At this time, it was almost the fourth watch, because the East Sixth Palace only lived in a Concubine Zhang Hui, and the main activity area of Emperor Zhu Youxiao was in the area of Kunning Palace, so this area was extremely deserted, but fortunately, tonight it was the moon and stars, and the whole earth was like a layer of shining silver veil, so that Zhu Youxiao did not feel a little flustered because of the first time he came here. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And after walking into a palace gate again, the whole world seemed more ethereal and quiet, Zhu Youxiao's heart was also a lot calmer, he saw that the little eunuch who led the way wanted to call people, so he hurriedly ordered him to shut up and quietly took him over.

Zhu Youxiao, who was in a slightly calm mood, couldn't help chatting with this little eunuch, asking him about his name, age and place of origin, what position he currently resides, how he entered the palace and became a eunuch, etc. And this little eunuch also knew that this was an opportunity for him to leave a good impression and be promoted in front of His Majesty, so he answered patiently and honestly one by one.

Gradually, Zhu Youxiao and this little eunuch are chatting more and more, and even because of this, Zhu Youxiao came out from the mouth of this little eunuch, there are old people in the palace, in the Wanli years, the palace is still very lively, at that time, because there is no problem with the imperial finances, the emperor's internal income is also considerable, and it is not so frugal now, the entire East and West Six Palaces are dressed up like a fairyland on earth, with three thousand concubines, palace ethereals like clouds, and countless eunuchs, even at night, it is like day.

However, with the three major levies of Wanli almost spent all the internal money, coupled with the closure of the checkpoints set up by the imperial courts in various places, and the cessation of the collection of mining taxes and commercial taxes, the palace income is getting smaller and smaller day by day, and even the treasury is also eating grain, resulting in the fact that the emperor Zhu Youxiao's predecessor had to reduce the emperor's specifications again and again after he ascended the throne, and only then did he end up with the result that the luxury of the current emperor's life is far less than that of the Longwan period.

If we do not reform the financial system, which is already beneficial to the gentry and is not detrimental to the emperor and the common people, and if we do not save the class crisis caused by the bankruptcy of the small peasant economy by expanding overseas interests, even if the emperor wears patched clothes for a lifetime, the entire empire will not be able to make a difference.

Nowadays, these problems no longer exist, commercial tax has become the main component of the empire's tax revenue, customs revenue is the bulk of it, and there will be no strange phenomenon that the more developed countries are poorer, but every time the scale of commerce is expanded, the country's fiscal revenue will increase by one layer, and because the gentry pay food in one place and there is no privileged class, although there will still be new magnates because of the inequality of power and information, but at least they can be controlled by their own emperor.

Because he is now the largest capitalist in this empire, the controller of capital, he can arrange the division of interests at the entire national level and maintain the stability of the entire country, of course, if he wants to desperately plunder and exploit, he will also be violently eliminated by the exploited along with these emerging magnates.

As an emperor with a qualified IQ, Zhu Youxiao would definitely not recklessly ignore the interests of the people at the bottom, so he tried as hard as possible to reduce the degree of exploitation of the people at home, but tried as hard as possible to increase the exploitation of overseas countries, so that most of the increase in the total wealth of the Ming Dynasty was not composed of the blood and sweat of the people at the bottom.

It is precisely because of this that the class contradictions in the Ming Dynasty have not intensified because of the increase in the wealth of Zhu Youxiao and his bureaucrats, but because Zhu Youxiao deliberately fed back the interests of overseas plunder, the class contradictions have gradually decreased, so that Zhu Youxiao can now enjoy the rich and noble life that he should have as an emperor without any scruples.

"I also want to restore my palace to the grand occasion of the Yongle, Xuande, and Longwan periods, not only to restore it, but to be more rich and graceful than before, and I will also use the indemnity money of Western countries to build gardens, showing the specifications of the life of a super empire emperor!" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think to himself.

However, just when he was fantasizing about how to rob all the wealth of the Palace of Versailles to decorate his palace, the little eunuch had already stopped and said, "Your Majesty, Jingren Palace has arrived." ”

Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked up, but saw that even under the dim moonlight, the Jingren Palace could be seen to be a little old, the Zhu Pavilion obviously faded into the original color of the wood, and the glass was also very muddy, even the two lanterns in front of the main gate were old, only reflecting a dark red light, and the splendor of the palace where the noble concubine lived could not be seen at all.

"Tomorrow I will pass on my will to the Zhidian Supervisor, renovate this area, go to the Royal Industrial Company to buy the best crystal glass, and in addition, you will serve as the Young Eunuch of the Zhidian Palace, and you will be responsible for this matter", Zhu Youxiao said this, the eunuch was ecstatic, and hurriedly knelt down: "Slave Ding Xi is loyal to the order!" ”

"Knock on the door", although Concubine Zhang Hui is her own concubine, she has never met in the end, and they are still strangers to each other, based on the most basic politeness, Zhu Youxiao did not rush in the door.

In the blink of an eye, Ding Xizhong, who was promoted from an ordinary eunuch to a dignified and straight palace eunuch, hurriedly ran forward and knocked on the iron ring, and after a while, an old palace maid asked in a daze: "Who, I have slept this day, let's come back tomorrow." ”

"Your Majesty is here, don't you still open the door?"

Fortunately, this eunuch immediately put on the stand of the young eunuch in front of Zhu Youxiao, but he increased the decibel and asked.

The old palace maid in the middle was a little surprised, she pulled her ears in disbelief, because she hadn't heard the word "Your Majesty" for several years, she looked through the door, and sure enough, she saw a young man in a yellow robe in the crack of the door.

Frightened, the old palace maid immediately opened the door and hurriedly wanted to salute: "The slave maid has seen Your Majesty." ”

"Concubine Hui is asleep", Zhu Youxiao asked, the old palace maid was going to say casually: "Yes, it has been", but immediately changed her words: "I was going to sleep, but because Niangniang had a little supper tonight, I wanted to move more for a while and then rest, so the slave and maid went to call Niangniang to pick up." ”

As the old Gong'e who followed Concubine Zhang Hui, she naturally had feelings for Concubine Zhang Hui, so unless this old Gong'e was really stupid, she would say that her mother had fallen asleep at this time and pushed Zhu Youxiao out, and now even if Concubine Zhang Huifei has slept, she has to call Concubine Zhang Huifei up immediately.

This old Gong'e did exactly that, and she didn't care about luring Zhu Youxiao in, so she hurriedly ran inside, shouting loudly: "Niangniang! Your Majesty is coming, Your Majesty is coming! ”

Concubine Zhang Hui, who was sleeping in a daze, was woken up directly by the old palace lady's broken gong voice, and after hearing the news that His Majesty was coming, this Concubine Zhang Huifei behaved very calmly, got up and ordered someone to light the candlestick, and then got dressed and walked out: "Welcome Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Youxiao also came over at this time, but he only saw a vague figure standing in front of the door, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but the voice was very sweet.