Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly: "I don't know how to deal with these messy things in the harem. But our little princess is still pregnant, so now she can't take care of anything."
He Yi smiled and said: "Don't we still have two princesses?"
"That won't work, those two little princesses are still young, and I don't want them to get involved in these dirty things.
Just like this, promote those nobles to concubines and live in the six east and west palaces with the emperor's old concubines.
Then clean up Nangong, and wait for the Supreme Emperor to return to Beijing. Let the Supreme Emperor and Queen Qian live in Nangong together. Queen Zhou and the prince live in Kunning Palace, and the remaining concubines live in the East and West Sixth Palace.
The emperor can recruit any concubines he wants at any time. "
After that, Zhu Qiyu added: "Even if Wang Ji welcomes the Emperor sincerely, it will take at least the New Year to finish the war. The Emperor will not return to the capital until March next year.
When the examination and palace examination are over and the princess has given birth, we can concentrate on accompanying the Supreme Emperor in a battle of wits and courage.
As the saying goes, once you push hard, you will lose strength if you push again, and if you push hard again, you will be exhausted.
The first year when the Supreme Emperor returned to Beijing was the year when the Emperor's faction was at its most powerful, and it was also the most difficult year for us.
As long as they can withstand it, the momentum of the emperor's faction will become weaker every year. "
He Yi asked curiously: "Now it seems that even if the Emperor returns to Beijing, the Emperor's faction will not have any excuse to attack His Majesty, right?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "Next year, I will start to reduce the vassal status, and I will also impose a salt tax."
After saying this, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help sighing.
It's really difficult. It's really hard to be the emperor. It's better to live comfortably as a prince.
"Cutting the feudal clan?"
"Well, the vassal system formulated by Taizu is too unreasonable, or too selfish. He only thinks about how Lao Zhu's family can enjoy it, but doesn't care about the life and death of the people.
It was fine at the beginning, but as the number of clans increased and the wealth in the hands of the major vassal kings became more and more exaggerated, the Ming Dynasty would have to embark on a road of no return sooner or later.
At that time, no money will be available to raise troops, and a small tribe with only 100,000 troops will be able to overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
Don't look at it now that the Ming Dynasty can suppress the surrounding foreign races and fight at will. By the end of the dynasty, everything will be returned. "
These words were a bit too advanced, and He Yi scratched his head after hearing this.
Zhu Qiyu stood up and walked out, smiling and saying: "I'm so sleepy. I'm going home to collect the vegetables. Just keep an eye on me here."
After leaving the West Pavilion, Zhu Qiyu walked home along the white marble stone steps, thinking wildly and sighing randomly: No wonder the Ming Dynasty's cabinet became more powerful as time went by.
With such a large territory and such a large population, it is impossible for the emperor to work hard alone.
That is to say, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Taizong Zhu Di could tolerate such a creation.
The remaining emperors would be unable to help but leave these trivial matters to the cabinet.
These elites in the cabinet are really useful.
Since he completely replaced all the cabinet members with his own people, Zhu Qiyu's level of worry has only been 10 to 20% of the original level.
As for whether he will fall out with the cabinet in the future? Zhu Qiyu himself was not sure.
According to Jiajing's experience, it seems not.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, Zhu Qiyu himself has already made up his mind: between centralization and longevity, I would rather choose longevity.
If there is no power, people will die, no matter how powerful the power is, it will be of no use.
Money cannot be brought to you in life, nor can you take it with you in death. Power cannot be brought to you in life, nor can you take it with you in death.
Like Renzong, who was emperor for less than a year and then went to see Taizu Taizong in only two days. What's the use of power? Can power buy Renzong his life?
The same goes for Xuanzong, who was known as a wise, powerful, and wise grandson, but ended up being ten years shorter than Renzong, who was obese and had foot diseases. Thinking about it, I feel embarrassed for him.
As for Zhu Qiyu's longevity plan, it is naturally to breathe the freshest air in the mountains all day long, drink the clearest and sweetest spring water, and bathe in the most comfortable hot springs.
The most important thing is to maintain a calm and leisurely state of mind and worry as little as possible about trivial things.
Zhu Qiyu has been practicing this theory, and all court affairs have been assigned to the cabinet and six ministries. I only occasionally issue a few edicts on major policies.
Household matters were completely assigned to the fifteen beloved concubines. The beloved concubines perform their own duties according to their own specialties. Some are in charge of accounts, some are in charge of farms and shops, some are in charge of knitting girls, some are in charge of rouge and gouache, and some are in charge of house arts and painting.
Zhu Qiyu is only responsible for being the backbone of the family.
After returning to the room, Zhu Qiyu took off his clothes while being served by his beloved concubines. He fell down on the bed and never moved again.
Lin Xiangyu burrowed into Zhu Qiyu's arms like a kitten, covered the brocade quilt with her, and stopped moving.
Qianxue sat on the other side and asked with an embarrassed look on her face: "Husband, Queen Qian wants to save the monk, saying she wants to pray for the Supreme Emperor. Do you agree?"
"How much?"
Zhu Qiyu asked feebly.
"Thirty thousand degrees."
Qianxue replied with great certainty.
Zhu Qiyu was amused when he heard this: "I wonder why these silly women in Xuanzong's family, who believe in Buddhism, believe in demons.
If the Buddha is really so efficacious, why would our Supreme Emperor go to the Great Wall and suffer such serious crimes?
To save 30,000 monks, what else can these so-called monks do to benefit the country and the people besides being lazy, cheating, and abducting people?
Besides, if you truly believe in the Buddha, you can just practice it yourself. Why do you have to let others identify you as a monk? "
Qianxue smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Husband, don't get angry with these bitches. Anyway, our family is a Taoist family. We and the Supreme Emperor's family, who believe in Buddhism, have their own lives and don't disturb each other."
Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.
Qianxue asked again: "Then how many monk places will be granted to Queen Qian?"
Zhu Qiyu replied categorically: "No one will be given. The queen, you don't know how to care about the people, why do you have to raise such a bunch of moths?"
Not only must she refuse, but if Queen Qian continues to be like this all day long and knows how to increase the burden on the people, then send her on her way quickly. Ming Dynasty does not need such a queen. "
Zhu Qiyu had to be thankful that the original Princess Wang, who was even more superstitious about Buddhism than Queen Qian, was already on her way.
That is to say, destroying the Buddha would easily cause the emperor to die inexplicably, so Zhu Qiyu resisted the urge.
At this time, Lin Xiangyu suddenly showed her head and smiled at Qianxue: "Girl, your husband has finally finished handling the political affairs. If you make him angry when you come back, you have to let your husband punish you."
"Well, she deserves to be punished. Let me think about what new methods I should give the girl."
A night of silence.
The next day, the cabinet reorganized the Shuntianfu Provincial Examination.
This time the examination room was arranged in the square between Fengtian Hall and Fengtianmen.
The examiner and invigilator were all changed.
But the title is still the original title.
Zhu Qiyu is not afraid that candidates will take advantage of the chaos caused by the fire in the tribute field to have the opportunity to communicate with each other.
(End of chapter)
