The capital of the Great Yong Emperor, the Mingtai Hall of the Shangjing Imperial Palace.The ministers stood in the middle of the temple, bowing their heads and saying nothing.On the throne of Jin Luan, there was a faint sound of snoring.Time flies.Seeing that the golden crow was about to rise to the middle of the sky, the snoring in the hall slowly stopped.A somewhat old and tired voice finally sounded above the heads of the ministers: "Loyalty, what time is it?"
”The chief eunuch who stood behind the throne and watched his nose and nose and heart, and moved a step forward, bent down and whispered: "Back to Your Majesty, it's almost noon." ”"Oh, it's time for lunch, let's retire.""
Yes, Your Majesty."
Duzhong bowed, took two steps forward, dusted his hands, and shouted sharply, "Retreat." ”The ministers quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and were about to bow down, when a clear voice came from the end of the line: "Your Majesty, the ministers have a book." ”The crowd turned their heads to look at the man who had walked out of the group.Dressed in a dark red official uniform, his face is warm and beautiful, but his temperament is steep, which is unforgettable.Su Qi, the new branch of Tanhua, is currently the director of the Zhaoting Division, from the five products.Although it is from the fifth grade, it can only be at the end of this hall.What's more, now that the emperor is old and pursues the rule of inaction, the Zhao Tingsi, as a yamen who collects invitations from all over the world, has been sitting on the cold bench over the years.After all, the folds that can be sent to the Zhaoting Division are not the local officials who come to ask for money, but also for food.The emperor's reply to this was to solve it himself."
Oh, what does Aiqing have to play?"
Emperor Mingde, who was about to get up, had no choice but to sit up straight, and the white eyebrows under the crown wrinkled slightly.Hearing the slight impatience in His Majesty's tone, several older ministers shook their heads imperceptibly.Newcomers are not sensible!
Su Qi took two steps forward in silence, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen recently received a letter from Lord Yanwei, the county guard of Zhuoting County, Yuezhou, and I would like to ask you to take a look." ”As he spoke, he took out the fold from his sleeve pocket, handed it to his loyal father-in-law, who came over, and presented it."
Your Majesty?"
Emperor Mingde covered his mouth and yawned, took the fold and opened it, and swept over the fold with a glance, "Farm tools?
Quan Dayong promotion?
”"Your Majesty," Su Qi clenched his fists and bowed, "Wechen has already tested those farm tools delivered by Lord Wei in the Zhao Ting Division, and everything in the song is true. ”"Then let's promote it."
But a trivial matter, Emperor Mingde didn't pay much attention to it, yawned again, folded his hand, and glanced down lazily, "Then this matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry, where is the Ministry of Industry?"
”"Your Majesty," reminded him in a whisper, "Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Works took a month of sick leave five days ago, and is still recuperating at home. ”"Where's the left and right squires?""
Your Majesty, the left and right servants of the Ministry of Industry grabbed credit for repairing the river embankment, and Qi Qi was scolded by Your Majesty five days ago for thinking about it at home, and Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry was sick because of this."
Emperor Mingde:"" The ministers who listened to the ears below: "" In the silence, Lin Ge Lao, who was standing in the second row, stepped forward tremblingly, "Your Majesty, there is no one in charge of the Ministry of Industry now, so it is better to let one of the princes take this errand." ”"It's okay," anxious to go down to the court to eat, Emperor Mingde nodded without much thought, and looked at the sons standing at the bottom, "This is the promotion of farm tools, which emperor is willing to recommend himself?"
”The prince standing at the forefront of the ministers, you look at me, I look at you, no one has taken a step forward.The Ministry of Industry is well-known poor among the six ministries, and this errand of promoting farm tools has no oil and water to fish, not to mention, but also to work hard to promote it to the whole Dayong, which is clearly thankless.Who wants to do it?
The crown prince Zong Yu stepped forward and bowed to Emperor Mingde and clenched his fists, "Back to my father, now the household department is at the critical juncture of the census of the world's household registration, which is related to the collection of taxes by the imperial court, and the sons and daughters are really lacking in skills.Not being able to share the worries of his father and emperor is the fault of his sons. ”He started here, and the eldest prince of Concubine Min also stepped forward, "Father, the sons are now busy with the reduction of the military department, and they are really lacking in skills. ”The third one to speak was Zong Jue, the third prince of Concubine Lan, who was favored: "Father, the son is preparing for the autumn festival in the Ministry of Rites, and it is related to the scientific examination, so I don't dare to be distracted." ”Zong Sheng, the sixth prince of the imperial concubine: "Father, the emperor and the sons are also busy with the evaluation of the officials, and they can't come out." ”Zong Min, the seventh prince of the Yue Guiren, was the last to speak: "Father, the Criminal Department is investigating a major case of salt administration, which involves one million taels of silver, and the sons really dare not take it lightly. ”Emperor Mingde sat on the dragon chair, and the corners of his forehead twitched and twitched when he heard it.simply threw the fold on the dragon case, and said angrily: "I can't get away from all of you to do things, what else can I tell you to do?"
Yes?
Do you want me to do this myself?
”"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"
The temple knelt on its knees.Emperor Mingde looked down at the kneeling ministers, only to see that he was upset.Look at the row kneeling at the front, all of them are terrible sons."
Forget it, get up.This matter will be discussed later. ”"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zong Min stood up, and suddenly heard a sound of clothes rubbing on the right side, looked back, and was stunned.Before the court, he was the smallest, and the position he stood on the far right, and after a long time, he was used to being no one on the right.But I almost forgot that there was another person in the temple today.Zong Min's gaze involuntarily fell on the man's thin but more and more elegant and clear face, and when he saw that the dark court robe made the other party taller, he couldn't help but feel dense jealousy again.Everyone in the world calls His Royal Highness Prince Dayong a luxurious appearance and unparalleled elegance, but who knows that the Nine Emperor Princes in the Cold Palace, their ninth brother, are even more than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in terms of appearance and demeanor.No, to be more precise, if the two really stand side by side, it will be like a firefly than the bright moon.Firefly is the crown prince Zongyu, and Mingyue is the ninth prince Zongxu.Thinking that Zong Xu was on the first day of the court, and he had been living in the cold palace, it was estimated that even the courtiers would not be able to recognize it, let alone go to command the Ministry of Industry, Zong Min's eyes flickered, and he took a step forward suddenly, "Father, don't worry, the son has a good candidate." ”"Oh, who?"
Zong Min bowed, the corners of his mouth curved, "Father, the good candidate that Erchen thought of is the ninth brother."
The ninth brother has reached the age of 15 and has now gone to the court to listen to the government, but he has no affairs in his hands.The father might as well hand over the errand of promoting farm tools to the ninth brother, so that he could use this errand to exercise and train the ninth brother. ”As soon as these words fell, not only Emperor Mingde, but even the ministers in the palace were stunned.Emperor Mingde thought for a while before remembering that he did have a Nine Emperor Prince, and when the cold palace reported it, he casually said a name, and he didn't even pay attention to which one of the Nine Emperor Prince's mother concubine was.And the courtiers, except for Xia Ge Lao, who had served as the emperor's teacher, were all puzzled.Who is this Nine Emperor Princes?"
It's okay," Emperor Mingde was already impatient, and when he heard that someone had chosen someone, he immediately clapped the board, "The Nine Emperor Princes listened to the order." ”The words fell, and the ministers all looked towards the front.I saw that in the eyes of everyone, a tall dark back slowly came out of the corner, and when he walked to the hall, he knelt in his robe, and Qing Yue's voice came, "Erchen listens to orders." ”Emperor Mingde glanced down at the Nine Emperor Princes who were kneeling on the ground and had no impression at all, "I have given you the position of temporarily taking over the Ministry of Works, promoting agricultural tools, and completing it as soon as possible." ”"Yes, father, son-in-law commands."
Zong Xu kowtowed, stood up, and walked back to where he had been standing with cold eyes.Emperor Mingde squinted, didn't even look carefully at what his son looked like, stood up and waved his hand at the ministers, "Okay, okay, retreat from the dynasty." ”The ministers bowed and slowly withdrew from the main hall.Zong Yu, who was standing at the front, didn't move, and looked at the dark back and quietly withdrew, and then called out to Zong Min, who was about to leave, "Seventh brother, why did you suddenly mention Zong Xu in front of your father today." ”He paused and lowered his voice, "Don't you forget whose son he is?"
”"Second brother," Zong Min walked up to Zong Yu, bowed, and lowered his voice even more, "The prince is in the fifteenth dynasty, this is the rule of the ancestors.Since we haven't been able to completely torture and suppress him in the past fifteen years, it is better to expose him to his father, if this matter is done, it will only be a trivial errand, and his father will give him a reward at most.But if it can't be done, second brother, think about it, if you can't do this little thing, will your father completely lose the idea of using him?
However, the younger brother thinks that Zongxu has not been in school seriously for a day, and this thing is not good for nine out of ten, although the Ministry of Industry is poor, but it is not something that he can play with as a bare-rod prince. ”Zong Yu thought for a moment, "In this way, we are a clear plan, and Zong Xu has to take it no matter what." ”"That's right."
The two looked at each other and smiled, their eyes cold.Zong Xu walked out of the Mingtai Palace, looked up at the sun above his head, covered his lips and coughed lightly.The tails of his eyes suddenly flushed slightly.A palace maid who was sweeping nearby inadvertently raised her eyes, and when someone put down her hand, the palace maid was stunned in place, and she was stunned for a while.Descending the steps, standing in the corner, a little eunuch wearing a white-washed eunuch suit looked up and saw his master come out, hurriedly trotted over to support the person, his mouth couldn't help but grin to the root of his ears, and whispered: "Congratulations to Your Highness, Your Highness, on the first day of the court, I was sent by Your Majesty on an errand." ”Seeing his unhappy appearance, Zong Xu slightly bent the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were calm, "It's just an errand that has been calculated." ”After a pause, "But for me, it's also an opportunity." ”It is no longer a repression, wanton humiliation, and indifference and harshness, but an opportunity for him to truly display his ambitions.The hard-won it is, the more he will cherish it.It's a pity that his brothers will be annoyed in the end!