Chapter 36: Zhu Qizhen: Why didn't the vassal states come to pay tribute?
Next.
Li Qing got up early, the little emperor had just rewarded the gold, and his attitude still had to be taken out, and he had to achieve sustainable development.
The water in the early morning was exceptionally cold, and it made people feel refreshed when they hit their faces, and Li Qing dipped the loofah in salt, and while cleaning his teeth, he walked up to the little donkey and looked at it.
The donkey is still small, at best the size of a calf, but the fur is excellent, and when I look at it, I can't help but think of a tonic, Ejiao.
It snored softly and screamed from time to time, "Uh~ah~"
It's just that the screaming is weak.
Li Qing looked at it interestingly, and the evil taste came up, squatting next to it, learning it to stretch its neck, "Hmm~ah~"
When he learned this, the donkey instantly got up, his snort suddenly worsened, and his cry increased suddenly, "Hmm~ah~"
Li Qing: "Hmm~ah~"
In this way, a man and a donkey cried as if they were racing.
The little donkey barked more and more, and gradually, Li Qing began to lose and was finally defeated.
After rinsing his mouth, Li Qing laughed at himself: "Li Qing, Li Qing, you are really good, you are actually on the same bar with a donkey, don't you know that there is a word called a donkey?" ”
The little donkey barked for a while, and as if it was no challenge, he quieted down, panting weakly, and wilting a little.
Li Qing suddenly thought of something and asked, "Brother Donkey, are you hungry?" ”
The little donkey seemed to understand, and looked at him with big furry eyes, as if to say: What do you say?
"Uh-huh...... No wonder, no wonder. Li Qing said, "I haven't raised animals, so I forgot about it." ”
Little Donkey: ......
"Bear with me, I'll go buy some forage and come back when I get off the court." Li Qing patted the donkey's head, laughed and left, leaving the little donkey messy in the wind.
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Li Qing entered the court with his front foot, and Zhu Qizhen arrived with his back foot, and the time was so wonderful that he could grasp it.
Next, the ministers saluted, got up, and reported to work.
Boss Xiao Zhu nodded sometimes, frowned, sometimes approved, and sometimes refuted......
This is the reason why Li Qing doesn't want to go to court, it's too boring, it's far less comfortable than lying on the corpse at home, of course, it's better if you don't deduct it.
Helpless, the boss of Daming Company has a black heart.
Half an hour later, when the time of the next dynasty came, Hu Hu, the secretary of Zhu Qizhen's courtly department, asked: "Why didn't the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty come to pay tribute this year?" ”
Hu Hu was a little puzzled, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the vassal state has already come to pay tribute last year?" ”
"I came last year, can't I come this year?" Zhu Qizhen didn't like it.
Hu Hu was inexplicable, and at the same time a little aggrieved, "Your Majesty, the Yongle Dynasty stipulates that the tributary of the vassal state should be paid once every three years, and it should not be too frequent. ”
Zhu Qizhen's face froze, and he vaguely remembered that there was indeed such a provision, and he felt embarrassed, but he couldn't deny his grandfather's policy, so he had to be stupid: "Who made this suggestion?" ”
Hu Hu thought about it seriously and replied: "It was mentioned by the Marquis of Yongqing in the past, and the vassal state originally wanted to pay tribute every year, but the Marquis of Yongqing played Emperor Taizong, saying that the vassal state was collecting the wool of the Ming Dynasty, so it was changed to a tributary every three years. ”
"Marquis Yongqing?"
Zhu Qizhen naturally knew that there was such a person, after all, Li Qing was so famous in the past, how could he not know?
Li Qing's eyes look at his nose, his nose looks at his heart, and he is as immobile as a mountain.
What do you say about Yongqing Hou, what does it matter to me Li Qing?
Zhu Qizhen suddenly became interested in the legendary Yongqing Marquis, and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, who knows the current situation of Yongqing Marquis?" ”
The ministers looked at each other, and finally Yu Qian stood up, "Back to the emperor, Yongqing Marquis Xuande returned to his hometown in the second year, and he left Jinling in the seventh year of Xuande, and there has been no news since then." ”
Yang Pu came out of the class and said: "Yongqing Hou Taoist was born, and in the end, he should have returned to the beginning, as for the present...... He is much older than the minister, and I am afraid that he has passed away. ”
Although the camps were different in the past, he still admired Li Qing very much in his heart.
There are many people who can't get used to Li Qing, but there are very few people who say bad things about him with a clear conscience, especially after Li Qing went into the wilderness.
For people who have no political differences, most of the civil officials are still relatively generous, not to mention, Li Qing's achievements are so impressive, they can't do it even if they want to be brainless.
can only deliberately downplay him.
"That's a shame." Zhu Qizhen briefly expressed his regret for the departure of the Ming heroes, and then said, "Hu Aiqing intends to send an edict to the vassal states to pay tribute." ”
This kind of edict devolved to a vassal state must be exquisite, and Zhu Qizhen felt that the ink in his stomach was not enough, so he asked Hu Hu to draft it.
In fact, most of the emperor's decrees are written by people, and he himself has a seal. ωWω.GoNЬ.οrG
The general process is drafted by the Hanlin Academy, confirmed by the emperor, verified and issued by the Ministry of Rites.
However, over the years of the Orthodox Dynasty, the cabinet presided over by Sanyang has been unprecedentedly strong, and the Hanlin Yuan has been reduced to a vassal, and the basic drafting is done by the cabinet.
Zhu Qizhen asked the Ministry of Rites to draft the edict, which was also intended to suppress the cabinet.
Several scholars in the cabinet had a bad look, but the six ministries were secretly happy, the battle between the ministries and cabinets had lasted for so long, and it was finally their turn to exert their power.
Hu Hu arched his hand and said: "The minister obeys the order." ”
"Well, Sanchao."
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live......!" The ministers saluted.
No one thought much about it, they all thought that the little emperor was a teenager and just wanted to be majestic.
Young people always love to be in the limelight.
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Li Qing deliberately slowed down his pace, and sure enough, he was soon stopped by the eunuch on duty.
"Mr. Li, the emperor asked you to go to the Qianqing Palace to see the driver."
"yes, okay." Li Qing nodded, and vomited in his heart: he has to work overtime every time, but he doesn't mention the overtime pay, a capitalist who is evil.
Came to the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Qizhen greeted him with a smile, and Longjing tea was ready, which made Li Qing's depressed mood improve a lot.
"What is the emperor looking for?"
"Sir, your speech in the court is still not positive enough!" Zhu Qizhen said in a workplace CPU tone, "With me, what are you afraid of?"
Mr. is so young, why does he look so gloomy?
You've said it yourself that young people should be vibrant......"
came up with a balabala output, and Li Qing's mood turned cloudy again.
In this regard, Li Qing felt quite helpless, the old Zhu family's cake, he was enough, and even disgusted.
"Your Majesty, I will give everything to the matter, and if there is really an important matter, I will also inform the superiors, and the superiors will play the emperor." Li Qing smiled bitterly, "Playing at a higher level is a taboo in officialdom, your majesty, you should understand, right?" ”
"But you're still an official." Zhu Qizhen was not very satisfied with this statement, "It is your authority to hear about it!" ”
Li Qing nodded with a smile: "Nacheng, since the emperor said it, then I will play it." ”
After a pause, Zhengse said: "The minister impeached Guo Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Wang Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Wang Qian, the servant of the Criminal Department, which blatantly violated the law set by Emperor Xuanzong. ”
"What law did they break?"
"Prostitutes!" Li Qing said.
A hint of surprise flashed in Zhu Qizhen's eyes, "Really? ”
"See it with your own eyes."
"That's great...... Oh, that's not right. Zhu Qizhen reacted and looked at him with a scrutinizing expression, "You also prostituted?" ”
"I'm a prostitute." Li Qing said.
Zhu Qizhen didn't understand, "What do you mean?" ”
"I only drink and listen to music, and I don't communicate deeply."
Zhu Qizhen said suspiciously: "Can you bear it?" ”
He's tasted it, so he knows how much concentration it takes to overcome temptation.
Li Qing: "...... Don't believe it, pull it down. ”
"Hey, don't be annoyed." Zhu Qizhen grabbed him, "Look at you, I just asked, do I believe you can't make it." ”
Li Qing rolled his eyes and sat down again, "Your Majesty, you know about the opening of brothels in the capital, right?" ”
"You know, the first year of orthodoxy will be opened." Zhu Qizhen nodded, "The first emperor set a lot of systems that made officials uncomfortable, and the court situation was very chaotic at that time, and the empress dowager could only maintain it with difficulty, so she had to open one eye and close one eye;
The Empress Dowager told me about this that the reopening of the brothel was tacitly approved by me and the Empress Dowager. ”
After a pause, he added: "But it's just acquiescence, and I haven't let go on the surface, so I can still use this reason to punish them." ”
"That's good." Li Qing said with a smile: "In this way, the emperor will make a big fuss." ”
Zhu Qizhen asked: "Then why don't you impeach in the court?" ”
"Catch the thief and catch the dirty, catch the traitor and catch the double, this matter has to be caught." Li Qing said, "My impeachment is far more convincing than letting Jinyiwei or Dongchang Fanzi directly drag them out of the brothel." ”
"This is also ha~" Zhu Qizhen suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said happily: "Sir, I suddenly have an idea." ”
"What?"
"Raise your strength!"