The Ming Dynasty's examination officially started on the ninth day of February.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, Li Dongyang, Cheng Minzheng and others entered the court, while on the afternoon of the eighth day, all the candidates entered the court.
On the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month, just after the court ended, Zhu Youtang went to Qingning Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager Zhou.
"All of you, please step aside."
The Empress Dowager Zhou specially screened everyone away, leaving only Zhu Youtang alone, as if she had something important to talk about.
When Zhu Youtang was alone with the Queen Mother Zhou, he still felt a little embarrassed.
"Emperor, the Qingning Palace has been quite warm recently. It's said to be the heater. You don't plan to add Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace to other palaces in the future."
The Empress Dowager Zhou came up to talk to her grandson about common things, and this was also how she broke down her grandson's inner defenses.
Zhu Youtang felt much relieved after hearing this, and said with a smile, "I have discussed with Zhang Qing's family that we will build a warm pavilion next to the Qianqing Palace before winter this year, and we will not touch the current palace." The layout is complete."
To add heating, you need to break the walls and add some pipes. In addition, these palaces are relatively large, so even if you add radiators, the effect may not be very good.
It is better to build a small place that can not only keep warm, but also serve as a place for daily rest and work. < /p>
"Yes, Imperial Grandmother."
Grandfather and grandson have a common language.
The Empress Dowager Zhou then seemed to change the topic, sighed, and said with regret, "Emperor, do you still remember the beautiful lady Wang who was here at Aijia a few years ago?"
"Ah"
Zhu Youtang was startled.
He also suddenly understood in his heart the purpose of the Empress Dowager Zhou to withdraw from the palace, and she wanted to tell him this emotionally.
"I seem to remember this"
Zhu Youtang has a sense that the past cannot be mentioned again, and he avoids some things.
The Empress Dowager Zhou said, "The Ai family remembers that the queen was pregnant with the prince at that time, and there was no one to take care of you. The Ai family wanted to make the decision for you, let you take a concubine, and even found an opportunity to call you over and give you a concubine. She has never had the opportunity to be alone with you."
Zhu Youtang thought about it and nodded.
There are some things that he has "unspeakable secrets".
He actually wanted to say, Imperial Grandma, don’t treat your grandson as a normal person. For other men, if you show up with a woman and stay alone with him for more than an hour, there is no difference between a man and a woman. Everyone has the will, and surely everything can be accomplished.
But your grandson is me
Can’t do that.
At that time, I listened to you and wanted to achieve good things with that "Beauty Wang", but in the end I was busy working for a long time. I really can't tell whether it was successful or not.
"Later, you were afraid that the Queen would know about this and asked the Ai family to send the person away. The Ai family felt that you hadA bit lucky. "The Queen Mother Zhou taught her grandson a lesson.
Zhu Youtang said, "There are some things that the Queen Mother doesn't know about. ”
He didn’t want to explain too much.
Could it be that if he told the old lady that he had no ability as a man and spent an hour with a woman, nothing might be done in the end
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In addition, he had no intention of finding a woman to get along with again, and the final result was that he took the initiative to let the Queen Mother send her away
The Queen Mother Zhou said, "The Ai family has just arrived. You know, this beauty Wang was later found by the Zhang family, and her family members ended up not very good, especially her and her sister, who were charged into the Huanyi Bureau. Just a few months ago, Wang The beauty died in the Huanyi Bureau"
"This"
Although Zhu Youtang wanted to say that he and the so-called Wang Meiren may not be married, nor have any emotional foundation. .
But when he heard that the person died, he was still a little surprised.
"The person died and was buried hastily. The Ai family asked someone to make arrangements. After a while, the bones were finally recovered. Her sister was still in the Huanyi Bureau without a trace, and the Ai family didn't know what to say. ”
The Empress Dowager Zhou seemed very regretful.
This grandson seemed to be a little unkind and unkind, and after finally achieving a good thing, he actually gave him away.
< p>Aren't you a lover?Zhu Youtang said, "My grandson will ask someone to check it out. If it is true, he will ask someone to make arrangements. I was negligent in this matter and have not done so." Make some appropriate arrangements. "
Empress Dowager Zhou raised her head and said, "You just feel negligent and have no other ideas."
Of course Zhu Youtang knew what the old lady meant.
The Zhang family He found the person, packed him into the Huanyi Bureau, tortured the two sisters, and died in the Huanyi Bureau at a young age. But if Zhu Youtang was asked to hate it, he really couldn't hate it, because from his personal perspective From a personal perspective, he has no feelings for that beauty Wang, but has deep feelings for Queen Zhang.
He blames himself, but does not feel the need to punish his wife or the Zhang family for this.
"The Ai family has actually done it for you. In fact, she was originally found by Uncle Chang Ning. This time, her sister was also placed in Uncle Chang Ning's house. Why don't you go and express your condolences"
< p>The meaning of Queen Mother Zhou is obvious.My sister is dead, why don’t you take her in?
Zhu Youtang was so frightened that he almost ran away, he said hurriedly. Imperial Grandmother, I will let someone handle this matter, so please don’t embarrass your grandson. Your grandson is very busy recently. The war in the northwest will happen at any time. There will be another try."
Here we go. She made excuses to shirk it.
The Empress Dowager Zhou saw that she couldn't do it on her own. She said, "Well, after Bingkuan's examination is over, let him come to the palace. The Ai family will have time." I want to see him more. The other thing is to change your temper, you always feel like you don’t look like a king. Show courage. ”
Zhu Youtang was in a bad mood when he came out of Qingning Palace.
He couldn't describe it. Maybe it was because he felt he owed a woman who had had "close contact" with him, or maybe he felt that the imperial grandmother wanted to arrange another relationship for him that he didn't like, so that he could Hesitant.
Before he arrived at Qianqing Palace.
Xiao Jing came running all the way, holding something like an envelope in his hand, and said in surprise, "Your Majesty, I got it back."
"Really?"
Zhu Youtang seemed to have swept away all his previous displeasure in an instant.
Because Xiao Jing brought him the interpretation of Zhang Zhou’s prophecy.
He didn’t even bother to enter Qianqing Palace, so he immediately asked Xiao Jing to open the envelope and then handed him the letter.
"Your Majesty, I have asked Mr. Zhang. He said that these two things have nothing to do with the war in the northwest. One thing may really be related to Jianchang Bo. He said that if Your Majesty does not punish Yu For those who are guilty, God will definitely give a warning, and there may be an earthquake in a place that people in the world can easily relate to."
"Well, Shaanxi, Ningxia?"
Zhu Youtang didn't even finish reading the letter, he raised his head and looked at Xiao Jing.
Even the expression of Dai Yi, who was following behind him, changed.
Zhang Zhou seems to be playing with fire.
Before, I was just speculating on the secrets of heaven. How can I change my "admonishment" now?
Zhang Zhou clearly meant that if your majesty does not correct the chaos, then God will. You're welcome.
Xiao Jing said, "Your Majesty, it shouldn't be, it seems to be somewhere else."
Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "One earthquake is not enough, how about several more?" Where is it? Did he make it clear?"
"No"
Xiao Jing hesitated to speak.
It is said that Zhang Zhou gave a detailed interpretation, but it was still incomplete.
Dai Yi asked, "Could it be Shuntian Mansion?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhu Youtang interrupted Dai Yi's thoughts.
Dai Yi also felt that he had made a mistake. An earthquake in Shuntian Mansion was a big deal and might threaten the lives of the emperor and his family. Since Zhang Zhou didn't say it clearly, it was best not to go too dangerous. direction to associate.
"Bingkuan still made it unclear, right? Is there any connection between the earthquake and my impunity? Does this mean that I have not investigated Yan Ling's fault?"
Zhu Youtang also felt that what Zhang Zhou did this time seemed to be a bit "transgression."
You talk about things as you say, but don’t talk about half of the things. You actually scare me and scare my little heart.
While speaking, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but look at the second half of the letter. He also wanted to know what the second thing Zhang Zhou predicted was.
Xiao Jing also made a narration comment: "Mr. Zhang said that this examination may not go well, and there may be some rumors that will scare the scholars, and some people will use the topic to make use of it. It will affect Chunwei. "Fairness"
"Is it a question?"
Zhu Youtang was startled.
Xiao Jing said, "Maybe."
Zhu Youtang put down the letter, took a breath and said, "I shouldn't force it. I arranged Mr. Li Ge and Bachelor Cheng to be the main exams, right? I remember, back then, The first time I mentioned Bachelor Cheng to Bingkuan, he warned me not to take him as my main examiner again, saying that his contact with civilian scholars would easily attract some criticism. I thought it was nothing before, and those who are clean will be clean themselves. , but now it seems”
At this time, Zhu Youtang seemed to regret his decision to let Cheng Minzheng be the examiner for this examination.
Zhang Zhou tried to persuade him but he didn’t listen.
But now that Zhang Zhou was talking about God's will, he was afraid.
Of course, Zhang Zhou couldn’t talk about God’s will right from the beginning, otherwise he would be too deliberate.
Dai Yi reminded, "Your Majesty, it seems that it is too late to make changes now. The inner curtain officials have already entered the scene, and I am afraid that all the examination questions have been published and the papers have been printed."
Zhu Youtang nodded and said, "I made an oversight. It is impossible to change the examiner temporarily, but if you ignore it, something may happen. Call Mr. Liu Ge and Mr. Xie Ge to call me."
Zhu You The only way Zang could think of was to ask Liu Jian and Xie Qian to come over and discuss countermeasures.
"Yes." Xiao Jing accepted the order and was about to leave.
I also heard Zhu Youtang muttering, "Is there another earthquake?"
Dai Yi followed Zhu Youtang to Qianqing Palace, still suggesting, "Then, Your Majesty , should we punish the guilty or those who have done evil in the custody of the Three Justices?"
Zhu Youtang said, "Bingkuan is obviously talking about Peng Quan's impeachment of Yanling. , people have not arrived in the capital yet. If Peng Quan is sent to the capital, he will be charged with dereliction of duty, and he will be redeemed and reinstated. Then he will be sent to Jianchang Bo's Mansion and Guanglu Temple. I'll give you a banquet with the people who have attended Yanling before, and we should have a drink together."
"Your Majesty, will this be possible?"
"I'll do it as I say"
Zhu Youtang seemed to still not want to operate on Zhang Yanling at this time, but he was afraid that what Zhang Zhou said was true, so he could only pick out words and find ways to use unconventional means. , to change "God's will". Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft