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Chapter 1047 Illusory Target

Fengtian Hall, the scene of the court meeting.

Zhu Si asked Zhang Zuo to inform about the victory of the First Battle along the southeast coast, and said that Zhu Hao was responsible for this incident.

"...the battle has been won, and the affairs of Jinghai will continue, but the fleet sent out earlier has lost and never returned. How should this merit be calculated?"

Zhu Si seemed to be questioning the officials at the scene.

No one wants to answer this question.

The war to wipe out pirates and Japanese pirates in the southeast was not originally included in the imperial court's plan. In other words, the strength of pirates and Japanese pirates in the early years of Jiajing was not enough to attract the imperial court's attention.

If Zhu Hao led troops to pacify the northwest, the result would be completely different.

Jin Xianmin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, walked up and said, "Your Majesty, the current southeast sea battle should stop immediately, otherwise it will be a waste of people and money."

Zhu Si frowned, and reprimanded: "As the Minister of the Ministry of War, first of all, I don't want to calm down the bandits and the common people, but think about saving money and food for the court. Are you the Minister of the Ministry of War or the Minister of the Household?"

Jin Xianmin felt that the emperor was full of anger, like an active volcano that was about to erupt at any moment, so he shrank back in fright.

Seeing that Jin Xianmin was silent like a cicada, and others would not say anything, there was silence in front of Fengtian Gate.

Zhu Sidao: "Zhu Qing's family is now a Hanlin scholar, and he is also the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. I treat him well. Let's balance the merits and demerits this time."

The ministers present were very uncomfortable.

Zhu Hao launched a campaign to exterminate the bandits out of nothing, and he took the initiative to stand up and admit his mistakes. Here, the emperor wants to determine his merits, and finally announced that the merits and demerits are equal... It is purely looking for trouble!
Liu Chun walked up and said: "Your Majesty, since the merits and demerits are balanced, should Zhu Jingdao be allowed to return to the court earlier?"

Zhu Sidao: "It was because of this that I let him go home to stay idle before. Then send someone to inform him and let him return to the court."

Zhang Zuo didn't take the order, because he felt that the task could not be completed at all.

The emperor said to let him return to the court, Zhu Hao will gladly accept the order?It's clear that Zhu Hao doesn't want to come back, so go tell Zhu Hao these things now...you can't force it, what's the difference between saying it and not saying it?

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The court meeting ended, and all the ministers talked a lot when they left the palace.

They all felt that the emperor's trust in Zhu Hao was too much, and some people talked about Zhu Hao's arrogance, and some even proposed to impeach Zhu Hao... But the top civil servants in the court did not comment too much on Zhu Hao, because they knew that, It is not easy to pull Zhu Hao down now.

In the bustling crowd, Gui E intentionally slowed down and waited patiently for several cabinet ministers in Wenyuan Pavilion, and hurriedly went to meet them when the two sides approached.

Liu Chun smiled and said to Gui E: "Zi Shi, you should serve the court well, if you don't understand anything in the future, just go to Wenyuan Pavilion for advice."

Shi Jue and Jia Yong looked at Liu Chun when they heard the words, and said to themselves that you are really impolite, and directly asked Gui E to come to the cabinet to "ask for advice", meaning that you think Gui E is not good enough?
"Yes."

Gui E respected Liu Chun and bowed his head in thanks.

Liu Chun talked to Gui E on behalf of the cabinet, then moved on, and soon parted ways with Gui E.

The four members of the cabinet passed Zuo Shun Gate, and Fei Hong asked Liu Chun, "Will Jing Dao obey orders and return to the court?"

Liu Chun smiled and shook his head: "Who knows?"

Shi Ping asked again: "What is he doing recently?"

Liu Chundao: "I only know how to stay in the Taoist temple. No one knows what he is doing. Some people say that he is calculating the fate of the country, and some people say that he is praying for the current emperor. Only he knows what he is doing."

Now Lian Shipeng and Jia Yong became curious about Zhu Hao.

There are too few people like Zhu Hao who climbed to a high position at a young age. The emperor trusted him, but Zhu Hao was able to "not be shocked by favor or humiliation", and he regarded fame and fortune as floating clouds. It is really hard to understand Zhu Hao's mind.

Jia Yong said: "Could it be hypocrisy, or join hands with His Majesty to make a play?"

Since he couldn't figure it out, he had to think badly about Zhu Hao.

In case Zhu Si and Zhu Hao, a pair of monarchs and ministers, feel that Zhu Hao's reputation is not enough to enter the cabinet, and deliberately use this method to show Zhu Hao's noble ambitions, and to accumulate a good reputation for him that is indifferent to fame and fortune, and then turn Zhu Hao directly into the cabinet into the cabinet...

At that time, Zhu Hao will not only become their opponent, but also let Huang Kou'er ascend to a high position, which will have more influence on the court affairs.

Liu Chun quickly said: "Jing Dao is definitely not that kind of person, he is very similar to Bo Hu, let me not speculate."

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Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Zuo presented a copy of the memorial written by Zhu Hao to Zhu Si.

"...Does Jingdao still want to go to the southeast? No matter how I stay, I can't stay? He doesn't want to return to his hometown and become the owner of the Peach Blossom Temple for the wild cranes?"

Knowing that Zhu Hao was determined to leave, Zhu Si was so angry that he couldn't help but sarcastically.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, that was Mr. Tang's wish. Mr. Zhu, he...shouldn't be able to do it?"

Zhang Zuo didn't remember that Zhu Hao said he was going to plant peach blossoms, and Zhu Hao didn't say that he would resign. No matter how tense the relationship between Zhu Si and Zhu Hao was, Zhu Hao didn't seem to have any idea about resigning, but he was concerned about research, He is extremely enthusiastic about construction, mining, smelting and other things.

"Then what does he want to do?" Zhu Si asked angrily.

Zhang Zuo asked tentatively: "Mr. Zhu, didn't he explain it to His Majesty? I remember that he seems to have said that he takes changing the times as his mission."

"Isn't this kind of thing just talk? I would believe this kind of nonsense? What is changing the times, and how can we change the times?"

Zhu Si and Zhu Hao grew up together.

Zhu Hao once instilled a lot of things in Zhu Si, and even Zhu Hao was his guiding light since he was a child. Unfortunately, after Zhu Si became the emperor, his mentality gradually changed. He liked it when he was the son of King Xing. I have no interest in shipbuilding, machinery, handicrafts, etc. now.

The greatest joy of being an emperor is the feeling of superiority in controlling the fate of others.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, the slaves don't understand, so how should Mr. Zhu respond to this memorial?"

Zhu Si sat there for a long time with Zhu Hao's request to be transferred to Nanjing.

"I said before that I don't care where he goes, and I really haven't used him much recently, or... just let him go to the south for a few months, and he should be tired after he comes back, so you can do it with peace of mind." His Hanlin bachelor, even entered the cabinet, isn't he old?"

The question Zhu Si asked was full of too many uncertainties, and Zhang Zuoke couldn't answer it.

For a while, the Qianqing palace fell silent.

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After about half an hour, Zhu Si finally made up his mind and agreed to Zhu Hao's memorial to go to the south to rule the army.

Before officially issuing the imperial edict, he asked Zhang Zuo to go out of the palace to explain clearly to Zhu Hao, the most important thing is to explain the "rules" that Zhu Hao needs to abide by this time when he goes south.

"...Mr. Zhu, Your Majesty hopes that you will come back within half a year, and at the same time you will still be a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy. However, the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites can be relinquished first. Your Majesty is going to promote you to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry...Don't worry, Your Majesty means to let you be a Minister of Nanjing Ministry of Industry...

"In addition, you supervise shipbuilding and other matters in the south, and you must consult the imperial court for instructions, and you cannot make decisions without authorization. You do not have the authority to deploy troops, and you cannot intervene too much in military matters after you arrive in the south.

"The other thing is that after you go south, you have to write back frequently to inform you of the situation there."

Zhu Hao listened to it, and Zhu Si didn't seem to have much defense against him.

Especially asking him to write a letter at the end is a bit of a joke.

It’s enough to play directly, what kind of letter should I write?What do you think is the means of showing friendship between the monarch and his ministers?If people know about it, you are afraid that it will attract criticism again, right?

Zhu Hao nodded: "Yes."

The conditions are not harsh, Zhu Hao didn’t think much of it even if he was to become the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry. What can be done after the South is another matter.

"I wonder when you will leave?"

Zhang Zuo asked.

Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty hasn't issued an order yet, don't worry."

Zhang Zuo tentatively asked: "Mr. Zhu, if you go south here, don't you ever think that if you abandon everything like this, you will be far away from the power center of the court, and even lose His Majesty's favor?"

"If a country benefits from life and death, how can it be avoided because of misfortunes and blessings?"

Zhu Hao said with emotion, "I am a subject of His Majesty. For the sake of the eternal state of the Ming Dynasty, why should I be wronged? This time I went to the Taoist temple for meditation, and I gained a lot. Eunuch Zhang may not believe it. By calculating the secret, I count Until...there may be an elixir of immortality in this world.”

"what?"

Zhang Zuo was taken aback.

Zhu Si also talked about immortality before, and thought that the little emperor was crazy for wanting to live forever.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Hao also went crazy with the little emperor.

Zhu Hao said: "As for where it is, I don't know, I can only take one step at a time, I don't know if half a year is enough."

Zhang Zuo smiled bitterly and said, "So Mr. Zhu's purpose in going south is to find... the elixir of immortality for His Majesty? This... this..."

Zhang Zuo felt that he had been fooled, but he didn't know what was wrong, and his heart was in a mess.

Zhu Hao smiled, and said, "Before this kind of thing happens, it's just a good wish at most. In the land of Ming Dynasty, it's too difficult to find this kind of thing, and it's unpredictable. Who knows where it is?"

"This……"

Zhang Zuo was still speechless.

What he didn't know was that as early as Zhu Si's childhood, Zhu Hao gave Zhu Si Si the idea of ​​"there are elixir overseas".

In fact, Zhu Hao has already anticipated that today's situation may happen. After Zhu Si is in power, he does not want to help him realize his dream of changing the times, so Zhu Hao gave Zhu Si a false hope early in the morning. No matter how reluctant, think about the exciting dream of immortality, and be willing to make some compromises.

The purpose of Zhu Hao's entry into the Taoist temple is more to make Zhu Si think of himself that there may be an elixir of life through some hints, without saying it out of his mouth.

in fact……

It would be strange.

A rational person like Zhang Zuo naturally didn't believe it, but Zhu Si became the emperor, and Zhu Hao knew very well that this kid would respect Taoism in the future, others didn't believe it, but the emperor did.

The first step of Zhu Si's life goal, to be the emperor, has been completed.

Next, Zhu Si must set a new goal.

That is eternal life.

Like the ancestors of the old Zhu family, they pursued some illusory things.

"Eunuch Zhang, I'm going to leave in half a month, and I won't bid farewell to you then." Zhu Hao said.

Zhang Zuo smiled and said, "Our family will deliver the letter in person."

"Don't bother your majesty, after I leave, I will trouble you with many things in court." Zhu Hao said with a smile, "For the time being, don't tell your majesty about the matter of finding the medicine of longevity. disappointment."

Zhang Zuo thought to himself, His Majesty knows it even if you don't tell him, and he may be looking forward to it.

(End of this chapter)