Chapter 184: Enriching the People and Strengthening the Country
Tang Ming's proposal was not met with any opposition, and Zhu Di did not delve into it further, and directly pressed this matter on him, and asked him to give him the so-called test paper after it was made.
Zhu Di has now put aside the matter of establishing the crown prince for the time being, and he didn't want to get too entangled in this matter after discussing it with the queen last night. Today's direct agreement to Tang Ming's proposal shows his attitude of being ready to let go of this matter.
The topic was unilaterally made by Tang Ming, who supported the eldest prince, which was obviously not good for the second prince, Zhu Di didn't say anything, but some people were in a hurry first. This person is Li Xing, who is in cahoots with the second prince, and no outsider knows what agreement has been reached between the two of them in secret.
Li Xing's cruel gaze wandered on Tang Ming's body from time to time, and his repeated friction with himself had already made him hold a grudge, and the old hatred had not been over, and a new hatred had been added. made him feel desperate to kill Tang Ming, and the impulsive thought did not make Li Xing dizzy, only to see him slowly calm down after taking a deep breath.
In the end, even his gaze was withdrawn from Tang Ming's body, and his half-squinted eyes seemed to be dozing, standing quietly beside Zhu Di's dragon chair. The good situation that he and the second prince have worked hard to get recently was reversed in less than two days after Tang Ming came back, and from the time Zhu Di expressed his position just now, Li Xing knew that he no longer needed to distinguish between them in the court.
Fortunately, although this matter is not good for him and the second prince at present, it is not considered to be the stage of life and death, as long as the emperor has not opened his mouth to announce who is the crown prince, the second prince will always have a chance, with his strength in the east factory and the prestige of the second prince in the army, Li Xing has always believed that the crown prince is the second prince.
The dispute between the crown prince has finally come to an end here, and Zhu Di is obviously relieved, as long as the courtiers don't bother him about this matter anymore. He seemed to have other things in mind, and seeing that there was no more minister, he announced his retirement from the court, and when he left, he grabbed Tang Ming and asked him to follow him.
Out of the Taihe Palace, turn directly into a small road, Zhu Di is riding a small sedan chair, in front of him are several guards opening the way, the sedan chair is only followed by a small father-in-law, and Tang Ming is hanging at the back of the team.
After walking for a while into a small garden, he stopped at the archway, Zhu Di got off the sedan chair and waved everyone to retreat, and then took Tang Ming to continue deep into the garden. After passing through a few large trees, the view in front of me suddenly opened up.
When Tang Ming looked up, he saw a lotus pond in front of him, and an artificially built path winding to the pavilion in the middle of the pool. From a distance, he saw that there seemed to be two figures in his pavilion, and Zhu Di walked straight onto the artificially built path and walked towards the small pavilion in the pool.
When Tang Ming got closer, he saw who was in the small pavilion, it turned out to be the queen and his teacher Yao Guangxiao. In the pavilion, the two had already seen Zhu Di coming in a hurry, and they got up and waited next to the small pavilion, and after the salute, everyone sat separately.
Tang Ming's feet were already very sore all the way, and when he saw that he finally had a seat, he took two steps forward, and wanted to sit down at the lower position, but Yao Guangxiao glared at him fiercely with his white eyebrows, seeing that he didn't let himself sit down.
The buttocks were still hanging in the air, but he received a message from Yao Guangxiao that he would not let himself sit down, Tang Ming had no choice but to stand up, but the queen said in time: "It's okay for Tang Hou to sit down, there is no need to be polite if there are no outsiders here." ”
This is much easier to hear, Tang Ming replied with a big smile on the queen's face, looked at Yao Guangxiao proudly, and put his ass back on the chair.
I didn't see Yao Guangxiao in the early dynasty, and I thought that he was disturbed by his sleep last night, and I never thought that the old monk would come to the queen and not go to the court. And Zhu Di's hurried appearance just now, it is not difficult to see that he also knew that Yao Guangxiao would come here early on.
"The emperor's early dynasty is still going well, Weihaihou didn't disappoint the emperor!" There was something in the queen's words, which made Tang Ming inexplicable.
Zhu Di laughed when he heard this, pointed at Tang Ming and said: "This kid proposed to make a test paper to test the two princes, and the ministers also approved it, I am now curious about how he wants to do this test paper, Weihai Hou can be fair and just, otherwise it will be sad for the ministers to talk about it." ”
Is this a threat or a compliment, Tang Ming looked at it for a while and directly attributed Zhu Di's meaning to a threat. If the emperor praises the courtiers, it will be no good thing, just like his own experience, every time he is praised by Zhu Di, he will be blackmailed next, which Tang Ming can be regarded as accustomed to.
"Wechen will definitely try his best to be fair and just!" Tang Ming responded perfunctorily and immediately shut up and stopped talking.
The queen said again: "Then this turmoil can be regarded as an end for the time being, and the emperor can also spare his mind to focus on the matter of sending troops next year." There is also the mourning family who has just talked to Yao Shaofu about how to enrich the people and strengthen the country, and he also agrees that Weihaihou will take care of this matter, but he also hopes that the mourning family will intervene. ”
After listening to these words, Tang Ming found some clues, especially the last sentence to ask the queen to join in, the old monk is looking for a stable backer for himself! looked at the old monk gratefully, but saw that he didn't pay attention to himself at all.
"Why?" Zhu Di still didn't know what he meant.
The old monk nodded at Zhu Di, and said loudly: "It's a good thing that the emperor wants to enrich the people and strengthen the country, and it is also what I urgently need to do now. But the treasury is empty and unsustainable, if it can be resolved quickly this time, it is fine, if it is fought for a year or two, my Ming will inevitably lose this war. ”
Yao Guangxiao said it very bluntly, but Zhu Di was not angry, he also knew all this, so he was so excited when he learned that Tang Ming had a way to enrich the people and strengthen the country.
Therefore, what the bad guy wants to do this time is not the same trivial matter, he now wants power in the court and has no power, and he will inevitably be restrained when he does things. To be on the safe side, you still have to give him some help, and if the queen supports him, you can ensure that it is correct. Yao Guangxiao actually has a lot to say, but he also knows that Zhu Di will understand.
Zhu Di is a smart person, and Yao Guangxiao has a tacit understanding for many years, which will certainly understand what he means. There is nothing wrong with asking the queen to support Tang Ming, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's treasury to become rich, it is understandable to sacrifice the interests of some people.
If you want to make a fortune quickly, in fact, Tang Ming has a better way, which is to use Zheng He's fleet to trade with those overseas countries, which is the best way. However, this is his hole card, so naturally it can't be taken out easily. Besides, he still has to leave such an opportunity for his Jeju Island to use, and when he opens up enough market, he can get Zhu Di's turn to enjoy it, now, it's better to hide it. (To be continued.) )