Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Zhengde suddenly burst into laughter, and said with an expression unfamiliar to Empress Dowager Zhang: "What the Empress Dowager said is wrong, especially the previous sentence."

Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at Emperor Zhengde in astonishment, and asked, "Which sentence did the Ai family say inappropriately?"

Emperor Zhengde: "What the Empress Dowager said earlier is a good law. This is just a Changlu salt field, which can earn millions of taels of silver for the country every year, and there is a salt policy that does not affect my Ming Dynasty. It does not affect my Ming Dynasty. The government is what the queen mother said, and besides, the millions of taels that the bank earns every year are not from the state, but from Zhen, Princess Taikang and Su Mu. Zhen takes [-]%, Taikang takes [-]%, Su Mu takes [-]%, and the remaining [-]% is used as the bank's daily expenses. If I earn money, it will naturally go into the internal treasury, how can I just give it to the household department?"

"Your Majesty..." Empress Dowager Zhang said in a deep voice, "The whole world belongs to you, Your Majesty. What do you want so much money for? There is also this little girl, Taikang, who will get married in the future. She will have her own salary and no worries about food and clothing. How can you profit from running a bank, and spread the word, without being afraid of being impeached by the officials and disrespected by the people, and come up with jokes?"

Zhengde said angrily: "I don't like to hear what the Queen Mother said. Let's just say that this is my big wedding. Queen Mother, you old man asked the Ministry of Households for money. The officials of the Ministry of Households don't think that the whole world belongs to me. How much money do you want to get?" Just take how much money, why don’t you ask the Queen Mother to raise the money yourself? The Ministry of Households refuses to pay, so why should I tell them to use the money to subsidize them? How can there be such a reason in the world?”

"No matter how much money you give to the court, they will still be able to spend it. Living at home, what matters is how much money you have to do what you do. If you have a lot of money, you will naturally have a lot of money to spend. If there is no analogy, let's take the river worker as an example. Well, the imperial court invests millions of taels of silver every year, and there is no noticeable impact at all. If you give more, it’s the same. If you want to improve the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, you can plant trees on the embankment, and the river embankment It’s okay to replace it all with stones. So, no matter how much money they have, they dare to spend it all. Queen Mother, you can’t compromise too much on things like managing the country, otherwise the ministers will push their feet. The Queen Mother is to the officials. Too weak, haven't you noticed that they just want to treat me as a decoration. To put it bluntly, even if there is no emperor in the Ming Dynasty, it can be maintained smoothly by relying on the bureaucracy."

Empress Dowager Zhang had never heard her son talk about government affairs at length in front of her, but she didn't expect to say so many words today, and her heart was shocked: Your Majesty has grown up, Your Majesty has grown up!

The queen mother stayed for a long while, wanting to refute, but she couldn't say anything: "Is this what Su Mu told you before, Your Majesty the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, but his mouth is all about economics, does he still have the dignity of a ruler?"

With regard to the word system, Empress Dowager Zhang knew that she could not convince the emperor.

Zhengde is a person who is not afraid of anything. This time, he opened his mouth and simply gritted his teeth: "Queen Mother, it is always good for our royal family to have more money. I still remember when the late emperor was on a grand tour, the money we gave the late emperor to bury Can’t get it out. In the end, you have to rely on Liu Konghe and other corrupt officials. This is the real joke! There is a folk saying: poor and lowly couples are sad for everything. If this person’s family has no money, it will be troublesome. There are too many. Life is really easy, who wants to be noisy all day long, is it free? I have enough money for my big wedding, and the next step is Taikang's marriage. Poor families have to accompany their daughters with a few quilts and a few sheets Tables, chairs, and benches, could it be possible that you, the queen mother, are looking at Taikang's life-long affairs in a sloppy manner?"

Hearing Zhengde mention this matter, Empress Dowager Zhang felt sad, and murmured for a long time: "There are still two months left, and His Majesty will be in charge after the Chinese New Year. How to govern this country and who should be employed, Long Live decides for himself. Aijia doesn't care anymore."

"Mother, why are you sad again!" Seeing his mother's gloomy expression, Zhengde quickly reached out to pat the back of her hand, and talked with her for a long time before coaxing Empress Dowager Zhang to be happy.

When the emperor left, Empress Dowager Zhang was still a little depressed.

Not long after, Zhang Yong came into the main hall, saying that he wanted to take back the secret booklet and file it, which is also the rule of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Empress Dowager Zhang: "Zhang Yong, has Your Majesty returned to Xiyuan?"

Zhang Yong bowed: "If you go back to the queen mother, your majesty will go back, forget it, let him go. Long live has been playing for 16 years, and he will be in charge in two months. I can't play like this again in the future, and let him be happy for two months." Right! As Wansui said, being an emperor is the hardest and most tiring job in the world, and there is never a time for rest. You, the supervisor of ceremonies, will write an edict for the Ai family later, saying that the money for the wedding of Wansui has been collected enough Well, it’s His Majesty’s own pocket, ask the Ministry of Rites to prepare in advance! Also, ask the Ministry of Rites to send someone to the Gu’s family in Cangzhou to hire.”

"Yes." The Empress Dowager said one sentence, and Zhang Yong wrote one sentence, and the two edicts were written in a short time.

Then, he quietly asked: "Empress Dowager, isn't Your Majesty's internal treasury short of money?"

Queen Mother: "Don't worry, Su Mu has already found the silver for His Majesty, not only this one, but also Taikang's dowry has been prepared."

In fact, Zhang Yong and the others were standing outside the palace just now, and the conversation between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had already fallen into their ears verbatim, and they understood clearly.

Zhang Yong and Su Mu were not in a close political alliance, so they naturally wanted to speak well for Su Mu.

He grabbed the first prize of Taikang's letter today, and he could talk in front of Queen Mother Zhang, deliberately showing a joyful smile: "Forgive me for talking too much, this is a good thing, why are you so unhappy, Queen Mother? The women here have more money on hand." How can parents be unhappy? The words of the sages and books are for the subjects to read, which is not the principle of our heavenly family. According to the slaves, if Su Mu can make money for His Majesty, let him make money. Okay. Is it possible that the queen mother is still willing to see Lord Long Live and His Highness Taikang suffer and suffer in the future?"

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Zhang said "ah" when she thought of her children, "The family has been suffering for a lifetime. If you can make Wansui and Taikang live a better life, you will be willing to die. According to your words, Su Mu not only has no faults, but has merits."

Zhang Yong: "Let's take this matter as an example. Your Majesty's big wedding is such an important event. They asked the Ministry of Households to bring some money out, but they still pushed back and forth. Is there any royal family in their eyes? This Su Mu is for His Majesty and the Queen Mother." You, do everything, this is the true loyalty! Su Mu is both loyal and capable, it would be great to have such a courtier!"

"Loyal and capable..." Empress Dowager Zhang: "The late emperor said when he was a minister, as long as he is public, loyal, honest, and capable, he can use one of them, and Su Mu himself has two of them. He has never been an official, so he can't tell. As for Lian, I'm afraid..."

"Yes, yes, Su Mu likes money."

Empress Dowager Zhang burst out laughing: "Forget it, in fact, it is very rare for him to put his mind on His Majesty the Emperor and my royal family. The Ai family should thank him this time."

There was a sudden movement in my heart: this Su Mu is extremely talented and loyal to His Majesty.If you become an official in the court in the future, you may not be a minister of your majesty's humerus, but I have a prejudice against him.Maybe it was about Taikang. Now that Su Mu has found Princess Taikang, it's too late for Aijia to rejoice, so how can he be blamed?

Such a character will be of great use in the future!

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From then on, Su Mu really got the insight of Empress Dowager Zhang.