Because it was a crowd gathered in front of the Fengtian Gate, Zheng De authorized the dismissed palace people to leave the palace from the noon gate to the Chengtian gate and then from the left and right gates of Chang'an, which was also a great honor for these palace people who had never entered and exited from the main gate. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Watching the black crowd flow out of the palace, there was no end in sight. This scene, which had never appeared before, naturally attracted the officials of the various yamen in the thousand-step corridor in front of the Chengtian Gate, and they came out to stop and watch. In the end, even the four pavilion elders were alarmed and ran out.

Looking at this scene, Xie Qian couldn't help but stroke his long hair, and said with emotion, "The emperor is so bold, since Emperor Taizu opened the dynasty, he has never dismissed so many palace people at one time, and this time there should be tens of thousands of people." ”

Li Dongyang said with a smile, "That's true! I heard that His Majesty only wanted to keep a hundred palace people, but the Queen Mother said that the palace was too deserted, so she had to give up in the end! ”

Only a hundred palace people remained?

Everyone was also frightened by the emperor's courage and gasped when they heard this, and Wang Wei couldn't help but say, "Don't talk about this dynasty, it seems that the kings of all dynasties have never dismissed so many palace people at one time!" ”

"Not really! After Li Siyuan of the Later Tang Dynasty Mingzong became emperor, the harem only left 100 old palace maids, 30 eunuchs, 30 eagles, 50 imperial chefs, and 100 teachers. Li Dongyang said lightly.

Wang Wei said, "Your Majesty doesn't want to emulate this king, right?" ”

It seems that there is really such a possibility, but Xie Qian is concerned about another issue, and said dissatisfiedly, "Your Majesty really shouldn't have made a severance pay this time, why didn't the officials of Zhishi treat a group of slaves so favorably, it's simply not upside down!" ”

"After the official retires, he can receive a salary from the imperial court every month. And after this group of palace people were dismissed, they had to support themselves, how could they talk about the same day? ”

After listening to Li Dongyang's explanation, Xie Qian couldn't help frowning slightly, "But the amount that everyone receives is too big, you must know that the imperial court only has more than two million folded silver every year, but this time the severance pay cost nearly 800,000 taels of silver." I don't know if the court will be like that next, Your Majesty is too capable of tossing. ”

Regarding Xie Qian's vomiting, the other three pavilion elders also glanced at each other and nodded approvingly. After all, 800,000 taels of silver is a lot of money. If it weren't for the fact that the incident was suddenly a foregone conclusion, they would definitely have to go to the emperor to argue.

However, Zheng De also expected this situation, so he didn't make any noise, and suddenly caught them off guard.

"The cost of the palace in the first year was no less than one million taels of silver, and the eight hundred thousand taels of silver are nothing, but it is too eye-catching to spend so much at one time. However, if you look at it in the long run, there are tens of thousands of people in the palace, but it also saves a lot of expenses for the imperial court every year. Wang Jing, who had been silent, suddenly said something out loud.

"So what Lord Shoufu should do now is to write to His Majesty to reduce the amount of gold and silver."

Regarding his proposal, Li Dongyang shook his head helplessly, "As long as the emperor doesn't stretch out his hand to the court to ask for money, it will be a blessing, and as for reducing the amount of gold and silver, it will definitely be useless." ”

The gold and silver are the annual payments made by the imperial court to the royal family, and this kind of practice similar to asking the boss to reduce his salary is simply whimsical and will definitely not work.

Even Xie Qian, who had always been quite dissatisfied with the emperor's various behaviors, nodded in agreement, after all, Emperor Xiaozong, who was known as a model of Mingjun in their eyes, had also reached out to borrow two million taels from the Taicang Silver Treasury, of course, it must be the kind that has been borrowed but not returned.

Wang Jing was not very familiar with the affairs of the imperial court, but after thinking about it a little, he felt that his idea was too naïve, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Didn't Your Majesty favor Liu Jin and other ministers when he was in the East Palace, why is his attitude towards the inner court so different now?" Wang Wei suddenly asked a question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, after all, before and after Zheng De ascended the throne, he didn't know much about many affairs in the court because his father was aggravating the system, so he asked this question.

"Maybe Your Majesty is possessed by a demon!"

Li Dongyang suddenly said such a sentence, which made the other three pavilion elders suddenly unable to react. The former glanced at them lightly, and then smiled and continued, "Isn't that the case, how can Your Majesty's temperament change drastically?" ”

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On the other side, Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu were also looking at the scene in front of them.

"Your Majesty is getting more and more incomprehensible!" Yang Tinghe couldn't help but sigh lightly.

Liang Chu also agreed, "Since he ascended the throne and fainted, his personality has changed greatly, but now it doesn't seem to be a bad thing." ”

Yang Tinghe said lightly, "It's just that he is still a teenager, and he still seems a little frizzy in doing things, and he never cares about the consequences. ”

Prince Liang looked back at him, "You and I are both emperors, should we admonish the emperor more in this matter?" ”

Yang Tinghe shook his head, "Didn't you find that Your Majesty has been quite assertive in his actions since he ascended the throne, how can you and I be shaken?" Besides, it's not the time for the East Palace. ”

Liang Chu also fell into deep thought when he heard this.

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Standing on the tower of Fengtianmen City, Zheng De looked at the scene in front of him, and he was also indescribably emotional.

"These town guards and eunuchs are all very rich, and they can easily scavenge more than two million taels of silver, which is really surprising! If you weren't guarding it, you would really be taken away by ministers like the DPRK and China. ”

Regarding the emperor's words, Yan Song naturally didn't dare to take credit, "Your Majesty has won the award, and the ministers are just acting on orders." ”

"Are you a little dissatisfied with my arrangement?" Zheng De said suddenly

"Don't dare!"

Yan Song was stunned for a moment, then reacted to what the emperor was talking about, and hurriedly said.

Zheng De looked back at him, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, isn't he a little too cruel to transform such a promising young man into a spy leader? Even if he is a traitor, that will be for the future. And with his arrival, he may not be able to change!

But the wood is already in the boat, and he can only follow it. However, he still said, "I may have something to do with you, but as long as you do a good job in the affairs of the Ming National Security Bureau, I will never treat you badly." ”

The emperor said he was sorry for himself?

Yan Song really didn't understand the meaning of the emperor's words, but the trace of guilt in Zheng De's eyes made him capture it, and it also made him understand that he might really be in the emperor's eyes.

"Mu Bin, how is the situation of each health center collected?"

Zheng De looked back at Mu Bin, director of the Daming Military Intelligence Bureau who was standing on the other side, and the latter replied when he heard this, "Back to Your Majesty's words, the flight of military households in various places is very serious, the establishment is incomplete, and the allocated military land is occupied by the landlords, and the only remaining soldiers are no different from ordinary people, or even worse, they can only barely survive, and it can even be said that they are not an army at all, in short, the situation is very unoptimistic." ”

Zheng De also frowned when he heard this, it seems that the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department is imperative. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that too many things had happened in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, this matter would not have dragged on until now.

"How is the intelligence network laid, if the funds are not enough, just ask for it, remember not to delay the intelligence gathering. And Yan Song, you are the same, if there are any bad signs in the court, keep an eye on me, don't have the kindness of a woman. ”

Zheng De looked at his two spy leaders, he was much more relieved about Mu Bin, after all, a middle-aged man in his forties, and he had been in charge of Jinyiwei for 18 years, so he should be familiar with it. As for Yan Song, he still feels a little unreliable, after all, a scholar in his early twenties, it is not a reliable thing to let him engage in intelligence work, but under the influence of the environment in Dongchang, he should still be able to become a talent!

"The minister understands!"

Mu Bin and Yan Song glanced at each other, and the two of them didn't seem to have a conflict between one inside and one outside, but under the situation of monitoring each other, they had become a thorn in each other's eyes.

Of course, for Zhengde, this is obviously what he is happy to see.

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Today, the people of Jingshi passing by Chang'an Avenue suddenly found that many eunuchs and palace maids carrying large bags and small bags came out of the palace in an endless stream. They were shocked and didn't know what was going on, could it be that something was going on in the palace?

The voices of discussion are endless. As more and more people gathered to watch the excitement, the usually empty square outside the palace became more and more crowded, causing more people who did not know the truth to gather. At this moment, the officers and soldiers who usually guarded the imperial city could not help but become nervous, and looked at the crowd intently, for fear that something would go wrong.

And as the well-informed people quickly inquired about the matter, it turned out that the emperor had dismissed tens of thousands of palace maids and eunuchs in the palace today, so many people came out of the palace. Then there was a burst of applause and praise, which invisibly earned Zheng De a reputation, although he didn't care, but this is indeed a very happy thing, isn't it.

Even if many years have passed, the people of Beijing who experienced this incident back then. Whenever I talk about it, I can't help but sigh in amazement.