After the training for the selection and promotion of officials sent to Shandong was completed, Zhu Youxiao specially arranged for Wen Zhenmeng to be the chief inspection envoy of the officials selected and dispatched by the whole of Shandong, and asked him to be stationed in Jinan to be responsible for coordinating the relationship between the newly elected officials and the state government and even the political envoys of Shandong.

Zhu Youxiao has done all these things, the time has reached the end of the year, this year's household income is good, a total of nearly 10 million taels of silver, of course, these incomes are not counted as copying from the family, it is a pure year of taxes. Zhu Youxiao's inner treasury did not increase much income this year, mainly because the expenses were too large, because all the factories, Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, Zhu Ling, Bi Maokang, Lei Mingtian and other scientific research achievements belonged to Zhu Youxiao himself, so Zhu Youxiao did not limit their capital needs at all, as long as Wang An needed to issue bills, Wang An would directly allocate them, and Zhu Youxiao would not look at them. Hehe, in fact, Zhu Youxiao is afraid that he will feel distressed.

Seeing this year's income and expenditure accounts handed over by the household department, Zhu Youxiao convened the cabinet and the six departments to jointly examine and approve it, although the total income this year is nearly 10 million taels of silver, but this year's expenditure is also huge. Whether it was the two wars in Liaodong or the counterinsurgency in Sichuan, this required huge financial expenditures, but fortunately a few corrupt officials were confiscated, and more importantly, Yang Lian confiscated illegal salt merchants in Yangzhou, thus making up for the huge expenses caused by the war. Looking at this year's account of the household department, Zhu Youxiao asked if everyone was giving an extra month of money to many officials, but Zhu Youxiao was surprised that it was all vetoed. Zhu Youxiao said that it should be so, I will give everyone a red envelope for the New Year, but this time it was unanimously agreed, so Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and issued bonuses for the officials of the Ming Dynasty for the first time in history.

Zhu Youxiao was very depressed, he thought that everyone would be humble, but he didn't expect the cabinet and the six ministries to stare at their wallets. However, Zhu Youxiao was not depressed for too long, and on the second day of Zhu Youxiao's red envelope, the cabinet headed by Ye Xianggao and the six Shangshu jointly proposed that the emperor had too much internal expenditure this year and needed to make up for it in time, so that the emperor and the queen mother could not be wronged, and as a result, the silver that Zhu Youxiao issued red envelopes was suddenly made up.

What does this mean? Zhu Youxiao was very puzzled, and later Sun Chengzong explained to him that the money and salary increase of the user department could not reflect the emperor's grace, that should be, the officials would only get Longwangshu, and the emperor's own money to send red envelopes not only reflected the emperor's grace, but also did not let the officials develop the practice of giving double money at the end of the year. Of course, Sun Chengzong is still in Sichuan to quell the rebellion, but that's just a story for later.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Zhu Youxiao returned to the harem and saw that Empress Zhang was a little depressed, so Zhu Youxiao asked her: "Yan'er, what's wrong?" ”

Empress Zhang said: "I am a little homesick, although my father and mother have also visited me in the palace, but I haven't been on the street for so long, and my heart is still a little stuffy." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "That's it, it's okay today anyway, let's go shopping on the street with Concubine Liang and Concubine Duan in the afternoon." ”

Empress Zhang said: "I'm afraid this won't work, I have to ask the Queen Mother, otherwise let the Queen Mother know, and the Queen Mother will be to blame." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "It doesn't matter, let's bring You Jian and the three little sisters again, and let Luo Sigong bring fewer people to protect it, the Queen Mother should agree, anyway, it was my idea, it doesn't matter." ”

Zhu Youxiao went to find the Queen Mother, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that his three younger sisters were there, and the second sister Zhu Huijing ran over as soon as she saw Zhu Youxiao, stretched out her hand to hug her left arm, and shouted loudly: "Brother Emperor, I haven't seen you for months, why don't you come to see me?" Do you still have toys for me to play with? ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "I'm sorry little sister, my brother is really sorry for the three little sisters, I haven't played with you these days, today I'll take you and Youjian to have fun together, okay?" ”

The Queen Mother looked at it and glanced at Zhu Huijing: "You kid, why are you not sensible at all, how much does the emperor have to be busy every day." Come on, An Ansheng sat down and talked with him. ”

Zhu Youxiao sat down and talked to the Queen Mother and several little princesses for a while, and the Queen Mother was so happy that she smiled, and took advantage of the situation to tell the Queen Mother that she was going to take Zhu Youzhen and the queen, Concubine Liang, Concubine Chun, and the three sisters out for a spin, and said that Luo Sigong would protect in secret, and there was no problem with safety. The Queen Mother disagreed at first, and Zhu Youxiao said that he wanted his younger brothers and sisters to understand the life of the people, so that they could grow up to marry and live and govern the country. The queen mother is also a folk woman, and she knows folk things very well, seeing that Zhu Youxiao said some truth, she agreed to this matter, and Zhu Huijing hugged Zhu Youxiao and shouted that the emperor's brother is good, Zhu Huiyan smiled and nodded, and the youngest Zhu Huiyuan just stared at the emperor's brother.

After lunch, (now Zhu Youxiao has changed the palace to three meals a day) Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang, Concubine Liang, and Concubine Chun wear civilian clothes from the people, and Zhu Youzhen, the little Zhengtai, is wearing a very formal "Ming Official School" casual clothes, this little guy is being cultivated by Zhu Youxiao as a successor, and he is receiving almost militarized training in the school, but now he is only eleven years old but he behaves like an adult, with a serious little face, because he accepted Zhu Youxiao's very strict training requirements, coupled with the little guy's almost perverted efforts, The body is about the same as that of a teenager in the fourteenth or fifteenth five-year years, and it is much stronger. Zhu Huiyan is thirteen years old this year, dressed plainly, similar to the daughter of an ordinary family. Nine-year-old Zhu Huijing was wearing gorgeous clothes, walking and jumping over, and was glared at by Zhu Youzhen seriously, so frightened that she quickly hid behind her sister. The youngest sister, Zhu Huiyuan, is only four years old, staring at her two big eyes, but she doesn't say a word.

Zhu Youxiao and his entourage of eight people quietly slipped out of the palace from the small door, just like an ordinary family of brothers and sisters playing on the street, Zhu Youxiao walked in front with Zhu Huiyuan in his arms, Queen Zhang in the middle, the two sisters in front, the two concubines were a little behind, and finally Xiao Zhengtai Zhu Youzhen, this little guy rolled his eyes around, looking around, he thought that he was trained in the military and wanted to protect his family. In fact, now there are Luo Sigong and Song Jin with more than 100 secret agent masters protecting them fifty steps away, but Zhu Youzhen doesn't know.

On the street outside the front door, people are crowded, crowded and side by side. Zhu Youxiao is a little better, he has seen the prosperous scenes of the 21st century, and he still has a certain immunity to the commodities of this era, and these slightly older girls are different, Empress Zhang can still maintain her reserve as a queen, and Concubine Liang and Concubine Chun can't take care of it so much, the two of them look around, their eyes are not enough, Zhu Huijing is even more running before and after, looking at everything fresh, Zhu Huiyan is staring at Zhu Huijing, afraid that she will be lost, and our little Zhengtai is staring at the surrounding crowd, for fear that there will be assassins. Zhu Youxiao was still prepared for coming out this time, and brought a bag of change for the concubine and her younger siblings, whether it was the calligraphy and painting that Concubine Liang and Concubine Chun fancied, or the dolls and sugar gourds in the pictures of her sisters, they all met their requirements one by one, and even an ancient book in Queen Zhang's photo, Zhu Youxiao also bought it for her. The second concubine also bought some needles and threads and other things, and the youngest Zhu Huiyuan and Zhu Youxiao bought her a kaleidoscope, and she was so happy that she held Zhu Youxiao's neck with one hand and turned straight with the kaleidoscope in the other. Zhu Youzhen was not interested in anything, he just followed with a glare in the back.