Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 44 Two Worlds
"Cousin, you and Xiurong should go find the queen mother, I still have some memorials to deal with."

Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Xuan walked out of the imperial garden. Zhu Houzhao felt that this was not a coincidence, but someone deliberately arranged it, so he began to shirk it.

It's not that he doesn't want to visit his mother, but it's that these two girls are too much for him.

Originally, if Zhang Xuan couldn't recite the poem just now, or if he got stuck in the middle, Zhu Houzhao would give him a reason to shirk, but he really couldn't shirk the one he recited.

There was already a Princess Yunluo who called him to practice martial arts every day, which already made him very dizzy, and now another cousin pestered him all day.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao can handle all these things. The key point is that both of them have reached the age of marriage, and this man and woman are not close to each other. If they stay like this for a long time, they may be stabbed in the back.

Although he is the son of heaven and holds the power of life and death in his hands, people's mouths can be blocked, but people's hearts cannot be blocked.

"Then I'll go find you after you deal with the memorial. You give me a token. Without a token, no one will be allowed to enter your place."

Zhang Xuan looked at Zhu Houzhao with big bright eyes, full of anticipation.

But Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said, "If I give you this token, maybe you will do something stupid."

Zhu Houzhao made a perfunctory promise for a long time before Zhang Xuan agreed to go to the Palace of Compassion with Zhu Xiurong and not disturb Zhu Houzhao anymore.

Zhu Houzhao also returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

He sat on the dragon chair and let out a long breath. This cousin is more difficult to entangle with than his own sister.

The main reason is that his cousin didn't regard Zhu Houzhao as the emperor at all, but just treated him as a cousin, without any scruples at all.

Ouyang Jing appeared outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and said, "Your Majesty, the lady from Chuxiu Palace, Bai Xue, has already waited for the order."

"Then let her in!"

Zhu Houzhao actually wanted to know the world beyond the memorial.

What he saw in the memorial was just a peaceful and prosperous world whitewashed by the officials, but he didn't know what it was like in the real world?

Ouyang Jing thought that the emperor called Bai Xue by name to serve him, and asked Bai Xue to take a bath and change clothes, and most importantly, taught Bai Xue some tricks in the house.

A sedan chair landed outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Bai Xue appeared in the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a full dress. She had been well-dressed, and she was much more handsome than when Zhu Houzhao first saw her.

Bai Xue looked up at the plaque in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, feeling extremely excited and unable to calm down for a long time.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Houzhao was flipping through the memorial submitted by Liang Chu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The plan to build the Daming Navy seriously overdraws the Daming treasury. Liang Chu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has no choice but to reduce Daming taxes.

Most of the memorials of the Minister of the Ministry of Households are to persuade the emperor and the harem to be more diligent and thrifty, and to save money on food and expenses.

In fact, when Emperor Hongzhi was the first emperor, he began to practice his ways and advocated thrift. Empress Zhang in the harem was even more diligent and thrifty, and began to cultivate herself. Some of the coarse cloth in the palace was made by the harem.

But when Zhu Houzhao came here, this habit has not been discarded.

Zhu Houzhao only has a few simple words for the wholesale of memorials: I read it!Or I know it!
In his mind, even though the money is too much, it is worth the money. If you can really build up the entire Great Ming Sea Master, you are right to make money!

When Ouyang Jing carefully exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a beautiful figure quietly appeared in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

She stood beside Zhu Houzhao and poured a cup of tea.

"Your Majesty, please have some tea."

She said softly.

Zhu Houzhao raised his head, and Bai Xue was standing next to him, dressed in red satin and embroidered with flowers, which was extraordinarily enchanting.

"Come, sit by my side.

Zhu Houzhao took Bai Xue's hand casually and sat on the dragon chair.

The memorial was placed on the table.

Originally Zhu Houzhao wanted to ask Bai Xue about the disaster in Beizhili, but after seeing Bai Xue, he changed his mind.

With the beauty at your side, if you only ask about the sufferings of the people, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the scenery, besides, Bai Xue has already been named a lady, that is, Zhu Houzhao's concubine.

Outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Ouyang Jing smiled like a flower. She knew that her plan was half successful, so she picked up a pen and began to write on the rice paper.

Just when Zhu Houzhao visited Baixue, a great event happened outside the Bauhinia City.

The soldiers and horses borrowed by Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, were finally mobilized.

The cabinet forced by the emperor finally decided to kill corrupt officials and fill the treasury.

At this time, in the mansion of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials.

Pang Shan, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, was sitting on the grand master's chair, drinking tea leisurely, and flipping through the letter presented to Ali by the housekeeper.

From time to time, this Pang Shan frowned, and asked the housekeeper in a deep voice: "Is it only 3000 taels? Did you take it for yourself?"

The housekeeper bowed to the ground in fear, and said fearfully: "Master, even if you give me a hundred courage, I won't dare!"

"The little one has followed you for so many years, what kind of temper is the little one, you don't know?"

"Humph!"

Pang Shan snorted coldly and said, "It is precisely because I know your temper that I ask you like this."

"Don't think that if you hide it well, I don't know anything?"

The butler said in great panic: "Master, calm down, I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again in the future."

Pang Shan stood up from his seat with a wheeze, and said in a cold voice: "This time I will bypass you. If there is another time, you will be left with your head."

The housekeeper said tremblingly: "The little one knows, the little one knows."

"Humph!"

Pang Shan ignored the kneeling housekeeper, but scanned the contents of the letter.

Pang Shan narrowed his eyes and said, "It's just 3000 taels of silver, and I just want to get a Beijing official in the capital. It's a good idea."

"This three thousand silver is only worthy of a ninth-rank official title. Dali Temple, um, I remember that there is a lack of a shift guard there. It is a vacant position. Let him go!"

"Yes, my lord."

The butler tremblingly accepted the order and withdrew from the main hall.

At the same time, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang led 800 people, following the clues left by their ears and eyes, all the way to the gate of the Zuo Shilang's mansion of the Ministry of Officials.

"I didn't expect that Pang Shan, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was behind this. He is so courageous!" Li Dongyang said coldly.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials belongs to the third-rank official position in the capital. He is not big or small.

But even in the Ministry of Officials, they have the final say on the annual assessment of officials, so in the official system of the capital, it is considered a fat job.

Liu Jian took a careful look outside the door to make sure that no one was watching, so he turned around and said to the people around him, "Come on, go in and get him immediately!"

"As ordered!"

The soldiers took orders and knocked on the gate of the mansion one after another.

When the servants in the mansion opened the gate, they were all caught on the spot.

"Do you know where this is? You are so brave!"

"What are you going to do? Is there any king's law?"

No matter how much the servants in the mansion yelled, none of them responded to them.

More than 800 people quickly dispersed in the mansion.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang led the soldiers of the Ministry of War to escort the servants, and walked directly into the hall.

The noisy noise often sounded in the courtyard, and Pang Shan asked the people around him angrily, what happened outside?
When he raised his eyes and looked outside, he was suddenly dumbfounded, and his face suddenly became the same color as a pig's liver.

Pang Shan looked at Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, his heart was startled suddenly, he walked forward quickly, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know if the two old elders came to the humble house suddenly, what can I teach you?"

Liu Jian nodded slightly and smiled, this guy really knows how to pretend, it seems that he doesn't cry when he sees the coffin!
　Ask for a monthly pass.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)