Although the ministers did not object to the emperor living in the western suburbs of the garden, Yuquan Mountain was thirty miles away from the Forbidden City, and Chen Xun asked the question in his heart for everyone:

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how will you handle government affairs in the future? How will the pilgrimage be conducted? ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "You can just watch and deal with government affairs, I am not a person who likes to hold on to power, and I don't want to read the book every day."

In the future, a full-time post will be added to the clerical room, and the normal recital will be sent to me at noon every day, and the urgent recital will be delivered by the post man urgently.

As for the court meeting, there is a particularly important matter, you come to Yuquan Mountain to see me. If there is no urgency, and there is no summons from me, you can do your duty. Don't worry, I won't toss you. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in approval. Now that Warat has been hit hard, the north has temporarily stopped, and there is no urgency for a while, so there is no need to pursue timeliness too much.

The most important thing is that the current ministers do not know that there are emperors like Jiajing and Wanli in the world who have not been in court for decades.

According to the experience of the Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Orthodox dynasties, the ministers subconsciously believed that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty all loved the Forbidden City immensely.

When today's son was going to live in Yuquan Mountain for a long time, the ministers understood it as the emperor's humble retreat, showing the world that he was only forced to take the throne and was not attached to power.

When the throne is secured, the emperor will run back in a hurry, and under the unanimous request of the ministers, he will enter the Qianqing Palace 'reluctantly'.

Anyway, that's how the ministers understood it.

Of course, the ministers have another interpretation: this son Xiao's father, Emperor Jingtai in front of him is as fun-loving as Emperor Xuanzong.

Among the four emperors Renzong, Xuanzong, Zhengzheng, and Jingtai, except for Orthodoxy, the other three are very lascivious.

In life, on the contrary, the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen is the most frugal and peaceful.

The ministers present have basically experienced the Xuande Dynasty, and the cricket emperor not only loves to fight crickets, but also loves to go out of the palace, sleeping girls, playing famous prostitutes, and staying outside the palace.

Therefore, the ministers felt that the current Emperor Jingtai also wanted to go out with the favorite concubines, and he would naturally come back when he was tired of playing.

Zhu Qiyu saw that the ministers were so easy to talk about, for fear that these people would regret it again, so he hurriedly changed the next topic.

The first difficulty of Jingtai's reform was to abolish treasure money, mint copper coins, and rebuild the monetary credit of the Ming court.

Take a few pieces of torn paper, and go to exchange the real money in the hands of the people, and this lack of virtue can no longer be done in the future.

Zhu Qiyu gestured to Zhou Chen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhou Chen took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket and showed it to everyone present.

Chen Xun and others took a look, only to see that this money copper purple red, the production is exquisite and unified, there are small flat money, when two money, when three money, when five money, when ten money, a total of five shapes.

The four characters on the front are: Jingtai Tongbao.

The eight characters on the back are: people-oriented, Zhongxing Daming.

Qian Wen Xiuyi, dignified strokes, the overall texture of the copper coin, visible to the naked eye, even in the best reputation of 'Yongle Tongbao'.

The ministers secretly commented in their hearts: money is good money, but the emperor has always been a little ridiculous. There is no problem with the four words of Jingtai Tongbao on the front. But on the back, the inner circle is 'people-oriented', and the back circle adds the words 'Zhongxing Daming'.

It's not that this can't be done, it's just that the copper coins minted by the previous Ming emperors were all barebacked. I added eight words on the back in one go, which is really a bit of a novelty.

Without waiting for everyone to ask, Zhu Qiyu took the initiative to explain: "The eight words on the back, one purpose is to convey my governance philosophy to the world, I must be people-oriented, love the people, not only to prosper the Ming Dynasty, but also to give the people of the world real recuperation."

Another purpose is to prevent the slippery man from cutting off the corners of the copper coins and collecting them together to be recast.

You go back to discuss and discuss first, and then the Ministry of Industry will distribute the sample money to the civil and military officials, this is a major matter, the government and the opposition will discuss it, and if there are any suggestions, just put forward.

Within five years, the Ming treasure banknotes will be abolished, and gold, silver and copper coins will be circulated together as official currency. Jingtai Tongbao will eventually completely replace the Daming treasure banknote. ”

Chen Xun asked curiously, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, which yamen will the copper coins be minted?" ”

Zhu Qiyu replied: "Only the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry is allowed to cast in Beijing, and the Ministry of Household and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will supervise the production, and then send it to the world for circulation."

The Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, as well as the provincial and local governments, had no right to cast. Private founders, beheaded by the whole family. ”

The ministers looked at each other when they heard this, and the change of the official currency was a huge project, and it was not easy to make judgments. Let's go down to the court and let the courtiers slowly break it down.

Seeing that there was nothing to say, Zhu Qiyu was ready to get up and go back to the room.

At this time, Chen Xun took out another notebook and reported to Zhu Qiyuyu: "Your Majesty, the Hanlin Academy has been circling around, and a notebook has been uploaded, requesting that the emperor should be pre-arranged for his return in the future. ”

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he didn't understand for a while: "What is the preset place for the emperor to return?" ”

Chen Xun replied: "What is said in the book of Zhou Xuan means that the palace will be set up in advance, and when the emperor returns from the northern hunt, he can live in it. ”

"Didn't I already say it, the eldest brother has returned, and he still lives in the Qianqing Palace, and all major affairs of the country will be dealt with by the eldest brother. Why do you still want to play? ”

Zhu Qiyu took Zhou Xuan's recital and looked at it in person, only to see that Zhou Xuan first gave an example of Tang Xuanzong and Tang Suzong's father and son, and then wrote:

He will defeat Hu Lu one day, and the emperor will return it. It is also advisable to pre-emptively be the place where the emperor will return on the other day, not only the original intention of the saint not to lose his respect, but also to relieve the doubts of the first group with the supreme grace of all brothers.

Zhu Qiyu looked left and right, thought for a long time, and finally understood the meaning: Zhou Xuan's suggestion is that after the emperor returns, he will no longer come to the court and no longer hear about state affairs. Make a forbidden palace for him alone and idle it.

Isn't this the advanced version of imprisoning Nangong?

I have to sigh that the thinking of these ministers is too advanced, and now the emperor doesn't know where he is being chased, so he thinks about what will happen after he comes back.

Zhu Qiyu was a little unclear about who this circumambulation was directed towards.

Chen Xun saw that the emperor was slow to reply, so he urged softly on the side.

Zhu Qiyu came back to his senses and handed back the notebook: "After the Emperor Taishang came back, he lived in the Qianqing Palace, and he had made up his mind, so let the ministers stop arguing."

Also, it's bitterly cold outside, and it's not a matter for the Emperor Taishang to be alone. Send another envoy to send the previous daily necessities to the Emperor. ”

Chen Xun asked, "Then Your Majesty, who should be sent?" ”

"Send Li Xian and Li Shi to go, let the Queen Mother and the Queen prepare some more items tomorrow, both of them are loyal ministers of the Emperor, and now that the monarch is suffering, I don't think they have the heart to spend the New Year at home."

So let them pack up and set off the day after tomorrow. Go to Datong first, take the items and concubines left by the emperor before, and then go through Yanghe and go to Warat. ”

And they received the order and withdrew together.

At this time, the wind and snow are mixed and the bitter cold is abnormal.

also led the remnants of the defeated generals first, and has been hiding in Tibet in the east, living without a fixed place.

And now the coalition forces of Tokhtambuhua and Arazhiin have the complete initiative. The army of the two found a leeward place to camp, surrounded by mountains and rivers, warm and comfortable.

When the main force of the Ming army returned to the division before, it left a huge amount of supplies for the two. Cotton clothing, felt tents, grain, and forage were all sufficient. It is enough for 60,000 troops to survive the cold winter.

The two of them only need to send out scouts to search around and also send a large army.

And first of all, it was completely different, and they could only flee in all directions with the remnants of the defeated army who were short of supplies and lack of food and clothing. If you stay in a fixed camp all the time, and are discovered by Totobuhua and Arazhiyuan, the cavalry at that time, once bitten by the cavalry, the consequences are unimaginable.

is also the first to take off the flowers, and the Arazhiyuan is already on the same footing, and it is not the same day. These two people will not be as kind as the emperor, they can be wiped out, but they deliberately let them go first.

As for Zhu Qizhen, he has never suffered like this in his life. In the past, I used to offer a game or something from time to time, but now I don't want to think about it.

also had a change in his attitude towards Zhu Qizhen, and he no longer had the initial respect and courtesy. If it weren't for the scruples of the Ming Dynasty's strength, he would have even beaten and scolded the emperor first.

(End of chapter)