Faced with Empress Zhou's pretentious generosity, Zhang Yan's encouragement, and the girls' ardent expectations.
Li Yunze picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then stood up and saluted Zhang Yan, then turned and left without saying a word.
The girls were surprised and didn't understand what this meant.
In the end, Queen Zhou said with some uncertainty, "Is Banzai angry?"
As soon as these words came out, the girls suddenly felt panicked and had all kinds of random thoughts.
In fact, Li Yunze is just adhering to his three no principles.
He would only accept this kind of thing, but would never take the initiative.
For Li Yunze, he is more passionate about his work than hanging around in a crowd of makeup and powder.
What a man loves most is to gain power over the world, and Li Yunze is no exception.
When I arrived at the Imperial Study Room, Wang Chengen was presented with a bunch of memorials.
"It's going to be a holiday soon, but there are still so many things going on." Li Yunze picked up the tea bowl and said, "What are they all about?"
"Your Majesty, the officials reported to Chen Liangxun and others about the incident, saying that the people in the south of the Yangtze River are troubled by trade and labor, and the people are in dire straits. Please stop the weaving incident in Suzhou and Hangzhou."
He casually placed the valuable tea bowl on the table, and Li Yunze breathed out the fragrance.
"Beep beep beep!"
"Suhang Weaving is a royal business. How can it affect the lives of the people, and the people can't make a living?"
Li Yunze slapped the table and stood up, breathing fire with his hands behind his back, "Do you think I'm a fool because I don't know anything? Don't you just want to drive away the guarding eunuchs so that you can control the Jiangnan silk market and sell the silk goods to those foreign devils to make money."
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, overseas trade was very developed.
Daming silk fabrics, tea, ceramics, etc. are all popular goods.
When a European ship comes over, no matter how much goods are purchased, as long as it can be shipped back, the profit will be at least doubled.
This led to European countries frantically rushing to grab business. The quantity of goods required was negotiable, and the price was negotiable. They even went so far as to go to war directly in order to obtain the supply of goods.
"Is Chen Liangxun a member of the Donglin Party?"
"yes."
"Hey." Li Yunze smiled, "The spokesperson for the silk fabric business in Jiangnan is really hardworking."
"The decree is passed, and Chen Liangxun is ordered to be the magistrate of Mizhi County. He will take office immediately without delay."
A few months later, the rebel Zhang Xianzhong attacked Mizhi County.
Since Chen Liangxun is so keen on being a spokesperson for the big businessmen in Jiangnan, let him test whether Zhang Xianzhong's butcher knife is sharp and see if he will end up being shot.
Zhang Xianzhong is different from Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng was forced by the local gentry to ruin his family and lose his job as a postman, but he did not immediately become a thief, but chose to work as a border guard.
When he was a frontier soldier, he could not get military pay because he was hungry and cold, and he was chased into the military camp by the gentry in his hometown. With no other way out, he became a rebel.
Zhang Xianzhong, on the other hand, was born in the border army. He was dismissed from his post for violating military laws, and then he immediately fell into the army and became the king of the mountain.
When rebels began to emerge in Shaanxi, he naturally transformed from a mountain king to a rebel.
Before Sun Chuanting left Beijing, Li Yunze once asked him to clear away the bandits in Yan'an Prefecture.
It's just that there are cottage bandits everywhere now, and I don't know if Sun Chuanting can do it.
After returning to the chair and sitting down, Li Yunze asked Wang Chengen, "Ask Cao Huachun to send someone to Suzhou and Hangzhou to strictly investigate the local silk weaving issues."
"According to the decree."
"Is there anything else?"
Wang Chengen stepped forward, took away a thick pile of memorials that cheered for the merchants in Jiangnan, picked up the memorial at the bottom and handed it over, "Your Majesty, all the masters of the Yushitai request an order to destroy the shrines in various places in Wei Ni."
Li Yunze nodded, "Okay. What else?"
"The Minister of Rites, Zhou Shangshu, has written a report, asking the emperor to determine the year name."
Previously, the Ministry of Rites recommended that the era name should be changed to Chongzhen next year. Li Yunze was a little entangled and has been putting it off until now.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I really can’t put it off any longer.
"In reply to the Ministry of Rites, use the reign name Chongzhen!"
Li Yunze also thought about it, he would do what Zhu Youjian failed to do.
If he does well, then the title of Chongzhen will be the glory, not Lu Chen of China!
"Any more?"
"Master of the Wenyuan Pavilion, Mr. Xu Ge, the Minister of Industry, is here to report. The late emperor's mausoleum has been completed. Please respectfully send the late emperor to the mausoleum."
"Brother Emperor." Li Yunze sighed with emotion, "Okay, it will only take two days to send Brother Emperor to bury him before the New Year."
On the last day before the New Year's Day, the civil and military nobles of the capital sent Emperor Tianqi's coffin into the mausoleum with tears in his eyes.
However, after returning, all the yamen immediately sealed the yamen, and everyone went home to celebrate the New Year with smiles on their faces.
The era of Emperor Tianqi has ended.
After the Chinese New Year, it is the new Chongzhen period.
On March 17, the first year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi giant bandit Zhang Xianzhong attacked Mizhi.
The thieves entered the city in disguise, and the civil and military officials in the city were defenseless. The city gate was opened that night, and Mizhi City was destroyed.
The new county magistrate Chen Liangxun tried to escape in disguise, but was captured at the city gate and later shot to death by Zhang Xianzhong with a crouching tiger and cannon.
On April 11th of the first year of Chongzhen, Cao Bianjiao, who personally led two battalions of Longxiang's new army to go south quickly after the New Year's Day, defeated the bandits attacking the county outside Anyuan County in southern Gansu, beheaded the bandits and captured the Heavenly King. He became famous for a while.
Loud noise.
At the same time, Li Yunze's traveling team had already left the capital.
After the previous trip to Tianjin, I encountered much less resistance when I went out to Beijing this time.
In fact, Li Yunze was able to easily break hundreds of years of Ming Dynasty rules and leave the capital without any resistance. The main reason was that no one stopped him.
The only elder in the Forbidden City is a good old sister-in-law.
She adheres to the principle of not interfering in politics and will never say a word about such matters.
In the court, most of the former bosses were bitten to death and maimed by the Nine Thousand Years Old.
For example, if Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were still alive, they would definitely stop at the city gate and would rather die than give way.
After that, Li Yunze took advantage of Jiu Qiansui's downfall to clean up the big bosses.
Sun Chengzong and others were sent to other places, and the memorials they sent to persuade Li Yunze were directly "detained" and were completely ignored.
The remaining Wen Tiren and others are either protecting themselves wisely or flattering them. Who dares to take the lead in stopping the emperor?
Without the big boss taking the lead, the actions of the little fish and shrimps can be ignored.
Xu Guangqi and Li Guopu stayed in the cabinet to handle state affairs.
Cao Huachun and Luo Sigong stayed in the capital to patrol against lawlessness.
Zhao led the army and Lu Xiangsheng led the five battalions of Tiger Guards to garrison the capital.
Unless Huang Taiji calls immediately, everything will be safe inside and outside.
Cao Wenzhao, the commander-in-chief of the Longxiang Army, led the remaining three battalions to escort the troops southward.
This time Li Yunze's destination is Jiangnan.
Unlike a certain braided emperor who went to Jiangnan just for show and fun, Li Yunze went to Jiangnan for the sake of the people of Jiangnan.
Historically, in July, Jiangnan was hit by a typhoon. Numerous buildings were damaged, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured, and the disaster led to large-scale plague and chaos.
Li Yunze came to provide disaster relief, and he also wanted to take advantage of the situation to rectify Jiangnan.
Because they didn't bring any royal concubines, maids or eunuchs with them, they marched very quickly.
Departing from Chaoyangmen in the morning, we arrived in Tongzhou before dinner.
In the afternoon of the next day, we arrived in Wuqing.
Wuqing, also known as Hexiwu, is one of the seven checkpoints on the Grand Canal.
The Grand Canal is the most important commodity trade route in the Ming Dynasty. Every day, all kinds of ships traveling from south to north are like crucian carp crossing the river.
There is no doubt that this is a river flowing with silver.
There were a total of eight banknote checkpoints throughout the Ming Dynasty for collecting money. Except for Jiujiang Pass, the other seven were all on the Grand Canal.
Arriving in Wuqing, Li Yunze immediately rode his horse and led people to Chaoguan.
He was not wearing a dragon robe, and he was not wearing a large banner. When he arrived at Chaoguan Pass, the eunuch guarding the gate thought he was some general who had come to Beijing to report on his duties.
"One tael for each person above the general level, and two taels for each person below the general level. The money for goods is not included."
He raised his whip to stop Wang Chengen who wanted to scold him, and then asked, "How is the customs clearance price at Wuqing Chaoguan calculated?"
The eunuch guarding the officer was sitting on a chair, holding a tea bowl in his hand and looking lazily at Li Yunze, "What grade of military attache are you?"
"I am the commander of the third battalion of Halong Xiang Army." Li Yunze made up an identity casually. "I heard what you said, military attaches have to pay, but civilian officials don't?"
"If you are the commander-in-chief of Longxiang Army, then you don't have to pay. You can pay as much as you want, as long as you show your kindness to us."
The eunuch chewed the tea leaves in his mouth, then spit it on the ground, "But you are a small official, so you can't afford less than two taels of silver per person. As for civil servants, all gentlemen are tax-free. Hurry up!"
Pay the money, and I will go back to the house to enjoy it."
Du Si is a battalion officer and is already a mid-level general of the fourth rank.
But in the eyes of eunuchs, they are not much better than those bosses.
"I see."
With a smile on his face, Li Yunze motioned to Wang Chengen, who was already trembling with anger, "Let him eat that tea bowl."
At this time, Wang Chengen was the eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, and he was the ancestor of eunuchs all over the world.
Having lost such a big face in front of the emperor, Wang Chengen immediately dismounted his horse and ran over. He raised his hand and slapped him with a big hand, "Little beast, I'm tired of living with you!"
The eunuch was stunned, covering his face and looking at Wang Chengen blankly.
He was sent to Wuqing Chaoguan with money and money during Wei Zhongxian's time. He didn't even know Wang Chengen, who had been working in Prince Xin's Mansion.
The eunuchs and tax collectors guarding Chao Pass hurriedly gathered around, while Cao Wenzhao and others accompanying him immediately drew their swords and rushed forward.
The power of the hundreds of cavalrymen surrounding them with their swords drawn frightened everyone in Chaoguan and they were at a loss.
That's not all. Following Cao Wenzhao's order, hundreds of cavalry rushed out from the grove not far away, shouting and blocking the place, blocking the way.
Everyone in Chaoguan was heartbroken, they knew that something big was going to happen today!
Wang Chengen, who had slapped more than a dozen big bidou in one breath, then shouted angrily, "I've blinded you! Your Majesty is here!"
With a calm expression, Li Yunze rode directly into the bank and said, "Bring over all the account books."
After the large group of people entered the customs, Wang Chengen grabbed the tea bowl on the table and said, "You are in bad luck, little beast. Don't say that your ancestors don't take care of you. You ate the tea bowl yourself. Don't implicate your family."