Chapter 12 Misestimation of the situation ()

Qixiang Palace is one of the six western palaces and belongs to Concubine Zheng.

In fact, before giving birth to the third son of the emperor, Concubine Zheng rarely lived in Qixiang Palace since the 12th year of Wanli, after giving birth to a princess and being named a concubine, she rarely lived in Qixiang Palace. She basically followed Zhu Yijun to live in the Ganqing Palace, which shows how Emperor Wanli favored her.

Concubine Zheng was about to give birth to the birth of the palace immediately, so she moved back to Qixiang Palace. Even if Emperor Wanli favored her, he would not dare to let her give birth in the Ganqing Palace, which was the bedroom of emperors of all dynasties.

Amid the sound of "welcoming the emperor" by dozens of palace maids and eunuchs kneeling outside the Qixiang Palace, Zhu Yijun came to the main hall and reached out to hold Concubine Zheng who had received the news from the bed to salute, and said with a smile: "How many times have I said it, you have just given birth to the emperor and are weak, so these common rituals will be spared."

"Ha, Your Majesty, there are so many people here, I must give you enough shame." Concubine Zheng said with a giggle, his words were quite bold.

Zhu Yijun didn't care, so he pulled Concubine Zheng to sit on the bed, looked around and asked, "Where is my Xun'er? Why aren't you here?"

Waving his hand to signal the palace maid and eunuch to retreat, Concubine Zheng sat on Zhu Yijun's lap with great courage, hugged his neck and said softly: "My old lady, every time you come, you always ask Xun'er, I'm starting to be jealous of my son now!"

Zhu Yijun laughed out loud, and his depression disappeared. He pressed his forehead against Concubine Zheng's forehead and rubbed his servant, saying, "How could it be? No one can replace you in my mind, even Xun'er can't."

When there were only two people, Zhu Yijun rarely used the word "I" in front of Concubine Zheng.

Concubine Zheng gently hammered Zhu Yijun's back and said with a smile: "Although Sanlang's words made me happy, why did it sound a little awkward?"

Emperor Wanli is the third son of Emperor Longqing. I am afraid that only Concubine Zheng dares to call him Sanlang in the world.

"Ha..." Zhu Yijun laughed again. Only Concubine Zheng could treat him like an ordinary couple, giving him the warmth of home.

After lunch with Concubine Zheng at Qixiang Palace at noon, Zhu Yijun left Qixiang Palace and went to Wenhua Palace to continue handling government affairs after a while.

The cleverness of Concubine Zheng is that she knows what can and cannot do in front of the emperor. She never makes Zhu Yijun feel arrogant because of her favor. She always encourages Zhu Yijun to handle government affairs more personally, and she knows what the emperor wants.

"Su He, what news is there?" Concubine Zheng asked to the close-fitting little palace maid behind him.

The eunuch of Emperor Wanli, Xu Fu, was Su He's "vegetarian" and they were the "food couple" in the palace, that is, the "husband and wife" formed by palace maids and eunuchs. However, all of this was deliberately arranged by Concubine Zheng. She had never asked about the government affairs of the court in front of Zhu Yijun, and strictly followed the ancestral teachings of not being allowed to interfere in politics and showed grace and generosity, but she was well aware of the movements of the court.

"Empress, today, there are sixteen memorials sent by the Tongzhengsi Department to make the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince, and twelve of them opposed the enthronement of the emperor as the imperial concubine. The emperor was furious and summoned Shen Shixing. Finally, he listened to Shen Shixing's advice and demoted the twelve ministers who opposed the enthronement of the emperor as the imperial concubine three levels in a row and seized their salary for one year." Su He told her what Xu Fu told her, and focused on reporting to Concubine Zheng.

Concubine Zheng shook her small nose slightly, and she guessed that after the emperor issued an order to sign herself as the imperial concubine, the group of guys who were seeking fame would not be able to sit still. So, they couldn't wait to jump out immediately. What an annoying group of crows!

"The emperor didn't ask Shen Shihua to do anything else?" Concubine Zheng was most concerned about Zheng Chengxian's memorial to ask for advice.

"No more, Empress, these are all things."

Concubine Zheng frowned slightly and thought for a while. Perhaps the emperor was only interested in getting angry at that time and forgot to ask Shen Shixing about the matter of Xudian! She didn't care about the results of the cabinet's drafting. Those conservative and ungrateful old guys would never have the courage without any surprise. What she cared about was the emperor's attitude towards this matter.

Zhu Yijun miscalculated. He wanted to take the initiative to propose Zheng Chengxian's request for mercy for his father this morning so that the ministers would object slightly, and he would act out of anger, then be "forced" to give up, and finally give Zheng Chengxian some money and land. This would be an explanation to his beloved concubine.

Of course, Zhu Yijun didn't want to reveal this idea. Instead, he had to pretend to be trying hard to win and give his beloved concubine enough face.

According to the script directed by himself, Zhu Yijun first expressed his merits to his beloved concubine in the morning court: Concubine Zheng worked hard to serve me, worked hard and gave birth to the emperor's third son, and made contributions to the country, so he handled special matters. Although it was contrary to the laws of the ancestors, he could do more than the law and agreed to Zheng Chengxian's memorial.

As Zhu Yijun expected, the ministers of the ministers who were headed by the chief minister Shen Shi, Shen Li, Minister of Rites, Yang Zhao, Minister of Works, and Minister of the Ministry of Works, and Minister of the Left Censor Xin Zixiu, severely refuted Zheng Chengxian's memorials for seeking compassion. The young Emperor Wanli was prepared for these, after all, he had read all the memorials of the ministers who sent the Tongzhengsi Department yesterday to refute this matter.

The plot direction at this time is still in accordance with Zhu Yijun's vision, and the problem that Zheng Chengxian, the hateful old man, is about to be solved smoothly.

However, the direction of the matter was completely deviated from Zhu Yijun's prediction. The thirteen censors and six departments of the Censorate were like cats who had smelled fishy smells, and they couldn't wait to jump out one after another, citing the scriptures and denying such behavior of overcoming etiquette and disobeying the rules. The ministers of other ministers were not willing to fall behind, and accusing Zheng Chengxian of being arrogant and rude and ambition to punish him heavily, making people who are unknown to think that Zheng Chengxian seemed to have committed some unforgivable crime, which made Zhu Yijun extremely passive.

In recent years, Zhu Yijun has taken back the power of the court. How could he bear such a big loss of face when he was full of energy? Although his original intention was to let the ministers stop Zheng Chengxian's memorials, you can't let me go so far!

After Zhu Yijun's angrily rebuked, he couldn't help but get angry. I couldn't handle it easily, but you small seventh-rank censors are so rampant. Can you bully me young?

At that moment, Zhu Yijun issued an order to punish the most active people who jumped up and down. Unfortunately, not only Shen Shixing, but also Shen Li and other ministers from the cabinet came forward to plead, almost all the ministers who participated in the morning court also knelt down. The emperor would not kneel up even if he did not take back his life. He acted like a forced palace, allowing Zhu Yijun to experience the "extensive" power of the ministers, and also made him panic when he encountered such a thing for the first time.

Zhu Yijun is not as "decisive" as his grandfather, Emperor Jiajing, and cannot do the "feat" of sticking hundreds of ministers on the spot. In an extremely angry manner, he could only shoot the dragon case heavily and throw a few tough words: "Transfer my order to reward Zheng Chengxian's father's tomb for 5,000 taels of silver and a piece of Feng Shui treasure land."

Then he glanced at the civil and military officials who were about to move, and a few more words popped out from his teeth: "Take it from my inner trunk!" Then he shook his sleeves hard and left without looking back, leaving behind the ministers kneeling all over the ground.

Since giving Zheng Chengxian's tutoring against the ancestral system, I think those guys who withdraw money from the Ministry of Revenue in the name of the royal family will chatter. Then I will pay for it out of my own pocket and withdraw the head office from the private treasury?

Zhu Yijun got the result he wanted, and it was beyond his expectations. I think Concubine Zheng should not complain, but I am afraid he would be grateful for the decision he made under such great pressure.

However, the process was definitely not what Zhu Yijun wanted, which made him a little doubtful about his ambitious and diligent administration. Is it better to change the emperor's actions to abandon the morning court in the past? Isn't it better to just handle memorials in the Qing Dynasty? Should I learn from the Emperor's grandfather Jiajing, and do something to avoid those annoying censors like crows?

For the first time, Zhu Yijun was shaken by his diligence in the morning court.

Of course, Zhu Yijun never expected that because his seemingly concessional move today undoubtedly gave the censors the great confidence. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has rarely seen ministers being sceptered by the court! The previous few guys who fiercely opposed the title of Concubine Zheng as the imperial concubine were only demoted to the third level by the angry emperor, but now they have a great reputation in the ranks of the world, and students all over the world have sang!

Can you be bolder in the future? A stronger rebuttal? A firmer position? They seem to have seen the world circulating because of their "righteousness" and then become promoted, and finally the name is left in history and wrote a good story.
Chapter completed!