"Your Majesty has any way to open up sources and reduce expenditures?" Empress Zhou turned her head and glanced at the other concubines, then turned her head and continued, "The concubines should obey!" ”

"Your Majesty, please make it clear!" The other concubines listened and echoed together.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was not polite, and said directly: "From next year, each palace will reduce the cost, and there will be palace maids and maids, who are not necessary, not used to it, they will all be singled out, and I will arrange them separately, so that the palace can reduce some expenses." ”

said this, in fact, he had already thought about it, not to embarrass his wife and children, but to fight against the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, imperial relatives and nobles. Although he is ready to launch Cao Huachun, Xue Guoguan and others in front of the stage, there is only one life for himself, and no matter how careful he is, he should be careful.

This is not groundless, not to mention those things that have no real evidence, just talk about Emperor Jiajing, he was almost strangled to death by the palace maids around him, this is a historical fact.

A lesson from the past, we have to guard against it!

There are fewer people in the palace, so it is convenient to verify and monitor and improve their safety factor.

Plus, there's an added benefit to doing so. It is to prove to the world that he, who is the emperor, is very poor, and he really has no money, and he is so poor that he is so poor!

Of course, even if you do this, you can't put an end to the rumors released by people with impure intentions. Emperor Chongzhen remembered that there was a rumor in later generations, saying that Emperor Chongzhen in history was a miser, and the country was going to die, and the internal money was still unwilling to take it out, and in the end Li Zicheng was cheaper, and more than 30 million taels of silver were copied from the palace.

This kind of rumor, as long as the IQ is normal, will not be believed; But the point is that some people have abnormal IQs, and even some have normal IQs, and they deliberately believe that they are just trying to discredit Emperor Chongzhen. In this way, the death of the Ming Dynasty is, of course, not worthy of sympathy!

Such an emperor is stingy and stingy, such a dynasty, regardless of the life and death of the people, should have been extinguished a long time ago!

Emperor Chongzhen doesn't want the royal face now, and he does something that really opens up sources and reduces expenditure, which is to prove to the world that he has no money, to minimize being maliciously smeared, and to let the people in the world know that the court really has no money, and he, the emperor, really has no money!

What emperor is rich all over the world, in this Chongzhen Dynasty, especially in the last years of Chongzhen, it is really a big joke!

Emperor Chongzhen did this, and there was another intention, that is, to wait for the near future, when he borrowed money from civil and military officials, imperial relatives and nobles, so that they would have one less excuse.

Of course, what he wants now is not only to throttle, but also to open source.

For example, he looked at Queen Zhou at this time and said, "I remember that the queen can weave, right?" ”

Queen Zhou was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then immediately came back to her senses and nodded: "The concubine used to be poor, and she knew how to weave or something." ”

Zhou Kui, a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu, relied on practicing medicine on the streets in his early years and making money by divination, which can be said to have lived a long time of hard life. Therefore, during that time, Queen Zhou was also like ordinary girls, female red, weaving or something, she was all good at it.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he instructed her: "After the year, when the queen is free, she will take people to do some textile work and subsidize the use of the palace!" ”

When he heard this, all the people in the temple who were qualified to eat were immediately stunned. They were all a little stunned, thinking that they had misheard.

Let the queen subsidize the palace through textiles? This...... That's a bit appalling, isn't it?

It was still Queen Zhou who came back to her senses first, it was a matter of the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, when she had no money, she tightened her belt to live, and it was not unacceptable for her, who has always been virtuous, so she nodded and said: "The concubine has been written down!" ”

"Queen Mother!" At this time, the crown prince Zhu Cihong couldn't help but exclaim, "What kind of system is this, you are my ...... master."

"Prince!" When Empress Zhou heard this, she quickly glanced at the emperor, and then immediately interrupted her son's words and said seriously, "It is precisely because she is the queen mother that she needs to set an example in the palace." Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and the Queen Mother can only do something like this to share your Majesty's worries! Do you understand? ”

After all, Zhu Cihong is only a child less than ten years old, and he grew up in the palace and was named the crown prince at birth. In his cognition, whether it is the queen or he, the prince, they are the most respected people in the world, how can they do such a lowly job?

Therefore, he did not comprehend the meaning of his mother's words, but continued: "But these things, just let those palace maids and chamberlains do it, Queen Mother......"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Emperor Chongzhen, and said with a sincere face: "Father, the sons and daughters think that the queen mother does not have to do such a lowly thing herself, if it spreads, it will damage the reputation of the queen mother!" ”

The original Emperor Chongzhen was a little fond of his son because of his own background. Therefore, on the prince's side, he is not very afraid of his father.

At this moment, everyone turned their eyes to Emperor Chongzhen to see how he replied?

Queen Zhou knew that it was not good in her heart, and hurriedly defended her son: "Your Majesty, the prince is a piece of filial piety, and he ......"

Before she could speak, she saw Emperor Chongzhen stretch out his hand to stop her from speaking, and then looked at Zhu Cihong, not angry or happy, but asked lightly: "Your mother doesn't think this is a lowly thing, why do you think this is a lowly thing?" Who told you that the queen can't do such a job as weaving? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong finally felt that something was wrong, lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

"Taizu started from the end of the micro, what hardship has he not suffered? Could it be that some people in the world think that Taizu has done a lowly job, and some people look down on Taizu? Emperor Chongzhen's voice slowly cooled down, and after his voice became a little louder, he suddenly shouted, "You are the crown prince, if you have such thoughts, how can I rest assured that I will hand over the Ming Dynasty to you?" ”

After saying that, he suddenly stood up, shook his hand and left.

Zhu Cihong was so frightened that he left the table and knelt down to plead guilty, but he failed to save Emperor Chongzhen.

Seeing this, Empress Zhou glared at her son with a little hatred, and hurriedly chased after Emperor Chongzhen.

Outside the palace, Empress Zhou caught up with Emperor Chongzhen and explained with good words: "Your Majesty, the prince doesn't mean this, he really just has a filial piety." ”

The cold wind was howling, and a cold moon was half round in the sky, Emperor Chongzhen stood still, looked up at the sky, and said angrily: "You don't need to say it, I don't know him yet, I don't know the people's suffering, how can I be a good emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future?" ”

"Your Majesty!" When Queen Zhou heard this, she was anxious, and hurriedly knelt down and played, "It's all the concubine's body that has no way to teach, and if Your Majesty wants to blame it, blame the concubine." The prince is still young, and the concubine will definitely try her best to teach. ”

Emperor Chongzhen heard the movement and turned his head to help her. But after thinking about it, he said ruthlessly: "You can't be blamed for this, I was also negligent." I'll consider this matter again. ”

After finishing speaking, he ignored Queen Zhou who was kneeling on the ground, turned around and strode away.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is considered to be unpleasant!