Chongzhen took a chariot at the main entrance of Kunning Palace and walked in. The emperor, who had just passed the thirty years, was very fast, as if someone was chasing him. The decayed situation over the years also made him frown, and he had no chance to relieve himself for a long time.

The central palace naturally received a notice from His Majesty. According to the rules, His Highness should welcome the emperor at the main entrance of Kunning Palace. However, as soon as Empress Zhou entered the palace, she abolished this rule, because "the wife of a scoundrel will not leave the hall", but only welcomed her at the main entrance of the hall.

It has been like this for sixteen years.

After seeing the ceremony, the couple of the Tian family walked towards the throne together. A desk was placed in front of the throne, with a thick thread-coated booklet spread out on it.

Chongzhen sat down in a burgeon and asked, "What book did the queen read?"

"I just flipped through the account book of last month." Zhou Hou said: "There is no decline compared to the previous few months, but it has been a lot lower than this time last year."

Chongzhen finally heard a pretty good news. Since he ascended the top, he had been building a frugal inner palace, hoping to guide the subjects of the world to overcome difficulties. For this reason, Empress Zhou set up twenty-four spinning wheels in the palace and brought the palace maids to spin. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong destroyed the Fengyang ancestral tomb, and Chongzhen even withdrew the Shile and moved to the Wuying Hall of the outer palace. In the end, the ministers could not resist the repeated memorials and requested him to return to the palace, and then moved back to the inner palace to live.

"During the Wanli period, the meal silver in the palace was 10,000 taels per month. In the 12th year of Chongzhen, the emperor dropped to 9,000 taels, and now it is only 5,000 taels." The queen sat next to the emperor, pulled the account book closer, and passed by the ranks.

This is a book book that is completely different from the traditional turnout account. It is actually more like a report. All the major items, minor items, miscellaneous items are clearly classified, and the income expenditure is clearly visible. Each quarter, the fixed point database is fixed to make a list of movable and real estate. It sounds very troublesome, but once you adapt to this set of rules, the female officials, eunuchs, and even the emperor and queen, are much more relaxed.

The only ones who are angry are the palace eunuchs who are doing things below. There are so few places that can make them fake. And it is no longer possible to capture them at their level. No matter how careful the accounts they make, they will never escape the eyes of the Tian family. Only a few people know that it was His Royal Highness who was helping his mother to audit, which was even more heartbreaking than the aging financial affair.

Chongzhen watched the queen move her fingers and smiled and said, "This method of making money is really useful. I don't know how Chun Ge'er came up with it. I originally wanted the six ministries to use this kind of report, but unfortunately it was too difficult for those officials to learn it."

"Even middle-aged officials who have never read any books can learn it, but all foreign ministers are talented men who have read sages. Can't they learn it?" The queen shook her head and said, "Even if she is not as talented as my Chun brother, she can't even learn it. Isn't it perfunctory?"

Chongzhen sighed, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Today Gong Yonggu entered the palace and talked about the epidemic in the capital. What do you think Chun Ge'er said?"

"We need to leave the palace to provide disaster relief."

"Oh, yes, he's here." Chongzhen suddenly realized and said, "Have you promised him?"

"How can I let him go out!" Zhou Hou said loudly: "Even if there are many people in the capital, I cannot shake the foundation of the country! Besides, my brother is not yet fifteen years old. If he is among the people, he will not even have his hair tied up!"

Chongzhen's face darkened and he said, "But, foreign ministers are really not as good as my prince."

"I haven't heard of any foreign minister's relatives who died. They are not in a hurry. Why are we in a hurry?"

"That's not the case," Chongzhen stood up and walked slowly, "The world belongs to my Zhu family after all. They are not in a hurry, but I can't watch the people suffer."

Zhou Hou sighed.

The sigh included concerns about his son's about to be in danger, and also about his husband's helplessness.

——Your Majesty’s rebellious intention is really too strong.

Even the palace maids sighed silently in their hearts.

"I have thought about it, let the prince go out of the palace to see the sufferings of the people. It is a rule to pacify the army." Chongzhen said firmly.

Although he won, Zhou Hou was not excited. He took advantage of her husband's personality weakness, which was taught by his son. He couldn't even imagine why the prince, who had been in the deep palace, had a deeper understanding of people's hearts than her dignified mother-in-law?

——Let that bastard succeed again!

Zhou Hou gently bit his inner lip.

"Empress, I don't worry about the prince's work, and you should rest assured." Chongzhen thought that Empress Zhou refused to let his son go out, so he stepped forward and advised with kind words.

"Oh, where does the prince live after leaving the palace?" the queen said again: "We need to send more experienced and capable palace servants to follow us."

"Let him live in the secret residence." Chongzhen said: "As for the palace servants, the queen will do it, just don't go beyond the system. Well, the prince should choose a concubine next year, so he will just send him together this time."

"I can't save you," the queen stopped, and said again, "I always feel that the prince is still very young, a little too early."

Chongzhen smiled and his eyes fell on the account book again.

...

"Oh, would you take the military service?" Zhu Cixuan sat in the study in Duanben's palace, with dense small fly-headed calligraphy written on the rice paper spread in front of him. Although he was talking, his brush was not paused at all. After he finished writing one, he put down the brush, lifted it up, and handed it to the eunuch beside him: "Go and carve it."

The eunuch who was accompanying him took the page of paper, walked to the door in a small step, and handed it to another little eunuch. The eunuch put the page into the cardboard and hurried to the Sili Supervisory Factory.

Seeing the little eunuch running away, the eunuch in a big red python robe turned around and returned to the prince. Seeing the prince pinching and rubbing the acupoints, he stood aside with his breath in his mouth.

"Tian Cunshan." Zhu Cilan leaned against the back of the chair, closed his eyes and shouted.

"I'm here."

"According to the military regulations, how many guards can there be in the East Palace?" Zhu Cixuan asked.

"This... I will go back and check it and report it to the prince." Tian Cunshan said carefully. Did he know that the current prince's wisdom is definitely not a deceptive master.

Zhu Cilang's eyebrows hopped slightly. Tian Cunshan is considered young and promising among eunuchs. He was thirty years old and had to be awarded the Seal of the Eastern Palace. However, for eunuchs in the inner palace, he was still too young and had no foundation. His methods and his nature were still too immature. Especially compared with big wands like Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, and Wang Zhixin, he seemed even more incompetent.

However, the big men who are attracted by the prince may not be attracted by the prince. One reason is that the prince seized the Sili Supervisor's rituals and the other reason is that these big men are already a lot of. But when Zi is young and strong today, there is no need to pave such a long way to retreat.

If there is a capable old eunuch around you, you will be much more relaxed in the past ten years.

Zhu Cixuan took a breath, straightened his back, picked up the pen again, and started writing again. After writing two words, Zhu Cixuan suddenly raised his head and said, "Last year, I found a book called "Zhu Zhongzhi"?"

Tian Cunshan didn't dare to say anything again. He knew that the prince had never forgotten everything, and he boldly agreed: "It seems that it is coming. Your Highness seemed to say... he said he would come and take a look when he had time." The prince would say "see if he had time to take a look when he was reading a book list, and he would say "see if he had time to take a look when he was reading", so even if the prince remembered that he didn't say that, it would not be a big mistake if he remembered it.

Not everyone is as wise as the prince.

"Is this book written by a great eunuch from the Shenzong Dynasty?" Zhu Cixuan asked again without raising his head.

"Crown Prince forgives his crime," Tian Cunshan knelt on the ground, "I will investigate and report back to the prince."

"I guess it's no longer in the palace, otherwise I'll be a governor and eunuch." Zhu Cilang pretended not to know and just said, "You go and investigate. If he is willing to go back to the palace to serve, please send the Silijian to me."

Tian Cunshan was nervous and cried out in his heart: This is the prince who is dissatisfied with us! Alas, being with the king is like a tiger, and being with the prince is even more powerful than being with the tiger! Well, this master is not something we can serve, and it is a good thing to change places.

"I obey the order." Tian Cunshan kowtowed and was about to run out. Suddenly, he heard the prince coughing lightly and quickly stopped.

"Cao Huachun has been back home for five or six years," Zhu Cilang said suddenly.

Tian Cunshan immediately knelt down with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness is rare in ancient and modern times, and he still remembers me and my servants. Eunuch Cao begged for leave due to illness in eleven years, and returned home in February of the twelfth year."

"Where is his home?"

"I remember that eunuch Cao was from Wuqing, Tianjin."

"Not far," Zhu Cixuan continued, "send someone to visit the disease. If he is healthy, please invite him to Beijing and I want to see him."

"I obey the order." Tian Cunshan hurried out to explain, and then hurriedly ran out of the palace.
Chapter completed!