"Your Highness, please take it back!" Yao Tao hurriedly bent down and hung his head deeply.

Yu Chang looked at Yao Tao, and then at Zhu Cihong, before he could react to why the issue of paying taxes had become so sensitive.

In this era of imperial power, ordinary people are not even allowed to worship heaven and earth, only the emperor has this qualification, and what he is afraid of is that the people are blaspheming God.

In that year, Chongzhen decided to reverse the case, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu came to Zongdao because he used the words "spirit in the sky" in the sacrificial text written to Cui Chengxiu's mother, and was denounced by Chongzhen as "How is it hateful!" [Note 1]

No matter how the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty played with the emperor, how unscrupulously criticized the state politics, and how the scholars were mad...... No one dares to touch this point of imperial power.

Since it is heaven that bestows imperial power, then the emperor is the son of heaven, and the royal family is the heavenly family, and let the royal family pay taxes, that is, let God pay taxes!

Heaven already has the grace of covering, how to pay taxes?

"It's a matter of the dignity of the heavenly family, please think twice about it!" Yao Tao also found that his tone was too hard, and hurriedly eased.

Zhu Cihong was exhausted, and secretly said in his heart: The Dutch East India Company has been established for forty-two years! In five years, King Charles I of England will also be guillotined! The footsteps of the bourgeois revolution have long been heard at the door, can I still drag the emperor to the sky?

"I'm tired, let's go down first, don't spread the word." Zhu Cihong finally took a step back and decided to take small steps, so as not to take too big a step and pull the egg. In particular, when the body is not haode, it is absolutely impossible to make decisions, and the judgment and control ability of the whole person have regressed significantly.

Yao Tao knew that the crown prince was definitely not a whim, and she would never believe that this was the crown prince's unintentional words. Just thinking about it, if the supreme emperor pays taxes like the people, Yao Tao feels empty in his heart, as if he has lost his backbone, and the whole person has become floating dust floating in the air.

"Sister. Why is your face so bad? Lu Suyao sat outside and saw Yao Tao come out of despair, secretly a little proud.

Yao Taoqiang pursed his lips and made a smile gesture, "Really? It bothered my sister. With that, Yao Tao cheered up and forced himself to focus on what the crown prince had explained. Walk briskly outside.

Lu Suyao looked confused, she didn't know what Yao Tao meant when she said this, so in the end, she could only let her go and continue to pay attention to the work at hand.

I'm afraid that no one in the whole Shandong is idle. Even if it is already regarded as a sin, it will be recorded in the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and sent to the Ministry of Justice to be punished.

She looked at the middle door again and couldn't help but sigh. The crown prince was born in the second year of Chongzhen, how old is he now? Although there are people in charge of the family business at this age, who has been in charge of such a large family business? Because His Highness is tired. Most of the female officials are quite hesitant in their hearts: if they continue to participate in government affairs outside, it will undoubtedly put more pressure on the crown prince; If you let it go, then you will be even more sorry for Your Highness's kindness!

- Life is not satisfactory in the world......

Lu Suyao sighed and looked at the document on the case again:

The Department of Physics of the Technical College has improved the traditional water-powered spinning machine, and now each water-powered spinning machine can spin 200 catties of linen and cotton yarn in one day, and the production capacity is twice as high as before.

There is also Yan Shenzhen's Xue Shuyan, saying that he has successfully made a six-foot long and wide plate glass.

There is also the completion of the expansion of the fire gun factory in Xuzhou. All of them were forged with water, and now the daily production of barrels has reached eighty. As a result, the production of flintlock pistols was also increased to 80 pieces per day.

Lu Suyao really wanted to follow the cat and paint the tiger and send some good news to the crown prince on the sickbed, but she didn't know if the crown prince was interested in such a woman's work as spinning; I don't know what the use of glass is; I don't know if the production of eighty flintlock guns a day is fast, and it is difficult to decide for a while. Finally, she saw a personnel notice sent by the technical college: Wang Zheng hired Xiong Mingyu, the former secretary of the Ministry of Engineering, as a professor.

- The crown prince's favorite thing is talent, after going back to the technical college to meet those professors. Happy for a few days. It would be nice to know that there is an extra professor.

Lu Suyao pulled out the report and put it aside, and continued to look for a report that was good news for the crown prince.

- Huh! Qin Liangyu led the army to King Qin, and he has already gone to Xuzhou!

Lu Suyao read the report carefully, and said secretly in her heart: The Son of Heaven has been in the dust for so long. This is still the first army to come to the king of Qin, and it must be good news.

After releasing this report as well, Lu Suyao was still waiting to check it carefully, when she suddenly heard the bell ringing, she hurriedly got up, straightened her appearance, and pushed the door in.

"Your Highness." Lu Suyao called softly.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand to let the waiter who was standing in the corner to go down, and then pointed to the embroidery pier to let Lu Suyao sit right, and said, "If you are not very busy at work, help me read the newspaper." ”

"Serving His Highness is the job of a slave." Lu Suyao owed, and said: "Your Highness, the newspapers have been very stuffy recently, and the slave maid will read the newspapers and enlightenment sent from all over the country to you." ”

Recently, the "Huangming Bulletin" was murderous and full of gunpowder, and it was because the controversy in the court was too great, and Li Banghua began to use the weapon of public opinion to suppress heresy. This kind of content is really inappropriate to read to the sick crown prince.

Zhu Cihong didn't know Lu Suyao's thoughts, she only thought that the "Huangming Bulletin" was full of classical Chinese, and she was afraid of reading the wrong sentence, so she nodded and agreed to read the text of the newspaper.

Lu Suyao happened to tell Zhu Cihong about the two news that had been screened out before, one was that Xiong Ming had entered the Technical College as a professor, and the other was Qin Liangyu, who was the governor of Tongzhi and hung the seal of General Zhendong, led 4,000 Sichuan soldiers to Qinwang in the north, and had arrived in Xuzhou.

Zhu Cihong was not impressed by Xiong Mingyu, but he could be favored by Wang Zheng and hired as a professor, and he would never be an ordinary person. As for Qin Liangyu, she is famous, the only woman in history who has entered the official history and will be passed on.

"Qin Liangyu's coming to King Qin is in line with her loyal character." Zhu Cihong sighed: "But since she came, it also shows that Sichuan has fallen into the hands of thieves, and it is difficult to cheer up." ”

Lu Suyao didn't think so far-reachingly, she couldn't wait to slap herself in the mouth when she heard it, and hurriedly told her about the spinning machine, the big glass and the flint flint, and Zhu Cihong was in a good mood again.

As the saying goes, "food, clothing, shelter and transportation". Clothes even come in front of food. The bottleneck of the textile industry is spinning, as long as there is enough yarn, the weaving workshop can weave it into cloth, which is also an important commodity of the Ming Dynasty's foreign trade.

Zhu Cihong has always regretted that Shandong has no fist commodities that can be used for export, and this time there is a large amount of cotton yarn and linen yarn output, which can encourage Shandong women to weave. Whether it is sold to the south or exported to Japan and North Korea, it is a large amount of income. Coupled with a large piece of flat glass, it can be used as a luxury product to obtain a very high profit return.

And this time, Li Zicheng agreed to change the horses for cotton clothes, which also gave Shandong cotton cloth and the Donggong cavalry an extra way out. This deal also means a new kind of relationship, one that is different from life and death. Although the side of the couch does not allow others to snore, but now I can't do it, so I can only pinch my nose and endure it.

"Please Qin Shuai hurry to Jinan Mansion," Zhu Cihong said, "Also, you ask the attendant room to write me a 'recruitment list' and post it on the 'Imperial Notice'." Not only literary scholars, but also elders with a skill, can come to Jinan, and the imperial court will select talents. ”

"Your Highness," Lu Suyao hesitated, "will this attract tongues?" ”

- Is it too much like Cao Cao?

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "In the name of the imperial father." ”

……

Chongzhen is already very generous.

No one in power can tolerate the encroachment of others on their rights, including their own sons. However, after escaping from Beijing, Chongzhen has always felt dependent on his son. Having seen the tough battle between the Donggong Army and Jiannu with his own eyes, Emperor Bixia felt even more protected.

As an emperor, it was natural to have capable ministers who would work for him, but this role became his fifteen-year-old son, which made it difficult for him to accept it with peace of mind.

- Governing the country, educating the people, and protecting his wife, this is what the emperor should do!

Chongzhen was helpless in his heart, read the Wen Yi sent by the East Palace again, and finally nodded: "Just use the seal like this." (To be continued......)

PS: Note 1: "History of the Ming Dynasty" is recorded as Cui Chengxiu's father, and "Surviving Records" and "Guoyi" are recorded as his mother, so it is taken later.

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