eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 150 Action ([-])

Liang Chu left the East Palace with complicated thoughts.

After many years of quiet work, he should be complacent once he gets to use it, but it is still difficult for him to be complacent. He suddenly takes on this important task, he is afraid of disappointing the prince's kindness.

He was thinking, Cheng Minzheng was unofficial and light-hearted, from now on he would focus on landscapes and not be bothered by mundane matters.

It was late in the evening, and Liang Chu was wandering around in the capital, watching the small merchants hawking, and watching the children in the year of the head chasing after him. He walked to an open place and boarded a stone bridge. When he came down from the stone bridge, someone caught up with him. He whispered,
"Liang Taifu,"

Liang Chu turned around and found a friendly person with protruding cheekbones, fleshy cheeks, a narrow head and a wide jaw, and a smiling smile. He looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it.

"You, you know me?"

"Under Zhang Mian."

Liang Chu had no impression, he looked blank.

The man named Zhang Mian was not angry, bowed slightly, and responded with a smile, "14th year of Chenghua, 1 Enke, Liang Taifu is No. 70 in the second class, and No. [-] and eight in the third class."

Oh……

Liang Chu's thoughts drifted back to 20 years ago.

At that time, this guy had a narrow head and a wide jaw, but he was young at that time, and the skin on his face was bright, not as dull as it is now.

"Excuse me, it turned out to be the same year."

"It's not just the same year." Zhang Mian chuckled, "Liang Taipu, I'm now serving as the Minister of Taipusi. From now on, you will be my boss."

Liang Chu sighed a little, "In the blink of an eye in 20 years, we still came to the same Yamen after going around. It can be regarded as fate."

There is nothing left or right,

Liang Chu and this same-year-old and subordinate went to an empty pavilion to have a drink.

As the old saying goes, if you have nothing to do, go to the Temple of Three Treasures,

This Zhang Mian hadn't looked for him for 20 years, so he came here at this time, and he must have asked for something.

Thinking about the materials His Highness gave him,

Liang Chu decided to take a look first. In case Zhang Mian was a useful person, he could still be recommended as the director. Even if he was not, then there was no loss.

Zhang Mian didn't keep him waiting for long, and quickly expressed his intention to come.

"...It is said that His Highness intends to get rid of the malpractices of the horse administration, so he chose an official from Zhan Shifu to be the Minister of the Taipu Si. The Liang Taipu is new, and I don't know where to start. If there is something useful, the next official will know everything."

Liang Chu thought to himself, that's just right.

"What do the people in the yamen think of the malpractice of horse administration?"

"Well, it's not a day's cold to be frozen three feet. Naturally, the malpractice of the horse administration is clear. Everyone knows His Highness's love for the people, but has Prince Liang thought about one thing?"

"Please tell me." Liang Chu stretched out his hand, he really wanted to hear it.

It seems that Zhang Mian knows Taipu Temple very well.

"Taizu Temple was set up by the Emperor Taizu to act as an agent for horse administration throughout the country. The imperial court's horses depend on us here. Your Highness wants to get rid of the disadvantages of horse administration, but the disadvantages are accumulated over many years. Once it fails... Your Highness is young and wants to stay in the north. With soldiers, how will Taipu Temple deal with itself if there are no horses at that time?"

Liang Chu frowned.

Why does Zhang Mian have something to say?

"You want to say that on that day, when the army goes out to fight, it will take a Taipusi minister to sacrifice the flag."

"I don't dare to be an official." Zhang Mian waved his hands again and again. He smiled very friendly. After all, his face was a little fat and he looked silly, but the words he said were obviously not stupid. "The next official just wants to find a way out for the servant Liang and us."

"So, what do you think I should do?"

"This is a disgraceful official. Liang Taifu has been an official for many years, so I don't want to make a fool of myself with my humble morals."

Liang Chu is actually not a very tough kind of person. He always speaks gently and softly. His temper is so impatient that people will think that he is in ink, but he is almost fifty, and this personality is difficult to change.

"According to what you mean, our best way out should be to persuade His Highness to let go of the horse administration for the time being. If there is no change, there will be no mistake, and if there is no mistake, there will be no crime."

"Liang Taifu's wonderful wisdom, I admire you!"

"Okay, I get it." Liang Chu shook his head with a helpless smile, "But is this your idea alone, or is it the idea of ​​most people in Taipu Temple?"

This question made Zhang Mian a little embarrassed.If you want to say this, others will say that he is talking behind his back.

But Liang Chu is a smart person, and he can tell it at a glance, so he waved his hand, "Okay, don't talk about it. I know."

"...Just ask Liang Taifu, don't say that the lower officials said it."

Liang Chu didn't care about him,
His heart is even heavier now.

Still thinking about it, Zhang Mian took out some papers from his cuff for some reason, "Liang Taipu, we are in the same year, and we are promoted to Taipu Siqing to congratulate after all, so don't be too little with this little thought." .”

Liang Chu was stunned,
In fact, officials in the Ming Dynasty were basically corrupt. After all, the court’s salary was too small, so it was not uncommon to get some money. Corruption was not a particularly serious crime in ancient dynasties.Many emperors themselves like to use corrupt officials.

But he really didn't dare to take this money. The prince...is too smart, and Zhang Mian doesn't know him well.

But the routine in the officialdom is, if you don't take it, how can I tell you what's on my mind?

Didn't Zhang Mian escape with the phrase 'don't show your ugliness' just now?

So after thinking about it, Liang Chu still accepted the bank note.

Seeing that the boss took the money, the person who lost the money was very happy, and he felt that the distance was closer.

There is a sense of intimacy virtually.

So Zhang Mian laughed even wider, "Private servant Liang, please forgive me for being presumptuous."

"It doesn't matter. You still tell me why everyone is unwilling to get rid of the malpractice of horse administration? His Highness is so determined and wants to do something that benefits the country and the people, why is he not willing?"

Money sent.

Zhang Mian dared to say it.

"...Liang Taifu doesn't know something. In fact, everyone is not unwilling. The main reason is that they are worried. People's hearts are fluctuating now. The evils of the horse administration, the evils of the horse administration, after all, aren't the evils of the Taipu Temple? Isn't the evil of the Taipu Temple the same? The disadvantages of us people? Now that we want to get rid of these disadvantages, and replaced a prince like you, everyone is thinking, isn’t this going to get rid of us?”

Liang Chu was taken aback for a moment, this is the so-called different angles of consideration in different positions.

What Zhang Mian said, there is a kind of unscrupulous pursuit of advantages and avoidance of disadvantages, which is different from the moral environment at this time, so he is also a little embarrassed to see Liang Chu like this,
But today Zhang Mian has made up his mind, what's the use of being thin-skinned, the knife cuts faster.

"The lower officials think that Liang Taifu should be cautious. It's not that he doesn't follow His Highness's will, but that he should delay, slow, and turn a blind eye. If he wants to get rid of this evil, the method will be too drastic. The water is clear. , then there will be no fish."

"What if... Your Highness reprimands me?"

"This statement is wrong. The malpractice of the horse administration was not caused by Liang's eunuch, just like Yang Yiqing, the governor of Shaanxi, who gave a memorial to His Highness, saying that there were only more than 2000 horses left in the Shaanxi horse ranch. Why did His Highness blame him? The same is true of the eunuch. "

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Liang Chu shook his head, "For the sake of the same year, I advise you to make plans early. What you said may be reasonable, but as a courtier of Ming Dynasty, you have never thought about how to Help the court. In fact, the way to survive is very simple, just help His Highness. If you want to take advantage of His Highness, His Highness will allow you to take advantage of it. In the future... you will not be so easy to be an official."

Zhang Mian's expression changed drastically.

He originally thought that the relationship was in place!

Liang Chu took out the silver from his cuff, "This, take it back. I don't want to live in the next few years, because this is not a good life."

After speaking, he stood up, ignoring the stunned Zhang Mian.

Before leaving, he paused again, "By the way, you must have heard a saying. As long as His Highness focuses on one thing, if there is no result, he will not let the responsible officials go. Either he will be dismissed or beheaded. So what you said about delaying and delaying the process is useless. Unless..."

Unless he doesn't talk about Liang Chu later.

Because it's disrespectful.

What he thought in his heart was, unless someone could really fool this Ming prince.

However, considering the intelligence of the crown prince, it is not only difficult but also dangerous to fool him, and he might wake up when he is not sure.

He is not courageous enough, and he has just come into the sight of the prince, so let's do this first thing well first.

Just be Zhang Tianrui's second, otherwise the reform of Mazheng will be dangerous, and you will have to fight with the prince every day, and you will not be able to live through that day.

And Zhang Mian completely flustered,
If he succeeds in this operation, he can turn the crisis to a large extent, but if he fails, the consequences will be incalculable.

Regardless of Liang Chu's side, Zhang Mian hurriedly went to find another one, Jiang Guan, the Shaoqing of the Taipu Temple.

Although the two usually fight and fight, but at this time they don't keep each other warm, so when are we waiting?
What made him anxious was that Jiang Guan was neither in the Yamen nor at home, so he had a hard time finding it, and then he simply sat at his house and did not leave until it was completely dark before Jiang Guan came back.

The two were rivals, and neither of them had ever entered the other's house. When Jiang Guan came back, he found that Zhang Mian was there, so he said nothing, and there was a tacit understanding between the rivals.

"Didn't think of a way?" Jiang Guan asked first.

"I thought about it, but it didn't work." Zhang Mian asked back, "What action did you take this day?"

"Inquire about the news so that you can see. However, it's bad news." Jiang Guan didn't hide it from him, "I found out clearly that His Royal Highness has already assembled Jin Yiwei and Tengxiang Zuowei. This time, Taipu Temple, I'm afraid It is doomed."

"Tengxiang Zuowei?!" Zhang Mian stood up all of a sudden, "What are you going to do?!"

Jiang Guan knew it a long time ago, and he was already shocked. He stood up and put his hands behind his back, "Looking at the methods His Royal Highness has always used, he either stays still or moves like thunder. This time, with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, it is necessary to have a deterrent effect. Originally I also planned to use a trick to not blame the public, but Zuo Shunmen's change came first, so it is useless to think about it. The only possibility is..."

Zhang Mian was listening with his head stretched out, but when he heard the most critical moment, this guy stopped, so angry that he wanted to curse, "Tsk, what do you say halfway, what is it?!"

(End of this chapter)