Any tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
In the past, Zhu Di was the only one who excelled. Liu Bowen and the others would find faults with Zhu Di in all kinds of ways and worked hard to find faults. They wished they could write down all Zhu Di's sleep talk and accuse him of ambition.
Now that Zhu Di has gone to the land of Yan, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the officials have nothing to say.
Zhu Bai was right in front of him, and he was particularly outstanding and favored.
These officials naturally turned their fire on Zhu Bai.
Lao Zhu said: "Don't worry. Your elder brother and I both know your heart. You have helped us a lot in the past few years. These things are all your efforts, and your elder brother and I have benefited."
Just now in the court, Lao Zhu didn't mention a word about the process and purpose of privately making yellow robes, or the mastermind behind it.
Zhu Bai didn't intend to ask either.
Lao Zhu pursed his lips and said, "We won't let you be wronged. It's not that we don't report that the time has not come."
Zhu Bai then said: "With these words from my father, I will feel relieved."
Not that I'm magnanimous.
Anyone who harms me now and is not killed by Lao Zhu will be killed by me myself in the future.
I have plenty of patience and time.
Zhu Biao's face was red and he bowed to Zhu Bai: "I didn't expect that it would be my wife's uncle Chang Mao who impeached the twelfth brother in the end. I can only apologize to the twelfth brother for him."
He felt aggrieved to have such a pig-like relative, and he would be implicated no matter how careful he was.
Zhu Bai shook his head: "He was just pushed to show off."
Zhu Biao felt more and more stupid that Chang Mao was stupid.
Lao Zhu gritted his teeth: "After this bunch of heroes, there are few who are sensible and motivated. They have mediocre qualifications and bad brains, so just stick to your job and don't be a monster. But they are restless and want to die."
Nowadays, if we count the people around Zhu Biao carefully, it seems that we can't pick out a single one.
Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Huizu, was originally the most favored by Lao Zhu, but he turned out to be dirty and always wanted to stab his brother-in-law in the back.
Chang Mao also has this kind of virtue...
Well, we need to take a closer look at Kang Duo, the son of Kang Maocai, and Li Jinglong, the son of Li Wenzhong.
They are all good at martial arts.
Otherwise, when Zhu Biao takes over the throne and is surrounded by such villains or mediocre people, how can he possibly govern the world well?
Lao Zhu asked Zhu Biao: "What is Liu Lian doing now?"
Zhu Biao didn't know why Lao Zhu suddenly asked this, and he thought for a while and answered: "When the Imperial College was first established, the ministers asked the masters who was suitable to be the eunuch, and the masters unanimously recommended Liu Lian."
Lao Zhu asked: "Liu Lian's literary talent is good, but he doesn't know how to work and behave."
Zhu Biao: "According to my observation, his temper is exactly the same as Master Liu. He is extremely smart, upright and outspoken."
Lao Zhu said: "Observe him for a while longer. If possible, promote him."
Zhu Biao quickly replied: "Yes."
Lao Zhu said meaningfully: "Biao'er. As an emperor, it is also necessary to take good care of the harem and relatives. If the harem is unstable, the relatives will be domineering, and the court will be unstable."
Zhu Biao lowered his head: "Yes, I know."
Zhu Biao went back and called the princess over and scolded her hard.
He was a gentle man and rarely scolded his family members like this.
The Crown Princess was ashamed, but could not explain herself, so she could only kowtow to apologize.
It is said that after the princess returned to her room, she cried bitterly for an hour behind closed doors and did not even eat dinner.
Zhu Benn didn't go to the Crown Princess very often in the past, but now he is even more rare.
Lan Yu gave Zhu Bai a box of dried rabbit meat as an apology.
Zhu Bai ate the dried rabbit meat and sighed: My big brother Lan is really an honest man.
Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety.
He is Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law and apprentice, and it is natural for him to intercede for Chang Mao. There is nothing to be embarrassed about.
No matter how good the relationship is, it will be discounted when it comes to actual interests.
He has always been sober about this matter.
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The proceeds from the confiscation of the property escorted by the Huguang Governmental and Dental Bureau have arrived at the General Bureau of Governmental and Dental Affairs.
Lao Zhu directly rewarded all of them to Zhu Bai.
Liu Bowen and the officials really protested, saying that these things should be returned to the national treasury and handed over to the King of Hunan for personal enrichment.
Ru Taisu seconded the proposal, saying that all proceeds from the seizure of criminal officials should be handed over to the Zhongshu Ministry and the Ministry of Revenue for processing.
These Yan Guan and Ru Taisu really took advantage of each other and still wanted to be good.
Lao Zhu didn't hear it.
Zhu Bai also regarded them as farts and ignored them at all.
The officials were very angry and were still discussing after the court was over.
"As time goes by, King Xiang becomes more and more powerful and has no scruples."
"Isn't that right? We have to find a way to stop him."
Ru Taisu came up and said, "The adults are right. I also feel that I need to restrain King Xiang."
The censor rolled his eyes: "We are different from you. We are here for the court, and you are here for yourself."
Ru Taisu was clearly instigated by Hu Weiyong to say those words in front of Lao Zhu.
In just a short time, he had already changed from Li Shanchang's best friend to Hu Weiyong's minion.
It's really too "aware of current affairs"...
Everyone was very disdainful of Ru Taisu, and immediately dispersed when they saw him approaching.
Ru Taisu felt very bored and blushed: "Tch, what's so noble about it? It won't be long before you all crawl to my feet to beg me."
After Zhu Bai finished the court, he happily went to count the things he had found.
Huguang Chengxuanzhengsi is adjacent to the Yangtze River and has developed water transportation, so many merchants come here to do business.
It is also the richest chief secretary among the thirteen confirmed chief secretaries, except the chief secretaries of Yingtian, Zhejiang and Guangdong.
Therefore, the property of these two adults is quite rich.
There are Shu brocades from the Chief Secretary of Sichuan and jadeite from the Chief Secretary of Yunnan.
There are even countless rare and exotic treasures from foreign countries.
Zhu Bai roughly estimated the total value, and it was more than enough to make up for the money he had donated recently.
This time Lao Zhu asked Hu Mei to inspect on behalf of Zhu Bai, which was actually a disguised reward for Hu Mei's loyalty.
With Hu Mei's power and relationship with Zhu Bai, it would be easy to control several official bureaus for personal gain.
But Hu Mei never seemed to have such a plan. Even her son-in-law took the exam honestly if he wanted to join the official dental bureau.
This moved Lao Zhu very much.
Besides, love the house and the bird. Now he loves Zhu Bai very much, and he appreciates Concubine Hu Shun's humble and low-key attitude more and more, so he naturally thinks highly of Concubine Hu Mei.
From this pile of things, Zhu Bai picked some novelties and brought them to the palace for Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu looked at him sideways: "Nizi, are you satisfied now?"
Zhu Bai chuckled: "Look what the father said. Everything I have is given by the father. Whenever the father needs it, feel free to take it away."
Lao Zhu snorted: "Hey, you have such a sweet mouth. What you say is better than what you sing."
Zhu Bai said: "In order for my father to worship heaven and earth tomorrow, I specially asked my restaurant to prepare a roast suckling pig, a roast chicken, a braised goose, and four plates of various fruits and snacks, and they will be sent to the palace early tomorrow morning. .After offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, we will add vegetables.”
Lao Zhu couldn't help but laugh: "I still have some conscience. However, the animals for sacrifice will require twenty-eight cows, thirty-three sheep, thirty-four pigs, two deer, and twelve rabbits. Are you ready?" It’s got to be a little less.”
