Jinyi champion

Chapter 997

Zhu Hao was really thinking about Xu Jie.

Stay in the Imperial Academy, and wait until you get to the point where you can become a bachelor or even enter the cabinet. It usually starts in 15 years.

If you have the ability, you insist on taking this path. How will it help you change the times?

Xu Jie couldn't understand Zhu Hao's good intentions, and always felt that Zhu Hao was destroying his career prospects.

With Zhu Hao's current status, it is not necessary to discuss with anyone to arrange and arrange something.

It's like Xu Jie's future arrangement, even if he doesn't understand it for a while, Zhu Hao can still push forward. After putting people in the position he wants, even if Xu Jie is unwilling to accept it in his heart, he feels that he has experienced setbacks... It's not a bad thing either.

How can a man achieve great things without experiencing setbacks?

In the next few days, the court basically calmed down.

The impact of the Zuoshunmen incident gradually disappeared, and the emperor made a "compromise" deal. Except for a few people who were sent to the sidelines, more than a dozen colleagues were dismissed as civilians, and the rest were basically demoted. job call.

Some officials were assigned to local officials after being inspected by the Ministry of Officials, and some were retained on the basis of their original official positions. For officials above the fifth grade, a few were demoted, and most of them were only fined for half a year...It doesn’t sound good. It’s nothing, but officials of the Ming Dynasty don’t even have ways to make money, such as Bingjing and Tanjing. Non-corrupt officials can only live on their salaries, which has a great impact on their daily lives.

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On this day the emperor summoned Zhu Hao, originally planning to call Tang Yin into the palace.

But that day Tang Yin was in poor health, he coughed and vomited blood, and he couldn’t get up on the couch. The people who went to pass the decree quickly reported the news. Emperor Jiajing specially sent an imperial physician to treat Tang Yin. Jin and the others were not allowed in, as if they wanted to discuss some important confidential matter.

"Jingdao, I have now firmly controlled the Ministry of Households, and in the future, I can spend several 10 taels of silver every year, not only for repairing trains, but also for making cannons, and I can also make some of the new type of firecrackers you mentioned. By the way, there is also shipbuilding..."

Zhu Si was very excited.

The biggest change brought about by the Zuoshunmen incident was the manifestation of imperial power. Now Zhu Si felt that his throne was very stable.

Civil servants and military generals have all become vassals of the imperial power.

Zhu Haodao: "The imperial court's expenditure is very tight every year, especially for the northwest frontier defense. Your Majesty should save a little. I can find compensation from other places."

Zhu Si was a little too happy: "Now that you have money, why use the small treasury? Keep your own money, isn't it good?"

From this sentence, Zhu Hao feels that the little emperor still regards himself as an "outsider", with a clear distinction between public and private, but you seem to have forgotten that you are the emperor of Daming, and maintaining the normal operation of the Daming treasury is what it is Your inescapable responsibility.

Zhu Si probably also felt that his attitude was not very good, and explained: "Even if you think you can raise money by yourself, with the support of the court, wouldn't you be able to do things faster? I told you this just to tell you, we You don’t have to worry about money anymore.”

Zhu Hao was thinking again.

This is not knowing how expensive firewood is.

You think that you can take over the control of the Ministry of Accounts and Jingcang, and then you can spend money as you like.

But I don’t know that you just get the accounts. After you know the actual situation of the account department, you will probably worry about the normal operation of the account department, or you can ignore it and empty the account department in one go... But the problem is, You didn't just become emperor for a few days and then go back to be a vassal. Why do you need to poach your own corner?
"Jingdao, let me show you a few more things, they are all treasures..."

With that said, Zhu Si took out a few things.

It looks exquisite, like a palace treasure.

Zhu Hao said: "This should be the royal treasure stored in the imperial prison. Why did His Majesty take it out? These things are not practical."

Zhu Si smiled and said: "I used to want to take it, but they always persuaded me that it's not the time to withdraw it. Now I use it as I want, and sell it as I want, because everything belongs to me..."

The so-called "they" are undoubtedly Zhang Zuo, Huang Jin and others.

When the little emperor came to the throne, he thought that he was rich all over the world. He even planned to keep the good things that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty collected in the court for himself. Exchange money... But if this kind of thing is known, wouldn't it be ridiculous?

Because Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian and others have been in court, Zhu Si is still restrained.

Until today without restriction, Zhu Si couldn't help but want to make all the things in the palace his own.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, you clearly still have the mentality of an illegal intruder!

You want to declare that you are the owner of the palace, but you want to make the things in the palace your own... To put it bluntly, you still have no confidence.

"Your Majesty, no one would dare to buy these things even if they were taken out of the palace gate." Zhu Hao laughed.

Zhu Sidao: "If you tell them that I want to sell them, there must be people who want to buy them, even some ancient calligraphy and paintings, why no one buys these things used by the court of the previous dynasty? Doesn't it mean that people in this world are arty? ?”

Zhu Hao smiled and said nothing more.

At first I thought that Zhu Si had grown up and gradually became a qualified emperor, but now it seems that he is still the same bear.

Zhu Si put Hao Dingxi aside and said with a smile: "Jingdao, I plan to admit a few more concubines into the palace recently. You are the servant of the Ministry of Rites. How about entrusting this matter to you?"

Zhu Hao said: "How does Your Majesty want to accept a concubine?"

Zhu Si thought for a while, and said: "Even if you can't go to the private sector to visit beautiful women like the previous few, you should at least ask the ministers to recommend them. , let me choose."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Zhu Hao said.

Zhu Si asked in surprise: "Why?"

Zhu Hao said: "If it comes to the stage of court selection, no matter whether they are selected or not, they must stay in the palace, and they will only become palace maids in the end. Whose daughter is willing to come to the palace to do chores? ?”

"Then how did the previous emperor accept concubines?"

Zhu Si was not very happy again.

Now he enjoys the feeling of being in power, and wants to have fun with it. Given his young age, he is probably the most enthusiastic about this kind of thing.

Zhu Hao was originally Mu Shaoai's age, but because of his psychological age, he was not very interested in it.

Zhu Haodao: "Since your Majesty got married, there is still no heir. It is true that the harem should be enriched, but some things should be raised by the ministers, rather than your Majesty himself. Only in this way can it be seen that your Majesty accepting concubines is for the inheritance of the royal family, but Not for selfish desires."

Zhu Si smiled and asked: "You mean, find someone to perform?"

"Yes." Zhu Hao nodded.

"Okay, you find someone to tell, I believe you. After the performance, I still plan to leave this matter to you."

Zhu Si seemed to trust Zhu Hao very much, and even asked Zhu Hao to check on the matter of choosing a concubine.

Zhu Haodao: "Your Majesty, I may not have the heart to worry about these things recently. Now that the matter of discussing ceremonies has been basically settled, should I, as a servant of the Ministry of Rites, have the official position..."

"You don't want to resign, do you?" Zhu Si said.

Zhu Haodao: "I have no intention of resigning, I just want His Majesty to give me another errand. Right now, the shipbuilding is in full swing. Just as Your Majesty worried, the most important thing is to check the cost, and the ordnance factory also needs me. Take care."

Zhu Si pondered for a while, and said: "How about this, you don't want to hold the position of a bachelor's servant and a young Zhan Shi in Zhan Shi's mansion, and let you be the minister of the Ministry of Industry, what do you think?"

Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty, now that the two ministers of the Ministry of Industry can fulfill their duties, why do you want me to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Then what do you want to be?" Zhu Si was confused again.

Zhu Hao seemed very indifferent, cupped his hands and said, "It would be nice for me to be a doctor of the Ministry of Industry."

"Langzhong? Didn't that bring you back again? Don't underestimate yourself. Now many people know that you and I are of the same mind, so you don't need to engage in those perfunctory tricks... Otherwise, you can directly join the cabinet!" Zhu Sidao .

Zhu Hao sighed: "Your Majesty, regarding joining the cabinet, I recommend Mr. Tang to join the cabinet. There is one more thing, which is his illness..."

Finally it comes to Tang Yin.

Tang Yin's illness has always been a topic that cannot be avoided.

Although Zhu Hao's appearance seems to have delayed Tang Yin's death, what should come will always come, and history has not changed much.

After Zhu Hao gave an overview of Tang Yin's situation, Zhu Si didn't seem too sad.

This also made Zhu Hao feel that Zhu Si only cared about the people around him on the surface. In fact, in his mind, his throne was more important. When you grow up, tell him that this is the best way to suppress the power of civil servants. Is it really that important who you recognize as your father?

"Mr. Tang's life is not long, so let him enter the cabinet before he dies, so that he can go away with honor, right?"

Zhu Si heard Zhu Hao's meaning.

Zhu Hao nodded heavily: "Exactly."

Zhu Si sighed: "If this is the case, then I will listen to you. Anyway, he is already a Hanlin scholar, and joining the cabinet is just a matter of my words. But now there are four people in the cabinet, and when it is his turn to be the chief assistant... It should be impossible."

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mr. Tang, he will always push back any errands that he is asked to do. Entering the cabinet is just to give him a prominent official resume. Not long after entering the cabinet, let him retire and recuperate at home. , Your Majesty has treated him with the utmost benevolence."

"Ah."

Zhu Si has no doubts.

No matter whether he is really merciless or not, there is still no reason to refuse this kind of favor.

Besides, his teacher-student relationship with Tang Yin was known to everyone, even if he let his former teacher join the cabinet for his own face, it would not be a shameful thing.

"Just do what you want."

Zhu Si readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)