Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 39

The engraving in the Qianqing Palace made a soft noise.

Shen Shiqing sandwiched a jade talisman with tassels between the pages of the book as a bookmark, and closed the book again.

Raising her hand, she touched her chest. Inside was Emperor Zhaode's heart. This heart did not have the benevolence of a monarch. Rather than having a heart that can care about the world, it is better to say that it is a heart that is good at maneuvering and maneuvering.

"In the past, someone said that listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books. Today, the woman finally learned the lesson. After sitting on the dragon chair for nearly a month, His Majesty's word woke the woman up."

So this is the emperor?It turned out that this was the aloof emperor.

You don't have to keep the people in the world in your heart, and you don't have to think about how to make more people live and work in peace. You can be an emperor as long as you regard everyone in the world as ants that can be killed at any time.

Because he is the emperor, it is only natural to step on the common people and enjoy the glory and wealth.

With deep eyes, Shen Shiqing thought a lot in a very short moment.

But her heart was empty again.

Rubbing the pages of the book with her hand, looking at the word "Shangshu" on the cover, she said slowly in her heart:

"Your Majesty, you told the women in one sentence, if the women want to be useful to the world, they can't follow your old road. That road has only power but no people, only scheming but no sincerity. It's not the way of women."

After finishing speaking, Shen Shiqing paused.

Zhao Surui's voice did not resound in her heart.

Because the hour has come.

She didn't say these words to the monarch named Zhao Surui.

Putting the "Book of History" aside, Shen Shiqing stepped off the dragon bed and walked to the window made of rosewood.

There was a deep winter wind whistling outside, the window was only slightly opened, and the gust of wind blew people's heads and faces.

Hearing the noise in the house, Yiji approached the inner room lightly, and saw their emperor standing by the window, disheveled and let the cold wind rage, he quickly took the soft-soled shoes and knelt down to walk all the way Sent to the emperor's side.

"My lord, this servant will help you put on your shoes."

"No, just put your shoes on the ground."

The emperor said so, and a chicken can only follow suit.

Stepping on the shoes with both feet, Shen Shiqing gently exhaled the stale air in her body.

"A chicken?"

"My lord."

"Should the Four Rats let the people from the East Factory go to Ning'anbo Mansion every day to watch the Prince of England imitate his ancestors by eating coarse grains and wearing sackcloth?"

"If you go back to the emperor, the people from Dongchang surrounded Ning Anbo's mansion so that they couldn't even get out of the house. The four rats came to report that every day the Prince of England gave them a lot of silver notes. On the same day, I changed people and collected all the money. Now there are about 3000 taels of silver, together with the silver we got from the King of England, and sent to the Firearms Research Institute. I think it will be enough for them Take a while."

Knowing that the emperor has a suspicion of the British palace, these eunuchs naturally find a way to follow the emperor's wishes, so sending people to the Ning'anbo mansion to watch every day is a small trick they use Yes, every time I go, people can get a handful from the uncle's mansion and the prince of the British county. The number is not much, but it is disgusting enough.

"En." Shen Shiqing nodded, and closed the window by herself.

The moment the window was closed, she asked softly, "Ergou also gave away all the money I've earned over the years?"

In an instant, a chicken buried its head on the ground, making a muffled sound.

When the emperor mentioned them before, he found that Ergou’s face was not right. He asked in private. At first, Ergou gritted his teeth and refused to speak, but later he told the truth. Sending money to his home is already tens of thousands of taels. Ergou thought that there was nothing he could not take from these vassal kings, and only then did he realize that he had caused a catastrophe.

When Yiji entered the palace at the age of 12, he was separated from Ergou, who was only nine years old. Later, Yiji was assigned to serve King Zhaoqin, and Ergou was still a little eunuch. He became the emperor again, and he needed a few capable eunuchs to get rid of Zhang Wan, so he recommended Ergou to the emperor's side.

At that time, the first chicken was called Fang Qi'en, and the second dog was called Duan Qiugui.

The two grew up together through thick and thin, how could one chicken not find a way for two dogs?He gritted his teeth and forced Ergou to squeeze out all the money, and he supplemented his income over the years. A total of 5 taels of silver and the 4000 taels of silver just sent by the King of England were sent to the firearms outside the city. research institute.

He didn't ask the emperor not to know about this matter, but he only hoped that the emperor would not pursue it because they, beast slaves, are still good-looking.

"My lord, Ergou has worked hard all these years..."

Shen Shiqing lowered her eyes when she heard the kowtow of "dongdong".

According to Zhao Surui's scheming, he must also know that Ergou is greedy for money in private, but he doesn't care, when Ergou becomes the second Zhang Wan, he will definitely kill him, and copy Ergou happily. The wealth of the family is used as military expenses.

"Let Ergou write down every stroke he got, write it clearly, and then go to the Supervisor of Rites and get sixty sticks."

Hearing that the emperor didn't directly send Ergou to be fed to the tiger, Yiji felt relieved, and quickly kowtowed again: "I thank the emperor for Ergou and spared his dog's life!"

"I don't pursue it because I was negligent in discipline before, but from now on, if you commit another crime, I will deal with it according to the "Great Yong Law"."

"Yes! I have written it down! I have thanked the emperor! I will let all the eunuchs in the palace write it down!"

These days, Shen Shiqing still has some trust in Yiji. He is diligent and intelligent, and always keeps the emperor's thoughts in mind. As long as he doesn't get greedy, he is also a good internal official.

Turning around, taking a look at the three mountain caps who fell down with a chicken kneeling, Shen Shiqing slowly walked back to the bed:

"I have three things to do. First, I want to thoroughly investigate the accounts of the 'Shadao Gong' over the years, and send Jin Yiwei down to investigate all the officials who have dealt with them. The Taipu Temple’s entry and exit accounts, this matter is handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Sixth Division is assigned to the Central Committee for investigation and supervision; third, I will go out of the palace tomorrow, and then I will go to see Chen Shouzhang.”

After the emperor finished talking about the first thing to do, he squatted on the ground and didn't dare to move. After the three things were finished, he didn't even dare to breathe, just prostrated on the ground and buried his head deeply.

Ever since the emperor met Chen Shouzhang and saluted Chen Shouzhang, Yiji had been feeling uneasy. Tonight, his worries finally came true.

If he had known this earlier, he might as well have let Chen Shouzhang die.

After he died, the world can continue to be peaceful.

Seeing that the chicken had turned into a wooden chicken with fright, Shen Shiqing laughed first.

She knew in her heart that after taking this step, she and the real Emperor Zhaode would part ways completely, and she would definitely die the day Emperor Zhaode returned to this body.

But she still has to do it.

She stands here, she sees, she hears, and she will do what she should and can do.

After she figured it out, she just felt relieved.

She is Shen Shiqing, even in the body of an emperor, enjoying the power and luxury of a king, she is still Shen Shiqing.

"Tomorrow morning, you will announce the decree for me."

"...The servants lead the order."

Before the sun rose, under the solemn Fengtian Gate, a chicken was ordered to read His Majesty's will.

Everyone was shocked, the elders glanced at each other, and immediately understood that His Majesty had not discussed with any of them.

For some reason, Li Congyuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. After hanging on for more than ten days, he finally let go.

It turns out that His Majesty didn't want to move the capital.

Thinking about it carefully, abolishing a mere shad tribute is nothing compared to moving the capital which is laborious and costly.

Every year, the court spends a lot of money on shad tribute, which can save a lot of money, and maybe it can be used to do some good things.

As for His Majesty's plan to investigate the Taipu Temple, Li Congyuan made a silent calculation in his heart. At the beginning of the dispute between the Ministry of War and the Taipu Temple, most of the officials of the Taipu Temple were dismissed.

He raised his eyelids.

From the bottom of his heart, he does not object to this matter. The Taipu Temple has been used as a money bag by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War these years, but it has become a tool to cover up his own deficits everywhere. If he can check it out, maybe he can get some money come out.

But, is this investigation a big investigation or a small investigation?Is it as far as the Ministry of Military Affairs?Or have you checked all the holes in the Yong Dynasty from various places to the six departments in these years?

From the corner of his eyes, he saw a corner of the dragon robe on the golden platform, and Li Congyuan's heart moved.

At this time, he remembered what His Majesty said when he went to lecture to His Majesty before the court this morning.

In fact, His Majesty just asked him a sentence in the "Shangshu".

That sentence is "The human heart is only dangerous, the Taoist heart is weak; the essence is the only one, and the permission is in the middle."*"

His Majesty, who is only twenty-two this year, is wearing a light crimson dragon-patterned straight gown, which makes him look more and more radiant. Standing in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace and smelling a strange and elegant fragrance, Li Congyuan only feels that His Majesty is in his eyes. His appearance has changed again compared to before, he seems to be more and more relaxed between his brows and eyes, but he has a bit of aura like Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi.

Li Congyuan figured it out.

Your Majesty, he wants to investigate, or rather, thoroughly investigate.

Holding an ivory wat board horizontally in his hand, the de facto chief minister bowed and saluted: "Your servants, please accept the decree."

Seeing Manchu civil and military salute to her, Shen Shiqing's face was expressionless.

The sky in the distance is gradually getting twilight, and the lamps beside the imperial road are fluttering in the wind.

The distant morning bell resounded throughout Yanjing.

Ravens and magpies, startled by the bell, flitted across the golden roof tiles.

The place where the sun reaches may be a distant place that she will never be able to reach in her life, but she wants to leave her traces on this land.

"Everyone, from the 200th year of the Yong Dynasty to the present, no matter how many holes there are, I dare to look at them. I want to see. I dare to kill the moths caught from the holes. I will kill them. I will say the ugly words before the first day of October. Those who can fill in the gaps, I can take it lightly, and those who are found out after October, I have "Dayong Law" watching everyone."

There was silence.

Shen Shiqing stood up, flicked the sleeves of her robe, turned and left the golden throne.

"Back—towards—!"

　Shen Shiqing: That's right.

　　*The general meaning of the sentence in Shangshu is that only by sticking to the original intention can we resist the shaking of people's hearts and the changes in the situation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)