First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 661
What's more, there are other places where Taipu Temple can make money, such as operating pastures and purchasing fodder. Generally, horses need to supply 10 shi of wheat beans and other fodder every year, and [-] to [-] bunches of fodder.

Naturally, the Huangzhuang Farm around the capital is not enough to supply the supply. Zhu marked that the Taipu Temple’s accounts filed last year were purchased from the private sector for a total of more than 18 stones and 370 fodder. Yu beam.

Naturally, it is impossible for these accounts to be completely water-free. Of course, it is impossible for Li Cunyi to be the only one collecting money here, and he is not even the big one, but after all, he is the chief official in name, so naturally there are not too few.

Although it is suspected of using power for personal gain, it is still in control, and it is not too rampant. After all, the power of the imperial court to suppress corruption is intimidating, and the supervisory censors are also watching.

I remember that in the first and second years of Hongwu, the Taipu Temple’s accounts were even more exaggerated. Old Zhu even beheaded three Taipusi ministers to suppress this trend, and it was not stable until Li Cunyi came to power.

But now, there is nothing to say. The two-pronged approach not only beat Hu Weiyong, but also shocked the Beijing officials by the way, lest they think that the emperor's northern tour would allow them to take advantage of the opportunity to corrupt the law.

This move just happened to solve Li Cunyi's problem. This person is indeed an incompetent person. For Li Shanchang's sake, let him be a court official for the past few years, and it would be inappropriate to let him continue. .

If there was no Li Yan, Zhu Biao wouldn't bother to take care of him. It was nothing more than a matter of copying one more house when he was liquidating Hu Weiyong. At most, he would not let him drag Li Shanchang into the water.

But since there is Li Yan, Zhu Biao is still willing to protect her uncle without affecting the overall situation, which can be regarded as giving her some compensation in a certain way.

After making up his mind, he calmed down. At this moment, he realized that there was a small head in front of the curtain secretly observing him, and he could guess who had such courage without thinking too much.

Wuzhao went inside to spy on the prince without authorization, even if ten heads were not enough to cut off, the guards in charge of guarding would also have to be executed, of course, unless that person was the prince's favorite younger sister.

"Luer, come here."

The little girl Zhu Lu happily responded and rushed to Zhu Biao's couch on two short legs. At this time, Zhao Huaian and the commander of the guards who were guarding the door knelt down silently to plead guilty.

Zhu Biao ignored them, just sat up and pretended to be angry, pinched his younger sister's baby-fat face and said: "There are no rules, if you want to come in, you should let people know, that's what the nurses and ladies around you teach you of?"

Zhu Lu was not afraid of him, but she still rubbed her tender face against her brother's hand coquettishly and said coquettishly, "It's not that he has no rules, he came in because he was worried about elder brother."

"Hey, brother, are you not angry?"

"Don't be angry anymore."

"That's great, then I'm going out to play."

Although his sister's concern was only for a while, Zhu Biao was quite satisfied. It is so rare for a child who has been trapped in the palace all year round to have the opportunity to come out to play and take time to care about him.

Zhu Lu rushed out of the camp only to see Zhao Huaian and others kneeling on the ground. Although she was still young, the little princess who was still very loyal quickly turned her head and begged: "I told them not to report, brother, please don't punish them, okay?" ~"

Zhu Biao deliberately remained silent for a moment before saying, "I haven't thanked the princess yet."

Zhao Huaian and the others immediately bowed down to Zhu Lu: "The maidservant (the last general) thanks Your Highness the Princess, and wish Your Highness the best of luck."

"Yeah, I'm going to play."

Zhu Lu thought she had solved the problem perfectly, and left happily, but Zhao Huaian and the others still did not get up, waiting for something silently, and Liu Jin came out after a while, "What are you still kneeling for?"

Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, and after saluting again, they got up and went back to their duties. It was not easy for them. It was wrong to do whatever they did in front of the little princess, and it was not wrong to stop them. This result was already the best.

Zhu Biao rested in the tent for nearly an hour before he went to the banquet at the invitation of everyone, watched the singing and dancing music, and when the prince appeared on the stage, everyone's hearts fell back into their stomachs, and they felt leisurely and elegant again. Have fun.

In the first half of this trip, men and women are separated separately, but not in the second half. If there are teenagers and girls who have already made a marriage contract, it is natural to take this rare opportunity to learn more.

Logically, it shouldn't be like this, but after all, the marriage contract has been set and the date of birth has been exchanged. They are all families with heads and faces. Unless there are extremely special circumstances, there is absolutely no reason to regret the marriage.

So as long as it is not too much, take advantage of this opportunity, the two of them walk to a quiet place, and no one will bother to talk to each other with their little hands. It is indecent and insulting to the lintel.

As for the teenagers and girls who have not made a marriage contract, they can also take this opportunity to gather together to comment on poetry, calligraphy, chess and paintings. Although marriage is a major event, it is ordered by their parents, but those who can be invited here are from the right family. This is to challenge each other.

Since the family background is similar, the parents are naturally happy to follow the wishes of their children, not to mention these young girls are not stupid, if they really want to marry, they will think twice. It's not the point where she doesn't marry.

At most, it is because of eye contact, talk to parents after returning home, and ask someone to inquire about each other's reputation, if they both think it is suitable, the parents of both sides will come and go and test each other, and only then will they formally invite a matchmaker.

Of course, this is the son of civil servants, Wu Xun's family is not so troublesome, the head of the family will directly come to the door with a jar of wine, after a night of drinking, everything will be clear, and soon the marriage will be settled that night.

Zhu Biao is already married, so naturally he won't mix things up, but Chang Luohua is very interested. It seems that women are naturally interested in matchmaking and are happy to match up happy events.

No wonder most of the people invited this time were unmarried young girls. It turned out that in order to satisfy her little wish, Zhu Biao had enough rest and asked Liu Jin to bring a horse and bring a bow and arrow. It's not bad if you can catch the prey.

Zhu Biao is not very proficient in bows and arrows, after all, there is really no use for them. Riding was practiced during the Northern Expedition.

The one who came back with Liu Jin was Zhu Wei. There was no boy in Zhu's family who was over ten years old who could not ride a horse. This was also Lao Zhu's request, and naturally no one in the palace would dare to disobey.

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Why didn't you go there? I remember that you are also quite good at eloquence. While the father is not in Beijing, you can choose one that suits your heart, and the elder brother can help you decide."

Zhu Wei scratched his head shyly and said: "My younger brother doesn't think about these things, let alone marriage matters, it's better to listen to the arrangement of the father, queen mother or elder brother. What does my younger brother know when I'm young."

Although it was a good-looking thing, it was still very pleasing to the ear, Zhu Biao patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said: "Then why did I hear Luer say that you just stared at the second miss of the Feng family in a daze, and she ran away in anger ?”

Zhu Huan's face turned red, and he defended: "No, I was looking at the scenery in the distance, how could it be possible to stare at others, brother, don't listen to Luer's nonsense."

Zhu Biao shook his head and laughed, children of this age are really precocious, but it is also true that at Zhu Wei's age, in the homes of ordinary people, it is a bit early to get married, but most of the marriages are settled.

The girl from the Feng family was referring to Duke Wei's Feng Sheng's family. Feng Sheng had only two daughters under his knees and no male male, so these two daughters were naturally the jewels in his palm, and none of them had a marriage agreement so far.

The second lady is about the same age as Zhu Wei, it's not too early to make a decision now, and it's not too late to make a decision in two years, but the eldest lady of the Feng family is not young, so I don't know what her plan is.

But just now, I saw that my own princess has been pulling Miss Feng's family to talk, and her attitude is very friendly. Could it be that she intends to settle down with Chang Mao?
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(End of this chapter)