On the ninth day of the second lunar month, the new emperor ascended the throne and changed the name of the year to Yuanxi.This year is also known as the first year of Yuanxi.Emperor Mingde was promoted to the emperor after the new emperor ascended the throne, moved to Yongshou Palace, and accompanied by a number of harem concubines who were promoted to concubines, they also moved to live in the palace near Yongshou Palace.And the queen mother, who was supposed to be promoted to the queen mother, only got a side hall in Yongshou Palace.Not to mention the name of the queen mother, even the identity of the concubine is not as good.The courtiers did not follow the rules, and the new emperor decisively asserted that the matter was not negotiable, and the monarch and ministers played a game, and the matter was finally over.Pity the queen Jiji camped all her life, and in the end she didn't get anything.Under this series of blows, the body became more and more uncomfortable.And the huge court, because of the relocation of the palace concubine, has also become empty.There was no back and forth between the eunuchs and palace maids, and only the palace guards in mighty armor were left to guard the imperial court.It can be said that this is the quietest harem since the successive emperors of Dayong ascended the throne.Because there is not a single concubine.And as soon as the new emperor Fu ascended the throne, the first fire burned to the clan.The clan guards the ancestral temple of the royal family, and even if no one serves in the court, they still enjoy a lot of offerings.And because of the close or distant blood relationship with the emperor of the current dynasty, how dare ordinary people provoke it.Under such power, there are very few children who can still uphold their integrity, most of them are bullying and domineering, and they are arrogant and rude, and even Kyoto Jingzhao Mansion does not dare to take care of it, which further fuels the arrogance of these people.Zong Xu has long looked at these people unpleasantly.Before ascending the throne, he was afraid of the emperor, so he could only endure these bedbugs that sucked blood on the royal family, but now there is no need to endure it.A series of edicts went on.A large number of the sect's annual offerings have been reduced to less than one percent of the original, and several sect disciples who have committed several serious crimes and been suppressed are directly sent to the heavenly prison, and those who are less responsible for the crime are also ordered to think about it behind closed doors at home, at least one year, at most five years, if they dare to go out privately in the time they have thought about it behind closed doors, then go to the sect's mansion to think about it behind closed doors.The clan elders of the clan were naturally unwilling to accept these edicts, and directly went to the Emperor Taishang.Emperor Yuanxi was called to Yongshou Palace to persuade him, and after he returned, he still meticulously instructed the officials to carry it out.It wasn't until a child of the clan who was found guilty of unforgivable guilt was dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market and beheaded that the rest of the clan members were really frightened.Zong Xu really didn't care about blood relations at all, and he wasn't afraid of the emperor's criticism, so what else could they be arrogant about.Seeing that the clan began to behave with his tail between his legs, Zong Xu's attitude eased slightly.But even if he calmed down, the people in the clan would no longer dare to be presumptuous.Whenever you want to act recklessly, you should first think about the head that fell off in horror at the entrance of the vegetable market, the clansmen who are still eating chaff vegetables in prison, and the endless thinking about life when they are locked up in the Zongren Mansion and do not work day after day.I didn't dare to think about anything.And this second fire burned directly to Emperor Yuanxi's own brothers.It stands to reason that when the new emperor ascended the throne, he should have been crowned king for his brother, and then sent to the fief to guard it.However, Emperor Yuanxi is a sword, not a single brother is not a king, not to mention, but also sent several brothers to various ministries and yamen to grant official positions, if you want to be rich, you can, you have to work for the court.If you don't work, even if you are the emperor's brother, you won't have money to eat.After experiencing the previous clan sue Yongshou Palace, it was useless, and this time the surviving princes learned to be obedient.Anyway, each of them has some properties in their hands that they bought early, and without the prince's wealth, with these properties, at most they will have to live a little poorly in the future, and they will not go hungry.And think about what they did to the new emperor before, it's okay if they didn't kill them after they ascended the throne.Let me go to the yamen.Against Zong Xu, they don't want to die young.The new emperor's ruthless means of using his own family first scared a lot of courtiers, and even his own brothers dared to arrange it like this, they were afraid that this last fire would burn to the court.Zong Xu did not live up to their expectations.This last fire has something to do with the court, but it's not very related.This fire burned to the petty officials and officials in the various yamen of the imperial court, who only ate idle meals and did not work.It is stipulated that the evaluation will be conducted once a month, and those who are lazy, unqualified in the assessment, and accustomed to prevarication will be directly eliminated.For a while, everyone in the yamen in the capital was in danger, and they could no longer see those who were messing around in the past.Everyone began to compete for performance, and they were afraid that if they were eliminated from the assessment at the end of the month, they would never come back.Because there will always be people who work harder and sharpen their heads and drill into them.Wei Xi listened to what Wei Zhao told her about the three fires of the new emperor, and couldn't help but clap his hands and praise it."
First of all, take the clan to open the knife, this is that there is no nobility in front of the national law, as long as you commit a crime, there is no possibility of escaping punishment.""
Then he used the prince to pave the way, and showed his attitude to the courtiers, that is, if you don't work, you won't have anything to eat.Even the prince is like this, and the ministers weigh it themselves. ”"This last fire," Wei Xi counted his chin, "it should be Your Majesty's most attentive." ”Wei Zhao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, "What do you say?"
”"During the reign of the Emperor Taishang, he implemented a great balance of the way, but he did not pay attention to the operation between the various yamen, and His Majesty has been traveling between various ministries since the beginning of listening to the government, and can clearly see that there are many unnecessary official positions in the yamen, which are equivalent to raising a group of idlers and moths, but if they are eliminated at once, it will inevitably cause some panic and dissatisfaction, but if there is an assessment threshold, it will be different.The capable go up, the weak go down, this is the eternal truth, these people are excluded, also because they have no ability, who can blame.In this way, those who are left are truly capable people, and the original goal of simplifying official positions has been achieved, isn't it just the best of both worlds?
”Wei Zhao: "Xi Xi's analysis is very reasonable.However, Your Majesty still has three fires in the harem, do you know?
”Wei Xi's eyes were a little more curious, "Which three fires?"
”"This first one is burned on those concubines, and now His Majesty's harem is empty, these concubines are in the name of picking up their nieces and nieces into the palace to accompany them, in fact, they want to get His Majesty's favor, and the future plans are Xi Xi, can you think of it?"
Wei Xi snorted coldly, "My people dare to covet it, they are thinking about fart." ”Wei Zhao: "Xi Xi is right!
”The two nurturing grandmothers standing on the side: ""Then His Majesty gave a verbal message.No matter which of the concubines' family members came to visit the palace, they stayed in the palace honestly after entering the palace, and if they dared to go around in other parts of the harem, they would be taken down according to the crime of trespassing in the palace, and they would be severely punished!
”Wei Xi hooked his lips when he heard this, "What about the second fire?"
”"This second fire is that His Majesty has put a lot of palace maids out of the palace, except for the necessary positions, the concubine can only leave six palace maids, the emperor ten, Your Majesty himself has not a palace maid by his side, and the rest are either released from the palace, or they are pointed out to the palace guards.Xixi, do you know how many palace maids were released this time?
”"How much?""
Almost five hundred!"
Wei Xi gasped, "That's really a lot." ”She always felt that there were indeed a lot of people serving in the palace, but she didn't expect that the real number was so huge, not to mention that it saved five hundred people to eat, drink and Lazar, these five hundred palace maids who were released could become biological children with others, and how many next generations could be added to Dayong, this deal was really cost-effective."
Where's the third?""
Your Majesty has pushed all the cold palaces here.""
Cold Palace?""
That's right, even the palace where His Majesty grew up has now been razed to the ground, and he ordered that no more cold palaces be set up in this palace.""
These three fires should completely burn the palace, right?"
Wei Zhao wanted to say that it was more than peace, those girls from the concubine's mother's family, the palace maids who wanted to climb into bed, now they all wanted to be ten feet away from His Majesty.Not to mention that they still want to win His Majesty's favor, what they want now is to save their lives first, where do they dare to have other thoughts.Imperial Palace, Yongshou Palace.Emperor Mingde glanced at Concubine Yue, just as he cried about His Majesty's unkindness.opened his mouth without mercy, "What are your ideas, the people in this palace know it, your niece is a fool, knowing that the emperor has given an order, and she dares to stop in front of the newly built palace, she has made a new realm of death." ”Since being promoted to Empress Taishang, Emperor Mingde has obviously let himself go more.Among them, it is an unprecedented leap in scaring people.The original Yue Guiren and the current Concubine Yue were said to be red and white, and the words that she wanted to defend were blocked in her throat.Hearing the sound of "Your Majesty has arrived" outside, she was startled and stood up subconsciously.Zong Xu didn't even look at her after coming in, and only saluted Emperor Mingde, "I've seen my father." ”Emperor Mingde sat up slightly, "What is the matter with Your Majesty coming over this time?"
”In his Yongshou Palace, Zong Xu came in no more than five times.And every time he has something serious, he didn't come to see him alone.Emperor Mingde looked forward to it, and he got used to it.So as soon as Zong Xu came this time, he asked what was the matter."
Father," Zong Xu arched his hand towards Emperor Mingde, and glanced in the direction of Concubine Yue, shrunk her whole person and guessed his gaze, "Erchen thinks that since you miss your family and your mother's children so much, you don't have to take your mother's children to the palace so troublesomely, and you have to abide by the rules of the palace, it is better to wait for the concubines to be homesick, and let them go home to live for a while, and when you don't want to go home, what do you think?"
”Since the last time he met a strange girl who wanted to seduce him outside the palace he had newly repaired for Xi Xi, Zong Xu was almost disgusted.In his opinion, this harem is his future home with Xi Xi.It must not be a place where outsiders can easily enter.Since you are homesick, it's easy to do, send you out of the palace!
Concubine Yue's face turned completely white after seeing Emperor Mingde's somewhat moved expression.Where are they homesick, the purpose is clearly this majesty!