"What, he really said that?"
In the Imperial Academy, Lin Han was furious after receiving Lin Ting's reply.
The old scholar felt that he was being tricked by the young people.
Do you think that no matter how arrogant and domineering a young man is, he will not care about his reputation among scholars? Why haven't you decided yet?
You have to teach young people a lesson, but in the end the lesson falls on you.
Lin Han now understood that Zhang Zhou did not need to maintain his reputation as a scholar.
"He also said that he often went in and out of the palace, accompanied the prince, and repaired the Qingning Palace." Lin Ting's words were almost trying to sow discord between his father and Zhang Zhou.
Of course, he couldn't tell his father that he took his sister with him when he went to see Zhang Zhou, and left his sister in a strange state when she came back.
It's a kind of... you clearly despise the other person, but you want to meet them, only to find out after you go there that the other person is not in the same rank as them, that kind of psychological gap...
Not to mention Lin Yi, even Lin Ting himself couldn't stand it.
Lin Han said angrily: "Why do you need him to emphasize with me? Why should I give him some color? Just because he was a sorcerer, he forced Li Guang to death, and he will become Li Guang next!" "
"Li Guang?"
As a scholar, Lin Ting certainly knew how powerful the Ming Dynasty moth, which was deeply hated by scholars, was once at its peak.
My father knows many secrets of the imperial court.
He actually knew that Zhang Zhou forced Li Guang to death, and also knew that Zhang Zhou wanted to be the second Li Guang?
horrible!
"Since he is an alchemist, why did my father let him enter Yong? Is it to bring him back to the right path?"
Lin Tingxin said that it was his father who upheld the original intention of teaching without distinction. His father’s sincerity in learning as a teacher was hard to come by in the world.
Lin Han said coldly: "If Your Majesty hadn't mentioned it to my father and asked me to cultivate him in the hope that he could pass the Jinshi examination next year, what would my father do for him?"
Enlightenment!
Lin Tingxin said, no wonder, father, you clearly hate that man, but you have the shame to ask your son to invite him to Yong. Is this the same relationship?
That person is capable and can be appointed by the emperor, what can you do?
It seems that he is not bragging, but keeping a low profile.
Did Zhang Zhou mention this to the scholars during the previous competition?
"Get down!"
Lin Han knew that his son couldn't do things well and didn't blame him, but it seemed that Lin Ting also knew that he would be labeled "useless" by his father.
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"Second brother, father, he... isn't angry with me, is he?"
Lin Yi had been waiting for Lin Ting to come out. When she saw her brother, she hurried up and asked.
Lin Yi was still waiting to go in and apologize to her father.
Not only did she go out to meet a strange man, but she was also recognized as a woman by a strange man. The consequences were unimaginable.
Lin Ting said: "I haven't told my father, so don't mention it either."
"Ah? Then... isn't it intentional to deceive? Father will find out." Lin Yi was very anxious, she was an honest girl.
Lin Ting said helplessly: "Father is worried about Zhang Zhou now and has no mind to care about anything else!"
"can you?"
Lin Yi was puzzled.
He's just a scholar, even if he's paying tribute, he won't come if he doesn't come. Why would my father want to vent his anger on a junior? There are so many students in the Imperial College. If my father was so narrow-minded, he would probably be angry to death.
Lin Ting stepped forward and said, "Little sister, you don't know. It turns out that my father has long known that Zhang Zhou was working for the palace. Not only was Zhang Zhou responsible for the epidemic prevention work, he even planned the fire in Qingning Palace in advance." As expected, His Majesty now has great trust in him."
"His Majesty also specially called my father to enter the palace and asked my father to cultivate Zhang Zhou well, hoping that Zhang Zhou can be a Jinshi in the coming year. Otherwise, my father would not be so concerned about Zhang Zhou, and naturally he would not send me to invite him to Yong."
When Lin Ting said this, he felt a little relieved.
Although the son usually obeys his father's words, he has a rebellious mentality. When he sees his father being so angry for an outsider, and his impression of Zhang Zhou has changed, he will naturally feel...
Finally someone can cure this father.
"My father is so angry. Is this why the second brother didn't tell his father about me?" Lin Yi looked disappointed.
"Don't think too much about it. In fact, hiding it from father is good for you and me! Whatever, you want to say it yourself, but don't involve me, but it's best to wait until father asks you... and don't mention that Keep Zhou's affairs in mind...what does this have to do with us?"
The more he said this, the more Lin Yi couldn't let go.
Even though Lin Yi looks like a mature and stable girl, she is actually just an adolescent girl. She doesn't have any good or bad knowledge about the opposite sex.
She just knows.
Zhang Zhou was talented, could do great things, held a high position at a young age, was admired by the emperor, and made his father angry... mysterious enough, charming enough, bad enough for her to remember this person in her heart.
As for whether it is love or hate.
She doesn't understand.
If a man wants a woman to remember him, he doesn't necessarily want her to remember his goodness.
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Court meeting.
Zhu Youtang asked Dai Yi to announce the reconstruction of the Zhangjia Temple in Xingji County, and proposed that the inner government should allocate 65,000 taels of silver for this purpose, which was the same price as the materials purchased for the construction of Qingning Palace.
But it specifically stated that there was no need to occupy the army this time.
It was also stated that Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling would personally return to Xingji County to take care of the matter, and the project would be completed within four months.
Because there was no money provided by the court, even if Zhou Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, came out to oppose it, it would be of no avail.
Cabinet members Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian couldn't help but look at each other.
Although the emperor didn't say it clearly, they had met Xiao Jing after all and knew that the emperor wanted to build something to consume the broken materials in the hands of the Zhang brothers.
Xie Qian already had a happy smile on his face.
As if to say.
Who is so bad as to use those substandard materials to repair the Zhangjia Temple? Karma?
"besides!"
Zhu Youtang suddenly said sternly, "It is said that the Zhou family of Guan Ginzhi colluded with the officials of the Ministry of Industry, internal officials, etc., and enriched their own pockets by using substandard materials to rebuild the Qingning Palace. I have sent the East Factory to conduct a detailed inspection." , I found that there was no such thing! Don’t you just ask for proof before speaking when you say something? Are you just making assumptions?"
The tone was very strong.
Lin Tingyu, who was in charge of the engineering department, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I made an oversight."
Zhu Youtang said angrily: "Not only did you fail to observe, but you also sow discord! After all, the Zhou family is the Empress Dowager's own family. When they built the palace for the Empress Dowager, they would use shoddy quality? Don't you even understand the ways of the world?"
"I know the crime!"
This time Lin Tingyu finally knelt down.
Zhu Youtang said to Xiao Jing on the side: "Dongchang, capture the person and take him back to check to see if there is anything hidden!"
"yes!"
Xiao Jing didn't hesitate, and directly ordered the Jin Yiwei men to go over and carry Lin Tingyu away.
If an official in the Ming Dynasty is suspected of accepting bribes or other reasons, Dongchang and Jinyiwei may investigate and deal with it. This is not unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty.
Just like in the case of Cheng Minzheng next year, Hu Ke impeached Cheng Minzheng, Tang Yin and Xu Jing, who were involved in the case of Zhonghua Chang. As a result, the emperor imprisoned Hua Chang, Tang Yin and Xu Jing for interrogation first, and Cheng Minzheng was imprisoned later.
When the ministers saw Lin Tingyu being taken away, their expressions were complicated.
The emperor did not go beyond the rules. Lin Tingyu's memorial is now said to be false, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter is probably related to the interests of the Zhang family brothers.
It was okay for the emperor to protect the Zhang brothers, but it was not okay for him to speak to officials.
Even if you, Lin Tingyu, were deceived and were not ordered by others, but you reported it without finding out the reason, and your relatives were involved in the matter, you deserve the blame.
Therefore, even if the official being raped by the factory guards was something that put the civil servants in danger, no one would come out to intercede for Lin Tingyu when the emperor was angry.
Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came out and said: "Your Majesty, when the Zhang family ancestral hall in Xingji County is being built, should someone from the Ministry of Works be sent to supervise it? Then someone from the Qintian Supervisor should be sent to survey it."
"No need!"
Zhu Youtang said, "This matter was proposed by Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo, and they can take responsibility for it themselves. I don't want to bother too much. I just wait until the ancestral hall is completed and send someone to check it!"
Liu Jian looked gloomy and said nothing.
Xie Qian on the side could not help laughing.
I thought someone was trying to trick the Zhang family, but it turned out that it was the Zhang family brothers who were trying to trick me!
Is this short-sighted?
The emperor was not allowed to find another place to spend the broken materials, but he actually took them back to build a family temple? The ancestral graves of the Zhang family are not about to emit green smoke, but they are probably about to emit black smoke.
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Zhu Youtang returned to Qianqing Palace in a good mood.
But when he heard that his son was waiting for his summons, he began to murmur in his heart.
"Let him in!"
Zhu Houzhao came to brag about his discovery of the telescope.
"...Father, this is a good thing. Look at this thing called a telescope. It is long and round. Hold it in your hand and look into the distance. Can you see very far? I have thought about it. , if this thing is used on the battlefield, it can penetrate the enemy's movements in advance, and then the Ming army can be invincible..."
Zhu Youtang didn't seem very interested when he heard his son bragging.
He motioned for the so-called telescope to be handed over to him.
He also knew that this thing was most likely given to his son by Zhang Zhou. He held it in his hand and looked at the entrance of Qianqing Palace. As his son said, the scene in the distance became closer.
"Father, do you think this thing is good? I plan to make more..."
"Wait a minute. I'm asking you, have you finished your homework? If you don't have a lecture today, why didn't you go and come here instead?"
"Didn't I make a good discovery and want to inform my father as soon as possible?"
It was okay that Zhu Houzhao didn't mention this. But when he mentioned this, Zhu Youtang became even more angry.
"As soon as possible? Is this the first day you get this?"
Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a while.
of course not.
Of course, you have to play with the good stuff yourself enough before sending it to your dad.
How did Dad manage to see things so clearly?
Could it be that Zhang Zhou leaked the secret?
Zhu Youtang thought to himself, do you think your father is stupid?
It was two days ago that Zhang Zhou entered the palace, and you actually gave it to me today, making me believe you are a ghost! In the past two days, you have been thinking about blackmailing your two uncles! You are becoming more and more conceited, but knowledge and filial piety have been learned from the dog's belly!
Zhu Youtang said coldly: "I will keep this thing!"
"Father..."
Zhu Houzhao wanted to say, Erchen is just here to show off to you, you have to return it to Erchen.
Zhu Youtang said: "Prince, I asked the lecturer in the East Palace that after you left the court to study this year, your study progress was very poor. You haven't even finished studying the Four Books of Classics, and it's almost the end of the year. I'm going to let you shut up. You have to study at home, and there are only four servants who take turns serving you tea and meals day and night. The rest of the time, you have to stay in the room, and you are not even allowed to go to the toilet."
Zhu Houzhao said to his heart, coming again?
"Father, isn't this torturing your son?" Zhu Houzhao felt very disdainful.
I am very disdainful of the people who guard him. Just because of you, I will still be able to come and go freely!
"You don't even know how to hang beams, cones, and thorns on your buttocks? You were born in the royal family and were spoiled!" Zhu Youtang said to Xiao Jing who was standing aside, "Send people over to seal all the windows of his palace! Send another hundred Jin Yiwei. , guarding outside his palace day and night, if he escapes from the palace, everyone will have their hands and feet chopped off!"
"Father..."
Zhu Youtang said: "Before the end of the year, you must finish everything you need to learn. There will be lecturers from the East Palace taking turns to give you lectures! When you finish studying, I will personally pass the assessment and when will you come out? Otherwise, the year will be Come inside! You won’t even see me, the queen, or your sister!”
Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded when he heard this. How could it be like this?
It's only November, and there's a leap November ahead, plus December... doesn't that mean you'll be locked up in a dark room for more than two and a half months?
Zhang, I blame you for asking me to deliver the telescope and making my father think I was just having fun.
It's all your fault!
(End of chapter)
