Tonight, Xiao Li Hong is still with Li Qingsu.
He was a little unhappy. While eating, he found out that his godfather was leaving.
"What's wrong, are you reluctant to leave your godfather?" Li Qing joked with a smile.
"Yes." Xiao Li Hong nodded. He didn't think anything of it at first, but the arrival of his godfather in the past few days made him feel so relaxed and happy.
But in just a few days, his godfather was leaving again, and he felt very sad.
"Godfather, can you take me to the capital?"
"Next time," Li Qing said, "This time it's more urgent. When I have time later, I will take you to the capital."
"Oh~ okay." The little guy nodded sadly.
If he were three years ago, he would definitely act coquettishly or even act violently, but it is different now. He has grown up and is more sensible.
"Then when will godfather not be busy?" he asked hopefully.
"This..." Li Qing really didn't know how to answer, so he could only say: "In this way, when I finish my work for a while, I will come back to pick you up."
"Yeah." The little guy got closer, staring at Li Qing with his pupils like mountain grapes.
Li Qing said with a smile: "It's getting late, go to bed."
"The child is full from his nap at noon and is not sleepy."
"Then let me tell you a fable." Li Qing said.
"What is a fable?"
"It's just...a story with a moral."
The little guy nodded his head wildly, "Okay."
…
Before the story was finished, the little guy fell asleep, still holding his sleeve tightly with his little hands.
Li Qing suddenly felt regretful. If he hadn't gotten along with each other these days, maybe he wouldn't be sad to leave, but now...
~
The next day, Li Qing got up early and wanted to say goodbye without saying goodbye, but after careful consideration, he still felt that there should be a formal farewell.
After breakfast, Li Qing told Zhu Qizhen and his wife that they should live a good life without worrying about anything.
Zhu Qizhen didn't have any scruples. He was mainly concerned about his wife's affairs. After getting Zhang Slutty's promise to treat her, he felt relieved.
Then, Li Qing asked Zhu Yunwen to take good care of his health.
Then he played with his godson for a while, and finally said goodbye to his master.
Li Qing took the good horse prepared by Zhu Yunwen. As soon as he left the palace, before he could ride on it, the little guy chased him out.
"Godfather... Goodbye, godfather."
"Goodbye." Li Qing smiled and got on his horse.
"Daddy, don't forget to pick me up when you're done!" the little guy added.
Li Qing turned around and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will pick you up when I'm done. Go back quickly."
"Yeah." The little guy turned back three times step by step, and finally walked back to the door.
Li Qing waved to Zhu Yunwen who was following him again, turned his head and raised his riding whip.
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Capital.
The ministers are already anxious. There are so many vacant official positions in Beijing, and they are all high-level officials. Who doesn't want to be in the position?
Not only them, Shi Heng, Yang Hong and other generals were also anxious. They didn't expect that Yu Qian's pension would be so ink.
They are still thinking about getting promoted to a higher position, but if they delay for a long time, the credit for rescuing the national crisis will fade away.
They don't know the new emperor's character, and the longer they delay, the more disadvantageous they feel.
Everyone was anxious and looked at Yu Qian eagerly, wanting to kick him in the butt to make him go faster.
Yu Qian was still leisurely and unhurried, but in fact he was also in a hurry.
With so many positions vacant, the ministers did not dare to forcefully force the palace, but even with gentle methods, Zhu Qiyu couldn't handle it, which made Yu Qian miserable.
In fact, it stands to reason that Zhu Qiyu can handle it completely, but he is too weak-minded.
Sometimes Yu Qian really wants to be rebellious and say: "What are you afraid of? Why don't you dare to fight with them?"
But just thinking about it, Yu Qian couldn't do that kind of thing.
Fortunately, Li Qing didn't keep him waiting.
~
The Yamen of the Ministry of War, the back hall.
Yu Qian looked at the dusty Li Qing, feeling both relieved and guilty.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir."
"It's okay," Li Qing waved his hand, "Let's get down to business."
"Yes." Yu Qian said succinctly, "The main problem is that the maritime merchants are not popular enough. Now they still want to recreate the 'grand occasion' when the Supreme Emperor ascended the throne. Not satisfied with this, they also want to not pay taxes at all."
After a pause, "Then there is another thing about you, sir. They hate you beyond measure. They are afraid that it will be more difficult for them to do it after you are in a high position, so they try their best to prevent you from assuming the position of minister."
"Well, how about the generals and nobles?"
"The generals are okay. They are just eager to let the emperor reward them based on their merits, but the nobles are more interested." Yu Qian said.
Li Qing's eyes flashed with surprise, "Tell me more."
"It is natural for a son to inherit his father's legacy and inherit the title. They feel that their fathers died for the country and should be compensated more." Yu Qian said, "On the other hand, they are also catering to the civil servants and collaborating with them overtly and covertly. Make a big fuss about maritime trade."
Yu Qian smiled bitterly: "It is not only the gentry represented by civil servants who engage in maritime trade, but also the noble groups. They have the same interests."
Li Qing sighed: "Sure enough, I still want to think about it after everything is done."
Yu Qian nodded: "This is roughly the case. What do you think, sir?"
"What does the emperor think of these things?" Li Qing asked.
"Your Majesty..." Yu Qian looked helpless, "Your Majesty is undecided."
Li Qing frowned: "This is not possible. How can you be so weak when you are an emperor? If he doesn't be tough, he won't be able to be tough if he wants to be tough in the future."
He stopped drinking tea: "Let's go into the palace."
"Okay." Yu Qian nodded, and then added, "Sir, calm down some of your anger."
Yu Qian was afraid that Li Qing would get in trouble and do something against his Majesty.
"Don't worry, I won't be impulsive."
~
Royal study room.
This is where the emperor's office is, and Zhu Qiyu moved here.
In addition to him, there were Chen Xun, Gao Yi, and Miao Zhong from the cabinet who helped sort out the memorials and put forward corrections. The Chief of Ceremonies, who was responsible for approving the red papers, became a complete decoration.
After Wang Zhen's death, there was no new candidate for the post of eunuch in charge of the ceremony.
Chen Gaomiao and three others were lucky. During Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition, they were left to assist the government. Now they not only saved their lives, but also gained more say.
The three of them worked very hard, fighting each other overtly and covertly, all trying to get the top position in the cabinet.
However, relatively speaking, they are relatively harmonious, not unscrupulous and unscrupulous, and can barely be regarded as healthy competition.
Zhu Qiyu was very diligent and had been dealing with the backlog of memorials during this period. He was very efficient and spent a lot of money at the same time.
The Ming Dynasty was so big that there were always disasters, especially droughts.
Zhu Qiyu was engaged in disaster relief and tax reduction. He spent more than half of the family fortune left by his eldest brother.
Opening another memorial, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help frowning. Another disaster hit another place, and it was still Jiangnan.
He was a little confused, why have so many places been hit by disasters recently?
Zhu Qiyu has seen the policy measures taken by his eldest brother since he took office. It is true that many places are hit by disasters every year, but they are far less frequent and far less numerous.
These two months have almost caught up with one year of the elder brother's administration.
Zhu Bi mentioned it again and again, but Zhu Qiyu finally did not approve it.
Chen Xun observed his words and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, why are you so worried?"
"There have been a lot of natural disasters recently!" Zhu Qiyu frowned and said, "Could it be that... I am a bad person and have displeased God?"
Without evidence, he couldn't make random suspicions, so he took the responsibility on himself.
"Your Majesty, please don't say that." Chen Xun quickly stood up, Gao Yi and Miao Zhong also stood up, and said with cupped hands: "Since ancient times, there is famine at the age of three, decline at the age of six, and famine at the age of twelve; it is not the emperor's responsibility. "
The words were high-sounding, but the three of them were furious: The people below have gone too far, that's about it, not so tight.
They have reason to be angry. They haven't even eaten meat yet, but the people below started it first. What a bastard!
Especially now that their careers are on the rise, they want to take the opportunity to cause trouble. Of course they feel unhappy when the people below are so ignorant.
Zhu Qiyu smiled casually: "My dear friends, please take a seat. Let's continue to deal with state affairs."
With that said, he put the memorial aside and planned to take some time to let Jin Yiwei check it to see what was going on.
The three of them thanked and sat down again.
As soon as I picked up the memorial, I heard Xiao Huangmen come in and report: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask Shangshu and Li to see me during the matter."
Hearing this, the three of them were startled, and then their scalps became numb.
Could it be that the evil star is back?
Before he could speak, Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Hurry up!"
The three of them turned around, hoping that another person named Li would be involved, but unfortunately, Li Qing soon appeared in their field of vision.
He met their eyes and smiled, his white teeth particularly bright.
