The next day.
Li Qing got up early. The little emperor had just rewarded the gold, but he still had to show his attitude and achieve sustainable development.
The water in the early morning was extremely cold, and it was invigorating to splash on the face. I dipped the green loofah pulp in salt and cleaned my teeth while walking to the little donkey and looking at it.
The donkey is still small, at most the size of a calf, but its fur is so good that one look at it reminds me of a tonic, donkey-hide gelatin.
It snored lightly and called out, "Hmm~ah~" from time to time.
It was just a feeble cry.
Li Qing looked at Dequ'er, who looked up and squatted next to it, imitating it and stretching its neck, "Hmm~ah~"
As soon as he learned this, the donkey immediately got up, its snoring suddenly became heavier, and its cry suddenly increased, "Hmm~ah~"
Li Qing: "Yeah~ah~"
Just like that, one man and one donkey began to bray like they were competing.
The little donkey brayed louder and louder. Gradually, Li Qing began to lose ground and was finally defeated.
After rinsing his mouth, Li Qing laughed at himself: "Li Qing, Li Qing, you are so good, you actually got into trouble with a donkey. Didn't you know that there is a word called stubborn donkey?"
The little donkey brayed for a while, and seemed to feel that there was no challenge, so it calmed down, panting feebly and becoming exhausted.
Li Qing suddenly thought of something and asked: "Brother Donkey, are you hungry?"
The little donkey seemed to understand, and looked at him with its big furry eyes, as if to say: What do you think?
"Uh-huh... Don't blame me, don't blame me." Li Qing said sarcastically, "I have never raised an animal, so I forgot about it."
Little donkey:……
"Keep it up, I'll buy some fodder after the court." Li Qing patted the donkey's head, laughed and left, leaving the little donkey messy in the wind.
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Li Qing entered the court with his front foot, and Zhu Qizhen arrived with his back foot. The timing was extremely good.
Next, the officials saluted, stood up, and reported their work.
Boss Xiao Zhu sometimes nodded, sometimes frowned, sometimes praised, sometimes refuted...
This is the reason why Li Qing doesn't want to go to court. It's too boring and far less comfortable than lying at home. Of course, it would be better if his salary was not deducted.
Helpless, the boss of Daming Company has a dark heart.
Half an hour later, when the time for the next court came, Zhu Qi went to court and asked Hu Hu, the Minister of Rites, "Why didn't the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty come to pay tribute this year?"
Hu Hui was a little puzzled and raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the vassal countries came to pay tribute last year?"
"I came last year, can't I come this year?" Zhu Qizhen was unhappy.
Hu Hui was puzzled and a little aggrieved at the same time, "Your Majesty, the Yongle Dynasty stipulates that vassal states pay tribute once every three years and cannot be too frequent."
Zhu Qizhen's face froze, and he vaguely remembered that there was indeed such a rule. He felt that he had lost face, but he couldn't deny his great-grandfather's policy, so he could only rebuke his respect: "Who made this suggestion?"
Hu Hui thought about it carefully and replied: "It was brought up by Marquis Yongqing in the past. Originally, the vassal states were required to pay tribute every year, but Marquis Yongqing reported to Emperor Taizong that the vassal states were trying to harvest the wool of the Ming Dynasty. So it was changed to pay tribute every three years.”
"Marquis Yongqing?"
Zhu Qizhen naturally knew that there was such a famous person. After all, Li Qing was so famous in the past, how could he not know?
Li Qing looks at his nose with his eyes, and his nose looks at his heart, motionless as a mountain.
You say Marquis Yongqing, what does it have to do with me, Li Qing?
Zhu Qizhen suddenly became interested in the legendary Marquis Yongqing and asked: "My dear friends, who knows the current situation of Marquis Yongqing?"
The ministers looked at each other in confusion, and finally Yu Qian stood up and said, "Back to the emperor, the Marquis of Yongqing returned to his hometown in the second year of Xuande's reign. In the seventh year of Xuande's reign, he left Jinling and has not been heard from since."
Yang Pu came out of the class and said: "Yongqinghou was born as a Taoist priest, and he must have returned to the beginning. As for now... he is much older than me, and I am afraid he has passed away."
Although the camps were different in the past, he still respected Li Qing in his heart.
There are many people who dislike Li Qing, but there are very few people who speak ill of him without conscience, especially after Li Qing left the camp.
For people who have no political differences, most civil servants are relatively generous. What's more, Li Qing's achievements are so great that they can't do it even if they don't want to be stupid.
We can only deliberately downplay him.
"That's such a pity." Zhu Qizhen briefly expressed his regret for the departure of the Ming Dynasty's heroes, and then said, "Hu Aiqing has prepared an edict asking all vassal states to pay tribute."
This kind of edict devolved to vassal states must be carefully considered. Zhu Qizhen felt that he didn't have enough ink in his stomach, so he asked Hu Hui to draft it.
In fact, most of the emperor's imperial edicts were written by others, and he just stamped them himself. ωＷω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ
The general process is that the Hanlin Academy drafts it, the emperor confirms it, and the Ministry of Rites verifies and issues it.
However, in the past few years of the Zhengtong Dynasty, the cabinet presided over by San Yang has been unprecedentedly powerful, and the Hanlin Academy has been reduced to a vassal, and the basic drafting is done by the cabinet.
Zhu Qizhen asked the Ministry of Rites to draft the edict, which was also intended to suppress the cabinet.
Several academicians in the cabinet looked unhappy, but the six ministries were secretly happy. The dispute between ministries and cabinets had lasted for so long, and it was finally their turn to show off their power.
Hu Xi cupped his hands and said, "I obey your order."
"Well, let's go."
"Long live my emperor, long live long live...!" The ministers saluted.
No one thought much about it, thinking that the little emperor was just a boy and wanted to show off his power.
Young people are always pushy.
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Li Qing deliberately slowed down his pace, and sure enough, he was quickly stopped by the eunuch on duty.
"Mr. Li, the emperor asked you to go to Qianqing Palace to meet him."
"Yeah, okay." Li Qing nodded and complained in his heart: He had to work overtime every time, but didn't mention overtime pay at all, what an evil capitalist.
Come to Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Qizhen greeted him with a smile and Longjing tea was ready. This attitude made Li Qing's depressed mood a lot better.
"What does the emperor want from me?"
"Sir, your speech in court was not positive enough!" Zhu Qizhen sounded like a CPU in the workplace, "With me here, what do you have to fear?
Sir, you are so young, why do you look so depressed?
You yourself said that young people should be full of vitality..."
After a sudden burst of output, Li Qing's mood turned cloudy again.
In this regard, Li Qing felt helpless. He couldn't get enough of Lao Zhu's pie, and he even felt disgusted.
"Your Majesty, I will take care of everything. If there are really important matters, I will report them to my superiors, who will then report to the Emperor." Li Qing said with a bitter smile, "It is a taboo in official circles to report to the emperor beyond the level of the superior. Your Majesty, you should understand, right?"
"But you are still an official." Zhu Qizhen was not satisfied with this statement, "It is your authority to report rumors!"
Li Qing nodded amusedly: "Well, since the emperor has said so, I will play it."
After a pause, he said seriously: "I impeach Guo Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Zuo, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Wang Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, and Wang Zhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, for blatantly violating the laws set by Emperor Xuanzong."
"What law did they break?"
"Whoring!" Li Qing said.
A hint of surprise flashed in Zhu Qizhen's eyes, "Seriously?"
"seen it myself."
"That's really great...Oh, that's not right." Zhu Qizhen reacted and looked at him with a scrutinizing look on his face, "You also engaged in prostitution?"
"I am a prostitute." Li Qing said.
Zhu Qizhen didn't understand, "What do you mean?"
"Just drink and listen to music, no in-depth communication."
Zhu Qizhen said suspiciously: "Can you bear it?"
He has tasted it, so he knows how much concentration it takes to overcome temptation.
Li Qing: "...If you don't believe it, I will pull you down."
"Hey, don't be upset." Zhu Qizhen grabbed him, "Look at you, I just asked you that, why don't I believe you?"
Li Qing rolled his eyes and sat down again, "Your Majesty, do you know about the opening of a brothel in the capital?"
"I know, Zhengtong was opened in the first year of the year." Zhu Qizhen nodded, "The late emperor established many systems that made officials uncomfortable. The government was in chaos at that time, and the Empress Dowager could only maintain it with difficulty, so she had to turn a blind eye. , close one eye;
The Queen Mother told me about this, and the reopening of the brothel was tacitly approved by me and the Queen Mother. "
After a pause, he added: "But it was only acquiescence, and he did not relent on the surface, so this reason can still be used to punish them."
"That's good." Li Qing said with a smile: "In that case, the emperor can make a fuss about it."
Zhu Qizhen asked: "Then why don't you impeach me in the court?"
"Catching thieves and cheating, catching cheating couples, this matter has to be caught in action." Li Qing said, "My impeachment is far more convincing than letting the Jin Yiwei or the Dongchang fans directly drag them out of the brothel. force."
"That's true~" Zhu Qizhen suddenly had an idea and said happily: "Sir, I suddenly have an idea."
"What?"
"Build up momentum!"
