Chapter 63 Depressed Zhang Juzheng
After handing over "On Current Affairs", Zhang Juzheng, full of expectations and fearlessness, waited for the summons of His Majesty the Emperor, but he waited and waited, but did not wait. His Majesty the Emperor summoned him, but he didn't even wait for a reply to the review of this memorial.
Faced with such a result, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but almost suffered internal injuries due to Emperor Jiajing's ignoring attitude.
In Zhang Juzheng's opinion, his memorial was a sharp criticism of the current ills and a deafening remedy to save the current situation.
But such a memorial was handed over without even a splash of water. How could this not make Zhang Juzheng feel discouraged?
Zhang Juzheng, who had an explosive mentality, almost couldn't help shouting that Emperor Jiajing was a coward.
So in the next long period of time, Zhang Juzheng began to mess around for a long time, and he no longer wrote a memorial. He just pretended that he had not seen the messy things in the court, and just went to work directly Lying flat in the Hanlin Academy and clocking the clock as a monk all day long, the outside world does whatever it wants.
For such a negative Zhang Juzheng, his mentality was naturally not much better, so soon after, Zhang Juzheng fell ill.
At first glance, this disease was caused by the depression caused by Emperor Jiajing's neglect.
This made Zhang Juzheng, a graceful and enterprising young man, become haggard and helpless.
Unable to hold on any longer, Zhang Juzheng finally made up his mind to take a long sick leave and go back to his hometown in Jiangling to recuperate physically and mentally.
Zhu Zaijing didn't know anything about Zhang Juzheng's encounter.
After all, the current political structure of the Ming Dynasty does not allow the prince to make suggestions and dictate matters to the court.
Unless there is an instruction from His Majesty the Emperor.
Otherwise, in this totalitarian imperial power system, the identity of the prince is at best an honorable status in name only.
But Zhu Zaijing didn't care about these political things.
Because Zhu Zaijing also knows his own weight very well. If he really wants to play tricks and scheming with the ministers in the court now, with his little skills, he will be taken to the ditch in a minute. Go inside.
So Zhu Zaijing is now focused on studying how to make money and how to enjoy a happy and comfortable life as a prince.
As long as it does not hinder his happy life, even if the people killed in the court are a river of blood, Zhu Zaijing will not raise his eyes to look at it.
After all, the current Ming Dynasty is still intimidated by Emperor Jiajing's superiority. As long as Emperor Jiajing does not move his murderous intent, relying on the overt and covert fighting between Yan Song's party and Qingliu's party may not be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, the struggle between Yan Song's party and Qingliu's party was deliberately acquiesced by Emperor Jiajing.
Once one day the leader of either side no longer wants to fight, or wants to give in to the other side, Emperor Jiajing will personally go out and adjust the balance.
Because this is also the imperial mentality of Emperor Jiajing. The reason why he can be aloof and sit back and relax in the Wanshou Palace in Xiyuan is because of his absolute grasp of power.
If the ministers below stop fighting one day, wouldn’t these ministers unite as one and challenge his imperial power with one heart?
So, whether it is Yan Song's party or Qingliu's party, whoever dares to destroy the balance of Emperor Jiajing and interfere with Emperor Jiajing's Qing Dynasty will end up with the same fate as Xia Yan, the former chief minister.
Three months passed quickly, and the first phase of the industrial park project carried out by Zhu Zaijing in Shunyi was finally completed.
So on this day, Zhu Zaijing could not suppress his happy mood and ordered Meng Chong and Teng Xiang to prepare a car to escort him. He wanted to go to Shunyi Industrial Park in person to take a look at his great achievements!
After Meng Chong and Teng Xiang received Zhu Zaijing's order, they did not dare to waste a moment.
Originally, the two of them wanted to arrange a prince-level travel honor guard for Zhu Zaijing. But this was rejected by Zhu Zaijing.
Firstly, Zhu Zaijing didn't like this kind of slow royal guard of honor, and secondly, Zhu Zaijing didn't want to be so conspicuous in the capital.
After all, Zhu Zaijing is a very low-key and pragmatic person. Although such a grand guard of honor is cool, it has more problems.
So it is better to travel safely in a light car and in plain clothes. This will not only allow you to come and go freely, but also save a lot of time.
After all, Shunyi Industrial Park is sixty or seventy miles away from Prince Yu's Mansion. If the prince showed up with a guard of honor, he would not be able to reach Shunyi in less than half a day.
Therefore, at Zhu Zaijing's request, Meng Chong and Teng Xiang arranged for two carriages and six or seven mounted guards to follow them.
At this speed, it only takes about an hour to reach Zhu Zaijing's Shunyi Industrial Park.
Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Zaijing did not feel any bumps on the road before leaving Beijing.
After all, the current city of Beijing has existed as an imperial capital since the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, during these hundreds of years of development, the main roads in Beijing have been paved with flat bluestones, reducing the number of dirt roads. Brought to the bumpy and dusty image.
But just after Zhu Zaijing's carriage left the city gate, the real ancient traffic conditions appeared in front of Zhu Zaijing.
The dusty dirt road goes as far as the eye can see, and on this dirt road, it is not smooth and flat, but there is a large or small pit every few steps that bumps the carriage.
This jolt almost knocked Zhu Zaijing to pieces.
If this had happened a few months ago, given Zhu Zaijing's physical condition at the time, it would have almost killed him after this trip.
So after arriving at Shunyi Industrial Park during this bumpy journey, Zhu Zaijing also had a deep experience of what it means to be "tired by the journey"!
It turns out that this is just a long journey, and it is almost killing people.
No wonder the ancients were not very willing to travel far away. If you don’t have a strong body, you really can’t bear this trip.
After Zhu Zaijing got off the carriage, his face looked a little pale, and he called Meng Chong and Teng Xiang.
"I want to learn to ride a horse!"
Zhu Zaijing shouted, which shocked Meng Chong and Teng Xiang.
Meng Chong said quickly: "My lord, think twice. Riding a horse is very dangerous. What if something goes wrong?"
Zhu Zaijing ignored Meng Chong's advice. Jing said: "Are I that pretentious? Besides, I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and I also represent the face of the Ming Dynasty. If you can't even ride a horse, how embarrassing would it be? Teng Xiang, come and teach me!"
Zhu Zaijing took the carriage when he really didn't want to go back. This bumpy ride also gave Zhu Zaijing a deeper understanding of the reality of the Ming Dynasty.
I thought that the life in the royal palace and the life of ordinary people were already in the same sky and on the earth. I didn’t expect that the gap between the city and the outside was also so different!
It seems that we have to think of ways to improve transportation construction. Not to mention the distance, at least the section from Beijing to Shunyi Industrial Park must be made into a hardened road. Otherwise, we still have to go back and forth here in the future. Suffering from old sin?
(End of this chapter)