Li Shanchang and Yang Xian felt relieved when they saw Zhu Biao. They were also afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, but someone had to go up and persuade him. When His Royal Highness the Prince arrived, they and the others could just say a few words behind him.
Yang Xian breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Li Shanchang's back and sneered. Hu Weiyong looked very unhappy on the side. Everyone in the Zhongshu Province knew that the person responsible for building the Enke Hall was Ma Nanshan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he was personally appointed by Li Shanchang.
Li Shanchang followed Zhu Biao with a calm expression and said: "Please leave this matter to Your Highness..."
Zhu Biao frowned. If Li Shanchang didn't speak, Zhu Biao would naturally be too lazy to care about this mess. But if he did, Zhu Biao would have to weigh the pros and cons.
Zhu Biao asked: "People from Huaixi? Go and inform his family to send the money over!"
Li Shanchang gave a wry smile: "I'm afraid the money is gone. This man is Ma Nanshan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and an old brother of the Holy Emperor. His two sons violated military discipline and were sent to the front line by him. Then they both died in the battle at Poyang Lake." The war ended. Although he made many mistakes, the Holy Spirit showed compassion for him and gave him a sinecure position in the Ministry of Works."
Zhu Biao glanced at Li Shanchang and said, "Since it's just a casual job, how can you entrust him with such an important matter as Enke Hall!"
Li Shanchang smiled bitterly: "This is indeed an oversight. He asked many old brothers to ask for help, and promised to do his job seriously. I thought he just wanted to make some spare money, but I didn't expect him to be so bold."
After Yang Xian heard this, he couldn't help but said behind him: "The Prime Minister is showing favoritism to the important affairs of the imperial court. It's really eye-opening. I don't know how the Prime Minister is going to explain it to the Holy Emperor!"
Zhu Biao frowned and stopped suddenly. The people behind him were walking quickly, but they couldn't control themselves and bumped into the people in front of them.
However, the people behind Zhu Biao naturally pushed back as hard as they could. A group of people staggered around and hurriedly saluted Zhu Biao: "I have lost my temper. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Naturally, he had to apologize for not being able to stand firm. As for why His Royal Highness the Prince stopped suddenly, that was beyond their control.
Zhu Biao looked at Yang Xian with a dull expression. After seeing Yang Xian's pale face, he turned around and continued walking forward without saying anything.
Yang Xian wiped his face and followed. Hu Weiyong sneered in his heart. Li Xiangguo clearly explained the matter to the prince, and left the matter to the prince to decide. Whether to save or not was up to the prince, but no matter what The choice is all the will of His Highness the Crown Prince, and it is up to others to speak.
Zhu Biao walked for a while and said: "Immediately ask Ma Nanshan to kneel in front of Fengtian Hall. I will use this money as a cushion. However, Ma Nanshan's punishment cannot be escaped. Let's find a way to make the big deal smaller later."
As soon as Zhu Biao opened his mouth, even if it was settled at this time, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong felt reassured with confidence in their hearts. As for Yang Xian's gritted teeth, it was useless, and the East Zhejiang Party did not dare to go against Zhu Biao's will.
Liu An, who was following Zhu Biao on the other side, turned around and asked someone to go back to the East Palace to get the banknotes. Liu Jin went to do some work. He was the leader of the little eunuchs, so he naturally had to be more clever.
Zhu Biao was willing to take action to protect Ma Nanshan, just because he didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to be blamed for killing the founding hero, especially for someone like Ma Nanshan who was already extinct, and it was not like he had committed the indiscriminate killing of innocent people and the robbery of civilian girls, which was an outrage. , not yet to the point of death.
It would be better to beat him and send him back to his hometown to farm, or to let him fight the Japanese pirates, or to defend the northern border, than to take his dog head.
When I think about it further, I want to support Li Shanchang. Yang Xian has been a little too smooth recently and it's time to suppress him. At least Li Shanchang will not be able to step down until next year. Whether it is the imperial examination or large-scale immigration, Li Shanchang needs to be properly arranged.
Yang Xian's ability to handle government affairs was far inferior to that of Li Shanchang. If Li Shanchang's prestige in the court was not too high, neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Biao would be willing to part with this contemporary Xiao He.
Zhu Biao led his people to the front of Enke Hall. Zhu Yuanzhang was circling in front of a big pit angrily. When Zhu Biao came closer, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Such a talented person. For being able to do such a thing, even the money for floor tiles will be deducted.
This means that the scholars haven't come yet. If something like this happens on the day of the imperial examination, let alone Ma Nanshan, even Li Shanchang will not be able to escape, and he will die to thank the world.
Zhu Biao led the people to kneel down and said: "My sons and ministers have come to see your majesty. Please put your dragon body as your priority and temporarily calm down the fury of thunder."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a cold face: "We can't hold back our anger, Li Shanchang, Yang Xianzhen will give you three days to find out who this person is!"
The two of them naturally looked at the prince in front of them, and Zhu Biao also said directly: "Father, I have something to report."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned but understood his son, and said, "Biao'er, just tell me if you have anything to do."
Zhu Biao cupped his hands and then said: "My son came in a hurry when he heard about this, but on the way he heard that Ma Nanshan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was kneeling in front of the Fengtian Hall. I think it may be because of this."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard the name of Mananshan Road, looked at Li Shanchang and asked coldly: "Is it Mananshan who is responsible for building the Enke Examination Hall?"
Li Shanchang bowed to the end and replied: "Your Majesty, it is Mananshan."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly after hearing this, but his face darkened when he thought about Ma Nanshan's virtue: "Tell him to get over here, he can do such a scandal and still have the nerve to kneel in Fengtian Palace!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the group of people in front of him and waved his hand and said: "Get up, go and check it carefully for us. Do you want the scholars in the world to know that even the imperial examinations in Ming Dynasty are in tatters?"
The others dispersed, Zhu Biao walked to his father's side, and the others did not dare to approach the father and son.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at his son and said, "Do you know about this?"
Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head: "My son also heard about it from Li Shanchang on the way here. The specific situation is not clear yet, but my son still feels that the big thing is trivialized, and Ma Nanshan's loyal father is also aware of it. "
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said: "If we don't know his loyalty, how can he enter the Ministry of Industry?"
Zhu Biao nodded and said nothing. Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and sighed: "That's it. After recovering the stolen money, throw him to the coast and let him fight the Japanese pirates."
Zhu Biao said helplessly: "The silver seems to be gone. I have sent people back to the East Palace to get the silver."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately became murderous. Zhu Biao hurriedly advised: "Money is a trivial matter, as long as you can live with it on the surface, Ma Nanshan is loyal after all. For the sake of his two sons who died in the battle, please spare him." Just once.”
Zhu Biao continued: "Shuai Xu and the others have returned and happily handed over their military power. Now is the time to appease and show kindness. There is no need to ruin the overall situation for this trivial matter."
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