"Your Majesty, you don't like women with small feet?" Tang Guifei asked cautiously.
"Like a monster."
Tang Yunyan was puzzled. Lingbo walked slightly, and socks were dusty. Don't kings cherish their little feet?
She once thought that His Majesty didn't like her because of her big feet.
I didn’t expect His Majesty to be so prejudiced against little feet. Why?
"My dear concubine, if I abolish the little feet, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu pulled her into the inner hall.
"Your Majesty, the women's temple is not allowed to interfere in politics, and I dare not say anything!"
"It's just a small talk, I haven't thought about whether I should abolish it or not!" Zhu Qiyu asked her to help undress, wash up and lie down.
Concubine Tang carefully looked at the emperor's expression and said thoughtfully: "I thought that if your majesty didn't like it, he would issue a decree not to recruit women with bound feet into the palace. The court would naturally follow his example, and the custom would spread to the people, and it would naturally change subtly. .”
"I think that if the people do not obey the imperial edict issued by the temple, will you punish it or not? If you punish, the law will not punish the people; if you do not punish, the imperial edict will lose its credibility."
"Your Majesty, please consider this as a concubine."
Zhu Qiyu really listened and nodded slightly: "Starting from the palace, I will lead by example."
He leads by example.
Just go up to the court the next morning and get furious.
"Are you all fools? Are you sending little-footed girls to the palace as slaves and asking me to serve them? Huh?"
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Have you grown a brain?"
"In previous years, when selecting palace maidens, small feet were not allowed. Don't you even have this bit of common sense?"
"Official, I can't do well as an official! I don't understand how to serve me!"
"What's the use of keeping you here!"
Li Jian was beaten deaf, and all the palace ladies with small feet were driven out of the palace.
Word spread outside the palace, and some courtiers even wrote suicide notes in advance, waiting to be sentenced to death.
Thinking that the emperor took the opportunity to straighten his feet and clear the court.
However, listening to the emperor's words, it seems that he just dislikes his daughter with small feet and cannot take on the work in the palace? Not completely abolishing foot binding?
Then does my daughter no longer need to be a slave in the palace?
Good thing!
"I ask you, why do you want to tie your daughter's feet?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
"this……"
No one can answer it. It has been a custom for thousands of years. Ever since Li Yu, the late emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, liked the three-inch golden lotus, the practice of foot binding has been on the rise.
In the prosperous Ming Dynasty, foot binding spread throughout the country, and the size of feet became a yardstick for measuring a woman's character.
"What are you pretending to be?"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly yelled: "It's just because you like it!"
"The King of Chu has such a slim waist, so many people in the palace will starve to death!"
"You like it, so the public should follow suit!"
"Next time when the capital is inspected, we will add one more thing. If the wives, concubines, and daughters of the officials have small feet, they will be demoted to one level!"
"If you fall to the worst, you will be dismissed immediately!"
This sentence stung a hornet's nest.
Many officials objected: "Your Majesty, how can a woman see others easily? Aren't you forcing the woman to commit suicide to prove her innocence?"
There were many officials who opposed it, and they even did not hesitate to contradict the emperor.
Even Li Xian couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the defense between men and women must never be broken!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed and he looked at Geng Jiuchou and Bai Gui, whom he valued. They lowered their heads and remained silent, obviously not supporting either.
If he wants to challenge tradition, Zhu Qiyu is not qualified yet.
"The defense between men and women cannot be broken, so the palace will send my aunt to investigate."
Zhu Qiyu took a step back.
"Your Majesty, it will take time to change customs. Many of the officials' wives and concubines have small feet, and the older daughters have their feet bound. If you use this as a standard, I am afraid that most of the officials will be dismissed." Yu Shan said loudly.
He likes small feet, and all his wives and concubines at home have small feet. If he is inspected according to the emperor's standards, he will definitely not do well, so he firmly opposes it.
"Young Master Yu is right. If they abandon their wives and children because of the imperial police, how can these women survive?" Yi Ming agreed.
Wei Neng, the minister of Guanglu Temple, said: "When the aunt in the palace gains power, corruption will inevitably breed. She will take the opportunity to extort officials and other officials. What kind of behavior is it for a good Beijing police officer to be disturbed by some women?"
Many officials followed suit and objected.
Zhu Qiyu watched their performance coldly.
Hu Xi lowered his head and said nothing. Anyway, he has always opposed women's foot binding. It would be good if Your Majesty is sincere in getting rid of this bad habit.
But, is the emperor’s true purpose Little Feet?
Yu Qian was already on his way back to the capital. Fan Guang, who had moved to Sanguan, also received news of the breakup. Did the emperor want to use his little feet to interfere with the capital inspection?
To counter Yu Qian? Honorable minister?
He always felt that it was not simple.
"If you have any excuses, tell me!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "If I say one thing, you have a hundred words waiting for me!"
"Have you forgotten what happened to Chen Xun?"
“If there’s a problem, solve it!”
"If you can't solve it, I'll find another group of people to solve it!"
"Anyway, there are many scholars in the world. If you don't want to stand here, go away!"
"There are so many people in the world who want to stand in the court! Serve me!"
When Chen Xun was mentioned, Yu Shan, Yi Ming, and Wei Neng's expressions changed, and they quickly knelt down to apologize.
"Yu Shan, do you want to retire and return to your hometown?" Zhu Qiyu's eyes were gloomy and he directly named him.
These days, I am too talkative, so you are drifting off again?
Have you forgotten whose dog you are?
Give it some sunshine and it will be brilliant!
"I know my mistake!" Yu Shan trembled.
"Hmph, if you don't want to do it, just say so. I allow you to retire and return to your hometown. I don't know how many people in the government and the public are concerned about your position!"
Zhu Qiyu said neither yin nor yang: "You guys too! Don't think that I will stop turning around after I leave your court?"
"Is this what Wang Ao thought at the beginning? Chen Xun also thought so! Even the Supreme Emperor thought so too!"
"What's wrong now?"
"Whoever dies, Ming Dynasty will continue to move forward! I will always be the emperor of Ming Dynasty! No one can change it!"
"Who do you think you are? Think about it yourself!"
"Cabinet, come up with a charter. I hate small feet! Like a monster. How can a majestic celestial woman be a monster?"
All the officials kowtowed, and the senior officials in the cabinet felt sad. They all began to miss Chen Xun, but they couldn't go back.
Seeing the hundreds of officials bowing to him, Zhu Qiyu changed the subject:
"If you really like little feet, go to Xifan, Mobei, Annan, or Japan to find them."
"Those people are mean. I'll chop off their feet and give them to you to keep. I won't feel bad if I chop off hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions of people!"
"As you wish! Not only will I not interfere, I will also applaud you!"
"But women from the Celestial Dynasty are not allowed to! Women from my Ming Dynasty are not allowed to have their feet bound!"
"They are women from the Heavenly Dynasty, my daughters! I will not allow them to suffer!"
"We must not allow the bad habit of foot binding to continue! It will damage the prestige of the Celestial Empire!"
Zhu Qiyu's tone softened slightly: "For officials, if you can loosen your bound feet, hold on and loosen them. If your feet are bound, marry as early as possible. Don't think about climbing a high branch. You will be upset when you go to your in-law's house in the future. It's better to marry low and choose a private household." If you get married, you can still live the life of an official lady!"
"I have told you the standards of the Beijing Police, so you can take care of yourself!"
What else dare you say?
The emperor is going to take action, who dares to test the emperor's bottom line?
I can only kowtow to apologize.
In fact, I disdain it. Those who are qualified to have their feet bound are the upper class. Why should folk women have their feet bound?
The woman in the extra story is even more unworthy, and it’s off-putting to watch.
But Hu Hui's eyes lit up and he saw that before Yu Qian came back, the emperor took a preemptive strike and beat the ministers, telling them: Don't think that Yu Qian will have a backer when he comes back!
When Yu Qian comes back, I will still be the emperor!
Yu Qian can't make trouble, do you understand?
At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor did not kill two sacrificial swords, so he had restrained his temper.
"If there's something going on, go ahead, if there's nothing going on, leave the court!" Zhu Qiyu said.
"Your Majesty, the resettlement of the refugees has been completed for the time being. I will set out the important matters in the memorial for the Holy Eyes to read!" Ye Sheng left the office.
Shi Pu was a smart man and knew that the emperor valued Ye Sheng.
So giving Ye Sheng a good opportunity to get ahead is a way of forming a personal relationship with Ye Sheng.
When it was presented, Zhu Qiyu didn't read it and put it on the imperial desk: "I have asked the Ordnance Bureau to rush out a batch of farm tools and give them to the refugees without charging any money."
Ye Sheng rolled his eyes. You have wiped out all the money in the hands of the refugees. Some of them still owe Dongchang loan sharks. How can you take advantage of them?
However, the emperor's willingness to give farm tools to the refugees was considered a great favor.
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of the refugees!" Ye Sheng kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "The court owes all the ministers several months of salary, and they have to pay it out as well. They all found silver! No treasure notes!"
Wow!
As soon as this statement came out, there was a lot of discussion in the court. Are you really going to give out money? The emperor doesn't pick at his children anymore?
"Why are you looking at me like this?" Zhu Qiyu asked in surprise.
"Your Majesty, my family can still make ends meet, so this, this money should be rewarded to the meritorious ministers!" Li Xian said cautiously.
All the officials secretly glanced at the emperor. The Ming Emperor was the stingiest. His salary was set very low and he often couldn't pay it out!
Especially today's Holy Emperor, the king of kings.
It is even more difficult to get money out of his hands. What on earth is going on this time? Why is the money being given out?
"Hahaha, meritorious ministers will be rewarded, and ministers will also be given salaries!"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "In the future, we will no longer issue treasure notes. We will directly find silver."
"I originally wanted to issue copper coins, but the copper coins are piled up in the internal transportation warehouse, which really takes up space. Moreover, there has been some internal income recently, and the silver is left to mold in the warehouse. It is really unnecessary."
Your Majesty, you are in Versailles!
Baiguan feels miserable, it’s all our money!
"Gentlemen, I have an idea."
coming!
The emperor will never give out money for no reason, just wait here!
"I am afraid that the banknote law will not be implemented. The government and the opposition know it well. In the past, there was no money, so the court could only enforce the banknote law, which caused widespread resentment among the people."
"Now that I have a lot of money, to put it bluntly, my money has become moldy in the palace!"
Zhu Qiyu said happily: "So, I plan to abolish the banknote law and use silver as the main currency. What do you think?"
The treasure banknotes have long existed in name only, and the people have suffered so much. If the government had not enforced the treasure banknotes and included them in the Ming Dynasty laws, they would have become waste paper long ago.
In recent years, the court no longer needs the last fig leaf, and taxes have begun to be collected in silver.
With the power of Yu Qian's victory, Zhu Qiyu also wants to do something big!
Reform the currency!
Use eight million taels to make another fortune.
"May I ask your majesty, will your majesty abolish the banknote law completely? Or temporarily abolish it?" Zhang Feng asked with a frown.
"Abolish it completely and replace it with silver!"
Zhang Feng hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, do you know that the country is short of silver, but now there is more silver on the market, it is the credit of the Shipping Department."
"If foreign trade is cut off and the banknote method is abandoned, Ming Dynasty will immediately fall into a money shortage."
"Moreover, the folk squires and landlords have the habit of hoarding money. They hide the money in their own pig pens and are not willing to spend it."
"Wei Chen suggests that the banknote method can be temporarily abandoned and the purpose of abolishing it is unknown. Once there is a shortage of money, the banknote method can be implemented again."
Zhang Feng’s suggestion is feasible.
Meng Jian, the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out of his shift. After saluting, he said: "Your Majesty, I believe that we should continue the policy of issuing banknotes in parallel. Although treasure notes are inflated, at least they are still in circulation in the court."
"Once the banknote method is completely abandoned and I want to pick it up again, I am worried that it will cause a backlash among the people."
"It's better to use cash first. Let's not abolish the banknotes for the time being. Let's use it like this first."
"I agree with Minister Meng's suggestion." Lu Yuan, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also agreed.
With the Ministry of Revenue offering suggestions, many officials expressed their opinions.
They're all pretty much the same.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "I don't plan to use silver ingots. It's inconvenient. You need to weigh them with a scale and then cut them with scissors during transactions. This is a huge loss and ordinary people can't afford it."
"Secondly, it is inconvenient to carry. When I go out with a silver ingot, it feels awkward to put it on my body, and it feels awkward to put it in my bag."
"I plan to suppress silver coins, and each silver coin has a fixed denomination."
"For example, one tael of silver coins, two taels, five taels, ten taels."
The emperor originally wanted to mint money!
The money must be minted by adding water to it to make money and fool the people.
"Your Majesty, please listen to what I have to say!"
Hu Xi immediately stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, although the internal funds are more generous, please do not waste your money!"
"First of all, silver is expensive. Our country is not rich in silver. The silver on the market is all obtained from trade with foreigners."
"But I estimate that the Yi people don't have much silver. I have personally met those Yi people. The country they mentioned is very small. How could they have so much silver to squander?"
"What Zhang Shangshu said makes sense. Once trade is cut off, there will definitely be a silver shortage in our court. How will the court respond then?"
"Secondly, Your Majesty wants to press silver coins. Has Your Majesty counted the waste? Silver is wasteful. For every two taels of silver, two or three coins will be lost. After being pressed into silver coins, the silver will shrink and the court will suffer a heavy loss."
"Thirdly, if your majesty produces exquisite silver coins, as soon as they come out, they will be snapped up by merchants and then buried in the ground. Can your majesty's internal funds be able to withstand the rush of merchants?"
"Fourth, if your majesty wants to make money by pressing coins, he has to mix things into them. If you add too much, the value will naturally drop. When the time comes, the reputation will collapse and it will be no different from treasure banknotes."
"Your Majesty, if the above four situations occur and the money in the court is instantly empty, what will happen?"
Hu Hui kowtowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, this matter will definitely harm all generations. Please never think of this again!"
What Hu Hui said made sense, but he didn't know that the money of the Yi people came from the Americas, and the silver in the Americas was inexhaustible.
Moreover, the Japanese country closest to the Ming Dynasty was rich in silver mines.
Myanmar is rich in gold deposits.
But Hu Xi was right in two things: too much fire was consumed, and people in the Ming Dynasty liked to hoard silver, and the silver in their internal funds was simply not enough to make reserves.
"Old Master, please get up quickly. This remark came from a flash of inspiration in my mind, so I brought it out to discuss with you all. If you say it is right or wrong, I will forgive you. You all can say what you want freely."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I plan to forcibly collect the silver from the people, press it into silver coins, and then circulate it back to the people..."
"Your Majesty!"
Hu Xi rolled his eyes: "What would you do if the old minister went to rob people's money? You would kill the old minister. If the court sends troops to rob people's money, wouldn't that mean the government forces the people to rebel?"
"It's not about robbing, it's about calling on the people to take out their money and exchange it for silver coins." Zhu Qiyu was very naive.
"Your Majesty, even if Duke Yan Sheng is reborn, he cannot make all the people in the world give up their guard."
Hu Xi smiled helplessly and said: "May I ask Your Majesty, who is this person who is causing harm to the country and the people? Tell you, I ask Your Majesty to kill him!"
"This policy will surely destabilize the Ming Dynasty and cause the Ming Dynasty to collapse in an instant!"
Zhu Qiyu looked embarrassed, something he had seen in his previous life.
But the human heart is ignored.
Since ancient times, the people have no trust in the government and are only wary, so asking them to give out money is to force them to rebel!
"My lords, doesn't this strategy work?" Zhu Qiyu was a little unwilling.
Li Xian, Zhang Feng and others all shook their heads.
"If the Ming Dynasty is full of silver, this strategy can still be used."
"Nowadays, there is a shortage of money, and there is still a shortage of money in the market. How can we waste money and spend money on what silver coins are there?"
Seeing His Majesty's sincerity, Hu Hu couldn't bear to say: "Your Majesty, can you ask the craftsman to press a silver coin out and see how much silver will be lost? Then let the strategist calculate it."
"As for asking the people to come up with money, you'd better give up this idea. The Ming Dynasty cannot be in chaos!"
Hu Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, His Majesty did not enforce it. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.
Compared with pressing silver coins, it is more reliable to correct the bad habit of binding feet.
Let the cabinet issue a statement. Footbinding must be denied from an official perspective. As for the people, it is not easy to change customs.
"That's it, I'll think about it again."
Zhu Qiyu's enthusiasm was waning, and he originally wanted to use silver coins to seize the right to mint coins.
In fact, it's quite ridiculous when you think about it. The right to mint money has always been in the hands of the court. Whether it is silver ingots or silver coins, the essence is the same.
The main reason for the opposition of the important ministers was that the Ming Dynasty had little money!
If you want him to bother you, you need more money.
But he came up with this idea because he actually wanted to make the Ming Bank and hold the currency firmly in his hands.
However, silver in this era is not currency in the strict sense.
"Instruct the Shipping Department to increase trade with the foreigners and make more money!"
Zhu Qiyu announced his resignation from the court and suddenly stopped: "By the way, for those palace maids who were sent out, their families will find daughters to send to the palace. They don't want those with small feet, and they don't want those with side effects. They will find their own way."
Those officials were in mourning. They thought they had escaped the disaster, but they didn't want to.
I kept thinking about it on the way back to the palace.
The treasure banknotes will definitely no longer be used. It is necessary to reserve more silver. Hu Hu is right. Once silver coins are minted and redeemed by merchants, and they are minted and redeemed again, the silver in the banknotes will eventually be redeemed.
Currency must be reformed...
Wait, issue banknotes!
Be a banker and bank account number!
He really put aside the basics and rushed to the bottom. To build the Ming Dynasty Bank, he could also start from the ticket number. With eight million taels as reserves, the bank would definitely be able to open.
Ultimately, he wants money to make money.
The reason why an emperor is an emperor is that he is richer than everyone else in the world so that he can dominate the world.
When he arrived at the Qinzheng Hall, Zhu Qiyu was wandering in the sky.
The meal was eaten in a hurry.
He began to review the memorial.
"Your Majesty, Li Qianshi has arrived in the capital and is waiting outside the palace gate." Feng Xiao whispered.
"Li Zhen?"
Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Li Zhen was the governor Qian Shi: "Xuan comes in, Chen You and Mao Sheng also call in. I want to talk to them."
Mao Sheng was a Mongolian Han Chinese, and he had never been trusted by Zhu Qiyu.
Soon, the three of them entered the Qinzheng Hall and knelt on the ground to salute.
After months of separation, they entered the palace and walked in. As if they had been separated for years, the once glorious and majestic palace became dilapidated. The traces left by the seizure of the door can still make people feel shocked after seeing it. The scene that day seemed like It’s vivid in my mind.
When they entered Beijing, they heard about what had happened in the past two months and felt very sad.
Fang Ying sent someone to tell them that they must serve the emperor carefully.
The emperor is different now.
Because he did not dare to say too much, he only repeatedly told them that they must serve the emperor carefully and never be as careless as before.
After listening to Li Zhen's detailed explanation of how to quell the chaos, Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Li Zhen, you did a good job."
"I don't dare to praise His Majesty!"
Li Zhen climbed up from the bottom bit by bit. This kind of person is best at observing words and emotions. He has three backers in the court, Fang Ying, Liang Yue and Wang Lai.
The first two of them wrote to him, asking him to be respectful to His Majesty.
Wang Lai told him bluntly that the emperor's changes required him to serve his master well.
Li Zhen understood that it would definitely not work if he continued to fool the emperor like before, so he had to serve carefully.
"Chen You, Mao Sheng, you two did a good job too!" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.
Chen You is a Hui Hui, an old man who has lived through the Five Dynasties.
"I don't dare to praise your majesty." Although Chen You is old, he doesn't dare to praise him.
As a Hui Hui, he had no backer in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor was his only support, so he would never take sides. No matter who became the emperor, he would act loyally.
In the past few years, the emperor had been lukewarm to him. It was because he refused to support the emperor unequivocally that he could not get a knighthood.
"Chen You, do you want to go home?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
Chen You was stunned, thinking that "home" was the home of the capital.
"Yu Qian fought a beautiful victory in Xuanzhen, annihilating more than 30,000 Wala elites, more than hundreds of thousands in total!"
Zhu Qiyu said with an angry expression: "I plan to reopen the Western Region and operate the Silk Road, so I ask you, do you want to go home?"
"This this……"
Chen You had no impression of his hometown. He was born and raised in the Han region, but his grandfather and father mentioned his home countless times, and he also fantasized about that place.
But Daming had lost it for a long time, and he thought he would never be able to see his grandfather's home again.
"Although that place is not Wei Chen's home, it is Wei Chen's ancestral land. Wei Chen hopes that one day, his ancestral land can return to the embrace of the Han family!"
With tears in Chen You's eyes, he kowtowed respectfully: "If Your Majesty reopens the Western Regions, I am willing to serve as a pioneer!"
"Then, old general, you should take good care of yourself and live well. You must see that day!"
Zhu Qiyu helped him up very seriously.
Chen Youming knew that this was His Majesty's way of winning people's hearts, but he couldn't help but get excited. The general died in hundreds of battles, and his body was returned wrapped in horse leather. He wanted to lead the army to regain his ancestral land.
A Han Hui like him never thinks that he looks different from others. He firmly believes that he is Han.
"Mao Sheng, I remember you fled to Mobei a few years ago..."
Before Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Mao Sheng knelt on the ground, trembling.
"Hahaha, why should the old general care?"
"I have no intention of blaming you!"
"Who wouldn't want to go home and see it?"
"I also want to visit Nanjing. Although I was not born or raised in Nanjing, Nanjing is the home of my great-grandfather, who has also been in Nanjing for many years."
"I want to tell you that I have Taizong's ambition to regain the lost land in Mobei and reopen the grassland!"
"Old General, I want to tell you, live well and wait for me to take you home! Okay?"
Zhu Qiyu grabbed Mao Sheng's hand.
Mao Sheng burst into tears.
He spent his childhood on the grasslands, and his ancestors were Yuan aristocrats, and he had many relatives there.
He also wanted to go back with an army to show his status in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone has the desire to return to his hometown in fine clothes. He is old and has only a few years to live. His biggest wish in this life is, firstly, to be granted a title, and secondly, to return home in fine clothes.
"Your Majesty, I must take good care of my body and wait to be the vanguard of the expedition to Mobei!" Mao Sheng knelt down.
"Two old generals!"
Zhu Qiyu held one by the other and said: "You are too tired from all these years of fighting in the north and south. You have to stay in the capital temporarily to help me organize the army. I have recruited four new regiments and battalions. You can stay and help me."
"First of all, I will nourish and recuperate my body."
"Secondly, when the regiment is completed and you personally lead it to recover the Western Region and Mobei, I will let you return home in glory! You will no longer be loyal to me all your life!"
To win people's hearts, you have to look to Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qiyu let go of the two old generals and returned to the throne: "In this battle, the Miao rebellion in Huguang was quelled. All three generals made great contributions!"
"Li Zhen, I want to name you Uncle Xingning; Chen You, I want to name you Uncle Wu Ping; Mao Sheng, I want to name you Uncle Nanning!"
"With this seal, I will not give you the World Voucher for the time being. I will give you the World Voucher when you return home in fine clothes!"
"I hope that the World Voucher I give you will be a Marquis World Voucher! It will be a Marquis World Voucher that will retire with the country!"
"I am keeping the World Voucher and waiting to give it to you!"
Feng Xiao brought up a tray with world certificates on it, all of which were marquis world certificates.
Zhu Qiyu pointed: "Are you confident that you can earn a Marquis World Certificate for your descendants?"
"have!"
Li Zhen and three others shouted in unison.
They really didn't expect that the emperor would be so generous and directly grant the title.
However, now that the honorable ministers are in decline, it is possible that His Majesty would like to promote more honorable ministers and check and balance the civil servants.
The only pity is that there is no inheritance certificate and it cannot be hereditary.
"For these old generals, I have only one sentence: live!"
Zhu Qiyu really had good intentions. Chen You and Mao Sheng are both dead soon.
"This is an imperial edict!"
"I won't allow you to die early. I will let you return to your hometown in fine clothes and let the people of your ancestral land take a look at you!"
"This is the reward for your dedicated service to the Ming Dynasty!"
"This is the best reward I can give you!"
Zhu Qiyu spoke sincerely.
Chen You and Mao Sheng couldn't stop crying. The most important thing in a person's life is their sense of identity.
Especially for foreigners, Chen You and Mao Sheng were very ostracized. Chen You never took sides, and Mao Sheng and Mo Bei hooked up, and both were disliked by the emperor.
However, Zhu Qiyu recognized their merits, recognized their merits and abilities, and concluded the coffin.
Give them hope and let them continue to live.
Regardless of whether it is true or false, the emperor's words about the Tianxian can be regarded as acknowledgment of their merits!
"The Lingtai Hospital regularly diagnoses elderly courtiers. Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure."
"How many times have I been impulsive, but I have always been stopped by the old ministers in the court. I will not allow them to die early!"
"I want to keep them alive and watch the Ming Dynasty become strong!"
Zhu Qiyu told Feng Xiao: "Let the imperial doctors pay more attention. Those who don't pay attention will be punished!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
Feng Xiao admired the emperor's clever method of winning people's hearts.
If you have nothing to do, just call those veterans in the Qinzheng Hall for being stupid! Get in the way old dog!
Now in front of the old minister, he said that having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. Look, how heartwarming it is.
Look at Chen You and the others crying with gratitude.
You will know after you stay in the court for two months. Don't believe the emperor's nonsense.
Chen You and the others were sent away.
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood: "How to place the prisoners? I ordered Hanlin to come over and tell me how to place the prisoners."
Soon, Qiu Jun and others came in.
"Your Majesty, I think I can do labor. Repairing the palace and repairing the capital all require manpower, especially the reconstruction of Xuan Town, which requires a lot of labor."
Qiu Jun is straightforward.
"Li Zhen's battle report stated that more than 8,000 people were captured and escorted to the capital, and only 5,000 people were left. If they were taken to Xuanzang again, it would be good to have 2,000 people left."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I will stay in the capital, but what will I do?"
"Your Majesty, I think I can get into the craftsman's shop." Liu Jue said.
"No, these are just seedlings. How can I be a craftsman if I can't speak Chinese?" Qiu Jun dismissed these prisoners and wanted to directly say, kill them, but he was afraid of offending His Majesty.
The officials were all talking.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "It's possible to be a craftsman, or to raise seedlings. It's even better if you don't speak Chinese..."
Hearing the emperor's muttering, everyone was stunned. Is it okay if you can't speak Chinese?
"Everyone joins the war and becomes a craftsman!"
"ah?"
Qiu Jun was stunned: "Your Majesty, are they prisoners, or are they officials? All the food and supplies for the military battle are from Guanglu Temple, which is better than what the officials eat! You let these prisoners enjoy the military battle treatment?"
"It's not that they do chores and feed the captives according to their diet. They don't have to be fully fed. They will only be fed when they become mature craftsmen. After entering two rounds, they are also slaves. They are my slaves."
After the emperor said this, everyone felt more mentally balanced.
"What? Do you think the food in the palace is bad?" Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and asked with a smile.
"I don't dare!" Qiu Jun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, and all the officials knelt down to apologize.
"It doesn't matter, the food is indeed not good, but there was a lack of food in Beijing some time ago, and the palace was not at peace. Now that Huguang is escorting food into Beijing, there is no shortage of food in Beijing."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Let's just let the Shangshi Bureau do something good. Pick out an empty room from Dongnuang Pavilion and turn it into a dining hall. You can go to that room to eat during meal time. The money will be taken out from the inside. I paid it out. How about it? ?”
It's a good thing to hear that the emperor really improved their diet.
"Wei ministers are waiting to thank the Lord for his kindness!"
Thank you, Hanlins.
As soon as they left, Feng Xiao was not happy: "Your Majesty, you don't waste money like this! Letting them work in the palace is already a great favor from the emperor. How can they still eat in the palace? You can't even bear to eat eggs. , why should we provide them with food?”
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him and saw that just like a master, there is a slave.
I am stingy, you are stingier than me!
"It's just to let people work and give them some food. Doesn't Guanglu Temple also provide food and drink for the War and Weapons Bureau?"
"I think we should all be abolished. What's the point of giving those humble households so much food? Improving their status is already a sign of mercy from the emperor. How dare they disobey?"
Seeing the emperor's unkind expression, Feng Xiao muttered: "Your Majesty, you are not worthy of being a master. Guanglu Temple spends thousands of taels of silver every day..."
"So many?" Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Did someone commit corruption?"
"Your Majesty, how many people in the Military and Arms Bureaus have meals?"
"There are guards on duty outside both games, and the craftsmen are all eaten. Can't the guards be given the same food?"
"Everyone is a big-bellied man, but they are eating cheaply. They eat so much that they take away all the food for tomorrow!"
"Didn't you see? All they eat is money!"
Feng Xiao said aggrievedly: "Let's just cancel it. You do the math..."
"Okay, give them three months. If they can't do what I want, we will cancel the food supply." Zhu Qiyu also felt distressed.
One thousand taels a day, which is 30,000 taels a month, plus the speed of burning money in two games, the money is spent like water, and you can't make money like this even if you have money.
"Slave, please remember!"
Feng Xiao was satisfied: "The food at the military aircraft department..."
"Just provide it first. You don't have to eat too well. I will keep a close eye on you when purchasing. Anyone who dares to reach out will be killed directly without asking me."
Zhu Qiyu has so many things to do every day that he really has no time to care about such trivial matters.
"My slave obeys the order."
"Feng Xiao, you are the person next to me. As long as you don't reach out, the people below will not dare to reach out. Do you understand?"
Zhu Qiyu hit him: "Whatever you want, just tell me and I'll give it to you. You don't have to reach out and take what you shouldn't. You can spend it comfortably and comfortably with what I give you."
"If you have a godson, a mistress from outside, etc., they say there is no need to hide it. I can rest assured if you find someone to take care of you."
"This slave has no such intention!" Cold sweat flowed from Feng Xiao's forehead.
"Get up, what are you afraid of? I'm just telling you that if you are honest with me, you will always be the person I trust most."
Zhu Qiyu personally helped him up: "It doesn't matter even if you make a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes, as long as you are honest with me."
"I am very satisfied with you as my steward. I will keep up the good work."
"If you have anything to say, tell me, Feng Xiao."
Feng Xiao cautiously went out to wait on him. Zhu Qiyu raised his head and glanced at him coldly.
He lowered his head again and reviewed the memorial.
He was waiting for Feng Xiao to take the initiative to confess, but Feng Xiao didn't say anything.
This morning, he received a secret report from the Jinyi Guards, saying that Feng Xiao had a mistress outside the palace, who was given to her by the consort Jiao Jing.
Jiao Jing is the husband of Princess Qingdu. Princess Qingdu is the second daughter of Emperor Renzong and is considered Zhu Qiyu's aunt.
Princess Qingdu died in the fifth year of orthodoxy, but Jiao Jing lived a happy life and had hundreds of concubines. There were rumors that the princess was angry to death because of Jiao Jing's concubines.
The relationship between Zhu Qiyu and Princess Qingdu was average, so it was treated as if it never happened.
But this Jiao Jing, for no reason, hooked up with an internal official, what is he going to do?
Do you think Xun Chen has returned to Beijing and is going to cause trouble again?
Humph, you are thinking too much, I am also returning to Beijing with Qian Qian!
…
A few days passed.
Yu Qian led his army back in triumph, and Hu Hui personally came out of the city to greet him, which gave the Northern Expedition army enough face.
The emperor held a banquet in the palace to entertain all the heroes.
He also let the Northern Expeditionary Army return to camp and had a feast for three days, with plenty of food and wine.
Hu Hui looked at Yu Qian. Yu Qian seemed to be much older, without the temperament he had before. He seemed to be a banished immortal who had fallen into the mortal world and had gone through many vicissitudes of life.
Maybe it's because I'm tired from traveling too much.
After completing a set of etiquette, it was almost dark and everyone was exhausted.
Then he entered the palace to have a banquet.
Standing on the steps of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu looked at these familiar faces and sighed in his heart: "I congratulate you all on entering the palace!"
He held the banquet in Qianqing Palace, his sleeping palace, which shows that he attaches great importance to it.
Singing and dancing, drinking and drinking.
"Master Yu, I offer you a drink!" Zhu Qiyu's cup was completely filled with water.
"I dare not be respected by Your Majesty, but I respect Your Majesty." Yu Qian seemed to have lost his light and became very decadent.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care. Yu Qian was back, and he was the one under the greatest pressure.
After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere was not warm and somewhat dull.
It seems that it is not a celebration banquet, but a Hongmen Banquet.
"His Majesty!"
Yu Qian put down his wine glass and kowtowed respectfully: "I would like to resign, Your Majesty, please allow me!"
"Huh? Are you tired, young master? Then go back and rest first. I will ask Xuanying, Yu Mian, and Yu Kang to go home and serve you."
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood and praised the abilities of Yu Mian and Yu Kang. They are now my right-hand men and so on.
"Your Majesty, I want to retire and return home, so I ask your Majesty for your permission!" Yu Qian's voice was weak and he didn't appreciate it.
Retire and return home?
The singing and dancing suddenly stopped, and the entire banquet hall was suffocated.
Everyone looked at each other, not expecting Yu Qian to resign directly.
Are you going to slap His Majesty in the face when you return to Beijing?
"What did Young Master say? If you are tired, go back and have a rest. I will show you tomorrow morning and the reward will be given to you. Young Master, please go back."
Zhu Qiyu deliberately pretended not to understand.
"Your Majesty, I am begging for the bones!" Yu Qian knelt respectfully, motionless, his voice was still high-pitched, but at this moment he was filled with a hint of exhaustion.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire Qianqing Palace seemed to freeze.
All the civil and military officials looked at each other in shock. It was so exciting. I wanted to slap His Majesty in the face when he returned to Beijing. It was so exciting!
Bang!
The wine glass in the emperor's hand was placed heavily on the table.
Zhu Qiyu stood up slowly and said in a gentle tone: "Young master, are you worried that your great achievements will shock the master? Are you afraid that I won't be able to tolerate others?"
"I am not Zhao Gou!"
"I can tolerate Yue Fei! I can tolerate Han Shizhong!"
"I'm not afraid of being superior to others with my great achievements, but I'm afraid that you guys are incompetent!"
"As long as you have the ability, I can reward you whatever you want!"
"Young master is drunk, please help him down..."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were filled with anger.
What is this Yu Qian going to do?
"Your Majesty, please allow me!" Yu Qian's voice was firm.
"Yu Mian! Yu Kang! Get out of here! Your father is drunk, help your father down!" Zhu Qiyu suppressed his anger and helped Yu Qian smooth things over.
For this banquet, he ordered Yu Qian and other sons of the heroes of the Northern Expedition to serve in the palace. He made sufficient preparations and gave them enough face.
But what is Yu Qian doing?
After taking back the imperial power, no one can force him to do this again!
Yu Qian had just returned to Beijing and gave him a warning!
A hard slap!
"I am not drunk. I want to retire to the mountains and forests. Please allow your majesty..."
Snap!
"enough!"
Zhu Qiyu slammed the cup to the ground: "Yu Qian, what are you going to do? Are you trapping me in injustice?"
The entire Qianqing Palace trembled.
Everyone knelt on the ground to apologize.
However, no one is sincere.
Everyone wants to see what will happen to the emperor when Yu Qian comes back?
Are you still the real emperor? His Majesty!
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