Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 185 Enjoy the New Year happily

In the 19th year of the Ming Dynasty, the firecrackers in the capital and other places were louder, and there were fireworks everywhere.

The laughter, happiness and prosperity everywhere made everyone happy.

In the Kangning Palace of Xihaizi, an emperor, an empress and two concubines, together with the prince, king Ding, the newly returned king Yongwang, and sisters were sitting around, making hot pot and eating dumplings to keep the year old. The atmosphere is fun and steamy.

Chongzhen loved San'er, a foodie, who created this hot pot with mutton. The tip of his nose sweated when he ate it, and after a few drinks, his face turned red.

The proud part is that he even crosses his legs.

Pat it under the table after the week and cough to remind you - you are paralyzed.

Only then did Chongzhen remember, ah, I'm still paralyzed. Just quietly lower your legs.

This subtle movement was noticed by Lu Mou, which was quite gratifying. The sage said, if you are fine, then it will be fine, but you are still sick and paralyzed.

After snatching back the little sister Yaya from her mother's arms, her mother was a little reluctant to let go. Lu Mou smiled and said, "Who cares about the baby."

My mother laughed and scolded me: "You are still my baby."

Then he turned to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Xiaoya can speak and walk while holding on to the wall. It's time to give her a serious name."

Chongzhen nodded, but felt embarrassed: "But we don't know her father's surname."

Empress Zhou laughed and said, "What's the matter? Originally, girls take their husband's surname when they marry. This little girl, just treat her as my biological child and take the emperor's surname."

Chongzhen nodded in agreement.

"Then what name should I choose?"

Lu Mou opened his mouth and said, "Call me Zhu Xin. It means darling."

The whole family laughed, and Concubine Yuan pointed at Xiaoya, "Pig heart and pig lungs. What are these and what? San'er, you just don't learn from Master Huang well. You have to take care of this."

Chongzhen also smiled: "Well, I'll give him the name Zhu Feige."

Everyone applauded, and Lu Mou curled his lips: "My father's naming art is not much better than mine. Zhu Feige, I still have Zhu Jiongjiu."

"San'er, what are you mumbling about?"

"I say that your Majesty is pleased to see you."

Chongzhen laughed loudly: "This flattery is really comforting. Well, this is the happiest and happiest year for me. Good things have happened one after another. We have added more people to our royal family. I canonize Zhu Feige as the Princess of Changle . I hope she will be born into an emperor’s family and will no longer be in danger or sorrow.”

Lu Mou thanked Xiaoya on behalf of Xiaoya.

The queen said: "San'er is already a grown man now. Shouldn't he get married?" This was to stop the rumors outside.

"Mom, I'm only fifteen after the Chinese New Year, so it's early."

"Among the people, there are not many people who get married as early as thirteen or fourteen, so why do you say so early?"

"Then my brother is not married yet, how dare I marry my brother earlier?"

The prince smiled and said: "I am now devoted to helping my father govern the country, so how can I have the time to marry a wife? You cannot delay your brother because of me."

"Then I will still fight in the north and south. How can I take care of my family when the crisis is not over?"

Queen Zhou smiled and said: "How can you compare with my brother? The prince's wedding is very particular and requires a lot of choices."

Lu Mou responded directly: "Then my marriage can be settled. Mother, you are too partial."

One sentence left the queen speechless.

Lu Mou also felt that this was not good, so he quickly changed the subject: "Brother, how do you feel about going to Shanhaiguan to supervise the division this time?"

The outspoken King Yong immediately became interested and began to talk about his experiences in Shanhaiguan, the sufferings of the people, and also proposed his own methods to solve the sufferings of the people. Although he was naive, Chongzhen continued to nod with satisfaction. Concubine Tian was also very happy to see her son doing well.

Chongzhen said with a smile: "Originally, we raised the children in the deep palace and had no knowledge of the outside world. People outside said that our Ming princes were all pigs. Now, San'er's method of allowing princes to participate in politics is good, and it can really help Train and grow as a person. Well, King Yong will return to Beijing this time. When the first month of this year comes out, he will go to the Imperial College to study, and at the same time go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. While studying, he will learn political experience, so that he can help your brother control a department in the future. "

King Yong stood up: "My son, I will never let down the opportunity given by my father. I will not be a pig that is despised by others. I will be a good and accomplished prince and help my two brothers share their worries."

Chongzhen sighed: "If we want to revive the Ming Dynasty, we have to rely on our father and son to work together."

Lu Mou chuckled and shook his head: "Father is wrong."

Now Lu Mou has the strength to refute Chongzhen face to face. He is now qualified to speak to the emperor with his strength. What, don't you accept it?
"What did I say wrong?" Chongzhen accepted the lesson with an open mind.

"The world belongs to the people, and hundreds of officials are needed to govern it. We, father and son, are made of iron, how many can we fight? We are now, the father is in charge, stabilizing the hearts of the subjects; the elder brother supervises the country, stabilizing the government and not chaos; I My fourth brother and I advise my father and elder brother, but to actually implement our policies, we still need officials at all levels.”

Chongzhen accepted with a smile: "San'er is right."

A good emperor is a good emperor who listens to advice. An even better emperor is a emperor who pretends to be paralyzed and does not interfere.

"Therefore, we must value the role of our ministers and reward their contributions."

Prince Zhu Cihong nodded in agreement.

"However, there are only so many officials and soldiers now. We have enough money from our internal funds to tell the story of the officials. But in the future when we regain the northwest, there will be more officials and soldiers, and our annual reward expenditure will be even greater. This money will be from Where did it come from? You can't keep letting me go out and grab it."

As soon as money was mentioned, Chongzhen got a headache again. In the blink of an eye, even the mutton slices no longer smell good.

After thinking for a while, Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "Financial management in the world is just about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Now that there is no source of internal funds, let's reduce expenditure."

Empress Zhou complained to her son: "You are celebrating the Chinese New Year. You are not opening the pot or picking up the pot, which makes your father angry. Stop mentioning this matter and eat well. At worst, you can reduce my support."

But Chongzhen stopped Zhou Hou: "This is a big deal. Cutting your support cannot solve the big problem. Let's do this. We have 40,000 to 50,000 maids and eunuchs inside and outside the palace and in the imperial gardens. Let's close some gardens. Let’s lay off a group of them.”

This is Chongzhen's financial management method: attack the people who are short of money, cut expenditures and make various cuts. Regardless of whether it should be abolished or not, it was all done. The technique is really simple and crude and outrageous.

After hearing such news, all the serving maids and eunuchs turned pale.

Lu Mou shook his head: "There are too many palace maids and eunuchs, but we can't abolish them. We just need to select fewer to join the palace in the future... Those eunuchs are useless people, and they will die in society. Palace ladies are even more miserable. He (They) can only survive if they depend on our royal family. Not only can we not abolish them, we must also treat them well and improve their treatment. We must provide care for the old eunuchs and old maids until they die. I will reward the maids of appropriate age with In the name of the name, the meritorious soldiers betrothed to me as wives, and with me as the prince as their backer, they can live a happy life." Turning around again, he saw that the palace maid and eunuch had already knelt on the ground, and lowered her voice and cried in emotion. .

Chongzhen's face turned red and he stretched out his hand: "I am so ungrateful. Everyone, get up. We will listen to your regent and do what you should do."

"This is how the palace lady has arranged it. Eunuchs, I suggest that the queen mother contract the land of our imperial village to capable eunuchs and collect the land rent. And these eunuchs are old and can no longer work. They can still follow the national policy of four qian Contract it out and keep two coins of silver to pay for the service to survive."

The eunuchs knelt down and kowtowed again to give thanks.

Zhou Hou was very pleased with this arrangement, because the imperial villages in various places were actually losing money due to inactivity, corruption and waste by the eunuchs, and poor management. It might as well be contracted out in this way.

In this way, not only do you not have to worry about business, you can also make a net profit. If the eunuchs were hired out directly, they would still be able to survive with the two cents from the emperor's favor.

"But this still doesn't work. I want the eunuchs of Huangzhuang to earn more and provide more wealth for my royal family."

Chongzhen smiled easily: "Since San'er said so, there should be a way."

Lu Mou smiled and poured a glass of wine for Chongzhen: "The routine rewards are still needed. The palace maids and eunuchs cannot be abolished, and the support of mother and aunt cannot be reduced. Otherwise, our three sons will be unfilial."

As soon as he heard this, Chongzhen calmed down and his son had a solution. So, my mood got better again.

He took a sip of wine and asked easily: "What can you do? By the way, don't go to the grassland to rob it again. That's scary."

Lu Mou smiled: "Living by robbery is not a solution. My solution this time is to solve the problem of internal income and our family's expenses once and for all. However, to achieve the goal, my father must agree to two A condition.”

Chongzhen was even more happy when he heard that his son wanted to make terms with him again. As long as the son imposes conditions on himself, the money will be secure.

You have to listen to this, how on earth he draws money for internal funds.

(End of this chapter)