Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

But Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied and took all the properties, and deliberately announced them loudly to the outside of the hall.

"You are thoughtful, I am very happy!"

"Little Baozi, Little Shizi, from today on, you will each be promoted to the seventh rank, the head eunuch!"

"If the positions in this prison are full, go to Wei Zhongxian and tell him my wish to increase the number of positions in each prison!"

The three of them, including Xiaolouzi, kowtowed immediately to express their gratitude, tears of excitement flowing down their cheeks.

The Twelve Eunuchs of the Imperial Palace, eunuch rank table

The competition in the outer court is fierce, but it is often not life-threatening. At most, one will be demoted or transferred, or dismissed and sent home.

But the situation in the Twelve Inner Court is completely different. If they make the slightest mistake, they will be beaten to death!

Therefore, with every promotion in their official rank, their own safety increases.

After Zhu Youxiao promoted the four people, he got up and left the Qianqing Palace.

As eunuchs accompanying him, Xiaolouzi and Xiaoezi did not need to leave with him, so as soon as he left, the four little eunuchs hugged each other excitedly and rolled around on the floor of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao went out of the door and heard the noise behind him. Instead of scolding, he laughed even more happily.

In Kunning Palace.

He told Zhang Yan the whole story, and Zhang Yan frowned after listening.

"Your Majesty, this seems a little inappropriate, right?"

"If this gets out, people will think you are selling official positions, right?"

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and smiled, "This is a matter of the inner court. I am not afraid of their gossip."

"Besides, I can't wait for this to get out!"

During these days of traveling through time, he discovered a big problem!

There are too many eunuchs and maids in the palace!

Too many to understand!

There are tens of thousands of eunuchs alone. If we add the palace maids, I'm afraid the number would be more than a hundred thousand!

Although he is the emperor in this body, all his concubines together have less than ten people, no sons and no daughters!

Even if the concubines left by the previous emperor were included, there were only a dozen people in the family.

In other words, the Forbidden City, which was said to have nine thousand rooms, was inhabited entirely by eunuchs and palace maids!

It doesn’t matter who the palace actually belongs to.

What’s important is that the monthly salaries of these 100,000 eunuchs and palace maids were paid from Zhu Youxiao’s treasury!

Just for this item, at least 500,000 taels of silver would be spent every month!

So, he prepared to do something, something that Chongzhen had done in official history.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to drive out all the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall, and whispered mysteriously in Zhang Yan's ear.

"I plan to lay off a number of these eunuchs and palace maids!"

"At least 80% of them should be laid off!"

Zhang Yan was startled: "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

Eighty percent, at least 80,000 people!

If this matter gets out, I'm afraid there will be an immediate rebellion in the palace!

The last time someone entered the palace was in the third year of the Tianqi reign, and now it is already the seventh year!

In other words, the youngest palace maids are now seventeen or eighteen years old, and the older ones are probably in their fifties or sixties. Considering their experiences in the palace, it would be difficult for them to find a husband!

And those eunuchs, all of whom came from extremely poor families, now have no eggs and can do nothing but serve people. What can they do after leaving the palace?

Zhu Youxiao smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, I have my own way to accommodate them."

Seeing his firm attitude, Zhang Yan stopped talking. But when she thought about what he had just said, she became confused again.

"Since Your Majesty wants to dismiss them from the palace, why is he still asking for birthday gifts from that eunuch?"

Although she was the daughter of an ordinary commoner, she also knew etiquette. What Zhu Youxiao did was like, he just asked for a gift and then kicked the person out of the palace. This was not something an emperor would do at all!

It's more like what street thugs do!

Zhu Youxiao chuckled and said, "How much does an egg cost in your small kitchen?"

Zhang Yan answered subconsciously: "I heard from the palace maids that natural disasters are frequent in various places now, and prices are rising. An egg seems to cost about two taels of silver."

Chapter 44 I want to see whether the world still has the surname Zhu!

Although Zhang Yan did not participate in political affairs, she could still hear news about natural disasters in various places.

She had experienced famine when she was young, and knew how precious a bite of food was at such a time.

So, when she said two taels of silver for an egg, she didn't feel there was anything wrong.

This was also one of the main reasons why she had given Zhu Youxiao coarse grain steamed buns before.

It’s all because of poverty!

Even though she was the queen of a country, she was not well off!

But at this moment, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his index finger and thumb and said, "But now outside the palace, an egg only costs eight cents!"

"A pound of pork only costs sixty coins!"

Zhang Yan paused when she heard this: "Eight cents?"

"Isn't it said that natural disasters are frequent in various places? An egg is only eight cents a piece?"

She couldn't accept this fact at all. An egg that cost eight cents each turned into two taels of silver after being passed on by these servants? !

Zhu Youxiao shook his head in self-mockery: "Eight cents is not cheap anymore!"

"Seven years ago, when we got married, eggs were only three cents each. Now, seven years have passed, and the price has more than doubled!"

"It's not just eggs. Now brown rice in the capital is sold for two taels of silver per stone. You have to know that seven years ago, two taels of silver could buy three stones of brown rice!"

Zhang Yan's face turned blue and red. After a long time, she spoke harshly.

"These dogs dared to tell me that brown rice costs twenty taels of silver per stone!"

"Damn it!"

Well, now it’s Zhu Youxiao’s turn to be surprised!

One stone of brown rice is 160 jin, and one stone is worth taels of silver. That means one jin costs qian of silver, which is wen?

Damn it, this guy is even more ruthless than me, okay?

No, I will never allow anyone to be darker than me!

so..........

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao took Zhang Yan into his arms.

"Don't worry, I will make them spit out what they ate!"

After hearing this and comparing it with what Zhu Youxiao had said before, Zhang Yan reacted immediately.

"So, you want to..."

"No, no, no, don't say it, it will make me look shameless!"

Zhu Youxiao interrupted her with a wicked smile and even moved his mouth closer to hers.

"It's just some trivial matters. I have already taken care of them. There is no need to rush. Let me talk about it later..."

"Don't!"

Zhang Yan's face changed drastically. She broke free from his arms and then fell to her knees.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

"Since you came back to life, you have never visited other sisters!"

"I am now infertile and I dare not covet your majesty's favor."

"For the sake of our descendants, Your Majesty, please move somewhere else!"

Her attitude was very firm, but her words were filled with deep sadness. Before she finished speaking, two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he felt as if his heart was pierced by a sharp knife.

The records about Tianqi’s descendants in history books came to my mind.

Three sons and three daughters, all died young!

Prince Huai Chong, Zhu Ciran, stillbirth!

Prince Chuohuai, Zhu Cihuan, died young!

Prince Xianhuai, Zhu Cijing, died young!

Princess Yongning, Zhu Shu'e, died young!

Princess Huaining, Zhu Shumei, died young!

The third princess’s title and name were not even recorded in history books, only the words “she died young” were mentioned!

The pain in his heart became more and more intense, and suddenly his throat felt sweet. Zhu Youxiao fell to the ground and spit out a pool of glaring blood.

"His Majesty!"

Zhang Yan was horrified and quickly stood up and rushed over, hugged his shaky body in her arms, and then shouted loudly to the outside.

"Someone, come quickly!"

"Xuan Yuyi!"

At this time, Zhu Youxiao's face was ferocious, and a strong sense of unwillingness and anger swept through his mind like a tide.

He didn't know why he was like this. It was clearly Tianqi's experience, but when he thought of these records, he felt as if he had experienced it himself.

The palace maid quickly called the imperial physician over. After taking the girl's pulse, the imperial physician simply said that it was due to excessive worry and prescribed some calming prescriptions.

It was not until then that Zhu Youxiao slowly opened his eyes and looked towards the imperial physician with an extremely sharp gaze.

"I'm fine!"

"Go and fetch the medical records of the queen and the concubines when they were pregnant!"

"If even a single word is missing, I'll take your head!"

The imperial physician didn't know what was going on, so he nodded subconsciously, left the prescription and left Kunning Palace.

Zhang Yan felt a lump in her throat when she heard that, and she could no longer control her tears, which burst out like a flood.

Perhaps because she didn't want Zhu Youxiao to see her ugly appearance, she deliberately turned her head and looked away while choking up.

"Your Majesty, why bother to go back and revisit those past events?"

"Ah!"

Zhu Youxiao sneered.

"Why not finally!"

"They even dared to murder the heirs of the royal family. I want to see if the world still has the surname Zhu!"

Three sons and three daughters, none of them survived, there must be something fishy!

If I don't figure it out, won't my own flesh and blood end up like this in the future?

He can't allow this to happen!

Never allow it!

The imperial physician quickly brought the medical record over, but it was full of nonsense words, which gave him a headache, so he put it aside.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Zhang Yan and said.

"Send the order, call the other concubines over, I have something to say to them!"

Zhang Yan's expression was very complicated. She guessed why Zhu Youxiao called those concubines over, but this made her even more confused!