Supporting the body in the white blade, wandering in the red dust

"At this time, the Empress Dowager is just like an old woman in the country." I, a Ming official, dared to speak, and there were many people who laughed at Empress Dowager Li in private, only Bailang knew that this was human nature. "Ah, do you want to write another one?" Bailang felt that the middle-aged woman was bewildered. He had written a promise to ask him to write another one, and it was best to give it to King Lu in the capital right away. to finalize.
She was really afraid, really afraid that the officials below would force her youngest son, King Lu, to go to other places to join the feudal clan. This would mean that she would be separated from her youngest son forever, and she would never see her again in this life.Bailang is the guy who doesn't care about the rules in the palace the most. Since the Empress Dowager Li is almost begging, she has to give this body Wanli's mother face.

"I can't give it right now, otherwise those big headscarves will force my younger brother to move out of the palace first, and the next step will be easy." Bailang also said kindly, now that King Lu is still young and Wanli has not yet married. , so I can still live in the palace with my old lady every day, after Wanli gets married. This little fat man is not too old, so there is no need to drive him out of the palace immediately.

In fact, Bailang originally intended to designate a relatively independent palace in the Forbidden City, and it would not be a bad thing for King Lu to live in it—he himself does not like the Forbidden City very much, and he will definitely live in Xiyuan in the future, and even prefer to live outside the city. Nanyuan didn't want to live in the Forbidden City either.In his opinion, the most valuable thing in the Forbidden City is the three main halls. As for the other small courtyard-shaped palaces, they are not very interesting.

The Imperial Garden is still small and boring. It is better to live in Xiyuan, where the water and sky are open and the mood will be much better. The Forbidden City is too cramped.You can even go west to the western suburbs - the Jianzhou Tartars built many palaces there in the future.

When Bailang opened up the second line of Ren and Du, the time for the big wedding also arrived. The future queen and two concubines had already passed Wanli's eyes, and they were all Xiaojiabiyu.Bailang didn't care, let the important officials in the court follow the procedure.As for spending money, "I said big companion, is there something that the previous emperors used in their weddings? Take it out and wash it before using it. It's not clothes, and it can save money if you reuse it."

This is the style of a benevolent monarch. I want to praise it, but Zhang Juzheng still accused Wanli of not being like this. After all, it was the emperor's wedding.He himself had just been decreed by Wanli some time ago to seize his love, and what he got in return was unanimous scolding from the officials of the court. The problem is that Zhang Juzheng doesn't care, and Wanli/Bailang don't care either.Bailang didn't care whether Zhang Juzheng had the handle or not at all, and Zhang Juzheng simply had a temper tantrum of "I'm not a prime minister, but a photographer!"

"It's his grandma's trouble, why can't we open a floating banquet outside, and the ministers eat and drink, and then walk through the Meridian Gate and directly carry the queen and the others into the bridal chamber to finish. If it is like this, replace it with the original Wanli, half-life " Bailang murmured, after several lifetimes of marriage, he still really underestimated the cumbersome royal wedding.

He took the money bill and looked at it at the time, and chopped off two-thirds of it, "Damn it, is I being taken advantage of?" He completely ignored the expression of the Minister of Rites, "That's it, the internal money will be sent to you. Come on." Bailang glanced at Feng Bao, "Big companion, don't play tricks on this one!"

In short, Bailang has completed his martial arts, he is full of energy until the end, and there is nothing abnormal in the slightest.All three were considered little beauties, so Bailang accepted it with a smile.

After the wedding, Bailang can be in charge, at least Empress Dowager Li doesn't need to hang the curtain.It's just that Bailang is still no different from a rubber stamp now. The major court affairs are decided by Zhang Juzheng, and Feng Bao is responsible for the internal criticism.The first thing Bailang did in his administration was to directly order money to build Xiyuan. Of course, the money was paid from the internal funds, and the imperial court didn't need a penny.

The eunuch who was in charge of restoration and construction would definitely be greedy for money, so Bailang decided to endure it, and wanted to give benefits to others.As long as it's not too much, Bailang is not prepared to care about it - anyway, even if he cares about it, he cares about it when the eunuch retires and returns home. Like the bureaucrats, Bailang has prepared a set meal for them.

He had already thought about it early in the morning, retirement would be no problem, first ransacked their current office and their home in their hometown, and asked Jin Yiwei to send people out together with Dongchang and the household department, and graded them according to their grades. The silver makes up for it, as for the swallowed land?At that time, Bailang will definitely implement the scheme of sharing the income from the farmer to the mu and paying the grain as an errand. Don't even think about any kind of preferential treatment, and pay all taxes to Lao Tzu.

So if he has the ability to merge, Bailang doesn't care, as long as he pays taxes.At that time, commercial tax will be collected. Of course, overseas trade will be collected according to the ship and goods. At that time, there will be a graded tax rate for the export of different goods.Thinking about what he was going to do, and thinking about the heads that would be cut off when doing these things, "I'm afraid I won't be able to run away, Ming Lizong sounds good too."

The three girls are very dignified, but in fact they can't be played with, Bailang called them "dead fish".This guy directly changed the rules of staying overnight - he used the method of staying overnight in the palace where the concubine lived. Feng Bao tried to persuade him but it was useless. Wanli's idea was very correct.This kind of inner court matter is indeed Wanli's "family matter", and the outer court has nothing to say.

Do you want to say that the emperor spent money recklessly just after he took office?The money from the internal funds is still used to build the Xiyuan. If he really learns from his grandfather, the whole court will not know what to do.Now Zhang Juzheng knows that his emperor's student is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Zhang Juzheng gritted his teeth to carry out the re-recording of pornographic books mentioned earlier.

On the contrary, the matter of sorting out commercial taxation and the government's intervention in overseas trade monopoly can be discussed in the imperial court.Of course, the officials from the southeast are firmly opposed to it—these bastards are making a lot of money by smuggling themselves, and of course they don't want the court to intervene.Even though they were arguing loudly, they still passed under the pressure of Zhang Juzheng.

There are many political enemies of Zhang Juzheng, but as long as Wanli is on Zhang Juzheng's side, nothing will happen - even Bailang cooperated with Zhang Juzheng and killed many princes who have continued since the time of Taizu. Except for the king, the rest of the princes will be expelled from the country immediately if there is any wrongdoing, and Fengyang will be imprisoned by me, and the rest will be left to the common people to make a living."

Bailang even opened up the imperial examinations for them. As long as these relatives who are eight poles away can be capable, he doesn't mind letting them become officials.Zhang Juzheng also took the opportunity to vigorously promote Qingzhang, especially the land originally occupied by the prince's mansions in various places, a considerable part of which was reintroduced into the government's tax collection accounts.It's a pity that there are not enough palaces that have been expelled, and Zhang Juzheng is not strong enough to find out all the hidden properties. "It's not bad for the old man to find out two or three tenths of the total number of acres of land in the world." Bai Lang sighed.