Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 42 The Son of Heaven said a word, and the courtier broke his leg

"Master Li suddenly came, I don't know when?" Liang Chu asked suspiciously. "

"Are you kidding me, Mr. Liang?"

"joke?"

Li Suide nodded earnestly and said, "Yes, I came here this time, naturally, the money allocated by His Majesty in the future."

"A total of 8 million Liang Baiyin, please approve Mr. Liang!"

When Liang Chu heard this, he wanted to cry without tears, but his heart was dripping blood. Where can I find eight hundred taels of silver? Not to mention eight hundred taels, now I can't even get eighty taels of silver.

......

into the night.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The eunuch's valet presented a pile of memorials organized by the cabinet to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao casually flipped through the pages, and even when he saw the tax policy formulated by Liang Chu, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It seems that this incident has completely forced the Ministry of Household and the Cabinet.

Otherwise, Liang Chu would not be able to hit the abacus on this.

"Just do it like this, let the Ministry of Finance let go and do it!"

"According to the order!"

The valet **** respectfully took the manuscript and stepped out cautiously.

In the hall, Zhu Houzhao slowly got up and stood with his hands behind his back.

Liang Chu set his sights on taxation, and started with merchants, which was a way to accumulate wealth for Daming.

In the bright future, the emphasis is on agriculture and commerce is suppressed, but there is a lack of clarity in the collection of commercial taxes.

Liang Chu's move is undoubtedly balancing the gap between the poor and the rich. This will prevent the rich from getting richer and the poor from getting poorer.

"I wonder what measures the Cabinet has taken?"

Just as Zhu Houzhao was walking in the hall with his hands behind his back, Shen Lian, the commander of Jinyiwei, walked quickly into the hall, bowed and said, "Shen Lian, commander of Jinyiwei, see your majesty!"

"Let's go straight!" Zhu Houzhao looked very happy, and he said to Shen Lian by letter.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Shen Lian, you came to see me, what do you want to do?"

Shen Lian, the commander of Jinyiwei, cupped his hands and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the first assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, and the second assistant, Li Dongyang, went to the Ministry of War to second 800 people, what's the use?"

"Oh!"

Zhu Houzhao's expression moved slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became brighter.

"Interesting, it's really interesting that the older you get, these two old guys..."

The emperor's order is the imperial decree.

The emperor asked them to raise silver taels, and they had to complete the construction of the wall, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable when the emperor was angry!

You must know that the position of this cabinet is also glorious under the illumination of the imperial power.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang complained incessantly. Although they were the first and second assistants, and they had the talents of the world, but asking them to raise 8 million taels of silver really gave them a headache.

With a stroke of the pen, the emperor spent all the money in the treasury, eight million taels of silver, without even blinking an eye.

The emperor was happy, but the people who worked for him were very worried.

If you can't think of a way to raise silver taels, you won't even be able to get half a year's salary.

If the national treasury continues to be empty, the army will not be able to pay for the army in the next year, and I am afraid that it will cause trouble.

With a word from the emperor, the courtier broke his leg.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, etc. are all important officials of the court, with high positions of power, but now, in order to get money, they have to use some indiscriminate methods.

They know that in a short time, they will be infatuated one by one.

But, what can be done about all this?

They don't carry the bad name, so are they going to dump it on the emperor?

.....

In Chuxiu Palace.

Bai Xue is embroidering a handkerchief on which two mandarin ducks are drawn.

All kinds of exotic flowers and plants in the yard are blooming.

These days in Chuxiu Palace were far better than the clothes washing bureau. In the clothes washing bureau, he had to wash a lot of clothes by hand every day, not only the clothes of the emperor, the empress dowager, but also those of the eunuchs with status.

Bai Xue hummed a little tune, imagining how good Zhu Houzhao came to Chuxiu Palace, she never expected His Majesty to come to see him.

Occasionally, she can see His Majesty with a glance, and she is already satisfied.

Several maids and eunuchs in Chuxiu Palace were interrogated by Dongchang before they were released.

"Lady, how elegant!"

Bai Xue was embroidering a handkerchief, when Ouyang Jing appeared in Chuxiu Palace, Bai Xue quickly stood up and said, "It turned out to be Aunt Ouyang..."

Ouyang Jing quickly waved her hand: "I said last time that you and I are sisters. In the future, if you want to be sisters, don't call me aunt again..."

"Sister Jing'er..."

"Well, good sister..."

Ouyang Jing motioned Bai Xue to sit down, and then asked, "Your Majesty asked you to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation at night, do you know what to do?"

"What? What should I do?" Bai Xue asked with a red face.

In this palace, no one told her how to serve His Majesty, because she was born as a palace maid and never served His Majesty to sleep at all.

Ouyang Jing smiled and said: "His Majesty asked you to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He must have a good impression of you. You should find a way to make His Majesty feel comfortable. If that is the case, you will be favored by His Majesty. No longer a lady, at least you will have a seat in the palace."

Bai Xue listened to Ouyang Jing's words, and her face blushed instantly. Although she had never experienced what happened in the room, after she entered the palace, she also knew a little bit about the little palace maids.

"Sister Jing'er, how can I make His Majesty feel at ease?" Bai Xue asked softly.

"Come here and I'll tell you."

Bai Xue brought her ears close, Ouyang Jing whispered in Bai Xue's ear for a while, and Bai Xue lowered her head deeply, holding the handkerchief tightly in both hands, sometimes her cheeks were crimson, sometimes she was warm and affectionate. .

After a long time, Ouyang Jing asked, "Sister, now you know what to do, right?"

Bai Xue nodded and said, "Sister, I know~www.wuxiahere.com~ But, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I can't do it."

"Then it depends on your ability!"

Ouyang Jing stood up and smiled.

Ouyang Jing walked out of Chuxiu Palace.

"Sister, don't give it away, get ready to bathe and change clothes, get ready sooner!"

In a courtyard of Chuxiu Palace, Bai Xue walked into a large bathtub, soaked with many rose petals, overflowing with fragrance...

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Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhu Houzhao read through the memorials recently submitted by cabinet ministers. Most of them said that there is no worry in the Ming Dynasty and no bandits outside, and he explained the scene in detail.

Zhu Houzhao knew that these ministers were whitewashing a peaceful and prosperous age. In the eyes of these civil servants, only when they said it was a peaceful and prosperous age, can they praise the current state of His Majesty's good governance.

As for whether the empire is really peaceful and prosperous, as long as it makes His Majesty happy, nothing else matters.

Since there is a wise majesty, in such an environment of praise and virtue, it is inevitable that people will lose themselves.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao was not the emperor who was dazzled by the praise of virtue. Just before, Li Dongyang, the second assistant in the cabinet, was fined half a year's salary for saying a few words of praise in the courtroom.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao also knew this. If he didn't treat this huge empire now, in the near future, the Ming Empire would cease to exist.

He walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation with his hands behind his back, the sun was warm.

Strolling to the Royal Garden, in the Royal Garden, the Queen Mother has fed a lot of goldfish. In her spare time, you can watch the fish and reduce the pressure on your heart.

When Zhu Houzhao appeared in the imperial garden, he saw a beautiful figure appearing in the imperial garden, and then he heard a series of laughter like silver bells...