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Chapter 329 Little Bee

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    Zhao Hao did not expect that while he was thinking hard by the fire, Emperor Longqing and his idol Zhang were also having a secret conversation in the Palace of Qianqing.

    Zhang Juzheng was an official in King Yu¡¯s Qiandi and had a close relationship with Emperor Longqing.

    If Long Qing regarded Gao Gong as his father, then Zhang Juzheng was like a brother in the emperor's heart.

    It was these two people who accompanied Emperor Longqing through the most difficult years in Yu Mansion.

    Now that Gao Gong is gone, the emperor can only express his true feelings to Zhang Juzheng.

    "Master Zhang, look." Long Qing's face was filled with grievances. He handed a memorial to Zhang Juzheng and said: "Those officials are getting more and more outrageous."

    Zhang Juzheng sat on the Jindun with his back straight. Hearing this, he took the memorial with both hands and unfolded it. It was a memorial written by a Nanjing censor named Zhong.

    Because the General Secretary wanted to send the memorial to the emperor first and then transfer it to the cabinet for approval, it was naturally the first time for Zhang Juzheng to see this memorial that the emperor had not published.

    The memorial reports a series of strange things that happened in Huzhou, South Zhili during the first month of the year.

    First, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a strong wind suddenly blew in the plains.  An official ship anchored at the new dock in Huzhou caught fire for unknown reasons.  The wind assisted the fire, and the fire took advantage of the wind. "More than 2,000 houses were burned along the way, and 300 or 400 official and civilian boats were burned." The number of victims was as many as 40.

    Because there is a children's proverb in Huzhou that says, "On the first day of the first lunar month, there will be chaos, and the young and old daughters will marry their husbands." At this time, it was rumored that the emperor was going to send eunuchs to draft girls.

    The whole of Huzhou immediately exploded, and a vigorous "battle for the groom" began. As long as there were unmarried daughters over twelve years old in the family, everyone could not hold back their anger.  Ask around where there is a man to marry?  They all say 'it is great luck to find a partner when you go out'.

    ¡°For a time, all unmarried men, regardless of age, age, beauty, wealth or poverty, whether in the city or in the countryside, were all married to wives.  Those with slightly better conditions may even marry two or three

    Censor Zhong gave an example in his memorial: There was a wealthy family who temporarily hired a tin worker to make pewterware.  In the middle of the night, the tin worker was sleeping soundly in the shack when he was suddenly woken up by his master. He rubbed his eyes and walked into the house to see, "The lights in front of the hall were bright, and the master's daughter was already dressed and ready to be hired."

    There was also a poor man who was grinding tofu. He came early to sell tofu in an alley. Because he was more handsome, he caused competition among customers.  In the end, I had no choice but to go to church with the two daughters and live a life of three without shame

    The climax of this farce happened to be when another general arrived in Beiguan, Huzhou to take office.

    Beiguan fired three cannons according to the rules to welcome him. Unexpectedly, the whole city heard a loud uproar, and the people screamed, "The eunuch from the imperial court has arrived." Those who have unmarried daughters must run away. If it is too late, they will be arrested and taken to the palace!

    Those families who had not yet married their daughters immediately panicked and fled in all directions.  In the blink of an eye, one-third of the city's population was missing

    The prefect of Huzhou realized that it was no longer possible to ignore the incident, so he issued a notice on the 13th of the first lunar month, strictly prohibiting the spread of rumors.

    ¡°But the common people¡¯s distrust of the government is engraved in their bones.  As a result, the more the rumors were refuted, the more outrageous the rumors became. It was said that this time Emperor Longqing not only wanted the eldest daughter, but also selected a widow to accompany him to the capital.

    He even wants a widow!

    ¡°At this time, widows took the opportunity to remarry one after another, and many who had observed the festival for ten or twenty years and built memorial arches also hurriedly remarried.

    By the time the rumors subsided at the end of the month, nearly 10,000 families in Huzhou would never be able to go back to the past, so "sounds of regret and sighs filled every household", and they all regretted it

    ??~~

    Such a ridiculous farce happened in the most prosperous and cultured Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty. This naturally caused great damage to the reputation of Emperor Longqing.

    Zhang Juzheng hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty has been implicated by Emperor Wu Zong. During his reign, he held beauty pageants in Jiangnan several times, and he especially liked widows. The people could not bear to be disturbed by them and had lingering fears, so rumors spread.  condition."

    ¡°Actually, Long Qing¡¯s father also did this, but he just stopped doing it after Renyin Palace changed his mind.  But instead of scolding me in front of his son, Zhang Juzheng naturally only criticized the poor man who had no son.

    Who would have thought that Emperor Longqing was leaning on the couch and said gloomily: "Master, I am not angry about this. You continue to read down."

    "Yes." Zhang Juzheng hurriedly continued to read the memorial, and saw that the censor behind him changed the subject and actually pointed the finger at Emperor Longqing.

    Zhong Yushi said that although this matter is a rumor, it is 'groundless and has a reason'. It is because His Majesty hangs around flowers all day long and does not go to court for months and months, so there are rumors about your lust among the people. The common people will return it to you.  They gave it a nickname, "Little Bee", so they?Take rumors seriously.  You must reflect on yourself, Your Majesty. From now on, you must be an ascetic emperor and go to court on time. Any rumors will be self-defeating"

    Zhang Juzheng slowly raised the memorial to cover his face.

    Although he has specially trained his expression, he can basically achieve "the mountain collapses without changing his expression", but this is too funny, right?  !

    It¡¯s been two thousand years, but this is the first time I¡¯ve heard such a cute nickname as ¡®Little Bee¡¯!

    The little bees, buzzing and buzzing, flew to the flowers to collect honey.

    Who the hell gave this nickname?  Too talented, right?  !

    Mr. Zhang silently turned on the complaint mode and used all his strength to hold back his smile.

    "You can laugh if you want." Emperor Longqing smiled bitterly himself: "Bees are just bees, and they also add 'little'. Isn't this too bullying?"

    Zhang Juzheng finally couldn't help it and burst into laughter.

    But he immediately reached out and touched his face, regained his cool expression and said:

    "Please Your Majesty, please immediately issue an order to punish this Zhong Jiong for slandering Your Majesty!"

    "Forget it, it's going to be a big deal, won't this nickname spread to everyone?"

    Long Qing shook his head dejectedly and said, "But I think this nickname was not given by the common people, but by those unscrupulous officials."

    Zhang Juzheng nodded silently. Officials talk all day long and are notorious for giving nicknames to big shots.

    ??For example, the cabinet bachelors of the previous dynasty were collectively called the "Qingci Prime Minister".

    Among them, Yan Song¡¯s exclusive nickname is ¡®Taotong¡¯, and Xu Jie¡¯s is ¡®Licorice¡¯¡­ Of course, this title now belongs to Li Xianggong.

    As for Yuan Wei, another Qingci prime minister, he was even nicknamed "Wen Gonggong", a play on the sound of "Wen Gonggong"

    At this thought, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but secretly feel proud. At least the gang of narrow-minded ghosts didn't dare to give Bu Guluan a nickname.

    ??~~

    "But I can't swallow this breath." Long Qing spared Zhong Yushi, but he felt aggrieved again.

    "I'm going to be bullied to death by those officials. They won't let me leave the palace. Now they don't even care about what I do in the palace. It's too boring for me to be the emperor."

    "The officials did go too far." Zhang Juzheng said lightly: "Yuan Fu is a little indulgent of them."

    Long Qing¡¯s eyes suddenly shone, he stared at Zhang Juzheng and said, ¡°Master, are you serious about what you said?¡±

    For a long time, the emperor was not as close as Gao Gong to him because Zhang Juzheng was a student of Xu Jie.

    Emperor Longqing didn't expect that his few complaints would actually lead to his dissatisfaction with Yan Guan and even Xu Jie, and his heart suddenly started pounding.

    Then I heard Zhang Xianggong say in a seductive manner: "The reason why I can be promoted is because your Majesty is hiding in the residence of an old friend."

    "Ah, Master Zhang!" Emperor Longqing almost fainted with joy. He grabbed Zhang Juzheng's hand and said excitedly: "So that's what you think?"

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