Chapter 6: Butcher Hong Chengchou (1)
It is absolutely impossible to reach an agreement in a day or two in a bargaining peace talk like this. Before the mouth is worn out and the tongue is chewed, it can fight for a long time for a small matter. Both sides are still unwilling to give in. Huang Taiji doesn't want to fight, and Zhu Yinglong doesn't want to fight. Both sides continue to negotiate with great patience.
After forty-nine days, Emperor Tianqi was officially buried in Deling, all officials also removed the filial piety clothes, and the ban on happy events such as folk marriages was also cancelled.
In the seventh year of Tianqi, various places submitted the results of the provincial examination to the court. Zhu Yinglong glanced a little about the list of candidates and found several good talents. He was very happy. One was Tan Yuanchun, the first in the provincial examination in Huguang, and the other person Zhu Yinglong had always missed, which was Li Xin, who was later Li Yan. His father Li Jingbai was once the governor of Shandong and built a temple for Wei Zhongxian. Because he had not had a deep relationship with the eunuch party, he was sentenced to three years in prison. He had a similar sentence.
The character of Nian Zhiyi is Niu Jinxing, but they can no longer become Li Zicheng's right-hand man. Because he wanted to use these two people, he secretly asked the Shadow to pay close attention to these two people. Zhou Huaian was confused. Isn't it necessary to mobilize all the troops? There are also Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo, etc., who are these people? Zhou Huaian has never heard of them, so Zhu Yinglong explained a lot about this. He simply explained nothing, and just visited these people.
I don't know what Da Yu'er thought, but she finally decided to be the secretary of Zhu Yinglong and become the second woman to enter the secretariat. It turned out that the Zhongshu Sheren was a fifth-rank official, and the secretariat is now inconvenient, so Da Yu'er suddenly became a fifth-rank female official in the Ming Dynasty. Originally, the ministers strongly opposed the woman's entry into the Zhongshu Department, because this was equivalent to women participating in politics. This was a matter that the literati and officials were reluctant to see to destroy etiquette and law. However, because Zhu Yinglong changed the Zhongshu Department to the Secretariat, and
He also narrowed his power and turned it into an institution that helped the emperor do chores and sorted out copywriting. The ministers also said a lot. To put it bluntly, the Secretariat served the team when the emperor handled government affairs. It turned out that the functions of the Zhongshu Department were basically completely lost. However, the common point was that these people were close to the center of power and were prone to gain power. But now it seems unlikely that the ministers also accused of this reform, but some censors still objected, and they were rejected by Zhu Yinglong.
To a certain extent, the secretariat and the Silijian have some overlap in their functions. However, the Silijian is now empty, with positions, but no one. Zhu Yinglong's seal and important things in the new jade seal are all under the control of Yanhong and Xu Yingyuan. The newly joined Da Yuer only has one thing to do, that is, wherever the emperor goes, she has to go, serve tea, hand over water, grind ink, and even pinch shoulders and backs.
After one day, Da Yu'er realized how difficult it is to serve people. She had to accompany Zhu Yinglong to read the memorial at night. He didn't sleep, so she couldn't be anyone else. She had to wait for him to go to bed before she could go to bed. The first night she was tired and fell asleep by the dragon couch. She really had no strength to walk back to her dormitory.
"Get up, Da Yu'er, bring me the dragon robe quickly. I'm going to court!" Zhu Yinglong knew that this girl had a purpose to promise to be her secretary, so he naturally didn't have to be polite to her. Pitying Xiangxiu was to her own woman. If she didn't get tough with a woman with a dissatisfaction, she would suffer in the future.
"Ah!" Da Yu'er was suddenly awakened by Zhu Yinglong's loud shout. She was nervous and hurriedly wanted to stand up, but she knelt on the edge of the dragon couch and slept for a night. Her lower body had already been circulating blood. She wanted to stand up quickly, but her legs were numb and her knees fell on the hard wooden board. The pain made her tears burst out from her eyes involuntarily.
"It's useless. I'll take care of myself, hum!" Zhu Yinglong stood up, took the clothes and dragon robe and put it on himself.
"Your Majesty, wash your face." Yanhong brought in a plate of hot water at this time, and said to Zhu Yinglong.
"Okay, I'll do it myself, go and see where the one kneels!" Zhu Yinglong took the towel and said to Yanhong.
Yanhong nodded and walked over to help Da Yu'er, who was still kneeling there and crying, and comforted him softly: "Sister Yu'er, don't take it to heart. He has been in a bad mood during this period. He has lost weight a lot. The ladies are so distressed. If this continues, he will have to fall down!"
"I know, but why did he treat me like this, Sister Yanhong?" Da Yu'er asked cryingly.
"You know too, you are Huang Taiji's woman." Yanhong sighed and said.
Da Yuer said in confusion: "But didn't he say that in this palace, all women except the concubine of the late emperor, are all his women?"
"Sister Yu'er, you are still young, you don't understand. In his heart, you are Huang Taiji's woman, not his woman, because you always pretend to be Huang Taiji, not him, do you understand?" Yanhong whispered.
Da Yu'er seemed to understand a little, stopped crying and nodded.
"I'm going to have a morning court, Yanhong, prepare a bowl of rice porridge for me, and I'll eat it when I come back from court!" Zhu Yinglong looked up the golden crown on his head, turned around and said to Yanhong.
"I understand." Yanhong responded with a smile.
Zhu Yinglong took a few steps, suddenly stopped, and said, "In the future, you two will take turns to serve me. It will be too tiring to serve me alone for one day."
"I understand." Yanhong pulled Da Yu'er and bowed to Zhu Yinglong.
"This morning, our monarch and ministers do not discuss the peace talks in Liaodong, nor do they discuss the thief in Shaanxi. What I want to discuss today is to move to Wanggong Factory. Let me see what I have proposed?" Zhu Yinglong said to the ministers standing below as soon as he sat on the dragon throne.
"Report to the emperor, Ningyuan currently consumes nearly 20,000 taels of silver every day, and Shaanxi's suppression of thieves and purchasing grain, the daily expenses of the court are very huge. Although the national treasury is not tight yet, it cannot afford such expenses. The old minister pleads for the emperor to give up this idea for the time being." Sun Shenxing went out and asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty, once the Emperor starts the construction of the Yellow River dam and canal, this will be a huge expense. I beg the emperor not to move the factory for the time being. It is not too late to move again if the national strength allows it!" Yang He, the Minister of Justice, came out and received the approval of many officials.
"Li Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhu Yinglong was unhappy and turned to ask Li Zhizao, the Minister of Works.
"I also think it's better not to move to Wang Gong Factory for the time being." Li Zhizao replied with a bow.
Chapter completed!