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Chapter 325 Confidential Meeting
the end of April.

It was about to be the day when Fan Yikuan left Xingwang Mansion, Zhu Hao lived in the dormitory of the West Courtyard of the Wangfu normally that night, and wrote his notebook. The king has something to discuss.

Zhu Hao hadn't seen Tang Yin for the past two days, and he slandered in his heart that this old boy had gone somewhere to have a good time, but Fan Yikuan was very diligent in class, giving full play to his last light and heat.

According to Zhu Hao's estimate, if Fan Yikuan left, if Tang Yin couldn't insist on teaching in class every day, and the new teacher might take a while to come, then there is a high probability that the palace will let him as a companion to teach the son during this period.

Early the next morning, Tang Yin came in person and took Zhu Hao to the inner courtyard of the palace.

"Does Mr. Tang know what to say today?" Zhu Hao asked.

Tang Yin shook his head.

He was also temporarily notified to hold a meeting, and he said absent-mindedly, "Zhu Hao, aren't you good at analyzing people's hearts? What do you think?"

Zhu Hao seemed very cautious this time: "If it's about the son's homework, King Xing can just let him know...Maybe there's something important happening in the palace."

Not everything is easy for Zhu Hao to predict. Reasonable things can be calculated. Right now, the ups and downs of Prince Xing’s mansion seem to be normal. The only thing that will change is Fan Yikuan’s departure. It made him feel weird.

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The two arrived at Zhu Youzhao's study.

At this time Yuan Zonggao had arrived with Zhu Si, and it took a long time for Zhu Youzhu to appear accompanied by Zhang Zuo. In this way, it was an internal meeting of six people. In addition to the current "Big Four" in the palace, Zhu Hao and Zhu Si were added. two children.

Zhu Youzhu made the opening remarks: "Let Zhang Fengzheng talk about the local government today... My son, listen to me."

Hearing this, Tang Yin couldn't help but glance at Zhu Hao, and let the kid guess right again, it wasn't a question of who would come to the class after Fan Yikuan left, it was more like a temporary class for Zhu Si.

After saluting, Zhang Zuo said: "The local magistrate Zhang Yezheng has been in office for more than a month. After taking over the local affairs, it is obvious... different from the previous Kuang Zhizhou..."

Tang Yin asked curiously: "What's the difference?"

Zhang Zuo said: "In the previous battle with the bandits, the imperial court gave a lot of rewards to the local area, and he basically filled his own pockets. After he took office, he even used the name of building a fortress to prevent thieves from traffic passes, and asked the gentry to actively donate military food and supplies. Wait for the money and food to be available. , but there is no sign of starting work.

"In addition, it seems that this year's Hanshui River construction funds have not been distributed normally, but they have notified the big households in the city that they are going to prepare tributes for His Majesty's Thousand Autumn Festival, and let everyone pay donations again..."

As soon as the news came out, Yuan Zonggao glanced at Tang Yin.

Not too surprised.

Officials of the Ming Dynasty were clean and upright on the surface. Those like Kuang Yangming who were neither honest nor corrupt officials, who were a little greedy for ink, were already considered good officials.

Zhang Yezheng, as a villain who gained power by catering to the treacherous and sycophant in the court, naturally thought of searching and plundering when he arrived in the place.

It was nothing at all, there is no shortage of such officials in the Ming Dynasty, they are just good-looking... just as soon as he took office, he was so blatantly making money, almost to the point of recklessness, which still caught people off guard.

In particular, the Xingwang Mansion itself is an existence detached from the local government. Facing such inferior officials, there is a feeling of being bullied.

Zhu Youzhao sighed: "I never expected that the imperial court would appoint an official with a bad record to replace Kuang Zhizhou, but it was said that Kuang Zhizhou had put in a lot of effort in assisting Xingwang's House to wipe out the bandits, so it can be seen by all."

Yuan Zonggao followed Zhu Youzhao's words: "At present, it seems that Zhang Zhizhou has arrived in the local area, and he does not implement benevolent government. He talks about it for the local people. Every decree is for the sake of the people's anointing. There must be something to rely on. The matter was reported, because it was backed by treacherous craftsmen in the court, most of them died without any illness."

As soon as this remark came out, it could be regarded as setting the tone.

Even if Zhang Yezheng was corrupt and perverted the law, Xing Wangfu saw it in his eyes and was angry in his heart, so don't make a fuss, otherwise you will only eat yourself back.

This is also due to the Confucianism of the mean that Yuan Zonggao has always admired. If Xingwangfu wants to live and work in such a world, it is very important to be wise and wise...

"Cough cough cough..."

While discussing things here, Zhu Youzhu suddenly coughed violently.

Zhang Zuo hurried over to help pat Zhu Youzhao's back, trying his best to let Zhu Youzhao's breathing come down smoothly.

Zhu Si asked with concern: "Father, are you okay?"

Zhu Youzhan coughed for a long time before recovering, raised his hand to prevent his son from approaching, and said: "I'm fine, let's continue."

Zhang Zuodao: "It is reasonable to say that the state government should not stand idly by to promote the government, but recently, the Prince Xiang's House has repeatedly had disputes with my Palace over land and land matters. Perhaps it should be like Yuan Changshi said, put local affairs aside first. , resolve the old grievances with Prince Xiang's Mansion with peace of mind..."

The lineage of Prince Xiang's Mansion is the lineage of Ming Renzong's fifth son, Zhu Zhanqian. It is now regarded as a standard offshoot of the royal family, and it is far away from the heir to the throne.

However, because King Xiang's Mansion is located in Xiangyang in the north of Anlu Prefecture, as close neighbors, the two sides often have some disputes over land and land. For example, King Xiang's Mansion and King Xing's Mansion had disputes over land matters in the last years of Hongzhi, and finally Xiaozong came forward , Allocate the disputed land to Xing Wangfu, and the matter will be settled.

Prince Xiang's Mansion suffered from being dumb at the time, and now King Xing's Mansion has made great achievements in suppressing bandits. The imperial court rewarded two thousand hectares of land. This land was not brought by strong winds. Originally, the transfer of the land of the suzerain vassal belonged to cutting the meat of the east family to the west family, and the Prince Xiang's mansion became the disadvantaged party again.

Zhu Youtang had died a long time ago, Zhu Houzhao would not care about the interests of the local vassals, so the allocation was just allocated. The Prince Xiang's Mansion felt that the court might be wary of the expansion of the King's Mansion. The land was handed over to King Xing's Mansion...the two sides showed signs of quarreling again.

As a bystander, Zhu Hao knew some of the reasons, so he just watched the excitement.

Zhu Youtang suddenly turned to Zhu Si: "My lord, what do you think about this?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Si was drowsy while listening to it. Does Zhang Zhizhou and Prince Xiang's Mansion have anything to do with me?I was still wondering if I left the marbles under the bed yesterday, and I haven't been looking for them today, where should Xiu Mu go to play tomorrow... Here I started asking me what I think?
What can I say?
Yuan Zonggao, as the mentor of Zhu Si in name, enlightened him: "Your Majesty, how do you think the conflict between Prince Xing's Mansion and Prince Xiang's Mansion should be resolved?"

Zhu Si wept with a sad face: "Father, I don't know what disputes have arisen between us and Prince Xiang's Mansion. If the conflicts are not too big, let's turn the fight into friendship."

This is the best answer you can give without knowing it.

I don't know what's going on, so I'll advise both parties to reconcile.

Zhang Zuo said: "That's it, my son, this time Xingwang's mansion has made great contributions to pacifying the bandits. The imperial court rewarded the Yiwei Division of the Wangfu with two hundred guards, and added two thousand hectares of royal land. It turned out that it was all cultivated land that the Xiangwang's mansion occupied privately. Many of them were not. According to the regulations, they don't want to hand over these fields to Prince Xing's mansion for nothing. What do you think is the countermeasure to deal with this?"

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, land annexation became more and more serious, especially the vassal kings and nobles, who definitely had advantages and did not take advantage of them, but they were not heroes.

The imperial court repeatedly issued orders not to allow land annexation, and vassal kings have always strictly restricted the purchase of land, but the court has never really followed this system from princes and nobles to officials, military households, and slaves. In the end, every royal palace has a household registration book The land is quite a lot.

Only then did Zhu Si know what was going on, he hesitated and said: "If it really doesn't work... then we will report to the imperial court and report that the Xiangwang Mansion resisted the edict and let the imperial court come forward for us."

Zhu Youzhu nodded: "It is an optional path to make clear rules and regulations."

Perhaps Zhu Youzhu himself didn't have a good idea, and felt that what his son said was fair.

But Zhu Hao saw it.

Zhu Youzhao's body is not as good as before. Before that, he was seriously ill and was lying in bed for nearly two months. It is only recently that he looks normal, but he still can't sit for a long time to manage the affairs of the palace, and many things are left to his subordinates.

In history, Zhu Youzhan was about to die in three years. It is said that this serious illness did not happen in a day. Zhu Youzhan was only forty years old. Later generations seem to have just reached middle age. How can a person who will die in three years be in good health?

Only you know your own affairs best. Zhu Youzhu feels that his body and energy are not as good as before. Of course, he must find ways to cultivate his son's ability to make timely decisions. Not only in terms of knowledge, but also to teach his son knowledge and progress, and to subtly teach him some principles in governing the palace .

This is the good intentions of a father!

Zhu Youzhu looked at Tang Yin and asked, "Mr. Tang, what do you think?"

Tang Yin said: "The imperial court rewarded the farmland, but it insisted on granting the land of Prince Xiang's Mansion in the north. Could it be that the people in the court deliberately did this to stir up conflicts between Prince Xing's Mansion and Prince Xiang's Mansion?"

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Mr. Tang's words are reasonable, even Zhang Yezheng, the local prefect, may have been sent by the imperial court to blackmail Prince Xing's residence. At this time, there are villains in the court who make trouble specifically for Prince Xing's residence, which is very reasonable. .”

Now, as long as it is to suppress Yuan Zonggao, Zhang Zuo's side, even Tang Yin's fart is delicious.

Yuan Zonggao heard some meaning, shook his head and sighed softly: "The land has been granted by the imperial court, and it is impossible not to accept it. Otherwise, what will the extra [-] guards rely on to support? It should belong to the palace, and we can't give up even a single step."

The previous emphasis on calming things down may involve land disputes with Prince Xiang's Mansion, and Yuan Zonggao has become tougher and more radical than Zhang Zuo.

After hearing this, Zhu Hao felt that Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo were purely dog-eat-dog.

Zhu Youzhan looked a little haggard, as if he didn't want to listen to this kind of unnutritious discussion, and said: "It is reasonable to say that the state government has to prepare tributes for the celebration of His Majesty's Thousand Autumn Festival, and Xingwang's Mansion has to participate, but this year's summer flood is coming soon, and last year's river There are many damages to the embankment, and it has not been repaired in time, and the palace has spent a lot of money in the past two years, if it is really impossible...let’s spend the money on repairing the embankment first.”

Zhang Zuo was in a dilemma: "But if Prince Xing's House doesn't participate, what will happen if the treacherous courtiers tell lies?"

"I can't care less..."

Zhu Youtang was not willing to think about these bad things.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Tang Yin again: "Why don't you do this? The matter of dealing with the Prince Xiang's Mansion is left to Mr. Tang for the time being. You can't back down on the land of the Prince Xing's Mansion. This is a major issue that involves the succession of the Prince Xing Mansion, and you can't neglect it."

(End of this chapter)