The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Li Dongyang and three other cabinet members followed Xiao Jing to the Qianqing Palace.

A group of ministers were left in Xinuang Pavilion.

"Your Majesty fainted, and your household has nothing to do with it."

The chief clerks of the Ministry of Works were very anxious, and the Ministry of Household Affairs was often stuck with military pay and monthly regulations. They were not popular among the six ministries.

Seeing the yellow book, the population was more than two million less than in the fourth year of Hongzhi. The officials took the opportunity to issue orders.

Han Wen and Chen Qing sighed.

There was chaos in the main hall, and Li Dongyang and others fell beside Emperor Hongzhi.

"The Ministry of Households is in charge of the fields, the number of households and taxes, and we should give an explanation to Your Majesty!"

"It is true that disasters will reduce the population, but every time there is a disaster, His Majesty will issue an order for relief. Where did all the relief money go?"

The elderly Yan Guan stubbornly believed that the Ministry of Revenue was not managed properly, and he was spitting.

Chen Qing felt extremely aggrieved. What does it matter to him if he is gone?

It's not like I ate them.

The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, the official department and other officials all agreed to write ballads.

Tobe tried his best to calculate for several months, but he got this ending. After enduring it for a while, he couldn't bear it anymore.

The war of words broke out in full force.

The imperial censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were preparing to join the battle. Wu Kuan spoke earnestly from the side and almost fell to his knees: "There is enough chaos in the court. I don't want to add to the chaos."

Yan Chengjin still had several bullets in his sleeves, ready to show them to His Majesty.

It seems that it is temporarily ruined.

At this time, outside the main hall.

Zhu Houzhao saw the excitement in the hall and walked in calmly: "What are you masters arguing about?"

All the officials turned their heads.

The young eunuch of Fengtian Palace stepped forward. He was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would cause trouble, so he whispered to please: "Your Highness, you'd better go to Qianqing Palace to see His Majesty. Your Majesty has fainted."

Zhu Houzhao blinked: "I am not an imperial doctor. Before my father wakes up, from now on, I will supervise the country!"

Lying~

Zhu Houzhao, are you afraid that your skin is itchy and you want to scrape it?

Yan Chengjin looked at him with a strange expression. There was no bright light in the sky, and history is like a long night.

Bai Guan exhaled a sigh of relief from his nostrils.

You usually just play tricks, but how dare you take advantage of His Majesty's fainting state to seek power and usurp the throne?

"Your Highness, quickly go back to the East Palace to study."

"How can His Highness interfere in major affairs of the court?"

The officials tried to persuade him, but the little eunuch in the East Palace cried sadly and hugged Zhu Houzhao's thigh: "Your Highness, don't go up."

"How can we supervise the country if we don't go up!"

Zhu Houzhao kicked him away and said happily: "As the crown prince, my father often lets me observe the government. Why can't I supervise the country?"

His Majesty asked Zhu Houzhao to observe the government, but he did not say that he could preside over the court discussions.

The officials all looked at their own departments. Ma Wensheng shook his head and said, "Just ignore it."

Zhu Houzhao took the yellow book and looked at it: "My father worked hard to govern, but the population was reduced by two million. It turns out that hard work is useless."

The officials suppressed their anger. If the prince was still young, he would be dragged out and educated.

But then, they saw that Zhu Houzhao was extremely serious, blinking again and again, reading the pornographic album.

"I understand that the population did not disappear, but became refugees, so it did not appear in the Yellow Book.

Master Chen, are the millions of refugees in Yansui who built the Great Wall included in the Yellow Book? "

Chen Qing shook his head: "Refugees are not recorded."

Zhu Houzhao spoke as if he was the smartest person in the world and deserved a beating.

But his analysis makes sense.

Yan Chengjin couldn't help but think of the refugees who had collapsed in three places in Shandong and became refugees.

In addition to having no household registration, refugees are also extremely mobile.

In the fourth year of Hongzhi, there were more than 53 million people, and by the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, there were 50.8 million people.

During these eleven years, there were no large-scale wars.

Therefore, these people should have become refugees or hermits.

The officials sounded reasonable, but they didn't want to talk to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao was addicted and said to Yan Chengjin: "Yan Qing's family, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"I believe that we should set up shelters in various prefectures, rearrange household registration for the refugees, and follow the camp southward to open up wasteland in Guangxi."

"Well, I have this intention as well. Let's draw up the edict."

Ma Wensheng's face was so dark that he could scrape off the ashes from a pot. One of them dared to ask, and the other really dared to answer.

All the officials knew that the prince and Yan Chengjin were colluding in private and did not argue much.

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and Zhu Houzhao said seriously: "Why don't you draft a decree?"

Qianqing Palace, sleeping hall.

Li Dongyang and others were standing by the bed, and the imperial doctor was treating Emperor Hongzhi.

Xiao Jing went to the pharmacy to invite Wang Ji: "Gentlemen, let Dr. Wang take a look."

Wang Ji pressed Emperor Hongzhi's Shenting and Yintang points, and put musk on Emperor Hongzhi's nose.

Soon, Emperor Hongzhi's eyebrows moved, then his nose twitched, and he suddenly woke up.

"How long have I been sleeping?"

"It's not long, only half an hour. Your Majesty, why not rest in your bedroom today?" Liu Jian asked with concern.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian nodded.

If you return to Fengtian Palace, your Majesty may faint again.

"I thought it would be more prosperous than when I ascended the throne, but I didn't expect it... If I don't want to understand, how can I sleep."

Li Dongyang also didn't expect it. Even if it wasn't long, it wouldn't have dropped so sharply, right?

As cabinet bachelors, all three of them looked ashamed.

"Your Majesty chose us to join the cabinet, but because of our poor virtues and talents, we are unable to share His Majesty's worries. I have committed an unpardonable crime!"

Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty, the population is not small, they have become refugees."

Emperor Hongzhi asked: "Did the Hubu say that?"

Xiao Jing hurriedly said: "Did the prince say that?"

The prince said...

Emperor Hongzhi's originally gentle expression turned gloomy again. If they were refugees, they could be resettled elsewhere.

But if the person has died...

It cannot be conjured out of thin air.

"The prince is supervising the country in Xinuang Pavilion and wants to use your majesty's jade seal to issue imperial edicts."

Emperor Hongzhi stood up, as if he had never been sick: "He took my jade seal? Did he seal it? What imperial edict was issued?"

He put on his shoes and hurried to Xinuang Pavilion.

The imperial edict is the king's order.

It is difficult to invalidate an imperial edict at once, and an imperial edict must be used to revoke it.

Li Dongyang and others followed behind, equally anxious.

Zhu Houzhao wrote an imperial edict in his own handwriting and wanted to have it stamped. The young eunuchs hugged him.

"Your Highness, please return the seal quickly."

"Be careful... don't smash it."

Ma Wensheng snatched away the imperial edict and refused to let him seal it, but he could do nothing with Zhu Houzhao.

Yan Chengjin shook his head, Zhu Houzhao was only afraid of four people, but unfortunately they were not here.

"You bastard, please put down the seal quickly!"

Emperor Hongzhi walked into the hall in a hurry. He only had one shoe on his feet, and Xiao Jing was holding the other one in his hand.

"I will see you, Your Majesty!"

Ma Wensheng, Han Wen and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly and saluted.

"My son has met my father." Zhu Houzhao saluted quickly.

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him: "Kneel down and speak for yourself."

Zhu Houzhao made a puff and knelt down in the hall: "My son is afraid that his father will be in ruins, so he wants to rule the country for his father."

Don't be angry with him, that's all. Emperor Hongzhi looked full of disbelief: "To share your worries, you just want to take my jade seal and stamp it randomly?!"

"My son felt that what Lao Gao said made sense, so he made a decree."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi cast an unkind look at Yan Chengjin.