Li Chengzuo, the Marquis of Fengcheng, sat in the upper study like an old monk, and he came to report to Chongzhen that he encountered resistance in the preparation of the noble house.

Although the two incidents of Wenxiang Sect Mutiny and Jingying Mutiny have faintly implicated most of the nobles, most of the nobles in the capital have begun to become cautious now, and they dare not call friends as before, and swagger around in the capital, so as not to be implicated in a major case.

However, not all nobles have this kind of general performance, and some of the noble relatives who have an in-law relationship with the royal family, relying on their status as royal relatives and relatives, think that the hat of rebellion cannot be worn on themselves, so they still maintain the rampant and domineering style in the past.

Even some relatives think that they are close to Chongzhen's blood relationship, and the young emperor should not be able to pull down his face to turn his face against his relatives, and his behavior is more arrogant than in the past.

When Li Chengzuo, the Marquis of Fengcheng, was ordered to form the House of Nobles and mobilize these nobles to withdraw from the over-regulated fields, they were first met with fierce opposition from the royal relatives, while the other nobles waited and waited for Li Chengzuo's request to withdraw from the fields.

After hearing that the emperor was going to take back the land, he demolished his house and put the sundries on the street to sell, shouting that his family would not survive.

And there are also strange rumors in the market, saying that the Empress Dowager Xiaoding (Zhu Youzhen's great-grandmother) accused the emperor of being too mean to his relatives in heaven, and Chongzhen was going to suffer God's curse.

Encountering such rogue behavior as the father and son of Marquis Wuqing, Li Chengzuo could only suspend the confiscation of Xungui's land first, and the rumors in the market were too terrifying. Just in case, he still came over to prepare the emperor first.

After Zhu Youzhen listened to Li Chengzuo's report, he was silent for a long time before he said calmly: "I really don't know whether to live or die, since Emperor Shizong, those who have relatives and no military merits have always been Jue I." What credit does he have to the Ming Dynasty, dare to be favored and proud?

At the beginning, Li Wei, the uncle of Wuqing, took advantage of the favor of Emperor Shenzong to make his family accept the cloth flowers that the soldiers of the Beijing camp deserved, but many of them were lost, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp almost mutinied, and Emperor Shenzong just thought that his relatives would not be held accountable.

My Zhu family treats him so generously, especially because he is not popular enough, and now he wants to fake the name of the Queen Mother to spy on the country? ”

Li Chengzuo was suddenly frightened and couldn't sit still, he knelt down, and said to Chongzhen with some grandeur: "Your Majesty, please take a break from the anger of the thunder, although this Wuqing Marquis father and son behaved Meng Lang, but it is not clear whether this rumor was released by him."

This rumor is so strange, it is inevitable that it is not to confirm the accusation of His Majesty's mistreatment of relatives, and His Majesty must not fall into the trap of traitors. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Chengzuo, who bowed his head and knelt down and tried to persuade him, and suddenly said with a smile: "The Marquis of Fengcheng is really loyal to me, very good." Also, how to say that the Empress Dowager Xiaoding is also my great-grandmother, according to the folk title, this Marquis of Wuqing is my cousin.

Since my cousin's family is so poor that I can't even get by, how can I stand by and watch. I heard that Marquis Wu Qinghou had another business ten miles northwest of Dumen, so I bought it for 50,000 taels of silver, so that Marquis Wu Qinghou would not be unable to eat.

Some of the ancestral legal system should still be observed, how can this foreign relative be bad in my hands, Wang Chengen, you will draw up a decree for me, and remove the lord of the Marquis of Wuqing according to the law.

As for the Marquis of Fengcheng, there is no need to worry about the affairs of Marquis Wuqing, and by the way, I will tell my cousin. The price of this capital is expensive, and it is not easy to live for a long time. It's better to go back to the countryside to spend a living, if there is less entanglement, Wu Qinghou's property in Beijing, I will also buy it in front of my relatives. ”

Wang Chengen and Fengcheng Hou both respectfully agreed, and then withdrew from Chongzhen's study.

After watching the two leave, Zhu Youzhen picked up the report written to him by the Daming Times, which was much more detailed than what the Marquis of Fengcheng had just said, especially the property of the Marquis of Wuqing.

Not to mention the rest, just the other industry known as Haidian Tsinghua Park in the northwest ten miles of the capital is already amazing.

There are many dignitaries and nobles in the capital, and there are many famous gardens. These capital gardens were not only used by officials and wealthy to entertain themselves, but also used by them to entertain relatives and friends, make friends with powerful people, and at the same time were also props to attract literati and scholars to increase their prestige.

Speaking of which, these private gardens are similar in nature to the private clubs of later generations. Evaluation of Tsinghua Park.

Xiang Gao, the former Shoufu Min Zhongye said: "Li Yuan is magnificent, and the rice garden is tortuous." The rice garden is not good, and the Li garden is not sour. ”

Sun Guoyi, a member of the Chinese Academy, also described the magnificent scenery of Tsinghua Garden, "Wuqing Hou Beiye, the amount is called Tsinghua Garden, ten miles wide, there are many different species of peonies in the garden, with green butterflies as the most, and it is called a sea of flowers when it opens." The northwest water rises from the high-rise five wings, and the upstairs rises to re-establish one, overlooking the mountains of Yuquan. ”

It is a famous garden with peonies and hibiscus as the most, green butterflies and red carp. Sometimes people comment, "Tsinghua Garden is heavy before and after, and it is the first famous garden in the capital." If we talk about water, the north of Jianghuai should also be the first. ”

This famous garden has gone through two generations of Wuqing Marquis and spent hundreds of thousands of gold to achieve this scale. Originally, Zhu Youzhen didn't want to tear his face, but Wu Qinghou's approach was really disgusting to him, and he actually wanted to use feudal etiquette to hit Chongzhen's reputation, which was obviously unbearable for Zhu Youzhen.

And with this rumor spread from the beginning, it is obviously a conspiracy against Zhu Youzhen.

What is Damnation? Is it like his brother Zhu Youxiao who fell into the water and died, or did he want to make a fuss about a few people close to him.

Zhu Youzhen did not feel afraid of this stupid act of trying to pretend to be a god to scare himself, but was completely enraged, he grew up under the education of New China, and a staunch atheist, so he could be intimidated by such clumsy political struggle methods.

When Wang Chengen returned, Zhu Youzhen's mood finally stabilized, and he said casually: "Send someone to my foreign house to meet my uncle Xin Lebo, there have been many rights and wrongs in the capital recently, let him guard the door, restrain the children in the house, and reduce his dealings with other people."

If the children in the house are talented, they will arrange to study at Yenching University, and after the New Year, let him take his family to Fengyang to guard the ancestral tomb for me for a year. ”

Xinlebo Liu Xiaozu is the younger brother of the late Chongzhen's biological mother, and Liu Xiaozu has two younger brothers, Liu Wenyao and Liu Wenzhi. When Chongzhen ascended the throne, he only canonized Liu Xiaozu according to the rules, and did not canonize the other two uncles.

This kind of behavior made people in the DPRK and China think that Chongzhen's feelings for his mother clan were not deep. However, Wang Chengen understands that this is not the case.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he summoned his three uncles and his maternal grandmother Xu, and talked freely with several uncles.

Chongzhen sighed to Wang Chengen beside him: "My uncles are all honest people, and it is already a blessing to be able to live a stable life, so there is no need to give too much wealth, so as not to bring disaster to them." ”

It was because Chongzhen only posthumously presented his deceased grandfather Xu Yingyuan as the Duke of Winning the Kingdom, named Xu as the wife of the Winning Kingdom, and canonized his uncle Liu Xiaozu as the new Lebo, and the other two uncles did not canonize at the same time according to the suggestions of others.

Seeing Chongzhen's arrangement, Wang Chengen suddenly realized that the emperor was about to make up his mind to rectify the nobles in the capital, so he sent his foreign family away first, so as not to be implicated in any case.

He suddenly said yes again and again, thinking in his heart about how to point out the powerful relationship to Xin Lebo, lest this new Lebo be ignorant and fall into the evil deeds of others.

When Zhu Youzhen talked about the matter of Xinlebo, he felt weak in some parts of his heart. After arranging the affairs of the new Lebo, he said a little more relaxed as if he had put down a burden.

"Tsinghua Garden is surrounded by water on both sides, which is suitable for the construction of a naval school, and after receiving Tsinghua Garden, let Yu Zhigao and several of his sailor generals go to see how the garden should be changed into a naval school."

Wang Chengen was surprised when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty, Tsinghua Garden is the number one famous garden in the capital, wouldn't it be too tyrannical to transform it into a naval school like this?" The peonies and hibiscus in the garden are rare and famous species. ”

Zhu You said without raising his head: "For me, the Ming Navy is the most precious treasure, and the No. 1 Famous Garden in the capital can match my navy. And by the way, he told Yu Zhigao that he would be the first principal of the Naval Academy. ”

Regarding the emperor's insistence, Wang Chengen could only sigh and close his mouth. Zhu Youzhen continued to look at the documents in his hand, and said, "Call Lu Jiude over, I want to ask him something..."

In front of the small courtyard where Peternatz lived, Xu Xinsu thought quietly for a while before stepping in to look at the door.

Because of Xu Xinsu's admonition, Peternats, who was out of the door, was bored playing cards with several subordinates. After seeing Xu Xinsu's arrival, he quickly dropped the cards in his hand, grabbed the coins in front of him and stood up.

"I've got a friend coming, you guys can play by yourself, remember not to disturb our conversation."

Watching Peternats run quickly towards the courtyard, the remaining three people at the table could only make a helpless look at each other.

"Look at the urgency of him running out, it's like going to see a lover." A Dutchman in his 30s with rotten teeth said with some ill-intention.

"Maybe it's true, but isn't there such a strange custom in Japan? I've heard that the ancient Greeks used to be very popular with this kind of same-sex friendship. Sitting on the edge of the rotten teeth, a thin man who was younger and slightly more gorgeously dressed, looked at the cards and said playfully.

A middle-aged bearded man sitting next to the departing Peter Natz couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words of the two companions.

He simply put down the cards in his hand, poured a full wine for the two of them, blinked his eyes and said, "Come, let's have a toast to the great friendship of Chief Peter..."