decided to become a person in the capital, Xia Yuan silently thought about it, how to get enough money, but about buying a house, you need to ask someone.

This person is Zhu Houzhao.

Although this thing is really a little unexpected, but unfortunately, his identity is indeed a prince, and history will also be destined that he will definitely take charge of the imperial power in the future and become the Zhengde Emperor who will make future generations have different opinions and talk about it.

Since he is the crown prince, he will definitely be able to summon a lot of people and ask him to send someone to find a cost-effective courtyard in the capital, which is very simple to think about.

The peeled beans are used to stir-fry a plate of beans and vegetables, and with the rolled noodles, it is a simple lunch.

And while eating lunch, Xia Yuan told him about it, Zhu Houzhao was holding a bowl of snoring noodles, and was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then asked, "Master wants to move to the capital to live?" ”

"That's right, I do have this plan, I see that you have a lot of followers for the teacher, so I want to ask you for help to inquire, see where there are courtyards to sell in the capital, find a one with similar conditions, cheap price, and good orientation..."

Xia Yuan was very greedy, he said a lot, Zhu Houzhao didn't listen carefully, or there was no need to listen, this kind of thing was a trivial matter to him, and he immediately said happily: "Master don't worry, I will definitely find you a good house in Beijing." ”

Xia Yuan knew that he had found the right thing to find this product, so he kindly chattered a bean and put it in Zhu Houzhao's bowl, "Good apprentice, come, eat more." ”

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In the Forbidden City on the other side, it was already noon at this time, but the Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu had not yet had lunch, but called several ministers to the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters.

In the Ming Dynasty, or in most dynasties, the real military affairs were often not discussed in the court meeting, but as is the case now, the emperor called several important ministers to the palace and held a small meeting in private.

After it is passed, the matter will be taken to the court meeting for a formality, and then it will be issued directly.

And the matter to be discussed today is naturally about the Tatar offense and the so-called reward of the Duke of Baoguo.

Since yesterday he learned the news that his prince had been deceived, Zhu Youzhu has been in a good mood, and he spoke with an inexplicable brisk attitude at this time, "Yesterday, Baoguo Gong played a victory, saying that he led the soldiers to defeat the Tatars in Guanzhong, and there were more than 10,000 meritorious soldiers in the nest, and more than 200 people with significant merits. ”

As he spoke, he looked at an old man among several people, "Ma Qingjia, can you tell me the reason?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not that the Ministry of War wants to reject the holy will, but that the reward is really not successful." Ma Wensheng, who served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, did not hesitate, and immediately stood up from the Jindun in fluent Yuzhong dialect.

He is seventy-five years old this year, which is definitely a long life expectancy in ancient times when people lived for 70 years, but he still looks like he is in good spirits, and it looks like he should have a few years to live.

It's just that most of his life has been up and down, but this country accent has not been able to change, and for decades, speaking has always been this virtue.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhu has long been accustomed to this, and there is no obstacle that he can't understand, so he just bowed his head slightly when he heard the words, "Why don't you hit?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't want the scholar to speak."

Zhu Youzhu smiled, "Okay, I don't want to learn, Ma Qing's family will talk about the reason." ”

"Yes, this matter is also what the old minister wants to report, according to the Ministry of War, the Tatars plundered Qingyang, and when it was peaceful, the guards of the two towns not only blocked it, but Gu Duier did not dare to fight in the city, and that Zhu Hui was also a letter ball, and he shrank his head timidly, and did not lead the army to support in time, which allowed the Tatars to go straight to the pass."

Speaking of this, Ma Wensheng said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach Zhu Hui, the protector of the country!" ”

Although Henan dialect is a little playful, from the mouth of this old minister, the echo in the hall is loud, with a resolute force.

At this time, Liu Jian, a cabinet minister, also stood up, "Your Majesty, the minister also wants to impeach Zhu Hui, the protector of the country!" ”

"Fearing the enemy and cowardly, sitting back and watching the border towns erode, causing the Tatars to go deep into the pass, this is one sin!

When the army rushed to the scene, only 12 enemy soldiers were killed, but they dared to lie about a great victory, which is the second sin!

When the army is detoured, the military discipline is not in order, disturbing the people and hurting the property, this is the third crime!

These three charges are for Your Majesty to see. ”

And Ma Wensheng also said in a timely manner: "These three charges are true, I hope Your Majesty will learn from them." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Youzhu couldn't help frowning, he really didn't know these things, and he really didn't know that there was such a secret in this good news.

Although he is the emperor, he does not know everything, and there are even many things, he is often the last to know.

The emperor's profession is too noble, and his position is too high, high as a god, so high that he is completely out of society and has lived in the deep palace for a long time, so all the sources of information about the emperor are only the ministers of the court and the eunuchs beside him.

As long as the ministers and eunuchs kept silent, the emperor was like a deaf and blind man.

The so-called blinding of the saint is like this.

Zhu Youzhu lives in the deep palace, but he is not biased to listen to and believe, but people tend to believe in good news, which is human nature.

So he believed the good news.

In the face of the current bad news, he didn't want to believe it, but he had to believe it, because these words came from the mouth of a cabinet minister and a scholar.

Unless these two old ministers unite to deceive themselves, this possibility is very small, especially the character of the two ministers He has always been trustworthy, especially Ma Wensheng, who has always respected him.

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Youzhu asked out with some apprehension: "The good news said that the thousands of people captured and plundered by the Tatars were recovered, is this true?" ”

"It's true."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhu breathed a sigh of relief, and finally recovered the thousands of people, if he didn't recover it, he would say that he would cure Zhu Hui's crimes.

It's just that how to deal with it now makes him a little difficult....

After thinking for a long time, he sighed and said, "Zhu Hui doesn't care for the time being, but those who should reward the soldiers still want to be rewarded..."

"Your Majesty...."

"Ma Qing's family, listen to what I say." Zhu Youzhu waved his hand, and continued: "Although the battle was very small, but those soldiers did drive the Tatars out of the border, Zhu Hui was afraid of the battle, what is the innocence of these soldiers, is it possible that they can still disobey the military order?"

In my opinion, the more than 10,000 people are too much, and this small credit is indeed difficult to divide, so I will only reward the more than 200 soldiers who have made remarkable contributions..."

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi took a credit for each bite, Liu Jian couldn't help but give a deep salute, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty is clearly decided, this battle is not won, where is the credit?" ”

"There is still merit, and it is merit to resist the Tatars and save thousands of people."

Seeing that when it came to this, Liu Jian could only sigh secretly, Your Majesty is good at everything, but this temperament is too generous, and then asked for orders: "But Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, the minister implores His Majesty to punish him, otherwise it will not be able to show the reward and punishment of the country." ”

"Zhu Hui..."

Zhu Youzhu hesitated again, Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, can be said to be the most trusted military general in his Hongzhi Dynasty, and there is no one.

Over the years, he has also made a lot of military exploits, he has always attached great importance to feelings, if the punishment is really a little unbearable, it will inevitably hurt the hearts of the heroes, not to mention that although this battle has been, but also meritorious.

After a deep groan, he waved his hand and said, "That's it, let's offset the merits and demerits, no reward, and no guilt." ”

"Your Majesty...."

"Don't persuade me again, just do what I want."

After that, Zhu Youzhu didn't wait for a few people to respond, but diverted the topic, "You know that the prince has started to read in the past few days, and yesterday he was copying the Analects for politics. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhu unconsciously showed a cheerful expression, and his face seemed to have light, at this time he was no different from the parents of later generations, his own children did a glorious thing, and he couldn't wait to show off with the neighbors.

Several ministers in the palace were stunned when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at each other, and then they seemed to have a tacit understanding, and congratulated together: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is already smart and clever, and his qualifications are very good, but he is a little playful at a young age. ”

"There's no need to congratulate, it's just a prodigal son, haha..."

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand very reservedly, but in the end he couldn't hold back his laughter.

Clever and very qualified, well, I love to hear that.

And they are all telling the truth, my emperor is such a person.

At this time, Xiao Jing bowed down and walked in from outside the hall, "Emperor, it's past the afternoon, do you think it's time for lunch?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhu realized that he was a little hungry, so he nodded and said, "Let's pass the meal." ”

"Don't go, just right, stay and have lunch with me."

Emperor Hongzhi has always been diligent and thrifty, and this lunch is relatively simple, only four dishes and one soup, he sits in front of the desk while eating, while listening to Xiao Jing's whispered report.

"The master Xia that the prince worships is actually Xie Yuan of this Shuntianfu Township test?"

"Back to the emperor, it's true."

"Hmm..."

Zhu Youzhu recalled that the township test list he saw at the beginning, the first name seemed to be really a surname Xia, but he didn't care about it at the time, a Xie Yuan was Xie Yuan Gong in the eyes of others, but for him, the emperor, it was just Erer.

"Look, Emperor, this is the article he tried to write in his hometown, oh, and this..."As he spoke, Xiao Jing took out three things from his cuffs and respectfully placed them on Zhu Youzhang's desk.

Zhu Youzhu was about to look at the article, but his eyes were attracted by the other two things, two books to be exact, and two parts.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes?"

Muttering the title of the book, he turned his head again and asked, "What is this?" ”

"The script was written by the Duke of Xie Yuan, named Xia Yuan, and the script that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince read some time ago is also this thing,"

Zhu Youzhu suddenly stared at the two scripts a few times, and suddenly smiled: "I want to come to the eighteen palms of the dragon, and what are the five uniques of the Central Plains that are from this book..."