My father is Jiajing

Another year of cold winter.

The 44th year of Jiajing also quietly came to an end.

"What day is Li Fang today?"

Emperor Jiajing rarely went out for a walk. He was wearing a black mink cloak and walking in the snow in the Western Garden. Li Fang carefully held a lantern for him.

Li Fang leaned forward and replied respectfully, "Reporting to the Emperor, today is Laba Festival. People always say: After Laba, it is the New Year. So now it can be considered as the New Year."

When Emperor Jiajing heard that today was Laba Festival, he couldn't help but reach out to catch a piece of snow falling from the sky, then pulled the snow closer to take a look. However, due to the temperature of his palms, the snow had melted into water before it reached Emperor Jiajing's eyes.

Emperor Jiajing sighed: "It's Chinese New Year again, it's gone so fast!"

Li Fang did not understand the Emperor Jiajing's feelings. He waited carefully on the side and did not dare to take the initiative to respond.

Emperor Jiajing continued to walk forward and Li Fang continued to follow.

When he arrived in front of a palace, Emperor Jiajing finally stopped.

"I will move here in two days."

Li Fang carefully raised his head and looked at the palace gate in front of him. He knew that this was the Wanshou Palace that Emperor Jiajing had been thinking about for a long time.

Now the palace has been completely built and tidied up, waiting for Emperor Jiajing to move in.

Li Fang said: "Congratulations, Emperor, the palace is finally finished."

Emperor Jiajing chuckled, "Yes, this shows that Chen Hong is quite capable."

After hearing this, Li Fang didn't know how to respond.

Chen Hong is the current boss of the Imperial Household Department, and Li Fang is the eunuch in charge of writing who was specially recalled by Emperor Jiajing after Huang Jin left.

Now Li Fang has almost replaced Huang Jin's position. She serves Emperor Jiajing day and night, preparing medicine, food, soup and meals for him. It can be said that her work is extremely hard.

But there is one thing that Li Fang cannot do.

That is, he could not speak freely in front of Emperor Jiajing like Huang Jin. He had to be cautious everywhere and not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Emperor Jiajing also knew Li Fang's caution and prudence, and he valued this point in Li Fang. Otherwise, he would not have summoned Li Fang back to his side after sending Huang Jin away.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Emperor Jiajing still needs a reliable and honest person by his side so that he can feel truly at ease.

"Will you come in with me?"

After saying this, Emperor Jiajing was about to walk towards the Wanshou Palace.

Li Fang hurriedly took small steps ahead, holding a lantern for Emperor Jiajing, and carefully reminded him, "Your Majesty, please slow down."

Emperor Jiajing walked into the Wanshou Palace and looked at the new palace that had been rebuilt. His mood suddenly became brighter.

He liked this kind of grand feeling, and the Wanshou Palace just happened to meet all the necessary conditions.

Therefore, after the fire in Wanshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing was forced to move to Yuxi Palace, and he had always wanted to move back.

It’s a pity that Yan Shifan was too bold at the time and even dared to tamper with the reconstruction project of Wanshou Palace, which made Emperor Jiajing extremely angry.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing, who was originally planning to move, postponed the matter.

As a result, the extension lasted for three years!

Now, under the urging and supervision of Chen Hong, the new palace has finally completed the final work, and Emperor Jiajing naturally feels a little happy and refreshed.

"Li Fang, what do you think of my new palace? Is it as grand as the Palace of Heavenly Purity?"

Emperor Jiajing looked up at the eaves of the new palace and asked Li Fang beside him.

Li Fang replied: "Of course the Emperor's new palace is magnificent, and this grandeur is also due to the Emperor. Wherever the Emperor is, there will be grandeur!"

Emperor Jiajing laughed again and said, "You are so smooth-talking. If that is true, why would I move out of Yuxi Palace?"

Li Fang smiled awkwardly. It was really hard to shoot a dragon's fart.

Emperor Jiajing walked to the gate tower in front of Wanshou Palace again and looked out at the vast Nanhai Lake, which was the place with the most open water scenery in the Western Garden.

If you climb up here and look far into the distance, you can not only have a panoramic view of Nanhai Lake, but also see the lights of thousands of houses outside the palace.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing liked this place. He liked the feeling of looking down on everyone from a high position.

Looking at the Nanhai Lake in front of me, and then looking at the lights of thousands of homes outside.

Emperor Jiajing then asked, "Are the common people outside preparing for the New Year?"

Li Fang replied, "Your Majesty is wise. I have felt the festive atmosphere of the people in the capital city during the past few days. Many people are already buying New Year's goods, especially the good things produced in our Shunyi Industrial Park. They are the first choice for the people in the capital city during the New Year."

"Some of these things are food that they would not normally use, but when the Chinese New Year comes, they will buy a lot of them. One is to use them to visit relatives and friends, and the other is to use them as a backup for the elderly and children at home."

Emperor Jiajing also nodded in agreement.

Today, Shunyi Industrial Park has indeed become an indispensable part of life for thousands of households in Beijing. Almost everything they need to eat, drink, use and wear can be bought in the industries under Shunyi Industrial Park.

Especially in recent years, the imperial court has also subdued the Tatars in the north, making them provide a lot of beef and mutton to the capital.

This also means that the people of the capital city have more hope in their lives compared to previous years.

Emperor Jiajing sighed, "All this is thanks to San'er!"

When Li Fang heard Emperor Jiajing praising Zhu Zaigui's contributions, he did not follow suit and say good things about Zhu Zaigui.

Li Fang said: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. I think that without your help, it would be difficult for Prince Yu to achieve these things. Therefore, I think that the current peace and prosperity of the country is the greatest contribution of your Majesty!"

Emperor Jiajing listened to Li Fang's words and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Li Fang, and continued to laugh: "You are really good at talking."

But after saying this, Emperor Jiajing sighed again, "I wonder how Huang Jin is doing now? He has been in my Jiran for three months and he didn't even write me a letter. Has he forgotten us?"

Li Fang said quickly, "Emperor, the old ancestor will definitely not forget us. He is in the auspicious land of the emperor, and he must be thinking about the emperor day and night and hoping that the emperor will be well. If the emperor misses him, this servant will go and bring the old ancestor back to continue serving the emperor."

When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he was also moved.

But he quickly stopped this thought.

Now is also a critical moment. Emperor Jiajing intends to clear the way for Zhu Zaigui to advance to power in the future before and after the move. Therefore, at this moment, it is better for Huang Jin not to be present, and let Chen Hong act as the sharp knife.

Emperor Jiajing said, "Don't worry about him. Since he doesn't write to us, we shouldn't worry about him. I will move to a new house in a few days. I envy him so much!"

Li Fang laughed along, then looked outside again and felt the chill coming from the Nanhai Lake.

Li Fang said again: "Emperor, the night is too cold, shall we go back?"

After going through this long journey, Emperor Jiajing felt a little tired.

He felt that his mental and physical strength were indeed not as abundant as before.

Therefore, at this time, Emperor Jiajing did not continue to be stubborn. He hummed and said, "Okay, let's go back."

Li Fang quickly lit up the lantern again, then carefully extended an arm to serve as a handrail for Emperor Jiajing, and then the two of them quietly went up and down the gate tower.

Two days later.

An auspicious day for Emperor Jiajing to move to the Wanshou Palace.

On this day, whether it was Zhu Zaigui, the prince regent, or the six ministries of the cabinet, as well as all the court officials in Beijing, they all focused their attention on this matter.

Although Zhu Zaigui was the same as usual on this day, he was actually quite nervous.

After all, according to the plot in "The Ming Dynasty 1566", at this time Hai Rui would submit the "Public Security Memorial" that has been passed down through the ages, bluntly pointing out the many shortcomings of Emperor Jiajing since he came to power, and even uttering the heart-piercing words "Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean".

Although the general trend of history has shifted greatly now, Emperor Jiajing is no longer obsessed with cultivating immortality and power as he was in history, and does not care about the suffering of the people.

However, Zhu Zaigui was still somewhat worried that at this point, some short-sighted people would take advantage of the good day when Emperor Jiajing moved and make trouble for Emperor Jiajing.

So Zhu Zaigui did not relax for a moment during this day.

Zhu Zaigui summoned the heads of the six ministries of the cabinet and various government offices of the imperial court to gather in the Wenhua Hall to give them final instructions.

Zhu Zaigui looked at the heads of the major government offices of the imperial court, headed by Xu Jie.

"Everyone, tonight after midnight will be the auspicious day for His Majesty to move into the new palace. I hope you can take this matter seriously. All the congratulatory memorials to be sent to His Majesty must be reviewed by you personally, and no treasonous words must be sent to His Majesty."

"I hope you can understand the importance of this matter and not be negligent at this critical moment. Moreover, I don't like people asking for fame and death at this time under the guise of some disgusting sense of justice in order to preserve their ridiculous historical reputation."

"If anyone dares to do this, I will make it clear in advance. I will hold the chief officer of any government office that has problems accountable. So, I hope you all will not have any fluke thoughts and think that this is just an ordinary matter."

Xu Jie and others listened to Zhu Zaigui's words, and to be honest, they felt quite puzzled.

The news that Emperor Jiajing was going to move had been circulating for several months. Not only did people in the capital know about it, but even people thousands of miles away from the capital probably knew about it.

So with something like this, what could go wrong?

Moreover, except for some minor problems in some remote areas, most places in the Ming Dynasty are still peaceful.

Such a situation can be called a prosperous and peaceful era in any dynasty.

Therefore, as long as you are not crazy, and as long as you are not a self-righteous person who wants to gain fame, there is no need to make things uncomfortable for Emperor Jiajing at this time.

After all, not everyone can be Wei Zheng.

Moreover, whether Wei Zheng can be capable depends on whether the emperor is Emperor Taizong of Tang.

You have to know that the current emperor is not a good person, and the current regent Prince Yu is also a tough guy who is not easy to mess with. He is not as easy to talk to as imagined, nor as "docile" as imagined.

For example, during the sea trial of the "Yongle" treasure ship a few months ago, the things he said were not formally discussed with the cabinet and the six ministries officials for several months. He almost always used an imperative tone to let the cabinet and the six ministries implement his ideas on the "patent system."

So now when Zhu Zaigui mentioned the matter of Emperor Jiajing's move, even though Xu Jie and others were a little confused, no one thought that Zhu Zaigui was making a fuss out of nothing.

After all, Zhu Zaigui gave them the impression that he was even tougher than Emperor Jiajing!

Emperor Jiajing sometimes knew his temper well and could go along with it like petting a cat. As long as he could make him happy, everything would be easy to talk about.

But Zhu Zaigui was very different.

Zhu Zaigui's thoughts and temper were very direct. He would give enough power and trust to those who could get things done, but as long as they could not get things done, he would try his best to sideline or replace them.

For example, the current Ministry of Personnel and Ministry of War. Logically speaking, the person in charge of ministry affairs should be a second-rank official like the Minister of Personnel or the Minister of War.

However, Zhu Zaigui felt that the Ministry of Personnel should not be allowed to do things too laxly, so after Ouyang Bijin took office, the Ministry of Personnel had not had a Shangshu. Until now, it has still been a dual-headed political structure of Gao Gong and Guo Pu. Zhu Zaigui would intervene in advance in the actual personnel recommendations and arrangements.

No one will be allowed to have the right to directly recommend and appoint officials.

From this we can see that Zhu Zaigui valued this power far more than Emperor Jiajing.

And, it continues to develop in this way.

Maybe it will become a regular practice in the future, and the Ministry of Personnel may never have a Shangshu again.

Similarly, such things are now happening in the Ministry of War.

Ever since Zhang Juzheng was transferred from the position of Chief of the Beijing Special District to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, the power of the Minister of War was almost completely hollowed out by Zhu Zaigui through direct intervention.

Now the only person who can be responsible for the major affairs of the Ministry of War is Zhang Juzheng.

Therefore, judging from these things, Zhu Zaigui's understanding and handling of the power structure are definitely not something that people like Xu Jie can adapt to and understand today.

What they have to do now is to try their best to adapt to and accept Zhu Zaigui's arrangements.

After all, the future Ming Dynasty will be ruled by Zhu Zaigui.

If they don't even have this understanding and awareness, they will still think that the present is the same as the past.

Then what awaits them is certainly a bleak future of “a new emperor, new ministers”.

So after Zhu Zaigui said these words, Xu Jie and others immediately understood the importance of this matter!
If anyone is blind enough to make Emperor Jiajing uncomfortable at this time, then Fang Xiaoru of our dynasty should be the role model!

Therefore, after listening to Zhu Zaigui's words, Xu Jie and others immediately bowed and said, "We obey your command!"

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