back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 4
Although Lu Chengqi has never been an emperor, he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run away. In the dramas of the Celestial Dynasty, there are many people who play the role of the emperor, so just follow the script.

I saw him sitting upright, glanced coldly at Grand Master Yang's old face with a look of concern, and said lightly: "The grand master has a heart, I'm fine, but I can't remember some things in the past. Come on." Ah, reward the grand master with a hundred taels of gold and three bolts of brocade!"

Grand Master Yang fell to his knees immediately: "Thank you, my emperor, for the reward."

Lu Chengqi said: "Grand Master please get up quickly, come here, give Grand Master a seat."

Two young eunuchs brought up a grand master's chair, Grand Master Yang sat on it unceremoniously, and said: "Since the emperor's dragon body is safe, the old minister can rest assured. However, the emperor should rest a lot. For the affairs of the court, the old minister waits for you." I will definitely share my worries for the emperor." He added in his heart: "Anyway, you don't like to go to court, so I will serve you on your behalf. Otherwise, Dashun will end up in your hands for a hundred years!"

Seeing Taishi Yang's loyal and loyal minister, Lu Chengqi remained calm and thought, "Even if I want to seize power now, I can't beat this cunning old fox. In this case, it's better to let go of power completely. Look at this old fox. When will the tail show up?"

Having made up his mind, Lu Chengqi said slowly, "Then I will be in charge of the Grand Master."

Taishi Yang's little trick succeeded, and the old man couldn't help feeling proud, and said: "The old minister will definitely devote himself to his death, so as to repay the emperor!"

Lu Chengqi said: "The grand master is too serious. I hope you should pay attention to your body. In the world of Dashun Dynasty, grand masters are indispensable." This sentence is not wrong. Grand master Yang is ambitious, and the forces in the court are deeply intertwined. If he seizes power rashly, he will surely It will shake the officialdom, and maybe even cause even greater turmoil.Based on this, Lu Chengqi knew that this matter should not be rushed, and he needed to fight the old fox with wits and courage, and circle around to snatch the food from the old fox's mouth.The safest way is to cut off Grand Master Yang's left and right arms first, and then slowly abolish his power in order to regain power.

"Oh, it's difficult!" Lu Chengqi sighed secretly in his heart, it's because of the old wretch, who actually didn't become a good emperor, so that the power fell to the side, and the court was so big that it didn't even have a cronies.It is also an anecdote to be an emperor like this.

Lu Chengqi and Yang Taishi pretended to each other, and Yang Taishi quit the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the name of not disturbing Lu Chengqi's rest.But Lu Chengqi sat there for a long time, and it wasn't until Zhou Zhiruo came out from behind the screen that he recovered from his contemplation.

Zhou Zhiruo said softly: "Your Majesty, Zitong heard it, Grand Master Yang is so hateful, why did the late Emperor insist on letting him be the Emperor's husband?"

Lu Chengqi smiled wryly: "Even if old thief Yang is not used, wouldn't there be old thief Zhang and old thief Li? Taishi Yang is still very capable. The late emperor probably knew that I couldn't be used much, so he chose Taishi Yang to assist me. "

I have to say that Grand Master Yang is really good at handling political affairs. After worshiping the prime minister, he has exerted 120 energy and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the struggle for power and suppression of dissidents. However, in terms of political affairs, he really There is nothing to blame.

Lu Chengqi's headache is that if the Taishi's lineage is suppressed, there is no guarantee that another party will not emerge.If it fell into party disputes, the Dashun Dynasty would be considered over.

The best way is to cultivate confidantes by yourself, but now that Lu Chengqi has no money and no power, even if he wants to contact the minister, he has to wait until the turmoil is over and he will be in the court before he can prove his loyalty.

Headache, why is it such a big mess, can't you enjoy the decadent life of the feudal class?Lu Chengqi pressed his head, scared Zhou Zhiruo repeatedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's the matter, do you want to call the imperial physician?"

Lu Chengqi waved his hand and said, "I'm just upset. Could it be that there isn't a single loyal minister in the great Shun Dynasty?"

Only then did Zhou Zhiruo feel relieved, and said softly, "Your Majesty, don't think too much, take a good rest, and only have the energy to deal with the government affairs after you are healthy."

Lu Chengqi suddenly remembered something: "Zi Tong, do you know how much money I have?"

Zhou Zhiruo couldn't react for a while, Lu Chengqi said: "How much money do I have?"

Zhou Zhiruo smiled and said: "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. Your majesty, this world belongs to you!"

Lu Chengqi said seriously: "This is not what I'm talking about, but how much money I can use?"

Zhou Zhiruo also reacted: "The emperor said, how much money is there in the internal treasury? The concubine has just taken over the internal treasury, and there is only a thousand money left on the bill. If it is after the autumn harvest, it is estimated that the Huangzhuang can collect about ten thousand. In addition The income from the royal shop should be more than 3 yuan."

Lu Chengqi frowned, and asked: "How much money is this always worth?" In Lu Chengqi's memory, silver was used in ancient times.Unexpectedly, the Dashun Dynasty used copper coins.Zhou Zhiruo replied: "It should be one or two taels of silver, but silver is expensive and copper is cheap, maybe you can get less than one or two taels."

In fact, Lu Chengqi's concept was wrong. In the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, copper coins were used as the main currency, and silver was used in large quantities in the Qing Dynasty.Because copper was relatively rare in ancient times, it was expensive.However, there is a lack of large silver-producing mines in the country, so copper coins are naturally used as the currency of circulation.The situation in the Dashun Dynasty was similar. Although the founding emperor started his business as a merchant, he did not vigorously develop commerce. Instead, he was afraid that others would follow suit and deliberately suppressed merchants. Therefore, the status of merchants in the Dashun Dynasty was extremely low, and business taxes were almost not collected.However, the state monopolizes salt and iron, and merchants are not allowed to touch it in many places, which leads to the fact that tax revenues are all based on land production.

But how much output can one mu of land produce?Therefore, the treasury of the Dashun Dynasty has negative income year after year, and they are all eating away at the capital of the previous dynasty.This is an internal problem, and an external problem is that the surrounding nomadic peoples have re-emerged in the past 50 years and plundered the border from time to time.

Thinking of Da Shun Dynasty's internal and external difficulties, Lu Chengqi felt dizzy for a while.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Chengqi continued to ask about the basic situation of the Dashun Dynasty, political and military affairs.Fortunately, although Zhou Zhiruo is not very proficient in these things, she has been in an official family for generations, so she has been somewhat influenced by her ears and eyes.Even if he didn't get to the point, under Lu Chengqi's insinuation, he still said a lot, which also gave Lu Chengqi a little understanding of this Dashun Dynasty.

After a few days like this, except for the daily consultations by the imperial physician and the daily visits by the empress Zhou Zhiruo, Lu Chengqi was reading in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.He found that in this world, there are also theories similar to Confucianism, which are all about the principles of governing the country.And just like the ancient times in the previous life, this Confucianism also suppressed other theories, so that there was a phenomenon of dominance by one family.

Although Lu Chengqi didn't like the Confucian ethics, but out of the need of ruling, he still honestly read all the classics of this era.After a general understanding, Lu Chengqi already knew where to start governing the country.

Maybe the Dashun Dynasty has been stable for a hundred years, this huge and increasingly bloated machine is already overwhelmed, revealing the smell of old age.Those literati have also become without iron bones, and instead sincerely yearn for the corrupt life of singing and singing day and night.What he said was full of romantic words, and what he did was outraged by both humans and gods.In the court, instead of pleading for the people, they are fighting for power; in the local government, they can only talk and talk, but can't do things.

Armaments were loose, but the surrounding barbarians showed their minions one after another; the soldiers were weak, and they could only watch the rangers who came and went like the wind burning, killing and looting on the border.

The bloated political system, slack military equipment, and repeated natural disasters have made the people complain about the Dashun Dynasty.The bandits, grass bandits, and pirates in the country are threatening the rule of the Dashun Dynasty all the time.From this point of view, the court is already in turmoil, with internal and external troubles, and storms are about to come.

Lu Chengqi's brows were tightly furrowed. At this moment, he even thought that he had just crossed over to take the place of the dead ghost.

(End of this chapter)