I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 296 Jing Nan's Orphan
"His Majesty is about to enter winter. In the past, at this time, it is time to prepare for the winter palace."

This was the first time Li Tian heard about the palace, and he couldn't remember what was going on for a while.

bowed his head and asked,

"Xinggong, where is the Xinggong?"

The queen said curiously, "Of course it's the Chengde Palace."

Li Tian was even more curious now. He had heard about going to Chengde to escape the summer heat, but he had never heard of where he could go to escape the cold.

"Isn't that a place to escape the heat?"

The queen gave a grin, and pointed to Li Tian's forehead with her slender jade,

"Your Majesty, why are you so confused? It's almost as cold as the Imperial City, and there is no Salvation Department there. Wouldn't it be a crime to go there?"

"People can't pass, so what are you going to do!"

The queen thought he was pretending to be confused on purpose, and said helplessly,
"There are still a lot of people running the palace. It was built to escape the summer heat, and the measures to avoid the cold are not perfect. If they are all placed there, many people will freeze to death in one winter."

Li Tian pouted and said,
"Don't you just arrange for those people to spend the winter? You can do this trivial matter. You don't need to tell me specifically."

After hearing what he said, the queen shook her head lightly and said,

"Your Majesty, things are not as simple as you think.

In addition to the people in the palace, the people in the Huangzhuang around the capital also need to be rearranged. This is not something that the concubine can decide alone. "

Speaking of Huangzhuang, Li Tian suddenly remembered that he seemed to have handed over Huangzhuang to Zhu Gaosui, so he said,
"Isn't Gao Sui already taking care of Huangzhuang's affairs? Just let him worry about it."

The queen still shook her head and said,
"This is not possible, the eunuchs in charge of Huangzhuang everywhere are more or less of a certain level, and today is another year of rotation.

All the management needs to be rearranged, and even Gao Sui might not be able to handle it well. "

"Aren't there Wang Fu and the others? Let them watch."

Hearing that Li Tian was going to hand over this matter to Wang Fu and the others, the queen was a little anxious.

He pinched Li Tian's soft flesh hard, and said unhappily,
"Your Majesty, are you trying to get angry with your concubines on purpose? You clearly know that winter is the time when various Huangzhuang settle accounts, and that is a lot of money. How can you feel relieved when you hand over to their concubines?"

Hearing this, Li Tian finally understood what the queen wanted to express by beating around the bush.

Don't you just want to take the management of Huangzhuang into your own hands?

Li Tian laughed,
"Ling'er, if you want to take care of Huangzhuang, just tell me directly, and I didn't say that you won't take care of it."

The queen's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and she said happily,

"Is what His Majesty said true?"

"Of course it's true. Whenever I speak, it doesn't count."

Hearing that Li Tian had handed over the matter of Huangzhuang to her so reassuringly, the queen felt a little uneasy.

Although the Huangzhuang system in the Ming Dynasty gradually expanded to form a special system in the later period.

But this does not mean that in the early days, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty did not have Huangzhuang.

Not to mention anything else, the official land given to the prince and his sons is actually part of Huangzhuang.

The income of Huangzhuang is the real private money of the emperor, empress and others.

The actual division of the internal treasury and the national treasury in the early Ming Dynasty is not clear.

No matter what kind of money, once it enters the internal treasury, it is actually equivalent to entering the national treasury. If the queen wants to spend some money, she needs to make various reports and apply.

But Huangzhuang's income is completely in their hands.

Li Tian thought about it for a while, and suddenly he didn't understand. The queen still had the income from the workshop, so no matter what she did, it was enough to spend, so why did she need the income from Huangzhuang?
It's just that he was happy just now and handed over the Huangzhuang to the queen. Wouldn't it be contradictory to ask questions at this time.

So he insinuated,
"Ling'er managed such a large harem for me. It's really hard work. If there is any shortage of expenses, just tell me, and I will find a way for you."

Hearing what Li Tian said, it is impossible for the queen not to be moved.

She buried her head in Li Tian's arms, and said faintly,
"The concubine thanked His Majesty for his trust. Not only did the concubine let the concubine manage such a large workshop, but she was also willing to hand over Huangzhuang to the concubine. The concubine is really...really..."

After talking about it, she started to sob instead.

Li Tian was a little panicked, and quickly held her face and said,

"It was fine just now, why did you start crying all of a sudden, Ling'er, are you in trouble, isn't it just money, I'll just help you find a solution."

When the queen heard him say such a stupid thing, she burst into tears and laughed, and lightly tapped Li Tian's chest and said,

"Your Majesty, what nonsense are you talking about? If a concubine is really short of money, she will naturally tell His Majesty, how could she be so ignorant of what is good and bad, and play this kind of trick with His Majesty."

"The reason why the concubine wants to ask His Majesty for the management of Huangzhuang actually has other plans."

Li Tian seemed to hear something else from her tone, and asked in a low voice,

"What is it, Ling'er, just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you."

With such a guarantee from Li Tian, ​​the queen couldn't hold back anymore.

She actually knelt down on the ground with a plop, no matter how Li Tian pulled her, she just couldn't get up.

Li Tian knew that the queen must have something extremely important to tell him.

With a wave of his hand, everyone was kicked out.

When only he and the queen were left in the inner hall, he said lightly,
"Ling'er, there's no one here, so just say what you want to say!"

The queen hesitated for a long time and finally couldn't help but said,

"Don't dare to hide your majesty, some time ago, my concubine received a handwritten letter from Concubine Chen Guifei. What she said and saw in the handwritten letter made me sleepless."

"Chen Guifei? Who is that!"

The queen hesitated for a while before saying,

"She is... she is the orphan of Jing Nan..."

After finishing speaking, she hurriedly buried her head deeply on the ground, not even having the courage to look up at Li Tian.

As soon as the words "Jing Nan's orphan" appeared in Li Tian's ears, it immediately reminded him of a person, and that was Emperor Jianwen.

This, the person he was least willing to mention in this world, was the person he met.

For no other reason, he was not the original Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaochi and his Lao Tzu's throne was stolen from others.

This made Li Tian feel very awkward.

Whenever this person is mentioned, he always has a feeling of doves occupying a magpie's nest.

Hearing that the queen actually mentioned one of his former concubines, Li Tian's face suddenly became serious.

"Ling'er, tell me carefully, what is going on with Concubine Chen, and what did she say to you in the letter?"

"Don't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, she didn't say anything else, she just begged the concubines to give them more supplies for the winter."

(End of this chapter)