This incident that happened in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve inevitably spread.

All of a sudden, the palace shook, and the Jingshi shook.

For most of the palace maids and attendants in the palace, they were shocked that the palace was going to lay off staff, and for a while, people were panicked.

The palace maid is better, she has a home to go back to, and the conditions at home are okay, but it's nothing.

But for the eunuchs, it's like the sky is falling, and they can't go back! Therefore, they all tried to prove to their serving masters that they were more capable than others, and they wanted to stay in the palace.

As for Jingshi, it is nothing more than the fact that the crown prince was reprimanded by the emperor. You must know that in the previous days, Emperor Chongzhen was more doting on this eldest son, which can be seen from the fact that he was directly established as the crown prince shortly after he was born.

Therefore, those who have related interests with the prince, such as relatives, such as the subordinate officials of the East Palace, can't help but be a little worried, they speculate, is the emperor dissatisfied with the prince and wants to change something?

More people, of course, focus on the event itself. Many people did not expect that the emperor treated textile work equally, and the prince was reprimanded by the emperor for being cheap.

This kind of thing, for ordinary people, immediately has a sense of close identification with the emperor. At the same time, they are even more sympathetic, the emperor really has no money, and they have to let the queen go to textile to make money to subsidize the family!

For these reactions triggered inside and outside the palace, it was naturally expected by Emperor Chongzhen. He watched coldly and sat back to see what would follow.

After the news came out, many courtiers played for it.

Some of the chapters are speaking for the prince, saying that the prince is young and filial, which is an unintentional mistake. The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, hoping that the emperor would reward the prince! In the middle, no matter what the purpose is, Emperor Chongzhen kept the name of the performer in his heart, and then the recital was left in the middle and not issued.

Some of the recitals said that the queen took the lead in doing the rough work of weaving, which was not a sign of royal decency, and hoped that the emperor would consider it carefully. For these recitals, Emperor Chongzhen gave all the instructions for a single word of money, and then called back!

No money, lack of money, don't understand! This impression is deepened!

After such a fuss, it is estimated that everyone in the world will know about this matter. Everyone knows that the emperor has no money, so he has to cut the palace manpower, cut down on food and clothing, and the queen has to rely on textiles to subsidize the palace. Emperor Ming is really poor!

By the way, Emperor Chongzhen's words of reprimanding the crown prince inevitably spread.

Of course, the attrition of the palace will definitely cause concern. On the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Emperor Chongzhen made everyone worry for a while before he summoned the twelve eunuchs in the palace and the eunuchs of the twenty-four yamen.

Everyone arrived early, and everyone's expressions were a little solemn. The emperor summoned all these palm seal eunuchs, obviously related to the announcement of the Chinese New Year's Eve to abolish the employment of people in the palace. No one wanted their yamen to be laid off, and they were very worried about how much the emperor would have to do to cut them.

At this time, they did not usually meet each other, whether they were not in harmony with each other or not, they would greet each other, bowed their heads one by one and did not speak, thinking in their hearts, if the emperor asked, how many people should be dismissed, and those people should be dismissed, and they had to give the emperor an explanation. Most people thought in their hearts that they must complain when they turn back and strive to keep more people for their yamen.

After Emperor Chongzhen came, just by looking at the words and deeds of these palm print eunuchs below, he had an understanding of their mentality.

After the ceremony, he went straight to the point and said: "If there is turmoil today, thieves are everywhere, the Manchu army is raging, there are floods in the south and drought in the north, and the people are not able to make a living, I am ......very worried."

The emperor's opening remarks made everyone's hearts chuckle, and it was so serious that the emperor's determination seemed to be unshakable. After all, no matter how hard the yamen in the palace is, can it survive the turmoil in the world and the safety of the society?

“…… Money is urgently needed everywhere, but the treasury is empty, and there is no money in the inner treasury. I was also forced to have no choice but to think of ways to open up sources and reduce expenditure. Don't worry about it for a while, but in this aspect of the palace, you can still move immediately. If you can save, you will save, and saving a little money is a little money, and you should be able to understand my feelings. If it were possible, wouldn't I be shameless, don't you? ”

The lord was worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and as soon as the emperor said this, these palm print eunuchs couldn't stand anymore, and they knelt down one after another to plead guilty. For a while, the grievances planned in my heart could not be spoken.

Emperor Chongzhen let them kneel, and still sighed with emotion: "When the court has overcome the difficulties, and when I think of a way to make money, but I am not competing with the people, there is money in the harem, and I don't have to be so frugal." If the people are suffering today, and the palace has tightened their belts for a while, no matter what, it can be regarded as me and my people sharing weal and woe. Do you understand what I mean? ”

In this case, who dares to object. These eunuchs below are all landlords who can observe words and looks, and how can they feel embarrassed when they see the nominally rich emperor talking so sadly?

As a result, many eunuchs began to express their positions, saying that they were useless, embarrassing the emperor, and crying.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen did not stop it, and after making them cry for a while, he said: "The manpower of each prison and each yamen has been put on a list, and the non-essential manpower has been reduced, I want to see the specific details, understand?" ”

He has already made it very clear that if someone still complains, and the list submitted fails to remove a few people, it is inconsiderate of the Sacred Heart, and it is conceivable what impression he will leave in the emperor's heart!

These palm print eunuchs know this, and at this time, they can only express their stance and will definitely follow the order.

In later generations, someone once said that during the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were 100,000 palace maids in the palace to attack Emperor Chongzhen.

Anyway, if 100,000 people are in the Forbidden City, can they still be crowded?

Now that Emperor Chongzhen has made this cut-off move, he has given a detailed breakdown, and he can prevent rumors in this regard to some extent if he turns back.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of charter is the arrangement of the abolished palace maids?" Wang Dehua, as the first eunuch in the palace, that is, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, had to ask.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately said lightly: "Just do things according to the regulations of the palace, those who can go home go home, and those who can't go home will arrange to go to the Zhuangzi outside the palace to do some work to support themselves." As for the reward of those who go home and the capital of work in the imperial village, when the Jinyi guard has completed the inspection, some of them can still be squeezed out. ”

The raid of the former Jinyi Guard officials has not yet yielded results, but no matter what, there must be a sum of cash, and it should be enough to use these to place the manpower of the palace retrenchment.

One of the tricks here is to announce bad news through informal channels first, and then give them good news in time when everyone is pessimistic.

Just like at this time, even if these palm print eunuchs listened, they couldn't help but show gratitude on their faces, and praised the emperor's kindness in unison!