"I see you, Your Majesty!"
After seeing Chongzhen, Queen Zhou knelt down with tears in her eyes.
"Don't cry, I'm back now!"
Chongzhen stepped forward and took Queen Zhou's hand, which was very soft.
Youdao is that a little farewell is better than a newlywed, and a big farewell is better than first love.
Empress Zhou, who was originally just waiting for Chongzhen to take a bath, turned into a mandarin duck bathing due to Chongzhen's sweet words.
"Your Majesty, you have lost a lot of weight!"
"right!"
Chongzhen said, his hands moving: "Then you will have to replenish me later!"
"I've stewed chicken soup and cooked a lot of your favorite dishes. After a while, I'll finish washing them and serve them to Your Majesty!"
"Before I eat chicken soup, I will eat you first!"
"ah……"
Amidst Queen Zhou's exclamations, Chongzhen stood up, hugged Queen Zhou and walked towards Feng Tao.
Half an hour later, Chongzhen, who was completely relaxed, fell into a sound sleep, with a smile on his lips in his sleep.
When I woke up again, it was already the beginning of the afternoon.
The sun was getting westward. After cleaning up, Chongzhen took Queen Zhou's hand and walked on the path of Long Live Mountain.
The trees are green and the flowers are fragrant.
In May during the Little Ice Age, the weather was not as hot as in later generations. Instead, there was a cool breeze, much like the early spring in March in later generations.
After reaching the top of the mountain, he had a panoramic view of the entire city of Beijing, with smoke rising from the cooking pots. It seemed to be much more peaceful than when he first traveled through time.
Looking at the sparkling Xiyuan Sanhai and the vague mountains outside the city, and then thinking about what he saw during this tour, Chongzhen was filled with emotion.
"When the situation becomes more stable, I will take you out for a walk. Let's go to the east to see the endless sea, and to the north to see the vast grassland with wind-blown grass and low cattle and sheep. Go..."
"Your Majesty still has to put state affairs first. As long as I am by your Majesty's side, I will be content!"
…
After wandering around until the sun set, Chongzhen took Zhou Yufeng back to the palace.
After dinner, Chongzhen didn't bother to go back and read the memorial. He had been waiting for three months and was not in a hurry.
Outside the Wenyuan Pavilion outside the Meridian Gate, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli looked at each other for a while and suddenly laughed.
"Just come back!"
"Let's make progress together!"
The two of them said something at the same time. They had been working together in Liaodong for so many years, and everything was unspoken.
Early the next morning, under the service of Zhou Yufeng, Chongzhen dressed up and went to the Meridian Gate to receive an audience from all officials. This was the etiquette for the emperor after he went on a tour.
This time, more than two thousand officials from the capital were all present, and the scene was very grand.
After some operations, Chongzhen returned to the Huangji Hall. Wang Chengen stepped forward: "If you have the foundation, you will start playing, but if you don't have the foundation, you will retreat!"
There were usually only thirty or forty people in the imperial court, but now there were more than a hundred people standing there, which was quite a spectacle.
He knew very clearly why these people were coming.
"Your Majesty, I have a script to start with!"
"Your Majesty, I have a script to start with!"
…
As soon as Wang Chengen finished speaking, more than a dozen ministers came out to report something.
Chongzhen looked at the people leaving work, sneered in his heart, but said lightly: "My dear friends, come one by one, we have plenty of time today!"
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request you to take back the edict of selling cultivated land to the people. This will cause the people to confront the gentry and wealthy merchants, and may easily cause unrest.
The alliance between the gentry and wealthy merchants in Xi'an and Fengxiang has already shown that if the two palaces can control it, what about the more than 100 palaces in the entire Ming Dynasty?
The power of the gentry and wealthy businessmen is not comparable to that of the common people, and it is the common people who suffer in the end. "
Qiu Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, took out a memorial from his sleeve and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to sell cultivated land in Xi'an and Fengxiang, Shaanxi to the people.
What is the difference between the court's approach and that of merchants? If the rules of etiquette are messed up and the imperial court takes the lead in doing business, won't officials follow suit?
If things continue like this, the officialdom will surely... Please withdraw the edict! "
Tang Binyin of the Imperial College offered sacrifices: "Your Majesty, I agree with Lord Qiu's opinion. Xi'an and Fengxiang have confiscated a lot of cultivated land because of the Qin Prince's Palace and the disaster. What about the other six prefectures in Shaanxi? What about the entire Ming Dynasty?
If the news spreads throughout the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely cause great chaos.
Those who have not bought the farmland will be jealous of those who bought the farmland, destroying the crops in the field at night, causing discord between neighbors, fighting, and corrupting folk customs... I beg your Majesty to think twice! "
Cui Wensheng, the Governor of Water Transport, immediately said: "Your Majesty, the news of the sale of cultivated land to the people in Xi'an and Fengxiang has been known to the gentry and wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.
There were problems with the Hangou and Jiangnan Canals in the recent period. Although there is no evidence, I can be sure that the gentry and wealthy merchants were responsible.
Of course it can be cleaned up with strong means this time, but what about next time? The blockage of water transportation will inevitably affect freight transportation from various places. Your Majesty, please think twice! "
Yao Zongwen said during the Hu Ke affair: "Your Majesty, it is a good thing for the people to have farmland, but selling farmland to the people will do more harm than good.
It caused great conflicts with the gentry and wealthy merchants. I am not speaking for the gentry and wealthy merchants. It is just that after the common people had cultivated land, the cultivated land of the gentry and wealthy merchants was abandoned, and the fertility of the cultivated land was reduced.
This greatly affected the output of grain, leading to an overall decrease in grain in the Ming Dynasty. If a natural disaster occurred, even if the court had money, it would not be able to buy grain.
Secondly, when the people have enough food and drink, things will happen easily, which is not conducive to governance.
Thirdly, farmland needs to collect principal and interest every year, and the number of officials is increasing, which is prone to mistakes and corruption.
Fourth...I beg your Majesty to take back your order! "
Huang Yanshi, the censor of Guizhou Road Supervision: "Your Majesty, it is a good thing for the people to have cultivated land, but the amount of cultivated land varies in different provinces. In places like Shandong and Henan, there is a lot of cultivated land. The common people can be divided into ten and twenty acres.
Guangxi, Yunnan and other places are small, and the people only have three to five acres, which will inevitably cause the people to be jealous..."
…
More than 20 ministers came out in succession, and their opinions were highly unified. It is estimated that when their salaries are increased, they will have such unified opinions.
There are various reasons for opposition, including the difficulty of controlling the people when they are full.
The most ridiculous thing is that among the more than 20 people, the nobles headed by Cheng Guogong, the Chu Party headed by Huang Yanshi, the Zhejiang Party headed by Yao Zongwen, the Xuan Party headed by Tang Binyin, and the Qingliu Party headed by Qiu Yu …
Well, except for the Donglin Party, all parties are complete.
It’s not that the Donglin Party has no one, it’s just that at this time, there is no one to take over. Either the first and second generation Donglin have died of old age or have retired. Now the third generation Donglin has no one who controls real power.
Qian Qianyi, the new party leader who was the only one with some say in the court, was directly killed by Chongzhen.
PS: Regarding the Donglin Party’s affairs in the first year of Chongzhen’s reign, if any friends are interested, please check the historical materials. Don’t just listen to hearsay. I don’t want to argue about this matter!
"If anyone has any opinions, please put them forward together!"
