When Zhu Hao returned home, he just said hello to Zhu Niang and Aunt Li, and went back to the room to sleep.

I don't know how long I slept, and the sound of firecrackers outside kept ringing, waking Zhu Hao up. He got up and stretched, looked out the window, the sun in the sky was already past the middle, thought that he had only slept for two or three hours, and when he came to the yard to wash his face, he saw Zhu Ting playing with Xiaoyuan.

Xiaoyuan said that it was Zhu Hao's personal maid, but in fact, Zhu Hao rarely spent the night at home on weekdays, and he couldn't do much when he was young, so he became Zhu Ting's playmate.

"Brother, it's very lively outside, my mother said you woke up and went out to have a look." Zhu Ting speaks a lot less childishly, although she is still a child's voice, she is much cleaner than before.

When Zhu Hao arrived at the shop in front, he saw Aunt Li packing up the grain bag, and when she saw Zhu Hao, Aunt Li smiled and slapped the dust off her hands, and stepped out from behind the counter: "Young Master Hao, you slept so deeply this time, you actually slept for more than ten hours in one breath, and your mother couldn't wake you up last night and this morning......

"The Touyu official government informed that this time the suppression of bandits was a great success, and the gentry and wealthy families in the city all contributed to it, and we also have a share of the credit, and your mother went to the state government to receive the reward."

"Huh!? Did I sleep that long? No wonder I'm so hungry......"

Zhu Hao was a little surprised, and secretly wondered if his heartstrings were too tight before, plus he didn't sleep all night, and he relaxed all of a sudden, and he only slept for so long.

Fortunately, there is finally no need to worry about the thieves, at this time, the door panels of the shops at home are all opened, the view is excellent, Zhu Hao looked out, the city has returned to normal, people come and go on the streets, in order to celebrate the elimination of thieves, from time to time someone hangs a string of firecrackers on the trees on the side of the street, ignited with a fire fold, the crowd dispersed, and screams abounded.

"Bang bang—"

After the firecrackers were set off, the onlookers and children rushed up to pick up the kind of "squibs" that did not explode immediately, and those who picked them up let out a cheer, and those who did not pick up sighed in frustration.

The streets in March are full of life.

At this moment, the money strings in the shop across the street came out with a basin of water, looked at this side viciously, and splashed the water into the middle of the road, which immediately provoked the scolding of passers-by, but how thick is the face of the money strings? When he heard the scolding, he ignored it and turned around and went back to the house.

"He doesn't know how to be a man at all, he deserves to have no business."

Aunt Li gloated.

Zhu Hao said: "Auntie, when my mother comes back, help me tell her, I will go back to the palace." ”

"Huh...... I'll leave after dinner......"

Aunt Li wanted to keep it, but Zhu Hao had already disappeared.

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……

Zhu Hao had a full meal in a restaurant on the street, and then Shi Shiran returned to the palace.

The palace is more lively than the streets.

Large and small boxes of things are being carried inside.

The gains from the suppression of bandits should have been handed over to the imperial court, but the problem is that the local government did not contribute much in this suppression of bandits, and the credit was basically earned back by Xingwangfu.

So......

It's more practical to move the loot to your own home.

"Young Master Zhu."

"Isn't this Young Master Zhu? How are you? ”

"Please give Young Master Zhu a ......"

Zhu Hao usually enters the gate of the palace, and few people greet him, and even if he greets, it is mostly polite.

But when Zhu Hao came back this time, he obviously felt the change in the attitude of those guards and subordinates towards him, with a kind of respect from the bottom of his heart.

Outsiders may not know the inside story, but everyone in the palace knows that Zhu Hao has half of the credit for this big victory.

"Hurry up, what if the thieves come back and they steal the things?"

Someone was in the door.

But it's Jiang Lun.

Jiang Lun was a little surprised when he saw Zhu Hao: "Ouch, Zhu Dashao, are you back?" Let's go, follow me to see King Xing, how can you be missing a share of this meritorious reward? ”

Zhu Hao asked curiously: "This is the beginning of the meritorious service?" ”

"Or else? Do you really want to chase and kill hundreds of miles and kill all the thieves? Speaking of which, the thieves suffered heavy losses this time, and more than half of them were killed and captured, so it is estimated that it will be difficult to become a climate again...... Zhu Dashao, you are really beautiful, what kind of thunderbolt are you, just throw it out and blow it up and make the thieves turn over on their backs......"

Jiang Lun belongs to the type of self-cooked and talkative.

is not young, but everywhere he goes, he gives people the feeling of an old naughty child, but he doesn't know how many pounds and taels he has, and he doesn't belong to the type of people who like to make friends...... Of course, there are exceptions, such as Tang Yin.

It seems that as long as anyone likes to drink, they can be friends with Tang Yin.

……

……

Zhu Hao followed Jiang Lun and went straight into the inner courtyard.

There was not even anyone who stopped the questioning.

Zhu Hao wondered if his entry into the inner courtyard this time was at the behest of King Xing, but since Jiang Lun led the way, even if someone blamed him, he would just push Jiang Lun.

Arrived at the study courtyard.

The officials and scribes of the royal palace came in and out, as if they were busy.

Zhang Zuo and Tang Yin sat on the stone bench in front of the study door to talk about things, and when they saw Zhu Hao and Jiang Lun coming, the two hurriedly got up to greet each other.

"Zhu Hao, why are you here now? I slept for more than ten hours, right? Yours ...... When you were not there to summarize the battle report, King Xing asked, and I said that you went home and reported your merits. ”

As soon as Tang Yin met, he preemptively said, the implication is that I am not greedy for merit.

Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "I'm so tired, go back and sleep well, and don't come over until I wake up...... As long as you don't get down to business. ”

Zhang Zuo smiled: "No delay, no delay...... At Zhu Gongzi's age, it's normal to be greedy for sleep, and besides, you still have to prepare for the government exam, how can you do it if you don't have enough spirit? I should really tell Kuang Zhizhou that this time Zhu Gongzi has made great achievements, and there is no need to take the government exam, just give the case first. ”

"Haha."

Jiang Lun hehe Zhile, "Zhang Fengzheng, why don't you have a bad memory?" Zhu Hao is already the head of the county test, a proper student, just deal with the government test casually...... can be in charge of such a small person, and it will definitely be the life of the champion in the future. ”

Zhang Zuo was also laughing, and then pointed at Tang Yin: "Mr. Tang, hurry up and take Zhu Hao in to see the prince, and Aunt Jiang should also go in, the prince is looking for you everywhere." ”

Originally, Zhu Hao thought that the big guy in front of the study was so loose because Zhu Youqi was not there, but who knew that Zhu Youqi was actually inside.

Perhaps it was a great victory, King Xing completely put down the shelf and rejoiced with the people.

The palace is harmonious and happy.

Tang Yin was about to lead the way, but Zhu Hao grabbed him and asked, "Are the guards back?" ”

The smile on Tang Yin's face suddenly disappeared, and he shook his head and said, "Lu Dianzhan has personally led people to look outside the city, and the current situation is not optimistic, and he may be blown up to the bones...... It is said that the explosion site in the camp to the northeast is full of stumps and severed arms...... It's like Shura hell. ”

Jiang Lun couldn't help but lament when he heard this: "If the crockpot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle, and it is so ...... in ancient times."

Speaking of which, there are so many people in the palace, Jiang Lun can't know all of them, but after a battle, a few people died, as if they had fought on the battlefield together, and they lived and died together. Some of them came back alive and made great achievements, while others buried themselves in the loess for a long time, bringing endless grief to their families.

This huge psychological gap is suffocating.

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Inside the study.

Zhu Youqi warmly received Zhu Hao and his party.

"Meng Zai, I have discussed with Yuan Changshi, this time the troops were presided over by Mr. Tang and Zhu Hao, and the strategy of bombing the enemy camp was Zhu Hao's alone, but the imperial court calculates merit, the procedures are cumbersome, many things to outsiders sound incredible, and it is useless to report, plus Zhu Hao is young and does not need military merits, so it will be recorded in your name for the time being."

Zhu Youqi suddenly said a piece of news that surprised Jiang Lun inexplicably.

"Huh? This...... This...... How embarrassing? It's all the credit of Mr. Tang and Zhu Hao...... How dare I steal from myself? Jiang Lun was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

At that time, Zhu Hao proposed the strategy of using fierce gunpowder to blow up the enemy camp, and Jiang Lun was just helping him with two words, so he had to take the credit?

Jiang Lun felt that happiness had come too suddenly.

Zhu Youqi said: "Originally, the credit should be credited to Zhu Hao, but one is that he is young, even if he has meritorious service, the court does not know how to reward him, and the other is that he is applying for the imperial examination, and his military merits are temporarily useless to him...... The palace will take note of his merits, and he will reward him, and the military merits will be on your side first......"

When Zhu Youqi said this, he was a little unreasonable, and his eyes were full of guilt when he looked at Zhu Hao.

Yuan Zonggao agreed with him not to make meritorious contributions to Zhu Hao, mainly for the sake of the prestige of the Xingwang Mansion.

If the credit is given to Zhu Hao, it will make the court wonder who the merit is, after all, Zhu Hao has the Zhu family, the family of a thousand households in Jinyiwei, behind him.

In addition, if the credit is given to a nine-year-old child, the court will suspect the motives of Xingwangfu, and simple things will become complicated.

Everyone in the palace knows that Zhu Hao has the ability, but the court doesn't know it, so if there is a suspicion, it is natural to investigate, why does the Xingwang Mansion want to push the credit to a child, is there anything behind this......

Zhu Youqi said that he was behind and nodded at Zhu Hao: "Zhu Hao, I know that this is unfair to you, but I hope you can understand, the palace needs this credit, and I owe it to you." ”

Zhu Hao hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "King Xing's words are serious, my purpose is only to help the palace drive out the thieves and save the people from fire and water, and I have not thought about greed. ”

Tang Yin's eyes were a little distressed, and he was probably also feeling sorry for Zhu Hao's meritorious service and not being able to report it, but at this time, King Xing admitted his mistake to Zhu Hao in a low voice, what could he say as a staff member?

"But I won't lose the credit you deserve, although you are not the first to take credit...... But it is second only to Mr. Tang......"

Zhu Youqi looked at Tang Yin with trust and admiration.

Tang Yin hurriedly said: "Xingwang Mingjian, if it weren't for Zhu Hao, there would have been no great victory yesterday, and the first credit should belong to him." ”

Zhu Hao listened to Tang Yin's words and wanted to laugh.

What's the point of competing for the first and second merit here?

For the imperial court, the first merit must be the king of Xing, we are all doing things for the palace of Xingwang, people pity you, they will remember your merits, do you really want to show yourself? Now it's for Xingwangfu, and in the future, it's all for the court, all of which are this urine - I have carried it myself, and I have to let it go up if I have merit.

No matter how unwilling you are, the reality is so cruel that you have to accept it.

As he was talking, Yuan Zonggao appeared at the door of the study: "King Xing, the governor of Gannan has a letter, please take a look at ......it."

In one sentence, the eyes of several people present were attracted to the past.

Zhu Youqi took the urgent document handed over by Yuan Zonggao, and after reading it, he said with a smile: "The new governor of southern Jiangnan, Wang Shouren, sent a letter saying that he would cooperate with me to exterminate the robbers in Anlu, who would have thought that the army had not yet crossed the river, and the banditry here had subsided." ”

Tang Yin hurriedly said: "Now you should repair the book to Brother Shouren as soon as possible, so that he can know the situation on An Lu's side." ”

Yuan Zonggao said with a smile: "Bohu, you don't have to worry, this matter has been done a long time ago...... Wang Bo'an's letter was sent two days ago, and I think he was not far from An Lu by this time......"

"Oh."

Tang Yin nodded with relief.

Yuan Zonggao said again: "Early yesterday morning, the old man had already repaired the book to him, informed him of the local victory, and invited him to come to Anlu to discuss the matter of committing to the imperial court, and he should have received the letter at this time." ”

The implication is that even if Xingwangfu has made contributions, it can't boast about itself, and someone needs to help brag about it, and the yamen at the two levels of Anlu Prefecture and Changshou County belong to the community of interests, which is inconvenient...... It just so happened that the robbers who had fled to Anlu Prefecture to burn and loot belonged to Jiangxi, and it was within the scope of responsibility of Wang Shouren, the governor of southern Gan who was ordered to exterminate the bandits, and it was only fitting to find him on the table.

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