It's great that you can see you when you open your eyes in the morning.A somewhat confused voice said in Zhu Gaoxu's ear.
Zhu Gaoxu felt her breathing temperature on his neck, looked at the top of the bed tent for a while, turned around and smiled: Where is his usual noble appearance?I think you are becoming more and more attached. We are not like people who have known each other for so many years.
Concubine Miaojin hugged him and said softly: Yes Ah.
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: I have to get up, there are a lot of things to do today.The morning court and the imperial lectures were held for more than half a year, and the ministers were very satisfied.Wang Jinghong and others who were voyage to the West came back and had to give them a regular banquet at noon.
Miao Jin turned his head and looked at the light that was faintly penetrated outside the curtain, and stretched out his bare white arms to open the bed tent, and turned around and said: It was not yet dawn, and the eunuchs outside were not heard of the crowing roosters. The emperor would lie down for a while.
Zhu Gaoxu said: I have to ask someone to fetch water and rinse it, and then change my clothes.I just woke up and felt uncomfortable on my stomach and legs.
Miao Jin's face turned red and she glared at him without saying a word.
Zhu Gaoxu called out: Come, I want to take a shower and change my clothes.
A moment later, a female official pushed open the palace gate and said at the door: The lord is a little marquis, I will make arrangements immediately.
Miao Jin also struggled to sit up, grabbed the bedding and blocked her chest. Her black hair spread a little messy, and her charming face became a little cute in the messy and sleepy state.
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her: No need to get up, Imperial Concubine, wait until I pack up and leave, you can take a shower first.
Miao Jin said helplessly: Can the Lord stop talking about Ah?
OK.Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, I'll get up first.
What about the afternoon?Miao Jin's voice said.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't react for a moment and turned around and said: What?
Miao Jin said: Gao Xu is in the morning and in the imperial court. He is going to give a banquet at noon. Will he go to Rouyi Hall in the afternoon?
Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: You know, the focus of giving a banquet is not about eating, the etiquette will take a long time.There is not much time left in the afternoon.
Miao Jin suddenly lay softly on the pillow, sighed alas, and suddenly said softly: Do you still want to see me tonight?
Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment and advised kindly: Miaojin has been in the palace for so long. You should know that it is not a good thing to be too favored in the palace for a while.
Miao Jin said with slight silence: I really don’t want to be a concubine.
Things in the world cannot be as satisfactory as others, Miao Jin understands no less truth than me.Zhu Gaoxu stroked her shoulders and said.
Miao Jin said: I know, the emperor is busy.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said kindly: You come to Rouyi Hall tomorrow morning. I will summon a few people there, and Miaojin can also be present.I got up.
After preparations were made, the sky in the east had turned white.
Zhu Gaoxu put on his black winged crown and dragon robe, walked out of the bedroom and saw that the sedan chair and a team of people were already there.
He looked down at the clothes on his body, feeling that the same clothes as the one he had used to be a vassal king, and the difference was in the details.
Today seems to be sunny again, the ground is dry, and there is a faint white mist between the grass and trees in the palace.
Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, a comfortable smile appeared on his mouth, and he felt a faint joy in his heart.
However, he soon realized that he could not fall too deep, otherwise it would inevitably intensify the conflicts in the palace.
Although this is unfair to Miaojin or any woman's sincerity, some things do not belong to this era or this emperor system.
Zhu Gaoxu reminded himself that as long as you adapt to reality, everything will be fine.If you see it openly, there are so many beauties who can enjoy themselves in exchange, at least they can be fresher and richer.
I respectfully send you to the emperor.The female officials and palace maids behind him heard the voices.
Zhu Gaoxu calmed down and strided towards the sedan chair.
He got into the sedan chair, sat upright on it, and began to think about the important affairs in the court.When I think of internal and external strategies and possible resistance, my worries quickly surged into my mind.
More than two years after ascending the throne, Zhu Gaoxu felt more and more that his original idea was right: being a vassal king was much better than being an emperor, if there was no existential threat...
Almost all day, Zhu Gaoxu was busy performing his duties.
Those etiquettes are not tiring, and the pace of all steps is very slow; instead, you must always maintain a calm and patient state of mind and be indifferent.
Otherwise, listening to the Confucian scholars chanting scriptures slowly and then speaking the meaning of the scriptures in a cliché, the boredom feeling can make people unbearable.
Although everything has been arranged by officials, it is difficult for Zhu Gaoxu to be both focused because he should always pay attention to his appearance, expression, and posture, and occasionally he has to say a few decent words.
As long as there is a slight loss of composure, the ministers will remind him tactfully and repeatedly until Zhu Gaoxu consciously realizes the omission.
He can't calm down and think of more profound things, but he can think of simple and easy things, such as beauty.
The good night last night, the fair concubine Yao Ji who should be her turn tonight, and even the strange performance of Ma Enhui yesterday were all things that he secretly spent time.
During this period, we were inevitably distracted, and then there would be people like Hu Yi who presided over the lecture and repeatedly chanting to wake up.Until Zhu Gaoxu calmed down from the woman and listened to the teachings of the sage's scriptures again.
Zhu Gaoxu really doesn't like this way of communication between the king and the minister, just like searching for one or two scattered pearls on a large boring beach.
Why not put the pearls out directly?
However, this method has continued many dynasties, and perhaps it has its own reasons.
In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu left the banquet and came to Dongnuan Pavilion. It was less than an hour away from You.
As soon as he walked into the East Warehouse, he suddenly found that the fairy concubine Yao Ji was inside.Yao Ji immediately smiled and came forward to salute.Zhu Gaoxu blurted out: Why is Concubine Xian here?
Yao Ji stepped forward and approached Zhu Gaoxu and whispered: It’s my turn to serve the emperor tonight. I will serve Bimo first and then sleep.Besides, the emperor has not allowed me to serve in the East Nuan Pavilion?
Xia Yuanji is coming soon.Zhu Gaoxu said helplessly, this person is a bit pedantic and will be unhappy when he sees you.
Suddenly, a voice outside the door behind him said: If the emperor thinks that his minister is pedantic and cannot assist the saint, he can return to the countryside.
Zhu Gaoxu turned around and said awkwardly: It is better to be pedantic and pedantic, and it is stable.
Yao Ji moved a little, letting Zhu Gaoxu's body block Xia Yuanji, then gently stretched out her tongue and made another expression.
Her eyes were bright, as if she was talking and mocking Zhu Gaoxu for asking for trouble for her own words.
Xia Yuanji knelt on the ground: I am ordered to meet you.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Get up, Xiabutang came in and sat down and said.
Xia Yuanji said again: I am grateful.
He stepped into the door and bowed to Yao Ji again and said, "Old minister, pay homage to the virtuous concubine."It turned out that the virtuous concubine was here, but the emperor summoned the ministers and discussed the matters of the court. You...
You and I, the king and the minister, have a casual chat.Zhu Gaoxu said.
Zhu Gaoxu walked behind the partition, sat next to the imperial desk in front of the map, and then invited Xia Yuanji to sit on the round waist stool in front.Yao Ji stood beside Zhu Gaoxu, doing some trivial matters.
Zhu Gaoxu said straight to the point: I think the current monetary system is very chaotic. Is there any way for Xiabutang to improve it?
Xia Yuanji clasped his fists and asked: What the emperor said is treasure money?
Zhu Gaoxu said: Copper coins and gold and silver are also very messy.Baochao is of course the most difficult thing. It is difficult to use and cannot be discarded. The key is that you cannot find something to replace.
Xia Yuanji glanced at Yao Ji, then said calmly to Zhu Gaoxu: I clearly say that Baochao is to squeeze wealth from the people.Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, wars have been frequent, and everything has been expensive, and taxes alone are not enough to make ends meet.The emperor issued an order to find a way to find money, so what can we do without these methods?
That was overdrawing the imperial court's credit.Zhu Gaoxu said.
Xia Yuanji said: Before I took charge of the Ministry of Revenue, there was a problem with the Baochao and I could only repair it.Now treasure money is constantly abandoned by the world, and exchange money (copper coins) is getting less and less, but the Ministry of Revenue has no choice.When rewarding relatives and nobles and paying officials, they must mix treasures. If they are abolished, the court will immediately use money and physical goods to supplement various expenses, and the income and expenditure of the treasury cannot be maintained.
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and nodded.
Xia Yuanji said: There is also the salt prick, which is also full of problems, but what can I do? Baochao and Yanyin all involve the benefits of the royal family. Just as the Minister of Revenue, even if you give up your head, you will have no choice.
He then advised: Master, don’t worry too much.Now the court has stopped moving the capital and building the Beiping Imperial Palace. The military expenditure of Annan Kingdom has also decreased year by year. According to the court's strategy of garrisoning 30,000 troops in Annan, the Ministry of Revenue will have a better life next year.As long as major events such as no more happenings or national wars, financial resources and other issues can be maintained for a long time.Why did the emperor remember to change the rules of currency?
Zhu Gaoxu said: With the current military and political expenses in various places, I feel that the efficiency is too low, which means that a lot of manpower is wasted.If there is sufficient and credible currency and the system of centralized manufacturing, transportation and procurement is maintained, the national strength that the court can mobilize may increase several times.
Xia Yuanji listened carefully, pondered for a while, and suddenly said in a deep voice: I risk my life to advise you, and that would bring benefits to the court.The small officials and officials raised by each yamen will lose their jobs, and the six yamen will also suffer all losses.
Zhu Gaoxu said: At present, officials inside and outside the court are not redundant, and those people can change positions.
Xia Yuanji said: But the right to whoever cares about what matters has been divided.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded in all his thoughts. He glanced at the window and said: It's getting late today. Let's just do this first, I'll think about it again.
Xia Yuanji stood up and said, "I thank you for your kindness and leave."
When only Zhu Gaoxu and Yao Ji were left in the warm pavilion, Yao Ji suddenly said: Master, you just care too much about other people's feelings.
oh?Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment.
Yao Ji curled her lips and sneered: You are the emperor. As long as you are happy, what should you do with so many people?
Zhu Gaoxu pondered: What you said seems to make some sense.
Zhu Gaoxu felt her breathing temperature on his neck, looked at the top of the bed tent for a while, turned around and smiled: Where is his usual noble appearance?I think you are becoming more and more attached. We are not like people who have known each other for so many years.
Concubine Miaojin hugged him and said softly: Yes Ah.
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: I have to get up, there are a lot of things to do today.The morning court and the imperial lectures were held for more than half a year, and the ministers were very satisfied.Wang Jinghong and others who were voyage to the West came back and had to give them a regular banquet at noon.
Miao Jin turned his head and looked at the light that was faintly penetrated outside the curtain, and stretched out his bare white arms to open the bed tent, and turned around and said: It was not yet dawn, and the eunuchs outside were not heard of the crowing roosters. The emperor would lie down for a while.
Zhu Gaoxu said: I have to ask someone to fetch water and rinse it, and then change my clothes.I just woke up and felt uncomfortable on my stomach and legs.
Miao Jin's face turned red and she glared at him without saying a word.
Zhu Gaoxu called out: Come, I want to take a shower and change my clothes.
A moment later, a female official pushed open the palace gate and said at the door: The lord is a little marquis, I will make arrangements immediately.
Miao Jin also struggled to sit up, grabbed the bedding and blocked her chest. Her black hair spread a little messy, and her charming face became a little cute in the messy and sleepy state.
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her: No need to get up, Imperial Concubine, wait until I pack up and leave, you can take a shower first.
Miao Jin said helplessly: Can the Lord stop talking about Ah?
OK.Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, I'll get up first.
What about the afternoon?Miao Jin's voice said.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't react for a moment and turned around and said: What?
Miao Jin said: Gao Xu is in the morning and in the imperial court. He is going to give a banquet at noon. Will he go to Rouyi Hall in the afternoon?
Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: You know, the focus of giving a banquet is not about eating, the etiquette will take a long time.There is not much time left in the afternoon.
Miao Jin suddenly lay softly on the pillow, sighed alas, and suddenly said softly: Do you still want to see me tonight?
Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment and advised kindly: Miaojin has been in the palace for so long. You should know that it is not a good thing to be too favored in the palace for a while.
Miao Jin said with slight silence: I really don’t want to be a concubine.
Things in the world cannot be as satisfactory as others, Miao Jin understands no less truth than me.Zhu Gaoxu stroked her shoulders and said.
Miao Jin said: I know, the emperor is busy.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said kindly: You come to Rouyi Hall tomorrow morning. I will summon a few people there, and Miaojin can also be present.I got up.
After preparations were made, the sky in the east had turned white.
Zhu Gaoxu put on his black winged crown and dragon robe, walked out of the bedroom and saw that the sedan chair and a team of people were already there.
He looked down at the clothes on his body, feeling that the same clothes as the one he had used to be a vassal king, and the difference was in the details.
Today seems to be sunny again, the ground is dry, and there is a faint white mist between the grass and trees in the palace.
Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, a comfortable smile appeared on his mouth, and he felt a faint joy in his heart.
However, he soon realized that he could not fall too deep, otherwise it would inevitably intensify the conflicts in the palace.
Although this is unfair to Miaojin or any woman's sincerity, some things do not belong to this era or this emperor system.
Zhu Gaoxu reminded himself that as long as you adapt to reality, everything will be fine.If you see it openly, there are so many beauties who can enjoy themselves in exchange, at least they can be fresher and richer.
I respectfully send you to the emperor.The female officials and palace maids behind him heard the voices.
Zhu Gaoxu calmed down and strided towards the sedan chair.
He got into the sedan chair, sat upright on it, and began to think about the important affairs in the court.When I think of internal and external strategies and possible resistance, my worries quickly surged into my mind.
More than two years after ascending the throne, Zhu Gaoxu felt more and more that his original idea was right: being a vassal king was much better than being an emperor, if there was no existential threat...
Almost all day, Zhu Gaoxu was busy performing his duties.
Those etiquettes are not tiring, and the pace of all steps is very slow; instead, you must always maintain a calm and patient state of mind and be indifferent.
Otherwise, listening to the Confucian scholars chanting scriptures slowly and then speaking the meaning of the scriptures in a cliché, the boredom feeling can make people unbearable.
Although everything has been arranged by officials, it is difficult for Zhu Gaoxu to be both focused because he should always pay attention to his appearance, expression, and posture, and occasionally he has to say a few decent words.
As long as there is a slight loss of composure, the ministers will remind him tactfully and repeatedly until Zhu Gaoxu consciously realizes the omission.
He can't calm down and think of more profound things, but he can think of simple and easy things, such as beauty.
The good night last night, the fair concubine Yao Ji who should be her turn tonight, and even the strange performance of Ma Enhui yesterday were all things that he secretly spent time.
During this period, we were inevitably distracted, and then there would be people like Hu Yi who presided over the lecture and repeatedly chanting to wake up.Until Zhu Gaoxu calmed down from the woman and listened to the teachings of the sage's scriptures again.
Zhu Gaoxu really doesn't like this way of communication between the king and the minister, just like searching for one or two scattered pearls on a large boring beach.
Why not put the pearls out directly?
However, this method has continued many dynasties, and perhaps it has its own reasons.
In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu left the banquet and came to Dongnuan Pavilion. It was less than an hour away from You.
As soon as he walked into the East Warehouse, he suddenly found that the fairy concubine Yao Ji was inside.Yao Ji immediately smiled and came forward to salute.Zhu Gaoxu blurted out: Why is Concubine Xian here?
Yao Ji stepped forward and approached Zhu Gaoxu and whispered: It’s my turn to serve the emperor tonight. I will serve Bimo first and then sleep.Besides, the emperor has not allowed me to serve in the East Nuan Pavilion?
Xia Yuanji is coming soon.Zhu Gaoxu said helplessly, this person is a bit pedantic and will be unhappy when he sees you.
Suddenly, a voice outside the door behind him said: If the emperor thinks that his minister is pedantic and cannot assist the saint, he can return to the countryside.
Zhu Gaoxu turned around and said awkwardly: It is better to be pedantic and pedantic, and it is stable.
Yao Ji moved a little, letting Zhu Gaoxu's body block Xia Yuanji, then gently stretched out her tongue and made another expression.
Her eyes were bright, as if she was talking and mocking Zhu Gaoxu for asking for trouble for her own words.
Xia Yuanji knelt on the ground: I am ordered to meet you.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Get up, Xiabutang came in and sat down and said.
Xia Yuanji said again: I am grateful.
He stepped into the door and bowed to Yao Ji again and said, "Old minister, pay homage to the virtuous concubine."It turned out that the virtuous concubine was here, but the emperor summoned the ministers and discussed the matters of the court. You...
You and I, the king and the minister, have a casual chat.Zhu Gaoxu said.
Zhu Gaoxu walked behind the partition, sat next to the imperial desk in front of the map, and then invited Xia Yuanji to sit on the round waist stool in front.Yao Ji stood beside Zhu Gaoxu, doing some trivial matters.
Zhu Gaoxu said straight to the point: I think the current monetary system is very chaotic. Is there any way for Xiabutang to improve it?
Xia Yuanji clasped his fists and asked: What the emperor said is treasure money?
Zhu Gaoxu said: Copper coins and gold and silver are also very messy.Baochao is of course the most difficult thing. It is difficult to use and cannot be discarded. The key is that you cannot find something to replace.
Xia Yuanji glanced at Yao Ji, then said calmly to Zhu Gaoxu: I clearly say that Baochao is to squeeze wealth from the people.Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, wars have been frequent, and everything has been expensive, and taxes alone are not enough to make ends meet.The emperor issued an order to find a way to find money, so what can we do without these methods?
That was overdrawing the imperial court's credit.Zhu Gaoxu said.
Xia Yuanji said: Before I took charge of the Ministry of Revenue, there was a problem with the Baochao and I could only repair it.Now treasure money is constantly abandoned by the world, and exchange money (copper coins) is getting less and less, but the Ministry of Revenue has no choice.When rewarding relatives and nobles and paying officials, they must mix treasures. If they are abolished, the court will immediately use money and physical goods to supplement various expenses, and the income and expenditure of the treasury cannot be maintained.
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and nodded.
Xia Yuanji said: There is also the salt prick, which is also full of problems, but what can I do? Baochao and Yanyin all involve the benefits of the royal family. Just as the Minister of Revenue, even if you give up your head, you will have no choice.
He then advised: Master, don’t worry too much.Now the court has stopped moving the capital and building the Beiping Imperial Palace. The military expenditure of Annan Kingdom has also decreased year by year. According to the court's strategy of garrisoning 30,000 troops in Annan, the Ministry of Revenue will have a better life next year.As long as major events such as no more happenings or national wars, financial resources and other issues can be maintained for a long time.Why did the emperor remember to change the rules of currency?
Zhu Gaoxu said: With the current military and political expenses in various places, I feel that the efficiency is too low, which means that a lot of manpower is wasted.If there is sufficient and credible currency and the system of centralized manufacturing, transportation and procurement is maintained, the national strength that the court can mobilize may increase several times.
Xia Yuanji listened carefully, pondered for a while, and suddenly said in a deep voice: I risk my life to advise you, and that would bring benefits to the court.The small officials and officials raised by each yamen will lose their jobs, and the six yamen will also suffer all losses.
Zhu Gaoxu said: At present, officials inside and outside the court are not redundant, and those people can change positions.
Xia Yuanji said: But the right to whoever cares about what matters has been divided.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded in all his thoughts. He glanced at the window and said: It's getting late today. Let's just do this first, I'll think about it again.
Xia Yuanji stood up and said, "I thank you for your kindness and leave."
When only Zhu Gaoxu and Yao Ji were left in the warm pavilion, Yao Ji suddenly said: Master, you just care too much about other people's feelings.
oh?Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment.
Yao Ji curled her lips and sneered: You are the emperor. As long as you are happy, what should you do with so many people?
Zhu Gaoxu pondered: What you said seems to make some sense.
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