Chapter 341: Duke Yansheng arrives in Jining(1/2)
Soon, Xu Guangqi finished the meal first. After all, he was busy all night and was already hungry.
Seeing that everyone was full, Chen Hong waved back and let someone take the tea.
"Sir, please rest here." Chen Hong left this sentence and returned to Zhu Youxiao after leaving this sentence.
Zhu Youxiao gently put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up the tea and rinsed his mouth, took the silk handkerchief from Chen Hong's hand and wiped his mouth, and then slowly stood up.
"I heard that it was very lively outside last night." Zhu Youxiao looked at Chen Hong and asked with a smile.
"Yes, the emperor. Last night..." Chen Hong naturally did not dare to hide it, and said everything that happened last night, not even a single thing was left behind.
As the emperor's confidant, Chen Hong knew that the emperor was doing something big this time, so he didn't want to make a mistake with him. It was natural that the job was done; if he failed, he would be in trouble.
Nodding gently, Zhu Youxiao asked, "Have Mr. Xu and the others finished eating?"
"Go back to the emperor, you've eaten." Chen Hong said quickly, "I'm drinking tea now."
"Then go and meet them." Zhu Youxiao nodded, turned around and walked out.
When Zhu Youxiao arrived, Xu Guangqi and his friends had indeed finished their breakfast.
After a busy night, they were more energetic after having breakfast. They were drinking tea to make themselves more energetic. There were too many things to have no way to rest, not to mention that they had to face the saint for a while and could not show a tired look.
Seeing Zhu Youxiao coming in, Xu Guangqi and others quickly stood up and saluted respectfully, "I will see Your Majesty."
While talking, Xu Guangqi and others secretly looked at their own Majesty from the corner of their eyes.
After all, His Majesty was assassinated yesterday. Although Chen Hong said that His Majesty had nothing to do, Xu Guangqi and others were still worried.
Now that he saw His Majesty, there was nothing wrong with him, Xu Guangqi and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the appearance of a few people, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, my dear, if there is really something, I will not hide it from you. You are my confidant ministers. I have nothing to tell you, and you are worthy of my entrusting to great things."
This is already very heavy, and it also shows Zhu You proofreads the trust of Xu Guangqi and the others.
Xu Guangqi and others hurriedly said, "I am waiting to thank Your Majesty."
"Sit down and talk." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, said casually, and sat down first.
After Xu Guangqi and the others sat down, Zhu Youxiao continued to say, "The city has settled down, right?"
Xu Guangqi said, "Your Majesty, you have settled down. Master Huang and his men have captured the rebels, and now they have handed them all over to the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei is under trial, and I believe there will be a result soon."
"The city has also become stable, and officials at all levels are stabilizing people's hearts. The soldiers in the city are also stable. The Duke of England has inspected the whole city, so there is no problem."
Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Thank you all for your hard work."
"This is all the duty of a minister." Xu Guangqi and others said quickly.
"You don't need to say politely. Since the situation has stabilized, then you all go back to rest." Zhu Youxiao looked at Xu Guangqi and others, and said with a smile, "It's just a few delusional people. There is no need to mobilize the masses like this."
Zhu Youxiao's tone was very light. He seemed to not take this matter seriously at all.
This made several ministers feel moved, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. It is worthy of being His Majesty. This mind and courage show the emperor's mind.
"You are all busy all night. Go back and take a shower and have a nap. You are all important officials of the country and are not young anymore. Don't ruin your body because of these villains. That is the loss of my Ming Dynasty. You are much more important than them." Zhu Youxiao said with concern on his face, "If you have any discomfort, I will let the imperial doctor show you immediately."
"I am grateful for your concern." Xu Guangqi and others said hurriedly.
Although he was still a little unwilling to give up and wanted to continue to work hard, His Majesty had already said that, so Xu Guangqi and others naturally had to abide by it. In addition, the situation has indeed stabilized, so you can go back and take a rest.
"Then I will sue you. If there is anything, I will come over again." Xu Guangqi and others said quickly.
"Go, go, go back and have a good rest." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
After watching Xu Guangqi and the others leave, Zhu Youxiao stood up, turned to look at Chen Hong and said, "Is King Lu coming?"
The King of Lu still needs to solve the problem, otherwise the King of Lu will be scared to death.
"Go back to the emperor, King Lu is already waiting." Chen Hong nodded and said.
After leaving the room, Zhu Youxiao returned to his bedroom.
King Lu is already waiting at the door.
Seeing Zhu Youxiao coming in from outside, King Lu knelt on the ground with a pounce, and was frightened. He said in tears, "Your Majesty, I am guilty! I really didn't want to rebel, Your Majesty!"
Last night, King Lu slept very peacefully and felt that things were over. Who would have thought that when he got up this morning, everything changed.
The two closest subordinates who became thieves, and they actually went to assassinate His Majesty, which was simply lifeless!
After getting up this morning, everyone's vision changed. The Jinyiwei and the soldiers wanted to eat themselves alive.
Wherever you go, you will see fierce eyes.
This really scared King Lu. What kind of evil did he do?
Seeing that King Lu was so scared that his legs and feet were weak, although he felt helpless, Zhu Youxiao still walked over and helped King Lu up with his own hands.
After King Lu stood up, Zhu Youxiao comforted softly, "The King of Lu doesn't have to do this. I don't believe you. I know that King Lu is a person, and you will never be able to do such a thing."
Zhu Youxiao knew about the stupidity of King Lu, and at the same time, he also knew that King Lu was willing to take out half of his property for him. He also wanted to collect some good things to offer to him, and felt wronged in eating four dishes and one soup.
If it is well trained, King Lu might be a talent. However, when the Ming Dynasty raised so many vassal kings, they were basically raised as pigs.
They did not have the power of the royal palace, and the minister had the final say in everything in the royal palace. If the vassal kings were too involved, they would be impeached.
Therefore, the vassal kings and others ignored everything, ate, drank and had fun all day long, and raised themselves as pigs. Over time, they would have lost any wisdom and no officialdom in their hearts.
They were raised in high walls since childhood, and I am afraid they don’t know what kind of suffering among the people are. Why not eat meat minced? It is probably not an isolated case for the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, but many people would say so.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Youxiao really had no intention of blaming King Lu.
So what if you punish King Lu?
I can't clean up all the princes of the Ming Dynasty.
You should know that this is a feudal society. In addition to being the emperor in the world, the emperor is also the patriarch of the clan. In this era when the clan concept is very strong, as the patriarch, we must take good care of our clan members.
Otherwise, it will cause criticism and may even be rejected by others. This is the value of this era.
Even if you have to do something, you have to do it privately and you must not be hyped.
If Zhu Youxiao really vigorously punished the vassal kings, he would probably lose people's hearts, just like Zhu Yunwen, who had reduced the vassal kings back then.
Isn’t Zhu Yunwen the emperor? Isn’t he taking the right from justice?
But so what?
Zhu Yunwen was too harsh on his uncle, which led to his loss of hearts.
After the rebellion of the King of Yan, he took over the world with all his might.
In addition to the reason why Zhu Yunwen lacks abilities, it is more because he has lost the hearts of the people.
In the eyes of the people in the world, the princes have no intention of rebelling. On the contrary, Zhu Yunwen treats his uncle like this. For the people in the world, he is like this to his uncle. How cold is such an emperor? What hope does he have?
Some time ago, Zhu Youxiao confiscated the land of Lao Fu King, but the people in the world said nothing. After all, Lao Fu King's reputation was not good. The most important thing was that he took Lao Fu King into the capital, dismissed Lao Fu King's title, but passed his title to his son. This is something that the public can easily accept.
If Zhu Youxiao killed Lao Fuwang now, it would be an uproar in public opinion. At that time, Zhu Youxiao had everything, and it would not be a good thing, and they would be packaged as a mean and rude emperor by them.
Although Zhu Youxiao did a lot of things after ascending the throne, there were still ministers loyal to him. A large part of the reason was that Zhu Youxiao used them to do things and took the blame, but never had to take the blame.
Something really happened, and Zhu Youxiao will protect them, which is very important.
The King of Lu wanted to clean up and teach a lesson, but he could not kill him.
Looking at the crying of King Lu, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "No need to do this. How could I blame King Lu for what his subordinates do? Besides, the chief minister is an official of the court, so it is still my employer who is unknown."
Hearing Zhu Youxiao’s words, King Lu quickly said, “It’s my fault!”
"Okay, okay, we are all a family, so there is no need to say that." Zhu Youxiao reached out and patted King Lu, and said with a smile, while pulling King Lu towards the house and letting King Lu sit down with a smile.
After King Lu sat down, Zhu Youxiao said, "This time it is important. King Lu may suffer some criticism, but don't take it to heart."
"I know very well that King Lu is a person and will never do such a traitor. Therefore, King Lu can also keep his heart in his stomach. I am not a foolish monarch who does not know how to distinguish right from wrong."
"Your Majesty is wise, and your Majesty is grateful for your kindness." King Lu said quickly, tears falling down.
Under great joy and sorrow, this emotion was a little unbearable.
When Zhu Youxiao comforted King Lu, another big shot came to Jining City.
This person comes from Qufu, and is the contemporary Yansheng Gong Kong Yinzhi.
For Kong Yinzhi, who had just inherited his title, this time he had no confidence in encountering such a thing. However, it is impossible to be afraid, and the court would not do anything to him, so he was considered to be confident.
When he arrived in Jining City, Kong Yinzhi found that the atmosphere here seemed a little different, and the whole city was tense.
The city gate has never been opened.
The city gate was not opened until around noon. Even so, the inspection of incoming and outgoing was very strict.
Kong Yinzhi sat in the carriage, looked around, and ordered his subordinates to say, "Go and find out what happened, why is Jining so nervous?"
"Yes." After his subordinate agreed, he quickly turned around and inquired.
At this time, someone had already come out of the city. As long as you go and inquire, you will naturally receive the message soon.
Soon, his subordinates turned around and told Kong Yinzhi about the matter.
The young Yan Shenggong frowned and suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart.
If things were safe, there might not be any big problems; but now Jining has had a big rebellion like rebellion, so this matter is quite big.
To be continued...