After a while, Huang Degong came to the door of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and saw that Wang Chengen, the great eunuch beside the emperor, was already waiting on the steps, Huang Degong hurriedly took a few steps forward and knelt down on one knee to salute. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "General Huang is polite to our family, hurry up and follow me in, and meet Your Majesty!" ”

After saying this, Wang Chengen stepped forward and took Huang Degong's hand and led him into the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, which was the daily resting and living place of Emperor Chongzhen.

Huang Degong followed across the threshold, saw that the emperor was here, was smiling and looking at himself, immediately knelt on his knees, made a big salute, and said: "Weichen Huang Degong knocked on Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Whether it is a civil servant or a military general, now the Chongzhen Emperor always asks them to call themselves ministers in front of him, and only real royal servants such as eunuchs and palace maids are allowed to call themselves slaves.

In the past, when military officials visited the emperor, or even just civil officials, they often called themselves the last general or humble position, and if this continued, after a long time, the military general had no status in front of the civil officials.

Since the Song Dynasty, some emperors and ministers, worried about the repetition of the story of Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny, so they deliberately emphasized the literature and suppressed the military.

And such an approach is definitely not right.

This is because in the long run, if outstanding personnel do not develop in the army, the overall quality of the army will become worse and worse, and the combat effectiveness will naturally not be much stronger.

And if an army loses its combat effectiveness, is it still an army?

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen, who knew that the style of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force could no longer be allowed to develop, let civil officials and military generals be ministers together in front of him, and what he wanted to express was the meaning of attaching equal importance to civil and military affairs.

Of course, those with higher official positions and older age can just call themselves ministers, while younger people like Huang Degong can only be slightly flexible and call themselves microministers.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Huang Degong finished his salute, stood up from his seat, looked at it, nodded, and said, "It's not bad!" Flatten! Come with me to Jiaotai Palace! ”

Normally, the Qianqing Palace is already the deepest place that foreign ministers can enter in the Forbidden City, and the Jiaotai Palace, which is located on the central axis of the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, is already a part of the inner palace, and under normal circumstances, foreign ministers are not allowed to enter.

But since the emperor said so, Huang Degong looked at Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, and saw that he was just looking at him with a smile on his face, and he didn't say anything else, so he had to bow his head and say, "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

After Huang Degong finished saying this, he stood up and followed the emperor and Wang Chengen to the back door of the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, the Jiaotai Palace, which is one size smaller than the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace, is very lively, and the Empress Zhang of Yi'an, the Empress Zhou of Emperor Chongzhen, and Concubine Li, Concubine Jing, and Concubine Lan who came to see the excitement are all present.

At the same time, there is also Huang Degong's old mother Xu, Xu said that he is not too old, in fact, he is only in his forties, but because of long-term hard work, he seems to be ten years older than his actual age, and he looks old.

Historically, this Xu is also a strong character, Huang Degong died in the battle after the Jingguo Gong of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Xu was still alive at that time, I heard that his son died in battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and died of hunger strike within a few days.

So now this Emperor Chongzhen also respects her very much, even if it is not out of the need to firmly tie Huang Degong, he will also respect such a strong woman very much.

However, after all, the Qianqing Palace is the place where the emperor lives and reads and works, and it is not easy to put Huang Degong and Zisu on a blind date in the Qianqing Palace.

As for the queen's Kunning Palace, it is even worse, Huang Degong is a foreign minister after all, even if the emperor himself is not afraid to lead Huang Degong there, if it is spread in the future, he will be scolded by the imperial historian in the court.

Even if those imperial historians dare not scold the emperor, then Huang Degong may not be able to gain a foothold in Beijing in the future, which is probably the opposite of the emperor's nature.

So, after thinking about it, let's just play a side game and arrange this matter to be carried out in the Jiaotai Palace, where both parties can go.

Huang Degong followed Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen all the way with apprehension in his heart, and came to the front of the Jiaotai Palace, and saw Chu Xianxian, Fang Zhenghua and other palace eunuchs waiting in front of the palace, and hurriedly bowed down and nodded at these two palace eunuchs.

If it was somewhere else, a military attache like Huang Degong met a big eunuch like Fang Zhenghua and Chu Xianxian, at least he had to kneel down on one knee to meet him, but at this moment, when the emperor was in front, everyone else naturally couldn't pick this salute, even if Huang Degong saluted them, they didn't dare to accept it.

The two nodded slightly, and then saluted the emperor, and Chu Xianzhang said to the hall: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen went in first, the originally lively people in the hall immediately knelt on the ground, while Empress Yi'an and Empress Zhou bowed slightly, even if they had seen etiquette.

Emperor Chongzhen flattened everyone, then turned around and rushed outside the hall, and said: "Huang Degong, come in!" ”

Huang Degong heard the emperor speak, quickly straightened his clothes, entered the palace, and saw that there were so many people in the hall, and most of them were the emperor's concubines, he was surprised, and quickly bowed his head, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed to the position of Queen Zhou: "Foreign Minister Huang Degong, knock on the queen's mother, knock on all the mothers!" ”

After saying this, he lay on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

At this time, I heard the emperor say: "Huang Degong, your mother is also here, why don't you come forward to see you!" ”

As soon as Huang Degong raised his head, he saw his mother among the people in front of him, and his mother, who was originally thin, now had a much richer face, but it was indeed his mother, so he hurriedly stepped forward on his knees and bowed.

I only heard Huang Degong's mother Xu Shi say: "My son, I live very well in the palace, you have to be a good errand for the long live lord, don't lose this great kindness!" ”

Huang Degong just kowtowed and said, "My son knows, please rest assured!" ”

At this time, Queen Yi'an Zhang said with a smile: "Your mother and son will have time to meet and talk in the future, let's get down to business today!" ”

After Empress Yi'an said this, the emperor and the concubines in the palace also laughed.

The so-called business is naturally a blind date.

On that day, after Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou decided on the matter of perilla, Empress Zhou asked Huang Degong's mother Xu to come over and tell Xu about the matter.

When Xu heard that it was such a good thing, he was naturally overjoyed, and he wanted to take care of his son's affairs, but he didn't have the opportunity or ability.

Now the queen of the Ming Dynasty wants to give her son the fairy-like perilla around her, where to find such a good thing! How have you ever heard of such a good thing!

Besides, Zisu, the seventh-grade female official in Kunning Palace, is her new goddaughter, and her character and skills are good, and what is even more rare is that Xu and Zisu have endless words as soon as they meet, as if they were mother and daughter in their previous life.

Hearing what Queen Yi'an said, the Xu family also reacted, and said immediately: "My son, you are twenty-five this year, you have no ability to be a mother, and you have not been told a daughter-in-law, and you have not left a queen for the Huang family until now." Today, Long Live Lord and the mothers are kind-hearted, and they have told you about a family matter, and it is 10,000 satisfactions for the mother, so you can kowtow to the Lord and the mothers again. ”

Huang Degong heard his mother's words, and was stunned for a while, stunned on the spot.