Jingming

Chapter 39 Which Dragon Bed to Sleep Tonight?
"Heh." Zhu Houcong just smiled lightly, and then said something that shocked Zhang Yong and the others: "I want to invite Yang Yiqing to come out of the mountain, and you should also write a letter."

Zhang Yong was dumbfounded: "Slave... to write?"

Yang Yiqing came out of the mountain, how could this position be lower?He left as a cabinet minister!

When is it the eunuch's turn to meddle in such matters?
"Don't you want to give you grace?" Zhu Houcong laughed, "I heard that Yang Yiqing has a good opinion of you. It's better than other courtiers chasing you blindly to beat and kill you?"

"...Your Majesty is so kind, and this servant is inexplicable. It's just such a big matter as asking Mr. Yang Ge to come out of the mountain. Is it too negligent for me to be a servant?"

"What are you thinking? I will personally send someone there, and someone in the court will recommend him." Zhu Houcong paused for a moment and sighed softly, "Now that I am a newcomer to the Great Treasure, I am afraid that the Wala people will take the opportunity to invade the border. The border town is corrupt. One day, a group of officers and soldiers in Beijing will be abolished. The Beijing camp...you should be loyal first, and I will keep you first."

Zhang Yong who heard this sentence immediately kowtowed: "My servant understands, my servant must write this letter well!"

"You want to write it well. The emperor has trained for many years, but if he doesn't settle some issues with the courtiers, it will cause another disaster after all. But I will not avoid other court affairs. Mr. Yang Ge was in charge of the three sides twice, and he returned to the court. Now, I feel at ease." Zhu Houcong instructed again, "In addition, you know more about the honored officials and generals of this dynasty, including the six guards in charge of the palace, and the military officials of the five armies. Only then can it be presented as it is.”

"The servant obeys the order!" Zhang Yong was assured, and he was overjoyed by the envy of Wei Bin and Gu Dayong.

But Wei Bin and Gu Dayong also exceeded expectations. Instead of going to the shrine to oversee the mausoleum immediately, they each had their duties as supervisors.

As a result, Zhu Houcong said: "If I want to deal with you first in this way, I must first have sufficient reasons to prepare to deal with the courtiers. After tomorrow, the memorials to impeach you will definitely be piled into the palace. The impostors are not because of their merits. Those who have been promoted, those who are arrogant and lawless in Beijing and abroad, all give me a list. How you make up for your mistakes, you also need to have a charter."

"……Yes."

"There must be a list of foreign ministers. I will not be biased, nor will I tolerate it!" Zhu Houcong waved his hand, "Please come tomorrow for my memorial to listen to the government, and I will give you four days. On the 27th, I will Before the court to listen to the government, many things will come to an end, don't you understand?"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

"So start to check the accounts tomorrow! The inner warehouse needs to be checked, and the Taikuang and Changying warehouses should also be checked! Tomorrow morning, you will move the account books of the inner warehouse, and then go to the Ministry of Accounts and Taipu Temple to transfer Taikuang and Changying. Ku's account books. In addition, call all the literate and careful people in the 24 yamen in the palace to Qianqing Palace tomorrow to help me check the accounts."

Gu Dayong looked at Zhu Houcong in surprise, such a large-scale audit?

Wei Bin was the first to kowtow: "Your servant understands, within four days, your servant will definitely check the account!"

The emperor clearly said that he would check the accounts for him, but Wei Bin said that he must check the accounts.

Zhu Houcong took a deep look at him: the only three remaining among the eight tigers have been able to stand still, there is indeed a reason for it, they know how to advance and retreat, and they have the determination to give up.

"That's all, you go back."

After Zhu Houcong let them leave, he sat behind the desk again.

Zhu Qingping just came in to help him change a cup of hot milk, Zhu Houcong said, "Let's make a cup of tea."

"...Your Majesty, aren't you ready to rest?"

Zhu Houcong nodded: "I still have to make some preparations for tomorrow."

If you think about the account books in this era, you will know what kind of original state it is. Zhu Houcong needs to extract enough usable information from it, and use his professional knowledge to conduct statistical analysis from it.

A lot of repetitive work can be done and checked by the eunuchs, but this format...Zhu Houcong has to teach them how to record and transcribe.

After brewing tea and looking at the emperor, Zhu Qingping stood aside silently.

She is the one who is most sensitive to the changes in His Majesty over the past year.

In her opinion, the eldest son at that time had a feeling of estrangement with the princess and the two princesses for nearly a month.

Although at that time Xingxian Wang Daxie, the son's taciturn behavior was considered excessive grief, but Zhu Qingping could see that the son was not purely reticent, but calm and deliberate.

Of course, Zhu Qingping only thought that His Majesty suddenly felt the burden on him and grew up overnight.

Seeing that His Majesty had been worrying about state affairs so late on the first night of his ascension to the throne, Zhu Qingping stood for a long time before looking at Zhu Houcong's side face with lowered head and frowning, and then said softly, "Your Majesty, have some refreshments first, and take a rest."

Zhu Houcong put down his pen and stood up, walking around like this, eating some snacks with a porcelain bowl in his hand, but turned around and teased Zhu Qingping: "When you enter the palace gate, it's as deep as the sea, don't you regret it?"

"...the king...the empress dowager's kindness to the servants is as great as a mountain. The servants will never repay them for life. The servants have never thought of leaving the palace."

Zhu Houcong could only drink hot milk silently.

There are still some loyal people, but unfortunately there are only enough to keep around.

He put down the porcelain cup and said: "First serve as a nobleman in my palace, and control all the maids. You should pay more attention to my food, clothing and sleep."

For Zhu Qingping, Zhu Houcong is still very relieved.

Zhu Qingping's mother was the concubine of a criminal official, and all the men in the family died, so her mother was beaten into the Yue Ji and entered the Jiaofang Division.

27 years ago when Xingxian Wang was in Fan, Zhu Qingping's mother was selected as a musician in the palace and went to Anlu, only to find out that she was pregnant with a child.

Le Ji has been Le Ji for generations, and her daughter would have continued to be an official prostitute.Zhu Qingping's mother was very sad and angry. She wanted to commit suicide but she couldn't bear the child in her womb.

She died after giving birth, and Zhu Qingping didn't know who her father was.What happened to her mother when she was an official prostitute on the [-]th floor of the two courts in Beijing was not something that King Xingxian, who had just been cautious at the time, wanted to pay attention to.

The status of cheap people in this era is really low.

On the contrary, Mrs. Jiang, who had been married into the palace for three years but had not given birth to a child, wanted to raise the child and accumulate merit.

After doing this, Mrs. Jiang really became pregnant with Zhu Houcong's elder brother this year. Wang Xingxian was overjoyed and finally helped Zhu Qingping get rid of her citizenship. She was even given the surname Zhu because of this. They all continued the habit of having a clear character in the middle of their names.

But after growing up, Zhu Qingping was unwilling to marry out, and grew up in the palace until she was 26 years old, becoming the most capable and potential female official in the palace.

This time Zhu Houcong was going to enter the palace and ascend the throne, so Zhu Qingping was entrusted by the Jiang family to send her here.

Now that she heard Zhu Houcong's entrustment, she immediately knelt down to thank her for her promise.

"Don't be so cautious, there are no ranks in the palace. When I straighten out the palace, the palace order will be yours sooner or later." Zhu Houcong asked her to get up, "Slave maidservant screamed, birthright."

Zhu Qingping shook her head: "Your Majesty can't be accused of ignoring etiquette just because you let Your Majesty do it."

"...Then you wait at the side first." Zhu Houcong finished his snacks and sat down on the throne behind the desk again.

But Zhu Qingping asked: "Your Majesty, where is the Dragon's couch to rest tonight, so please pay attention and arrange it first."

Zhu Houcong was stunned: "Which dragon couch is it?"

(End of this chapter)