Queen Juan is here, run away

Chapter 297 Shocking for 200 Year

Zhang Defa was shocked.

The emperor has always been very particular, and never sleeps elsewhere in the palace, even if the dragon bed in the Cangchen Palace is not paved as he likes, he is extremely disgusted.

Not to mention the cramped bed in the west side hall of Sleeping Liyuan?

That's not to mention, the emperor used to dislike concubines approaching, and was very impatient with them, apart from putting on a show in front of the empress dowager, it was very difficult for concubines to get close to them.

But Lihua broke the emperor's conventions one by one, not only let the emperor approach him actively, but also made the emperor try his best to please him, which was already inconceivable in Zhang Defa's view.

Unexpectedly, there is something more incredible.

For the sake of Lihua, the emperor actually condescended to lean on the little bed, uncharacteristically let Lihua hold her, patiently fanned her, and let her sleep soundly.

It is unimaginable to break through Zhang Defa's insight in every point!
No wonder Zhang Defa was shocked, he had not seen the emperor and Lihua get along very often.

The most shocking time was the time when he saw the emperor giving Lihua a haircut.

Just that time alone shocked Zhang Defa and made him understand what a big mistake he had made. After that, he worked hard to make up for his big mistake.

But compared to this time, that time was completely insignificant.

He had never seen the emperor be so close to a concubine, with a gentle expression, as if he regarded it as a treasure.

In the past, the emperor was kind to Lihua, such as picking ornaments, choosing jewelry, and writing letters. In Zhang Defa's view, it was just the emperor's normal behavior towards a favorite concubine, and it was a fun in his spare time.

And this time is clearly different.

For the first time in Zhang Defa's life, he saw the emperor put up with all the things that were usually intolerable, and coaxed Lihua to sleep soundly.

To wipe Wu Meiren's sweat with a fan, the movements are gentle, and let Wu Meiren sleep staggeringly, and he is afraid that he will not sleep well. Isn't that coaxing?
There is also a memorial to Tingliyuan, which is also the first time Zhang Defa has seen it.

But compared to seeing the emperor coaxing Lihua to sleep, and what he saw during the court meeting today, carrying a memorial to Ting Liyuan is nothing.

Speaking of today's meeting, it was the first event that shocked Zhang Defa in 100 years.

Because of the arrival of Xiao Shunzi, the model worker emperor of the millennium, he announced on the spot that there was nothing wrong with leaving the court, leaving the courtiers full of fear.

Zhang Defa was stunned at the time, so he could only stay to clean up the mess and deal with the unexpected incident with an inscrutable expression on his face.

I also blame the courtiers for not living up to expectations.

At that time, the court meeting had just finished bowing, and the courtiers waited in fear to see who would be forked out of the court meeting today, and they dared not show their atmosphere.

There was nothing particularly important at the court meeting recently. This year's summer flood season was well prepared for the rainy season. In previous years, people were sent to prevent floods in areas where floods occurred frequently, and the news from various places was relatively good.

It stands to reason that the courtiers should be more at ease in their hearts. After all, there is nothing serious, at least nothing that made the emperor angry.

But the courtiers really had no idea, because several ministers from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households fought before the meeting, causing quite a commotion.

Sure enough, the number of people who were forked out this time was extraordinarily spectacular!
These people are all ministers who have something to tell.

The things they discussed were not big or small or urgent, but they involved a fight between the two departments, and they quarreled so much that they quarreled for several days without a standoff.

Thanks to the countdown sign, the work efficiency of each department is unprecedented, and the courtiers are involved in each other.

A minister of the Ministry of Industry suddenly discovered that the quality of porcelain circulated to the private sector in the official kilns under his jurisdiction had risen to a higher level, and at the same time, the number had increased a lot.

Porcelain produced in official kilns since ancient times was mainly used in palaces.

In the official kilns of previous dynasties, porcelain with poor quality would be destroyed. However, a stingy and money-loving emperor in this dynasty felt that it was a waste, so he had a big brain and pioneered the sale of these porcelains to the people.

Porcelain produced in official kilns is incomparable to those produced in private kilns. Even porcelain that looks bad in the palace is rare and high-grade among the people.

This emperor is stingy, but he is well versed in managing the country through financial management.

He didn't want to get a bad reputation of officials competing for profit with the people, but he also wanted to make money for nothing, and it would be better to gain a good reputation.

So the emperor thought of a trick, specifically explaining that the selling price was set very high, and at the same time, the sale was limited, and then people specially selected the upper class, and news spread that the porcelain from the emperor's official kiln flowed out.

Sure enough, the rich came here after hearing the news, vying to pursue it, and they were all proud of having porcelain fired in official kilns in their homes.

Some wealthy families even went to great lengths to snatch back a set of porcelain as a dowry for their daughters.

Being so ordered by the emperor, the leeks of the big merchants, big landlords and rich people were harvested one after another, and the people lived as they wanted.

The porcelain flowing out of the official kiln did not have any impact on the folk kiln at all.

The ministers at the time originally strongly opposed it.

How could the emperor do such a thing, what a loss of position, why not be infamous for being greedy for money through the ages, causing extremely bad influence on future generations.

At this moment, the emperor waved his hand again, announcing that [-]% of the silver he earned would be put into the national treasury, and used to build water conservancy and rescue disasters and people.

Seeing this, the ministers turned off the fire one after another. It can generate income for the treasury without harming the interests of the people. The rich begged to buy it.

So they changed their words one after another, saying that my emperor is holy, let the porcelain that should have been destroyed play a greater role, and do practical things for the people in a real way.

As for the other [-]% of the silver going into the emperor's private treasury, the ministers chose to pretend to be blind and had no objection at all.

In this way, the tradition of official kilns has been passed down to this day.

But the minister of the Ministry of Industry found that something was wrong. Those with bad quality can be circulated to the people, but how can they be sold to the people with good quality?
And the number has increased so much, if the palace is not enough, he will not be able to cut off ten heads, so he started to investigate the matter.

Coincidentally, a minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs suddenly discovered that the treasury's porcelain revenue had doubled when he was doing accounts. He felt something was wrong and started investigating.

People from both parties investigated the same incident at the same time. After checking and checking, they found that the failure rate of ceramics fired by official kilns in the latest quarter has dropped significantly, and the output has increased greatly.

The ministers of the two ministries were overjoyed, keenly aware that it was time to make meritorious service, and they scrambled to get the credit for their own ministries, so they started arguing.

They quarreled at the court meeting at first, but the emperor didn't listen to their tricks at all, and only asked lightly: "Why does the official kiln porcelain increase so much, how many lovers know?"

The ministers of the two ministries suddenly fell silent. During their investigation, they knew that the other party was also investigating, and they were afraid of being one step ahead, so they rushed to show their merits without finding out the situation.

And in their view, the output of official kilns has increased, and the craftsmen who fired the porcelain must have good skills, and what else could be the reason.

But the emperor refuted it on the spot: "Could it be possible that the craftsman's skills can suddenly become better? Then why didn't they remain the same before, and couldn't hide their clumsiness?"

(End of this chapter)