Zhu Hou's eye for taking care of people is very vicious, and the "people" here refer specifically to civil officials.

Who is a corrupt official, who is a clean official; Who is the villain, who is the gentleman; Who are the mediocre and who are the operators...... Zhu Houzhao was actually clear in his heart.

Take Wang Qiong as an example.

In the third year of Zhengde, the imperial court recommended the servants of the ministry, and recommended six people before and after, but Zhu Houzhao did not agree. finally pushed Wang Qiong out, and he immediately expressed his satisfaction, just because Wang Qiong had real political achievements.

Subsequently, Wang Qiong was transferred to Nanjing for an idle meal because the border ministers used Taicang silver and failed to return it in time and was implicated. It has been several years, and Wang Qiong has no backers in the imperial court, so he was suddenly transferred back to Beijing last winter, and served as the right attendant of the household department, and was responsible for the relief of the war-stricken areas of Beizhili.

At that time, the contradictions between Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing were exposed, and Yang Yiqing was forced to resign. Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to be partial to any party, but the antelope hung his horns to summon Wang Qiong back, and threw him to the household department as the right attendant with Huang Ke, obviously mixing sand into it, not letting Yang Tinghe and the family dominate!

Wang Qiong can figure out the holy will better than Yang Yiqing, whatever the emperor says, that is, and he is specifically working against Yang Tinghe. Yang Yiqing was much more stubborn, and while he had conflicts with Yang Tinghe because of specific government affairs, he also advised the emperor not to do this or that.

Obviously, for the emperor, Wang Qiong is better than Yang Yiqing.

Under Zhu Houzhao's deliberate arrangement, Yang Tinghe will never lack political opponents. Now it is Yang Yiqing, and in the future, it will be Wang Qiong, both of whom will fight with him in the ring as Shangshu.

"How did Wang Ruoxu run to Yang Yingning (Yang Yiqing)'s side?" Yang Tinghe was full of resentment.

Yang Yu sneered: "The new champion is willing to be a minister, it is really the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!" We must be vigilant in the future. ”

Yang Tinghe no longer responded, and he didn't want to compete with Wang Yuan. Yang Tinghe was unwilling to offend anyone favored by the emperor, including eunuchs, honorable relatives, and military generals, and he only excluded dissidents from the civil system.

At the same time, Yang Tinghe is also reflecting on whether he is too impatient.

In the first half of last year, the celebrant and the cabinet were in harmony. The first assistant Li Dongyang didn't care about anything, the eunuch Zhang Yong tried his best to cooperate, and Yang Tinghe said that no one objected, and he could appoint whoever he wanted, which made Yang Tinghe have an illusion of controlling the court.

Who knew that the situation took a turn for the worse, and the cabinet minister Liu Zhong took the lead in expressing his dissatisfaction, and was forced to resign by Yang Tinghe himself, and also threw the pot to the eunuch Zhang Yong. Liu Zhong was the emperor's trusted minister, Zhu Houzhao resolutely refused to allow him to resign, and Liu Zhong could only return to his hometown under the pretext of repairing the ancestral tomb.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Yiqing, the secretary of the ministry, jumped out again, and once made Yang Tinghe very embarrassed.

Yang Tinghe wanted to control the court, although he got the eunuch Zhang Yong, but he couldn't make a custom house Jin Gui, and the cabinet and the celebrant couldn't issue a holy decree at will. Jin Gui is not the head iron, just because he is the confidant of the first assistant Li Dongyang, and he was recommended by Yang Yiqing, and he also belongs to Zhu Houzhao's East Palace team!

Now, in order to win over the cabinet minister Liang Chu, Yang Tinghe ordered Lu Wan to help Liang Chu's son get rid of the crime, and the case of 300 lives dared to be suppressed. Liang Chu was really grateful, but he forced Zhang Lun, the secretary of Dali Temple, to the opposite side, and Zhang Lun had completely fallen out with Yang Tinghe.

Why don't you obey? Yang Tinghe felt helpless.

Leopard room.

To be precise, before he arrived at the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait and asked, "Have you ever brought the Divine Mirror?" ”

Wang Yuan took out the telescope and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a clairvoyant mirror." ”

Zhu Houzhao snatched the binoculars, looked casually into the distance, and frowned: "It's a little blurry." ”

"The length of the lens barrel can be adjusted according to the change of distance and proximity." Wang Yuan taught the emperor how to operate hand in hand.

Zhu Houzhao tried a few times, and sure enough, he could see the distant scenery clearly, and he was immediately overjoyed: "This is a divine object, accompany me to the city tower!" ”

The two of them quickly climbed the Forbidden City Tower, but Zhu Houzhao was still not satisfied, and pulled Wang Yuan to the inner city tower.

Outside the inner city is the dwellings, Zhu Houzhao turned into a voyeur, lying on the city wall to observe the small people in the market. He peeped and said, "Erlang, I saw a woman washing clothes in a house. ”

Wang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao said: "On the street outside the ceremonial room (the subordinate institution of the celebrant supervisor), there are people fighting. Haha, the tall man was even more dragged by his hair, and his bun was torn apart, just ignoring etiquette...... Right, beat him up...... Alas, I was kicked in the crotch of my pants, and I was afraid that it hurt to death. ”

Wang Yuan pretended not to hear it, and looked at the scenery lightly.

"Wow, someone over there climbed over the wall into the house, and there was a woman in the courtyard who built a ladder for him," Zhu Hou took care of it with relish, until the pair of men and women hugged and gnawed, he said to the attendant eunuch with a bad taste, "In broad daylight, you actually did such a reluctant thing, let Jinyiwei go over and catch the adulterer!" Haha, go, go, slow and it's over! ”

No matter how slow the gods are, it will be over, and Wang Yuan feels that his invention has been used in some strange place.

Zhu Houzhao had a full view of the Beijing city style, then put away the binoculars and said to Wang Yuan: "Erlang, why don't you offer such a divine object early?" By the way, didn't you say that there are still microscopes that can observe 48,000 insects in a bowl of water? ”

Wang Yuan explained: "Your Majesty, the clairvoyant mirror and the microscope are both discoveries made when the ministers learned about things. At the moment, this clairvoyant mirror is just a low-level color, just a few miles away. Next, the minister will try to make a real clairvoyant mirror, which can observe things thousands of miles away. ”

Zhu Houzhao said happily: "Then you should quickly try to produce it, before the anti-thieves in Henan are exterminated." I want to stand on the tower of Beijing and watch the soldiers suppress bandits thousands of miles away! ”

Wang Yuan complained powerlessly, so he could only respond.

Zhu Houzhao hooked his shoulders with Wang Yuan, and said affectionately: "Erlang's method of elegance is indeed more interesting than Zhu Zi. In the future, you should concentrate on your work, and if you have any requirements, just mention them, and get more new things out. ”

Wang Yuan said: "The minister needs some craftsmen for the time being. ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "When I go back, I will send a message to the Ministry of Works, so that they can cooperate as much as possible, and whatever craftsmen you need will go directly to call someone." ”

"Command!" Wang Yuan was overjoyed.

Zhu Hou was still unsatisfied, and continued to peep, and suddenly had a whim: "The clairvoyant mirror can do more, so that the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division will send people to watch from the four city walls." If there are traitors inside and outside the city, it can be seen at a glance, and won't countless efforts be saved? ”

Wang Yuan really didn't think about this, and immediately patted his ass: "Your Majesty is wise." "And take the opportunity to make money," the Five Cities Terracotta Division wants to buy a clairvoyant mirror, and they have to buy it with silver. I sell three hundred taels of silver for outsiders, and I only sell for the cost price of each department of the imperial court, and thirty taels is enough. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Wang Erlang is righteous enough, I won't let you lose money, just fifty taels and one pair." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, this thing can be used on the battlefield, and it must be strictly traded with foreign countries. ”

"Battlefield?" Zhu Houzhao immediately understood, nodded and said, "It can indeed be used on the battlefield, the main general stands on a high platform, can see the battle situation at a glance, and can command the battle with the flag order at any time." Wang Erlang really knew the soldiers, and he actually made such weapons! ”

Wang Yuan asked casually: "Your Majesty, the courtier's character needs to be based on arithmetic. If more people master arithmetic, more people will make such artifacts. When will the master of ceremonies be able to engrave the arithmetic books? ”

Zhu Houzhao was surprised: "It's been a few months, and the factory hasn't printed it yet?" I sent someone to urge. ”

Wang Yuan said: "It just so happens that the minister has recently gained experience in arithmetic, and he has engraved it together with the previous manuscript. ”

The so-called experience is all about functions. I used to be afraid that it would be difficult for the people of the Ming Dynasty to learn, so I didn't write it in the manuscript, but after contacting Gu Yingxiang, I found that the ancients had been studying functions for a long time.

The title of the book was also directly changed, one is called "Mathematics" and the other is called "Geometry".

Zhu Houzhao peeped directly on the city tower for a long time, and the attendant eunuch reminded him that he had eaten, so he was reluctant to go back. also called Wang Yuan to dinner together, and took Wang Yuan to watch the game in the afternoon, and the two Leopard Fang teams played quite excitingly.

Just when Zhu Houzhao was going to the toilet, Wang Yuan took advantage of the eunuch's inattention and directly stuffed Zhang Lun's recital of Dali Temple into Zhu Houzhao's hand.

Zhu Houzhao remained silent, finished reading the recital in the toilet, stuffed the recital into his arms again, and said calmly: "I know, don't worry about this matter." ”

Of course, Wang Yuan won't care anymore, he is not in his position, he is not in his politics, and he is not a Dali Siqing, so it is very interesting to be able to help deliver the chapter.

How did Zhu Houzhao deal with it?

This thing doesn't make decisions for the people, and it's too lazy to uphold judicial fairness, so it doesn't happen to do anything.

However, Zhu Houzhao did two things: first, let the celebrant leave the recital in the middle; Second, give Dali Temple Qing Zhang Lun ten stones.

The former was a hint to the eunuch Zhang Yong, the emperor already knew about this matter, and the celebrant should not interfere indiscriminately, and also warned Zhang Yong not to get involved with Yang Tinghe again. The latter is to tell Zhang Lun, the secretary of Dali Temple, that I have received the chapter, and I am very satisfied with you, but you don't have to make any more trouble.

These two practices are likely to reach Yang Tinghe's ears, and they will give Yang Tinghe an illusion: the emperor wants to make peace with the mud, and by the way, compensate for the defeat of Yang Tinghe and his faction in Guizhou.

Actually?

The emperor grabbed the pigtails of Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu, and whenever he wanted to do it in the future, he could turn it over and fry cold rice. At worst, Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu were forced to resign automatically, and at worst, they were directly dismissed and questioned!