Liu Ximing smiled at this time, "My father-in-law laughed, why bother to take the shallow view of mediocre talents to heart." ”

"If all the princes are snakes and scorpions, then what has become of Your Majesty, who is at the top of the world? There are so many eunuchs in the palace, it is inevitable that there are some scum, but the flaws are not hidden, if it is not for the father-in-law and others to defend His Majesty, the world still does not know what the chaos will become. ”

"That's right", Wang Chengen slapped his hands and laughed, "Xin Amber is really a person who can see clearly." ”

Seeing this, Liu Ximing hurriedly added fire and said: "Xiao Ke not only thinks so, if His Majesty asks me for advice this time, the kid also wants to suggest that Your Majesty use a loyal person like my father-in-law." ”

Wang Chengen's eyes lit up, and his interest increased, and he looked at Liu Ximing and said, "What do you mean by this, uncle?" ”

"This matter is only known to my father-in-law, and it is better not to spread the word, otherwise Liu will have no place in the court." , Liu Ximing pursed his lips and looked very cautious.

Wang Chengen nodded, "That's nature." ”

Liu Ximing paced back and forth in the cabin with his hands in his hands.

"Nowadays, all the officials in the court and the central government only care about their own selfish interests, and these people rely on their status as official gentry to wantonly annex land in the local area and raise domestic slaves, but they do not pay a penny to the imperial court, and in the long run, all the food and salary that should belong to the imperial court are put in their pockets."

"However, the world is in turmoil, if you want to do things or use soldiers, the first thing that can't run away is food, and use these officials to get money from their own hands, this thing is impossible, so if Your Majesty does not rely on his father-in-law and other loyal people, who else can he rely on?"

Wang Chengen's face glowed red when he heard this, and he shrank all the wrinkles on his face with a smile.

"The new Amber is knowledgeable, and our family will praise you to the emperor when we turn around."

Wang Chengen was happy in his heart, and Liu Ximing was not happy in his heart.

At present, the appearance of the court is obviously unsavable, even if Chongzhen wants to reuse the eunuchs now, it will not work to collect taxes at the local level like Wanli, and it will not cause too many changes to the general trend of the world.

But even so, Liu Ximing is confident that his countermeasures are much better than those Zidonglin Party members who only know empty talk every day, at least he put forward a specific strategy.

Of course, whether these words can be said directly to Chongzhen, and how to say it, still need to be carefully considered after arriving in the capital.

With this contact, Wang Chengen began to look up to Liu Ximing.

There are many capable people in these years, but there are not many people who have the ability but can be regarded by Wang Chengen as his own people.

Along the way, one deliberately flattered, the other deliberately got close, but there was a feeling of talking and having a good time.

It's just that along the Grand Canal all the way north, Liu Ximing discovered more and more the broken nature of the world.

The Grand Canal is still full of business and travel, and all kinds of grain ships and cargo ships are coming and going, but there is no good situation on both sides of the canal.

It is said that you can find a bite to eat if you are close to the canal, but Liu Ximing looked around, and everywhere he saw were dilapidated villages and ragged men, women and children.

As for Jining, Shandong and other places, the number of merchant ships with various royal flags and Confucian names has gradually increased, which makes Liu Ximing frown for a while.

However, these have nothing to do with Liu Ximing, with Wang Chengen here, no one dares to cause trouble along the way.

On the second day of the fifth month, Liu Ximing and others, dressed in red python robes, had already appeared on the Tongzhou wharf, and the group went straight to the imperial city without delay.

For people in this era, the capital is naturally extremely majestic, but in Liu Ximing's opinion, except for being twice as big as Chengdu Mansion, the others are just pediatrics for him.

Therefore, on the way into the city, he seemed quite calm, but this attitude made Wang Chengen admire in his heart, and he was really a person with a strategy, and his style of action was more stable.

It is already a little hot in the capital in May, and the people wearing thin clothes and sweatshirts along the way are constantly hawking along the wide streets, making the huge capital look full of life.

At this time, there was no grand Tian'anmen Square outside the Forbidden City, and there were no other buildings except for a small brick-paved road in front of the palace.

It's just that Liu Ximing looked at it, a few big trees grew sparsely on both sides of the road, and although the ground was paved with hard loess, there were still a lot of weeds popping up.

After a rigorous search, entering the heavily guarded Daming Gate, passing through the narrow corridor, and stepping through the threshold of the Noon Gate, Liu Ximing finally entered the core area of the Forbidden City.

Looking at the Neijin Water Bridge in front of him, Liu Ximing sighed as he walked, not knowing when he would be able to take a photo here and post it to a circle of friends, which is a treatment that emperors don't have.

There are broken floor tiles and scattered weeds in the square of the palace from time to time, and Liu Ximing is inexplicable in his heart, and the palace can't even pay for repairing the Forbidden City?

He looked at Wang Chengen, who was walking solemnly on the side, and after thinking about it, he still didn't ask directly.

Along the way, the palace maids and eunuchs saw Wang Chengen and Liu Ximing, two characters dressed in red, and knelt down and kowtowed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Wang Chengen had already walked to the Qianqing Palace with Liu Ximing.

When a few little eunuchs saw Wang Chengen from afar, they immediately greeted him, "Godfather, the sons don't know that you are back in Beijing today, you should have said it earlier, and we can pick you up." One of the little eunuchs bowed down and laughed.

Wang Chengen pinched his fingers on this person's head and smiled, "Our family will go to run an errand for the emperor, and we will naturally go back when we are done, where do we need you to pick it up." ”

"Lin An, what about the emperor, is it in the palace?"

The little eunuch who had spoken to him before hurriedly laughed, "Here, here, my son will go and pass it on to his godfather." ”

Wang Chengen waved his hand at the other little eunuchs to signal them to go back and guard them, turned his face to Liu Ximing and smiled: "This is our family's godson Lin An, our family still has to serve the master, if the uncle has any instructions in the future, you can find him." ”

Liu Ximing immediately understood, and nodded with a smile at the little eunuch named Lin An.

Lin An took a closer look at the big red python robe on Liu Ximing's body, and his heart was shocked.

This newly sealed new Amber is so young, obedient, and unbelievable, no wonder his godfather is also close.

He hurriedly made a big salute to Liu Ximing, and led the two to the gate of Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen was sitting upright in the imperial case and secretly hurt himself, and there was news from Shanhaiguan that there were frequent changes in the deployment of Jianyu's troops, and I don't know if there was something big about happening.

With these bad news, there was a sea of people urging for money, but now the inner and outer warehouses are all empty, even if Chongzhen has the heart, he can't take out any silver.

How did I get into such a mess?

"Master, the prince has returned to Beijing to resume his life, and he is waiting outside the palace with Xin Anbo." , the door creaked, and Lin An trotted in all the way to report.

Chongzhen's frowning brows suddenly loosened, and some smiles unconsciously appeared on his face.

"Hahaha, Wang Daban is back, quickly announce that Xin'an Bo will enter the palace."

"Xuanxin Anbo enters the hall~"

A voice with an end sound sounded from the hall, and Wang Chengen beckoned to Liu Ximing, who was worried, and took the lead in striding into the Qianqing Palace.

"The slave asked for peace to the master, fortunately not dishonored, and now he has brought the new Amber to the pilgrimage."

As soon as Wang Chengen walked into the hall, he fell to the ground with a thud and reported loudly.

Liu Ximing didn't dare to raise his head, so he could only follow Wang Chengen's footsteps closely and walked to the front of the imperial case and knelt down.

"Minister, Liu Ximing to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Chongzhen saw Liu Ximing's youthful figure kneeling in front of his palace, and when he heard his still somewhat green voice, he immediately answered: "Aiqing is flat, raise your head and let me see." ”

Liu Ximing forced himself to calm down, stood up with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and stood up, looking at the emperor in front of him who had a lot of controversy in history.

I saw that he was dressed in a red embroidered dragon dress, wearing a gold silk crown, his face was slender and clear, but it was difficult to hide the tiredness in it, and there was a faint silver thread flashing between his temples.

The king is not the king of the dead country, but the minister is the minister of the dead country.

This sentence flashed through Liu Ximing's mind.

Chongzhen also looked at the young and excessively young Liu Ximing in front of him with interest at this time, but although he was only seventeen years old, Liu Ximing's body had already grown.

The five-foot-five-inch tall body is a rare big man even in the north, and he also has a delicate and elegant atmosphere of a southerner, which makes people feel good.