eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 152 Dialogue Between Father and Son
In September of the 12th year of Hongzhi, the emperor had been recuperating for half a year, and his health improved greatly.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that a minister in the middle of the court suddenly asked the emperor to resume the morning and afternoon dynasties.

The so-called restoration actually means asking the emperor to come out to manage the country again and stop the prince from supervising the country.

When someone played at the beginning, Emperor Hongzhi refused.In fact, he didn't care about anything, after all, he was in the palace, if the minister wanted to see him, he would still meet him.But after the crown prince supervised the country, he seemed to have an "executive deputy emperor", and he felt much more relaxed.

The so-called change from extravagance to frugality is difficult, and it's not that several important ministers played together, how could he agree so readily.

But someone started it, and there were people playing it one after another.

It's hard to say that the officials of the Taipu Temple are manipulating such a thing, because there are officials from all yamen in central Beijing submitting such memorials, how can the Taipu Temple have such great energy.

However, the reason is easy to explain,

Zhu Houzhao knew it was what Liang Chu said.

Emperor Hongzhi also found it strange that there were more of them suddenly, and the prince took this opportunity to explain the matter of Ma Zheng in detail to give him a change of mind.

"...In this way, the suffering of the people's livelihood is unspeakable."

"That's why I asked my father to support my son's actions in Bazhou, Shuntian Prefecture. The officials of the horse government system are not taken seriously, but they are bold, and the people are already unbearable."

"What the prince is going to do is also for the sake of the country. How can I not support it. But..." The emperor shook the memorandum in his hand, and he suddenly understood, "I think this is the reason why the ministers of the court recently asked me to restore the morning and afternoon. The reason for the dynasty."

In an instant, he seemed to understand something, and said angrily, "Isn't this satirizing me? It means that if I take care of this matter, these corrupt officials will have a place to live?"

amount……

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself, you said this yourself, not me.

The emperor frowned, thinking in his heart: Hmph, these officials are really used to fooling me, don't they know that I gave birth to a son who is unique in ten thousand?So the prince has to deal with them!

"Prince, how many officials do you expect to be involved in this Thunder operation in Bazhou?"

"It's hard to say. It's easy to count the officials of Taipu Temple, but in order to make the way of people and animal husbandry work, there are no numbers of low-level officials."

The emperor saw that the prince was confident, and said: "My prince is born with the ability to govern the country. You can handle this matter according to your needs. I have always been at ease when you do things. Besides, your mother has been depressed recently, and I can't get away from it."

"The queen mother..."

"With your royal father here, don't worry, Prince."

This conversation has the warmth of a family.

But it can only be said between the father and son in the inner room.

You are an emperor, what do you mean because the queen 'can't get away'? This sounds a bit like Zhou Youwang Bo Baosi smiled.

"In addition, the prince has done a good job in reorganizing the army this time. The idea of ​​the first-level guards and the second-level guards is very good. I have also seen the eight first-level guards. The military appearance and military power are obviously different from the past. The military academy The idea is also very good. A few days ago, the Duke of England came to the palace to talk to Zhen, wanting to let the children of the family also go to the military academy. The nobles and the royal family are one, and those who come out of the military academy are the prince’s cronies. You can’t Treat one more favorably than another.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "That's natural. In fact, they don't have to come to ask Father, they just need to talk to Erchen. Erchen plans to recruit students regularly every year in the future, and there will be opportunities. It's just that the opportunities are limited. If the quota is full , some can only wait, this point, the father should also help the ministers to defend themselves with them."

"limited?"

Zhu Houzhao explained: "Father, the military academy will recruit the whole army in the future. If the opportunities are given to honorable children, then it will be meaningless."

This is an institution established for the military,

Even if some politics are mixed in, it cannot be all politics.

Otherwise, it loses its original meaning.

"Then can you recruit more people?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little strange, "Father, but there are more nobles who come to plead with Father?"

This is strange, all the pampered princes are thinking about going to war?

"There are quite a few. Then according to your plan, how many places can you give them next time?"

"Five." Zhu Houzhao blurted out after thinking about it.

Five is the limit, stuffing too much waste into it, don't be afraid of the others, just afraid that the atmosphere will be bad, and then the good people will be spoiled by those young masters.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little distressed, "Can't you have more?"

"Father." The prince was a little unhappy.

"Okay, just five, and some tell them to wait next year!"

"Father is wise."

After that, the prince chatted with the emperor for a while before leaving.

After leaving Qianqing Palace, Liu Jin hurriedly came to report.

"Your Highness, Mao Yuwen has sent a letter."

"Bring it." The prince watched and walked, and a group of people followed him. The more he read the letter, the heavier Zhu Houzhao's heart became. Buying horses to make up for the problem, and when buying, the value is quite high. The cost of buying the horse alone is nearly 20 taels. As for the fodder needed to send the horse to the government, it is even more expensive.The weak people are poor and poor, suffering so much that they cry to each other, so they have to return to the next year, and the labor costs are the same as before.If the teeth are too old, they will be discarded in the end, and they will turn to ask others for horses.The people were harmed by the horse, and the harm was extremely deep...

And at the end of the letter,
Mao Yuwen also mentioned one thing, because Jin Yiwei sent a lot of people to check the situation. At first, it was okay, but later it seemed that the local tyrants were aware of it and began to prevent the people from arbitrarily confessing the truth. Ten 'villagers' were wounded.

Because the prince's will is to ask him to find out the situation first, so he asks for an order before doing anything.

"Has Zhang Yong left today?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned, his aura was a bit scary.

"Return to Your Highness, we have already set off today, and the Ministry of Punishment has also sent people to handle the case at the Yamen of the prefect of Bazhou according to His Highness's order."

"Then write back to Mao Yuwen and authorize him to arrest people for crimes."

It's in Shuntianfu, very close to the capital.

With a decree from above, the following will naturally become fierce.

However, a few days later, the cabinet sent a message to Zhu Houzhao, saying that the magistrates and magistrates of all prefectures and counties in the Northern Zhili area were all present, asking the court to postpone the abolition of the strategy of raising horses for the common people.

This made Zhu Houzhao a little wary,
He summoned the cabinet and the Minister of the Taipu Temple Liang Chu,

"I heard earlier that the officials of the Taipu Temple had conflicts with the local civil affairs officials. Why is it that the magistrates and county magistrates of various places objected to the government's rectification of the officials of the horse administration system?"

Because Taipu Temple requires people to raise horses, and local officials require people to farm land, conflicts have continued over the years.

So this objection is strange,
Li Dongyang reported: "Officials from all over the country say that because the people hate raising horses, His Highness wants to get rid of the disadvantages of people's animal husbandry this time, and will temporarily exempt one or two county horse households from the responsibility of raising horses, so the local officials are worried. It would be difficult for the people of the county to accept that they could be elected, and the imperial court will hold them accountable if something goes wrong."

Once there is a civil uprising, it is not a reprimand to pursue it, it is likely to beheaded.

But Zhu Houzhao thought about it, and still felt wrong.

"That's all for Shuntian Mansion. They are close to the capital and Bazhou. Daming Mansion is hundreds of miles away from the capital. How did they know?"

No one answered this point.

Zhu Houzhao also said: "The policy of the imperial court is most afraid of being distorted and interpreted. Some prefectures and counties are so far away from the imperial court, but they respond so quickly. Could it be that someone is secretly planning?"

Behind every attitude are interests.

Anyone who takes such a risk to do such a thing is sure that their life is also at risk.

"Liang Taifu." The prince began to order.

"The minister is here."

"Is there anything unusual in the yamen?"

Liang Chu didn't think of anything else, but Zhang Mian.

It is impossible for him to say that the Taipu Temple does not support His Highness's improvement policy.Arrest and kill all these officials, even the prince can hardly make this decision easily, so he can't give the prince a problem.

"... Zhang Mian, the young minister of the Taipu Temple, once approached the minister in private, and the minister acted cautiously."

Zhu Houzhao is not interested in the details, "There is no silver 300 taels here, and there is no ghost in his heart. What is he afraid of? Come here."

"Yes." Two Jin Yiwei stood up.

"Go and arrest Zhang Mian, the young minister of the Taipu Temple, and put him in prison!"

(End of this chapter)