My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 375 Against the sky

  Yang Rong looked at Hu Guang with strange eyes.

   Then shook his head.

   Then, he smiled.

  At this moment, he couldn't say anything.

  Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Hu Guang couldn't help becoming suspicious again, and said, "Mr. Yang, what do you want to say? Well, tell me, I'll listen."

  People are like this, you want to say it, but he refuses to let you say it. You really don’t want to say it, but he can’t help but want to hear your opinion.

  Yang Rong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Hu Gong, the only person I can't understand the most inside and outside the court is you!"

   "Ah..." Hu Guang was taken aback.

  Yang Rongdao: "If you say Hu Gong is stupid, how can a stupid person steal a high position? But if you say great wisdom is stupid, but it doesn't look like it. I think... no one can pretend to be like Hu Gong."

   "You..." Hu Guang was about to spurt out a mouthful of old blood, his eyes widened, and he looked at Yang Rong.

  Yang Rong pondered and said: "As you said just now, Xu Qi, the governor of Jiangxi Province, is indeed a capable official. I have learned about his situation, but..."

Speaking of this, Yang Rong stopped on purpose, and after taking a deep look at Hu Guang, he said again: "But Mr. Hu, why was Jiangxi the first to build the railway? And why... all the civil and military officials in the dynasty support?"

   "Of course it's because of this move, which benefits the country and the people." Hu Guang shook his head while pinching his beard.

Yang Rong smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of benefiting the country and the people... what really benefits the country and the people, isn't it the New Deal? You know the situation of the New Deal. The people can finally eat and clothe themselves warmly, and the money and food in the treasury have also increased dramatically. Let me ask you, you have read all the history of Beijing, but have you ever heard that the common people can eat and clothe themselves in an era of great rule?"

  Hu Guang was silent for a while.

Yang Rong smiled and said: "Even under the rule of the sages, it was just saying that the house was not closed at night and the roads were not picked up, but he dared not say that there were no bones left by starvation on the roadside. This new policy has such benefits, so why... Internal and external, but always unable to reach an agreement?"

   "What makes people think deeply about the railway construction this time is that it went so smoothly that it was worrying. You and I are cabinet ministers. Shouldn't we be vigilant in the face of such smooth things?"

  Hu Guangdao: "No matter what, as long as the railway can be built, it will always benefit the people of one side."

Yang Rong smiled bitterly and said: "What you said is not unreasonable. In fact, I also hope that this is because I am worrying too much. It is best... all these worries are groundless. Or it can be as Hu Gong said, even if there will be some ups and downs, but At least it can benefit the people of one side. Xu Qi is indeed a talent, but an official, I hope he can make such a great achievement. If he succeeds, the sage's learning may continue."

  Hu Guang's good mood disappeared at this time. Although he felt that Yang Rong's words were exaggerated, he began to feel uneasy in his heart.

   After thinking about it, he felt a little more worried, so he said: "How about ordering someone to keep an eye on it, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple have all appointed personnel..."

  Yang Rong nodded: "Yes."

  Hu Guang continued: "Liu Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, is in charge of railway affairs, and I also ask him to pay attention to this matter."

  Yang Rong said quietly: "May they put the overall situation first."

  His words were ambiguous.

   With a little weakness.

  ...

  The spring of the 14th year of Yongle is a good time for Vientiane renewal.

  Zhu Di's health is gradually getting worse.

  He fought for too long, so he inevitably suffered from some old diseases.

  Zhang Anshi was ordered to enter the palace to examine Zhu Di's condition.

   These are all old illnesses, not to mention that it is the beginning of spring at this time, when you are in your prime, you can bear the past illnesses, but now that you are older, it is a bit unbearable.

  Zhang Anshi only asked Zhu Di to drink more hot water and pay attention to rest.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile, and his voice became more gentle, and said: "When I was in my prime, I never cared about my body. Now that I am at this age, I know that Zhang Qing should pay more attention to her body because of her recklessness. Ah...the body is still important, and everything else is just floating clouds."

  Zhang Anshi responded with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am in good health."

  Zhu Di said again: "I heard that Jiangxi Chief Envoy raised a large sum of money, and the railway has already started construction, isn't it?"

  Zhu Di attaches great importance to the railway. Jiangxi is a land of fish and rice. Once the construction starts and the railway is completed, the loss of transportation will be greatly reduced.

  The older he gets, the more he pays attention to the few things at hand. This railway has also become his top priority.

  Zhang Anshidao: "I don't know much about this, but I heard that the situation in Jiangxi is progressing rapidly."

  Zhu Di said: "Yes, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are looking forward to this very much. Liu Guanqing's family even played a performance, talking about the progress of Jiangxi..."

  Zhu Di raised his head and glanced at Zhang Anshi, and then said: "Compared with the Taiping Mansion's railway, which is faster, the Jiangxi Chief Envoy is worthy of a capable official. He said that the railway was completed this time, so he should be called to the court."

  Zhang Anshi smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

  Zhang Anshidao: "If Your Majesty has more pillars around you, why worry about major events not being accomplished?"

  Zhu Di looked at his face fixedly, and said: "How can I see that you have something on your face?"

  Zhang Anshi put away his smile and said, "I'm just a little worried."

  Zhu Di asked suspiciously, "What are you worried about?"

   "I can't tell."

Zhu Di said: "Actually, I am also a little worried, but after the reports from various places and the situation in the court come up, I feel at ease. In fact, I don't expect the progress of Jiangxi to be as smooth as the Taiping Mansion. So...the day before yesterday, I also decreed that in order to support the railway in Jiangxi, I will take a million taels of silver from the internal funds and go to the chief minister of Jiangxi to finance the construction of the railway."

   Zhang Anshi listened, although his face was calm, but he was secretly surprised.

  He already felt that Zhu Di was already very concerned about Jiangxi's situation, and this kind of concern carried Zhu Di's too many expectations.

  This is a million taels of silver, not to mention the self-issued public bonds in Jiangxi, plus the million taels of silver from His Majesty, the construction of the railway in Jiangxi can be said to be a fortune.

   You must know that the internal money is His Majesty's private money, and he is very strict on weekdays. Even if it is a reward to the East Palace on weekdays, tens of thousands of taels of silver have to be weighed, and there is a lot of money.

   Good guy, now it's one million taels, and I threw it out with a wave of my hand.

  It's just... Hearing Zhu Di's words, Zhang Anshi couldn't help but his eyes turned slightly red, and there was an indescribable sadness in his heart.

  He looked at Zhu Di's face, although the majestic look was leisurely and spontaneous, but there were many wrinkles from the years, and the temples were even grayer.

  Because of physical discomfort, his face looked a little haggard, and he even looked a little older.

  Their monarchs and ministers have been together for ten years.

   Zhu Di's temperament, he can't understand it very well. Zhu Di is so urgent suddenly, obviously he hopes that in his lifetime, he can see the railway running through the north and the south.

  Otherwise, I would never be so willing.

   This is obviously because Zhu Di's health is not good, so he started to have such an idea.

  Seeing Zhang Anshi's reaction, Zhu Di seemed to have seen something, so he laughed and said, "You kid, what are you thinking?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "I didn't think about anything."

  Zhu Di said: "You don't think that I will not live forever, do you?"

  Zhang Anshi hurriedly shook his head: "Don't dare."

  Zhu Di said: "On weekdays, you all say long live, but I know that there is no such thing as a long live person in the world. My body is a little weaker, but it's not as good as you think. It's just..."

   After a pause, Zhu Di continued: "I just... hope that in my lifetime, I can bring some blessings to my children and grandchildren."

  Zhang Anshi said: "I understand."

  Zhu Di said: "You are quite taciturn today, and you are not as chattery as before."

  Zhang An Shidao: "Minister..."

  If there are still people in the world who understand Zhu Di, Zhang Anshi must be one of them.

  He saw Zhu Di's mentality of hoping to regain his strength after he was getting old.

   It can be seen that Zhu Di has great expectations for the construction of the railway.

  Zhang Anshi couldn't help but want to tell him that Jiangxi's railway is very likely to go into trouble.

  But these words were still not spoken after all.

Zhu Di, however, had a big hand like a cattail fan, and patted Zhang Anshi's shoulder heavily, and said, "What are you talking about, why are you hesitating? Hey, having said that, I now have a little understanding of what Master Yao was thinking. I still dreamed about it last night." met him."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Speaking of Master Yao, I think of one thing."

  Zhu Di said: "What's the matter?"

  Zhang Anshi said silently in his heart, Master Yao, master Yao, you must never have a spirit in the sky, and your coffin board must be stable.

   But after careful consideration, Master Yao was cremated, not buried, so he felt a little relieved.

  Therefore Zhang Anshi said without blushing without panting: "Master Yao once watched the sky at night, and said that... among the royal family, no wife is allowed to marry the Sun family. If not, there must be an ominous omen."

  Zhu Di took a deep look at Zhang Anshi, but said: "Master Yao never observes the sky."

  Zhang Anshi: "..."

  Zhu Di looked at him with piercing eyes and said, "Why do you have to borrow Master Yao?"

  Zhang Anshi drooped his head: "The crime of ten thousand deaths."

Zhu Di wanted to be angry, but now he has a much better temper. Finally, he waved his hand and sighed: "You can't do it again in the future. You are very lucky. You always think that it is only right for others to protect you without setbacks. If you change If you were someone else, you would lose your head long ago if you talk so nonsense."

  Zhang Anshi said with a wry smile: "Yes, I...you must remember."

   "I don't think you can remember." Zhu Di shook his head and said, "Even if you make a mistake, someone will forgive you. This is the case for me, the prince will be the same in the future, and Zhan Ji will probably be the same in the future."

  Zhang Anshi said: "I know I made a mistake."

  Zhu Di didn't say anything, just said: "Go, go, and come back for my diagnosis and treatment in a few days."

   Zhang Anshi then left.

  As soon as Zhang Anshi left, Zhu Di said, "It's also lost."

   "The servant is here." Yi Shiha came quietly like a ghost.

  Zhu Di said slowly: "Remember Sun's matter."

  Yi Shiha slightly frowned and said: "Your Majesty... Didn't you just say that Wei Guogong's nonsense...isn't it convincing?"

"This guy is nagging all day long. I see that he hesitates to speak. He seems to want to remind, but he doesn't want to tell the truth. I think... there must be a reason. Let's write it down. The marriage of the emperor and grandson is very important, so don't try it. Dangerous. After all, Zhang Anshi will not harm the emperor's grandson."

  Yi Shiha then said: "Your maid obeys the order."

  Zhu Di immediately sighed.

   A few days later, Zhang Anshi did not come, but a new court meeting was held.

   This is because Liu Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, played on the railway.

  Zhu Di lifted his spirits and ascended to the throne in the hall.

Liu Guanzou said: "The progress of the Jiangxi Railway is extremely fast. I heard that the station was completed in just over two months. This time, 170,000 people were enlisted for civil service, and Xu Qi, the chief minister, worked day and night... Your minister …But I heard that everywhere in Jiangxi, when they heard about the construction of the railway, they were all rejoicing, and many people begged for the construction of the railway. At this time, the morale of the army and the people are available.

  He rambled a lot.

  Zhu Di heard the implication, so he said: "Why doesn't Liu Qing go straight in?"

  Liu Guan then said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I still need some silver taels... It's just that Xu Qi, the chief minister, doesn't want to continue to issue debts and increase the burden on the people, so..."

  Zhu Di was relieved when he heard that the station had been built in a short period of time, and that the roadbeds around were mostly completed.

  My money!

  You can take a deep breath, after all, millions of taels of silver have been allocated.

  In recent years, the profits handed over by the commercial bank have already piled up the gold and silver in the country.

  So after pondering, he said: "Then add another one million taels, and tell Xu Qi that since the progress is so fast, I don't spare gold and silver. I want to see the railway run through years ago. If it is completed, it will be a great achievement."

  After hearing this, Liu Guan heaved a sigh of relief, bowed down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty cares about the hardships of the people, and loves Jiangxi's soldiers and civilians so much. Now, if the people know His Majesty's painstaking efforts..."

  Zhu Di waved his hand: "Stop talking about these gossips, and tell Xu Qi again, this matter is related to the community, I hope he can do all the work."

   All the ministers praised him one after another.

   Don't mention it now.

  ...

   Right in the Dudu's Mansion.

  At this time, Chen Li sent a copy of Jin Yiwei's memorial to Zhang Anshi.

   Zhang Anshi read the report, narrowed his eyes slightly, and frowned.

  He read it carefully several times before raising his head: "Is the news true?"

  Chen Liyiyi stood quietly aside, heard Zhang Anshi's question, and hurriedly said: "It has been checked, and there should be nothing wrong."

  Zhang Anshi took a deep breath: "This is weird."

  Chen Li was puzzled and said: "I don't know the governor..."

  Zhang Anshi only said: "Continue to monitor, other than that, copy a briefing report and send it to the palace."

  Chen Li said: "Here."

  Zhang Anshi stood up, with his hands behind his back, and walked back and forth a few steps: "Is there any news from Jiangxi?"

  Chen Lidao: "A lot of information is still fragmentary, and there are a lot of rumors that have not been verified by the humble, so I dare not report it. I just feel... a little weird."

  Zhang Anshi raised his eyebrows and said, "Weird?"

"Xu Qi, the chief minister, really worked hard. He showed up at the construction site every day, built a lot of steel workshops, let people open mines, and recruited a large number of civilian workers. But...but...these days, Jiangxi But there are quite a few common people who went to the mountain to become bandits, or went to the lake to become bandits..."

  Zhang Anshi frowned, and immediately said: "This is also a copy of the briefing, and submit it to the palace. It is inconvenient for me to talk about Jiangxi's affairs, and I will send it to His Majesty. Everything will be decided by myself."

  Chen Li cupped his hands and said, "I humble you."

  ...

  Liu Guan excitedly came to see Zhu Di. These days, he has been in a very happy mood. As a minister of the Ministry of Rites, he can be said to be an extremely human minister, but now he has the power of the railway.

   As long as you grasp it firmly, the authority of the Ministry of Rites may not be under the Ministry of Officials.

  As for the household department...

   To put it bluntly, in the future, the money and grain circulating in the hands of the household department may not be as much as the money and grain of the railway every year.

  In Liu Guan's life, many times in his life, he had this kind of sudden happiness. He knew that he hadn't done anything, but luck brought it to his door.

  His Minister of Rites is very popular nowadays, a large number of job vacancies, and countless distributions of money and food, made him suddenly popular, and his limelight in the court gradually became the same.

   To put it bluntly, those transfer envoys in the past have always been fat and vacant. But now, what are those things?

  In the future, the chief ministers of the world and the railway departments and railway bureaus of various governments will be the real fat jobs.

  With so many black hats in his hands, his old Liu's family may soon be smoking from his ancestral grave.

   At this time, he respectfully saluted Zhu Di.

  Zhu Di held a briefing in his hand, but stared at him, and angrily said: "I heard that there are many bandits in Jiangxi?"

   "This..." Liu Guan never expected that His Majesty would be furious at this time.

  He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am the minister of the Ministry of Rites. I don't care about the bandits. I'm afraid that I should ask Jin Chun, the minister of the Ministry of punishment."

  Zhu Di said angrily: "I'm here to ask you! Taiping Prefecture built a railway, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment. Why is Jiangxi like this?"

   "This..." Liu Guan was a little confused. After a long time, he took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard some bad rumors."

  Zhu Di said: "Say it."

   "I heard...some people are very dissatisfied with the railway construction."

  Zhu Di took a deep look at Liu Guan, raised his eyebrows and said, "Who are the dissatisfied people you're talking about?"

"Yang Pu, Bachelor Yang, has always hoped to be able to preside over the Railway Department of the World. Relying on his own merits in building railways, he always believed that the construction of the Railways in the World was determined to succeed. It is a pity that His Majesty, the Holy Spirit, did not do what he wished. So this Yang Pu , go around talking bad things about Jiangxi Railway..."

  Zhu Di stared at Liu Guan, his lips pursed into a straight line.

  Speaking of it, Liu Guan can be described as a strange man who can punch like a king.

  In his life, he can be regarded as offending all the ministers of the Yongle Dynasty.

   Lu Zhen and Chen Ying are treacherous ministers, and he offended them.

  He also offended the prince and Yang Rong, Xia Yuanji, Jian Yiren, etc. who surrounded the prince.

   In his opinion, it’s not a big deal. I, Liu Guan, am my own. If you beat you, regardless of your power, if you beat you up, I will still get promoted and get rich.

   And now these words are aimed at Yang Pu, but who is behind Yang Pu?

   are the crown prince and Wei Guogong.

   To put it bluntly, Liu Guan's words are called against the sky, and if they are true, they already belong to the category of vindictiveness and horror.

  ………

  Suddenly I want to say something from my heart to everyone. Finally, another chapter has been added. The book has been on the shelves for several months. The later it is, the harder it is to write. Coupled with years of work, Tiger feels a little tired. I don’t know if you feel this way? Finally, ask for some monthly tickets along the way, and hope that friends who like to watch can support Tiger. Also, everyone pays attention to the body, the body is the capital of everything, everyone must take care of it!

  (end of this chapter)