It was almost the fourth update. Since there was only one concubine Zhang Hui living in the East Six Palaces, and the main activity area of ​​Emperor Zhu Youzhao was in the Kunning Palace area, this area was extremely deserted. Fortunately, the moon was sparse tonight, and the whole land was like a layer of shining silver veil, which made Zhu Youzhao not feel a little nervous because of his first time here.

And after walking into another palace gate, the whole world seemed more ethereal and quiet, and Zhu Youxiao's heart became much quieter. When he saw that the little neihuan who was leading the way wanted to call people, he hurriedly ordered him to shut up and quietly took him over. The little neihuan was also tactful and nodded quickly to say yes.

Zhu Youxiao, who was slightly calm, couldn't help chatting with this little Neihuan, asking about his name, age and origin, what position he currently holds, and how he entered the palace and became an Neihuan. The little Neihuan also knew that this was his chance to leave a good impression and promotion in front of His Majesty, so he answered the answer one by one patiently and honestly.

Gradually, Zhu Youxiao and the little neihuo became more and more talked about. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao found out from the little neihuo that the old people in the palace said that during the Wanli period, the imperial court was still very lively. At that time, because there was no problem with the imperial finances, the emperor's treasury income was considerable, so he was not as frugal as it is now. The whole six palaces were decorated like a fairyland on earth, with three thousand concubines and a cloud of palace maids, and countless internal officials, even at night, it was like daytime.

However, after the three major levies of Wanli almost spent all the treasury, coupled with the closure of the checkpoints set up by the imperial courts in various places and the suspension of the collection of mining and commercial taxes, the palace income was reduced every day, and the national treasury also ate the food for the emperor, Zhu Youxiao, as soon as his predecessor as he ascended the throne, had to reduce the emperor's specifications again and again, which led to the luxury of the current emperor's life far less than that of the Longwan period.

Money is not saved. Whether it is Zhu Youxiao or Zhu Youjian, if the financial system that would benefit the gentry but not the emperor and the people was not reformed, and the class crisis brought about by the bankruptcy of small peasants' economic situation is not saved by expanding overseas interests, even if an emperor wears patched clothes for a lifetime, it will not make the entire empire change.

Nowadays, these problems no longer exist. Commercial tax has become the main component of the imperial taxation, and customs income is even more important. There will be no strange phenomenon that the more developed the business, the poorer the country is. On the contrary, every time the business scale is expanded, the country's fiscal revenue will be increased one level. Because officials and gentry are all in one's food, there is no privileged class. Although new powerful people will still appear due to inequality in power and information, they can at least be controlled by themselves as their emperor.

Because I am now the largest capitalist and the controller of capital, I can dispatch the division of interests at the entire national level and maintain the stability of the entire country. Of course, if I want to desperately plunder and exploit, I will also be violently eliminated by the exploited people together with these emerging powerful people.

As an emperor with a qualified IQ, Zhu Youxiao would definitely not ignore the interests of the lower-class people without scrupulously. Therefore, he tried his best to reduce the degree of exploitation of domestic people, but tried his best to increase the exploitation of overseas countries, so that most of the increase in the total wealth of the Ming Dynasty was not composed of the blood and sweat of the lower-class people.

Because of this, the current class conflict in the Ming Dynasty did not intensify because of the increase in wealth of Zhu Youxiao and his bureaucrats. Instead, because Zhu Youxiao deliberately feedbacks the interests of overseas plunder, the class conflict gradually decreases, so that Zhu Youxiao can now enjoy the wealthy life that he should have as an emperor without any scruples.

"I also want to restore my palace to the grand occasion of Yongle, Xuande and Longwan periods. It is not only a recovery, but also a richer and more romantic than before. I also want to use the compensation from Western countries to build gardens to show the standards that a super empire should have in life!" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think so secretly.

However, just as he was fantasizing about how to steal all the wealth of Versailles to decorate his palace garden, the little Neihun had already stopped and said, "Your Majesty, Jingren Palace has arrived."

Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked up. He saw that even the big Jingren Palace could be seen a bit old even under the dim moonlight. Zhu Pavilion obviously faded into the original color of wood, and the glass was very turbid. Even the two lanterns in front of the main entrance were old and only emitted a dark red light, which could not show the glory of the palace where the dignified imperial concubine lived.

"Tomorrow I will send my will to Zhidian Supervisor, renovate this area for me, and go to the Royal Industrial Company to buy the best crystal glass. In addition, you will serve as the minor supervisor of Zhidian Supervisor, and you will be responsible for this matter." After Zhu Youxiao said this, the internal officials were ecstatic and hurriedly knelt down: "I Ding Xizhong received the order!"

"Knock on the door." Although Concubine Zhang Hui was her concubine, she had never met her before and was still strangers to each other. Based on her most basic politeness, Zhu Youxiao did not push the door open and enter.

In the blink of an eye, Ding Xizhong, who had been promoted from an ordinary inner official to a young prison in the straight palace, ran forward excitedly and rang the iron ring. After a while, an old palace maid asked in a daze: "Who is this? This day is gone, let's come again tomorrow."

"It's Your Majesty, aren't you still open the door?"

Fortunately, the inner servant immediately put on the airs of the junior prison in front of Zhu Youxiao, but he only increased the decibels and asked.

The old palace maid in the inner room was a little surprised. She pulled her ears in disbelief because she hadn't heard the word "Your Majesty" for several years. When she looked through the door, she saw a young man in a yellow robe in the crack of the door.

The old palace maid was so scared that she immediately opened the door and hurriedly asked to salute: "I have seen Your Majesty."

"Empress Hui is asleep," Zhu Youxiao asked, and the old palace maid was going to say something casually: "Yes, yes," but then changed her words: "I plan to go to bed, but because the empress had some midnight snack tonight, she thought about doing more activities and resting. Now I will call the empress to pick her up."

As the old palace maid who was following Zhang Huifei, she naturally had feelings for Zhang Huifei. Therefore, unless she was really stupid, she would say that her empress had fallen asleep at this time and pushed Zhu Youxiao out. And even if Zhang Huifei was already asleep, she had to shout Zhang Huifei immediately.

This old palace maid did indeed do this. She didn't bother to lead Zhu Youxiao in, so she hurriedly ran into the inner room and shouted loudly: "Empress! Your descendant is here, Your descendant is here!"

Concubine Zhang, who was sleeping in a daze, was woken up by the old palace maid's broken voice. After hearing the news that it was His Holiness, Concubine Zhang was very calm. She stood up and ordered someone to light the candlestick, then put on her clothes and walked out: "Welcome Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao also came over at this time, but only saw a vague figure standing in front of the door. He couldn't see his face clearly, but the sound was very sweet.
Chapter completed!