In the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Hongzhi and the three pavilion elders finished discussing national affairs, and chatted with each other's monarchs and ministers as before, passing the time.

The weather is getting colder and colder, but the warm pavilion of Emperor Hongzhi is as warm as spring, perhaps it is more economical in other aspects, but this expensive warm pavilion has always been used.

There is no way, Emperor Hongzhi's health has not been good, and he is particularly afraid of cold in winter, and the imperial doctor also deduced that this is very likely to be related to the difficult situation of Emperor Hongzhi when he was a child.

When Emperor Hongzhi was very young, because of Wan Guifei, his existence did not dare to be announced at all, and he was raised by the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace on the back of Wan Guifei.

In such a situation, it is conceivable that the situation of the Hongzhi Emperor, it is said that when the Hongzhi Emperor's father, Ming Xianzong, first met the Hongzhi Emperor, the umbilical cord of the Hongzhi Emperor had not been cut, and the hair was so long that it dragged on the ground, which can be said to be very miserable.

When I was a child, I fell ill, and Emperor Hongzhi's health has always been bad, so even if it is a province, in winter, this warm pavilion has never stopped.

The warm pavilion is as warm as spring, outside the warm pavilion, the sky is dreary, and it is snowing heavily, just in a blink of an eye, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, and it becomes goose feather snow in a blink of an eye.

"It's snowing again, and I don't know if the people will survive this winter."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the heavy snow outside, remembered the scene he saw during his private visit to Weifu, and couldn't help but start worrying again, he was kind-hearted, he was a good person, and he was also a good emperor, an emperor who really cared about the people.

Since chatting with a few ordinary people during that private visit to Weifu, after knowing the difficulties of the people at the bottom, he doesn't like snow very much.

"Your Majesty can rest assured, since the people of the capital have honeycomb coal, this fire cooking, heating and boiling water is convenient and economical, recently the capital has rarely found people who have been frozen to death, if before, the weather is so cold, this capital will at least freeze to death hundreds of people a day."

Liu Jian hurriedly smiled and said: "The people of the capital can use cheap honeycomb coal, which is all Your Majesty's grace. ”

"When you say this, my face is red, and I dare not be ashamed!"

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head, he knew that this credit was actually Liu Jin's, without Liu Jin there would be no honeycomb coal, even if he was the emperor and wanted to help the people, but he was also powerless.

The emperor is not omnipotent, there are many things that are powerless, and there are too many things that cannot be changed.

"Xiao Jing, is there any news from Liu Jin's side recently?"

Thinking of Liu Jin, Emperor Hongzhi also hurriedly asked about Xiao Jinglai.

"Yes, I'm about to report to Your Majesty."

Xiao Jing hurriedly said respectfully: "Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo went to Xishan a few days ago. ”

"Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately frowned, he knew too well the urine nature of these two brothers, in order to save money, these two brothers ran to the palace for three days, and they were almost about to regard their palace as their own home.

And the purpose of these two brothers running to the palace is very simple, that is, to come to the palace to eat with Queen Zhang, just to eat a good meal and run to the palace every day, you can imagine what kind of goods these two brothers are.

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

"Liu Jin, is he okay?"

Emperor Hongzhi was very afraid that something would happen to Liu Jin, he still liked Liu Jin very much, a young man, talented, able to do practical things, just a honeycomb coal not only solved the problem of heating the people in the capital in winter, but also brought hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to his own internal money every year.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is nothing to do with this Liu Jin, Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo did not embarrass Liu Jin, because Liu Jin passed on the method of making honeycomb coal and coal stove to the two uncles."

"And Liu Jin also spread the manufacturing method of honeycomb coal and coal stove in a big way, and now everyone in the whole capital knows the manufacturing method of this honeycomb coal."

Xiao Jing replied, he originally wanted to report this matter to Emperor Hongzhi earlier, but Xishan came to report it, Liu Jin was very confident, and it seemed that he had already had a way to deal with it, so he was not in a hurry, and now that Emperor Hongzhi asked, he said it.

"That's good, it's good that Liu Jin is fine."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then seemed to realize something immediately, and said: "Everyone knows the manufacturing method of honeycomb coal, so doesn't it mean that this Xishan coal industry can't make any money..."

Emperor Hongzhi didn't finish speaking, and immediately felt a heartache, this is finally a way to make money, I can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for myself a year, I haven't been happy for long, this is about to come over and get a piece of the pie, this year to earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver is absolutely don't think about it.

Emperor Hongzhi is really heartbroken, he is also very short of money, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year is also very important to him, he has saved a million taels of silver in his pocket, which he has saved for more than ten years.

Originally, he was expecting that after the Xishan coal industry made money, he could also have money to improve his life, and he could also come up with some money to subsidize the state treasury, but now it is all in vain.

"Alas, I didn't think it through, such a huge pressure fell on him Liu Jin, he is just a showman, where will these powerful people in the capital see it, if I had announced my identity earlier, there would have been no such thing."

Heartache is heartache, but Emperor Hongzhi still feels that this responsibility is his own, and this Liu Jin must have been coerced and lured by Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo and other powerful people, so he handed over this method.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to blame himself, Liu Jin seems to have a countermeasure here, and it seems that he intends to involve more people, presumably he has a good mind and will be able to come up with a solution."

Xiao Jing is too familiar with his master, he is too kind, and his heart is too good, it is easy to take the responsibility for various things on his head, so he also said quickly.

"Is there a way to deal with it?"

"If everyone does this honeycomb coal, the sales of Xishan Coal Industry will definitely decline sharply, and it will definitely have a huge impact, is there any other way for him to do it?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and his income of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver this year seemed to be able to be saved, and his heart immediately stopped hurting.

"This, the minions don't know, but soon we will know."

Xiao Jing smiled and shook his head and replied.