When he entered the palace, Lin Yanchao still remembered the pomp and circumstance of the birth of the emperor at that time.

At that time, hundreds of civil and military officials came to the meeting to congratulate them, and the celebration scene of the people in the capital was very grand.

But now the third son of the emperor is not so grand.

Although the civil and military officials do not have to be present to congratulate, the attendant officers who are the Son of Heaven must be present.

When Lin Yanchao arrived at the Qianqing Gate, there were already more than a dozen officials from the Hanlin Academy, Honglu Temple, Shangbao Division, and the Six Departments.

Among the four cabinet scholars, only Wang Xijue arrived.

Lin Yanchao knew that he had come early, and most of the officials were still cultivating at the moment, and it was too late for the other attendants to hear the news.

And Lin Yanchao is in the Hanlin Courtyard today, so he came one step ahead.

As for Wang Xijue, he is on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion today, so he is the first among several auxiliary ministers.

Now everyone looks to Wang Xijue's horse.

Lin Yanchao's current official is not small, although the dignified Honglu Temple Qing is a positive fourth grade, but when he sees him, he has to salute first.

And Shangbao Siqing is the fifth grade, not to mention, as for the six section officials, they are all given a middle level, although the power is very great, but the official position is only the seventh grade.

Counting on his fingers, among the attendants, excluding Zhang Wei and Xu Xianqing, he can rank third.

When Lin Yanchao arrived, the officials on the left and right all said, "Pavilion Elder, Master Bachelor is here." ”

Lin Yanchao walked in front of Wang Xijue and saluted: "The student has seen the middle hall. ”

Wang Xijue stood with his hands in his hands, nodded and said, "Master Lin is here." ”

This is the first time Lin Yanchao has met Wang Xijue in public, and the other party's attitude towards him is not calm.

The rest of the officials saluted Lin Yanchao and said, "The lower officials have seen the bachelor. ”

After seeing the salute, everyone stood in the position of the pilgrim.

Honglu Siqing and Lin Yanchao were both standing one step behind Wang Xijue, waiting for news in front of the palace gate.

Idle, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think of Concubine Zheng from the history books, who stirred up the ups and downs of the Wanli Dynasty for decades and was considered by civil officials to be a disaster to the country and the people.

First of all, consider Concubine Zheng from a very emotional point of view.

Is that Concubine Zheng and the Son of Heaven true love?

It has been widely believed throughout the ages that the emperor cannot have true love, and the country is heavy on beauty and light on others.

Taking emperors such as Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty as an example, the great Confucians always like to warn the emperor that they are all ruined by women.

Then again, is the Son of Heaven true love for Concubine Zheng?

Lin Yanchao personally thinks so, and he won't give any other examples, just the most powerful one.

In history, the Son of Heaven left an edict to make Concubine Zheng the queen after her death, and she would be buried with him in Dingling in the future.

When a man is about to die, his words are good.

After so many ups and downs, every time Concubine Zheng wanted to be the queen, she was blocked by countless civil officials. In the end, the Son of Heaven still wanted to give Concubine Zheng the title of queen and be buried with him in Dingling in the future.

However, Mingshenzong's last order was considered by the ministers to be contrary to the ceremony, and he refused to admit it after his death, and Concubine Zheng never got the queen's position in her life.

Even Mingshenzong and Concubine Zheng were buried together, but the ministers did not fulfill it for him. More than 300 years later, archaeologists saw in the underground palace of Dingling that only Empress Wang was accompanied by Mingshenzong, and Concubine Wang Gong (posthumously named queen) who was not buried together.

Soon Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, Wang Jiaping and other elders of the cabinet arrived.

Then the Qianqing door opened, and the eunuch signaled several cabinet elders to enter the palace with the Hanlin speaker, and the rest of the ministers could go back.

At that time, all the officials returned, and Shen Shixing took the ministers, ministers and other Hanlin into the Qianqing Palace.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Shen Shixing congratulated the Son of Heaven on behalf of the ministers.

"Today, the third son of the emperor was born Yangwei, the emperor Shengdege Tian to Renchang after Xiong Zhanxieji, happy to meet the auspicious Fengli Kaixi, which should be the three yangs of the waiting Qingyan, the sect is happy to move the ring area, the ministers and other joyful and private times Wan Hengpin is overwhelmed and enthusiastic to see the arrival."

The meaning of this is that the Son of Heaven is the most benevolent of heaven, so he gave birth to a boy, and when he added Ding and the beginning of the first month, the ancestors and the ancestors were happy, and the ministers were also infinitely enthusiastic.

The Son of Heaven on the throne was very happy and said: "Thank you to all the ministers, this time the third son of the emperor was born, and thanks to the unity of all the auxiliary ministers to help me govern the world, the country is in good condition, and the emperor has also added another liner to my clan." ”

Speaking of this, the Son of Heaven paused and then said: "The third son of the emperor was born, and the four auxiliary ministers each gave gold and silver coins, and the ministers each gave silver coins. ”

Lin Yanchao silently muttered in his heart, the reward in this palace is generally Wanli Tongbao.

Wanli Tongbao is to make money, which circulates in the people, but there is also a Wanli Tongbao made of silver, which does not need to circulate in the people, but the Son of Heaven is specially used in rewards.

This is a real silver coin, it seems that the Ming Dynasty already had this concept, but it is useless to put it in circulation.

Of course, Shen Shixing led the crowd to thank him.

After speaking, the Son of Heaven said: "This time the third son of the emperor gave birth to the queen mother, the queen, and Concubine Zheng are all meritorious, and now there is a shortage of silver in the palace, and I am ready to take 200,000 silver from Taicang to reward in the palace, what do several auxiliary ministers think?" ”

What is called a weasel to give a chicken a New Year's greeting.

The Son of Heaven first rewarded several of his ministers, and then asked them to take money out of the treasury, so they were embarrassed to refuse.

The Emperor's Mind Technique is used on this?

Just like the landlord Lao Cai in the past, he gave birth to a son, married a concubine, or held a birthday at every turn, anyway, he collected money from the villagers in various names.

What is the difference between the behavior of the Son of Heaven and the landlord's old wealth? Taicang silver is the treasury silver, and the Son of Heaven has an internal carrier warehouse that is still insufficient, and he has to reach into Taicang. This is not the same reason that Empress Dowager Li took 5.9 million taels of silver to marry King Lu.

But when he saw Shen Shixing, he said: "Your Majesty, the annual expenses of Beijing have been increasing recently, and the accumulation of Taicang is decreasing. The ministers hoped that His Majesty would make fewer cuts, and the ministers first planned to take 100,000 Taicang silver from the household department as the third son of the emperor. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

The other three auxiliaries played together.

The Son of Heaven looked dissatisfied and said: "When the emperor was born, the cabinet planned to take 200,000 Taicang silver, 100,000 Guanglu silver, and another 200,000 gold and silver for the emperor's son, why did it be reduced to 100,000 taels in the hands of Mr. Shen." ”

Lin Yanchao snickered in his heart when he heard it below, when Huang Yuanzi was born, the first assistant of the cabinet was Zhang Siwei. At that time, Zhang Siwei wanted to overthrow Feng Bao, who was very good at stammering with the Son of Heaven, and made his own decisions, and allocated 300,000 taels of silver to the Son of Heaven in one go, and the gold and silver collected from Jiangnan every year and directly released into the inner treasury of the palace increased from one million to 1.2 million per year.

Now it's okay, Shen Shixing, you are the first assistant, and you actually picked and asked for me.

Have you forgotten that I told you to sit on this Shousuke?

Lin Yanchao also sighed, the prime minister, is above 10,000 people under one person, and he can see the scenery, but it is not easy.

Shen Shixing is really embarrassed to be the prime minister.

In a word, it is not as good as it was then.

When Zhang Siwei was the first assistant, after Zhang Juzheng ruled the country for ten years, he reversed the situation that the treasury had been unable to make ends meet. Before Zhang Juzheng's death, the treasury accumulated silver to 10 million taels of silver.

Therefore, the son of heaven who has been in power for three years is very confident and spends money everywhere.

But now?

Only the year before last, Yunnan used troops, and the expenditure of the imperial court before and after was nearly three million taels!

Lin Yanchao sold his land and took 200,000 taels, and gave it to the Son of Heaven under the pretense of public welfare, and the Son of Heaven was moved, so he didn't want it.

But now there is no need to do what Zhang Siwei could do, Shen Shixing couldn't do. Otherwise, how would he be in charge?

Regarding the sarcasm of the Son of Heaven, Shen Shixing was silent for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for saying bluntly, Huang Yuanzi is the eldest son of His Majesty, and among the princes of the ancestral system, the eldest is the most valuable. What's more, the current situation is not as good as the beginning, in the past three years, the imperial court has repeatedly used troops in Liaodong and Yunnan, the border expenses have surged, the Yellow River, and Susong have been making floods, Taicang is really scarce, and the minister implores His Majesty to see it! ”

Lin Yanchao gave a thumbs up in his heart, facing the emperor's request, when to top and when not to top.

Shen Shixing grasped it very appropriately.

What about the Son of Heaven? The Cabinet has the power to refute.

Without Shen Shixing's nod, one or two Taicang silver, the Son of Heaven did not take it.

If the Son of Heaven wants money, he must discuss it with Shousuke.

The Son of Heaven insisted on asking for 200,000 taels, but Shen Shixing said that it was only 100,000, and finally the Son of Heaven said after half a sound: "Let's discuss this matter later, there is one thing that is imminent, I am ready to enter Concubine Zheng De as the imperial concubine, and at this point several gentlemen will not sweep away my happiness!" ”

Several ministers looked at each other, even Yu Shenxing, Zhang Wei, and Chen Yuma were also dumbfounded.

Concubine Zheng was crowned the imperial concubine?

What is the Imperial Concubine?

The imperial concubine is not a concubine, and her status is second only to the queen.

The imperial concubine and the queen have the same gold book and gold treasure, while the concubine only has the gold book and gold seal.

And there is no imperial concubine in the palace at present, once Concubine Zheng is crowned the imperial concubine, then in addition to the queen's concubine, the following is the third son of the emperor.

Among the ministers, only Lin Yanchao was very calm, as if he had expected it a long time ago.

"What? Is Mr. Shin having a hard time? The Son of Heaven asked.

Yu Shenxing couldn't help but want to go out of class to speak, but he felt that his sleeves were tight.

He looked at it and it turned out that Lin Yanchao had grabbed him. Lin Yanchao shook his head at Yu Shenxing.

This scene was seen by the Son of Heaven.

Now everyone's eyes are on Shen Shixing.

The matter was so high that only he was qualified to speak at this time. Yu Shenxing came forward, even if what he said was reasonable, at least he would demote the official, and at worst he would dismiss the official and take away his post.

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty, the third son of the emperor was born, and it is a matter of course that Concubine De conceived and was blessed to be crowned the imperial concubine, but Concubine Gong was pregnant with the emperor's heir, but she was not crowned a concubine. As the so-called etiquette is different, the minister invites His Majesty to be the first concubine to be the imperial concubine, and then to seal the concubine, so that the ceremony is neither against the affection nor the clear distinction between the young and the old. ”

Several cabinet ministers, as well as Lin Yanchao and other speakers, all nodded when they heard this.

Shen Shixing's every word is reasonable, the Ming Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty, and there is no rule that only one imperial concubine can be established.

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he frowned and said, "What if I don't want to appoint Concubine Gong as the imperial concubine?" ”

Shen Shixing said: "Then the only way to ask Your Majesty to determine the national capital first!" ”

"The imperial concubine is the imperial concubine, and the country is the country." The Son of Heaven airway.

Shen Shixing said: "I implore Your Majesty to put the ancestral family law first!" ”

After saying that, Shen Shixing bowed, and all the ministers below bowed down together and said: "The minister implores Your Majesty to give priority to the family law of the ancestors!" ”