In a blink of an eye, it was late September, the weather became colder and the wind and sand began to visit the capital from time to time.

Zhu Youxiao, who has been staying in the Forbidden City, really wants to learn from Emperor Qianlong. Now he will go to the south of the Yangtze River to avoid the cold and be a romantic emperor. What kind of Xia Yuhe will be seen in places like the shore of Daming Lake?

But Zhu Youxiao knew that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty would not want their Emperor to go out to the Forbidden City to understand the people's sentiments. Emperor Zhengde then fell into the water early because he loved to go out to play.

Now, Zhu Youxiao's imperial power has been improved, but the power of civil servants is still strong, and he cannot do his own thing at the moment.

Unless, one day, the wealth and army of the Ming Dynasty were controlled by him.

"Your Majesty, there is a strong wind and sand outside, come into the house." Queen Zhang appeared behind Zhu Youxiao at some point, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but hold her tender gloves.

Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything, but just smiled and tweaked the hair on the queen's face. After a month of recuperation, Queen Zhang's complexion improved a lot, making her skin look more and more beautiful and charming.

Unable to bear the queen's ventilation outside the hall, Zhu Youxiao led Queen Zhang into the hall. The sensible palace maid hurriedly served hot tea, and the small yellow door beside the door also hurriedly closed the door, and two basins of charcoal fires were brought to Zhu Youxiao and Queen Zhang's heels.

Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang did not rush to sit on the kang, but waited for the palace maids to warm the kang with a hot pot before they were invited to sit on it by Ke Shi.

This is his own imperial life. There are no three palaces, six courtyards, seventy-two concubines, and no one family in the family of the people. There is only one queen and a half-slave wet nurse.

For the huge Forbidden City, there is really no family that is more deserted than the royal family.

For a moment, the eunuch from the imperial kitchen came in: "Your Majesty, you can have a meal."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and told him that he would eat here. Soon after, the little yellow sects walked in with red painted wooden boxes containing dishes.

Since the war in Liaodong, the imperial court has used millions of taels of silver to supply the Guanning cavalry every year, which has led to the increasing pressure on the national treasury and has long been ineffective. From the late Wanli period to the Tianqi, it has to use the internal treasury to supplement military salaries.

Because of this, the emperors in the late Ming Dynasty were not as corrupt and luxurious as the Qing literati said.

In order to save expenses, the emperor's dining specifications have been reduced from Wanli to Tianqi. Until now, not to mention the Manchu and Han banquet, even chicken, duck, fish and meat can't be served for a few dishes.

Fortunately, both Zhu Youxiao and Queen Zhang Yan have become accustomed to this frugal emperor life. It is enough to be able to eat well, not to mention that there are countless people in the Ming Dynasty today who can’t even eat enough.

Zhu Youxiao had just eaten a few bites of food when he saw Wang Chengen hiding outside the hall, so he hurriedly shouted: "Come in, why are you hiding outside?"

Seeing this, Empress Zhang hurriedly ordered people to remove the food, and she and Keshi hid behind the screen.

Wang Chengen walked in embarrassedly and said, "I originally wanted to report it when His Majesty finishes eating, otherwise the memorials of Wei will have to make His Majesty hungry until midnight."

Zhu Youxiao, who often stayed up late for surgery in the early stage, was actually used to this kind of irregular work. It is common for him to have sex and eat hunger. However, the only difference is that he used to save people in the past, but now he has surgery to save the country.

"Don't talk so much nonsense. I'm picking up some important items to tell me. I'll put the others here first and I'll deal with them later."

As Zhu Youxiao said that, he took the basic important memorandum from Wang Chengen, and then read it while listening to Wang Chengen's report:

"The first thing is that Eunuch Wei came from Nanjing. He had already begun to win over the people in the Shilin according to His Majesty's instructions, but few were willing to contact him. However, the "Da Ming Daily" he launched by His Majesty was very effective. Among them, a famous Jiangnan madman criticized the Donglin Party for making trouble for the country and the people, and Wuxi's elegant people fought with him. Now dozens of people have participated in the discussion, and there are thousands of households in just half a month."

"It's great. Tell Li Jinzhong to expose the shortcomings of the Donglin Party more and not be afraid of spending money. In order to let the people see the Donglin Party clearly, it is worth spending any amount of money. In addition, considering that many people at the bottom are mostly illiterate, they can spend money to hire down-and-out literati or storytellers to teach newspapers and newspapers to every village and every township, and at the same time, folk artists are encouraged to change their operas and vernacular books to satirize the Donglin Party."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said as he immediately recorded with a small brush.

Then, as soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he reported again: "In addition, I will report to Your Majesty. According to the eyeliner report of our Dongchang, the boss of Donglin Qian Zongyi met with Fan Yongdou, a Shanxi merchant in Huqiu, Suzhou on July 3, and got the content of the conversation between the two. It turned out that Fan Yongdou saw that several provinces in the north this year were severe drought, and the price of grain in the capital had already increased. Fan Yongdou wanted to contact the officials of the Huguang Administration through Qian Zongyi's relationship, and then purchase a large amount of grain in Huguang and ship it to the capital for sale in the name of grain."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but say in surprise: "This Shanxi merchant is worthy of being a Shanxi merchant. His reaction is faster than the court. Let your people continue to keep an eye on them, and there is that batch of food!"

"Yes!" Wang Chengen responded, and was about to retreat, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly called him again: "Wang Chengen, do you know these eight Shanxi merchants?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, I know a little. I heard that the eight major Jin merchants specialize in business inside and outside the gates, and are rich enough to compete with the country. Moreover, since the Zhengde period, the power of these eight major Jin merchants has grown stronger and stronger. Half of their children studied and half were imperial examinations. In this way, the government and business were combined, and business was easy to do, and officials were easy to do. Now many ministers in the court have people from the eight major Jin merchants, and there are also eunuchs from the Nei Shutang, such as the former Sili Supervisor Wang An and the former chief assistant Han Du."

Wang Chengen said.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and he naturally knew what the eight major Shanxi merchants were. To put it bluntly, they were just a group of traitors who sucked the blood of the Ming Dynasty and then transfusion blood for the Later Jin Dynasty.

But this collective force is so deeply rooted inside and outside the court and is mixed. Even if Zhu Youxiao wants to dig out this cancer, he can only make a long-term plan.

"In the future, more people will be sent to supervise all the people from the eight major Shanxi merchants. In addition, for three days, the Dongchang must give me a detailed information on the eight major Shanxi merchants, carefully check who they are officials in the court, how many industries they have at home, etc., and we must find out!"

Zhu Youxiao’s destiny.

Wang Chengen responded "Yes" and stepped back.

Queen Zhang walked out at this time and took Zhu Youxiao's arm: "Your Majesty, let's have a meal."

Zhu Youxiao did not speak, but immediately ordered "Pray and ink to serve!" Suddenly, Xiaohuangmen took out the four treasures of the study.

Zhu Youxiao said nothing, just wrote three words on a piece of rice paper and circled them in circles.

These three words are: Donglin Party, Shanxi Shang, and Later Jin.
Chapter completed!