"Out of town?" Li Heng dragged out his voice, he wished to build the palace outside the city, but this is too outrageous, right? "It's not in order!"

"What's wrong with it? You look for this king, which rule does not allow the palace to be built outside the city? Zhu Zhen asked rhetorically.

"It is true that there is no rule that says that the palace cannot be built outside the city, but ...... How can a royal palace be built outside the city? Li Heng cried and laughed: "According to Zhou etiquette, the outside of the city is a place where savages live, how can the monarch live outside the city?" ”

"Simple, build another city wall and enclose the palace inside, won't it solve the problem?" The sixth smiled and said, "How is it?" This king is smart. ”

"Your Highness means to expand the city? That's not something that the lower officials dare to discuss. Li Heng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "At the beginning, Wei Guan was just a flood in the city, and he was deducted the hat of 'opening the river of defeat', this Suzhou is too sensitive in the eyes of the emperor......"

"Understood, don't you just dare to mention it?" Zhu Zhen understood, and said with a big bag: "You can rest assured and boldly choose a site for this king, and then plan a big new city, and the affairs of the court will be handed over to this king." ”

"Yes." Li Heng hurriedly responded softly. He can not bear the responsibility without disturbing the people, of course he can't ask for it.

Li Heng withdrew, and the little stick came in again to report: "Grandpa, there are many more people, kneeling outside with them." ”

"Kneel and kneel, let them pull aside, and don't get in the way." Zhu Zhen had a cold face and went to take a nap with his hands behind his back.

When he woke up, it was dark. had a happy dinner with Teacher Luo, and Luo Guanzhong couldn't help but remind: "Your Highness, they have been kneeling outside." ”

"I hate this the most. Why, I have to forgive you when you kneel? That's fine, just do whatever you want, there's nothing you can't do with a kneel anyway. His Royal Highness the King of Chu indignantly ate an extra bowl of rice.

"In this cold winter, if you really kneel for a night, you will die." Luo Guanzhong persuaded: "No, the sin will not lead to death, they are." ”

"Are you from Shandong? The inverted sentence also said. The sixth rolled his eyes angrily, and said after a while: "Another hour...... Do not ...... in advance You go out and tell them that you have to stay away, this king hates to be coerced the most......"

~~

A full hour later, it was the middle of the night, the weather was freezing, and everyone who had been kneeling for a long time was about to freeze into popsicles.

But he still gritted his teeth there, and no one dared to say that he would go back.

At this time, the closed door slowly opened, and the guards let out a gentleman with a lantern, it was Luo Guanzhong.

Luo Guanzhong asked the guards to open the gate and come to everyone.

"Luo, Mr. Luo, is Your Highness willing to see us?" Shen Rong's lips turned purple from the cold, his teeth chattered, and he asked tremblingly.

Luo Guanzhong shook his head and sighed: "Your Highness said that it is useless for you to do this, he hates being coerced the most. ”

"I, we are not coercing His Highness, just to express repentance." Gu Yuanchen turned back with difficulty, and said to the group of homecoming factions behind him who hated that iron could not become steel: "A group of self-made smart things have betrayed the trust of His Highness in vain, and they are really dead!" ”

"We were really wrong, we shouldn't be clever...... everyone hurriedly trembled: "Don't dare anymore, ask Your Highness to give you another chance." ”

"If you want to express your repentance to Your Highness, you can't just kneel," Luo Guanzhong tightened the cotton robe on his body and said: "Some people value attitude, but Your Highness only values results. So you better go back, behave well in the future, and win back the trust of His Highness, this is the right way to express repentance. ”

"Mr. Luo." Gu Yuanchen looked at Luo Guanzhong and asked pitifully, "Will Your Highness still give us a chance?" ”

"What do you say?" Luo Guanzhong shook his head and chuckled: "You guys really care about it." Your Highness has a big heart, and even the Iron Window faction who has committed a crime is willing to forgive, not to mention that you are just making mistakes? ”

"Ah, thank you, sir, for your advice!" Shen Rong understood at once. His Highness has worked hard to get a situation where two tigers are fighting, how can he allow the restoration of a single dominance?

Busy Shen Shi said: "We will remember the great kindness. ”

"You're thanking the wrong person, I'm just someone's tool." Luo Guanzhong shook his head, but he didn't appreciate it.

"Thank you Your Highness for your tolerance, I won't be confused again, otherwise the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and I will go to the eighteenth layer of hell!" Shen Rong and Gu Yuanchen hurriedly led everyone to swear loudly in the palace, and only after four bows did they help each other get up and stumble away.

Luo Guanzhong looked at their embarrassed figures and couldn't help but sigh. In fact, he knew that the sins of these people were not so serious, and the reason why His Highness wanted to clean them up was just because he needed to suppress their arrogance.

Otherwise, these people will always regard themselves as His Highness's cronies, and even if they are released by the Iron Window faction, they will be crushed to death by them. The balance between the two factions, no one can suppress the other, is the most harmonious situation in the eyes of His Highness.

That's why His Royal Highness will raise the Iron Window faction, and at the same time suppress the return faction...... Even if they hadn't made this mistake, His Highness would have found another reason to clean them up. Of course, that won't be as convincing to them as it is now......

'Cao thief, what a treacherous and deceitful one! Teacher Luo finally sighed secretly, turned around and entered the gate of the palace.

~~

The end of the year is getting closer and closer, but the sound of looms in Suzhou City still has no intention of stopping, whether it is the hometown faction or the iron window faction, they all give the workers double wages, so that they can work overtime, step up production, and then pull the output up!

Those players at the bottom of the rankings even sold their property, frantically buying factories, looms, and hiring workers, eager to spend the last copper plate on their bodies. As a result, in what should have been the coldest month of the year, a new round of investment has been set off!

Li Heng also seized the time to choose three alternative locations for His Royal Highness, and after Zhu Zhen's field investigation, he basically determined that the palace was built in the west of the city, north of Qili Shantang Street. The terrain here is higher, there is no risk of dampness, and most of them are official fields and hills, and there is no worry about disturbing the people.

Moreover, adjacent to the canal, there is a mountain pond river to connect the city and the canal, and it has always been a prosperous place for business and prosperity. It's just that in the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming army besieged the city of Suzhou for ten months, and the buildings inside and outside the city were almost turned into white ground. Ten years have passed, and the city has been restored, and Shantang Street has not had time to recover.

"The palace is built here, and Shantang Street will regain its glory, which is just around the corner." Zhu Zhen stood on the bell tower of Hanshan Temple and pointed to the rivers and mountains: "If the north and south city walls of Suzhou are extended to the west to the canal, the area of Suzhou City can be doubled, leaving enough space for development in the future." ”

"Your Royal Highness is really far-sighted and cares about the people," Li Heng praised convincingly: "The first time I saw a prince, he linked his palace to the prosperity of the city!" ”

"Hey, this king is also for himself, one glory and one loss." Zhu Zhen resisted the urge to compose a poem, laughed and asked, "Tomorrow will be the new year, and the results of the quantitative evaluation are out, right?" ”

"A few of us stayed up all night last night, and we finally got out." Li Heng signaled, and Xue Zhixian hurriedly presented it.

Zhu Zhen quickly browsed it, signed his name on it, returned the form to Li Heng, and said, "Okay, let them go home for the New Year." ”

"You guys also pack up and celebrate the New Year early, everyone has worked hard this year." He smiled at Li Heng again: "This king is also going back to Beijing for the New Year." ”

"I'll send you off Your Highness." Li Heng and the others hurriedly bowed deeply, and watched His Highness board the boat parked outside the Hanshan Temple.

His boat was parked just outside Hanshan Temple.

[End of this volume]

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