In the capital, the palace, and the imperial study, Zhu Youzhen sat on the main seat, and looked at the folds in front of him seriously, and in less than a minute (one minute in ancient times was equivalent to 30 seconds now) he had finished reading the content of the folds and the cabinet votes.

Zhu Youzhen is like a tireless robot, constantly taking over the folds, reading them carefully, and then giving serious instructions, the piles of folds in the imperial study are decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Don't underestimate this speed, the Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the hundreds of state capitals and thousands of counties do not know how much to happen every day, although most of them have been dealt with by the local political envoys, but the local government can not deal with the emperor's instructions are also a lot, plus the officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, workers and other six departments of the yamen and more than one million troops, every day to send to the imperial study at least more than 400 copies, more than 5 or 600 copies is normal.

If you read each fold for one minute, and then review it for another minute, and then four hundred copies of the fold is eight hundred minutes, almost six and a half hours and thirteen hours, then he doesn't have to do anything for a day, except for eating, sleeping, and going to the morning court, all other time is not necessarily enough to review the folds!

At the beginning, Zhu Youzhen's speed couldn't review a piece of the book for two minutes, and it was true that he couldn't do anything all day long, and all that was left was the review book. But now it's different, after a few years of exercise, his speed of reviewing the folds has been amazingly fast, and he didn't take a minute to review the ordinary folds, and he can return to the palace and enjoy a comfortable life every day.

If you want to say that the current emperor Zhu Cijiong is really good to Zhu Youzhen, he has nothing to say:

For example, in terms of wives and concubines, when Zhu Youzhen was the king of letters, Emperor Tianqi also selected a princess for him, but only three were selected in total, one princess Zhou, and two side rooms, but in the second year of Chongzheng, Zhu Cijiong selected four concubines for him at one time, and also selected sixteen beauties for him in the palace, all of whom were as beautiful as flowers.

For another example, in terms of mansions, Zhu Cijiong directly picked the closest and largest mansion to the palace among the confiscated eunuch mansions, decorated it with new decorations, and gave it to him as the new palace.

For example, in terms of guards, Emperor Tianqi gave Zhu You a total of 300 captains and a total of 400 brocade guards for 100 soldiers, while Zhu Cijiong directly assigned 4,000 captains to Zhu You, and a total of 5,000 brocade guards for 1,000 soldiers!

As for the Yu Lu or something, it has risen again and again, and now the silver is 10,000 taels per month, and the tribute given to him during the New Year's holidays is pulled by a convoy, and every time he gives birth to a child, the reward is not less than 100,000 taels!

In order to let him quietly review the folds, Zhu Cijiong even gave him the imperial study, and it was also equipped with eight palace maids, eight eunuchs took turns to serve, serving tea and pouring water, pinching shoulders and beating backs, and delivering folds ......, basically he just had to sit there and concentrate on reviewing the folds, and he didn't have to care about other things.

Now Zhu Cijiong has also installed the so-called air conditioner for him, that is, a device that automatically fills cold air into the house, and it becomes extremely cool in the hot summer. Don't underestimate this thing, I don't know how much ice is consumed in a day, the ice stored in the palace was not enough in the past, when it was first designed, the emperor could occasionally blow it, and now there is a railway in Liaodong, and there is almost half a year to collect ice, and the ice cellar of the palace has also expanded to a huge size, and there are more ice cubes, but only his regent Zhu Youzhen and the queen mother of the two palaces can enjoy it, and others don't think about it.

Zhu Youzhen finished reading the ordinary recital, raised his hands and stretched his waist, then leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes comfortably, at this time, the four palace maids who were serving on the side immediately walked up and gently kneaded his limbs for him to eliminate fatigue.

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes and asked with a smile, "What has the emperor been busy with these days?" ”

Wang Chengen, who was directing the little eunuch to deal with the twists and turns, replied respectfully: "The emperor seems to have been developing a garment-making machine with the people of the Ministry of Industry recently, and it has almost been completed, and the speed is like ramen." ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he opened his eyes, waved away the palace maid, took a copy of the recital handed over by the little eunuch, and said while reading: "The emperor is smart, that little head doesn't know how it grows, and it can be shocking to the world if he pulls something out casually." ”

Wang Chengen didn't dare to accept this, although he was a newly promoted eunuch with a pen, he had received the emperor's favor, to put it bluntly, he was just a five-grade petty official, how could he dare to comment on the emperor wantonly. This is the emperor's own uncle, and he may dare to say that the emperor in the world, and everyone else is suspected of bullying the king.

Zhu Youzhen also said casually, and didn't care whether Wang Chengen replied or not, and the next ones were all more important twists and turns selected by the cabinet, which had to be handed over to the emperor for review, so he looked at it very seriously. The emperor generally rarely adds instructions after his approval, which is the result of his dedication, after reviewing a few years of excerpts, he has become a professional in this area, and his own nephews have seen the mistakes in this regard, so there is really no place for his face.

There are only about a dozen important recitals every day, and they are reviewed in less than half an hour, Zhu Youzhen was about to clean up and go home to tease his youngest son, when suddenly the voice of the eunuch came from outside: "The emperor has arrived." ”

The eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial study, including Wang Chengen, hurriedly knelt on the ground to greet him, Zhu Youzhen had the privilege, but he didn't have to kneel, he just stood up, gave up the lord's seat, and stood aside respectfully, waiting for the emperor to come.

Soon, Zhu Cijiong walked in with a smile, he said goodbye, and sat on the throne as a matter of course, and then said: "Fifth Uncle has worked hard, the King of Zhennan sent someone to send some fresh fruits urgently for 800 miles, I let people chill it, give it to the fifth uncle to taste, come on, bring it up." “

Soon, a few palace maids walked in with plates of exquisite fruits, and placed them on the desk one by one, what lychees, mangoes, bananas, jackfruit were peeled, and arranged into various exquisite patterns, which made people look pleasing to the eye.

Zhu Youzhen tried a few bites and sighed: "It's really delicious, but it's a pity that the road is far away and it's not easy to preserve, if only you could buy them everywhere like apples and pears, Hong'er and Kunyi will definitely like it." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Yes, a ride on the red dust concubine smiled, no one knows that it is a lychee, this southern fruit is too troublesome to transport to the capital, I want to build the railway to Nanzhili or even Guangdong, but the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are too wide, with the current bridge-building technology of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it is difficult to build a railway bridge on it." “

In the past few years, Zhu Youjian has become familiar with Zhu Cijiong's temperament, and when there are no outsiders, Zhu Cijiong has almost no requirements for red tape and etiquette, so he replied very casually: "Then repair it in sections, the ferry will only take an hour at most, as long as the loading and unloading docks are built on both sides of the strait, in fact, it will not waste much time." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his eyes lit up, and he praised: "Yes, you can repair it in sections!" The fifth uncle's proposal is very good, I asked the Ministry of Industry to survey and map, and start repairing it next year, so that the younger siblings can eat the fruits of the south every day. “

In order to eat a fruit to build a railway, isn't it even more ridiculous than Emperor Tang Ming, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is unacceptable, building a railway costs people and money, and it is not worth it for that little fruit." “

Zhu Cijiong laughed and said: "Hahahaha, I'm joking, transporting fruits is just incidental, grain, cloth, and porcelain are the main ones, this railway must be repaired, as long as the economy of the Ming Dynasty through the north and south can be doubled, the money for building the railway is nothing." “

Zhu Youzhen roughly estimated, and said suddenly: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to spend tens of millions of taels of silver from the capital to Nanzhili, right?" And that's nothing? “

Zhu Cijiong smiled even more happily: "Hahahaha, tens of millions of taels of silver is really nothing, there is news from Macau that the Dutch have promised to pay compensation, Zheng Zhilong is really a robber, and he blackmailed the Netherlands of 20 million taels at one time, not bad, not bad." “

Zhu Youzhen was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and he said dumbfounded: "Two, twenty million taels, are the Dutch really willing to pay?" “

Zhu Cijiong said proudly: "Hmph, if you dare not pay me, let him use more than 20,000 elite naval elites as coolies until he dies, the land of the Netherlands is less than two million people in total, and their army doesn't know if there are 200,000, do they lose 20,000 people?" “

Zhu Youzhen sincerely admired: "The emperor is wise, and he can earn 20 million taels of silver casually, and Weichen admires it." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his eyes rolled, and finally he came to the point, and he tempted: "There are still 20 million taels waiting for us to earn, is the fifth uncle interested?" “

Zhu Youzhen was stunned when he heard this, he really couldn't think of what ability he had to earn 20 million taels of silver, after thinking for a while, he still didn't think of it, he simply asked directly: "Your Majesty, where to earn 20 million taels, do I have that ability?" “

Zhu Cijiong said categorically: "I said yes, you have, Spain ordered 100,000 flintlock pistols from Daming, two hundred and one taels, exactly 20 million taels, I have asked the Ministry of Industry to speed up the production, but they asked for door-to-door delivery, now the Dutch have softened, there is no threat at sea, I have asked people to inform the Spaniards, let them prepare silver, and when the time comes, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, will the 20 million taels be in hand?" “

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he finally understood what was going on with the 20 million taels, but he was even more strange, did it have anything to do with him?

He asked curiously, "Did the emperor ask me to deliver the goods?" “

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "Delivery is secondary, just be responsible for the Beiyang Naval Division, I mainly want the European powers to see our Ming Tianwei, this Tianwei has a naval division, and it is not enough to have a warship, but also let them see our Ming Dynasty's powerful army, the First Army of the Praetorian Guard is well-equipped, and I am ready to send 50,000 elites of the First Army of the Praetorian Guard to Europe with the Beiyang Naval Division to show off." “

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but boil his blood when he heard this, but it seems that this still has nothing to do with him!

He asked a little sneeringly: "This, this, what did the emperor let me do?" I don't have anything to show off! “

Zhu Cijiong slapped his forehead and explained: "Yes, why not, fifth uncle, you are the Prince of Daming, there are more places to show, and when the time comes, I will send you a thousand palace maids, a thousand eunuchs, and 10,000 brocade guards to serve with you, so that they can see how noble our Prince of Daming is." Besides, such a huge team, there must be a heavyweight to press the formation, Zheng Zhilong, I have other arrangements, Taifu has to guard Liaodong, the teacher is old and weak, and he is not suitable for traveling far, thinking about it, I can only let the fifth uncle work hard. “

It turned out that he was asked to show his dignity, which is not difficult, because his identity is originally noble, and he is just performing in his true colors. Just kidding, he is the emperor's own uncle, the only one in heaven and on earth, and the Ming Dynasty is the most noble except for the Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong.