Chapter 314: To This Point, Just a Human Monarch

A terrifying political creature is beneficial to the state, because his stance on weighing pros and cons stands on the greatest collective interest of the state, and the Emperor needs to become a political creature who ignores personal honor and disgrace.

A shadow that is extremely difficult to overcome still hovered in Zhang Zhang Juzheng's heart. He hoped that the Emperor could combine work and rest. Blindly working hard would lead to fatigue. Zhang Zhang Juzheng had also been lazy.

And Zhu Zhu Yijun, who was not doing his proper job, began his own "not doing his proper job" again after Zhang Zhang Juzheng returned to court. For the center of the court, Zhang Zhang Juzheng's efficiency in handling government affairs far exceeded Lu Lu Diaoyang's, which also made Zhu Zhu Yijun much more relaxed.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and Zhu Zhu Yijun's "not doing his proper job" in the side hall of the Zhao Wenhua Hall also had new progress.

Lasting four years, with the Emperor's full support, the "Emperor Wanli Calendar," compiled by the Imperial Observatory and the Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences, totaling 183 volumes, was officially completed. Zhu Zhu Zaiyu, the president of the Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences, organized the calendar and prepared to present it to the Emperor.

As soon as the news of the completion of the "Emperor Wanli Calendar" spread, the Confucian scholars of the Great Ming fell into confusion for the first time. Should they oppose it or not?

If they wanted to oppose it, they had to have something to say. Otherwise, they would be scolded by the Emperor at best, or exiled to the border to reclaim land at worst. Zhou Zhou Liangyin was still eating sand in Huining Guard, so if they wanted to oppose it, they had to prove that the other party was wrong. This was the core and key of the problem.

Proving that Zhu Zhu Zaiyu was wrong was truly very difficult.

When the Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences was completed last time, the experiment on atmospheric pressure had already given the Great Ming Confucian scholars a slap in the face, and their faces were still hurting from that slap.

The Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences was a place that focused extremely on practice. Zhu Wu Zhongxing's saying, "Those who act are one, just believe in reality," was still placed in front of the gate of the Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences.

The calendar compiled by the Academy of Physical Sciences must have been based on a large amount of practice. Once the Emperor allowed it to be promulgated, it would become the Great Ming's new calendar. If the calendar was inaccurate, Zhu Zhu Zaiyu, this member of the imperial clan, would definitely be criticized by everyone. Zhu Zhu Zaiyu was so confident, obviously because there was a large amount of practice involved.

The Confucian scholars had been inquiring about the news of the Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences. For example, Zhu Zhu Zaiyu had been studying the speed of light in astronomy.

The question Zhu Zhu Yijun occasionally raised became the goal Zhu Zhu Zaiyu pursued all his life. Light has a speed; this is beyond doubt, because the satellites of Saturn do not appear accurately where they should appear, but have some delays.

However, measuring the speed of light was a huge problem, and Zhu Zhu Zaiyu never had a very good idea to measure it.

And studying the speed of light was truly too difficult for the Confucian scholars of the Great Ming to understand.

In the eyes of some Confucian scholars, Zhu Zhu Zaiyu was no different from the Daoist priests of the Emperor Jiajing era. It was just that the path to immortality pursued by those Daoist priests was ultimately a delusion, while Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's research was the infinite principles of all things, and it was a path proven by a large amount of practice.

If they didn't oppose it, they were a bit unwilling. The Great Ming's calendar, the Datong Calendar, was actually the Shoushi Calendar from the Hu Yuan era, which had been used for nearly three hundred years. There was a struggle of interests involved, involving annexation.

During the Emperor Wanli era, the calendar was not just a tool for daily use, but a political tool. For example, Korea came to the Great Ming to pay tribute every year, receiving 100 sets of the Great Ming's calendar from the Ministry of Rites, and then reprinting them in Korea. Only the top nobles of Korea could use the original version, which was a privilege.

In this process, the top nobles had complete control over astronomy and the calendar.

During the Emperor Wanli era, astronomy was a symbol of imperial power and a necessary condition for the establishment of imperial power.

Changing the calendar was a landmark event in the promotion of the Great Ming's New Policies so far. It represented that the Emperor would completely break free from the shackles of traditional ritual and become the supreme monarch in the world. This was a plot that the Confucian scholars were absolutely unwilling to see, but it was happening slowly and firmly.

To oppose or not to oppose, this was a question. On this issue, the Confucian scholars chose weakness. They hoped that the Great Ming Ministry of Rites and the Censorate would exert force to oppose the Emperor's rebellion and reckless behavior.

First, the Ministry of Rites did not exert force. Ma Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Rites, submitted a congratulatory table, which was considered a statement on behalf of the Ministry of Rites. As for the statements of other officials of the Ministry of Rites, they did not represent the Ministry of Rites.

And the imperial censors of the Censorate were uniformly silent. The censors who were usually slack were unusually quiet this time.

Because the two Grand Censors of the Censorate, Hai Rui and Li Li Youzi, clearly stated that they would not participate in this matter. If practice proved that the new calendar was accurate, the Censorate would acquiesce. If the new calendar had problems, such as solar or lunar eclipses that should have occurred but didn't, or occurred when they shouldn't have, then the Censorate would play its role.

The Ministry of Rites and the Censorate fell silent. Ma Ma Ziqiang did not have enough control over the Ministry of Rites, but with Wan Wan Shihe added, everyone in the Ministry of Rites chose to shut up. That guy Wan Wan Shihe was indeed not easy to mess with now, and even Zhang Zhang Juzheng would be choked by Wan Wan Shihe at certain times.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year of Emperor Wanli, the Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences chose an auspicious day to present the Great Ming's new calendar.

The Great Ming's old calendar, the "Datong Calendar," could no longer be used at all.

Liu Hong, an astronomer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, believed that the key to correcting the calendar lay in solar eclipses, and Guo Guo Shoujing, a land immortal in the Yuan Dynasty, also described it as such: the accuracy of the calendar is verified by eclipses.

That is to say, whether the calendar is accurate or not is judged by the accuracy of the calculation of solar and lunar eclipses.

And the Great Ming's old calendar, the "Datong Calendar," already had eclipses that didn't occur when they should, or occurred when they shouldn't. The Great Ming Ministry of Rites was also very embarrassed. According to ancestral laws, when solar and lunar eclipses occur, the ritual of saving the sun and moon must be performed.

In the current Great Ming astronomy, solar and lunar eclipses are usually identified as warnings from Heaven, indicating the lack of politics in the human world. For the common people, this panic is even worse, and the ritual of saving is to alleviate this panic.

However, solar and lunar eclipses cannot be accurately calculated, and this kind of ritual cannot be carried out, and it is even rendered as the court losing the Tao.

If there is a solar eclipse, the Son of Heaven saves the sun, each with its own color and soldiers. Those who are the same as Heaven are governed, and those who are different from Heaven are chaotic.

For example, in the ninth year of During Zhengde, the Jiangxi Governor Chen Hongmo submitted a memorial to the Emperor, saying that a solar eclipse occurred in Jiangxi on the first day of the eighth month. The sun disappeared in broad daylight, the sky was full of stars, and it happened extremely suddenly. The ritual of saving was not performed, resulting in darkness between heaven and earth, people and animals were disturbed, and they could not distinguish between inches. Later, in the tenth month, evil people used the solar eclipse to drum and make noise, causing chaos in the southeast, requesting the Wu Sect Emperor to cultivate virtue and conduct.

In the 32nd year of Emperor Jiajing, Xu Shi submitted a "Memorial on Cultivating and Reflecting on the Solar Eclipse on New Year's Day," saying: There should be a solar eclipse but there isn't, and there shouldn't be a solar eclipse but there is. A solar eclipse is an abnormal eclipse, and a solar eclipse appearing on New Year's Day is particularly strange. The subjects saw it and felt worried, requesting the Emperor Jiajing Emperor to cultivate himself and care about current politics to eliminate disasters.

The Great Ming's "Datong Calendar" was inaccurate, leading to the inability to carry out the ritual of saving, and even causing civil unrest, which was a crisis that neither the Great Ming court nor the local powerful families wanted to see. Once civil unrest broke out, no matter how strong the earth castles of these powerful families were, the crazy mob would sweep away these strongholds.

The Ministry of Rites was very embarrassed. Once there was an inaccurate solar or lunar eclipse, the pressure would be completely applied to the Ministry of Rites.

"The calculations for solar and lunar eclipses in the 'Great Unified Calendar' have long since been abandoned. Since the second year of Emperor Wanli, we have already been using the Sun and Moon Eclipse Measurement Algorithm of Prince De. This is in the basic six categories, volume 123 of the 14th type." Wan Wan Shihe stood in the Hall of Literary Brilliance and said this without feeling the slightest bit of shame.

At that time, Wan Wan Shihe was still the Minister of Rites. After an inaccurate solar eclipse, the Imperial Observatory began to secretly use Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's method to measure solar and lunar eclipses. In the past few years, there had never been any misreporting. The Ministry of Rites could not oppose it. Opposition without substance was fine, but Wan Wan Shihe couldn't do the act of scolding his mother after putting down his bowl.

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and after the practice of the Imperial Observatory, the new calendar is indeed stronger than the old one.

Zhu Zhu Zaiyu stood in the Zhao Wenhua Hall, his brows furrowed as he looked at Wan Wan Shihe. This guy was really shameless. He used his method to measure solar and lunar eclipses without even telling him. He was still wondering why he hadn't heard of any misreporting in the past four years.

It turned out that this guy had been using it secretly!

It was really shameless. He didn't even make a sound when he stole things.

Wan Wan Shihe also had something to say. Is the stealing of scholars called stealing?

"Your Majesty, the Academy of Physical Sciences and the Imperial Observatory conducted seventeen measurements, from the Emperor Hongwu era to the early Emperor Wanli era, among which the most detailed observations were the five most recent ones, namely the solar eclipse on June 10th of the 6th year of Emperor Longqing, the lunar eclipse on May 10th of the 3rd year of Emperor Wanli, the lunar eclipse on the 8th day of the 12th month of the 1st year of Emperor Wanli, and the lunar eclipse on the 2nd day of the 4th month of the 6th year of Emperor Wanli. The calculated numbers and the observed numbers were completely consistent." Zhu Zhu Zaiyu said a lot of things. For those Great Ming officials who didn't understand astronomy, they didn't actually understand the significance of this, only knowing that it was more accurate.

But this was the spring and autumn of the Academy of Physical Sciences for several years, the progress made, the result of countless days and nights of hard work and hundreds of thousands of calculations.

Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at the presentation table of Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's "Emperor Wanli Calendar," took out an abacus, and began to play with it.

The Great Ming's "Datong Calendar" had different degrees of deviation in the calculation of the five solar and lunar eclipses, and even misreporting occurred many times, that is, the prediction was inaccurate, while Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's own deduction algorithm had a 21-minute difference from the observation, which was 43 minutes more accurate than the Western method, and the calculation time of the Great Ming's "Emperor Wanli Calendar" was completely consistent with the actual observation.

In terms of the accuracy of the algorithm, the Emperor Wanli Calendar is greater than Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's own deduction algorithm, which is greater than the Western method, which is greater than the Datong Calendar.

In terms of the time of the eclipse degree, initial loss, maximum eclipse, and recovery, Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's own deduction algorithm and the Western method were about the same, but the Emperor Wanli Calendar, compiled by the collective efforts of the doctors of the Academy of Physical Sciences, was accurate and error-free.

For the angle of the degree of the solar eclipse, it was also accurate to the minute and second.

"Your Majesty, I have a correction. The Great Ming Confucian scholars always say that the Emperor Wanli Calendar is the Western astronomical calendar, which is a statement that does not conform to the facts. Even if we put aside the Western calendar, my law calendar is also more accurate than the Western method. This is the Great Ming's calendar. I think the Western method should be accepted and taken from all schools to participate in the combination." Zhu Zhu Zaiyu was quite annoyed by this rumor!

The compilation of the Emperor Wanli Calendar was the collective effort of the Great Ming Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences. The Western method did have some effect, but Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's own law calendar was also more accurate than the West. How could it be seen as the Western method?

Drumming up this kind of public opinion was obviously to oppose the implementation of the Great Ming's new calendar.

"I know, I know, Imperial Uncle, don't be anxious. There is no such memorial in my imperial study." Zhu Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

Drumming up in the streets was fine, but if someone impeached the Emperor Wanli Calendar in front of the Emperor, Zhu Zhu Yijun would definitely give that person a slap in the face.

The efforts of more than a hundred doctors of the Great Ming Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences were negated by them with a single sentence of "Western method." They are lowly, lowly, and look down on the Great Ming.

"Reward the doctors of the Great Ming Academy of Physical Sciences with the first-class merit award." After checking all the calculation questions, Zhu Zhu Yijun made the highest-standard reward for Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's work. The collective first-class merit award was equivalent to the merit of destroying a country.

Among the Great Ming's five-class merit awards, the Japanese country's system countries are not counted as one country. The entire Japanese country is counted as one country. Since the implementation of the five-class merit award, this is the only time the Great Ming Emperor has awarded a first-class merit award.

Whether the calendar is accurate or not directly determines the harvest of the poor and laborers for a year.

The masters and young masters living in the city don't actually understand farming. The season for the Great Ming to collect grain is called "snatching harvest." It's not snatching from people, but snatching harvest from Heaven. Changes in weather directly affect the harvest, and the land in the hills and deserts is extremely barren, so the harvest time is longer, and snatching harvest has become one of the reasons for the busy farming season.

More accurate solar terms mean that the Great Ming farmers can arrange irrigation and harvest more accurately.

The farmers who farm have already endured the court's land tax, the landlord's grain rent, and the private demands of the local gentry. But if these grains rot in the fields because the calendar is inaccurate, that is the grief of crying without tears, calling Heaven without response, and calling Earth without response.

Zhu Zhu Yijun personally farmed in the Baogi Division of the Wang Wang Xiyuan, and also went to the fields to personally farm. This is his "not doing his proper job." In terms of farming, it is very impolite to say that Zhang Zhang Juzheng does not know as much as Zhu Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Zhu Yijun does not think his reward is too generous. The poor and laborers have almost no ability to resist risks. The increase in landless people is indeed caused by the annexation of the powerful families, but there is also the problem of inaccurate calendars. If the calendar is inaccurate, the almost negligible ability to resist risks is directly reduced to zero.

When the wheels of history came to the Great Ming Dynasty, imperial power was no longer afraid of the powerful families. The powerful families were no longer the world of aristocratic families that could control the mandate of Heaven. The only thing the Great Ming's imperial power feared was the people having nowhere to go, because the Great Ming was established because of this.

Gao Gao Yingxiang, the Gao Chuang King, failed to enter the capital and kick the Great Ming Emperor's head like a ball. Li Li Zicheng, the Li Chuang King, the second-generation Chuang King, really entered the capital in the 17th year of Emperor Chongzhen and destroyed the Great Ming.

"The Grand Preceptor is right." Zhang Zhang Juzheng saw Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's expression and knew that Zhu Zhu Zaiyu intended to refuse, so Zhang Zhang Juzheng directly blocked Zhu Zhu Zaiyu's words: "No need to refuse."

This first-class merit award, from the beginning of its establishment, had a super-high standard, and there was no intention to issue it. Now it was awarded to Zhu Zhu Zaiyu.

The formulation of the standard, if it is limited to some special conditions, is obviously to open a door for some people, and the formulation of the standard, which is unattainable, means that there is no intention to let people enter.

The first-class merit award is this unattainable threshold, the super-high threshold for the Duke of England's mansion to be enfeoffed as a Duke for destroying Annan.

Zhu Zhu Zaiyu was a bit confused. Obviously, the Great Ming Emperor's decision to issue the first-class merit award was communicated with Zhang Zhang Juzheng in advance, and Zhang Zhang Juzheng agreed with the Emperor's breakthrough in conventional perversity.

"Your subject thanks Your Majesty for your great grace." Zhu Zhu Zaiyu could only flick his sleeves and accept this splashing wealth. The reward specification of the first-class merit award was even more useful than a death-free gold medal. As long as he didn't rebel, the Emperor would basically not throw him into the Heavenly Prison.

This is extra grace.

In the sixth year of Emperor Chongzhen, Xu Xu Guangqi, a disciple of Geng Prince Dingxiang and a student of Jiao Hong, finished compiling the "Emperor Chongzhen Calendar," and the Emperor Chongzhen Calendar Dispute, which lasted for ten years, began. In the 16th year of Emperor Chongzhen, the "Emperor Chongzhen Calendar" performed very well in multiple lunar and solar eclipses and was finally promoted.

In the 17th year of Emperor Chongzhen, the Emperor Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself on Coal Mountain, and the Great Ming perished.

In the nearly three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty's national fortune, the Qing court's Imperial Observatory very cleverly carried out technical preservation, completely copying the calculation of solar and lunar eclipses in Xu Xu Guangqi's "Emperor Chongzhen Calendar," and only made a mistake once during the During Kangxi era, which was because the official of the Imperial Observatory copied it wrong.

"Feng, my attendant, send this presentation table to the first cabinet in the side hall." Zhu Zhu Yijun handed the presentation table of the "Emperor Wanli Calendar" to Feng Bao. The things in the cabinet of the side hall were the ironclad evidence that Zhu Zhu Yijun would take to his coffin after his death, which would be preserved with the pine resin amber method.

"Zhang, my attendant, send the little yellow gates to send the 183 volumes of the "Emperor Wanli Calendar" to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. I will take the Imperial Uncle to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to worship the ancestors." Zhu Zhu Yijun stood up. The "Emperor Wanli Calendar" naturally had to go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to tell the ancestors, and then be published to the world.

This was also the first time that Zhu Zhu Zaiyu, this member of the imperial clan, walked into the Great Ming Imperial Ancestral Temple to worship.

As a small clan of the Zheng Wang mansion, he was not qualified to worship in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Zhu Zhu Zaiyu had to worship in the regular ancestral hall in the inner court of the Imperial Palace. Worshiping ancestors in the Imperial Ancestral Temple was a kind of honor.

At a certain moment, Zhu Zhu Yijun especially wanted to use this opportunity of worshiping ancestors in the Imperial Ancestral Temple to give Zhu Zhu Zaiyu the status of a legitimate Imperial Uncle, but as soon as he thought of the bad luck of the Great Ming's legitimate Imperial Uncle, the Emperor put away this idea. It was better to be a member of the imperial clan.

One legitimate fourth uncle, Zhu Di, rebelled successfully and ascended the throne successfully. One legitimate second uncle, Zhu Zhu Gaoxu, failed to rebel and was burned to death by the Emperor Xuande Emperor in a copper tripod.

There was no warmth at all in the succession struggle at the end of the Yongle era.

Zhu Zhu Yijun took Zhu Zhu Zaiyu to worship the ancestors in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the first time he came to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

The Great Ming Imperial Ancestral Temple emphasizes being in the same hall but in different rooms. The Ming Dynasty inherited the Tang system. The Tang Dynasty's Imperial Ancestral Temple was in the same hall but in different rooms. Zhu Di rebelled and obtained the throne, and after moving the capital to the north, the Imperial Ancestral Temple he built was also like this, which was the nine temples of the Son of Heaven, meaning that the Great Ming Imperial Ancestral Temple could only hold nine ancestral tablets. After it was full, it had to be moved.

There is an idiom called "bound and placed on a high shelf," which refers to the ancestral tablets moved out of the nine temples of the Son of Heaven after they were full, moved into the temple of the distant ancestors, and would not be worshipped often.

During the Emperor Jiajing era, in the Great Ritual Dispute, the Renzong Emperor was picked out and moved to the ancestral temple.

The Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang and the Taizong Wen Emperor Zhu Di could not be moved. Zhu Di was not moved because he was promoted to an ancestor. On the 12th day of the 11th month of the 23rd year of During Chenghua, the Ministry of Rites Zhou Hongmo submitted a memorial: "The merits and virtues of Taizu Gao Emperor and Taizong Wen Emperor are prosperous, like Zhou Wen and Wu, they will not be moved for ten thousand generations." The Xiaozong Emperor approved.

Changing Taizong to Emperor Chengzu was just the grass stick in the hands of the Daoist priest playing with crickets.

Zhu Zhu Yijun took Zhu Zhu Zaiyu to worship the ancestors, and the "Emperor Wanli Calendar" was considered to have been agreed upon by the ancestors and published to the world.

The reason why he had to go through such a ritual was entirely because the Datong Calendar was an ancestral law promulgated by Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang. To change it, he had to get Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's consent.

Whether Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang agreed or not was unclear, but Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang did not object.

Up to this point, the procedures for the publication of the "Emperor Wanli Calendar" had been completed, and everything was ready. In the seventh year of Emperor Wanli, the new calendar could be implemented.

Zhu Zhu Yijun sent Zhu Zhu Zaiyu out of the imperial palace. Zhu Zhu Zaiyu was going to the Imperial Academy of Physical Sciences. The beauties of all countries bestowed by the Great Ming Emperor were indeed a waste for Zhu Zhu Zaiyu. Zhu Zhu Zaiyu had been living in the Academy of Physical Sciences and had no great interest in those beauties.

The Great Ming Emperor did not return to the palace. After the court officials said goodbye, Zhu Zhu Yijun went to the North Camp to continue inspecting the troops.

Zhu Di's ancestral law, this method of inspecting troops every day, was very easy to use, and of course, it was also very tiring.

At least the soldiers of the Great Ming capital camp all knew Zhu Zhu Yijun. To be impolite, the Great Ming capital camp's elite, the ten-thousand-man capital camp initially formed, the core force of the Great Ming, all watched Zhu Zhu Yijun, this little fat man, grow up.

Zhu Zhu Yijun returned to the North Camp as if he were returning home. For the treacherous and sycophantic, this was no different from a dragon's pool and a tiger's den.

At dusk, Zhu Zhu Yijun took the Wang Empress Wang Wang Yaozhuo back to the palace. Wang Wang Yaozhuo liked to follow Zhu Zhu Yijun to the military camp because that was the most relaxed time of the Emperor's day, when he would take off the cold mask he wore and have fun with the soldiers with a sincere heart.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng once told the story of Li Li Shimin, who was the Prince of Qin, who divided the only sheep in the army among the soldiers during continuous battles. At that time, Zhu Zhu Yijun was skeptical about such stories, but after a long time, Zhu Zhu Yijun thought about it from his own perspective. If it were him, he would also divide it and eat it. This was probably the feeling of comrades-in-arms.

The carriage passed the Jinhai Bridge and arrived in front of the Chengguang Hall. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the glazed tiles of the Chengguang Hall, shining brightly. Zhu Zhu Yijun walked down the jade carriage and helped Wang Wang Yaozhuo down. Under the illumination of the setting sun, Wang Wang Yaozhuo looked even more crystal clear.

"Husband, if I can return home in one hundred steps, shall we eat mutton tonight?" Wang Wang Yaozhuo walked two steps and suddenly said in a tone of coquetry.

Zhu Zhu Yijun rubbed Wang Wang Yaozhuo's head and said with a full face of smiles: "Little glutton, just eat if you want to."

"Let's try it." Wang Wang Yaozhuo was still very persistent. When they returned home at sunset, their identities were not Emperor and Empress, but a pair of lovers returning home.

"Okay, as you wish." Zhu Zhu Yijun indicated that the bet was established. Zhu Zhu Yijun did not dislike this kind of small bet; on the contrary, he enjoyed it. He was a living thing, not a cold stone, even though most of the time, he was a ruthless political machine.

Wang Wang Yaozhuo lifted her skirt slightly and walked forward step by step. As for Zhu Zhu Yijun's pace, it was exactly ninety-nine steps from the Chengguang Hall back to the Guanghan Hall. Zhu Zhu Yijun mentioned this when he was chatting with Wang Wang Yaozhuo, and obviously, Wang Wang Yaozhuo wanted to try it.

Unfortunately, Wang Wang Yaozhuo's pace was smaller than Zhu Zhu Yijun's. Under the illumination of the sparkling lake, Wang Wang Yaozhuo had just walked across the Taiye Bridge, and it was already more than ninety steps.

"Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine." Wang Wang Yaozhuo stopped and looked at Zhu Zhu Yijun. Her mouth was pouting so much that it could almost hang a soy sauce bottle. Wang Wang Yaozhuo was the Empress, but she was also a sixteen-year-old girl.

"Come up." Zhu Zhu Yijun walked in front of Wang Wang Yaozhuo, slowly squatted down, and signaled Wang Wang Yaozhuo to get on his back, so he could carry her back and satisfy the girl's strange desire to win.

Wang Wang Yaozhuo stepped back instead, waving her hands repeatedly, and said: "Husband is the Ninth-Five Supreme, the supreme monarch in the world. Is this bad? If the Empress Dowager finds out, I'm afraid I'll be scolded again."

"That's true." Zhu Zhu Yijun stood up straight and nodded in approval.

Wang Wang Yaozhuo was visibly disappointed. Which young girl doesn't yearn for spring? Wang Empress was only sixteen, the age when her feelings were first stirred, so naturally, she was willing to be intimate with her husband. Unfortunately, the feudal ritual was strict.

"Oh!"

Zhu Zhu Yijun turned around and took Wang Wang Yaozhuo into his arms, then pushed her up. The little girl didn't react at all before she was held in Zhu Zhu Yijun's arms. She exclaimed, and then immediately changed from surprise to shyness.

Zhu Zhu Yijun held Wang Wang Yaozhuo and walked onto the platform step by step, arriving at the threshold. Wang Wang Yaozhuo carefully stretched out a foot, her eyes smiling into crescent moons. She easily and happily put her feet on the ground and said loudly: "One hundred."

"I won, I won! We'll eat mutton tonight."

Wang Wang Yaozhuo won this bet through the Emperor's method of holding her, laughing like a child.

"Childish, it was me who won." Zhu Zhu Yijun reached out and scraped Wang Wang Yaozhuo's nose, saying very firmly.

"Obviously I won! Husband, you are cheating!" Wang Wang Yaozhuo pouted when she heard this, her small fists clenched tightly, and she said fiercely.

Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Wang Yaozhuo, stretched out a finger, and said: "Only with you is there a home. It was indeed me who won."

"Ah?" Wang Wang Yaozhuo's fierce expression turned red like a lychee again. This was obviously a love word, but it was exceptionally useful.

"Feng, my attendant." Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hand.

Zhang Hong, who was following three feet behind, ran over and said with a smile: "Your subject is here."

"Eat mutton today." Zhu Zhu Yijun walked towards the imperial study. Before eating, he still had to look at the agricultural books. Recently, there was new news about the long-staple cotton trial-planted in Shaanxi, and Shaanxi Governor Shi Shi Maohua said it was extremely successful.

"Your subject obeys the decree!" Zhang Hong raised his hands, his face full of smiles.

Wang Li Shizhen did not die unjustly, because he united with the group of scattered people and actually targeted the Empress. Isn't this an old man hanging himself, tired of living?

Zhu Di's ancestral law was confirmed in the 23rd year of During Chenghua, so the Renzong Emperor was bound and placed on a high shelf. Please vote for the monthly ticket, Awoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"We are eating mutton today." Zhu Zhu Yijun walked toward the Imperial Study. Before eating, he still had to look at the agricultural books. There was new news regarding the long-haired cotton being trial-planted in Shaanxi recently, and the Viceroy of Shaanxi, Shi Shi Maohua, reported that it was extremely successful.

"Your subject obeys the decree!" Zhang Hong raised his hands, his face beaming with smiles.

Wang Li Shizhen did not die unjustly, because he actually dared to target the Empress along with a group of reclusive Daoists; wasn't this like an old man hanging himself—tired of living?

It was confirmed in the twenty-third year of During Chenghua that Zhu Di would be worshipped for ten thousand generations, so Emperor Renzong was shelved. Begging for monthly votes, awoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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