Zhu Youzhu ignored the stunned woman on her face, and walked straight towards Kunning Gate.

originally thought that the other party was a very peaceful princess, and she didn't want her to seek an official for her son, but she even wanted to exonerate Sun Ming. As long as people with a conscience know that it is not a pity for people like Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, to die.

The princess of Chongqing couldn't see that Sun Ming's verdict had her own will, and she even whimsically wanted to punish Song Cheng by herself, she was really a stupid woman.

His court doesn't need a woman to point fingers, even if it's a royal aunt.

Liu Jin also glanced at this Chongqing princess who was trying to reverse right and wrong, and led the accompanying eunuchs to the front to open the way for His Majesty.

"How so?"

Princess Chongqing looked at the back of Zhu Youzhu leaving, and an unbelievable stunned appeared on her face.

Although she had already heard that the crown prince had become different after ascending the throne, no matter how his temperament changed, he would be his aunt after all.

It's just that who would have thought that the emperor would reprimand himself so unsympatheticly, but it would make her lose face and go home.

The most important thing is that she has already taken the benefits of the Huichang Marquis Mansion in advance, but things are not as smooth as she thought, and even messed up.

Princess Chongqing's face was gloomy and terrifying, but as if she suddenly thought of something, a grim smile appeared on her face: "This palace will see how long you can be arrogant!" ”

In the palace garden, there was a sudden gust of inexplicable cold wind, and the few dead leaves that fell in the wind seemed to make the world confusing.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty!" The queen often waited in the neat palace road behind Kunning Palace, and saluted the returning Zhu Youzhi.

After this period of tempering, she has become more and more like a beautiful and dignified queen, and she has slowly melted into the identity of the queen. At least she knew what she was supposed to do and what she shouldn't do.

She didn't know much about the affairs of the court, so she focused on taking care of the harem, so that the emperor would not be disturbed every time he returned, and she also had to arrange the time for each concubine to sleep reasonably.

As for jealousy, it doesn't belong to her, this is a basic skill in the world.

Originally, the most important thing at this stage was to conceive the dragon seed as soon as possible and give birth to a prince for the Ming Dynasty, but there are some things that can be harvested without hard work.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the noblely dressed queen in front of him, but he told seriously: "On the first and fifteenth days of the new year in the future, don't let outsiders enter the palace garden!" ”

The princess of Chongqing deliberately created a coincidence this time, and it was naturally impossible to hide her eyes.

In order to prevent other imperial relatives from following suit, he decided to block this road first, so as not to encounter such indiscriminate intercession again.

Although it is impossible for him to be ruthless enough not to come into contact with these royal relatives, he now takes the initiative to set up an obstacle so that they can understand that it is not easy to come in and see them along the palace road.

The emperor's grace is certainly very tempting, but the emperor's authority is also inviolable, so he needs those royal relatives to clamp their tails and be people.

"The concubine is the order! Your Majesty, breakfast is ready, please enjoy it inside! Chang Yourong felt Zhu Youji's dissatisfaction, but he pointed inside with a pretty face.

Zhu Youzhu has the habit of having breakfast in Kunning Palace every first and fifteenth, and these two days are usually the queen's bedtime, and their relationship is also heating up in this simple relationship.

Chang Yourong saw Zhu Youji, who had finished breakfast, leave, and his pretty face suddenly turned cold and said, "Who just disturbed Your Majesty in the palace back garden?" ”

"Returning to the queen's mother, it was the princess of Chongqing who found Her Majesty in the palace garden just now!" When an accompanying palace maid heard this, she immediately reported it in a proper manner.

Chang Yourong's brows furrowed slightly, and his beautiful eyes revealed a hint of anger: "Command immediately!" Because of the sincerity of worshipping Emperor Zhenwu, in the future, the first and fifteenth palaces of the back garden will be guarded, and they will not be allowed to enter without the permission of the official! ”

She has not forgotten her important duty, she has to manage this harem well, and she can't let His Majesty be troubled by the affairs of the harem.

Since the princess of Chongqing took advantage of the loophole to disturb the emperor in the palace garden, she could also temporarily ban the palace garden, so that the emperor could not be harassed by these royal relatives.

"Yes!" He Shanggong felt the majesty of the queen, but he knew that this matter had touched the queen's scales, and responded respectfully.

The sky is blue, and the walls of the Forbidden City are extravagant in a way that is rare in this era.

When the candidates in Fengtian Hall were still scratching their ears and cheeks to answer the questions, Zhu Youzhu had already taken the dragon chariot along the palace road, but he was ready to go to "clock in and go to work".

Zhu Youzhu looked at the palace road leading to Xihua Gate, but he felt a sense of burden.

Although the princess of Chongqing can't affect her pace of progress at all, seeing this kind of royal prince who only cares about her own interests, she finds that it is not easy for Huaxia to really take off.

In fact, the key to the prosperity and strength of the country and the nation is still the word money.

Even if the finances of the Ming Dynasty are still healthy, and the annual financial income is not small, the livelihood project and the army are a huge expenditure, but they still have to support a large group of imperial relatives, civil and military officials, and relatives.

If Huaxia is compared to a Dapeng with wings spread, then the imperial family, Wuxun's relatives and corrupt officials are like bloodsuckers attached to Dapeng, so even the flying Dapeng will be a flash in the pan.

It is precisely because of this that even though the salt tax and grain tax have increased significantly, his budget at the beginning of this year was only 3 million taels.

It's just that everything needs to be compared, judging from the assets of the inner treasury of the emperors of the past dynasties, Zhu Youzhu now belongs to the "rich emperor".

Zhu Youzhu never felt that he was rich, and he had already spent most of the silver taels just to build a Tianjin Royal Shipyard that produced large transport ships.

In fact, many crossings are deceitful, and the country's resources are so large, how can it be easy to get tens of millions of taels from a corrupt official's house, and casually clear the acres of land and earn hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

Zhu Youzhi thinks that he has done a good job, and has even racked his brains to open up sources and reduce expenditure, but the expectation of several million taels a year is already the limit.

In fact, the most effective way to make money in the past dynasties is to raise taxes, after all, each person only needs to pay a small tael of silver, so theoretically you can collect a terrifying tens of millions of taels.

Like the alchemy emperor in the back, through additional levies and additional assignments, not only completely solved the matter of the Japanese invaders, but also built large-scale projects such as the Chengtian Emperor's Palace, the outer city of the North City and the three major halls.

It's just that he always keeps in mind a bottom line, and in the early stage of the later dynasty, he can do not raise taxes on the people, and he has no reason to embark on this road.

While he was thinking wildly, Long Yuan entered through the Xiyuan Gate and soon came to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Although he was given the title of laziness by many literati for stopping daily lectures and sutra feasts, he has always been very self-disciplined, and hardly missed a day of laziness and absenteeism.

As usual, Zhu Youzhu came to the imperial case and sat down, and then began to deal with today's government affairs.

Although the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty is two capitals and thirteen provinces, but now the tentacles of the Ming Dynasty have extended to the East China Sea and the Indochina Peninsula, so he often has contact with these two places.

Xu Shiying's recital had already been delivered to the case, but what appeared in front of him was a small delicate sandalwood box with a leaf lock.

Since the invention of the leaf lock, he has also opened the secret box system, and the correspondence with Xu Shiying and other important local dignitaries is transmitted through a small locked wooden box.

Click!

Liu Jin took the key that was paired with Xu Shiying, the governor of the East China Sea, and quickly opened the box, which contained the latest report from Xu Shiying, the governor of the East China Sea.

Zhu Youzhu was worried that Xu Shiying would not be able to use it earlier, but now he has proved that he has picked the right person, and Xu Shiying has managed the East China Sea well.

After Xu Shiying's multi-party coordination, he not only gained a firm foothold on Senzhi Island, but also completely entered the North Korean cotton market through agency.

It's just that it is not Xu Shiying's character to be complacent, nor is it in line with the fundamental interests of Daming, so it has been promoted to the Japanese market since the beginning of this year.

Japan has just officially entered the Warring States period and is in the midst of a turbulent social period.

The emperor of Japan is actually a hypocrisy, and he has been a puppet for thousands of years, and the person who really has real power has always been the general of the expedition, commonly known as the shogun.

The shogun was responsible for organizing the shogunate to govern the whole of Japan, and was loyal not only to the supreme governors of the daimyos, but also to all the daimyos.

It is said that this political system is quite stable, but the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori was assassinated by Akamatsu Mitsusuke in his house in Kyoto, which opened the prelude to the decline of the Mofu shogun.

At the age of nine, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu was proclaimed the seventh shogun, but he reigned for less than a year, and the following year he fell from his horse and died, and the real cause of death is a mystery.

Later, after discussion, his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshimasa took over as the eighth shogun, but at this time, the real power of the shogun had already fallen.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa and his son, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, tried to restore the shogun's power, but both failed, and disputes over the shogun's position resumed.

Because Ashikaga Yoshiko has no queen, he found Ashikaga Yoshisai in the side, and it was this year that he was just elected as the tenth shogun.

It's just that Ashikaga Yoshimasa's wife, Tomiko Hino, doesn't like Ashikaga Yoshisai and is plotting to abolish the new general and replace him with an obedient baby.

Because the shoguns were too busy to take care of themselves, the daimyo in various places have become self-reliant, and they are less and less regarded the shoguns as a dish, which has led to the continuous wars in Japan over the years.

Zhu Youzhi saw that Xu Shiying had already come into contact with the Iwami Guardian Ouchi clan of Iwami Kuni, and since the Ouchi clan was one of the two major families that traded with the Ming Dynasty, the two sides quickly concluded the best business partnership.

This result is actually expected, after all, the Ouchi clan is not strong in the homeland, and now it is natural to take the opportunity to hug the thick thigh of Da Ming.

Zhu Youji's gaze was firm, and he wrote earnestly: "According to ancient books, Iwami has a silver mine, and the local people began to mine silver, but there is a big secret mine among them. Qing and Ouchi are good friends, and the price is estimated in silverware with cotton cloth. When the time is ripe, the big secret mine can hire people to cast silver locally and sell it to China and North Korea! ”

The largest silver mine in Japan is naturally the Iwami Silver Mine, which has maintained an annual production capacity of more than 500,000 taels per year since its discovery, and has not been exhausted for 100 years of continuous mining.

Now that he has encountered it, it is natural to find a way to get hold of this silver mine, so as to become one of the important sources of income for the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that silver is a metal after all, and even Japan treats gold as a hard currency, so it can't give overseas silver too high a status, and it needs to weaken its monetary attributes as soon as possible.

As such, he now needed to redefine silver as a raw material for silverware, rather than as a currency that could be exchanged for Ming goods.

Zhu Youzhu had just finished writing a letter to Xu Shiying, and when he looked up and saw Liu Jin coming in a hurry, his face clearly indicating that something bad was happening.

It's just that after this period of tempering, no matter how big things happen now, I can already do it without changing my color.

Zhu Youzhu blew the undried handwriting of the letter, glanced at the letter in Liu Jin's hand and said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... This is the note that has just been sent by the Secretary of General Affairs, and I would like to ask you to take a look! Liu Jin sent the music to the room, looking very nervous.

Zhu Youzhu opened the note handed over by Liu Jin, and after seeing the content on it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Hehe...... Zhu Ji really resigned, and the news of the Chongqing princess was even better than mine! ”

When the princess of Chongqing said just now that Zhu Ji was going to return to her hometown, although she quickly tried to push the rumors that were spreading from the outside world, she knew that she was very sure of this matter.

Although he already had psychological expectations for this matter, he still couldn't calm down for a long time when he saw Zhu Ji's resignation in front of him to return to his hometown.

"Your Majesty, how could the princess of Chongqing know in advance?" Liu Jin swallowed and spit, and also expressed his doubts.

Zhu Youzhu put down Zhu Ji's request and said with a self-deprecating smile: "The network of relationships in the capital is more complicated than I thought, and it is bigger than I wanted!" ”

Obviously, the commander of the Jinyi Guard and the dignified imperial princess will not intersect, but the princess of Chongqing, who has no sense of existence, knows such an important thing in advance, and the imperial relatives, relatives, martial arts and civil ministers are likely to have been in a network of relationships.

"Your Majesty, what now?" Liu Jin realized that the problem was more serious than expected, so he asked seriously.

Zhu Youzhu didn't think deeply, stretched out his finger and pointed at Zhu Ji's resignation and said: "He's about to run away, naturally he can't let him get his wish!" ”

The reason why he chose to endure Zhu Ji for so long, and kept watching the smoky Jinyiwei behave nonsense, was not to let Zhu Ji be brought to justice by himself in the position of Jinyiwei?

Now Zhu Ji seems to have sensed the danger, but he chose to run away, which is undoubtedly to disrupt his overall plan.

If he agrees to Zhu Ji's resignation now, even if he later finds out Yang Han, a fellow acquaintance of Jinyiwei, to stand up and testify, I am afraid that Zhu Ji will already be on the run.

(End of chapter)