The ministers really felt a little unbelievable, and originally thought that the new monarch was willing to pay 100,000 taels to ransom the emperor.

I didn't expect the new monarch to be so generous, and he was willing to pay a million taels of silver, and he didn't need a penny from the treasury and internal funds.

How could anyone disagree with such a good thing, and the ministers shouted long live in unison, and praised the emperor's virtue vigorously.

However, the ministers have also found a pattern, and according to the new monarch's habits, after paying some price, they must immediately make some demands.

Sure enough, Zhu Qiyu asked Chen Xun: "I remember that in the sixth year of orthodoxy, in order to decide whether to conquer Luchuan, a five-day court discussion was held.

At that time, there was a squire who strongly opposed the sending of troops to conscript, and advocated the use of heavenly power to sanctify it, who was it? ”

Chen Xun replied: "It was He Wenyuan, the servant of the Criminal Department at that time, and later the Emperor Taishang agreed to the proposal to levy, and a few months later, He Wenyuan was arrested and imprisoned for negligence, and later returned due to illness, resigned and returned to his hometown. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Yes, it's him." In the front is this He Wenyuan, and in the back is Xu Hui, who advocated moving the capital to Nanjing not long ago.

However, just because of improper discussion, it is a bit too much to completely deny a minister and destroy his career.

Whether it is He Wenyuan or Xu Hui, as long as they make achievements in their own positions, they can still continue to be entrusted with important tasks, and I don't do the kind of thing that beats people to death with a stick. ”

Zhu Qiyu took a leisurely sip of tea, and continued: "Wang Ge is also old, and he was sent to Shanxi to investigate corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and someone in the ministry also needs to share the burden for him.

The cabinet drafted a decree and ordered Wang Ao, who was the imperial historian of the left capital and the commander of Liaodong military affairs, to return to Beijing and serve as the secretary of the ministry to assist Wang Ge Lao in handling the affairs of the ministry.

In addition, He Wenyuan was reinstated as the left attendant of the ministry, and ordered the two to return to Beijing immediately. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Xinjun in surprise, and Zhu Qiyu smiled apologetically.

No way, people, once you sit in the position of the emperor, it is difficult to suppress the urge to seize power.

For the ministers, the emperor today belonged to a 'coup d'état': first took the positions of two squires from the military department, and transferred Yu Qian's confidant Xiang Wenyao to the Ministry of Rites, thus greatly weakening Yu Qian's power.

Immediately afterwards, he made a double Shangshu for the Ministry of Officials, and let Wang Ao, who was also very prestigious, be transferred from the left capital Yushi Ping to the Ministry of Officials, and fight against the old Shangshu Wang Zhi. Coupled with He Wenyuan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Ministers who received the grace of the new monarch's resurgence, Wang Zhi's power was also greatly weakened.

However, no ministers stood up against this 'coup' of the new monarch: under the system of the Ming Dynasty, the adult emperor was already somewhat invincible on the surface, and the new monarch had just won a big victory with 20,000 beheadings, and his prestige was booming, and it was useless for the ministers to oppose it.

Besides, this is the damage to the power of Wang Zhi and Yu Qian, what is the matter with the other ministers, everyone is too late to gloat, how can they stand up for the two. Xiang Wenyao, who was also unlucky with Yu Qian's confidant, is now just a mere Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and he has no right to speak in the court meeting between the emperor and important ministers.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu's major appointments from taking office to the present, no matter how ridiculous they are, at least they are used by the original batch of senior ministers. The number of people promoted in the palace is almost negligible; The emperor's scholars who were credited by the emperor were not given high official positions.

Therefore, the ministers turned a blind eye to this 'coup' of the emperor and passed.

So the emperor and the ministers were happy: the ministers were promised by the emperor to pay one million taels to ransom the emperor; The emperor successfully appointed a scholar and three squires, which greatly balanced the court structure and effectively avoided the situation of Wang Zhi and Yu Qian's excessive power.

The monarch and the minister each got what he wanted, and achieved unprecedented harmony.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, let's disperse." Just do it, I'll go back and urge the princess to raise money. ”

The ministers were deeply moved by the new king's resolute and resolute behavior, and they all bowed seriously and retired.

When Zhu Qiyu returned to his room, he saw that the twelve newly promoted imperial concubines were there, so he hurriedly waved his hand: "It's cold on the ground, you don't have to kneel, just thank you in your heart."

When the spring flowers bloom next year, I will open the buds for you one by one, and let you kneel down when the time comes. ”

Xian'er smiled when she heard this: "Then how can we do it, the husband has given us such a great grace, we must at least thank us." ”

"There's no need to thank you on your lips, the cherry lips and spirit tongues of the twelve of you are thankful together, where can I parry. You go and rest first, I'll talk to the princess about something, and then it's time to go to bed, just let the princess sleep tonight." ”

The concubines agreed aggrievedly, but Xian'er and Duyu still stepped forward and stripped off their clothes for Zhu Qiyu before leaving with everyone.

Zhu Qiyu hugged his little princess, lay down in Xiangxiang's quilt, and the first thing he did was to sigh heavily, and then complained: "I'll just say, there are so many women, where can I serve here." No wonder the previous emperors only had four or five favorite concubines at most. There are too many favored concubines, which is really unbearable. ”

Lin Xiangyu teased when she heard this: "It's okay, starting next spring, my husband will be able to pick yin and supplement yang." When the time comes, yin and yang will circulate, and there will be no more tiredness than now. ”

"Hey, I hope I'll tell you secretly, I said before that I was good at Taoist room techniques, and that was all bragging. What is to pick yin and supplement yang, I don't know at all. ”

"Wouldn't it? The slave family has been waiting for so long, and now you tell me that it's all a lie? Said that the good Tong Su is not bullied. ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "This is the way things happen between men and women, after deceiving a woman, a man can expose his true face."

But I have a few things for you to do today, shall we get down to business first, or should we be intimate first? ”

"Let's get down to business."

"The war is basically stable, and I'm going to start the first part of the reform. Today I have announced to my ministers that I will reduce the amount of money for the royal family on a large scale.

And the treasury was completely separated from the treasury, and the royal family could no longer take money from the treasury in the future. The weddings and funerals of the royal family, the construction of palaces, and the establishment of princes are all responsible for the internal government. ”

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "What does this have to do with us, we didn't spend the money of the treasury and the treasury in the first place." ”

"Today, I issued an edict to release the entire family of Jianshu and Wushu, and give these two county kings the title and enjoy the treatment of princes. The palaces of the two families were built next to the Xiangwang Mansion in the south and the north.

And because I said that the construction of the palace no longer costs the money of the state treasury. And I want to take advantage of the matter of treating the Jianshu people to set up a memorial arch for myself, so I decided that these two palaces will be built by our family.

But I'll just make decisions, and the princess still needs to worry about specific things. ”

Lin Xiangyu nodded, and asked again: "Okay, what standard does the husband want to build?" ”

"The big construction is specially built, built in luxury, far beyond the Xiangwang Mansion, and people can see at a glance my kindness to the Jianshu people and the Wushu people.

The construction budget of each palace is 200,000 taels, and the furniture and slaves are also purchased, and each family comes according to the standard of 100,000 taels, so they must not be stingy. ”

Lin Xiangyu nodded: "The slave family understands, don't worry, husband." What about the Mansion of the Emperor, there is no need for the imperial court to repair it, do we need to be responsible for it together? ”

(End of chapter)