Before Zhu Biao finished speaking, Lao Zhu's face became solemn. He pointed at Zhu Biao with some hatred and said: "It is difficult to deal with government affairs, but you can't have this idea of giving up. I have been here for so many years. Isn’t this how it’s all 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 expression finally became cheerful again, and he said with a smile: "This is the responsibility a prince should have. Tomorrow morning, you will host the meeting 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. Nuonuo replied: "My son, I obey the order."
Lao Zhu then waved his hand and sent Zhu Biao and Han Du away.
Han Du followed Zhu Biao and left the Qianqing Palace, and the two walked in the wide square one after another. Looking at Zhu Biao in front of him, Han Du didn't know whether what he said in Qianqing Palace was true or false.
Han Du lowered his head and thought about his thoughts, and did not notice that Zhu Biao in front of him suddenly stopped. As a result, Han Du bumped directly 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? If you want to know anything, 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.
"Your Highness...are you sincere in what you just said in front of the Emperor?"
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 great certainty: "I think His Highness is sincere."
"Oh? Why do you see that? You have to know that it is the emperor's position. Who has been a prince since ancient times 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 originally not sure about Zhu Biao's true thoughts, but when he heard him ask this question, he became even more sure that Zhu Biao just didn't want to be the emperor. Looking at Zhu Biao with a smile, Han Du said quite complacently: "Everyone thinks that the emperor sticks to his word and follows the rules, and can 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 entrance, as if he saw all the people in the world. "The food and clothing of a common people is a huge burden. The hundreds of millions of people in this world are a huge burden, all of which rest on the shoulders of the emperor. His Highness has assisted in government and overseen the country, so he naturally understands this. The weight of the burden."
"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight!" Zhu Biao muttered to Han Du with his eyes widened.
Then he smiled bitterly 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 I said in front of my father were my inner thoughts. Even I was thinking that maybe if I don't become the prince, I won't be able to carry this heavy burden." 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.”
"This...how is this possible? If you have such an idea, wouldn't the people in the world be miserable?" 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 burden. Does your Highness think that other princes who are far inferior to His Highness can shoulder this burden? They will only know how to shoulder it. Put that 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, but for the people of the world. I sincerely ask Your Highness to stop giving up for the sake of the livelihood of the people of the world."
"Okay, okay..." Facing Han Du who knelt down with his hands in hand, Zhu Biao reluctantly agreed.
The feat of flying into the sky is unparalleled in improving the morale of the people. The moment 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 Feitian. 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 rain, some of which no one had even thought of before.
And as news came out from the court, the excitement of the people completely exploded.
That is, the imperial court re-created the hot air balloon and performed another feat of flying into the sky. However, the specific time was not disclosed. For a time, the news that the imperial court would hold another flying feat spread like a storm from the capital to the whole world.
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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 demonstration of the hot air balloon flying, since it was Han Du's own decision, he couldn't say anything.
Later, after hearing that Han Du was injured, he was worried. After hearing that Han Du's injury was not serious, he sent someone to deliver 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 he is busy cheating money.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Whether it's being an official or something else. Some people like you, and some people hate you. Especially if you are in an officialdom, you really don’t know who and how many people you will offend without knowing it.
What should I do if I offend someone and don’t know who it is? I don’t know who is secretly taking revenge on me, what should I do? Now that I have offended someone and want to make peace with them, but I can't find anyone to talk to, what should I do?
At this time, you need someone who can make peace for everyone.
As for Zhu Zi, because of his unique advantages, he became the biggest and the only person in the capital who could give people peace of mind. After all, this way of making money was thought up by Zhu Zi himself. If he is not the biggest, who is the biggest?
Zhu Zi found that during his four years in the academy, the most important thing to him was not mathematics, physics and chemistry. Instead, he learned the divergent thinking mentioned by Han Du and the importance of making money. Although he is a prince and has a princely salary of 10,000 dan per year, the pleasure he gets from the salary given by his father is completely different from the money he earns himself.
Zhu Zi secretly collected the detailed information of almost all the officials in the capital, including where they lived, 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 it was done, a large amount of money naturally fell into his pocket.
Not only did Zhu Zi love money, but even his princess Yu Shi also loved money. The two are simply a match made in heaven, and they even have the same preferences.
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, taking out his account book to calculate this month's income.
"Your Majesty, this month, we have earned a total of 13,800 yuan." 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. .
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 this life. Sitting on the chair, he flicked his fingers and said, "Thirteen thousand and eighty, which is three hundred more than last month, 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.
Seeing Zhu Zi nodding without saying anything, Yu asked with a smile: "My lord, you said the salaries of these officials are not high, how come they have so much money? Twelve or eight hundred guan, you just took it out casually , not 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? With their small salary, if they don't eat or drink for a year, they don't have a thousand gu, right?" Yu's tone was contemptuous, full of contempt for officials.
Zhu Zi smiled and played with the tea cup gently with his fingers, looking like he had the pearls of wisdom in his hands. Inscrutable said: "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 said with a smile: "Of course some people get this money through corruption. There is nothing to say about this."
Mrs. Yu should also nod in unison. After all, being greedy for ink is just one thing. Who doesn't know it yet? On the contrary, she was more interested in what Zhu Zi said was wrong.
"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 gu 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." Mrs. Yu chuckled 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. Smiling meaningfully: "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 suddenly turned red. She quickly pushed his chest twice and said, "Your Majesty, this is in broad daylight. Don't..."
Zhu Zi ignored Yu's resistance. On the contrary, the more she resisted, the hotter Zhu Zi's belly became.
Seeing that he could not stop Zhu Zi, Yu had an idea and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, since these people's families are already rich, 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?"
Seeing that Yu was still confused, Zhu Zi 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 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 have no power, no matter how much money they have, They can't keep it either. The county magistrate who ruins his family and the governor who destroys his family are no joke. If they don't join the court as officials, then any county magistrate can make them bankrupt and their families destroyed."
"But it will be different once they enter the court and become officials. Even if they are a seventh-grade Imperial Academy editor, 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 slightly. She is the daughter of Yingshan Hou Yuxian. Although she does not know what it is like to be an editor of the Hanlin Academy, she does know that a housekeeper in her family who has no position or power will have the local county magistrate come to her home. Visited.
Seeing Yu's excitement, Zhu Zi continued: "Not only did he not dare to move, but he also had to be careful to flatter him. In this way, would his family's money be saved? What such a person cares about most is his official position. As long as If they can keep his official position, let alone one 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 continue asking something, but suddenly she felt a hand reaching into her clothes. He quickly exclaimed: "My lord, 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, do you?" 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..."
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In the Qianqing Palace, Lao Zhu took a memorial and read through it for the first time.
The more he turned over it, the uglier his face became.
Zhu Biao came all the way in a hurry. When he saw the memorial that Lao Zhu was injured and holding, his expression suddenly changed and he sighed helplessly. Obviously, Zhu Biao came after this memorial. But he hurriedly hurriedly, but still couldn't catch up, and the memorial fell into the hands of his father.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father." Since he was already here, Zhu Biao could not pretend not to see Lao Zhu and hurriedly came 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 scolded: "Look at the good things your good brother has done!"
Zhu Biao had not seen the contents of the memorial. At this time, he picked it up and quickly read it 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, this has made hundreds of officials panic. But father, until now, none of my sons and ministers have heard of this. Even if If it weren’t for this memorial, I wouldn’t even know 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 more than half of his anger. At the same time, I can't help but feel suspicious. The content of this memorial is indeed full of doubts and cannot withstand scrutiny. Is there really a problem?
If there is any problem, you can find out if you ask 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 here, 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 into the palace.
He just made another business deal a few days ago, and he was feeling 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, and his father was very caring towards him, fearing that he would suffer in the future without his fiefdom. Not only did he give him a royal palace that exceeded the standard, but he also gave him various valuable treasures.
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