Beijing, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Rubbing his slightly swollen eyes, Zhu Youzhu slowly stood up and sighed softly, Zhu Youzhu asked with some hesitation: "How long has the prince been there?" ”

He Neng, who was standing on the side, hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been down for twenty-three days. “

Sighing lightly, Zhu Youzhu didn't say anything, but He Neng could see that His Majesty was thinking about the prince, but this is also human nature, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not left His Majesty for so long since he was born, and it is normal for His Majesty to miss His Royal Highness the Prince, thinking of this, He Neng smiled and said: "The prince and His Royal Highness the prince have a deep father-son relationship, and they are really a model in the world." ”

Zhu Youzhu stretched out his hand to greet He Neng: "Pinch my shoulder!" Then he continued: "The prince is still not used to leaving. ”

"I used to stay up so late and correct so many question books, and I didn't feel anything, but now that the prince is not there, I feel unaccustomed to it. If the prince was here, these questions would have been corrected a long time ago. I can also go to the harem to accompany the queen, the queen now has a body, I don't feel at ease when I'm not around! ”

Listening to Zhu Youzhang's words, He Neng was slightly embarrassed, but he still hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is young and wise, and he is indeed a good helper of His Majesty. “

Zhu Youzhu nodded slightly in agreement, his son is not there, and his workload is a lot bigger, this feeling is really bad. After enjoying He Neng's massage, Zhu Youzhu said again: "Let people pick out all the questions for the impeachment of Shou Ninghou, and keep them all!" These people are making an endless fuss, this is scared! ”

Officials and salt merchants are not fools, they naturally cannot defend the affairs of Yangzhou, they will also go straight to the essence.

In everyone's opinion, this time the incident in Yangzhou was obviously premeditated, this is the collusion between Xunqi and Dongchang, and the root is in Shou Ninghou's body, so everyone hit the key point and directly aimed the finger at Shou Ninghou. Of course, there are also people who write to advise, saying that the stability of Yangzhou is very important, and the stability of the salt road is even more important, so the affairs of Yangzhou should be slowly planned and not rushed.

It's just that when things came to this point, the ministers were all caught off guard, and it was difficult to stop things from getting worse.

"Yes, Emperor!" He Neng hurriedly agreed, and then said, "The slave maid will immediately arrange for someone to pick out these question books!" “

Zhu Youzhu nodded, and then said: "Tomorrow, the cabinet plans to go down to reprimand the Marquis of Shouning, let him strictly manage the servants in the family, and let the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Shuntian Mansion go to check the Zhuangtian of the Marquis of Shouning's Mansion, and all the encroached Zhuangtian should be returned to the people, and the people will be compensated, and the Marquis of Shouning will be fined for two years and grounded for one month, and this matter will be explained!" ”

There are a lot of questions for the impeachment of Shou Ninghou, but most of them focus on these aspects, Zhu Youzhu feels that it is good to take this opportunity to knock on it, which can be regarded as an explanation to the civil officials and gag their mouths.

I have dealt with your impeachment, look at what else you impeach, of course Zhu Youzhu knows that the civil official drunkard does not mean to drink, but Zhu Youzhu just pretends not to know, who will not pretend to be stupid, the civil official will, I will also. As for the punishment of Shou Ninghou, in Zhu Youzhang's opinion, this is a drop in the bucket, and his son and Shou Ninghou have not received less these days.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the things that Shou Ninghou has sent to the palace these days, they are all valuable treasures, and he has money!

Returning some money, returning some fields, and fining him for two years are all painless things, and Zhu Youzhu is still willing to do such things.

"Yes, Emperor!" He Neng was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly bowed down and said, this is the first time that the emperor has punished Shou Ninghou for so many years, and He Neng didn't react for a while.

Zhu Youzhu nodded, and then said, "Okay, it's not early, let's go to Kunning Palace!" The queen is not at ease. ”

"Yes, Emperor!" He Neng agreed, then turned to lead the way in front.

Early the next morning, all the ministers lined up to come to the morning court, but the news they got was that His Majesty was not feeling well, and the morning court was canceled today.

The ministers left the palace with suspicions, but they all felt in their hearts that His Majesty was hiding, after all, many people were writing impeachment these days, jumping up and down, which can be said to have brought great pressure to Zhu Youjiao. His Majesty's hiding in this way made the courtiers excited, because they saw the dawn, the dawn of victory, and many people went back to prepare a new impeachment script.

The three scholars in the cabinet were not so optimistic, and the three of them returned to the cabinet duty room together, and it was still a little cold here.

"Gong Liu, Gong Xie, I'm afraid Your Majesty's move has a deep meaning!" Li Dongyang spoke first: "Your Majesty has never been like this for so many years!" ”

Liu Jian and Xie Qian looked at each other, their expressions were very solemn, they had been with Zhu Youjiao, the emperor for many years, and they knew each other very well. This majesty in his own family is young and bumpy, and at the same time, he has also exercised his resilience far beyond ordinary people. For so many years, His Majesty has faced all kinds of things, but he has never flinched so much.

Now this kind of behavior is very abnormal, especially this also involves Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, who does not know how much His Majesty favors Zhang Heling, as long as the queen's position is not shaken, the position of Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, cannot be shaken.

But how can the queen's position be shaken, today's majesty can be such a woman as the queen, and the status of His Royal Highness the crown prince is stable, it can be said that the position of Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, is as stable as Mount Tai, in this case, His Majesty is even less likely to be weak, there is obviously something in this, but what does Your Majesty think, these ministers have not thought of it.

"What an eventful season!" Liu Jian sighed, and then said: "It's hard to eliminate the matter in Yangzhou!" “

Liu Jian's words made the remaining two people also silent, the three of them are cabinet scholars and officials for many years, of course they know what the matter in Yangzhou means. This matter has reached this point, then it must be investigated, but Your Majesty will not be willing, these people are acting like this in Yangzhou, they simply ignore the king's law as nothing!

"Now it's mainly His Majesty's heart!" Xie Qian said on the side: "So many officials are involved, and now these people are still chasing after Shouning Hou, what will Your Majesty think?" ”

The three of them were silent again, what can Your Majesty think? Aren't you the ones who did the wrong thing? Not only did you not admit your mistakes, but you also chased after Shou Ninghou, how could Your Majesty not be angry about such an act? Once Your Majesty gets angry, then the trust that Your Majesty has built up over the years in civil officials will be absolutely gone, and I am afraid that Your Majesty will trust those eunuchs!