Daming: I, Zhu Di, threatened to seize the heir apparent at the beginning!

Chapter 542 Yu Qian blocks Shaobao’s way!
"Master Ma really doesn't know what kind of organization this is?" Zhu Di tapped his fingers lightly on the mahogany-colored armrests of the sofa, staring at Ma Quan with burning eyes.

Ma Quan's heart suddenly tightened.

But he showed a bit of embarrassment, and said with a 'calm and sincere' look: "Your Majesty, I really don't know, I only know that Mr. Hu... no, it was Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben who secretly formed this organization, and it seems to be specially used to deal with The prince has a very strict access system. At best, the official can only break away from the peripheral status and enter their inspection sequence. I am not sure when he will actually enter the core sequence. "

"After all, Xiaguan's identity is complicated. Although he is a conservative, he is also the concubine of the grandson and the father of His Royal Highness Yunwen's main concubine. Xiaguan pondered that Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben did not conduct a comprehensive and in-depth investigation of Xiaguan. Never let the lower officials get into their core.”

Zhu Di looked away and nodded.

After a moment of silence, he waved his hand and said: "This time, Lord Lao Ma will personally accompany me on my journey north. I also hope that Lord Ma will remember the conversation I had with you today."

"Yes, yes!" Ma Quan responded quickly.

Does he dare to forget?
Unless you want the Majia Yi tribe.

At the same time, I also knew that the conversation was over and it was time to leave.

But there was something that puzzled him.

Now that this person has learned from him, Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben formed a force specifically to target him.

Why is there no mention of letting him strive to enter the core level?

He was still waiting for this person to take the initiative to speak.

Ma Quan saw that Zhu Di had no intention of speaking, so he could only carefully test: "Your Highness, do you want to go down and find a way to get into the core of this organization?"

Zhu Di glanced casually and said, "Just do what you can."

Just doing what you can?

Ma Quan was very disappointed, but he didn't show it. After bowing, he turned around and walked out of the carriage.

Stand at the junction of the carriages.

Through the glass of the carriage door, I looked outside and frowned at the scenery along the way.

At a certain moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he secretly said in a ventriloquism: "Although I couldn't get this person to take the initiative to ask me to find a way to enter the Falling Yan Alliance, this time it was a blessing in disguise and the harvest was huge."

No!
No matter how hostile you were to this person in the past.

But he, and many others, had to admit that this man indeed had the demeanor of a king.

He has always spoken with spit and nail.

Since this promise was made, the child born to the grandson and his daughter would be able to get a sacred land in Shangzhou in the future and receive industrial support from Yanhua.

That's absolutely true.

As long as he does his job well, assists his great-grandson honestly, and doesn't have any undue delusions, his great-grandson will be able to have all these things after he succeeds to the throne.

'Life is like a play, it all depends on drilling! '

While Ma Quan was thinking, he couldn't help but feel complacent and distracted.

In fact, he is the core of the Falling Yan Alliance.

Although Lu Ben and Hu Weiyong hid many things from him, he also knew many secrets of the Defeat Yan Alliance.

So, why did he remind this person that Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben formed such an organization to target this person, but did not mention the Yan Alliance.

Didn't it say that he was already at the core level?

First of all, if you tell this person directly now that he is already at the core level, wouldn't it mean to tell him how much he hated this person before?

Only a fool would do this.

In fact, let’s talk about hate.

Somewhat, but never to the point of gritting one's teeth and wishing to die endlessly.

If one day the reform becomes more powerful, he, a 'staunch conservative', will definitely turn against him without hesitation.

Compared with losing some benefits, even a large part, preserving life is the most important thing.

His feigned hatred for this man was more for the conservatives to see.

As an official with some ability but not outstanding ability, I want to seek greater power and a higher position.

We must join forces and take sides.

Otherwise, how could his two daughters marry high?

How could he become a third-grade official in the border area?

The reformists are those who charge.

It is too easy to ruin one's wealth and life. Most of the reformists throughout the ages have not ended well.

Shang Yang, Wang Anshi and the like abound.

As a person who is accustomed to working hard, he will definitely not be an innovator foolishly.

You can only choose to be conservative.

If you want to stand out among conservatives, you have to vote for conservatives.

In particular, some key figures are interested.

Such as Hu Weiyong.

Although Hu Weiyong was kicked out of the court, he had many disciples and former officials. If Hu Weiyong said a word to his disciples and former officials, many people would support him.

Not to mention Lu Ben.

Chang Yuchun leaves early.

Although Lu Ben was only the father of the prince's concubine, he had always played the role of the prince's father-in-law.

He has great influence on the prince.

He has a good relationship with the officials close to the East Palace and can influence the prince's decision-making.

When the prince wanted to choose a concubine for his grandson who could represent the conservative side, his daughter came into the prince's sight and eventually became his concubine.

Lu Ben exerted a great influence.

Secondly, I did not tell this person directly that he was already a core member of the Falling Yan Alliance.

Just want to leave a foreshadowing.

When he joins the Falling Yan Alliance in the future and can monitor the Falling Yan Alliance, wouldn't it be a great achievement! ?
However, I don’t know what the King of Yan is thinking.

He didn't even take the initiative to bring this up.

He was forced to bring it up himself.

This person just said it lightly and did what he could.

"Hey, maybe this is the confidence of a truly capable person." Ma Quan sighed and whispered to himself.

People who are incompetent or not capable enough are so sophisticated in their ways.

People who are capable don't even bother with this.

Just like this prince.

Most of the so-called elites in the world are actually like him. They have some ability, but this ability is not enough for them to do what they want to do with their ability.

Therefore, everyone must go to drill camp.

Compare who is better at digging camps.

Over time, being worldly and sophisticated has become a complimentary ability.

……

After Ma Quan briefly regretted his loss, a smile soon appeared on his face, and he whispered softly: "Overall, this is a blessing in disguise. This conversation was a success."

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Rhythmic crashing sounds entered the cabin.

Zhu Di stood in front of the car window and looked outside.

At a certain moment, he looked away and sneered to himself: "A typical speculator!"

As he spoke, he shook his head.

Ma Quan is not a staunch conservative.

This is a politician who is good at opportunism!

"It can be used."

Zhu Di walked back to the desk, spread out a piece of paper, picked up a pen, and wrote a few words on the paper with cursive cursive: core, periphery, inspection...

After putting down the pen.

Look at the few words written down.

After a moment, he smiled and said, "Unexpectedly, my appearance actually forced the emergence of such a secret organization in this era."

He didn't completely believe what Ma Quan said.

For example, Ma Quan said that he has not yet become a core member, which needs to be investigated.

But he believes in the core, periphery, and inspection.

Without these things.

It was impossible for Ma Quan to say it without thinking.

From these words.

He will know that the force targeting him has a very complete and strict system.

Yanhua's officialdom has a similar system.

Ordinary officials, in the eyes of the central government, are only policy executors.

Belongs to the periphery of officialdom.

Once you are promoted to county civil affairs officer at a certain age, you will enter the central inspection sequence.

Call it a sequence officer.

When he was promoted to county civil affairs officer, his importance increased, and he was called an echelon official in the cabinet.

Further up.

Once promoted to provincial civil affairs officer.

That belongs to the core echelon.

Such officials are called reserve cabinet members and have a great chance of joining the cabinet as cabinet ministers.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ben and Hu Weiyong also developed a similar strict system in order to deal with him.

It's no wonder that none of my father's royal guards noticed.

If it hadn't been for the tunnel explosion, Ma Quan would have been forcefully coerced by Tie Hyun to accompany him back to Jinling.

If he hadn't directly told Ma Quan that no one except Xiongying would dare to take the Ming Dynasty's throne, he would have dared to fight back to the Central Plains and pull him off the throne.

If it weren't for Ma Quan's nature, he would be a speculator.

If it weren't for these three conditions, which came together by mistake, he would not have been able to discover this tight organization targeting him.

"interesting……"

"Brother..."

After a sigh, the train continued to rumble towards Jinling. During the period of adding water and coal at stations along Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Zhu Di noticed that this was the richest province in the Ming Dynasty in the past.

Nowadays, taxes have doubled. It stands to reason that in provinces where cakes are made bigger, the people do not see any wealth at all.

On the contrary, he saw many low triangular shacks built privately along the railway line.

In a dirty shack area.

When the train passes by.

A seven- or eight-year-old child who was obviously malnourished, dark and shirtless, stood in front of the shack, his eyes dull, watching the train pass in front of him with envy.

These kids all have one characteristic.

Obvious malnutrition.

But the belly is round.

He knows why.

It is caused by eating grass seeds such as Guanyin soil or dogtail grass that are not suitable for digestion and make defecation difficult.

……

Qihua, Jindouzi and several other children stood in front of the window, looking at the children passing by a larger slum area with endless sight. Their eyes were dull and envious of the children watching the train.

Qihua turned her head, looked at Zhu Di, and couldn't bear to say: "Dad, let's stop and help them, okay?"

Everyone came back to their senses and looked at Qihua.

Zhu Di smiled and asked: "How do you want to help?"

"Dad, I want to take out the money I saved. Let's exchange it for food and distribute it to these people, okay?"

"Dad, there's still me!" Jindouzi raised his hand and said weakly: "However, I haven't saved much money. The total is only more than fifty silver coins and ten gold coins."

"Fourth uncle, I am willing too."

……

Several other children spoke one after another.

Zhu Di smiled and rubbed Qihua's little head, "If you really want to help, you can give the money to Mr. Ma. When Mr. Ma returns, ask him to help exchange the money donated by you into food. , distribute it to the people, we have to rush back to Jinling."

Moreover, they are not suitable for it.

He was already jealous of his eldest brother.

If we stop to help the refugees here, we will have to be labeled as someone who wants to buy people's hearts.

However, the kindness of children also deserves recognition.

Be supportive too.

Dongxu looked at Ma Quan, "Mr. Ma, how many poor people like this are there in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces? Does Mr. Ma have specific data? If so, after arriving in Jinling, we can contact the Yanhua maritime merchants in Jinling and ask us In the name of the government, a batch of grain was purchased from Yanjing to provide relief to these victims.”

The junior brother may not understand the master's worries.

But they older ones knew.

If they do this in their own name, the impact will be within control.

Ma Quan couldn't help being embarrassed and hesitated: "In recent years, animal-drawn agricultural machinery has been widely spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are many farmers who have lost the opportunity to rent. Although millions of people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang moved to Yanhua, but..."

But it’s really a drop in the bucket.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally provinces where the gentry was very powerful.

The beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

Fifty percent of the land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is controlled by gentry and businessmen.

In fact, this is also the reason why His Majesty imposed heavy taxes on Jiangsu and Zhejiang after the founding of the country.

The main purpose is actually not to take revenge on the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang because they followed Zhang Shicheng.

In fact, it was to suppress the gentry power in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

weaken the wealth of gentry families.

But it was like Emperor Sui Yang suppressing the family.

The elites can always shift the burden to the common people.

In the end, the Elites suffered three points of damage.

The common people have to take over seven points!

The early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Divide the land among the people.

These tenants, who were completely dependent on the gentry, were not willing to become yeoman farmers.

Because, at that time, being a self-cultivated farmer was not as comfortable as farming for the landlord.

At that time, no one could have imagined that rural village societies would appear later.

They would never have thought that the development of animal-driven agricultural machinery would completely lose their chance of survival.

The gentry owns 50% of the land!

How many tenants were attached to these lands?

Millions of immigrants.

For Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is just a drop in the bucket.

As the local governor, he certainly wanted to dump all these unstable factors and heavy burdens on Yan Hua.

After all, such a group of people are struggling on the line of life and death. Their eyes are green and hungry. A random spark can ignite a raging fire.

When the time comes, it will still be him, the chief envoy, who will take the blame.

But the prince doesn’t want to!
Conservatives don’t want to!
But there is nothing he can do to solve the problem of feeding millions of people.

Although he is the chief envoy.

But he didn't dare to ask the gentry to stop driving away the tenants.

Second, we dare not order those industrial and commercial owners to expand their recruitment, or to establish a shareholding system for employees.

After all, the people standing behind these industrial and commercial owners are all Jinling dignitaries!
If the grandson hadn't warned him through his daughter, he wouldn't be allowed to eat dick.

Perhaps, he is also the behind-the-scenes supporter of these industrial and commercial owners!

What should he do in this situation?
Let’s serve it cold!
We can only grit our teeth and take out a little bit from the local treasury every year for relief.

Do some work-for-relief business.

The rest, these millions of refugees, can dig some wild vegetables, dig some Guanyin soil, build some shacks on the imperial land along the railway line, and barely survive.

Apart from that, there was nothing he could do.

If only he had a solution.

He had already solved it.

It's not that he wants to be the great master of Qingtian.

Rather, if this problem can be solved, it will be a great political achievement and a victory can be reported to the prince.

Get a ticket to the cabinet!
……

When Qihua heard Ma Quan's complaints, she couldn't help but frown and said in a bad tone: "You are not doing anything. In our Yanhua, officials like you would have had their heads chopped off long ago!"

Zhu Di came with a glare.

Qihua suppressed her anger and asked, "Master Ma, if we donate, can you ensure that the donated food will not be corrupted?"

Ma Quan suddenly raised his head and said solemnly: "Princess, I can't guarantee anything else. This official dares to use the head on his neck to guarantee this matter! This is related to the official's official title. Who dares to make the idea of ​​donating this batch of food? The official Let his head fall to the ground!”

The corners of Qihua's lips twitched.

'The father of the eldest brother's concubine is a real villain. '

Boo!
At this moment, the train suddenly jolted and braked suddenly.

Everyone's expressions changed instantly.

Subconsciously, I thought of the tunnel explosion a few days ago.

Dongxu and the others were the first to close the curtains and seize seats near the windows, surrounding Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun in the middle.

Ma Quan couldn't help but marvel at this scene.

After a while.

The car door opens.

A conductor got off the front of the car and pedaled at a trot, "Your Majesty, there is a group of young scholars in front of you, blocking the way and asking to see Your Majesty!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but frown slightly.

Lifting up the car curtain, through the car window, I saw a group of scholars wearing Confucian shirts on the railway in front.

There are also some scholars among them.

Wearing student uniform similar to Yanhua.

"King Yan!"

"We want to see King Yan!"

"Your majesty, King Yan, don't you even dare to see us scholars who are powerless to restrain a chicken?"

……

Noisy shouts also came from the front.

Zhu Di looked at Ma Quan.

Ma Quan's expression changed and he waved his hands hurriedly: "Your Majesty, even the subordinates don't know."

As he spoke, cold sweat broke out on Ma Quan's anxious forehead.

I began to scold these scholars in my heart.

Don't call this person suspicious.

He even doubted whether the people in Jinling were preparing a second show of force for the prince.

Zhu Di also suspected that this was another show of force.

After pondering for a while, he looked at Ma Quan and Tie Xuan, "You two chief envoys, please go down and communicate with these scholars and ask them to send representatives to the car."

There were hundreds, nearly a thousand, scholars outside.

We certainly can’t let all these scholars get on the bus.

After saying this, Zhu Di stood up and walked to the office car provided for him.

After a while.

Five young people followed Tie Xuan and walked toward the train.

One of the young men asked in a low voice, another fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy beside him who was calm and composed: "Yu Qian, are you afraid? Do you think that King Yan can agree to our request?"

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