Capital, Forbidden City.

After Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he tried to force the robbery of the people in the palace for the first time, which caused panic among the people in the capital. After that, he never left the palace gate again.

Becoming an emperor is easy to tell the palace, but now Zhu Houzhao dares not try it easily because he knows that he has committed public anger. If someone knows that he did it, the consequences will be serious.

As for how serious it is, the naughty child whose outlook on life and world has not yet been completely established does not have a clear concept. Although Zhu Houzhao acts recklessly at this time, he at least has a little bit of shame. He will be worried after doing something wrong, and even feel guilty about what he did before.

But after a long time, the naughty child found that no one in the court knew that the case was done by him, and his guilt gradually decreased, and the devil in his heart was ready to move and wanted to leave the palace to seek excitement.

"Hey, so what if I force myself to rob a woman from the people? I am the emperor, what kind of woman do I want? Eunuch Li, can you satisfy my wish and find the woman I like?"

After Zhu Houzhao left the palace once, the person he trusted the most was no longer Zhang Yuan, nor Dai Yi, who was incompetent and could only play the piano and write calligraphy and was full of justice. Instead, the eunuch Li Xing, who instigated Zhu Houzhao to make a big mistake that day.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao was summoning Li Xing alone in the Qianqing Palace.

Li Xing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are many women in this world, but those with mediocre talents are among the crowd, and only a very small number can reach Your Majesty's eyes!"

Zhu Houzhao rubbed her hands and nodded repeatedly: "It's good to say, for example, the master and servant I met last time... Oh, let's not talk about it, tell me how to get the woman I like?"

Li Xing said: "If Your Majesty sends his confidant out of the palace and selects beauties from all over the world, Your Majesty will definitely have many beauties around you. Moreover, these beauties can be rotated. If Your Majesty likes, you will stay by your side and send them away if you don't like, and you can be free and happy at any time..."

"Okay, this idea is really good!"

Zhu Houzhao was satisfied with Li Xing's suggestion and praised him repeatedly, but then he frowned in embarrassment, "Eunuch Li, it's not that I don't want to send someone out to select beautiful women, but I have just ascended the throne and have great power to fall into the cabinet, so I am really powerless. The Empress Dowager is currently selecting concubines for me, but it is not based on beauty as the main standard... Who do you think I should send to help me select beautiful women?"

Li Xing thought about it and seemed a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty cannot leave the palace for the time being, and no one in the court can help this... It's indeed a bit troublesome..."

Zhu Houzhao was a little angry: "Why don't you give me some advice if you know the trouble? I'm asking you now, what are you going to do? Don't just tell me what useless things!"

Li Xing had already had a vision and took the opportunity to say it: "If Your Majesty said he wanted to send someone to select beautiful women, during this period of national mourning, the ministers in the court would inevitably oppose it, and even the Empress Dowager would not agree."

"But change your mind, if Your Majesty sends someone out to do the job, what he does on the surface is just one thing, but secretly selects beautiful women for Your Majesty, wouldn't it be enough?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally she couldn't help but pat her thighs: "This plan is great! But what errands can I do now? And, who can I believe?"

"I am willing to serve your majesty!"

Li Xing took the opportunity to recommend himself, "I am loyal to Your Majesty and know that Your Majesty likes beautiful women. If you leave the palace to do a job, you will do your best to find beautiful women for Your Majesty, send them into the palace, or place the beautiful women outside the palace as an outside house. When Your Majesty occasionally leaves the palace to relax, you will be lucky to the beautiful women in your residence... I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"

Zhu Houzhao widened her eyes and asked with interest: "Eunuch Li, you are very thoughtful, but what errands can be assigned to you now?"

Li Xing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the tomb of the former emperor is about to start construction, so you might as well send a servant to supervise the worker..."

Zhu Houzhao woke up and nodded immediately: "You are right. The site selection of the father's mausoleum has ended. The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue are submitting detailed memorials. As for the candidates for supervisors sent by the internal supervision, I can indeed make the decision. As long as you can help me... Well, it has nothing to do with you whether the mausoleum is well built. You are not an official of the Ministry of Works, you just need to help me choose beautiful women."

"By the way, after choosing the beauty, don't rush to send it to the palace. You can't send it in at all. Even if you send it in, you will be known to Eunuch Xiao. Then tell your mother that I was so tired that I was nagged. Please leave the person outside the palace and find a better house near the palace gate to live in. I will see the beauty after I leave the palace..."

Zhu Houzhao was very thoughtful in thinking about things, and Li Xing smiled and flattered him.

For Li Xing, being able to be a supervisor of Emperor Xiaozong's Tailing could get a lot of benefits even if he did not undertake the main responsibilities. The most important thing was that he could establish connections and power outside the palace.

In addition, this position is responsible for helping Zhu Houzhao select beautiful women. This is an excellent opportunity to flatter the new emperor. It is just around the corner to do a good job and become successful. After all, Zhu Houzhao is now the emperor, and he is favored by the emperor and has a bright future in the future.

Li Xing knelt down and kowtowed: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do my best and live up to Your Majesty's trust and instructions!"

"Uh-huh!"

Zhu Houzhao stood up and paced back and forth excitedly, "I wish you could leave the palace immediately. Remember, even if you do nothing, you should choose a few beauties to send to the palace outside. I am waiting for your good news..."

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Zhu Houzhao wanted to get the beauty to have a happy life, but because of his thoughts, Liu Jian and others were unaware of it. When he proposed to send Li Xing to Tailing to supervise work, no one stopped him.

The court originally needed to send out several supervisors. According to convention, people would be sent out in the palace, and everyone would be chosen.

This time, the Tai Mausoleum was built, Li Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, was the chief official. Li Yu was once the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple and was in charge of the Siyi Pavilion and Huitong Pavilion. He met Shen Xi at the beginning, and then through his good relationship with Shen Xi, he successfully gained the trust of Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia and others, and he was recruited as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Works.

In addition to Li Wu, Xinning Bo Tan You also went to Shi Jiatai as a supervisor.

Li Xing had no bad record before, and Liu Jian didn't know much about this person, and felt that such an unknown eunuch could not cause trouble.

The official title of Li Yu, Tan You and Li Xing is the Supervisor of the Admiral Imperial Tomb. Although Li Yu is the highest official rank in the court, because Tan You is a hereditary Xinning Bo and has a good relationship with Liu Jian and others, he is dominant in the Supervisor and Supervisor errands... At least three of them thought so before leaving the capital.

The construction matters were carried out by the Governor's Office of the Five Army and the civil servants. The number of civil servants was recruited at one time. Together with the soldiers escorting and guarding, the total number was estimated to be around 13,000. With such a large formation, I hope that the Mausoleum of Xiaozong could be repaired as soon as possible.

Although Liu Jian has many restrictions on the power of Zhu You and his son, Liu Jian's loyalty to the royal family is unquestionable. No matter what he does, it is for the Zhu family and the people. Although he abusive power, it is not for personal gain. From this point of view, Liu Jian's work is relatively fair, which is also an important reason why he can get the support of most court officials in the court.

Liu Jian was extremely cautious about the construction of the Tai Mausoleum of Xiaozong. He personally inquired about everything from allocating money to recruiting civil servants, and ensured that the Tai Mausoleum could be completed with quality and quantity.

Shi Jiatai, where Tailing Mausoleum is located north of the capital and the southeastern foot of Bijiashan, can be reached in less than a day after leaving Beijing. However, the original one-day itinerary was divided into two days, and because there are endless people giving gifts from the local area, I hope to get a share of the construction of Tailing Mausoleum.

In name, the Ministry of Revenue allocated money and grain to the Ministry of Industry to purchase stone and other buildings. However, because stone kilns and other workshops cannot be opened around Tailing, they must purchase goods from outside, which involves multiple business operations. In order to be cheap, the court placed the right to purchase materials to three supervisors and supervisors, and the three supervisors had the opportunity to be corrupt.

Li Jue had just taken office as the Left Minister of Works for a few days, but he did not meet those who had been talking about the matter in order to avoid suspicion.

Xinning Bo Tan You has always been famous and does not want to be tainted with the smell of money, so the matter was handed over to the eunuch Li Xing, who was a sleek supervisor. This was also the result of Li Xing's volunteering.

Li Xing's purpose is not only to make money with his personal pockets, but also to ask local people to help him find beautiful women.

As the supervisor of the imperial tomb, there are more than 10,000 people available for dispatch, with strong financial and material resources as support, and the emperor behind the scenes. Even if they don’t get business, local people will take the initiative to curry favor with him, a powerful upstart.
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