My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 72 Is there no need to work in prison?
After a whole day, Zhu Gaoxu only finished one-third of the memorials on the table, but bit off a dozen brushes.

In the end, it was getting dark, Zhu Zhanhe advised Zhu Gaoxu to go back to the palace to rest first, and it would not be too late to deal with it tomorrow.

But Zhu Gaoxu's fierceness on the battlefield came up, he refused to leave no matter what, and planned to review the memorial overnight.

In the end, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't persuade him, so he had to let him go, and went back to the palace by himself.

As soon as he entered the gate of the palace, Zhu Zhanhe was immediately called over by Princess Han.

Zhu Gaoxu became the prince-to-be, and the entire Han Palace was full of joy and encouragement.

After all, one person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs rise to heaven, if Zhu Gaoxu really becomes the prince, everyone in the Han Palace will be honored.

Zhu Zhanhe came to the inner house of the palace, but found that Han Wangfei already had guests here.

"Sister, today is a big day for our palace, when the prince comes back, we have to celebrate!"

A lady in her 20s was full of joy, sitting beside Han Wangfei and said happily.

"What my sister said is true, but the prince has just replaced the prince in politics. If it is too public, I am afraid that people will make irresponsible remarks, and it will not be good to cause trouble for the prince."

Princess Han replied with a smile.

"It's my sister who is thoughtful, but it's my sister who gets carried away!"

The lady nodded immediately, her peach blossom eyes blossomed happily.

Zhu Zhanhe knew this noble lady, she was Zhu Gaoxu's side concubine Guo Shi, the granddaughter of Wudinghou Guoying, she also had an older sister who married Zhu Gaochi as a concubine, who would be Guo Guifei in the future.

"Mother, aunt!"

Zhu Zhanhe stepped forward and saluted Han Wangfei and Guo Shi respectively.

"Why did you come back alone, my lord?"

Guo asked impatiently.

"Because there are too many government affairs, my father will not come back tonight."

Zhu Zhanhe told the truth.

"It's true, my lord, if I don't come back, I won't tell you in advance, so I can prepare some meals for him. I don't know if he is used to eating the meals in the palace?"

Guo Shi was very disappointed when he heard the words.

"Sister, don't worry about the prince. Don't you know his temper? He eats everything the same way when he's busy!"

Princess Han laughed.

"That's true. Then I'll go back and prepare some thick clothes to send to the palace. It's getting colder every day. Don't let the prince catch a cold."

Guo Shi finished speaking and stood up to say goodbye.

"Sister, go slowly!"

Princess Han also got up to see her off.

When Guo's back disappeared from sight, Princess Han suddenly rolled her eyes and cursed in a low voice: "Little vixen!"

"Mother, you were a sister and sister just now, why did you scold your aunt in a blink of an eye?"

Seeing his mother's face-changing trick, Zhu Zhanhe asked, dumbfounded for a moment.

"I just want to scold, what's the matter?"

Concubine Han stared at a pair of phoenix eyes, looking like an old lady who just doesn't make sense.

"All right, all right, you are the mistress of the palace, you can scold me however you want!"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't dare to confront his old lady, so he immediately gave in.

In fact, he also knew that Princess Han was afraid that Guo would threaten her position.

Princess Han's surname is Wei, and her family background is not low. Her father is a commander. When she married Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu was only a county king, so she was a good match.

But later Zhu Gaoxu became the prince, and Zhu Di thought that his son's status was different, so he married Wu Dinghou's granddaughter to him as a side concubine. The Guo family was young and beautiful, with a high family background, which would naturally make Han Wangfei feel threatened.

It is worth mentioning that Guo Guifei, Guo's sister, was in the same situation. In history, Zhu Gaochi loved Concubine Guo, and Zhu Zhanhe's aunt was jealous of Concubine Guo, so after Zhu Gaochi died, she forced Concubine Guo to be buried.

You must know that Concubine Guo Gui not only came from a noble family, but also gave birth to three sons, similar to her background, but none of her sons had Concubine Zhang Jing and was not buried.

"How is your father in the palace, is he still used to it?"

Princess Han finally asked about Cheng Zhu Gaoxu's situation.

"I'm not used to it, so many memorials and official documents give me a headache."

Zhu Zhanhe didn't dare to be too specific, for fear that his mother would worry.

"Of course the prince of a country will be very busy, and he will get used to it slowly!"

Concubine Han was able to think about it, and then she leaned closer and asked in a low voice: "Son, do you think your father can squeeze your uncle down this time?"

"Don't you dislike my father fighting for the throne?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked in confusion, last time she had a big fight with Zhu Gaoxu in the middle of the night because of this matter.

"I don't want him to rebel, it's not that I don't want him to be the prince. If your grandpa nods, I certainly don't mind taking the seat of the princess!"

Concubine Han raised her face when she said that, she was the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, she didn't think she was much worse than the princess.

"I can't say for sure, who knows what the emperor thinks?"

Zhu Zhanhe lied.

He originally wanted to persuade his mother not to place too much hope on this matter, but after thinking about it, instead of pouring cold water on it now, it would be better to let the family have a few days of sweet dreams, anyway, there is no harm.

Early the next morning, Zhu Zhanhe entered the palace again.

When he came to the Wenhua Palace, before he entered the door, he heard a thunderous grunt coming from the main hall.

Standing outside the hall door, Zhu Zhanhe looked inside, and saw Zhu Gaoxu lying on a soft couch, sleeping soundly with a quilt covering his body.

On the desk in front, there are not many memorials left, and brushes without tip are thrown on the ground next to the desk.

Zhu Zhanhe waved to the hall, and a middle-aged eunuch ran out lightly.

"When did my dad fall asleep?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked the middle-aged eunuch, this eunuch is called Gao Guang, he is Zhu Gaoxu's confidant, and he is usually responsible for taking care of his daily life.

"I just slept for less than an hour, and my lord stayed up almost all night to review these memorials, but I still haven't finished the review."

Gao Guang pointed to the last stack of memorials on the desk and replied in a low voice.

"My father really put his life on the line!"

Zhu Zhanhe was speechless, he didn't even have such perseverance.

"Who says it's not? It's the first time I've seen him work so hard since I was a child. I guess I wrote more comments this night than he wrote in the first half of his life."

Gao Guang showed distressed expression at the end.

"By the way, is there another pile of memorials today?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again.

"Yeah, more than yesterday. I temporarily blocked the memorial. At least I have to wait until the prince wakes up."

Gao Guang was also worried about Zhu Gaoxu, wishing he could review for him, but unfortunately he was illiterate.

"Let my dad sleep, I'll go to Grandpa Huang's place!"

Zhu Zhanhe nodded and said.

It's only been a day, and Zhu Gaoxu has already suffered a lot. I hope he can hold on in the future.

The Hall of Martial Heroes is very close to the Hall of Wenhua, separated only by the Wen Tower and the Hall of Martial Arts, so Zhu Zhanhe turned a corner and soon came to the Hall of Martial Heroes.

Zhu Di was drinking tea and resting, when he saw Zhu Zhanhe coming in, he asked directly, "Is your father awake?"

"No, I only slept for less than an hour after listening to Gao Guang."

Zhu Zhanhe stepped forward and replied.

"I know he stayed up all night, so I didn't call him this morning."

Zhu Di sighed.

Letting Zhu Gaoxu replace Zhu Gaochi originally made him suffer, but now that his son is suffering, Zhu Di feels a little distressed.

"My father doesn't want to disappoint you, Grandpa Huang, and he doesn't want you to think that he is inferior to uncle, so he really worked hard."

Zhu Zhanhe also praised Zhu Gaoxu, after all, their father and son are highly bonded, and it is good for a father to be a good son.

"Efforts are true, but the effect...hehe~"

As Zhu Di spoke, he beckoned, and immediately two eunuchs came forward carrying a desk, on which were stacks of memorials.

"These memorials..."

Zhu Zhanhe felt very familiar.

I saw Zhu Di picked up a copy casually, opened it and handed it to Zhu Zhanhe, saying: "This is what your father reviewed yesterday, you can take a look!"

Zhu Zhanhe took the memorial and opened it. This is a memorial sent by the Suzhou government. It said that this summer, Suzhou encountered a drought, which led to a decrease in crop production. taxation.

Therefore, the Suzhou government requests that the imperial court can reduce and exempt some taxes appropriately to appease the local people. After all, Suzhou's taxes are relatively heavy.

Behind the memorial was Zhu Gaoxu's instructions, and Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help shaking his head after seeing it, because instead of agreeing, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to mobilize the local garrison to cooperate with the government to collect taxes from the people.

However, this is also in line with Zhu Gaoxu's rough and domineering character. In his eyes, big fists are the last word. As for the life and death of the common people, he is not at all in his consideration.

"What would you do if it were you?"

Zhu Di suddenly asked Zhu Zhanhe.

"I?"

Zhu Zhanhe pondered for a moment, and then replied.

"If I do it, the first thing to do is to send someone to verify the matter. If the news is true, some taxes can be reduced or exempted. After all, for the imperial court, local stability is more important than other things."

"That's right, if your father had half the brains of yours, he wouldn't have had anything to do with your uncle!"

Zhu Di laughed, and reached out to pat Zhu Zhanhe on the shoulder. He was more and more satisfied with his grandson.

"Then these memorials..."

Zhu Zhanhe was suddenly a little worried, if these memorials were carried out according to Zhu Gaoxu's intention, there might be a lot of troubles in Daming.

"Don't worry, these memorials will be sent to Jin Zhong later, and let him review them again."

Zhu Di saw Zhu Zhanhe's thoughts, and immediately laughed.

"Isn't Jin Shangshu imprisoned in the Imperial Prison?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked puzzledly.

"What's wrong with the prison, don't think that you don't have to work if you are in prison!"

Zhu Di said with a look of reason.

Zhu Zhanhe was stunned, but then he remembered that when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, many officials were left unattended due to the arrest of too many officials, so he simply put the criminal officials in shackles and asked them to go to work in the Yamen during the day and shut them down at night. in prison.

Zhu Di is worthy of being Lao Zhu's own son. Leaving aside other aspects, he has really learned a lot about making the best use of people.

(End of this chapter)