356. Chapter 356 The Daily Life of the Emperor and Chief Assistant
In the warm spring pavilion, Zhu Houzhao looked at the zhezi in front of him, sighed with a headache, and threw the zhezi aside. Not far behind him, Li Feng'er was nestled on an embroidered couch with a smile on his face.
Looking at the letter in his hand.
This was the daily life of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and his favorite woman. They were as ordinary as a young couple from a scholarly family, each doing their own thing in the study.
Li Feng'er's belly has become prominent. It is not very convenient for a pregnant woman to move around. However, sitting and lying down for a long time will cause swollen legs and feet and poor blood flow. Therefore, no matter how busy Zhu Houzhao is every day, he will not
He forgot to support his beloved concubine and walk around the pavilions of the Leopard Room. This time was often spent after dinner before it was dark.
Now that he had this free time, Zhu Houzhao rubbed his swollen eyes, walked gently to Li Feng'er's embroidered couch and sat down: "What are you looking at? You are so happy!"
After saying that, he leaned his head close to Li Feng'er's head and looked at the letter in Li Feng'er's hand.
The letter was written by Princess Liu on behalf of the princess. Most of the letters contained trivial matters. When she arrived in Nanjing, she took the trouble to write down all the people she met and interesting things she encountered on paper. Of course,
Mrs. Liu knew what Li Feng'er really wanted to know. A large part of the letter was written around Qian Wu Bing and what Qian Wu Bing was doing in Nanjing. At the moment, Li Feng'er was seeing Qian Wu Bing making a fortune.
Finger, something sweeping Jiangnan's officialdom, Li Feng'er couldn't help but feel a little funny when she saw in the letter that Zhu Yunniang acted as Qian Wubing's housekeeper and worried about piles of money every day.
"It's only 300,000 taels, which is not much. Qian Qing's handiwork is a bit small. Since this ship's bow is so easy to sell, it should be sold for tens of thousands of taels!" Zhu Houzhao said boldly, "If you let me sell it,
I have to sell it for at least three million taels!"
Li Feng'er rolled her eyes at him: "Are you still selling too little? Every year your Baobao Lifting Company doesn't issue tens of millions of taels, and no one buys it. You think this boat guide is just printed on your white paper?
, that’s what Wushi can buy back with real money and silver!”
"Hehe!" Zhu Houzhao smiled with a smile on his face, "Qian Qing is so capable, how about letting him take over the promotion of the treasure banknote promotion department and earn more money for the court every year!"
"Come on, please go ahead and torment my mother-in-law's family. When people are officials, they want to be promoted and make a fortune. He is quite nice. First, he will be a prison guard for you, and then he will make money for you as a shopkeeper.
I even moved here and there to find a few boats, and went across the ocean to find money for you. What kind of things are you doing? Just like this, you are still thinking about finding some errands for your father and grandma who don't care about you.
Why didn't you miss him when you were promoted to a higher rank?" Li Feng'er glared at him, folded the letter in her hand and placed it on the low table beside the embroidery couch: "Help me get up and walk around, it's time.
Bar!"
Zhu Houzhao helped her up as instructed, and the two of them walked slowly outside the Nuan Pavilion.
"It's not that I gave Wu Bing an official position, the post of commander of the Jinyi Guards has been vacant for several months. Even if Wu Bing can't be the commander, it's okay to be a colleague. You acridine, you can take this position.
It's hanging there like a dog bone, tempting people but not giving any clear explanation!"
"Isn't it true that the queen also likes that position?" Zhu Houzhao was most afraid of hearing this. The pregnant woman couldn't get angry and had to follow her words, but he really had to defend her words.
"If it weren't for you, Feng'er, would my position be hanging there? If the Queen revealed her intention, it would be hard for me to directly disobey him. But if I directly follow the Queen's wishes, Wu Bian would really have no hope.
It's good for everyone to hang around like this. If Wu Bian makes any achievements in the future, and if he is promoted to this position, the Queen Mother won't say anything!"
"Is turning over 1.5 million taels of silver to the inner treasury a year considered an achievement?" Li Feng'er refused to accept his favor, "I have heard that three top prefectures pay money to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
They don’t even have this figure, and with all that money, they have to support so many officials, and Wushi is just a single person!”
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Houzhao was unhappy, "I know this well, so don't nag me. I don't want our son to be a chatterbox when he is born! Just focus on giving me a baby."
Fat brat, I can’t owe your family anything!”
Li Feng'er chuckled and said nothing further. After all, she was a smart woman. She knew when to shut up, which showed her temperament better than knowing when to speak.
"Isn't it that all the zhezi were thrown away to the Supervisor of Ceremonies? Why are there still zhezi sent to you? It seems like something that doesn't make you happy!" Li Feng'er walked silently for a while and changed the topic to you.
Zhu Houzhao's body.
"It's not an excerpt, it's about Jin Yiwei!" Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "Speaking of which, it has something to do with Qian Qing. The counselor of Jin Yiwei Nanya went to Gansu Li Town and recruited several Li people who were naturalized at the beginning of the year.
Hundreds of people, replenishing the Jin Yiwei, there is no precedent for this matter, Beizhen Fusi didn't dare to make the decision on his own, so he sent it to me!"
"Is something against the rules?"
"No, but although our court also uses some lusty officials, I feel uncomfortable when I think about how hundreds of white-skinned and blue-eyed guards will come to the prisoner's house to pick up people after I issue a decree.
!" Zhu Houzhao said with a bitter face: "We have thousands of military households in the Ming Dynasty. Where Qian Qing can't recruit people, he has to deal with these moths. Isn't this embarrassing?"
"There are only a few hundred people, not tens of thousands. Why are you worried?" Li Feng'er smiled: "I thought it was a big deal. I heard that there were nearly ten thousand people in Li, and he was not sick.
With the title of "Xuanwei Envoy" from the Li people, where to recruit people from them, it is considered that the wealth does not go to outsiders. For the court, these hundreds of people have official status, but there is no other benefit that comes from great righteousness.
, once people have a head start, secondly, a few hundred people will become hundreds of households, and a few hundred households will become nearly a thousand people. Wu Bing is helping the court to win over the hearts and minds of these Li people!"
"Yes!" Zhu Houzhao really didn't expect this. He only thought of the awkward situation of hundreds of white-skinned and blue-eyed Jin Yiwei running rampant in the capital. When Li Feng'er said this, he immediately realized the benefits of this move.
These people are working as errands in the capital. With nearly 10,000 people, are we still worried that they may have second thoughts?
"Then I will approve it later so that they will stop being suspicious!"
…
In the west of the capital, there is the residence of Yang Tinghe, the first assistant.
A few days ago, an urgent report came from Ningxia. There was a snowstorm there. Yang Tinghe was very busy with disaster relief these days. But over in Fujian, Japanese pirates actually came ashore and invaded a county.
Months later, the county seat was recaptured by the local soldiers, but the county seat was severely poisoned by Japanese pirates. Let’s not talk about rewards based on merit. The chief envoy of Fujian, the chief envoy in Fujian, is still in charge of the envoy.
The navy must be held accountable one by one now. If this incident breaks out, a large number of officials will definitely be laid off in Fujian. Yang Tinghe must also pay attention to this matter. Natural disasters can be relieved, but man-made disasters must be avoided as much as possible.
Fortunately, this winter, the Mongols in the north were able to give face. Daming was hit by a snowstorm, and they were not much better. Although small groups continued to harass them, there were still no major wars. Otherwise, Yang Tinghe would still have to worry about money.
Regarding the matter, this year's money, the Ministry of Finance has already hit the bottom, and it is not an easy task to collect some money to go to Jiubian.
In short, Yang Tinghe was quite carefree before he took the position of chief assistant. However, once he took this position, he realized how remarkable it was that Li Dongyang had been able to stand in this position for many years. This is a little bit OK.
Just half a step wrong, and countless people may be displaced, and the source of this kind of thing is often a thought that suddenly flashes in his mind. When the time comes, you say, this chief assistant, what will you do?
Well, or not?
"Sir, Hou Ninghou handed over a post. Did you see it or not?" The family brought in a gilded post. There were not many posts that were qualified to enter Yang Tinghe's study.
"I've never had any contact with him. If there's anything we can do to meet him, if it's a business matter, just ask him to go to the cabinet to discuss it tomorrow. If it's a private matter, just say I've had a long day's work and have rested!" Yang Tinghe pondered for a moment, then decided.
If you don't see this person, he is a fool, and his actions are mostly ridiculous. Being mixed up with him will not do any good to his reputation as Yang Dashoufu. However, he is also the direct uncle of the emperor, so it seems that there is no need to offend him.
.
The family left in a hurry, and after a while, they came back. However, this time, there was no gilded post in his hand, but a thick stack of newspaper-sized paper.
"Marquis Shouning said that the master had rested, so he went back. However, he asked the villain to bring these things to the master, saying that he wanted the master to take a look at it in his spare time. The face value of these things is two hundred guan, and they are currently on the market.
Go up, it has reached more than 700, here are ten in total!"
"What is this for?" Yang Tinghe was annoyed. As expected, it was just as rumored. This marquis was acting in an absurdly tight manner and would send money to a bachelor's house without anything to do. Is this a deliberate attempt to ruin his reputation?
Taking the papers from his family, Yang Tinghe glanced at them, and was about to hand them over to his family and tell him to step back. His eyes suddenly froze slightly, and he saw the word "四海" on the paper that he could not ignore.
"What is this, a banknote? Why don't you see which ticket number it is?"
"It seems that the Marquis said it's a boat guide. It's much more valuable than a banknote. Sihai should be referring to our Sihai Tower in Jingli. It seems like there's only one sign in Jingli that can distribute these things!"
Yang Tinghe thought about it and immediately changed his mind about going back: "Go and find out what happened to these ship guides. I will come back tomorrow and you can report it to me in detail!"
"Yes, sir!"
In the warm spring pavilion, Zhu Houzhao looked at the zhezi in front of him, sighed with a headache, and threw the zhezi aside. Not far behind him, Li Feng'er was nestled on an embroidered couch with a smile on his face.
Looking at the letter in his hand.
This was the daily life of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and his favorite woman. They were as ordinary as a young couple from a scholarly family, each doing their own thing in the study.
Li Feng'er's belly has become prominent. It is not very convenient for a pregnant woman to move around. However, sitting and lying down for a long time will cause swollen legs and feet and poor blood flow. Therefore, no matter how busy Zhu Houzhao is every day, he will not
He forgot to support his beloved concubine and walk around the pavilions of the Leopard Room. This time was often spent after dinner before it was dark.
Now that he had this free time, Zhu Houzhao rubbed his swollen eyes, walked gently to Li Feng'er's embroidered couch and sat down: "What are you looking at? You are so happy!"
After saying that, he leaned his head close to Li Feng'er's head and looked at the letter in Li Feng'er's hand.
The letter was written by Princess Liu on behalf of the princess. Most of the letters contained trivial matters. When she arrived in Nanjing, she took the trouble to write down all the people she met and interesting things she encountered on paper. Of course,
Mrs. Liu knew what Li Feng'er really wanted to know. A large part of the letter was written around Qian Wu Bing and what Qian Wu Bing was doing in Nanjing. At the moment, Li Feng'er was seeing Qian Wu Bing making a fortune.
Finger, something sweeping Jiangnan's officialdom, Li Feng'er couldn't help but feel a little funny when she saw in the letter that Zhu Yunniang acted as Qian Wubing's housekeeper and worried about piles of money every day.
"It's only 300,000 taels, which is not much. Qian Qing's handiwork is a bit small. Since this ship's bow is so easy to sell, it should be sold for tens of thousands of taels!" Zhu Houzhao said boldly, "If you let me sell it,
I have to sell it for at least three million taels!"
Li Feng'er rolled her eyes at him: "Are you still selling too little? Every year your Baobao Lifting Company doesn't issue tens of millions of taels, and no one buys it. You think this boat guide is just printed on your white paper?
, that’s what Wushi can buy back with real money and silver!”
"Hehe!" Zhu Houzhao smiled with a smile on his face, "Qian Qing is so capable, how about letting him take over the promotion of the treasure banknote promotion department and earn more money for the court every year!"
"Come on, please go ahead and torment my mother-in-law's family. When people are officials, they want to be promoted and make a fortune. He is quite nice. First, he will be a prison guard for you, and then he will make money for you as a shopkeeper.
I even moved here and there to find a few boats, and went across the ocean to find money for you. What kind of things are you doing? Just like this, you are still thinking about finding some errands for your father and grandma who don't care about you.
Why didn't you miss him when you were promoted to a higher rank?" Li Feng'er glared at him, folded the letter in her hand and placed it on the low table beside the embroidery couch: "Help me get up and walk around, it's time.
Bar!"
Zhu Houzhao helped her up as instructed, and the two of them walked slowly outside the Nuan Pavilion.
"It's not that I gave Wu Bing an official position, the post of commander of the Jinyi Guards has been vacant for several months. Even if Wu Bing can't be the commander, it's okay to be a colleague. You acridine, you can take this position.
It's hanging there like a dog bone, tempting people but not giving any clear explanation!"
"Isn't it true that the queen also likes that position?" Zhu Houzhao was most afraid of hearing this. The pregnant woman couldn't get angry and had to follow her words, but he really had to defend her words.
"If it weren't for you, Feng'er, would my position be hanging there? If the Queen revealed her intention, it would be hard for me to directly disobey him. But if I directly follow the Queen's wishes, Wu Bian would really have no hope.
It's good for everyone to hang around like this. If Wu Bian makes any achievements in the future, and if he is promoted to this position, the Queen Mother won't say anything!"
"Is turning over 1.5 million taels of silver to the inner treasury a year considered an achievement?" Li Feng'er refused to accept his favor, "I have heard that three top prefectures pay money to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
They don’t even have this figure, and with all that money, they have to support so many officials, and Wushi is just a single person!”
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Houzhao was unhappy, "I know this well, so don't nag me. I don't want our son to be a chatterbox when he is born! Just focus on giving me a baby."
Fat brat, I can’t owe your family anything!”
Li Feng'er chuckled and said nothing further. After all, she was a smart woman. She knew when to shut up, which showed her temperament better than knowing when to speak.
"Isn't it that all the zhezi were thrown away to the Supervisor of Ceremonies? Why are there still zhezi sent to you? It seems like something that doesn't make you happy!" Li Feng'er walked silently for a while and changed the topic to you.
Zhu Houzhao's body.
"It's not an excerpt, it's about Jin Yiwei!" Zhu Houzhao shook his head: "Speaking of which, it has something to do with Qian Qing. The counselor of Jin Yiwei Nanya went to Gansu Li Town and recruited several Li people who were naturalized at the beginning of the year.
Hundreds of people, replenishing the Jin Yiwei, there is no precedent for this matter, Beizhen Fusi didn't dare to make the decision on his own, so he sent it to me!"
"Is something against the rules?"
"No, but although our court also uses some lusty officials, I feel uncomfortable when I think about how hundreds of white-skinned and blue-eyed guards will come to the prisoner's house to pick up people after I issue a decree.
!" Zhu Houzhao said with a bitter face: "We have thousands of military households in the Ming Dynasty. Where Qian Qing can't recruit people, he has to deal with these moths. Isn't this embarrassing?"
"There are only a few hundred people, not tens of thousands. Why are you worried?" Li Feng'er smiled: "I thought it was a big deal. I heard that there were nearly ten thousand people in Li, and he was not sick.
With the title of "Xuanwei Envoy" from the Li people, where to recruit people from them, it is considered that the wealth does not go to outsiders. For the court, these hundreds of people have official status, but there is no other benefit that comes from great righteousness.
, once people have a head start, secondly, a few hundred people will become hundreds of households, and a few hundred households will become nearly a thousand people. Wu Bing is helping the court to win over the hearts and minds of these Li people!"
"Yes!" Zhu Houzhao really didn't expect this. He only thought of the awkward situation of hundreds of white-skinned and blue-eyed Jin Yiwei running rampant in the capital. When Li Feng'er said this, he immediately realized the benefits of this move.
These people are working as errands in the capital. With nearly 10,000 people, are we still worried that they may have second thoughts?
"Then I will approve it later so that they will stop being suspicious!"
…
In the west of the capital, there is the residence of Yang Tinghe, the first assistant.
A few days ago, an urgent report came from Ningxia. There was a snowstorm there. Yang Tinghe was very busy with disaster relief these days. But over in Fujian, Japanese pirates actually came ashore and invaded a county.
Months later, the county seat was recaptured by the local soldiers, but the county seat was severely poisoned by Japanese pirates. Let’s not talk about rewards based on merit. The chief envoy of Fujian, the chief envoy in Fujian, is still in charge of the envoy.
The navy must be held accountable one by one now. If this incident breaks out, a large number of officials will definitely be laid off in Fujian. Yang Tinghe must also pay attention to this matter. Natural disasters can be relieved, but man-made disasters must be avoided as much as possible.
Fortunately, this winter, the Mongols in the north were able to give face. Daming was hit by a snowstorm, and they were not much better. Although small groups continued to harass them, there were still no major wars. Otherwise, Yang Tinghe would still have to worry about money.
Regarding the matter, this year's money, the Ministry of Finance has already hit the bottom, and it is not an easy task to collect some money to go to Jiubian.
In short, Yang Tinghe was quite carefree before he took the position of chief assistant. However, once he took this position, he realized how remarkable it was that Li Dongyang had been able to stand in this position for many years. This is a little bit OK.
Just half a step wrong, and countless people may be displaced, and the source of this kind of thing is often a thought that suddenly flashes in his mind. When the time comes, you say, this chief assistant, what will you do?
Well, or not?
"Sir, Hou Ninghou handed over a post. Did you see it or not?" The family brought in a gilded post. There were not many posts that were qualified to enter Yang Tinghe's study.
"I've never had any contact with him. If there's anything we can do to meet him, if it's a business matter, just ask him to go to the cabinet to discuss it tomorrow. If it's a private matter, just say I've had a long day's work and have rested!" Yang Tinghe pondered for a moment, then decided.
If you don't see this person, he is a fool, and his actions are mostly ridiculous. Being mixed up with him will not do any good to his reputation as Yang Dashoufu. However, he is also the direct uncle of the emperor, so it seems that there is no need to offend him.
.
The family left in a hurry, and after a while, they came back. However, this time, there was no gilded post in his hand, but a thick stack of newspaper-sized paper.
"Marquis Shouning said that the master had rested, so he went back. However, he asked the villain to bring these things to the master, saying that he wanted the master to take a look at it in his spare time. The face value of these things is two hundred guan, and they are currently on the market.
Go up, it has reached more than 700, here are ten in total!"
"What is this for?" Yang Tinghe was annoyed. As expected, it was just as rumored. This marquis was acting in an absurdly tight manner and would send money to a bachelor's house without anything to do. Is this a deliberate attempt to ruin his reputation?
Taking the papers from his family, Yang Tinghe glanced at them, and was about to hand them over to his family and tell him to step back. His eyes suddenly froze slightly, and he saw the word "四海" on the paper that he could not ignore.
"What is this, a banknote? Why don't you see which ticket number it is?"
"It seems that the Marquis said it's a boat guide. It's much more valuable than a banknote. Sihai should be referring to our Sihai Tower in Jingli. It seems like there's only one sign in Jingli that can distribute these things!"
Yang Tinghe thought about it and immediately changed his mind about going back: "Go and find out what happened to these ship guides. I will come back tomorrow and you can report it to me in detail!"