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Volume One: The Past and the Present Chapter 709: A Sigh of Rise and Fall (Part 1)

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    Zhu Houzhao was very dissatisfied with the concubine he selected.

    In fact, to be fair, these concubines can be said to be of average appearance in terms of appearance alone, and are not as exaggerated as Zhu Houzhao described. The reason why Zhu Houzhao was picky about them was that he was probably still thinking about Liu Liangnu and was unwilling to find anyone else.  Emperor Hongzhi gave him a good start with this woman. Zhu Houzhao just wanted to imitate his father and only fall in love with one woman in his life.

    The fifty concubines who were waiting for selection were in a very low mood. They traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, slaying dragons and thorns, doing various palace battles and scheming, and finally succeeded in crossing the single-plank bridge and finally saw the real dragon emperor.  He could capture the emperor's heart just by looking at him or showing a pitiful look, and from then on he would rise to the top of the world. But who would have expected that the emperor in his prime was the biggest and most difficult boss to deal with, and he would kill them with just a few glances.  They were placed in an ugly circle and could not stand up.

    The selection of concubines ended hastily, and Zhu Houzhao walked away, leaving four concubine selection envoys and fifty prospective concubines in tears.

    Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, was anxious. He was the official concubine selector, and the emperor was not satisfied with the concubine he selected. At the most, he was disgraced. At the most, he had delayed the emperor's breeding. How serious it was.  thing

    Mao Cheng looked around and saw Ma Chun standing aside with a smile on his face, as if he had nothing to do with it. Jiang Bin lowered his head and looked gloomy. He was obviously thinking about how to get away from Wang Jianzhi and the Wang family.  Relationship, he no longer cares about who the emperor chooses or not, but Mr. Qin Kan is still sipping tea leisurely with his legs crossed, which is more leisurely than basking in the sun in his own backyard

    Mao Cheng was furious.  It was inconvenient to scold a few unreliable concubine-selecting deputy envoys, so he was silent for a while.  Mao Cheng stamped his foot fiercely: "I'll go ask the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Zhang to talk!"

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    Mao Cheng's decision is undoubtedly correct. The Zhu family has no heirs. In terms of the degree of anxiety in the hearts of others, apart from the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the two empress dowagers of Cining Palace are the most anxious. The ministers are sorry for the country and the country.  What the queen mothers are sorry for is the ancestors of Lao Zhu's family. Everyone has their own fault.  Everyone has something to be ashamed of.

    Now that Zhu Houzhao is getting older, and because the inner treasury earns tens of millions of taels a year, Zhu Houzhao's waist is very straight. The ministers are gradually unable to control him. Only the two queen mothers in the palace can still control him.  he.

    Mao Cheng went into the palace to see the Queen Mother. Soon, the two Queen Mothers became furious.  The eunuch ordered Zhu Houzhao to be half-dragged and half-invited from the leopard room into the Cining Palace. The fifty selected women were also announced to the Cining Palace.  Leng said one word to Zhu Houzhao: "Choose!"

    Zhu Houzhao curled his lips aggrievedly and stood in the hall without saying a word.

    Qin Kan sighed and had to stand up and said: "The Queen Mother. I have something to say"

    "Qin Kan, shut up!" Empress Dowager Zhang glared at him fiercely: "Over the years, you monarchs and ministers have been singing together. No matter how chaotic the chaos in the court, the Ai family has never said a word. Today's selection of concubines is a major event for the inheritance of our heavenly family.  .You can¡¯t talk too much.¡±

    It has been many years since anyone dared to scold him face to face, but at this moment, Qin Kan didn't have any temper at all.

    no way.  Even if the two queen mothers in front of them pointed their noses and scolded Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao would only listen obediently, let alone Qin Kan.

    After rubbing his nose, Qin Kan stepped aside awkwardly and took the time to give Zhu Houzhao a wishing look.

    "Your Majesty is nearly thirty years old this year. Queen Xia has been married to you for more than ten years, but you have never refused to consummate her marriage. The harem has not been replenished since the death of the late emperor. Now the courtiers have selected five of the thousands of good officials and officials for the Emperor.  Ten people fill the harem. How can you ignore the good intentions of the courtiers? Moreover, the sage said that a filial person has an offspring, which is not against the law. Your Majesty is burdened with the important task of multiplying the descendants of the Tian family. How can you neglect your family, country and country because of your own likes and dislikes?  ?¡±

    Queen Mother Zhang stared at Zhu Houzhao with evil eyes: "There is already a queen in the harem, and Liu Liangnu has also been named a noble concubine. The emperor will appoint eight more concubines from these fifty people. No matter who you choose, the Ai family will have nothing to say."

    Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes and glanced around, then lowered his head and sighed again.

    "Mother, it is my fault that the heirs are not prosperous, but I am the emperor of the country, and the selection of concubines is a major matter of the country. Now these" Zhu Houzhao looked at the palace with a troubled expression, shook his head without hesitation, and sighed heavily.  tone.

    Queen Mother Zhang was furious and was about to be reprimanded. Whether it was a deliberate arrangement or a coincidence, Zhang Yong, the chief seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, suddenly appeared outside Cining Palace.

    "Your Majesty, the cabinet has approved Lan's memorial and sent it to the ceremonial supervisor. I am thinking about it and can't make up my mind"

    Zhu Houzhao looked solemn: "Oh? It's such a difficult thing to do. Come on, please move the driver, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, hurry up, move the driver!"

    After speaking, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly saluted the two queen mothers, as if running for his life.He left the Cining Palace, leaving behind a room full of speechless and choking people.

    Mao Cheng stood in the palace with eyes wide open. After a long time, he moved closer to Qin Kan and whispered: "Mr. Qin, your Majesty just made this gesture towards the concubines-to-be. What do you mean?"

    "It means only four words, negative points, get out of hand."

    Empress Dowager Zhang was so angry that she screamed at the top of her lungs: "Not satisfied? If you are not satisfied, just choose another concubine! Mao Shangshu, the Ai family ordered you to issue an edict to choose concubines again. All the people in the Ming Dynasty, whether they are poor or officials, as long as they are of the right age,  All those who are not yet married will be chosen for the Ai family to enter the palace!"

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    Mr. Qin, who was scolded by the Queen Mother, walked out of the palace gate. He saw an inconspicuous gray-covered carriage parked outside the palace gate. Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in casual clothes, jumped out of the carriage. His gloomy face showed that he was not interested at the moment.  Good mood.

    Qin Kan was startled and hurriedly raised his hands: "Your Majesty"

    "Farewell, Your Majesty, come with me walk around the city with me to relax."

    The emperor was unhappy, so Qin Kan had to accompany him to relax.  Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao was not a tyrant like Emperor Taizu Gao who would kill a few ministers for fun when he was in a bad mood. Otherwise, Qin Kan would have rolled all over the ground like a flop in the stadium and was carried away regardless of his face.

    Dozens of civilian guards were scattered around Zhu Houzhao and Qin Kan. The two most powerful people in the Ming Empire walked slowly along the street.

    Leaving the palace and walking among the people, what you see and hear are fireworks in the world, mundane and warm. Even the cries of men beating their wives and women whipping their children sound so pleasant to the ear.

    The two of them were silent all the way, Zhu Houzhao's gloomy expression never faded, his lips were pursed tightly, and it was obvious that his mood was still dark and not getting better.

    Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao stopped and stood in front of a four or five-year-old child on the street. The child was wearing clothes that were neither new nor old, with a butt curtain hanging from his lower body, and holding a piece of biscuit tightly in his hand, which was dark and clear.  His eyes looked at Zhu Houzhao curiously.

    Zhu Houzhao took a breath, bent down and looked at the child and said, "Where are your parents?"

    The child shook his head timidly and pointed to the end of the West Market.

    Zhu Houzhao asked again: "Is the cake delicious?"

    The child nodded.

    Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned his back, stretched out his hand to grab the child's cake like lightning, and walked forward without looking back. He merged into the vast sea of ??people in a flash.

    The child's eyes widened. It was obvious that his life experience was too poor and he had never seen such a shameless person. He blinked his dark eyes a few times, grinned, and started crying.

    Qin Kan was sweating profusely and hurriedly disappeared into the sea of ??people

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    "Your Majesty, why are you doing this" Qin Kan sighed with a bitter smile.

    In a tea shop at the corner of the West Market, Zhu Houzhao finished off the Hu cakes he grabbed in a few mouthfuls. He squeezed out a full burp from his throat and patted his belly with satisfaction. There was a smile on his face.

    "Okay, I feel much better."

    Qin Kan finally had the urge to kneel down like the civil servants, raise his hands to the sky and cry out sadly, "O late Emperor". He had not had such a wonderful resonance with the civil servants for many years.

    "Your Majesty, the reproduction of descendants is a big deal, especially the heirs of the Tian family, and it is the hope of inheriting the inheritance of the ancestors. Your Majesty cannot blame the two queen mothers and ministers for pushing too hard. It is really that everyone is afraid that the Tian family will lose its incense and lose face in the future.  To the ancestors."

    Zhu Houzhao snorted and said: "You have two sons, so it doesn't hurt your back to stand and talk. Don't I want to give birth? It's not fate. Besides, what kind of concubines did you and that old man Mao Cheng choose for me?"  , they are all crooked and inhuman, how can I do this? When I woke up in the middle of the night, I thought it was a ghost"

    It is very shameful for an emperor to be so venomous.

    Qin Kan unconscionably tempted Zhu Houzhao to breed: "Your Majesty, actually look carefullythe fifty concubines are quite pretty. Red flowers in the world always need green leaves to match them. If Your Majesty asks hundreds of ugly monsters to mix with them,  Together, we will surely discover how beautiful they are, as beautiful as gods, and they will captivate the country"

    "I will reward you with all fifty concubines, do you want them?"

    Qin Kan blurted out without hesitation: "Are you kidding? I'm not stupid"

    Zhu Houzhao pointed at him sadly and angrily: "Look, look, the true colors have been revealed!"

    Lifting the rough tea cover and absently blowing the tea stalks floating on the water, Zhu Houzhao stared at the busy traffic outside the tea shop window and suddenly said: "Qin Kan, do you think I am a wise king or a coward?"

    Qin Kan was startled: "Why did your Majesty suddenly ask this?"

      Zhu Houzhao sighed: "I have been the emperor for fourteen years. Recently, I have often thought that my father must have created the Hongzhi Zhongxing and then handed this country into my hands. I have given this country in these fourteen years."  What has the country brought, whether it is suffering or blessing, whether it is progress or regression I really want to know whether I have let down my father and the world in the past fourteen years."

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    PS: Sorry, I had to spend three days writing the extra due to the heavy pressure from my superiors these days. I finally finished it last night.
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