"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem!"

In the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao coughed non-stop, and Wu Jie, the chief imperial doctor of the Ming Dynasty, was calling for pulses.

At the end of the waiting pulse, the imperial concubine asked with concern: "Wu Yuan is the fifth grade, can Your Majesty's condition improve?" ”

Wu Jie got up and said: "Hui Niangniang, Your Majesty has a chronic illness when he was a child, and he will cough when he is cold, and his medical skills are shallow and difficult to cure." The phlegm coughed up by His Majesty has turned from yellow to light, and the pulse is gradually becoming positive. ”

"How much longer?" The imperial concubine asked.

Wu Jie replied: "At least three or five days, at most ten days and half a month." During this period, do not go out to get cold, eat lightly, drink plenty of hot water, go to bed early and get up early. ”

"Thank you, Envoy Wu." The imperial concubine asked the palace maid to bring two silver dollars as a reward.

Wu Jie hurriedly caught it: "Don't dare!" ”

"Stand down...... Ahem, ahem! Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, coughing again as soon as he said two or three words.

"Your Majesty." The imperial concubine was busy stroking Zhu Houzhao's back.

When Wu Jie left the room, Zhu Houzhao coughed up a mouthful of yellow phlegm, and then said with emotion: "I have been sick with this disease for more than ten years, and I have long been used to it, but the cough is a little ...... Ahem...... Uncomfortable. I can't go out and walk around, I'm really panicking, and after the beginning of spring, I will definitely go to Nanhaizi to hunt in Daxing District. ”

It was not long before the beginning of spring, and the imperial concubine was afraid that Zhu Houzhao's condition would recur, so she advised: "It's better to wait for autumn, spring hunting is against etiquette." When the time comes, call Wang Erlang up, and the concubine will also accompany the emperor's brother. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Then in the autumn, Erlang's archery skills are amazing, and you can't win hunting with him." ”

The imperial concubine flattered: "Your Majesty is also a divine shot." ”

"Ahem," Zhu Houzhao cleared his throat, "It's really boring to read these days, what is new outside?" ”

Li Ming, the attendant eunuch, said: "Your Majesty, the School of Physics invented the honeycomb furnace and honeycomb charcoal. This charcoal is made of useless carbon ash and carbon shavings, which can be used to make a fire to cook rice, and the price is cheaper than firewood and charcoal. There are so many people who buy it that the workshop can't build it, and now the coal ash in the mine has become a treasure. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "The School of Physics is run by Erlang, and it is full of his students, and he can always come up with this kind of novelty." ”

The imperial concubine said: "This thing is beneficial to the people, and it is not ordinary and comparable. Your Majesty didn't know that the firewood in the capital was very expensive, and the well-off families couldn't afford to burn firewood, so they could only buy charcoal to make a fire to survive. Nowadays, honeycomb charcoal is cheaper than stone charcoal, and people can save a lot of firewood. ”

Both the emperor and the imperial concubine knew that all the coal used in the capital was mined near the emperor's ancestral tomb. But they automatically ignored this detail, because they couldn't ban it, and the imperial court announced a ban every once in a while, and those coal mines were still dug correctly.

Who dares to ban the Xishan Coal Mine, and the people of the capital who have no food to eat are estimated to be able to enter the Forbidden City hungry.

Zhu Houzhao coughed twice, and then asked: "In addition to that honeycomb charcoal, what else is new?" ”

Eunuch Li Mingdao: "This year's Winter League was an upset, and the team of the little grandfather of the Dingguo family actually won the season championship. ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed: "The three boys of his family, that's all he can do, he spent a lot of money to buy players, right?" ”

Li Ming smiled all over his face: "It is rumored that it cost thousands of taels. ”

The first line of Dingguo Gong is the descendant of Xu Da, the first generation of Dingguo Gong is Xu Zengshou, who was killed by Zhu Yunwen because of his secret communication with Zhu Di, and was posthumously named Dingguo Gong during the Yongle period.

This family was not as good as the British Duke before, but it made a fortune in the Zhengde period. It is only because Xu Guangzuo, the contemporary Duke of Dingguo, is Zhu Houzhao's East Palace guard, and the red Qianlong team is now in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army and is responsible for the training of the Shenji Battalion.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Houzhao asked again, and the eunuch Li Ming said: "There is a scholar in the School of Physics, who was made into a big kite some time ago. The big kite was countless times larger than an ordinary kite, and anyone could hang on it, and leap down from the mountain and fly for two miles. This person used to give himself wings, and after breaking his leg, he was ridiculed, but he didn't think he really flew this time. ”

"Haha, interesting...... Ahem, ahem! Zhu Houzhao laughed and coughed, and the imperial concubine hurriedly went to calm down.

The eunuch Li Ming suddenly swallowed: "There are still ...... And ......"

"What else?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

The eunuch Li Ming suddenly knelt down and took out a silver dollar from his arms: "Please take a look, emperor." ”

Zhu Houzhao took it, frowned and said, "The quality of this silver dollar is a little poor, not as delicate and moist as that cast by Erlang." ”

Li Ming reminded: "Your Majesty will take a look. ”

Zhu Houzhao had a lot of strength, and he grabbed it with both hands and broke it directly, and the emperor on the back of the silver dollar surrendered in half.

"Bastard...... Ahem, ahem! ”

Zhu Houzhao was furious, sometimes he was very thick-skinned, and sometimes he was extremely face-saving. This is his avatar, his "Zhengde Yuanbao", someone dares to fake it like this.

Zhu Houzhao pushed away the imperial concubine who helped him smooth his breath, and shouted: "Send an edict to Li Ying, let him take Jinyiwei to investigate this matter thoroughly!" ”

Li Ming muttered: "Emperor, this money was made by the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Okay, good," Zhu Houzhao was even more angry, "Arrest Li Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and all the officials of the Baoyuan Bureau will be imprisoned!" ”

When Qian Ning fell, a bunch of eunuchs were also investigated, and a major blood change was carried out in the palace.

Zhang Yong and Jiang Bin both took advantage of this opportunity to frantically plant people in key positions. Jiang Bin's involvement in the appointment and removal of eunuchs was done through the eunuch Wei Bin, and the two also quietly formed a family - Wei Bin's niece and granddaughter, who married Jiang Bin's youngest son.

During Zhengde's southern tour, Wei Bin was killed by Zhang Yong, and the cronies and eunuchs of Jiang Bin and Wei Bin were also removed by Zhang Yong.

Now, except for the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the other eunuchs are all Zhang Yong's people, including the attendant eunuch Li Ming in front of him!

Li Ying received an order from the emperor to immediately seal up the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and invited Li Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to Jinyiwei Prison for tea. This guy still had a little thought, after all, it was a big deal to catch a Ministry of Industry Shangshu, and he quietly sent someone to pass on the information to Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan only replied with four words: "Be merciful." ”

These four words are enough, Li Qi is over seventy years old, and he can't withstand Jinyiwei's methods.

Wang Yuan immediately took a few inferior silver dollars, held on to the waist card and went straight into the leopard room, ran to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has found that there is counterfeit money, please immediately order a thorough investigation of this matter!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was already angry, and actually smiled and said: "Erlang, don't worry, I already know, Jinyiwei is investigating." That Li Qi is so bold, there is my head on the silver dollar, and he dares to be shoddy. ”

Wang Yuan made a thoughtful look: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with Li Shangshu. ”

"He won't know about the bad money made by the Ministry of Works?" Zhu Houzhao didn't believe it.

Wang Yuan analyzed: "Your Majesty, Li Shangshu has been in the past three dynasties, and now it is a rare year. He has handled countless projects, where can he not make money? Why do you have to make such inferior silver dollars at the risk of deceiving the king? ”

Zhu Houzhao pondered: "This is reasonable...... Ahem, if I let Li Sanlang investigate carefully, I won't let that treacherous person slip through the net! ”

Who are the treacherous ones?

Of course, it's Liu Yong, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works!

This person has been promoted to the Ministry of Industry for several years, and has been impeached for corruption many times. With Wang Yuan to say hello, Jin Yiwei can judge countless black materials in a casual trial, and it is very easy for him to take the blame by the way.