As a mother's caring cotton pants, Zhu Houcan naturally has to consider it in all aspects. Now that he has helped Jiang win a title and can enter the Forbidden City to live, the next step is immediately - to build a house for his mother.

As mentioned before, the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty did not have a special residence. Even Zhang moved around between Renshou Palace and Qingning Palace. Now Jiajing has a special status, and two empress dowagers in one palace can't be squeezed together. So

He ordered the Ministry of Works to start repairing the bedroom early, and the court knew that it would be impossible to delay it at this time, so few people opposed it.

The new Empress Dowager's bedroom is based on part of the original Qingning Palace. It was demolished and built on it. Zhu Houcong named it "Cining Palace". From then on, Empress Dowager Jiang lived in Cining Palace and Empress Dowager Zhang lived.

In Renshou Palace, the two places are half an hour apart, which is considered not to disturb each other.

Zhu Houcon showed everything in the palace to his mother and sister almost as if he was offering treasures, saying that all the displays here were chosen by him personally. Only at this time did he look like an ordinary 15-year-old child.

Jiang looked at his son gently. After he finished speaking, he pulled the other party just now. Seeing that Zhu Houguan had lost weight when he was separated, he said heartbrokenly: "Why are you so busy with political affairs and not having a good meal?

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"No, my son has a very good appetite now. He probably is growing taller. His legs are cramped every night." Zhu Houcan quickly explained.

"Cramps? Is there something else wrong with me? Should I ask the imperial physician to take a look?" Jiang originally said casually, but he didn't know that the "imperial physician" seemed to touch some switches on Zhu Hougui's body, and his face changed drastically and he waved his hands repeatedly.

"No need, don't call me an imperial physician," the young man who has always been reserved and calm showed fear, and then said: "Mother, if you feel uncomfortable in the future, tell me first."

Jiang nodded in a daze, not understanding why his son made such a fuss.

But in fact, this is not the fault of Zhu Houguan. The Imperial Hospital in the Ming Dynasty was too weird.

Zhu Yuanzhang inherited the Yuan Dynasty's household registration system and divided the national household registration into three categories: civilians, military and craftsmen. Among them, medical households belong to the people, and most of them require their sons to inherit their father's business and cannot be changed at will. Most of the selection of imperial physicians is selected from generation to generation medical households.

So even if a person has mediocre qualifications, as long as you are a medical household and pass the simple exam, you are likely to come to see the emperor.

When Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen promoted a man named Liu Wentai to the Imperial Hospital. This person was only benefited from the household registration and was handsome, so he had no real talent and knowledge. In the late Chenghua period, he was extremely sad because of the death of Concubine Wan.

Some of them were infected with wind and cold, but after taking the medicine prescribed by Liu Wentai, they had diarrhea for more than ten days, and finally died.

After Emperor Xiaozong Hongzhi ascended the throne, he did not execute Liu Wentai, but only fined and demoted his salary. What's funny is that more than ten years later, Liu Wentai survived again with his qualifications. This time, the person who was infected with the cold was replaced by Emperor Xiaozong, and Liu Wentai gave him the

The hot pot agent ended up disappearing even after Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty.

"Emperor Killer" Liu Wentai killed two emperors in a row, but in the end he was still fine and exiled to Guangxi to die.

Two months before ascending the throne, Zhu Houcan made corrections to the memorials in order to compete with the court officials, and finally had a headache. He took the medicine prescribed by the Imperial Hospital and not only did not heal, but it became more and more intense. In the end, Xian Ruxing took the pills from the space

The cold capsule was pushed over.

After recovering from the illness, Jiajing fell into his favorite conspiracy theory again. How could it be so coincidental? It was a big polite discussion that he got sick at the moment. Could it be that someone wanted to harm him?

Investigate! Must check it hard!!

So he used all the power around him to dig three feet into the ground, and finally concluded that the imperial physician was not bad, but just a real dish.

Looking at the report presented by his subordinates and witnessing the "war record" of the Imperial Hospital, Zhu Houcan was frightened. It would be better if someone wanted to harm him!

The Imperial Hospital of the Ming Dynasty not only treated the royal family, but also had functions such as the Ministry of Health and Health Bureau. In addition, it involved the household registration system, which affected the whole body and could not be changed at will. There was no way, so Zhu Houcan had to record a few.

A not outrageous imperial physician, and at Xian Ruxing's suggestion, he ran without any trouble, and at least he exercised his body.

After explaining the issue of life safety, Zhu Houcan continued to talk to his mother.

Jiang was very proud of his son's actions in the capital this time. He originally thought he had to work hard, but he actually solved everything himself. But he couldn't help but mention, "Chao'er, you are now

For the emperor, the power of the nobles is not as good as before. When you really encounter problems that cannot be solved in the court, you must remember and not speak lightly. If something is outside the court, you can ask Master Xian to come forward to solve it..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Zhu Houcong's expression change slightly, and interrupted her mother and said, "Isn't this offensive thing that is not done by Xian Xian Master Xian. What if someone holds a grudge in the future and uses means to deal with her?"

Jiang knocked his son's head with a grudge, "Are you still there? Even if Master Xian really did something wrong, you can find a way to lift it high and put it down gently, but you are

As an emperor, if there is a word, there will be no way out."

Then he said earnestly: "Wei Niang knows that Master Xian is a person who cultivates immortals, but since she said she was willing to serve you before, it would be good to use it for the superiors. To put it bluntly, you are also monarchs and ministers..."

Zhu Houcan felt uncomfortable being said by his mother, but he didn't know where to refute it.

If we talk about monarch and ministers, then Fei Hong and others are also monarch and ministers, but they are completely different from Xian Ruxing.

The boy was in a mess and found a reason to break the topic and not talk about it.

My mother also took over and the palace was built. Zhu Hougui was temporarily in a very satisfied state. Although he was slightly incomplete in his parents' title, it was still smooth.

However, there were still constant turmoil in the court.

Looking at the memorial sent by the Minister of Revenue, Jiajing looked very ugly. After a long time, he couldn't help but speak: "How could this court have no money?"

In fact, it is not Zhu Houcong's fault. The vassal prince's mansion is similar to a small palace. Zhu Houcong often follows his father to deal with the affairs of the mansion in his fiefdom. In his opinion, making money is a simple matter, even if he didn't fight with Xian Ruxing that day.

Jin's sugar business can make a profit if you find any reason.

This is true for the small Anlu. Isn’t it easier to expand it to the whole country?

The result is really not that simple.

Qingzhou requires money to quell the rebellion, to build a tomb for Emperor Zhengde, and to provide disaster relief to the southwest...

"How can I remember that there is still some remaining in the treasury?" Jiajing asked tremblingly.

The Minister of Revenue blinked innocently, "Your Majesty, you forgot that those are not used to build palaces for Empress Dowager Xingxian."

Zhu Houcan: "..."

With awkward coughing, Jiajing sat on the dragon chaise and said blankly: "What are you doing now, my dear friends?"

Fortunately, there are still people in the court who are in charge. Yang Tinghe stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if you want to fill the treasury, there are only two ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Now the situation is urgent, so it is naturally too late to increase revenue, so you can only use it.

'Scale' to get started."

Zhu Houcong knew that Yang Tinghe had probably already knew what he said, so he hurriedly asked how to reduce expenses.

Sure enough, Shoufu Yang sent a complete memorial to address the shortcomings of the government, which was mainly divided into three points.

First, the reduced labor service of the Jinyi ward stations and the flag school of the Internal Supervision Bureau saved the court's salary.

Second, stop the construction of projects that are not urgently needed in the capital and reclaim the gold and silver treasures in the Xuanfu Palace in Zhengde that year.

Third, eliminate the imperial garden and hand over part of the imperial village land in the Jingji area to farmers for cultivation.

Zhu Houcon naturally agreed to the first two points. When he saw the third one, he was a little stunned and hesitated: "What does this severance have to do with the imperial shop?"

The so-called "imperial shop" was actually created by Zhengde. The emperor sent a special person to manage and operate it, and the income was completely included in the emperor's private account.

Yes, Zhengde himself was doing business. At first, it was just for fun. He spent the rest of the week, so he went to the store to pretend to be a merchant to sell goods. As a result, after a long time, he found that these stores really made money. He built a leopard room

The palace was built, and silver was spent like flowing water. With the imperial shops, it was much more convenient to make money. Therefore, there were more and more imperial shops, which were originally just the capital city, and later spread to the entire north. When Zhengde died, these belongings to the emperor were naturally

Return to Jiajing.

Of course, Yang Tinghe was able to say these words for a long time, and he made a lot of effort to express his feelings towards Zhu Houcan.

What kind of imperial shop itself is built by forced demolition of houses? What kind of admirals and eunuchs who manage imperial shops are domineering, they are almost no different from robbers. What kind of merchants are often blackmailed and overwhelmed... In short, if Zhu Houcan continues to manage imperial shops, it would be

The law of nature does not tolerate it.

Jiajing was speechless by him, and he wondered in his heart why he could not drive what his cousin Zhengde had created, so he could not.

Seeing his impatience, Yang Tinghe explained seriously: "Your Majesty, chaos is everywhere, not only Qingzhou, but many places are ready to move. What caused all this was the inaction of the court before, and you are the new emperor.

Everyone in the world watches your every move and redeems money for the people. It is a reassurance for the people that can clear the atmosphere of the world. Even the officials below must hesitate if they want to impose excessive taxes."

After listening to the other party's words, Zhu Houcong pondered for a long time. Although he was a little stubborn and disliked Yang Tinghe very much, he was a smart person after all. He knew that he was right. Even if he couldn't bear to spend money every year, he finally agreed.

Sure enough, after the implementation of the three policies, the country immediately cut a lot of expenses, and the people applauded and praised the new emperor.

Among them, excluding the original vested interests, Xian Ruxing is the one who is most hurt.

Looking at the thick "Imperial Shop Renovation Plan" at hand, Xian Ruxing smiled bitterly.

That's right, after going to Beijing for in-depth research, Xian Ruxing focused his attention on the so-called "imperial shop".

In fact, if these imperial shops opened by Zhengde are used well, they can play a great role.

First of all, the circulation of goods is naturally. These imperial stores are distributed throughout the north, and can stop merchandise goods and facilitate logistics. Secondly, the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty was a confusing account, and the financial inability to make ends meet is also related to this. After the imperial store is expanded, it is supervised.

The entire region can fully play the role of supervising taxes. Finally, it can also be used as the court's eye-to-earth spy on intelligence.

As for management issues, Xian Ruxing also gave a lot of advice, but he was still one step too late.

He sighed. Yang Ting and his heart were good, but after the removal of the imperial shop, it was still a problem to pay back the money to the people. There was no official from the Ming Dynasty who was not greedy. After exploiting them at all levels, it is estimated that the superficial effort is greater than the actual effect.

Forget it, it was his own mistake after all. Xian Ruxing put the plan aside and started to re-lay out.

Since Xuan Yi resigned, she has entered a deadlock where no one is available. Although Zhao Silu has been trained for a long time, it is inconvenient for women to move in this era. It is okay for Anlu to say that it is so big that everyone has been together for a long time.

You can find out what your identity is, but if it is a capital city, all forces are mixed, and you may not be able to protect yourself as a small Taoist priest in front of you.

Furthermore, Zhao Silu herself is meticulous and patient, and trustworthy, and Xian Ruxing wants to keep her by her side and take charge of some of the paperwork.

The only one who is left to pick and choose is Chen Ergou. This time he went to Beijing, he worked as a part-time guard in the royal palace, brought more than 30 brothers, and also boarded the boat. Now he lives in the house arranged by Xian Ruxing outside the imperial city.

Inside, I was practicing official language hard.

The official dialect of the Ming Dynasty is Nanjing dialect, of course, it is different from the current Nanjing dialect. In ancient times, ten miles were different. In order to facilitate communication, Zhu Yuanzhang invited many famous scholars to revise the "Hongwu Zhengyun". However, because Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, the capital city was

The officials' speeches were mixed with many Northern vocabulary, which was extremely complicated.

In order to show his personality, Qingfeng Taoist from Qingfeng Temple specially ordered all his disciples to practice the most authentic official language, which was cheaper. However, Chen Ergou and others were not so lucky. Most of their conversations were not only full of Jiangxi local accent.

He is heavy and has a lot of basic vocabulary. Sometimes even those who have strong understanding like Xian Ruxing have to distinguish, so the first thing he does here is to ask a gentleman to teach him to speak.
To be continued...