The next day.
After Zhu Houzhao changed his clothes in the East Palace, he directly performed the "disappearance technique". When there was no other place, he went to Qianqing Palace and hid next to Emperor Hongzhi.
You can imagine how the whole city was in an uproar outside, and even the world was in chaos. Previously, the East Palace had defeated Shouning Bo and Jian Chang Bo in two battles. Now that something like this has happened and the prince is still in charge of the country, it is even more difficult to find him. Fuck him.
But Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling are not the same thing, they are also his uncle and the biological brother of Queen Zhang.
Empress Zhang would never agree to be too harsh on her younger brother for the sake of an official, not to mention an important official in the imperial court, and Empress Zhang didn't care.
When Emperor Hongzhi suddenly heard about this, he was immediately confused.
"Um...that Jieyuan of Yingtian Mansion, is he still alive?" The emperor frowned and copied his hands. It would be difficult for him to handle this matter!
"My son asked someone to inquire last night. He is still alive, but his arm is broken and he was wounded all over." Zhu Houzhao took the emperor's hand and said, "Father, this Tang Yin is somewhat famous among the scholars. Now His hand was broken...he couldn't participate in the examination on March 2nd. The two uncles must have known about the trouble, so they started to close the door this morning, except for letting the doctor go in to treat Tang Yin and Xu Jing. , not a single fly has flown in until now.”
Do you still need to think about the scene there?
It is estimated that all the ministers in the court will be involved, and they must have gathered together and rushed to the Shouning residence.
I don’t know how huge the momentum is.
Not being able to pass the imperial examination is a fatal matter, and it is the thing that scholars are most concerned about.
If a noble man could openly do such a thing in the capital without any punishment, wouldn't all scholars have to live in fear?
Even if he is a Jinshi, doesn't he have any descendants?
To extend it further,
If Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang could do this,
Then can other nobles do the same?
If you follow the example, ministers in the court and those with some power can do this.
That’s okay!
Can we scholars still survive?
Emperor Hongzhi, dressed in bright yellow clothes, was still in bed. He frowned and lightly hit the table with his hand, "It's my fault. I was too tolerant and indulgent towards them in the past, so that they have caused such a big disaster now."
He looked up at Zhu Houzhao again and said, "This is also embarrassing for you. It is estimated that the ministers in the court are all at home drafting memorials, but they are your uncles. You don't know what to do, so you can only come to me." "
"This matter is really difficult for me to handle. Now I don't know how to solve it." Zhu Houzhao is not stubborn, he is indeed difficult to solve.
The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty that pushed morality to its peak, so Mr. Huang Renyu concluded in the book "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli": In ancient China, morality replaced the rule of law, and it reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty. This is the root of all problems.
Among morals, filial piety comes first.
"Prince, is there any way you can prevent Shouning Bo and Jianchang Bo from being severely punished? And also calm the anger of the scholars?" Emperor Hongzhi suddenly asked Zhu Houzhao.
To be honest, this question made Zhu Houzhao feel angry and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch. ….
People often say that the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty had great problems and almost ruined the country, but what about the emperors of the Ming Dynasty? Are they all saintly kings who are full of satisfaction and pretend to be the people of the world?
The civil servants may be wrong, but the emperor is absolutely right.
Emperor Jiajing was so smart, yet so selfish. For decades, he just thought about how the people could support him.
Emperor Hongzhi was considered the better among them.
But he handled housework very poorly.
Now that we have encountered such a serious public opinion incident, the first thing to ask is whether there is any way to exonerate those two bastards!
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment and then said, "Please forgive me, father. I have no good solution."
"So, do you have any ideas?"
"My son... I do, but if I say it, I'm afraid my father will be unhappy."
"It doesn't matter. If you and I, father and son, can't talk about anything, let's talk about it."
"Yes. If I want to exonerate Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang this time, it will not be a good thing for my Zhu family and Zhang family. For the Zhu family, a beating incident of such a vile nature was an incident in broad daylight in the capital. How angry are the scholars in the world when a lieutenant general's son was seriously injured, causing him to be unable to take the imperial examination? If these two uncles can still get away with it, which scholar in the world will still care about my father and son of the Zhu family?"
"As far as the Zhang family is concerned, if they block the blame for the two uncles this time, don't they think they are the law? There is no law in the Ming Dynasty that can control them, so what about next time? So... If they continue, one day they will commit an irredeemable sin!"
This is not a complicated truth.
Even if Emperor Hongzhi is not a wise monarch, he can still understand it.
"Hey." After the emperor sighed, he became a little angry and cursed: "These two blind things will always cause me trouble! But Zhao'er, we are father and son, it doesn't matter whether it's a big or small matter. Whether it's good, good or bad, we, father and son, bear it together. So I will tell you some things."
"Father, please speak."
"In the final analysis, this Tang Yin is just a scholar. Even if he has a great reputation, Li Dongyang and Cheng Minzheng are not geniuses who became famous at a young age. If you say that I will not punish Shouning and Jianchang, you will lose the hearts of scholars all over the world. But for How far can I punish a single person?"
Zhu Hou looked at him and said: "Father, the foreign ministers are angry not because the emperor's relatives beat a civil servant, but because the emperor's relatives ruined the chance of a civil servant's imperial examination. This is the most important thing for scholars. I value this opportunity. I can say that this opportunity is more important than Tang Bohu's life! Father, look at it, many people don't know Tang Bohu, but this time they will still come out to accuse the two uncles of their crimes, not because of their sympathy, but because of their sympathy. It’s because they are afraid!”
The emperor frowned, and finally asked the prince for help, "This is indeed difficult to solve. Zhao'er, you always have a way, think about it quickly, how can you solve this problem now?"
Think of a hammer.
In fact, Zhu Houzhao really wanted to say, you are the emperor!
Damn it, in the final analysis it is because of Queen Zhang that I have been struggling for a long time to see if I can do it! Stand up! ….
At this time, a eunuch outside reported, "Your Majesty, the Queen is here."
The emperor scratched his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao as if asking for help, but Zhu Houzhao thought to himself, that is my mother, what can I do? That's your wife, you should have done something better.
"Let her in."
Empress Zhang hurriedly entered the Qianqing Palace. As soon as she entered, she fell to the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty! I ask your Majesty to save my two brothers!"
"Let's get up and talk first."
The emperor felt really annoyed, a bit like a son in later generations who was caught between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It was difficult for him to die. "I have heard about Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang. Queen, I am not telling you, you usually They should be disciplined and disciplined. Look how much trouble this has caused. You want me to save them. How?"
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Speaking arrogantly and insulting Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang? If not, neither Shouning Bo nor Jianchang Bo necessarily knew who Tang Yin was, so how could they come to the door? "
The queen cried so hard that she spoke so pitifully.
Emperor Hongzhi hesitated for a moment.
But he also had to consider the difficulties of the prince supervising the country.
Feeling irritated, he waved his hand and said, "You all go down and let me think about it."
It just so happened that Zhu Houzhao couldn't stand listening anymore.
He supervises the country and has to deal with state affairs, not his mother's housework.
He originally had two plans, one was less extreme. I just went to the Qianqing Palace to see if I could find a way to convince the emperor, not to kill them, but to impose harsher punishments. Although he knew it was unlikely, from a work perspective, as long as it was possible and not extreme, he would try it.
Because this costs the least. What if a blind cat meets a dead mouse?
For example, if the emperor is asked to issue an order to remove their titles, then the anger of the scholars should be calmed down, and his imperial estate can be realized.
But as soon as he entered the Nuan Pavilion and before the in-depth discussion began, Emperor Hongzhi confused him when he came up and asked him how to escape guilt. Even though he had thought that the emperor would protect his shortcomings, he really didn't expect that such a big matter must first talk about escape from guilt. .
Maybe that's why it's okay to try on the crown.
So in fact, when Emperor Hongzhi asked this, he blocked his first plan. ….
After that it was all nonsense.
Because he had already made up his mind to do the second method. It’s the same old routine, save everything.
He really can't accept Queen Zhang's reasons. What kind of man pretends to be the world's leader? Then you are silently supporting him behind his back!
Liu Jin had been serving the Crown Prince for a long time, and gradually she seemed to be able to feel some of his aura.
For example, now, when he just saw the prince coming out of Qianqing Palace, he knew that the prince was very angry, not just ordinary anger, but very angry.
"Go and bring Mao's Chinese language to the palace. Quick!"
Liu Jin did not dare to delay and immediately sent people out to search.
When angry, he is extremely efficient.
Within half an hour, Mao Yuwen was already kneeling in the East Palace.
Zhu Houzhao shouted back and refused to let anyone get close. He only took Mao Yuwen into the most private side hall of his palace.
He sat on the bed, stepping on the wooden boards for his feet.
Mao Yuwen knelt on the ground.
"Uncle Nanning's Mansion, have you been there?"
Mao Yuwen's body tensed up, "I don't dare to deceive His Highness. Go there often."
"How do you feel when you walk there every day?"
He couldn't answer this question.
Zhu Houzhao laughed instead, "Okay. You don't dare to tell the truth, and you don't dare to tell lies. I appreciate you more and more."
"Your Highness has given me a second chance to live. I can't repay the kindness of being reincarnated, so I don't want to lie in front of Your Highness. If Your Highness has any instructions, just tell them to me. Even if I risk my life, I will do it." Get things done properly.”
"You said before that you were willing to do something for me if you couldn't bear it. I didn't respond to you because I didn't want to go that far at that time. But now it seems that I have to do it." Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists. .
These two darlings will live until the Jiajing Dynasty. Emperor Jiajing is not Empress Zhang's biological son, so he doesn't care about that and hangs these two people up.
But Zhu Houzhao couldn't do it. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity, what would he do in the next few decades? With the urine of these two people, they can cause you any trouble at any time, including heart disease.
Dang Duan continued to be disturbed by him, and in the end the emperor still had to coax them both for the rest of their lives? What a joke.
Mao Yuwen's heart moved. He was extremely smart and had already understood the meaning of the prince's words. "I understand that I have already found the enemy. Please don't worry, Your Highness."
"Mao Yuwen, you are the illegitimate son of Nanning's uncle, but a hero can do things and do things for me regardless of your origin. I don't care what your status is. Born in the palace, every day
What's the use of drinking in this palace? So you don’t need to be down on yourself, I have high expectations for you. However, you also need to understand me. "
"But I don't know...what does His Highness mean by understanding?"
"Okay. You are sincere to me, and I am also sincere to you. The most important thing about this errand is that you must remember not to let others notice. This is about your own life." The prince leaned down and leaned against him. He said faintly in his ear: "Because I will not acknowledge this debt."
Liu Jin was the first to realize that the prince was evil, and Li Guang was the second.
Now, Mao Yuwen is the third.
Zhu Houzhao never thought that he was noble. He went through thorns and bumps along the way, and he must be as understanding as the wilderness and invulnerable. .
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