"Alas~"

In the temporary office study of Emperor Hongzhi in the Kunning Palace of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh softly.

Li Guang committed suicide and died, which was something that Emperor Hongzhi never expected, Li Guang pinned his hopes on Emperor Hongzhi's health and longevity, which is why the Hongzhi throne would be desperate to keep him.

It's not that he doesn't know some of the things Li Guang does, but what is this, as long as he can make Emperor Hongzhi better and gain a longer lifespan, it will be enough.

Then who would have thought that Empress Dowager Zhou's words directly scared this Li Guang to death, so that he himself committed suicide by drinking, and when he got the news, Emperor Hongzhi looked listless, as if he had lost hope.

"Your Majesty~ has been cleared."

At this time, Xiao Jing walked in and looked at Emperor Hongzhi's appearance, he was really a little unbearable, but he still had to say it truthfully if he lost something.

"Say it."

Emperor Hongzhi said softly with his eyes closed.

Hearing that Li Guang committed suicide and died, the government and the opposition were overjoyed, and one after another came to the hands of Emperor Hongzhi like snowflakes, all of them attacked Li Guang, saying that Li Guang was corrupt and perverted the law, ran rampant, plundered people's land, and greatly developed private houses, etc., in short, listed all kinds of crimes, and asked Emperor Hongzhi to thoroughly investigate and deal with Li Guang.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Li Guang is already dead, and even if something is really found, it is impossible to say that Li Guang will die a second time.

When playing politics, they are all smart people, and they are all people who are good at making a fuss, although Li Guang is dead, he can still use Li Guang's affairs to attack his political enemies, or to achieve some other goals and so on.

If Li Guang was still alive, Emperor Hongzhi would naturally still be saved, but Li Guang was dead, and Emperor Hongzhi also pushed the boat down the river and asked Xiao Jing to check Li Guang's bottom here, so that he could also give an explanation to the world.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi was still not giving up, and felt that Li Guang's family might still have precious and strange books in his house, which might be useful for his immortal cultivation, so he sent Xiao Jing to Li Guang's house to search.

"Your Majesty, I found a notebook of corruption and bribery in Li Guang's home, which recorded that the civil and military officials sent thousands of stones of yellow rice and white rice to Li Guang."

Xiao Jing took out a notebook from his arms and handed it respectfully.

"Yellow rice, white rice?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was immediately confused, this bribe people to send rice?

"Your Majesty, yellow rice is worth gold, and white rice is worth silver~"

Xiao Jing explained softly helplessly.

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately opened his eyes, picked up the notebook and looked at it carefully, the notebook wrote in detail the time and number of officials who bribed Li Guang, and the officials who bribed included the princes, the general soldiers, the governors, the Shangshu, the squire, the imperial history and other civil and military ministers, Beijing officials and local officials.

"Bang~"

After Emperor Hongzhi read it, the whole person couldn't help but slap the table, and said angrily: "Check it for me, check it well, even the prince, Shangshu, the chief soldier, and the governor are bribing Li Guang." ”

Emperor Hongzhi was really very, very disappointed, not only disappointed by those officials who bribed Li Guang, but even more disappointed that Li Guang's so-called immortality technique was all a lie.

Emperor Hongzhi spent a lot of silver on Li Guang, because of the appearance of Liu Jin, his pockets were bulging, and he extorted a lot of silver from Zhu Houzhao, and transferred hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to Li Guang, so that he could pray for himself, alchemy, and so on.

As a result, all the silver went to Li Guang's mouth, and he was fed to his fullest, and Xiao Jing found out when he checked that the secret room in Li Guang's house was full of silver allocated by Emperor Hongzhi.

The last glimmer of hope for immortality in his heart was completely shattered, and the whole person felt the deception of the trusted person again.

He trusted Li Guang, and he saved a lot of money and allocated a lot of money to him, so that he could pray for blessings and alchemy for himself, and as a result, he fed all the dogs.

He trusted the civil and military ministers of the court, known as the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty, and the wilderness was full of virtuous people, but the theft of the official warehouse, coupled with the bribery list found out by Li Guang here, made him feel that he had been deceived again.

He is a good person, a kind-hearted person, but now he is really really angry, and he was angry when his hope for immortality was shattered, and now there is such a thing.

"Yes~"

When Xiao Jing heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded.

Investigating the case is his favorite thing, because only by investigating the case can he reflect his value, reflect the value of Jinyi Weidong Factory, if it is like before, he is also a waiter, but he is serving the emperor, and there is nothing at all.

Although the government and the opposition are respectful to themselves, there will be no other, this Li Guang just helped Emperor Hongzhi pray for blessings and alchemy, there are so many civil and military ministers to give gifts, and he, the eunuch Zhang Yin, the celebrant of ceremonies, received less than a fraction of the filial piety he received in a year.

Therefore, he understands a truth, he still has to let Emperor Hongzhi know his value, know the value of the factory guards, and be willing to reuse himself and the factory guards, so that his life will be better, and these factory guards under him can also follow him to eat and drink spicy.

"Father~"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao walked in excitedly.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Hongzhi's face looked a lot better, and a smile appeared on his face.

"You don't look like you walk, you are like this, how can I trust the inheritance of this ancestor to you?"

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said, his body is getting worse and worse, and the whole person is getting older and older, but the crown prince Zhu Houzhao is still a child and has not grown up, which makes him worried, once he is gone, can Zhu Houzhao control the Ming Dynasty?

Can Daming be governed?

"My father has a long life, I don't want to be an emperor, it's good to be a prince, eat and drink, and don't have to worry about those troubles."

Zhu Houzhao said very heartlessly, but his words also made Emperor Hongzhi's heart surge with a burst of heat, in the end, it is his own son who is good to him, and hopes that he will live forever.

"Everyone is born, old, sick and die, and my father is the same, sooner or later he will leave you, and you, sooner or later, will take over the foundation of this ancestor and provoke the Ming Dynasty."

and Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Hongzhi still treats each other more as father and son, when he was a child, because of Wan Guifei, Ming Xianzong rarely had such a father-son relationship time for Emperor Hongzhi, so when he became an emperor, he loved Zhu Houzhao a lot, which is also an important reason why Zhu Houzhao is very willful.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't bear to discipline him many times and doted on him too much.

"Father, I feel that you are weird today, and you keep saying some strange things."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Emperor Hongzhi carefully, thought about it and said.

"Haha, when people are old, they always feel a lot."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, then looked at Zhu Houzhao who was not wearing a prince's clothes, but very ordinary clothes, and immediately lowered his face and said, "Did you run out of the palace again?" ”

"I just went out of the palace to find Liu Jin."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled awkwardly and said, he forgot to change his clothes in a hurry.

"Looking for Liu Jin?"

"Are you going to discuss some money-making deals again?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, Liu Jin he knew, Zhu Houzhao did learn a lot of things and grew a lot with Liu Jin, so he did not object to Zhu Houzhao looking for Liu Jin, a son of a master, with profound knowledge, this is close to Zhu Jin is red and close to ink is black, and following Liu Jin is better than fighting with those eunuchs around Zhu Houzhao.

As for forcing Zhu Houzhao to learn the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of governing the country or something, forget it, Emperor Hongzhi knows too well, as long as it is not related to being an emperor, Zhu Houzhao learns super fast, Zhu Houzhao is very smart, and even learned Sanskrit and Arabic.

"No, no~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he shook his head again and again, and then said: "Father, isn't your Qianqing Palace burned down, and Liu Jin and I will discuss this to build a new Qianqing Palace for you." ”

"Build a Qianqing Palace?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was slightly stunned.

"Yes, father, we will discuss building a new Qianqing Palace for you, of course, there is still a difference from the previous Qianqing Palace, we are going to use cement and green bricks to build a Qianqing Palace for you."

Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly and said.

"Cement, bricks?"

Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled again, the houses in the Forbidden City were all made of wood, and Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin actually wanted to use cement and green bricks to build a Qianqing Palace for Emperor Hongzhi.

"The house in the palace is not old and watery, this time it is also a loss to my father, you are not in the Qianqing Palace, this house built of wood is easy to go water, it is very unsafe, and the house built with cement and green bricks is not afraid of water."

"And the light in the previous Qianqing Palace was too dim, and it was too cold in winter, which seriously affected your father's body, I have long wanted to demolish it and build a better palace for your father."

Zhu Hou said as a matter of course, and then said to Liu Jin, who was waiting on the side, "Bring the drawings." ”

When Liu Jin heard this, he hurriedly handed over a stack of drawings in his hand respectfully, Zhu Houzhao opened the drawings, and the top one was a planning map, outlining a majestic, tall and magnificent palace with black lines, but this palace was completely different from the traditional Qianqing Palace.

"Even the drawings?"

Emperor Hongzhi's eyebrows raised slightly, his eyes looked at Zhu Houzhao's unfolded drawings, and he was immediately deeply attracted.

"Father, we are going to build this new Qianqing Palace with reinforced concrete, with porcelain plates on the outside, and all the windows are panoramic floor-to-ceiling glass windows, with glass chandeliers, and heating, swimming pools, baths, ......"

Zhu Houzhao saw that Emperor Hongzhi was interested, and immediately began to repeat what Liu Jin had said again.