False eunuch in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 56
Three days later, Daming's Fengtian Hall went to court as usual.

Zhu Youjian came very early this day, and walked over early, without keeping the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty waiting for a long time.

"Go to court!" Cao Huachun shouted with the eunuch's unique voice.

"Long live my emperor, long live!" The final ministers knelt on the ground and sang in unison.

Zhu Youjian said loudly: "Everyone loves you!"

After all the ministers stood up, Zhu Youjian immediately asked: "My dear friends, you haven't been to this Fengtian Palace for three days, have you seen any changes in this Fengtian Palace?"

All the ministers looked around, they didn't notice anything special about this Fengtian Temple when they came here every court meeting.As time goes by, there is no sense of novelty.

Seeing that these ministers were not cooperating at all, Zhu Youjian felt a little displeased, so he called them one by one: "Shi Aiqing, tell me. What's changed in Fengtian Palace?"

Shi Fenglai, the head of the four cabinet ministers, was named by Zhu Youjian, and he didn't know what to say.However, this man was good at flattering people, and immediately said: "Fengtian Temple has a new look, which means that the emperor has been in charge of politics and people, and the world is peaceful. This is the great fortune of the country."

"Shi Shoufu is very right. This is the phase of Yao and Shun, and there must be the rule of Yao and Shun." Zhang Ruitu also echoed.

Although Zhu Youjian knew that these were flattering words, he still felt very comfortable.But now there is work to do.

"Did any of you lovers feel that this Fengtian Temple is very different from the past?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"Your Majesty, I dare to say something." Zhou Yanru stood up.

"Tell me about Zhou Aiqing." Zhu Youjian sat up straight, finally a discerning person came.

"I found that today Fengtian Temple is much brighter than usual. I looked around and found that the windows seemed to be different from usual. Did someone tear down the windows of Fengtian Temple? But there was no wind blowing in, so strange. No Do you know if what I said is right or not?" Zhou Yanru said.

"Zhou Aiqing really has a keen observation ability, and she can see at a glance that Fengtian Temple is different from the past. The window has indeed been replaced. All lovers can look forward and know the difference." Zhu Youjian said.

The curiosity of the ministers was also completely lifted.Everyone walked to the window, looked carefully, and found that there was something strange about the window.

"Crystals! These windows are all made of crystals! As expected of the royal family, what a great deal. So many windows are all made of crystals, how much money will it cost?"

"Oh, it's really eye-opening, such a big piece of crystal. It's just ground so thin, don't you worry about it breaking easily?"

"Jie Jie. What is the emperor planning to do? This is probably taking out all the national treasures in the treasury. Otherwise, how can we install so many windows."

"Some people often say that wealth is incomparable to a country. But after seeing the big money of the royal family today, who else would dare to speak so brazenly?"

The ministers talked a lot, slowly preparing to point the finger at Zhu Youjian's extravagance.

"My dear friends, recently a Western businessman paid me a batch of Western colored glaze. I think this thing is very good. I ordered Cao Gonggong of the Military War Bureau to install these colored glazes in this Fengtian Temple. When you come here to court , you can also enjoy the benefits of this glass with me." Zhu Youjian said.

"It turned out to be a tribute." Everyone was relieved, no wonder Zhu Youjian was so willing to install so many crystal-like colored glazes on the windows.There are some losers.

"What do you love ladies think of this transparent colored glaze?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"It's really a good thing. It's just that this colored glaze is fragile. If it is placed in Fengtian Palace, if it is accidentally broken and hurts someone, it will not be beautiful." Shi Fenglai said.

"Exactly. This transparent glass should be worth a lot, but it's just used as a transparent window, it seems a bit wasteful." Huang Liji also said.

Zhang Ruitu was not far behind: "The emperor should still focus on how to treat the country. It seems inappropriate to ignore the basics."

Zhu Youjian wished he could directly photograph these three immortals on the glass.The corner of his mouth twitched, but he still didn't say anything.

"This glass is not easy to break." Cao Qing got out of nowhere and knocked on the glass with his fist.There was a knock on the glass.

"Don't, don't move around. If you break it, you won't be able to pay back the royal treasure even if you kill yourself." Shi Fenglai rushed over to stop it.

Cao Qing said with a smile: "My lords, did you see that? I tried so hard just now, but I couldn't break the colored glaze. This is stronger than the wooden window. To tell you the truth, the Westerners said that this This kind of colored glaze is called tempered colored glaze, which is as strong as steel and naturally stronger than windows made of wood. If you install this kind of colored glaze in your home, it will be very bright in the room during the day. And this kind of colored glaze has a very large Because of the transparency, we can still see the scenery outside the window even if we close the window. It is equivalent to moving the scenery into the room.”

"Eunuch Cao is right. This is called bringing the scenery into the house. The Fengtian Temple is usually dark and gloomy. Now that this kind of colored glaze is used, it is much better than before. I heard that the Western goods dealer is going to buy Open a store in the capital to sell this kind of colored glaze. Lovers can buy some glass and go home, install it, and the house will naturally be brighter than before." Zhu Youjian was thinking in his heart, after these old guys were fooled, he would How much money can I earn back this time?

"They sell them in the imperial city? You have to look for them when you go back." Almost every minister murmured in his heart.All the senior officials in the late Ming Dynasty were rich and wealthy.When you see something good, you can't wait to move it to your own home.Seeing the transparent glass of Fengtian Temple, I can't wait to move all of them to my own home.As soon as I heard that it could be bought with money, I immediately had an idea.

"This Western businessman understands my Ming etiquette. My Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette. People respect me a foot, and I respect others. Since this Western businessman gave me a big gift to the Ming Dynasty, the Royal family can't treat them badly. I sealed it. Cui Chengxiu's house was given to him as a pavement. Relevant officials gave him proper care." Zhu Youjian said.

"Don't worry, your Majesty, I will definitely urge you." Shi Fenglai said.

"Ai Qing, do you still have something to play today? If you have nothing to do, then retreat." Zhu Youjian said.He was eager to know how much silver Cao Qing could earn back for the glass he made.Now the internal treasury is empty, there is no money in hand, and I have no confidence to speak.

"Your Majesty, I have an instruction book." Wen Tiren said.

"What's the matter with Wen Aiqing?" Zhu Youjian said.

"I have a memorial here, and I want to hand it over to the emperor for review." Wen Tiren said.

"Submit it." Zhu Youjian gestured to Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun immediately walked over and took the memorial from Wen Tiren, and handed it to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian opened the memorial, took a look, and immediately closed the memorial. His expression changed slightly, but he calmed down again soon.

"Since everyone has nothing to do, let's stop here for today's court meeting. Retire." Zhu Youjian said.

The ministers thanked each other, and then withdrew from Fengtian Hall one by one, and Zhu Youjian also returned to Qianqing Palace from the side.

Cao Qing stood aside all the time, and no one paid much attention to the little eunuch.

"Cao Qing, you come with me." Zhu Youjian didn't forget Cao Qing when he left.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Cao Qing walked over.

"Let's go, I have something to discuss with you." Zhu Youjian is now used to discussing with Cao Qing whenever he encounters problems.

After entering Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian handed over the memorial just received to Cao Qing.

"Look. These people are going to force me to fight that old thief." Zhu Youjian was not very happy.He doesn't like being led by the nose, but he has always been at the mercy of others like a puppet.

Cao Qing opened the memorial and was shocked. It was the memorial that brought down Wei Zhongxian in history, and it was written by Qian Jiazheng, a tribute student in Jiaxing.The ten crimes of impeaching Wei Zhongxian: [-]. To rank with the emperor, [-]. To contempt the empress, [-]. To provoke military power, [-]. To have no ancestors. Exploitation of the common people, ten traffic joints.

"Cao Qing, you have a lot of ideas. Tell me, what should I do about this matter?" Zhu Youjian said.

"This matter is not easy to handle. Now I don't know if this is the temptation of Nine Thousand Years. In addition, our preparations are not sufficient. Even if we bring down Nine Thousand Years now, we will not get the slightest benefit, but it will be cheaper. These ministers in the middle school. These two sides are not good things. If they can maintain a balance, it will be beneficial to us. Once Jiuqian's side is out of balance, it will immediately create a situation of dominance. What the emperor wants to do in the future will be more difficult. It’s getting bigger and bigger. Why don’t you give this memorial to Jiuqiantui. One is to warn him, and the other is to tell him that we don’t want to touch him now. Maybe there will be a result that is beneficial to us.” Cao Qing said.

"Well, that's good." Zhu Youjian said.

Cao Qing remembered that in history, Zhu Youjian also handed over this memorial to Wei Zhongxian.This letter made Wei Zhongxian panic, and finally pretended to tell his old man to return home, but Zhu Youjian agreed directly.It is also because the transfer of power was too hasty.The fruits of victory were stolen by the civil service group.After that, Zhu Youjian never really controlled the Ming Dynasty's government.Although Zhu Youjian could keep killing ministers, he couldn't eradicate the civil official group.

(End of this chapter)