Outside Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Juzheng looked at the imperial edict hanging on the pavilion: "This is a confidential place where officials and other people are waiting. No trespassing is allowed. Violators will be punished without mercy." He held his long beard with his hands, thoughtfully. Following
Lu Tiaoyang, who was behind him, saw him stop and stopped too, looking at the Jiajing imperial pen on the Wenyuan Pavilion.
Zhang Juzheng was so excited that he rarely showed any flaws. He turned to Lu Tiaoyang and said: "Master Yu Suo (Lü Tiaoyang's title), today I know what it's like to be like the clouds in the cabinet and the wind in the palace!"
Lu Tiaoyang was an upright person and didn't like to talk. When he saw Zhang Juzheng losing his composure, he knew that he had been worried all morning. He smiled understandingly and said: "Brother Taiyue can lay out a big plan and 'take the world as his own responsibility.'"
Yes!" After saying that, he held up his hands and said, "He Qing (Lü Tiaoyang's nickname) is willing to obey Yuan Fu's orders!"
When Zhang Juzheng heard what Lu Tiaoyang said, he quickly returned the greeting and said: "The Duke of Yu is nine years older than me, and there are only you and me in the cabinet. How can I be the master of my own affairs? Everything must be planned for the public and I dare to do it."
After hearing this, Lu Tiaoyang said a few humble words, and the two of them walked in hand in hand. The Zhongshu and other clerks on the left and right moved the thick documents into Zhang Juzheng's duty room. After a while, a Zhongshu moved a pile of documents into Lu Tiaoyang's duty room.
"Prime Minister Lu, you have to cut off these Yuanfu." Lu Tiaoyang's mouth twitched, but he smiled and said, "Put it down." The clerk bowed and left.
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Not to mention that Zhang Juzheng was waiting for work here. After Zhu Yijun returned to the palace, the internal supervisor had already reported the emperor's affairs to the Empress Dowager Cisheng. When Empress Dowager Li heard the emperor's method of coaxing Zhang Juzheng, she nodded secretly, but she felt a little confused.
Son.
When the emperor changed out of his long clothes and came to see him in ordinary clothes, he hurriedly ordered the food to be served. Seeing that Zhu Yijun did not look complacent and looked like a young adult, he smiled and said: "The emperor is very good today, and the previous emperor was nothing more than this."
Zhu Yijun laughed quickly and said: "The emperor is lucky to have the ear of his mother to advise him. Without the Queen's earnest teachings, how could he be so light-hearted?" Changing the subject, he said: "The emperor had a decree before seeing his mother, and he wanted to repair the work of Zhuozhou Bixia Yuanjun."
Regarding the Empress Temple, today the Central Government has instructed the Ministry of Industry to handle it."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li looked very happy. She smiled and said: "The British princess said that the Empress Temple is very efficacious. The Ai family thought that chanting sutras is not as good as building a temple. This is a matter of accumulating merit. It is rare for the emperor to think - besides,
The money does not need to come from the national treasury, the queen mother has some respect for herself."
After Zhu Yijun heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times. He really wanted to tell the Queen Mother that Bixia Yuanjun was the god of Taoism and had nothing to do with Buddhism. But after reciting "Buddha is Tao" several times in his heart, he felt calm.
Hearing that Empress Dowager Li wanted to use her own money to build a temple, she felt a little admired. She smiled and said, "How much money can be used to build a temple? The Queen Mother does not have to use her own money to build a temple. She will use internal funds to save the noise of foreign court officials."
After a pause, he said again: "The bad guy, Da Kuang, has copied hundreds of thousands of dollars in silver and kept it all in his own money. If my mother remembers this, she can be more lenient when rewarding people." After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li felt a little sad, but she thought
After saying "Buddha", just throw it away.
During lunch, Zhang Hong came to report: "Qin Tian Jian has chosen the right day for the platform call, which is June 17." Zhu Yijun laughed angrily, dropped his chopsticks and cursed: "Qin Tian Jian is so mediocre! Yang Hongliang doesn't want to do it.
Is it possible?! Choose another date to report, it must be this month!" Zhang Hong said: "The platform call is a grand ceremony, the Qin Tianjian also reports to the cabinet for orders, and the Ministry of Rites also arranges etiquette..."
Before she finished speaking, Empress Dowager Li snorted coldly. Zhang Hong felt sweat on his forehead and kowtowed before going down.
Zhu Yijun frowned. The Empress Dowager Cisheng saw this and said, "Don't worry, Emperor. It was always like this when he first came to power. When your father ascended the throne, the eunuchs on the left and right still showed no respect for the prince. It will be better after a while.
After thinking for a while, he added: "If you don't change your mind after repeated admonitions, it will be fine if you take the opportunity to have a few attacks."
Zhu Yijun calmed down and said with a smile: "What the mother said is that my son is not worried about Qin Tianjian." He pointed to the lunch that was being withdrawn and said: "How can you, mother and son, eat so much food? As the saying goes, 'you never get tired of eating.
"It's very fine, and the meat is never too fine." Many of these meals are time-consuming and labor-intensive to prepare, but are cold when they are served, and are far less delicious than those from small kitchens."
Empress Dowager Li laughed and said, "That's true. When we were in the palace in the past, the late emperor and I both ate in the small kitchen. It was indeed delicious. However, it is indeed a ritual, so it's no wonder."
Zhu Yijun pretended to be coy, but because he was young, he looked decent, and said: "Mother, why don't we eat in the small kitchen instead. Grandpa Shizong also eats in the small kitchen, and it is all provided by the companions at that time, so it does not cost the country's concubines."
Seeing Empress Dowager Li frown slightly, she quickly stopped talking.
The Empress Dowager Cisheng said: "Grandpa Sejong's small kitchen, according to your father, is much more expensive than what we have listed here. Most of them are rare recipes, but you can't learn them."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "My father and my mother were coaxed by my eldest companion. My son heard that my father loved to eat braised donkey intestines when he was in the dormitory..." After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li said: "Yes, after he ascended the throne,
I heard that each time you make a dish, you need to kill a donkey, which costs a lot of money, so we stopped offering it."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "How can this be reasonable? To buy Guanglu Temple, you only need to go to the market in the middle of the capital. The donkey intestines and various kinds of meat are sold separately. The donkey intestines eaten by my father only cost a few dozen coins. However,
The price of a donkey will be added to the account a hundred times. The money for the donkey was secretly shared by the monks and supervisors of Guanglu Temple, and the leaders and eunuchs will only have a monthly share." After saying this, he pursed his lips and smiled.
Empress Dowager Li was stunned after hearing this. Then she thought about how little she had spent on food and expenses when she was a child. After entering the palace, she only thought that it was something that the royal family enjoyed. It was an extraordinary thing that must have an extraordinary price, and she thought about it.
They are all competing for favors, so there is no time to think about these things. Hearing what the emperor said, he smiled and said: "How does the emperor know? Well, your father must have told you in heaven."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "That's not true. Previously, the Ministry of Household Affairs submitted a letter to compile the "Wanli Accounting Records". My son asked for some information and looked at it. The price of live cattle is only 6 taels, and the price of donkeys is only 3 taels..." (
ps: "Wanli Accounting Records" was not completed until the ninth year of Wanli, so the date is moved forward here.)
Empress Dowager Li smiled and said: "Your Majesty, are you talking nonsense? In front of the Aijia Festival, I saw the account books of Guanglu Temple, one live cow and twenty taels..." After saying that, she stopped herself and said, "Is it a fake account?"
Zhu Yijun nodded in agreement.
Queen Mother Li was so angry that she was dizzy. She was originally from a small family and had a stingy and careless character, but she didn't want to be deceived into this by the people in the palace. So she said angrily: "Send the minister of Guanglu Temple to come!"
Zhu Yijun hurriedly advised: "Mother, you don't have to be like this. This has been the case in the palace since ancient times. It's just hidden from the master. When the generals started to move, it was even louder than the commotion in the palace yesterday."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li became a little angry and asked, "What kind of love abuses are there? The emperor will tell you all."
Zhu Yijun said: "Well, my son estimates that there are less than 200 people in the palace. The number of internal officials, maids and handymen is 8,200, plus the internal manufacturing factories, economic factories and other large employers."
, the number is nearly 12,000." Queen Mother Li was greatly surprised when she heard this. She only knew that there were many people in the inner palace, but she did not know that there were over 10,000 people.
Zhu Yijun added: "To support these many people, the major items are food, clothing, charcoal, candlelight, tea and other items. The daily cost is about ten thousand taels, of which about two-thirds are wasted. Among them, the palace maids and miscellaneous servants
There is not much oil and water to fish for, most of it is on our meals, clothes, daily charcoal, and candles. In the name of internal production and tribute, they charge two or three times in the account at a reasonable price, sometimes ten times or even a hundred times.
Yes."
Empress Dowager Li smiled bitterly and said: "How many of them are there?" Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "How much does the empress mother think it costs to have one egg?"
Queen Mother Li: "One article?"
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "One penny can buy two. The two palaces and sons use it, but it is only two coins each. It is said to be a special gift, but I don't know how to raise the chickens that lay eggs for me."
"There is another big disadvantage, which is that the palace purchasers really make money from both sides. The palace purchasers, relying on the banner of the master, are running rampant and illegal in the capital, and this is not just a day. For example, when buying charcoal, he will send a letter to the charcoal factory and say
It was purchased in the palace, but the money was not paid until the merchant had paid the bribe. However, the price was lower than the market price because of the large quantity. If the merchants in the capital had no backing, they would come to their door after hearing the word "He Buy".
Yes, some hang themselves immediately."
Seeing that the Queen Mother wanted to interrupt, she hurriedly added: "Therefore, those who do business in the capital are either from noble families or important officials in the capital. It is indeed a good business to 'buy' from them. Therefore, none of the emperors in our dynasty have any
I will listen to him when my ministers say these things."
Empress Dowager Li is less than thirty years old. She has been in politics for only half a year and is still in the learning stage of political affairs. At this time, if you ask her about rouge and gouache, she can tell you one, two or three. When it comes to these political affairs, she is really weak. These days, she is
Zhu Yijun continued to lose his confidence, and even wrote the word "submit" flatly to the emperor. He could only smile bitterly after hearing this.
Seeing Zhu Yijun talking eloquently, I knew that my knowledge was far inferior to that of this eleven-year-old child. She thought to herself: "No wonder the emperor has been a man from ancient times to the present." She is not a person who loves to seize power.
Because of his temper, he said: "In the emperor's opinion, how should we deal with it?"