In addition to celebrating the birthday of the Queen Mother, the emperor's southern tour also had the purpose of inspecting river workers, observing the people, adding grace to the gentry, cultivating scholars, and parading military ceremonies to the mausoleum.

After the birthday celebrations were over, the emperor gradually shifted his focus to government affairs.

All the princes have been given the opportunity to temper.

Zhu Changan is no exception.

Although he missed the opportunity to parade in Jiangning, his security gave him the opportunity to keep up with Bai Heng's pace in the subsequent trip. And where Bai Heng is, it's all a priority! And after Li Chun resigned from part of the defense, Bai Heng stayed near the emperor a lot of times, which also gave Zhu Changan a lot of opportunities to perform and get close to the emperor.

All in all, he learned a lot.

Especially Bai Heng, he has always been humble and hardworking, which has impressed Bai Heng again and again, and has won a lot of praise from Bai Heng.

After all, there is the name of master and apprentice there, and there is light on the face of the apprentice and the master. And this is the prince in the end, if he runs crooked in his own hands, he will still be responsible. In this way, Bai Heng is even more concerned about Zhu Changan......

The floods in the south of the Yangtze River continued year after year, and when inspecting the river work, Zhu Changzhe had many insights, and the emperor was satisfied with the homework he had done, so he issued some of the official duties on the river to him.

That's real practice.

In particular, the emperor put on his lips such words as "the matter of the southern tour is nothing greater than that of the river worker" and "the most important thing for the people's livelihood is the river work and coastal defense......

Such an important matter for the emperor was handed over to Zhu Changzhe?

Zhu Changjue, who had been complacent after getting the task of sacrificing the mausoleum, began to be unhappy under the hint of the staff. As the eldest of the princes, he was in charge of various worship activities, which was a great honor. It is quite a bit to tell the ancestors and the world that he, the eldest son of the emperor, has a bright future, which is the only choice among the princes.

It is precisely because of this glory that he didn't pay attention to the jumping momentum of Zhu Changan and Zhu Changzhe in the previous battle.

But this moment is different.

Compared with Zhu Changzhe's practice, his sacrifice to the mausoleum is clearly a face-saving project. His aides even thought that this might be the emperor's counterbalance.

With this thought, Zhu Changjue couldn't be calm.

Isn't it balance?

Just like the crown prince, isn't it the same as him? Although he bears the name of a prison country, the cabinet in the court is worried, and there is not much to do with the crown prince. Even many core issues, after being reviewed by various ministries and cabinets, could not reach the prince at all.

The crown prince supervises the country, and he sacrifices to the mausoleum, which seems to have its own deep meaning, but in fact this is a balance.

So in the end, he and the crown prince are the same. It's like a smoke bomb, like a target, like a target for luring artillery fire......

In fact, there is nothing to be gained except in the name of nothingness.

An exaggerated thought occasionally flashed in Zhu Changjue's mind, which made him feel shocked: The emperor did this, isn't he dissatisfied with him and the crown prince, but who is he actually cleaning the way forward?

But who else?

Zhu Chang'an? Absurd! Zhu Changzhe, too weak!

Zhu Changjue would rather believe that it was he and the crown prince who were older and a little stronger, and they had the potential to replace them that caused their father to panic, so he played this hand and made him and the prince weaken each other.

But no matter what, Zhu Changjue was a little jealous of Zhu Changzhe, and even Zhu Chang'an, who was like a dog, stammered with Bai Heng......

Especially that day.

The banquet was in full swing, and most of the guests were merchants.

But Zhu Changzhe's face was too late.

When everyone was curious, the emperor smiled and said that Zhu Changzhe was going to share his worries and go to Hongze to check the water affairs. The emperor asked a few more questions, but Zhu Changzhe was worried about the country and the people, and put forward the necessity of reinforcing the Hongze embankment in public.

"Oh?" The emperor looked at Zhu Changzhe, his eyes deepened, and at the same time, he seemed to have some tacit understanding, and motioned Zhu Changzhe to continue......

didn't disappoint him, Zhu Changzhe spoke for nearly half an hour as soon as he opened his mouth. He also took the case of the simultaneous flooding of the Huanghuai River in the past few years, which caused millions of people to be homeless.

It's okay not to mention this matter, but when this matter was thrown out, many people in Jianghuai thought of the tragic situation of refugees and starvation all over the land that day, and they responded for a while.

Embankment, a good thing, of course it's good!

Then, here's the point!

Silver!

A lot of silver!

Hongze embankment, the previous dynasty and the current dynasty have been repaired several times, and a large number of kilograms of stone strips are required to reinforce and heighten, and the cost is huge. The emperor wanted to cultivate very much, wanted to leave a prestige in history, and wanted the people to praise "Renjun".

Three years ago, the cabinet drew up a plan, but when the amount of silver required was reported, everyone from the emperor to the cabinet was deterred. It is often millions of taels, and it is a long-term project. Once the project begins, it can never be done overnight, let alone give up halfway. It's fine if there is no war or other disaster, but what if there is? Can the silver be attached? Can the government afford it?

The emperor did not dare to do it lightly.

On this southern tour, by celebrating his birthday, he may not have no intention of investigating.

He's a calculating man. Although the cost of the southern tour is huge, because of the "thousand autumns", it can also get a lot of feedback from the lower gentry. He also did not build a palace, but used "borrowing". The people who borrowed it were all local wealthy families, and he didn't plan to spend a lot of money, nor did he want to disturb the people. He was well thought out.

Generally speaking, the southward trip was not a big expense for the imperial court. But the Emperor wanted to get the most out of it.

Zhu Changzhe actually figured out his psychology.

At this moment, Zhu Changzhe is throwing out the most important money and silver issue.

Very nice and subtle.

Nor deliberately!

There are so many people sitting here, and many of them are still saying that it is good to build embankments and add embankments, so they shouldn't shut up at this time, and they must continue to express their attitudes......

is "for the country and the people", there is never a shortage of people who "show loyalty and sincerity", people who sloppy and shoot horses, or people who try to be small and big.

Immediately, there were people who expressed their willingness to do their part...... There are also people who think that the embankment is "for the benefit of one party", and as the people who have raised the water and soil on this side, how can they excuse themselves? More people nodded their heads in the light of the general observant......

While the emperor praised it, he was naturally grateful.

But someone took the lead, and the voice of loyalty naturally came and went.

The Emperor's insistence gradually weakened......

The wealthy merchants, represented by the salt merchants, began to enthusiastically speak, and they all counted in 10,000 taels when they spoke.

At that banquet, the emperor easily raised more than 300,000 taels. In order to express his gratitude, the emperor relaxed the various tax exemption and tax reduction policies a little.

The emperor and queen each allocated silver from the small treasury in public, and the princes had to take out the silver head-on.

And with this pen, all parties in Jiangnan began to give generously.

After a few days, the household officials came to report that the first million taels of funds for reinforcement had been fully paid......

The emperor praised Zhu Changzhe in front of several princes. The son seized the opportunity to share his worries, and he was very happy. The most important thing is that Lao Wu's approach is exactly what he wants. To be precise, that's exactly what he meant. He is reluctant to give up the money in the treasury, which is both nice and good-looking, and the key is to save money.

Originally, the emperor planned to wait for the end of the southern tour to use some sweetness as an inducement to mobilize salt merchants to donate. At this moment, it is proposed by the young prince, the effect is better, not deliberate, not pretentious, very good.

The Queen Mother also thinks it's good, on the occasion of a thousand autumns, such a great merit, and there will be light on the face of the Bodhisattva in the future.

Zhu Changzhe was reused.

The emperor gave him the task of reinforcing the Hongze embankment directly.

For a while, all the princes were envious and jealous.

Such a big project, time-consuming, wide-ranging, sufficient funds, from the household department to the Ministry of Industry, from the court to the locality, from power to silver, this is definitely the precursor of Zhu Changzhe's sudden rise!

Even if you don't do anything, just make a name, it will be enough to go down in history in the future! ……

How does this work? Someone couldn't sit still.

Of course I can't sit still!

It's hard enough for the two sides to fight, but if it becomes a three-legged trend, wouldn't the winning rate be even smaller?

After Zhu Changzhe received the order, he went to Hongze, without the slightest intention of following the southern patrol team to enjoy himself. He had been standing at the front of the embankment. Standing in front of the people, in front of officials and hired workers.

He did everything himself, not rhetorically, but down-to-earth, and his reputation suddenly rose.

With the blessing of Kang Anbo's forces in Fujian and Zhejiang, anyone can sense that Zhu Changzhe is probably going to gain a firm foothold in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Someone couldn't hold back and shot.

It was a day of heavy rain and strong winds.

Zhu Changzhe, who was patrolling the Hongze Embankment, fell into the water.

He fell into Hongze Lake.

Underwater, someone restrained his hands and feet and pulled him to the bottom.

At that time, the sight was not good, and the situation at the scene was chaotic, but it was obvious that someone wanted his life.

If Zhu Changzhe hadn't misjudged at that time, there would have been at least five or six killers dealing with him.

The men were very careful, they didn't hit him, they didn't use weapons, they just wanted to drown him!

But he's glad he didn't die.

He was glad that he could swim, so he held his breath underwater as much as possible. He was also glad that Ziyu gave him the gift when he made a move on Xue Jun.

After that day, because he was being "watched," the emperor promised to keep him safe. Although he resigned, Li Chun secretly assigned him a few secret guards.

The effect of the dark guard was brought into play so quickly.

After the Dark Guard jumped into the water, he alarmed the killers.

Those killers didn't entangle, and immediately let go of Zhu Changzhe's hands and feet. And they are very water-based, and they quickly disappear into the dark water in the blink of an eye.

Is Zhu Changzhe a vegetarian? Want to make him an accident?

Dream! Why did he suffer this secret loss!

So he pretended to be drowning, sank into the water, and took advantage of the time when the dark guard was descending, and quietly took the dagger he carried with him and slashed horizontally on his chest, and then sank the dagger into the water.

When he was rescued, the long knife in his chest was shocking and terrifying.

He spit out a few mouthfuls of water, and the first password after waking up was to seal his mouth.

It's not to call someone to investigate, it's not to shout for help, but to say that he has lost his footing. It was he who was not careful. It was his own slippery foot.

And the obvious sharp wound in his chest was caused by hitting a boulder at the bottom of the lake.

The local officials who were originally frightened opened their mouths, and slowly responded, and at that moment they looked at Zhu Changzhe with no doubt with gratitude. In a short period of time, Zhu Changzhe's image has risen a lot.

What a prince who takes care of the overall situation. There is no trouble, and I take full responsibility. It not only preserved their future, prevented a large number of people from being implicated, but also ensured that this river defense could continue.

What a generous and tolerant prince. There was no abuse, no accountability, no annoyance, so calmly and calmly distinguished the priorities, and that bearing even many oily courtiers admired it.

can endure humiliation and burden, and indeed has the potential and heart to achieve great things. Many people saw it in their eyes and nodded in their hearts.

Zhu Changzhe unknowingly gained a lot of prestige and favor, but his purpose was with the emperor.

Oh, he doesn't have to and doesn't plan to sue, because the emperor will definitely know.

He didn't make a big fuss, he took care of the overall situation so much, took care of the royal face, and didn't even track down the murderer. And such knowledge and interest is exactly what the emperor needs.

When the emperor saw the wound, which was nearly a foot long, he was immediately annoyed.

Even though it's just a skin injury, I'm still angry!

I even played with a knife and a gun! I don't know what to live or die!

Facing Zhu Changzhe, the emperor's face was a little hot. The son takes care of the emperor's grace, and if he doesn't give an explanation, he seems to be inferior.

In this way, the emperor became even more disgusted with the guys behind the scenes.

Obviously, there are people who are not satisfied with their own decisions and do not take imperial power into account. The Emperor feels that his authority is being challenged!

The repair of the river embankment is a major event for the benefit of the people of the two rivers, and it will not be destroyed by anyone who is idle and has nothing to do. So obviously, the other party is going to the fifth child.

Although the murderer was not caught, it is not difficult to guess.

There are undoubtedly only two passers-by. It's either Zhu Changjue or the queen.

Definitely not a queen. The crown prince has been set aside, the Xiao family has been repatriated, and the crown princess has also returned to Beijing, and the queen is already embarrassed to the extreme. There was no reason for her to take advantage of the last advantage to do this.

In this way, only Zhu Changjue remained.

The emperor did not need evidence or severe punishment, and automatically determined that this was done by the eldest son.

In fact, this confirmation in my heart is the most terrifying. Zhu Changjue, who was yin for the first time, didn't know that his status in his father's heart had quietly declined a lot......

failed to punish the murderer, so naturally the victim's son could not suffer.

As a result, Zhu Changzhe got more.

The emperor bluntly said that he should work hard with peace of mind. This time he did a good job, and when he went to Kang Anbo to experience it later, he would also hand over part of the water affairs of Zhejiang and Fujian to him.

The emperor patted him on the shoulder.

"What I give you is practical, and it is very good for you." After a little pause, the emperor added. "From all sides. The Jiangnan region was particularly important to the Great Zhou, especially the humanities and taxation. I have high hopes for you, and I wish you would give me a thought. ”

What is the ...... Give food for thought.

In all aspects?

The emperor said in general terms, but the more vague he was, the more he could do. So, it also includes the rule of officials? Tax? Populace? Scholar? Keeping an eye on the emperor? ……

"For safety, I'll protect you. You just have to do it. First of all, the Hongze embankment is done! ”

Zhu Changzhe knew that his spring was coming......

Leaving Jinling, passing through Suxi, the fleet toured Taihu Lake. Then he went ashore from the waters of Taihu Lake and came to Jingxi.

The people lived in the king's house as originally planned.

Everyone in the Wang family took the drive in fear.

The Wang family has indeed invested a lot of money. The entire back garden was expanded and renovated again. Three months of hard work has changed so much, and it really didn't cost less.

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