Jingming

Chapter 40 The Emperor is Auditing the Accounts

Zhu Qingping quickly explained.

In addition to the main hall with the imperial seat and the two warm pavilions on the east and west sides, the Qianqing Palace also has two floors in the back half of the main hall.The four rooms on the upper floor and the five rooms on the lower floor can be used as bedrooms.

Of course, in order to distinguish, there will be a number.

It is said that it is recorded in Zhou Li that the emperor lived in six bedrooms, which should have been six "palaces".Now that the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City is designated as the emperor's residence, all these bedrooms have been integrated, that's all.

There is also a precautionary effect: if an assassination happens, people won't know which room you sleep in for a while, right?
That's why Zhu Qingping quietly asked him which bed he was going to sleep in tonight.

Zhu Houcong remembered in a daze that Lao Qin had said a rumor that after Jiajing was assassinated by a court lady, he was so frightened that he put three beds in each room, so there were 27 beds in total.

Is it true?There are so many now?
Zhu Houcong was curious for a moment.

I have been busy with so many things today, and I really haven't seen the more detailed layout of the Qianqing Palace.

After entering through the door leading to the back of the warm pavilion, I saw several small rooms on the first floor separated by bookcases and screens.

Between the five bedrooms on the first floor, there is still space for other functions.

On the left and right sides, there is also a staircase leading to the second floor, but it is estimated that the layout is similar.

Zhu Houcong just looked at the "bedrooms" on the first floor and felt speechless.

There is only one serious "big bed" in it, but it is much more deformed than the double beds of later generations.

It seems to be more than 3 meters long, but only 1.5 meters wide.

As for the three beds in each room...are you talking about the other two couches?
He thinks that the layout of the Hall of Mental Cultivation that Yongzheng later moved to live in is better. The front hall is the front hall, the back hall is the back hall, and there is an independent small courtyard. How is it like lying on a high platform in a separate hall now?

But the Hall of Mental Cultivation doesn't exist at the moment, that location is the Imperial Dining Room and some supporting value rooms, wait for some money to repair it this time?
Then you have to find a good excuse, and it's best to kill multiple birds with one stroke...

Thinking about this, Zhu Houcong went back to the Nuan Pavilion and said, "Just sleep in one room, right? I know, so I'll make arrangements first. By the way, wake me up at four o'clock tomorrow morning."

"...Your Majesty, you have to tell your servant or Huang Jin. If something happens, your servant will know where to find it."

"...Xiazhong." The number is also so ordinary.

So Zhu Qingping made arrangements, and Zhu Houcong was busy until Haishi before finally finishing the preparations for tomorrow.

The eunuch, who was waiting for him to take a bath, came over and was busy serving him at this time, which made Zhu Houcong feel: Since he returned to the Qianqing Palace, he is no longer going to go out, so he can take a bath and change his clothes first.

There is no way, he has never been an emperor.

He still doesn't like others to wait on him when he takes a bath, even if it's Huang Jin.

I can't enjoy it at this point, but there was no saying in the court of the Ming Dynasty that the maidservant took a bath: this was warned by Mrs. Jiang.

Zhu Houcong didn't know that Empress Dowager Zhang had tried to trick him today.

Everything was ready, there was not a single eunuch and maid in the small part behind the main hall, they were only on duty inside and outside the main entrance of the main hall, or returned to the nearby Zhifang.

Zhu Houcong felt empty and lonely walking among them.

Maybe it will be much better after the wedding next year.

That way, there are women helping to scrub and taking a bath, and someone warming the bed.

Not now, which maid would dare to climb onto the dragon bed at will?Only concubines who are called to serve the bed have the right to climb up first.

Zhu Houcong walked into the bedroom in the middle of the lower floor, and the curtain of the dragon couch had been lowered.

Every room is like this.

Lying on the bed, in terms of comfort, it is absolutely incomparable with the high-end bedding of later generations, at least this pillow is...

I felt a little bit emotional, and the exhaustion accumulated during this period came over.

This was his first night as emperor, probably because he knew he would be emperor a long time ago, so he didn't feel any extra except tiredness and sleepiness.

After all, starting from Liangxiang early this morning, seventeen chapters have already been written on this big day of enthronement.

He fell asleep quickly and slept soundly.

That's because Huang Jin and Zhu Qingping stood guard on the left and right inside the main gate of Qianqing Palace.

He slept soundly that night, and many people inside and outside the palace were panicked by the new monarch.

In the early morning of the next day, Mao Cheng asked the emperor to arrange when to go to court. Before he sat for a long time, Yang Yingkui came over and told him: the eunuch from the office of ceremonial supervisor and document study went to the Ministry of Households and Taipu Temple to transfer Taikuang and Chang Accounts of Profit Treasury.

The emperor is checking the accounts!
You, a child who is not yet 15 years old, can not only be so eloquent yesterday, but also understand the account books?
Do you know how to check accounts?
Could it be that the eunuchs in charge of ceremonies have to arrange a meal again?
The emperor has not yet decided when to go to court, Mao Cheng and others hurriedly wanted to ask Yang Ting to discuss with them.

All the officials of the six ministries were sitting on pins and needles: Although the emperor's investigation of the family background after he ascended the throne was the proper meaning of the question, why didn't he appoint someone from among the civil servants to do the investigation?
It's not a good signal for the eunuch to check the accounts for the emperor!

The elders in the pavilion seemed to be more calm, and sent someone to tell them to be calm.

"The elders said that it is also a good thing for His Majesty to check the accounts. Qian Ning ransacked his home and took out tens of millions of wealth. Although Jiang Bin's family property has not been sealed, the amount is not insignificant. Your Majesty is talented and has his own judgment. Let me know clearly about my Daming family. Now, you will understand who cannot be trusted.”

Mao Cheng understood the meaning of the cabinet ministers: If your Majesty avoids the seriousness and finds trouble with the civil servants, then it is unreasonable, after all, the evil deeds of Qian Ning, Jiang Bin and other treacherous eunuchs are there.

But Wang Qiong's face was gloomy and dignified: the cabinet is planning to use the results of the emperor's audit to further implicate some people through the Qian Ning and Jiang Bin cases?

His Majesty's reply was also sent back: On the 27th, we will start looking at the court, and let the Ministry of Rites show the etiquette first.

This made Mao Cheng even more convinced that His Majesty understood etiquette: there are special rules for attending the court during the funeral.

In the afternoon, when Mao Cheng sent over the etiquette of hearing the government during the funeral, the Office of the Superintendent of Rituals sent a large number of eunuchs to the Six Section Corridor to pick up a lot of memorials and archives from various places in the past few years, carrying them in boxes. into the palace.

Yang Tinghe and the others, who originally wanted to wait until Shen Shi and leave, stood at the Zuoshun gate, looking at the long line of eunuchs who walked across the Neijinshui Bridge not far away.

Back in Wenyuan Pavilion, the emperor ordered Zhang Zuo, the new supervisor of ceremonies, who was in charge of the clerk and room affairs, to send a message: there are still backlogs of memorials, and they should be sent over first.In the past few days, it will not be approved and returned, and the DPRK will discuss it again on the 27th.

After looking at the mountains of memorials, Mao Ji said strangely: "Your Majesty still has more ideas, so why don't you send the other memorials accumulated over the past month?"

This is the backlog of Queen Mother Zhang after she said "many major events will be dealt with after the heir succeeds the throne" in order to avoid suspicion or to say that she is lazy and incompetent.

Over the past month or so, Yang Tinghe has mainly settled on the night of the election and implemented several major events with the Queen Mother's order.Later, there was no decree, no seal, but some things could no longer be overridden.

The votes are all given. Originally, I wanted to wait until the emperor came to govern before handing them over. I asked the emperor to make an urgent and serious decision.But in view of the experience of the past two days, they were afraid that the emperor would reject all of them and ask them to make new proposals.

They didn't give any comments on the few memorials handed in today, they just wanted to see the emperor's attitude towards many matters.

As a result, now, except for the memorial to Shichao who gave a reply, all others have been accepted, and I am addicted to reading the memorial.

I don't know if it's joy or sorrow.

After thinking for a while, Yang Tinghe suddenly said: "I'm afraid it's not just to read the memorabilia, but to confirm with the account books of the various treasuries."

The memorials since this period of time have not been suppressed by the emperor, thinking that the next is the new young emperor, and those who present the memorials can be said to speak freely.

Jiang Mian and Mao Ji's expressions changed: "What does Your Majesty want to investigate, such a big commotion..."

Yang Tinghe was worried: "No matter what, the movement is so big that His Majesty cannot find out by himself."

"Master Ge, shall we just use these backlogs as an excuse to go see him?" Jiang Mian suggested.

Yang Tinghe shook his head slowly: "Your Majesty has a lot of suspicions about us now, so let's wait and see what happens. You have a clear conscience, so why should you be afraid?"

"I'm afraid that the minister will gain power again!" Mao Ji also agreed with Jiang Mian's suggestion, and even agitated, "Mr. Ge, why are you afraid of doubts and avoiding things?"

Is this because you are afraid that some civil servant's crotch will be found out?No, this is a concern about the signal that the emperor reused the eunuch's separate audit.

The Son of Heaven is just suspicious, isn't Yang Tinghe even daring to check the situation in the past?
Yang Tinghe looked at Liang Chu: "Uncle Hou, what do you think?"

　Thanks to the lost boy Yaozhibei for the 500-point reward, and thanks for the 100-point reward of Biluo Changan, Qiushui Ersanshan, Dahan Yongchang, and Wanyue tyf. 1500 follow-up, thank you for your love, you can’t stop reading, I hope there will be a bigger recommendation, add an extra update today!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)