My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 421

Chapter 421 Can’t suffer, can’t be fooled

Zhu Di quickly got a response from the kings.

He showed great enthusiasm for the entry of his brothers and sons to Beijing.

Now, since the enfeoffment, the suspicion between brothers and fathers and sons is gone.

Nowadays, the vassal kings who are entrusted outside rely on the support of the court day and night, and the emperor is not worried about the disagreement between the kings and their sons.

After no doubts in this regard, family affection has the upper hand.

What’s more, Zhu Di is getting old, and when he gets old, he can’t help but miss his brothers who grew up together in the past, as well as his own sons.

Although he was a little worried, such cooperation might not be able to earn money.

However, they were still very interested, and ordered the crown prince to be responsible for the reception in person, and had someone clean up the Honglu Temple for the daily life of the kings after they entered Beijing.

In addition to this, Zhang Anshi also gave a memorial, which was about specific matters of business cooperation.

In just over two months, Zhang Anshi drew up the detailed rules, and said that the Taiping Mansion and the commercial firm are fully prepared, as long as the details are finalized with the kings, the cooperation can be started immediately.

These days, Qixia Commercial Bank has begun to recruit manpower to prepare for future cooperation.

Even the bank is planning to borrow for future investment. In order to encourage trade, it can borrow at a lower interest rate for shipbuilding and other transactions necessary for trade.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

This memorandum, Zhu Di first handed it to Wenyuan Pavilion for discussion, and Wenyuan Pavilion discussed it with the Six Departments.

In fact, there are not many ministers who really know how to do such things.

In their view, this is more like a variant tribute.

In any case, it is all tribute, and this is the emperor’s family business, which is the Zhu family’s own blending, and it seems that it has nothing to do with the people of the world.

Therefore, for a while, I couldn’t tell why.

In the end, everyone unanimously decided to praise His Majesty.

Zhu Di could only smile wryly.

It seems that Zhu Di and the officials don’t understand many affairs in the world now, or in other words, they understand a little, but not much.

The only person who is familiar with these matters is Zhang Anshi.

“I’m old and can’t learn new things. I hope my children and grandchildren can understand in the future. Zhanji is learning now…”

Speaking of Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Di’s eyes lit up.

This grandson made him look forward to more and more. If the ordinary son and grandson of the dragon were taught to work under the ground, he would have already complained endlessly.

What Zhu Di remembers most is that when his father, Taizu Emperor Gao ordered his brothers to farm in Fengyang, all the brothers complained.

But this grandson of his is terrible, and he has no complaints about it. Now this third-class official has become a first-class official. It is said that he is already a deputy secretary in a small yamen, which is equivalent to a deputy.

All the ministers could only laugh along with Zhu Di’s emotion.

Back to Wenyuan Pavilion, Hu Guang rushed to find Yang Rong as usual.

Yang Rong is still looking at Zhang Anshi’s charter, fascinated by it.

“Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang, Zhang Anshi, why did you flirt with the feudal lords again?” Hu Guang said in a hurry.

Yang Rong raised his head, but his voice was calm: “Maybe… the prefectures and counties… are too stubborn, and only Zhili is one place. The only place where he can really show his strength is the Taiping Prefecture. He is worried about doing nothing, so contact the kings.”

“Use the vassal king as foreign aid?” Hu Guang held his chin, and he is now trying to think about the problem with a new way of thinking.

But Yang Rong shook his head and said: “If you don’t know how to guess people’s hearts, don’t speculate randomly. If you really colluded with the vassal king, it may be a serious crime. Zhang Anshi is as cowardly as a mouse, and he can’t do such a thing. What the old man means is… he The New Deal is trying to find another way.”

“Oh.” Hu Guang suddenly realized, and turned to say: “You should have said it earlier. New Deal, New Deal, these words are very popular in Zhili now, and you can hear these two words every day, but what is this New Deal? Sometimes the old man still doesn’t understand, isn’t this just doing business? Doing business, how can it become a new deal.”

He looked very puzzled.

Yang Rong said: “That’s because you think it’s easy to do business. Naturally, you think it’s easy. This business is the same as us being an official. How can it be so easy? Isn’t it trembling and walking on thin ice? You can teach business to do well. Making profits for the country and the people is not as easy as reading a few books behind closed doors.”

Hu Guangda said ashamedly: “I only talk nonsense, but you have such a big resentment.”

“Finally, what’s the matter with you?” Yang Rong looked straight at Hu Guangdao.

A look of embarrassment flashed across Hu Guang’s face, and he coughed and said, “There are indeed some things that I want to ask for advice. I think you are the most cunning, no, you are the smartest, maybe you can see through this matter.”

Yang Rong smiled and said: “Okay, stop cursing me and talk about business.”

Hu Guangdao: “Recently, many of my fellow countrymen have been writing books to ask me about Java. They said that it was the pre-Qin government.

Yang Rong sat still, looking at Hu Guang without blinking.

Others are numb.

Seeing that Hu Guang agreed with what he said, he said: “I also heard that Corporal Zhao Wang Lixian respects scholars like gods, and treats anyone who wishes to go to Java with courtesy, and…”

“What exactly do you want to say?” Yang Rong said with a dull face.

So Hu Guangdao: “To put it simply, many fellow villagers want to move to Java, but after all, they leave their hometown, and they are a little worried. After thinking about it, they know that I am in the value center, so I wrote to ask, you say… Is this…reliable? ”

Yang Rong took a deep look at Hu Guangdao: “This Java should not be a paradise on earth.”

Hu Guang tilted his head and said: “Benevolent government can be practiced. Even if there are occasional flaws, there should be no tyranny.”

Yang Rong said with a faint smile: “This kind of thing, if you believe it is a paradise, it is a paradise…”

Hu Guang still held his chin, and said very seriously: “In fact, no matter how good the place is, where is the hometown? Who would leave their hometown unless it is absolutely necessary? But in these letters, many people complained, hey…they are cold-hearted. I already feel that if this continues, the family will be destroyed sooner or later, after all…the Jiangxi chief envoy…had killed so many people before, and now everyone fears it like a tiger.

He continued quietly: “I have pity on my fellow countrymen, they are all terrified, and the grass and trees are all soldiers. I am afraid that one day when I wake up, Jin Yiwei’s driving sticker will arrive.”

Yang Rong pursed his lips, hesitant to speak.

Hu Guang continued on his own: “In this way, it may not be a bad thing for them to go to Java.”

Yang Rong said: “Maybe.”

Hu Guang opened his eyes slightly, and said as if he had found a bosom friend: “Mr. Yang also thinks so?”

Yang Rong said: “I don’t think so, I just think… travel thousands of miles, read thousands of books…”

Hu Guang raised his eyebrows, and said dissatisfiedly: “You bastard, you always defend that kid Zhang Anshi on weekdays, and now you know how terrifying Zhang Anshi’s Jinyiwei is. Now that I ask you about this, you don’t want to shamelessly say something bad about Zhang Anshi , and prevaricated me with such ambiguous words. Well, I see what you mean.”

Yang Rong hesitated for a while, and finally said: “Hu Gong, I still have something to say.”

Hu Guang said with a bit of anger: “I don’t like to hear it, you can continue to protect Zhang Anshi. Hey… Poor my folks, if they weren’t driven to a desperate situation, why did this happen? Fortunately, there is Mr. Xie, Mr. Xie should In Java, he can still be the master. After all, he is still a scholar and a native of Jiangxi. When he was in the court, he paid special attention to the nostalgia and gave convenience to people of the same nationality. Now entrusting it to Xie Gong is also a good thing. .”

Yang Rong: “…”

“Why is Mr. Yang silent?”

Yang Rongdao: “Just now you taught me not to talk, now I have nothing to say.”

Hu Guang’s eyes showed a bit of sadness and said: “You just love to show your intelligence in front of me, and you act cautiously in front of outsiders.”

After complaining, he left excitedly.

Yang Rong sat behind the copybook, frowning, as if he was thinking about something, and then casually picked up a booklet on the copybook.

This pamphlet is obviously another article that Xie Jin has circulated recently.

Yang Rong looked at the booklet and smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, “Fortunately, I am from Fujian.”

But having said that, Yang Rong is not too disgusted with the matter of going to sea. After all, he was born in the Fujian chief envoy with a small population.

Of course, with a lot of travel, everyone still knows the market.

You can’t go to places with such ugly eating like Java, otherwise there will be no bones left.

…

Received the decree, Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui was surprised and delighted.

So they hurriedly boarded the cruise ship, but they didn’t go straight to Songjiangkou, but went to Annan first, and then they set sail together and headed inland.

Zhu Gaosui is delighted that he can finally go back to see his parents, maybe… he can also finalize some ordnance matters.

What surprised me, the matter he planned with Xie Jin… It seems that it has not been settled, otherwise even if he went to Beijing, he would just be called to Beijing.

Thinking of his uncle and brothers, sharing a share with him, Zhu Gaosui couldn’t sleep well.

His great ambition had just taken the first step when someone broke his leg.

Thus, seeing Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu and Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui were both happy and sad.

Especially when we were on the same boat, Zhu Gaosui just wanted to yawn when he heard Zhu Gaoxu talking about his art of war and several battles.

Brother still hasn’t changed, still has no brains.

The only person in the world who can compare with Zhu Gaosui is Zhang Anshi.

At the same time, at the mouth of the river, Prince Zhu Gaochi had arrived in Songjiang, where he was preparing to welcome his uncles and brothers.

The Songjiang port is now full of flags and flags, dressed in red and green, and it is very lively.

Until the ninth day of October, half a year has passed since His Majesty made the decree.

The first ship carrying the feudal king finally arrived.

Seeing the flag on the ship, it was the king of Han and the king of Zhao who arrived first.

Zhu Gaochi was overjoyed, and immediately led his officials to the pier to meet him.

A moment later, an **** disembarked first.

This **** was obviously the **** of the King of Han, Zhu Gaochi vaguely remembered him, but at this time, the **** was much older and his complexion was much darker.

Seeing that the **** in his prime now had gray hair and his face was full of traces of time, Zhu Gaochi was a little excited, but he couldn’t help but sigh.

The **** walked up to Zhu Gaochi, bowed down, and then said: “His Royal Highness… slave… slave…”

Zhu Gaochi frowned and said, “Where is the lonely brother?”

The **** kowtowed and said tremblingly: “His Royal Highness, the two Highnesses are critically ill…”

If it’s just sick, it doesn’t matter, but it can be said that he is critically ill, Zhu Gaochi’s face suddenly changed, and he froze in place, without saying a word.

The subordinates behind him suddenly became a mess, and someone shouted: “Go get a good doctor.”

Someone pulled Zhu Gaochi, who was about to board the ship, knelt down, and said with tears: “His Royal Highness is a daughter of a daughter, and now I don’t know what disease he is suffering from. It is better not to board the ship. The son of a daughter will not sit down…”

………

Zhu Di raised his head slightly at this time, and was fascinated by the palace lanterns hanging on the corridor bridge of the carved beams and painted buildings.

Yi Shiha hurried over and said, “Your Majesty…”

Zhu Di seemed to have realized it suddenly, pointed to the palace lanterns and said, “Add more lights here, and also in each hall. King Zhao suffered from eye diseases when he was young, and he couldn’t see clearly at night. Up and down the Forbidden City, add more lights.” Some lights, some brighter.”

Yi Shiha then said: “This servant is really dead, and I forgot about this.”

Zhu Di was not angry, and said calmly: “He hasn’t come back for many years, and you can be forgiven for forgetting these things.”

Zhu Di smiled, he even looked happy, and said: “But there is no need to panic, I’m afraid it’s still early for them to go ashore, I thought, King Zhou should be the first to arrive, King Zhao… He has no masculinity, and when he heard that I was going to summon him, he felt guilty all by himself, so he had to be with the King of Han.”

Yi Shiha saw that Zhu Di was in a good mood, so he nodded hurriedly and said, “How can a father say that about his son in the world?”

Zhu Di took it for granted and said: “It is because I am the father that I can say this. There is no one around them who is not coaxing them. Everyone seems to have candied fruit on their mouths, just like that Zhang Anshi.”

Yi Shiha just smiled and didn’t answer.

He knew better than anyone else that if he answered today, he would offend Zhao Wang and Zhang Anshi, and hit a large area at once.

Zhu Di said at this time: “The prince… is already rushing to Jiangkou to station?”

Yi Shiha truthfully said: “It has been stationed for a long time.”

Zhu Di nodded, and then said: “There is also Zhang Anshi, after they enter the capital, order Zhang Anshi to go outside the capital to meet them, and I have to warn this kid, he is new here, don’t talk about business with people as soon as they meet, when will this business happen?” You can talk about it, but as soon as this person comes, he thinks about making money, which is impolite.”

Yi Shiha said: “This servant thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu knows how to measure.”

Zhu Di opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he seemed to feel that it was meaningless to say it, so he shook his head immediately and said with a smile: “Yes, I am old and meddle in more nosy things, I remember when I was old , but not so broken-mouthed.”

Yi Shiha also laughed, but didn’t speak.

Zhu Di crossed the corridor with his hands behind his back, and said, “I’d like to call Zhang Qing into the palace to have an audience later. I still have some things to explain, otherwise I won’t worry.”

Yi Shiha first winked at the little **** at the side, and the **** understood it and hurried away.

After more than an hour, Zhang Anshi arrived late.

At this time, Zhu Di was walking slowly down the corridor with his hands behind his back, and he said casually: “How is the preparation at the Taiping Mansion?”

Zhang Anshi said: “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, the data, specialties, minerals, and terrains of the feudal states have all been collected by someone. In addition, the firm has also drawn up a huge plan. I dare not say that it covers everything. But it must be…”

“That’s not what I asked.” Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi, and said angrily, “I told you at the beginning that they had an audience with me, and after a few days, the Taiping Mansion invited them to have a look. Get ready for the reception, don’t spoil the fun.”

Zhang Anshi scratched his head and said, “This…it’s just a matter of having a casual meal, it should be…”

Zhu Di stretched out his finger, nodded to Zhang Anshi and said, “You’re really out of money’s eyes.”

Zhang Anshi raised his head in surprise, looked at Zhu Di in shock, and then quickly lowered his head.

Zhu Di softened his tone and said: “There are still some etiquettes that should be there. They have traveled all the way to Beijing. I am the Son of Heaven. Some things are always inconvenient. I want to teach them to be more happy in the capital. I am pointing at you.” Woolen cloth.”

“Understood, I understand.” Zhang Anshi vowed: “I will serve them comfortably here. Tomorrow, I will look for Qiu Song. The stuff that Qiu Song makes will definitely teach your highnesses to enjoy themselves for a year. .”

Zhu Di: “…”

However, after thinking about it carefully, Zhu Di seemed to understand something, so he immediately agreed, and just said slowly: “Qiu Song, I always think he’s not very smart, you have to be optimistic about him.”

Zhang An Shidao: “He is quite normal most of the time.”

Zhu Di pursed his lips, noncommittal.

Walking outside the Wenlou, Zhu Di was about to enter the palace.

Suddenly a **** came panting. Seeing Zhu Di, he immediately bowed his head and said, “Your Majesty…Your Majesty…”

Zhu Di couldn’t see someone losing his composure like this the most, but he glanced at the **** who was in charge of the general administration. He lowered his face and looked elsewhere, and said slowly, “What’s the matter?”

“Songjiangkou Urgent Report… Urgent Report…” The **** kowtowed and said anxiously, “Hanwang and Zhaowang Highness are critically ill in the boat at the same time… say yes… say they are seriously ill…”

Zhang Anshi: “…”

After hearing this, Zhu Di stood there with a blank expression, as if he didn’t realize what the **** said for a moment.

After a long while, he said in a slow voice: “What’s wrong?”

It seems that he is not emotional at this time, but… the voice trembled a little.

The **** said: “It is said… It is some kind of miasma disease… It was only diagnosed by the accompanying imperial doctor. In fact, it is impossible to know, but the **** on the same boat said that such diseases are common in the West.”

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