After comforting Zhu Youxiao, Hou Guoxing asked in detail about the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Hou Guoxing really doesn't understand how a Ming Dynasty with a population of nearly 100 million can get to the point where it can't even send a hundred officials without a large-scale invasion of foreign enemies.

Don't look at Zhu Youxiao's cowardly temperament, I didn't expect that within a few days of ascending the throne, I actually had a deep understanding of the situation of the Ming Dynasty, and began to explain it to Hou Guoxing in detail.

It turned out that when Emperor Taichang ascended the throne, the treasury was already beyond its means. There were only four million taels of silver left in the inner treasury, and Emperor Taichang abolished the mining tax at the request of his ministers. He also took out 2 million taels of silver from the inner treasury to reissue the nine-sided military salary. Zhu Youxiao's enthronement ceremony also cost the inner treasury of one million taels of silver, and at present, the inner treasury is indeed as Zhu Youxiao said, there are 800,000 taels left.

And the household department does not have to think about it, the entire Ming Dynasty currently has an annual income of 4.8 million taels of silver, in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the Jurchen Tartars rose in Liaodong again, and the military salaries of each side increased directly from two million taels to five million taels, and the entire Ming household department directly made ends meet, looking at the emperor's inner treasury. In the past, the inner treasury was supported by the mining tax in the Wanli years, and it gained a lot, and even supported the country to win the three major levies of Wanli, but now the mining tax is abolished, and the source of the inner treasury is mostly blocked, and the treasury is also depleted. The entire Ming Dynasty, such as the tenant of Hou Guoxing's family, Lao Zhangtou's family, is good in the wind and rain, as long as there is a major illness and disaster, a gentle push, it is the sky and the earth cracks.

Soon the sun was about to set, Hou Guoxing could only temporarily put aside his doubts, bid farewell to Zhu Youxiao, and prepared to leave the palace under the leadership of the eunuch.

Walking through the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, Hou Guoxing suddenly remembered that this was the place where Li Changshou imprisoned him, and he died nine times that day, but fortunately the little eunuch saved him. He is now safe and sound, but unfortunately the little eunuch has died in Huangquan.

Thinking of this, Hou Guoxing waved his hand to the eunuch and motioned for the eunuch to wait for him on the side.

A person walked quietly on the route where he had escaped, thinking about the words that the little eunuch said before he died:

"Childe, the little one didn't know who his parents were since he was a child, if he could call Mrs. Ke a mother, he would be willing to die."

Hou Guoxing's eyes began to moisten, and he secretly said in his heart:

"Little brother, I have already avenged your revenge. I hope that one day, there will be no poor people like you in Daming. ”

Just when Hou Guoxing sighed, he suddenly felt a hand and gently pulled himself.

Hou Guoxing turned around and saw a thirteen. The four-year-old little Lori, wearing a new pale pink palace dress, learned from the five princesses on her head to put down her hair and hang it down her waist. The face was also smeared with rouge, and the whole person looked quiet and beautiful.

It was Binglan who escaped death with herself in the Imperial Garden that day.

Seeing this little girl dressed like this, Hou Guoxing looked carefully around Binglan for a long time, and pretended to have a puzzled expression for a long time.

Binglan looked at Hou Guoxing looking herself up and down without hesitation, she was shy for a while, her hands were clenched into fists, and she stood there nervously, and her girl's heart only jumped. Liang Jiu spoke:

"See what I'm doing? Don't you know me! ”

"Who is the girl? When have you and I met? Hou Guoxing asked suspiciously!

Hearing this, this Binglan's originally shy face was stunned for a moment, and after a while, her little face turned red and said angrily:

"Hou Guoxing, you really don't remember me!"

Seeing that Binglan made her angry and tremble, Hou Guoxing thought to himself that it would not be, just kidding like this, so he had to quickly pretend to have a suddenly realized expression and said:

"Oh! It turned out to be Binglan girl. Don't blame you, girl, you're so beautiful today, I can't recognize it. ”

When Binglan heard Hou Guoxing praise herself, her face showed shyness for a while, and she said:

"Flim Flam, who's your sister! Come with me, the fifth princess has something to do with you. ”

Although Hou Guoxing had doubts in his heart, he heard that the five princes who had fallen into the country and the city were going to see him, and he didn't care about anything else, so he went to the imperial garden with Binglan.

Came to the Imperial Garden, crossed the familiar pebble road, and walked past the edge of the rockery that had a misunderstanding with Binglan that day, Binglan's little face turned red again, and said:

"Hou Gongzi, didn't you really see anything that day!"

Hou Guoxing turned his head and saw Binglan's red face, looking shy. I thought to myself, what's going on with this little girl today? This time, this face blushed several times. Thinking of this, Hou Guoxing decided to tease this little Lori, lightly hooked his fingers, and motioned for Binglan to come over.

For a moment, Binglan's face flushed with shame, and she muttered to herself:

"Hou Gongzi, you are so bad, I said that you watched it for so long that day, how could you not see ......"

"You really believe it! Haha, I lied to you! Hou Guoxing laughed and walked forward.

Binglan stomped her foot vigorously behind her, whispered a curse and followed up.

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Passing through the colorful stone pavement of the Imperial Garden, Hou Guoxing followed Binglan's fingers.

On the arched bridge, the five princesses stood on the railing, quietly watching the flocks of fish chasing and playing in the autumn water of the stream under the bridge, stretching out their ten fingers from time to time, throwing a few pieces of food to the fish under them, watching the fish gather together, anxiously fighting for food, the five princesses were happy to see it, covered their mouths and laughed softly.

At this time, the breeze blew across the small bridge, and fluttered gently with the light blue gauze dress. The second is that the group of fish under him seems to be moved by the appearance of this beauty at this time, stops making noise, and slowly sinks into the autumn water of this stream.

Looking at the five princesses in front of him, Hou Guoxing was completely stunned. I thought that if I could spend my life with her, it would not be in vain for my Hou Guoxing to come to this Daming to take this trip.

Binglan on the side looked at Hou Guoxing and looked at the fifth princess blankly, and said angrily with a burst of food in her heart:

"Look what! You damn bitch. ”

Hou Guoxing, who came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly and said:

I was fascinated by the beauty of this imperial garden for a while, so I was in a daze. Besides, there is your little sister who is like a flower and jade, and it depends on you to see it.

Although Binglan knows the beauty of the fifth princess, she often makes many men in a daze. This Hou Guoxing must also be looking at the princess. But seeing that the person in mind compared himself to the fifth princess, he didn't care about the joy in his heart, and walked over with Hou Guoxing.

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"See the princess!" Hou Guoxing walked up and bowed to the fifth princess.

The fifth princess looked at Hou Guoxing quietly, thinking that this person's face did not look like that kind of adulterer, but his temperament was too flamboyant, and he didn't kneel down when he saw him, and he always called himself me. No wonder it makes people viciously slanderous.

However, the fifth princess has something to talk about when she looks for Hou Guoxing today, and she will not care about such a trivial matter. gave Bing Lan a look and motioned for Bing Lan to leave first.

After Binglan left, the fifth princess secretly sorted out her words, smiled at Hou Guoxing and said:

"Hou Gongzi, I invite you here today because I want to ask Hou Gongzi about something."

The smile of the fifth princess made Hou Guoxing's heart ramble again, and he hurriedly sorted out his state and said:

"Princess, please speak, I must know everything."

"Has Hou Gongzi been in the Qianqing Palace these days?" The fifth princess asked softly

Hearing this, Hou Guoxing was stunned, thinking to himself that the matter of molesting the palace maid had come out? It's impossible, it's very hidden! Thinking of this, Hou Guoxing said with a weak heart:

"In the past few days, I have indeed discussed some things with the emperor in the Qianqing Palace."

Seeing that Hou Guoxing answered his question lightly, the fifth princess frowned and said:

"Hou Gongzi, it was not my turn to say these words, but Mother Ke has been in the Prince's Mansion for many years, and she can be regarded as watching me grow up, so for your good, I think it is necessary for me to remind Hou Gongzi."

Hou Guoxing looked at the expression of the fifth princess who wanted to speak and stopped, and asked with doubts in his heart:

"Please also ask the princess to speak clearly!"

"Now everyone in the palace and outside the palace says that you and the imperial brother are studying woodware in the Qianqing Palace all day long, and you are full of whimsical and obscene skills to confuse the lord, which is deeply favored by the imperial brother, causing the imperial brother to not think about the government ......"

Looking at the excited expression of the fifth princess, Hou Guoxing was extremely depressed, thinking that I took the emperor to study woodware? Which Xiao Zhengtai forcibly got me to the Qianqing Palace every day.

I didn't see Zhu Youxiao not thinking about the government, doesn't this Zhu Youxiao go to court on time every day? Feelings, I, Hou Guoxing, have also become a villain who confuses the lord and flatters. Thinking of this, Hou Guoxing endured the unhappiness in his heart and explained:

"Princess, there is indeed such a thing in the study of woodware, but the so-called bewitching master, I don't dare to be this hat, and the emperor's daily court meeting still doesn't have that?"

The fifth princess saw that Hou Guoxing was still arguing with strong words, and she trembled slightly angrily, pointed at Hou Guoxing and said:

"Then you can't take the imperial brother to make woodwork every day!"

Since Hou Guoxing met these five princesses, although these five princesses are only about fifteen or sixteen years old, they have always given Hou Guoxing the impression of being dignified and generous, mature and intelligent. In Hou Guoxing's heart, he feels that he belongs to that kind of perfect image.

Now seeing that the goddess in his heart suddenly became angry, Hou Guoxing was stunned all of a sudden.

Seeing that Hou Guoxing was suddenly stunned, the fifth princess also felt that her tone was too harsh just now, but it was a matter of the reputation of the imperial brother, and she could only wronged Hou Guoxing. Thinking of this, he spoke again:

In fact, I also know that you may be wronged, I have heard about the objects that you and the imperial brother did, and many things are indeed very useful to the people, but the imperial brother is the son of heaven, because he attaches importance to state affairs. These carpentry jobs are not suitable for the royal brother to ponder every day. I hope you will come to Qianqing Palace less in the future.

After speaking, he quietly looked at Hou Guoxing, whose face kept changing.

Hou Guoxing's heart was full of grief and indignation at this time, he came to the Ming Dynasty for a month, and was burdened by Zhu Youxiao, and escaped death several times. So far, even the officials have not been mixed up, and they have no complaints, and they hope to help Zhu Youxiao overcome the current financial difficulties.

Now let this beautiful woman accuse herself of bewitching the lord. He also personally went out to drive himself out of the Qianqing Palace? Could it be that in your heart, I, Hou Guoxing, am so unbearable?