Chapter 21: The Bitterness of the Yongle Emperor
Seeing the aggrieved expressions of the civil officials, Zhu Di was satisfied.
The depression in his heart was soothed a lot, and he stared at the civil officials and scolded: "Since we already have a plan, why don't we quickly change the places that should be changed, and then decentralize them." β
The crown prince suddenly realized: "Oh yes, yes, everyone, hurry up, don't delay the business." β
After that, the prince, Yang Shiqi and others were busy again, and after retouching Zhu Chen's picture scroll, they confirmed that there was no mistake, and the prince asked people to hurry up to 800 miles and send it to Hangzhou.
"Okay, I'll go back and rest, and the prince will arrange the rest." Zhu Di waved his hand and became a hands-off shopkeeper.
After Zhu Di left, only the prince and the civil officials were left in the study.
The prince muttered: "Although there is a plan to control the water, but the people's fields are flooded, there is no food, and they can't survive this winter." β
This is also a trouble, the old man deliberately walked fast, just to throw the mess to the prince.
The civil servants racked their brains.
The prince waved his hand: "That's it, put the old man in Yangzhou, and send the military rations in Jiading to the people affected by the disaster." β
Military rations?
"Military rations are the lifeblood of the emperor, and the emperor said that no one is allowed to move." Yang Shiqi was taken aback.
Several civilian officials are obviously also very scruples, if anyone dares to use military rations, then the emperor will really be angry and kill.
"The people are going to die, how can there be such an air traffic control, the old man wants to settle the account, let him come to me." Zhu Gaochi groaned.
Yang Shiqi was stunned: "Prince, you are not afraid of the emperor's ......"
Zhu Gaochi sighed, the fat trembled, and he was quite helpless: "I'm afraid, but the people are heavier, the rivers and mountains are heavier, and the people will starve to death if they don't eat." β
"How much silver do you have left?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xia Yuanji, the head of the household.
Xia Yuan Jiyou is good at financial management, and in history is the important minister of the five dynasties in the early Ming Dynasty, with outstanding merits, won the reuse of Yongle, and has a lot of bonds with the grandson, this is definitely the most loyal Taisun party.
Xia Yuanji saw that the prince had the idea of the household department, and couldn't help but say: "The household department has no money." β
Zhu Gaochi was annoyed, and counted him down: "When is it, and you still say that there is no money, is this the time when you say there is no money?" β
Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly: "Yes, there is, but the expenses are very large, it costs money to go to the West, it costs money to repair the Yongle ceremony, and the emperor needs money to fight, and recently the emperor plans to set up a Shenji battalion, and he has a reserve of three and a half million taels ......."
Zhu Gaochi stared at him suspiciously: "Really out of money?" β
Xia Yuanji said: "I really have no money." β
"Come on, you miser who only gets in and can't leave, since you don't have any money, then use the three and a half million taels of the Shenji Battalion and send them to Hangzhou together." Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and said helplessly.
In the Shang study, several civil officials looked at each other.
moved the emperor's military rations, and moved the emperor's military expenses, this is to catch the emperor to death, will nothing happen?
Zhu Gaochi made a decision: "Okay, I will bear the responsibility if something happens, and the battle can not be fought, but the people must be fed." β
Xia Yuanji nodded: "Okay, take a hand." β
The crown prince bowed his head and commanded again: "By the way, there is also the prefect of Hangzhou, dismiss his official, and give him some money to let him go." β
"But this time the dam burst, the old man was furious, so many people died, that was his incompetence, he was not pressed to the criminal department, can the old man let go?" Yang Shiqi asked.
Zhu Gaochi shook his head: "Incompetence is not a crime, the crime is that he is not suitable to be an official, the crime is that I Zhu Gaochi does not know anyone, count me if he is guilty, let him go home." β
Yang Shiqi arched his hand: "The prince is merciful." β
Xia Yuanji said: "The prince is merciful. β
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In this way, under the orderly arrangement of the prince, the affairs of the Hangzhou tide were arranged without the slightest mistake.
It's just that the old man doesn't know that his military rations and military expenses have been woolen......
The next day, Zhu Di, who was in a good mood because of the scolding of the group of civil officials, left the palace again.
The old man is not an emperor who sits in the palace for a long time, he is good at fighting, so he can look around.
Soon, he came to West Street and knocked on Zhu Chen's courtyard door, and it was early in the morning, and the old man Bangbang's knock was particularly harsh.
Zhu Chen was successfully woken up.
Opening the courtyard door, Zhu Di stood at the door with a smile on his face and waited for him.
"Stinky boy, get up early in the future, and sleep lazily every day? I'm here to ask you, what reward do you want? Zhu Di said.
Zhu Chen rubbed his eyes, reward?
Hearing this, Zhu Chen was a little more energetic, and his mind instantly reacted, it must have been yesterday's picture scroll that had an effect, so the old man came to ask him what reward he wanted today.
"Did the emperor use my plan?" Zhu Chen was a little excited.
Why didn't the emperor use your plan, the emperor also borrowed your plan and scolded the group of arrogant civil officials, and stunned them to the point that their faces were red, haha.
Zhu Di smiled and bowed: "Yes, that's why I came to ask you what reward you want." β
Who is the emperor today?
That's the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Chen still has some longing for this emperor.
He wanted to see what this emperor looked like, and what kind of demeanor this emperor had, so that he could defeat Mongolia and abandon his armor, so that all the Western states could come to court.
This is the longing of later generations for Emperor Yongle, but Zhu Chen also knows that it would be naΓ―ve to want to see Emperor Yongle just by virtue of this merit.
Zhu Di saw Zhu Chen's hesitation, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that you really have what you want, just say what you want." β
"Hey, I want to see Emperor Yongle, but I also know that I'm just an ordinary person." Zhu Chen smiled bitterly, how could he see Emperor Yongle in his own identity.
Unless the imperial examination is taken to the palace examination in the future, there may be a chance.
Seeing that his grandson was eager to see Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di was also surprised: "Stinky boy, why are you so persistent, Yongle is just a rebellious emperor, do you really have such a high status in your heart?" β
"Old man, you can't talk nonsense, you want to kill your head." Zhu Chen hurriedly avoided it.
Only then did Zhu Di react, his current identity was a courtier of Emperor Yongle, how could he speak ill of the monarch, and hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, yes, yes, I missed my mouth." β
Zhu Chen smiled and sighed: "You courtiers all think that Yongle is a rebel, don't the people in the world think so, in fact, Emperor Yongle also has his own difficulties." β
Right now, there are no outsiders, and it's okay for Zhu Chen to talk about it.
Zhu Di is interested, bitter? No one in the world understands my Zhu Di's suffering, but my own grandson understands?
"Then tell me about it." Zhu Di suddenly looked forward to it.
"Okay, then I'll be ugly." Zhu Chen said mysteriously: "Actually, Emperor Yongle's rebellion was forced, at that time, Emperor Jianwen had just come to power, and he engaged in a big effort to cut the domain, forcing several princes to step down in a row, being deprived of their titles, and dying of death, which was tragic." β
"These princes don't think about it, but Emperor Jianwen has to kill others, what did these princes do wrong?"
"King Zhou's family was captured by Emperor Jianwen and taken to the capital, demoted him directly from a prince to a grass people, and moved to Yunnan, when Yunnan was not developed, it was a semi-primitive barren land, and King Zhou was directly moved here and became Taishan."
Speaking of this, there is a faint nameless fire in Zhu Chen's chest, the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except for Zhu Qizhen, the god of war of the Ming Dynasty, the most incompetent is this Jianwen Emperor!