Chen Xiang replied: "The Marquis of Huichang only said that he had heard that the Queen Mother Sun planned to seize the son of the palace in the early 2nd year of Xuande, but he did not tell the specific process and failed to provide strong evidence."
Zhu Qizhen nodded: "A thorough investigation, a thorough investigation must be carried out, I want to know the truth."
Chen Xiang quickly advised: "Your Majesty, we can't conduct a thorough investigation. Once the whole city is in trouble and the rumors are finally found to be false, wouldn't it hurt the relationship between the Emperor and the Queen Mother as mother and son?
If the rumors are true, then the emperor's identity as his legitimate son will be completely shaken. How will the emperor deal with himself then? "
Zhu Qizhen said angrily: "According to your opinion, even if I am really the son of the imperial concubine, I still have to pretend not to know, grit my teeth and recognize the Queen Mother as my biological mother?"
"Your Majesty, please take the overall situation into consideration."
Chen Xiang knelt on the ground, kowtowing vigorously and dissuading him with tears.
So Zhu Qizhen hesitated again. There was no family affection in the Tian family, so how could he act on his own whim and lose the big for the small?
Chen Xiang continued to persuade: "My lord, please think about it. The emperor adopted himself into the name of Queen Hu while his biological mother was still alive.
Once you get to the bottom of it, you will be completely defeated in the battle between legitimate concubine and concubine. "
Chen Xiang persuaded Zhu Qizhen to wake up completely.
Zhu Qizhen closed his eyes and sighed heavily: "You go down first, I want to be quiet."
…
After several major cases were concluded, the Royal Horse Prison lifted the martial law, and peace returned to the imperial city again.
The empress dowager's personal freedom was completely restricted, while the emperor Gongrang also lived in seclusion in the palace and never took any action again.
The ruling and opposition parties are completely opposite, but they are in chaos.
All civil and military officials were panic-stricken and argued endlessly.
In the capital city, rumors were flying all over the sky, and people were talking endlessly in the streets and alleys.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care at all and allowed the public opinion to ferment. He only played with his beloved concubines every day, while recharging his energy until the vassal king came to Beijing.
Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
June 21st.
It was almost noon, Zhu Qiyu got up and read a book while leaning on the soft couch. Lin Xiangyu and Ningxiang were nestling in Zhu Qiyu's arms, acting coquettishly.
While we were chatting with each other, two little girls, Qianxue and Su Xi, each held a jade box and jumped back into the room from outside.
I don't know what was in the jade box, but it made a crisp sound.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "What kind of treasure are these two ladies holding? See how happy you are."
Qianxue smiled and said: "Husband, let me take a guess. If your guess is wrong, you have to bow to the slave family and shout: Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine-year-old Jade Concubine, long blessings and good fortune."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Listen to this sound, it can't be silver coins, right?"
Qianxue was shocked when she heard this: "This was secretly made by Slave Ming Yin Zuo Bureau. Why did your husband know about it?"
Zhu Qiyu spread his hands: "When I first came to the throne, I said that I would mint silver coins and copper coins to replace the bad banknotes and circulate them throughout the world to facilitate all people.
I guess you two took it seriously and took the initiative to customize the style of the silver coins without my asking. "
Qianxue heard this and praised: "My husband is really amazing, no wonder I want to kick He Yi aside, and instead spend all my time imitating Guo Jia's great dance skills.
Don't tell me, my husband really has two skills. He is not completely ignorant, blind and arrogant. "
Zhu Qiyu even called out to Chongtianqu: "You little lady, why do you speak so unpleasantly? Why did I kick He Yi away?
It was Xu Wan who taught me how to do things all day long. When I arranged some errands for He Yi, she would write to scold me.
This is the first time I have seen a woman who cares for a man so much.
I have no choice but to work on my own. "
Lin Xiangyu teased from the side: "Every woman hopes that her husband will always be by her side when she is pregnant.
You know clearly that Xu Wan is pregnant, but you still want to boss He Yi around. Can Xu Wan not scold you? "
Zhu Qiyu smiled wryly with an innocent face: "The mountains and rivers in the western suburbs really support people. My mother-in-law, my mother-in-law, and Xu Wan are all pregnant one after another. This will be very lively next year."
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "Xu Xian is the most pitiable among them. The good prince, the next generation of An Guogong, can see his wife's face and his sister's face at home.
Both of them were pregnant, and he couldn't afford to mess with either one. Especially Xu Wan, Duke An Guo dotes on this little daughter even more than your husband dotes on Ningxiang. "
"Hey, man, life is hard. Come on, open the jade box, and let me see what the silver coins look like."
Qianxue first opened the jade box in her hand and held it over.
Zhu Qiyu took a closer look and saw more than ten silver coins inside. When I took out one and took a closer look, I was shocked.
The front of the silver coin is better, it still has complicated patterns, setting off the words Jingtai Tongbao in the middle.
But on the back of the silver coin, there was a portrait of his beloved concubine Xian'er. After all, the Inner Court Yinzuo Bureau is not just a free man, and it portrays Xian'er lifelikely.
Zhu Qiyu took out other silver coins and looked at them. Sure enough, all the beloved concubines had a share.
Fifteen beloved concubines, including myself, have a total of sixteen portraits and sixteen coins.
Qianxue smiled and explained: "This silver coin weighs one tael, and the silver coin manufacturer has designed a very complicated pattern to make it more difficult for civilians to forge.
The fifteen coins with our faces on them are just for the bank to flatter us and keep as a souvenir.
Only those with pictures of husbands should be distributed on a large scale. Husband, would you like to see if you have any suggestions for revision? "
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Who is in charge of the Banking Bureau now? Even I can be ashamed of this flattery. This guy has a future and will become famous sooner or later."
Qianxue said with a smile: "This person's name is Yu Jing. He was originally the Imperial Supervisor. He was promoted by the slave to be the Chief Printer and Silver Chief."
"It's strange, he's a stranger. What's his specialty?"
"There are always some people in the capital who want to avoid corvee labor and hope to get rich by chance. If they happen to have several sons in the family, they will castrate one or two of their children and send them to the palace.
Unfortunately for Yu Jing, he had such cruel parents.
Later, during the Zhengtong period, Yu Jing entered the inner court. After he was a little proud, his father came to join him.
Yu Jing first separated the curtain and ordered his confidant, the young eunuch, to beat his father. While beating him, he scolded him: "How can you tolerate a castrated son?"
After the beating, he went to the church to call his father, hugging and crying.
Yu Jing's behavior not only makes people laugh or cry, but also makes them feel bitter.
The slave family felt that he had both friendship and a clear understanding of love and hate, so they looked at him with a different eye, so they gave him a chance to practice. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "We must completely solve the problem of private castration. It is not a problem to let people do it all the time."
Su Xi opened another jade box, which also contained silver coins, similar in style, but much smaller and thinner.
Zhu Qiyu looked at it carefully and nodded repeatedly: "The big silver coin is one tael, and the small silver coin is one penny. One tael of silver is exchanged for one thousand copper coins, and one penny of silver is exchanged for one hundred copper coins."
In this way, people don't have to carry scissors with them every day.
To buy something, you have to weigh a piece of silver and then weigh it, which is simply ridiculous.
Send the sample to the Ministry of Industry. Like copper coins, it will only be minted by the Ministry of Industry in Beijing in the future. Nanjing and other provinces are not allowed to mint it, lest anyone mess around and tamper with silver coins.
It was cast by the Ministry of Industry in Beijing, supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Yanguan of the Ministry of Industry, and supervised by the Silver Making Bureau of the Inner Court. Cultivate well, at least in our Jingtai Dynasty, we are not allowed to collect any bullshit seigniorage on the issuance of silver coins and copper coins. "
Qianxue sighed after hearing this: "My husband loves the people like his son, and he is a benevolent and virtuous king. It's a pity that my husband's reputation is not as good as that of Xuan Temple, which is abandoned in anger. It's really unfair."
(End of chapter)
