Gu Zuo recovered more than 1.6 million taels of silver from Zhejiang, not counting the shops waiting to be sold, the southwest corner of the Imperial City of Beijing was banging and beating all day long, and the three sects and nine streams went in and out, making the official resentment boiling.

After the emperor reprimanded some imperial histories, the notes that came in kept coming.

Zhu Houzhao reviewed three impeachments of Gu Zuo in succession, and when he continued to read it, his brows were already furrowed.

What's wrong......

He put down the pen and rubbed his head.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take a break and approve it later?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't hold it out, he obviously felt that there was a problem, but he couldn't think of it for a while, and his intuition told him that it was a big problem, and he was anxious and even more anxious.

"Accompany me, go out for a walk."

"Slave and maid, this is arranged. Do you want...... Play Kemari again?"

According to general habits, the emperor will choose to release it when he is not in a good mood, so Liu Jin has this question.

However, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, "I feel that I can't use my strength, so let's go." Tell them to come over and practice some wrestling for me to see."

"Okay. Slave and maid, let's do it."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and he went away.

To say that the sky in the Forbidden City is really boring, it is indeed nothing fun, and even the harem is empty.

It's that the Empress Dowager Zhang can play, and she summons some palace maids to play small cards in the harem every day, changing tricks, and is very happy.

Zhu Houzhao touched the railing of the white marble, looking at the Forbidden City, which was undulating one after another, red and yellow, and he thought...... Change your mood, anyway, if you don't understand something, forget it, put it down for the time being, and think about it when your mind is not so blocked.

「…… Wei Zhonghai went to Gansu?"

Mei Huaigu stood at the emperor's side and heard this whispered inquiry. He nodded, "It's been more than ten days since we left."

In the ring, two strong men who took off their shirts beat each other, this is in front of the emperor, winning or losing is still more important, so they all exert all their strength.

The emperor beckoned to Liu Jin, "I heard Zhou Shangwen say that this time I captured a particularly brave Mongol, and sent a decree to bring people over and compare them with these warriors of mine."

When everyone heard this, the emperor was playful.

Mei Huaigu Dantian exerted his strength and shouted: "Your Majesty called the Mongols, if you lose, this will not only be a shame for yourself, but also a shame for the face of the Ming Dynasty, but give me more care!"

Zhu Houzhao was helpless, "It's just wrestling, don't be nervous."

Mei Huaigu said with a straight face: "We are the ones who want to earn face for Your Majesty, and we must have this ambition."

"Alright then, I'll just stay a little longer today and take a good look." Zhu Hou took care of Mei Huaigu's red face, and thought of the previous incident in Mei Mansion, "Huaigu, did Uncle Huaiyuan forcibly marry again?"

Speaking of this, Mei Huaigu has always had a thorn in his heart, he is afraid of the emperor mentioning it, and he is looking forward to the emperor's ......

"Your Majesty, this matter ...... The minister is about to explain......"

"You don't have to explain." Zhu Houzhao is to relax, he doesn't want to listen to some nonsense, even if it's fan, it's too much of a psychological burden, "I know the ins and outs of that incident. But I was too busy in the back, so I forgot to ask, nothing happened, right?"

If Uncle Huaiyuan is a bad person, it will be really a bad thing. ….

Fortunately, Mei Huaigu shook his head, "With His Majesty's holy decree, everything is peaceful now. But ......"

"But what?"

"Wechen didn't dare to say it." Mei Huaigu knelt down.

"The matter between Meifu and Huaiyuanbo was provoked because you didn't dare to say it. almost even affected Liu Jin. Huaigu, you have nothing to do to talk to You Ji, that guy is not very bold, but he will dare to say anything. I am the emperor, as long as you have a loyal heart, do things for me, and think about me, what can't you say?"

"Yes, Weichen Hutu, I have been holding it in my heart for so long. It's really Weichen's two younger sisters, with a lowly status, and I really don't dare to disturb Your Majesty."

A hint of playfulness rose in Zhu Houzhao's heart, "This Mei Kejia has arrived

At the end of the year, I gave birth to two daughters who overwhelmed the country and the city, how? This time, which nobles of the imperial court have taken a fancy to them?"

"The posture of the housesister Pu Liu, where do you dare to call the country and the city. It's just a matter of Uncle Huaiyuan...... There are many rumors in Beijing, and His Majesty will abstain him from the palace, which is ...... It's really ...... It's really ......, and it's easy to become a talking point in the market."

Zhu Houzhao found a stone bench and sat down, and crossed Erlang's legs, "You mean to say that this method is vulgar and lacking in morality, as well as dramatic, and ordinary people like to talk about it, right?"

"Weichen doesn't dare to comment like this, but the people in Beijing do talk a lot, and Huai Yuanbo is a noble of the imperial court, who can stop him except the emperor? In this way, everyone knows that His Majesty protected her sister. The bad thing is that His Majesty and the sister are the same age, so there are rumors...... Your Majesty, Wechen is guilty of death!"

There are some things in the back, Mei Huaigu doesn't dare to say. But he can also guess that the emperor has a crush on his two younger sisters.

Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth, he was a little shocked, "...... Who's spreading this rumor?"

Mei Huaigu said in a daze, "The people in Beijing are talking, and several of Wechen's friends are also talking to Wechen."

"Hey. Then your sister will have a hard time getting married. Ordinary people, who is willing to come to this troubled water? This kind of thing that will lose your head if you are not careful, it is better to believe it than not to believe it. But this matter is strange, I have never been to Meifu, and I have clearly not seen your sister. Where did this rumor come from?"

"Rumors are nonsense, and if you want to say where they started, you can't find them."

No

Zhu Houzhao has that strange feeling again.

"Uncle Huaiyuan is a noble of the imperial court, and the Mei Mansion also has a transcendent status in Beijing, far away from ordinary people, if you want to say that he has a crush on your two sisters, there are even fewer people who know it, since I don't know, I made a decree to make Huai Yuanbo abstinent in the mansion, how can ordinary people think that it is related to the Mei Mansion? He is usually lustful, why don't you want to protect the Zhang Mansion and the Liu Mansion, but the Mei Mansion?"

Zhu Houzhao touched his chin, or was it his delusion?

But he always found it funny, and it was understandable for the people to talk about it. But a lustful person is abstinent, this is an independent story, anyway, Uncle Huaiyuan originally liked little girls.

How many people can know that Uncle Huaiyuan and Meifu are involved?

Mei Huaigu was a little confused when he heard this, could there be something that couldn't be done? ….

「…… Since you know about Uncle Huaiyuan and Meifu, it means that the person who passed the message is not an ordinary person, and since you are not an ordinary person, you should know that I have not seen your sister. There are people who want to stir up trouble."

The emperor's eyes lit up.

There were some things he had pretty much figured out.

Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian have recently submitted a song, saying that Gu Zuo was in Zhejiang, wantonly greedy for ink, and even replaced all the famous paintings and antiques confiscated with ordinary ones and sent them to the palace, leaving those good ones for their own collections.

Such full details made Zhu Houzhao a little trance-like, so he was in a bad mood. As the saying goes, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and he is also thinking about what if Gu Zuo is a big corrupt official?

Just like Emperor Jiaqing, in the face of corruption in the officialdom in Qianlong's later years, he also vigorously rectified it, and engaged in several models of clean government, and the last investigation was also a corrupt official. Qianlong himself also trusted Wang Kangwang, and as a result, he came up with a joke in the history books.

The things in the officialdom are particularly difficult to say and distinguish, from Zhu Houzhao's point of view, why does he think that Gu Zuo must be honest and self-controlled? Starting from emotion, blindly believing in a person is actually political naivety.

Just like him, he trusts Yang Shangyi, but the commander of the Ming cavalry can't let him be anymore.

Speaking of Gu Zuo...... A small amount of money should not be, but Zhejiang's affairs involve millions of taels of silver, and it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be greedy for such a large wealth.

When Gu Zuo went to Zhejiang, the deputy capital of the Holy Command Imperial Palace, Yu Shi Zhangmao, went with him, this is a Hai Rui-like figure, so maybe he should be called over and asked......

Or ask Mao Yu to check it.

None of this is a difficult task.

But if you really check it like this, you can't find it

The problem is fine, but what if the problem is found?

Dealt with Gu Zuo?

It's not a big deal. But in fact, isn't this a denial of Shaofu to some extent?!

Now that he, the emperor, and Shaofu Ling Gu Zuo are in a 'crisis' at about the same time, could it be a coincidence?

Thinking about it, this rumor came too strangely, and it was too strange to participate in Gu Zuo's recital.

Could it be that the courtiers could not stop the emperor from using imperial power to set up new institutions...... Zhu Houzhao rubbed his fingers...... So you are eyeing Gu Zuo, the young government commander who is the spokesperson of the emperor?

In fact, it makes sense to say that the family in Zhejiang was ruined, and all the silver and shops were robbed to the north, launching wars and building large-scale construction...... At first glance, the emperor did not do this properly.

But Zhu Houzhao is not sure whether the rumor Mei Huaigu said is aimed at him, or maybe the story itself spread like this to form this rumor, after all, it is difficult to define.

If you want to confirm, you can only go further.

And this step, he still has to advance, because once someone is behind the scenes, it means that there is some force secretly targeting him, the emperor, and wants to make a move.

…… How many times have you said it,

In that high ground of morality, whoever fights will die. If anyone really dares to ask him to come down, it is a place to die.

This is his reverse scale.

"Nostalgia."

"Wechen is here."

"I heard that the Mei Mansion is rich, the mansion is magnificent, and the rockeries, streams, courtyards, and peach blossoms in the courtyards are ...... The whole nine yards. I want to see it."

Mei Huaigu blinked, and to him, it meant a lot.

Rockeries, streams, courtyards, and peach blossoms are no matter how good things are, can the emperor have anything he has never seen? He didn't dare to say this himself, the emperor didn't, you have, what do you mean?

So what can really be said to be in the Mei Mansion but not in the Imperial Palace, in fact...... It's human.

"If the ministers and ministers live in the humble room, if they can be brought to the Eucharist by His Majesty...... Definitely, definitely...... Blessed garden." Mei Huaigu was excited, and his words were a little unpleasant.

"Let's find a time."

"Yes."

Zhu Houzhao leaned over again, "Send someone to the Gu Mansion."

Mei Huaigu's eyes blinked, "Shao Situ Mansion?"

The emperor has not answered, and it should not be difficult to know as for the answer.

He trusts Gu Zuo, this is the relationship between the monarch and the minister, but the next thing is not known to be big or small, and the power of the Shaofu Order is too great in the future, so he will send someone over first, this is the means.

There is nothing despicable or despicable, and there is no moral pressure or inner entanglement, he wants to be a good emperor, not a good person.

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