Chapter 32: Interrogation of Zhu Houzhao

There are too many people in the royal family, these people all rely on the adoption of the Ming Dynasty to live, every time they go to the domain, a group of people are in the soup, eating and drinking Lazar are all in the management of the court.

Let's not talk about the fact that since the opening of the Ming Dynasty, the prince who has been in the domain still needs to be raised by the imperial court.

Just talking about the brothers of Emperor Hongzhi, there are King Xing, King Qi, King Yi, King Shou, etc., there are many brothers, each of them is Pan once, which is a huge expense.

In order to prepare for them, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Households did not need to do anything else.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi had to be ruthless and curb the growth of extravagance.

Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "The minister feels that there is another thing, after the vassal king left Beijing, he was greedy and excessive, even more than the tiger and leopard, and where he passed, he wantonly collected the people's fat and people's ointment. ”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and there was a fierce color in his eyes: "Just follow this specification." ”

For these brothers of his, Emperor Hongzhi did not think much of family affection.

He has lived with the eunuchs since he was a child, and he has never enjoyed wealth and nobility, and none of his brothers grew up under the support of palace maids and eunuchs.

Therefore, when this order was given, Emperor Hongzhi's heart did not waver at all.

The place where King Shou was vassal was Sichuan, which was not as cold as the north, and Emperor Hongzhi of course did not allow so many Zhao Hou Zhu cards to be killed.

Zhu Houzhao came to the warm pavilion at the call of his father, and knelt on the ground obediently when he entered the door.

Emperor Hongzhi said in a fierce voice: "You are guilty!" ”

Zhu Houzhao had an expression of 'when did I commit a crime again': "Erchen doesn't know." ”

"The thirty taels of silver in the market, did you do it?!" Seeing that he had no remorse, Emperor Hongzhi was furious and wanted to go down and kick him twice to sober him up.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "It was the sons who did it, but it was the father who taught the sons to do it." ”

Tian is shameless!

The cabinet ministers headed by Liu Jian were ashamed to stand with him, and they all looked away, and Emperor Hongzhi's old face was red: "Where did you come from!" When did I ever give you permission to do such a thing! ”

"The father taught his sons and ministers, for the way of the king, the people must be saved first, now the weather is cold, the people have no warm quilts to cover, frozen to death in dreams, countless, sons make more quilts, that is, let them have quilts to cover." Zhu Houzhao blinked innocently.

Liu Jian did not hide his disappointment in the crown prince, and in front of Emperor Hongzhi, he sighed and shook his head again.

Your Highness is really rotten wood and can't be carved.

Where can ordinary people afford a quilt of thirty taels?

Xie Qian also showed a look of emotion, but Li Dongyang listened carefully with an expressionless face.

Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that he didn't know what to say: "It's stupid!" A person who can spend thirty taels of silver to buy a quilt will freeze to death and starve to death? ”

The dog emperor didn't understand, Zhu Houzhao sneered: "The imperial court opens a warehouse every year to give grain, it is better to let the gentry pay silver to feed the people, and the sons and daughters make thirty taels of silver quilts, which are naturally sold to the gentry, and the cloth mill then hires the people to work in the workshop for a long time, and the people can receive wages, so that there is silver to buy cotton jackets, buy rice and noodles, and buy meat to eat, so that the people have silver to spend the winter, and the court does not have to spend silver." ”

Liu Jian and the others suddenly lit up!

When did His Highness's mind become so meticulous?

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless, feeling that what Zhu Houzhao said made a little sense.

Based on only one side of the word, Emperor Hongzhi naturally did not believe Zhu Houzhao's words: "How are the people in the capital today, I heard from the factory guard that there are many displaced people from Jingxiang this year, and there is nothing to be done about the Shuntian Mansion Yin, how can you solve it with just one quilt?" ”

"If the father doesn't believe it, just change your clothes, and your son will take you out of the palace for a walk, and you will know." Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to prove it to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi was full of disbelief.

When the crow was silent, Li Dongyang pondered for a moment and stood up and said: "Yesterday, when the minister was in court, he found that the homeless people there were gone, and the minister heard that they were all hired by a cloth workshop on the outskirts of the city. ”

Liu Jian and others have already been shocked.

Li Dongyang has always done everything without leakage, and they naturally believe it.

I can't help but think about it, I can actually solve the problem of the displaced people in the capital.

It's just that Emperor Hongzhi thought about it, and felt that it was wrong, so he looked at Zhu Houzhao and said sharply: "Where did you come from?" Where did the manual operation come from? ”

"Back to my father's words, they are all handled by Ning Guogong." Zhu Houzhao said truthfully.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at him: "There is no one else? ”

"Nope." Zhu Houzhao's eyes showed an innocent look.

"You can step back and go back to the East Palace to study."

"Father and Emperor Qualchen only left." Zhu Houzhao said with a blank eye.

Emperor Hongji glared at him.

Zhu Houzhao said obediently: "Erchen went to study......"

After Zhu Houzhao slowly withdrew, in the warm pavilion, only Emperor Hongzhi, the three members of the cabinet and Ma Wensheng remained.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said: "Thirty taels of silver, after all, the wool comes out of the sheep." ”

"With all due respect, if you want fish and meat, it is also the silver of the fish and meat gentry, since Emperor Wen relaxed the commercial tax, the gentry have more and more silver, and now, the front-line military salary should be supported again, if the imperial court opens a warehouse to give grain, can there be spare strength to support the military salary of the nine sides? The minister thought that what the prince said was a good policy. "In addition to Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng is the most outspoken.

Li Dongyang said: "The proposal of the ministers to attach the military department!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi also wanted to apply for the Duke of Ningguo, so he could only let it go first.

Coming out of the warm pavilion, Zhu Houzhao was extremely excited, and he had a feeling of raising his eyebrows, this time, his father did not scold him for the first time.

The set made by Lao Gao is firm!

Zhu Houzhao finally decided at this moment that like Master Yan, Yazi, who didn't look very smart, must be famous as a master in Beijing because of Lao Gao.

There are ten buckets of talent in the world, the palace has eight buckets, the old high one bucket, and the people in the world have one bucket, forget it, for the sake of the old high is also smarter, the palace will give the old high a bucket.

In mid-November, the branches and plums in the corner of the wall were blooming alone in Ling Han.

In winter, the snow outside the window fell like dandruff, condensing into a snow-white patch on the eaves.

Early in the morning, Yan Chengjin asked the cook to cook a warm Sydney wolfberry bird's nest soup, and the people in the house put on warm new cotton jackets.

Morning exercise is a daily compulsory item in Yanfu.

The subordinates lined up in the courtyard, but Yan Chengjin didn't see He Neng's figure: "What about the young master's entourage?" ”

Chunxiao whispered: "Young master, Brother He is afraid that he is infected with the wind and cold, and he has been coughing all the time, and he is resting in the room." ”

It's normal to get sick in this kind of weather, and Chunxiao didn't care much about it.

Of course, they don't know how terrible the consequences of a small "wind chill" may be.

Yan Chengjin knew it, and unconsciously took a step back, keeping a safe distance from her, "Didn't this young master buy a cotton jacket for everyone, why did he still catch a cold?" ”

"Brother He was reluctant to wear it, his clothes were a little thin, so he caught a cold." Chunxiao Road.

A person like He Neng, who has endured the hardships of life, understands how important a stitch is, is very economical in food and clothing, and lives carefully.

Yan Chengjin asked someone to invite a doctor, and when he went to He Neng's wing, he shouted from a distance of three meters: "Young Master Ben has come to see you, is your body okay?" ”

The door squeaked open, how could he curl up in the quilt, standing tremblingly in front of the door, exhaling white air in his mouth, and pleading: "Young master, the little one can't practice today, and the young master must not deduct the small silver." ”