This banquet lasted until the end of the day, Zhu Fan was already drunk, Zhu Li and Zhu Di helped him down the stairs, and the carriage had already been parked at the door.

Zhu Biao talked with Xu Yungong Changmao for a while, in fact, only Zhu Fan was drunk tonight, and the rest of the people were well controlled, for fear of losing face in front of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Xu Yungong saw that Zhu Biao's face was a little sleepy, so he said softly: "The hour is not early, Your Highness should go back to the palace as soon as possible to rest." ”

Chang Mao also nodded and said, "I'll arrange someone to escort His Highness." ”

Zhu Biao didn't refuse, so he turned around and walked downstairs, Xu Yungong and Chang Mao were just squeezed away by Fu Zhong as soon as they wanted to keep up, looking at the burly back in front of them, both of them were a little helpless, but they didn't care about anything.

Out of Chongzelou, the street was dark, and the sound of the watchman could be faintly heard coming from a distance, and Zhu Li and Zhu Di were waiting for him in front of the carriage.

Xu Yungong glanced at the dark street, and inexplicably felt that there were many people staring at them, thinking that they were secretly protecting the four highnesses.

Liu Jin moved the stepping stool, Zhu Biao turned to look at the noble young men and said: "Recently, we have all collected our hearts and prepared to go to Shanxi's affairs, don't be in a hurry at that time." ”

Xu Yungong and the others bowed to the promise, Zhu Biao smiled and turned around and got into the carriage, and when he got inside, he saw Zhu Fan snoring, and when Zhu Li and Zhu Di also got into the car, the carriage started slowly, and the people arranged by Chang Mao just wanted to keep up, but they were stopped by a group of people who came out of the darkness.

The one who was the leader gave them his hand, it was Mao Xiang, the commander of the pro-army Governor's Mansion, Chang Mao and others hurriedly returned the salute, and when they looked up, there was no shadow.

Xu Yungong rubbed his face and said, "Okay, there is a pro-military governor's mansion to take over the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, so we don't have to worry about it, let's all go back." ”

The rest of the people greeted each other and went back to their respective homes, although they love to play, but they rarely go home so late, you must know that there is a night ban in the capital, the regulations are very clear, one watch three o'clock to beat the twilight drum, it is forbidden to travel; The morning bell rang at three o'clock on the fifth watch before the ban on traffic.

Whoever walks on the street on the second, third, and fourth watches shall be flogged fifty times; Those who commit a night after the first watch and shortly before the fifth watch is opened, will be flogged forty times, of course, sickness, childbirth, death and bereavement can be passed.

Of course, these people are all top-level nobles, and where do the officials who patrol and arrest them at night dare to beat them, unless they are unlucky and meet a big man who is not emotional, but that is just a matter of being kicked and taught a few lessons.

What's more, this time they didn't go to drink all day, and it was a serious matter to exchange feelings with His Royal Highness the Prince, and it was estimated that the whole family was waiting for them to go back in the mansion.

Zhu Biao opened the curtains, and at some point there was a carriage guarding him in front of and behind him, and many people could be seen kneeling on the side of the dark roadside, surrounded by the fence that had just been removed, which could be seen to be specially removed for him.

Zhu Li looked at his eldest brother and said, "My eldest brother also drank a lot tonight, how do you feel now?" ”

Zhu Biao lowered the curtain and said, "I'm fine, the second child is fine." ”

Zhu Di patted Zhu Fan and said, "It's just that you drank too much, just go back and get a good night's sleep." ”

After speaking, there was silence in the carriage, and the three brothers listened to the second child's snoring and returned to the palace, and it was naturally not so simple to return to the palace late at night, the carriage was stopped, and the palace gate was opened after a routine inspection, and only this carriage could enter.

A group of people jumped on the other two carriages, followed Zhu Biao's carriage and ran, and finally returned to the East Palace, Yun Jin led the palace maids and eunuchs to greet them, Zhu Biao got off the carriage and waved his hand to Mao Xiang in the distance, and he bowed and retreated.

Zhu Biao looked at the younger brothers behind him and said, "It's too late, you guys should stay here." ”

Zhu Li and Zhu Di were also tired, and if they went back, they would have sent Zhu Fan first, it was better to sleep here, Liu Jin hurriedly instructed the eunuch to carefully carry the second prince down and send him to a room.

The East Palace is very big, how can there be no place to sleep, especially in the summer, there is no need to warm up, Liu Jin went to settle the princes, and Zhu Biao also returned to his palace.

Maybe because of drinking, Zhu Biao is very sleepy now, and he is too lazy to take a bath, so he fell asleep on the bed.

I woke up early the next morning to recover my spirits, washed up and walked a few laps around the yard, at this time the three brothers of the Zhu family also got up, they were all young people, their bodies were better, they could sleep well, and Zhu Fan did not have a headache.

So the brothers had breakfast together after a long absence, and then the three brothers took their leave, and Zhu Biao went back to the study to study the problem of the Daming Water Master.

At noon, Zhu Biao went to have a meal with his father, and then went back to the East Palace to continue to study the matter, and the same will be true in the next few days, Zhu Biao's plan is too messy, so he will also tidy it up now.

It wasn't until Song Lian came to the East Palace to meet him that Zhu Biao naturally went out to greet him in person, and he hadn't seen him for a long time, and he felt that his teacher was much older.

Zhu Biao helped him to sit down, Nuan Yu also hurriedly brought him a cup of tea, and then Song Lian said to Zhu Biao in a self-reproachful tone: "Hey, I'm confused when I'm old, and now I'm going to be a sinner for the ages." ”

Zhu Biao hurriedly comforted the old man and said: "Master Song has always behaved in a disciplined manner, so it will come to the point of a sinner through the ages, even if something happens, the disciple will find a way for you." ”

Song Lian sighed and said: "Today, the old minister was judging the papers, and he was suddenly summoned by the saint, and hurried to the imperial study. ”

"The old minister is familiar with Confucius and Mencius, so he naturally explained it to the sage, but the sage then asked, Mencius said, the king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy, what is the explanation?"

Zhu Biao felt a headache when he heard this, Mencius's concept is people-oriented, that is, as long as the king does not do well, the people in the world can rebel, and the rebellion is justified!

From the point of view of future generations, this kind of ideological consciousness can be said to be very advanced, but it is very unfriendly to the unified feudal dynasty, especially for an emperor like Lao Zhu, who likes to be ruthless to corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people are suffering, and now the Ming Dynasty is in a prosperous matter, and the people will not live very well during this period, because the Ming Dynasty is in ruins, and for the overall development, they must not be taken care of.

Just like the imminent Great Resettlement, which is about to be implemented, this is very good for the world, but it is not good for the people who are forced to emigrate, and the construction of water conservancy and the conquest of foreigners, these are all things that must be done for the state, but for the people who are entrapped in it, it is tyranny.

If everyone believed in Mencius's words, wouldn't they have to oppose the imperial court every day, and Mencius's words were easy to be borrowed by those corrupt officials, and what Zhu Yuanzhang needed now was to vigorously promote centralized power, that is, the Legalists advocated the one-mindedness, one-time judgment, and one-sided listening.

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