Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Weibo private visit suffered an unexpected blow

Han Yu, Li Biao, and Qian Longxi were summoned to the Hall of Martial Ying. Chongzhen smiled at Han Yu and said, "Han Aiqing, the matter of my friendship with you must be done well." Han Yu said: "Yes, please make it clear, Your Majesty." "Investigate the case thoroughly!" Han Yu was startled: "... Isn't the reverse case already closed?" Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "How to get married? Wei Zhongxian has been in business for seven years, covering the sky with one hand. The world knows that there are loyal sages, but I don't know that there are emperors. There are more than a hundred temples. I have a plan for the world. Thirty eunuchs?"

"Then...how to investigate thoroughly?" Chongzhen leaned back, pressed his hands on the armrest, and said word by word: "If I want to convict the crime of being a traitor, I must first punish Wei, Cui, and Hakka who are the first traitors, and then the traitors. If you want to divide the traitors, then There must be evidence. You and others will review it closely in the cabinet. If the matter is based on public affairs and the situation is unavoidable, or if you are talented and embellished by others, you must treat it as the original intention, or you can blame it for the aftereffect. Those who fall into favor and praise the beauty frequently, who don't give up, and who do not praise the shrine, but praise the guide in the dark, according to the law and the law, are not in vain. Qing and Wang Yongguang, Qiao Yunsheng, and Cao Yubian will make a decision within a few days, and the center is not allowed. Participate."

Han Yu's heart sank, the emperor is going to chase after him fiercely!Hooking up and worrying, I don't know how many people will be involved.The great prison of national prosperity is not the blessing of the country!After pondering for a while, he said: "The minister has been out of office for a long time, and I don't know the recent affairs. I'm afraid that things will be messy and I will blame my sage." Chongzhen laughed and said: "When the eunuchs were in full swing, you were the first to bear the brunt. How can you say you don't know now? I'm afraid you dare not complain?"

"I'm not," Han Yu didn't dare to refuse, "I obey the order." Chongzhen suddenly saw the eunuch Gao Shiming poking his head out at the door, and called out, "Gao Shiming, what's the matter?" "Yes." Gao Shiming bowed and walked quickly to Chongzhen's side, whispered a few words in his ear, Chongzhen frowned, and waited for Han Yu: "This is a thorough investigation, and we must be thoughtful. Once it is promulgated, even if there are omissions, it will not be repeated Pursue it, it will be taken out as soon as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is over, can you hear me clearly? Go down first."

Seeing several people walk out of the hall, Chongzhen asked, "When did the empress stop eating?" "Since the emperor... went to Kunning Palace yesterday." Chongzhen sighed and said, "She is going to piss me off!" Gao Shiming saw that Chongzhen had regretted it, and knew why he regretted it, so he said: "Long Live Lord, let the servants say something inappropriate. After all, the empress is the mother of a country. Pushing the empress on the ground, how can I let the empress face live? Besides, the empress has six armors, her birthday is approaching, and the golden branches and jade leaves are broken, it is not my great fortune. The empress does not eat, not only damages the empress's body, but also damages the empress's belly. The Great Ming Heir is even more harmful!"

Gao Shiming is an old man of Xindi, Chongzhen didn't blame him if he said a few more words, so he said with a smile: "How do you know that there is an heir in the womb of the empress?" "Of course the servant does not know, the servant hopes to be an heir." "...how are you sleeping, ma'am?" "How can I sleep well? The slave has asked, but it has never been a peaceful night!" "...Hey, I can't ask me to make amends to her, can I?" "Long live God thinks about the benefits of the empress. The empress insists on frugality, reduces the expenses in the palace, and never begs for grace for her family. Isn't it because she loves the long live god and my Ming Dynasty? Some rewards are also deserved. Show favor and favor, empress. The anger will also disappear. The empress will not always have trouble with the Long Live Lord, but the Long Live Lord must give the Empress a face, right?"

Chongzhen knew that Zhou's temper was not easy to coax, but what Chongzhen was most afraid of was the loss of the dragon seed, he thought for a long time, and sighed: "Okay, I will do as you say. You go and send a mink leather folder to your mother." Clothes, just say that I asked her about her daily diet and asked her to eat." Before it was dark, the sound of firecrackers was heard sparsely, and gradually became denser, making Chongzhen more and more irritable.This morning, I received a report from the Yangzhou Yushi, which was to impeach Tian Hongyu, the father of Concubine Tian!It is said that he is arrogant and lawless, runs amok in the village, is greedy, bribery, prostitution and extravagance, and fishes the common people.

Chongzhen fell on the table before he finished reading it, and the book jumped up and fell down, spreading out on the ground. Gao Shiming was terrified, bent down to pick it up quickly, folded it up and put it on the case, and stepped aside. Chongzhen knew it was true, and a foreign censor would never dare to attack the emperor's relatives to invite favor. Tian Hongyu was originally a low-level official, but suddenly his daughter became a princess, and another year became an imperial concubine.Yesterday it was still clothed with vegetables and food, with green lights and yellow rolls, and the breath of others. Today, it is the bells and tripods, the candles are illuminated and the fragrance is scented, and the cars and horses are full of cars and horses.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to Ciqing Palace." Gao Shiming whispered. "Hmm, eh? Why is it the Ciqing Palace? Isn't it the Cining Palace in previous years?" "Long Live Lord, I forgot. Yesterday, a maidservant told Long Live Lord. It was the old lady Concubine Liu's intention to spend the New Year at the place of Concubine Fu this year." Gao Shiming said while putting Chongzhen on a silver fox cloak. Chongzhen remembered: "Yes, the only surviving concubine of my father is Concubine Fu, I should go and see it." There were already young eunuchs waiting at the gate of Ciqing Palace. When they saw Chongzhen coming, Qi Qi knelt down and said, "Greetings to Lord Long Live! Please Lord Long Live move to Chenghua Palace. Your empress is waiting for the Lord Long Live in Chenghua Palace!"

Chongzhen let out a "huh" and walked towards Chenghua Palace. The main hall of Chenghua Palace was full of women. Seeing Chongzhen come in, everyone stood up except the old concubine Liu, and said in unison, "Greetings to the emperor!" Just knelt down. Chongzhen said "Get up", he bowed to the old concubine Liu first, and sat on the left of the old concubine Liu.After everyone sat down, Chongzhen squeezed out a smile: "I haven't seen Concubine Fu for a year, and she looks fine." Concubine Fu smiled brightly and said, "It's just a walking dead."

The old concubine Liu looked at Chongzhen and said: "The emperor's complexion is not very good. Alas, the state affairs are endlessly busy, so you can rest when you have to rest. What is the cabinet for, so you can't make up your own mind? What's the use of raising them if the emperor asks them one by one? As long as the ministers don't do bad things and don't cheat the people, they are good ministers. You don't have to be too serious about other things. Who will support this country if you burn out at a young age? Like your grandpa, who hasn’t been in court for 31 years, isn’t that how he came here?” Chongzhen tilted his head and smiled, and said: “The old concubine said it. However, it is precisely because the emperor ignores the government that he came here.” Let that Wei Zhongxian monopolize the power and almost pour over the world of my Zhu family. Now it is not comparable to the ancestors of the gods, there are hungry people rebelling inside, and strong barbarians oppressing the country outside, so we have to ask." "That's true. But don't get too tired, your body is the most important thing." The old concubine Liu turned to Queen Zhou, "Take care of your servants, and you have to take good care of them. When it's time to wake up, just mention it Wake up." Looking at Empress Zhou's stomach again, "The birth is due in two months, right? You have to take care of yourself too. I hope to give birth to a prince, so that I will have someone to succeed me in the morning, so I can feel at ease Close your eyes." Empress Zhou hurriedly said: "What did the old concubine say, you old man still wants to watch his great-grandson grow up!" Old Concubine Liu said: "Wouldn't that be an old goblin? Hehe. Alright, let's all sit down. Sigh, although we are a heavenly family, we only get together once a year. It's not easy. It’s not as good as ordinary people’s homes.” Nine people sat around a round table made of red sandalwood with carved dragons. Chongzhen held up a transparent green Longquan celadon horse cup and said: "Grandson respects the old concubine first, and wishes the old concubine a long and happy life. May the ancestors protect me from the Ming Dynasty." The country will stay forever." Saying that, he sipped it all.Putting down the cup, but not moving the chopsticks, he turned his head and asked, "Have you bought the cake I want?" "Here we come." The eunuch Chuanshan came in with a large saucer-sized fire. Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and before the eunuch put it on the table, he picked up one and took a big bite: "Well, it's delicious! It's this flavor, you all have a taste." Turning to the eunuch Chuanshan, "How much is one?" "Long Live Lord, it's not expensive," Gao Qiqian, who followed in, replied hastily, he was the one who bought the cakes, "Ten cents a piece." "What?" Chongzhen stopped chewing, looked at Gao Qiqian, "How dare you fool me? Do you think I don't know?" Of course Gao Qiqian knew that Chongzhen's family was Qing, he followed Xinwang casual clothes out of the mansion and roamed around the capital many times, and Xinwang liked to eat this.He had already thought up his answer, and said with a flattering smile: "My lord, these years have been bad, and things have become more expensive. The market is no longer the two pennies you saw when you visited privately and observed the people's conditions. , now it costs five cents a piece, and it is thicker than my son’s at that time, and he is also smaller. The slave girl told the shopkeeper that this is an imperial product, and it needs to be carefully crafted. The fine white flour and small ground sesame oil that I bought now, the slave girl told the shopkeeper. Watch what they do." Chongzhen didn't listen to what he said later, and he didn't go out for a walk for more than a year, and the price of goods has doubled and a half!Let him feel heavy. The old concubine Liu saw Chongzhen's thoughts, put a piece of half-winged chicken on his plate, and sighed: "Today is Chinese New Year, the emperor should relax, don't worry too much about big things. Alas, sorry to see you." Yes, at this age, he has to take charge of a country, and the hungry people are making troubles, and the Tartars are fighting endlessly, and no one can help him. It's hard for him to see how tired he is. "As I said that, I shed old tears. The whites of the eyes of others were also red. "The old concubine is absolutely right." Yi'an touched his eyes with his sleeves, picked up the ivory dragon and phoenix chopsticks, and put a piece of goose gizzard palm in the Chongzhen plate, saying: "In the Wanli period, although there was a treacherous minister Yan Song, more There are loyal officials such as Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng. At the beginning of Tianqi, there were wise officials such as Ye Xianggao, Liu Yixiu, and Han Yu, as well as a large number of loyal and brave officials such as Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou. Unfortunately, the emperor If you don't work hard, you will be killed by that old thief Wei Zhongxian. Now there are no brave generals at the frontier, and no competent ministers in the court." "There is Yuan Chonghuan at the border, and there is an old Han Yu at the court." Chongzhen was still staring at the wine glass, "I am not thinking about state affairs, but about family affairs." This was beyond everyone's expectation, and they all turned to look at him, waiting for his next words.But he was speechless for a while, and after a while of silence, he picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp, then raised his head, his cheeks were already in tears, and he said another sentence, which shocked everyone even more: "I would rather not do this if I could see my mother. Emperor Laoshizi!" As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned!No one thought that he would think of my old lady at this time!They all put chopsticks.After a moment of silence, Old Concubine Liu said: "My old lady has no children, but she enjoys the joy of having grandchildren and having fun at her knees. The world is really unpredictable. People are not as good as God!" Chongzhen looked at Old Concubine Liu, and then at Concubine Fu: "What does mother look like?" Concubine Liu and Concubine Fu looked at each other, and old Concubine Liu said: "I only saw your mother two or three times, so I don't remember clearly, anyway, she is a beauty. Concubine Fu Yi should remember, and she should have seen her often at that time." Concubine Fu She was the concubine of Emperor Chongzhen's father Guangzong, and she continued: "Yes, I was always with Empress Dowager Yusheng at that time. If you want to talk about appearance, you don't need to talk about beauty. I'm clumsy, and I can't even describe it. However, seeing the emperor is like seeing the empress dowager Yusheng." Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up, "The emperor really wants to see the empress dowager Yusheng?" Chongzhen shuddered: "Could it be possible to see?" After speaking, he felt funny, and his eyes darkened, "You can't get it in your dreams, unless you meet in the underground." As soon as these words came out, everyone felt cold and looked at each other in blank dismay.Concubine Fu smiled: "There is a girl in my palace who looks exactly like the Empress Dowager Yusheng back then. She really surprised me when she first came here! Does the Emperor want to see her?" Chongzhen suddenly got up: "Exactly like? Really exactly like?" "Not at all, unless it's twins, it's rare to have such a similarity. Especially the eyebrows and cheeks are so cool." Chongzhen sat down slowly, and the true spirit wandered away for half a day before returning to his body, and then slowly said: "I'm gone. After the New Year, ask my grandmother, Mrs. Ying Guotai, to come to recognize her. Liang Zhu is imitated. Come—" Chongzhen raised his cup, "I respect Fu Taifei!" Concubine Fu hurriedly stood up and toasted: "How dare I toast as the emperor! I can't stand drinking, so I had to do it." After speaking, she looked up.Chongzhen also did it, with a smile on his face, and said: "I saw the old concubine and the concubine, and I remembered someone. Where does the old concubine Zheng live now?" Everyone was taken aback by this question!Old Concubine Zheng is Shenzong's favorite concubine and the birth mother of King Fu, Zheng Guifei.The only surviving concubines of Shenzong are Liu and Zheng. Everyone didn't know how to answer for a moment.Old Concubine Liu looked around and said, "What are you mentioning her for? She is a person pointed out by all the courtiers. When she was the ancestor, she repeatedly tried to kill your father. It is well known. She lives in Shou'an Palace and does not leave the house all day long. .Does the emperor want to see her?" "I really don't want to see her, but after all, she is the concubine of Grandpa Shen, from grandma's generation, so don't wrong her, just send her off well for the whole year." Old Concubine Liu said: "Don't worry, if there is me, there will be her, and there are many girls who serve. But I don't want to see her either. As concubines, we serve the emperor well. If you are too poisonous, then It's not going to end well." Everyone hurriedly agreed. "Not only that," Chongzhen said with a downcast face, "You must restrain your relatives!" Although the sound was not loud, it was very sinister, and everyone was shocked! "I am not poisonous, but my mother, my brother, my brother and nephew are lawless, bullying others and poisoning the people!" No one dared to speak again.The old concubine Liu stared at Chongzhen for a while, and said: "Talk well, it's getting into this point, is there any relative who made the emperor angry?" As she spoke, she glanced at everyone, and everyone turned around to look at each other. Seeing that Queen Zhou didn't speak, she asked, "Is there really something wrong with your relatives?" Chongzhen didn't answer, just looked down at the ground.On New Year's Eve, there was originally a peaceful atmosphere, but Chongzhen disturbed it, and everyone felt embarrassed.Concubine Tian's heart suddenly moved: a few days ago, my mother came to Beijing to live for a few days, and she was surprised by the great changes in the family. At that time, she told her mother not to go too far. The daughter may not be saved either.Could it be that the emperor was talking about his natal family?I only heard Queen Zhou say: "Listening to the emperor's tone, it seems to have heard some gossip. However, my emperor is a pure-hearted and ascetic monarch, and has always been strict with self-discipline and others. How dare concubines indulge their relatives? I am not afraid of the emperor's punishment. The harem? So I'm afraid the emperor may have misbelieved the rumors." "The magistrate's secret document is on my desk. Is it a rumor? A little censor dares to sue the emperor's family and relatives without evidence? Is he going to die?" "Your Majesty, calm down." Yi'an said, who had been silent all this time, "Although the magistrates did not dare to report indiscriminately, it is hard to guarantee that they were not partial listeners and believers. They did not investigate carefully, and fell into the trap of villains. There are also such people, don't say anything. When the daughter enters the palace, even if the daughter enters the prince's family, she doesn't pay attention to the magistrate. The magistrate is humiliated, so naturally he wants to find out what's wrong with him. It is said to be a kite eagle. There are also those foreign relatives who suddenly ascended to the sky and behaved a little bit domineeringly. Sure enough, I have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and I still have to be punished according to the law. I also ask the emperor to look carefully." Ever since Chongzhen overthrew Empress Zhou, who was pregnant with Liujia, she had always regretted it, and had long wanted to punish Concubine Tian to comfort the empress.But after watching Yangzhou Yushi's impeachment performance, he didn't just want to comfort the queen: "You want me to show the facts?" He looked at Concubine Tian. Concubine Tian saw in Chongzhen's eyes that she was inseparable, and asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty... is there any real evidence?" "So what if there is evidence?" Chongzhen turned his whole body to her. The old concubine Liu spoke, and said: "Even if the emperor has real evidence, it is most likely that the foreign relatives acted recklessly, not the inner palace's instigation, and it is fine to punish the foreign relatives." Chongzhen was still staring at Concubine Tian: "I can see clearly that the inner palace is instigating it!" Concubine Tian lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty...you mean...a concubine?" "Exactly!" Chongzhen shouted loudly.Concubine Tian plopped down on her knees, and said: "The concubine's father and brother really violated the royal law. It is because the concubine is not strict. Please punish the concubine by the emperor." "Okay!" Chongzhen slapped the table and stood up, the jars and dishes on the shaking table jingled, "I will do as you say! Wang Chengen!" : "Release Concubine Tian Gui to Qixiang Palace to avoid guilt!" Concubine Tian kowtowed, and sobbed, "I would like to invite the emperor... to think that they are the first offenders, and they should be punished lightly. I... thank you on their behalf! I will definitely strictly restrain them from now on." Chongzhen snorted, and said coldly: "The law of the ancestors must not be private!" After this incident, everyone lost interest. The old concubine Liu said: "Tonight is a night watch, how are the girls doing?" The head of the inner palace is naturally the empress, so everyone turned to Empress Zhou. Zhou Hou smiled and said, "Of course I'm watching a play." "Oh, oh, I can't take it anymore, let's go, you go." Old Concubine Liu got up and everyone got up. "I'm taking a break too, you guys go make trouble." Concubine Fu also said. Everyone said good night to the two concubines and came out, and Chongzhen showed a smile that was not a smile: "I have never thought about it. Since you took over the harem, it is very difficult to cut expenses, abolish extravagance, and exaggerate. I am satisfied, but this pear garden is the only one that you have kept, it can be said that you have a special liking. You are not a playful person, but you still have the heart to play." "What the emperor said is wrong," Zhou Hou said with a smile, "there are hundreds of operas in the palace of the ancestors of the gods, and they are lively every day. Most of the concubines have been dismissed, but even among the people, for the New Year's Day, they also have to sacrifice to the stove king and dance the stove , to welcome the God of Wealth. No matter how poor people are, they still have to put up window grilles, put up Spring Festival couplets, light lanterns and set off firecrackers to drive away ghosts. There are also Liubo, throwing pots, fighting cards, monkey shows, and puppet shows. Our Tianjia is not as good as the folks? " Zhou Hou sighed and said: "When the emperor is busy, he only visits the harem once a month or two. After a year, it's only a few days. There must be something to relieve the emperor's mind and the female relatives, right? " "Okay, okay, I still have a set, I can't tell you." Chongzhen said with a smile, "What play are you watching tonight?" "Pass Jin Xi." "I mean what song is it?" "It's a new play, it will be boring if it's broken." "Okay, let's go to the theater." Chongzhen raised his legs and walked.Immediately after the week, the order went down, and when the group arrived on the stage, the front and back of the stage were already ready.It is indeed a new play. It is about locusts in the countryside, no crops, farmers or leave their homes, flee famine to beg for food, or take risks, gather crowds to rob, rob houses, and the people suffer even worse. Chong Zhen couldn't help frowning his eyebrows, he turned to Zhou Hou and said, "It's the New Year's Eve, how can you make a crying scene!" Zhou Hou was already crying, and the other women were also in tears. Zhou Hou saw Chongzhen looking at her, and whispered: "Is there such a thing?" "You asked them to choreograph this play?" "Could it be made up by nonsense?" Zhou Hou took out the residence newspaper from his sleeve and handed it to Chongzhen, "Does the emperor still remember Ma Maocai's "Preparing Chen Dalong"?" Although Chongzhen had read it earlier, he took it and read it again: In Yan'an Mansion, Chen Township, there has been no rain for a year since last year, and the vegetation is scorched.In August and September, the people compete to pick the grasses in the mountains and eat them.Its particles are bran bark, and its taste is bitter and astringent.Eating it can only prolong life.After October, when the fluff is exhausted, the bark is peeled off and eaten.Of all the trees, the elm bark is not good, and the bark of other trees is mixed for food, which can also slow down its death.At the end of the year and the bark is exhausted, they dig up rocks from the mountains and eat them.The stone is cold in nature and has a fishy smell. If you eat less, you will be full. After a few days, you will suffer from abdominal distension and fall to death.The people who were unwilling to eat stones and died began to gather together to become robbers, and one or two people who had a little savings were robbed, and the looting was exhausted.The most pitiful thing is that there is Jicheng in the west of Ansai City, where one or two babies are abandoned every day.There are those who weep, those who call their parents, and those who eat their dung.By the next morning, the abandoned son had no life, and there were some abandoned sons.What's more, those who are children and those who travel alone will disappear once they leave the city.Later, when I saw people outside the door cooking human bones for salary and boiling human flesh for food, I realized that all the people before me were food for them.And the cannibals will inevitably die of redness and swelling of the eyes after a few days, internal heat and dryness.As a result, the deceased was covered with pillows and the stench was suffocating. Several pits were dug outside the county seat, each pit could hold hundreds of people, to cover their remains.When the minister came, there were more than three pits full, and I don't know how many of them are not enough to cover up a few miles away.There is a secretary who is bound by the strictness of the law and has to be strict in urging the department.There is only one left to escape.Drifting in different places, dwelling without support, fleeing from one place to another, fleeing from another place to this place, and fleeing from one phase to another, one turns into a robber.There is no permanent property, and all the capital is exhausted. Dreams cut off the road to the hometown, fill the gullies of soul extinction, and how can they be stolen?The reason why this thief is all over the Qin Dynasty is also.As far as Qin is concerned, in the north of Qingyang and Yan'an, the famine is extremely high, and the robbers are slightly less; below Xi'an and Hanzhong, the robbers are extremely high, and the famine is slightly less. The more Chongzhen read, the more angry he became: "The country has come to such a point, and there are many injustices. I am the one to blame. It is also the blasphemy of a courtier. Party disputes are the root of the disaster! All the thoughts are spent on fighting, so why care about the country! The road is blue, and the country is in trouble. Opening up mountains and forests is the common responsibility of the emperor and his ministers, but I can't find a few ministers who are loyal to the country!" Zhou Hou sighed softly and said: "The big traitor has been eliminated, the emperor should think about the affairs of the people." Chongzhen got up and walked out: "Now I know why you keep this opera actor." After leaving the Ciqing Palace, he said to Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian: "Today's New Year's Eve, Beijing must be very lively. I want to see it. You two Follow me to the mountains." "The emperor meant Long Live Mountain? Do you want Gao Qiqian to go back and greet Zhang Yixian and Gao Shiming to accompany them?" Wang Chengen said. "No need, you two just follow." Chongzhen turned to Shenwumen as he said. The mountain was originally named Meishan, but after Zhu Di established the capital in Beijing, he thought the homonym of the word "mei" was unlucky, so he changed its name to Longevity Mountain.Long live mountain is full of trees, but there is only one old tree trunk at this time. "Long Live Lord, the east road is slow, let's go on the east road." Wang Chengen led Chongzhen to turn east. There is a path of stone steps on the east slope, and the trees beside the road are sparse, no more than the thickness of the mouth of a bowl, but there are two old locust trees, which are very thick and eye-catching. "This tree is really strange. The others are very small, but they are straight. Why are they leaning towards the northwest?" "Back to the emperor, I think it's because it's on the east slope, where the northwest wind can't blow it, and it's been exposed to the southeast wind since it took root, and only the two of them are tall, so it grows toward the northwest. The other trees are short and are blocked by them. If you can't stand the wind, you will grow straight." Wang Chengen replied. Chongzhen walked around Laohuai twice, and said: "It's tall, but it's a pity, in the supreme position, but it can't be a talent." Gao Qiqian heard the meaning of Chongzhen standing shoulder to shoulder with the tree, and said: "Your Majesty, should you cut it down?" Chongzhen looked back fiercely, stared at Gao Qiqian fiercely, opened his mouth, as if about to say something cruel, swallowed it back, and said in a slow voice: "The name of this mountain is Long Live Mountain, and this tree is in the supreme place, so naturally it is Long Live Tree. If you dare to kill the tree emperor today, you will dare to kill the emperor tomorrow." Gao Qiqian trembled all over, knelt down, and kowtowed like garlic: "Your Majesty, this servant deserves death! This servant deserves death! This servant is talking nonsense! This servant is a dog's brain and ass' intestines! This servant is a bastard! This servant is a bastard! I said the wrong thing, how dare the servant have the slightest disrespect..." "Okay, okay, I know you have no intentions, and I was just joking. A tree is a tree, and a person is a person, but it is also a tree king after all, so keep it. You can get up too." After finishing speaking, Chongzhen turned and went up the mountain.From the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the three cities of Beijing.Because none of the sons of Tianqi have grown up and are not childish, the Forbidden City has not been lively for several years. Compared with the inner and outer cities, it looks lonely and cold. The inner and outer cities are different. The inner city is mostly rich in officials, merchants and government offices. It is several times more lively than the outer city, with firecrackers and fireworks flashing together.The outer city is full of ordinary people's homes, although the movement and movement is not as good as the inner city, it is still one after another.After watching Chongzhen for a long time, he felt a lot more relaxed. The situation is still stable. As long as he works hard to be a good emperor who benefits the country and the common people, he will be able to get out of the predicament, and he may revive the Ming Dynasty and pass it on to future generations. British Lord. Early in the morning, when Chongzhen came out of the Nuan Pavilion, everyone was stunned.I saw him wearing a round-necked gown, green lamb fur, blue cloth shoes, and a square scarf on his head. He walked straight ahead without saying hello to anyone.Wang Chengen, who was following behind, cast a glance at Gao Shiming who was in a daze. Gao Shiming understood, went up to him and asked, "Your Majesty, today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and you are not going to court. Where are you going this early in the morning?" "I haven't gone out for a long time. Beijing is busy today, so go out with me." Gao Shiming, who was originally hunched over, straightened up suddenly, stopped in front of Chongzhen with a few steps, plopped and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, no! Now you are not a prince, you can go out for a walk as you like, but now you are Long live Lord, you have a huge responsibility!" Chongzhen bypassed him and continued to walk forward, saying: "Emperor Sui Yang can go out for a stroll as he likes, why can't I?" "Your majesty, how can you compare with those foolish kings? You are a virtuous king, and the common people know that you are the holy master since your grandfather!" Chongzhen said: "So what? A foolish ruler can go for a walk, but a wise ruler can't. Is this a rule established by any dynasty?" Gao Shiming knew that this master couldn't be persuaded, so he said, "Your majesty, should I let the slaves take me?" Who will follow?" "I'm walking in front, followed by a group of bull-headed and horse-faced, fierce guards in brocade clothes? How can you be subdued!" Wang Chengen pulled Gao Shiming over, and said in a low voice: "I can't stop it, I have persuaded it, but it's useless. Go find Gao Qiqian immediately, tell him to pick twenty people immediately, put on plain clothes, spread out and follow!" It was only when I went to the street that I could see that the excitement of the Chinese New Year was indeed not as good as before. In previous years, from the first day to the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, lanterns were hung at the door of every house. There are gauze lanterns, glazed lanterns, white jade lanterns, silk lanterns, bead lanterns, sheepskin lanterns, Luobo lanterns, silk lanterns, and lotus lanterns. Lamps, screen lamps, gardenia lamps and moon lamps are countless and beautiful.At the time of the apocalypse, the emperor himself likes to tinker with new gadgets, and his actions are effective. The dragon dancing on the street on the 30th of the new year and the first day of the first month can breathe fire, and the eyes of the lion can turn. All kinds of lanterns are hidden traps, and the villains on the revolving lanterns can pop out.Last year there was a big funeral, folks were not allowed to hang red flags, and entertainment was prohibited. This year, the dragon lantern dance and stilt walking have disappeared, and the number of people seems to be less. One could tell by Chongzhen's attire that he was a wealthy young man, so those small traders who sold sugar figurines, dough figurines, clay figurines, kites, and serial sets all stared at him and yelled a few times when they saw him coming. "Master, where are we going?" Gao Qiqian asked. "Go to the fire shop where you bought the cakes." "Hot steamed buns, hot steamed buns that just came out of the drawer—" a thin woman with prominent ribs shouted a few steps ahead.Chongzhen walked over and picked up a steamed bun. "My lord, take your nose and smell it, the freshly planted wheat, the freshly milled white flour, all white flour, it's delicious!" Chongzhen held up the steamed bun and looked at it carefully, the color was earthy, with dots of bran mixed in it: "Didn't you say it's all white flour? Why is it so thick?" The woman looked Chongzhen up and down strangely: "I said, this guest, where did you come from? Isn't this all white noodles or bran noodles? Thick? You can show me the thin ones!" Chongzhen said: "Did you really think that everyone in the street is an idiot, let you fool me? This is obviously rough noodles!" A group of children wearing new clothes and holding paper pinwheels ran past, and stopped when they heard this, a fat boy who looked like eleven or twelve years old came over and picked up a steamed bun to look at, then looked at Chongzhen, laughed loudly, and pointed his finger Chongzhen said: "This man has never seen white noodles, hahahaha, are you from the outer city or the countryside? Do you think this is white stick noodles? Buy one and try it, you have never eaten it before!" The woman smiled disdainfully, and Chongzhen froze there. Gao Qiqian followed closely and raised his hand at the child: "Go, go, get out! If you don't get out, you will break your dog's legs!" The child put down the steamed bun and ran away, and the other children also ran away laughing, mouth And yelling "Hillbilly, Hicken!" Wang Chengen took the steamed bun in Chongzhen's hand and put it down, and pulled Chongzhen's sleeve: "Master, let's walk forward." After walking a few steps, he lowered his voice, "Master, now this is white flour! The white flour that Master eats It is only available in the palace, and the elders in the pavilion are not allowed to eat it!" "Why, ministers also eat this kind of rough noodles?" "My lord, the noodles eaten in the palace are collected four or five times, and ten catties of rough noodles can only yield two or three catties of refined white noodles. How many times do you think the price will have to be doubled? Even high-ranking members are reluctant to eat it every day, and those below four or five ranks don’t even dare to think about it.” Chongzhen stopped talking, bowed his head and strode forward. Walking to the front gate, I suddenly heard someone talking nearby: "Can this young master take a step to speak?" Chongzhen turned his head to look, and saw a stall table near the city wall. On the table were the Four Treasures of the Study, and beside the table was a black banner with three white characters "Iron mouth demolition" written on it. There was a person sitting behind the table. Look, with a burnt goatee.Seeing Chongzhen look over, he said again: "Young Master's complexion is pale, and the seal hall is dark. I'm afraid there is something very unsatisfactory. If you are free now, I would like to take a test for you. If you don't believe me, the grass, trees, fish and insects will also be counted." , please lift your feet and walk." Chongzhen thought for a while, then approached and said, "Since you are predicting good and bad fortune, why don't you see the yarrow prophecy, only this ink, paper and inkstone?" "I only measure the characters, and I don't try to figure out the guest's mind, and I don't look at the guest's face. If it's good, it's good, if it's bad, it's bad, and I never change my words." of." "Okay then, I... really just take a test." Tiekou spread out the pen and paper, and said, "Young Master, what do you want to break?" The saying "If you believe it, you have it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it" flashed in Chongzhen's mind, and he said: "Let's just remove the word 'yes', and there is a 'yes'." Tiekou wrote the word "Yes": "What is the young master testing? Future, money, marriage, or disease?" Chongzhen forced out two words: "Jiangshan!" Tiekou raised his eyes and looked at Chongzhen: "I don't want to inquire about the identity of the young master, but this is strange. Judging from the young master's age, he doesn't look like an imperial court official, and he is willing to test the country. No matter what, he must be a high-ranking official. The state government will not come to measure the country, but the young master wants to..." "Where do you talk so much!" Gao Qiqian rushed over, "If you tell you to test, you can test it!" "It's not that I talk too much, my son wants to measure the world, so I dare not say it!" Chongzhen smiled and said: "You just said that good is good and bad is bad. Why don't you dare to say it?" "No matter how hard the mouth is, I dare not compare it with the head! If the head is gone, where is the mouth? No way." "Don't worry, I'm not an official, I'm just curious. Now that there are natural disasters and military disasters, even ordinary people are also related to their wealth and life. Ask why the country's temperament is so strange? Everything has a definite number. But it's okay, I won’t reveal the secret, and I’ll give you more Guayin.” He waved to Wang Chengen, “Give the Guayin to Mr. Tiekou first.” Wang Chengen took out an ingot of silver and put it on the table. Tiekou's eyes gleamed, and he slipped his tongue when he was happy: "I've seen it a long time ago, the young master is a son of a rich family." Chongzhen smiled: "That's why you stopped me." Tiekou made a haha: "I see, at least the young master is not from Dongchang. Dongchang's word testing never pays, and he beats people if he says something wrong. Well, I'm done talking, let's go our separate ways." He quickly He grabbed the silver and put it in his arms, "The upper part of the word 'you' is half of the character 'big', and the lower part is half of the character 'ming', half of the Ming Dynasty..." Gao Qiqian took a step forward, and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense..." Before the word "Tao" came out, Chongzhen swung his palm horizontally, cutting it right at Gao Qiqian's throat, and the second half of the sentence choked back, choking so much Cough straight up. "Look, look, I said not to dismantle it, but it was the son who insisted on dismantling it!" Even though Chongzhen knew it would not be a good word, his legs went limp and his face turned ashen after hearing this: "...I'm talking about a 'friend' of a 'friend'." Tiekou thought about it for a while, and said: "If you measure the country, it is still unlucky. 'Friends' is the word 'anti' at the beginning, and the beginning of the top refers to the north, and the beginning of the left refers to the west. These two places must be reversed. There must be anti-thieves." In the early days, this country..." Chongzhen was shocked, his face showed panic, and he covered it up for a moment, gesticulating: "I'm talking about 'you'." Chongzhen didn't want to leave ink marks, so he only drew strokes in the air. Tiekou picked up a pen and wrote the character "尤": "But this word?" Chongzhen nodded lightly. Tiekou thought for a while, then raised his eyes to look at Chongzhen: "Young Master, ugly words are in your head, I only read words, not people, and the words are not pleasant. You only need to be tolerant, and you can't blame them." Chongzhen nodded again.Tie Kou said: "The word '尤', the word 'Zun' remove the head and the tail, the supreme one has no head, and the life of the person at the extreme position is in danger, it is very bad... let's not talk about it, son, let's stop here." After speaking, he got up and tidied up thing. Chongzhen pressed it down: "You, the winding path leads to you!" Tiekou stared at Chongzhen: "My lord, is he still measuring Jiangshan?" "Test people." Tiekou pocketed his things in a blue cloth: "If it's Mr. Ce, I still dare not say it." Gao Qiqian took a step forward and grabbed the iron buckle: "I've collected a lot of silver, can I just say these few words of nonsense?" Tie Kou's eyebrows were drawn into horoscopes: "I really can't say wow!" 崇祯拉过高起潜：“不是我，你说吧。” 铁口拿起黑幡，道：“公子是个聪明人，山中系两绳，不用我说破了。”说完转身大步而去。 “……走吧。”崇祯扭头向回走。 “爷，不去火烧铺了？”高起潜问。 “火烧铺？什么火烧铺？” 高起潜知道这测字测砸了，皇上心绪大坏，便道：“爷，这测字都是牵强附会的胡咧咧，爷别信他的。” 崇祯不说话只是走，好一会儿才缓缓道： “朕听人讲过一个魏忠贤占测的事。说有一个叫郑仰田的术士测字最准，被魏忠贤请了去。魏忠贤先写了一个'囚'字，郑仰田说这是国中一人独揽大权，魏忠贤高兴，又写了一个'飢'字，郑仰田说，'凡'字无'点'，此人当是不凡之人，但'良'在'人'下，此人也是个不良之人。你说他不准么？”