On May 18, Emperor Zhengde ascended to Cheng'anmen (Tiananmen) and declared the world that the new emperor ascended the throne.

He placed the imperial edict in the mouth of a golden phoenix, and tied a yellow silk ribbon to the golden phoenix with his own hands. The eunuch, the leader of the Silijian, put the golden phoenix down the battlements. The officials of the Ministry of Rites kneeled on the ground under the city tower, held up a golden lacquer plate decorated with clouds and received the order. Then he sent the horse to the Ministry of Rites to copy it and printed it all over the world. Zhengde officially became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This is the "Golden Phoenix Imperial Imperial".

Then Emperor Zhengde returned to the Golden Palace surrounded by all officials, ascended to the dragon throne, and accepted the congratulations of all officials. At this time, the congratulatory envoys and etiquettes of the vassal kings and the four barbarians and the kingdoms were still on the way.

After Zhengde took office, he immediately announced the three imperial edicts from the Bingguo, and each ministries and departments immediately implemented them vigorously.

The first imperial edict was the commander-in-chief of the funeral ceremony who was thrown into prison the day after he was on duty. The Minister of Rites Wang Qiong had already drafted it, "The way of knowing the heavens is pure and honest, the sages, literature, gods, martial arts, and great virtues and respecting the emperor." His Majesty Xiaozong was devoted to the heavens and asked the whole country to stay in mourning.

All subjects were filial and white cloth was wrapped around their hats. After the new emperor ascended the throne, all the officials of the capital were still wearing filial piety. They were not allowed to wear court boots and replaced with straw sandals. The two wings of the gauze hat were removed and replaced with two white cloth hanging down to their shoulders.

The bells of all temples were ringing 30,000, and they kept ringing day and night. Within three days, officials from all four ranks and above all went to the Qianqing Palace in batches to send their spirits. Each person cried 15 times, and was directed by the Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites. For a time, all the participating people were coordinating their movements. Whenever they cried, they cried and stopped. It was like playing symphony music in the Qianqing Palace.

The second imperial edict was made by Emperor Zhengde, three great ministers and nine ministers of the six ministries, and finally decided on the threat of the emperor, and ordered Li Jie, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, Ni Qian, the deputy chief of the Imperial Heaven Supervision, Dai Yi, the eunuch of the Ministry of Rites, Li Duo, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, and Yang Ling, the left superior general of the Shenji Camp, to supervise the Tailing project of Emperor Hongzhi.

Although the cabinet ministers had to surrender because Emperor Zhengde was a scoundrel, and the officials in charge of the construction of the imperial tombs were forced to surrender, they deliberately ranked him at the end in the imperial edict. However, Yang Ling, who had no ambition, was really sorry for Emperor Zhengde's painstaking efforts, and he didn't care at all.

For others, supervising the construction of an imperial tomb is not only an extremely glorious thing, but also very helpful for future career promotion. Yang Ling was reluctant to command it. He just wanted to follow him and run around the cemetery every day. He asked him to preside over the gift and run around the cemetery every day. Not to mention that he did not have the ability, and he was not very happy in his heart.

The difficulties made by the Grand Secretary have helped him. Now Yang Ling is only responsible for commanding tens of thousands of officers and soldiers drawn from the Five Army Governor's Office and the three major camps to serve. As soon as the staff was in place, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, and the Imperial Heaven Supervision began to point fingers. Yang Ling almost became an idle person. He didn't have to be there every day, but he was happy to be free and comfortable.

The third edict, Emperor Zhengde raised his butcher knife and scattered all the cowardly aura he suffered from on civil servants on the unlucky people. Because Emperor Xiaozong suddenly bleeded and died after taking the medicine. The eunuch Zhang Yu, who served Emperor Xiaozong, took medicine, Liu Wentai, the imperial physician Gao Tinghe, was executed, the Imperial Hospital envoy Shi Qin was dismissed from office, and the Taichang Temple Shaoqing Li Zongzhou and other relevant officials were demoted.

What made the ministers wonder was that Bao Jinchen, deputy sergeant of Shenji Camp, Liu Shiyong, chief of the Dushi Officer, Bao Jinzhong and other more than ten military generals who were waiting to be sergeant were also pulled to Caishikou to accompany him. General Bao Shen and Liu Dushi were taken out of the Heavenly Prison, but Bao Jinzhong came from the Jinyiwei. The prison officer found his true self and it was really hard to verify his integrity.

Although Qian Ning was very considerate to him, he did not need to suck his intestines, exercise, hang his spine, suck his knees, and wash those deadly punishments, he was already in trouble, and even his cousin, General Bao Shen, could not recognize him.

At that time, everyone in the court was dissatisfied with no expression. Only Bao Caiban was so excited that he couldn't wait to stretch his neck and wait for the knife, which won the onlookers' cheers.

Miao Kui was secretly investigating the secret order of the late emperor and was secretly investigating which foreign king the person who bought guns, fire and ammunition was. This matter was of great importance. Emperor Hongzhi told him not to tell Zhu Houzhao before he had found out, so Zhengde didn't know about it at all.

When Miao Kui heard the sudden decree of Emperor Zhengde, he immediately rushed to the court to shout "Save people under the knife". Unfortunately, when he arrived there, he only saw the families of the deceased carrying coffins and sending them to the cemetery.

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The new emperor ascended the throne, and the state affairs were heavy, and the three great masters were busy. They did not forget their colleague who was locked in the prison, but they repeatedly asked Emperor Zhengde to pardon Wang Qiong for his disrespect, but Zhengde ignored it at all.

With the care of the six ministers and the nine ministers, Mr. Wang did not suffer any pain in the prison. However, such an old minister was imprisoned for more than ten days, and the court officials were inevitably talking about it. They did not dare to slander the emperor, and they couldn't help but take their anger on Yang Ling. Most of these civil servants passed by Yang Ling coldly, which made Yang Ling very embarrassed.

Yang Ling actually said good things to Wang Qiong many times, but when Zhengde thought of the old guy standing in front of him, he spitted his face. His arrogant look made people hate him. He sincerely wanted to teach him a lesson, so he didn't even allow Yang Ling's plea.

At this time, the Imperial Horse Supervisor had just been transferred back to the palace under the order. Yang Ling and Miao Kui handed over the palace ban, leaving five hundred personal guards to stay in the palace for the time being. The other officers and soldiers were immediately dispatched to Tailing to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb. All the matter was stopped. Yang Ling rushed back to the Qianqing Palace. As soon as he walked to the front of the palace, he saw Wang Jiao and Yang Fang, two adults, walked out of the palace with gloomy faces.

When Yang Ling saw this, he stopped and bowed to him. When the two saw Yang Ling, they ignored him and sneered and left. Yang Ling knew that these ministers who had their own opinions were honest and loyal ministers. By chance, they became treacherous ministers in their eyes, so they could only let them do nothing, so they shook their heads and smiled bitterly into the hall.

The little emperor was muttering the memorial, and he threw it aside after reading it. Liu Jin stood aside with the whisk. When he saw Yang Ling, he couldn't help but smile and raised his hand to say hello.

These days, Yang Ling also knew that the little emperor was very easy-going, so he pointed at Liu Jin and made a gesture of silence, and quietly walked to Zhengde.

The post that Zhu had copied was hanging on the table. Yang Ling saw one comment: "I will add the learning silver, so why should I pick it up from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to this day? If there is too much inkstone paper, I will send it to me." Another comment: "Local officials can handle such trivial matters. If I also want to review it, what's the use of waiting?"

When Yang Ling looked at this note, he wrote small fly heads in densely packed with small fly heads. Yang Ling knew that no matter who wrote the note, there were clichés in front of it that praise and greeting him, and he could almost ignore it. He glanced down quickly. The general idea of ​​the note was that some people in Baiyue region took Annan rice and combined it with our rice seeds to produce a new rice. Compared with the original rice seeds, the yield also increased. Please recommend it to the emperor.

When Yang Ling looked at this note, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, food is the most important thing for the people. If there is new rice, it can increase the yield. Even if one mu increases ten kilograms, the increase in the country's land acres will be more than billions? The emperor should not underestimate it."

Zhengde turned his head and saw that it was him, and he couldn't help but be happy: "You are back. I am about to find someone to find you. I want to leave your left scepter camp in the capital. The great scholars refused. Liu Jin came up with a good idea. He circled seven imperial villages near the capital. Your men and horses were my personal guards and stationed in the imperial village. Haha, they have nothing to say now."

Yang Ling was shocked when he heard this. Wouldn't this be the target of public criticism? He found out that the people in the imperial village had more money and food than ordinary people. The people were suffering so much that they had to count themselves.

He looked at Liu Jin with anger. Liu Jin stood beside Zhengde with a proud look on his face. He also felt that he had done something great for Yang Ling. He wished to regard Yang Ling's look as the gratitude of the mighty uncle to him.

Yang Ling did not sigh, and left the matter aside, and said first: "Your Majesty, this memorial should be discussed by the three great scholars. Since this rice can increase yield by resistant to insects and drought, it is very beneficial to the people of the Ming Dynasty. It should be handed over to local trial planting. If it is really effective, it will be widely recommended and the people will benefit. Who would not be grateful for the emperor's kindness?"

Seeing that Zhengde was not very concerned when he heard this, he couldn't help but have an idea and said, "If this rice is really useful, it is the emperor's keen eye to recognize treasures. Jie Shichen asked to name it after the emperor's reign and call it "Zhengdemi". Then people will remember the emperor for thousands of years."

After saying this, Emperor Zhengde became very interested. He said happily: "Yang Qing's words are reasonable, so just like this. The local bureaucrats and gentry should try planting. Each family must not be less than two acres. Once it is really good, it will be promoted." He hurriedly pulled the note, wrote the reply on it, and immediately called the eunuch next to the door and said, "Send it to the Grand Secretary to read it immediately."

This incident suddenly triggered Yang Ling's thoughts. I remember that Han Lin had taken back a few sweet potatoes when he was in the Jimingyi. People in the north thought it was rare. It was already May. I am afraid that the effect of this rice will not be known in the next year.

Sweet potatoes and other things are known to be prolific. Although it is a bad thing for Liu Jin to encircle the imperial farm, if I can make the emperor agree to plant this kind of thing in the imperial farm, everyone will know its benefits. The people are actively planting their values. The capital is the foundation of the world. The people here will grow this kind of food widely and it will spread all over the world in a few years.

Yang Ling became more and more excited as he thought about it. Just as he was thinking about how to speak, Liu Jin laughed and said, "Mr. Yang, your army is always stationed in the capital, so we can meet in front of His Majesty from time to time. Haha, just now, Yang Fang and Wang Jiao took a note of Xinyang flood to see the emperor. I heard that the emperor wanted to circle the imperial village and let you station in the capital, but he even slandered him to stop it."

Yang Ling knew that Liu Jin showed goodwill to him, but when he heard about the Xinyang flood, he was shocked. It has been so many days since the imperial court has not dealt with it. If people really starved to death, wouldn’t it force the people to rebel? He asked quickly: “Why haven’t the Xinyang disaster been distributed yet?”

Emperor Zhengde said: "Sir Liu has ordered the allocation of money and grain to provide relief to the local area, but they are more and more eager to avoid money and grain in Xinyang for another three years. This flood is a temporary problem. If the flood recedes, it will be fine. Why do we need to avoid money and grain for three years? We were almost deceived by them by crying and wiping tears. Fortunately, Liu Jin reminded me that I was not deceived."

Yang Ling felt something was wrong and said, "Emperor, Henan has many disasters and many difficulties, and most of the people have no spare food. This relief is just to solve their temporary food and clothing. Moreover, there will be plagues after the flood. Even if the people have some savings, they cannot withstand trouble. If some money and food can be reduced and the people have hope and rest, it will be a good thing for the country and the people."

Liu Jin was a little worried and said, "Mr. Yang is kind-hearted and pity for the people, but he harmed the court. There are quite a few officials who bought good places. Once this example is opened, I wonder how many officials will use the excuse of famine to ask the emperor to avoid this and that. Wouldn't the court be unable to make ends meet?"

Zhengde nodded when he heard this and said, "It's not bad, what Liu Jin said makes sense. I think they are too exaggerated. Will a flood be filled with misery? You can't indulge them."

Liu Jin said again: "The court never sets rules for local money and grain inspections, and they do not check carefully. Even if there is money and grain in their treasury, they often cry to the court for poor. The emperor is young, so he cannot let his ministers deceive him. The old slave suggested that the emperor set rules that he would send people to patrol the local money and grain income every year. He had his own account in his heart so that he would not be deceived."

Yang Ling looked at him in surprise, and unexpectedly, Liu Jin, who was ignorant and knew how to harm others, had such insights. Later generations had developed communications, sound systems, and auditing agencies audited the places every year. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was inconvenient and the news was blocked. If the local financial management was not strengthened, it would be detrimental to the court.

However, if the eunuchs of the internal officials were appointed to carry out this good thing, I am afraid that they would still please the emperor and mostly those who have enough pockets. At that time, a bunch of skinned skins appeared, and the good things turned into bad things. Yang Ling hurriedly added: "This idea is good. It is very beneficial to strengthening the control of the court and the annual income. The emperor should set rules by the Ministry of Revenue, and they will send personnel to implement it every year."

Liu Jin was approved by him and his face turned red. He hadn't thought about what to get from it at this time, but he just wanted to show off his skills in front of the emperor. Yang Ling was a close minister of the emperor and a mighty uncle. The poems and books he had read were many times better than those of him who knew a few big words. Yang Ling could agree with his opinion. Liu Jin suddenly felt that he was not only good at serving people, but also had some real skills.

He was happy for a moment and immediately spoke: "I thought that Yang Fang and Wang Yang were doing their best to Xinyang because they were officials from Xinyang, so they favored the countryside. Even the officials in the court were like this, and local officials were even more unbearable. In order to prevent nepotism and relatives from taking bribes, local officials across the country should not serve in the province. By the same token, the censor of the canal transport cannot be held by the people of Jiangnan."

Yang Ling's eyebrows pounded and thought to himself: Liu Jin is not a good person, so he judges a gentleman with a villain's heart, and thinks that everyone else is so unbearable. Are the officials in the world all illegitimate? But then he thought, this method can indeed prevent private behavior to a certain extent.

Yang Ling said: "What Eunuch Liu said is very reasonable, but most talented scholars in the world are concentrated in several places. If all officials in the country are not allowed to serve in the province, then many officials will be difficult to arrange. It is better to stipulate that officials in wealthy provinces are not allowed to serve in the province in order to avoid suspicion, so there is more room for choice."

After Zhengde ascended the throne, he couldn't think of any edict that could be issued to show the new emperor's ability. When he heard that the two Yang Ling mentioned by Liu Jin agreed with them and added them, he immediately became interested. He picked up his pen and wrote them down carefully, treating them as the first two new policies issued after he was in charge of the country.

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Zhengde was a little serious when he was the emperor at the beginning, but the memorials were written in a stinky and long manner, and the content was really boring. After a while of reviewing, he became impatient and asked Liu Jin to accompany him to tease the little monkey.

Yang Ling walked out of the Ganqing Palace alone and stood at the palace gate and stopped for a while. Now the four guards in the Imperial Horse Prison have been transferred back to the palace, and he no longer has to stay in the palace forever, but when he came back just now, the emperor had no intention of asking him to leave, and he did not find a chance to speak.

Thinking about it, it has been more than a month since he led his troops into the mountain and then entered the palace. He and Youniang are so close to each other. They are both in Beijing and have not walked much, but they cannot meet each other. They really miss each other very much.

I can't go back today, and it's time to go back in two days. Is that little girl missed me? I don't know if she has lost weight. Yang Ling thought of the cute little girl, and couldn't help but feel hot in her body. She wanted to run back immediately and hug the delicate and tactful little lady in her arms and make a fussy and intimate.

He was looking at Qingteng in the courtyard with a charming heart, and a civil servant walked into the palace and saw him standing in front of the palace gate, so he came over. The man looked at him, his orange-like old face was filled with a humble smile, and bowed and said, "Is this powerful man, Lord Yang? Ah, it's Lord Yang."

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment and turned his head to see that he was a familiar civil servant. He was afraid that he was not seventy years old. He had a golden pheasant embroidered on his clothes. He was a second-rank official. Yang Ling hurriedly bowed and said, "You are rude, sir."

The old man laughed and said, "I am Jiao Fang, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

Yang Ling hurriedly said, "It turns out it's Lord Jiao. Are you trying to see the emperor?"

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Chapter completed!