The emperor's grandson rode a four-wheeled carriage through the streets, held a banquet in the VIP building, and entertained the craftsmen of the Institute of Engineering, and these things had already spread in the capital before the banquet was over. The capital is prosperous and has a large population, and it is a place where rumors are rampant and short-lived, and ordinary people are just a topic, except for envying the blessings of those craftsmen, at most they are a little indignant; However, some people inquired everywhere about the strange carriages of the imperial grandson, and even went to the homes of these craftsmen to inquire; However, for some officials, some were shocked, some were overjoyed, and some were beating their chests.

Due to the construction of the city in Suiyuan and the army in Mobei, the busiest departments of the imperial court were the household department and the military department. Therefore, this afternoon, the military department Shangshu Ruchang was discussing with the household department Shangshu Yuxin about the transfer of troops and grain transportation for Beiping, Daning and other cities, and the imperial court dispatched more than 200,000 troops at once, and the cost was like flowing water. In order to expand financial resources, Yu Xin also burned his eyebrows, and even eyed the Bank of Communications of the imperial grandson, hoping to help one or two. Although Zhu Yunwen refused, he still actively sent someone to check the accounts, wanting to know the specific background of the Bank of Communications, and then decide on the future strategy.

While explaining the number and specific location of the troops to Yu Xin, Ru Chang sighed with emotion: "The emperor Shengming has carefully built the guard system, so now the transfer of troops costs very little money and food. ”

Yu Xin inspected Ru Chang's troop transfer list one by one, silently calculated in his heart, nodded or shook his head from time to time, and when he heard Ru Chang's words, he thought about it, smiled slightly on his face, but did not speak.

At this moment, a Lang Zhong from the military department walked in, walked to Ru Chang and whispered a few words in his ear, and after Ru Chang listened, he waved his hand to let the other party out. Yu Xin continued to count the list one by one as if he didn't see it. Ru Chang seemed to have encountered something big, and the fingers of his right hand kept tapping on the table, and even had a tendency to get louder and louder, but he didn't notice it.

After a while, Ru Chang reacted and found that Yu Xin had finished counting, and was sipping tea with a cup of tea, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Lord Yu, is it already done?" What's wrong? ”

"In general, there is no problem, but the official has to take it back and carefully check it, and the matter of money and food cannot be ignored."

Ru Chang's right hand under the table, clenched and let go, clenched and let go, after a few times, stood up, closed the door, and then sat on the main seat, looked at Yu Xin, wanted to speak and stopped, Yu Xin couldn't help but laugh when he saw his appearance: "Brother Liangyu, what's so difficult?" ”

"This afternoon, His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson took a four-wheeled carriage and dispatched Jinyi Weijing Street......" Ru Chang leaned in front of Yu Xin and said in a low voice, as if he was afraid that someone would hear it.

Yu Xin listened, picked up the teacup on the table, picked up the lid, gently brushed it, blew it, and then took a sip, then closed his eyes, looked intoxicated, and read in his mouth: "Good tea, good tea, Brother Liangyu, it's really good Yaxing." ”。

Looking at Yu Xin's appearance, Ru Chang took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "This matter is not trivial, as courtiers, we can't help but admonish, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will be in danger." ”

Yu Xin shook his head slightly, and said: "Your Highness does not have the desire to be poor and luxurious, nor is he obsessed with the plans of craftsmen, and the Institute of Engineering has indeed made some things, weapons, tiger squat cannons, canned food, etc., which are not without benefit to the combat effectiveness of the army, although the official does not know His Highness's intentions, but the official still believes in His Highness." ”

"No, Suiyuan is still building a city, Mobei is still in a fierce battle, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers of my Ming Dynasty are thousands of miles away, driving Mobei for a long time, lying on ice and drinking snow, hungry and cold, all with the heart of loyalty to the country and the will to share worries for the emperor, in order to support it. At this time when the victory and defeat were not divided and the country was in danger, His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun was so ostentatious, taking a big car on Chang'an Street, feasting and drinking with the craftsmen of all the districts, and giving heavy rewards. Where will this be for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have been fighting hard in the north? Where will this belong, the military families who pray day and night at home, and who are restless day and night? Where will this be for the court officials who are all working hard and strategizing in the rear? Could it be that the bloodshed and sacrifice of soldiers and the burial of bones outside the domain are not as good as the strange skills of a few craftsmen? If this battle is won, how will the imperial court reward the soldiers in order to convince them? Do you want the frontier soldiers to think that my Ming prince cherishes and cherishes beautiful goods, and does not pity the loyal and brave people who fought for the country? So if the Mongols invade again, will the soldiers be willing to sacrifice their lives to resist? Yu Shangshu, do you want my Ming prince to be the King of Chu who loves the thin waist, the Wei Yigong who loves the crane and the losers, Li Cunqiao who died and the country was destroyed, or the 'Luban Heavenly Son' Yuan Shun Emperor who fled to Mobei and died blindly? Ru Chang was still holding down his voice at first, but the more he spoke, the more excited he became, and even stood up, waving his hands wildly, his voice became more and more high-pitched, and the military subordinates who were working around couldn't help but stop what they were doing and listened attentively to Ru Shangshu's generous statement.

Yu Xin looked at Ru Chang, who looked crazy, and had mixed feelings in his heart, in fact, he didn't agree with Ru Chang to go online and make a big fuss like this, but Ru Chang stood on the moral high ground, not to mention the emperor's grandson, even the emperor probably wouldn't dare to say "yes" to Ru Chang's rhetorical question, right?

After Ru Chang finished speaking, his hands just waved into the air, slammed it, slapped it on the table, and said loudly: "Yu Shangshu, Yin Jian is not far away, the history is like a hook, at this moment, the official can not be silent, the official has decided, to write to persuade the emperor's grandson, don't put the cart before the horse, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is the heroic soldiers, the Confucian scholars who study hard in the cold window, the farmers who work hard and pay taxes, not those craftsmen who confuse people's ears." ”

Yu Xin had to express his position when he arrived here, he stood up and said: "Brother Liangyu, this official will rush to Zhan Shifu, meet His Royal Highness, and persuade him to change his ways, don't chill the hearts of the Ming soldiers." ”

"Okay, my lord will go first, and the official meeting will arrive later."

Yu Xin put down the list of transferring troops and allocating food, straightened his official uniform, turned around and pushed the door open, but found that there were many emotional military officials standing at the door. When Yu Xin saw this scene, he sighed secretly, but he still nodded at them as usual and walked out of the military headquarters. Behind him, the officials of the military department poured into Ru Chang's room, and the heart of retribution and admonition spread from Ru Chang's room, and slowly spread to the entire six yamen......

Yu Xin hurried to Zhan Shifu and asked to see the emperor's grandson, but was told that Zhu Yunwen had returned to the palace, and he immediately went to the palace gate to ask for an audience. It didn't take long for Zhu Yunwen to walk out of it, followed by Yuan Zhen and Yuan Jing. Seeing Zhu Yunwen, Yu Xin hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped Yu Xin up: "Yu Shangshu, what is the matter, you are tired and ran over in person?" Lonely, what is wrong with it? ”

Yu Xin looked at Zhu Yunwen's drunken body, looked at him with a red face, and said: "Your Highness, something is wrong, please go back to the palace immediately, bathe and change clothes, the reason for the matter, the ministers will come to His Highness on the road." ”

"Okay, it's hard work."

Fang Xiaoru is eloquent, the chest is splendid, and the recent dissatisfaction with what the emperor has done, can not help but feel the spring of thought, less than a stick of incense, will be the emperor grandson's admonition to the draft, after figuring out, the pen is downstream, a "admonition is the original far skills sparse" slowly on the paper to show the true face......

Just as Fang Xiaoru was intoxicated with pen and ink, his son Fang Zhongyu's voice came with the knock on the door: "Father, Lord Lang Qi of the military department is out to see, and his son has arranged it in the main hall. ”

Qi Tai? Fang Xiaoru was originally very unhappy when his train of thought was interrupted, but after thinking about it, he became happy again. He put down the brush in his hand, tidied up his clothes, pushed the door and walked out of the room.

Qi Tai fidgeted in the hall, constantly walking back and forth, constantly looking towards the door. At this moment, there was a voice from the door, "Brother Shangli, why are you in such a hurry today?" As soon as the words fell, Fang Xiaoru Shi Ran walked in.

Qi Tai hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother Xizhi, something big has happened, it's a shocking event." ”

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Fang Xiaoru walked to the main seat unhurriedly, sat down, then dusted off the sleeves of his robe, and said indifferently.

Qi Tai hurriedly said: "The situation is urgent, I will make a long story short, Shang Shuru of the Ministry of War often summons his subordinates and contacts other officials to go to the Zhan Mansion to advise His Highness, in order to invite His Highness to a banquet for craftsmen this afternoon." I have already informed Zicheng, Weigong, and Zizhong, come over immediately, and they will be there in a moment. ”

After Fang Xiaoru heard this, he slapped his thigh and said loudly: "Hahaha, I'm not alone, I didn't expect Ru Shangshu to be with me, Shangli, this is a good thing, you don't have to panic, wait for me, I'll show you something." ”

Saying that, Fang Xiaoru got up and left, but Qi Tai listened to his words like five thunderbolts, and stammered: "Brother Xizhi, what did you say?" Meddlesome? Hey, you wait......"

Fang Xiaoru ignored him, and after a while, he took back a fold, handed it to Qi Tai, and said proudly: "Brother Shangli, Xiao'er had the honor to feast with His Highness in the afternoon, and he is very clear about the whole story. After the child told me, I wrote this note, although I haven't finished it all, but I can already watch it. As he spoke, he raised his hand to Qi Tai.

Qi Tai also slowly calmed down at this time, unfolded the recital, glanced at ten lines, read it again, and couldn't help but admire: "This article is very good, 'Taigong governs Qi, through industry and commerce, fish and salt, and folk music is not attached. Tian's usurpation of Qi, Jing Gong knew it and couldn't do it, and the etiquette was also! Rites, the great division of the law, the farmers and the industrialists, each perform their duties......'"

Fang Xiaoru was also overjoyed, clapped his hands and said: "Since Brother Shangli also agrees with me, then let's go to the Zhan Mansion together to advise His Royal Highness, the imperial court scholars have all gone out in person, how can you and I, as subordinate officials of the Zhan Mansion, lag behind?" With that, Fang Xiaoru stood up and pulled Qi Tai to go out together.

Qi Tai shook off Fang Xiaoru's hand and said sharply: "Brother Xizhi, listen to me!" The loud voice startled Fang Xiaoru, and he looked at Qi Tai in confusion.

Qi Tai looked at Fang Xiaoru's eyes, and said with a straight face: "Your Highness's move, Shang Li does not approve of it, Shang Li also intends to advise His Highness, but it will not be so fanfare, causing an uproar in the imperial court, so it will damage His Royal Highness's prestige, and even endanger His Highness's throne." ”

"Not really." Fang Xiaoru was a little puzzled, and looked at Qi Tai with an idiot's eyes.

"Brother Xi, I agree with Brother Shang Li on this matter." As soon as the words fell, the door curtain was raised, Zhuo Jing and Huang Zicheng walked in, and it was Zhuo Jing who spoke.

Zhuo Jing and Huang Zicheng came over in a hurry, so there were some dusty people, and there was a slight sweat oozing from their sideburns and forehead.

Zhuo Jing was not polite, and continued: "Brother Xizhi, Brother Shangli, this matter is indeed inappropriate done by His Royal Highness, the Suiyuan city construction planned by His Royal Highness has not yet been completed, but the containment army of King Ning on the Eastern Front has penetrated deep into Mobei and fallen into a heavy siege, and the Duke of Yingguo has rescued thousands of miles, and the result is not yet known." Although in the eyes of discerning people, it is caused by King Ning's wanton behavior and disobedience to orders, but King Ning, as His Royal Highness's uncle, His Royal Highness is bound to not be able to tell the world about his disobedience to orders. So this is the time when His Highness should be most cautious, but His Highness is feasting craftsmen at this time. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuo Jing sighed and continued: "This is also due to the fact that our subordinate officials of the East Palace have not fulfilled their responsibility to admonish. ”

"But," Fang Xiaoru hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Highness is very concerned about the affairs of the College of Engineering, Xizhi's repeated advice has no effect, this time Ru Shangshu dared to come forward to advise, Xizhi thinks it is a good thing." ”

Zhuo Jing stared at Fang Xiaoru carefully, and found that his eyes were clear, his true feelings were from the bottom of his heart, and he had no false intentions, so he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said: "Everyone, this matter must not be a big trouble, and this matter must be settled as soon as possible, but Gong thinks that we must rush to Zhan Shifu as soon as possible to prevent the expansion of this matter, but it is really not possible, let His Highness take a step back, calm down the matter, and then make plans." ”

Everyone looked at it and felt that it was useless to do the discussion, so they went out and rushed to Zhan Shifu.

met Wang Du who came in a hurry in the courtyard, and when he saw him coming, everyone didn't give him a good face. Wang Du was a little inexplicable: "Brother Xi, what happened?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said coldly: "You were also at the scene in the afternoon, why didn't you dissuade Your Highness and help Your Highness do this ridiculous thing?" ”

Afternoon? Wang Du was a little confused, and at this moment, Zhuo Jing said in a low voice: "Ru Chang organized people to go to Zhan Shifu to advise His Highness, go quickly, let's go to Zhan Shifu." ”

Yes? Wang Du woke up like a dream and followed.

There was a four-wheeled carriage parked at the door, which was given to Wang Du by Zhu Yunwen. But they all got on their horses and paid no attention to the king. Wang Du looked at the backs of everyone, shook his head, got into the carriage, and with an order, he also rushed to Zhan Shifu.

When everyone arrived at Zhan Shifu, they found that there were already many officials at the door, crowded at the door and shouting. The crowd hurriedly dismounted and squeezed a path out of the crowd. The guard at the gate recognized them, and after giving the salute, let them in.

Walking in the courtyard, Fang Xiaoru suddenly stood up and said: "Zigong Youyun: 'The fault of a gentleman is also like the eclipse of the sun and the moon; Yes, everyone sees it; What's more, everyone looks up to it. "I can't let His Highness make a mistake again and again, as long as His Highness changes his way and is still the wisest prince of the Ming Dynasty, I will admonish him face to face in this matter." ”

Huang Zicheng was shocked and grabbed Fang Xiaoru: "Are you crazy?" ”

Fang Xiaoru grabbed Huang Zicheng's hand and said solemnly: "Zicheng, even if you lose the trust of Your Highness, Xizhi will not regret what he did today." As he spoke, he took off his clothes and walked to the main hall of the emperor's grandson.

The people who knelt on the ground in the main hall, the first people were Ru Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Ren Hengtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Xia Shu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, followed by the six subordinate officials, and the other three Shangshu and the Imperial History of the Imperial Court sat on the main seat of Zhu Yunwen, who was a little at a loss.