The Imperial City Division has been a bit ferocious these past few days. They took away seven or eight people from the front division to the inner palace, and never put them back again.
The officials also ordered the Privy Council to rotate the ranks of the inner palace squads.
There are no secrets in the palace. As for what happened in the inner garden, the government minister also heard about it. The officials did not kill the whole inner palace team, which was considered a mercy.
These days, concubines went to Ciming Palace every day to undergo physical examinations. Then... Empress Cao killed three pregnant concubines with a cane one after another.
Empress Cao was so ruthless, but no one in the Political Hall said a word, and even the most noisy Yushitai, no one handed her a note.
Zhao Zhen knew that his bad deeds might have caused a storm in the city.
There were no early morning appointments in recent days, and Zhao Zhen did not even go to the Wende Palace. As the Ciming Palace expanded the scope of personal examinations, things became increasingly worse for him, and he had no face to see his husband at all.
"Ms. Zhang, do you know the consequences of interceding for Mrs. Chen?"
Empress Cao has been annoyed enough these days. The Zhang family, relying on the favor of the officials, actually pointed out the dirty things in the inner garden.
Now, he actually dares to intercede for a disfigured palace maid!
"Sister, Chen has never been favored by the official family, and has no rank. She is just a handyman. The guards are in love with her, and they are not causing trouble to the palace. They are just waiting for time for Chen to get married after leaving the palace."
"The official family has always been tolerant, but now the chaos in the palace has caused the inner court to be silent, and the court is probably watching with cold eyes. Sister, if you let the Chen family go, it may not be a good story for your husbands, and even the people of the capital, and it can also relieve the eldest sister's recent days.
So depressed."
Zhao Xi has also been paying attention to the chaos in Neiyuan these days.
To be honest, he couldn't accept the method of killing with a stick.
It's not that he thinks it shouldn't be dealt with, nor does he feel pity for those damn concubines, it's just that palace ladies like Chen... Anyway, my father doesn't like it, and it would be a waste to let her go in the palace. If it is true as Mrs. Zhang said, letting her go may not be a waste.
Good thing.
He also knows that the current ministers in the court are probably holding back and waiting for the situation to develop. Maybe the trend is not right, and they will start to present one after another. Although he will not directly say that the father is responsible for the situation.
If you don't shit in the latrine, you will find faults and find trivial things to blame.
It is said that it is to correct the emperor's behavior and rectify the emperor's gains and losses, but it is actually to vent the imbalance in his heart.
We are all human beings. The so-called emperor. To scholars like them, the emperor is just a person who bears the title of His Majesty.
Judging from several exchanges between the husband-in-law and his father, Zhao Xi did not see the respect that the courtiers had for the emperor. On the contrary, they were more picky and found fault.
Even when he, the successor of the empire, met scholars in Zishan Hall, they were only polite and showed no awe.
It's as if he is the opposite of them.
Scholars, as the elite of this era, have read through the historical changes, but they do not understand the meaning of imperial power and heavenly right.
Zhao Xi was studying his books after school, but some words in the main hall still caught his ears and entered his heart.
For the first time, he discovered that Zhang's family was not a vase that relied on skin to gain favor. At least these two sentences just made him want to slap him in admiration.
The so-called strange things turn into good things, or good things turn into bad things, are all due to demand. They are also ways to change topics and conflicts.
Regarding the chaos in the Neiyuan, it is better to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys or to act as a warning to others. We definitely cannot continue like this.
It has been extended from concubines to palace maids. Now it is no longer simply about punishing irregularities, but seems to have a sense of venting anger.
"Please ask the officials for a pardon!"
After all, Queen Cao was not overwhelmed by anger and still retained her clarity.
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"Dad, the chaos in the inner garden caused the people who arranged for the child in his early years to be expelled in all likelihood, and the inner palace team was completely destroyed. It was the child's incompetence in doing things."
Zhao Zongsheng bowed his head and made a statement to King Runan. The matter was settled, and at the same time, all his years of business had been ruined.
Of the four beautiful women who had been manipulated, now none were left. Three were killed with a stick and one was hanged.
Even the Ban Zhi of the Inner Palace were all cleaned up by the Imperial City Division. In other words, all the preparations he had made for Thirteen were all in vain because of this action.
It actually fulfilled Zhao Zhen's reputation for kindness! It also fulfilled a pair of inexplicable guards and maids.
Although he was deemed a low-income person, he finally had a life.
"Zong Sheng, let's put this matter aside!"
King Runan somewhat believed that Zhao Zhen was favored by God.
The heir's life was supposed to be cut off, but the third son Zhao Xi was unexpectedly resurrected, and then sabotaged his own preparations one after another.
He even suspected that the chaos this time was also related to that evil boy.
Whenever he thought of that strong and clever little baby, he shuddered a little, always feeling that the child could see into the world.
When Yu Gaoming entered the palace and recounted the rumors about the single room again, Zhao Zhen finally had the nerve to discuss business matters with the princes.
Zhao Xi, on the other hand, accompanied the empress to prepare the first batch of biscuits. This was also the first time that the empress had carefully calculated costs and benefits, and she truly took Xi'er's snacks seriously.
Zhao Xi watched the empress directing the female officials to do the abacus, which was quite pleasing to the eye.
Pairs of small hands push the beads up and down at will, making a rhythmic collision sound. It is a wonderful enjoyment for both sight and hearing.
It was the accounting method after the numbers came out that made Zhao Xi gag!
What is all this? With such an accounting method, it is estimated that only the person who kept the accounts at the time finally understood what was going on. Others wanted to understand, but they only had one page of the account book, and they couldn't understand it for three to five days.
Zhao Xi is not a professional accountant, but he still has a general understanding of the debit and credit accounting method that he has seen. At least it is clear at a glance. Even a layman can get a general idea by just mentioning it.
It feels like the accounting method they are using now is purely for the purpose of playing tricks and deceiving people. At least Zhao Xi feels that if he is doing accounting, he can use many methods to confuse these accounts, so that the auditors can see No problems arise.
I can't stand it any longer! Zhao Xi looked at the records from raw materials, to wages, to delivery and sales. The more people looked at them, the more dizzy and confused they became.
"My dear, can I use this method to keep accounts?"
The brush was very difficult to draw lines, so Zhao Xi asked Wang Zhongzheng to find a sample of the memorial, turned it over, and finally drew the table, and then simply wrote out and in.
Originally, I wanted to write the loan and debit according to the later generations, but I was afraid that I would have to explain the loan for a long time, so I simply wrote it as a discrepancy, so that it would be easier to understand.
"Xi'er, why is this?"
"Your Majesty, please pay, including all expenses, from flour to personnel rewards, and finally the inner garden expenses, all can be counted as expenses, just list them."
"Input means all the input items are sold, including the sale of cake recipes and batches of biscuits. All you need to do is list them."
"The two items of income and expenditure are summarized on each page, which naturally reflects the profit and loss. Finally, the profit and loss and balance can be directly reflected on a ten-day basis, a monthly basis, a quarterly basis, and a year-by-year basis."