Jingming

Chapter 41

Liang Chu laughed aloud: "Why bother to see me? Can't I wait for the cabinet ministers for four days? Your Majesty wants to see it, just send it. Isn't it a good thing for the emperor to be diligent?"

Jiang Mian and Mao Ji were speechless for a moment.

Liang Chu asked Yang Tinghe again: "Jiefu, now that things have come to an end, I'm afraid His Majesty will order the Ministry of Rites to honor King Xingxian and add Wangfei as Queen Mother during the court meeting. Will you stop then?"

Yang Tinghe fell silent for a while when it touched on the question of the soul.

After thinking for a while, he said: "The more important thing now is that the New Deal has many unresolved specific strategies to implement as soon as possible! I'm afraid that His Majesty is not actually disapproving of all of them. It's just that I can wait for this matter during the discussion. Concession. Your Majesty's handling of state affairs in this way is not a blessing for the country!"

He didn't say whether to dissuade him at that time, but he first determined the strategy that the emperor might adopt.

It is not a kingly way to use state affairs as a bargaining chip to exchange approval with the ministers for the pursuit of the plus sign.

Liang Shuhou looked up at the sky, stood up and said with a smile: "Then let's see when the time comes, it's almost time for Shen Shi, I'm old, so I'll take my leave first."

After that, he left in such a chic and leisurely manner.

The role of etiquette and law is indeed very great, and the actions of the emperor can easily become the cause or excuse of some turmoil. The question is, are there any signs of these turmoil now?
not yet.This is certainly due to the fact that the discussion of the great ceremony has not yet been announced to the world, but looking at His Majesty's current actions, is he really afraid that the world will not know?
It was expected to check the accounts, but I didn't expect it to come so soon, and the emperor personally checked it.

Does the emperor know how to check accounts?

All the ministers expressed doubts about this point. Historically, certain ministers were ordered to check the accounts.

The reason why Mao Ji's reaction to this situation is so great is that it is more likely that the ministers will be investigating.

Let the internal ministers investigate, if they really want to find out some problems to make use of the problem, the foreign ministers will naturally be the ones who want to do it.

Did the emperor intend to purge the court, remove a group of people and promote a group of new people?
Many people think this way, so their minds come alive.

That's right!Even if the emperor and his courtiers can't find anything, it's still giving a signal.

The only question now is, who does the emperor want to suppress?

Suspicions arose, and the capital became lively before the emperor came to court for the first time.

Those who post posts to meet important ministers, those who exchange ideas in houses, brothels, restaurants, etc., those who are less passionate...

The signal from the emperor might be to let the ministers help to settle the old score!
How can some people be moved without excuses and guilt?

People like Wang Qiong, who had never had a good relationship with Yang Tinghe, wanted to protect themselves, and many speech officials were ready to flex their muscles...

The first flame of the emperor of the new dynasty may be far greater than Yang Ting and the others estimated.

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Outside the Qianqing Palace, the eunuchs who were able to read memorial books and write were called in many eunuchs who had studied in the inner school, including the other eleven supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus.

At this time, they moved many small desks and divided them into several large groups.

There are two people sitting behind each small desk, one person looks through the account books or memorials, and the other takes a pen to record something.

Looking from a distance, those who didn't know thought that the palace examination was held in advance, but the location was wrong.

The emperor and Huang Jin, who wandered around, reminded them from time to time what to extract and how to record it on the form sent to them.

Even if Empress Dowager Zhang wanted to take a walk in the palace, she would not come to Qianqing Palace.But now she is also very concerned about Zhu Houcong's activities, so she was rewarded early.

This thing started in the morning.

When Zhu Houcong came to visit her after visiting several banquet halls, Empress Dowager Zhang asked, "Emperor, I heard that you called all the literate servants to Qianqing Palace to check the accounts?"

Zhu Houcong smiled and nodded, not surprised at all that she was well-informed in the palace.

In this imperial palace, Zhu Houcong hadn't punished anyone first, let alone started a big change of blood.

But now that the audit has started, and the eunuchs are used to check the accounts, Queen Mother Zhang is still not sure what he means.She continued to ask: "I don't know what is the purpose of checking the accounts this time? Now that you have just ascended the throne, even if you want to beat the foreign ministers, it is safer to do it slowly..."

The situation is already different. The emperor is a smiling tiger with perfect manners on the surface, but he has a clear attitude towards her.

Empress Dowager Zhang, who had just been beaten, needed to rely more on foreign ministers to restrain the emperor.

Zhu Houcong kept smiling, and replied after hearing the words: "It's just that I have an idea first, and I don't plan to cause trouble. If I was questioned or coaxed by the foreign ministers later, wouldn't it be a joke?"

"So that's why... the emperor's worries are very serious. He only ascended the throne yesterday, and the palace has not had time to look around before concentrating on political affairs. The emperor is really hardworking. The emperor is still young, so don't tire yourself out."

"I told you what to do. They are doing everything, and I am not tired." After Zhu Houcong said, he asked her how her day was, and then asked her about Zhu Houzhao's mysterious palace—that is, the tomb—before construction started. Regarding the matter, she asked her if it was appropriate to send Zhang Heling, Zhang Yanling, Cui Yuan and others to take charge of the sacrifices, and she also asked who should be sent to supervise the subsequent projects.

Hearing the candidate proposed by Zhu Houcong, Queen Mother Zhang realized that Brother Zhang Heling was actually in charge, and she couldn't understand his attitude for a while.

Supervising the construction of Emperor Daxing's mausoleum is actually a good job.There are old rules for everything, and there is no labor, but the money will definitely be fully guaranteed.After the work is done, rewards are indispensable.

With the IQ of Queen Mother Zhang, she understands the good intentions.

Of course, that's because in her opinion, the whole world belongs to the Zhu family, and it's only natural for her relatives to be filial. Is it possible that she should be blamed for such a trivial matter?

Maybe... the emperor is still preparing to deal with foreign ministers after checking the accounts, so now he is showing favor to himself again?

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang felt much better and smiled more.

The appearance of these two people caring for each other, for a while, it seemed that they were "a loving aunt and a filial nephew".

Coming out of Renshou Palace, Zhu Houcong went to Weiyang Palace next to him after leaving the gate of the palace.

After sitting in Weiyang Palace for more than a quarter of an hour, he started his evening run.

Today, more people know about the emperor's running, and even some bold people will hide at the door of the passage between the east and west palaces to take a peek.

Zhu Houcong didn't care about this at all.

Before he thought about Queen Mother Zhang, he asked why he was nervous about the audit.

What makes Queen Mother Zhang nervous is naturally not how much money she spent or what benefits she got. She has a high status, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

It should be her mother's house.

Zhu Houcong has heard a lot about the deeds of the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling over the years.

The salaries and rewards they received as relatives of the state are just a small part of the small head to them. They use their special status to do various transactions, embezzle land and other properties, and collect people to contribute to their benefits.

Although Zhu Houcong temporarily showed respect for Empress Dowager Zhang's integrity, but since she refused to recognize her as her mother, how could she know that she would not find an excuse to attack her two younger brothers?

In addition, he always went to say hello, but Queen Mother Zhang didn't know what to say, why not talk about state affairs to show her presence?

Because of their thinking habits, both of them have a cognitive bias towards each other's thinking.

After thinking about these things and running back, Zhu Houcong scrubbed a little and asked Huang Jin to prepare the meals.

Zhu Qingping tidied his clothes and said softly, "Your Majesty, you are always sweating. You should take a good bath. The body of a dragon is important, why are you not used to being waited upon?"

Zhu Houcong looked at her strangely.

If he hadn't known what she was like, and had known that the eunuch was actually responsible for serving the emperor to take a bath, Zhu Houcong would have cared about her intentions in saying this.

Zhu Qingping knelt on the ground: "Your maidservant speaks nonsense."

"Why are you so nervous?" Zhu Houcong asked her to stand up, "Could it be that the boss waits on me three times a day?"

"If your majesty needs it, it's their duty." Seeing that he didn't blame him, Zhu Qingping continued, "And when you get up in the morning, your majesty dresses and washes up, and the servants just prepare the utensils. It's good that the servants are used to it , the female envoys originally sent by the palace to the Qianqing Palace were all terrified."

"You mean the Xilonggou in the morning?"

　Thanks to Wu Chi for the 500-point reward, and thanks to Fatty 2004 for the 100-point reward!
　　
　
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