After a moment passed, Emperor Hongzhi smiled kindly, and he said with relief: "The prince has really grown up this time, and he already knows how to care about the government." ”

Hearing this sound in his ears, Zhu Houzhao seemed to recall his usual playful appearance, but he still said very the surface: "Dad, how can my son be so out of tune as you say!" ”

"Haha!"

Emperor Hongzhi was also amused by his son's appearance, which made Zhu Houzhao touch his nose and laugh embarrassedly.

After the father and son looked at each other and smiled, Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said: "The prince is not young now, and my father will tell you something today."

When you ascend the throne as the emperor, don't trust the ministers of the court too much, you must have your own opinions on everything.

However, if we ascend the throne and become emperors, we will not be able to contact the people's livelihood and sufferings in the world.

If you want not to be deceived by the ministers of the DPRK and China, you must have your own eyes and ears for a long time. ”

Zhu Houzhao's heart moved, and he said thoughtfully: "Dad, you are talking about the factory guard system?!" ”

"That's right, it's Dongchang and Jinyiwei!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and confirmed: "Dongchang and Jinyiwei are the eyes and ears of the emperor, inspecting the world, patrolling the sky on behalf of the emperor, and the emperor can not easily leave the court to observe the people's livelihood and suffering, so it is up to Jinyiwei and Dongchang's fans to collect intelligence."

In short, when you ascend the throne and become the emperor, although you don't have to go into details, you must understand the general situation! ”

As he spoke, Emperor Hongzhi pulled out two copies from the pile of folds on the bookcase.

He pushed the fold in front of Zhu Houzhao, and said indifferently: "The prince will take a look at these two folds himself!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, he picked up the fold and flipped through it for some reason.

These two books are not very heavy, and it didn't take long for Zhu Houzhao to finish reading the two books.

Throwing the two books on the bookcase, Zhu Houzhao shouted angrily with a cold face: "What are these ministers of the DPRK and China going to do? The severe frost disaster reported by the Jinyi Guards is a slight number of people affected in their mouths? ”

"It is undeniable that the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee do some practical things, but there are definitely not a few people who deceive their superiors and subordinates, and there are definitely not a few people who are mediocre.

Therefore, when the emperor wants to control the situation in the world and the prime minister, the necessary eyes and ears are absolutely indispensable.

If you lose these, even if you ascend the throne and become emperor in the future, you will only be blind and deaf. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but yawn for a long time, and he continued a little tiredly: "It's dark tonight, and my father is a little tired, so you have to go back to the East Palace to rest quickly."

As for the intricate situations above the court, Dad will explain it to you slowly in the future. ”

Zhu Hou looked at Emperor Hongzhi's tired face, and a look of concern couldn't help but appear in his eyes.

"Then the son will retire first, dad, you should rest early!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to continue to bother Emperor Hongzhi, so he bowed his hand and said goodbye.

"Let's go down!"

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said.

Immediately, Zhu Houzhao turned around and left this hall and returned to his own East Palace.

However, Emperor Hongzhi did not start to rest after Zhu Houzhao left.

As soon as the crown prince left on the front foot, Emperor Hongzhi summoned Wang Yue, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, to his side.

"The Emperor bows to Jin'an!"

The great eunuch Wang Yue bowed down beside Emperor Hongzhi, bowed and kowtowed.

"Get up!"

Emperor Hongzhi's voice indifferently commanded: "Let Dongchang go and check, the details of the prince's trip this time, don't miss any details, I want to know everything!" ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi scolded with a smile and said: "I want to see what happened to this muddy boy who dared to deceive his father." ”

"Obey the holy commandment, slave and maid will go down and do it!"

Wang Yue answered, and hurriedly left the hall to do things according to the instructions.

The eunuch with the palm seal of the master of ceremonies can be regarded as the most trusted eunuch around the emperor, so the Dongji Factory, which specializes in serving as the emperor's eyes and ears, is naturally managed by the eunuch of the palm seal for the emperor.

As one of the top intelligence agencies of the Ming Dynasty, the efficiency of Dongchang is not high.

Just over two hours later, a detailed secret report about Zhu Houzhao's trip was presented to Emperor Hongzhi's book.

After reading the secret fold, Emperor Hongzhi slowly leaned back in his chair and gradually closed his eyes.

Although the expression on Emperor Hongzhi's face was still very flat, judging from his hands that were clenched into fists and had bulging muscles, the emotions in his heart were definitely not calm.

"Have you seen this secret fold?!"

After half an hour had passed, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes had not opened, and he asked indifferently in his voice.

Wang Yue, who was questioned by him, fell to his knees beside Emperor Hongzhi's lap, and replied in fear: "Returning to the Holy Lord, any folds presented by Dongchang are compiled by slaves and maids, so slaves and maids have seen this secret fold. ”

"Then tell me what you think!"

Emperor Hongzhi was still leaning on the back of his chair with his eyes closed, and his voice seemed to be getting colder and colder.

"The slave is brave, the prince was hunted and killed this time, and there must be another mastermind behind it.

Slaves...... The slave maid thinks that there is a lot of ...... Most of them are those ......"

Speaking of this, Wang Yue seemed to be greatly frightened, he stumbled for a long time, and still did not finish his words.

"What is it? Are the vassal kings behind the scenes? ”

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly opened his eyes and said with a loud shout.

"The slave deserves to die, please spare your life!"

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was furious, Wang Yue, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly kowtowed his head heavily.

Although Emperor Hongzhi is a rare benevolent and virtuous king, the assassination of his only son seems to have completely touched the bottom line in his heart, making him immediately rise to endless killing opportunities.

Suddenly raised his hand and slapped it on the table, Emperor Hongzhi snorted coldly and said: "I know that my body is not as good as day by day, and I have such a lone seedling as the prince under my knees, so some people in the clan have the mind not to change!"

Wang Yue, you now give me a secret investigation, once the evidence is confirmed, no matter who it is, I will directly dismiss his blood relatives!

Also, let Mu Bin take someone to give me a trip to Dongying, a clown who is not in the middle of the stream, and dare to commit the felony of assassinating the king and killing the driver? Let the Brocade Guard slaughter the entire Iga faction for me!

But if anyone dares to stop it, it will be regarded as the same party, and the king will be killed! ”