Chapter 315: The Kindness and Support of the Imperial Grandson

For several days, Lu Feng closed his door under the pretext of contracting the wind chill when he was on the ship, while Zhang Yue vigorously inspected the three granaries in Nanjing City and sealed all the account books. Although the ambassadors and deputy envoys of the granary are only insignificant petty officials, such a tossing and turning is not small. Some people are talking about it behind their backs, and the people who know it are secretly scoffing at it.

Closed account check? Even if people are so tired that they turn their backs, they will never be able to find out the details, this is completely blind toss!

And the man who caused a lot of commotion and was called proud and rampant by many disapproving civil officials, rushed to the palace along West Chang'an Avenue with Zhou Bailing's tomb and more than a dozen Beijing camp sergeants on this day. Because the weather was cold, and this road was leading directly to the imperial city, so there were not many pedestrians on the road, so he naturally increased the speed of his horse, who knew that when he turned the corner in front of him, he suddenly saw a large group of people coming in front of him, all of them were brightly dressed, and they looked like the sons of nobles.

Seeing that the street was wide, Zhang Yue simply gave way to the right, who knew that the other party did not dodge or deliberately rushed over. At this time, Zhou Bailing saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly rode out to overtake the front, followed by a series of shouts and orders. In a moment, more than a dozen riders galloped out to the left in unison, just passing by that line. At this time, Zhang Yue looked back angrily, but saw that the group of people actually restrained the horse not far away, and immediately turned the horse's head and surrounded it.

The young man led by him wore a red gold hair crown, a red silk unicorn white jersey suit, and a sable fur coat on his head, and gently tapped his left hand with the handle of the whip when he spoke, with an extremely arrogant expression: "You are Zhang Yue who is making a lot of trouble in Beijing now?" There are not many people who dare to gallop on West Chang'an Street, you are not old, your official character is not high, but your courage is not small! ”

Since he saw Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanqi fighting each other in the past, Zhang Yue is now wary when he sees these extravagantly dressed characters. At this time, he was thinking about who was in front of him, when he heard Fang Ling's low reminder from behind him.

"Yuanjie, deal with it carefully, this is Li Maofang, Marquis of Fuyang."

Hearing this, Zhang Yue remembered what happened to Fang Ling, and immediately felt angry, but his face did not move. After arching his hand on the horse, he said expressionlessly: "Fuyang Hou said with a smile, since this West Chang'an Avenue is not marked that it is not allowed to ride a horse, what does it have to do with my galloping and courage?" I am rushing to the palace to inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Grandson, I don't know what advice the Marquis of Fuyang has? ”

"Tsk, those civil officials said that you were arrogant, and it was really true!"

Li Maofang's face sank, and he immediately pointed at Zhang Yue with a horsewhip and sneered: "Don't think that you can do whatever you want if you get the emperor's favor, even if you make a fuss, it's none of my business to turn Nanjing City upside down." I just remind you, don't end up doing bad errands and disappointing the emperor's trust, it will be difficult to show off your power in the future! And Fang Ling, I can let you go down once, and you can have a second time! ”

After these demonstrative words, he struck the horse with his whip on the horse's hips, and immediately his legs caught the horse's belly, and galloped out like a sharp sword. After the other boys laughed for a while, they turned to follow, and the figure disappeared around the corner of the street, and the sound of horses' hooves faded away.

Zhang Yue didn't bother to deal with this kind of person at all, turned his head and glanced at Fang Ling, and saw that his eyes were round and his face was red, Zhou Bailing and the other accompanying sergeants were all as usual, so he persuaded in a low voice: "He is just the son of a princess and a marquis, seeing that you are making a comeback, he can't be angry for a while and come to demonstrate. Although the emperor promoted you on a whim, it also has the meaning of examination, don't waste the good situation because of a momentary anger. ”

After saying this, seeing Zhou Bailing on the side staring at him thoughtfully, he smiled and said, "Just now, thanks to Lord Zhou's quick opportunity, a big conflict was avoided. It's not too early, let's hurry into the palace. ”

Although he was praised by Zhu Di as a man of wisdom and a son of peace, Zhu Zhanji was not as diligent as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, even if he handled the affairs of the prison on behalf of his father Zhu Gaochi, most of the time he handed over the matter to Yang Shiqi and others, and he was just using a Zhu pen to approve the notes sent to him, nothing more. Even so, it took up a large part of his time, and now that it was winter, all of his favorite crickets were sick and couldn't survive.

"His Royal Highness, Lord Xiao Zhang asks to see you."

Zhu Zhanji was teasing the motionless cricket in the clay pot with a bamboo stick, and when he heard the voice behind him, he was immediately extremely impatient, and reprimanded bluntly: "Aren't today's things all done?" Nobody is gone...... Wait, you mean Zhang Yue is here? ”

He stood up and saw Eunuch Huang bowing down and standing respectfully, so he angrily dropped the bamboo stick in his hand, pointed to the clay pot on the table and instructed the little eunuch next to him: "The general is dead, take it to the back garden and bury it properly." ”

When the little eunuch stepped back lightly with the clay pot, he frowned and muttered to himself: "Zhang Yue's temperament has always been steady, and he won't come to see me for no reason, not to mention that the city has been full of turmoil in the past few days." He set up a plan with Du Yishan in Shandong and then moved, could it be that he did it for people to see in the first two days? If so, he will come to see him today...... Well, this time I'll be able to meet alone. ”

He suddenly forgot that he was still bitter about a cricket just now, and his expression suddenly straightened, and he immediately ordered: "I'll see him in the Wuying Palace." ”

Since ancient times, there have been few crown princes and grandsons, and from this article alone, we can see Zhu Di's preference for Zhu Zhanji. In order to prevent someone from taking the opportunity of clinging to the emperor's grandson to seek wealth and nobility for another day, Zhu Di was extremely careful when selecting teachers and attendants for Zhu Zhanji.

The grandiose grandson, except for the eunuchs, there is no one who can speak on weekdays!

Therefore, when he stepped into the Wuying Hall and saw the familiar figure, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but smile, and immediately waved his hand and retreated from the eunuchs in the hall. When the idle people and others retreated, Eunuch Huang, who understood his heart, personally went to the outside of the main hall to guard, in case someone with a short eye accidentally broke in and heard something.

Regarding Zhu Zhanji's move, Zhang Yue was overjoyed, knowing that the imperial grandson had already guessed his intentions. When he was about to step forward to see him, Zhu Zhanji smiled and waved his hand at him: "I'm tired of seeing people kneeling around all day long. There are no outsiders here, so you don't need to be so polite. Let's get down to business and talk about anything else, and let me hear what new ideas you have. ”

"His Royal Highness, this time I went down to Jiangnan at the emperor's behest, naturally not for those granaries. Now that everyone knows that I'm checking the accounts, naturally they don't think about anything else. The sealed account books had to be checked for two months, so I took this opportunity to go straight to Songjiang Mansion with Father-in-law Lu, and then to Ningbo Mansion. Songjiang Prefecture and Ningbo Mansion are close to the sea, and it has always been a place where smuggling is rampant, and if you go to the open, you will definitely not be able to find anything, but if you investigate secretly, you should also be able to understand a general number. In two months, it will be the New Year's Day, and there should be a lot of tributary envoys in Ningbo City, and there has been a tribute competition before, and this time it is just a good time to see the clues. ”

Although he thought that Zhang Yue must have some strange ideas, Zhu Zhanji was still stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked with a solemn face: "Songjiang Mansion and Ningbo Mansion have always been infested with Japanese robbers, some of them are serious Japanese bandits, but more of them are those old departments that rebelled against the party back then. If you bring 500 soldiers from the Beijing Battalion to accompany the escort, it is fine, if you are light and simple, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not encounter any danger. Zhang Yue, it's good for you to be careful about doing things, but it's not appropriate to put yourself in danger casually. ”

He waved his hand to signal Zhang Yue not to refute, and then said solemnly: "Although I can't go out of the palace casually, I can also hear some rumors. Emperor Taizu set a ban on not going to the sea, but a good word still made many people stupid, plus the overseas treasures brought by the tributary envoys, so it was not only the people who secretly went to the sea to smuggle, but also the nobles of the court. This time, the emperor's grandfather intends to open the sea ban is also a few happy and a few worried, after all, if you want to take taxes seriously, more other families will go to the sea, and they will definitely share their own profits, so some people appreciate you very much, and some people hate you to the core. ”

If the initial words were just concerns, then the point of the words is extremely critical now. How could Zhang Yue not appreciate Zhu Zhanji's kindness, but after thanking him, he explained: "Since the imperial grandson said that the interests of Songjiang Mansion and Ningbo Mansion are intertwined, then there is nothing to find out if you go down with great fanfare. The minister's trip is not to arrest those who smuggle, but to straighten out the situation first, and only those who are stupid need to use killers. Although 500 Beijing battalions were stationed in the Beijing Division, I was ordered to mobilize a large number of elite soldiers who were prepared for the Japanese guards. Besides, I'll pick some people to follow along the road, and you can listen to me......"

Eunuch Huang outside couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Zhu Zhanji's words just now. He has been serving Zhu Zhanji since he was born, from the lowest miscellaneous servant to becoming his current confidant, and he knows the temper of this imperial grandson very well. Over the years, Zhu Zhanji has treated people with kindness only a handful of times - naturally, few people are worthy of his support.

Seeing that many of the eunuchs who came and went secretly went to the Wuying Palace, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. I don't know how many messy eyeliners there are in this palace, but I'm afraid that the matter of Zhu Zhanji seeing Zhang Yue alone today will reach the ears of many people in an instant. At this moment, he suddenly saw his henchman Yang Xi running up, but he whispered.

"Father-in-law, something has happened to our Rouyi Palace! Two old palace maids who served His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun suddenly died violently! ”