eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 166 Don't You Still Want to Thank Them! (Ask for a monthly pass!)
Zhejiang is thousands of miles away from the capital.

When Wang Hua went deeper here,
Liu Jian is asking for an order in the East Palace with the memorial.

The crown prince Zhu Hou wore the red uniform, with a gold-woven dragon embroidered on the chest, back and shoulders of the uniform, a jade belt around his waist, and a black winged crown on his head. He was already taller than Liu Jian when he stood up.

The little old man grew shorter every year.

Compared with his old age, the prince's skin is smooth and transparent, his martial arts are exceptional, and his whole body exudes vitality.

In his current state,
It is where the people of the Ming Dynasty, starting from Emperor Hongzhi, place their hope in their hearts.

Young, with strong steps and calmness.

In fact, with the quality shown by Zhu Houzhao, not to mention Emperor Hongzhi, who had a special childhood and attached great importance to family affection, even emperors with a slightly normal mind in history would not dislike having such a son.

It's just that when it fell on Emperor Hongzhi, his performance was even more exaggerated and proud.

Moreover, imperial families are still different from ordinary families. Emperors, even emperors like Hongzhi who are not very talented, have to consider whether the heir is suitable.

As for Zhu Houzhao, Hongzhi was obviously very satisfied.

Liu Jian also participated in state affairs more deeply than anyone else, and he understood very well the power of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace in today's court.If a child behaves mischievously, the parents still protect him, which is called doting, but if the child is struggling, the parents protect him is still called doting, maybe not, maybe it is deliberately letting him do what he wants.

The crown prince finished flipping through the memorial presented by Xu Ruoqin that Liu Jian handed over, even the last page, "Where's the proposal from the cabinet?"

Liu Jian held up the old man's hand: "Please forgive me, Your Highness. The old minister has not yet drafted a proposal. Because His Highness is involved, I sent it here. I would like to ask His Highness to show His Majesty. Afterwards, the cabinet draft will be sent to His Majesty for preview."

This is so thoughtful.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help smiling.

"What does the palace say, what kind of ticket will the old man draw up?"

Liu Jian dared to answer this question.

Follow the prince's orders.In the Hongzhi Dynasty, there was no mistake.

"Of course it is."

"Then this palace wants you to write a proposal to refute the official?"

"Your Highness wants to write, and the minister will write."

old fox,
Liu Jian is determined that the crown prince will not let him write like this.

Because the two sides have formed a long-term tacit understanding.

They are all smart people, even if they don't say it, they will naturally understand after interacting a few times.

For the prince, he also needs a cabinet to cooperate with him.

If the cabinet were to refute Xu Ruoqin's memorial, it would be to worsen Liu Jian's living environment among civil servants.

This is not what the prince wants, because the prince needs Liu Jian.

Of course, one day, Liu Jian will be abandoned.

not today
Nor would it be for a little Xu Ruoqin.

The cabinet will not be ignorant of what Donggong did in Zhejiang.In such a simple situation, Donggong will not make himself too passive, nor will he be helpless.

So Liu Jian dared to say such a thing,

Now that he said such things, Zhu Houzhao didn't have to embarrass the old man anymore.

"As you said, a small magistrate, why bother to go to war like that? I know about this matter. Just leave the memorial with me. You don't know what to do when you take it back."

Logically, this should not be the case.

But at that time Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also asked the minister's book to be shown to the prince first.Someone found such an ancestor's practice, and Emperor Hongzhi naturally used it.

So Zhu Houzhao can be kept.

However, Mr. Liu Ge pleaded guilty because he had a small thought in his heart broken, "It's the old minister who has lost his mind."

But Zhu Houzhao didn't want to pursue him for such a matter, so he just skipped it and said instead: "The struggle of opinions is fake, and the struggle of direction is also fake. Only the struggle of interests and power is real. Mr. Liu Ge, Ben Gong Are you right?"

"Old minister, please tell me the truth."

Zhu Houzhao was in good spirits, and raised his wide cuffs, "You said."

"Your Highness should not underestimate the role of opinions."

"I understand what you mean." The crown prince lowered his eyebrows, but he had another thought, "No matter what the struggle is, this palace will not keep the moths of the country."

Liu Jian was shocked in his heart when he heard it.After several years of tempering, the East Palace has also begun to look different.

For Zhu Houzhao, it is not the 11th year of Hongzhi. At that time, the ministers could bully the prince when he was young, send him back to the Wenhua Palace to study, and let him do nothing.

So of course he cares about power and public opinion.

But who can prevent Zhu Houzhao from succeeding to the throne today?So power is important, but more importantly, he can't let these people do whatever they want.

"Old Liu Ge, I'm fine here, you can go back to the cabinet."

"Yes, the old minister will leave."

After the people left, Zhu Houzhao put Xu Ruoqin's memorial aside, and told Liu Jin: "Call Fengxi over here."

"Yes."

Fengxi is the one who was ranked second in the 12th year of Hongzhi, and then lost the number one because he was lame.

In fact, it was not very convenient for lame people in ancient times, because there were important sacrificial activities, and it was fine at ordinary times. They were worshiping ancestors, and everyone knelt down, but you couldn't kneel down, or you couldn't get up after kneeling. it is good.

But he was still able to get the second place because of his first-hand policy articles, which were written extremely well.

Fengxi has been in the Imperial Academy for two years now, and then went to Zhan Shifu as a "nine-rank school secretary". In fact, he is the secretary of the prince.

Because of his poor legs and feet, Zhu Houzhao still used his brain to draw pictures and asked someone to buy him a simple wooden wheelchair. He didn't think much about it. A cripple who can win the favor of the prince is basically going to die.

Now I am very familiar with Zhu Houzhao.

As soon as the crown prince explained, special attendants pushed him into the East Palace soon after, and then he leaned on crutches himself.

Under normal circumstances, Zhu Houzhao would go out and down the steps by himself if he felt troublesome, and this time it was the same.

"Chen Fengxi, see Your Highness."

"No." Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand for Liu Jin to come over, and unfolded the memorial for him to read, "Look at it, and go back and write an article to refute him."

Fengxi Bowen firmly remembered that he only needed to read the memorabilia a few times, and he didn't need to copy it, so he could memorize it naturally.

Arts and sciences are not mathematics.

It is always right to say that it is right and right, and to say the opposite is right and right.

Just like, as the saying goes, it is not a gentleman to take revenge if you have a grudge, and the saying goes that taking a step back will open up the sea and the sky.

The most remarkable thing about the Chinese people is that,
No matter what we want to do, we can find a set of beautiful principles to support it, and when we find out that we have done something wrong, we will immediately overthrow it and knock it down for you.After a few years, I found that it was right again, and I picked it up again to criticize the previous criticism, and then used it.

Of course, it has a nice word called inclusiveness.

As for the memorial itself,

Zhu Houzhao is going to keep it.

First, he had to wait for the situation in Zhejiang, how Wang Hua was doing, and he had to send him a letter anyway.

Secondly, if he wanted to be domineering for a while, he would keep this memorial to himself.

It will not be submitted to the cabinet for drafting, nor will it be submitted to the emperor for reading.

The reason why it is so secretive.

He just wanted to see who was so clever who dared to jump out and ask where Xu Ruoqin's memorabilia had gone.

Or they are just not in a hurry, that's fine, just wait.

The last point was what Zhu Houzhao had considered before. At this time, he still tried not to degrade Liu Daxia as his goal, unless he himself insisted on catching him.

So if you can press it, press it.

"Your Highness, I need an hour." Feng Xi said with a nod after looking away.

"Well, there's no rush. Take your time." Zhu Houzhao turned around and entered the hall on his own.

The outside courtiers basically didn't know about Liu Jian's going to the East Palace with the memorial.

But they knew that Xu Ruoqin had a book published.

As a result, there was no movement for several days.

This is a bit disturbing,

Liu Daxia also felt strange when discussing with Zhang Sheng, Minister of Rites, and Shi Daishan, the capital inspector.
"Dong Gong is not such a good-tempered person, did Xu Ruoqin's memorial be retained like this?"

Staying in the middle means that the emperor saw the memorial, but felt that it was inconvenient to deal with it, so he stayed, that is, he no longer approved the red letter and transferred it to the minister to do it, let alone copy it in the residence newspaper.

It was originally an inconvenient thing, and it made everyone know what to do.

In this way, as Liu Daxia, Minister of the Ministry of War, he was very embarrassed, and it was difficult for him to ask about this matter.

On this point, history also has records.Even in the last years of Hongzhi, the emperor always summoned Liu Daxia to play his duets, and once even said: Oh, I will always think of you if there is anything in the court.But I was also worried that this matter went beyond your authority and seemed bad, so I gave up.

However, Liu Daxia was still embarrassed when the emperor said that.

Because the courtiers handed the memorials through the general secretary, and then entered the cabinet, the cabinet drafted, that is, wrote a "how to do" suggestion, and then submitted it to the emperor, who approved it with a red pen, which is the so-called red batch.

Of course, the emperor of the Zhu family was lazy, and the job of approving reds was also handed over to the eunuch, the chief inspector of ceremonies.

After the supervisor of ceremonies approves the award, it will be passed on. The emperor's opinion has already been given, and whoever should handle it will handle it. As for the transcription of the six subjects and the publication of the residence newspaper, it can be done as usual.

So here comes the question,
Now this memorial has stopped at Zhu Houzhao's place. According to the reason, only the general secretary, the cabinet and the prince know about it.How does the Ministry of War know?
The Ministry of Rites and the Inspectorate will not know.

So they worry about this place.

They didn't expect the prince to play such a trick!Obviously, Xu Ruoqin's remarks were quite fierce, but in the end, nothing happened!
In fact, the circulation process of the memorials in the Ming Dynasty is a broken window that leaks air.
Basically, the emperor hasn't approved it yet, and the main officials can know what's going on.

But like this kind of thing, no one mentions it. It is such a trivial matter, but if it is really pursued, no one can afford it.

However, if this is the result...

Liu Daxia, Dai Shan, and Zhang Sheng had no choice.Because the first book of memorabilia can be lost forever, so naturally the second book can be, if it drags on like this,

Zhejiang's silver is taken as it is, and Datong's grain is taken as it is, and nothing has changed.

Liu Daxia was helpless, "Back then, His Majesty wanted to use troops in the north, and we urged His Majesty to cherish the power of the people. Now it's just a repeat, as long as it's for the sake of the country and the people of the world, why hesitate? In a few days , when the time is right, I will enter the palace and face His Majesty!"

so wait,
Instead, Zhu Houzhao waited until the situation in Zhejiang.

As a result, the prince was furious when he saw the case file, Wang Hua deliberately left them 80 taels, but what did they do?

"80 taels of silver, they get 50 taels, and I get 30 taels! You also said that you handled the case well, so should I thank them?!"

(End of this chapter)