First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 332
Li Wenzhong shook his wine glass and said softly: "His Royal Highness personally welcomes Duke Ying, that minister should also visit Duke Ying's mansion tomorrow."

Zhu Biao shook his head and said softly: "No need, Lord Ying knows well, and the East Palace is a bit too inflated recently, Yu Guoyu's family is not a good thing, cousin should clean it up."

Li Wenzhong sighed when he heard the words. Since the crown prince took charge of the government, the Eastern Palace has been expanding day by day. Now, most of the Wu Xun who stayed in Beijing have visited Cao Guogong's mansion. Even though he didn't say it clearly, the meaning is very clear.

Nowadays, Zhu Biao's warrant can mobilize considerable power, but this is too empty, and the income is not only good, the necessary political asylum will naturally be given, which is easy to conflict with the general environment of the court's purge of officials If there are too many people, good and evil will be mixed, not to mention how many military generals born in troubled times know the law and abide by the law.

As soon as Li Wenzhong was about to speak, Zhu Biao waved his hand and said, "Let's go back to my cousin's house to talk later, I haven't visited for a long time, it's hard to do nothing else today, and I will be busy again in the future.

Li Wenzhong immediately agreed with a smile. Seeing that the two of them had no intention of speaking, the people around them naturally gathered around. The princes and dignitaries surrounded the prince to talk, making the civil servants on the other side look sideways.

Hu Weiyong's Minister of the Household Department whispered: "Since ancient times, I have never heard of a prince who can let the prince and prince receive martial arts in the court. This is also unprecedented."

The Minister of the Ministry of War asked the surrounding servants to disperse and said: "I'm afraid there will be no one to come. King Kaiping who guards the north and Liu Bowen who goes south are both officials of the East Palace. What's more important is that these martial arts in Beijing are masters. Those in the military power of the Beijing camp, plus Zhang Wei, the commander of the army and horses, hehe, the prince's orders are more effective than those of the Ministry of War in Beijing."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was holding Ying Guogong to drink, and said: "Only our sage can come out. The emperor and empress love each other deeply. The prince is the empress's daughter, and there is no one to talk about the succession and the elders." But, not to mention that the prince himself is both civil and military, can you pick out a better one?"

Hubu Shangshu shook his head and said, "It's not that the crown prince is bad, but isn't the sage not worried? Leaving aside the military general Xungui, the Imperial College and the Xinke Scholars are also led by the crown prince. See With this posture, I am afraid that in a few years, the officials of all the state capitals in the Ming Dynasty will also come from the Eastern Palace...

Hu Weiyong interrupted them and said: "It is a good thing that the country is stable, so is it possible that you still want to find a prince to fight for success from the dragon?"

Minister of the Ministry of War shook his head and smiled wryly. The rest of the princes were suppressed by the Holy One. They couldn't even get in touch with their mother clan too much, and they couldn't compete with court officials like them. How could they have any capital to play Qianlong.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials sighed: "There are still vacancies for the officials of the Eastern Palace, but the Holy Majesty has not asked officials from the Ministry of Zhongshu or the Six Departments to fill them up. Even Wang Xiang and Hu Xiang..."

As soon as this remark came out, the rest of the people were silent, and it was not appropriate to say what will be said here. After they dispersed, they were surrounded by a group of officials from below, and when they found the opportunity, they would go to the Holy One or the Crown Prince.

Due to a lot of government affairs in the imperial court recently, the banquet will be over after two hours, the civil servants will go back to the government offices, and the generals will find a place to drink tonight and not get drunk.

Zhu Yuanzhang led Fu Youde back to Jinshen Hall, and Zhu Biao went back to Cao Guogong's mansion accompanied by Li Wenzhong. The layout of the courtyard was different from that of the Jiangnan courtyard.

When Zhu Biaoduan was seated in the main hall, Li Wenzhong's wife, Mrs. Zhao, came to visit with her two sons. Li Wenzhong got married quite early, and the eldest son, Li Jinglong, was seven or eight years old now.

Sitting beside him, Li Wenzhong said with a smile: "Your Highness really hasn't been at home for a while, Jing Long Zengzhi hurry up and see you!"

Zhao's appearance is extremely beautiful but her family background is mediocre, but she is also educated and reasonable. She respectfully led her two sons to kneel down on the ground: "My wife and son pay homage to His Royal Highness, Your Highness will last forever."

The two young ones also kowtowed obediently, Zhu Biao nodded with a smile and said: "Cousin sister-in-law, get up, you don't need to be so polite when you come to the house in the future, we are a family, and I am busy outside on weekdays. Sister-in-law might as well go to the East Palace to talk to Luo Hua when you have time."

Mrs. Zhao stood up with a gentle smile and said, "What Your Highness said was that I planned to go often, but the Crown Princess is pregnant, so I am afraid that going there rashly will disturb the pregnancy, and I will definitely go after the pregnancy is stable in a few days. "

Zhu Biao smiled and leaned on the back of the chair and waved to the two children: "The last time I saw you two was last year, and you have grown a lot taller. Come here and let uncle see."

The two children were not ignorant, and they approached Zhu Biao obediently, with awe and intimacy in their eyes. Zhu Biao asked a few ordinary trivial matters in a soft voice, which made them more lively and spoke more generously.

Seeing this, Li Wenzhong and Mrs. Zhao's faces were full of smiles. The prince must have come to the mansion specially to discuss important matters, and they had nothing to say when he dismissed the women and children casually. Now that they are willing to waste time is showing the friendship of the family.

Zhu Biaoyou tested them with a few simple academic questions, and then asked Liu Jin to take out the four treasures of the imperial study and two Tuanlong jade pendants that he had prepared. Your Highness is being disturbed, come back quickly."

Li Wenzhong also pretended to be stern and said: "How dare you get a reward from His Highness for what you have learned? Why don't you hurry up and go back to study!"

The brothers of the Li family were quite aggrieved when they heard the words, feeling that their little dignity had been crushed in front of their uncle, but thinking of their own father's rattan weaving with thick fingers, they obediently held the jade pendant and knelt down to thank him.

Zhu Biao looked at it quite interestingly: "My cousin is too strict, but he is a bit like my father. Jinglong and Zengzhi are only young, so they can learn more with peace of mind."

Zhu Biao slightly lowered his waist and pulled up the two boys: "Go on, if you have time, I can go to the palace with your mother, and the empress always talks about you."

The brothers of the Li family nodded and returned to their mother obediently. Mrs. Zhao bowed to Zhu Biao and dragged them down to prepare tea and snacks.

Zhu Biao looked at Li Jinglong's back with a smile, and thought that this kid, like Zhu Yunwen, was an embroidered pillow and was not useful. At present, Zengzhi's talent is also average. It is difficult for the Li family to find someone comparable to Li Wenzhong. .

Li Wenzhong sighed suddenly and said: "As the saying goes, three years old is the old age, and the two sons of this minister are a bit average in aptitude. I'm afraid it's hard to do anything. Is it because they are older than the women in the deep house?"

Zhu Biao agrees in his heart, but it is impossible to say that about his son: "It's too early for my cousin to make a conclusion. I think Jinglong is good, and Gu Panwei is talented and intelligent. Besides, it is enough for them to inherit the family business in the future." gone."

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(End of this chapter)