Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 907 Those who know me say that I am worried

  Zhu Houzhao looked a little dazed and dazzled.

   But in this world, maybe other things, he can't understand and accept, but Zhu Houzhao can't understand and accept how to play around.

  His eyes lit up, then he sneered, and said to the person beside him: "A group of idiots, no one defends the left and right wings when attacking. This football is like a marching formation. How can it be reckless?"

   Not long after, I saw a group of medical students carrying an unrecognizable person out.

  The man yelled on the stretcher: "We hit the wrong person, we hit the wrong person, we have no grievances, no grievances, no grievances..."

  …

  The audience who can watch is screaming excitedly.

  Scoring goals and playing referees are all sparks that can arouse the interest of the audience.

   So, cheers and whistles, straight into the sky.

  People talked about the pros and cons of the two teams with relish, and the fans of their respective teams scolded how the **** referee was biased.

  The entire Xishan, no matter which group, has formed a football team, and various rumors about the team are also rampant.

  The team of the Engineering College was also established a few days later.

  Captain Zhu Shou led a group of fitters and millers to practice day and night.

  Fang Jifan didn't have the heart to go off to play football in person. He thought he had a bad temper, and he was afraid that the referees wouldn't be able to bear it.

   Even if the weather is getting colder and colder, it can't stop people's enthusiasm.

   Fengtian Temple, Emperor Hongzhi felt the chill.

  The capital has been snowing for several days.

  Emperor Hongzhi lived in Fengtian Hall every day.

   "Your Majesty..." Xiao Jing came quickly, his body slightly hunched, and he said in a low voice: "There...something happened at the Huaihe River."

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly realized.

  He raised his head and glanced at Xiao Jing: "What's the matter?"

"The peasants rebelled, saying that they were dissatisfied with the embezzlement of food by the messengers. One leader, who claimed to be the king of Fuhu, killed the officials. He gathered tens of thousands of people and attacked the imperial envoys. Wengong fell into the hands of thieves. , was rescued, and rushed back to the capital overnight...now...he is outside."

  Emperor Hongzhi was slightly taken aback.

  He frowned: "How could such a thing happen?"

"The project is really huge..." Xiao Jing smiled bitterly, glanced at Emperor Hongzhi, and said meaningfully: "Originally, tens of thousands of people were recruited, but the imperial court was eager to cure the root cause, so this time, the project was a bit larger, and seven to eighty thousand people were recruited. Civil husband..."

Emperor Hongzhi frowned. In fact, this was also the reason why every major project was ordered to be supervised by high-ranking officials in the court. Local parents and officials can enlist hundreds or even thousands of people, which is the limit. The governor can't go out in person, but further up, the ministries and halls of the ministries will go out.

  The purpose is to prevent it from happening...

  Emperor Hongzhi said regretfully, "How is the thief doing now?"

  "The guards all over the country have already rushed out to suppress it. Fortunately, Wei Guogong acted in time... some thieves were punished, and other thieves had to flee. Thinking about it, there will be no serious trouble..."

   "But I took out so much money and food from internal funds, but now it's gone." Emperor Hongzhi didn't feel relieved, he shook his head: "Zhao Wentao."

Liu Jian and the others came forward. They seemed to have heard the news and were stunned. They didn't expect that something happened at this time. At the beginning, His Majesty was willing to allocate money and food from the internal funds. Everyone was as happy as the New Year. Who would have thought that... it took less than two months...

  Wentao looked embarrassed, entered the hall, kowtowed, choked up and said: "Chen Wentao, death!"

  Emperor Hongzhi glared at him angrily, and slapped the copy: "Why is this so?"

Wen Tao said with tears in his voice: "I dare not refute, this... this is really negligent. Unexpectedly, many thieves from the White Lotus Sect were mixed in among the recruited civilian husbands. They mingled among them and spread rumors all day long. , the old minister had heard a little bit about it, and ordered people to arrest a lot of them. He thought that as long as people were captured and killed to make an example of monkeys, they would be safe and sound, who would have expected..."

   Here, it is too complicated to say.

It is winter now, when the farming is slack, the river is just being built, and the court has enough food and grass, but many of the young men brought here obviously complain. In order to appease this mood, Wen Tao even asked people to pay some wages, but something happened. up.

With so many people gathered together, everything will be magnified infinitely, even a rumor will make people uneasy, and once someone takes the lead to fight against the supervisors or servants who usually supervise them, the others will either just stand by and watch, or , followed by booing...

  Wen Tao cried: "It's just strange, the old minister doesn't understand the principle of drawing slowly, and only hopes to finish the work quickly while the farming is slack, but it is absolutely unexpected..."

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a livid face, "Incompetent!"

  The word incompetent made Wen Tao shiver in fright.

Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "The occurrence of such a major incident must be due to the officials bullying the people. Of course, thieves are hateful, but if this is not the case, why did they cause such a catastrophe? Order Yousi to investigate the matter immediately. Listen to it and deal with it!"

  Wen Tao's face was pale.

  At the beginning, I was too happy.

  The whole court is full of joy, the budget has been raised again and again, and more and more civilians have been recruited. The purpose is to solve the flood in one go. After all, this time the emperor paid for it, and now His Majesty has a lot of money.

  Wen Tao was devastated: "My minister... ten thousand deaths..."

  Get up, salute again, and then leave unhappily.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help rubbing his temples. He glanced at Liu Jian and others who came with him. Liu Jian looked ashamed.

It's really difficult to be a prime minister, the top has to deal with the emperor, and the bottom is full of officials, but which minister is a fuel-efficient lamp, and there will be baskets from time to time, and the money and food wasted this time is countless A huge amount of 100,000, but in the end...a man-made disaster destroyed everything, so the embankment still needs to be repaired?

  He hurriedly said: "The old minister will die..."

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and tried to restrain himself: "Let's take care of the aftermath. Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must thoroughly investigate Wen Tao and related officials. As for the thieves, they can be appeased, they can be appeased, and they can be suppressed. It's Wei Guogong's business."

  Liu Jian and others were so ashamed that they could not bear to face themselves: "Your servant understands, please wait, let's do it."

  Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand.

   "Ma Qing's family..." Emperor Hongzhi suddenly remembered something.

   Then Ma Wensheng was about to leave, but when he heard His Majesty's summons, he hurriedly stopped: "Does Your Majesty have any orders?"

  Emperor Hongzhi stared at him: "A few days ago, I heard you talk about the Book of Changes and the art of fortune-telling. Since when did the Qing family become interested in this?"

   "This..." Ma Wensheng said with shame: "This is just my little hobby."

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled wryly: "I feel that the recent years have been unfavorable. Is this also predestined? When did the Qing family start learning?"

Ma Wensheng kept it secret, but he didn't dare to deceive the emperor, so he had to say: "I dare not hide it. A few years ago, I was also unlucky. Drinking cold water stuck between my teeth. Many fortune tellers were invited to do the calculations, but most of them were unlucky." No, I got a little anxious later, so I decided to... ponder over the theory of fortune by myself..."

   "..." Emperor Hongzhi was dumbfounded. He wanted to say something, but I also wanted to figure it out, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt inappropriate, so he waved his hand: "This is heresy..."

   "Yes, yes, I am ashamed."

  Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand.

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately looked down at the memorial, feeling a little uneasy.

  The silver is gone.

  The reason why he didn't get angry was because he wanted to wait for the matter to be thoroughly investigated before making a decision.

  He suddenly remembered something, raised his head and glanced at Xiao Jing.

  Xiao Jing peed in fright: "Your Majesty..."

   "What is the prince doing?" Emperor Hongzhi said calmly.

  Xiao Jing thought in his heart, when His Majesty was upset, he would ask the prince, and if he asked the prince, he would be even angrier...

  He sighed inwardly, faltering.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "I'm still working on his moving car."

   "Yes, yes, but occasionally..."

   "Occasionally?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing suspiciously.

  Xiao Jing didn't dare to hide it, he bowed down: "I play football occasionally. Say it's...the finals..."

   kicking football...

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing suspiciously: "Cuju?"

"almost."

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "This guy, I am too lazy to teach him a lesson."

   Xiao Jing smiled and wanted to say something...

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly said: "What is the final?"

"It seems to say that many teams will win the match, and finally the two strongest teams will be selected for the match. A few days ago, two teams were selected, one is the quarrying team of Dingxing County, and the other , is His Royal Highness...composed of...composed of..."

   "What is it composed of?" Emperor Hongzhi had a calm expression on his face, his eyes fixed on the memorial, but obviously, he didn't have much thought about the memorial.

  Xiao Jing hesitated for a long time before saying: "The 'dog referee is unfair' team!"

   "..."

  Emperor Hongzhi was a little confused.

  I couldn't get back to my senses for a long time.

  He pondered and deliberated for a long time, but he couldn't understand what kind of brain it was to come up with such a thing.

  Emperor Hongzhi let out a long sigh: "It's rare for him to play around, so let him play around, I don't want to bother him."

  Although I said so, I was still disappointed.

  Mainly because I was in a bad mood, so I suddenly said: "When will the game start?"

  Xiao Jing said dumbfounded: "There are still two hours."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded his head, looked down at the memorial, and found it boring: "Go to Xishan for a walk?"

   As he spoke, he pushed the memorial to the side. It is too difficult to be in charge of the family. No matter how meticulous it is, it will always be discovered in the end that there is an undetectable place that will lose the chain.

  Thinking about the waste of countless money and food, thinking about the thieves who have not yet been appeased and eliminated, thinking about Wen Tao's incompetence...

  Emperor Hongzhi stood up: "I don't have any thoughts today, go and see the prince."

  Xiao Jing felt that going to see the prince was similar to beating up a dozen princes, and he was a little scared to pee. I...does this count as revealing the prince’s secret? Your Highness the Crown Prince, don't hold grudges again.

  …

  Wake up early today, the first chapter, yesterday's meeting will make up, everyone counts. Thanks again to the local tyrants who donated millions of rewards. The tiger wants to sing for you. Are you tired? Do you want to rub your shoulders and back?

  (end of this chapter)