Zhu Biao waved his hand and suppressed the students who were either enthusiastic or eager to enter the officialdom: "Don't think that this is a step for you to rise to the top. You must know that if you suddenly climb to a high position, you will only die if you stumble. If you accept the errand, local officials
They will definitely try their best to win you over, feasting with delicious food, stunningly beautiful women, and using all kinds of gold, silver and antiques. Do you have the confidence to resist these?"
A student in the first row replied loudly: "The student has confidence. The student's family has few assets, and there is no shortage of gold, silver, and beauty. Only the ambition in his heart has not yet been realized. Please give the student a chance, and he will live up to his trust!"
A group of people behind him immediately responded. It seemed that they were all rich at home. This kind of person had a high vision, and ordinary bribery methods were indeed useless to him. However, Zhu Biao didn't think much of them. The local officials were too dark-minded, and some
Bribery is not confiscated if you say it will be confiscated.
Someone on the other side replied loudly: "The student's family is not rich, but the student has studied hard for ten years without getting gold or silver. He has kept in mind the teachings of the sages of the past generations. When a man is born in the world, he should bring peace to all generations. How can he accept worldly things?"
The students are so troubled that they are willing to devote themselves to the Ming Dynasty and die!"
After that, such voices kept coming and going. Zhu Biao kept nodding with a smile on his face, but there was no fluctuation in his heart. He had heard too many such heroic words, whether promoted by his father or promoted by him personally in Fengyang.
It was like this at the beginning, with my heart excited and my eyes filled with tears, and I wanted to tear out my heart and heart and offer it to him, but in the blink of an eye I didn't show any mercy when it was time to be greedy.
Zhu Biao only believed that they wanted to clean up officials and make some political achievements so that they could leave a name in history and protect their wives and children. Unfortunately, people's hearts are always changing.
If life is just like the first time we met, why should the autumn wind draw a fan with sadness? It is easy to change the heart of an old friend, but it is said that the heart of an old friend is easy to change.
Zhu Biao wanted to make it clear to them. He stretched out his hand to silence them and said: "Under power, many people die young. I also hope that you can always maintain this innocent heart. It's just that honest officials have always turned into corrupt officials. You are here
The Imperial College also heard this, don’t overestimate yourself.”
The students below did not dare to refute the prince, but all of them blushed and felt that they had been underestimated. Zhu Biao did not take it seriously. If he could really persist, Zhu Biao would personally invite them to drink.
According to his prediction, this group of people would not be dragged into the water so quickly the first few times, but it would be hard to say in the future. How could a group of young people defeat the greed of human nature?
Zhu Biao first asked the Imperial Academy to select 200 people from the students who volunteered to go down below. As the first batch of small officials to go to inspect, of course they could not be imperial envoys. They were just accompanying people. They had two main purposes.
The first is to assist the imperial envoy to inspect local areas, and the second is to supervise the imperial envoy ministers."
These people are still clean and have no interests involved with local officials. If they can keep their true intentions, they will soon be in power. If they cannot, they will die soon.
By the afternoon, the two hundred people were ready with their bags on their backs. Tomorrow, Lao Zhu would educate them again in person, and then assign them to various imperial envoys. In fact, they didn't need to do anything. As long as they kept watching without being bribed, it would be enough.
Let the imperial ministers dare not easily cover up those corrupt officials who have committed heinous crimes.
The rest of the people were still reluctant to disperse, and wanted to join in and serve the country. However, the deterrent effect of the Imperial Academy’s wine offering could not be overridden. The old master’s face fell and everyone immediately dispersed. Zhu Biao’s mouth twitched as he looked at it. He still had the nerve to shout.
He will sacrifice his life to become a benevolent person and will never collude with corrupt officials.
Then Zhu Biao led them back to the city, ordered the officials to settle them, and then prepared to return to the palace. Zhu Biao had a headache when he saw that his support had risen again after entering the city. Zhu Biao's official trip was not that simple.
Especially matters such as the prince's visit to the Imperial College, which need to be recorded in the records of the Ministry of Rites.
Along the way, there were imperial troops clearing the way in advance. The common people and merchants along the way had received warnings early on. They could not let anyone or anything stand in the way of the car. They had to either rush to another place or kneel down on both sides of the road. Then came the huge support team.
The eunuch holding a sign saying "Quiet, Avoid" was surrounded by cavalry wearing armor to protect his position.
The guard of honor dispersed all the way back to the palace. Zhu Biao could finally breathe some air. He got out of the car and walked towards the imperial study. But halfway there, he thought he might as well go have dinner with his pregnant princess.
Then he transferred to the East Palace. Zhu Yuanzhang in the imperial study had already received the news that the prince had returned to the palace and was heading towards the imperial study. He also specially ordered the imperial chef to prepare some wine and dishes to send over.
As a result, the last eunuch walked in with a grimace and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, this servant has misjudged the situation. Your Highness has returned to the East Palace."
Zhu Yuanzhang became very angry when he heard this. The eunuch kowtowed in fear, but Lao Zhu would not care about him: "The prince will go back to the East Palace as soon as he returns to the East Palace. What are you doing here? Get out."
The eunuch seemed to have heard the heavenly sound and was about to leave immediately. Zhu Yuanzhang then casually ordered: "Ask the imperial kitchen to send the dishes to the East Palace."
"My slave, you have received your order. Go and give your orders now."
When Zhu Biao returned to the East Palace, he saw that his princess was still admiring the flowers in the small garden. In summer, the flowers were blooming very beautifully, and there were people in the palace who specially pruned them.
Zhu Biao walked over and said, "You can enjoy the flowers, but you still have to be careful not to get bitten by insects."
Upon hearing this, Chang Luohua turned around, saluted and smiled: "I thought I was going to see my father."
Zhu Biao took her hand and said, "I planned to go, but as soon as I thought of the Crown Princess, I came back."
Chang Luohua's face turned red: "It's not convenient for me to be pregnant..."
The waiting maids usually left long ago when they heard this, but now that the Crown Princess is pregnant, if something happens to her, she will be dead. She can only lower her head and look at her toes, but she still refuses to leave.
go.
Zhu Biao didn't mean that either, but when she said this, Zhu Biao became interested again. He reached out and pinched her lower lip and said with a smile, "I want to have dinner with you. Where did you go?"
Chang Luohua's face turned red and he said nothing. Zhu Biao stopped teasing her, stood side by side with her and asked, "What did you do today?"
Chang Luohua also relaxed a lot. For some reason, being pregnant made it easier for him to be shy. He thought about today's itinerary and said: "I went to the Queen Mother's place in the morning, played with Lu'er for a while, and used it at Kunning Palace at noon.
After dinner, I went back to the East Palace and slept for a while in the afternoon, and I just woke up not long ago."
Zhu Biao felt a little envious after hearing this, but he liked his life now, so he continued to ask: "This girl Lu'er is very naughty now, you should be more careful."
Chang Luohua was indeed unhappy: "No way, Lu'er is very well-behaved and is willing to share everything without being naughty."
Zhu Biao smiled happily when he heard this. Lu'er was his biological sister. He could say that he would not be happy if others followed him.
