When the officials heard the little eunuch singing and knew that the main emperor was coming, the civil and military officials tidied up their clothes one after another, saluted like a ritual, and said: "The ministers welcome His Majesty the Emperor, long live Your Majesty!" ”

With the sound of the hundred officials, Zhu Hongsan walked out from behind the screen and sat down in his seat, with the crown prince and the king of Chu standing on either side of him.

Zhu Hongsan was very satisfied when he saw the black officials below, wearing official robes of various colors, this is the majesty that an emperor should enjoy. When Zhu Hongsan arrived in Nanjing, he knew how majestic an emperor was, and his words and deeds could determine a person's fate, and Zhu Hongsan began to become more and more obsessed with power.

Zhu Hongsan suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said expressionlessly: "Zhongqing, calm down!" Sir, please be seated! ”

This is not an official court meeting, so there are no various etiquette and red tape, all the officials in the hall heard the emperor's words and quickly lined up according to the official rank and stood aside, and the seven cabinet elders also sat down one after another.

Today's meeting is mainly to discuss financial issues, and all other officials are here to observe, and Huang Zongxi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, is not qualified to observe, but he also has a position that is Zuo Zhongyun of Zhan Shifu, and he can be regarded as a teacher of the prince, so he is qualified to observe.

Huang Zongxi, this guy has a strong temperament, and when he was young, he dared to stab Xu Xianchun and beat Cui Yingyuan in public. After Nanjing was occupied by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Huang Zongxi sold his property to organize a rebel army, and also took refuge in Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu.

Later, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, died in Guangdong, so Huang Zongxi had no good impression of Zhu Hongsan, thinking that Zhu Hongsan and their ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang were a good example of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Originally, Huang Zongxi was ready to resign and return to his hometown after Zhu Hongsan occupied Nanjing, but only under the advice of his friend Chen Zilong did he respond to Zhu Hongsan's expedition and came to Nanjing to become a Hanlin editor.

At the same time, under the influence of his friend Chen Zilong, Huang Zongxi found that the crown prince Zhu Hai was completely different from his father Zhu Hongsan, and the prince was benevolent and righteous, and had the basic conditions for a benevolent monarch. In this way, Huang Zongxi decided to stay in Nanjing and teach the prince well.

Today, as soon as Huang Zongxi looked up, he saw two young people standing next to Emperor Zhu Hongsan, one was his student prince he recognized, and the other short and fat young man didn't recognize, looking at the prince's clothes he was wearing, it was probably the king of Chu, after all, the prince in Nanjing was now Zhu Huai.

Huang Zongxi was furious when he saw that the king of Chu also attended this kind of imperial meeting, the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty system could not read and write at all, and was not allowed to make friends with scholars, let alone participate in politics!

Huang Zongxi was furious in his heart, and without waiting for Zhu Hongsan to speak, he stood up and said: "Minister Huang Zongxi has a book to play!" ”

Zhu Hongsan saw that the civil and military ministers had just stood up and were about to speak, when he thought that a middle-aged man would stand up and snatch his words. Zhu Hongsan was a little unhappy in his heart, but after all, he was now the emperor, not the previous warlord, and he still had to talk about the law!

"Huang Aiqing, what do you have to say!"

"The minister wants to impeach the king of Chu! As a vassal king, he did not follow the ancestral system, and even participated in the court meeting, please ask Your Majesty to hand over the king of Chu to the Zongren Mansion for confinement! ”

Zhu Huai listened to it on the side, his teeth were itching, this Huang Zongxi is really vicious, he has to be confined with one mouth, this is his own life!

Although Zhu Huai hated Huang Zongxi to death, he couldn't defend himself by impeaching him. However, some of Zhu Huai's subordinates are capable people.

As soon as Huang Zongxi's words fell, a young Wenchen stood up and said, "Huang Bianxiu, there is something wrong with what you say!" The king of Chu participated in the imperial meeting with the permission of His Majesty the Emperor, do you still have any opinions? ”

Huang Zongxi recognized the person who spoke as soon as he saw it, it was Xu Keji, a member of the logistics department. The logistics department and the equipment department are under the jurisdiction of Tong Yangjia, and naturally his subordinates are all his disciples and grandchildren, so it is not surprising that he stood up to speak for Zhu Huai, the king of Chu.

Huang Zongxi believes in restricting the power of the monarch, listening to Xu Keji say this, Huang Zongxi replied: "Now the world is divided into three parts, and the monarch starts from the end of the micro, it is the time to clarify the law and the law, so that the world can be subdued, and today the monarch takes the lead and is not allowed to abide by the laws of the country, so how to govern the country?" How to compete with King Gui and the Manchus? ”

Huang Zongxi's words were very accurate, and he was talking about Zhu Hongsan's death hole. The only thing Zhu Hongsan took the lead in the struggle with Yongli Zhu Youlang was that he took the lead, if he didn't obey the law now, then he would still compete with Zhu Youlang!

Xu Keji was speechless when he said this, he couldn't say that the emperor could not obey the law! Although this is the case. Tong Yangjia glared at Xu Keji, opened his mouth unhurriedly and said: "Huang Bian repaired a good mouth, the national ceremony naturally has to abide by the law, now it is just an ordinary monarch and minister, it is not a formal national court, and there is no problem for the king of Chu to appear!" ”

Ma Mingyuan saw Tong Yangjia make a move in person, he couldn't sit still, and said slowly: "The monarch and the minister are right?" What Lord Tong said is really easy, look at the history book that said that the monarch and the minister need so many people? ”

"Lord Ma, the prince's prohibition on participating in politics began in the Jiajing period, and it was stipulated in order to prevent the rebellion of King Ning. His Majesty had already said that the ancestral system would be restored when he worshipped Emperor Taizu in Xiaoling, so it is not a bad rule for the King of Chu to attend the meeting now! ”

"Oh? According to Lord Tong, do you still have to equip each adult prince with three guards, so that the ancestral system of Taizu can be restored, and in the end, is there another martyrdom? ”

Zhu Hongsan watched the two of them talk more and more out of line, and they all talked about it, and hurriedly said: "Okay, stop, don't talk about it anymore!" He Wuyu, you are the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, what do you say? ”

The Imperial Court was the highest legal organ in the Ming Dynasty, and the Imperial History of Zuodu was He Wuju from Guangdong.

He Wusu is a native of Xiangshan, Guangdong, a Jinshi in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, and Chongzhen also served as a first assistant for a period of six years, but after the Manchu Dynasty entered the customs, He Wuyu was old, and the other was squeezed out by Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others, and resigned and returned to his hometown in Guangdong to retire.

Last year, the Guangdong faction was framed by Qian Qianyi in the court and lost a cabinet seat, and Chen Zizhuang had to invite the old guy He Wuqi out of the mountain in order to consolidate the strength of his side. Old man He has been an official all his life, and he has been up and down in the sea for many years, and he has many contacts in the officialdom, which has a positive effect on expanding the strength of the Guangdong faction.

Old man He is sixty-eight years old, and when he heard the emperor summoning himself, he stood up and said: "According to the emperor's ancestral teachings, there is no prince who cannot participate in the court meeting!" ”

Zhu Hongsan wanted this sentence, and said to the ministers below: "Hear it, don't make any noise, today I will allow the king of Chu to listen to the government!" ”

Zhu Huai was full of tears at this time, knelt down and said: "Father, the son knows that Lord Huang is a heart for the country, and the son is willing to be a blessed king who keeps to himself, please let the father allow the son to go out!" ”

Zhu Hai was shocked when he heard Zhu Huai say this, he used to know that his younger brother was not a good thing, but he didn't expect this black-bellied younger brother to use such a ruthless trick quietly today. Zhu Huai said that he wanted to be a blessed king who kept to himself, what was his father, wasn't it Wanli who was forced by the courtiers to not go to court for more than 30 years? So what is Huang Zongxi, isn't it the Donglin Party known as the "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty"? What my father hates the most is party strife, and now Zhu Huai has bad intentions when he says this!

Zhu Hai looked up at his father Zhu Hongsan, and found that Zhu Hongsan's face was full of iron and knew that things were not good, Zhu Hai was just about to intercede for Huang Zongxi, and he heard Zhu Hongsan say: "Come on, put this righteous man who is separated from the flesh and blood in the edict prison, and interrogate him in detail what his accomplices are!" ”

Huang Zongxi was able to avenge his father's cone and stab Xu Xianchun back then, but today he can be frightened by Zhu Hongsan, push away the Jinyiwei who captured him, tidy up his clothes and follow Jinyiwei out.

Zhu Hai was just about to intercede for Huang Zongxi, when he saw Ma Mingyuan sitting in the chair shaking his head slowly. Zhu Hai knew what Ma Mingyuan meant, now that Zhu Huai had compared his father to Wanli, if he was interceding with Huang Zongxi and making his father hate Huang Zongxi, it would be better to wait and see.

Zhu Hongsan watched Huang Zongxi being taken away by Jinyiwei, and said loudly: "I am not the Wanli Dujun who has not been in court for more than 30 years, and there is no party dispute in my court, do you know?" ”

The ministers were very disappreciative when they heard the emperor say this, there was no party dispute? I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty didn't have a strong party in this dynasty, and the emperor just wanted to save face.

Zhu Hongsan also knew that he couldn't hold back what he said, and then said: "Okay, let's start the pre-imperial meeting now!" It's the end of the year again, and it's the year of the final accounts, so let's talk about what to do next year! Mr. Ma, you speak first! ”

Ma Mingyuan stood up and held the wat board in his hand and said loudly: "Yes!" Your Majesty! The minister first said that this year's income, because this year is the first year of the use of silver dollars, a total of 11,200,000 taels of silver have been collected, 12,320,000 silver dollars have been minted, and 1,120,000 silver dollars have been earned; The income from sugar and salt was 3,600,000 silver dollars, the income from the Nanyang trade was 2,600,000 silver dollars, the income from various other industrial products was 5,140,000 silver dollars, and the gold and iron mines of Luzon were the majority, with an income of 11,000,000 silver dollars, all of which added up to a total of 23,460,000 silver dollars in the first year of Shenwu. ”

After Ma Mingyuan finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, most of these ministers went to Nanjing to join the central government, and they only knew that the Shenwu Imperial Court in Guangdong was rich before, but they didn't expect to be so rich, and they would earn more than 23 million silver dollars a year. Most of these civil officials are from Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and they know that the official exchange of the silver dollar produced in Guangdong is one or two for one silver dollar, and the silver dollar contains nine silver coins, but because the silver dollar is beautifully pressed, and there are patterns in the corners to prevent counterfeiting, so the credit is very high, and now the folk silver dollar can be exchanged for silver one or two or five dollars, so that this year's annual income has 35 million taels of silver, which is a big number!

Seeing his colleagues blushing one by one, Ma Mingyuan smiled bitterly: "Colleagues, everyone only sees so much income, and I don't know how much money I spent this year!" ”