In mid-February, there was noticeably more rain in the capital.

The dripping raindrops are like thin filaments, which seem to be silently sprinkled on the land of Xiyuan, and the dirt on the side of the road here is alive.

The trees by the lake sprout new branches, the dead branches of the flower beds spit out new shoots, the large liquid pond of 800 acres has been frozen, the palace, the tide viewing pavilion, the bridge and the pavilion are dotted among them, and there are wisps of green smoke rising from the lake, and there are more beautiful concubines or palace maids walking through it, here is like the most beautiful picture scroll of this era.

In the hall of nourishing the heart, the curling sandalwood wafted in the air.

Zhu Youji, who was wearing a dragon robe, had a beard that had begun to take shape, his eyes under the sword eyebrows were like stars, the whole person had increased a little bit of manhood, and the imperial power on his body was getting stronger and stronger.

He is now fully integrated into the era, and if the emperor is a profession, then he is a very qualified emperor.

As long as he doesn't have a cold or fever, he can do it rain or shine, and he will always appear in the Heart Nourishing Hall on time every day, and seriously deal with government affairs from the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

"Your Majesty, the song has been delivered!"

Under the leadership of the eunuch Qian Yi, a group of eunuchs came over with a song in their arms.

Neishutang is a very qualified educational institution, and every year it sends excellent talents to the clerical room, so that now Zhu Youzhu has no shortage of eunuchs to help him deal with his own affairs.

Due to the chaotic and disorganized performance of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, Zhu Youzhu disrupted the previous division according to official positions and provinces, and changed it to four categories: priority and urgency.

"This pile of music will be sent to the cabinet first!"

Zhu Youzhi knows that a person's energy is limited, so his main focus is on important notes.

For those who are singled out for the minor recitals, such as the names of babies by the Zongren, the arrangements for the birth of emperors and empresses, the death taboos, or the reports about auspiciousness in various places, these recitals are usually decided by the cabinet, and they will not even look at it.

Qian Yi immediately waved his hand and asked the two eunuchs behind him to send the pile of music to the South Pavilion outside, and handed it over to the cabinet ministers led by Liu Ji to deal with.

"It seems that there is really no escape!"

Zhu Youzhu looked at the important notes in front of him, because there has been no military conflict on the border recently, so the impeachment chapter is usually classified as "urgent", and the stack of notes in front of him is undoubtedly pointing at Wang Yueju.

Although he was in the deep palace, he built an information network through Jinyiwei, Dongchang and the eunuchs guarding the town, so he was able to know the latest news from various places at the first time.

The interrogation turmoil caused by Wang Yue naturally reached his ears, and he already knew that Cheng Yi had gone crazy in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

When Zhu Youzhu learned about this incident, he already had a strong uneasiness in his heart.

Although he is a high emperor, there are also some things that cannot be helped. Since Du Ming and Wan An left the court one after another, now looking at this situation, it seems that it is Wang Yue's turn again.

How can life be more satisfying, everything is only half satisfied.

Zhu Youzhi felt that this was also applicable to the emperor, since he ascended the throne, there would be an unsatisfactory event in the Ming Empire basically every year, and the trusted courtiers also left one after another.

It's just that Cheng Yi went crazy in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and this matter is actually beyond his control. Regardless of whether Cheng Yi is really crazy or fake crazy, as long as he doesn't recover his senses, then Wang Yue is naturally the first person responsible.

Zhu Youzhu naturally wanted to protect Wang Yue, but some things were more complicated than many people thought.

Even if Cheng Yi is a major suspect, his current identity is his own personal guard after all. As an emperor, it is true that you must love the country and the people, but your own personal guards also need to be maintained, after all, this group is the greatest guarantee for your personal safety.

It is precisely because of this that not only can he not favor his favorite minister Wang Yue with all his strength now, but also has to properly deal with the matter of Cheng Yi being driven crazy.

"Your Majesty, this is basically an impeachment note, and the two people who are mainly impeached are those two people yesterday!" Qian Yi sent the song to Zhu Youzhi and reminded him cautiously.

Zhu Youzhu opened the top one, and what caught his eye was Cheng Minzheng, the secretary of Taichang Temple.

Since Cheng Yi went crazy in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Cheng Minzheng has presented a note every day, and the spearhead is directed at Wang Yue, who is valued by himself.

Zhu Youzhu actually knew that Wang Yue's investigation direction was not wrong, and Cheng Yi put the charge of killing Wang Shouren on Li Shizhen's father Li Yanwen, which made him suspect that Cheng Yi was the real murderer from the beginning.

It's just that you live in this era, so you have to abide by the game of this era.

As an emperor, he can kill people without evidence, and he can execute any courtier without reason, but this practice can easily create a situation where "one person singles out the entire elite class", and it is not his own style of acting.

If you kill someone without justifying yourself, even if you do the right thing, this practice is the rule of man after all. It's just that history has long proven that saints can make mistakes, and only a society governed by the rule of law can maintain a fair and healthy social environment.

Zhu Youzhi did not intend to abuse the imperial power to deal with this matter, but wanted to strive to create a society governed by the rule of law.

The only hope now is that Wang Yue can find out the evidence of Cheng Yi's crime within seven days, so as to push Cheng Yi to the guillotine openly, and Cheng Minzheng will get out of the capital.

Qiu Jun also came in?

Zhu Youzhu flipped through the stack of notes on the impeachment of Wang Yue, and suddenly saw that Qiu Jun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, also pointed the finger at Wang Yue, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Your Majesty, this is the ginseng soup sent by Concubine Jing herself, she said that she didn't dare to disturb Your Majesty, so she waited for you at the north gate to finish drinking, and she returned with the soup pot!" Liu Jin came in from outside and reported cautiously.

Zhu Youji's mind couldn't help but think of Concubine Jing, the fairest skinned Suzhou beauty, and when she looked at the ginseng soup served by Liu Jin, she smelled an attractive fragrance.

The recent palace is also not peaceful, since it was rumored that he was not allowed to have children by Emperor Lichang, although Concubine Zhang Yujiao was obviously active, but the women of Concubine Jing, Concubine Bei and Shurong became more united.

Now that group of women are exchanging experiences, causing their own tonic soup constantly, they seem to want to work together to break that rumor.

Zhu Youzhi is also secretly glad that he is still very young and his physical functions are very healthy. According to the recent gameplay of those women, even if their skills are worse, I am afraid they will not be able to play.

Now I drank Concubine Jing's soup, but I knew that Concubine Jing would be served by Concubine Jing tonight, but this Concubine Jing was still a rookie, and I was afraid that cleaning her up by myself would be a cannon to fight mosquitoes.

After eating the ginseng soup sent by Concubine Jing, his eyes fell on Yu Ming's recital in the Ministry of Industry: "Liu Jin, is the Mingzhi treasure ship sailing today?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's the day we set sail. This day was personally chosen by Qin Tianjian, and now there must be a clear sky, Liu Zhang's trip will definitely be smooth sailing to bring back the treasure seed for His Majesty! Liu Jin is also concerned about political affairs, even if he is very optimistic.

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Liu Zhang, the governor of the Americas, had just boarded the bow of the ship, looking at the gloomy sky in front of him, and was violently blown by the sea breeze, and couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

Just thinking that if he could bring back the treasure seed this time, then he would be able to compete for the six Shangshu, so he immediately straightened his waist and let the sea breeze blow on his unicorn suit.

"The hour has come!"

"Salute!"

"The treasure ship sails!"

With the sound of a gong at the Tianjin wharf, followed by the salute, and finally the Mingyuan treasure ship fleet built by the imperial court slowly sailed towards the vast sea.

"Jia Shangshu, do you think you can succeed?"

"We must succeed, Liu Zhang will definitely be able to retrieve the treasure seed!"

Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Li Si, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, came in person, looking at the fleet slowly sailing into the sea, but they sincerely hoped that Liu Zhang would live up to his mission this time.

In order to set sail at this moment, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the power of the whole country to build the most advanced Mingyuan treasure ship in the world so far.

In the afternoon, the spring rain in the capital stopped.

A group of officials came to Xi'anmen, and they handed over the notes to the eunuchs in the clerical room who stayed here.

Since Zhu Youzhu moved to Xiyuan, the original regulations for receiving music from Zuoshun Gate have been changed, and Xi'an Gate to the west of Xiyuan has been accepted.

When Liu Jin sent the song over, he reported bitterly: "Your Majesty, Yu Ming of the Ministry of Industry Langzhong handed the song in from Xi'an Gate again!" ”

"This Ministry of Labor Langzhong really doesn't want to give up if he doesn't reach his goal!" Zhu Youzhu felt like he was being entangled, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

Now the two types of impeachment notes he least wants to see, one is the impeachment of Wang Yue, and the other is the impeachment chapter from this Ministry of Works.

Liu Jin hesitated for a moment, but finally said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I think that I should either dispose of him, or meet with him, otherwise this matter will not end!" ”

"Send for him!" Zhu Youzhi knew that the Mingyuan treasure ship was actually designed by Ming, so he decided to give this talent a chance.

Yu Ming was quickly summoned into the West Garden and came to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

He is an Enke Jinshi in the second year of Hongzhi, and now he is just over thirty years old, his face is relatively old, and he is not kempt, and the whole person is still a little stupid.

Yu Ming didn't seem to realize that he had actually angered the emperor, and knelt down in a proper manner: "Yu Ming, the minister's capital Shui Shilang, respectfully invites Your Majesty Sheng'an!" ”

Although he has only been in the office for two years, he was promoted to a level because of his meritorious work in raising grass carp, and he made meritorious contributions in the construction of the Mingyuan treasure ship, so he succeeded the original Ministry of Industry and became the new Ministry of Industry and the new Ministry of Industry.

When Liu Jin saw the stupid Yu Ming, he couldn't help but think of the "stupid people have stupid blessings" that are often mentioned, but the good luck in this stupid man is probably over.

"Do you have a grudge against Liu Zhang?" Zhu Youzhu looked up at Yu Ming, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked directly.

Yu Ming did not hesitate at all, and shook his head very affirmatively: "No hatred!" ”

"But there is a grudge?" Zhu Youzhu picked up the teacup next to him and asked quietly.

Yu Ming also didn't think about it, but shook his head affirmatively: "No complaints!" ”

"Then why did you impeach your former Shangguan Liu Zhang again and again?" Zhu Youji's face was straight, as if he was sending out a soul torture.

Since he came to power, if he classifies the importance of things, then the treasure seed plan will be ranked before the rectification of the salt administration and the national clean-up, and even more important than the mining of Luzon gold mines.

The imperial court spent money to build the Ming Yuan treasure ship to cross the Pacific Ocean and bring back corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes from South America, which was related to the prosperity of the whole of China.

It's just that he finally eliminated all difficulties and solved the problems of capital and technology, and he chose Liu Zhang, the right attendant of the original engineering department, who was responsible for supervising the construction of the Mingyuan treasure ship, to lead the team.

Now that Liu Zhang has set sail, Yu Ming, who was valued and promoted by himself, repeatedly insisted on impeaching Liu Zhang, which made him feel quite depressed, and even reached the point of anger.

"Such a corrupt and law-perverting person, even if he is still a minister, everyone will be punished. The minister is willing to guarantee his life with his net worth, and what the minister plays is ironclad evidence, and please let Your Majesty know! Gongbu Langzhong Yu Ming did not flinch, but said with awe-inspiring justice.

After he carefully checked the account book of building the Mingyuan treasure ship, he found that Liu Zhang was greedy for as much as 100,000 taels in the process of supervising the construction of the Ming Zhi treasure ship.

In the face of such outlaws, in the face of such an intolerable huge corruption, he also played the matter as soon as possible, and at the same time impeached Liu Zhang in his own name.

It just made him very puzzled, obviously he had found out the evidence of Liu Zhang's corruption of ink, and it was clear that Liu Zhang was a big corrupt official, but the emperor turned a blind eye to this matter.

"Yu Ming, do you know how many taels of silver the imperial court has spent on retrieving the treasure seed this time?" Zhu Youzhu suppressed the anger in his heart and asked very calmly.

Yu Ming naturally knew, so he replied seriously: "Just to build the fleet of Mingyuan Treasure Ship, the household department spent more than three million taels!" ”

"If you call off this voyage for the sake of only 100,000 taels, do you know the gains and losses? And do you know how many people can be fed by the treasure seed? Zhu Youzhu took a deep breath and asked as if he hated iron and steel.

Yu Ming had a firm belief and asked a little unwillingly: "If Your Majesty does not severely punish such a corrupt person, where is the justice?" ”

"Justice? What is justice? Empty talk misleads the country, but hard work prospers the country. The treasure seed can feed the people of the world, this is Liu Zhang's miraculous feat, and I will never hold him responsible. On the other hand, what have you other officials done, all of them are sitting in the capital and enjoying the imperial court, but you ask yourself what has you brought to the people? If you can bring back the treasure seeds, I can help you get rid of these eyesores, but you are not afraid of water! Zhu Youzhu put down the teacup that he hadn't drunk a sip of, and also expressed his resentment.

Unlike many saints who have a habit of cleanliness, his eyes can still tolerate sand.

This time, in order to get the treasure seed, the Ming Dynasty spent more than three million taels to build the Mingyuan treasure ship fleet, which can be said to be the most critical step in the revitalization of China.

It's just that the Ministry of Industry in front of him, just because he found out that Liu Zhang, who was responsible for supervising the construction of the Mingyuan treasure ship, was suspected of embezzling 100,000 taels of ink, he was biting Liu Zhang.

If it had been earlier, he might have conducted an investigation and verification, and even pushed Liu Zhang to the guillotine. It's just that now that Liu Zhang has set sail, there is no reason to be recalled again.

If Liu Zhang successfully brings back the treasure seed, then Liu Zhang will be the number one hero of Huaxia. Even if Liu Zhang really took 100,000 taels of silver, he would definitely not pursue it, and he would also give him a knighthood.

In the face of this soul torture, Yu Ming also silently lowered his head and said painfully: "Minister...... Ministers are afraid of water! (End of chapter)