The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1158

[1158. Chapter 1107 The Holy Driver goes on tour]

Fang Jifan could see the resentment in Zhu Houzhao’s eyes.

But there is no way.

This guy is indeed a general.

But… I’m sorry, you spent so much money on Fang Jifan, why don’t you just study steamships? Doing two things at once, how dare you not pay for this money?

Zhu Houzhao was happy: “Haha, what’s so great about this is that I won’t partner with you.”

As he said that, he went away in a serious manner.

Seeing this, Fang Jifan became a little worried.

If this guy… was messing around with me, I would feel more at ease.

But being so free and easy made Fang Jifan feel that Zhu Houzhao might be up to something again.

Fang Jifan sighed and thought to himself, Fang Jifan is walking upright and straight, what should I be afraid of? there is always a solution to a problem.

Since His Majesty has such trust in him, Fang Jifan does not dare to be careless.

People need to be recruited, but… there are not many in Xishan, there are many strong young men. The money for raising soldiers must come from the internal treasury. If you don’t suffer a loss, let’s recruit three to five hundred backbones first.

And…what?

You have to call Wang Jinyuan. This guy can write and do calculations. He is the best at such miscellaneous things. He is a very qualified logistics manager.

To be honest, if it weren’t for Wang Jinyuan’s pity, Fang Jifan would have wanted to castrate this guy and make him the chief steward of the Prince Consort Duwei’s Mansion.

It’s a pity, it’s a pity, our successor is still kind-hearted after all.

Thinking of this, Fang Jifan felt a little regretful.

………

“Your Majesty…” Xiao Jing quickly walked into Fengtian Hall.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and looked at a memorial in his hand.

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be in a bad mood. This was an impeachment memorial, and the person impeaching him was actually Wu Kuan, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was his lecturer in the East Palace.

Wu Kuan wrote a harshly worded memorial, criticizing the various current chaos, especially the abundant internal treasury.

Not only that, after the poisoning case occurred in Honglu Temple a few days ago, Emperor Hongzhi was furious, so he turned his anger on the minister of Honglu Temple and wanted to punish the minister of Honglu Temple.

This is understandable. The incident happened in Honglu Temple. As the chief of Honglu Temple, there is no reason not to punish the crime.

In Wu Kuan’s memorial, he believed that this matter was not the fault of the Minister of Honglu Temple.

In his memorial, he added a particularly dazzling word… benevolence and righteousness are not shown!

Seeing these four words, Emperor Hongzhi almost exploded.

Not being benevolent and righteous… This is a very severe criticism of the palace.

In fact… over the years, the ministers have loved to discuss the issues in the palace, criticize the affairs in the palace, and ask Emperor Hongzhi to correct his behavior.

Even at the beginning, because Empress Zhang only had a son, the prince, the ministers thought that Emperor Hongzhi’s heirs would not be prosperous, so someone directly reported it, thinking that this was definitely not Emperor Hongzhi’s problem. If your majesty had problems, how could he have given birth to the prince and Princess Taikang? Well…this must be Empress Zhang’s problem. Your Majesty is also a man, so he must be lustful. There are so many beautiful girls in the harem, why don’t you see His Majesty come to you? Thinking about it this way, this must be Empress Zhang’s fault. Empress Zhang must be jealous and can’t tolerate it. Your Majesty is flirting with women… So, you see, Your Majesty’s heirs are not prosperous.

They severely criticized Emperor Hongzhi for not being close to women, and at the same time denounced Empress Zhang for being jealous and unruly.

When Empress Zhang found out, she almost exploded. The emperor was lecherous, but you called him a womanizer, a king who had subjugated his country. He didn’t have many children, and you called him this?

Emperor Hongzhi’s behavior was very calm in response to all these speculations and bold criticisms. He was happy for officials to impeach him for his faults so that he could reflect on himself.

It’s just… this sentence of “not showing kindness and justice” is really too annoying.

Emperor Hongzhi stared at these four words, especially thinking that the person who criticized him was actually his lecturer when he was in the East Palace and his current Minister of Staff. This made his heart heavy and uncomfortable.

Haven’t I done anything to benefit the country and the people in recent years? To deny it like this is not to fulfill your reputation of loyalty.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed, as if there was something stuck in his throat. He raised his head and saw Xiao Jing coming in. He said sharply: “What’s the matter?”

“Your Majesty… Your Majesty… I will serve tea to Your Majesty.”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned again: “The murder case of Crown Prince Xing, what’s the matter?

No idea?”

“Slave…Slave…” Xiao Jing smiled bitterly. It’s only been a few days: “Slave, I’m working hard.”

“It’s useless!” Emperor Hongzhi was particularly irritable today: “I can’t handle such a small thing. , this factory guard has a huge amount of money, and countless public funds are wasted, what are you doing for food? “

Xiao Jing didn’t expect His Majesty to be so angry, and wanted to explain that the investigation has just started, not to mention the clan is involved, no. There was enough evidence, how could he dare to draw a conclusion so easily, but he didn’t dare to explain, so he just knelt on the jade steps of Jinluan, kowtowing as if pounding garlic.

Emperor Hongzhi stood up, suppressed the anger in his heart, and put Wu Kuan’s memorial aside. However, he thought about it again. If he just kept it silently, he would really have to swallow his anger.

So, he picked up the ink pen again, gritted his teeth, and wanted to use the pen to scold Wu Kuan and expose his cheating on his name.

It’s just that… the ink brush had just touched the memorial, and Emperor Hongzhi was stunned again. If the impeachment of the minister is regarded as a betrayal of his name, then what is the difference between me and the late Emperor Chenghua?

Alas, if this is the case, from now on, no one will dare to speak out and commit the crime. If all the officials keep silent and everyone only praises His Majesty’s wisdom, who will blame me for my mistakes?

He hesitated in his heart, and finally took up his pen and wrote Zhu Zhu: “I should think twice about what you said.”

After writing these four words, my heart was extremely complicated. He felt that he had knocked out his front teeth and swallowed them in his stomach. But I felt that I had finally solved a problem on my mind.

He continued to turn over the next memorial. This memorial was actually sent by the East Palace.

Seeing that it was the prince’s memorial, he took another look and found that the cabinet obviously did not dare to vote because he was the prince, so he read it carefully. After reading it, he started to jump again: “Didn’t I approve an East Palace Guard? How come it came out? There is a virtuous right guard and a wicked left guard?”

“Ah…” Xiao Jing was dumbfounded.

He could understand the virtuous right guard, but the wicked left guard…

It was just a matter involving the prince. How could Xiao Jing dare to be verbose? He hurriedly said: “I don’t know.”

Emperor Hongzhi’s face was ashen and frightening, and he couldn’t help but said angrily: “I rule. If I can’t cure Wu Qing’s family, I can’t cure you, Zhu Houzhao?”

So, he picked up his pen and wrote: “Misinterpret my intention and do whatever you want…”

It’s not what I should say when I write this.

Thinking about it carefully, no matter how out of tune the prince was, at least he didn’t point his nose at me and scold me. It was Wu Kuan who scolded me and I told him to think twice. Thinking about it this way, doesn’t it mean that the prince is more popular with me.

So, his heart softened, and he scratched out the previous criticism and wrote: “You are the crown prince, you cannot use your sex.”

After writing, there was no further investigation.

Emperor Hongzhi sat down and looked up at Xiao Jing: “How is the new policy going?”

“Your Majesty, are you talking about Baoding Prefecture and Tongzhou?”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

“I can’t tell you. I don’t understand this.”

Emperor Hongzhi said: “These days, I am in a depressed mood. Last time, Fang Jifan asked me to go to Tongzhou and Baoding to see with my own eyes. I thought it was time to see it. I shouldn’t see it. , I don’t know the depth of it, the New Deal is a national matter, and it is related to our great Ming Dynasty plan for a hundred years. It cannot be ignored, so I will choose an auspicious day to go on patrol.”

Emperor Hongzhi paused, and then took a deep look at Xiao Jing: “While I am on tour. , with the crown prince supervising the country, once I go out on patrol, some people with evil intentions will definitely breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that since I dare to go out on patrol, I will not take it to heart about the crown prince’s poisoning. The government must be tight on the outside and tight on the inside. Keep a close eye on certain clan members and report them at any time if there is any abnormal behavior. “

Xiao Jing understood something.

This time, His Majesty is determined to win the throne by summoning relatives to the court, and he must kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, but who is the chicken?

When going on patrol, you will be protected by countless imperial guards, personal guards, and Beijing camp officers and soldiers, so there will never be any problems, but you can take this opportunity to test the reaction of the clan members.

Not only can you observe the place and understand the implementation of the New Deal, but you can also observe the clan members. This is killing two birds with one stone.

Xiao Jing bowed and said: “My slave… I obey the order.”

…

Xishan…

Wang Jinyuan was dumbfounded in front of the gate of the town’s national government. On the left and right sides, there were banners hung up. On the left, it read, “We are ordered to supervise the administration of Zhengde”. Guard, recruit volunteers. On the other side, there was also a flag hanging, and a letter was written: The emperor ordered to recruit volunteers with bad morals and bravery.

Below the bad guard was Gu Dayong, the eunuch of the East Palace. Gu Dayong was sitting behind a table, drinking tea. Several eunuchs and the guards of the East Palace were lined up in a very imposing manner.

Oops…it was raining heavily this time. The Dragon King Temple was washed away by heavy rain.

Na Gu Dayong even looked sideways at this side, with a malicious look, as if he wanted to swallow Wang Jinyuan.

Wang Jinyuan was a little worried. Did he offend His Highness the Crown Prince?

His Royal Highness seems to be very difficult to deal with.

But… my own young master is not easy to mess with either.

Wang Jinyuan is about to cry.

After a while…

Gu Dayong’s side hung another banner with a message: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally recruits his own troops.”

All of a sudden.

Most of the young people who came after hearing the news chose to queue up outside the Zhengde Guard, but one by one they started to run to the Bad Guard. Even fools understand what the personal guards of His Highness the Crown Prince mean. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, in the future. Once you become the emperor, you will be the emperor’s personal teacher and you will have great potential.

Wang Jinyuan saw fewer and fewer people coming.

On the other hand, Gu Da was very busy. Gu Da used his eyebrows and smiles, like picking animals, and rigorously tested every applicant.

Wang Jinyuan felt that his neck was chilly.

What should we do? Pick what is left by His Highness the Crown Prince?

It seemed that… there was only one…

but at this moment… another group of people came, and when they arrived at the Zhengde Guard flag, a new flag was hung: “His Royal Highness is personally recruiting troops!”

Ah…

Wang Jinyuan was blinded by the sight. To be honest, it was originally a quarrel between brothers, but now it seems that it is a quarrel between father and son?

(End of chapter)