high official

Chapter 219
After coming out of Fengtianmen, Zhu Zhanji turned to the Ministry of War.Hearing that the grandson of the emperor is coming, Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War, has a big headache. It is said that the grandson of the emperor is coming, he should be good-looking, but the king of Han ordered him to trip Zhu Zhanji. Although he is a dignified second-rank Shangshu, but sandwiched between two thousand-year-olds, it is also difficult for two wives to be aunts.

Jin Zhong rushed out to greet him, being careful to flatter him. Seeing his nervous face, Zhu Zhanji grinned and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not here to ask you what you want."

"What's your Highness talking about..." Jin Zhong's face became more bloody, and he said awkwardly: "If your Highness has any orders, I will naturally try my best to satisfy."

"Okay, it's like I'm making things difficult for you." Zhu Zhanji gave him a white look and said, "I just want someone from you."

"who?"

"A scholar from Hangzhou Mansion, recruit him into my army." Zhu Zhanji said lightly.

"Well, since you are a student, Zhejiang Tixue must agree to the conscription," Jin Zhong said with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Your Highness will wait for a few days until I write to Zhejiang Tixue to discuss this matter."

Seeing that he was going to shirk again, Zhu Zhanji snorted displeasedly: "I just tried you, but you really can't stand the test, are you afraid of my second uncle?"

"No, no..." Jin Zhong argued hastily.

"Okay, don't talk about it." Zhu Zhanji waved his hand, got up and walked out: "This is what my emperor told me, you can figure it out yourself."

"Ah!" Jin Zhongdeng's complexion changed drastically, and he followed closely two steps: "Your Highness, are you serious?"

Zhu Zhanji ignored him, got on his horse, and walked away.

"Alas..." Looking at his disappearing figure, Jin Zhong sighed incomparably depressed, why does His Highness Grandson look like a grandfather and not like a father?At a young age, he was as moody as the emperor...

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On the next day, the four o'clock drums sounded, and the sky was still full of stars. Hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Empire were still sleeping, but their emperor had already woken up.

At the same time, the lanterns and lanterns quickly illuminated the Qianqing Palace as bright as day.After taking a warm bath, Zhu Di wore a pair of purple and white sandals and sat on an arhat chair with bright yellow cushions. A Feng Yujing person dried and combed his hair with a white and soft cotton towel , another palace man carefully trimmed his beautiful mustache and long beard.

Zhu Di has long been used to this kind of service, and he closed his eyes unconsciously thinking about what work he was going to accomplish this day. Since he became the emperor for more than ten years, he has always spurred himself like this, never refusing to waste an inch of time .

After sorting out, the palace servants invited the emperor to have breakfast.Jinling's breakfast is famous all over the world, but Zhu Di doesn't like it. He likes to eat breakfast in the north.For example, on the menu this morning, there are more than a dozen kinds of Peking breakfast, such as fried liver, tofu nao, deep-fried dough sticks, sugar pancakes, coke rings, soybean juice, and paste. Of course, the names have been changed to be elegant. Glycerin', paste tazi is called 'Jin Yu Man Tang', but Zhu Di will not change the name, he can call it whatever he wants.

After a full meal, the palace servants helped Zhu Di put on the complicated dragon robe, and the emperor boarded Luanyu, walked through the Qianqing Gate, Jinshen Hall, and came to Huagai Hall to rest for a while, waiting for the morning time.But during this period, Zhu Di did not wait in vain, but seized the time to review the memorial sent by the Secretary of the General Administration yesterday afternoon.In the Ming Dynasty, there was no prime minister to share the burden for the emperor. Zhu Di could only take care of everything like his father, so naturally he had to seize all the time to review the memorials.

Immediately, the emperor's exuberant energy gave Zhu Di the ability to read all the memorials, which is incredible in the eyes of his descendants, but the reason why supermen are supermen is that they have abilities far beyond ordinary people...

Over the years, Zhu Di has developed the ability to quickly browse memorials, and he can finish a book in a blink of an eye.But also because of this, Zhu Di especially hated the nonsense of the courtiers. If he saw such a memorial, it would be bad luck for the memorial.

Zhu Di flipped through the books quickly, and suddenly his eyes froze. He saw Hu Yun's playbook—although he knew that Jianwen would run away again, he still couldn't help being a little nervous.There's no way, his lingering good nephew really touches his nerves too much.

After reading Hu Yun's memorial, Zhu Di showed anger on his face, because he said another thing later, "Unexpectedly, Zhejiang is in such a mess..." He said to himself, and he wrote the memorial. Put it in the sleeve, continue to read as if nothing had happened.

Unknowingly, the Jingyang bell rang outside, and the officials and officials arranged their shifts amidst the bell.Zhu Di also stopped to review, and after rearranging his clothes, he got on the yellow Luanyu.Twelve tall, strong and healthy eunuchs slowly lifted Luan Yu up and headed south to Fengtian Temple, but it was not in Fengtian Temple in the early dynasty, but in front of Fengtian Gate, the main gate of the palace city.

This is the so-called imperial gate listening to government. Zhu Di is as diligent as his father. As long as he is in the capital all year round, as long as it is not the New Year, he will rise to the court regardless of the wind or rain.At this time, the east was just turning pale, and a golden platform had been set up in the middle of Fengtianmen.The Forbidden Army Banner Academy, dressed in flying fish uniforms and unicorn uniforms, had already lined up to protect the road with spears in their hands. Two court elephants in red and green were also led out of the Meridian Gate by the servants of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and stood on both sides of the gate.

All the officials of the fourth grade and above in the capital had already set up a list outside the Fengtian Gate, all of them were solemn and solemn, without squinting, and they couldn't even hear a cough.Until the on-duty Honglu Temple officials sang aloud, they filed under the bridge built by the elephant's trunk at both ends, and stood in front of Fengtian Gate.

At this time, the bell also stopped, and there was silence inside and outside Fengtian Gate. Two eunuchs in python clothes walked to the platform, opened their posture, and rounded the one-zhang-long whip, making a sound like firecrackers. There was a crackling sound of the whip.

This is called whipping, which is the meaning of the emperor's imperial court officials. After three blows of the whip, Zhonghe Shaoyue sounded, and Zhu Di appeared on the golden platform, looking down at his ministers.The officials kowtowed and shouted long live. After the eunuchs ordered to stand up, the emperor had already sat down in front of the throne.

"If you have something to do, play it early." The eunuch sang loudly, but there was no part of the back of the "nothing to leave the court". This is because Zhu Di felt that these words were slack, so he pinched them.

The officials of the Ministry of the Ministry then ascended the east steps of the yamen to report to the emperor one after another. Basically, they all played solo to the emperor, and others did not hear about it.However, the content played by the officials will be written into a residence report by the Secretary of General Administration and distributed to each yamen. If officials of the fourth rank and above want to express their opinions, they can write a memorial to the emperor. There are rules, it's not like the opening of a meeting to come forward and speak freely, that is a scene that only happens when there are major events.

The memorials delivered by the various yamen yesterday were also picked up at this time, or approved in person. Zhu Di had read it before, and the processing was naturally fast and accurate at this time. up.

After three more blows of the whip, the ministers shouted long live, and the Shaole sounded again. Zhu Di's father-in-law left Fengtianmen, and all the officials went back to their offices. The emperor took a rest and summoned the officials alone in the Wenhua Hall.The ceremonial nature of the early dynasty actually surpassed the practicality. One person performed the task, and thousands of people waited.In order not to waste time, those slightly complicated matters were postponed until the early court, and the emperor summoned the officials alone... When the court retreated, the internal supervisor would publish the list of officials summoned by the emperor, and these people followed to Wenhua Hall to listen. announced.

Moreover, the content of the Wenhua Palace is generally not published in the palace newspaper, which allows the emperor and ministers to speak freely, so the early court has become more and more a decoration, and this is where the real military and state affairs are determined.

After Zhu Di ate a bowl of bird's nest, he announced the crown prince to the palace.The prince has limited physical mobility, but he was still meticulous in the early court, without any privileges, and he was very tired after persisting until now.Hearing that his father had summoned him, he hurriedly pulled himself together, went in with the support of two palace servants, and kowtowed slowly to say hello.

"Get up." Whenever Zhu Di saw this fat pig-like son, he felt tired for a while. How could the queen and I have such a son?And he never concealed this dislike, and he had no emotion at all with a straight face, which was completely opposite to the smile on his face when he saw Zhu Zhanji.

Of course the prince has a seat, he is a prince, and his legs and feet are not good, so it is a matter of course, but for this right, the minister and Zhu Di fought for several months, and even several officials were spanked. The emperor reluctantly gave him Ke to sit in front of the imperial court.

Zhu Gaochi sat slowly on the short pier, not daring to look at his father's majestic and indifferent face, but only looked at his long beard and waited for the emperor to speak.

"Prince, did you meet Hu Yun yesterday?" Zhu Di asked.

"Go back to Father, I've seen you." After opening his mouth, the prince felt less depressed.

"What did I tell you?" Zhu Di asked coldly.

"Two things, one is the progress of that case," the prince replied honestly: "The other is the current situation in Hangzhou."

"What's the progress of the case?" The emperor refused to use one more word, looking aggressive: "What's the situation in Hangzhou?"

"It is said that the scope of the investigation has been narrowed down to a few people, but these three people are very powerful, and two of them are innocent. I still need to ask my father for instructions on how to proceed with the investigation." The prince had already prepared the draft.

"What innocence? No one is innocent!" Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "Mobilizing all the soldiers and horses in the whole province, encircling Pujiang County three times inside and outside, and letting that person run away, even if he didn't cooperate with the enemy, it's God's fault." Big dereliction of duty!"

"What Emperor Father said is true." The Crown Prince said softly, "However, the Ming Cult is very troubled in Zhejiang Province. In my humble opinion, stability should be the most important thing. First wipe out the evil sect before it's too late."

"Hmph..." Zhu Di snorted angrily, "That sounds good. I think they are busy fighting among themselves, so they don't have the time to pay attention to Mingjiao, and they messed up my Hangzhou!"

The crown prince hurriedly helped the son to stand up slowly, the emperor spoke vaguely, and he didn't know whether it was explaining that the teachings disrupted Hangzhou, or internal fighting, or a combination of both, but in short Zhu Di didn't want to see Hangzhou messed up, he understood that's it.

"Tell me, who ordered Hu Yun to write this memorial?" Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and looked at the prince coldly.

(End of this chapter)