The time went back to three and a half days ago, but it was said that the eunuch Lu Kun, who was the master of ceremonies, had read the volume of "The Book of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals", but he left the yamen of the ceremonial supervisor and went straight to a palace somewhere in the depths of the Forbidden City.

Qianqing Palace.

This is the dormitory of the highest power of Dakang, Emperor Jingtai.

However, although this dormitory is still called this name, its layout and structure have changed, and it looks like a Taoist temple.

It was noon.

Lu Kun came to the outside of the hall and saw some Taoist priests coming in and out of this palace, and he was also accustomed to the existence of these Taoist priests in the emperor's bedroom, all of whom helped the emperor to refine pills and become immortals.

Today's Your Majesty, Emperor Jingtai, has another name among the people, that is: Emperor Daojun.

I haven't been to court for 20 years.

But the strange thing is that this Jingtai Emperor has always firmly controlled the power of the imperial court, especially the financial power.

Without it, you always have to use money to cultivate immortals and practice the Tao, right?

Don't think that cultivating immortals doesn't cost money, in the unilateral side of the light alchemy pill, there are all kinds of treasures, and there are countless of them, even if it is the highest helmsman of an empire, it can be relatively supported.

After all, the imperial treasury also has to be exported to the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the country, where there is a famine, where there is an earthquake, etc., all kinds of relief, but also the repair of rivers, the distribution of officials......

In short, now the situation of the Dakang Empire is not very good, some provinces in the north can be described as a famine every year, and the nomadic tribes in the north, especially the Wuzhen people in the northeast, have risen, but they are committing crimes every year, which is also a financial hole.

Anyway, the money that finally came to the emperor's hands was filled into the emperor's private treasury, but there were very few of them.

However, the Daojun Emperor wanted to refine the pill and cultivate the Dao, so in order to obtain more money faster, the emperor gave the celebrant more authority.

Originally, the celebrant was only an inner court team to assist the emperor in handling internal affairs, but this Daojun Emperor did not trust the cabinet of the foreign dynasty for the sake of money, because those civil servants always worked against the emperor because of some trivial things.

The so-called invitation to earn fame, and the scholar doctor confronted the emperor, all of which have become a magic weapon for that person to become famous in Shilin as soon as possible.

These scholars and doctors are preaching to be famous in history, but in fact, I don't know how many male thieves and prostitutes there are!

But Emperor Daojun had no choice, he wanted to take money from the treasury seriously, but the treasury was in the hands of Wenchen, and in the household department, Wenchen had a way to make the emperor eat closed.

The emperor is also very helpless, he can't get along with the world's scholars, otherwise, who will take care of such a huge country?

What's more, do you want to leave a stench for 10,000 years? That history is in the hands of readers!

So these various reasons made the emperor want to bypass the cabinet to manage money, that is, the only way to cultivate his own power and let them make money again.

The most loyal to themselves, looking at it, must be these ministers around them, after all, it is purely from the emperor's domestic slaves, and the emperor is allowed to kill and chop at will, and only by delegating power to them to make money for themselves, will they rest assured.

Therefore, in the name of the celebrant eunuch, many ministers were dispatched, and there were provincial eunuchs at the provincial level; also greatly increased the power of the celebrant supervisor, and the basic military generals and military attache system were all under the supervision of the celebrity, which means that the emperor also held the military power, so he dared to make a lot of money, and even touched the interests of those scholars.

Of course, when it comes to military power, the Dakang Dynasty also had an ancestral system to the present with civil and military power, such as the military department in charge of the civil ministers, you can have the right to transfer troops, that is, the literati have also captured the military power.

But the emperor is bent on managing money, this is already a chicken feather, these civil servants are not really afraid of death, and they don't dare to really force the emperor to be anxious, after all, the emperor has a righteous name, and he always belongs to the military power, and he is also royal, which is not to say.

So in order to make money, the emperor wantonly increased the power of the celebrant supervisor, which can even be compared with the power of the cabinet.

As a result, people are also accustomed to calling the palm print eunuch (the leader of the celebrant eunuch) as the internal minister.

The emperor sent eunuchs to make money all over the country, and there were many names, such as opening mines, paying mining donations, passing through some sections of the imperial court (mainly referring to prosperous roads), paying road taxes, and so on.

Some of the taxes collected should also be, such as mine donations, which are also common in modern times, but many of them are toll taxes and the like, which simply endangers the interests of ordinary people, of course, more of them are the interests of wealthy scholars.

That's it, and there are some people who complain about it. The emperor also considered this situation for a long time, so he sent the eunuchs to the provinces in advance, and their power was already on a par with the governor of a province (the head of a province), so as to protect the rights and interests of the celebrant from being deprived by the locality.

Many eunuchs, whose character is not very good, took the opportunity to collect money for themselves. The emperor must be clear about these things, but he can't help it, if he doesn't have money, he can't cultivate the Dao, and he can't become an immortal......

Lu Kun stood at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and soon after that, an internal official who went to pass the news came over and said: "Long live the lord is already reading that novel, the ancestor can go back and wait for the letter first." ”

Where can Lu Kun go, he still has that He Yong's recital in his sleeve, he has to be by the side of Wan Sui Ye at all times, and when Wan Sui Ye asks about specific things, he can report it himself, after all, this matter is more complicated, and it involves the former cabinet scholar of the cabinet.

So Lu Kun said: "Our family has nothing to do, so let's go and serve the Lord in person." ”

The internal official said: "That relationship is good, the ancestor knows our Long Live Lord's preferences best." ”

In the Qianqing Palace, although some Taoist priests go in and out, but it is the outer hall of the Qianqing Palace, the Qianqing Palace occupies a very wide area, but the inner hall is very quiet.

Lu Kun carried a cup of tea, came to the inner hall lightly, and as soon as he walked in, he heard the emperor's laughter:

"Not bad, yes, this Han Li is decisive! I didn't expect that cultivating immortals could be cultivated like this! ”

Emperor Jingtai also read books very quickly, a volume of 100,000 words "Mortal Cultivation of Immortals", he took two hours to read it, but he still looked like he was still unfinished, muttering to himself there:

Author: Liang Hong? I haven't heard of it, but I'm also a Taoist? Or is it the story of this person's imagination? ”

He muttered like this, suddenly thought of something, and said loudly: "Where is Lu Kun? Call Lu Kun to me! ”

"Your Majesty, the old slave is here." Lu Kun walked over with the teacup, Emperor Jingtai took the teacup and took a sip, and said with a smile: "In the end, it is the old man next to me, who knows when I need you." ”

Lu Kun hurriedly made a look of being moved, the old guy actually had tears in his eyes, there was no need to brew emotions, it can be seen that the skill is deep, he said:

"Your Majesty has all the people in his heart, how can he worry about everything, otherwise what do you want us slaves to do?

It's just that Long Live Lord, there are always some unsatisfactory places underneath and below, please let Long Live Lord know, don't be angry, take care of the dragon body! ”

"Oh? Where did the disaster go? When Emperor Jingtai heard this, his brows couldn't help frowning, but Lu Kun took out the copy and said softly:

"Your Majesty, this is an excerpt presented by 100 households in Xinxiang County, Henan Province, and it is presented at the same time as this novel."

Emperor Jingtai took the fold casually, opened it and read it, and immediately became furious, pointing at the fold: "Lu Kun, you tell me, this, this Cao Hui really dares to do such nonsense in the place?!" ”

When Lu Kun heard the emperor say this, he knew that he had secretly given the cabinet eye medicine, and it seemed that it was done, but his face was silent, and he said: "Then He Yong is a member of the Jinyi Guard, and he has the responsibility of picketing local illegality, so he can't go wrong in the future." ”

At this time, the emperor, for some reason, suddenly walked to the desk, writing something, Lu Kun was also accustomed to it, after the emperor ate pills from time to time, his temperament underwent some changes, and he often did inexplicable things.

Then Lü Kun said that he had sent Liu Zhen, the eunuch of Yu Province, to Xinxiang and gave him the power to mobilize the army.

However, at this time, Emperor Jingtai suddenly stopped writing, and then said: "I'm afraid that Liu Zhen alone may not be able to deter that Cao Hui,"

After a pause, he picked up the piece of paper, handed it to Lu Kun, and said, "Send someone to send it to that Liu Zhen." ”

Lu Kun immediately took the piece of paper, glanced at the words on it, and immediately fell to the ground, at this time it seemed that he was really crying, with a crying tone, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty's monstrous grace, the face of the Holy Lord of all ages, my emperor, long live, long live, long live!.."