Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

Early the next morning.

Zhu Cihong opened the door of the palace and came to the outside of the courtyard, at this moment Li Ruolian and Qiu Zhizhong were already waiting here.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming out, he immediately came over and saluted: "Slave Qiu Zhizhong, minister Li Ruolian, see His Royal Highness the Prince." "

Slaves and maids, etc., see His Royal Highness the Prince. "

Some of the eunuchs and maids in the East Palace have already gotten up to do things.

"For these five days, you will not leave the East Palace.

Zhu Cihong looked at this group of eunuchs and palace maids, and then looked at Qiu Zhizhong, and said: "You go out to listen, the strength of the spread of rumors, and then check who is deliberately spreading rumors, and order to go down, all the people who are deliberately spreading rumors in the past five days will be recorded and made a list."

"Yes.

Qiu Zhizhong glanced at the prince, those rumors were reported by the secret guard like him last night, and when he heard the content of those rumors, he was directly frightened and almost incontinent.

Good guy, those rumors dare to arrange His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this, they can't be described as bold at all, they simply think that they don't die fast enough, and they want to ascend to heaven soon

! At the same time, he also feels that this is an extremely vicious calculation by some people against His Royal Highness the Prince, but fortunately, His Royal Highness is wise and martial, and he takes precautions in advance, otherwise he will really be calculated, it is really like being beaten to hell, and there will never be a day to turn over!

However, Qiu Zhizhong thought about it for most of the night, but he didn't come up with it, how did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that yesterday's meal was poisonous?

After the eunuch who delivered the food obviously tested the poison, there was obviously nothing wrong, but he could only say that His Royal Highness was really terrifying, as if he had the ability to predict the future!

" "Can you play chess?"

Zhu Cihong suddenly smiled and asked Li Ruolian.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the minister will naturally do.

Li Ruolian glanced at His Royal Highness carefully, last night he also heard some rumors from Qiu Zhizhong that are now spreading outside, and he was indeed frightened at that time, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt the horror of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him!

Indeed, it seems that His Highness can guess everything, and he can still deploy in advance, just waiting for the enemy to jump into the pit, the scheming is too deep, and you can never see through what His Highness is thinking, this kind of person, when you stand in front of him, you often feel a lot of pressure in your heart.

Li Ruolian is like this at the moment, sitting opposite the prince and playing chess, they are all well-behaved and clever, especially restrained, and the most frightening thing is that the prince obviously knows those rumors, but at the moment, he is like no one, and there are people who talk and laugh.

If other people heard that such a vicious plan was to be used on themselves, they would not be angry, but they would never laugh.

"Your Highness, it's time to eat early.

At this time, Jiang Xuezhu came over with a bowl of white porridge and gently placed it on the stone table where Zhu Cihong was sitting.

"Go, bring a bowl of porridge to Master Li too.

Zhu Cihong made the next move and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness.

When Li Ruolian heard this, he immediately stood up and bowed.

After Jiang Xuezhu brought another bowl of white porridge, he brought himself a bowl and sat not far away, drinking porridge while watching the two play chess.

Zhu Cihong subconsciously glanced at the other party, and shouted in his heart Good guy, this little girl is not restrained at all, she doesn't treat herself as an outsider at all, she is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and the ignorant are fearless.

According to the rules of this palace, if there is a change of master, this Jiang Xuezhu will be severely beaten today, but he Zhu Cihong doesn't care much about her, this Jiang Xuezhu is still a ten-year-old girl after all, and she is not asked to be a palace maid.

Even Li Ruolian glanced at Jiang Xuezhu in surprise.

"Li Ruolian, what do you think of those rumors now?"

Zhu Cihong suddenly asked.

"Ah

?" Li Ruolian didn't react directly, his heart

was pounding, His Royal Highness asked why he was doing this, how should he answer?" "Back to His Royal Highness, the minister hated those rumors very much, and he couldn't wait to kill those people immediately, His Royal Highness imprisoned the country's hardships, saved the country and saved the people from fire and water, and was still slandered like this, it was a great crime!"

Li Ruolian thought about it quickly and decided to answer this question in a half-sycophantic way, in short, there is nothing wrong with this.

"They say that this palace is cruel and unkind, and frames Zhongliang, do you think what this palace did is right or wrong?".

In fact, for Jiang Xuezhu's last questioning, Zhu Cihong still heard it in his heart, even a little girl knew that the prince of the prison country was brutal today, and sometimes he wondered if his means were too fast, in less than two months, he had already killed batch after batch of civil and military officials, and when the time came, everyone in the hundred officials was in danger, and it was serious, and they were so frightened that they went on strike, and then those civil officials deliberately publicized his notoriety as a tyrant of the prince, so that no one in the country was willing to come to the scientific examination, and it would be troublesome.

In ancient times, people who could go to the academy to read would not be far behind at home, and they also had many relationships with local gentry and writers like Qian Qianyi.

These groups have the same interests, so these scholars, gentry and those civil officials are all in the same group, but the factions are different.

He had two ideas to solve this kind of thing, but these were things that could only be done later.

"This ......

" Li Ruolian's heart trembled when he was asked this question, thought for a while, and hurriedly replied: "Those traitors are all greedy people, it is not a pity to die, Your Highness will deal with them according to law, how can you say that they are brutal, and their crimes are all ironclad evidence, how can you frame them."

"Now I am in the Ming Dynasty, there are two kinds of people who suffer the most, one is the person who stands at the top, the other is the person who stands at the trough, the first kind of people are very few, the second kind of people are many, the first kind of people are the father and the palace, and the second kind of people are the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong took a sip of porridge and said: "One is lonely as snow, happiness is a person, pain is also a person, and the other is running around, carrying life and letting go of suffering."

"And there is another kind of person, the happiest, this kind of person is the middleman, that is, my Ming officials, as long as they learn how to deceive the upper and lower levels, anyway, it is not his people who starve to death, and the country is not the country of his family."

Zhu Cihong drank the last mouthful of porridge, put down the bowl, looked at Li Ruolian and said suddenly: "For example, in the Shaanxi disaster relief not long ago, the tax that had just been collected was collected by the household department, and the household department allocated 100,000 stone of grain to go down, and set off from the capital, why was it that when I arrived in Shaanxi, there were still hungry corpses all over the field?"

In the end, when it is actually distributed to the people, is it not enough for a few people to eat?"

(The imperial power is not lower than the county, and some things that the imperial court has explained, after arriving in some places, the local gentry will be appointed to take the imperial court to do things.)

"For such a big thing, Jinyiwei didn't move at all, as if this matter was not important at all, wouldn't he follow along with him to deceive the superiors and subordinates?"

Zhu Cihong suddenly smiled, although the smile did not mean the slightest blame, but it was also Li Ruolian who watched it was frightened.

"Your Royal Highness, at that time, I happened to collide with someone secretly collecting taxes, and now the minister promises that those dogs who don't do things and deceive their superiors and subordinates have all been killed, and the guards who are far away all over the country, the ministers have also sent people to secretly investigate, once they find that there are people who deceive their superiors and subordinates, they will definitely report it!"

Li Ruolian immediately put down the bowl, knelt on the ground, carefully explained, and swore a promise.

"This palace is not to punish you for your crimes, but I just want to tell you a word, called Tianluo Net, every region, every incident related to officialdom, once it happens, you Jinyiwei must know it as soon as possible, check it out as soon as possible, and record it in the file, some things you can handle by yourself, you can deal with them yourself, but some major events must be reported in time. "

Also, if you want to find any files in this palace, there must be a record in your Jinyiwei's file, Beizhen Fusi is not manpowered, so expand the recruitment, and report to the palace if the funds are insufficient, do you understand?"

Zhu Cihong moved the chess pieces in his hand and said lightly.

"I understand.

"Also, get a set of reward and punishment system, heavy punishment for unfavorable work, and reward those who have meritorious service, such as that Yang Si under you, I heard that he is still a general banner?"

Zhu Cihong suddenly threw away the chess pieces in his hand, feeling that the game of Go was really boring, for him.

"The minister understands, Yang Si is effective in his daily life, and it is only natural that he will be promoted to a hundred households, and there is also a case of corruption in Shaanxi disaster relief grain, and the minister will also start to investigate it later.

Li Ruolian immediately understood what His Royal Highness meant, and thought to himself that Yang Si, when did he enter the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he didn't say a word, it was really not interesting.

"Your Highness, the slaves and maids have found out who is deliberately spreading rumors.

At this time, Qiu Zhizhong came back to report.