Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1651, good lazy

In the East Palace, the news of the crown prince's return to Beijing was also broken in the East Palace in an instant. Zhu Houzhao's concubines, talented people, etc. were even more pleasantly surprised. They sent people to inquire about the news, and at the same time began to dress up meticulously.

"I still know how to come back. It's been more than half a year since I left. I know how to spend time and drink outside. God knows how many women I will bring back this time."

When the Crown Princess Xia heard the news, she was so wronged that she almost burst into tears.

Ever since she married Zhu Houzhao and became the princess, it doesn't matter if there are too many rules in the palace. The key is that Zhu Houzhao is a big radish. There are too many women. My stomach hasn't moved yet.

This made her very anxious.

Since ancient times, women in the royal family have always been valued by their mother and child. As a princess, the future queen, if she does not give birth to a son and a half for the prince, her status will definitely not be firm.

You must know that Zhu Houzhao has dozens of children now, and there are a lot of sons, and the crying of babies can be heard everywhere in the East Palace, but she, the princess, has not moved yet.

How could she not be in a hurry, but Zhu Houzhao had been away for more than half a year, and she had no chance at all.

"The prince is here~"

Her side was full of resentment, but when the sound of the prince's arrival sounded, she immediately wiped away her tears and hurriedly asked the maid to tidy up herself carefully.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao swaggered in like an uncle.

"The concubine has met His Highness~"

The Xia family is happy and excited now, as soon as the crown prince came back, he was the first to come here, obviously he did not forget himself, remembering himself as the crown princess.

"Hmm~"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then stretched out his hand, Liu Jin who was on the side immediately ordered someone to bring in a large box. When he opened it, there was a whole set of Hotan jade, a whole set of gold and silver jewelry, and several pieces of high-quality fur. Some special products brought back from the Western Regions and Hezhong.

"This time I went to the Western Regions and other places to investigate, and I brought you something. I don't know if you like it or not."

Zhu Houzhao took Xia Shi's hand, looking lewd.

I have eaten too many exotic meals in the Western Regions and other places, but I miss the food in my hometown a little bit.

The Xia family was able to be elected as the crown princess, it was naturally after thousands of selections, no matter what aspects they were impeccable.

"I like it, I like it very much, thank you Your Highness."

When the Prince's Mansion saw it, he became even happier.

When the prince went out for a trip, he still remembered to bring gifts for himself. Although as a princess, she naturally did not lack these things, but what the prince gave was completely different.

"Ha, as long as you like it!"

"I went out, did you miss me?"

"Your Highness~"

Zhu Houzhao took a look, picked up Mrs. Xia, and kissed her on the mouth.

The surrounding maids and eunuchs saw it, and immediately went out in a hurry.

Soon, being tossed by the waves, the melodious voice continued to ring out, making the maids waiting outside blush.

The refreshed Zhu Houzhao walked towards the Palace of Qianqing again, presenting a whole set of gifts, coupled with his eloquent mouth, Empress Zhang, who had always doted on him, was naturally amused by him very quickly.

In the study room, Emperor Hongzhi was reviewing memorials.

Since Liu Jin became a cabinet minister, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were both Buddhist and lazy, and the main affairs of the cabinet fell to Liu Jin. Things have also changed.

One of the most important ones is to classify the memorials played by various ministries, yamen, and localities, and divide them into priorities. For those memorials such as flattering and greetings, they are all too lazy to read, and even such memorials are read for the second time. , Liu Jin will directly reprimand and criticize the officials severely.

Ma Dan, whether it is his own time or the time of Emperor Hongzhi, it is extremely precious. He still greets and flatters every day.

After reading the whole article, my eyes are tired, but in the end, it is a melody of flattery and greetings, which is a waste of time, energy, manpower and material resources.

If you don’t criticize it harshly, it’s okay. If you submit similar memorials again, the assessment will give you a bad review, and you will even be sent to a remote area to become an official.

After such an operation, the number of memorials submitted by various ministries, yamen, and localities has decreased sharply. In the past, the cabinet could receive thousands of memorials a day. After careful review by the cabinet ministers, at least There are also hundreds of them.

Everyone can imagine that a person has to read hundreds of memorials a day, and these memorials are often hundreds or thousands of words long. Some people like to show off their literary talents, and they can't wait to write tens of thousands of words for you.

The workload is so huge that it cannot be done by one person at all. The key is that you have to do this work every day for a whole year, and every day there will be memorials. If you don’t finish the approval today, there will be new ones tomorrow. .

This may be an important reason why the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not like to go to the early court, and they did not like to criticize memorials, because it was really difficult to approve and watch.

Only a diligent emperor like Emperor Hongzhi would read these memorials seriously and carefully. As a result, it is conceivable that at a young age, his health is not good, and he is extremely haggard due to fatigue.

The point is that his time and energy are wasted on some irrelevant things. Many times, a sycophantic memorandum of the officials below will waste more than ten minutes of your time, and there are so many such memoirs. There are a lot of them, and I don't know how many people flatter the emperor.

Except for the insignificant memorials, those memorials that really have something to do, these officials have always been pissed by literati, originally they directly wrote about what happened, and how to solve it, and gave the above people multiple choice questions That's it.

But these officials in ancient times were not like this. They first had to show off their literary talent and knowledge, citing scriptures and using the past to illustrate the present, which is nothing more than normal.

For a trivial matter, if you don’t write a memorial of thousands of words, it’s a waste of opportunity for the emperor to submit a memorial. Things that can be explained clearly in one sentence have to be as stinky as a dead woman’s foot binding. And long.

I'm afraid the emperor doesn't know that you are talented and knowledgeable.

Undoubtedly, this will be a huge waste of time and energy. Whether it is the emperor or the ministers of the cabinet, they are all busy with work, busy with business, and time is tight. How can there be time to waste watching you show off your literary talent and knowledge?

Liu Jin, a lazy person, naturally wouldn't let such things continue.

I can't control what happens to others, but as a cabinet minister myself, I naturally want to change this unhealthy trend. All memorials, written too long, will be sent back. The language is required to be concise, easy to understand, and don't go around. Going around, making people guess and think about it, it is really tiring.

After such an operation, the number of memorials has been greatly reduced, and the memorials of flattery and greetings can no longer be seen. Liu Jin became stricter, which directly sent you to the Northwest Province to experience the cold winter and the wilderness.

The real memorials are to directly present the matter and put forward corresponding solutions. Don’t show off your literary talent and knowledge. National affairs are not a trifle, nor is it a place for you to show your literary talent. If you really have literary talent, you can publish a book yourself. The name has been passed down through the ages.

Naturally, this efficiency has been improved all of a sudden. There are only a few hundred copies of the memorials to the cabinet every day, and you can know what is going on with a glance.

It's not an important matter, the cabinet can handle it directly, and the important matter will be handed over to the emperor for approval.

When it came to Emperor Hongzhi, the number of memorials was greatly reduced. When there were few, there were only a few dozen copies a day, and when there were many, there were hundreds of copies. Emperor Hongzhi spent an hour or two every day to finish processing.

"It's still Liu Jin who makes things comfortable!"

"Pay attention to efficiency!"

"There are few memorials every day, and they are all important national affairs. If you have enough time, you can think about it."

"It's not like before. Looking at the mountain of memorials, the whole person is under a lot of pressure. I always want to get the approval early so that I can go to rest and rest."

Emperor Hongzhi finished approving the last memorial, and looked outside again. It was still early and the sun had not set.

If it was changed to before, this memorial could not be finished, and I would have to work overtime every day until late at night to finish it.

It was really tiring, sometimes my eyes were sore and wept, I could only let Xiao Jing read to myself, and I didn't have much time to rest.

Because the reading of the memorials was late, and the court was early, and I was exhausted every day, but the country of Ming Dynasty was not well managed. Every day, people praised Hongzhi Zhongxing, but the common people lived in extreme hardship. What a shit Zhongxing It's just flattery and flattery from the officials below.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jin, he is also a lazy person, and he always pays attention to efficiency. Let him be a cabinet minister. Your Majesty, you can follow along and relax."

Xiao Jing on the side also said with a smile, he is already over seventy years old, he watched Emperor Hongzhi grow up, why over the years, that is to say, now Emperor Hongzhi is really relaxed, living a relaxed and good life.

"Haha, right? Let me just say that Liu Jin is a slob."

"It's better to be lazy, lazy people have lazy ways, lazy people have lazy riches."

"Looking at the current memorials, the number is small, but they are all talking about state affairs directly. If there are any major and important matters, they can be dealt with in time. Those memorials in the past seem really tiring."

Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile, he felt a headache when he thought of the mountains of memorials before.

(End of this chapter)