Ming Dynasty: He was ordered to give lectures in prison, but Lao Zhu eavesdropped and made people nu

Chapter 479 Questioning the Crown Prince

However, after the involution of the last elimination system was implemented.

The courtiers who were dawdling around were swept away a lot, and the eunuch beside Lao Zhu had no chance to shout out "Retreat without incident".

Several items have been finalized regarding disaster relief in the Central Plains and Jiangnan regions.

And now those guard posts, after the decision to replace them with new weapons.

Duke Yansheng Kong Xian took the opportunity to stand up and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I want Prince Shen to abuse his power and eliminate dissidents in the six departments."

As soon as these words came out, many officials who were familiar with Kong Xian looked at him as if they were crazy.

I don't understand this guy who only gained fame in the past and never deceived the court with his own life.

Why did he suddenly attack the prince today as if he had taken the wrong medicine?

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly became energetic after hearing this.

He glanced at the confused Zhu Biao, then looked at the righteous Kong Xian and said, "Tell me the details of the reward."

Kong Xian looked at Zhu Yuanzhang without getting angry.

He quickly said: "Your Majesty, the captain of the Duwei Mansion is in the Sixth Department today and has arrested many officials. This has already affected the normal operation of the Sixth Department."

"And this is exactly what happened to the prince after he took charge of the Duwei Mansion."

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, what crime did those officials commit that Jin Hui directly arrested and sent to prison?"

As soon as these words came out, many courtiers cast curious glances at Zhu Biao.

Because they all heard about what Kong Xian said, and Sun Tzu saw it with his own eyes.

However, because Zhu Biao had an excellent reputation in the past, no one blamed him for this matter.

It seems that in the Duwei Mansion, there is another cruel official who wants to handle a big case.

Who knows, when Zhu Biao heard this, he said calmly: "I sent the school captain to arrest people, so there is a reason to arrest them."

"This matter involves court secrets. When the time is right, I will give you an explanation."

Because Zhu Biao followed the interrogation method provided by Lin Che, he dug out a lot of moths lurking in the imperial court from the Beiyuan spies, and from these moths, he found clues to bigger criminals.

It will take some time to find evidence that can convict him, so Zhu Biao can only give a no comment answer.

And when the ministers heard that the prince, who had always been opposed to the establishment of the prison, dared to admit that he had sent school captains to arrest people wantonly.

I couldn't help but fall into an uproar for a while.

If the future successor of Ming Dynasty also plans to serve as a lieutenant.

Then their future life will be difficult.

Kong Xian took this opportunity and asked maliciously: "Your Highness, we are all officials of the imperial court. Is there any reason why the affairs of the imperial court should be hidden from us?"

"Or is it that His Highness's arrest was instigated by some people with evil intentions?"

"So much so that it's hard to get off the tiger, and now you can only make mistakes?"

At the end of the conversation, Kong Xian finally revealed his purpose.

The so-called targeting the prince is all an illusion. His target is Lin Che, who is behind the prince.

After all, this time Zhu Biao was in the Sixth Department, and his act of arresting people was too abrupt and inconsistent with his previous style. Therefore, Kong Xian very much suspected that Lin Che was instigating this matter.

Facing Kong Xian's pointed question, Zhu Biao couldn't help but reveal a meaningful smile.

He nodded and admitted: "You are right, someone did give the order for me to arrest the person."

These words caused an uproar among the courtiers who did not know the inside story.

There are still people in the world who dare to order the prince to do things.

However, some smart people smiled suddenly after being surprised.

Kong Xian, however, only took the opportunity to criticize Lin Che, completely unaware of the trap in Zhu Biao's words.

He also thought that Lin Che was taking advantage of the prince, so that the other party reacted and directly threw him out as a scapegoat.

So he asked excitedly: "Your Highness, who is so bold as to instigate you to use the captain to frame Zhongliang!" However, the person who answered Kong Xian's question was not the smiling prince.

It was Zhu Yuanzhang sitting on the dragon throne.

He snorted coldly and said: "Kong Xian, we are the prince who arrested the six lawless officials. Do you think we have done something wrong?"

Kong Xian was still waiting full of hope when Zhu Biao said Lin Che's name.

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was Zhu Yuanzhang's thunderous wrath.

He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, lying on the ground and begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, I just suspect that the prince was instigated by others, absolutely not..."

"Shut up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was already feeling angry because of lack of sleep.

Now Kong Xian is trying to frame the words of someone behind the crown prince.

It made him extremely angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Since you want to know, why do we want the captain to go to the Sixth Department to arrest people."

"Then you go to the imperial prison and stay for a few days, then everything will become clear naturally."

Kong Xian still wanted to kowtow, but he was dragged out of the hall by the captain of the court.

The court fell into a brief silence.

However, no one interceded for Kong Xian.

After all, this person committed suicide by himself, and it doesn’t mean that anyone can participate!
After the tense atmosphere in the court relaxed for a while.

Fu Youwen suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the first batch of white sugar has been sold to the bidding merchants."

"The total income is fifty-seven thousand taels of silver. I wonder where this money should be stored?"

As a result of the trip, the money obtained from Baisugao's shares was misappropriated to the ship repair yard.

Therefore, the white sugar that should be directly operated by the royal family and then sold to the whole country by merchants can only be sold by merchants first.

After earning enough money, the royal family will lay out its own sales channels.

However, the business of the White Sugar Factory was led by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But the money to build the factory came from the Manchu ministers.

So much so that Fu Youwen didn't know whether to put the income into the household department or transport it to the palace treasury.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that the Baisha Sugar Factory had produced something, he immediately became energetic.

He asked curiously: "Is the sales of white sugar not good? Why do you sell it for so little money?"

Fu Youwen took his time and took out a few orders, and downloaded the number. Zhu Yuanzhang explained: "Your Majesty, the first batch of white sugar produced by the white sugar factory is about 10,000 kilograms, and its base price is five taels of silver."

"It's just that there are no similar goods on the market yet, so the merchants participating in the auction bid very conservatively."

More than being conservative, if it weren't for the royal eunuch, he sent letters to these merchants.

I'm afraid no one will come to participate in this white sugar auction.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to the failure of the first sale of white sugar.

He knew that it was not easy for money-hungry merchants to invest their money in an unheard-of new product.

However, he has tasted how delicious white sugar is and knows how many people will flock to it once it is popularized among the people.

The prices for future auctions will naturally increase as demand increases.

Although it will really make it difficult for ordinary people to enjoy white sugar for a while.

However, as long as enough is sold, the White Sugar Factory will expand faster.

When the production of white sugar increases to a certain level, its price will become more affordable.

This is all the economics knowledge that Lin Che has taught.

(End of this chapter)