eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 77 A question about right and wrong (please subscribe!)
Cheng Minzheng is very talented.

He was the son of the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. Because of his reputation as a child prodigy, he was recommended to Emperor Yingzong when he was only a teenager. With him was the current elder Li Dongyang.

According to records, Emperor Yingzong said "crabs are covered with armor", asking them to do the right thing,
Cheng Minzheng replied: Phoenix is ​​full of articles.Yingzong appreciated it very much.

Li Dongyang: Spiders are full of knowledge.

Like a child star, he has been famous all his life.And this was not packaged. Later, he became a Jinshi, became an Hanlin, and gave Hongzhi an official lecture on the same day, and everything went smoothly.

From the point of view of being a literati in this era, he was indeed successful.

But what to say,

At the age of 19, Cheng Minzheng won the Shuntianfu Township Examination No. 1 in "Shangshu". At the age of 23, he was awarded the editorship of the Imperial Academy with the first and second names.Fame is prominent and official career is smooth.

Therefore, I have deep feelings for Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as a stage of advancement.In addition, he was young and conceited, and his knowledge was not deep enough to form an independent academic opinion. Until later, he became a defender of Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism.

With this kind of thinking, as soon as a few words are uttered, they will naturally disagree with Zhu Houzhao.

Compared with Cheng Minzheng's conceit, Liang Chu didn't have such a bright experience, so he naturally had to speak in a lower voice, "Keqin may not know about it in the East Palace, and it's not that the adults in the court have not persuaded him. But... "

"But what? What else does Uncle Hou have to hide?"

"That's not true." Liang Chu approached and said, "It's just that you haven't argued with Your Highness before the king."

Hearing this reason, Cheng Minzheng's eyes widened and he was very surprised.

"Your Highness is only an eighteen-year-old child, and all the princes in the court are well-educated people."

Zhang Tianrui in the box was so afraid to plug his ears when he heard this sentence.

Liu Jin couldn't hold back her anger, "This Cheng Minzheng is simply presumptuous!"

"Hey, keep your voice down. I want to keep listening."

During the Wanli period,
Shoufu Gao Gong also said this about Emperor Wanli, meaning that he was a ten-year-old child, how could he listen to him in governing the country?

The fact is that's right,
But it is not acceptable for a courtier to speak like this.

Later, this was also one of the incriminating evidence for Gao Gong's fall.

"I feel that Keqin has misunderstood it. This has nothing to do with knowledge. His Highness built this school to find a way for the poor people to survive. This is the right way. How can the right way win?"

"I've also heard about the benevolence of the Eastern Palace. This is indeed a blessing for the court and the common people." Cheng Minzheng said this, but his face was a bit worried.

"That's right, since Keqin has come to the capital, he will learn more about it in the future, and he will know that His Highness is the image of the Holy Lord."

"Uncle Hou is also a loyal person." Cheng Minzheng teased him lightly, "Don't even think about it. If the matter of the academy is as you said, it cannot be argued against. Naturally, the courtiers have no reason to object, but why not The cabinet? Don’t transfer money from the Ministry of Households?”

"Could it be possible that Uncle Hou believes that His Majesty will stop it for the sake of the common people? Liu, Li, and Xie will stop it? Lord Zhou Jingzhou will stop it?"

A series of three questions did reveal the strangest thing, and Liang Chu was speechless, and he was ashamed of himself. After all, a child prodigy like Cheng Minzheng was more agile in terms of his brain.

"What does Keqin mean?"

Cheng Minzheng said confidently and somewhat proudly: "I can affirm that this matter is not simple. Moreover, this is not something that can be accomplished with a few ingots of silver. Where did the money come from? I don't understand where it comes from or where it goes. Poor Uncle Liang, you still think this is normal?"

"boom!"

Zhu Houzhao, who was serving tea and drinking water, smashed the cup heavily.
He wasn't angry that others were smart, he saw the tricks of his school affairs, or that he was just a child, it didn't matter.He never thought of hiding so many smart people.

He was angry with these smart people, who insisted on guessing from a bad angle as soon as they came up, staring at him, looking over and over, trying to find out a mistake.

It seemed that discovering his secret was a great achievement.

For a moment, he felt like a magician, thinking hard behind closed doors and finally came up with a 'trick', and when he went out to perform, he still had to stand the test of everyone's eyes.

But he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and these people should obviously help him.

Taking a step back, what's the point of telling him today that the money was extorted from Li Guang?What ability can Cheng Minzheng show?
Zhu Houzhao began to understand why he became famous with Li Dongyang, one was Ge Lao and the other was not.Cleverness has to be used in the right place.

On the other side, this sound also made Cheng Minzheng and Liang Chu outside heard the movement,

The two looked at each other and looked here strangely.

They all wondered which colleague should be sitting inside.

"Cheng Minzheng next time," he cupped his hands far away towards the box, "Brother, if you feel that what I just said is inappropriate, you can go out and meet and discuss it."

Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to waste his words with this guy, and after the news spread, it was said that he, a prince, had quarreled with ministers in the street.It's really unorthodox.

It's not worth it for him.

"Zhang Tianrui, get out." He pointed to the outside, although he suppressed his voice, he was still a little angry, "Go and ask him, how does he think I got my money. See if he dares to answer!"

Zhang Tianrui was in a bit of a dilemma. According to his seniority and official position, Cheng Minzheng's height was hard to come by.But the prince has an order, and he dare not disobey it.

So I can only bite the bullet and open the door.

Liang Chu and him are both officials in Zhan Shifu, so he naturally knows him, "Brother Wenxiang?! Why are you here?"

"Brother Uncle Hou, you are safe here." Zhang Tianrui cast another glance at Cheng Minzheng, and bowed slightly.

Cheng Minzheng saw that he was such an unknown person, so he didn't like his behavior of 'patting' the table just now, "Mr. Zhang seemed to be different when he talked about the origin and destination of the money for the construction of the Academy Palace just now." Opinion?"

Zhang Tianrui thought, there is a prince behind him, so don't just be afraid of this person.It doesn't matter to be scolded by Mr. Cheng, but it's not worth it to give the prince a scolding later.

"It's not that there is a disagreement." Zhang Tianrui arched his hands, "I just don't think it's important. I want to ask boldly, Master Cheng, where does this money come from?"

In fact, Cheng Minzheng had an answer in his heart.

Donggong can't produce silver either.

In view of recent events,

It can only be Li Guang's side, otherwise where else can it come from?

It's just that Cheng Minzheng didn't dare to say more about such words without evidence.Because this matter concerns the prince.

How long has Li Guang been dead?The tomb is still new!
Zhang Tianrui's question seemed ordinary.

But when Cheng Minzheng said something, he felt that something was wrong, and then he snorted angrily.

He was supposed to talk nicely, but he didn't expect the other party to dig such a big hole for him!How can such a sinister sentence be done by a gentleman?
Fortunately, Cheng Minzheng is still a smart person even if he is proud of himself. If he were a stupid person, he would lose his life here today.

Zhang Tianrui was helpless, what could he do? !

It's just that Liang Chu was a little embarrassed, "Keqin, Brother Wenxiang didn't mean that."

"Whatever. It's useless to spoil the fun today." Cheng Minzheng also lost interest in arguing with people like Zhang Tianrui who are not gentlemen.

Dao BuTong was too lazy to conspire with him, so he flicked his sleeves and left.

In this way, Liang Chu also left.

Zhang Tianrui went out to ask this question in a daze, and then came back in a daze.

"My lord...here, they are all gone. This subordinate thought they would compete with Mr. Cheng."

"You see, he dares!" Zhu Houzhao was a little disdainful, talking so much nonsense, even a single question made him choke.

Only Liu Jin was full of smiles, and still tried to pick up good words and coaxed, "Young master today is considered to be a question of right and wrong, and this servant admires it."

This is indeed not a lie, after all, I have been following him for so long, and I can't do without admiration.

(End of this chapter)