In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, the crown prince Zhu Houzhao was already fourteen years old, and the young people paid attention to food and sports, so they all grew to nearly one meter six, although they did not have the appearance of an adult man, but they were not far from the seven-foot man, and there were not many old men in the court who could grow to seven feet.

Although five years is not a long time, the former ministers of the court were all old people. So over the years, people have passed away one after another, and those familiar names in the past can only fall on paper.

In the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, Wang Yue died of illness, and the imperial court returned the title of Weining Count to him, and posthumously presented the Taifu, nicknamed "Xiangmin", and now it is called "Wang Xiangmin" when it is mentioned again.

Earlier, at the end of the twelfth year of Hongzhi, Cheng Minzheng passed away in his hometown.

And the one that made Zhu Houzhao sigh the most was Wu Kuan, who was demoted to Guizhou, and just last month he learned that Wu Kuan also went. Wu Kuan, Zhu Houzhao feels better than Cheng Minzheng, although he can't get along with himself, but when Qi Kuan was in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, Wu Kuan was also sent to the local area to handle this matter, and he did a good job.

Plus he was also a teacher of Emperor Koji.

Therefore, the imperial court issued an edict to restore his title of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and posthumously presented the crown prince Taibao, nicknamed "Wending". After his death, Wu Kuan still received a glory that belonged to the literati.

This incident was also praised in the court and was used to praise Hongji's benevolence.

There is also a little attention, that is, Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also went to Hongzhi in the fifteenth year, he died in office, and the prince has exerted more or less pressure on all ministries in recent years, so the old man Fu is not blessed in his old age, and he goes to work today and dies tomorrow.

The affairs of his death were properly arranged by the imperial court.

And he was succeeded by Zhang Sheng, the champion of Chenghua for five years, who took over from Zuo Shilang, nothing special.

The most special is Emperor Hongzhi's favored retainer - Liu Daxia, the current secretary of the military department.

As mentioned above, in the Hongzhi Dynasty, the status of the six ministries was not under the cabinet, and one of the important figures was Liu Daxia, so that Liu Jian, who was the head of the cabinet at this time in history, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, were a little embarrassed and dissatisfied.

Of course, the current secretary of the ministry is Wang Wei.

He lectures in the academy every day, how can Zhu Houzhao fight for this position, otherwise how can those people he knows with similar ideas be promoted?

But Emperor Hongzhi liked Liu Daxia very much, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't help this.

It is also true that Liu Daxia's political achievements are good, he served as a political envoy in Guangdong, was ordered to govern the Yellow River, supervised the grain and salary in Xuanfu, and did everything well.

But Zhu Houzhao doesn't like this person,

In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, after Liu Daxia was recommended to be re-elected as an official, he was a little 'swaggering, what suggestion did he make, first ask for resignation, and then the emperor did not allow it, say what you have to say, and then approve his suggestion. This is the most hated Wenchen style of the prince.

In addition, as the secretary of the military department, he blindly asked the imperial court to take a defensive position in the northern military strategy.

A few years ago, it was okay, Zhu Houzhao was not in a hurry to use troops, but after 17 years of Hongzhi, the contradiction between him and this military department secretary will inevitably intensify......

But Emperor Hongzhi really favored Liu Daxia,....

Considering that the emperor has been in poor health recently, and Zhu Houzhao also knows that limit, he himself is also thinking about it, maybe he shouldn't make any big mistakes.

drove away Liu Daxia, and the emperor estimated that he was almost going to confess.

I've been waiting for so many years, and I'm not in a hurry to do it.

Moreover, the courtiers will also look at your behavior as a prince, if it goes against the emperor's wishes, especially when he is still seriously ill, it is actually not in line with the morality at this time.

But if he doesn't make trouble with Liu Daxia, it doesn't mean that he allows Liu Daxia to trouble him.

The reason for this sentence is that ...... Zhejiang's affairs.

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As soon as the sky was bright, Zhu Houzhao was awakened by Liu Jin.

Since the sixteenth and ninth months of Hongzhi, the emperor issued a holy decree to ask the crown prince Zhu Houzhao to congratulate the imperial palace, that is, to accept the ministers in the Fengtian Hall with the emperor every time he has an early dynasty

Worship and participate in the early pilgrimage.

The Wu Dynasty was added by Emperor Hongzhi himself later, and most of the time Zhu Houzhao would go, and occasionally he would do other things.

The current emperor and the crown prince are really inseparable.

It's the same today.

In fact, after getting used to the ancients' routine of sleeping as soon as it gets dark, they don't feel so painful to get up early in the morning, of course, it will be cold in winter.

In the formal court meeting, the crown prince wears a crown dress, which is the so-called nine-chapter dress, and the emperor has twelve chapters, that is, the sun, moon, dragon, mountain and other figures.

The crown prince's crown dress is dark, and there are components such as swords, knee covers, and ribbons, which are very dignified and atmospheric on the whole, and in addition, he must also bring that black hat, that is, the black yarn wing crown.

Now he was able to hold up the dress.

In the early dynasties, there was nothing, the ministers stood on both sides, and the crown prince stood on the steps, right next to Emperor Hongzhi.

Under the court, Emperor Hongzhi paraded in the interior, and the crown prince generally followed.

Today's emperor suddenly mentioned something,

He was walking in front, and when he spoke, he leaned sideways, "Prince, the eunuch of Zhejiang's town guard is the one you sent. How he's doing over there, you know?"

Zhu Houzhao stepped forward to help the emperor, he was now completely tall, and when he heard the meaning of this, he knew what was wrong, "My father suddenly mentioned Zhejiang, but what was wrong?"

"Hey." Emperor Hongzhi raised his hand, "That Liu Daxia was originally going to be proposed in the court, but I'm afraid you won't be able to get off the stage. That's why I didn't promise him that."

"Father, what is Liu Daxia going to say?"

"You used a merchant in Zhejiang to get silver, and you used a eunuch to support him. You told me about this a long time ago, but in front of Liu Daxia, I can only pretend not to know." The emperor took out a note from his cuff, "Look at it again, Liu Daxia advised me to accumulate gold and silk in case of emergency, and stop fasting and Jiao to save waste. Suzhou weaving velvet brown and Zhejiang ministers, early to take back to Beijing, in order to relieve the plight of the army and the people. The matter of the eunuchs guarding Zhejiang Province who was greedy for ink and silver mentioned in it, you can verify it when you go back."

"In addition, now that Liu Daxia already knows that Zhejiang has provided you with a lot of silver, and you are the crown prince, if he asks you to allocate silver for disaster relief, will you agree or not?"

Zhu Houzhao also understood when he heard it,....

In fact, Liu Daxia has always known that the crown prince is accumulating military strength, and he does not agree with the large-scale use of troops by the imperial court, and the reason he uses is naturally 'there are many people,'

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But with the growth of age and size, coupled with the growing self-confidence and prestige of the prince, most of the courtiers were more restrained in front of him than in front of Hongji.

Of course, these two people are conscious, and they always remember the courtesy of the ministers.

"This time, I called the two masters over for the sake of Zhejiang. In September of the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, Wang Jingsheng, the secretary of Nanjing Honglu Temple, was promoted to the right to be the governor of Zhejiang, and he was not an official for long, and his father had the intention of calling him back to Beijing. Therefore, the candidates for the new governor of Zhejiang must also come out."

The crown prince flicked his sleeves, "This candidate is not so special, but because of the silver in Zhejiang, it is now very noticeable. The meaning of this palace, you Wang Dehui (Wang Huazi) have been diligent in Shandong in recent years, loyal to the monarch and love the people, and the reputation is still good. A liter should be fine."

"The minister was ordered by the prince, so he naturally did his best." Wang Hua didn't have so many ideas anyway, and he still had to listen to the order.

"There is a voice from Zhejiang, saying that the palace has set up an internal official in Zhejiang, and has collected a lot of silver, have you heard about this?"

Wang Hua also told the truth, "The minister has indeed heard of it. The minister also knew that in May this year, Li Dongyang, a member of the Cabinet University, returned to Beijing from Queli in Shandong Province to worship Kong Bi. Playing to the emperor, what you saw along the way, the counties withered, and the people's livelihood was bitter. Therefore, he also has a lot of complaints about the prince's private gathering of silver, and basically hopes that His Royal Highness can put the people first and release silver for disaster relief."

"What do you think?" Zhu Houzhao asked him.

"As the political envoy of Shandong, the minister has not been able to solve the king's worries, and the minister cannot calm the people, so the minister thinks that His Royal Highness should hand over the minister to the ministry to settle the grievances." ….

"The people rely on farming, Shandong has suffered from drought this year, and if you don't have food when the drought comes, you can't do anything."

At this time, Wang Wei said, "Dehui, the matter in Shandong is just a beginning. The courtiers in the court really don't understand His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, if the people of the Ming Dynasty suffer a disaster, where is there a reason not to release food for disaster relief. Some of them really mean Zhejiang."

Wang Hua didn't understand.

But Zhu Houzhao smiled, "This palace has been operating in Zhejiang for several years, and I don't know how many people have been fattened by the sea trade smuggling in Zhejiang, and now that some of this silver has been taken away by someone, won't the people there react?" In addition, there are some peacemakers in the DPRK and China, who feel that the palace is competing with the people for profit, and they want to raise troops in the north, what will be the reaction to this? After all, I think about the money."

Maybe the spokesperson of the southeastern businessmen in the court will not be Liu Daxia, because Liu Daxia will not collude with a group of businessmen.

But the merchants of the southeast are superior to the merchants, and in addition to their own clans, they themselves will also bribe local officials.

Mei Kejia's business is getting bigger and bigger in a year or two, how can she not be remembered?

After that, I can always touch the end and touch the prince.

Of course, they will not go to the crown prince, but Wei Bin is not immobile, so naturally there will be forces to push Wei Bin to step down.

Now that this power has emerged, then for Zhu Houzhao, it can be reversed.

"After you go to Zhejiang, you don't have to protect Wei Bin's slave maid, if you are greedy for silver, this palace will treat him. You only need to find out the relationship between the local merchants and officials, and it is best to know whether they have strength in the capital, and of course, someone will help you when you go." The opening of the sea ban is something that Zhu Houzhao has been planning for a long time, but the local businessmen have made a lot of profits from smuggling, and once the imperial court has a will in the future, as long as they have an official voice channel, they will definitely speak out, so he also has to find out what is going on.

"If a merchant messes with the government, it will be a great sin for another five hundred years!"

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