eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 32
"Old slave Li Guang, greet Your Highness! Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

Zhu Houzhao was sitting in the pavilion, and the white-haired old man was kneeling outside the pavilion.

When the wind blows, some sounds will be blown away, so Li Guang summoned up his breath and shouted this sentence.

"Get up."

The prince has been in a high position for a long time, and his momentum and self-confidence have become more and more serious, and his dialogue with others has become more calm.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

To enter the pavilion, you have to go up two steps. Zhu Houzhao is standing on it. The position is higher, and the viewing angle is more suitable for him.

"Eunuch Li didn't go to pray for his father, how did he think of coming to my East Palace?"

Li Guang was also direct, "I heard that His Highness is distressed by the people in the capital who are sick and difficult to heal, and they all say that the Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers. Empress. Today I am here to share your worries with His Highness!"

"I remembered..."

The crown prince suddenly said this sentence for no reason,

Li Guang was also taken aback, and looked up at His Highness.

Zhu Houzhao said leisurely: "Before, Mr. Wang and Ben Gong mentioned that Eunuch Li has great powers, has mastered strange recipes and secret techniques, and can communicate with gods. Your Majesty has a lot of trust in you."

"That's why you have repeatedly advised your father to do great things in construction. At the same time, you have been greedy for money and silver, countless, and even made friends with ministers to exercise power. It is said that some people have worshiped under your sect..."

The first half of this statement was okay, but the situation changed suddenly afterward.
Li Guang's face was horrified, how could the prince suddenly say such a thing?
"Your Highness!" His heart trembled, "Your Highness, please be careful! Ever since I was in the palace, this old servant has received the Emperor's kindness, and always has the thought of repaying it. The old slave would never dare to make friends with power!"

The pressure came up all of a sudden, and Li Guang's heart also tugged.

Zhu Houzhao was not in a hurry, and continued to act and said: "I didn't believe it at first, so I asked you face to face, so I can verify it. Father, I haven't talked about it yet."

"Your Highness is wise! Your Highness doesn't know something. It is normal for the internal and external ministers in the palace to have some conflicts. Some of the foreign ministers really look down on the eunuch Lao Nu, so it is not surprising that there are some slanderous words. But the old slave Even if you lack knowledge, it is more important to ask yourself the word "loyalty and considerateness than a foreign minister."

"Oh. So it's like this." Zhu Houzhao made a sudden realization, and then began to worry again: "But the matter of the medical palace... the foreign ministers praised each other. You don't have a good relationship with them, so you came to advise , can we really work together?"

Li Guang immediately resolutely assured, "Of course! Your Highness, please don't misunderstand. The relationship between the old slave and them is not good. It is the old slave's business. The Medical Palace is His Highness's business. His Highness is the master. Naturally, His Highness is the first. If you are dissatisfied, you don't have the guts to delay His Highness's important event!"

"Well, that's the truth. You just said 'loyalty and consideration', and it seems that this is true. Father also told me that although internal officials have minor mistakes and omissions, they are indeed better at being considerate than outsiders. Minister."

"That's the reason."

"Okay, your explanation makes sense. I think you are also a very capable person, and you are so aware of the general situation that you know how to let go of personal grievances. This is better than many people. No wonder the father trusts you so much. Bengong also thinks you are very good, so why not leave this matter to you?"

Li Guang stopped for a while,
Leave it to me?
The key thing is that it won't work well if it continues like this.

Zhu Hou took care of him and paused for a while, then his tone suddenly changed, "What? You don't want to?"

Li Guang's scalp went numb,
At this time, is it okay to say that you are not happy?

His purpose of this trip is to win the prince over.

But this is not in line with his suggestion. He originally made a complete set of 'action plan', what the Ministry of Industry should do, what the Ministry of Rites should do, write all those civil servants on it, and tell them to do it. Throw it at them and let them have a headache.

Now what...is that so?

Fortunately, his mind is not the stupid kind,
With quick wit in his chest, "Your Highness trusts this old slave so much, this old slave is ashamed. If I have the opportunity to serve Your Highness, I will naturally not give up. It's just...the emperor has assigned the old slave's errands." ...This old servant is afraid that he will be exhausted, so it is fine to be a little bit tired, but if he delays His Highness's business, wouldn't it be a heinous crime?"

Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes,
This guy is not easy to knead,
And before he could say anything else,
Li Guang seemed to have come to terms with his thoughts, and continued to speak eloquently, "Besides, maybe your Highness doesn't know something. Such government affairs should be handed over to the cabinet and ministers, and then to the emperor to make decisions. Because of such important matters , People, talents, and things are all indispensable.”

This is a bit of a lesson.

That is to say, Prince, you don’t understand, things can’t be arranged like this, this is government affairs, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, I’ll tell you everything, now you understand, right?Shouldn't you be looking for me again?
Zhu Houzhao rubbed his fingers again, he is not easy to deal with, you just give me the problem when you say this?

Who is begging whom today?
"Okay, Eunuch Li's words are justified. The palace is a little tired today, so let's go here. Qiuyun, pack up and go back to the palace."

what……

Li Guang was dumbfounded for a moment,

No, why not play the cards according to the routine?

I just 'countered back' a little bit, and then I just threw my hands away?

Qiu Yun and Zhang Yong didn't understand the open and secret fighting, so they naturally acted according to the prince's order, and this time the palace was as real as it was.

"Your Highness...Your Highness."

"What else?"

Li Guang accompanied him with a dry smile, "Old slave... I have another suggestion."

Zhu Houzhao didn't intend to listen at all, "Oh... there are suggestions, according to my opinion, I don't need it. I know your filial piety. However, the civil servants said that it is not easy to get this done, and it can't be done. It's very simple. Now Eunuch Li has a suggestion... I would like to ask first, if it is done according to what you said, it will be good if it can be done. If it can't be done, it will be investigated at that time. Or is there something wrong with your suggestion itself? I’m afraid it’s hard to tell.”

This...Li Guang thought to himself, what kind of logic is this? Who would come up with such an idea?Whatever happens, it's all brainstorming.

Pure excuse.

"Your Highness..."

"Okay, you don't need to say any more. If there is something...that's fine, write something down, and I will take a closer look at it."

Li Guang's heart sank further, Your Highness...you haven't read, you can't read...

But Zhu Houzhao still said this sentence, he can explain, I can't understand a lot of people around me, why do you say I don't?

The crown prince slowly left the pavilion,

If he left, Li Guang just didn't flatter the crown prince, and he didn't get anything after talking for a long time.

Now that the civil servants are criticizing him verbally and in writing, if the crown prince is dissatisfied with him again, one can imagine what will happen to him.

It's a matter of life and death.

Li Guang gritted his teeth, and knelt down, "Your Highness! This old slave is willing to encourage His Highness, and I will die after doing my best!"

"I haven't read the book, and I don't understand it, so put it simply!" Zhu Houzhao roared.

Damn, come to me and beg me, play tricks on me!
Qiuyun and Zhang Yong beside him were startled, they quickly lowered their heads and pretended to be cute, no one expected His Highness to suddenly become angry.

With the situation like this, Li Guang had to bow his head, "Your Highness, forgive me! What I mean by this old slave is that His Highness only needs to give orders, and this old slave will try his best to handle His Highness's affairs well."

"Oh, that's what it means to devote yourself to death." Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized, "Actually, you don't have to think too much, you just need to remember that you are doing things for the palace, and it's not a problem to do things well. Gong is responsible for you. If things are not handled well, everything may be a problem. Do you understand?"

The meaning of this sentence is too rich.Reminiscent of the fact that the civil servants sued him before,
The prince may go to the emperor's side at any time...

Isn't this a threat? !
But as a prince, there seems to be nothing wrong with him saying such things to an eunuch.

Li Guang couldn't figure out what it meant.

Maybe it's just a normal conversation. In normal times, the prince can also say: You can do things well no matter what.

But what if there is that level of meaning?

Zhu Houzhao doesn't care, he also depends on how you behave towards people, I treat you honestly, and dishonesty is because you force me to resort to tricks.

Li Guang knew that he would not escape today, so he reckoned that he had to do a good job in the task assigned by the prince to pass the test.

The crown prince returned to the pavilion and sat down,

"You just said that people, money, and things are indispensable. But now those ministers are all staring at you for suggesting that the father and the emperor have built things. How can they be handed over to the cabinet for discussion as you said?"

Li Guang said: "It can be said that this matter is for the common people."

"So you didn't do it for the common people?"

Li Guang: "..."

He didn't bother to talk.

"I don't know how Your Highness wants to handle it?"

"Look at you." Zhu Houzhao said, pointing at him.

After saying this, he gave Zhang Yong a wink, but he himself walked away.

Li Guang didn't understand what he meant, so he wanted to chase after him, but Zhang Yongheng was right in front of him.

"Eunuch Li... Your Highness has already explained."

"But, Your Highness didn't say anything."

"Your Highness said it. Your Highness said not to hand it over to the cabinet. But if you don't pay it, the court won't allocate the silver taels. What can you do without money? Eunuch Li, I want to ask one more question. Do you really think His Highness doesn't know that you are greedy for ink? Things?"

Li Guang straightened his face, "What does Eunuch Zhang mean by this? Don't talk nonsense."

Zhang Yong felt that this formerly high and powerful eunuch was really ridiculous in front of His Highness.

"The ministers gave advice to His Highness one after another. Why didn't His Highness go to report to the emperor? Your Highness is here to save your life. Of course, money is also important, but you must know that there is a large amount of money in the house raid afterwards. But why did the prince If you don't listen to me, why bother with you so much? Eunuch Li, you have to think about it carefully."

Li Guang's scalp was numb, so it turned out to be like this!The purpose of the prince is money!
This time the crown prince wanted to make him guilty, so he forced him to take the money.

He and Changqing thought about it for a long time, but never thought about [money], how could the prince be short of money in their opinion? !

But directly taking the money out is not admitting that he is greedy for ink?
The prince really made a good plan, giving him two choices is a dead end.

It's a dead end, so let's talk about it!

"Hmph! Now the emperor is the one who decides, not those civil servants! How can they take my life if they want?!" Li Guang patted his knees and got up.

Zhang Yong also looked at him with an unfriendly expression, "Eunuch Li said he was a civil servant, so he didn't imply His Highness in his heart?!"

(End of this chapter)