How to make a famous minister

Chapter 69

Two months after the flood receded, Jingjiang County finally cleaned up all the accumulated water and silt, and completed the second phase of work.Fan Xuanchao's body gradually recovered after careful recuperation, and he was able to get out of bed to inspect the work.

Lin Xiancheng and Wang Zhubo are both seasoned people, even if Fan Xuanchao is on bed rest, they will take care of all the big and small things beautifully.

In many cases, it was Fan Xuanchao who put forward opinions, discussed the details, and handed them over to them for implementation.Today, Fan Xuanchao came out to have a look, and it was really in order.

Fan Xuanchao, who was far away in Jingjiang, recovered from his illness, but Zhu Youjian did not heave a sigh of relief, but was even more worried.Without him, Emperor Apocalypse would soon die.

Zhu Youjian was not ready yet. He originally thought that Emperor Tianqi would start to get sick in August next year like in his previous life.But this time it was ahead of schedule, which completely disrupted his plan.

But no matter how unprepared, the arrow had to be fired.

The Imperial Physician hung Emperor Tianqi with a hundred-year-old ginseng, and told Queen Zhang and the elders that it was just a few days away.

Therefore, the Qianqing Palace is now gloomy and gloomy, and everyone is in danger.Empress Zhang, Zhu Youjian, and all the elders who relied on Emperor Tianqi stood guard at the window of Emperor Tianqi day and night, for fear that he would just go away.

On the fourth day, Emperor Tianqi suddenly woke up: "Xin Wang! Where is Xin Wang?"

Zhu Youjian watched the whole night last night, and now he is resting in the side hall. Hearing the little eunuch's invitation, he knew in his heart that this was Emperor Apocalypse's return, so he rushed to the main hall without even caring about tidying up his clothes.

He was in the side hall, and arrived early, besides the little eunuch, besides Emperor Tianqi, were the cabinet ministers who were on duty tonight.

Zhu Youjian rushed to Emperor Tianqi's bed in two or three steps.When Emperor Tianqi saw him, he stretched out his hand tremblingly, and Zhu Youjian quickly held it.

"Fifth brother, I can't do it..."

"Brother, don't say such unlucky things..."

Emperor Tianqi forced a smile, "Alas...it's already at this time, I don't have a prince, and I have nothing to do in this life, I only hope that you can become a wise king like Yao and Shun."

Zhu Youjian was startled, and the scene in front of him overlapped with that of many years ago.At that time, he was still complacent about the emperor's throne descending from the sky, and he thought that he could become a generation of heroes like Tai... Zu Taizong.

But now...

Zhu Youjian trembled while holding Emperor Tianqi's hand, his eyes were red, "My brother...my brother failed my brother..."

Emperor Tianqi thought he was talking about "fear of disappointment", and comforted him: "Fifth brother is very intelligent and has a firm heart. If he is not a mediocre person like me, he will definitely be able to manage the Ming Dynasty well."

Zhu Youjian shook his head, "I'm sure it would be better without the emperor." At least Emperor Tianqi didn't perish.

"Who can be worse than me?" Emperor Tianqi laughed at himself, "The king of a country doesn't even know how to read... It almost hurt Zhongliang!"

After finishing speaking, he called Yang Lian, "Yang Aiqing."

"The minister is here." Yang Lian's hair was already grey. Ever since the late emperor ordered him to be the minister of Gu Ming, he never expected to accomplish anything, and even brought down Wei Zhongxian with the help of His Royal Highness Xin Wang.

Just seeing that the emperor who was originally grateful for the kindness of the first emperor Bole and was determined to help him now wants to go before him, Yang Lian can't help but feel sad.

"When the father left, he ordered you to be the minister of Gu Ming. Since I was not enthroned, you have been running around, and the case of moving the palace has been a night. After you ascended the throne, you single-handedly eliminated Wei Zhongxian, the great evil. It can be seen that the father knows people. Yes." Emperor Tianqi said word by word, as if he was in great pain every time he said a word.Coughing out a mouthful of blood, Emperor Tianqi continued, "I have no talent, but I was born in the Tian family. Now, the fifth younger brother has outstanding talents and learning, and has the ability of a hero. I also hope that all the adults will continue to assist him and serve the country."

Emperor Tianqi explained the funeral, and appointed Yang Lian as Minister of Gu Ming again. Finally, he felt that he had explained all the state affairs clearly. He looked to the left and right, and asked anxiously, "Where is the queen? Where is Mrs. Fengsheng?"

Empress Zhang was not in Qianqing Palace at this time, she had already returned to Kunning Palace. When she heard that His Majesty had woken up, she even called His Highness King Xin. It was as if a big hole had been opened in her heart, and she was so cold that she almost fainted.

When Empress Zhang arrived, she happened to hear Emperor Tianqi call her name. She felt sad and stumbled forward, holding Emperor Tianqi's hand. When she saw Emperor Tianqi who hadn't opened her eyes for several days, she thought that maybe this would be the last time I can't stop the tears.

"Don't cry, I can't finish it." Emperor Tianqi said with a smile, "I failed to leave you with a son and a half daughter, and no one will give you a happy knee in the future..."

Emperor Tianqi said to Zhu Youjian: "There are only two people I can't let go of, one is the queen and the other is Fengsheng lady. When you become emperor, I will entrust them to you."

Empress Zhang was almost distorted - she didn't expect that he still missed the Ke family, and originally wanted to deal with the Ke family after the death of Emperor Tianqi, but now he can only continue to support her.

This is the last wish of the emperor's brother, no matter what, Zhu Youjian must agree.Seeing that he agreed, Emperor Tianqi closed his eyes in satisfaction.

The imperial physician who had been waiting on the side trembled to check Emperor Tianqi's breath. All the ministers in the hall stared nervously at the imperial physician, but no one made a sound. It was as quiet as Emperor Tianqi lying on the bed.

The imperial physician couldn't find his breath, so he reached out to touch Emperor Tianqi's neck, raised his eyelids, and finally announced: "Your Majesty! The funeral is over!"

All of a sudden, everyone in the main hall knelt down, shouting for long live, crying and shouting.

Only Zhu Youjian was kneeling at the foot of the bed, his eyes glazed over, dazed in a daze.This is the beginning... He will be the emperor now?

Is this... the beginning?

According to etiquette, Zhu Youjian should return to Xinwang Mansion and wait for Ye Xianggao to ask him to be on the throne. Zhu Youjian refused, but Ye Xianggao sincerely asked him again. "Greatly accepted Emperor Tianqi's last wish, agreed to ascend the throne, and inherit the Datong.

Then Qin Tianjian calculated another good day, calculated and calculated, and found that nine days later was the best day of the year.So he decided to ascend the throne nine days later.

Zhu Youjian was already the confirmed emperor, so during the period from Emperor Tianqi's funeral to his ascension to the throne, all the officials went to look for Zhu Youjian if they had important matters.

This is not only an expression of confidence and respect for him, but also a test of his ability.Zhu Youjian has been the emperor for seventeen years, and it is another matter that he has encountered once, and he handles it with ease.

The ministers saw that he dealt with more than 30 matters vigorously and vigorously, half of which were related to funerals, and half were related to the Shanxi earthquake, Changzhou flood, and the Liaodong military.

In addition, Zhu Youjian issued another order, considering how many disasters the country will have when it comes to the country, the matter of enthronement will be simplified, and the people will not need to celebrate extravagantly.This order attracted applause from the ruling and opposition parties.

Before ascension to the throne, he handled all matters big and small in an orderly manner, and he seemed to be more reliable than his brother, and the voice of praise from the court gradually rose.

In addition, Emperor Tianqi did not have any children, and King Xin was the only remaining son of the first emperor, so they stopped muttering about "whether the death of Emperor Tianqi was related to King Xin".

——Now that the country is at a critical juncture, and it has been confirmed that Zhu You's bloodline and ability are fine, don't worry about those details anymore.

Nine days later, it was the first day of October, and Zhu Youjian had already gotten up early.He had moved into the palace since last night, and there was no Wei Zhongxian secretly tampering with him in his life, so he ate with peace of mind and slept soundly.

Originally, he planned to wait for Cao Jin to call him before getting up, but in fact he woke up before Cao Jin came.

I don't know what the reason is, there is obviously no noise, and the quilt is well covered.

However, since he couldn't fall asleep, Zhu Youjian didn't plan to lie down.Putting on his clothes and getting up, Zhu Youjian refused the little eunuch's service, and walked out of the hall alone.

Cao Jin was also resting at first, but when he knew that Zhu Youjian was up, he hurriedly dressed and came to serve with a lantern.

"Cao Jin, you have been working for many years, right?"

Cao Jin said: "Your Majesty has served by your side since he was ten years old."

"The scene in this palace is different from that of Prince Xin's Mansion after all." Zhu Youjian recalled the situation when he moved into Prince Xin's Mansion, "From now on, we will see such scenes often."

Cao Jin followed his words and looked out. The torches and lanterns lit up the open space along the road. The palace in the distance was vaguely visible. The guards in the palace were strictly guarded. After standing for a long time, there was no sound of people. Cao Jin shivered for no reason. .

Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "Is it cold? I'm a little cold too. Go warm up the pot of wine."

Cao Jin persuaded: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony, and it's about time, so why don't you drink?"

Zhu Youjian thought about it, "It's okay, anyway, the person who wants to drink with him is not here, let's drink together when he comes back."

The wind is picking up, and the sky is getting brighter.