General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 92 Your Highness, it's time for class

The sound of cannons is non-stop day and night, and can be heard in Xiyuan, so Qingning Palace can also hear it clearly.

"Eunuch Gao, what happened outside the palace?!"

Hearing Zhu Zaiyu's question, Gao Zhong, who straddled his sword, simply knelt down on the ground.

"His Royal Highness, there is nothing wrong outside the palace."

This was Jiajing's order, and Gao Zhong also followed the order.

It's just that Zhu Zaiyu couldn't help laughing when he heard this sentence.

"Eunuch Gao, there is nothing going on outside the palace. Are the more than a hundred guards in Qingning Palace full of food?"

Gao Zhong knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and then said: "Your Highness, even if you ask ten more times, I can only say that there is nothing wrong outside the palace."

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng's figure appeared outside Qingning Palace.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng, Gao Zhong seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.

"Mr. Zhang has finally entered the palace. Our Imperial Horse Supervisor still has work to do. Your Highness, I will not stay here."

After saying that, Gao Zhong left Qingning Palace as if fleeing.

"Mr. Zhang, why are you taking leave these few days?"

Zhang Juzheng glanced at Zhu Zaixun, but he hesitated to speak on his face.

When he just entered the palace, someone had already read Jiajing's will to Zhang Juzheng, and he was not allowed to disclose the situation of the battle outside the palace to the prince.

In the past, Zhang Juzheng would have carried out Jiajing's orders without hesitation.

But today, Zhang Juzheng hesitated. After pondering for a long time, Zhang Juzheng got up and bowed down in front of Zhu Zaixun.

"My minister Zhang Juzheng's crime is unforgivable."

"Your father has a decree that the ministers of the Eastern Palace are not allowed to disclose the situation of the battle outside the palace to His Highness, but I think His Highness should know!"

Zhu Zaiyu's face changed suddenly when he heard the words.

"The battle situation outside the palace? Did I answer the question?"

"Yes, I broke through the Great Wall a few days ago and entered Jifu today, and the people have flocked into the city."

Zhu Zailong gasped when he heard the words.

"I'm already at the bottom of the city...? As the foundation of the country, it's the right time for me to protect my family and the country."

Zhang Juzheng was silent.

"How is the situation in the city now?"

Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"There is a mixed bag of fish and dragons. Half of the common people go to the city to help in the battle. The soldiers and horses of the six prefectures gallop to the king. The capital is safe."

Zhu Zaiyu seemed to remember something.

"Where is Master Ning now?"

Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Brother Ning was the first batch to go to the city to help."

Zhang Juzheng knew that as long as Zhu Zaixun knew that Ning Jue had ascended the city, he would not be able to stop him.

But Zhang Juzheng believed that Zhu Zaiyu was the crown prince, the capital of the country, and the heir apparent.

At this time, it is time to go to the city wall. Even if you just take a look, you can learn far more than you can say in a thousand words.

As a bachelor of attendant lecturer, he wants to be a king and teacher.

As early as in "Xunzi", the disadvantages of "born in the deep palace and grown in the hands of women." were clearly stated.

Zhang Juzheng knew that this was what Zhu Zaishun needed to learn and see.

Zhu Zaiyong glanced at Ti Wei outside who was armed with armor, but his brain was running fast.

"Mr. Zhang, would you like to leave the palace with me?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head.

"If the subject goes out of the palace with His Highness, I'm afraid it will take less than an hour, and Jun Father will call His Highness back to the palace."

"But sir, if you don't leave the palace, if your father commits a crime..."

There was no trace of fear on Zhang Juzheng's face.

"The sinful minister was ordered to be in the East Palace, and he should teach His Highness to solve doubts. However, this minister has little talent and knowledge, and only these things can be taught to His Highness."

"Take it as a big lesson prepared by the criminal minister for His Highness, and now His Highness should attend the lesson."

"This time, His Highness should not take anyone with him when he leaves the palace. Once he brings someone along, what he sees and hears is not what His Highness needs to see."

"Your Highness, please listen more, read more, and ask more questions, and the criminals will die."

Zhu Zaiyu hesitated for a moment, and then he performed the master salute to Zhang Juzheng again.

"Students make Mr. tired, Gu must keep Mr. safe!"

After all, Zhu Zaiyi changed into a commoner's clothes, and then with the help of several palace officials from the East Palace, he dug out the Forbidden City.

It's just that after those palace people helped Zhu Zaiyu get out of the palace, they were controlled by Zhang Juzheng.

In the face of national crisis, everyone has their own choices.

And this is Zhang Juzheng's choice.

After Zhu Zaixun left, Zhang Juzheng reorganized his thoughts, and after arranging the crown belt, he reappeared outside Qingning Palace.

Looking at the more than a hundred guards in armor and holding soldiers outside the palace.

Zhang Juzheng ordered as in the past: "Your Highness, I am the one who asked about the classics, history and allusions, and please don't come in and disturb."

When Zhang Juzheng first entered the palace years ago, he often asked Zhang Juzheng to learn from him in this way, and these Tiwei didn't think too much about it.

"Mr. Lao Zhang is here."

Zhang Juzheng didn't know how long he could hide it.

But it's a day to be able to hide it.

It is true that there are risks for Zhu Zaiyan to go out of the palace by himself, but there are some risks that Zhu Zaiyan will never learn if he does not experience them.

What's more, there is Ning Jue outside the palace.

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After leaving the palace, what Zhu Zaiyan saw was far beyond his imagination.

Although Zhu Zaiyu had been out of the palace before, what he saw was the people living in the city after all.

The capital is either rich or noble, even if it is worse, it is still a servant of the prince's family, or a shopkeeper or a buddy who runs a small business in the city.

Although there is a gap between rich and poor among these people, most of them still have enough to eat.

Once upon a time, Zhu Zaiyi once thought that the common people in the world should be like this.

Only when Zhu Zaiyong saw these homeless people stuck in the streets and alleys did Zhu Zaiyong know what it means to be ragged and skinny.

And Zhu Zaixun also understood why Zhang Juzheng would let him go out of the palace alone.

Because the streets of the capital at this time are full of court officials and sergeants, which makes the capital much safer than before.

"Fellow townspeople, are you all people from the outskirts of the city?"

Zhu Zaiyu stood in front of a refugee and asked.

The refugee just nodded his head lightly, and didn't even say a word, just to save some effort.

But anyone who has the strength to go to the city to help the battle.

Right now, the people sitting on the streets in the city are full of old, weak, sick and disabled.

What is a disaster year?

In a calamity year, even food has to be hidden from people.

Look at the old, weak, sick and disabled in this place.

Without hesitation, Zhu Zaiyu ran towards the city wall.

It wasn't until he saw the young men on the city wall that Zhu Zaishun's mood calmed down a little.

"How old is this year?"

Zhu Zaiyu hesitated for a moment before he said, "Sixteen."

Zhu Zaiyu, who was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, naturally looks much better than the children of ordinary people's families.

The sergeant didn't think much of it either.

Zhu Zaiyu originally thought that these sergeants would give him a weapon, but he didn't expect that the sergeant pointed at a stone in the distance.

"Little baby, don't go to the city, go and help transport things."

"what?"

Zhu Zaiyu was obviously taken aback.

But the sergeant interrupted impatiently: "Either go to move the military supplies, or go home, don't make trouble, it's not easy for your parents to raise you, and when the tartars come, you won't be able to leave."

Seeing that the sergeant wanted to drive him away.

Zhu Zaiyu hurriedly said: "Move! Let's move now."

The sergeant couldn't help laughing when he heard that.

"Success, let's move."

There are only rough people on this city wall, as soon as Zhu Zaiyu opened his mouth, he was regarded by the sergeant as a son of a rich family who had lost his head after listening to an opera.

In less than a day's work, I had to escape home tired.

(End of this chapter)