Jinyi champion

Chapter 778
Yang Tinghe also didn't want to understand Sun Jiao's intention.

Back in the cabinet, Mao Ji asked him directly: "What is Sun Zhitong's intention? Why did he come forward today?"

Yang Tinghe thought about it, and things became a little subtle.

It looks like Yang Tinghe is involved again, because now the emperor is very fond of asking his opinion.

It's like asking him to do a multiple-choice question, do you support me or not?

Yang Tinghe usually considers issues from a conservative point of view. The southeast coastal defense has increased expenditure by 35 taels... Are you kidding me?
How much does Northwest use in a year?
The key is that most of the southeast coastal defense costs are transferred from the south of the Yangtze River, which means that such a large sum of money is under the control of Huang Zan, Shangshu of the Southern Household Department.

Huang Zan was not one of his people in the first place, and the cost of coastal defense was in short supply last year, which was obviously due to being out of his control.

This time 35 taels, how much can be sent to the real place?

So only adding a few tens of thousands of taels is the best choice at the moment.

It is estimated that Sun Jiao will not increase too much, and it is expected to be within 10 taels.

"Go back and tell Sun Zhitong that it's best to put the money needed for the defense of the southeast coast at 6 to [-] taels. If it increases...it will be a huge burden for the imperial court."

Yang Tinghe said to Mao Ji.

Mao Ji asked: "But if, as His Majesty said, there is an accident in Haiphong this year, will it be too late for a temporary transfer at that time?"

Yang Tinghe was already preparing to deal with other matters, but when he heard this, his body shook.

He seemed to suddenly understand something.

In the court before, he hadn't figured out how to proceed if the little emperor plotted against him and wanted to suppress his prestige in the court...

But if, as Mao Ji said, there was a big disturbance in the southeast coastal defense this year, and the court was unable to deal with it in time, then he, Yang Tinghe, would be held responsible for blatantly opposing the increase in funding in the court.

"It wouldn't be so coincidental would it?"

Immediately, Yang Tinghe dismissed this terrible idea, and said to Mao Ji, "Although the southeast sea has been unstable in the past few years, it is just a small twists and turns. It is expected that nothing major will happen. It is just a group of grassroots bandits and pirates. What can happen?"

Yang Tinghe is still thinking about coastal defense issues from a conservative perspective.

Speaking of big flaws, no.

Even if there were pirates and Japanese pirates who caused troubles and sent local troops to wipe them out, can this still put the responsibility on him?Unless there is some kind of chaos that is against the sky, or something that makes the Ming court lose face...

Is this possible?
The odds are slim!
Because since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, pirates and Japanese pirates have not caused too much trouble. What has never happened in history happened to happen this year?

Where is such a coincidence?
It's better not to make such calculations!
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Zhu Si confidently returned to Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Zuo followed, seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, he was a little surprised. He thought that Zhu Si had "returned in defeat" at the court meeting.

After all, in the matter of coastal defense, Zhu Si had already made a decision that was pushed back by someone. Yang Tinghe had no objection at first, but this time because Sun surrendered to disrupt the situation, he ruined the emperor's good deeds.

So the emperor can still be happy?

"It's a nice day."

Zhu Si looked at the big sun above his head, and said with a smile, "I want to go for a walk and enjoy the scenery outside. Speaking of which, I haven't listened to a play for quite a while."

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the imperial examination in the capital has not yet been completed, so there is no need to rush out of the palace."

Zhu Si glared at him: "You want to say that the capital city is in chaos because the imperial examination was not held, right? Those are all gentle scholars... Besides, those who failed the exam should all be on their way back to their hometowns, right?" How many people are left? After all, those who passed the examination are only a small number, and there will be no big troubles... Oh, by the way, I haven’t asked Zhu Hao, which of these tributes are worthy of great use.”

Zhang Zuo's smile became bitter.

The emperor really listened to Zhu Hao in everything.

Now even when employing people, do you have to completely rely on Zhu Hao?
However, Zhu Hao, as the number one scholar in the previous department, has never served in the Ministry of Officials, so will he have a clear understanding of the abilities of the ministers in the court?Besides, this time the emperor only cares about who is the most capable candidate...Zhu Hao has never participated in the examination and scoring, nor has he had any contact with these scholars, so how could he know so much?
"Let's go, I won't do anything else today, I'll leave the palace early...I want to have fun with Zhu Hao. Then I'll call my third sister...Recently, my mother has been urging me to choose a good consort for her. It's really a headache. "

Zhu Si didn't say anything, Zhang Zuo almost forgot.

Zhu San is still Yunying unmarried.

Zhu Sannai was born in the first year of Zhengde, and she is seventeen years old this year. In this era, she is definitely a big girl.

No wonder the old lady was in a hurry to marry her off.

Zhang Zuo tentatively asked, "Wouldn't it be a good idea for the eldest princess to meet Mr. Zhu?"

"Hey, I think so too, but it doesn't matter, if you don't do this, how can you make the third sister give up completely? Jingdao is already married, unless she is willing to be a concubine... This is impossible, the face of the royal family is still needed... ... She yelled at me earlier, saying she wanted to become a nun, I really don't know what she thinks."

When Zhu Si mentioned this sister, he shook his head for a while, his tone full of regret.

What a chance that Zhu Hao missed his life.

Who made Zhu Hao so good?
Moreover, Zhu San grew up with Zhu Hao's childhood sweetheart. When Zhu Hao was young, he rescued Zhu San from the pond. No one knew about it. Zhu Si, as his younger brother, was a personal participant at that time, and he remembered it very clearly.

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It was noon when Zhu Si saw Zhu Hao.

Zhu Si ran to the hot pot restaurant by himself, didn't ask for a private room, just ate in the lobby on the ground floor, and didn't even have a drug test, which worried Zhang Zuo, Luo An and others who accompanied him.

"What a fuss, you see that I have been eating until now, and I am not alive and kicking? They don't know my identity, and will they poison me? Instead, it is the meals in the palace, so I am worried. Who knows who cooks and delivers meals? What are your eunuchs and maids thinking?"

Zhu Si took a few people back to Sixianju, chattering all the time.

He seldom came out to see Zhu Hao recently, except for talking to the empress and concubines, he would just say a few words at the court meeting.

But because of his superior status, it is impossible to have that kind of equal attitude when talking to people.

Although Zhu Si became the emperor, he also felt a kind of loneliness and needed to make friends, and Zhu Hao met this need. Only in front of Zhu Hao, he would appear to be free-spirited and unrestrained .

"My respect, are you here?"

Zhu Si was talking, when he saw Zhu Hao walking in from the door, he immediately greeted him enthusiastically, "I just went to your hot pot restaurant for dinner...it was delicious! It's a pity that there are too many customers in your hot pot restaurant. Waiting a while to hear what the diners say is not good, it's really disappointing."

Zhu Haodao: "Hotpot restaurants make money by turning over tables. At noon, there are usually two rounds of customers sitting at a table. The waiter who wants to come sees that you are full, but occupies the seat and does not move. That's how to drive away customers... Next time His Majesty wants to eat hot pot, just ask someone to deliver the hot pot bottom and ingredients to here, it doesn’t need to be so troublesome.”

Zhu Si smiled: "That's different. I want to experience the life of the common people. Eating there is very delicious. The guy doesn't know who I am, and my attitude is neither humble nor overbearing. It's understandable to drive away... Haha, think about it. funny……"

Zhu Hao sighed: "Your Majesty is out of the palace, so you should be more cautious."

"It's okay, if someone is really against me, that's your business, who made someone in your hot pot restaurant harbor evil intentions? Forget it, I'm just joking with you."

Zhu Si was in a good mood, and changed the subject happily: "In March in Yangchun, I thought the weather in the northern country would be very cold, but walking on the street, the sun shines on my body, and my whole body is warm, which is really comfortable. The willow trees at the end of the street are throbbing. Tiao'er, the grass grows and the warblers fly, the flowers are in full bloom, and the spring is full of joy, and there are more girls and daughters-in-law admiring the flowers, all of which are beautiful and beautiful, just looking at it makes my heart itch."

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding audience felt a chill in their hearts.

The little emperor in front of him showed signs of developing in the direction of Emperor Zhengde's misconduct.

You must know that these folk girls dare to come out of their homes, show their faces, and even dress up a little in the spring season, because they know that Emperor Zhengde, who robbed the girls on the street, is dead. If the first emperor was here, who would dare to act like this?

Zhu Haodao: "In the capital, the folk customs are relatively open. The more closed the place, the more conservative the folk customs. In addition, women are willing to go out, which also means that the public security in the capital has improved significantly, and people feel safe when traveling. However, His Majesty is still seldom around. Walking around among the people, there are many people with mixed eyes... It is difficult to take care of security."

"Oh, what are you talking about? I don't want to listen to these lectures... Oh, by the way, didn't someone invite Mr. Tang? Why hasn't he come yet?"

Zhu Si asked Zhang Zuo on one side.

Zhang Zuo said: "Return to Your Majesty, Mr. Tang sent someone to spread the word, saying that he is already a target of public criticism, and he is easy to be recognized when he goes out. If people know where he has gone, I am afraid it will not be conducive to hiding His Majesty's whereabouts."

"Oh, that's right, he is different now, just as Zhu Hao described...he is amazing now!" Zhu Sisao opened his mouth.

"This……"

Zhang Zuo didn't know what to say.

As the emperor, how can he be so casual?

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After several people sat down, only Zhu Hao could sit at the opposite table with Zhu Si, which was regarded as an equal relationship.

When Zhu Si came up, he asked about the southeast coastal defense.

"...You only said that something would happen, so it shouldn't be anything serious?" Zhu Si asked.

Zhu Haodao: "I suspect that in a month or so, the two batches of Japanese envoys who pay tribute and trade with each other will arrive at Ningbo City Shipping Department. They may have disputes over the tribute rights, and even fight. It can only be entrusted to the local guards and the government to take care of it... Now it is very difficult to directly entrust orders and orders."

Zhu Si sighed: "If it is true as you said, it would be terrible. Didn't it mean that Xu Pengju, who was defending Nanjing earlier, has already taken refuge in me?"

Zhu Hao really wanted to say, although you are the emperor now, you still can't reach the south of the Yangtze River, and those nobles are much more difficult than you imagined, so he said euphemistically: "It's hard to prevent things before they happen. We can only try to minimize the loss, and at the same time see how to make up for it in the future.”

What Zhu Hao said is exactly the "battle for tribute" that started in the second year of Jiajing in history. This battle was fought by the two major powers of the Japanese kingdom for the mutual market. The fire merged, which in turn affected the following decades.

The follow-up of Japanese pirates was mainly affected by this incident. Daming only left the Guangzhou Shipyard, and the Japanese country could no longer do business with Daming through normal channels.

Of course, it also has something to do with Japan entering the Warring States Period, when many heroes rose together, and too many leaders of defeated forces led warriors to flee to the coast of Daming.

Zhu Hao can never tell the people of this era what has not happened, and it may not necessarily happen. He can only remind him to be careful and see how the situation develops and evolves in the end.

(End of this chapter)