When Yun Xi got up the next day, it was already noon, and when he saw him get up, Wang Xi hurriedly came over to serve him and dressed, and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty on getting the prince again." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yun Xi smiled: "Today is not your mother's birthday, why do you go back to the palace now?" ”

"Your Majesty, the slave has already served his mother for dinner in the morning, and he has kowtowed. And the slave's mother said to the slave, you are now the one who serves the emperor, the emperor is the emperor of all the people in the world, and the emperor is much more important than me, an old woman, and it is already the emperor's grace to let you go home for the New Year, why don't you hurry back and serve the emperor? What does it matter if my wife can't survive her birthday. So the minions hurried back. ”

"Look at your mouth, you are so good at talking, do you want me to reward your mother with something more?" Yun Xi smiled.

"Your Majesty, this is really what the slave's mother said, and there is nothing to be said about it." Wang Xi shouted Qu Dao.

After a pause, Wang Xi said again: "There is one more thing, please forgive your majesty for the sins of the slaves." Early this morning, the officials of the Ministry of Rites came to ask His Majesty to meet the envoys of the foreign vassals, and when the servants saw that His Majesty was sleeping soundly, they told them to resign until tomorrow. ”

"The slave makes decisions for His Majesty without authorization, please forgive Your Majesty."

"I told you before that unless there is an attack on the frontier, a flood or drought, or a rebellion, nothing else can wake me up, and you have handled it properly, what is the crime?" But Yun Xi thought for a while and ordered: "In the future, such things must be reminded to me before I go to bed the night before." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi agreed.

At this time, Yun Xi had already finished dressing and walked towards Xi Yao's bedroom. Xi Yao hadn't woken up at this time, and Yun Xi immediately went over to see his seventh child.

When he passed, Min'er, Baoqing, and Siqi were all there, looking around Wen Yin's small bed, and Min'er wanted to reach out and touch it, but was immediately stopped by the palace maid.

She turned her head to see Yun Xi, and hurriedly said, "Dad, I want to touch my little brother, but this Aunt Shen won't let me; Also, I want to give the delicious food I saved to my little brother, but Aunt Shen won't let me. ”

Female official Shen, who was sent to take care of Wen Yin full-time, immediately explained to Yun Xi: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is afraid that the eldest princess will accidentally hurt the fifth prince, so she prevents the eldest princess from touching the fifth prince; And newborn children are not allowed to eat, only to drink milk. ”

"I know, you don't have to explain." Yun Xi said. He had six children before, and he had heard from other female officers.

He glanced at his fifth son, gently touched the child's bare scalp, and asked, "Is there nothing wrong now?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince is very healthy." Female Officer Shen said.

Yun Xi asked a few more questions, and she answered them one by one.

He turned his head to Min'er and said, "Aunt Baoqing, Min'er, Siqi, have you had lunch?" ”

"No, I don't." Baoqing said: "Why didn't you call me last night, I have to wait for the birth of my little nephew." ”

"It was too late last night to call you." Yun Xi explained, and then led them to the dining hall.

On the way, Wang Xi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, when the slave saw the fifth prince, he remembered something and asked His Majesty for instructions. ”

"Oh, what's the matter? Something to do with the Five Princes? Yunxi asked.

"Your Majesty, it has nothing to do with the five princes, it's just a few coincidences."

"In the past few days, the slave has been at home with his relatives for the New Year, and yesterday morning suddenly a few people came to the slave's house, claiming to be from the Zhou family in Hangzhou, and wanted to pay tribute to His Majesty for embroidery." Wang Xi said.

"Tribute? It's time to drill camp. Yun Xi sneered.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty had a tribute system, and the magistrates needed to pay tribute to the capital every year for the emperor to enjoy. At first, some officials used this to please the emperor, and some people embezzled and took bribes.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was not merciful to these two types of officials, and gradually no one dared to take money from them. After Yun Xi ascended the throne, the trend rose again, and he also punished a number of such officials, and repeatedly ordered that local tribute should be limited to local specialties, and only a few items such as food and silk, and required the local government to pay in full.

It was not that he did not want to abolish this system, but he was reluctant to eat delicious food all over the country: he did not come to serve the people, but to let the people serve him.

If the tribute system is abolished and the procurement is implemented, whether it is to set up purchasing bureaus throughout the country or to temporarily send people to the local procurement area every year, according to the operation law of the Chinese government, the local burden will be heavier than it is now, and it is better to maintain the current system, so Yunxi did not abolish the tribute system.

Of course, tribute is not a good thing for the tribute households, and the local government often does not pay in full, and only a very small number of people can benefit from it; But if you pay tribute directly to the emperor, it will be different, your own signboard is registered in front of the emperor, and you can use it as capital to brag about it in the future.

Wang Xi saw that Yun Xi's face was not good, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if it is only like this, it will be fine, but his family wants to dedicate to Your Majesty this time A screen painted with "Heavenly Immortals Sending Children", and the background is the endless snow, which is quite consistent with the five princes. ”

"Oh." Yun Xi hesitated. He originally planned to return all the things of the Zhou family, but when he heard that this embroidery was so appropriate, he hesitated again.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "In that case, everything except this embroidery will be returned, and only this one screen will be accepted." Pay him at market value. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi agreed. However, he secretly said in his heart: "Such a beautiful screen, if there is a slight mistake in embroidery, it will become a remnant, and it may not be able to be bought if you have money, so there is no market price." ’

It wasn't until the evening that Xiyao woke up, and she was busy asking Wen Yin to come over and watch, and Min'er gathered around her to tell how her little brother was.

Xi Yao smiled: "After all, I am older, and I know that I care about my younger brother." ”

"I've always cared for my younger brother, and I take care of Wenyuan and Wenqi every day." Min'er protested.

"Is your so-called care just to smear them with cream?" Yun Xi smiled.

Min'er's face turned rare red, and she stopped talking; Yunxi and Hee-yao both laughed.

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The next morning, to celebrate the emperor, there was another prince or the second son, and it flew into the palace like snowflakes that were flying in the sky at this time, and quickly spread the table in the small study room set up by Yunxi in the Qianqing Palace. Zuo Tongzheng, who was on duty today in the Department of General Affairs, had already been prepared, and went to the home of the general political envoy to grind before going to work, and finally succeeded in getting him to order the scribe who should be resting and the right general government to go to work.

Yun Xi picked two at random and looked at them, then put them down and said to Wang Gen: "Pick a few of the best words to keep, and leave the rest to Huang Fu to dispose of." Now let in the officials of the Ministry of Rites who are waiting outside the Qianqing Gate. ”