Jiangnan is different from other places, although it has also experienced wars, but the situation is much stronger than that of the northern region and the Central Plains, and most of the grain taxes that have supported the operation of the imperial court since the founding of the country have also been supplied by Jiangnan.

Zhu Biao lowered the curtain and smiled at the Hangzhou prefect on the side: "It's really gratifying that Hangzhou is so prosperous, and after the palace returns to Beijing, I will personally ask for credit for the Chen prefect in front of my father." ”

Chen Huadao, the prefect of Hangzhou, hurriedly raised his hand and saluted: "The minister is just a small merit, he has fulfilled his duty as a courtier, how dare he let His Royal Highness ask for credit for the minister, if all colleagues hear about it, the minister will be ridiculed for a long time." ”

Zhu Biao snorted, this person was interesting, and he said modest words in his mouth, but his demeanor and tone were full of pride, and he sounded a little underwhelmed.

Zhu Biao smiled and politely exchanged a few words with him, how can a monarch not have a little tolerance, as long as the surname Chen can continue to govern Hangzhou like this, Mo said that his tone was a little arrogant, even if he peed on the street, Zhu Biao could smile and praise him for his celebrity demeanor.

It was afternoon when Zhu Biao entered the city, and he was going to go to the mansion of Governor Chen to rest for a while, which was also a kind of grace, Zhu Biao would not go to the courtier's mansion easily, after all, his every move represented a certain political meaning.

The prefect of Hangzhou was happy enough, and hurriedly sent his family back to the house to arrange, Zhu Biao couldn't help but open the curtains and look outside, he liked this prosperous scene too much, if other towns in the Ming Dynasty could be so good.

Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel happy just by looking at it, isn't this why their father and son are busy and forget to sleep and eat, Zhu Biao has seen too many poor and dilapidated state capitals, and now he is relieved.

The carriage went straight to the Chen Mansion, and the Hangzhou prefect personally jumped out of the carriage first, and first glanced at the family members who had been waiting in front of the mansion for a long time.

The servants on the side hurriedly put down the stepping stool, Liu Jin opened the door curtain and Zhu Biao stepped down slowly, Chen Zhifu stretched out his hand to help him, Zhu Biao was naturally not so delicate, but it was the intention of the people.

After Zhu Biao landed on the ground, he glanced at the Chen Mansion, and after just a cursory sweep, he felt that the Chen Mansion was probably more spacious and magnificent than the mansion when Zhu Yuanzhang was the king of Wu, and the group of people in front of the door immediately bowed down respectfully.

When Zhu Biao approached, he heard a neat greeting voice: "I will wait to see His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Qianqiu." ”

Zhu Biao stood still and stretched out his hand to help the old woman at the front and said, "The old woman is exempt, and the rest of the people are also flat." ”

Governor Chen stepped forward to help the old lady and introduced: "This is the minister's old mother, I think I heard that His Royal Highness deigned to come to the mansion and was overjoyed to come out to greet her."

Although Mrs. Chen is old and has an extraordinary bearing, she patted her son's hand and smiled at Zhu Biao: "The old man is old but not confused, His Royal Highness is really making my Chen family shine in person, please don't be polite." ”

Zhu Biao also said gently: "Then the palace will be disturbed." ”

The rest of the Chen family was not qualified to interject, they all stood aside cautiously and laughed, and after a little politeness, they hugged His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a crowd of stars.

When he arrived in the mansion, Zhu Biao was not good at looking, the dignified prince could not look like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and walked directly towards the main hall, Zhu Biao sat straight behind the main seat and stretched out his hand to let Mrs. Chen sit down, and the rest of the people also sat down separately.

The guards who accompanied Zhu Biao into the city were Chang Mao and Xu Yungong, Fu Zhong had already felt by Zhu Biao that Bashu had followed his father to fight, and if he wanted to be Zhu Biao's personal guard, he had to have a high-grade position.

Zhu Biao first talked with Mrs. Chen about family life, and Governor Chen led his eldest son to talk to the two princes of the palace, but in the final analysis, they were just familiar with each other, and after using a cup of tea together, Governor Chen led Zhu Biao to the backyard to rest.

Entering the back house all the way are pavilions and water pavilions, plus all kinds of green willow flowers blooming in this season, no matter from which angle to look at is a very beautiful picture, if you talk about the magnificence is naturally not comparable to the palace, but this extreme elegance is indeed rare in the palace.

Zhu Biao put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "The elegance of the Chen Mansion really makes the eyes of this palace shine, I really don't feel like this." ”

Governor Chen stroked his beard and said: "Hangzhou is more like this, His Royal Highness has been working hard in recent years, and he has heard a lot about it. ”

Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "If the world is as rich as Hangzhou, then the palace will naturally have a good time for a few months, and the people's livelihood in the north, Central Plains and other places can wither, how can the palace have the leisure to play." ”

Governor Chen bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness is really blessed with the world, but the restoration of people's livelihood is not an overnight effort, Your Highness should also focus on your body, if the country is damaged, how can the ministers rely on it." ”

Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing a few times, people speak really nicely, that is, they care about Zhu Biao's body and secretly express their loyalty, and casually talk through the moon cave doors, the door body has no access control, used as a partition between the two courtyards in the garden building, elegant and subtle, often leading people to further explore.

The walls on both sides of the moon cave door are usually painted pink and white, with gray decorative edges left at the edges of the doors. There is generally a plaque on the upper part of the moon cave door, and a few words are written to make it elegant and poetic.

A moon gate, a piece of style, one step at a time, step by step to change the scene, behind the moon cave door there is a natural artistic conception of beauty, or the garden flowers, or the stacked stone sparse spring, or a pool of spring water, or a few fallen leaves......

Zhu Biao enjoyed the scenery but did not take a look at the courtyard on the side, this is the back house of the Chen Mansion, each courtyard may be the residence of the lady of a certain room, it stands to reason that their family will never allow men with foreign surnames to enter the back house, even if the world friend comes, it is also placed in the front yard guest room.

However, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrange a guest room in the front yard casually, the best living conditions are naturally in the backyard, and this is also a statement to the prince, which is very important to the Chen family.

Walked into a courtyard, the bamboo forest is densely covered with streams and clear streams, the pavilions are scattered, there are dozens of maids waiting in the courtyard, Chen Zhifu guided: "Since the completion of this courtyard, there have been many disputes among the children in the family, and they all want to live in this courtyard, but the minister thinks about the family and everything is prosperous, how can he cause a conflict for a courtyard, so he has been kept and no one has been allowed to live in." ”

Zhu Biao nodded after hearing this, and Governor Chen didn't know if he liked it, so he continued: "I don't know if Your Highness is satisfied, if you don't like it, the minister is arranging other places for Your Highness." ”

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "That's naturally a guest at your convenience, not to mention that it's also very good here." ”

Governor Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Your Highness is a guest there, the whole world is not the king's land, and the ministers are the courtiers of Your Highness, and everything up and down the Chen Mansion is naturally ruled by His Highness." ”

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