Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 212

Zhu Qiyu can understand the feelings of the favorite concubines very well, and can better understand the attraction of Yuquan Mountain to the favorite concubines.

According to records, there are more than 200 wells in the inner and outer cities of Beijing, most of which are bitter wells, and the water is quite unpalatable.

The well-known sweet water well in the city is the Dapao Well near the Wenhua Palace.In addition, there is the sweet water well near the Shiwangfu, which is the famous Wangfujing in later generations.

But even the water from Dapaojing and Wangfujing was not eaten by the royal family, but was transported all the way from Yuquan Mountain.

The problem is that the water brought in from Yuquan Mountain is fine for the concubines to drink, but if the water used for washing and bathing by the fifteen concubines is all from Yuquan Mountain, then it is really not enough.

However, favorite concubines like to be clean and have to bathe every day, and there are no maids or eunuchs at home, so they have to boil water by themselves every time, and use the dirty water from those bitter wells to wash.

Therefore, the favorite concubines are the most staunch supporters of Zhu Qiyu's running plan, and they are all eager to go to Yuquan Mountain to soak in the hot spring.

At that time, not only will you not have to work hard to boil water yourself, but also the hot springs of Yuquan Mountain are famous all over the world. Taking a dip every day is very good for beauty and beauty.Which favorite concubine would refuse to keep her face and her glory forever.

That's why Zhu Qiyu kept the Qianqing Palace, waiting for Zhu Qizhen to come back so that he can continue to live in it.Let Zhu Qizhen become the only Supreme Emperor who still lives in the main palace after abdicating in history, so as to declare to the world his sincerity of filial piety and kinship.

Since Zhu Qizhen likes the broken place of Qianqing Palace so much, he can live there if he likes it.

These people don't know it now, but Zhu Qiyu himself is very clear that the last three palaces composed of Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, and Kunning Palace can also be burned into white ground by "thunder and fire from the sky".

This has to say the poor Wanli Emperor.In the 24th year of Wanli, Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace were burned down; in the 25th year of Wanli, the three main halls, Wenzhao Pavilion, Wucheng Pavilion, and the surrounding corridors were all burned down by "thunder fire from heaven".

Within two years of co-authoring, the most important area in the center of the Forbidden City was burned to the ground.

This is the terrible 'thunder and fire from heaven', the terrible 'will of God'.

I don't know if such a terrible will of God will come to the only Supreme Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

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Crazy with the concubines all night, the next morning, Zhu Qiyu came to the West Flower Hall in good spirits.

At this time, the armies of Xiaoqi Battalion, Shenji Battalion, Yingzhou Wei, and Tiance Wei had already divided into two groups.

This reflects the difference in strategic thinking. First, the tactical level is indeed very high, but they are only thinking about calculating the Ming army's pursuers, thinking that these pursuers are the main force of the Ming army.

On Zhu Qiyu's side, two main forces have been dispatched to copy Yexian's hometown.As for the pursuit led by Shi Heng, in Zhu Qiyu's mind, it was just a feint.

So Jin Ying and Xing'an were sent to supervise the army, and Yang Shan was sent to counselor military affairs.Zhu Qiyu expected that this journey was doomed to return in vain, so he sent these annoying people there just to let them experience the dangers of the world.

Chen Xun, Wang Wen and other important ministers had already come to the West Flower Hall to attend the small court meeting.

Now the monarch and his ministers get along very harmoniously. Firstly, Zhu Qiyu’s prestige has soared, and his image in the hearts of the subjects in the capital is no longer the same as when he first ascended the throne; The emperor promoted him exceptionally, and everyone worked wholeheartedly, not interested in arguing with the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu's attitude towards everyone has also become more friendly than before.Before talking about the business, they would give tea, fruit and snacks first, and chat with the ministers about family affairs and jokes.

Not only does the emperor not harm everyone's interests, but he can continue to bring benefits to everyone. Naturally, the important ministers are also happy to flatter the emperor and jointly maintain the beautiful scene of the monarch and his ministers enjoying each other.

After chatting leisurely, Zhu Qiyu asked Chen Xun: "Old Chen Ge, it's the end of the year, everyone has suffered for so long and suffered so many crimes, I have to give some rewards to the civil and military officials.

Is the savings in the Ministry of Households enough now, and can we pay salaries to civil and military officials on time? "

Chen Xun replied: "Squeeze, it's barely enough."

Zhu Qiyu was not happy when he heard this: "What is a squeeze? It's barely enough. I also want to give all the officials in Beijing an extra year's salary as a reward for our monarchs and ministers to work together to defend the capital."

Chen Xun shook his head again and again when he heard the words: "An extra year's salary? That's definitely not enough. Unless it's seconded from the Ministry of Industry and Taipu Temple."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hands again and again when he heard the words: "Hurry up, how can you be so disrespectful. I will allocate 100 million taels to your household department from internal funds, all officials in Beijing, and all civil servants, generals, and guards transferred from the local area. A year's salary or military pay."

When Chen Xun heard this, he couldn't believe it for a moment.Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor has always reached out to the court for money.

Occasionally, the imperial court took money from the internal funds, but it was only from the emperor's hand that the Ministry of Households begged the grandpa to sue the grandma crying for poverty.

Like the emperor in front of him, he took the initiative to transfer money from the internal funds to the household department, and the transfer amounted to 100 million taels, which was really the first time in history.

Everyone was about to thank you, but Zhu Qiyu continued to say: "Now the income of Jinhuayin seems to be all included in the internal funds, right?"

Chen Xun replied with a puzzled look: "Yes, the gold flower and silver item started in the early years of Zhengtong, and there are more than 100 million taels every year, all of which are received by the internal shipping warehouse."

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "In the future, this item will not be included in the shipping warehouse, and it will be transferred directly to the household department."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, everyone present was stunned.It’s really the sun coming out from the west. Everyone has lived for decades. It’s the first time that the emperor will take the initiative to push money from the inside out and force it into the hands of the court.

And this is a huge income of 100 million taels per year, the emperor said no, so he didn't want it.

Zhu Qiyu smiled, expressing his understanding in his heart: If it wasn't for his great prestige and stable throne, the ministers would almost be able to take revenge on the society for themselves.

Seeing that the ministers really couldn't turn the corner, Zhu Qiyu smiled helplessly and said: "What's the matter? This is, if I give you the money, don't you want it?"

Wang Wen reacted the fastest, stretching out his hand to tug on Chen Xun's sleeve.Chen Xun also reacted, regardless of what the emperor thought, he quickly received an order to thank him, and cooked the uncooked rice before talking.

So Chen Xun hurriedly led the crowd to kneel down, calling the emperor Shengming together.

Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction, and said to everyone: "I transferred this money to the household department, it is the capital used by our monarchs and ministers to rejuvenate Daming, not for you to squander it.

Every penny of this money must be used wisely. If I find out who is corrupt and perverts the law, don't say it was unpredictable.

Another one, I also want to let you know that I have a completely public heart for military and national affairs, and I don't mean to want to enjoy myself extravagantly. "

What else can the ministers say, they can only continue to shout the emperor Shengming.

(End of this chapter)