Zhu Qiyu was speechless. The women in the harem were each better than the other, and the eunuchs in the inner court were also better at playing.
I came here to enjoy the blessings of being an emperor, not to see you perform Infernal Affairs for me.
Zhu Qiyu returned the memorial to Ruan Xi and asked helplessly: "It is true that Queen Zhou abused lynching, but let me deal with her. The courtiers will not be happy and crazy, and they can immediately put away a hat for 'abusing the prince's biological mother'" Put a big hat on my head.
If I don't deal with her, she is bending the law for personal gain, and I can't explain it to Queen Qian.
I'm too lazy to think about it, so just tell me what to do? "
Ruan Xi smiled and said: "Push this memorial back and leave the decision-making power to Emperor Gongrang. No matter how Emperor Gongrang handles it, no one else can blame me."
"Oh, you mean to hand over all control of the Nangong and the Harem to Emperor Gongrang from now on?"
Ruan Xi smiled and nodded: "I said that if you want to get something, you must give it to him first. As the saying goes, if you don't let go of your child, you can't trap the wolf."
"Hey, hey, you are a good lobbyist. Queen Qian is not allowed to reward you with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry when you go back."
"That's for sure, but after the slave receives it, he will immediately hand it over to the princess."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Okay, just take the flowers yourself. Even if you don't enjoy the luxury yourself, you still have to win over your subordinates.
Life is so miserable these days. I don’t have any rice in my hand, and I can’t even coax a chicken.
Okay, you go back to the city to tell Queen Qian the good news. I have to go sleep with your princess. "
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Zhu Qiyu returned home and was at ease, while Ruan Xi took the opportunity to return to the capital with the enke edict drawn up by Wang Yue.
With Queen Zhou's example of "doing her own thing", the inner court also began to follow suit.
Ruan Xi first went to the cabinet, then returned to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, checked with Wang Cheng, completed the process, and officially issued the edict to add Kai Enke.
Now there are so many eunuchs in charge of rituals that they can't be counted on two hands, but most of them didn't have time to hear about it before the edict was officially issued.
Ruan Xi went on to give a red seal to the memorial to impeach Empress Zhou, and then hurriedly came back to Empress Qian.
After learning that Zhu Qiyu had handed over all control of the Nangong and the Harem to Emperor Gongrang, Qian was overjoyed, and as soon as he was happy, he rewarded Ruan Xi with most of his private money.
Why is it mostly private money?
Because when Zhu Qizhen was first captured, Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian secretly gathered eight cartloads of rare treasures to redeem him. Later, the army came to the city first, and Queen Qian organized the entire harem to collect a ransom, so that the private money in hand was basically exhausted.
After that, Queen Qian completely lost power and could only live on monthly basis.
Although she is a queen, she can't save much money by monthly salary.
In the beginning, Taizu was very strict when setting officials' salaries and monthly schedules for the harem.
When Zhu Qizhen was the emperor, he was also very frugal in life, and the treatment of the queen and concubines in the harem was not very good.
Therefore, every one of the women in Zhu Qizhen is jealous of the current emperor's concubines.
In the eyes of these women, today's emperor is the most absurd and insane emperor in the Ming Dynasty: a favorite concubine is given 30,000 silver coins every year, and fifteen beloved concubines are given 450,000 taels a year.
This is just pocket money. Jewelry, silks, porcelain, jade and other items that are usually used in daily life are even more open to spending and buying.
From ancient times to the present, no matter young or old, there is no woman who does not like the words "spend as you please".
This treatment is really good. You must know that most princes only receive a salary of 10,000 dan a year, which may not be enough.
So no matter how Zhu Qiyu 'abused' or 'played' with them, the remaining fifteen beloved concubines would never be sent away alive or dead.
The fifteen favored concubines had a surprisingly unanimous attitude towards Zhu Qiyu: I lie down flat, I don't move, my body is laid out, you can do whatever you want.
This is Zhu Qiyu's strategy of building a community of interests: no favorite concubine now wants to have three long and two short sides in his cash cow. A tree is gentle and considerate, and is good at handling women's money power. It is only reasonable that it must live a long life.
The women who respected the emperor only knew how to envy him, but they could not understand the profound meaning of Zhu Qiyu.
Unlike the women in the palace, the civil and military officials of the outer dynasty were much more keen in judging the emperor's intentions.
As soon as the Emperor Jia Kai Enke's decree came out, Wang Wen immediately sent all the memorials received by the cabinet to the Qi Palace.
This includes more than a dozen memorials written by new scholars to satirize the emperor.
According to normal logic, Wang Wen, as one of the examiners of this year's imperial examination, should protect these hot-headed new scholars.
But Wang Wen, who was extremely keen on judging the political situation, discovered the problem.
Among the new scholars who submitted letters, there were too many from Jiangxi.
Not to mention that the emperor had already approved more than 20 memorials, let’s just say that the memorials just sent out today include Zhang Ye, Liu Fu, Tang Mao, You Ming, Liu Jian, Liu Yi, Long Xu, Wu Li , Li Zhi, these are all new scholars from Jiangxi.
Among these Jinshi from Jiangxi, the majority are from Ji'an, Jiangxi.
Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, is Yang Shiqi's hometown.
Are these people connected in tandem? Are there any parties?
Will the emperor discover this problem? Will there be unnecessary associations?
Wang Wen didn't dare to gamble with his own future, so why would he take the position of chief minister for these messy Jinshi.
It's better to cut it quickly, cut it in two, and it's all over.
Early the next morning, more than a dozen new scholars came to the door of the cabinet and asked to take back the memorial submitted yesterday.
Zhang Ye and others thought that everyone would come to guard the cabinet before it opened, and they would definitely be able to get yesterday's memorial back.
Unexpectedly, no one was waiting on the left, and no one was waiting on the right. After waiting for more than half an hour, Xu Youzhen, a Hanlin scholar, finally arrived.
Most of the ministers in the cabinet work part-time in the Sixth Department. Now that the limelight is too tight, everyone tends to go to the Sixth Department first and then come to the cabinet.
The first person to come to the cabinet is basically the one who takes the blame and does the hard work.
Xu Youzhen had just entered the cabinet and had not yet figured out the ins and outs. Now she was the first one to arrive at the cabinet and ran into this group of idiots.
However, Xu Youzhen thought very quickly and agreed on the spot, politely inviting these people into the cabinet.
After pretending to rummage through the cabinet, Xu Youzhen said to everyone with a helpless look: "You have also seen that there is no memorial for you, and no memorial for everyone.
In other words, last night, the cabinet minister on duty sent out the memorial overnight.
By now all the memorials should have arrived in front of the emperor, and there was nothing I could do to help. "
Zhang Ye and others were completely panicked now.
Once the emperor's edict to add Kai Enke was issued, all ministers with brains could see that this was the emperor's most determined counterattack against those new scholars who were jumping up and down.
These numbers can be easily calculated. Normally, there should be 200 Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, and 200 Jinshi in the fifth year of Jingtai, for a total of 400 Jinshi.
Now that the emperor's favor is open, there will be 500 Jinshi in the fifth year of Jingtai alone.
This means that even if all the Jinshi this year turn against the emperor, the emperor will only need the 500 Jinshi from the fifth year of Jingtai, which is 100 more Jinshi than under normal circumstances.
Therefore, this year's new Jinshi is not indispensable to the emperor.
If there is no loyalty, I would rather have none. This is the emperor's clear statement.
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