As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching day by day, the capital shows the festive atmosphere before the festival.

Yongdingmen Street is still as prosperous as ever, the towering city gate is open, people of different identities are constantly coming in and out, and the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division maintain order at the city gate.

On both sides of the street are rows of shops with all kinds of goods, especially the Liulichang area, which has become the commercial center of the outer city. There are people arguing, and the Shuntianfu who rushed over is dealing with it.

This is the current situation in Beijing, although there are no big happy events recently, but there are no bad things happening, everyone is orderly to welcome the arrival of the festival.

In particular, the tradition of "Drum Tower Lantern Festival" created during Lin Haoran's administration has made many businesses already gearing up, and talented women are also full of expectations, and ordinary people have planned to buy those high-quality and low-cost goods.

This strange economics is like this, which has already created a win-win situation, resulting in the "Drum Tower Headlight Festival" getting better and better, and has been well received by everyone.

Of course, the key to this is that the Shuntian Mansion must maintain a clean and honest style, and once they want to stretch out that greedy hand, this situation will be wiped out.

Although Lin Haoran has been out of office for half a year, his influence has permeated every corner of the capital, and it has also made the big ship of the capital move in a thriving direction.

West Garden, Wanshou Palace.

In this majestic palace, it is revealing a desert.

Eunuchs and palace maids came in and out from here, and they were extremely cautious, and even many palace maids or little eunuchs seemed to come to the Yama Palace. Everyone seems to have forgotten the existence of this festival, and no one will mention any words of reunion, let alone how to organize the Mid-Autumn Festival.

If there is anyone who is the most indifferent to family affection among the kings of the Ming Dynasty, it is probably Emperor Jiajing, the king who succeeded the unification of the feudal sect.

Take his three queens as an example, when the first queen was pregnant, she was kicked by him and had a miscarriage, lingered on the sickbed for more than half a year, and died; The second queen was deposed for unknown reasons and died of old age and cold palace.

The third queen, when the "Renyin Palace Change" occurred, when Jiajing was almost strangled to death by the palace maid, it was this queen who came to save him, but then Jiajing began to dislike this queen and ignored it from then on.

Later, a fire broke out in Kunning Palace, where the queen lived, and the queen was trapped inside and couldn't get out. The eunuchs and palace maids knelt outside Jiajing's dormitory for a long time, and asked Jiajing to hurry up and arrange firefighting. Who knew that Jiajing sat inside and didn't say a word, as if he didn't hear it, he just didn't give the order to put out the fire, and the group of palace maids and eunuchs couldn't rush to put out the fire, so they waited outside the palace until Kunning Palace became a ruin, and the queen was finally buried in the fire.

Since believing in the statement of the national teacher Tao Zhongwen that "the two dragons do not meet", he has not seen his two sons again, especially for King Yu, who lost his mother, and has not cared at all.

As for the grandson who was born in Yuwang's Mansion last year, no one has dared to mention it in front of Jiajing, and even Yuwang has not dared to report to Zongren's Mansion, so this grandson still has no official name.

The dignified Prince Yu was born, especially the grandson of the king, and he was reduced to this.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not mention it, his son King Yu did not dare to mention it, and even the people around him did not dare to mention it, which shows how much this king looks down on family affection.

In his heart, there is probably only cultivation and immortality.

In the quiet room, sandalwood curls,

Jiajing, who was wearing a blue Taoist robe, was sitting cross-legged, like a Taoist priest who had realized the secret of heaven, feeling the truth of the Great Dao and comprehending the mystery of immortality.

It's just that the years are ruthless after all, even if this is the emperor. As he grew older, his hair had turned gray, and the wrinkles on his face had increased, and he had become like a little old man.

"Master, Elder Xu Ge and several ministers have arrived!" Huang Jin came to his side and reminded softly.

The voice is conveyed, but the person does not move.

Huang Jin didn't dare to say it a second time, but honestly knelt and waited, waiting for Jiajing's instructions or no instructions. If he was not instructed, he would have to continue to kneel here.

Feng Bao has already become a handsome young man, and under Huang Jin's ear, he has already learned to be cautious. Looking at this familiar scene, he was also waiting outside in a regular manner.

After a while, a rather dry voice came faintly and said, "Elixir!" ”

When Huang Jin heard this, he immediately beckoned Feng Bao and the others to come in, and the group sent a spirit pill.

Jiajing looked at the elixir on the plate, and he had gone from being full of anticipation in the past to being indifferent now, but his heart made him only like this, even if it was an underworld, it would come to an end.

"Master, Elder Xu Ge and a few adults have arrived, and they are waiting outside the hall!" Huang Jin didn't know if the words just now had entered the emperor's ears, and at this time he repeated it again.

Jiajing swallowed the elixir along the water, perhaps a little bitter, he didn't answer, but raised his hand.

When Huang Jin saw this gesture, he asked Feng Bao to go outside and lead people in.

"Minister Xu Jie, meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Xu Jie's entourage came to the hall and saluted to the Jiajing who appeared.

"Ladies and gentlemen, be flat!"

Jiajing sat down and said lightly.

In addition to the first assistant Xu Jie, there are also Yan Ne, the secretary of the household department, Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department, and Wu Shan, the secretary of the ministry, which are already the four most powerful ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiajing's face was slightly straight, and he said straight to the point: "I summoned you here today to ask, why can't you build another Ziwei Palace?" ”

When Xu Jie and the others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Nowadays, the saints are superstitious and immortal, but they are keen on civil engineering, but they are eager to build the whole world into Taoism. It's just that with his extravagance, Daming's finances are already in jeopardy.

Jiajing looked at the four of them silently, and even looked at Yan Ne and said, "Yan Shangshu, tell me, why is this?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there is no silver in Taicang!" Yan Ne faced the torture, so he had to return his previous words again.

Jiajing was not surprised by this answer, so he looked at Yan Ne again and said: "You are responsible for the money and grain of the Ming Dynasty, and the money and grain go into Taicang every year, where does the silver in Taicang go?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the soldiers' salaries, the rice of the sect and the hundred officials, etc., as well as the three major halls completed this year, have already exhausted Taicang!" Yan Ne replied with a bitter face.

Yang Bo's brows frowned slightly, and he glanced at Yan Ne secretly, knowing that the ball was about to be kicked to his side.