Even if the boundary is crossed, she still has to put forward her own opinion. She does not cross the boundary for herself, but for the country.
"Your Majesty, do you know what I saw on the street today?"
Yan Li snorted coldly and turned his head.
"Chenqie and Chuntao saw the imperial uncle's convoy and Chu Lin's convoy meeting at the T-junction. Their servants and servants refused to give in to each other. Chu Lin sent someone to beat the imperial uncle's clerk, and his fingers were broken! Chu Lin Just became Sikong, so arrogant and domineering, let him take over the military power in the future, let him be a chariot general, then he will not even look down on the emperor!"
Shock flashed in Yan Li's eyes: "Is what you said true?"
Rong Changan: "The concubine has never lied to the emperor."
Yan Li gritted his teeth: "This Chu Lin has gone too far!"
Although Yan Shijie has resigned from all official positions, at least he is his uncle. Why did Chu Lin act so boldly and beat Yan Shijie's founder? Does Chu Lin still have the royal family in his eyes
Rong Chang'an: "This is also the reason why I came to the emperor today. If Chu Lin is not restricted, he will surely cause great anger and resentment in the future. If the hearts of the people go away, how will the country be stable? How can the emperor still sit in the country?"
Yan Li was indeed very angry with Chu Lin's behavior, but on the one hand, he couldn't bear Rong Changan's questioning of his appointment of Chu Lin.
"As for Chu Lin's beating of the emperor's uncle Kai Daoist, I will deal with it myself, don't bother the queen to worry about it."
Rong Changan already understood Yan Li's meaning from Yan Li's expression and Yan Li's words.
"Your Majesty, after today, the courtiers and concubines will no longer interfere in political affairs, and the military power of the Northern Army will also be fully returned to the Emperor."
Yan Li's mouth moved: "I don't want to take the Queen's power."
Rong Changan smiled. What he said was against his will, even he didn't believe it himself!
"The concubine does not mean that the emperor seizes power. I am a woman, and my job is to handle the affairs of the harem for the emperor. As for the affairs of the outer court, it is enough for the emperor and ministers to handle them. I will be in Fengming Palace in the future, sewing and mending , weaving and washing, if the mood comes, read, draw, write and write poems."
Yan Li said inwardly: If you were like this earlier, it would be fine!
Rong Changan turned around to go out, when he suddenly remembered something: "I was walking around the capital today, and I heard something said that the emperor built a garden for the queen on the west side of the capital, and the style of the garden is just like that of Jiangnan. no?"
Yan Li had indeed issued such an imperial decree, and had already sent people from the Ministry of Industry to requisition land for construction.
"Empress Chu is from Jiangnan. She always told me that she misses the beauty of Jiangnan. In order to appease her homesickness, I built her a Jiangnan-style garden. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Rong Changan: "Empress Chu is now pregnant with the emperor's child. The empress should build a garden for the empress's feelings. But I hope the emperor can control the scale of the garden. Dajing Kingdom has not yet recovered from Pan Meichen's rebellion. , will shake the foundation."
Yan Li's face was embarrassing again: "Of course I know, the queen is not allowed to remind! Just now the queen said that she will never ask about political affairs again, isn't it a bit insincere?"
Yan Li's words were like needle pricks, and Rong Chang'an felt his heart hurt so much.
"Okay, this is the last time, and the concubine will never ask about government affairs again!"
Rong Changan bowed deeply to Yan Li, who had his back to her, but Yan Li was unmoved.
"The concubine resigns!"
"Queen, go slowly!" Yan Li's words were like meaningless endorsements.
Walking outside Yong'an Palace, Rong Chang'an noticed that the corners of his eyes were cold, and wiped them with his index finger, it turned out that a tear fell down at some point.
The next day, Yan Li inspected the West Garden built for Chu Fei'er, and he deliberately took Chu Lin with him. Standing on a high slope, looking down at the people working in the wind and cold.
"Minister of the Ministry of Industry, how many hectares does the West Garden occupy?"
The minister of the Ministry of Industry held a notebook in his hand and flipped through it: "The entire West Garden has a total of 250 hectares of land requisitioned."
Yan Li was taken aback: "How much did you say?"
The minister of the Ministry of Industry said again: "A total of two hundred and fifty hectares!"
Yan Li's eyebrows suddenly turned upside down, his eyes were sharp and stern: "Didn't I say that we only need fifty hectares? How can we get two hundred more hectares?"
With such a large area, I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be spent.
The minister of the Ministry of Industry thought that Yan Li would be happy, and replied with a trembling voice: "Fifty hectares of land from the common people were confiscated, and the extra two hundred hectares were uncultivated and uninhabited wasteland. Please rest assured, your majesty, we have not Take the people's land by force. The high slope where we are standing now is also a wasteland, we plan to build a tower here that can pick up stars, climb up the tower, and the emperor can look down on the entire Dajing Kingdom!"
Yan Li suddenly stretched out his hand: "Show me the notebook!"
The minister of the Ministry of Industry handed the engineering book in his hand to Yan Li. Yan Li took a look, and his pupils slowly dilated.
The construction of the entire garden will cost as much as 500 million taels of silver for materials, and the cost of hiring people's labor is also about 100 million taels.
The pillars for the construction of garden buildings are planned to be transported from Bashu by water, and the cost of water is relatively low; but those steles and pillars have to be transported by land from counties and counties in the northeast. The cost is so high that Yan Li is speechless!
Stab it!
Yan Li tore up the notebook and threw it in the air, the pieces were blown by the wind and blown down the high slope.
"Don't I know that there is wasteland to build a garden? But if the garden is expanded to 250 hectares, the cost will be much higher. Now the country is full of desolation, and a lot of waste is waiting to be built. How can we build such a huge garden? You Immediately go to the Ministry of Industry, redraw the construction plan, and then send it to the Shang Study Room for me to see in person."
"This… "
The minister of the Ministry of Industry squinted at Chu Lin. Chu Lin put his hand on his mouth and cleared his throat with two coughs.
"Your Majesty, if the area is reduced to 50 hectares, there will be no atmosphere of Jiangnan! Jiangnan is famous for its water, how many ponds and lakes can be built with an area of 50 hectares? The people from the Ministry of Industry also started from the name of Jiangnan to plan. Determine the area and build a garden.”
Yan Li asked coldly: "According to Lord Chu, two hundred and fifty hectares are enough?"
Chu Lin smiled and spoke flatteringly: "If the emperor thinks that 250 hectares is too much, why don't you ask the people in the Ministry of Industry to reduce the amount by 50 hectares, so that the total is 200 hectares. What do you think?"
"Two hundred hectares?" Yan Li pondered for a while, then shook his head, "It's still too much."
If the garden was not big, it would not be able to show the status of his daughter in Yan's heart. Chu Lin gritted his teeth and reported the number again:
"How about reducing another twenty hectares?"
Yan Li smiled, with sarcasm in his smile: "Many people say you are stingy, and I will be skeptical, but now it seems that you are indeed so! However, it is not the place where you are stingy. I reduced the garden area to save money and serve the common people. Do things. I have decided, the garden area is 100 hectares! If anyone hides and increases the area of one hectare, I will take him as a question!"
Then, Yan Li asked about the treatment of the hired people.
After inspecting the construction of the garden, Chu Lin invited Yan Li and the accompanying officials to his mansion for a grand feast. While drinking, Yan Li suddenly looked at Chu Lin coldly.
"Lord Chu, what do you think of the position I gave you? Are you satisfied?"
Chu Lin smiled and said: "Satisfied, satisfied! Even if the emperor gives me a ninth-grade sesame official, I will have no complaints or regrets."
Yan Li said: "You know that I can give you the position of the third prince, and I can also turn you into a ninth-rank sesame official overnight, that would be great. If I hear the news about your domineering and domineering, I will not Be soft."