Zhu Hou did not indulge in wine after moving to the leopard house, he knew that playing politics is not playing a game, and he also knew that there would definitely be many dangers encountered in the future on this road, and a strong body was very important, after all, the body was the capital of the revolution.

Therefore, after moving to the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao ostensibly asked four or five beauties to take turns to accompany him every day, but in essence, he has always let himself be Yanagi Hui, basically getting up at midnight to exercise every day, going to bed after the middle of the day, and listening to the report of the Eight Tigers at a fixed time, and at the same time, he is also thinking about his own money-making plan.

On the first day of coming to the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao didn't come up with a clue, but it is worth mentioning that now he is so poor that he can be said to be very poor, and the wealth he accumulated during his time as the crown prince was given to the Eight Tigers to manage the relationship, not to mention that it cost him a sum of money to build the leopard house, and he also had to spend silver to raise beauties and bands to buy mythical beasts or something, so that people outside would know that he was having fun.

Therefore, now he has to make his life miserable, and his daily breakfast is only steamed bread as the staple food, and there are only three dishes and one soup at noon and night.

Although it is relatively good compared to the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, at least three meals a day, after all, the current Ming Dynasty eats two meals a day, but for him, the emperor, it cannot but be said that it is very shabby.

Whether it was accumulating capital to participate in political struggles or improving his own life, Zhu Houzhao had to rely on himself to open up new financial routes, and as for his own internal funds, he could only let the eunuchs of the household department and the internal transportation warehouse help him watch over them.

When eating steamed bread in the morning, Zhu Houzhao thought that soda ash was needed for the fermentation of steamed bread, and from soda ash to saponification reaction, the first way he thought of making a fortune was to make soap to sell.

Zhu Houzhao gave the silver at the bottom of the box to Luo Xiang, and asked him to go to Qipan Street outside the Daming Gate to purchase a batch of raw materials for making soap according to his own list, and at the same time let Qiu Ju open up a place with a good water source near the leopard house as the "Royal Industrial Experimental Base".

For people in this era, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty is definitely doing something indecent and messing around, but only Zhu Houzhao himself knows that he is taking the first step in the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhu Houzhao was ready to do a big job in the leopard room, he still fulfilled some basic duties as an emperor in this era, one of which was the upper court.

On the second night of coming to the leopard room, he returned to the Qianqing Palace and began to prepare for the third day of the court.

This is the first great dynasty after the new emperor Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Zhu Houzhao got up when he was in Yin, and waited for him to visit the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the sky was not yet bright, but because it was the first time in the new dynasty, he didn't feel much boring, only felt fresh, and began to sit in the court to listen to the government in accordance with the ceremony stipulated by the Ministry of Rites.

Generally, this kind of court is mostly ceremonial and does not discuss some important state affairs, but there are exceptions.

Now this early dynasty is an exception.

Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Liu Jian, a scholar of the Cabinet University, smiled and glanced at Zhu Houzhao with some contempt, thinking that Zhu Houzhao would definitely be inexperienced for the first time in the court, and he would be at the mercy of these civilian officials.

Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, gave his cronies He Tianqu, the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, a glance, and soon, He Tianqu, the imperial historian of the Imperial Inspectorate, appeared in the center of the court:

"Your Majesty, the micro-minister played the impeachment of Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, who was old and decrepit, and the government affairs were wasted, so the corpse should no longer be in love with the power! To comfort the younger generations! ”

As soon as the words of He Tianqu fell, the court was suddenly in an uproar, no one thought that Ma Wensheng, the patriarch of the Four Dynasties, would be impeached in the court, and he would be impeached in front of His Majesty and hundreds of officials, Rao no one could stand this insult, not to mention that Ma Wensheng was still a person who cared about reputation.

"You!"

Ma Wensheng was suddenly furious, pointing at this imperial history He Tianqu was speechless for a long time, but his eyes were fixed on Jiao Fang, the left attendant of the ministry.

And Yushi He Tianqu only held the music with an indifferent expression.

Liu Jian, a cabinet scholar, and others only watched all this in silence.

Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, smiled secretly, looking at Ma Wensheng glaring at Jiao Fang, he was even more satisfied in his heart, and secretly thought that the plan of killing two birds with one stone was really done, now wait for you Ma Wensheng to dismiss, and then your protégés will attack Jiao Fang, and the old man can be promoted to the Ministry of Officials!

Zhu Houzhao naturally saw through the key to this, and understood that Ma Wensheng was now impeached because he questioned the death of Emperor Hongzhi when Emperor Hongzhi died, and was hated by the cabinet.

Zhu Houzhao could guess that next, Ma Wensheng would definitely resign to prove his innocence.

However, Zhu Houzhao will not let Ma Wensheng leave the court, because once Ma Wensheng leaves, the entire court will be controlled by Liu Jian and others in the cabinet, and his situation will be even more difficult at that time.

So, Zhu Houzhao said very regretfully: "The first emperor repeatedly told me to pity the old ministers and use the old ministers more before his death, how can I remiss Ma Aiqing because of his old age, wouldn't that hurt the hearts of the old ministers, this proposal was rejected!" ”

He Tianqu, the imperial historian, had no choice but to retreat, however, Liu Jian and others in the cabinet and Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, were not disappointed by this, on the contrary, they were still a little moved, and they were also very willing to see the new emperor Zhu Houzhao sympathetic to the old ministers, after all, they were also old ministers, but they believed that Ma Wensheng would definitely resign, after all, according to the convention, whether it was a cabinet scholar or a scholar who was impeached, he would resign from the office, otherwise he would be regarded as a lover of power.

As long as Ma Wensheng resigns, Liu Jian and other cabinet scholars who have already controlled the inner court will be sure to directly vote to agree to Ma Wensheng's resignation, so they will expel Ma Wensheng from the court.

Of course, once Ma Wensheng is expelled from the court, the pot of deposing the old minister still has to be carried by Emperor Zhu Houzhao, because theoretically speaking, Ma Wensheng's resignation can only be approved by the emperor.

But in fact, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, has no way to refuse the cabinet's vote now, and he doesn't even have the power to refuse to approve Hong, because neither the celebrant nor the cabinet can listen to him now.

However, Liu Jian and other civil officials obviously not only want Emperor Zhu Houzhao to take the blame, but also want Emperor Zhu Houzhao to stay in the palace honestly, after all, the emperor does not live in the palace means that they cannot control the emperor.

So, Hu Ke stood up at this time in the middle of the summer: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a play, I recently heard that Your Majesty does not live in the palace but seeks pleasure in Xiyuan, and now the spirit of the Emperor Daxing is not at peace, and I hope that Your Majesty will understand the heart of the world and move back to the palace, and demolish the leopard room to show the heart of hard work!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was even more angry in his heart at this time, he didn't expect that Liu Jian and other cabinet scholars and Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, not only wanted to drive Ma Wensheng out of the court, but also wanted to drive himself, the emperor, back to the palace, in their eyes, as if they couldn't govern the country if they lived outside the palace.

"The weather is hot at the moment, the Qianqing Palace has not been repaired for a long time, the ice storage supply is insufficient, and the Daxing Emperor has suffered from summer fever in the Qianqing Palace, and even returned to heaven because of this, and now you also want me to go back to die of heat stroke?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask coldly.

At this moment, Hu Ke didn't know what to say to the middle summer, no matter how he didn't dare to say that he was going to kill the monarch, Hu Ke gave the matter a busy look at Liu Jian in the middle of the summer.

What else can Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, say, he doesn't dare to force Zhu Houzhao to return to the palace in front of hundreds of officials, saying that he wants Zhu Houzhao to die of heat, so he can only get off the donkey: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the health and well-being of the dragon is a big matter, and it is not too late to move back to the Qianqing Palace after the summer heat is over." ”

After Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, finished speaking, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were a little displeased, but they also secretly thought that Liu Jian, the first assistant, had answered very well, and they didn't believe that Zhu Houzhao still had a reason to stay in the leopard room after the summer heat was over.

"It's according to Liu Aiqing, let's talk about it in three months!"

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly settled down, lest these civil officials regret it.

After retiring from the court for a while, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Liu Daxia and other parties were in a good mood, and they left the court with some laughter, after all, they not only successfully impeached Ma Wensheng, but also got the promise of His Majesty the Emperor to return to the palace in three months.

And Ma Wensheng was very disappointed at this time, he naturally didn't want to resign, but he knew that he had to resign now, and he would definitely be expelled from the court by Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers.

Liu Jian also glanced at Ma Wensheng when he left, smiled coldly, and barely stepped forward to point at Ma Wensheng and said, "Even if you are a secretary of the ministry, if the official wants you to get out of the court, you can get out of the court!" ”

Zhu Houzhao also saw Ma Wensheng's disappointment in his eyes, and also saw Liu Jian's arrogance in his eyes, and only smiled faintly.