Seoul, Lee House.

Time flies, and the girl who was dressed as a man has become a slim jade girl, dressed in a standard North Korean woman's attire, and her egg-faced smile is as beautiful as a peony flower.

Li Xien was wearing a set of pale red clothes, slender jade holding a paintbrush, copying an ink painting on white rice paper.

The mountains and rocks of "Streams and Mountains and Blue Smoke" are extremely exquisite, and the whole landscape painting presents an extremely rare artistry, which has been unique among the Chinese factions.

Influenced by her family's situation, Li Xien has been fond of literature since she was a child, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and loves painting even more, and is known as "the first talented woman in Seoul" in North Korea.

After such a long period of repeated copying, even if what she painted is a fake, she has been able to reach the point of being fake, and she is really worthy of the name of the first talented woman.

Li Xien's face is getting better and better-looking, but the last stroke fell, only for a short while, and soon the beautiful big eyes flashed a touch of sadness.

May is the time of the lush vegetation, and some potted plants can be seen around the flower hall.

In this beautiful season, Li Xien raised his head to look at the blue sky and sighed silently. Everyone has their own problems, and she is no exception.

Since I have reached the age of talking about marriage this year, more and more people have come to ask for marriage.

It's just that her heart is no longer here, and she doesn't like those so-called children of the scholar clan at all, since the wizard who claims to be talented is actually a big straw bag.

On the contrary, the whole person is uncontrollable, and his mind is always thinking about that man.

She had her own way of expressing her feelings, and she changed to a piece of white rice paper, and the tip of the pen roamed over the paper, and soon the outline of a man appeared.

Some people get along for half a lifetime but can't remember each other's appearance, and some people can be unforgettable just by looking at each other.

Since she had a relationship with the Ming Emperor, she was presented with a treasure painting by the Ming Emperor, so that her mind thought uncontrollably of the scene in the imperial study that day.

Especially in the recent paintings, there are more and more works based on the imperial study, and the image of the man in his heart is uncontrollably drawn.

In this house in Seoul, there is a feeling called: lovesickness.

The flower hall is circular in shape and is connected to two corridors to the southeast.

Just as Li Xien's painting was about to be completed, Li Yu, a soldier who had just left the court, came to this side, with displeasure clearly written on his face.

Li Xien was too involved in painting, and when he found that his father had returned, he was only a few meters away from him, and he was so frightened that he suddenly lost his face.

Like all the spring girls in the world, there is always an unspeakable secret.

Li Xien's heart was pounding immediately, and he hurriedly grabbed the painting he had just completed on the drawing board directly into his hand, and then pretended to be calm and greeted: "Dad, what's going on?" ”

Li Wei was in a state of anger at this time, and he didn't notice the strange appearance of his baby daughter, thinking about the decision just made by the imperial court, so he sat down in front of the stone table in the flower hall: "The king obeyed Li Kepei's proposal, and our North Korea will not send troops to assist the Ming Dynasty in exterminating the Jianzhou Jurchen!" ”

"Dad, if you don't send troops, you won't send troops, you can't be so angry, beware of being angry!" Li Xien is not concerned about political affairs and seems to be unimpressed.

The anger on Li Yu's face was unabated, but he snorted coldly: "I'm not angry for myself, I'm angry with those mediocre ministers who can't see the situation clearly, do you really think that Emperor Ming is good at stubble?" ”

Because he has been sent to the Ming Dynasty twice before, he has been in contact with this Ming Emperor, so he knows that the current Ming Emperor is a real Ming Emperor.

With his understanding of the Ming Emperor, Zhu Youzhi was a very pragmatic person. If the DPRK refuses to send troops, not to mention that it will not want to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty in the future, it may even regard the DPRK as an enemy country.

Compared with the thriving Ming Dynasty, the increasingly corrupt Korean state has no strength to fight at all. Once the Liao army of the Ming Dynasty went south, this Seoul would definitely not be protected, and even Korea would be destroyed.

It's just a pity that the Lord-peace faction led by Li Kepei, the leftist politician, didn't realize this at all, but was complacent because of the choice of Lord-peace, and even claimed that they had saved the common people.

Where is this to save the common people, it is clearly to bury mines for North Korea, and to want the Hongzhi Emperor, who just destroyed the Li Dynasty last year, to erase North Korea again.

Li Xien's hand clenched the waste painting tightly, but he said very seriously: "I think Emperor Daming is very good, he is a reasonable and generous good emperor!" ”

"Your father didn't say that Emperor Daming was bad, but he was an emperor who really cared about the people of the world! Now that we refuse to send troops, I can guarantee that this matter will definitely not be over, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely spearhead our North Korea!" Li Wei believed in his own judgment and seemed categorical.

Li Xien looked at his father who admired his sweetheart so much, and said with a sweet smile as if he had eaten honey: "Dad, my daughter thinks that you must be wrong, the Ming Emperor will not be so unreasonable, and he will definitely not beat us North Korea because of this!" ”

"You don't understand!" Li Yu found out that his daughter really didn't understand politics, so he picked up the tea cup sent by the housekeeper, and caught a glimpse of Li Xien having something in his hand, so he asked curiously: "What are you holding in your hand?" ”

"No, nothing!" Li Xien's face turned red, and he hid things behind his back, but he shook his head cutely, and then turned around and fled.

Li Yu silently took a sip of tea, looked at the back of his daughter leaving, and couldn't help but feel curious.

In the evening, when he told his wife about it, Mrs. Li said happily: "Sichun!" I secretly looked at her paintings, and the man she painted was really handsome, but I couldn't tell which family she was the son of the royal capital! ”

Hey? Not the prince of the royal capital?

Li Wei couldn't help frowning even tighter, looking quite surprised.

At this time, he also realized in hindsight why his precious daughter repeatedly refused to be married, and he already had someone in his heart.

Imperial capital, Forbidden City.

This ancient city woke up in the summer morning light, and the hard-working people began to get busy early, and officials wearing official uniforms of various grades flocked to the Wumen Square from all directions.

Since today is the eighth day of the fifth month, today is the first morning pilgrimage of May.

For senior officials, there is no longer the slightest temptation in this early dynasty, but the officials at the bottom are already looking forward to it, especially young officials such as Xu Hong of Enke, who are very fond of this atmosphere.

Bang!

The weather in May is changeable, and just as everyone came to the square in front of the noon gate, there was a thunderclap in the newly lit sky.

Although it was speculated that it might rain, no one flinched. Since the early dynasty can bring rain gear, many people immediately send domestic slaves to send some rain gear, and some people plan to brave the rain to go to the morning court.

In this day and age, there is no such thing as holding back from the weather.

Wan An and Liu Ji stood at the forefront with their eyes closed, becoming more and more indifferent to this formalistic early dynasty, and even openly yawned.

If there is really no important matter, he only needs to take the recital to the Heart Cultivation Hall to report and discuss, and this early recital is just to announce the things that have been decided, which is purely a waste of everyone's time and energy.

Since the impeachment turmoil of the Spring Festival, Wan An has now acted more and more cautiously, and sighed pointedly: "Liu Ge Lao, today's early dynasty may not be peaceful!" ”

"Returning to Lord Yuanfu, the lower officials also feel so!" Liu Ji has his own news channel, and he also sighed with emotion.

Bang!

Another thunderclap came from the sky, indicating that it was indeed not a good day.

After a while, the gate of the noon gate slowly opened.

Jin Wuwei was in charge of guarding the noon gate, and was walking out in a neat and orderly manner, Chang Feng in armor looked majestic standing on the city platform, and there were several eunuchs standing next to him.

"Go to court!"

An elderly eunuch faced the civil and military officials in Wumen Square, and immediately shouted at the top of his voice.

Under the leadership of Wan An and Liu Ji, hundreds of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty rushed in, and after tidying up their clothes in front of the Jinshui Bridge, they came to Fengtianmen Square together.

The early dynasty had a lot of fixed processes, and these things were actually a waste of time.

Zhu Youzhu came on a jade chariot, but he could still endure the rituals of the early dynasty. After all, there were three days a month at most, and it was a good thing for him to meet with all the officials once, so he sat patiently on the dragon chair.

After the mountain call long live, it was still the Zongren Mansion that came out earlier.

It's just that things should come and go, but no one expected it to come so soon.

The king of the horses and horses increased the ranks, and did not follow yesterday's recital: "Your Majesty, more than half of the rice has been folded by the household department for the rice of the Zongfan Lu in banknotes, and the royal palaces have sent personnel to Beijing to make trouble, so the ministers plead to cure Li Shangshu's crime and restore the old system of Xianzong!" ”

Yes?

As soon as these words came out, all the officials couldn't help but look at each other, and they were restless courtiers, and then they all looked at Li Si, the head of the household.

Li Si's face was straight, and he immediately defended himself: "Wang Concubine, the use of banknotes in various palaces has been a practice since the Yingzong Dynasty, and the household department is now practicing the old system. As for what you said about using banknotes to fold more than half of the rice, this is slandering the household department, like Lieutenant Fengguo did not fold money, so how can you copy more than half of the rice? ”

"Wang Yuma, you are not on an errand in the household department, so you don't know the difficulties of the household department! Now the household department needs to use silver everywhere, and the imperial court has allocated more than one million taels this year for the project of river and water transportation! The Lu rice of the current clan is indeed more banknotes, but which palace is not worry-free, and even the wealth of the palace is not less than that of Li Min, the first greedy person in the Ming Dynasty, why do you have to force the household department? Wu Yu, the right attendant of the household department, also stood up and defended his household department.

Zhu Youzhu saw all this in his eyes, but in fact, he was the mastermind behind the whole thing.

Although the rice has not yet reached the terrifying annual level of more than 10 million stones, it is already a large number, but after some research, it is found that there is a lot of room for maneuver.

Although the prince's annual rice is 10,000 stones, he can carry out a large proportion of the banknotes, and give the Daming treasure banknotes that have already depreciated to these vassal kings.

In fact, the best solution is to directly re-establish the regulations of the clan, but this move will eventually touch the cake of the entire clan community, so it is necessary to adopt transitional means.

For some wealthy vassal kings, the household can give them all the treasure money, and let them slowly accept the fact that the rice is decreasing, so as to finally achieve the goal of reducing the rice.

As for whether there will be a rebellion by the vassal king, not to mention that the original history has already proved that there is no need to worry about this, and the soldiers raised by themselves are not vegetarians.

That's right, no matter how Wang Zeng plans to make trouble, the household department must still be the nephew who plays the lantern - as usual.

Wang Zeng seemed to be prepared this time, but shook his head gently: "If your household department is for the river and the Cao Yun, then it's fine, but as far as this official knows, your Hu Department knows that the Cao Yun is related to the safety of Beijing's grain, but why did you delay the allocation of 400,000 taels of Bai Di in the Suzhou-Hangzhou section?" ”

This......

Li Si was speechless for a moment, but he looked at the emperor above.

"Wang Qing, are you asking for Lumi for the sake of the Zong Clan or are you asking for the project money for the Caoyun Yamen?" Zhu Youji's brows frowned slightly, but he asked directly.

Wang Zeng immediately knelt down and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the minister is for the Ming Dynasty!" The clan is the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, and Cao Yun is the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, so neither of them can be abolished. ”

"Do you really think I'm confused? Are you concerned about when the 400,000 yuan project will be allocated, and you also want to know the whereabouts of Zhou Nai, the governor of Caoyun and the governor of the river? Zhou Nai has been arrested by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and this matter was agreed by me, are you all satisfied now? Zhu Youzhu looked at Wang Zeng who was kneeling on the ground, and simply picked the matter apart and said.

After Ye Qi's incident, the Metropolitan Procuratorate also focused its investigation on Caoyun Yamen, and Zhou Nai was also a moth in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Nai did things very carefully, but he didn't catch Zhou Nai's substantive evidence, and he didn't know what Zhou Nai's embezzled money and silver were hiding.

It's just that I didn't expect that Wang Zeng and these people couldn't sit still after all, and even used the origin of the sect to force the household department to allocate funds to repair the white embankment.

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and others silently exchanged a look, Zhou Nai was really arrested by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and immediately knelt down and asked: "Your Majesty, if Zhou Nai is at fault, he should be punished according to the law." It's just that Zhou Nai is a third-grade official of the imperial court, and now he has been arrested and interrogated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate for no reason, which is afraid of chilling the hearts of the courtiers in the world! I beg His Majesty to order the Metropolitan Procuratorate to release Zhou Nai, the court must not wronged good ministers, Zhou Nai's contribution to the control of water for so many years is indispensable! ”

Bang!

It was at this moment that another thunder was heard from the sky.

It's just that this time it was really moving, the thunder had just passed, and the soybean-like raindrops had already fallen, but they were drenching everyone in the square.

The Fengtian Gate where Zhu Youzhu was located could avoid the rain, so it was not affected too much, but he had already faintly felt a kind of pressure.

In the absence of evidence, the arrest of civil officials undoubtedly suddenly triggered a backlash from the civilian clique, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate has so far found no substantive evidence of corruption of ink.

This rain gave some political speculators a chance, but many middle- and lower-level officials suddenly responded: "The court must not wronged good ministers, Zhou Nai's contribution to the control of water for so many years is indispensable, and I beg Your Majesty to order the Metropolitan Procuratorate to release Zhou Nai!" ”

At this moment, an official in charge of the Tang newspaper stumbled in the rain, and in his hand it was the Tang newspaper that had just arrived in the capital, and shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty."

(End of chapter)