The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 238
Regarding Liu Rushi, Zhu Cihong did not engage in any tricks, but directly issued an order to pardon his crimes.

Although such an unreasonable pardon is easily criticized by the people of the world, it is the right of the emperor.

It's better to be open and upright like this than to cover up, and it will be much better if Liu Rushi's identity is leaked in the future.

After all, as a famous Qinhuai prostitute, Liu Rushi's reputation is still very wide, and she knows many dignitaries and literati. Unless she doesn't show her face, she will definitely be recognized.

"Your Majesty, why not let the concubine..."

Seeing that Zhu Cihong wanted to directly pardon Liu Rushi, Hong Niangzi thought for a while and tried to speak.

After all, apart from good looks and talent, Liu Rushi had nothing else to praise, and the little emperor directly decreed a pardon like this, which really damaged the image of being wise and martial.

Maybe it will become a stain and be criticized by future generations if it is edited by those literati in the future.

"My concubine's kindness, I appreciate it. If I'm not in the capital, I can let my concubine do it for me, but I've already returned to Beijing, but it's not suitable!"

Zhu Cihong naturally understood her thoughts, waved his hand, and rejected her proposal.

He is not in the capital, Hong Niangzi can indeed pardon him on his behalf. After all, when he went south, he left a bunch of blank imperial edicts with great seals. If he took out a copy and pardoned Liu Rushi, the big guys would only think that the imperial concubine was acting willfully. , taking His Majesty's trust as a trifling matter.

But he, the emperor, has already returned to Beijing, so it's not easy to let Hong Niangzi, the noble concubine, do it for him.

Even if Hong Niang is a political idiot, she understands that the blank edicts left by the emperor are based on trust, but they cannot be used, so she didn't say anything. the capital.

"Okay, don't worry about my beloved concubine. It's just a trivial matter. I don't believe that pardoning a mere woman will affect my eternal reputation."

As a person of later generations, Zhu Cihong naturally knew that people of later generations would not be as pedantic as today's literati, so he didn't care at all, and he didn't bother to beautify himself in this regard.

Because he knows that if he can build a large territory for the Han people, so that China's technology and military power can stand on the top of the world, even if he is licentious and innocent, he will be the object of worship by countless people hundreds of years later.

"Your Majesty, now that the country has been completely pacified and the morale of the soldiers is high, why don't you go all out and destroy Jiannu directly?"

The red lady obviously didn't want to spend all her thoughts on a prostitute, if it wasn't for Zhu Cihong's reputation, she wouldn't say anything more.

As for competing for favor and being jealous, she never thought about it at all, because in her opinion, even if the little emperor is lustful, or even has bad habits, that's nothing.

"It is indeed possible to take advantage of the victory to destroy Jiannu in one fell swoop, but the lamb waiting to be slaughtered does not need to be rushed for a while. It is better to postpone it for another year or two. After the reform in the south is completely completed and the Tumote Department is resettled, it will not be too late to send troops .”

Zhu Cilang waved his hands.

The reason why he didn't plan to mobilize troops immediately was because his goal was far more than simply establishing slaves, so he wanted to wait another two years to mobilize troops after the domestic reforms were completed.

Because once he plans to use troops abroad, he does not intend to stop, but will expand the territory while developing domestic economic technology.

Therefore, it is necessary to wait for two years to fully build the foundation, so as not to take too many steps at that time, and then stop and go back to rectify the country.

"Then, Your Majesty, what will the concubine do in the future?"

The red lady was a little disappointed, and then looked at him nervously, obviously worried that if there was no war, she would be locked up in the harem, and she also didn't know what else she could do to help the little emperor in the future.

"Aifei, your next task is to give birth to a prince for me, and you don't need to worry about other things."

Zhu Cihong hugged her and smiled.

The red lady's cheeks were also flushed, she was overjoyed, but also a little sad, she knew this would be the result.

"Okay, my concubine, look at your appearance, it's like killing a donkey, even if you have an emperor, if you still want to fight in the future, it's okay."

Zhu Cihong obviously saw her thoughts, and comforted her with a smile.

"Is this true, Your Majesty?"

Sure enough, Hong Niangzi sat up straight when she heard the words, and then realized that she shouldn't question it.

Zhu Cihong didn't care much, nodded and said: "Of course it's true, when did I lie to my concubine? And don't call me Your Majesty anymore, it's too natural, just call me Husband."

"Ok!"

The red lady hummed softly, and leaned her head in his arms, her eyes were also flushed with emotion.

And in the following days, the two of them have been working hard for the heir to the throne, Zhu Cihong didn't run around, originally planned to go to the grassland again, and let Hou Xun do it for the chiefs.

And the leaders of the Tumote Department only stayed for a while, and after seeing the prosperity of the capital, Zhu Cihong put them all back.

Because it is meaningless to detain them, and it is not conducive to the future rule of the court on the grassland, as long as the Tugel family is detained in the capital.

As more and more military officers moved to the capital, the capital became more and more prosperous and lively.

The commercial area in the east city and the residential area in the north city have roughly taken shape, while the industrial area in the west city is almost completed.

But in the huge industrial area, apart from the arsenal, the light industry only has spinning and dyeing workshops, which resulted in a large number of factory buildings being empty.

And the textile industry has obviously reached its limit. Even though Huangdian has opened all over the country, and the cotton cloth factories in Jiangnan have been completely transformed and shut down, but the output of 40 cotton cloths per month still cannot be sold out, and there are still a lot of piles in the warehouse. Inventory, warehouses are also built more and more.

There is no way, this textile industry is already related to the livelihood of millions of people near the capital, and there is no way to stop it.

Once it stops, those farmers who weave at home will be fine and have land, but those craftsmen, and the 10,000+ people who migrated from the south of the Yangtze River, will definitely go bankrupt and starve to survive.

In a short period of time, it may be difficult to increase the purchasing power of ordinary people, so it is necessary to produce a commodity that is consumed by the rich.

Such industrial products were innumerable in the previous life, but in this era, apart from silk, there is really nothing else, even silk cannot be truly called industrial products.

Although soap and glass are also consumed by rich people, as long as they are made, they will definitely make money, but they are not production-intensive products. For Zhu Cihong now, making money is secondary, and the main thing is to stimulate economic development.

What he needs are products like cars and bicycles, but the technology of this era simply cannot produce them.

Without suitable industrial products, in the end Zhu Cihong had no choice but to carry out infrastructure construction, renovate all the official roads in the north, widen those that should be widened, and build bridges that should be repaired.

After all, after the completion of the entire Southern New Deal this year, the total amount of agricultural tax, business tax and tax will definitely exceed [-] million taels of silver. It is absolutely impossible not to spend so much money, not to mention tariffs.

As for the military expenses, the royal family still has to bear it for the time being, because the royal family also earns a lot of silver every year, and it can't be done without spending it.

With the monopoly of salt alone, the annual profits reached tens of millions of taels.

(End of this chapter)