Wanli Xinming

Chapter 14 Donkey Intestines
The meeting dispersed.

Outside Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Juzheng looked at the imperial decree board hanging on the pavilion, "The secret place, officials and other people are not allowed to enter without authorization. Violators will be punished."Lu Tiaoyang, who was following him, stopped when he saw that he stopped, and looked at the Jiajing Royal Pen on the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Under Zhang Juzheng's emotional agitation, it was rare to reveal a flaw.Turning his head to Lu Diaoyang, he said, "Master Yusuo (Lv Diaoyang's nickname), today we only know the taste of 'the cloud of the cabinet, the wind in the palace'!"

Lu Tiaoyang is an upright person and doesn't like to talk. Seeing Zhang Juzheng's rudeness, he knew that his heart was hanging in the morning. He smiled understandingly and said: "Brother Taiyue can make a big plan, 'Take the world as your responsibility'. It's over!" After saying that, he handed over his hands, "Tiaoyang (Lu Tiaoyang's word is Heqing) is willing to obey Yuan Fu's life!"

When Zhang Juzheng heard Lu Tiaoyang say this, he hurriedly returned the salute and said, "The Duke of Yusuo is nine years older than me, and there are only you and me in the cabinet. How can you be self-sufficient?

After Lu Tiaoyang heard it, he said a few words of modesty, and the two entered together.Left and right Zhongshu and other clerks moved the thick slips into Zhang Juzheng's room on duty.After a while, Zhongshu moved a stack of documents into Lu Tiaoyang's duty room and said, "Mr. Lu, these Yuan assistants will let you cut off." Lu Tiaoyang twitched the corners of his mouth, but smiled, "Put it down." The clerk bowed and backed out.

Here Zhang Juzheng waited for the office not to mention.After Zhu Yijun returned to the palace, the internal supervisor had already reported the emperor's affairs to the Empress Dowager Cisheng.Empress Dowager Li nodded secretly when she heard the emperor's means of gathering Zhang Juzheng, but it was a little difficult to understand.

When the emperor changed his big clothes and came to see him in regular clothes, he hurriedly ordered the meal.Seeing that Zhu Yijun didn't look complacent, like a little adult, he smiled and said: "The emperor is very good today, the emperor is nothing more than that." Zhu Yijun hurriedly smiled: "The emperor is fortunate to have the ear of the mother and the queen, if not How can you be so light-hearted when your mother has taught me so earnestly?" He changed the topic and said, "The emperor had an decree before seeing the mother, to build the Niangniang Temple of Zhuozhou Bixia Yuanjun, and today the court has instructed the Ministry of Industry to handle it."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she was very happy.Nai smiled and said: "The lady of the British public family said that the Niangniang Temple is very effective. I thought that reciting scriptures is not as good as repairing the temple. It is a matter of accumulating merit. It is rare for the emperor to think about it. In addition, the money does not have to be released from the treasury, and the queen mother has some self-confidence here. ."

When Zhu Yijun heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.I really want to tell the Queen Mother Bixia Yuanjun is the god of Taoism and has nothing to do with Buddhism.But after reciting "Buddha is the Tao" several times in my heart, I became calm.

Hearing that Empress Dowager Li wanted to build a temple with her own body, she felt a little admiration in her heart.Then he smiled and said, "How much can you use to build a temple? The queen mother doesn't have to go out of her own body, she uses her own money, and it saves the noise of foreign court officials."

After a while, he said: "The big crotch family of bad things copied hundreds of thousands of silver, and they all received it in the inner pocket. The mother remembers this matter, and it can be more generous when rewarding people." Queen Mother Li listened, a little sentimental, but read If you say a word to Buddha, you will also throw it away.

During lunch, Zhang Hong came to report: "Jin Tianjian has chosen the right date for the summons, which is June [-]." Zhu Yijun laughed angrily, dropped his chopsticks and scolded: "Qin Tianjian is so mediocre! Yang Hongliang doesn't want to do it. Can it be done?! Choose another time to report, it must be this month!" Zhang Hong played: "The platform call is a grand ceremony, and the Qin Tianjian has to report to the cabinet for an order, and the Ministry of Rites has to arrange rituals." Before he finished speaking, Empress Dowager Li snorted coldly, Zhang Hong saw sweat on his forehead, and kowtowed down.

Zhu Yijun frowned.The Empress Dowager Cisheng saw it and said, "The emperor doesn't have to worry, it's like this when you first get started. When your father emperor ascended the throne, the eunuchs on the left and right still showed little respect for the prince. It will be fine after a while." After thinking about it, he said again. : "If you don't change after repeated teachings, and take the opportunity to attack a few times, it will be fine."

Zhu Yi was calm and said with a smile: "The mother said that the son is not worried about the Qin Tianjian." Pointing to the lunch that was being withdrawn, he said, "Why do you and my mother and son use so much food? Refined, never tired of being fine, these many meals will be time-consuming and laborious to prepare in the future, but they will be cold when they are brought up, and they are far less delicious than those in a small kitchen.”

Empress Dowager Li listened with a smile and said, "That's right. When we were in the palace in the past, the late emperor and I both ate in the small kitchen. It was really delicious. However, this is indeed a ritual system, but it's no wonder."

Zhu Yijun pretended to be squeamish, but because he was young, he seemed to be presentable, and said, "Mother, why don't we eat a small kitchen instead. Grandpa Sejong also eats a small kitchen, and it was provided by his companion at that time, and it was free of charge for the country." Seeing that Empress Dowager Li frowned slightly, she hurriedly shut her mouth.

Empress Dowager Cisheng said: "Grandpa Sejong's small kitchen, according to your father, is more expensive than our list. Most of them are rare methods, but you can't learn them."

Zhu Yijun heard it and said, "The father and the queen were coaxed by their great companions. The son heard that when the father was in the secret residence, he liked to eat braised donkey intestines." The Queen Mother Li listened and said: "Yes, after ascending the throne, I heard that every time I made a dish. , I needed to kill a donkey, which cost a lot, so I stopped offering it."

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Why is there any reason? To buy from Guanglu Temple, you only need to go to the Jingzhong market. The donkey intestines and all kinds of meat are sold separately. Add a hundred times the price of a donkey to the account. This donkey money was privately shared by the monk Shanjian of Guanglu Temple, and the chief eunuchs have a share every month." After speaking, he pursed his lips and smiled.

Empress Dowager Li was stunned when she heard this, and then she thought about her food expenses when she was a child, and it really wasn't that much.After entering the palace, it is only the thing that the royal family enjoys. It is an extraordinary thing that must have an extraordinary price, and his mind is all about fighting for favor and solid favor, so there is no time to think about these things.Hearing what the emperor said, he smiled and said, "How does the emperor know? Well, it must be your father who told you in the sky."

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "That's not true. Earlier, the Ministry of Household wrote to compile the "Wanli Accounting Record". My son asked for some information and looked at it. The price of a live cattle is only 6 taels, and a donkey is only 3 taels." (ps: "Wanli Accounting" "Lu" was written in the ninth year of Wanli, and the date is advanced here.)
Empress Dowager Li laughed and said, "Is the emperor talking nonsense? I saw the account books of Guanglu Temple in front of my festival. A live cow costs 20 taels."

Empress Dowager Li was dizzy with anger.She was originally from a small door, and she has her own stingy and caring personality, but she didn't want to be tricked by the people in the palace.Nai said angrily, "Tell me that the minister of Guanglu Temple is here!"

Zhu Yijun hurriedly persuaded: "The mother doesn't have to do this. This has been the case in the palace since ancient times, and it's just hidden from the master. It's about to move, but it's even bigger than yesterday."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li was slightly angry.Asked: "What other abuses are there? Huang'er will tell you everything."

Zhu Yijun said: "Well, my son estimates that there are less than [-] large and small masters in the palace, and there are [-] internal officials, palace maids, and handymen. , the number is nearly [-]." Empress Dowager Li was greatly surprised.She only knew that there were a lot of people in the inner palace, but she didn't know there were more than [-] people.

Zhu Yijun added: "To support these many people, the major items are food, clothing, charcoal, candles, tea, etc. The daily cost is about [-] taels, and about two-thirds of them are greedy for ink. Among them, the palace maid's office There is not much oil and water to fish, and most of it is on our meals, clothes, daily charcoal, and candles. They are in the name of internal creation and tribute, and double or three times the account is the price of conscience, and it takes ten or even a hundred times for a long time. There are."

Empress Dowager Li smiled bitterly and said, "There are so many?" Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "How much does the mother think an egg costs?"

Empress Dowager Li: "One article?"

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "You can buy two for one piece of money. The two palaces and the son use two coins and one silver. It is said that it is a special offering, but I don't know how the chicken that lays eggs for me is raised."

"There is another big drawback, that is, the purchase in the palace is indeed a double profit. The purchase in the palace is under the banner of the master, and the law is rampant in Beijing, and it does not last for one day. For example, when buying carbon, he will send a letter to the carbon factory and say It was bought in the palace, but the money was not paid until the merchants paid enough bribes, but the money was lower than the market price because of the large amount. Yes, there are also people who hang themselves immediately."

Seeing that the queen mother wanted to interject, she quickly added: "Therefore, those who open business in the capital are either from noble families or high-ranking officials in the capital. It is indeed a good business to buy and buy from them. Therefore, there are no emperors in my dynasty. The minister said that he should listen to such matters."

Empress Dowager Li is less than [-] years old and has only been in politics for half a year, so she is still in the learning stage.At this time, if you ask her about rouge gouache, she can say one, two, three. When it comes to these political affairs, it is really a weak chicken plus one.These days, Zhu Yijun's confidence has been constantly undermined, and he has written the word "serving" flatly to the emperor. Hearing this, he only smiled bitterly.

Seeing Zhu Yijun talking eloquently, I know that my knowledge is far inferior to this 11-year-old child.She thought to herself: "No wonder from ancient times to the present, the emperor has always been a man." She was not a person who likes to seize power, so she said, "According to the emperor, how should we deal with it?"

　Today's chapter is at night.

　　
　
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