After hearing what Chen Hong said, Zhu Youxiao retracted his gaze, waved his hand, and said casually: "Just take care of the arrangements. Get everything ready as soon as possible so that we can move over."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I will arrange for someone to do it right away." Chen Hong agreed quickly.
Looking at Chen Hong's leaving back, Zhu Youxiao shook his head and walked out of the hall.
Lying on the jade railing, gazing at the distant blue sky and the sea of clouds slightly rolling in the wind, Zhu Youxiao felt a little relaxed and comfortable.
This trip out of the palace completely calmed his hesitant heart and helped him find the direction for the next step.
The road ahead is bumpy, so you'd better find a relatively safe place to stay.
Xiyuan is now in a state of great desolation. After moving there, I can take all the people there away, and then select some people I trust enough to bring over to ensure my own safety.
At the same time, Xiyuan is more spacious and suitable for doing other things.
The palace is so large that it might be hard to tell who is loyal and who has their own ideas, because there are so many people and their hearts are so complicated.
But it would be easier to choose some loyal people. The eunuchs and palace maids in the inner court had been purged several times, so if there were still any suspicious ones, they would be discarded.
So this is a good way to ensure safety, and Zhu Youxiao is preparing to move to Xiyuan.
As for the queen and two concubines, they would naturally be taken with them.
Forget about the others, just stay here.
After arriving at Xiyuan, I can start planning and implementing new things.
But I still have to think about how to start.
The news that His Majesty was moving to the Western Garden could not be concealed. After the news spread, everyone in the court had different attitudes.
People like Xu Guangqi and Shen Tingyun thought it was no big deal. Your Majesty could live wherever he pleased. There was no major construction going on, so why should they interfere? Besides, Your Majesty hadn't neglected his duties, so why should they interfere?
However, some people thought that the West Garden was not a good place. If His Majesty moved there, it would remind people of the Jiajing Emperor. Moreover, His Majesty still kept a Taoist priest in the palace, which made people even more worried. Therefore, they felt that His Majesty should not move to the West Garden.
In fact, these two attitudes are not just attitudes, but represent two factions in the court, or two trends.
One faction was headed by Xu Guangqi and Shen Tingyun. They advocated that officials should interfere less in the affairs of the emperor's palace, as that was not their business.
Another group believes that the emperor has no private affairs, only state affairs, so the ministers should and must take care of them.
This is actually the remnant of the Donglin Party. When the Donglin Party was in existence, some people attacked their views, believing that they interfered too much in the affairs of the emperor's harem, which was not what a minister should do.
Although the Donglin Party has been eradicated now, this idea still remains in the minds of some officials who have been poisoned by the Donglin Party for a long time.
As for the turmoil in the outside world and the fighting between the two factions, Zhu Youxiao didn't care at all; he didn't even look at the questions sent to the palace on this matter, and kept them all.
For an emperor, the most important thing is not what people say, but whether someone does things for you.
How many people are dissatisfied with Yan Song, and how many people impeach Yan Song all day long, but what's the use?
As long as Yan Song could win over a group of people to work for the emperor, he would not fall. For the emperor, Yan Song was a useful minister. As for whether those people were just talking big or not, let them be.
There was a commotion outside the palace, but people were busy moving inside.
At the same time, the Imperial Household Department outside the court had entered the stage of substantive integration.
Once this integration is completed, the Imperial Household Department will become the chief steward inside and outside the palace.
The first thing is the expenses of the palace, all of which need to be recalculated and purchased.
The second is the palace's industries, including the imperial farm and some factories and craftsmen under the Eight Bureaus. These also need to be incorporated into the internal complex system, which is a very large project.
Although it seems that you can just use it directly, this is not actually the case.
If you can really use it right away, what’s the difference from before?
I want to be different from the past, so I set up the Imperial Household Department. If anyone dares to make the Imperial Household Department the same as before, then he will not have to do it.
So in this case, things become a little more difficult.
However, no one in the Imperial Household Department complained, instead they were all very excited. Originally, everyone thought that the Imperial Household Department was a very powerful government office, but to the outside world, it was perceived as a retainer of the emperor, so things were difficult to handle and its reputation was not good.
But when they actually arrived at the Imperial Household Department, they found that this was not the case.
The power of the Imperial Household Department was extraordinary, beyond their imagination. Furthermore, if they performed well in the Imperial Household Department, they could be transferred to a provincial post or to the imperial court. This made them more motivated.
Although the Imperial Household Department was still a newly established government agency, everyone was familiar with the procedures and they quickly became familiar with each other.
However, something happened on this day that no one understood, that is, a new government office suddenly appeared in the Imperial Household Department.
This made everyone feel a little confused, as it seemed that this government office did not exist originally. What was going on?
So when the sign was hung in this yamen, many people came to see it.
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