Chen Wenhui said indifferently on her face: "This is all expected." ”

Zhao Chongyi frowned.

Chen Wenhui called Shui Lian over and said, "Go and bring the brocade box, and show the recent news about the palace to Grandpa." ”

Shuilian hurriedly went to fetch a brocade box, and Zhao Chongyi read it in detail. Before, he had been fighting outside, and even if he came back to rest in the middle, he was in a hurry, anyway, these trivial matters were handed over to Chen Wenhui to deal with, and he didn't ask much.

Now that I have free time, I naturally take a closer look at them one by one. The more I look at it, the more frowning I become.

Chen Wenhui waited for him to finish reading and said: "Since we left, the emperor has begun to investigate and punish corrupt officials in the entire capital and the Gyeonggi area. Of course, that's a good thing. However, Da Chu is already hard to return, where can those people be so easy. Many people went to the palace to beg the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother originally wanted to go to Nanyang to see Princess Lichuan. Seeing this posture, it was immediately like the emperor proposed to go to Nanyang. The emperor did not agree at first. Determined to honor the Queen Mother and desperately keep it. gave the Queen Mother enough face. The Queen Mother finally wrote the book again and again, saying that she really missed the princess. The emperor had no choice but to agree, sent a large army to escort him, and rewarded him with a lot of things, anyway, the favors were sufficient. ”

"The Queen Mother went to Nanyang with a full body of glory, but she avoided the whirlpool of the capital. After the queen mother left, the queen mother was in charge of the harem. The emperor is now a saint to the queen, and it's okay. However, the most favored ones are Bai Guifei and the concubines of the Wang family who entered the palace, and they have been made princesses. Corruption in the capital has been investigated. Just checked some people with shallow roots. ”

"None of the four major families have been found. At most, some peripheral people have been checked. The hair is also very light. The corruption has not been thoroughly investigated, but the power of the Bai family is growing day by day. There is also the power of the Ma family, and the power of the Wang family has increased. On the contrary, the corruption is serious. ”

Zhao Chongyi asked: "These emperors are blind, don't Jingyuan know?" Why didn't he remind the emperor? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Chongyi, you still have little political experience." Will the emperor not know? Will the emperor not know about the news I can spy on? He doesn't have anyone under him to spy on the news? ”

Zhao Chongyi frowned and said, "What does the emperor mean?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Because the emperor wants to use the Bai family to compete with our Chen family, otherwise, in the harem, Queen Chen's family is dominant, can his life be better?" You have forgotten the eloquence of the emperor. were first subject to the Li family, their mother's family. Later, he was subject to the royal family of his wife. When you were a child, in order to protect the emperor, you didn't fight with the children of the Wang family, right? ”

At that time, the emperor was just an ordinary prince who had no power and no one paid attention to. In the harem, the king and queen are in power. The children of the Wang family often went in and out of the court. also often bullied the emperor. Every time, Zhao Chongyi relied on his father's military power to fight with these sons.

Zhao Chongyi nodded and said, "The emperor has experienced that. Naturally, be extra careful. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "To be the emperor." It has to be ruthless. In this regard, the emperor did a better job than the previous emperor. He's very good at controlling his emotions. Although now he is not happy about the rise of the Bai family, the Wang family. However, in order to balance our Chen family, we have to let the Bai family rise. In order to deal with southern Xinjiang in the future, he will definitely give the Wang family a favor. ”

Zhao Chongyi nodded helplessly, and could only admit that what Chen Wenhui said was right.

Chen Wenhui continued: "After the Queen Mother left, the Queen Mother also asked to take Princess Huichuan out of the palace to live in the princess's mansion. The emperor also kept left and right at first, and in the end, the concubine moved out of the princess's upbringing, saying that she wanted to ask the princess to ask a master to teach the princess. The emperor agreed. Anyway, the princess's mansion was built when the emperor was in the first place. Now the emperor has allocated funds to repaint it, and it is said to be magnificent. He also pointed out to the princess a few famous Confucians as the princess's mentors. And he gave the princess a great deal of silver, shops, granges, workshops, people, slaves, etc. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew that Princess Huichuan was very favored. ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "Princess Huichuan will be the eldest princess in the future, so naturally she will be treated more preferentially." However, this also shows that the emperor is really generous. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Wenhui couldn't help laughing and said, "The emperor has been very generous since he ascended the throne. This is the only thing I think is stronger than the previous emperor. ”

The water lotus on the side couldn't help but laugh when she said this. Zhao Chongyi said: "Look, even the water lotus laughs at you." Only you are like this, you always comment on the emperor behind your back, but now it's good, even the emperor has begun to comment. ”

Shui Lian hurriedly smiled and said, "County Lord, Grandpa, the kitchen has made chicken soup, shall I go and serve it?" ”

After saying that, he retreated.

In fact, these little things are all done by the second-class maids, and the four of them are busy with Chen Wenhui's workshop every day, and they have to take care of some official documents in the yamen, where is there that free time, this is just because they feel that their husband and wife are whispering, and they are in the way here, so they found an excuse to go out.

When the water lotus went down, Chen Wenhui said, "Isn't what I said wrong?" Although the emperor was eloquent and strategic, he was born at the wrong time, and when he took over, the treasury was empty and the internal friction was serious. Later, I couldn't do it for so many years. There will be wars in the northwest, and there will be natural and man-made disasters in the country from time to time. It's really exhausting. But what about when it comes to the emperor? There is no longer a war in the northwest, the barbarians have been defeated. There is also an increase in the income of sea trade, and Shanghai City alone can earn him 10 million taels of silver a year, which is equivalent to a year's income from the national treasury. ”

"How much can he do with this ten million taels of silver? Not to mention, he always looks for trouble with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but he doesn't see what benefit it is to the people to rectify corrupt officials and corrupt officials. The people were still so poor, but his treasury was enriched a lot because he was always raiding his house. ”

Zhao Chongyi couldn't help laughing and said, "Could it be that the emperor rectified the corrupt officials because the emperor took a fancy to the family property of those corrupt officials?" ”

Chen Wenhui also smiled and said, "That's not going to be like this." However, up to now, there have been a lot of corrupt officials, including those surnamed Wang, those surnamed Li, those surnamed Li, and those surnamed Bai. When is it a head? Anyway, the people haven't changed. ”

"Except that he has more ways to make money than when he was the emperor. His responsibility to the people has been lightened. In the past, all emperors had natural and man-made disasters among their people, such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis, and so on. And those wind plagues, insect plagues, and so on. These swords hanging over the heads of the common people have also tormented the emperors of the past dynasties, and every time there is a disaster, the emperor has to provide disaster relief, and the money has been spent a lot, but the people have not been saved. All went into the pockets of corrupt officials and corrupt officials. ”

"For this dynasty, it took a lot of brains. But when it comes to our emperor, no, it's in the pre-empress period, so they don't have to worry about it. Anyway, whenever there is a disaster in a place, we don't need the imperial court to pay money or food, as long as we give us a letter in Nanyang, we will send people to take money, settle down, see a doctor, distribute clothes, and distribute food, so that the victims can go to Nanyang and live a good life. Even post-disaster reconstruction was saved. You say, is the emperor comfortable? ”

Zhao Chongyi thought about it, and couldn't help laughing and said, "The emperor has indeed made money in this regard." But aren't we making more money? We hope that there will be more such people, so that we can have more construction in Nanyang. We husband and wife are the most lacking people. Our cities in Nanyang need people. The construction of our Northwest also needs people. Ay. So we're a really hard couple, so it's no wonder you encourage having children everywhere you go. It's also in the south of the Yangtze River, it's also in Yizhou Island, it's also in the South Seas, and now it's the same in the northwest. ”

Chen Wenhui pouted and said: "Of course, the world is so big, if we don't hurry up and have children, let people occupy all those places, and in the future, they will be occupied by other countries, those people with red noses, blue eyes, and yellow hair, and beat us in turn, we will lose." ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "Those you are talking about are Hu people, right? They can be as powerful as the barbarians, the barbarians have all been defeated by us, can they be more powerful than the barbarians? ”

Chen Wenhui thought to herself, you haven't experienced what she experienced in her previous life, and you don't know the history of humiliation.

Chen Wenhui said: "Let's not talk about the future, let's still talk about the construction of our northwest. You see, we spent the emperor's money. The emperor is also generous to us in building the northwest. Five million taels of silver are allocated to us every year. He also asked officials from Gyeonggi to the northwest to help us recruit people to work in the northwest. Therefore, we can build so fast when we need money and money, and we need people. ”

"But he doesn't suffer a loss, does he? For example, from last year to this year, we spent five million taels of silver, but we built him a majestic city, Shanhai City, and built Tiebi Pass into its current state. The city is neat and generous, with wide roads, tree-lined trees and workshops. In the past, how much money did it cost the imperial court to maintain an iron wall every year? There is basically no economy in this place, and it is all used for war. But now, the current tax real estate and land sales in Tiebiguan are enough to support the expenditure of the entire Tiebiguan. It can be said that Tiebiguan will no longer have to spend his money in the future, and he will be able to pay money to the treasury every year like other places in Dachu. ”

"Now, our money is spent on Shanhai City, and by next year, Shanhai City will not need him to spend money, and he will be able to pay taxes to the imperial court. Of course, I wouldn't give him the money from these two cities so quickly. I will use this money, along with the five million taels of silver he gives us every year, for the construction of the roads of the three provinces, and for the continued expansion of the grasslands, and the establishment of provinces on the grasslands. ”

"Therefore, although he has spent money, in the future, he will receive even more, and in the future, we will not only be able to stabilize the Northwest, but also build the Northwest into a money bag for him. You say, did he take advantage? ”

Zhao Chongyi was speechless by Chen Wenhui. (To be continued......)