"Do you want to be prepared, Your Highness?" Liu Jin bowed in front of the carriage and asked the nobleman inside.
With the previous precedent of the crown prince trying to protect Zhang Yong in Qianqing Palace, he would not have such a big psychological burden if he arranged to leave the palace this time. I just feel that it will be particularly troublesome if there are more ministers to report.
The door curtain was opened, and Zhu Houzhao's childish face was indeed revealed.
He was wearing a blue satin gown, his hair was tied down on his back, and he was dressed as elegantly as usual.
Beside the carriage, there were four young men in smart clothes. They were all about twenty years old. Although they looked different, they looked like brothers because their clothes and body shapes were very similar.
This is someone from Dongchang.
Zhu Houzhao had previously told Zhang Yong to specially select thirty strong men for more training. Naturally, he had to find out the details according to the rules. He doesn't require that he be an orphan or anything like that. Sometimes there are young and old in the house, and he knows how to work hard.
"What are you preparing for?" Zhu Houzhao got out of the carriage with the help of Liu Jin, "There are many preparations, and it seems like you are doing something wrong by being sneaky. If anyone makes any noise again, just come to me."
This is a place beside a bridge. Once you get on the bridge and cross the river, you will see a dusty sky. It has been a month since construction started there.
"Your Highness, the front is dirty. This slave is letting me..."
"Don't give in." Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and left him behind.
However, he didn't take a few steps when he saw Zhang Tianrui running over with a boy behind him.
When Liu Jin saw him, he went up to him and reminded him, "Master Zhang, this is outside the palace. Call me Young Master and keep the etiquette simple."
Zhang Tianrui couldn't bear the fright the most. The Crown Prince suddenly left the palace and came to him. If someone knew about this, wouldn't he be allowed to interfere with him like he did with Zhang Yong?
So he said anxiously: "Young Master, I apologize for my lack of etiquette. Also, how could I come to such a chaotic place with my rich body? If something goes wrong..."
Zhu Houzhao had heard too many words like this.
He shouted to stop, "Stop saying unlucky words."
"Uh..." Zhang Tianrui was choked back by a word, and he didn't dare to speak anymore. But the prince's visit to him after leaving the palace really made him feel nervous.
When Zhu Houzhao saw big beads of sweat flowing down Zhang Tianrui's forehead, he thought to forget it and not cross the bridge again. He still remembered Qiu Yun. If he really bumped into it, Zhang Tianrui would be That's terrible.
People are already working hard, so don't make it more difficult for yourself.
So he arranged: "You go and explain first, and then come to Linglong Restaurant to find me."
Zhu Houzhao took another look at the bustling crowd on the other side of the river, and imagined in his mind what this place would look like when it was built in the future.
He was really concerned, so he couldn't stay in the palace, so he thought of coming out to have a look.
After all, there is no other Li Guang who can give him money like this, so this matter must be done well.
The private room on the second floor of Linglong Restaurant,
Zhang Tianrui didn't dare to delay for too long, and came over in a hurry. With his temper, he had to give in to Zhu Houzhao for a long time whether to kneel or sit, and finally forced him to sit across the table.
"Where do you find people?"
Zhang Tianrui answered honestly: "According to Master's words, they are all poor people recruited from nearby Daxing and other counties."
"Where's the incoming material?"
"Timber and stone are purchased and transported nearby. We don't seek luxury or ostentation. We try to spend our money to get the most value."
After all, this is a school palace, not a royal palace.
Otherwise, a piece of golden nanmu will cost a lot of silver.
Zhu Houzhao twisted the peanuts while eating and said: "I don't care about the specific process. As brave as you are, I don't expect you to be greedy for money, but you have to pay more attention to the people you use. We are in this academy. It is mainly practical, but it cannot be built and fall down in a heavy rain, so you have to be careful about being deceived by them. If it does collapse one day, I will still look for you."
Zhang Tianrui felt that the courage on his shoulders weighed a hundred thousand pounds. This job is not easy to do.
Originally, there was nothing easy to do. If all the pressure was on the shoulders of the prince, then the leader would be exhausted.
"Don't worry, Young Master, I will never dare to do this. At the beginning, everything is a bit messy. Young Master, if you give your subordinates some time, they will definitely build a clean and tidy school palace."
As for what exactly it will look like?
Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to argue with him about the architectural style. Firstly, he was not a professional himself, and secondly, it was better to be consistent with the current style. If he came up with something weird, it would only cause gossip.
At the juncture when they were discussing the construction of the academy,
Suddenly a baritone voice came from outside the box, and his words were full of surprise.
"Keqin! When did you arrive in the capital?"
"It turns out to be Shu Hou. How could it be such a coincidence that we meet by chance at this Linglong Restaurant today?"
Zhu Houzhao was familiar with the name Shu Hou, because this person was an official of Zhan Shifu and the Xima Liang Chu of the Economic Affairs Bureau.
"Horse washing" is an official name, not really asking him to wash horses. In the East Palace, this person is responsible for collecting and printing books and volumes.
In terms of grade, it is approximately from the fifth grade.
In fact, many officials in the Zhanshi Mansion were transferred to the Hanlin Academy, because the rank of Jinshi after entering the Hanlin Academy was not high, such as editors, who were in the seventh rank. So how do you move up step by step? It is impossible for everyone to advance several levels in a row, so they will be arranged to go to Zhan Shifu first. It is not easy to say that they are all the resumes of serving the prince.
It's just that many of these positions are fictitious. Zhu Houzhao is not particularly familiar with Liang Chu, and he only knows about it.
"Who is Keqin?" Zhu Houzhao asked.
Unexpectedly, they were all acquaintances. Both Liu Jin and Zhang Tianrui knew it. Lord Zhang lowered his head and whispered back, "It should be Lord Cheng Keqin and Cheng Minzheng."
Upon hearing this name, the prince suddenly realized.
Oh, it's him...
He was the examiner involved in Tang Bohu's imperial examination fraud case.
If Wang Hao is a figure similar to Xie Qian, then Cheng Minzheng is placed together with Li Dongyang, and he was famous at a very young age and had met Emperor Yingzong.
Cheng Minzheng and Liang Chu were not much different in age, but Cheng Minzheng was ranked first in the second year of Chenghua, while Liang Chu was ranked in the fourteenth year of Chenghua.
And as early as the first year of Hongzhi, Cheng Minzheng had held the official position of Wang Hao and now Zhan Shi, the young master of Zhan Shifu. At present, it is estimated that the position of right minister of the Ministry of Rites is completely fine.
We all understand the importance of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, unlike modern people's 'practical' values, in the Ming Dynasty with a Confucian atmosphere, the Ministry of Rites was an important department second only to the Ministry of Personnel.
Speaking of which, they are all famous people.
Zhu Houzhao had nothing to do, so he asked Liu Jin and Zhang Tianrui to be silent and listen to what the court officials would say.
After all, he also got many concepts from fake TV series.
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"Keqin has just entered the capital, and I will leave the capital soon. What you call a coincidence, in my opinion, is an unlucky one." This was Liang Chu's voice.
Then Cheng Minzheng asked him, "Leaving the capital? Isn't it also the decree of the East Palace, which has become famous recently? To serve as a magistrate like Yang Tinghe?"
"Haha, that's not true." Liang Chu explained: "I followed the Holy Emperor's order to go to Yingtian Mansion to preside over the provincial examination."
Should you take the Tianfu Township Examination? Zhu Houzhao nodded, and many people and things became clear in his mind.
This is also a good job, because the Ming Dynasty emphasized the relationship between master and apprentice.
In a place like Yingtianfu, many people who passed the provincial examination were awarded Jinshi during the general examination. And Liang Chu can be regarded as their mentor.
Cheng Minzheng naturally said, "Congratulations."
"Where's Keqin? It seems that he arrived in Beijing earlier this time?"
"It is indeed many days earlier than before." Cheng Minzheng thought to himself that Liang Chusuan was someone who came from the East Palace, and asked: "I have heard before that there are often shocking words in the East Palace recently, and I have been thinking about it. After entering the capital Then I discovered that, as expected, academies have been built in the capital."
Liang Chu responded and said, "Since the East Palace left the palace incognito last year, this matter has been widely circulated, and it has indeed begun to be done now."
"I knew it when I arrived in the capital. There was a lot of commotion. How much money did this cost? Where did it come from?"
Liang Chu shook his head at these questions, how could he know these things.
"You don't know?" Cheng Minzheng was a little surprised.
Liang Chu was an honest man. He said: "His Highness ordered someone to do this, and it did not go through the cabinet and ministries. The money was not allocated from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Therefore, most others don't know."
"Shu Hou's words are wrong. The prince belongs to the East Palace. How can the actions of the East Palace be private? It will also have an impact on the government in the future. Why don't the cabinet and officials of various ministries care about it? Besides, money, even if it is not allocated from the Ministry of Household Affairs , that also comes from the East Palace, the East Palace is where the Crown Prince resides, could it be that this is still the private property of a certain family?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but his face changed and he snorted softly.
Liu Jin and Zhang Tianrui were so frightened that they did not dare to speak.
