At the end of June of the second year of Hongzhi, there were fewer trivial matters in the court. Because Queen Zhang gave birth to a dragon son, Zhu Youtang only asked Yanhai to pick out some major events from the memorial every day, as well as the cabinet's decision-making plan.

Listen to it yourself, and throw other trivial matters to the cabinet.

I have to say that the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was very good, which greatly reduced the emperor's administrative pressure.

Zhu Youtang "gets off work" early every day and goes straight to Kunning Palace. A woman who has just given birth needs company. In the past few days, she has stayed overnight in Kunning Palace, which makes Concubine Su Yin and Concubine Han Qiaozi...

She was extremely envious. Concubine Su Yin was used to it. Sister Zhang had just given birth and it was normal for the emperor to accompany her. She also secretly made up her mind to try to get pregnant next time and give birth to a son for the emperor!

Li Fei Han Qiaozi was new to human affairs, and she also tasted the joy of it. Zhu Youtang didn't come for a few days, and she missed him very much. At first, he sent someone every day to ask if the emperor would come in the evening, but later he went out to wait in the Nuan Pavilion, expecting

The emperor can stay in his palace tonight.

"I've met the emperor."

"Is the queen asleep?"

"Reply to your Majesty, your Majesty is still waiting for you!"

"Oh, I see."

Zhu Youtang nodded and walked into Kunning Palace. He was determined to be a good husband and a good father. The two palace maids who had just finished their errands watched the emperor walk into the house and gently closed the door.

It is said that emperors have been ruthless and unjust since ancient times, but the long-lived man in front of me dotes on the queen and his wife, and they are as close as each other every day. He is really enviable.

"Did you hear about it? On the day my mother gave birth, a midwife who didn't have any eyesight even yelled at me, Long Live the Lord, and was dragged down and beaten to death by Eunuch Li's order!"

"Hey, I heard that no matter what you say or do in this deep palace, you have to be careful. You have to know what you should say and what you shouldn't say. Otherwise, you will die without knowing how you died.

!”

The palace maid sighed and added: "Xiao Nian, you have to remember that no one in the inner court should offend Eunuch Li. He is now so powerful in the inner court that his life is just a matter of words. Even Long Live Lord

Don’t even ask.”

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Early on the next morning, Zhu Youtang got up early and went straight to Qianqing Palace. Yanhai was already waiting at the door holding a stack of memorials.

Zhu Youtang frowned when he saw the stack of memorials, which was almost as tall as a man's, and said, "It's the same today!"

"Okay, long live my lord, don't worry!" Yanhai has been in charge of the Qianqing Palace for more than a year. He already knows his master's temperament and knows what he likes and dislikes in the memorial.

While Yanhai was looking for useful memorials and preparing to classify them, he was watching Zhu Youtang doing Tai Chi for the elderly.

The classification of memorials is also very particular. We must not only look at the content of the memorials, but also who is writing the memorials. For example, the memorials of Liu Ji, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Pu, the second assistant, no matter whether they play nonsense or not

, you have to pick them out and show them to the emperor. After all, where are these two positions?

It's all just trivial things, so naturally I have to throw them away, so as not to upset my master.

According to the original words of Li Guang, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony: "These people are just hungry and seeking death!"

Today's memorial was different from the past. Yanhai had just flipped through it twice when he found the notebook of Liu Ji, the chief assistant of the cabinet. He took out Liu Ji's memorial first and put it first after sorting it.

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"Long live my Lord, your boxing set is really powerful! I admire you very much!"

Zhu Youtang curled his lips, his old-age Tai Chi was just for health, and his boxing speed was slow and leisurely. How could this be said to be a success?

"You know how to pick out nice things and tell me. Have you finished picking out today's memorials?"

Zhu Youtang happened to be tired from playing, so he took the warm tea from Yanhai and took a sip.

Yanhai placed the memorial on the dragon table and said with a smile: "As for Long Live, today there are several memorials jointly signed by Mr. Ge and led by him."

"Oh? It seems like he hasn't submitted a memorial for a long time. What's going on with his gang members this time? Please read it and listen to me!"

Since the last time, Zhennanguan garrison He Zhan filed an imperial edict, Zhu Youtang sent Liu Ji's protégé Wu Zhun to prison, dismissed him from his post for investigation, and asked Liu Ji to talk to suppress him, and also sent Dali, an important member of Liu's party, to

After Wei Zhang, the minister of the imperial court, had his house confiscated and executed, Liu Dang never expressed his opinions on the political affairs of the court, but he became more stable. This time, he jointly submitted the memorial, which made Zhu Youtang very curious.

"Liu Ji, the chief assistant of the cabinet:

It has been a year since the inner market was opened in the first year of Hongzhi. Now that the emperor's eldest son is born, he will soon move to the East Palace. Since the east palace is the important place for the crown prince, the inner market should be closed down to maintain the royal integrity."

Zhu Youtang frowned, knocked on the dragon table and said: "I haven't said anything about establishing a prince yet. How did the chief minister know that the eldest son of the emperor was going to move to the East Palace? Did the other people's memorials advise me to remove the inner city?

?”

Yanhai quickly flipped through the remaining memorials, spread his hands and said: "Long live the wise Lord, the remaining memorials are all about the benefits of leaving the inner city. By the way, I second the words of the elder."

"These people are just following our lead, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. All their memorials have been left unpublished. The prince is still young, so let's stop discussing the inner city affairs."

"I heard that Li Guang has adopted many godsons recently, Yanhai, do you know about this?" Zhu Youtang asked again.

Yanhai was about to leave with the memorial in his arms when Zhu Youtang suddenly asked, catching Yanhai off guard. He loosened his hand and scattered the pile of memorials on the ground.

"Ah...this...this, I don't know."

Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "You old cunning guy, I think you know better than to say anything. You have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

When Yanhai heard this, he was frightened and hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake. It wasn't that he didn't say it, it was because Li Guang was not easy to mess with. Now Li Guang is not only in charge of the Chief Ceremony Supervisor but also the Admiral of the East Factory. He is so powerful! Even some people in the imperial court have no power.

The ministers who support him have to give him gifts to curry favor with him, but he is a small boss, and his arms can twist his thighs.

In the corridor, Li Guang was about to go in to say good morning to the emperor. When he walked to the door, he suddenly heard the conversation between Zhu Youtang and Yan Hai inside, and he broke into a cold sweat.

I didn't expect that such a trivial matter as how many godsons I had adopted could reach the emperor's ears. It seems that there are some gossips in the inner court. I will have to check it out later.

Li Guang took out a bill from his sleeve and looked at it. He smiled and murmured to himself: "With this, Long live the Lord will be so happy that he can't shut his mouth!"

"Master, you get up really early these days!" Li Guang trotted in.

Yanhai was being asked by Zhu Youtang and didn't know how to answer. Suddenly he saw the initiator of this incident, Li Guang, running in. He looked at Li Guang as if he was grasping a life-saving straw.

After Zhu Youtang saw Li Guang, he said calmly: "Cao Cao will be here as soon as he comes. Tell me how many godsons you have in this palace?"

"No, no, no, these are all other people's nonsense and slanderous slaves."

Li Guang was excited, waved his hands repeatedly, and explained.

Zhu Youtang stopped asking about this topic. He stood up and walked in front of Yanhai, saying in a cold voice: "Get up. Just answer whatever I ask you. Don't answer the question incorrectly. You can go down first!"

Yanhai kowtowed twice, stood up and left.

Seeing this, Li Guang quickly handed over the bill in his hand and said with a smile:

"Long live Lord, do you see this?"

Zhu Youtang took it over and took a look, and was surprised. Not long after Li Guang took power, the money in his own money tripled. Li Guang watched Zhu Youtang's expression change closely.

Taking advantage of the situation, he spoke again: "Long live my lord, the mine supervisor of Dujian Mansion has returned to Beijing. He said that the mining operations in various places are going very smoothly, except for a few big and powerful families. I guess there are some backers behind them. They are very hard and there are mines in the ground."

Don’t let mine supervisors mine…”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youtang's expression changed slightly and he said calmly:

"Then you kill them all?"

"Oh, long live my Lord, how dare I kill someone? I just used some tricks to ask them to collect some mineral taxes. These big and powerful families are very rich. If you don't want to move, that's fine.

, just take out the comparative money..."

Under this situation, Zhu Youtang immediately understood that not all the money collected might go into his pocket, and Li Guang still kept some.

If you want a horse to run, you have to give it some grass.

Li Guang was very sensible in this regard. His subordinates collected cash and he personally compared the bills one by one. In the end, he took 30%, left 10% for his subordinates, and paid the remaining 60%.

Zhu Youtang’s internal funds.

As for those stubborn people, the method is also very simple, that is, arrest and imprison them directly. No matter how tough the backer behind you is, can it be stronger than the emperor? When the time comes, it will not be easy to arrest you and imprison you, and just collect and forge some evidence. See??

????????????You are still dishonest.

Zhu Youtang nodded with satisfaction. The reason why he promoted Li Guang to power in an unusual way was to let him take the blame for himself and collect money. Now it looks like Li Guang is doing a good job.

As soon as Li Guang saw his master's expression, he knew that the emperor was very happy to see this internal money bill.

"Long live my lord, according to the people under my command, officials from various ministries have frequently been in and out of Mr. Ge's mansion in the past few days. I wonder what they are planning."

"What else can you plan? Let me stop the inner city and establish a prince early. Since they are idle again, let's find something for them to do."

At the end of the Hongzhi Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Youtang ordered the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the two capitals, the five prefectures, the sixth bureau, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to guard the second division of the governor and the magistrate outside.

The years and months of official service, household registration, and which officials he has served are all posted in the Wenhua Hall for personal viewing, and they are posted and replaced with new ones every season.

Now that summer has passed, the new list was sent to Zhu Youtang before it was posted in the Cultural Hall. Zhu Youtang opened the list and was shocked by the name of a new person who appeared in the list.

It was Yang Tinghe who went through four dynasties and served as the chief minister in two dynasties.

Yang Tinghe, courtesy name Jiefu and Shizhai, was born in Xindu, Chengdu Prefecture, Sichuan. Yang Tinghe became famous at a young age. He passed the provincial examination when he was twelve years old. In the fourteenth year of Chenghua, he was awarded Jinshi at the age of nineteen and was awarded an official Hanlin review. In the second year of Zhengde

He worshiped the young master and the crown prince Taifu, and served as the chief assistant of the cabinet in the seventh year of Zhengde. When Emperor Jiajing was not in the capital, he had an overview of the government affairs.

Of course, he is still just a Hanlin reviewer, and he needs to focus on promotion so that he can take over the positions of these veterans in the future.

"Let them compile the true records of the late emperor. According to the decree, Liu Ji, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was ordered to compile and compile the true records of the late emperor. The British Duke Zhang Mao was responsible for supervising the revision. Zhan Shifu Qiu Jun, Shao Zhanshi Wang Xie, Han Lin, and Liu Ji Jian serves as the vice president of editing, and there is a Hanlin reviewer named Yang Tinghe. Let him also participate in writing, and let them decide on the rest of the writing staff!"

Since then, the actual records of Ming Xianzong began to be compiled in the second year of Hongzhi.
Chapter completed!