Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 167
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Wang Shouren, then smiled and said, "Not only will he not be angry, but he will also be happy!"

Although Zhu Houzhao has never met Qin Hong, Zhu Houzhao can tell that Qin Hong should be a pure person. This person may have the shortcomings of a literati, or the limitations of this era, but he is still willing to defend the country at the age of 76. , This is the mentality and awareness that ordinary people don't have, plus what the old man did before.

He was able to catch up with him day and night, which shows how anxious this man is and how urgent he is to serve the country.

When Zhu Houzhao came to Yuanmen, Qin Hong's Xingjia hadn't come yet, but he soon appeared in front of Zhu Houzhao.Looking at the slightly crude driving, Zhu Houzhao sighed helplessly, obviously this was also the result of being anxious.You must know that Qin Hong is in charge of the trilateral system. This time, the official position given to Qin Hong is the secretary of the household department and the right deputy capital censor, and he is in charge of the trilateral military affairs.

This is the imperial envoy, with the flag of the king's order. Under such circumstances, the driving of the imperial envoy is not to say how luxurious, but it must also look like an imperial envoy. Unfortunately, Qin Hong does not have this at all.

From this point, it can be seen that Qin Hong is a pragmatic person. Zhu Hou looked at the frame of Qin Hong getting closer and closer, with a smile on his face. I am afraid that he can be compared with Qin Hong this time. We got along happily.Soon the carriage stopped, the team got out of the way, and a person was helped out of the carriage.

Because Zhu Houzhao and Qin Hong had never met before, otherwise it would be embarrassing. At this time, Wang Shouren's role was revealed, and he hurried up to meet him.

Going straight to Qin Hong, Wang Shouren bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Master Zhan Shifu, Wang Shouren, has a meeting with Lord Qin!"

Qin Hong was slightly taken aback, looked Wang Shouren up and down, then nodded lightly, turned around and looked around: "Excuse me!" Then he praised Wang Shouren: "The camping place is well chosen. !"

"Return to Lord Qin, this is chosen by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Wang Shouren stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and then said: "Master Qin, His Highness the Crown Prince has already greeted Lord Qin at the gate when he heard of Lord Qin's arrival!"

Hearing Wang Shouren's words, Qin Hong immediately became agitated. He straightened his robes and straightened his official hat, and then said to Wang Shouren, "Lead the way ahead and take me to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" After finishing, he walked forward quickly.

Zhu Hou took care of the skinny old man who came from the opposite side, and his face suddenly felt helpless. There was really no one in the court to let such an old man go to the northwest.Fortunately, he is in good health. Although he is a little tired, his mental state is not bad.Seeing that Qin Hong was going to salute, Zhu Houzhao hurried up to support Qin Hong: "Qin Qing, please forgive me!"

This was the first time for Qin Hong to meet the Crown Prince of Daming, but he had heard a lot about the Crown Prince.

In the past, the legends about Zhu Houzhao, the prince, were mostly intelligent and benevolent.For such an evaluation, Qin Hong was very disdainful. You must know that Qin Hong is not very interested in the current His Majesty.Although loyal and patriotic, Qin Hong felt that his majesty was too indecisive.

The Lianghuai saltworks and the Yangzhou case caused a stir all over the world. Qin Hong naturally knew about it. He was in Shan County in Shandong, not far from Lianghuai.

Soon the news about the Lianghuai and Yangzhou smuggled salt cases spread, and the ins and outs of the whole case were clearly conveyed. Qin Hong felt that there was something unusual in it.

What interests him is not the suddenly violent Marquis of Shou Ning, nor those dirty salt merchants in Lianghuai, but the prince Zhu Houzhao of Ming Dynasty.While others were paying attention to the policies of the imperial court, the wealthy women of the salt merchants, and the huge amount of silver taels embezzled by court officials, the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty fell on Zaohu.

His Royal Highness reformed the salt production method of the saltworks and set up a production team method, which not only managed the kitchen households better, but also effectively eliminated corruption at the bottom, increased the salt production in the saltworks on a large scale, and even The treatment of the kitchen households has been improved. From this matter, Qin Hong did not see anyone who suffered a disadvantage.

The kitchen households had more income, and without the oppression of the lower-level subordinates, life was easier. The output of the salt field increased, the salt merchants could sell more salt, make more money, and the imperial court could charge more salt lessons.

The only people who might suffer are those corrupt officials and those illegal salt merchants, but Qin Hong naturally wouldn't take these people to heart and let them die.

At that time, Qin Hong paid full attention to the prince of Ming Dynasty. He also realized that this prince was not simple. He focused on the place, and what he did was very clever.As more and more news came, Qin Hong became more and more interested in his heart.This time, when Qin Hong heard that His Highness the Crown Prince was going to the northwest, he was both excited and apprehensive.

Excited because he was finally able to see His Highness the Crown Prince, and even got along for a while, and he still wanted to teach His Highness the Crown Prince something.

Anxiety is because he is afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince is different from what he thinks. In addition, he is afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince will be at risk in the Northwest. He has heard of it. General generals should be powerful.Last year, during the Jingchao in Beijing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince slapped everyone in the face.

Of course Zhu Houzhao didn't know that Qin Hong was thinking so much, he just smiled and pulled Qin Hong into the room, and asked Zhu Houzhao as he walked, "Qin Qing hasn't eaten yet?"

"I originally wanted to go to the city overnight to eat, but I missed Sutou due to some car problems on the road. Later, I found out that His Royal Highness's camp is here, so I brought people over!" Qin Hong He smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao, this is half true and half false, what missed Sutou, he came here for Zhu Houzhao.

Naturally, Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything, just nodded with a smile and said: "It's just right, the soldiers caught some fish during the day, and they can have a good meal at night."

"Wang Shouren, go and arrange dinner for Qin Qing's entourage, and then come over here!" Zhu Houzhao pulled Qin Hong and walked towards the tent.

After the two of them entered the tent, Zhu Houzhao smiled and ordered: "Bring up the food, and the order will be ready for dinner. First, bring Qin Qing a bowl of fish soup to warm his stomach!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Qin Hong bowed quickly.

Since seeing Zhu Houzhao, Qin Hong has never stopped looking at Zhu Houzhao. So far, Qin Hong has a very good sense of Zhu Houzhao.Let's talk about the appearance first, His Royal Highness the crown prince is a heroic character, with a helmet on his top and a long knife on his waist, his whole person exudes the power of a general.At the same time, there is a bit of calmness between walking, quite like a general.

Speech and demeanor, appropriate and polite, with a friendly smile, and being gentle and courteous when receiving people, is simply perfect.

Just when Qin Hong wanted to chat with Zhu Houzhao about the military strategy, footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and two people walked in from outside.

One is Wang Shouren, and the other one can be seen from his attire. It should be the entourage of the imperial envoy. The entourage has an angry look on his face, while Wang Shouren has an embarrassed expression on his face. Obviously something happened.Qin Hong glanced at his entourage, and asked, "Wang Zhuan, what's the matter?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Sir, our people were arrested by them!" Wang Zhuan said, looking at Wang Shouren, with obvious meaning.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao knew what was going on in his mind. This was what the scouts did, grabbing their tongues and sending people to lurk. These are all regular training items, and even more training items.The person who was arrested must be like this, but at this time Zhu Houzhao had better pretend not to know.

Before Qin Hong could speak, Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at Wang Shouren, and asked with a sullen face, "What's going on?"

"Return to Your Highness, the scouts did it!" Wang Shouren said a little aggrieved: "Our scouts found out that Master Qin's men were coming this way, so they sent someone to grab two tongues."

"It was nothing at first, but after Master Qin's entourage entered the camp and counted the number of people, they found that there were fewer people. The lower officials asked someone to ask, and only then did they know the truth." Speaking of this, Wang Shouren hastily remedied: "People It has been sent back without any injuries."

Zhu Houzhao slammed his chopsticks on the table, and said angrily, "Nonsense, this is in Daming territory. Why are you grabbing your tongue? Was your head kicked by a horse?"

Qin Hong also understood, and glanced at Wang Zhuan, feeling a little helpless in his heart, do you still have the face to complain?
"Go, arrest those scouts, give each of them twenty lashes, and go and give those captured brothers some wine and meat." Zhu Houzhao added.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness!" Qin Hong hurriedly stood up to stop him at this moment. If these twenty whips were whipped, what kind of reputation would he have?You must not fight, otherwise these soldiers will think of themselves.That Wang Shouren said just now, when you entered the camp, you found out that you were lost. Your man got his tongue caught, and you actually found out after entering the camp. How stupid is this?

Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at Qin Hong, and continued to say angrily, "Qin Qing, don't beg for mercy for them, it's just nonsense!"

"Your Highness, please listen to me!" Qin Hong hurriedly said, "Those scout brothers are His Highness's guards, and guarding His Highness is naturally different from ordinary marches. How important is His Highness's safety? How can it be compared with ordinary marches? They are also dedicated to their duties, Your Highness." Not to punish, but to reward, I can only say that the people under my subordinates are not good at learning."

"I didn't even know that I was captured. What if I went to the battlefield? I've heard that His Royal Highness is good at cavalry and training soldiers. Today, I saw it. It's really extraordinary. These soldiers must be of great use in the northwest! I think these scouts should not only be punished, but rewarded."

Zhu Houzhao sighed lightly, nodded and said: "Since Qin Qing said so, then the palace will not pursue them, but the rewards are fine. Those who were arrested, Wang Shouren, go and appease them."

(End of this chapter)