Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 42 The emperor said a word, and the courtier broke his leg
Chapter 42 A Word From the Son of Heaven, A Courtier Runs Broken
"Master Li came here suddenly, I don't know when?" Liang Chu asked suspiciously. "

"Master Liang, are you kidding me?"

"joke?"

Li Suide nodded seriously and said: "Yes, I come here this time to receive the money allocated by His Majesty in the future."

"A total of 800 million Liang Baiyin, please give Mr. Liang's approval!"

Liang Chu heard the words, want to cry but no tears, this heart is bleeding, 800 taels of silver, where can I find it?Don't say 800 taels, now you can't even get 80 taels of silver.

into the night.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The eunuch at the door presented a pile of memorials compiled by the cabinet to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao flipped through it casually, and even when he saw the tax policy formulated by Liang Chu, a faint smile leaked from the corner of his mouth.

It seems that this incident has completely forced the Ministry of Household Affairs and the cabinet to death.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Liang Chu to put his abacus on this.

"Just do it like this, let the Ministry of Finance let go and do it!"

"According to the order!"

The servant eunuch took the memorial book respectfully, and retreated cautiously.

In the palace, Zhu Houzhao got up slowly and stood with his hands behind his back.

Liang Chu set his sights on taxes and started working on merchants, which was a way to accumulate wealth for Ming Dynasty.

In the big world, agriculture is emphasized and business is suppressed, but there is a lot of lack of clarity in the collection of commercial taxes.

Liang Chu's move is undoubtedly balancing the gap between the poor and the rich.This will prevent the rich from getting richer and the poor from getting poorer.

"I don't know what measures the cabinet has taken?"

Just as Zhu Houzhao was walking in the hall with his hands behind his back, Shen Lian, the commander of Jinyiwei, walked quickly into the hall, bowed and said: "Commander of Jinyiwei, Shen Lian, see Your Majesty!"

"Let's get back down without courtesy!" Zhu Houzhao looked very happy, and he slightly wrote to Shen Lian.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Shen Lian, you came to see me, what do you want to say?"

Jin Yiwei Commander Shen Liangong cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the first assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, and the second assistant, Li Dongyang, went to the Ministry of War to borrow 800 people. I don't know what is the use?"

"Oh!"

Zhu Houzhao's expression moved slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became brighter.

"Interesting, the older you get, the more interesting you are, these two old guys."

The emperor's order is the imperial decree.

The emperor asked them to raise money, and they had to complete the overturning of the walls and tiles. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous if the emperor got angry!
You must know that the position of this cabinet is also glorious under the shining of imperial power.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang complained endlessly. Although they are expensive as the chief assistant and have talents in the world, it is really a headache for them to raise 800 million taels of silver.

This day, the emperor swiped his pen and spent all the money in the treasury, 800 million taels of silver, without even blinking his eyes.

The emperor was happy, but the people under him who worked for him were very worried.

If he can't think of a way to raise money, he won't even be able to get half a year's salary.

If the national treasury continues to be empty, and the military pay for the border guards in the coming year cannot be paid, I am afraid that troubles will arise.

The emperor said a word, and the courtiers broke their legs.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are all important officials of the imperial court, with high positions and weights, but now, in order to get money, they have to use some despicable means.

They know that it won't be long before they will bear a bad name one by one.

But, is there any way to do all of this?

They don't recite the bad name, so are they going to dump it on the emperor?

In Chuxiu Palace.

Bai Xue was embroidering a handkerchief with two mandarin ducks drawn on it.

All kinds of exotic flowers and plants in the yard are competing to bloom.

These days in the Chuxiu Palace were far better than those in the Huanyi Bureau. In the Huanyi Bureau, there were a lot of clothes for him to wash by hand every day, not only the clothes of the emperor, the empress dowager, but also those eunuchs with status.

Bai Xue hummed a little tune, imagining how wonderful it would be for Zhu Houzhao to come to Chuxiu Palace, she never expected His Majesty to come to see him.

Occasionally, she can see His Majesty, and she is already satisfied.

Several maids and eunuchs in Chuxiu Palace were interrogated by Dongchang, and they were all released.

"Lady, you are so elegant!"

Bai Xue was embroidering a handkerchief, when Ouyang Jing appeared in Chuxiu Palace, Bai Xue quickly stood up and said, "So it's Aunt Ouyang."

Ouyang Jing quickly waved her hand: "I said it last time, you and I are sisters, we need to be like sisters in the future, don't call me aunt again."

"Sister Jing'er."

"Well, good sister"

Ouyang Jing signaled Bai Xue to sit down, and then asked: "Your Majesty asked you to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight, do you know what to do?"

"What? What should I do?" Bai Xue asked with a red face.

In this palace, no one told her how to serve His Majesty, because she was born as a palace maid and never served His Majesty to sleep.
Ouyang Jing smiled and said: "Your Majesty asked you to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation because he must have a good impression of you. You should find a way to make His Majesty feel comfortable. If that is the case, you will be favored by His Majesty. Then you will be able to do so when the time comes." Not a lady anymore, at least you will have a place in the palace."

Listening to Ouyang Jing's words, Bai Xue's face blushed a lot in an instant. Although she hadn't experienced what happened in the room, after she entered the palace, she knew a little bit about it from the little maids.

"Sister Jing'er, how can I make His Majesty feel comfortable?" Bai Xue asked softly.

"Come here and I'll tell you."

Bai Xue brought her ear closer, Ouyang Jing whispered in Bai Xue's ear for a while, Bai Xue lowered her head deeply, her hands tightly clutching the handkerchief, sometimes her cheeks were flushed, and sometimes she was tender and affectionate
After a long time, Ouyang Jing asked, "Sister, should you know what to do now?"

Bai Xue nodded and said, "Sister, I know, but I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."

"That depends on your ability!"

Ouyang Jing stood up, smiling slightly.

Ouyang Jing walked out of Chuxiu Palace.

"Sister, don't send it away, get ready to take a bath and change clothes, get ready early!"

In a courtyard of Chuxiu Palace, Bai Xue walked into a large bathtub, soaked in many rose petals, and the fragrance was overflowing.
Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhu Houzhao flipped through the recent memorials submitted by the cabinet ministers. Most of them said that the current Ming Dynasty has no worries inside and no bandits outside. It is a scene of detailed explanation.

Zhu Houzhao knew that these ministers were whitewashing a peaceful and prosperous age. In the eyes of these civil servants, only by saying that it was a peaceful and prosperous age can they praise His Majesty's ability to govern the country.

As for whether the empire is really a peaceful and prosperous world, as long as it can make His Majesty happy, nothing else matters.

Since there is a wise majesty, it is inevitable that people will lose themselves in such an environment of praise.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao was not the emperor who was dazzled by eulogy. Just before that, Li Dongyang, the second assistant to the cabinet, was fined half a year's salary for saying a few words of eulogy in the court.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao also knows this. If he doesn't treat this huge empire now, the Ming Empire will cease to exist in the near future.

He walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation with his hands behind his back, and the sun was warm.

Walking to the Imperial Garden, the Queen Mother asked to feed a lot of goldfish in the Imperial Garden. You can watch the fish in your spare time to relieve your stress.

When Zhu Houzhao appeared in the imperial garden, he saw a beautiful figure appearing in the imperial garden, and then heard a series of laughter like silver bells
　Ask for collection.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)