After the Empress Dowager left, only Zhu Yijun was left in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
He was still reading the memorials. These memorials were written by the ministers to the old Emperor Long Qing. Unfortunately, Emperor Long Qing passed away before he could read them...
"The officials are really tired…The national treasury is empty.”
Zhu Yijun opened Zhang Juzheng's memorial. In the eyes of many officials, this memorial was a great offense to the world…
This was because this memorial was to measure the land and check the taxes…
Zhu Yijun placed Zhang Juzheng's memorial on the table.
No matter how they reformed, they could not escape from the land and farmland. How much tax could the land and farmers pay?
The real tax should come from the merchants.
However, with the ban on the sea, most of the profits earned by merchants were spent on protecting the darts…
If they could open the sea ban, Zhu Yijun believed that with the shrewd minds of the coastal merchants, they would definitely be able to create a large amount of wealth. Merchants were most afraid of bandits. At that time, there was no need for the court to send troops. These merchants would fund the establishment of private troops to maintain stability.
Emperor Long Qing had opened the customs, but it was not enough. If he really wanted the national treasury to be in surplus, he had to build a port for merchants to trade freely at sea...
In addition to the bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi, the Mongolia continued to invade. However, Qi Jiguang trained his troops in Jizhou to prevent the Mongolian soldiers from invading.
It was truly an empire riddled with holes…
……
Unknowingly, it was already late at night.
Zhu Yijun pushed the memorial onto the dragon table. Then, a eunuch carried Zhu Yijun to Yangxin Hall to rest. In a daze, Zhu Yijun fell asleep on the eunuch's back.
Although he was an adult's soul, his body was still that of a ten-year-old teenager...
While Zhu Yijun was resting.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, a few government eunuchs arrived. As usual, they collected the memorials and handed them back to the ministers one by one.
If there was an early court session, some important memorials would be discussed in the court. If it was not an important memorial, it would be returned to the hands of the officials one by one. There was no need to discuss it in the court.
There were a total of 67 memorials. They were all the memorials that the old Emperor had not had time to deal with when he was critically ill…
……
Early in the morning, before dawn, the young eunuch began to call out to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, it's time to wake up. Today is the Fengshan ceremony, and it's an important time that can't be delayed…"
Zhu Yijun lay on the bed, waving his hand with his eyes still blurry. He turned over and fell asleep again.
Outside the throne room, many civil and military officials were already waiting.
Today was the Fengshan ceremony. After today, His Majesty the Emperor would ascend the throne and attend court.
However, the Emperor was only ten years old…
This kind of little emperor probably couldn't do anything and could only be manipulated by the inner palace and the cabinet.
This was what the officials were thinking…
"Emperor, if this lowly one doesn't wake the emperor up and delays the time, this lowly one will be beheaded, wuwu-"
Suddenly, Zhu Yijun opened his eyes.
He placed a pair of small hands in front of his eyes.
"It's not a dream! I'm really Wanli…"
"Quick, quick, quick, put on my clothes. I want to worship the heavens!”The yellow robe was too heavy for Zhu Yijun to wear. Several palace maids came over with dragon cannons and quickly changed Zhu Yijun's clothes.
At this time, the two Empress Dowager also arrived.
One was Empress Dowager Chen and the other was Empress Dowager Li.
Empress Dowager Chen was the Empress, Empress Dowager Li was the Imperial Consort…
The reason why Empress Dowager Li could sit on equal footing with Empress Chen was entirely because her son was about to become the Emperor…
Behind the two Empress Dowager was the Minister of Rites, Gao Yi, who was in charge of the ceremony.
After Gao Yi entered Yangxin Palace Hall, he saw that the little Emperor had already changed into his clothes for the ritual and said,"" Don't worry, Empress Dowager. Leave the matter of the ceremony to me. I will definitely protect the Emperor's dignity…"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Gao."
When the two Empress Dowager saw that Zhu Yijun had finished reorganizing, they left Yangxin Hall to do what they were supposed to do. They did not understand the etiquette of the Fengshan ceremony, so they naturally had to hand it over to the Minister of Rites to handle.
After everyone left, the Minister of Rites, Gao Yi, walked to Zhu Yijun's side and said,""The first step of the Pilgrimage is to climb high…"
"If Your Majesty has any questions, this old minister will accompany Your Majesty and assist Your Majesty in completing the ritual…"
Gao Yi carefully taught him. In his eyes, the little Emperor was a ten-year-old youth. Everything should be done slowly and not in a hurry.
Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Yi and thought of his tragic experience. Although Gao Yi was not a great talent, he was still an upright official with a noble character.
His house was on fire, so he could only stay at his friend's house. He didn't even have the money to repair the house.
Later, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng fought internally. Gao Yi was sad that the Ming Dynasty would collapse. He vomited blood and died.
"After the Emperor ascends the mountain, he will perform a grand ceremony to worship the heavens. After the Fengshan ceremony, His Majesty will be the revered one…"
Gao Yi was explaining the matter of the Pilgrimage Ceremony in detail, but Zhu Yijun's words made his voice stop abruptly.
Zhu Yijun stopped and looked at Gao Yi quietly. He said word by word,"I heard that your house was on fire, so I'm staying at a friend's house. How about this? You'll receive three more years of salary and settle down at home first.”
Gao Yi was shocked, but at the same time, she felt warm inside.
He squatted down and looked at the young emperor. He said,""This old minister's family matters still have to trouble Your Majesty to think about it. This old minister is truly ashamed.”
"Have you read the memorial I gave you?”
"Has the emperor approved my memorial? Wasn't that memorial approved by the old emperor?”
Gao Yi instantly felt as if he had been electrocuted.
This morning, Gao Yi had seen the memorial sent back by the government eunuch. The memorial he had submitted was to revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty. The final reply was that this matter was of great importance and needed to be discussed in court.
Gao Yi didn't pay much attention to it at first because he subconsciously thought that the word 'quasi' was written by the old Emperor. The old Emperor was already dead, and the most important thing now was for the new Emperor to ascend the throne. As for the matter of re-establishing the Great Ming Law, it was not that important…
But now, when Zhang Yi heard the little emperor talking about the memorial, he turned pale with fright.
"Didn't you say that you're going to re-cultivate the Great Ming Law? Law is the foundation of a country. Without it, there will be no country…"
Gao Yi was shocked.
He would never have thought that these words would come from a ten-year-old youth.
Gao Yi muttered to himself,"Law is the foundation of a country. Without it, there will be no country…"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Tears welled up in Gao Yi's eyes. He felt that there was hope for the Great Ming Dynasty's revival. Even if this sentence was given to him by someone else, it was a sign of a wise ruler that he could say it himself.
The little Emperor was still young and could be molded.
If the emperor is wise, then the Ming Dynasty will prosper…
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