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    In the Golden Palace, Emperor Zhengde sat on the dragon chair and was in a daze. At this time, Caishikou should be cut with a knife, right?  Thinking of this, Zhengde couldn't help feeling restless.

    The little emperor was young and didn't have so much emperor's mind. He just couldn't accept Yang Ling's betrayal purely emotionally. When he heard that Yang Ling also participated in the incident to cover up the news of the accident in his most respected father's mausoleum, Zhengde wished to kill him with his own hands.  Abandoned this courtier whom he had confided in.

    However, hatred is one thing. When I think of him as the prince and the emperor, he was always alone until Yang Ling appeared.  This person doesn't have the kind of awe and flattery that are often seen on other people's faces, but he really cares about him. He has always regarded Yang Ling as a friend, but his only friend betrayed him. Zhengde thought of this,  Can't help sighing.

    Seeing that the emperor did not listen carefully to his speech, Censor Lu Zhongkun couldn't help raising his voice, and said loudly, "Your Majesty."

    "Ah? What?" Zhengde was stunned for a moment, then withdrew his eyes from looking at nothingness, and looked at the official censor who had been talking for a long time without knowing what he was going to say with some surprise.

    Lu Zhongkun held back his anger and said: "Now the late emperor has a great funeral, and Xiaoxiang has not been long. At the beginning of the emperor's era, he liked to play and have fun. He was late in the morning, late in the morning, and late in the evening. His daily life was impermanent, and his sleep and meals were irregular, which exhausted his energy.  It is not Mingjun's doing to interfere with political affairs. I heard that the heavy rain and thunder last night shattered the Fengtian Temple and the Taimiao Ridge Beast, and more than a hundred trees in the capital were broken. The sky is changing and catastrophic, so we should be vigilant."

    Zhengde said indifferently: "Understood, I have checked the good and the bad with the Qintian Supervisor."

    Lu Zhongkun said with emotion: "Your Majesty, according to the old rules of the previous dynasties, in case of drastic changes in the world, the emperor should reduce his diet and enjoy himself, and issue an order for self-examination. The emperor should order civil and military officials to give advice and point out the current problems."

    Emperor Zhengde raised his eyebrows, and a burst of anger surged in his heart: "It's really unreasonable. The wind and rain blew down a few trees, and the thunder and lightning shattered a few stone beasts on the eaves of the temple. They have to go around the corner and count them as mys."  Come on, why is this not the work of a wise king! Could it be that I am a foolish king?"

    But as a speaker, the speaker is not guilty. Even his father, the model emperor Hongzhi, was said to be extremely unbearable by the censor. Zhengde suppressed his anger and said: "Then issue an edict, order  Let all the officials come to advise!"

    Zhengde coughed and said: "My dear friends, the rebels who lied to the emperor's mausoleum Yongquan have now been sent to the execution ground to subdue the law. It is imperative to move the mausoleum of the former emperor. Some materials can be removed from the old site, so the estimated cost of rebuilding the new mausoleum is  About three million taels, and I want to raise taxes a little bit, do you have any suggestions?"

    "Sure enough, it's here!" The three grand scholars couldn't help but winked at each other.  After Zhengde retired from the afternoon court yesterday, Xu Guanjin reported the confession of the imperial convicts. Emperor Zhengde was extremely angry and lifted the imperial table, yelling that these traitors and traitors should be punished immediately.  When the three academicians heard the news, they knew that the relocation of the emperor's mausoleum was a foregone conclusion, but where did the huge expenses come from?

    Others don't know that well, don't they know to what extent Daming's finances have been stretched due to continuous natural disasters in the past few years?  As for Wang Qiong, Xu Guan, Hong Zhong and others, because they helped to protect the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, their positions of power and officials were bound to rise to the next level, which directly threatened their status, but it was secondary.

    Reluctantly, Li Dongyang bit the bullet and went out to play: "Your Majesty, the annual income of the imperial court is four million taels, which is enough to pay the expenses. Three quarters of the tomb of the late emperor is used up, and the household department has exhausted its accumulated wealth. If the imperial mausoleum is moved, it will be inevitable  Taxes must be increased. The people are unbearable."

    When Zhengde heard the words, he said angrily: "There are hundreds of millions of people in Ming Dynasty, and each person is taxed one cent more. Why are you talking so alarmist?"

    Li Dongyang hurriedly said: "The emperor calms down. The emperor does not know. In recent years, there have been frequent natural disasters, floods in Henan and Hebei, severe drought in Gansu and Shaanxi without rain, and even the price of rice in the south of the Yangtze River has become extremely expensive. This has led to rampant thieves everywhere. Fortunately, the late emperor benevolent  Virtue, supporting the people with low taxes and loving the people deeply, the people can barely overcome the difficulties, but the people in the poor lands are barely getting by with one meal a day, if the taxes are increased, it may stir up civil uprisings."

    Li Dongyang was afraid that Zhengde would not listen to dissuasion, and was so anxious that he was sweating. If Daming hadn't heard the fable "the straw that broke the camel's back" at that time, he would have followed Jiao Fang's advice  .

    Xie Qian immediately went out to play and said: "Your Majesty, the Miao and Yi continue to cause chaos and endanger the rear. The Tatars are eyeing our Ming Dynasty because of the great advance of the first emperor. The waste of the sea, the frequent floods and droughts, and the shortage of border reserves, it is really impossible to add more troubles.  .¡±

    Zhengde slapped the table and said angrily: "Tailing is not auspicious. Do you want the late emperor to be buried there? Or maybe I, the Son of Heaven, will not be buried in the coffin for ten years, waiting for the people to recuperate?"

    Hironuma is in?Youxi said: "The Ministry of War has nothing to do with this case. Let Liu Qing go as the minister of the court."

    Chen Hongmo was taken aback when he heard this, he would not do this offending job, Chen Hongmo hastily shirked and said: "I thank the emperor for his favor, but I dare not hide it, Dr. Hua Fu of Qin Tianjian is my relative, this case involves Qin Tian  Prisoner, I should avoid suspicion."

    Seeing Zhengde's expression of displeasure, he hurriedly said again: "However, there is only one person, who is also an official of the Ministry of War. He is usually very stable and has nothing to do with this case. It's just that his official position is a bit humble."

    Zhengde said impatiently: "I want to send someone, just want to find some people who have nothing to do with the case to help me understand it. It doesn't matter if the official position is big or small. Who are you talking about?"

    Chen Hongmo hurriedly said: "Wang Shouren, the head of the Ministry of War, is well-known for his reputation, and he is worthy of a heavy responsibility!" (Remember the website website: www.hlnovel.com
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