high official

Chapter 245

In the end, Zhu Di made up his mind, transferred Song Hu back to the capital, and let Li Bin take over his position as the commander-in-chief of Gansu.

This is what Yang Rong admired the most about the emperor. Ordinary kings will inevitably have differences in closeness and cronyism, but Zhu Di will not. He will definitely make reasonable personnel arrangements.

After finishing talking about the military and politics, Yang Rong played the sentiments of the people again: "Zhejiang chief envoy urgently reported that this month, it has been raining and gale, the river tide is raging, the sky and the water are several feet high, about ten miles from north to south, and more than fifty miles from east to west. Qiantang Renhe Er Countless people died from drowning in the county, the survivors were displaced, and the fields and houses were all gone. The government has launched disaster relief, and the specific losses are being counted. As soon as the results are available, they will be reported immediately..."

"What's wrong with Zhejiang?" Zhu Di asked with his head as big as a bucket and his brows furrowed when he heard this, "Didn't the Qiantang Sea overflow just happen last year?"

"The power of the sky is unpredictable, but the Hangzhou government has been hit by catastrophes for two consecutive years, so the situation must be terrible." Yang Rong sighed, "This spring, the victims just returned to their hometowns to start farming. Unexpectedly, this happened again."

"What do you think is the reason?" Zhu Di asked in a deep voice.

"I don't dare to speak nonsense," Yang Rong said softly, "I only know that after the flood in this season, there may be a plague. Please prepare early."

"Yes, after the catastrophe there will be a catastrophe, and we have to prevent it." Zhu Di said slowly, "Let Xia Yuanji write a note on this."

"Yes." Yang Rong respectfully replied.

"Well, I thought that Zhejiang could return to normal this year, so that Zheng He's goods to sea would be in order," Zhu Di sighed, "Unexpectedly, there will be another disaster. How can Su Song alone do it?"

"The tea trees are all on the hills, so I think there shouldn't be too much loss. If the disaster relief can be done effectively, production can be resumed quickly, and there is still time to replant mulberry seedlings, and the emperor's important event will not be delayed." Yang Rong said softly: "But the premise is that the disaster relief must It is effective, there is no major epidemic, and the people’s emotions are stable, so that under the arrangement of the government, we can rush to complete the replanting under the arrangement of the government.”

"En." The emperor nodded, and after pondering for a while, Fang Youyou said: "You seem to have something in your words."

"The emperor knows everything!" Yang Rong didn't care about Zhu Di's increasingly ugly face, and said calmly: "The news of Zhou Xin's imprisonment has been sent back to Hangzhou, and the officials and people are terrified. When it comes to the big tide, this time's refugee dynasty may be far worse than last year's..."

"Hmph!" Zhu Di finally couldn't help but shout angrily: "Are you sure you are describing my Jinyiwei, not the Japanese pirates?!"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Yang Rong quickly knelt down, but still said calmly: "The trouble of Japanese pirates is outside, and the trouble of Tiqi is included. The severity cannot be counted!"

"Presumptuous!" Zhu Di kicked over the little eunuch who was giving him a massage, angrily walked two steps to the ground, glared at Yang Rong and said, "You are my cabinet minister, and you dare to speak for outsiders!"

"Your Majesty's words are wrong," Yang Rongyi said without fear, "I am thinking of the Emperor wholeheartedly. The Emperor often says that Jin Yiwei is the emperor's hawk and dog. I have never heard of anyone who would keep the hawk and dog away from my sight!"

"..." Yang Rong's words flashed across Zhu Di's heart like a flash of lightning, making the emperor stunned.Persuasion is a learned subject, the more scheming and self-willed the emperor, the more difficult it is to persuade him, and the right person must speak the right words at the right time.

Yang Rong was the emperor's most trusted cabinet minister, but he didn't dare to speak up during the emperor's trial of Zhou Xin. He brought it up at the moment when the disaster in Zhejiang was about to affect his voyages to the west, and he really hoped for immediate results.

Seeing that the emperor was lost in thought, Yang Rong had to wait quietly. After a while, Zhu Di came to his senses and asked Huang Yan, who was standing beside him, "Have you brought Zhou Xin's autographed confession?"

"It has already been brought." Huang Yan replied cautiously.

"Why didn't you report it?" Zhu Di asked sullenly.

"I see that the confession is full of nonsense, I'm afraid the emperor will be angry." Huang Yan replied in a low voice: "So I didn't dare to submit it."

"Bold! Do you want to be in politics too? Get it quickly!" Zhu Di shouted angrily.

Huang Yan kowtowed in a panic to plead guilty, then withdrew to get a manuscript, and carefully presented it to the emperor.

Zhu Di took it over with a dark face, opened it, and saw that the words on the paper were written upright and meticulously. Zhu Di couldn't help nodding. Make people feel good about life.

But when he saw the contents of the memorial, he became more and more angry.It turned out that Zhou Xin did not explain the case as required, let alone a word of apology. Instead, he accused Jin Yiwei of crimes one by one. Not to mention self-danger, it also makes the binding and authority of the national law disappear. Once the person who controls Jinyiwei has wrong intentions, everyone will be helpless and can only let him be slaughtered.Therefore, Zhou Xin boldly suggested that Jin Yiwei be prohibited from going to other provinces outside the capital to investigate cases!

This is exactly the same as Yang Rong's words, but Zhu Di can listen to Yang Rong's words because he is a cabinet minister who assists the government, and Zhu Di believes that he is standing on his own ground.But when Zhou Xin said this, Zhu Di became angry, because he was a foreign minister. In Zhu Di's view, this clearly wanted to cut off the emperor's eyes and ears and limit the imperial power to the capital.The places outside the capital are left to the foreign ministers!

This is not the most irritating thing. After the memorial, Zhou Xin spent a lot of time admonishing the emperor. He pointedly pointed out that the prosperous age of Yongle is actually overdrawing the future of Ming Dynasty. Withered, endless resentment.So he persuaded the emperor to reduce the scale of Beijing Xingzai and Wudang Mountain Palace, stop sailing to the west, and stop using troops in Jiaozhi...

Zhou Xin was deceived by Huang Yan, thinking that Zhu Di was going his own way to protect Jinyiwei to the end. When he was out of anger, he simply gave the emperor a blow to reveal the truth about Zhu Di's proud achievements that drained the country's strength and wealth. Zhu Di was furious!
Ten years of painstaking efforts, all the achievements that he is proud of, are scolded as the recklessness of a single husband, how can the self-esteemed emperor bear it?Zhu Di tore up Zhou Xin's memorial to pieces, then picked up the ink pen, and wrote "Zhou Xin will be executed immediately for the crime of treason" in eleven characters, and then threw it on the ground!

The decree came out quickly, causing the cabinet's academicians to look at each other in dismay. Yang Rong couldn't believe it. The persuasion, which he thought was sure to hit, had such a result.Yang Shiqi couldn't believe it either, because the emperor clearly wanted to pardon Zhou Xin's rhythm?Why did you suddenly turn around again?

"Hurry up and report to the prince, there is nothing to be done!" Yang Rong didn't care about his own fate, and said to Yang Pu who came to the cabinet to deliver the document: "Safety is the top priority!"

"Okay." Yang Pu also panicked, and hurriedly got up to leave the cabinet, but was stopped by Yang Shiqi, who said in a deep voice: "No, we must fight. It has reached this point, and it is more dangerous not to fight. Fight to the end!"

"..." Hearing Yang Shiqi's words, Yang Rong bit his lips and began to think intensely, and finally nodded heavily: "Brother Shiqi is right, I was just shocked. The disaster in Zhejiang and the voyage to the West are imminent. The Emperor Li will not change his attitude for no reason, it must be Ji Gang and the others who have slandered! It is safe to continue to fight at this time, if you don't fight, you will be suspicious of the Emperor!"

Yang Pu is also a very wise person, and he also figured it out at this time.That's right, if they were simply rescuing Zhou Xin, they shouldn't stop because the emperor ordered him to be executed, but they should never give up until the end.Therefore, the more angry the emperor was, the more he could not change the prince's attitude. To change would be a guilty conscience, and he would be suspected by the emperor instead.

Today, the relationship between father and son in the Tian family has become extremely fragile, and I can no longer bear a little doubt...

"There is only one way to get to the dark..." Yang Pu nodded heavily, and hurried back to the Prince's Mansion to report the bad news to Zhu Gaochi.

However, several lecturers in the East Palace had a dispute.Huang Huai firmly disagreed with the prince's taking risks. He said that the son of a daughter can't sit down, and the prince should never take risks.Jin Wen thought that he should listen to Yang Shiqi and put him to death.

The two were arguing red-faced, Zhu Gaochi just lowered his head and meditated silently, and he couldn't make up his mind whether he should come forward at this time.But soon, a little eunuch came in quickly, whispered a few words in his ear, Zhu Gaochi's complexion changed drastically, he nodded and said: "Understood."

After the little eunuch went out, Zhu Gaochi slowly said to the officials: "There is news from the palace that the emperor will be furious after reading Zhou Xin's memorial."

"What memorial?" Several people were taken aback.

"The emperor ordered Huang Yan to write it in the imperial prison." Zhu Gaochi said, "The content is unknown, but judging from the emperor's fierce reaction, it should be a rebellious statement." As he spoke, he stood up with difficulty while supporting the coffee table .

Yang Pu and Jin Wen hurried forward to help, "Where does Your Highness want to go?"

"Change clothes for Gu, I'm going to face the saint." Zhu Gaochi said calmly.

"What did you say when you saw the emperor?" Huang Huai asked.

"Intercede for Zhou Xin." Zhu Gaochi said flatly.

"In this way, the emperor will mistakenly think that His Highness and Zhou Xin belong to the same party." Huang Huai persuaded.

"It is really a great misfortune for the country if father and son are suspicious." Zhu Gaochi said with a rare firm look in his eyes: "If the father thinks that I am in collusion with him, then let me be abolished."

"Your Highness..." Huang Huai was shocked and said, "Why is this?"

"Master, it must be like this." Zhu Gaochi sighed: "I have been a father and son for more than 30 years. I know the character of the emperor too well. He looks down on cowards and softies the most, so I... can't be a coward and a softie."

"Your Highness..." Huang Huai called again, but the meaning was completely different from the previous one. He had been with the prince for so many years, and for the first time, he discovered that under Zhu Gaochi's kind face, there was still precious courage and determination hidden.

(End of this chapter)