Chapter 229: Lord, is this true?
Listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, Zhu Zaijing laughed again, "Mr. Zhang, please stop joking like this. In the system of this dynasty, whether it is the emperor, prince or prince, etc., The concubines accepted are just the daughters of small families. To say that they are ladies is probably a bit too much."
When Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong heard Zhu Zaijing's words, they both also thought. With an awkward smile, Zhu Zaijing was indeed right.
This dynasty is different from previous dynasties. This is the system established by Emperor Taizu Gao in order to prevent the appearance of powerful relatives of powerful ministers.
And since the two Song Dynasties, emperors and literati of all dynasties have consciously guarded and restricted their relatives. No scholar with lofty ideals will fall so low as to be willing to send his daughter to the palace.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, those who were willing to send their daughters to the palace for the draft were either small officials with no hope of career, or some low-income gentry and small households.
It can be said that under the influence of such a family background, even if there are one or two concubines in the harem who want to interfere in political affairs, they are like trees without roots and cannot stir up anything at all. Storms and waves cannot affect any major affairs of the government.
On the contrary, once they have such actions or thoughts, they will be hostile and attacked by the courtiers and people in the world.
Just like the Empress Dowager Sun, the mother of the Baozong, because she failed to educate the Baozong well and acquiesced in the restoration of the Baozong, Yu Qian and a group of ministers who had made great contributions to the defense of the capital were massacred by the Baozong. In later folklore, the Queen Mother Sun became a generation of enchanting concubines, almost synonymous with bringing disaster to the country and the people.
It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, if the concubines in the harem wanted to have the achievements of the female politicians of the previous dynasty, they simply could not even think about it. Whoever dared to think about it would become the target of public criticism.
Even though Empress Ma is praised as the only virtuous queen in the world, she actually has no political achievements to speak of. The only thing that can be praised by the world may be that she came from a humble background and was able to achieve great achievements together with Taizu Emperor Gao. great cause.
Beyond that, if you have to praise Queen Ma for her political actions, it would be ridiculous. You have never governed a country, and you have never made any political remarks. How can you do anything political?
So, for the concubines of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that except for a few virtuous concubines, most of the concubines were actually vases for the emperor to put flowers. If he was in a good mood, he would put more flowers in them. If he was in a bad mood, he would put them in more vases. Or if you don’t like it, you may never insert it even once.
Zhang Juzheng replied with a slight embarrassment: "Your Majesty, you can't say that. Before and after beautiful women are selected into the palace, there will be special female officials to educate them on etiquette standards. The beautiful women who have been educated by these female officials, they Her manners are much better than those of ordinary ladies."
Hearing this, Zhu Zaijing laughed again, "What's the point of such a woman? She doesn't even dare to do it. You have to be careful and follow the etiquette everywhere, just like a maid, it’s boring.”
Zhu Zaijing's words immediately stunned Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. What does this mean?
Does the prince like interesting women?
But what kind of woman is an interesting woman?
Looking at the reactions of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Zaijing regretted what he said. How could he talk about these topics with them?
Then Zhu Zaijing quickly changed the subject and said, "What do you think of the recent expansion of the capital?"
When Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng heard Zhu Zaijing ask about the current affairs, they immediately returned to their previous serious state.
Gao Gong said: "A few days ago, after hearing that His Majesty summoned Ouyang Bijin, Minister of Industry, and Yan Shifan, Minister of Industry, he seemed to have severely reprimanded Minister Ouyang, thinking that Minister Ouyang The proposed expansion plan for the capital is not good and is out of character."
Zhang Juzheng also followed and said: "At the same time, His Majesty also praised Yan Shifan and affirmed Yan Shifan's contribution to recommending Yan Maoqing. He is somewhat capable, and he is indeed much more capable than the previous salt administration officer during this period. In a short period of time, he has transported dozens of taels of silver back to the capital. If he continues at this rate, he may really be able to achieve this within a year. The agreement to earn millions from the salt administration.”
After listening to what Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng said, Zhu Zaijing said: “I have also heard about these things. As far as Ouyang Shangshu is concerned, I am not. Knowing him, I have no way of commenting on the capital expansion plan he proposed. However, I may be sure that your majesty will soon ask me to assist King Jing in the capital expansion project." Therefore, I must pay attention to this matter from time to time and understand the current situation of this matter.”
When Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng heard what Zhu Zaijing said, they both looked thoughtful. They were a little confused as to why Emperor Jiajing would do such an operation.
The expansion of the capital seems to be a success.
But in the eyes of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, this is a sinkhole!
Although neither of them works in the Ministry of Revenue, and they don't know how much money the Ministry of Revenue has, based on their experiences in the capital over the years, they can still guess that the current Ming Dynasty's finances are definitely Nervous to the extreme.
This is an expansion of the capital. Although it is imperative, the problem is that it is very expensive. Whoever gets involved in this matter will have to bear the responsibility if the expansion of the capital is unfinished.
Therefore, after Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment, they bowed to Zhu Zaijing and said, "Your Majesty, you must not take this job. In the worst case, you will claim to be ill and survive this period of time."
When Zhu Zaijing heard what Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng said, he couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's too late, it's too late, I don't have to run away from this matter. Don't you all know about the Shunyi Industrial Park in the suburbs of Beijing? That industry The park is the product of the cooperation between me and the palace. If I can carve out such a large industrial park in Shunyi, Your Majesty will definitely not let me go, so there is no way to go away."
Zhu. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were stunned again by Zai Jing's words.
Who knows the name of Shunyi Industrial Park?
If it were placed before the Tatars entered the capital, everyone would have thought that it was just a manufacturing workshop with the palace sign.
However, after experiencing the defense battle in the suburbs of Beijing, everyone suddenly discovered that the industrial park could also be used as a rear military supply base, providing a steady stream of supplies to the front line, and at the same time, it could also receive medical treatment for those who were injured from the front line. Soldiers.
Therefore, in the eyes of the world, today's Shunyi Industrial Park is no longer a simple manufacturing workshop, but a miracle!
Now Prince Yu actually said that this place was the product of his cooperation with the palace, which suddenly overturned Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's understanding.
Both of them originally thought that Zhu Zaijing was just here in name to cover up the palace.
But they never expected that this place would be the place of cooperation between Zhu Zaijing and Gongli. The information contained in it was so explosive that both of them could not digest it for a while.
"My lord, is this true?"
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