"Thirteenth Master, wake up quickly..."
"Thirteenth Master, wake up..."
Zhu Jinghong was having a sweet dream. He and Baochai were boating on the lake. He was about to go further. He really didn't want to wake up.
In confusion, Zhu Jinghong asked: "Who is it and what are you doing!"
"Master Thirteen, something big happened!"
"What's the big deal? The sky is falling?" Zhu Jinghong still closed his eyes.
"no……"
"If you don't, just get out and don't disturb my sweet dream!"
"Thirteenth Master, someone is causing trouble in the palace. The Crown Prince has asked you to come over. Please get up quickly!" Yu Hai couldn't help but push him.
"Okay, get ready to change!" Zhu Jinghong said angrily.
He has woken up from the dream, Baochai has disappeared, and he has no desire to continue sleeping.
"Yes, slave, go get ready now!"
Yu Haima turned around and asked others to start getting ready. Some brought inner and outer clothing, some brought hot water and towels, and some brought toothbrushes and tooth powder...
With sleepy eyes, Zhu Jinghong stood up from the bed, stretched out his hands and let others busy, and soon got dressed inside and outside.
After washing up, Zhu Jinghong hurried to the front hall and saw Zhu Jingyuan discussing with several petty officials.
Most of the officials from the East Palace who followed Zhu Jingyuan to Jinling were sent to various places by him to conduct overt and covert inspections of the accounts of local officials, including Gao Shuyan, a scholar from Zuo Chunfang University.
So now, Zhu Jingyuan only has a few bachelors around him, and he doesn't even have a reliable adviser when trouble comes.
"Thirteenth brother, you are finally here!"
Zhu Jinghong slowly walked into the room, and several bachelors stood up and saluted.
"Fourth brother, what's the big deal that has to disturb people's dreams so early!"
In his previous life, he wanted to sleep in but couldn't. In this life, he didn't have to worry about going to work. Zhu Jinghong naturally slept with his arms open.
Usually at this time, Zhu Jingyuan would give him a few lessons and ask Zhu Jinghong to get up on time to eat.
"Thirteenth brother, hundreds of students gathered outside the palace and asked me to remove He Gujin, the inspector!"
Picking up a piece of pastry, Zhu Jinghong asked casually: "So, fourth brother, what are your plans?"
He already knew the situation, and he had thought about how to deal with it on the way, but now he had to ask Zhu Jingyuan what he thought.
"I plan to send someone to persuade him to leave!"
"Then I'll persuade you!" Zhu Jinghong swallowed the pastry, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
So Zhu Jingyuan looked at the few bachelors and said, "You go ahead!"
"yes!"
Obviously, these bachelors will go to the palace gate to persuade the students outside me to leave, but Zhu Jinghong is not optimistic about them.
"Thirteenth Brother, if these people can't be persuaded to leave, what should we do?"
Zhu Jinghong said with a smile: "Fourth brother, all scholars are reasonable, why can't you persuade me to leave? Don't worry too much..."
Zhu Jingyuan hardly thought about it for a moment, but he frowned and said, "Thirteenth brother, with so many students here so early in the morning, I'm afraid things won't be that simple!"
"They demanded the removal of He Gujin. Apparently there was someone behind the instigation..."
Looking at the prince next to him, Zhu Jinghong was slightly surprised. It was obvious that after recent events, this man had improved his ability to think independently.
"Goodbye, fourth brother!"
Zhu Jinghong praised, and then picked up another piece of pastry. At this time, he was really hungry.
Seeing his casual look, Zhu Jingyuan banged the table.
"Thirteenth brother, I'm telling you something serious!"
"Fourth brother, your analysis makes sense, there is nothing wrong with you!"
Seeing that Zhu Jinghong didn't care, Zhu Jingyuan said with a straight face: "Then what if I can't persuade him to leave?"
"Then there are only two ways!"
He couldn't think of a single solution, but Lao Shisan thought of two in a hurry. Zhu Jingyuan was really impressed.
Zhu Jinghong immediately asked: "Thirteenth brother, what are the two ways?"
"Follow the students' suggestions and directly remove He Gujin, and these people will disperse on their own!"
"He Gujin is a third-grade official, I can't remove him..."
At this point, Zhu Jingyuan came to his senses and immediately changed his words: "Thirteenth brother, He Gujin did things according to our wishes, how can we remove him!"
Looking at the cute middle-aged boy in front of him, Zhu Jinghong smiled and said: "Then use a stick to drive people away. This is always easy, right?"
"I'm afraid that if this...uses force against the students, it will get a bad reputation!" Zhu Jingyuan looked thoughtful.
Although the imperial power is now highly concentrated, Zhu Jingyuan is not yet the emperor, and he still cares about the Scholarship Review.
Zhu Jinghong said leisurely: "So we have to find a legitimate reason to make it reasonable for us to do it!"
Hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly felt bad. He guessed that his brother might have a bad idea.
"What reason?"
"What's behind the palace?"
"What is it?" Zhu Jingyuan was confused.
"Of course it's the tomb of Grandpa Taizu!"
Feeling that something was wrong more and more, Zhu Jingyuan asked confusedly: "Then what?"
"If the Taizu is angry because of the shouting of these people, we should be able to drive them away, right? Capture a few more leaders along the way and find out who is the mastermind behind it!"
"Grandpa Taizu is angry? Grandpa Taizu... has been dead for many years. How can he get angry?"
"It's not that simple. Just find a tree in the cemetery and burn it, right?"
Hearing this bold plan, Zhu Jingyuan didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and didn't agree for a while.
In fact, Zhu Jinghong did not expect him to agree immediately, because this was indeed a taboo matter.
If the news is accidentally leaked, Zhu Jingyuan may not even be able to save his life, let alone his position as crown prince.
So Zhu Jinghong smiled and said: "Haha, fourth brother, we haven't actually reached that stage yet. We have a lot of time... just waste it with them!"
"A few bachelors are moved by their emotions and understand by reason, maybe they can be persuaded to leave!"
Seeing that the prince was still frowning, Zhu Jinghong stood up, patted the food crumbs on his fingers and said, "We agreed to run together today, how about we leave now?"
The prince was too weak, and Zhu Jinghong was really afraid that he would burp and be taken advantage of by his sixth brother, Zhu Jingyuan, so he let him run together.
"Thirteenth brother, with all these troubles going on, how can I even think about going for a run?"
"Fourth brother, you can't solve the problem just by sitting here with a gloomy look on your face. Let's go, let's go..."
After being dragged out of the hall by Zhu Jinghong, the two went to change clothes first, and then arrived at the school grounds together.
While the two of them were doing morning exercises, hundreds of students in robes were kneeling at the outermost gate of the palace, attracting a large number of people to watch from a distance.
"Everyone, the prince knows what you said. Now he has ordered people to go down and investigate, and he will definitely uphold justice for the people!"
"Go back quickly. The news will be announced soon..."
"Go back quickly!"
"Go back, go back!"
A group of East Palace bachelors tried their best to persuade, but no one stood up and left, which made several bachelors feel deeply embarrassed, so they had to continue to persuade.
"We will leave when His Highness the Crown Prince delivers justice!"
One person spoke at the scene, and someone else immediately answered: "Yes... please bring justice to His Majesty the Crown Prince, remove the cruel official He Gujin, and restore the Qingming Festival to Jinling!"
"Remove He Gujin!"
"Remove He Gujin!"
The shouts gradually became unified, and soon there were hundreds of people shouting in unison. For a while, the thunder and clouds were thundering and the sound was overwhelming.
The voices of several bachelors were easily suppressed, leaving them with no way to persuade them.
In desperation, they could only retreat to the palace gate and report to Zhu Jingyuan.
Seeing several bachelors leaving in panic, the students were even more encouraged and determined to stay at the palace gate.
Most of them are young people, at the age where they can guide the country and promote writing.
Asking for orders for the people, they realized that they had no shirking duty and vowed to remove the cruel official He Gujin.
