The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 232

It was only then that Zhu Linmei noticed that the outside of the palace seemed to be extremely lively, and there must have been a lot of people gathered.

He glanced at Shi Lin, then gestured towards the gate of the mansion.The latter hurriedly came over and said in a low voice: "My lord, they are all court officials. Some of them were waiting outside early in the morning, and most of them came with the people from the Ministry of Rites."

Zhu Linmi frowned and knelt down to receive the imperial edict.

Li Guangchun, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, immediately unfolded the yellow silk and began to read the lengthy imperial decree aloud, citing scriptures and allusions, with gorgeous rhetoric.In a nutshell, it is a good commendation of King Chen's series of military exploits in Jiangxi and Fujing, and emphatically emphasized the suppression of the coup d'état against the Tang Dynasty.After that, there will be a lot of praises for Chen Wang's Wentao and martial arts, his smartness and so on.

Just when Zhu Linmi was a little drowsy, she heard Li Guangchun read: "When the country is in danger, it is necessary for a sage to lead the ministers, to govern well, to assist the emperor to achieve Zhongxing, and now to see the world. , only Chen Wangxian has this virtue, so he added Chen Wang as the assistant king, and devoted himself to the government..."

Regent?Zhu Linmi's heart skipped a beat, this is a high position that is below one person and above ten thousand people, no, today is still young, it can be said that it is not even considered below one person, it is directly above ten thousand people!
He just entered Tianxing Mansion yesterday, and today he was promoted to assistant king, this was something he never expected.But after he thought about it for a while, he immediately understood that now that Zhu Yu'ao had fallen, the Empress Dowager Zeng was in a very bad state of mind, and the entire Taizheng Dynasty had lost its backbone!

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to the emergence of a powerful ruler who will unite the disorganized court and maintain the great tomorrow.Otherwise, at this time, the situation of the master and the country is doubtful, and there has been a coup d'état. Not to mention that there are still Jianlu who are always ready to invade the south, there will be no foreign enemies, and the Taizheng Dynasty may also face the disaster of disintegration.

And looking at Tianxing Mansion, it was really difficult to find such a person for a while.It just so happened that I defeated Zhang An and Su Pin at this time, and led the Dragon Guards into the city to show off their power. In addition to the previous achievements in defeating Jianlu, even if the courtiers wanted to recommend others, they would not dare to mention it.

In fact, just as Zhu Linming expected, in just one day, hundreds of memorials have been submitted to the cabinet, all of which are for Chen Wang to assist the government.And the number of officials who signed and co-signed these memorials has accumulated to hundreds of people.

Zhu Linmi suddenly felt that the blood in her whole body was boiling.

Isn't the current situation exactly what he expected? !
The history and lessons of the rise and fall of all countries and nations since the seventeenth century, countless science and technology far beyond this era, a large number of analyzes and suggestions for the disadvantages of the late Ming Dynasty, and the advanced experience of social development in later generations are all stored in his mind.

With these "magic weapons", coupled with Daming's political power, he has absolute confidence to lead Daming out of its doom!
No, it's more than that it won't perish!The brilliance in his eyes flickered, and Da Ming would definitely create an unprecedented prosperous world in his own hands, far away from all opponents in terms of economy, culture, technology, etc., and eventually defeat all countries and become the core of the entire world!
"...I hope that King Chen will live up to the grace of God. I respect you."

Just at this time, Li Guangchun finished pronouncing the imperial edict, and respectfully handed over the roll of yellow satin.With great pride in her chest, Zhu Linmi stretched out her hand to take it, and said in a deep voice, "Minister, take the decree!"

When he stood up and handed the imperial decree to Shi Lin beside him, he heard Li Guangchun say: "His Royal Highness, although he is a little hasty, when the country is in danger, we should act quickly. The Qin Tianjian has checked, The day after tomorrow will be an auspicious time. The Ministry of Rites wants to prepare for the canonization ceremony in Fengtian Hall at this time, does your Highness think it is appropriate?"

"The canonization ceremony?" Zhu Linmei frowned, "How much money is the Ministry of Rites planning to invest in it?"

Li Guangchun said cautiously: "Return to Your Highness, the treasury is empty at the moment, and only 1 taels can be provided..."

Zhu Linmi patted him on the shoulder, "Since you know that the national treasury is empty, why spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to make it empty? Save it, there are more places to spend money."

"Here," Li Guangchun was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I obey orders."

Zhu Linmei sent Li Guangchun and other officials from the Ministry of Rites who issued the decree to the door, and there was a huge crowd of people outside the gate of the palace, all of whom were important officials from the court.

When all the officials saw King Chen coming out, they quickly lined up on both sides of the road according to their ranks as if they had been trained. Then they knelt down and shouted: "His Royal Highness the Assistant King!" Sealed news is average.

Having been a vassal king for more than half a year, Zhu Linming was already quite familiar with this kind of scene, so she raised her hand and said, "My lords, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Linming looked at these courtiers, assuming that they were all here to congratulate her on her "promotion" and by the way they were familiar with each other, so she wanted to tell them to leave.The palace is still in a mess, not to mention that there is still a lack of maids and servants, maybe there is not even tea to entertain these hundreds of people.

Unexpectedly, someone turned around and came out, cupped his hands and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty is in a hurry to report to Your Highness!"

"You are?" Zhu Linmi looked at him quite surprised, "What do you want to say here?"

"Lin Zunbin, servant of the household department of the lower official." The man hurriedly said, "There is a severe drought in southern Fujian, and hunger is everywhere...The lower official has repeatedly submitted petitions to the imperial court for relief, but he has never received anything. Right now, all the places in southern Fujian have already changed their sons to eat, Thousands of people will starve to death one day later in disaster relief! Your Majesty asks His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince to issue an order to allocate money as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a civil uprising!"

Seeing Lin Zunbin's anxious expression, Zhu Linmi couldn't help feeling angry. The Empress Dowager Zeng and the King of Tang were only focused on fighting for power, and they completely ignored the important issues of people's livelihood.Especially Zhu Yu'ao, his soldiers were brightly armored, they thought they had invested a lot of silver, but they didn't want to allocate half a tael for disaster relief.

He asked Lin Zunbin, "How much money is there in the account of the household department?"

Lin Zunbin whispered: "There are still 1000 taels left..."

It's really poor enough, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is not as rich as an ordinary businessman's family.Zhu Linmi shook her head in her heart, and asked again: "How much money do you need for disaster relief?"

Lin Zunbin thought for a while and said, "Returning to Your Highness, at least 70 taels."

70 taels sounds like a lot of money, but it actually falls on the heads of 80 million victims in southern Fujian, each of whom is less than one tael, and at this time there are still more than three months before the autumn harvest.

But if the disaster relief money does not arrive, there is a high possibility that another Li Zicheng will appear in Fujing that has just been pacified.

Lin Zunbin immediately added, "It is possible to raise funds for disaster relief in the name of the imperial court, and then mortgage them with salt, and owe a batch of grain and rice on credit from northern Fujian, or..."

"No need," Zhu Linmi shook her head and said, "50 taels of silver will be credited to the account of the household department soon, and it will be used for disaster relief first. The rest will arrive in a few days."

Zhu Lin said in her heart that there were still many traitors whose homes had not been confiscated, and it would not be trivial to make two or three hundred thousand taels.

Lin Zunbin never thought that King Chen was so generous that he would give 50 taels as soon as he asked. He was overjoyed and got up and said, "Thank you, Your Highness! I will go to prepare for the disaster relief."

(End of this chapter)