In the Forbidden City of Nanjing, Zhu Youxiao came to live for the second time. Historically, the size of the Forbidden City of Nanjing was greater than that of the Beijing Division. After his visit to Beijing, the missionary Matteo Ricci compared Beijing with Nanjing: the city was far inferior in size, in the layout of its buildings, in the structure of its public buildings, and in its fortifications.

After Zhu Youxiao came to the Forbidden City of Nanjing for the first time, he knew why so many eunuchs and palace maids were needed in the Ming Dynasty. The two Forbidden Cities, each of which requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to maintain. After visiting the Confucian Temple in Qufu, Zhu Youxiao had already made up his mind to open the Forbidden City in Nanjing to the outside world.

"I decided to open the Forbidden City of Nanjing to the outside world, learn from the practice of the Confucius Temple in Qufu, and adopt the method of collecting tickets to maintain the operation of the Forbidden City in Nanjing." Zhu Youxiao said. For Zhu Youxiao, the Forbidden City of Nanjing is a burden that cannot be discarded, and all he can do is to reduce this burden.

"Your Majesty, no, the Forbidden City is a symbol of the royal ......," Hu Yingtai dissuaded.

"The royal family gave up the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace can be reduced by more than 30%, and the internal expenses can also be greatly reduced, which are all people's fat and people's ointment." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty! But even if the Forbidden City of Nanjing is opened to the outside world, it also requires a charter, and it should not be rushed, and the Forbidden City of Nanjing is also an important place of the country and a symbol of the empire. Sun Chengzong said.

"What my master said is very true, the Forbidden City of Nanjing still belongs to the royal family, I will send people to manage the collection of tickets, maintain the daily needs of the Forbidden City of Nanjing, if the tickets are not enough to maintain the daily needs, I will allocate a batch of money from the internal funds to make up for the deficit." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty's move doesn't seem to have reduced the number of people, it's just that the Forbidden City of Nanjing has been taken out to make money." Hu Yingtai said.

"There is a big difference here, from now on, although the Forbidden City of Nanjing is still a royal property, it has become commercial, and the people of the Forbidden City of Nanjing are also different, they will all become mercenaries in the future, they can receive monthly salaries, and we will set up a special management organization, they will be responsible for the daily operation, management and maintenance of the Forbidden City of Nanjing. In this way, the internal treasury can save a lot of expenses, which is a good thing for the internal treasury, for the imperial court, and for the empire. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty, the minister always feels that something is wrong." Hu Yingtai said.

"The descendants of the Confucian saint still operate the Confucian Temple by collecting tickets, and I think there is still a big gap between me and the Confucian saint, so it is naturally feasible to collect tickets in the Forbidden City of Nanjing." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao's fallacies and heresies are a set of things, coupled with Zhu Youxiao's prestige and intentions, everyone doesn't know how to refute them.

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When he returned to the harem, he saw Gu Mei coming back from outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, today the concubine met with a few handkerchief sisters in Meilou and wanted to invite them to participate in the ready-to-wear exhibition." Gu Mei saw Zhu Youxiao and said softly.

"You don't have to report such a thing to me." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is going to hold a box party in Meilou the day after tomorrow." Gu Mei said.

"The box will?" Zhu Youxiao heard this term, but he didn't quite understand what was going on.

"This is a game that is extremely popular in prostitutes by the Qinhuai River, simply put, on the day of the box meeting, the women attending the meeting will each carry a box, and the box contains a variety of food, which is the origin of the box meeting." Gu Mei explained.

"It's a picnic! Why choose in Meilou, should be chosen in a beautiful place. Zhu Youxiao sighed.

"What the emperor said is very true, but at the box meeting, there will not only be all kinds of food, but also piano skills, pipa and other skills to compare, which is not very suitable in the wild." Gu Mei said.

"The time is set in three days, the location is selected in Songfeng Pavilion, this time you come forward, I will also go, invite the talented people in Nanjing to participate together, since the last time I met the talented people in the south of the Yangtze River, I don't know if there will be any changes." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty can come, and the concubine believes that the talented people in Jiangnan will definitely ask for it." Gu Mei said happily.

……

The news that Zhu Youxiao was going to participate in the box party held by Gu Mei and invited talented people from Jiangnan to participate together spread throughout Nanjing overnight.

"Your Majesty, have you ever heard that 'the twenty-eight best people are like crisps, and they slash ordinary people with a sword in their waists. Although I don't see anyone's head falling, I secretly teach the monarch to dry up the bone marrow. 'A poem? Hou Sui dissuaded.

"Am I so in your hearts? Since I ascended the throne, in addition to the big wedding, have you also selected show girls? The palace maids in the palace have been less than two thousand since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, how can this be said? Zhu Youxiao asked rhetorically.

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Zhu Youxiao said again: "Hou Shangshu, I have heard that your son-in-law is a frequent visitor to the Qinglou. What's more, this box meeting, I want Gu Mei to invite celebrities from a place in Jiangnan to participate together, and I also want to meet the celebrities in a place in Jiangnan again and listen to their thoughts, such an occasion is the most suitable occasion to listen to their inner thoughts. I also want you to go to this box party together. ”

"Your Majesty, this is not appropriate!" Hu Yingtai said.

"Then change the name, I will feast on all the ministers and celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River in the Songfeng Pavilion, what do you think? In addition, Gu Mei was named Jieyu, and Gu Mei was asked to prepare food for the banquet. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Thanksgiving!" Sun Chengzong said first.

"Thanksgiving!"

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In this era, if you pay attention to the name if you don't have a proper name, you can't say anything, Zhu Youxiao changed his name, and everyone didn't say anything. And after changing the name, the grade of this banquet has risen sharply, which makes all the celebrities in Nanjing want to participate in this banquet, and it seems that only participating in this banquet is their own recognition.

"Your Majesty, if you do this, all the people in Jiangnan want to participate in this banquet, and there are not many people in Songfeng Pavilion." Gu Mei said.

"You've been to Songfeng Pavilion, but I haven't been there, but if you can't sit inside, you can sit outside, and you can control the number of people and candidates, but in terms of candidates, I have a suggestion, there are two types of people who can participate, one is really talented, and the other is really rich." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The concubine understands, the concubine knows how to do it." Gu Mei said with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao gave Gu Mei the right to invite this banquet, and Gu Mei gave part of the power to the famous prostitutes by the Qinhuai River, and each famous prostitute who participated in the box party could invite three people to participate. Gu Mei did this because her woolen project needed the support of these famous prostitutes. Gu Mei's actions made the already very lively Qinglou even more polite.

(End of chapter)