Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 816: The jealous princess was given the task of committing suicide and Shen Yi plundered the internal wealth.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Although this Princess Cao of Jiaocheng's behavior is a bit too radical, she just doesn't want to share her man with other women. Her feelings are pitiable."

Who said that women in ancient times were accustomed to men taking concubines, and all of them willingly accepted it.

Look at how far this county princess has resisted.

The mother of King Jiaocheng was so frightened by the princess that she went directly to live in the tomb of King Ding of Jin Dynasty. She also dismissed the maids around her for fear that they would be harmed by the princess.

Although the old Zhu family was not like the Sima family who called for filial piety to govern the world every day, under the rule of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the Ming Dynasty, from the emperor to the common people, were bound by filial piety.

People like Princess Cao of Jiaocheng, who can do whatever they want, actually exist in reality, which is unexpected.

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Where did this Princess Cao come from?"

Su Xi smiled and said: "Zhongshu Sheren made a note at the bottom of the memorial. Princess Cao of Jiaocheng is the granddaughter of Cao Ying, Qianhu, the avant-garde of Taiyuan."

"How can a person with a thousand households be so cruel? It's amazing that her grandfather is Cao Ying."

"What do you think my husband should do? The Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate said he should be punished with the death penalty."

Zhu Qiyu asked back: "What do you think? When it comes to women, you, the emperor's concubines, can decide."

Su Xi replied: "She is a princess after all, so if she is sentenced to death, pushing her to Caishikou and beheading her will definitely not work.

There is nothing wrong with a woman wanting to monopolize her husband, but it is wrong to harm lives.

Killing for life is justified.

But my husband, thinking of the friendship between relatives, sent eunuchs to the Jiaocheng Palace to supervise the suicide of Princess Cao, in order to save her face. "

"Okay, you have the final say."

Ningxiang shook her head and sighed: "King Jiaocheng must still love Mrs. Cao, otherwise he would not have allowed her to do this.

But it's not love enough. If it was true love, he would be willing to give up other women for Cao. "

"Yes, Ningxiang is right."

Ningxiang asked again: "If I let my husband go back and choose again, would he be willing to be a couple for the rest of his life?"

"Yes, I do."

"Then we can only keep one among the five of us. Who will we choose as husband?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I refuse to answer this question, it is harder to answer than my mother and my wife fell into the water at the same time, who should be saved first.

I am sincere to all five of you, even cats and dogs, and I have developed feelings for each other after ten years. "

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said, "That's a good thing to say. Don't worry, husband. The five of us sisters are not jealous at all, let alone jealous and aggressive like the Cao family."

Zhu Qiyu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. But he was teasing in his heart: Come on, let me take a concubine today, and you will kill her for me tomorrow. It will definitely be more efficient than Cao's.

Either you already have a son, or you will definitely have a son in the future. Each son has at least three guards, and there are fifteen thousand soldiers.

I can't afford to offend you, so you just pretend to be so generous to me.

After changing the topic from the military, the atmosphere finally became more relaxed and pleasant.

A few people chatted for a while, then saw Linglong walking in from the outside with two jade boxes in her hands and a smile on her face.

Zhu Qiyu asked: "It's not time to eat, right? What did my concubine get? Sour plum soup? Iced ginseng tea?"

Linglong came to the couch and opened the jade box. In one jade box is a clear spring filled with ice cubes, in another jade box is hot water, and there is also a jar of honey.

"What is my concubine doing?"

Linglong explained: "This girl Ningxiang invented it. First, apply honey on your husband, then take a mouthful of ice water and clean it for him, then take a mouthful of hot water and clean it for him. The alternation of hot and cold is endlessly wonderful."

Zhu Qiyu heard this and looked at Ningxiang in surprise. Isn't this the 'Song of Ice and Fire'? It's hard for this girl to invent such a good thing hundreds of years in advance. She is really talented and a peerless beauty.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu lay down on the couch as if resigned to his fate, and let the concubines start the experiment.

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The emperor was at ease at home, but the civil and military officials were already busy and crazy.

Chen Yi looked at the various accounts and laughed at himself: "No wonder the Holy One wants to set up three ministers in the Ministry of Household Affairs. If there is only one minister, he will be exhausted to death."

The other two ministers, Geng Jiuchou and Xiao Tan, both laughed.

Geng Jiuchou teased: "Even our master Shen Dashangshu, who has every plan and expert decision-making, can't withstand it. This shows how huge the scale of this war is."

Hearing this, Chen Yi shook his head and sighed: "I think the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping back then was nothing more than this.

At that time, almost all the strong men of Qin State were transferred to the army. It's almost the same here. Except for Japan and Annan, there are still some elites, and the rest are all devoted to the northern battlefield. "

Geng Jiuchou replied: "In the past ten years, despite constant wars, our Ming Dynasty has still accumulated considerable national strength. If all the materials from across the country are mobilized, at least in terms of supplies, we will be far better than the Mongolian Yuan."

Chen Yi nodded: "I plan to ask Your Majesty to bring all the horses, fodder, and beans from the Royal Horse Supervisor, as well as all the food accumulated by the internal funds over the years.

Forget about silver and copper coins, the imperial court has so many minerals and mints over ten million coins every year, so there is no shortage of money for the time being. "

Xiao Tan asked curiously: "Do you want it from the internal funds? Or do you have to replenish the internal funds after the war?"

Chen Yi replied confidently: "The family and the country are one, so of course it's in vain."

Xiao Tan was choked and fell backwards. Only Shen Yi dared to say this.

Shen Yi's ability is really too strong, and there are countless things going on in the household department.

Each province, prefecture, or county has population, land, and taxes. How to transport grain and grass, how to meet expenses, and how to ensure military supplies are really difficult for ordinary people to understand.

But Shen Yi could sort it out clearly. A detailed account covering more than 20 provinces of the Ming Dynasty was printed in Shen Yi's head.

Even the emperor admitted that Shen Yi was an indispensable talent.

So when Shen Yi wanted something from the emperor, the emperor just laughed it off.

When people are tense for a long time, they need to relax. Geng Jiuchou and Xiao Tan made noises together, urging Shen Yi to write a sketch quickly.

Early the next morning, as soon as Zhu Qiyu woke up, he saw Shen Yi's memorial from the most conspicuous position on the coffee table.

Just by intuition, His Majesty Emperor Jingtai knew something was going to happen.

When he opened the memorial and took a closer look, Zhu Qiyu's eyes widened: "I have only seen lions with their mouths wide open before, but now I finally see Taotie with his mouth wide open."

My horse supervisor, it took me ten years to raise so many war horses, mules and horses. Shen Yi, a bastard, will take them all away as soon as he opens his mouth.

I asked Hao Yi and the others to work hard to cultivate the land in Yumajian. They managed to grow some beans and grains, but these gangs of robbers had to take them all away.

And Shen Yi doesn't want to leave even a grain of the food grown at our home for me.

Oops, my dear Minister of Revenue, they are trying to raid my home.

Oops, I still have millions of taels of silver in my warehouse, so I'll give them all to him. "

(End of this chapter)