Before Zhu Biao could finish speaking, Lao Zhu had a serious look on his face. He pointed at Zhu Biao and said, "Handling government affairs is difficult, but you can't have this idea of giving up. I have been doing this for so many years. Isn’t this how everything is handled?”
"Father," Zhu Biao wanted to say something more, but Lao Zhu gave him a sharp look, and he could no longer say the words he had yet to say.
He had no choice but to change his tone and sigh: "My son, I obey the order."
Lao Zhu's angry look finally became cheerful again, and he said with a smile: "This is the responsibility a prince should have. Tomorrow morning, you will preside over it for me."
"Father!" Zhu Biao's voice suddenly rose an octave, and his dissatisfaction was palpable.
But under the glare of Lao Zhu's bell-like eyes, he had no choice but to lower his head and bow his head. Nono replied: "My son, I obey the order."
Lao Zhu then waved his hand with satisfaction and sent Zhu Biao and Han Du away.
Han Du followed Zhu Biao and left the Qianqing Palace, and the two walked on the wide square one after another. Looking at Zhu Biao in front of him, Han Du didn't know whether what he said in the Qianqing Palace was true or false.
Han Du lowered his head and was thinking, and did not notice that Zhu Biao in front of him suddenly stopped. So Han Du bumped into Zhu Biao's back.
Zhu Biao turned around, looked at Han Du, and asked with a smile: "Do you have something on your mind? Whatever you want to know, just ask."
Han Du was not prepared to ask the doubts in his heart. After all, the topic was too sensitive. Even though he and Zhu Biao were brother-in-law and brother-in-law, Han Du was not sure whether Zhu Biao was willing to ask him this question himself.
However, since Zhu Biao took the initiative to bring it up now, Han Du might as well ask.
"Are the words His Highness said in front of the Emperor sincere?"
Zhu Biao smiled slightly when he heard this, and did not answer Han Du directly. Instead, he asked: "Then do you think Gu is sincere or fake?"
Han Du was stunned when he heard this. He never thought that Zhu Biao would kick the ball back. After pondering for a while, Han Du looked into Zhu Biao's eyes and said with absolute certainty: "I think His Highness is sincere."
"Oh? How can you see that? You must know that it is the emperor's position. Since ancient times, who has been a prince and has not wanted to be an emperor? How can Gu be different?" Not only did Zhu Biao not directly nod in agreement with Han Du's words, but he continued to ask questions in turn. Handu.
Han Du was not sure about Zhu Biao's true thoughts at first, but after hearing his question, he became even more sure that Zhu Biao did not want to be the emperor. Looking at Zhu Biao with a smile, Han Du said quite complacently: "Everyone thinks that Zhu Biao doesn't want to be the emperor." The emperor has his word, and he can follow his words and do whatever he wants. But how many people know that if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight."
As he said that, Han Du moved his eyes away from Zhu Biao's face and looked towards the palace gate, as if he saw all the people in the world. "The food and clothing and livelihood of a common person is a huge burden. The hundreds of millions of people in this world are just one The critical responsibilities of the deputy lie entirely on the shoulders of the emperor. Your Highness has assisted in government affairs and supervised the country, so he naturally understands the weight of this heavy responsibility."
"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight!" Zhu Biao looked at Han Du with his eyes widened and murmured.
Then he gave a wry smile and sighed: "What you said is really good!"
After smiling bitterly, facing Han Du's gaze, Zhu Biao said: "But it is precisely because I know the weight of this burden that I am not sure that I can carry it."
As he spoke, Zhu Biao's eyes showed confusion, and he said very discouragedly: "What Gu said in front of his father were all Gu's inner thoughts. Even Gu was thinking that maybe if Gu were not the prince, this burden would not be shouldered.
It will fall on Gu’s head.”
Han Du's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, and he quickly said: "Your Highness must not have such an idea."
Zhu Biao raised his head and glanced at Han Du, then sighed and said, "This burden is too heavy. I'm not sure I can handle it well."
Seeing Zhu Biao's disappointed look, Han Du felt extremely anxious. He took a deep breath and said, "The reason why His Highness feels that this burden is extremely heavy is because His Highness has the people of the world in his heart. If it were someone else who has no people in the world,
Then he doesn't think it's a burden at all, but thinks it's a good place to do whatever he wants and have fun.
square."
"How is this possible? If you have such an idea, wouldn't it mean that the people in the world are in dire straits?" Zhu Biao's expression suddenly changed and he said in horror.
Han Du nodded heavily and replied: "Of course the people are in dire straits. Your Highness himself feels that it is difficult to shoulder this heavy burden. Does your Highness think that other princes who are far inferior to Your Highness can shoulder this heavy burden? They will only know how to shoulder this burden.
Put this burden aside and do whatever you want."
Zhu Biao's expression suddenly changed.
Han Du struck while the iron was hot and said: "So your Highness did not take this heavy responsibility for yourself, your Highness took it for the people of the world. I kindly ask Your Highness to stop saying that you give up for the sake of the livelihood of the people of the world."
"Okay, okay" Zhu Biao reluctantly agreed in front of Han Du who was kneeling down with his hands raised.
The feat of flying into the sky is unparalleled in improving the morale of the people. When they saw the hot air balloon flying into the clouds, countless people on the ground suddenly felt a surge of pride.
On that day, the entire capital, both wealthy families and ordinary people, were talking about such a grand event as flying into the sky. After knowing that the two people who flew into the sky came back successfully, people's speculations about what was in the sky sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain.
There are even some that no one has thought of before.
And as news came out from the imperial court, the excitement of the people completely exploded.
That is, the imperial court re-created a hot air balloon and performed another flying feat. However, the specific time was not disclosed. For a time, the news that the imperial court would perform another flying feat spread from the capital to the great tomorrow like a storm.
All over.
Prince Tan's Mansion.
Zhu Zi saw the whole process of the hot air balloon flying with his own eyes. Although he didn't understand Han Du's personal display of the hot air balloon flying, since it was Han Du's own decision, he couldn't say anything.
Later, when he heard that Han Du was injured, he was worried. When he heard that Han Du's injury was not serious, he sent someone to send some medicinal materials to the Zhenhai Marquis Mansion without even showing his face.
Zhu Zi is too busy now. He is not like those idle people who are busy bragging about the imperial court's flying feats, as if they themselves had boarded a hot air balloon.
Zhu Zi is busy making money, or in other words, he is busy cheating money.
Wherever there are people, there is a world. Whether you are an official or something else. Some people like you, and some people hate you. Especially in the officialdom, you really don’t know how many people you will offend without knowing it.
people.
What should I do if I have offended someone and I don’t know who it is? What should I do if I don’t know who is secretly retaliating against me? Since I have offended someone and want to make peace with them, but I can’t find anyone to talk to, what should I do?
what to do?
At this time, you need someone who can make peace for everyone.
And Zhu Zi, because of his unique advantages, has become the biggest in the capital and the only person who can make people feel at ease. After all, Zhu Zi came up with this way of making money himself. If he is not the biggest, who is the biggest?
Zhu Zi found that the most important thing to him during his four years in the academy was not the knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Instead, he learned the divergent thinking mentioned by Han Du and the importance of making money. Although he was a prince, he had one year every year.
Wan Shi's princely salary, but the pleasure he got from the salary given by his father and the money he earned were completely different.
Zhu Zi secretly collected detailed information about almost all the officials in the capital, including who lived where, who was in the family, what these people were doing, what their personal preferences were, etc., all of which were recorded clearly by Zhu Biao.
With these things, no matter what kind of trouble Zhu Zi encounters, he can target it and solve it easily.
Of course, when this was done, a large amount of money naturally fell into his pocket.
Not only Zhu Zi loves money, but his princess Yu Shi also loves money. The two are simply a match made in heaven, and even their preferences are exactly the same.
On this day, Zhu Zi ignored the people outside the palace talking about Feitian's feat. He closed the door and hid in the room with the palace's Yu family, took out his account book and calculated this month's income.
"Your Majesty, this month, we have earned a total of 13,800 guan." Yu held the account book in one hand and moved the abacus with the other. Her slender jade fingers were like several elves, beating rapidly on the abacus.
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Zhu Zi's face is extremely handsome. Even if he is not King Tan, just relying on this face, he will be able to live and eat well in his life. Sitting on the chair, he flicked his fingers and said: "Thirteen thousand and eight, compared to
Last month there was an additional three hundred guan, which is not bad. Are you sure you didn't make a mistake in your calculation?" .??.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I've calculated it three times, and it's all 13,800 guan." Yu nodded with absolute certainty and replied.
Seeing Zhu Zi nodding without saying anything, Yu asked with a smile: "My lord, you said that the salaries of these officials are not high, how come they have so much money? Twelve or eight hundred coins, they just took it out casually.
, without even taking a breath. Where did they come from so many years ago?"
Zhu Zi glanced at his beloved concubine with a smile, and asked with a smile: "Do you think they are corrupt?"
"Isn't it true? With their small salary, if they don't eat or drink for a year, they don't have a thousand guan, right?" Yu's tone was contemptuous, full of contempt for officials.
Zhu Zi smiled and played with the teacup gently with his fingers, as if he was a master of wisdom. He said enigmatically: "Yes, and no."
"My lord, please stop beating around the bush and tell me what's going on." Mr. Yu put down the account book and abacus in his hand, got up and walked over, snuggling against Zhu Zi.
Zhu Zi smiled and said: "Of course some people get this money through corruption. There is nothing to say about this."
Yu Shi also nodded in agreement. After all, being greedy for ink is just one thing, who doesn't know yet? On the contrary, she was more interested in what Zhu Zi said.
"But some people's money may not come from greed." Seeing Yu's face listening with admiration, Zhu Zi felt extremely satisfied and continued without hesitation: "My beloved, you must know that these people
Before they became officials, they were all scholars. Most of their families were wealthy, otherwise they would not be able to support their education expenses. Although one thousand guan is a lot, for such families, it is still a waste of money.
It can be made up."
"My lord, you are so bad, but I like it." Yu smiled foolishly and hit Zhu Zi's chest with her delicate hands.
Zhu Zi smoothly put his arms around Tai Shi's waist and put her in his arms. He smiled meaningfully and said, "Isn't this king doing this just for our food and clothing?"
Seeing that Zhu Zi's eyes were about to burst into flames, Yu's face immediately turned red with embarrassment. She quickly pushed his chest twice and said, "Your Majesty, this is happening in broad daylight. You don't want it."
Zhu Zi ignored Yu's resistance. On the contrary, the more she resisted, the hotter Zhu Zi's belly became.
Seeing that Zhu Zi could not be stopped, Yu had an idea and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, since these people's families are rich and powerful, why do they want to be officials? Isn't it better to be free at home than to be subject to the imperial court?
How much better is control?"
Zhu Zi saw that Mrs. Yu was still confused, so he continued to enlighten her: "I didn't know what was going on before, but then I understood. My dear concubine, do you know why they would rather take a little salary? It can be said that
With this little salary, they can’t even support themselves, but why do they insist on becoming officials in the court?”
"Why?" Seeing that Zhu Zi's attention was finally diverted by her, Yu quickly asked curiously.
"That's because their goal is not salary at all, but the power of the court." Zhu Zi explained patiently: "Although these people's families have money, if they don't have power, no matter how much money they have,
They can't keep it either. The county magistrate who ruins the family and the governor who destroys the family are no joke. If they don't join the court as officials, then any county magistrate can let them go.
They lost everything and their families were destroyed.”
"But it will be different once they enter the court and become officials. Even if they are a seventh-grade editor of the Hanlin Academy, although he may be thousands of miles away from his hometown, as long as he is in the court for one day, my beloved concubine will think that the local
The county magistrate dares to touch his family?"
Mrs. Yu showed a look of sudden realization, looked at Zhu Zi with admiration, and shook her head gently. She was the daughter of Yu Xian, Marquis of Yingshan. Although she didn't know what an editor of the Hanlin Academy looked like, she did know that her family had
For a housekeeper with no position or power, after returning to his hometown, the local county magistrate would take the initiative to visit him.
Seeing the rise of Yu Shiting, Zhu Zi continued: "Not only is he not moved, but he is also careful to flatter him. In this way, will his family's money be saved? What such a person cares about most is his official position. As long as he can
To keep his official position, let alone a thousand guan, even if it is 3,000 guan or 5,000 guan, they will obediently pay for it."
Mrs. Yu nodded repeatedly when she heard this, and said with spring eyes, "Your Majesty is really talented, how do you know so much?"
"That's because I have a good husband and a group of good classmates." Zhu Zi stared at Mr. Yu with a smirk on his face.
Yu originally wanted to ask something more, but suddenly she felt a hand reaching into her clothes. She quickly exclaimed: "Your Majesty, what do you want to do?"
"You said what I want to do, you don't think that just by asking me a few questions, you can make me forget it, right?" Zhu Zi asked.
Seeing that she couldn't stop Zhu Zi, Yu Shi felt her whole body starting to heat up. She bit her lip lovingly and whispered, "Your Majesty."
In the Qianqing Palace, Lao Zhu took a memorial and read through it for the first time.
The more he turned it over, the uglier his face became.
Zhu Biao came all the way in a hurry. When he saw the memorial in Lao Zhu's hand, his expression suddenly changed and he sighed helplessly. Obviously, Zhu Biao came here after this memorial. But he
I hurriedly hurriedly hurriedly, but still couldn't catch up, and the memorial fell into the hands of my father.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father." Since he had already come, Zhu Biao could not pretend not to see Lao Zhu and hurriedly went forward to pay his respects.
Lao Zhu was furious. When he saw Zhu Biao kneeling down and prostrating, he refused to let him get up. He suddenly waved his hand and threw the memorial in front of Zhu Biao. He reprimanded: "Look at the good things your good brother has done!"
Zhu Biao had not seen the content of the memorial. At this time, he picked it up and read it quickly from beginning to end before closing the memorial. He pondered for a while and said: "Father, there are many exaggerations in this memorial. For example,
When I say this, all the officials are terrified. But my father, until now, none of my ministers have heard of this matter. Even if this memorial hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have even known about it."
"And this, it is said that the eighth brother extorted the officials' property. Father, the eighth brother has no power, and these officials are not fools. Will they be blackmailed by the eighth brother? I'm afraid that once the eighth brother really blackmails them, they will run away
Did you file a complaint in front of your father? But did your father see any officials coming to complain?"
After listening to Zhu Biao's analysis, Lao Zhu couldn't help but calm down most of his anger. At the same time, he couldn't help but become suspicious. The content of this memorial was indeed full of doubts and could not withstand scrutiny. Is there really a problem?
If there is any problem, he will find out after asking Zhu Zi. After Lao Zhu made up his mind, he said to Zhu Biao: "Although what you said is reasonable, this memorial is not groundless. What is going on? Zhu Biao
Just come and confront Zi."
"Come, tell King Tan to enter the palace."
The person who conveyed the order didn't know why the emperor summoned King Tan, so Zhu Zi saw that the person who conveyed the order couldn't explain what was going on. He thought that his father missed him, so he followed him in.
The palace is gone.
He just made another business a few days ago, and he was very happy. Who would have thought that if his father came to him, there would be any bad news. In Zhu Zi's view, he even gave up his fiefdom.
Moreover, his father was very caring towards him and was deeply afraid that he would suffer losses in the future without his fiefdom. Not only did he give him a royal palace that exceeded the standard, he also gave him various treasures of great value.