I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 18 The Power of the Emperor
After a long time, Zhang Qinghuan finally calmed down, staggered and fell down on the low stool, feeling complicated and unspeakable, took a deep breath, and boldly said:
"Daughter, dare to ask Your Majesty, why did you send my father to prison?"

Zhang Qinghuan was born in a family of eunuchs, and she is not a commoner who knows nothing. She knows that all Jin Yiwei in the world are responsible to only one person, and that is the current emperor.

Looking at Zhang Qinghuan with determined eyes, Li Tian wiped his mouth in embarrassment.

This matter caused trouble, I am afraid that in Zhang Qinghuan's eyes, he is a fool who doesn't know right from wrong?
Empress Zhang also realized that the woman in front of her didn't seem to be some romantic debt of the emperor. She put down the focus circle in her hand and said:

"This is not a place to talk. If your father really has grievances, you can come to the palace and talk about it later with this token."

Looking at the carved characters on the jade pendant, no matter how stupid Zhang Qinghuan was, he could understand that the one sitting in front of him was the empress who ruled the six palaces.

Trying to calm down, Zhang Qinghuan took the jade pendant tremblingly, his chest heaved unsteadily, and a layer of water mist appeared in his beautiful eyes.

"The little girl thanked the empress."

Empress Zhang saw Zhang Qinghuan's haggard and sad appearance, she didn't want to say anything more, and said softly:
"Come over later."

Zhang Qinghuan nodded vigorously, not wanting to bother the emperor and empress sympathizing with the people, got up and gave a salute, then turned and walked away quickly.

Seeing Zhang Qinghuan's apparently brisk back, Li Tian sighed and said:
"The daughter of Zhang Yiliang, Minister of War in Southern Zhili, her father was arrested by Liu Gang on suspicion of the Fujian mountain people's rebellion a few days ago."

Recently, I have been helping Li Tian to review the playbook. Empress Zhang also heard about the Fujian incident, and said:

"My concubine also thinks the Fujian incident is a bit strange. It seems that someone is deliberately trying to turn this into a trivial matter."

Li Tian nodded noncommittally, then pinched the half of the burnt circle that Queen Zhang hadn't finished eating, stuffed it into his mouth, and said:

"I know it well, don't worry, eat quickly, and I'll take you to go shopping elsewhere after eating."

Queen Zhang didn't want to waste the precious two-person world on such things, so she pursed her lips and said with a smile:

"It would be great if I could go out with His Majesty often in the future."

Anyway, Yang Shiqi and Huang Zhun were responsible for government affairs, and Li Tian was not in a hurry to go back to the palace. After eating and drinking, he took the queen to continue wandering.

The whole morning passed in a hurry, moving his sore ankles, Li Tian couldn't help sighing that the ability of women to shop is indeed an innate talent.

As soon as he entered the imperial city with more than a dozen bags full of various things, Li Tian quickly threw them to the little eunuch at the side, and lay down on the dragon chariot paralyzed.

"Ling'er, go back to Kunning Hall first, I will look for you later."

Empress Zhang, who had been shopping all morning, showed no sign of fatigue on her face, and said with a smile on her face:
"The concubine obeys the order."

Wang Fu, who was resting in Yinshou Prison, learned that the emperor and empress had returned to the palace. A fierce man jumped up from the soft collapse, picked up three large bags of wet soil, pushed the door out, and ran away.

After a desperate sprint, as soon as Long Nian entered the inner palace, Wang Fu caught up.

"Your Majesty, the old servant is late to pick up the driver, please forgive me."

Looking at Wang Fu, who was blushing and carrying three bags of wet soil, Li Tianfu smiled secretly, this Wang Fu is really exciting.

I asked him to dig the soil outside the south city gate, and he really dug it back.

Do you really not understand what you mean, or are you pretending not to understand?

"Okay, I didn't inform you, get up."

Hearing the words, Wang Fu didn't dare to shout repeatedly, got up and quickly took out a booklet from his arms, presented it to Li Tian respectfully and said:

"Your Majesty, this is the son of Sun Zhifu of Shuntian Prefecture. Yesterday, His Majesty slept in the Kunning Palace, and the old servant did not dare to disturb him."

Nodding his head, he took the playbook, and Li Tian scanned it quickly.

After seeing that the word "Mingjiao" was not found in the capital for an hour yesterday, Li Tian closed the notebook noncommittally. He didn't have much expectation for the closure of Shuntian Prefecture. The capital is so big. There are only a few patrols in Shuntian Mansion. Hundreds of people are patrolling and trying to find dozens of people out of millions is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

The reason why the city was still ordered to be closed, Li Tian just wanted to see how many Mingjiao believers there are under the feet of the emperor. After all, in terms of the court's arrest of Mingjiao followers, if there are enough followers in the capital, a one-hour closure The city is enough to stir their nerves, prompting them to take risks.

The result, of course, made Li Tian heave a sigh of relief. There were not as many Ming Cultists in the capital as he had imagined. They rescued people in the street that day, and it was probably just a whim.

Let's turn this matter over for now, Li Tian rubbed his temples, and asked again:

"Wang Fu, have you handed over the money from the princes of Lingshou Temple?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the old slave has not received the money from the princes, but the princess Wang Taifei has already handed over the money from Emperor Mo Mo."

Hearing that another 3 taels of silver came into the account, Li Tian felt a little better, knocked on the armrest of the dragon chariot, and said in a deep voice:
"Go and tell those good brothers of mine, for every 1 taels of silver, I will cut them down by one level. If the vassal king is 1 taels short, he will be cut into a county king, if he is 3 taels short, he will be reduced to a prince, and if he is 1 taels short, he will be cut into a prince. Marquis, if you can't pay the [-] taels of silver, then you will lose your status as a vassal king and demote you all to common people."

Li Tian said in a fluttering tone, but Wang Fu was terrified when he heard it. With just 5 taels of silver, he turned the invaluable vassal king into a commoner. Your Majesty's ruthless methods.

Of course, on the surface Wang Fu did not dare to express any opinions, and could only respectfully respond.

After arranging all the princes, Li Tian didn't forget the tough-headed Concubine Wu, and said in a deep voice:

"You can go to Ningfu Palace again in a while and tell Concubine Wu that I intend to choose a few more concubines from the late emperor's concubines to be buried with the late emperor, and let her decide for herself."

Watching the emperor exercising the imperial power, Wang Fu had a deep understanding of the four words of unpredictable majesty. He almost buried his head on the ground, and said respectfully:
"The old slave respectfully obeys the sacred metaphor."

Ningfu Palace.

Relying on her status as a concubine but reluctant to part with money, Concubine Wu is now ordering her maid to write a letter and ask Zhu Di's old minister to help her to play a plea.

Seeing the maid's slightly trembling wrist, Concubine Wu greeted her with a slap and said sharply.

"Please write beautifully for Ben Gong!"

The maid was slapped, her small face was swollen visible to the naked eye, but she didn't dare to stop writing, so Ninja Pain found another piece of tissue paper to copy.

Eating the lychees that came from the Liuzhou Prefecture in Guangxi on a fast horse, Concubine Wu was secretly thinking about who else to write to.

Although the late emperor never favored her when he was in power, she is now a concubine who has been crowned as the most famous concubine, and those old ministers thought about the kindness of the late emperor, so they would help her write a book no matter what.

(End of this chapter)