In the winter of the eighteenth year of Wanli, the East Palace.

The prince was about to go to Wenhua Hall to attend classes that day, but suddenly found that a book in front of his bed had fallen to the ground and appeared in front of him.

The prince picked up the book curiously and read it aloud: "The words of the Golden Bottle Plum? ”

Yang Rong, the eunuch who was in charge of accompanying the prince, also heard the prince's words outside the house, and he was so frightened that he walked away from his true soul, and hurriedly ran over, and a slippery kneeling appeared in front of the prince, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "My master, you can't read this book, give it to the slave!" ”

"Why can't you see it?"

The prince asked at this time.

Yang Rong held back for a long time before he said a sentence and said, "Because this book is too unsuitable for the current master." ”

"What qualifications do you have as a slave to say that I can't watch it?"

The prince asked.

Yang Rong hurriedly confessed, and then said urgently: "But master, he is really not suitable!" ”

"I'm not going to see it."

"Because my father showed me this book, I didn't think it was good."

"However, I'm just curious, why did this book suddenly appear here, I would never steal some miscellaneous books from my father's study to come here, and besides, this is not my father's book, that paper is better."

The prince spoke at this time.

Yang Rong was very embarrassed when he heard this.

He didn't expect that the emperor had already read this book to the crown prince.

But then, the prince's words made him feel frightened again.

"Huh!"

"How can there be a Journey to the West?"

"No, this is not Wu Ben, this is changed, and it didn't say at the beginning that refining the elixir can lead to immortality"

Then the prince saw another set of books on the floor beside his bed.

"Who is it?!"

Yang Rong became even more anxious at this time, and hurriedly turned around and shouted.

Immediately, Yang Rong asked loudly: "Who deliberately put these books of bad intentions and temperaments in the market here, which not only harms the master, but also harms our family?!" ”

At this time, Liao Qin, the eunuch who was accompanying the prince, came over and said: "Father-in-law is angry, this kind of thing should not be quiet, so as not to affect the impression of the young master in the hearts of the courtiers, and we will not be able to afford this crime even if we die!" ”

After hearing this, Yang Rong nodded and said, "You're not wrong, it's just that this person who quietly threw this kind of book into the master's house is also a little despicable, and he clearly wants to harm people!" ”

"It's not that I want to harm people, after all, if the master comes into contact with something, we are always watching for the emperor."

"In my opinion, it is estimated that some people want the master to like the content here, especially the "Golden Bottle Plum Words", this is to make the master better at playing the little one, of course, it may also be to harm the little master, so that the emperor will think that the master is good from these things, and from then on he will not like the master, and the heart of the prince will be abolished."

Liao Qin said.

Yang Rong glanced at Liao Qin, then nodded: "Then who will leave this thing here and frame us for nothing?" ”

Liao Qin said: "Who knows!" I can only report it truthfully. ”

……

"What did you say?"

"The prince's bedding place, "The Words of the Golden Plum Bottle" and "Journey to the West" appeared?"

After Zhu Yijun and Shen Shixing agreed on the arrangements for the prince's education and returned to the Qinzheng Palace, Tian Yi reported to him the latest matter.

Tian Yi hurriedly handed over the book: "Please take a look at the emperor, this is stolen goods." ”

Zhu Yijun took it, flipped it a few times casually, and sneered: "This is to make my prince obsessed with beauty or gods and demons, and I also want me to dislike the prince." ”

"This kind of book, without guidance, is easy to indulge in only the superficial meaning."

Qi Jiguang said at this time.

Shen Shixing also followed: "It's also easy to frame people." ”

"Fortunately, I expected it a long time ago, and took the initiative to tell my prince about these books in advance, and also told my prince about the social pathology reflected behind this golden plum and the darkness of power implied by Journey to the West; Unless my crown prince's qualifications are too poor, otherwise when he sees these two books now, he will only think of the evil of the world. ”

Zhu Yijun said at this time, and then said: "But this matter must be investigated closely, and we must find out who is behind such despicable means, thinking that I can't control the prince to become my ideal king, so I will lead him to indulge in lust and worship Buddha and worship immortals, and it will be far-reaching to separate the royal family, and it is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao if it is not strictly investigated!" ”

Tian Yi said yes.

Zhu Yijun then walked out of the hall, looked at the snow-capped palace wall, and pondered.

He had to admit that, as Shen Shixing said, because most of the social structure of the Ming Dynasty was still composed of landlords, the old party forces that did not want the Son of Heaven to use imperial power to agitate most of the emerging strata and change the social structure in the name of advocating new rites still existed, and they still did not give up.

Therefore, there are still people who are thinking about influencing the future prince.

Unless one day.

In the economic society of the Ming Dynasty, landlords no longer account for the majority, or the landlord economy is no longer the main economy, but a commodity economy.

As long as that day comes, the old party will not have such a huge force, and it will not continue to have the old party appear in Daming because of the continuous development and growth of yeoman farmers into new landlords.

At that time, they will take the initiative to ask the emperor to expand.

And that day is clearly not yet coming.

Therefore, there are still old party forces trying to influence the crown prince, if the prince can not be made to become the ideal king in the hearts of the traditional old party scholars, he will not hesitate to make him become a faint monarch who only knows how to indulge in alcohol, or let the current emperor mistakenly think that the prince will become such a person.

"As the master expected, the old party is a thief!"

Zhu Yijun said at this time.

Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang glanced at each other, and then arched his hand and said: "Fortunately, Your Majesty expected it first, otherwise, I am afraid that it will really make the prince suffer a big loss." ”

"This is really unguardable, and now it seems that it can only be that someone from the inner court quietly put this thing next to His Highness."

"And now it's just a few books, I really don't know what to put in the future, Your Majesty, just kill all the people around His Highness first!"

Ci is not in charge of the army, and Qi Jiguang, who has always been strict in governing the army, does not mind solving the problem by physical annihilation, so he directly suggested that the emperor indiscriminately clean the people around the prince.

Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment after hearing this, and said: "Governing the country is different from governing the army, the crime and punishment need to be quite good for prevention, if you kill them all, I am afraid that the people who will be transferred to the prince's side will directly choose not to report it after discovering this matter again, and even deliberately hide it from each other for self-protection, so it is not good!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"At this time, not only can you not kill, but before the evidence is ascertained, you must also reward the person who took the initiative to expose the matter."

Shen Shixing said: "And on the grounds of rewarding, these people will be promoted!" ”

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then instructed Huang Xun, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, "Do what Master Shen said, and promote these people as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Yijun then looked at Tian Yi again: "At the same time, Dongchang is secretly keeping an eye on these people!" ”

Huang Xun and Tian Yi said yes.

Zhu Yijun didn't forget to remind at this time: "The officials have made many embarrassing things, and this time there can be no more mistakes, otherwise you can really only brush the toilet and serve people." ”

Huang Xun and Tian Yi hurriedly knelt down: "Slaves don't dare!" Please rest assured, if there is such a thing again, the slaves and maids are willing to be killed! ”

"It's good to be so determined!"

After Zhu Yijun said, he looked at Shen Shixing and said: "Chess is outside the game, on the surface, these things are just some small carving skills for the prince, but the root cause is still that the big families in the world have a wide range of fertile land, and they are still nostalgic for the era when the old rites led by the small people can be wantonly reduced and the wealth increased, so we have to make the development of Luzon as soon as possible an opportunity to become a new rich country and a strong army to benefit the people, so that there are fewer and fewer people who miss that era!" ”

Shen Shixing said: "What Your Majesty said is that at present, the Department of Planning and Planning is already formulating relevant policies for the development of Luzon, and the General Department of the Degree Branch has also begun to allocate funds. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then asked, "How about the few wealthy families who colluded with Xiyi along the coast to copy their homes?" ”

Shen Shixing replied: "A total of 303 million taels of silver have been copied, more than 27,000 hectares of fertile land, more than 3,000 shops and workshops, more than 9,400 domestic slaves, and more than 20 million taels of silver. ”

"It's so rich!"

Zhu Yijun couldn't help but sigh, and then looked at Qi Jiguang: "I remember that there is not so much silver in the North Korean treasury." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, there are many wealthy families along the coast, and they are indeed not inferior to many powerful clans."

"And this is the result of the reform that has been suppressed since Mu Miao's accession to the throne, if it is not reformed, I really don't know who is in the world today."

Qi Jiguang said with a solemn expression at this time.

(End of chapter)