Chapter 7 Mid-Autumn Moon (Three)

Forget it, let’s make a decision when you see Dorgon!

Politics is dirty and dirty, but people who play politics can be noble and flawless. This is a great irony. When parents, wives and children can be abandoned in order to obtain the supreme position and dominate the life and death of millions of people, parents, wives and children can all be abandoned, let alone a woman who has little to do with herself?

If a wife is gone, she can remarry her children, and if a child dies, she can reborn. If the power is gone, she will never be able to be taken back. This is the true mentality of the hero. When necessary, he can sacrifice anyone around him, and even harm himself.

"Emperor, Your Majesty..." Feeling a soft and sweet call from his ears, Zhu Yinglong came to his senses and saw Zhang Yan with a care-looking face and hurriedly said, "I have worried Yan'er. I just thought of some things."

Zhu Yinglong didn't know how gloomy his expression was just now. Zhang Yan felt a hint of chill in her heart, and then she kept calling.

"Your Majesty, you have been here to accompany me these days. The sisters in the palace..." Zhang Yan thought for Zhu Yinglong. The emperor was not alone. If he neglected the sisters in the palace, it would be bad for Zhu Yinglong, who was committed to creating a harmonious harem.

"Don't worry, they can understand." Zhu Yinglong comforted softly.

"Yan'er, after you give birth, I will take you back to the palace so that you can stay with me forever, and our family can be reunited. Do you think it's okay?" Zhu Yinglong said with his shoulders.

"Your Majesty, no, if I appear in the palace, how can you explain it to the world?" Zhang Yan hurriedly opposed.

"It doesn't matter. Nearly two years have passed. Besides, your previous identity is dead. Your current identity is my beloved concubine, my beloved Yan'er. I can't bear to leave you mother and son in this place without freedom like this, and live in the darkness for the rest of your life." Zhu Yinglong said emotionally.

"But……"

"No, but, even if you look exactly the same as the late Queen Yi'an? I had admired my sister-in-law, but now that my sister-in-law has passed away, I have found a woman who looks similar to her sister-in-law and entered the palace to be a concubine. So what? If anyone is gossiping behind his back, I will never be able to speak!" When Zhu Yinglong said this, his face was full of evil spirits.

"I'm listening to the emperor." Zhang Yan had no choice but to stop insisting. She had seen Zhu Yinglong's dominance and knew that this man and his brother were two extremes. One was that his ears were too soft and at mercy, but this was the opposite.

"That's right. Don't worry about returning to the palace. I will arrange it. You can give birth to a fat boy for me here!" Zhu Yinglong happily sucked on Zhang Yan's bright forehead.

"Come on, Guyan'er, let me kiss you!"

"No, the emperor..."

"What are you afraid of? It's all the old couple."

"Um……"

After a long kiss, the two hugged each other and hugged each other.

They returned to the palace early the next morning. Lin Rong and Yanhong had already been waiting in the Yangxin Palace, changing clothes and washing clothes, and after breakfast, they started their day's work.

Since Zhu Yinglong was not very convenient to contact Li Yongzhen, after Zhu Yinglong carefully considered it, he handed over the work of contacting Li Yongzhen to Lin Rong. Although Lin Rong was a concubine, she had no backing in the palace and had no relatives outside. When she couldn't get rid of herself, she was the best candidate to contact and direct Li Yongzhen's Eagle Guard.

"Emperor, I have met Eunuch Li yesterday. He told me that everything was arranged according to the emperor's instructions. Just wait for Zhu Yousong to take action and he can catch him all in one go!" Lin Rong whispered in Zhu Yinglong's ear.

"Well, you ask Li Yongzhen to send someone to pay close attention to Zuo Liangyu and Mu Tianbo. These two people hold heavy troops, but they can't reach the last moment, what mistakes will happen!" Zhu Yinglong ordered.

"I understand." Lin Rong nodded and said, "The King of Shu has sent a message, he wants to see the emperor."

"Oh, I know, you can arrange this matter. I will have time to see him in the evening." Zhu Yinglong said.

In the evening, Zhu Yinglong met Shu King Zhu Zhishu again under Lin Rong's arrangement.

The King of Shu this time was even more respectful than the last time, and his face was kneeling down against the floor tiles.

"Emperor, my ministers find out the news that they plan to take action on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, Zuo Liangyu and Mu Tianbo's army will cooperate with the action to capture Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Huguang, Henan, Jiangxi and other places. Then Zhu Yousong will contact the clans of the vassal kings from all over the country to write a letter asking them to go to Beijing to kill the slander ministers. If the emperor does not agree, they will establish a new court and overthrow the emperor."

"Oh, my cousin's ambition is really great!" Zhu Yinglong didn't care after hearing this, and just smiled and said.

"Your Majesty, don't underestimate them. Zhu Yousong has received secret support from many gentry from all over the country. Except for the Cheng family, the other two salt merchants in the Huaihe River had secret contacts with Zhu Yousong. Jiang Guochun, a salt merchant in Shanxi, even intended to grant his daughter to Zhu Yousong as his concubine, and after the matter was initiated, he would give the ceremony to be hired." The King of Shu did.

"Uncle Shu Wang, it seems that they already trust you very much. You know such a secret thing clearly?" Zhu Yinglong looked at Shu Wang Dao with a smile.

"According to the emperor's instructions, the old minister thanked him a little and wrote to the trusted old subordinates of the old minister. They were all, all..." Another layer of fine beads of sweat oozed out from the King of Shu's forehead.

"It's all the fish that escape the net that rebelled with you, aren't it?" Zhu Yinglong's face darkened and he said coldly.

"Yes, no, the emperor forgives the crime, the old minister knows the crime." The King of Shu kowtowed in fear.

"Hmph, if it weren't for keeping these people, would you think these people you hidden in secret could escape my eyes and ears?" Zhu Yinglong warned heavily.

"The old minister is confused, the emperor forgives his crime!"

"I'm thinking that you have made great contributions this time, and I won't pursue the past. If you hope that you can make meritorious, I will forgive their sins."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Don't be busy thanking me. After this matter is over, I will give me honestly raising fish at home, all kinds of flowers, etc. Don't think about bad thoughts. If I hadn't seen that your Shu Palace is well-known in the minds of the people of Sichuan, I would have killed you long ago and gave you the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious contributions!"

"I thank the emperor for not killing me. I will never dare to have any unreasonable thoughts again." The King of Shu hurriedly rolled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his face.

"It's good that you know, go down." Zhu Yinglong gave a faint command and left quietly.

In feudal society, people have a strict status and ranks, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and scholars rank first, with the highest social status, and enjoy many privileges. Today's "New Land Law" and "gentlemen work together and pay grain" seriously violate the interests of the gentry. No vested interest will be willing to lose their own interests. Therefore, their resistance is inevitable. In the past, Zhu Yinglong was able to suppress such domestic contradictions as established and brilliant military achievements. Now that it has entered the period of peaceful construction, many hidden contradictions will be highlighted and rise to the main contradiction. It is precisely because of these advanced understandings that Zhu Yinglong has taken the lead in this upcoming huge civil strife.

What Zhu Yinglong is now troubled is not how to deal with this huge civil strife, but how to deal with these royal family members who rebel and seize power in the civil strife. If they kill them, they will be criticized as cruel and ungrateful and unfilial monarch. Although from the bottom of their hearts, these people block their reforms and social progress, they will inevitably be abandoned by society. He will not pity these people, and there are also local gentry and celebrities. These people control the public opinion of one city and one place. If it weren't for them, these two departments would maintain and fight against the old.

How could the new law that has great interests in the people be misinterpreted into a chaotic law that harms the country and the people? These people should also be killed, but after they are killed, the people may not necessarily receive their affection, and they may even hate the court. The policy of fooling the people for thousands of years has made the Chinese people burst into amazing power to fight for their rights and interests. At other times, as long as they can survive, they would rather be bullied than resist, and even block others from resisting. This is a tragedy of a nation!

Killing still requires killing. If you start such a big civil strife, how can you shock those ambitious people who are ready to go? But how much kill is the most difficult thing in Zhu Yinglong's heart.

As Zhang Yan's birth date gradually progresses, Zhu Yinglong disguises himself for a visit almost every day. Whether it is day or night, the atmosphere inside and outside the palace is still relatively calm.

The memorials of each province flew to the capital like snowflakes, most of which reported the outbreak of larger-scale civil unrest in various places. Some local governments could no longer control the situation, and the local political situation was on the verge of paralysis. The people did not listen to the correct explanations of the government. Perhaps their distrust of the government for many years, and some people behind the scenes, the two new laws have reached an unsustainable level in many provinces and cannot be implemented. Fortunately, the early tax exemption policy of the imperial court won back many people's hearts, at least the people's hearts have not been lost. There are also many knowledgeable people among the people. These people are also highly respected among the people. They are generally the heads of a village and the heads of a clan. Although these people are not as famous as those gentry, they represent the vast number of ordinary people. As early as Zhu Yinglong taught the new Jinshi class.

At that time, I told these Jinshis who were about to be released as officials that the local gentry is important, but the village chiefs at the grassroots level are the most contacted by the people, so they are the most direct helpers of grassroots officials in governing, so their importance is much more important than those gentry. Usually, just convince the head of a village is equivalent to persuading people in a village. Therefore, regarding the working methods of grassroots officials, Zhu Yinglong suggested that these Jinshis who were about to enter the grassroots government should put down their posture and learn more with these people. Zhu Yinglong's words were heard by many Jinshis from poor backgrounds and did it. Although some prefectures under his rule were secretly inciting and destroying, they were resisted by these village chiefs, village chiefs and clan leaders, so they had little effect.

This civil strife also exposed the nature of collusion between old officials and gentry and incompetence, while the new officials have matured in the waves and washed away the sand, and they will become the mainstay of the court.
Chapter completed!