The sixth year of the Apocalypse, winter, heavy snow. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cining Palace is covered in silver, snow-white, and snowflakes are falling all over the sky, which is very beautiful.

Xiao Yongning is also almost a year old, wrapped in a thick padded jacket and sitting on a square car, looking out with wide eyes, his eyes full of curiosity.

Zhu Xu was rare and idle, sitting on the side, and from time to time giving the little guy something to eat.

"Ahem, ahem, drink some tea, warm up."

Empress Dowager Zhang sat on the other side across the coffee table and coughed softly.

"Sister-in-law Xie." Zhu Xu took it with a smile and took a sip gently. Secretly shook her head in her heart, the imperial sister-in-law's tea art needs to be improved, and it is much worse than Yao Qingqing.

"Ahhhhh

Xiao Yongning stretched out his little hand to grab the snowflakes that were falling not far away.

Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at the little guy, coughed a few more times, wiped her mouth, and said with a smile: "King Xin came to see me a few days ago and said that you did the right thing this time. ”

Zhu Xu put down the teacup and shook his head secretly, Zhu Youzhen came to find the Empress Dowager Zhang, but he was afraid that it was not to praise him, but to exert pressure, wanting him to really stop meddling in the government.

"Ahem"

Empress Dowager Zhang coughed several times in a row, and her face alternated between pale and red.

Zhu Xu frowned, and said with concern: "Imperial sister-in-law, have you seen the imperial doctor?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang took a sip of tea and chuckled: "I've been watching, the little problem is not in the way, and it will be fine after winter." ”

Zhu Xu knew that Empress Dowager Zhang's body was not suitable for pregnancy, but she was afraid that this was one of the sequelae, so she secretly thought about going back to the imperial doctor to ask, and said with a smile on her face: "That's good, by the way, sister-in-law, you see...... In your name, the family members of the royal family of the clan are announced to the capital, what do you think? ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was stunned, looked at Zhu Xu and said suspiciously: "I know that you have ordered King Ping to summon the vassal kings to Beijing, why do you want to summon their relatives again?" ”

Zhu Xu blinked and said with a smile: "Say it casually, by the way, I heard that Concubine Liu has not been in good health recently, has she improved?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang is also a smart person, she looked at Zhu Xu deeply, and said quietly: "Dispelling illness is like a thread, where is it so fast, be patient." ”

"Uh-huh." Zhu Xu nodded again and again, and sighed secretly in his heart, but he was anxious, he was no better than the courtiers for the clan, and he couldn't mess around.

Inside the Wenzhao Pavilion.

King Xin has already divided his seats, Qian Longxi ranks first in the auxiliary government, and the others also have their own duties, corresponding to the six ministries and nine secretaries, busy dealing with the accumulation of government affairs.

In Zhu Youzhen's separate room, Ni Wenhuan reported: "Lord Wang, according to your requirements, it has not expanded, except for Zhao Nanxing, there are ten people, all of whom are the minds of this 'palace breaking case', and they are not too involved." ”

Zhu Youzhen was wearing a python suit, sitting there, with a good bearing, and nodded with an unmoving expression, "Well, Lord Ni has always been at ease when doing things, and it is not appropriate to expand it for the time being." ”

Zhu Youzhen was not without anger in his heart, and he also wanted to use this to establish his authority, but reason told him that now his foundation is unstable, and he must stabilize it.

It is true that the ministers outside the palace who were originally nervous, with the rapid conclusion of the case by the Criminal Department, also came to their hearts, and did not cause too much turmoil, and gradually subsided, especially at the end of the year, they were all relieved.

As soon as Ni Wenhuan came out, Zhang I continued to go in, he was in his eighties, old and old, but he was in good spirits, and he bowed down and said loudly, "Lord Wang, the enthronement ceremony, the change of the yuan and other things, you still need to decide." ”

This matter involves all aspects, and it is not something that the Ministry of Rites can do alone.

Zhu Youzhen took the strip Chen with an expressionless face and said, "Well, after this king sees it, he will convene Lord Zhang to discuss it again." ”

Zhang I continued to bow and said, "There is also next year's imperial examination, officials from all over the country, and the test questions ......."

Zhu Youzhen really grasped power for the first time, and encountered too many problems, but he had to make a decision and shoulder the responsibility.

Zhang and I continued to stay in it for half an hour, and Xu Dahua from the Ministry of Engineering went in to talk for half an hour, followed by Zhou Yingqiu from the Ministry of Officials.

Zhou Yingqiu took the notebook and said like a few treasures, "Lord Wang, about next year's assessment, the appointment of officials from all over the country, and the promotion ......"

Zhu Youzhen sat there, listening with a blanket look, and bowed his head from time to time.

The last is Fu Changzong of the household department, no one dares to despise him now, not to mention that he holds the Ming money bag, and most importantly, he represents the will of Emperor Zhu Xu.

Fu Changzong had the privilege of sitting opposite King Xin in the side room, he bowed down and said, "Lord Wang, next year's tax has been calculated, deducting salt tax and tea tax, etc., the actual silver is less than one million taels, although the grain urges all localities to make up for the arrears, but the effect is very small, I am afraid that it will also be greatly reduced, because the disaster situation in various places is getting more and more serious......

Zhu Youjian frowned, which also means that the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty is less than one million taels a year, because the salt tax has been abolished, and it is now controlled by the emperor's private trading house.

Fu Changzong didn't expect him to be able to solve it, and continued simply, implicitly.

"Lord Wang, regarding the matter of setting up customs, the lower official thinks that it is already the right time."

"There are more and more dry lands and wastelands across the country, and the lower officials believe that they should be inventoried and utilized, and they cannot be wasted."

"Lord Wang, now that the disaster is getting more and more serious, the lower officials suggest that taxes should be levied on the rich, and all money and grain exceeding a certain amount must be taxed......"

Zhu Youzhen listened, some nodded, and some shook their heads resolutely, such as increasing taxes on the rich and checking the acres of land.

Zhu Youzhen knows very well in his heart that these cannot be moved, especially at this time, they are the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, and if they are moved, they will be pushed to the opposite side, which will cause chaos in the world!

Fu Changzong is also a temptation, or an ambush, once the time is ripe, he can do it without Zhu Youzhen's order.

Zhu Youzhen is very busy, he is very busy, if he can't stay in the palace all night, he can't wait to spend twelve hours a day on government affairs.

It stands to reason that Zhu Youzhen is busy, which means that Zhu Xu is very relaxed.

In fact, it is not.

The Imperial Study.

Sun Chuanting stood in front of the imperial table and said, "Your Majesty, Jiannu has won a great victory, Inner Khalkha has been divided between the Mongolian Chahar Department and Jiannu, and Huang Taiji has also returned to the division, but the soldiers and horses have not been disbanded, and it is possible to go south to the Great and Small Ling River at any time." ”

Although Zhu Xu had already guessed, he still shook his head secretly when he heard it.

Lin Dan Khan self-destructed the Great Wall, not only did not contain Jiannu, let it become bigger, and even helped, and now he has lost the barrier, with his apparent Mongolian Khan, he can't stop Huang Taiji at all, I'm afraid it will still be the same as in history, or it will be defeated and die in two or three years, Mongolia or surrender or alliance or be annexed, and it can't become an obstacle to Houjin at all.

Zhu Xu pondered for a long time, looked at Sun Chuanting and said, "Lord Sun, I have been hesitating whether to sell the red-clothed cannon to Lin Dan Khan to resist Jiannu. ”

Sun Chuanting's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, no!" Lin Dan Khan only controlled Chahar, and he was not Jiannu's opponent at all, and if he gave it to Lin Dan Khan, it wouldn't be long before it would reach Jiannu's hands, and it would be bad for my Liaodong defense! ”

Since Yuan Chonghuan repelled Nurhachi with artillery, the Ming Dynasty realized the importance of artillery, and they would never allow Jiannu to have artillery.