I am the carpenter king

In late autumn, the city of Beijing is a bit more desolate and lonely. Occasionally, a black crow will land on a bare tree.The ugly cry made people feel more irritable, the weather gradually turned cold, and there were fewer people on the street, making it look even more desolate.

Occasionally, a pedestrian walked by, with a cold face and a hurry.The Forbidden City is still located there, as if time has left no traces on this city, it is still so majestic and daunting.

Emperor Apocalypse was walking in the imperial garden of the Forbidden City at this time. The autumn leaves were falling, and withered yellow leaves were floating on the lake. The weather emperor was also in a low mood.Sighing softly, Emperor Tianqi glanced back at Liu Yijing, and said in a deep voice: "It's already September, and the weather is getting colder. This year's water transportation must be kept smooth. The money for water transportation must be distributed this morning. The money owed to the fiber households must ensure the smooth flow of grain."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this matter is the most important thing. The six ministries and the cabinet are all watching, and nothing will go wrong." Liu Yijing bowed to Emperor Tianqi, and said in a respectful tone.

Gently nodded, Emperor Tianqi turned his gaze to Wang Chengen, who was on the side, and said with a frown: "You will send an order to Dongchang in a while, so that the Wei Dynasty will keep an eye on this matter, and ensure that the silver hair of the guard will be sent to Xianhu's hands." Li. If it is found that any official is greedy for the money, report it directly to me. You tell Wei Chao, if he can't handle this matter well, he will leave Dongchang alone!"

"Don't worry, my majesty, I will go to Dongchang soon." Wang Chengen saluted respectfully, but a look of worry flashed across his face. He could feel that Emperor Tianqi disliked the Wei Dynasty more and more. Really sweating for Wei Chao.

Liu Yijing on the side is full of approval at this time, Emperor Tianqi can use Jinyiwei and Dongchang in these places, which makes him feel at ease.As for those corrupt officials, in Liu Yijing's view, they all deserve what they deserve.

Walking forward, Emperor Tianqi said to Liu Yijing again: "Although this year's salt tax can only be received for one quarter a year ago, there will be a lot of silver. I don't know the specifics. The cabinet Handle it carefully with the six ministries, and make no mistakes. You must know that these are the largest sums of money in the national treasury this year, and the salaries of officials at the end of the year and the military pay of various places will all be included in this money, so you must be extra careful."

Liu Yijing's expression suddenly became serious. This year Emperor Tianqi investigated the Lianghuai salt case and punished a large number of corrupt officials.Now the imperial court has been able to collect salt tax.All the officials in the Manchu Dynasty were curious about how much money they could receive. [

"Don't worry, your Majesty, the cabinet will issue a note after returning home, and strictly order a local official to actively cooperate. The Inspectorate will also send a special inspection censor to organize and dispatch, and there will be no problem." Liu Yijing's face suddenly became serious. .Looking at Emperor Apocalypse, he assured.

Gently nodding his head, Emperor Tianqi glanced at Liu Yijing, and said with a smile on his face: "Since Aiqing became the cabinet assistant, she has handled things in an orderly manner, and she has not disappointed me."

"The emperor appreciates it. These are just the duties of a minister. A minister does his best to do things for the emperor. This is what he should do." Liu Yijing quickly bowed and saluted, but there was still a hint of joy in his eyes.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Liu Yijing with a smile, and said in a deep voice: "Aiqing, do you know what I value most about you?"

"Back to the emperor, I don't know!" Liu Yijing was slightly taken aback, with a bit of expectation on his face.

"What I value is Aiqing's character. Aiqing, as the second assistant of the cabinet, is indeed the chief assistant of the cabinet. For such a long time. I have never heard anything from Aiqing, nor have you heard anything Rumors and rumors, I know that these are all thanks to Ai Qing, and I am very relieved." Emperor Tianqi looked at Liu Yijing with a smile, and said with admiration in his tone.

Liu Yijing on the side had a smile on his face, saluted respectfully, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor is the wise lord. Zhongxing Mingjun. I am lucky to be able to support the emperor in my lifetime." Liu Yijing's face was serious , said seriously.

Wang Chengen, who stood on the side, had another idea, even if Liu Yijing had any idea.That was also useless.No one can shake the position of Sun Chengzong, the chief assistant of the cabinet.At the same time, he was also the teacher of Emperor Tianqi, and Emperor Tianqi trusted Sun Chengzong even more, so it was useless for Liu Yijing to have any ideas.

"Okay, that's it for today, Ai Qing should go back first if she has nothing to do!" Emperor Tianqi waved his hand and said to Liu Yijing with a smile.

"Resign!" I saluted Emperor Tianqi, turned around and walked out.

Looking around, Emperor Tianqi nodded, then turned to Wang Chengen and said, "It's almost over, let's go back! How is the empress?"

"Back to the emperor, everything is fine with the empress, and the empress is about to give birth, so everyone is very careful." Wang Chengen quickly bowed and saluted, with a happy smile on his face. Emperor Tianqi has been on the throne for more than two years, and now Now there is no prince, it is really unreasonable.

Now that Empress Zhang is pregnant, if she can give birth to a prince for Emperor Tianqi, then she will be the future prince.Now everyone in the palace is looking forward to this matter, whether it is the empress dowager or the eunuchs and maids in the palace.

Hearing Wang Chengen's answer, Emperor Tianqi nodded slightly. The historical Emperor Tianqi had no heirs.According to many historical records, it was Wei Zhongxian and Ke Shi who did it secretly, which is also the direct reason why Emperor Tianqi killed these two people so quickly.

Back in the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Tianqi went to the back of the Longshu case, and just after turning over a few memorials, Wang Chengen strode in, saluted respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Wei Chao of Dongchang is asking to see you outside. "[

At this time Wang Chengen's face was not very good-looking, Emperor Tianqi had just mentioned the Wei Dynasty, and at this moment he himself bumped into it.I hope it is a good thing, otherwise the Wei Dynasty must be in trouble.

Putting down the memorial in his hand, Emperor Tianqi frowned and said, "Do you know what it is?"

Hearing Emperor Tianqi's question, Wang Chengen knew that Emperor Tianqi didn't want to see the Wei Dynasty, but at this point there was no way out.I hoped that the Wei Dynasty would bring good news, so I bowed respectfully and said: "Go back to the emperor, the slaves don't know, Wei Gonggong said that the matter is very important, and he must report to the emperor in person."

After waving his hands, Emperor Tianqi said with a sullen face, "Let him in!"

After a short time, Wei Chao came in from the outside, lifted up his clothes and knelt down on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty sees the Emperor, long live my Emperor!"

Glancing at Wei Chao, Emperor Tianqi found that Wei Chao seemed to be much older, he was slightly taken aback, feeling a little bit unbearable.Nodding his head, he said, "Get up! How did you make it like this? Except for something?"

"Going back to the emperor, the maidservant just feels the cold occasionally, there is nothing serious." Seeing Emperor Tianqi looking at him with concern, Wei Chao's heart suddenly warmed up. Although Emperor Tianqi looked down on him, he said it was good from the bottom of his heart .

"Let the imperial doctor take a good look at it later, and there is nothing wrong with it!" Emperor Tianqi nodded with a smile, and said in a soft tone.

Wei Chao's face was touched, his lips trembled and he said: Thank you, the emperor, the servants can get such a few words from the emperor, and their body has improved a lot. "

Nodding his head, Emperor Tianqi changed the topic to a serious matter, and said, "Is there anything you want to do here today? I heard you said that the matter is very important?"

"Back to the emperor, Dongchang heard some news, and the servants did not dare to delay at all, so they rushed into the palace to report to His Majesty." Looking at Emperor Tianqi respectfully, Wei Chao quickly replied.

At this time, Wei Chao's expression was very complicated, as if he was still hesitating, his lips opened and closed several times but he didn't say anything.

Slightly taken aback, Emperor Tianqi did not expect Wei Chao to be so hesitant, it seems that the people involved in this matter must not be small people.Smiling and waving his hands, Emperor Tianqi said softly, "Speak up! It's not the first time that something big has happened, so there's no need to hesitate like this."

"Returning to the emperor, the thing is like this. The spies of Dongchang heard some news in the capital. Some people said that Sun Chengzong, a scholar of the first auxiliary university of the cabinet, supported himself in Liaodong, and he was very likely to repeat the disaster of the late Tang dynasty." Bow Body, Wei Chao lowered his head very low, he didn't dare to look at Emperor Tianqi's face.

At first he was taken aback, then Emperor Tianqi laughed and said, "Where did you hear such rumors? Who are the people who spread them?"

"Back to the emperor, rumors spread quickly. When the servants went to investigate, they had no idea. Although some people were arrested, they were stopped after investigation. No one who spread the rumors was found. Some people even said that even if Lord Sun is loyal to the imperial court, but if a yellow robe is added to his body, it will be too late to regret it!" Wei Chao's voice became smaller and smaller, because Emperor Tianqi's face became more and more ugly, and his hands were constantly shaking.

"Your Majesty, calm down! It's important to take care of the dragon's body!" Wang Chengen hurriedly came to Emperor Tianqi's side, and said with a tone of voice.

Waving his hand, Emperor Tianqi signaled Wang Chengen to leave, staring at Wei Chao closely, and said in a serious voice: "You said the news spread quickly? How far has it reached now?"

"Returning to the emperor, although the news came from the people, it is very serious now, and it has already spread in the yamen, as if it spread overnight." Wei Chao's face was worried, which was obviously intentional. , this will make it clear.

"Did you find any news in the East Factory? Did you let the news spread to the Yamen?" Emperor Tianqi stood up, looked at Wei Chao, and asked loudly.

Wei Chao below had a look of guilt and didn't say a word.

"Trash!" Emperor Tianqi patted the table fiercely, and said angrily. (to be continued...)