I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Although he has not received a definite appointment yet, but sooner or later, the chief inspector of ceremonies will take over the position of eunuch.

"Your Majesty, Yang Sichang, the payer, hastened to play, all the prefectures in Huaibei are starving!" Wang Anren hadn't arrived yet, and the memorial was dragging in his hand, but it made Zhu Youxiao's heart sink.

This good day of being the emperor has not been enjoyed for a day, but the bad news came first.

There was a famine in Huaibei and other prefectures in the 48th year of Wanli. Zhu Youxiao knew about it, but the enthronement ceremony was just completed today. Can people calm down for a while?

After hesitating for a while, Zhu Youxiao let out a long sigh, stood up eagerly, and said, "Give it to me, show me!"

However, Zhu Youxiao, who almost snatched the memorabilia, suddenly thought of a problem. In later generations, he seemed to have heard a certain bricklayer's statement that the carpenter emperor was illiterate.

But soon Zhu Youxiao discovered that not only was he not illiterate, but his calligraphy skills seemed to be quite good!

It seems that the saying that the carpenter emperor is illiterate is also a trap of the civil officials, and I will show them some other day.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was not the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was said to be "illiterate". His father Zhu Changluo and Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao were all rumored to be illiterate.

But if these words are carefully corrected, they will be full of loopholes and not worth a trial.

Because the characters of the Ming Dynasty are similar to those of later generations, the current Zhu Youxiao can understand but seem unfamiliar.

Wang An originally wanted to read it to Zhu Youxiao, but when he saw the emperor snatching it directly, he was also confused.

As for whether Zhu Youxiao was literate or not, Wang An, who was reading by the side, had the most say.

In his impression, Zhu Youxiao's cultural accomplishment is indeed average, but he is talented and intelligent, and his personality is quick-witted. It is pure nonsense to say that he is "faint" or "illiterate".

Yang Sichang, the Langzhong of the Nanzhili Rating Department, said: "I am in Yingtian, and I heard that the residents of Huaibei have eaten all the grass roots and bark, and even several cottages. The women and children of the same family are ordered to bean skips and water chestnuts."

"After crossing the river, the kitchen households are scrambling for rice, and the hungry people are scrambling for grain. There are different places. Once entering Zhenjiang, a bucket of rice is worth a hundred yuan, and gradually it reaches Su and Song, and it has increased to a hundred and thirty or forty. Merchant ships can't wait. Guan Mi, the store is about to go out of business, and Xiaomin is trying to make it quick."

"If the imperial court doesn't rush to provide disaster relief, it may become a catastrophe!"

After reading it, Zhu Youxiao also roughly understood what Yang Sichang meant. The famine in this place affected not only the people, but also the north-south freight and local prices.

This memorandum was written half a month ago, and the famine may not necessarily develop into what it is now.

In the end, Zhu Youxiao glanced at the date of inscription, closed the memorial and asked, "Wang An, why did it take half a month to report such a big matter?"

Wang An said: "Back to the emperor, when this memorandum came up, the late emperor was seriously ill and couldn't see you. You haven't been canonized as the crown prince yet, and you can't manage the government."

Overnight, Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of Tianqi, who had just been enthroned for less than a day, had a few gray hairs on the back of his head. This little ice age has already begun, and the famine must not be limited to Huaibei.

If it is going to be dealt with, it will require a systemic change.

There may be two reasons for the news of the various prefectures in Huaibei to my ears. One is that the situation has reached the point where it cannot be dealt with.

What is out of control?

That is ten rooms and nine empty, the streets are full of hungry people, and hundreds of people die every night. At that time, local turmoil will not be far away.

The second possibility is because of this Yang Sichang, he did not abide by the Donglin Party's government rules and reported things that "shouldn't" have been reported.

This guy Zhu Youxiao still knew that he was indeed capable, and he did not belong to the Donglin lineage. He dared to do things for the royal family and take the blame, so he was a bit miserable by the Donglin Party.

When I remember correctly, the first year of Tianqi was a difficult situation both internally and externally. The treasury didn't even need to ask, and there would definitely not be a dime. On the Liaodong side, Jiannu was also pressing every step of the way.

At this time, the famine that has spread to the entire Central Plains has already begun to show signs of famine, and many places have even reached the point where the distant water cannot be saved from the near fire.

The fact that news of the famine can reach him means that the civil servants basically know everything about it, and there will be another war of words when the court tomorrow morning!

But now I am not the eldest son of the emperor. With the status of the emperor, there is no need to accommodate them in order to take advantage of the civil servants.

Without money in your pocket, it's hard to do things!

Feeling deeply in such a predicament, what was Zhu Youxiao's first thought, Jin Yiwei, this old ancestor set up a special money-making organization, it's time to come in handy!

"Who is the commander of Jin Yiwei's palm seal now, call him to see me!" Zhu Youxiao said suddenly.

Hearing that Zhu Youxiao suddenly mentioned Jinyiwei, the old eunuch Wang An was startled. The emperor had just received the news of the famine in various prefectures in Huaibei, so he turned around to find the commander of Jinyiwei.

Jin Yiwei is not a good thing, as long as you get the driver's sticker, you can arrest people if you want, and ransack your house if you want, and the emperor asks them to do things, and there will be chaos inside and outside the capital.

However, despite his resistance to this, Wang An still didn't have the slightest idea of ​​making up nonsense out of his loyalty to Zhu Youxiao himself for many years, and said honestly:

"Your Majesty, there is now a vacancy in the post of Commander of the Palm Seal."

"Such an important position is actually vacant?" Zhu Youxiao was startled, what happened to his cheap father, made the Donglin Party limp?

Jin Yiwei's command and envoy are not set up, whoever will make money for you.

"Now the Fusi official in Beizhen is the biggest, who is in charge?" Zhu Youxiao still didn't give up, and planned to come for a promotion.

"Back to the emperor, it is Liu Qiao, the governor of Beizhen Fusi."

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhu Youxiao got up and put on a dragon-patterned coat, and walked out of the palace while saying: "I pass on my oral order to call Liu Qiao, the governor of Jinyiwei, to meet me in the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace!"

"According to the order, this old slave will go to the Zhenfu Division in person."

Chapter 5 Reckoning!

In order to find Liu Qiao, Wang An spent a lot of effort.

Since the Wanli and Taichang dynasties, the factory guards have not been taken seriously, and most civil officials have sneered at them, resulting in the gradual abandonment of the Fusi Yamen in Jinyiwei North Town.

When Wang Anren arrived at Beizhen Fusi, there was not a single captain on duty in front of the gate, which shows the extent of defeat.

It wasn't until he entered the inner hall that Wang An found a schoolboy lying on the table. After waking up, the guy was also sleepy. When he asked him where Liu Qiao lived, he didn't know anything.

Good guy, the Fusi yamen in Beizhen is so big, but when the emperor has something to do, he can't find a few people. Wang An is so anxious that he is like an ant on a hot pot, and he doesn't know what to do for a while.

After an unknown period of time, Wang Ancai, who had walked almost half of the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, was asked where Liu Qiao's home was by a lieutenant named Li Mohutang who joined the job last year.

Don't ask, don't know, I'm startled when I ask.

It turned out that there was a serious shortage of Fusi in Jinyiwei Beizhen. Not only was there no command envoy, but even the three Jinyiwei governors were left with only one Liu Qiao who was still in charge.

Even so, Liu Qiao is just a decoration most of the time.

There were only six commanders and appeasement envoys in Yu, and none of them had the right to arrest or interrogate people.

According to the school lieutenant surnamed Li, the Fusi yamen in Beizhen is in the middle of the night, even in the daytime, there are not many living people to be seen, and it is dead silent.

Well, everyone knows the reason!

The imperial court didn't use Jinyiwei, and no one cared if they came or not. On the contrary, they would attract those scholars to shout and beat them on the way, so they simply didn't come.

Jin Yiwei, who was once feared in the Ming Dynasty, now seems to be a child without parents, and the government and the public are not welcome at all.

Wang An didn't expect that the more noble Donglin masters live in a richer state than the other, and Liu Qiao, the governor of Jinyiwei, actually lives in a small alley in Jingzi Street.

The people living there are all poor people!

When they arrived, Wang An couldn't believe that the imperial court's Jinyiwei Dudu lived in the dilapidated house in front of him if the school lieutenant surnamed Li who led the way pointed to the wooden door with several gaps.

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Following Wang An, the eunuch in boa robes, on the corridor, Liu Qiaoqiang, who was sleepy, cheered himself up. Although the other party was only a 16-year-old child, he was the emperor of our Ming Dynasty.

No matter how old the emperor is, he can say anything.

It is said that Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Apocalypse Dynasty, had just ascended the throne today, and the matter of the grand ceremony was still talked about among the people. He stayed up late at night and called him to come. Liu Qiao reckoned that there were two possibilities.

It's not asking for guilt, it's about reuse.

As the governor of Jinyiwei, Liu Qiao thought he hadn't done anything wrong in the past ten years, so it shouldn't be an accusation, but he wasn't sure that he wanted to reuse it.

There are so many people in Fusi of Nanbei Town, why should the emperor use himself?

As for the deep one, Liu Qiao hadn't had time to think about it yet, all he knew was that the emperor called him here in the middle of the night, he must not be idle and chatting.

Followed Wang An to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and along the way, the inside of the palace was different from what he thought.

Liu Qiao originally thought that the important place of the imperial palace must be different from the Fusi yamen in Beizhen, but the expected guards did not look at them, but saw a few drowsy little eunuchs carrying lamps.

Isn't the Forbidden City guarded by the top twelve guards? What about people, is it possible that all of them are just like Jin Yiwei, becoming empty-handed?

At this time, Zhu Youxiao, who had been waiting in Xinuange for half an hour, had already fallen asleep.

I couldn't sleep in bed, and I didn't have a mobile phone to play on the chair. It hurts to be idle, but I fell asleep as soon as I closed my eyes. It was more fragrant than being on the dragon bed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Wang An signaled Liu Qiao to kneel at the door, then tiptoed into the Nuan Pavilion, and then lightly patted Zhu Youxiao on the shoulder.

When Zhu Youxiao woke up, the first thing he saw was Wang An's old face.

"Why did you come here, what time is it?" Zhu Youxiao didn't mean to blame Wang An, but frowned and blamed him for calling him late.

"If you go back to the emperor, it's Yin time."

Wang An also looked innocent.

"Your Majesty, then Liu Qiao lives in Jingzi Street, where there are seven turns and eight turns. There is no one to lead the way. The old slave may still be circling in the alley."

When Zhu Youxiao heard it, Yinshi, isn't this equivalent to four or five o'clock in later generations? Liu Qiao lives in such a remote place, and it takes so much effort to find him to come to the palace, which is too late!

So he waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, call him in, you wait at the door."

From childhood to adulthood, Zhu Youxiao kept nothing from Wang An, and for a while he even called him "Wang Banban" affectionately.

The latter was stunned for a while when he heard this, obviously he didn't turn the corner, but he quickly bowed and retreated.

Not long after Wang An withdrew, Liu Qiao, the commander of Jin Yiwei, walked into the Xinuang Pavilion on tiptoe. Seeing Zhu Youjiao leaning sideways against the lantern to read a book by the fire, he was also in awe.

"Chen Jinyiwei Commander Liu Qiao, I respectfully invite Shengan!"

"Zhen'an." Zhu Youxiao curled his lips and thought, isn't this a TV drama? It turned out that it really existed in the Ming Dynasty, and then he asked straight to the point:

"How is Jin Yiwei doing now?"

Hearing this, Liu Qiao said: "Return to the emperor, the current Jinyiwei has long since cared about anything, and the criminal cases are being tried by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, isn’t this the yamen of the civil servants? Even the criminal cases are handed over to them. No wonder the treasury has been unable to make ends meet since the 15th year of Wanli, and the court has become more and more out of money.

What they know best is forming cliques for private interests, protecting each other from officials and officials, and being able to interrogate farts!

But fortunately, my cheap grandfather, Emperor Wanli, was quite smart. In order not to play tricks with the civil servants, he simply didn't even go to court, and let them do Tai Chi by themselves.

In the last few decades of the Wanli Dynasty, the saved domestic money was cheap, and my father used one-third of it a month, and the rest went into my purse. With these gold and silver, there is still a lot to do.

Why didn't Zhu Youxiao use the money for disaster relief?

Because if you use it for disaster relief, it will definitely not reach the people. The civil servants exploit it layer by layer. Even if you send out millions of taels, it may only be a few taels of dross to the people in the end.

If you do that, it will really be a waste of the decades of hard work of Grandpa Wanli who saved money. If you go down in the future, you will be hanged and hammered by his old man!

Some of the domestic money was used by the cheap father Taichang Emperor, and the rest is not much but not too little. Good steel must be spent wisely so that money can "grow" money.

Zhu You pretended to be looking at the Three Kingdoms book in his hand, sat there and said indifferently: "You know about the transfer of the palace."

"I know." Liu Qiao was startled, and hurriedly replied, "Does the emperor want me to check Li Xuan?"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Liu Qiao when he heard the words, and he was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Now that I know why this guy has been working for so many years, he is still an acquaintance. If you ask this sentence, if the Emperor Tianqi in history was here, you boy would have received a lunch box directly.

Zhu Youxiao's experience was relatively rough. He was neglected since he was a child, and he was never liked. It was not until Wanli left a will before his death that he was registered as the emperor's grandson, which was a turning point in his fate.

Although Zhu Youxiao's biological mother, Wang Cairen, is more respected than Xili Xuanshi, Taichang loves the latter so much that Wang Cairen is insulted and dies by Xili Xuanshi.

Wang Cairen had his last words before his death: "I have a grudge with Xi Li, and the grudge is hard to avenge."

But Zhu Youxiao was even worse. Wang Cairen was handed over to Xi Lixuan by Wanli after his death to raise him. He was also "insulted and abused" by Li Xuan from a young age.

If Zhu Youxiao in history heard this, he would immediately put down his thoughts on rebuilding the factory guards and take care of Liu Qiao.

However, now Zhu Youxiao doesn't have any fear of Si Lixuan, otherwise he wouldn't have sent Zhang Weixian to get her out of Qianqing Palace.

"I don't want you to check Li Xuanshi, what's the use of checking her?" Zhu Youxiao flipped through the Three Kingdoms page by page, and said calmly: "Go and check Cui Wensheng, the eunuch hasn't moved since he moved to the palace, did he run away? "

"If he really escapes, I'll catch him and put him in prison. We can't make him feel comfortable."

"Also, let's start rebuilding Beizhen Fusi. As long as the old men are loyal to me, they will all be called back. The prison will also send people to clean it. There will be many prisoners sent in in the future."

After these words, although the emperor did not mention whether he was the Commander of the Jinyiwei, Liu Qiao was still surprised and happy, and hurriedly said:

"I obey the order, do it immediately!"

"Go on, I'm tired." Zhu Youxiao said calmly without moving.

Chapter 6 Court Council

After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Wang An leaned forward, smiled and said: "Congratulations, Dudu Liu will be promoted to Commander of Jinyiwei."