Coming out of Xu Xinsu's mansion, on the way back to the palace, Chongzhen, who had been sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, suddenly said: "This Xu Yue's palace etiquette is good, is it the upbringing grandma you arranged?" ”

Wang Chengen was taken aback, and hurriedly replied honestly: "There were many people in the palace who were dismissed last year, and some people were unwilling to go to the temple to retire and were homeless. The old minister thought about it, their life is to know some rules, just after many directors of the Four Seas Trading Company moved their families to the capital, they wanted to ask a few grandmothers to teach their children to know some rules, so the minister arranged for them.

This Xu Xinsu adopted an adopted daughter, and was looking for someone to teach some rules, and when he heard about it, he asked the minister here. The minister selected two elderly palace people who knew the general situation and introduced them to Xu Xinsu's mansion. Your Majesty thinks that there is something wrong, and if it is, the minister will bring him back. ”

Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes and glanced at Wang Chengen, smiled and said, "There's no need to be so nervous, I think this method is very good." These palace people have been in the palace for nearly half their lives, and they have no other skills, there is such a way out, how can I object?

However, it is not necessarily a good thing to let them disperse to various houses. After all, children will always grow up, and when the time comes, what will they do for a living?

I think it would be better to ask the Inner Government to pay some money to build a closed school dedicated to teaching those girls cultural literacy and various manners. In this way, there is no need to worry that those palace people will have nowhere to go in the future. ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty's benevolence, the palace people in the palace have thanked you. However, there is still no need to allocate funds from the Inner Government for this little thing, and the minister has recently received a few small fortunes, which happened to be spent on this school, and he asked His Majesty for permission. ”

"Little money?" Zhu Youzhen asked with some surprise.

Wang Chengen immediately replied: "Yes, a few years ago, when a maritime conference and a merchant congress were held, some merchants wanted to go through the door of the ministers, so they sent a few sums of money, but the ministers pushed but could only accept it temporarily, and they didn't know what to do, and asked Your Majesty for permission to let the ministers spend the money on this school." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "You can make your own decisions about this matter, if the money is not enough, then discuss it with the inner government." In addition, the time to go to Europe is about 9-10 months, and there are about 6 or 7 months left.

I see that this Xu Yue's etiquette has almost learned, but other aspects still need to be trained again. Etiquette and a few dancing skills alone could not impress those English ladies. A few people were selected from the palace and she was trained in painting and jewelry.

In addition, if a Jesuit missionary tells her about English history and English literature, as an English orphan, she cannot even know the history and culture of her own country, such a person will not be liked. ”

Wang Chengen nodded in agreement, and carefully wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. The carriage soon fell silent again, and Chongzhen began to think about other things.

In the last days of late February, in the Chongzhen office in the Wenhua Palace, Guo Yunhou was discussing things with the emperor. Zhu Youzhen looked at the 7 brand-new banknotes in front of him, and couldn't help but say: "Is this the new version of the banknotes?" ”

Guo Yunhou nodded and said: "The original engraving used in this banknote took nearly 12 months, and a total of 7 chief engravers were selected, each of whom was responsible for the engraving of a denomination.

Compared to last year's banknote version, the number of anti-counterfeiting technologies in this version has increased to seven. Even if someone knew all the engraving and anti-counterfeiting methods, it would be difficult for them to imitate exactly the same banknotes without these seven master engravers.

Even if we wanted to remake the plate ourselves, it would take more than a year. Therefore, the minister thought that this version of the banknote could be used for at least 10 years. ”

Zhu Youzhen picked up the banknotes in front of him again and looked at them, which were divided into seven denominations: one yuan, five jiao, two jiao, one jiao, five cents, two cents, and one cent.

The person engraved on the front of the one-yuan banknote is like Emperor Hongwu, the person on the five-corner banknote is like the Yongle Emperor, the person on the two-corner banknote is like the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the top of the one-corner banknote is Chongzhen himself.

The fifth point is Zhang Yu, the king of Hejian, the second point is Zhang Juzheng, the famous minister of Wanli, and the first point is Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures. In fact, when I saw the portraits used in these seven layouts, several officials of the household department still had a lot of opinions.

Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle naturally no one dared to criticize, and it was natural for Chongzhen to occupy a page, but there were many emperors to choose from between Emperor Yongle and Chongzhen, whether it was Renzong, Xuanzong, Shizong, or Shenzong, they were obviously more suitable than the young and dying Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Tianqi reigned for seven years, not only did he have no merits, but also set off a huge party dispute, so in the eyes of these officials, it was not a very good choice.

However, considering that Chongzhen is extremely protective of this brother's reputation, even if he has succeeded to the throne for a year, he still does so, and he does not even allow the courtiers to officially overturn the case for the Donglin Party.

Although Chongzhen's behavior made some Donglin Party members very uncomfortable, his behavior was completely in line with the Confucian ethics of brotherhood, friendship and brotherhood, so although these officials were depressed, they could not challenge Chongzhen on this issue.

Although the household officials did not think that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was a good choice, due to the emperor's attitude and the astonishing cost of this set of engravings, they naturally did not dare to propose to Chongzhen to replace the carved portraits.

Compared with the portrait of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the most controversial is Zheng He on the penny denomination. Compared with Zhang Yu, the king of Hejian, and Zhang Juzheng, the famous minister, the officials were the most angry about letting a eunuch occupy the page of a banknote.

You know, the intaglio that took nearly a year to carve can be described as vivid. Compared to last year's crude version, it is completely different.

Printing such portraits on banknotes, or banknotes with a certain reputation, will obviously greatly increase the reputation of these portraits. The first four emperors are also counted, but only the last three undoubtedly demonstrate the imperial court's recognition of the merits of these people.

For example, after the current British Duke heard about this, he also specially expressed his gratitude to the emperor in a letter, and opened a family temple to announce this happy event to his ancestors.

And when the banknotes printed with Zhang Juzheng were issued all over the world, this kind of behavior of the imperial court was more effective than any rehabilitation. From then on, the people of the world will realize for the first time that Zhang Juzheng's unjust case was officially rehabilitated by the imperial court.

Although the eunuch of Weisanbao has made great achievements, his reputation has only been circulated among the people, and the imperial court has not made a formal evaluation.

Now that his portrait was suddenly printed on a penny, those who were also qualified to be on the front of the banknote were squeezed out of it. I am afraid that once the banknotes are issued on the market, there will inevitably be many people who will object to this. And this is what the household officials are most worried about.

However, Zhu Youzhen obviously didn't care about these, the reason why he chose these portraits and kept the engraving of the original banknote in a state of secrecy was that he didn't want to cause controversy in the government and the opposition before the new version of the banknote was completed.

Choosing these portraits on the banknote, Zhu Youzhen also has his own ideas, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu are the source of Ming orthodoxy, and Emperor Tianqi is the orthodox guarantee for his ascension to the throne. His defense of the reputation of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is essentially to maintain the legitimacy of his reign in power.

And questioning the policy of the apocalypse in the world is undoubtedly tantamount to questioning the legitimacy of the apocalypse to pass on the throne to him, which is obviously unshakable political correctness.

The mistake of the Donglin Party was that they wanted to use him to bring down the policies that Apocalypse had made while he was alive. As everyone knows, this kind of behavior is shaking Chongzhen's own foundation. Chongzhen and Tianqi were half-brothers, and they relied entirely on the edict of Tianqi in terms of the legitimacy of inheriting the throne.

In fact, without the edict of the Apocalypse, although Chongzhen is most likely to inherit the throne, his legitimacy will not be as strong as it is now.

Therefore, denying the policy of Emperor Tianqi during his lifetime is undoubtedly tantamount to Chongzhen's self-denial of the legitimacy of his own succession to the throne. In the eyes of most people, such behavior is undoubtedly a bit forgetful. No matter how mean Tianqi is to the Donglin Party, he still cares about his half-brother.

If he denied all the affairs of the apocalypse during his lifetime as soon as he came to power, wouldn't it be tantamount to saying that the apocalypse chose the wrong person to inherit the throne. It was with these in mind that Chongzhen would never allow the Donglin Party to overturn the case on the surface, although he had pardoned most of the Donglin Party members who had been convicted at the beginning.

The choice of Zhang Yu, the king of Hejian, was his gesture of goodwill to the British princes and nobles, indicating that he had not forgotten the exploits of their ancestors, so as to ensure that these nobles could settle down.

The choice of Zhang Juzheng shows Chongzhen's recognition of Zhang Juzheng's achievements; the second is to officially announce that the reform that began in the early years of Chongzhen will not give up halfway, and the reform will continue; The third is to encourage the officials who support the reform by the way, so that they know that Chongzhen himself is the biggest supporter of the reform in the DPRK and China.

Zheng He's appearance was not just to recognize the exploits of this Ming pioneer of navigation. It also means that from now on, the imperial court will once again elevate the maritime industry to an extremely important position. And Zheng He's identity is also Chongzhen's order to comfort those chamberlains who have been greatly reduced by him, hoping that they will contribute to the country like Zheng He, such as leaving the court without complaints.

The above portraits include emperors, nobles, soldiers, civil officials, eunuchs, and basically the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty has been included. This is also a hint that the current Ming ruling class is still these classes, so everyone does not have to worry that the reform will change their status.

Smart people don't need Chongzhen to speak directly to understand the meaning. Stupid people don't have to think too much, they just need to follow the instructions of their superiors. Basically, there may be many ignorant people in the Ming officialdom, but there are still not many really stupid people.