The memorial said that Henan's grain reserves had been exhausted a month ago, and now it was urgent for the court to allocate money and grain for disaster relief.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw his father crumpling the memorial tightly but saying nothing.
"Father, the people of Henan have been without food for more than a month. I kindly ask my father to allocate money and food to Henan immediately. Otherwise, I don't know how many people will starve to death."
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Lao Zhu angrily threw the memorial on the imperial case, "Everyone in the Henan Chief Envoy Department deserves death. Since the disaster is so serious, why didn't you report it earlier? You had to wait until it was out of control before you reported it to me."
After Zhu Biao heard this, his face became ugly. Not only did his father hate the bullying, he also hated it extremely. But no matter how much I hate those officials, now is not the time to pursue them.
"Father, if the Chief Envoy of Henan Province makes an oversight, he can naturally be held accountable in the future. The top priority now is to allocate money and food to Henan Province immediately. Relief from disasters is like putting out fires."
"Rescuing disasters is like putting out fires, rescuing disasters is like putting out fires." Listening to Zhu Biao constantly asking him to allocate money and food, Lao Zhu's face became very ugly, "How can I not know that rescuing disasters is like putting out fires? But let me ask you, the imperial court has money Is there any food? "
Zhu Biao was speechless. He naturally knew that the court had no money or food, otherwise he would not have come to his father to ask for money and food.
"Father, my son, my son, I sincerely ask my father to allocate some money and food from the inner treasury for disaster relief."
"Neiku? Haha." Lao Zhu sat down and looked up at Zhu Biao with a sneer on his face.
"Don't you know what the inner treasury money is prepared for?"
Zhu Biao assisted in political management, so he naturally knew that the money in the inner treasury was for the border army. It was originally used to prepare for a new round of offensive against Beiyuan in the early spring of next year.
Zhu Biao gritted his teeth, suddenly knelt down, and said with a sad expression: "My son, I sincerely ask my father to temporarily put aside his intention to fight, and immediately allocate money and food to Henan for disaster relief, so as to bring peace to the people of the world."
"Bastard!" Lao Zhu suddenly became angry.
Zhu Biao looked up blankly. He didn't understand why his father was suddenly angry. You must know that his father has always loved him very much. Not only did he establish himself as the prince early, he even allowed himself to participate in the handling of government affairs. In some respects, the power of the prince Zhu Biao is inferior to that of the emperor.
It's just a name.
With his father's trust and love for him, he would suddenly become so angry. Zhu Biao was so frightened that he froze in place, too frightened to say a word.
Just at this time, the old eunuch came in with a memorial.
"Your Majesty..."
Lao Zhu suddenly turned his head and looked at the old eunuch fiercely.
When the old eunuch saw that the emperor's eyes were red, he couldn't help but shudder. The huge fear made his back wet instantly, and he couldn't help but regret that he shouldn't have come in at this time. But he also knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was here, so he came in confidently and boldly. Who knew that he would encounter such an abnormal situation with the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, good news, Jing Haibo is back."
Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this. Han Du had been away for so long that he almost forgot.
These days, Lao Zhu has been so worried that he has no more energy to care about Han Du's affairs.
Thinking about Han Du's purpose of going to sea, Lao Zhu's expression softened. He said calmly: "Send it over."
Although the old eunuch wanted to announce the good news to the emperor, he saw that the emperor's face was not right, so he had to suppress the words in his mouth and handed the memorial to Lao Zhu with his neat hands.
Lao Zhu opened the memorial casually, and after just one glance, his eyes suddenly widened.
Han Du did not write down his experience of going to sea at the front of the memorial. Instead, he made a list of what he gained from going to sea and put it at the front of the memorial.
If the long-winded story of going to sea was placed at the front, Lao Zhu might get bored of reading it and simply stop reading it. Only when Lao Zhu sees the harvest of going to sea for the first time will Lao Zhu watch the long experience of going to sea with interest.
The first thing that caught Lao Zhu's eyes was that he got 745,900 taels of gold, 8,361,200 taels of silver, as well as crystal tiles, pearls and gems... .
The most important thing is that even though we couldn't transport millions of quintals of grain back, we could just send the navy to make another trip.
All the anger on Lao Zhu's face disappeared with the wind.
The old eunuch naturally knew what was going on, and a smile appeared on his face.
Zhu Biao looked stunned, not knowing what was going on.
Lao Zhu smiled and glanced at Zhu Biao,
Blessed people are different. They can turn trouble into good fortune. Just now Lao Zhu thought to himself that he was very angry, and even made up his mind to teach Zhu Biao a lesson. But I didn't expect that things in the world are so unpredictable.
At this critical moment, Han Du's memorial arrived. Lao Zhu did not believe that there was such a coincidence in the world, but thought that this was Zhu Biao's blessing.
Lao Zhu glanced at Zhu Biao meaningfully, and said to him in a whisper: "I can guess it without you having to say it. It is the officials who came to you to plead for mercy, and asked you to come to me, right?"
Zhu Biao suddenly blushed when Lao Zhu said something that was on his mind.
Lao Zhu didn't pay attention to Zhu Biao's embarrassment and continued: "But have you ever thought about why they didn't come to me, but to you, the prince?"
"Father, my father's majesty is unparalleled in the world. All officials, all officials are naturally afraid of him."
"Afraid? Well, even if it's fear." Lao Zhu asked calmly, "Then have you ever thought about why they are afraid of me but not you?"
"My son, my son..." Zhu Biao was speechless and didn't know what to say.
Old Zhu walked down calmly and stood in front of Zhu Biao. He said with a bit of resentment: "That's because you are too kind."
Seeing that his father was talking about his kindness again, Zhu Biao felt very disgusted for some reason. He frowned and asked, "Father, the Ming Dynasty was founded on filial piety. Isn't it good to be benevolent?"
Lao Zhu is in a good mood now. Even if Zhu Biao contradicts him, he is not angry. Instead, he patiently explained to Zhu Biao: "Of course benevolence is good. But you are the prince now and will be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Just benevolence, righteousness and morality is not enough. If you don't have thunderous means, the officials will only think you are weak and useless." Bully. Just like this time, why don’t the officials come to me instead of you? Don’t they just think that there is no risk in coming to you? "
"You want me to allocate money and food to help Henan. Then I ask you, where does this money and food come from?"
"Father, isn't the emperor's internal treasury rich? Didn't the Ming Royal Grain Industry purchase hundreds of thousands of tons of grain before?" Zhu Biao asked doubtfully.
Lao Zhu sneered and said: "Those ministers only have this ability, and they are always thinking about the hundreds of thousands of coins in my inner treasury."
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