Zhu Biao's car drove out of Pingliang Fucheng in a mighty manner, and Zhang Fan and other officials saw him off. They originally wanted to organize the people to see each other off for ten miles, but Zhu Biao refused. There was really no need to do this.
The ordinary people couldn't understand what he came to do this time. They only knew that the prince came and killed many high officials, that's all.
There is no such thing as crying with gratitude. All the gentry who could truly represent them were killed by Zhu Biao. It would be nice if the remaining ones did not curse him secretly. Naturally, it was impossible to organize the common people to put on a show.
Any official who has been in charge of a place knows that the so-called people who win the hearts of the people win the world. The people among them are not poor people at all.
Before the people's wisdom was broadened, the people were ignorant and wanted nothing more than to live. They didn't care who was in power. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty could do it, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did the same. They had all committed acts of wanton killing, but it did not affect their ability to enter the country. Lord of the Central Plains, as long as they can treat the gentry, officials and merchants well, as long as they can still let the remaining people farm and eat.
After admonishing Zhang Fan and others again, Zhu Biao left for Beijing with peace of mind. Zhang Fan, Li Jin, Guo Chong and others were promoted by him this time, and Yue Jin was directly inferred from the original county magistrate to be a senior official in the government. It can be said that you reach the sky in one step.
Zhu Biao stayed for more than a month just to see if they would lose their desire for power due to their sudden rise to a high position. Fortunately, the mentality of these people is not bad. I believe that at least there will be no big changes in recent years.
Zhu Biao never looks at a person with a fixed impression. He looks at people with new eyes after three days apart. As a person's status changes, he will indeed be very different from the original one. An upright official will not necessarily remain an upright official all his life, and a corrupt official will not necessarily be free. When I suddenly wake up.
Zhu Biao left them 200,000 taels of silver. This amount of money was quite small, but not too much. After all, it was to support the restoration of people's livelihood in several state capitals. I just hoped that they would not be blinded by this money.
Zhu Biao was not a harsh king either. He rewarded Zhang Fan, Guo Chong, Li Jin and others with five hundred taels of silver each in his own name, and the others were also rewarded more or less, in order to tell them that they should do their jobs well, be free and wealthy. In the future, don't be greedy and go astray.
He gave what should be given and what should not be given. He thought to himself that he was generous to his ministers. If they were still ignorant, then the court would have a severe punishment waiting for them that would make them regret it.
After running around for several days, he rushed to Xi'an Prefecture. While replenishing food, Zhu Biao also met with the officials of the prefectural city, beat them up one by one, had a fairly sumptuous banquet, and rested for one night in the city. Ricai continued to set off.
There were no major events along the way, and Zhu Biao didn't have many escorts this time. He often had to go to the state capitals he passed for supplies, and he did not refuse visits from officials from various places. All kinds of officials were accompanying the prime minister.
There is no bottom line when it comes to holding Zhu Biao up, but I have to say that it really makes people feel happy. After regaining his status as prince, Zhu Biao has always seen good people, all of whom are sensible and well-behaved.
The officials who could still be left along the way had basically been screened by Old Zhu, and they were not treacherous or corrupt people. However, Zhu Biao was not satisfied with this flattering attitude, but he could not be criticized harshly for it. What, what can be wrong with being loyal and obedient to the crown prince?
After passing Shanxi, Zhu Biao got on the boat. The ride was really bumpy. Since there was something more comfortable, Zhu Biao didn't want to hurt his butt. Besides, he was really not feeling well recently.
It was much easier after boarding the ship. Not only Zhu Biao felt relaxed, but the accompanying guards and local officials also breathed a sigh of relief. After wandering for half a month, Zhu Biao finally set foot on the capital city again.
As soon as he got to the pier, he saw Hu Weiyong leading the civil and military officials in official robes to greet him with joy. When they were five steps away, they knelt down neatly and said: "I respectfully welcome the prince back to the capital. May your highness be safe forever!"
Zhu Biao was naturally happy to have returned home. He stretched out his hand to support me and said, "All my dear friends, please get up. I haven't seen you for a long time and I miss you very much."
Hu Weiyong stood up and said, "His Royal Highness is not in the capital, and we are waiting diligently for him day and night."
"Yes, His Highness is not waiting for you in the capital, it's like you have no backbone, and you feel very scared when you go on errands."
"Your Highness has lost a lot of weight, which shows your hard work."
Han Qi, the censor Zhongcheng who had just been released, frowned and said: "A country cannot live without a king for a day, how could His Highness go on a tour with the Holy Emperor so easily? This is too dangerous!
"As the founder of the Ming Dynasty, Your Highness should supervise the administration of the country during the period of the emperor's departure from the court to calm the hearts of the people of the world. If the old minister was not in prison at that time, he would rather die than let the two monarchs leave the capital together."
Zhu Biao's face froze, and he looked helplessly at Old Master Han, who had a look on his face, but he was not angry either. What Han Qi said was indeed a word of loyalty to the emperor and the country. If an accident happened and the emperor and the prince died together, the world would be in trouble. Messy.
However, I had no choice but to go out this time. After all, Liu Chun's affairs were too involved. Even the royal family cannot mess with loyalty and filial piety. Otherwise, how can we demand loyalty and filial piety from the subjects of the world.
General Affairs Envoy Chen Youzong hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Han Zhongcheng has already advised the Holy Father in the morning a few days ago, and the Holy Spirit has also agreed. Why bother to say it again when His Highness has just returned to Beijing?"
Zhu Biao looked at Old Master Han seriously and said, "What Zhongcheng said is absolutely true. I will remember it."
Han Qi's expression slowed down and he bowed and said: "Your Highness is wise, but I have no status before you..."
Before he could say anything else, he was stopped by Yan Donglai and others. Zhu Biao naturally pretended not to have heard anything. He turned to look at Hu Weiyong and said, "There are 200,000 taels of silver in the boat at the back. It belongs to the Ministry of Household Affairs. How to use it specifically?" Let’s discuss it with the Central Secretariat and the Six Ministries somewhere.”
As soon as these words came out, Hu Weiyong and others' eyes naturally lit up, while Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance was so happy that he burst into tears. He screamed and even Zhu Biao couldn't pay attention to it, and ran towards the boat behind him while jumping up and down. passed.
Nowadays, the poorest people in the Ministry of Hubu have to wipe their tears when they go in. However, the rest of the imperial court feels that the Ministry of Hubu hides a mountain of gold and grain, and they start to speak loudly at every turn. When he says there is no such thing, someone impeaches him for being corrupt. Please ask your Majesty. Execute the traitors of this country.
Under such a severe situation, the Hubu still owed millions of shi of food to the Jiangnan nobles. The Minister of Hubu basically believed that within three years, the emperor would use the heads of his whole family to pay the debt to the Jiangnan nobles.
Unexpectedly, His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly brought back two hundred thousand taels of silver. Two hundred thousand taels, His Highness the Crown Prince is so wise!
Looking at the cheerful back of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, Hu Weiyong and the officials from various ministries smiled happily, as if they had seen their thin, useless dog turn into a big fat pig, and they were all enlightened!
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