Yang Shen called Zhu Hao to the library and sat down to discuss with Zhu Hao in detail about the Beijing Society. Zhu Hao didn't get tired of it, so he could only listen patiently to Yang Shen's forced chatter there.

Xu Jie, who was outside, wanted to come in several times, but was blocked by Yu Chengxun, and in the end, Sun Jiao sent someone to relieve Zhu Hao······ Somehow, Sun Jiao knew that Zhu Hao had returned to the Hanlin Academy, and immediately arrived in person, saying that he had something to discuss.

"Brother Xiu, forgive me, I have to go and talk to Sun Butang, I can only talk later." Zhu Hao got up with a smile. Yang Shen looked at the door, his face looked extremely impatient, probably because he didn't want to let Zhu Hao go.

But Zhu Hao had a reason, so he didn't stay anymore, got up and came to the door, and even Xu Jie came over to ask him what was going on, but he didn't pay attention, and went straight to the gate of Hanlin Academy.

Yu Chengxun said to Yang Shen, "What's going on?"

Yang Shen said: "I want Jingdao to do more of his duty, but he pushes and pushes in every possible way······ Hey, that's not a good time." "Huh."

Yu Chengxun could only shake his head and smile bitterly. ......

When Zhu Hao left the Hanlin Academy, he saw Sun Jiao's carriage parked not far away, and Sun Jiao himself was standing in front of the carriage, talking about something with his coachman.

The coachman pointed and said that Zhu Hao had come out, Sun Jiaocai turned around, waved his hand when he saw Zhu Hao, and asked the coachman to drive away first. "Salute."

The two met, and without waiting for Zhu Hao to salute, Sun Jiao greeted him first. Zhu Hao arched his hand: "What kind of wind blew Sun Lao here?"

Sun Jiaotong looked at the gate of the Hanlin Academy, and then turned around: "Come with me."

Probably because he disliked the fact that there were many eyes and ears at the gate of Hanlin Academy, and he wanted to find a quiet place to talk to Zhu Hao. The two walked out for a while.

When he arrived at a place where there was no one on the left and right, Sun Jiaocai asked in a low voice, "What special errand do you have when you go back to Hanlin Academy?" "Nope."

Zhu Hao did not hide it at all, and told Yang Shen about sending him to inquire about the Beijing Academy.

Sun Jiao tied his head and said, "The practice is too radical, as far as the old man knows, many young sons are bewitched by him, if His Majesty is too insistent on the ceremony, he may have to launch Shilin and take risks."

Zhu Hao smiled: "What Elder Sun said about taking risks, I don't know what it means?"

Sun Jiao sneered: "Jingdao, with your old plan, I don't think you can have no plan, you should know what the most radical thing he can do, maybe this is also the reason why you have been in contact with him recently, because you also want to know his specific movements, don't you?"

was said by Sun Jiao, Zhu Hao was a little embarrassed.

Prevent Yang Shen?

Even if there is a Zuo Shunmen incident in history, Zhu Hao also knows what the cause of the Zuo Shunmen incident is, Zhu Hao has already made a plan before launching a big ceremony discussion next time and letting Zhu Si completely give up the inheritance of Ming Xiaozong······ As for the current contact with Yang Shen, it is purely because Zhu Hao does not want to tear his face with traditional readers.

But it was only a matter of time before the two sides broke up.

If the civil official group knows that he Zhu Hao is the behind-the-scenes military advisor by the emperor's side, they have been tricked for so long, once the matter is revealed, will they be good-looking?

"If what Elder Sun said about taking a risk, he took people to the palace gate to kneel and admonish, I don't think there is any need to worry too much, because the contradiction hasn't developed to that point yet, has it?"

Zhu Hao found that the depth and breadth of the things involved in talking to Sun Jiao were indeed far beyond Yang Shen, and the topic he said was also more sensitive, "Your Majesty will inevitably continue to discuss the great rites and posthumously offer the emperor, and at that time the contradiction will inevitably arise, but now worrying about this seems to be a little early."

Sun Jiaodao: "Therefore, the old man hopes that before the next initiation ceremony, the old man can return to his hometown to live in his old age."

Sun Jiao resigned unceremoniously again, but did not tell the emperor, but directly told his son-in-law about returning to his hometown. "Hehe, Sun Lao has found the wrong person, right? In such a matter, Elder Sun should ask His Majesty for good." Zhu Hao smiled.

"Jingdao, don't think that the old man doesn't know, although you haven't been walking around the palace very often recently, Your Majesty still listens to you a lot in terms of decision-making, and even keeping the old man in the court is your idea······ The old man doesn't want anything else, he just wants a good ending, fame

Still have to care······ You tied the old man to the court, and you really made the old man's reputation suffer."

There was a lot of helplessness in Sun Jiao's tone, "The old man is tired, old and sick, where is there still enough energy to worry about the court? There are so many talented people in the DPRK and China, do you have to be strong?" The tone is very sincere.

Zhu Hao nodded.

"Is it possible?" Sun Jiao asked again.

Zhu Hao bowed slightly: "Elder Sun, the Great Gift Discussion will no longer involve you, I will definitely let you return to your hometown before the year, this is the promise of the younger generation to you."

Sun Jiao's face was full of relief: "Okay, okay, then the matter is decided, I can't afford to discuss the big gift before the year, the old man will return to his hometown with peace of mind, after the old man leaves, how you like to toss and how to toss." The old lady is in Anlu, and she will definitely not bring you a little fetters as an official, whether you are the first assistant, or continue to be so unknown in the court, it is up to you."

"Elder Sun is very negative." Zhu Hao said.

Sun Jiao glanced at Zhu Hao: "The old man has no other thoughts, I am here to tell you by the way, I have time to meet Liu Renzhong, the old man has retreated, but he will not retreat, maybe you can ask him to help you····· At this point, it's time for you to explain everything to him."

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao nodded, "Find a time, I will explain everything clearly to Liu Ge Lao, and I may really need to use his influence in the court in the future."

Sun Jiaodao: "I gave you a list before, telling you which people the old man trusts, they should be able to help you in the affairs of the court and China, but don't expect them to be on your side in matters like etiquette.

"Of course, it's good to be able to help you, but if you can't, you can also be strong, I'll deal with the aftermath here, you have time to come to my house more, I'll make an appointment with the officials in Beijing by the way, and talk about it in person, it's better than the old man greeting them." Do you want to see it?"

Zhu Hao nodded: "It's rare that Elder Sun still has old subordinates in the court, of course he is willing to use them and join hands with them to support the Ming Dynasty."

Sun Jiao was deeply gratified when he heard this: "Okay, good, you are willing to use it, the old man can be this introducer, and even willing to guarantee them, I don't ask them to make contributions, I just want them to keep one side stable, and it can be regarded as living up to the old man's expectations!"

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Sun Jiao did the handover seriously, and Zhu Hao knew that Sun Jiao's heart to leave the dynasty this time was very eager.

said that it was before the end of the year, but it is estimated that before the end of the year, Sun Jiao would not be able to bear to leave, and after leaving the court, he would return to Huguang non-stop to spend his days of idle clouds and wild cranes, and no longer ask about court affairs······ This is the normal state of the officialdom's old oilman Mingzhe to protect his life, which was the case with Liu Jian and Xie Qian's resignation back then.

Zhu Hao handed Sun over to the sedan chair, which is still Zhu Hao's own sedan chair, which can only be used to respect the old at the moment.

Seeing Sun Jiao leave, more than a dozen entourages on Zhu Hao's side immediately approached and protected him closely. Zhu Hao neither returned to the Hanlin Courtyard nor went to any yamen of the imperial court, just walked aimlessly on the street, as if thinking about something.

"Sir, Grandpa Zhang has been waiting for you for a long time." Zhu Hao walked for a while, and a plainclothes brocade guard who was an entourage came over and whispered. Zhu Hao nodded.

Walking forward, I arrived at the nearest teahouse, and Zhang Zuo arrived after a while.

Zhu Hao looks idle, but once he is in the capital, he will be busier than any minister in the court, because most of the things on Zhu Si's side are presided over by Zhu Hao, and even the eunuchs like Zhang Zuo almost revolve around him.

Zhang Zuo sat down, split his head and covered his face, and said, "Two things, one is related to the Marquis of Shouning and the Marquis of Jianchang····· Second, His Majesty wants to repair the ancestral hall of the royal palace, and the mausoleum of the Emperor Bensheng will also be repaired, and the imperial court does not agree to allocate money and grain, and His Majesty wants to increase the cost of 100,000 taels on the original basis to reflect the ······specifications."

In the final analysis, Zhu Si is still a nominal emperor, and he seems to have a solid throne, but like almost all emperors of the Ming Dynasty, he is economically and politically coerced by civil servants.

Wenchen is passive everywhere on the issue of great rites, but it is not easy to restrict the emperor from spending money to repair the family temple? casually say that there is no money, the court will not be able to allocate money and food, one thing can drag on for a year and a half, so that you have the heart but are powerless, try our Wenchen

Suffer from the feeling of passivity in the court.

Zhang Zuo said, "Mr. Zhu, 100,000 taels······ Is it a bit much?"

Zhu Hao nodded: "It depends on what angle you start from, if you want the imperial court to allocate these 100,000 taels of silver, don't say that this year, even if it is this time next year, I am afraid that there will not be enough silver to be allocated, and the progress of repairing the imperial tomb will be greatly slowed down." Now that the imperial court wants to build a railway, it will cost millions of taels of silver at every turn, and it is not difficult to allocate some of it."

Zhang Zuo sighed: "That's really embarrassing Mr. Zhu." Zhang Zuo knew very well that the emperor's home was not good now.

He and Zhu Hao are very clear that Zhu Si's face is based on "economic independence", because the emperor has his own private small treasury, and he has gotten rid of the restrictions of the imperial court in doing things, so that the emperor can not care about what the ministers think, and how the court wants to fight, but the money that the emperor has to spend is not comparable to ordinary people, and it is often hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of taels, and no one can take care of this small treasury for the emperor.

This is just a big expense, in private, there are so many people under the emperor who are waiting to be fed, and many people survive by being parasites.

Zhu Hao said: "I want to ask Your Majesty to send more people to Huguang, Jiangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, and continue to open mines, not silver mines, but only iron ore and useful metal ores, so as to increase the income of the inner government."

Zhang Zuowei was puzzled: "Will it ····· If your income doesn't increase, you spend too much first? If you want to make a profit, the time is not short."

Zhu Hao sighed: "I also have this concern, after all, mining cannot be achieved overnight, many mineral deposit sites in the south, I am not clear, and I can't personally explore, but fortunately, I have trained a group of mining experts before, which can help." If it really doesn't work, we will postpone the construction of the railway first, and mention the construction of the emperor's mausoleum as a premise······

"Wouldn't that ······?"

When Zhang Zuo heard this, are you giving up your personal ideals and seeking temporary anger for the emperor?