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Chapter 384 The Emperor
Nanjing.

Zhu Yijiong will officially move to the Forbidden City in a few days.

When the time comes, the temporary palace where the emperor has lived for several years will not be demolished, let alone sold to the public, or converted into official residences.

It's not that Zhu Yijiong is reluctant, but it's too low a price.

If nothing else, this is the emperor's palace, even if the court officials really agree with the emperor to sell it.

Who dares to buy it?
Even if it is sold, there is a high probability that it will be a forced purchase and sale, which will purely disrupt the private market and easily set a bad example for future generations.

The same is true for official residences.

The emperor hasn't gone to work yet, and the secretary on duty today is ready.The imperial records are all memorials submitted by the Cabinet, the Privy Council, the Secretariat and other ministries, and require the emperor's imperial pen and approval.

In today's Ming Dynasty, although the cabinet still has the most say, some ministries with special functions have begun to gradually bypass the cabinet and report directly to the emperor.

This is also a privilege that only the founding emperor had, and it will definitely not be available in subsequent generations.

This is an inevitable phenomenon. The deep-seated reasons behind the party struggles in the past dynasties are basically the confrontation between imperial power and prime ministerial power.

Lao Zhu abolished the prime minister system, but the power of the prime minister never disappeared.

When Zhu Yijiong came to work, the rotating secretary had prepared the imperial pen.

In addition to the secretaries who are on duty, the emperor usually has a daily official accompanying him during his daily work.It is responsible for recording the emperor's words, deeds, and affairs throughout the day, regardless of whether they are good or bad.

Of course, this is just a matter of position. Information such as which concubine the emperor slept with cannot be known to the daily official because he cannot enter the harem.

The former Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty is the best example, so it is most likely that the palace will inform him afterwards, and then the daily registration officer will register it.

As for the emperor who was about to greet his concubine, the eunuch had to stop her according to the rules and couldn't miss the time or anything.

All I can say is just take a look, but don’t believe it.

After all, starting from Li Shimin, the unruly emperor, the authenticity of daily notes has been greatly compromised.

Meng Yanti, the daily annotator, wrote down: "In the fifth year of Jianwu, on × month × day × hour, I went to the imperial study room in Nanjing Bieyuan to review the memorial."

Zhu Yijiong ignored them and immediately began to review the memorials on the imperial case.

I casually pulled out a book, which was a disaster report from the Northland. The disaster there was delayed, but overall it was not serious.

Because the Northland has a small population and many places are almost white, the disaster will not be severe.

The cabinet did not comment on this report.

Zhu Yijiong wrote and commented: Read.Please encourage me.

The latter sentence is purely Duojia, which can be regarded as the emperor's encouragement to the officials.Sometimes when approving memorials, the emperor had to be appropriately tactful to show his sympathy for his subordinates.

Yongzheng was once used by Sun Wencheng to greet him every day, and he also took the trouble to reply: I am very good, but I have gained some weight.

Another memorial was drawn, but it was presented by the governor of Guangxi. Zhu Yijiong only glanced at it twice and was speechless.

It turned out that the governor of Guangxi wanted to select child concubines in Guangxi according to the central government's decree.As a result, many children stopped resisting the government and went back to beauty pageants after hearing this.

It was okay at first, but as more and more people participated in the beauty pageant.These children are all highly Chinese and know what this concubine quota means.

Then... they actually started fighting among themselves.

The governor of Guangxi hurriedly asked for instructions if he could marry more child concubines.

The cabinet made a note: Children accounted for [-]% of the people in Guangxi. It was recommended that the emperor increase the number of child concubines appropriately, but not too many. Two would be enough to show his importance.

Zhu Yijiong thought about it carefully and wrote: "Yes."

As an emperor, this is the case. The harem is completely a political appendage. Guangxi children are not only highly Chinese, but also account for [-]% of the people in Guangxi. Naturally, they cannot be treated equally with Bapaiyao.

There is only one more concubine left or right. Anyway, Zhu Yijiong already has a lot of concubines in his harem, and there is a high probability that he will have more concubines in the future.

All the civil and military officials in the dynasty enjoyed the benefits of the emperor accepting Shaomin's concubines to reassure Shaomin. They could regain Shaomin without spending money on war. What a bargain!

After processing this memorial, I extracted another memorial from the Ministry of Rites, and the content was almost the same.

The new King of Joseon, Li Ming, only gave away a Joseon princess who was a junior high school student last year. Now she is still raised in the harem by Zhu Yijiong. On weekdays, she is handed over to the Queen for her upbringing. Fang Sanmei will also go to talk to the Joseon princess before she gives birth.

This year, I am actually asking for the donation of my eldest daughter.

Hmm...even younger.

Not only that, in addition to the eldest daughter, there are also many daughters of North Korea's powerful ministers, but these are all nominally maids of honor.Not only did North Korea offer their daughters, the Ruan family also wanted to offer their daughters.

It was very common in the Ming and Qing dynasties for vassal states to donate beauties to marry the Chinese emperor.

Zhu Di also took in an outrageous North Korean girl from the Huang family. Not only was this North Korean girl not a virgin, she also had an abortion and had two lovers in North Korea.

In this way, Zhu Di forgave her... It can only be said that it is not easy to maintain vassal relations!
Note from the cabinet: The power is determined by His Majesty, and the cabinet recommends accepting it to reassure the vassal country.

Although Zhu Yijiong felt tired, he still said: Yes.It will be handled jointly by Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites.

Although Honglu Temple was established, many functions and powers had not been completely transferred from the Ministry of Rites.The Ministry of Rites sent envoys for the canonization edict of King Li Bang of Joseon, but now it was Zhu Yijiong who personally issued the order to let Honglu Temple take the lead in paying tribute to North Korea.

The word "synergy" is telling the Ministry of Rites that it can no longer overstep its authority.

After dealing with the memorials about the marriage between Korean and Annan women, the fourth memorial: Qufu Yan Shenggong's Mansion is out of order and requests for 300 acres of sacrificial land to be used to worship Confucius Temple.

Cabinet endorsement: No.

Zhu Yijiong also criticized Zhu: No.If such memorials are submitted again, the officials who submitted the memorials and handled them will be severely investigated and punished.

This memorial was definitely not submitted by Yan Shenggong, and he didn't have the courage. It could only be that another courtier was causing trouble.

How long has it been since the Jiangxi case?
And you can't say that they have political leanings, because the reason given by the other party is that the palace is too crude, and it is used for maintenance and sacrifice, and it has not exceeded the 300 acres limit set by the emperor.

If we are lucky this time and the emperor gets it right, then the next step can be to gradually try to restore the privileges to Yanshenggong Mansion and rebuild the Confucius statue in the Confucius Temple.

These people are naturally not the licking dogs of Yan Shenggong. They spare no effort to "help" the Kong family and are purely competing for power with the emperor.

Zhu Yijiong came to work from 08:30 in the morning to having lunch at [-] noon. He spent the two hours sitting in the imperial study room.During this period, I occasionally drank water and asked the maid to rub my shoulders to relieve fatigue.

No wonder there were so many powerful eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, and there were even eunuchs like Si Li who held the power of Zhu Pi.

Jiajing and Wanli, the grandsons of Jiajing and Wanli, did not go to court for a full 60 years, and they left everything to the eunuchs. It was really comfortable to do so.

Zhu Yijiong was in the Imperial Study Room reviewing memorials until his back ached, and the cabinet was also exhausted.Because the cabinet basically provides comments and suggestions for every memorial, many times the opinions cannot be unified, and several cabinet ministers have to argue fiercely.

However, Wang Li, the chief minister, enjoyed it. Although it was tiring, he, the chief minister, was able to make the final decision when the cabinet was arguing.

As an official position that appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the chief minister often represented the prime minister.

However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, party strife became more and more serious, and the cabinet's work relied entirely on voting, and the chief minister gradually existed in name only.

This problem was barely solved until the Chongzhen period, because Chongzhen only listened to himself and changed his chief minister more often than he changed his dragon robe.

Zhu Yijiong only reaffirmed the political status of the chief minister in the system to prevent the outbreak of partisanship in the cabinet. The cabinet's voting proposals (suggestions) will be followed if they are reasonable.

However, for major military and state affairs, such as the Northern Expedition, the conquest of Luzon, and the split of large households, the emperor would still convene various cabinet ministries to discuss and decide together.

By the time all the memorials were approved today, it was almost dusk, and the emperor was ready to return to the palace to rest.

There was obviously not much fighting this year, but things seemed to be even busier than in previous years, and most of them were trivial matters.

Zhu Yijiong stood up and left the imperial study, and asked the old eunuch accompanying him: "Which courtyard are you staying in today?"

The accompanying old eunuch said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I will stay at Concubine Jin's place today."

Concubine Jin's surname is Chen. She is the daughter of the Chen family of a wealthy family in Anhui. She was the concubine selected into the palace during the draft. This concubine's title is naturally a miscellaneous one, that is, it cannot be inherited. After her death, her golden seal of Concubine Jin will be buried with her. Leave it to the next person.

That's why in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Concubine Hua is promoted to Concubine Hua to be so arrogant and powerful, because Concubine Hua is a concubine title that can be inherited and is very valuable.

Zhu Yijiong nodded: "Then go!"

He already has quite a few concubines in his harem, so it is inevitable that he will have to establish a system to ensure equal access to all the concubines.

Meng Yan quickly wrote down: "In the fifth year of Jianwu's reign, on × month × day × hour, I was fortunate enough to visit Nanjing Bieyuan Jinfei Courtyard."

It was time to go on duty later. At the end of the day's work, I stood beside the emperor the whole time, so I just picked up a pen and wrote two sentences.

Meng Yan left the palace at the end of the day and did not return to his official residence immediately. He still had time to buy some snacks on the street for a late night snack.

However, he enjoys his current stable life. He only needs to follow the emperor every day, record the affairs of the emperor, and does not need to be involved in party and government matters, so he can be a stable minister of the emperor.

Once you have completed your qualifications, you can be promoted or sent out to serve as an official, which will be quite comfortable.

Of course, this is only for officials who are not pursuing it. For those officials who are pursuing it, it is different.

The officials in Zhu Yijiong's Secretariat were working hard almost every day in order to accumulate qualifications as soon as possible so that they could serve as officials and show their talents in the new Ming Dynasty.

　Night shift, hard work
　　
　
(End of this chapter)