Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 138 Not being a virtuous lord, but also a virtuous king!
Seeing that Lao Zhu suddenly wanted to renovate the palace, Erhu was startled.

What the hell is going on? Why did the emperor suddenly change his sex?
The young master has just moved here for two days, and the emperor is in a hurry to renovate the palace?
This can't be done, what's more, the young master has to live there for three years, so that his status can be stabilized!

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry said that it would cost at least 20 taels of silver to renovate, and the court will not be able to raise so much money for a while..."

"What?"

As soon as Lao Zhu heard the 20 taels, his voice changed in fright.

"How much does it cost to build a new one, how dare you ask for 20 taels for renovation?"

"Do you really treat our emperor like a pig?"

"You take Jin Yiwei to ask for us, do they still want to live!"

Erhu hurriedly explained upon hearing this.

"My lord, I've inquired about it in a humble position, and the quotation from the Ministry of Industry doesn't make much sense."

"Now it's no different than when the country was founded. Now that the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and labor is five or six times more expensive than before!"

"When our Ming Dynasty was first founded, there were plenty of people working for those who stuttered. Now we have to pay wages for food and drink!"

"This is the boss's expense. Adding in the dismantling of beams and columns, cleaning, transportation and other miscellaneous things, 20 taels is not much at all."

"Besides, the palace is close to Xuanwu Lake, where the humidity is heavy, and ordinary wood is useless at all. We have to purchase golden nanmu from Yunnan for beams and pillars. This is another big expense for the boss!"

"I've done the calculations with someone from a lowly position. A piece of golden nanmu costs a thousand taels of silver. At least a hundred taels of silver are needed in the palace, so that's 10 taels of silver spent..."

Erhu said while looking at Lao Zhu's face, seeing that Lao Zhu had listened, he hurriedly added another sentence.

"My lord, you don't want the young master to be wronged again, do you?"

This sentence instantly became the last straw to suppress Lao Zhu, making him completely give up the idea of ​​renovating the palace.

"Forget it, let's talk about it when the court has money!"

"Hey!"

Erhu hurriedly agreed, and then Pidianpidian followed Lao Zhu to the front hall to pay homage.

The officials who had been waiting all morning were puzzled when they saw His Majesty's sluggish look again.

I haven't heard of a new imperial concubine entering the palace recently, why is the emperor so tired?
Do you want to write a letter to persuade the emperor to take care of the dragon body, put the country and the country as the most important, and don't run to the harem all the time.

There are dozens of princes and princesses, so it's time to take care of your body, right?

But they only dared to slander in their hearts, and they dared not say it face to face if they had a little courage.

"Your Majesty, the Guizhou Propaganda Envoy took up his post and sent the envoy to present twenty horses as a tribute. Please show me your Majesty!"

"what?"

"What did you just say, say it again?"

Zhao Mian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, continued to repeat.

"The Guizhou Xuanwei envoy paid [-] tribute horses!"

"Oh, I have the impression that this person is respectful and honest in Guizhou. Your Ministry of Rites will reward you according to the usual practice!"

After Zhao Mian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, went down, Jiang Yu went up to report again.

"Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei now has 2000 soldiers in the horse army. It turns out that the guards can't manage it. Please add another guard to manage the horse army."

Now Lao Zhu was a little bit more energetic, and thought about it after hearing the words.

"You don't need to spend a lot of time building guards, just add two thousand households at the front and back!"

"promise!"

While recording on the booklet, Jiang Yu stepped back respectfully.

In fact, this matter was just used by him to test His Majesty's attitude towards him. As for adding a guard or adding two thousand households, it made no difference to him.

Seeing that His Majesty didn't loathe him now, and was still acting like a businessman, Jiang Yu was completely relieved.

It seems that Erhu didn't speak ill of us in front of His Majesty?

While Lao Zhu was listlessly dealing with major political affairs, Dahontang also ushered in two new gentlemen.

In fact, these two people were originally the masters of Dahontang, but they were transferred because of the lack of people in the Wenhua Hall.

Therefore, many princes in the main hall are very familiar with the two of them.

But the familiarity is familiar, and the teacher apprenticeship ceremony still has to be held.

Early in the morning, the people from the Ministry of Rites were ordered to hold the teacher worship ceremony. The two gentlemen came to the seat, and all the princes and grandchildren paid respects.

Lao Zhu is very clear about this point. He can beat and scold officials at will, and even kill officials if he wants, but he never relaxes in the education of his children.

Respecting the teacher is the most basic requirement, and never interfere with the teacher's teaching methods.

There is only one requirement, and that is to be strict.They should be beaten and punished, as long as they can teach the princes and grandchildren well!

After the apprentice ceremony, the gentlemen announced the new rules. Zhu Yunxi sat in the last row, listlessly listening to the old clichés, and felt drowsy.

But just as he was taking a nap with his chin resting on his back as usual, he suddenly heard a shrill roar.

"Zhu Yunxi!"

"what?"

Zhu Yunxi woke up quickly when he heard the words, and then saw Huang Zicheng looking straight at him with a big face. The distance was so close that he could see the guy's eye feces.

"Mr. Huang..."

"His Royal Highness the Third Emperor, it is a taboo to sleep during class time, it is against the way of a sage!"

"Mr. Ben punished you to stand and attend class!"

"What?"

"Do you dare to object?"

Zhu Yunxi was unhappy on the spot when he heard this.

"Huang Zicheng, you are avenging yourself!"

"You're targeting me on purpose!"

"Isn't it because you stole and sold my imitation book, and you were arrested by Jin Yiwei and spent three days in prison!"

"I didn't say I was fussing with you, but you dare to find fault with me!"

Seeing Zhu Yunxie's accusation, Huang Zicheng was furious on the spot.

"you you you……"

"I don't have the face to teach here anymore. I'm going to meet with His Majesty right now and ask His Majesty to remove my humble minister from office, woo woo woo..."

Seeing that Huang Zicheng was about to leave, Zhu Gui got up and stopped him.

"Mr. Huang calm down, Zhu Yunxi is still young, your lord has a lot, don't be as knowledgeable as him!"

After Zhu Gui comforted Huang Zicheng, he hurriedly dragged Zhu Yunxi outside to reprimand him.

"Are you stupid!"

"This old man is obviously aiming at you, yet you dare to expose his shortcomings!"

"You don't know what your grandpa's temper is like, right? Just let this old man complain, no matter if it's your fault or not, your grandpa will beat you up first!"

"I……"

Zhu Yunxi also knew that what Zhu Gui said was reasonable, but he still felt full of grievances.

"I just can't swallow this breath!"

"It's all right for him to steal our books. I didn't ask Jin Yiwei to fine his family money, so why would he have the nerve to find fault with me!"

"Come on, big nephew, bear with it, wait for a while, and then we will find a way to deal with him."

"As long as he doesn't do too much, we'd better not provoke him!"

Seeing Zhu Gui's persuasion, Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to agree depressedly.

"All right!"

"I hope this old man can be more peaceful, otherwise I have to let Xu Liuzi and the others bury something in his yard!"

Zhu Gui persuaded Zhu Yunxi for a while, and then persuaded the eldest nephew to go back and apologize to Huang Zicheng.

Huang Zicheng snorted coldly, and finally stopped crying and complaining to the emperor, but Zhu Yunxi's "privilege" of standing up and listening to lectures was also confirmed.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi standing obediently and listening to the class, Huang Zicheng couldn't say how happy he was.

However, his smile lasted only a few seconds before it was broken by several princes who stood up one after another.

Zhu Gui was the first to stand up to help. He was a part of Sanwei Bookstore, and Zhu Yunxi also helped him build the palace. No matter how you say it, you have to accompany your eldest nephew, and you can't let your eldest nephew stand alone.

"Mr. Huang, I'm tired from sitting, and I want to stand up to listen to the class. You don't have any objections, do you?"

Seeing this, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan also stood up quickly.Both of them have vested interests. Ever since they took the title of "Shang Jia", the smiles on the faces of the concubine mother have increased countless times compared to before.

Therefore, seeing Zhu Gui standing as a companion, the two of them stood up in a panic.

"We are both tired from sitting, so we have to stand and listen to the class!"

The three of them picked out one at random, and it was the existence of a tyrant in the palace, which made the other sitting princes feel pressured, and each of them couldn't help wondering, should they also stand up?
While everyone was hesitating, Min Wang Zhu Wei and Han Wang Zhu Song also stood up.

The two of them have special identities, although they are now hanging out with Zhu Zhi and belong to the circle of middle-aged princes.But last year, the two of them were still the bullies of the younger circle, and they had a very strong deterrent effect on the younger circle.

"Our brothers are loyal!"

"Blessed to share!"

"It's hard to be the same!"

"Whoever dares not stand up is not our brother!"

As soon as these two people stood up, the young princes collectively felt tremendous pressure, and after hearing these words that were full of deterrence, they got up one after another, and no one dared to sit and listen to the class.

No one cares about being brothers with this guy, the key is that these two guys beat people who are not brothers to death!Which of the princes under the age of ten in the main hall has not been fattened by these two bastards?

Zhu Yunxi was already beaten with a feather duster by his concubine mother for betraying Zhu Yunwen, and his buttocks were all wounded, so he also stood up after seeing this.

When everyone stood and listened to the class, no one felt that this was a punishment or something to be ashamed of.

Everyone felt honored, as if they had participated in a glorious and great cause.

Zhu Yunxi was also moved by everyone's support.

This is justice and comfort in the hearts of the people. Huang Zicheng's perverse behavior has already aroused the collective resistance of the vast number of royal compatriots!
Fang Xiaoru saw that the princes and grandchildren were so united. Although there was a shocked expression on his face, there was indeed relief in his eyes, and even a little touch.

This is completely different from the royal family in his memory. Even when the prince was studying, he never won the support of so many brothers.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Qi Tai had said to him. He was very disgusted when he first heard it yesterday, thinking that Qi Tai was fascinated by Zhu Yunxi's few taels of silver.

But looking at it today, this son is really different.

Leaving aside whether he is a talent of the heavens or not, just talking about the ability to unite the royal family is already worth teaching myself!
Even if this son cannot be a generation of virtuous masters, he will at least be a generation of virtuous kings in the future!
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