Early in the morning, Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace from the leopard room.

He rode the imperial carriage all the way and was with a few women Qian Ning found. Fortunately, there was a veil covering it, and the people outside didn't know what was happening on the imperial carriage.

Xiao Tiaozi followed the side of the imperial carriage and heard some of the movements coming from inside. All of this was common to him.

Until outside the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao finally got off the imperial carriage. At the same time, there were three women in disheveled clothes. These three women simply put their faces down and saluted Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "A few beloved concubines, don't you want to know what the situation is in the palace? I will take you into the palace today. Next, you have plenty of time to visit the palace... I will leave the guide to you. When I return to the leopard room in the afternoon, I will take them with me."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Xiao Twisted back, and the three women were silent and did not dare to say anything. When they arrived at the palace garden, no one dared to stroll around casually. Even if Zhu Houzhao's orders were not enough, they would not be able to do so. Anyone who was a noble person in the palace might lose his head. No matter how shallow the knowledge of the woman outside the palace was, she would understand this truth.

Zhu Houzhao was about to enter the Ganqing Palace, Xiao Tuozi followed him and asked, "Your Majesty, when will Lord Shen come to see you?"

"this……"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said, "It's not good to be too late, so let's just go now. I wonder how long will Mr. Chen come here if he goes to summon him immediately?"

Xiao Tiaozi said confidently: "It takes about half an hour, I will go to summon me now..."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "You don't have to go there in person for such a small matter. Let the people below go there. You should take them around the palace as I told you first, but don't go to Kunning Palace and Yongshou Palace, just take a look at the palaces in front of you."

“Yes, yes.”

Xiao Twist agreed quickly.

Zhu Houzhao yawned: "I'm really sleepy and I'm afraid I can last for half an hour at most. If Mr. Chen hasn't come after half an hour, then ask him to wait until I wake up before entering the palace. There is no need to stay and wait deliberately. Come and see you almost in the afternoon."

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Your Majesty is really a wise and holy lord who is considerate of his subordinates."

"You don't need to flatter me. I won't take this trick. Let's deal with the matter! I went in first, and after this stay, I felt a little tired again."

Zhu Houzhao was obviously in a state of distraction and soon entered the Ganqing Palace accompanied by two eunuchs.

Xiao Taozi quickly arranged someone to summon Chen Xi, and he accompanied the three women outside the palace to visit the palace according to Zhu Houzhao's order. Although he thought this was a bit ridiculous, he still followed the order.

As a result, Xiao Guozi was telling the eunuch under his command to invite Chen Xi into the palace to see him. Zhang Yuan hurried over: "Have you gone back to the bedroom?"

Xiao Tiaozi frowned: "What urgent matters are there for Eunuch Zhang?"

Zhang Yuandao: "Mr. Shen is waiting in front of the Meridian Gate, asking if he can enter the palace and face the saint."

Xiao Guozi was a little surprised, and then realized that Chen Xi came to the palace gate early in the morning to meet the emperor, and it was nothing to do with whether Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace.

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Your Majesty has just returned. Since Lord Shen has arrived at the Meridian Gate, please let Eunuch Zhang go and report it. Let's go and tell Your Majesty..."

...

...

In less than a quarter of an hour, Chen Xi came from the Meridian Gate. When he appeared in the main hall of the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao was not sleepy enough to open his eyes, but his spirit was much weaker than when he first returned to the palace.

"Mr. Chen came so fast. If I came later, I was afraid that I had already fallen asleep and I could only wait in the afternoon to meet."

Zhu Houzhao yawned and said listlessly to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi took out a sorted memorial from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, this is the result of the wealthy minister's thorough investigation of the eunuch party case. All ministers classified as eunuch party are listed in the list."

"Take it!"

Zhu Houzhao said to Zhang Yuan who was standing beside him.

This time, Zhang Yuan was summoned to Chen Xi, and Zhang Yuan had the advantage of time and place. In addition, Xiao Tiaozi had another task in front of him, so he invisibly occupied the harmony of others.

After Zhang Yuan turned the memorial to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao took it and read it carefully. Suddenly slapped the table: "These people, eating my salary, but helping the traitors to do things. I really misread them... Any ministers who are included in the eunuch party will not be used in the future!"

Chen Xidao: "Your Majesty, although some ministers are classified as eunuchs, they have outstanding abilities, and there are many forced to surrender... According to the minister's ideas, some of them can be demoted as appropriate as long as they are not involved in the case and have no record of corruption and abuse of power, without having to beat them to death."

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "We still have to keep them in the court? Isn't this a disaster for raising tigers?"

Zhang Yuan was beside Chen Xi and said, "Your Majesty, the court really needs talent management."

"A bastard, what does it have to do with you when I talk to Mr. Chen? Are you qualified to talk nonsense here?" Zhu Houzhao said angrily.

Only then did Zhang Yuan realize that he was no longer the same as he was in front of Zhu Houzhao. Even if he said anything at that time, Zhu Houzhao would not blame him, but now he has become an angry person. Why is Zhu Houzhao dissatisfied with him and just vents his anger and retreats aside in shame, not even daring to breathe.

Chen Xidao: "Your Majesty really can't tolerate these people, but you can be dismissed and returned home, and you will never be able to use it."

Zhu Houzhao heard that Chen Xi was sympathetic to these ministers and waved his hand: "Forget it, since I have decided that Mr. Shen has fully handled it, so let's deal with it according to Mr. Chen's wishes... As long as these people are not at fault, they can be forgiven and demoted, but remember that in the future, these people will not be assigned to key positions and let them take advantage of their remaining energy in the court."

"yes."

Chen Xi respectfully accepted the order.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Xi again and asked, "Why is it so thin for the eunuch party case to be concluded?"

Chen Xi saw a lot of greed from Zhu Houzhao's expectant gaze, and immediately took out another memorial and said: "This is the account book of the money involved in the eunuch party case, including shops, farms, mountains and forests. Since Your Majesty decided to take all of these goods into the inner warehouse, I have already greeted the warehouse and will deliver the goods later."

"Okay, let me show you."

Zhu Houzhao's desire for money is far beyond ordinary people's imagination. This is an extremely greedy emperor. I heard that there was dirty silver in the account, so I was very careful.

When he saw the content on the account book, his eyes narrowed completely together with joy, and his expression was filled with joy.

Zhu Houzhao finally raised her face and said seriously: "Mr. Chen has made great contributions and investigated the case so clearly. The dirty silver involved in the case cannot escape Mr. Chen's eyes. It is really admirable... If someone else investigates it, there must be many perfunctory things, and it may even be worthy of your own pocket!"

Chen Xidao: "It is the responsibility of the meritorious minister to do things for Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "I have recorded the merits of Mr. Chen. This time I am going to appoint you as the Minister of Personnel. From now on, the Ministry of Personnel's assessment, appointment and removal of officials will be handed over to Mr. Chen. As for the affairs of the Ministry of War, the two ministers can be handed over to the responsibility of the Ministry of War. I am going to not have a Minister of War for the time being. If the Ministry of War has important matters, I can ask the teacher for instructions, which means that both affairs are carried on by the teacher."

Chen Xi quickly refused: "Your Majesty, you must not. In this way, the court and the people will definitely be opposed. Some people in the court originally criticized him and said that the Wei minister was the second Liu Jin. I guess once this order was issued, all the censors would come forward to impeach Wei ministers."

Zhu Hou took a look at Zhang Yuan: "Is there such a discussion in the court?"

Zhang Yuan was originally ordered by Zhu Houzhao not to speak, so he hid beside him and was silent. Suddenly, he heard Zhu Houzhao ask him questions, and Zhang Yuan looked a little embarrassed: "Go back to Your Majesty, I have never heard of it, I am afraid that I would have asked the Silijian before I knew it..."

Zhu Houzhao said: "Since Mr. Chen said there is, it must exist. But Mr. Chen should not take it too seriously. I know Mr. Chen's loyalty... If it weren't for Mr. Chen, the Ming Dynasty's capital would probably be captured by the Tatars and the country would be unstable. What a great contribution is this? If someone in the court dares to criticize my decision, they will be handed over to the factory guards for handling and torture to see who is instructing him behind the scenes."

Chen Xidao: "Your Majesty should not make a big move. After the Liu Jin plotted to rebel, it is very normal for the court to worry about those who abused power. Your Majesty asked the ministers to take into account the responsibilities of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War at the same time. People in the court would feel even more like this... Not only should Your Majesty not let the ministers also take charge of the Ministry of Personnel, but also arranged for the candidates for the Chief Secretary for the Secretariat as soon as possible, so that the criticism in the court can be stopped."

"Is it so important for a position of the Secretariat Supervisor to take charge of the seal?" Zhu Houzhao seemed to be asking, but no one needed to answer this question.

"Oh!" Finally, Zhu Houzhao sighed long, "Since Mr. Chen refuses to be the Minister of Personnel, who do you think will be the right one?"

Chenxidao: "He Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice is highly respected and is the best candidate for the Minister of Personnel."

"He Shangshu?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned, "He has only been the Minister of Justice for a few days? Even the third level is promoted to the Ministry of Justice... But he is quite old, and he should be of the kind of respectable type, right? According to Mr. Chen's intention, who should be the Minister of Justice?"

Chen Xidao: "It is most appropriate to do things in the Ministry of Justice with rich experience in judging the case. I believe that Zhang Zilin, the former left minister of the Ministry of Justice, was promoted to the Minister of Justice, to the Minister of Justice."

Zhu Houzhao was a little worried when he heard this: "This Zhang Zilin, someone had impeached him as an important member of the eunuch party before. It was not appropriate to promote him to be the Minister of Justice so rashly, right? But this matter should be decided earlier..."

"Mr. Chen refused to be the Minister of Personnel, so this matter will be revealed temporarily. When Mr. Chen wants to take on the important tasks, he can be used as a bet, or wait until the grassland is pacified next year... At that time, Mr. Chen's contributions are of great significance, no one will criticize him."

Chen Xi gave a salute without agreeing or opposing.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "Zhang Zilin was the Minister of Justice, and He Jian was the Minister of Personnel. As for the seals of the Ministry of Justice, you might as well let it go... Zhang Yuan, do you have confidence when you are the seals of the Ministry of Justice?"

Zhang Yuanben was a little depressed. When he heard this, he knelt on the ground with a "thump" and kowtowed repeatedly: "I will definitely die."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "Who told you to die? I just asked if you have confidence, but I didn't say that I would definitely let you do it!"

Zhang Yuan's mood was ups and downs.

Zhu Houzhao's breathless way of speaking made him want to die. The job he thought he had obtained was just a test, not the final decision.

Zhang Yuan said: "If Your Majesty asks me to serve as the supervisor of the seal, I will do my best."

"Can you do it?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yuan with a suspicious look and asked, "You are literate and have also written in the Silijian. But as I know, your knowledge is quite average. Let you help me review the memorials. If the handling is not done properly, wouldn't it be a shame for me?"

Zhang Yuan kowtowed quickly: "Your Majesty, I know that my talent is not good at learning, but I will learn more from Lord Shen and learn from the old ministers in the court. I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations."

Zhu Houzhao didn't answer directly, looked at Chen Xi and asked, "Mr. Chen, do you think there is any problem with Zhang Yuan being the eunuch in charge of the seal?"

Amid Zhang Yuan's full of expectations, Chen Xi just shook his head calmly: "Return to Your Majesty, the position of the Chief of Seals and Supervisor in charge of seals is of great importance. This is Your Majesty's family affairs. It is really inconvenient for me to comment."

"That's how..."

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought and finally made a decision after a while, "Then let Zhang Yuan do it for a few days first... Zhang Yuan, give you a month. If you can do your job well, then I will let you continue to serve as the supervisor of the Secretariat, otherwise I will send someone else."

"Thank you for your kindness." Zhang Yuan kowtowed and thanked you for your kindness.

Although it was just a temporary errand for one month, in Zhang Yuan's opinion, the matter was already very secure. The official seal of the official seal only needed to be redeemed according to the cabinet ticket. If he didn't understand, he could also ask the opinions of the old man Dai Yi and others, or even ask Chen Xi, his cousin.

Moreover, Zhu Houzhao rarely takes care of the affairs of the court, and even if something goes wrong, he will never know.

This is also the fundamental reason why Liu Jin was able to cover the sky with one hand before.

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Then you do it well. I won't give you any advice. You need to explore it yourself... Next, I will discuss things with Mr. Chen. You should first step back and go to the Sili Supervisor to take a look. Take over the errands of the palm prints and handle the memorials that were previously accumulated in the shortest time. If you can't finish the errands, I will remove you from your position at any time!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Zhang Yuan quickly stood up and arched his waist and left the hall.

After the person left, Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "This slave must be kind, otherwise he won't do things well. Zhang Yuan used to be the one I trust more, but unfortunately... He was careless and lacked planning for handling affairs, and was not happy with me... Mr. Chen, now even Zhang Yuan is gone. I want to discuss a very important thing with you. I believe that when Xiao Tiaozi met you yesterday, he had already told you about the reform of the industrial and commercial tax?"

Chen Xi nodded: "I said this by twisting my father-in-law."

"What's the name of "Goodbye, Mr. Chen is too proud of him. Just call him a little Too... In the past, I often bullied him in the Eastern Palace, and it was also considered a friend of the same kind. Now that he is a smart person when he grew up, he is not a fool. He is not a fool's old man I brought out of the Eastern Palace."
To be continued...