The emperor asked the Jinyi guard to send someone to thoroughly investigate what the concept was, Tana did not understand, but the other courtiers in the imperial study were all terrified.

"Your Majesty! Never! Yang Shen was the first to speak, and his expression was still firm in the face of the angry emperor, "It's true that there is a heavenly wind, and it's not false that there is a disaster!" Although the disaster reported by the Suzhou government is particularly serious, it cannot be said that there is another hidden situation! How is the matter, there are Ying Tian Governor, Governor Langzhong, and Inspector Yu Shi can go to verify! Jinyiwei went south, and there was no hidden reason and a big trouble was found! ”

Zhu Houxi immediately stared at him.

The emperor's eyes were very cold, and Zhang Fujing couldn't help but look at Yang Shen: It's still as fierce as when he was in Guangzhou Mansion......

Yang Shen did not shy away from it, and continued: "The minister knows that Your Majesty is worried that Nanzhili and the three provinces and prefectures will be levied by the Beijing Household Department this year, and the people below will have some small actions. Even so, since the State Hall is established, the food supply is the responsibility of the minister, and the minister will do it well! The government reported that His Majesty was so aggressive, even General Auxiliary Fei, State Affairs Zhang and his ministers were summoned to inquire about the matter, and they also sent Jinyi Wei to investigate thoroughly, and they had already determined that this was a big case? ”

Fei Hong also looked sideways: Yang Tinghe, your son...... My temper is so different from yours. Think about it again, is it really biological?

Now that Yang Shen is directly the emperor, blame him for making a big fuss.

More importantly, he faintly accused the emperor of not meddling in some civil affairs that had been delegated so easily.

After Yang Shen said these words, there was silence in the imperial study. Zhu Houxi's own breathing made the loudest sound.

"According to what you say, Suzhou Mansion may really have suffered such a serious disaster?" After a while, Zhu Houxi calmed down a little and asked lightly.

"It's now the eighth year of Jiajing, who has the courage to be so rampant?" Yang Shen raised his eyebrows without hesitation, "Even if it is not all because of natural disasters, this man-made disaster, I am afraid that I will not find anything if I investigate it, but I will find out about the cleaning up of water conservancy in the first place." ”

“…… Clean up the water conservancy? Zhu Houxi was a little surprised.

Yang Shen nodded: "Although the Suzhou Mansion Bulletin only mentioned one sentence, with Your Majesty's sage, you should have noticed it." The minister knew that His Majesty was often depressed because of the incident of An Concubine and the prince at the beginning of the year, and His Majesty was affectionate, and the minister was deeply admired. However, there are a lot of things going on in the country, and we must not deal with them hastily! ”

Lu Bing looked at Yang Shen blankly from the side: So brave!

Although I don't know why, His Majesty has indeed been worried about the death of An Concubine in childbirth. The palace knew all this, so few people dared to mention it. Now Yang Shen not only mentioned it in person, but also mentioned it when the emperor himself was angry, and even blamed him for not losing his mind and handling state affairs hastily.

Zhu Houxi was also stunned for a moment, and then became calmer and silent.

After Yang Shen reminded him, he also remembered that the Suzhou Prefecture did mention a sentence in the newspaper: The typhoon and the wind and waves brought by it in the previous two months destroyed some seawalls and river embankments, which washed away a lot of fertile land. Now that the statistics have come out, Suzhou Prefecture can only levy 70% of the quota for grain this year, and it also needs disaster relief.

If there is no reason why other prefectures are not so serious, it is that Suzhou Prefecture has problems with the project in the previous process of cleaning up water conservancy, after all, this year's typhoon did not land in Suzhou Prefecture.

And if there is a problem with cleaning up the water conservancy, the water patrol imperial history sent to Nanzhili at that time was the first batch of trusted new law cadres, and now it has been ranked in the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Houxi finally understood what Yang Shen meant, and looked at Zhang Fujing and Fei Hong.

Seeing that the emperor's gaze was a little colder, Fei Hong smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, it makes sense to use cultivation." What is the truth, although Nanzhili is not a province and there is no capital inspector, and the governor of Yingtian and the governor of Huaiyang have also been withdrawn, but after all, there are still governors of Yingtian, patrols, and supervisors. If the crops are ruined, then they will not dare to cheat. In any case, grain collection and disaster relief are two things to be done. Look it up......"

Zhu Houxi was silent, and looked at Zhang Fujing again.

“…… Your Majesty, it has been eight years since the new law was put into trial in Guangdong in the first year of Jiajing. In eight years, there is no distinction between the new party and the old party......"

Zhu Houxi finally spoke: "Why don't you make it clearer?" Isn't it just that I have you again? ”

Everything will eventually come back to people. The new French cadres at the beginning embarked on a stable promotion channel. For such a long time, new friends, new in-laws, new masters and apprentices, there are interests entangled with each other, you know my details, I know your black material. Yang Shen said that even if there is a disaster, it will not be found on the head of the original new law cadre. If you really find something, do you want to continue to investigate?

Fei Hong and the others were silent, and Zhu Houxi continued: "The three of you have a heavy burden, the northern expedition, the reform of the military system, the expansion of the capital, the control of floods, and the promotion of new learning, all of which require money and food. The new law has reached this point, and you all want to be more stable. But since you know that there may be man-made disasters, do you also think that it is not appropriate to make a big move? ”

"It's time to check! If there is a disaster, it should be investigated! Yang Shen looked at Lu Bing, "The minister just thinks that Jinyiwei's special handling of this case will make the local officials frightened." ”

Fei Hong hurriedly added: "Let's let the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigate first." ”

Lu Bing couldn't help but look at the emperor, feeling a little nervous.

Although it is only a small matter, this incident has become a microcosm.

Even if he is as well-behaved as Fei Hong, he does not want the emperor to personally intervene in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and let Jinyiwei investigate because of this trivial matter, which will shake the prestige of the State Palace and the Prime Minister and the Minister of State.

Zhu Houxi closed his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Then I'll give you three months." ”

"The Minister's Decree ......"

"The foundation of the tax-paying country, in the past, those anti-tax and tax evasion hats that were only buckled on the heads of some so-called Diao people, who should wear them, I know clearly! According to the yellow book rebuilt in the sixth year of Jiajing, I am also clear about how much grain should be collected. Qing and the others said that it would take time, but I still knew it clearly. Since the sixteenth year of Zhengde, from the capital to the locality, from the first official to the officials, the clansmen, the lords, the sages and gentry of the township, how much has changed, I and the government and the opposition are all clear! ”

The four of them said it clearly, and Zhang Fujing only felt that the burden of a thousand catties was on his shoulders.

He knew what the emperor was going to say.

"There has been such a big change, but what has not changed is the collusion of the officials and gentry, and the idea of trying to evade the service, change the soup but not the medicine!" Zhu Houxi said calmly, "I will say it in front. The soldiers in the border towns donated their lives, and only then did they defeat the northern captives, so that the hinterland provinces could sit and enjoy peace. The northern plague is still in full swing, and now is the time for each to perform his duties and fulfill his duties. If there are still so many people who are not right-minded and only enjoy their benefits without fulfilling their righteousness, I will teach them how to be human beings in the next life! ”

……

The three people who left the imperial study were in a heavy mood.

Even Yang Shen, who was the most naïve in the past, is no longer stunned now.

Even Zhang Fujing, who can be called the strongest pioneer of the new law, is not easy to keep up with the emperor's footsteps now.

After walking all the way to the Fengtian Gate, Zhang Fujing sighed: "Your Majesty knows the great road of human reason, how can you not know that this is a demanding request?" There are so few saints, this is the reason why His Majesty said that overkill must be overdone. The Ming Dynasty is too big and there are too many officials and gentry, so let's handle this case well and set up rules. With cultivation, Your Majesty's words today are the most important for the three of us to be stable. ”

Yang Shen snorted lightly: "Your Majesty can be demanding, but I am a courtier, and I still put it safely." The Minister of State consuls a ministry, State Zhang and I, don't they just sing with a white face and a red face? It's easy to handle a case well, and it's easy to make rules. But the Ming Dynasty now has more than 100,000 officials, hundreds of thousands of gentry and wealthy households, not only not lazy but also stable people's hearts, wrong from time to time to establish rules, but also conducive to motivating their hearts, what else can be done? ”

Fei Hong's head was big: "Since you know this, why are you like that today...... Counsel Your Majesty? ”

Yang Shen made a straight face: "Your Majesty, the king of a country, why is it a little daughter who has been sad for a harem for so long?" Now that I heard that the Suzhou newspaper was so angry, it shows that my mood is unstable. This is not a national blessing, but more important than the Suzhou incident, how can I not speak out? ”

Fei Hong had to mutter: "It's strange to say, I only know that in addition to the queen mother in the harem, Your Majesty actually favors the second concubine and the concubine Jing more, and it will be ...... because of the matter of the concubine."

Don't look at the solemnity of the three of them when they are in the imperial study, in fact, everyone is transparent, and now Fei Hong actually took the initiative to talk about the emperor's little gossip.

They really couldn't understand why the emperor was like this, to put it bluntly, being in the family of an ordinary official and gentry was equivalent to a concubine who unfortunately died...... If you want to talk about the prince, the emperor is not an heir. It's okay to be sad for a while, but after so long, I'm still emotionally unstable, and I really don't look like the emperors of previous years.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Houxi was silent for a long time after they left, and Huang Jin and Lu Bing were not easy to speak.

Lu Bing was even more embarrassed, he was called over, it turned out that the emperor intended to let him send someone to investigate the case, but he was persuaded by Yang Shen and them to go back.

Now that the emperor didn't speak, he couldn't directly return to Jinyiwei.

In the end, it was Huang Jin who opened his mouth first: "Your Majesty, the beauty who was offered by the three parts of the flower is still waiting to see her in the backyard." ”

"Got it." Zhu Houxi finally raised his head, and after seeing Lu Bing, he asked, "Why are you still here?" Since the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent someone to investigate first, you can go back. ”

“…… Be. Lu Bing saluted and took two steps back, then stopped and asked, "Your Majesty, the matter of going to see the military team competing for the championship in October has been arranged." His Majesty said that all the ladies are going, so this lady who is dedicated by the Duoyan Department, will the minister also arrange a chariot guard? ”

"Arrange it."

Zhu Houxi finished casually, and still sat there.

Because of the matter of Suzhou Mansion, Yang Shen complained about his emotional instability, and Zhu Houxi didn't expect it.

After Huang Jin was the only one here, he opened his mouth and asked, "In the past few months, I have often been unhappy, so that the state affairs have not been handled properly?" ”

Huang Jin thought to himself, don't ask me such a difficult question, he looked awe-inspiring: "Your Majesty's sage is rare in ancient and modern times, how can there be any improper handling of state affairs?" Yang Shangshu is really bold, that is, His Majesty's mind is very accessible, and the slaves and maids want to reprimand him. It's just that His Majesty has an admonition on weekdays, and Yang Shangshu is talking about state affairs, so the slave didn't speak! ”

“…… That is, it is true that the mood is often unhappy, and you are all trembling. Zhu Houxi sighed.

Huang Jin's eyes were slightly red, and he said softly: "Your Majesty, Concubine An is blessed, this is also fate." Your Majesty is so sad, Concubine An Niangniang knows and can't bear it. ”

Zhu Houxi was silent.

Ma Yong's daughter was accepted as one of the nine concubines with political purposes at that time. After entering the palace, Zhu Houxi was not close to him. Even if she was pregnant with a child last year, at that time, the monarch was still paying attention to the changes in the situation on the grassland, and Zhu Houxi didn't care much, at least much less than when Sun Ming and the others were pregnant.

has a prince and a princess in a row, and Zhu Houxi is not so worried about her childbirth. It's just that after the incident, all kinds of feelings came to him.

After all, unlike people in this era, Zhu Houxi experienced such a thing, and his grief and self-blame seemed to be even stronger. After all, it was a woman who had a skin-to-skin relationship with him, only respected him, a famous and well-known woman, and a son he had never seen the world.

Coupled with the invisible pressure brought about by the change of ownership in Qinghai, Zhu Houxi has had this knot in his heart in the past few months.

More of the knots are facing the future - because of the limitations of technology, in his long life, the death of his women, the premature death of his children, the death of close and trustworthy ministers, I am afraid that there will be no less, and more and more intensive.

Zhu Houxi thought that after all these years, he actually had the cold-blooded ruthlessness of the emperor. But he found that some of the ideas that were ingrained in his heart still had a violent impact on his emotions in some cases.

After a moment, he smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm no different. Let's go, go and see her. ”

What I said before that some people enjoy their benefits and do not do their righteousness, what is the difference between him in this harem?

The beauties of all the palaces are looking forward to his rain and dew grace, and Zhu Houxi is happy and happy, which can usually make everyone happy? Now that I encounter this kind of thing, I am in a bad mood for a few months, and I can't help but behave in a cozy manner, just to meet some of the so-called moral requirements in my heart for myself, right?

If he wants to give up this kind of happiness, he doesn't want to. It is as if those officials and gentry and wealthy households are asked to "be upright in their thinking and pay all their dues" and not engage in some black-box operations, they will not be able to do it.

This is human nature, and no one is more noble than the other.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Houxi felt that his mood was a little different.

Huang Jin saw that Zhu Houxi was interested, and couldn't help but perk up, and hurriedly sent someone over to let the beauty get ready to see him.

Zhu Houxi walked steadily.

You see, when he was thinking about things just now, because Huang Jin reminded him, wasn't he a little more curious about the prairie beauty?

It is true to be diligent in governing the country and the people, and it is not false to indulge in the power of the monarch with selfish desires.

Walking on the road, Zhu Houxi thought of Yang Shen again.

Zhu Houxi's anger before was not fake, why was Yang Shen so rigid? Why did he seem to wake up a little when he mentioned his emotional problems? Why is it that after thinking about it and finding that he has a point, I am a little embarrassed?

The last cruel words, half of Zhu Houxi really thought that he should beat it well, and half of it was to round his previous angry appearance.

Zhu Houxi walked a little sullenly.

I knew that I wouldn't prostitute his poem for nothing on a whim, so that now I am always a little weak in front of him because of his meritorious deeds and some historical fame that he has lost.

He is so rigid now, is it because he has noticed something after receiving his feedback after receiving repeated admonitions from the court staff before?

Won't you kick your nose and face in the future and be a Wei Zheng-style character, right?

While drinking tea and sitting there thinking nonsense, I casually looked up after hearing the unfamiliar sound of worship.

Zhu Houxi was stunned.

Tana was kneeling on the ground, her head bowed, but she looked like a turtle with her head stretched out because she peeked curiously at him from below.

The strange appearance made Zhu Houxi laugh.

(End of chapter)