Chapter 4 Out of Favor
After seeing the three of them leaving, Zheng De suddenly collapsed on the throne. It seemed as if he had experienced a difficult negotiation just now, and he was so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger.
"Every time they come to find themselves like this, and they can't even grasp the movements in the court at any time. Will this seem too passive?" This is the first time that Zheng De put himself in his shoes and thought about his situation in a month since he came to this world. It is obvious that he has no foundation in the court and cannot control the overall situation of the court at all. So he realizes everything later and seems very passive. Fortunately, his current ancestor, the Chongba brothers, abolished the position of prime minister and strengthened the centralized system. Otherwise, whether he can still sit on this dragon throne safely is still a question.
"It seems that I should also cultivate my confidants in the court." Although Zheng De couldn't think of so much, he also understood a basic truth. As a leader of a force, if he doesn't even have his confidants, wouldn't he be the same as a puppet?
The king of a country is nothing more than this!
"Thus, the official who was discovered by himself was good at economic work was also the first confidant he trained." Zheng De couldn't help but chuckled when he thought of this. Although the golden finger he obtained had many restrictions and did not have the powerful ability to modify data, it was quite powerful in finding talents. Of course, you have to know their names first, and people must be alive now.
"As for the six ministers and nine ministers and three ministers, they are old ministers in the previous dynasty, they are all trusted ministers trained by their cheap fathers. They are all extremely powerful ministers, and they must have to win over them." In Zheng De's opinion, the six ministers and nine ministers and three ministers, only Li Dongyang, is worthy of winning over them. Not to mention that their abilities are not bad, they will not talk nonsense like the other people, and they always help others at critical moments. They are quite tactful people. As for the other people, although they are very good at abilities, some of them are even more capable than Li Dongyang, but unfortunately they are too old and can't work for a few years.
"These are really calm in the six ministries and nine ministers. The new leader has come to power. There is not even a person who is moving closer to him. Are you all going to stop doing it?" Zheng De couldn't help but complain a few times when he thought of this, but at their age, it might be possible that he really had such an idea.
At this moment, he suddenly found a little eunuch leaning out of the door, wondering what he was doing. Seeing Zheng De look over, the eunuch ran in in great interest, as if he was holding something in his arms.
"Long live the Lord..."
"What are you doing?" Zheng De looked at him, but he didn't know who he was. After all, although he occupied Zhu Houzhao's body, he did not get any memory of him.
"I am afraid that the emperor will be so bored, so I specially brought a small thing to relieve the emperor's boredom." The eunuch knelt on the ground and picked up the thing in his arms. It was a young eagle with shiny wings. Although it looked only a few months old, it was majestic and full of spirituality.
Perhaps only the servants of the Eastern Palace were able to understand Zhu Houzhao's habits in this way. However, this thing was loved by Zhengde before, but Zheng De was not a person who liked to keep pets, so he naturally had no love. He looked at the eunuch in front of him. Historical books said that Zhu Houzhao was favored by the eunuch, and it was impossible for him to be the only one of them, but he was the most famous one. The person in front of him might be one of them, otherwise he would not know how to please Zhu Houzhao to what he liked.
"You are..." Zheng Dela raised his tone and gently stroked his forehead, pretending that he couldn't remember it very clearly.
"I am Gu Dayi!" A trace of doubt flashed through Gu Dayi's heart. The prince was puzzled, oh no, now he is the emperor. Why did he forget himself in just a few days?
Do you really think of the rumors that the emperor fainted from overly sadness because of the death of the late emperor. He could not remember some things very clearly? But I can only think about it in my heart, and I dare not ask for it with ten courage.
"Gu Dayong?" Zheng De thought for a long time, but didn't know who he was. Although he was a historical fan in his previous life, he just liked to read historical stories. Historical figures were only limited to some famous historical figures, such as Shang Yang and Yue Fei. As for the search system, it was impossible to search for any eunuch.
I heard Gu Dayong continue, "Since the time of the ascension of the throne, I have been busy with state affairs every day and have no time to rest. We waited for the old people in the East Palace to see it and felt in pain in our hearts, and were afraid of disturbing the emperor, so we had to get such a little thing that His Majesty liked the most and sent me one by one to send it."
However, it was Zhu Houzhao's playmate who had been close to the East Palace since childhood. After seeing the prince ascended the throne, he thought that one person had achieved enlightenment and could not summon him. He felt that something was wrong. He also heard that the emperor was too sad and could not remember some things clearly, which scared them. Therefore, the few of them worked hard to get Zhu Houzhao's favorite eagle from outside. Gu Dayong sent it, hoping that the emperor would remember them and regain the holy grace. But obviously they were going to be disappointed. After all, Zhu Houzhao and Zheng De didn't know where he was going.
It was indeed those old people from the East Palace. Zheng De suddenly realized. As soon as he woke up, he was surrounded by others and ascended the throne in front of the coffin of Xiaozong. Finally, he was used as a puppet and fainted in the middle of the night. After waking up, he lived in the Qianqing Palace. No wonder he didn't recognize these people.
Thinking of it as the old man Zhu Houzhao was in the Eastern Palace, Zheng De subconsciously rejected him. After all, he was not the real Zhu Houzhao. If he asked them to come over to serve him again, he would be missed. It would be better to refuse the matter directly and save many troubles.
"I understand, but now I don't like this anymore, you'd better take this back."
Gu Dayong looked at Zheng De in surprise. Didn’t the emperor like the eagle very much before? Why did he become dislike it? Could it be because he couldn’t remember some things clearly? Subconsciously, “Long live, don’t you like eagle the most in the East Palace? This is us…”
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zheng De, "No need to say this anymore."
What else Gu Dayong wanted to say, but Wang Yue walked in with a copybook at this time. He glanced at Gu Dayong beside him. Although he was wondering why he came, he still came over to salute Zheng De first, "Your Majesty, the copybook has been sent."
"Let's go here." Zheng De looked at Gu Dayong who was stunned by the side, and no longer had the mood to continue staying there. "Then let it go first, I'll go out for a walk." After that, he left without waiting for the two of them to answer.
Gu Dayong was stunned when he was still there. Looking at the emperor's departure, he seemed to have taken out all his strength and collapsed on the ground, feeling that he could not speak coldly. If he could not feel the emperor's distantness to him at this moment, he would have been in the palace for so many years in vain.
"Oh..." Wang Yue, who saw everything in his eyes, sighed softly with deep emotion. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he could only shake his head helplessly and turn away.
Gu Dayong was left alone here, and in the end he didn't even know how he left. There was only one thought in his mind that kept echoing in his mind.
I've fallen out of favor.
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"Ouch."
Zheng De, who was walking in the palace and the back garden, suddenly felt that he had been hit by a stone. Before he could react, a string of silver bell-like laughter came from behind.
Zheng De looked back and saw a little girl of six or seven years old grimace at him. She was so cute.
Zheng De shook his head helplessly, walked up and squatted down, couldn't help but pinch her pink little face, and said with a smile, "De'an, why are you hitting me?"
"Don't touch me, the emperor's brother is just a big liar. He promised to play with me, but he didn't see anyone for several days. Hum!" The little girl broke free from Zheng De's claws, tilted her little head, and looked like "I'm very unhappy."
Zheng De's old face turned red when he heard this, and he looked embarrassed, "De'an, you have to know that the emperor's brother has been very busy recently. If he has time, he will definitely play with you."
The little girl "liar" still muttered in confusion.
Zheng De smiled bitterly, it was really hard to coax a child, "Really, it's more real than gold, why don't I swear to God?"
"Really?" the little girl looked at him in confusion.
"Really, if you don't believe me, please ask Liu Jin." Zheng De raised his eyes and happened to see Liu Jin coming over, so he quickly grabbed it as a shield.
Seeing the little girl looking over and looking at her inquiring eyes, Liu Jin could only smile bitterly and nodded, "Prince, what the emperor said is true."
"Since that's the case, I'll have a lot of adults and I'll let it go." Zheng De breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but heard the little girl's eyes rolling and then said, "But now, no matter what, you must play with me, otherwise I will tell my ancestors and mother to go and say you're bullying me."
Zheng De was speechless when he heard this. He even used the killer weapon that the child often used to "complaint" and it seemed that he would not be able to play with her.
"Then what do you want to play?" Zheng De acted like he was sacrificing his life to accompany the gentleman.
The little girl's eyes rolled around, and Zheng De felt a little uneasy in her heart. She would not ask any problems to throw them at herself.
"Well, you climb down and ride it for me."
"No."
Liu Jin spoke first to stop him, and Zheng De was also startled by him and looked at Liu Jin with some surprise. Didn’t he just act as a horse for a child? As for such a big reaction?
"I don't care, I don't care, I want you to ride as a horse for me." The little girl stopped obeying.
"The emperor is a body of thousands of gold, so how can he let others ride on it?" Liu Jin argued with reason, but in fact he didn't say a word: "As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how can he ride on it by a woman as a horse, even a little girl." If the two empress dowagers learned about this, they would probably not be able to take it.
"It's not a problem." Zheng De was not concerned at all. He was just teasing the child. Is it as to exaggerate?
"But……"
"You go down." Zheng De waved his hand impatiently.
Chapter completed!