The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

The Imperial City of Gyeonggi has already entered winter, and the weather is as cold as a day. The sky was low and gloomy, with the momentum of rain and snow coming again.

The night was cold and cold, and the candles in the Qianqing Palace were bright, and the flickering candles faded into a hazy mist in the quiet air.

The hall was silent, only to hear the carrot charcoal in the lavender cage in the corner of the hall, occasionally "beep" sound, burning the hall warm like spring.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was taking a nap, was awakened, and the little eunuch on duty hurriedly served and washed, and ordered to drive Queen Zhou, and Chongzhen took the lead out of the palace gate.

In recent months, he has lived a very peaceful life, there has been no hostile situation in the nine towns of the border pass, and Jiannu seems to have been blinded by Qin Aiqing, or because of the heavy snow, in short, there is no movement.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were attacked by Yang Aiqing and Shaanxi deputy generals He Renlong and Li Guoqi in Agate Mountain, Taiping County, beheading 3,620 people, and the dead who fell off the cliff were not counted.

Chongzhen expressed his appreciation, and there was an edict saying: "Qing has more than half a load, and there is no suspense every day, and the soldiers between the lines work hard to taste, and must be white, deep and deep."

He also heard that Qing's scheduling was thorough, and the rewards and punishments were strict, and he was deeply comforted by the intention of Kou Anmin. ”

Needless to say, the land south of the Yangtze River, especially in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, has Qin Aiqing in charge and is even more worry-free.

As for the court, Chongzhen's face showed a slight sneer, his current strategy is that he can't hold the authority, so he uses the authority as the backbone, and let the ministers of the party fight for it themselves, and profit from it themselves.

Therefore, if the military situation is not urgent or a limited number of people are secret, he no longer stays up all day to give instructions and deal with trivial matters such as courtiers.

Just as he was thinking about it, Chongzhen heard the voice of Empress Zhou welcoming the emperor in his ears, and he hurriedly took two steps forward, helped Empress Zhou, and entered the palace hand in hand.

Empress Zhou's Kunning Palace is not magnificent, and there is always a faint fragrance of flowers in her room, as well as the twisting and non-existent rosemary.

It is so elegant that people can't feel the thoughts used in it, and here Chongzhen feels the warmth of home and the comfort from the soul.

It's just that the dim candle flame in the hall made Chongzhen frown, and he whispered to Gong'e to light two more candlesticks. Seeing that Queen Zhou had the intention of dissuading, Chongzhen smiled heavily, I am rich!

Queen Zhou pretended to be angry and said: "Every bit is the people's fat and people's ointment, and you have to save it." ”

Chongzhen smiled and hugged Queen Zhou's soft shoulders, "I am the king of a country, why can the princes and ministers be clothed and fed, and my queen must be tied with a few candles?"

At this point, I have to learn from Qin Aiqing and not let my women suffer. ”

Queen Zhou smiled lightly, and her heart was extremely sweet.

The emperor's words were said by Qin Du with a big tongue for the sake of his three ladies after he was drunk last time, but the emperor learned seventy or eighty percent.

Chongzhen stared at Queen Zhou's delicate state with affection, feeling the kind of ordinary husband and wife talking and laughing.

Queen Zhou is like a clear and clear liquid, such clarity is like a mirror; is so elegant and fairy, like a saint.

Even if she smiled, she was also so light and spotless, such a temperament permeated every inch of her body, and then emanated from every pore, so that everyone around her could feel it.

She has never blindly catered to and flattered herself, but tried her best to help and encourage him, in his heart she is not only his queen, but also his confidant.

What really moved him was not only her beauty, but her intelligence, her understanding, and her delicate heart.

He liked to go down to the court, go to her palace, and light a faint benzoin from the incense burner, so that he could relax his whole body to the limit.

Chatting with her, listening to her witty words, talking about the past, playing chess to relieve boredom, her chess skills are excellent, and she only narrowly wins a few games when he is sweating profusely.

Sometimes, he didn't say anything, he lay there quietly and listened to her play the piano, and in her elegant piano sound, the troubles of the government and the chaos of the world slowly receded, and his heart was as calm as water for a while.

I still think that back then, when he had just ascended the throne and was upset, when there were too many and he was upset, he would hastily turn over the notes that he was not in a hurry or did not need to be reviewed at all, and then put them aside.

At this time, she would gently advise: "Your Majesty, although the review and review is a law, Anzhi does not need to be publicized due to different periods, or there are other reasons that should be understood?"

How can the emperor ignore that the great cause given to the emperor by his ancestors is very important, even if he is physically tired, I am afraid that he should not do it hastily. ”

She may be the only one in the palace who speaks to him without distinction or humility, and he needs such heartfelt, truest words.

He will listen to persuasion, so he will abide by diligence and work diligently.

"The emperor seems to have a lot of free time recently, but the situation in the court is gradually starting to improve, and the courtiers are beginning to be diligent."

Queen Zhou took the hot tea in Gong E's hand and waved her hand to let her leave, this rare day, Queen Zhou cherished it very much, and did not want people to disturb her.

"It is certain that the situation in the court will improve, but the courtiers may not be diligent in government. I ignore them now, and I want to fight for them to make trouble, and watch them make a living. ”

Chongzhen put Empress Zhou's tea on the coffee table, took Empress Zhou's hand and said: "Qin Aiqing is right, the key to the world is money and food; the second is the governor; The third is to strengthen the army.

Now there is Yang Wenweak in the northwest to suppress Zhang Li's rebels, and there are frequent good news. Nine towns on the border, there is Xuanda Lu Jiandou in the middle section, which is naturally safe.

In the northeast corner, there are children of the Liaodong family, and Jiannu is newly defeated, so he has no strength to attack the Ming Dynasty for the time being.

In this way, this is rare and calm, but it is not when Qin Poyu, the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, made a big disturbance in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Chongzhen hugged Queen Zhou on his lap, his eyes jumped with joy, and told her about the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"The emperor is not afraid that Governor Qin will make Jiangnan restless, and the courtiers will impeach him?"

Empress Zhou moved on Chongzhen's lap to make herself sit more comfortably, but her right hand stroked Chongzhen's emaciated cheek in distress and asked curiously.

Those imperial historians have to hear about it, not to mention that there is solid evidence, she is in the deep palace, and there are occasional rumors.

"How could it not be?" Thinking of the mountain of twists and turns sent by the celebrant and the cabinet, Chongzhen first smiled bitterly, then raised the corners of his eyebrows, and said with a faint smile:

"The Director of the Ministry of War Robbed the Maritime Merchants for the Dengzhou Weishui Army", "Zhejiang and Jiangsu Officials Jointly Accused the Dingnan Army of Pretending to Be Sea Bandits and Robbing the Maritime Merchants for the People of Jiangnan".

It's not suspicious, it's just.

It's just that the inner money has been rich recently, and both the bank in the treasury are out of this, so you don't need to ask.

Besides, they also said that they were suspicious, and they would find excuses when they were confirmed. A dozen merchant ships are richer than me, which is really unreasonable. ”

Empress Zhou frowned and asked in surprise, "Haven't these Qin governors hidden from the emperor?"

The concubine still feels strange, the inner money has just allocated 3 million silver taels to the eastern border town of Liaodong, and 1 million taels to Yang Wenqiao in the northwest, but a few days ago, the prince said that there is treasury silver to be put into the treasury, dare to ...... The emperor also shared the spoils! ”

Chongzhen laughed, chatted about juvenile madness, hooked Queen Zhou's extremely delicate pointed chin, and said comfortably:

"Qin Aiqing is true and false, but it is generally true. In any case, the more than 4 million white flowers of silver are real.

Well, there is also the first batch of 2.5 million stone grain of the Zheng family in Nan'an, which is not half false.

Or Qin Aiqing has a way, the Zheng family's 200,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention that a mere general soldier is famous, even a few commanders don't have his strength.

The Manchu Dynasty was not ignorant of civil and military affairs, but no one was worried about this matter, let alone planning the Zheng family to be used by the imperial court. The person who cares about is just how to get some money from the Zheng family and put it in his pocket. ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen's face gradually became gloomy.

"Fortunately, there is Governor Qin to solve problems for the emperor, why don't the concubines arrange for washing and serve the emperor to rest first?"

Queen Zhou didn't want these troubles to disturb Chongzhen's rare good mood, so she quickly changed the topic.

It's just that as these words came out, his face was red and he was salivating.