The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 532 Chongzhen Expectations
Emperor Chongzhen learned that Huang Sheng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, had completed the pacification of the South China Sea and recaptured Hainan Xindi a year ahead of schedule, and soon returned to the capital to report on his duties.

Since the memorial to Dalong Shuan, Chongzhen actually counted the days in his heart looking forward to Huang Sheng's coming to Beijing.

Emperor Chongzhen came to Kunning Palace in a slightly relaxed mood, and Empress Zhou greeted him with joy, and said that Emperor Lan Shangyi had come today and gave him a lot of wonderful things.

Chongzhen was very interested today, and accompanied the queen to see a few things, and he especially liked the ingenious western clocks.

This kind of Western clock is not imported at all, but made in China.It is a luxury product produced by the "Huaxia Island" watch factory, which is used to earn money from dignitaries.

The quality of Huang’s products, which are exquisite in materials, has already surpassed any contemporary Western clocks, which is entirely due to the world’s leading output of steel for clockwork.

After a while, the maid brought bird's nest and lotus seed soup, which was Emperor Chongzhen's favorite dessert, but Emperor Chongzhen seldom passed it on because he was afraid of spending too much money.

well!Even when the emperor needed to cut down on food and clothing, it was difficult for him.In fact, Chongzhen's character is really good, but it's a pity that he is in troubled times and the country's affairs are difficult. Without great wisdom and iron fist, he is powerless to turn things around.

Seeing the emperor, Empress Zhou was a little stunned and explained: "Your Majesty, there are a lot of bird's nests in the palace now. How many loads did Lan Shangyi send? If your majesty is willing to eat, you can enjoy it every day. Lan Shangyi will pay filial piety every few months."

These things were not bought by Huang Sheng on purpose at all, but Guo Huaiyi almost snatched up all the merchant ships from various countries, and seized numerous bird's nests from Luzon, the Sultanate of Aceh, the Indonesian archipelago and other South Asian regions.

Cai'er generously brought a few loads of loads to the palace, such a move shocked too many concubines in the imperial city.

Chongzhen stopped the spoon in his hand, and said: "Nan'an Hou Dingding Nanhai must be much easier to obtain southern specialties, and it is difficult for him to bother."

"Hey! It's the Marquis of Nan'an who does things to save His Majesty. He always thinks of His Majesty when he gets good things. The concubines in his family are all human beings. Every time Lan Shangyi comes to the palace, those concubines and The palace people are all happy as if they are celebrating a festival."

"Oh? And this matter? Why is this?"

"It's not that Lan Shangyi brings a lot of KitKats every time. There are so many things to wear, eat, use, and play. It's just that the rare thing called a towel that I give to everyone to wash their faces makes people love it."

The towel was also used by Emperor Chongzhen. He also thought it was very good, but he thought it was a bit wasteful.

Huang Sheng's wife was too successful in diplomacy, Cai'er was warmly welcomed in the palace, and every time she entered the palace, she would not be able to escape until the gates of the Forbidden City were closed. Without him, the empress and concubines liked to chat with her about the outside world.

When you come here, you must cover everything, and you must not neglect anyone. Chatting in this palace, sitting in that palace for a day will pass without knowing it.

Although these women in the palace have no worries about food and clothing, they are as boring as birds in cages. They like to play tricks because they are bored. Otherwise, life is as dull as water.

Cai'er was already very knowledgeable when she traveled all over the world, and she learned a lot of knowledge from Huang Sheng and gained too much knowledge. The concubines in the palace like to listen to Caier's strange stories.

In the past few months, Cai'er has told a lot of stories about the "Ningjin Great Victory" in the seventh year of Tianqi, in which she intentionally or unintentionally affirmed the eunuch who was supervising the army in Liaodong at that time.

Now Emperor Chongzhen sent eunuchs to supervise the army again, and the court was in an uproar.

Empresses and concubines are not allowed to participate in politics, but they also heard it in their ears and kept it in their hearts. Lan Caier's attitude towards the eunuchs of the army is very important, at least it allows the emperor to guess Nan'anhou's views on this matter.

Caier talked about how the guarding of Jinzhou was taught by Zhao Leng, affirmed the credit of the eunuch Ji Yong, and also mentioned the help given to Guan Qiandao by the eunuch who was supervising the army in Shanhaiguan at that time.She was so mean that she couldn't remember the father-in-law's name.

Cai'er didn't know which one would pass the story to the emperor's ears, so she adopted the method of planting a wide range of crops and reaping a small amount. Anyway, concubines like to listen to stories, so she would tell a paragraph whenever she got the chance.

Cai'er is very clever, not only contacting the superstructure, but also showing favor to the maids.Of course, you can't give them a reward, that would give people a handle.

As early as the first lunar month, they were given the opportunity to earn pocket money. Daming's embroidery was unrivaled in the world. Selling these things to Westerners made a lot of money. The Huang family specially launched domineering palace embroidery. Low.

Court embroidery is not a gimmick at all, nor is it a gimmick made for sales, but actually comes from the Forbidden City. The embroidery produced by the Ming court is indeed full of luxury, and the market price is soaring day by day.

In the Forbidden City, there are now two or three thousand court ladies doing this job, and even many concubines enjoy it. There are many people who earn two or three taels of silver a month, and it is not uncommon for some clever women to get more than five taels a month.

Caier's orders came one after another, and the maids had a lot more money and lived a more fulfilling life, which made the neutral palace people who were not eunuchs envious. Eunuchs all had rank and power, so of course they didn't care about these wages.

The emperor had long seen palace maids and concubines earning pocket money by being female celebrities. He liked to see women who were thrifty and housekeeping.

The Forbidden City of Ming Dynasty has become an outsourcing processing base of the Huang family. Isn't it surprising?Huang Sheng will not only vigorously support such outsourcing, but also provide more such opportunities to the royal family.

Huang Sheng never prepared to yin Chongzhen Emperor, but hoped that his life would be easier, and he would not fight with the Chongzhen Emperor's men and horses, penetrate step by step, gently erode, and subdue others without fighting It is very suitable for the national conditions.

Peaceful evolution is the master, Mian went to step on piles of Han corpses to come up to Huang Sheng to be able to find peace of mind, Chongzhen, an unyielding emperor, should not betray his relatives and finally hang Meishan....

Huang Sheng is plotting to change all this...A lot has been done step by step, the economy, food, army, bureaucratic groups, noble groups, etc., and even the Forbidden City are being infiltrated, and it has developed to a certain scale, and everything will come naturally.

No wonder Emperor Chongzhen always had the image of Huang Sheng lingering in his mind, because even the fragrant soap used to wash his face in the palace was related to Huang Sheng, and the maids and eunuchs would mention Nan'an Hou from time to time.

Chongzhen now knows that Huang Sheng is too rich. Although he doesn't understand economics, he is not stupid. He has seen all the expensive kit Kats are products of Huang's family. Even the tickets for those dramas are frighteningly expensive. He has learned the skill.

At this time, Chongzhen had no intention of dealing with Huang Sheng. On the contrary, he was very satisfied with Huang Sheng. At least the Marquis of Nan'an knew how to honor the royal family immediately after earning money.

Too many people have watched the several new dramas performed by the crew in the imperial palace, and the emperor also loves to watch them, but they don't like the drama "Man Jiang Hong", because Yue Fei's storybook completely cast Yue Fei's unjust death on Qin Hui. .

But this play implicitly highlights that Song Gaozong was jealous of Yue Fei, and Qin Hui knew how to create an unjust prison and kill Zhongliang.

Chongzhen used the emperor's mentality to think about problems, of course he knew the facts were like this, but the emperor couldn't make it clear to the world if he was wrong!

(End of this chapter)