There seems to be some truth to this.

If the three major halls are not repaired, the emperor has always had an excuse not to restore the court, and the civil officials discussed for a while, first Cui Chengxiu came out and said:

"If you want to rebuild the three major halls, it is better to start building and renovate the entire Forbidden City."

"The entire Forbidden City?" Han Yi glanced at him and snorted coldly:

"The silver consumption of the Middle Pole Hall will cost more than one million taels, not counting the two halls of Jianji and Huangji, plus the Forbidden City, can the imperial court afford this silver?"

When the words landed, everyone unanimously turned their attention to Zhao Bingzhong, the head of the household department, which made the latter's throat tighten and had to stand up.

This Hubu Shangshu was born in the family of the official eunuch, subordinate to the Zhejiang Party, but not a member of the Donglin Party, and his father Zhao Xi was the right servant of the official to the Ministry of Rites in the Wanli Dynasty.

Zhao Bingzhong was known as a prodigy when he was young, and in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli's palace examination, he was the first Jinshi in the first class, and he was awarded the Hanlin Academy to revise, which is commonly known as the "champion".

Earlier, the head of the Zhejiang Party and the auxiliary party were from Zhezhishi, Ye Xianggao carried forward, Donglin Zhongzheng was in the dynasty, and Wei Zhongxian deliberately connived at Zhu Youxiao, and cultivated cronies in the court.

Zhejiang Party, Qi Party and so on have defected to the "Eunuch Party", Zhao Bingzhong was the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, met Wei Zhongxian privately, and presented a famous landscape map, so he was recommended by the latter, and was promoted to the head of the household department in March of the first year of the Apocalypse.

Everyone knows that the rebuilding of the three major halls and the Forbidden City is a huge project, not to mention the huge cost, and it will not be possible to do it at all without three or five years.

For Zhao Bingzhong, the current financial situation of the household department, although there is a gap in tariffs, is still beyond its means, and there is no silver to support the start of construction.

Herein lies the problem.

What he Zhao Bingzhong knows, will the emperor and the ministers know?

Over the years, where did the Dongchang raid Donglin Academy, sell the land, and the huge amount of silver obtained from the raid of Ye Xianggao, Wang Zhicai and others?

Zhao Bingzhong looked at the treasury of the household department very closely, anyway, not a dime of the silver entered the treasury, I am afraid that it will be divided between the emperor and the eunuchs.

Who knows how much there is in the royal private bank?

And Zhao Bingzhong also felt that when the three major halls did not go to the water, they caught fire on the night of the royal night banquet, and the emperor was still drunk and unconscious.

Although this matter is completely unconnected, in retrospect, it still feels a little strange, could it be such a coincidence?

In short, the emperor's intention to support the factory ministers and carry out a big project in Ouchi is already very clear.

Now that the emperor and the ministers have decided, there is no need to worry about the sky.

Thinking about this, he didn't have any worries, and said firmly:

"The minister thinks that what the minister said is right, it will be the Zhengdan Festival in ten days, and the Quartet will enter Beijing, and seeing such a Forbidden City will greatly reduce the prestige of my Celestial Empire."

"This is a matter of merit in the present and benefit in the future!"

This Zhao Bingzhong obviously wore a pair of pants with Wei Zhongxian, and the Hubu Shangshu said so, and everyone had nothing to discuss.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said:

"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the factory ministers can put it forward at such a time, I think that the factory ministers are loyal and capable, have brains, and have scheming."

"For such a big project, I'm afraid there is no other candidate except the factory minister."

"Your Majesty Shengming, but this is not because the slave maid has any brains, but just dares to say something that ordinary people dare not say."

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly waved his hand, squinted and smiled, and slapped his ass again:

"Your Majesty has courage, is a thousand years of never encountered, eternal saint master, you all think about it, those three halls are the foundation of the ancestors, the symbol of the glorious Heavenly Dynasty."

"Why in recent years, some of the vassal states have stopped paying tribute, it is because these three halls have not been repaired for a long time!"

"Your Majesty is smart and world-famous, Wen can chant poetry, Wu Ke can set things right, go hunting in Nanhaizi if you have nothing to do, you can hit it in one shot."

"The old slave thinks that it is not His Majesty who wants to repair the three major halls, but the three major halls have been waiting for you to repair..."

"The lord of Zhongxing, it is reasonable to restore and inherit the ancestral foundation!"

Speaking of kung fu, Lao Wei called the second, this Manchu Dynasty civil and military, I am afraid that no one dares to call the first.

This kind of kung fu that bragging in front of everyone without blushing and panting without panting is not something that ordinary people can have.

It's been more than a year since I crossed over, and all kinds of sycophants have been listened to less, and today Wei Zhongxian made a force, and Zhu Youxiao was still praised and dizzy.

But seeing that his face did not move, he smiled slightly, and said:

"When I was a child, I was determined to be the master of Zhongxing, and I also thought that one day, I would repair the damaged three major halls, so there will be a book "Zhenguan Political Dignitaries" in the palace."

"But I didn't expect that there could be so many connections between these thoughts. Today, after what you said, I think that these three major halls must be cultivated. ”

Wei Zhongxian arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty will definitely be able to repair the three major halls, live up to the trust of God, and live up to the wishes of the ancestors." ”

"The old slave thinks that this matter should be decided today!"

Hearing this, Han Yi frowned and said, "Such a big project, you have to decide today?" ”

"Otherwise, everything has been picked out, and there is still a need to waste time to discuss it?" Wei Zhongxian looked over and sneered:

"Since Your Majesty forced the bull's head and drove the ducks to the shelves, the old slave would not retreat, so he went up to the wind and bravely, and took this thankless errand."

"But... The old slave is only a minister, at most a factory minister, and His Majesty must also find a capable minister in the outer court to supervise the work of the three palaces. ”

Zhu Youxiao waited for this and asked:

"What about the factory's suggestion?"

Wei Zhongxian respectfully said:

"Your Majesty, this person should be one of the ministers, with a clean background, and let some people with a heart say that the slave and maid control the work of the three halls."

Cui Chengxiu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said: "How is Wang Zaijin-"

When he heard this, there was another discussion in the temple.

This Wang Zaijin is indeed a candidate who can be accepted by both the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, he was born in Donglin, and he used to have a clean and honest name, and he did not get very close to Wei Zhongxian.

The two ministers of Xinuan Pavilion, Gu Bingqian, are full of soy sauce most of the time, and Wang Zaijin is the most valued by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Cui Chengxiu, the first pawn of the eunuch party, finally spit out an ivory from the dog's mouth.

In the 48th year of Wanli, the imperial court appointed Wang Zaijin as the governor of Zhili, and was responsible for inspecting the silver and grain deposits in various warehouses in Gyeonggi, and even Jinyiwei was temporarily transferred by him.

It didn't take long for the governor of Zhili to be dismissed, but Wang Zaijin entered the cabinet because of his merits, participated in the secret, and a few months later, he and Gu Bingqian were the first batch of Xinuan Pavilion ministers.

This kind of promotion speed is simply rare.

"Okay, Your Majesty will do it if he says it's okay, and if it doesn't work, it's okay."

To the surprise of Han Yi and other Donglin party members, Wei Zhongxian did not object and was very deferential.

"In addition to the first three palace workers, there are indeed a lot of things to do inside and outside the court, how are you doing to clean up the evil party and seal up Donglin Academy?"

Zhu Youxiao asked these words lightly, but he drove the hatred of the Donglin Party in the Manchu Dynasty and looked at Wei Zhongxian.

The latter has long been familiar with such eyes, a commonplace appearance, and the thickness of his face is comparable to that of a city wall.

"The slave arrested Wang Wenyan and imprisoned him a few years ago, this guy has a very loose mouth, and within a few days, he recruited Li Ruoxing, the governor of Hexi, and bribed him with 5,000 taels of silver."

"Li Ruoxing is on his way to Beijing..."

"But the slave maid feels that Wang Wenyan's case is a big case, and he should handle it quickly, and he can't relax, and see how many unsightly things are still hidden inside."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, got up and said:

"The factory minister took the trouble to handle Wang Wenyan's case and repaired the three major halls together, and I can rest assured of you."

Somehow, Wei Zhongxian's heart tightened, his face still did not move, and he shouted:

"Slave and maid send His Majesty back to the palace!"