texts match different jade seals, "Treasure of the Emperor", "Treasure of Chenghua", "Treasure of Chenghua Imperial Book", "Treasure of the Son of Heaven", "Treasure of the Son of Heaven" Among the more than 20 jade seals, [-] are commonly used, and there are special eunuchs with palm prints to manage them.

Wan Zhen'er regretted her slip of the tongue, and tore up a layer cake and ate it: "I seem to have become stupid."

"That's not true. You haven't studied or practiced calligraphy recently, so it's natural for you to be slow-minded. Sister Wan, don't worry about it. Just start practicing literature and martial arts again after confinement." Then, the emperor began to say, I hope I His son is very good at bowing horses!When he was young, the two of us taught him martial arts, okay?He glanced at the eldest son of the emperor who was crying and carrying him to the next door to change his diaper, and began to imagine that the three-year-old Tuanzi followed behind him to practice martial arts.As for the prototype of this brain supplement, of course it is King Zhu Jianji.

After dinner, the resentful emperor went to the study to practice calligraphy. In name, it was to practice calligraphy, but in fact it was a sacrificial oration to the late emperor.

There is no need to elaborate on how he wrote this sacrificial oration to the dead ghost with his mouth curled up and his eyes rolled.After finishing writing, he wrote a sacrificial oration to Lord Hongwu with great reverence, carefully ignited it on the candle on the altar table, and burned it in a clean copper basin. One chicken leg and one steamed cake.

Don't doubt it, he was the one who talked about it at the dinner table.

……

Difu, Taizhou, Houling Town, Ming Dynasty District.

This address looks lacklustre, but in fact it contains a lot of information. The first two area names can be ignored, but since ancient times, only emperors can call mausoleums! From the fat man of Qin Shihuang, he lived in Mausoleum Town, and he couldn’t live in it in the Tang Dynasty. Yes, a new town was established across the street. Qin Shihuang ran over and wrote a street sign: Xiaoling Town.He also ordered people to build a three-foot-three high platform and put this street sign on it.

Li Yuan, the founding king of the country, is not a good stubble. He looks like an honest man, but in fact he is not honest at all. Fatty fought a great battle, but unfortunately he never fought Qinhuang and Hanwu. Qinshihuang buried so many terracotta warriors and horses with him, and there are living people who died. Although all the living people ran away, there were enough terracotta warriors left.What's even more deceitful is that Wei Qing was buried in the mausoleum of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Damn it...even the crazy emperors of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties have become effective fighting forces... After Zhao Kuangyin came, the battle situation gradually began to tilt.

In the end, after a fierce battle, Zhao Kuangyin and Genghis Khan jointly blocked the army of Emperor Qin and Han Wu. Li Shimin nimbly climbed up to the high platform with a brush in his mouth, wiped off the Xiaoling Town on the sign, and wrote " Daling Town' three characters.

There was thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.

After fighting for many years, the emperors were most taboo about the issue of status and title. 'Lingzhen' and 'Xiaoling Town' are not acceptable, and 'Lingzhen' and 'Daling Town' are equally unacceptable!

When Zhu Yuanzhang also came, he adjusted it and changed it to "Qianling Town" and "Houling Town" vaguely, so that the war between the two towns and hundreds of emperors was over.

Zhu Yuanzhang was chatting with his wife in the yard: "The little bastard in Qizhen's mouth has been beaten by me for more than a year, and now he is a lot more honest, alas."

Empress Ma was not impatient at all, nor was she angry at his violent temper, she said calmly, "Isn't this very good."

"But the country and society of the Ming Dynasty are not secure. During the Ghost Festival, I went up to take a look, and saw what the hell was going on! Now that corrupt officials are not skinned, do you think there is still the law of the king! Is there still the law of heaven!"

Empress Ma is still very calm. She was so calm when she was alive, and even calmer after she died.

The old couple were chatting in the yard, Zhu Yuanzhang was bored, let his toenails grow, and then took off his shoes and socks for his wife to cut the nails.

It was so boring.

At this time, two letters came floating over him.

"Yo, it's fresh, and there are sacrificial rites for those who are not year-round." Zhu Yuanzhang called it down as soon as he stretched out his hand. , Hahahaha, it's really fun. It's okay, not stupid, tsk tsk, what you said is pitiful. Look at it. They also sacrificed wine, chickens and ducks."

Empress Ma took the letter and looked at it slowly, a cowardly, weak and aggrieved chubby grandson appeared vividly on the paper.

Zhu Yuanzhang began to read the letters to Qinmiao. These sacrificial texts were burned without envelopes, and only the letter to whom was written on the header.He frowned and watched, getting angrier the more he looked.The general content of the letter is: [Father, the Wan family whom you have always disliked gave birth to me a particularly healthy and fat son, who is talented, intelligent, with amazing bones, and looks like an emperor.The land you left me is riddled with holes, just like the cut noodles of hair cakes. My son is afraid that you are used to rich clothes and fine food and don't know what hair cakes are, so I sacrificed a piece of them specially.The birth of the eldest son of the emperor is a great event, but the son is poor and has no money to celebrate. He gave out wedding candies and red eggs to all civil and military officials to celebrate. The internal treasury was emptied before you were alive... Although it is a bit pitiful, but I heard that the son was just born At that time, Father, you didn't celebrate much, that's all.I barely carried Jiangshan Sheji, my wife and children, my father thought about it underground, don't fight with my uncle, when he was in power, the internal treasury and the household department were quite abundant. 】

Zhu Yuanzhang became angry: "Zhu Qizhen! Bandit Sun! Get over here!"