eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 75 Minzheng

"Does Your Highness need to be prepared?" Liu Jin bowed in front of the carriage and asked the nobleman inside.

With the previous example of the crown prince trying to protect Zhang Yong in Qianqing Palace last time, he did not have such a big psychological burden on arranging his departure from the palace this time.It's just that I think it will be particularly troublesome if there are any courtiers playing.

The door curtain was lifted, revealing Zhu Houzhao's immature face.

He was wearing a blue satin gown, his hair was tied down on his back, and he was still dressed in the same luxurious way as usual.

Beside the carriage, there are four well-dressed youths. They are all about 20 years old. Although they look different, they look like brothers because of their similar clothes and body shapes.

This is from Dongchang.

Earlier, Zhu Houzhao had told Zhang Yong that he specially selected [-] strong and strong men for more training. Naturally, the details should be found out according to the rules.He didn't ask to be an orphan or anything. Sometimes there are young and old, and he knows how to work hard.

"What are you preparing for?" Zhu Houzhao got out of the carriage with Liu Jin's support, "I have prepared a lot, and sneaking around seems to be doing something wrong. If anyone makes any more noise, just come at me."

This is next to a bridge. When you cross the bridge and cross the river, there is a lot of dust. It has been a month since the construction started there.

"Your Highness, the front is dirty. The slaves let people..."

"Don't let it go." Zhu Houzhao lifted his feet and left him behind.

But he didn't take a few steps, and saw Zhang Tianrui trotting over with a servant behind him.

When Liu Jin saw it, she went up to remind her, "Master Zhang, this is outside the palace. Call me son, and keep the etiquette simple."

Zhang Tianrui couldn't bear the scare the most, the Crown Prince suddenly left the palace and came to him, if someone who cared knew about this, wouldn't he join him like Shen Zhang Yong?

So he said anxiously: "My lord, my subordinates are not very polite, please forgive me. And how can you come to this chaotic place with a body of a thousand gold, if you make a mistake..."

Zhu Houzhao had heard too many such words.

He shouted to stop, "Speak less unlucky words."

"Uh..." Zhang Tianrui was held back by a single sentence, and he didn't dare to say anything.But the prince came out of the palace and came to him, which really made him feel nervous.

Zhu Houzhao saw that big beads of sweat were dripping down Zhang Tianrui's forehead, so he thought to forget it, and don't cross the bridge again. He still remembered what happened to Qiuyun. If he really bumped, Zhang Tianrui could It will be miserable.

People have already worked hard, so don't make trouble for yourself.

So he arranged and said: "You go and explain it first, and then come to Linglong Restaurant to find me."

Zhu Houzhao took another look at the hustle and bustle of people on the other side of the river, and imagined what it would look like in the future.

He was really concerned about it, so he couldn't stay in the palace, so he wanted to come out and have a look.

After all, there was no second Li Guang who gave him money like this, and this matter had to be done well.

The box on the second floor of Linglong Restaurant,
Zhang Tianrui didn't dare to delay too long, and came over in a hurry. With his temperament, he gave way to Zhu Houzhao for a long time for kneeling or sitting, and finally forced him to sit across the table.

"Where did people find it?"

Zhang Tianrui replied honestly: "According to my son, they are all poor people recruited from nearby Daxing and other counties."

"What about the incoming materials?"

"Wood and stone are purchased and transported nearby. We don't seek extravagance or ostentation, and we try to spend the money as much as possible."

After all, this is a school palace, not a palace.

Otherwise, a piece of golden nanmu will cost a lot of silver.

Zhu Houzhao twirled the peanuts while eating and said: "I don't care about the specific process. You are so courageous, I don't think you will be greedy for money, but you have to pay more attention to those people you use. This school is ours. It's mainly practical, but it can't be built up and collapsed after a heavy rain, so you have to be careful of being deceived by them. If there is a day when it collapses, I will still look for you."

Zhang Tianrui felt that the courage on his shoulders weighed a hundred thousand catties.It's not a good job.

Originally, there is no good work to do. If the pressure is all on the prince's shoulders, then the leader must be exhausted.

"Young master, don't worry, this subordinate absolutely dare not. At the beginning, everything is a bit messy. You must give your subordinates some time to build a clean and tidy school."

As for how it was built,
Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to argue with him about the architectural style. Firstly, he was not a professional himself. Secondly, it was better to be consistent with the current style. If he came up with something weird, it would cause gossip instead.

At the juncture when they were discussing the construction of the school palace,

A baritone voice suddenly came from outside the box, the words were full of surprises,

"Keqin! When did you arrive in the capital?"

"It turned out to be Uncle Hou. How come it's such a coincidence that we met in Linglong Restaurant today?"

Zhu Houzhao is familiar with the name Shuhou, because this person is an official of Zhan Shifu, the Ximaliang Chu of the Bureau of Economics and Economics.

Washing horses is an official name, not really asking him to wash horses.In the East Palace, this is responsible for collecting, publishing and printing books and books.

The grade is about from the fifth grade.

In fact, there are many officials in Zhan Shifu who were transferred from the Hanlin Academy, because Jinshi's rank is not high after entering the Hanlin Academy, and editors and editors are only the seventh rank.So how do you go up step by step?It is impossible for everyone to advance several levels in a row, so they will be arranged to go to Zhan Shifu first, and it is not easy to say that they are all resumes of serving the prince.

It's just that many of these positions are empty positions. Zhu Houzhao is not particularly familiar with Liang Chu, and only knows.

"Who is Keqin?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Unexpectedly, everyone was an acquaintance. Both Liu Jin and Zhang Tianrui knew it. Master Zhang lowered his head and whispered back, "It should be Master Cheng Keqin and Cheng Minzheng."

Hearing the name, the prince suddenly realized.

Oh, it's him...

It was the examiner who was involved in Tang Bohu's imperial examination fraud case.

If Wang Jia was a figure comparable to Xie Qian, then Cheng Minzheng was put together with Li Dongyang, and he was famous when he was very young and had met Emperor Yingzong.

Cheng Minzheng and Liang Chu are not much different in age, but Cheng Minzheng won the second place in the second year of Chenghua, while Liang Chu has been in Chenghua for 14 years.

And as early as the first year of Hongzhi, Cheng Minzheng had been the official position of Wang Jia's current Zhan Shifu's Shao Zhan Shi, and now it is estimated that the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites is completely fine.

We all understand that the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households are important.However, different from the "practical" values ​​of modern people, in the Confucian atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites was an important department second only to the Ministry of Officials.

Speaking of which, they are all famous people.

Zhu Houzhao had nothing to do with them, so he told Liu Jin and Zhang Tianrui to silence and listen to what the court officials would say.

After all, he also got many concepts from fake TV dramas.

……

"Keqin just entered Beijing, and I'm leaving Beijing soon. You say it's a coincidence, but in my opinion, it's not a coincidence." This was Liang Chu's voice.

Then Cheng Minzheng asked him, "Going out of Beijing? Could it be the order of the recently famous East Palace, too? Like Yang Tinghe, to serve as a magistrate?"

"Haha, that's not true." Liang Chu explained: "I am following the order of the Holy Majesty to go to Yingtian Mansion to preside over the rural examination."

Should Tianfu Township Examination?Zhu Houzhao nodded, and many people and things became clear in his mind.

This is also a fat vacancy, because the Ming Dynasty paid attention to the relationship between master and apprentice,

In a place like Yingtianfu, there are many people who pass the provincial examination, and there are also many Jinshi in the general examination.And Liang Chu can be regarded as their mentor.

Cheng Minzheng naturally said 'Congratulations'.

"Where is Keqin, it seems that he came to Beijing earlier this time?"

"It is indeed many days earlier than before." Cheng Minzheng thought to himself, Liang Chu is a person who came out of the East Palace, and asked: "I have heard before that the East Palace often has surprising words recently, and I have been thinking about it in my heart. After entering Beijing It turned out that as expected, the school palace was built in the capital."

Liang Chuying said, "Ever since Donggong Weifu came out of the palace last year, this matter has been widely circulated, and it has indeed begun to be done now."

"I knew it when I arrived in the capital. There was a lot of movement. How much money did it cost? Where did it come from?"

Liang Chu shook his head with these questions, how did he know these things.

"Don't know?" Cheng Minzheng was a little surprised.

Liang Chu is an honest person. He said: "His Royal Highness instructed others to do this, and it did not go through the cabinet and other ministries, and the money was not allocated from the Ministry of Households. Therefore, most people don't know about it."

"Uncle Hou's words are wrong. The crown prince is the East Palace. How can the East Palace have a private matter? It will also affect the government in the future. Why don't the cabinet and the officials of the various ministries not ask? Besides, the money, even if it is not allocated from the household department , that is also from the Eastern Palace, the Eastern Palace is where the Crown Prince resides, so is this still the private property of a certain family?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but his face changed, and he snorted softly.

Liu Jin and Zhang Tianrui were too scared to speak.

(End of this chapter)