"Teacher, I'll talk about this later!" Li Zhiqing, the salt transfer envoy of both Huai, first gave a salute, and then pointed to the staff who followed and introduced: "Teacher, this is Zhang Yi from Shanxi, he is engaged in salt trading!" ”

Xu Pu saw that his proud protégé actually brought a businessman, and he immediately felt a little unhappy in his heart.

Zhang Yi gave the two porters accompanying him a look, and then respectfully arched his hand and said: "Master Xu, this is a little contemptible heart, please smile!" ”

The two porters first put the box on the ground, and then opened the four boxes together, but they saw that the box was full of gold, silver and jewelry, and it was suddenly full of treasure.

When the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion saw the four boxes of gold and silver, his mouth opened slightly in shock.

"Zhang Yuanwai, no merit is not punished!" Xu Pu was also secretly shocked when he saw these four boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, but his face looked calm and calm.

Li Zhiqing knew that his teacher had taken his own ice and charcoal as an example, and now he was so calm in the face of so much gold and silver, and he couldn't help but secretly admire his teacher's determination.

Zhang Yi suddenly knelt on the ground, and cried: "Master Xu, the first emperor indiscriminately rewarded salt, and Shanxi salt merchants have been trapped by the flood of salt for a long time, and it is difficult to continue their business today!" The contemptible people rushed to the capital this time, and begged the adults to save the salt merchants of Shanxi from fire and water, so that the new monarch would not repeat the indiscriminate reward of the previous emperor! ”

"Zizhi Tongjian" has a cloud: salt is profitable...... The world of the Han Dynasty was used to support the army...... Its profit is half of the world's tax revenue.

Due to historical reasons, the salt profit is now based on Shanxi salt merchants. It was only in this dynasty that Emperor Chenghua realized the value of salt introduction, so he used salt introduction to reward relatives, nobles and imperial relatives.

It is only a large increase in the reward of salt introduction, the first of which is undoubtedly the Shanxi salt merchants who import grain every year or directly exchange grain for salt, and the value of salt in their hands is diluted.

The flatbread that originally belonged to them ended up being snatched away, and anyone would feel heartache.

Although Zhang Yi failed to pass the imperial examination, he has been paying attention to the Ming Dynasty. After learning that Emperor Chenghua was seriously ill, he used money to get Li Zhiqing, and then knocked on Xu Pu's door through Li Zhiqing.

As long as this prince and emperor who respond to every call will make a move, then the indiscriminate distribution of salt by the imperial court will be cured, and the salt profits of the entire Ming Dynasty will fall into the pockets of their Shanxi salt merchants.

Li Zhiqing found that Zhang Yi was looking at him, thinking of his new house in Yangzhou, where the golden house was hidden, so he helped to speak: "Teacher, this matter is related to the livelihood of salt merchants in Shanxi, and please ask the master to lend a hand!" ”

"The old man knows, go back!" Xu Pu made a decision in his heart, and immediately said lightly.

Zhang Yi couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw Xu Pu's vague statement, but he didn't know if he had already beaten the dog with meat buns this time.

Li Zhiqing pulled Zhang Yi's clothes, and said respectfully: "Disciple retires!" ”

On the day of his accession to the throne, he condemned the British Gong Zhang Mao to tell the world, Qingyun Hou Zhou Shou to the Taimiao, and Xin Ning Bo Tan You to tell Sheji, etc.

From the death of Emperor Chenghua to the accession of the new emperor to the throne, the time between them was only half a month.

In fact, this is also a helpless thing, if the enthronement ceremony is not held on the sixth day of the ninth month, then the next auspicious day will have to wait until October.

Although the time was relatively short, the various yamen worked together to catch up.

The Forbidden City is bathed in the morning sun, in front of the noon gate is a "concave" shape, there is a city tower on the city gate, and the city tower has a bell tower, which is in charge of the bell and drum division.

More than 3,000 civil and military officials came here early to wait, and as soon as the auspicious time arrived, they entered through the doors on the left and right sides and went to the Fengtian Gate to participate in the enthronement ceremony.

The old and the new alternate, between light and dark.

Some officials will usher in the light, while others will face the night, so the expressions are different.

Due to the stalemate between Emperor Chenghua and the civil official group, there were only two cabinet ministers in the later period, Wan An and Liu Ji, and these two formed the two strongest factions in the dynasty.

It's just that now that Emperor Chenghua has passed away, Wan'an and Liu Ji have been affected to a certain extent, and Xu Pu, who represents Qingliu, is destined to rise strongly.

Wan An was wearing a python robe, which was particularly conspicuous here, but he was seventy years old after all, so his waist was already hunched, but his eyes were still very sharp.

He has been fighting with Liu Jiming for many years, but he knows that Liu Ji has coveted the position of his first assistant for a long time, and now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the other party will definitely bring him down.

Wan An knew that Xu Pu had mastered the new emperor, so he took the initiative to show favor to Xu Pu and said: "Master Xu, I heard that you know physiognomy, but you don't know how to take a look at the old decay!" ”

"The beans are on the noodles!" Xu Pu looked at Wan An, who took the initiative to come over, and said with a slight smile.

Wan An was stunned at first, thinking that he had beans on his face, and immediately reached out and touched his face. It's just that I couldn't touch the beans at all, and I noticed Xu Pu's playful expression, and I didn't know that the other party was making fun of myself.

I am 70 years old this year, and I have a lot of dark spots on my face, which does look like beans.

Wan An originally wanted to share the government with the other party, but the clay people have three points of fire, and in the face of such humiliation, it is naturally impossible to put a hot face on the cold ass of others.

Liu Ji couldn't help but secretly applaud Xu Pu's arrogance, so he leaned over and asked with a smile: "Bachelor Xu, how is the old man's face?" ”

"The face is like cotton!" Xu Pu turned his head to look at Liu Ji who came over, but his eyebrows were raised lightly.

Li Yu and other officials behind him couldn't help laughing, the so-called "cotton" naturally did not refer to Liu Ji's white face, but that although Liu Ji was repeatedly impeached, he still relied on the position of second assistant.

Liu Ji's face sank suddenly, and he no longer paid attention to Xu Pu, and silently wrote down this hatred.

Xu Pu actually knows the truth that officialdom wants to be with the light, but now that his goal is the first assistant, he naturally doesn't need to be with these two people.

After all, the new dynasty is its own era, and he is the leader of the hundred officials, and these two old guys should make way for themselves.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Although the civil and military officials gathered in front of the noon gate early, the auspicious time for his ascension to the throne was close to noon, so Zhu Youji did not need to get up early.

Zhu Youzhu woke up in the sound of cloud boards, although this Qianqing Palace is very large, but the room is smaller, but it is more suitable for living alone.

Sitting up from the bed, a group of palace maids waiting outside the door rushed in, and the responsibilities of each palace maid were clear.

There are dozens of palace maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace, and these palace maids and eunuchs are responsible for all aspects of Zhu Youji's clothing, food, housing and transportation, and they implement a shift system.

Zhu Youzhi found that in addition to the palace maid who kept vigil for him last night, there were also many palace maids here, but he didn't understand why some emperors would practice monogamy.

"Your Majesty, please sit down!" A beautiful palace maid saw Zhu Youzhu rinse her mouth with tea, and said cautiously.

Zhu Youzhu sat on the edge of the bed, several palace maids seemed to have a clear division of labor, one palace maid first pinched the silk towel stained with water, and the beautiful palace maid wiped it for Zhu Youji, wiped it again and handed the towel to another palace maid.

The use of towels is very particular, each silk towel will only be wiped on Zhu Youji's face once, these towels are disposable, until Zhu Youji's face is washed clean.

"Serve Your Majesty and get dressed!" Liang Fang was still in charge of Zhu Youji's daily life, and instructed the palace maid who was in charge of dressing behind him.

Zhu Youzhu faced these well-trained palace maids, and put on a set of filial piety clothes very cooperatively, and then walked to the door of the Qianqing Palace and took the dragon chariot to the Fengxian Palace.

The Fengxian Hall is the family temple of the royal family to worship their ancestors, located on the east side of the inner court of the Forbidden City, where the tablets of the late emperor and queen are displayed.

After Zhu Youzhu finished worshipping here, he immediately went from the Fengxian Hall to the several feast halls located in the outer court.

Although there are still palace people here to guard filial piety, they have slowly declined, and even the incense on those cases has stopped, but today it is re-arranged.

Zhou Shoumo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took out a sacrificial document that had been prepared a long time ago, mainly to report to Emperor Chenghua about today's accession to the throne, to express grief and accept the entrustment.

Zhu Youzhu left from the several feast halls, and after completing the ritual of paying tribute to the ancestors, he went directly to the Jinshen Hall, which is located in the northernmost part of the three major halls.

The morning sun has risen from the east and is setting in this resplendent palace.

Zhu Youzhu took off his filial piety clothes and changed into a set of yellow crown clothes that had just been completed.

The Yan crown dress is the most complicated imperial dress, the crown worn on the head alone has twenty sparse jade algae, and there are twelve patterns around the Yan dress, in addition to the inner and outer clothes, there are accessories such as knee covering, dress belts, etc.

Qin Tianjian did choose a good day, and today's clear sky was like a blue piece of paper, with a few thin clouds dotted on the canopy.

Zhu Youji, who was wearing a crown robe, walked into the Jinshen Hall and looked up at such a blue sky, like the moonlight of the lotus pond at first sight, and the scenery without air pollution had an unreal feeling of beauty.

"Your Majesty, the hour is coming!" Liang Fang saw Zhu Youzhu standing still, and reminded cautiously.

Zhu Youzhu nodded lightly, and then sat down on the dragon chariot, his eyes flashing with determination.

Next, history will not be the "Hongzhi Zhongxing" that the civil and official clique longs for to govern with scholars, but will write a history of a great country belonging to China written by itself.