My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 182 Zhang Anshi got his wife

  Zhang Anshi then looked at Chen Li and said, "Datong and Beiping, you pick some good players and go find out the news."

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "Now we are aimless, so don't always think about inquiring about which civil servants and generals, even if someone is a thief, they will never show their feet easily. These people are well-organized and only rely on inquiring about some news , there is no way to find out the depth of the other party!"

   "Just keep an eye on the goods coming in and out of the various passes, and find out the situation of the arsenal and warehouses there! Starting from here, and comparing it with the situation in previous years and other passes, it will be easier to find out the strangeness."

   After finishing speaking, Zhang Anshi thought for a while, and finally said: "There is nothing else. Step back, Zhu Jin stays."

  Zhu Jin was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect Zhang Anshi to keep him, so he felt a little uneasy, wouldn't he be forced to throw himself into the well?

   Seeing everyone leave.

  Zhang Anshi stared at Zhu Jin and said, "Find me someone who is absolutely reliable. I want this person to go to the desert."

  Zhu Jin said in surprise: "This..."

  Zhang Anshi said to himself: "This person... should be one of us. He is familiar with the situation in the desert. Reliability is the most important thing."

Zhu Jin thought about it seriously, and then said: "There is one person who can do it. This person is originally from Liaodong. For more than a year, he has been working with me and is capable. Do you remember, didn’t you share the house with us last time? He had a share! Two months ago, he gave birth to a chubby son. He has to teach that child to recognize him as a godfather .”

  Zhu Jin paused, then continued: "He also speaks some Mongolian language."

  Zhang Anshi's eyes lit up, and he said without hesitation: "That's it for him, you prepare him mentally, I will explain to him tomorrow, and then... let him prepare to leave."

Then Zhang Anshi was silent for a moment, and then said again: "Tell him, this matter will be dangerous, we can't hide it from him. So if he doesn't want to go, don't make things difficult. But if he is willing to go, from now on... I promise He has been rich for three generations."

  Zhu Jin nodded: "I understand."

After the decision was made, Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "The firm still has to do everything possible to recruit more people who can read and write. Those scholars who have failed are the best. Let me search around. We want to do great things, and the most lacking is people. .”

  Zhu Jin's heart was burning. He was so grateful now that he felt that if Zhang Anshi asked him to throw himself into the well again, he would definitely not hesitate.

  After all, Zhang Anshi's words are only spoken to his confidants.

  Zhu Jin happily said: "Yes."

   A few days later, Zhang Anshi went to the East Palace.

  At this time, Prince Zhu Gaochi was in the study of Zhan Shifu, looking at the latest batch of memorials seriously.

  Zhang Anshi entered the study room, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, why do you have more and more memorials these days?"

   Zhu Gaochi, the prince, is actually rather special. His father was very disgusted with government affairs, and Zhu Gaochi gradually gained Zhu Di's trust, so Zhu Di ordered someone to copy two copies of Wenyuan Pavilion's ticket and submit them to the palace and Zhan Shifu respectively.

  These proposals, if there are no other approvals in the palace, then Zhan Shifu's annotations will be the main ones.

   This means that the crown prince works hard, and I... occasionally do some, and have the power of veto.

  So the current Zhu Gaochi is like an old cow, facing a mountain of memorials, puffing and puffing to share his father's worries.

  He was both excited and tired.

Seeing Zhang Anshi coming, he put down his pen and said with a gentle smile: "You kid... always sees the dragon and never sees the end, but... if you want to play with Zhu Zhanji, go by yourself, brother-in-law still has a lot of tickets here Verification is required."

  Zhang Anshidao: "Zhanji has grown up, and he doesn't like playing with my uncle anymore."

  Zhang Anshi took a step back and waited for his brother-in-law to go back and hit the kid.

  Then Zhang Anshi said: "Why do so many memorials need to be handled by brother-in-law?"

  Zhu Gaochi said: "You are asking knowingly...There are so many things in the world..."

  Zhang Anshi leaned up unruly and looked at the memorials spread out in front of Zhu Gaochi. What was recorded on it was the auspicious events reported by the Sichuan chief envoy.

  Zhang Anshi smiled dryly: "Is this sent by Mr. Xie?"

   Zhu Gaochi nodded.

  Zhang Anshi then said again: "Most of these memorials...are just such trivial matters."

   Ministers are sometimes like good students of later generations. Before the teacher on the podium asks a question, they are eager to raise their hands.

  Therefore, some people are very happy about the memorial, no matter what, this is something that allows His Majesty to think about himself.

  Many memorials are like foot wraps, smelly and long, with nothing to say.

  Zhu Gaochi said: "It was sent by Bachelor Xie."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "I heard...some people in Wenyuan Pavilion are always keen to submit the proposals for these trivial matters blindly, but the proposals that really decide the big things are intentionally left at the end. Wait until your majesty has read it. When I am impatient, the tickets pile up like a mountain, so I simply approve all the next ones."

   "In this way, some important military and national affairs can be decided by votes, not by your majesty and brother-in-law."

  Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, looking a little surprised: "Really?"

  He looked up at Zhang Anshi in surprise.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Then let me help my brother-in-law sort it out."

  At the moment, I stood by the desk and sorted it out, but I was busy for an hour with my heart.

   Sure enough... most of the memorials that Zhu Gaochi reviewed earlier were auspicious and irrelevant memorials. The most important ones were proposals, one of which was the severe drought in Henan. There is another copy, which is the result of the court's recommendation from the Ministry of Officials, and the proposals for the appointment and dismissal of several fourth-rank officials are also included in it.

   Zhu Gaochi took a look at the disaster situation in Henan, and saw that Xie Jin's proposed ticket was here. The result of Ting's push was also Xie Jin's proposal.

  The former decides the matter of money and food. As for the latter, it seems that there are only a few fourth-rank officials recommended by the court. After all, the real first- and second-rank officials need to be approved by the emperor himself, and the courtiers who are above the fourth rank of the court need Wenyuan Pavilion and the six ministries to select candidates. , and finally the palace will make the final decision.

  Fourth-rank officials often do not attract the attention of most people, and after being mixed with so many other memorials, the emperor may not have the patience to read them.

   Zhang Anshi said at this time: "Brother-in-law, take a look at the three fourth-rank civil servants recommended by the court this time, their hometowns, and what year they were Jinshi."

  Zhu Gaochi was not a fool, he immediately became suspicious, and immediately ordered the **** to come, and said: "Check these people."

  The **** hurried away, and after a while, he came back and reported: "This Li Shun and Liang Zhengxin are from Ji'an County. The other Jiang Wenlu is from Yichun, Jiangxi. As for Wang De'en, he was a Jinshi in the 21st year of Hongwu..."

  After Zhu Gaochi heard this, his face sank immediately, and he frowned and said, "Xie Jin is also a Jinshi in the 21st year of Hongwu?"

   "It should be." The **** said cautiously.

   Zhang Anshi next to him said at this time: "Look, look, I have already said that these people have evil intentions, brother-in-law, they all lie to you, only I love brother-in-law the most."

   Zhu Gaochi, who has always been amiable and cheerful, also looked angry at this time, rarely annoyed: "Xie Jin misunderstood me!"

   But immediately, he took the memorial of Ting Tui, read it for a while, and finally drew a circle.

  Zhang Anshi was puzzled and said, "Brother-in-law, why did you agree with him to do this?"

Zhu Gaochi asked the **** to step down first, and then said: "Xie Jin is too selfish, but now he is compiling "The Great Completion of Documents", and at the same time he is also a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. He is quite famous among scholars. use him..."

  Seeing Zhang Anshi frowning constantly.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi smiled and said: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. There are many things that I know well, but I don't have to be angry when dealing with such things. Xie Jin does this... To put it seriously, it is deceiving the king." To put it bluntly, at least it is a private appointment."

   Speaking of this, Zhu Gaochi took a deep look at Zhang Anshi, and then continued: "Do you think he found a way to appoint these four people, and it only affects my palace?"

  Zhang Anshi said in surprise: "Brother-in-law means..."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "A fourth-rank official is a threshold. In the local area, he is a local high-ranking official. In the court, it is not far from reaching the sky in one step. The vast majority of people will not be able to pass this threshold in their entire lives. They may pass it. In the future Then there is a bright future. Xie Jin must have been in the dark and influenced the result of the court's push. If the palace is not allowed, then the court will have to push again, and Xie Jin's people may not be able to get in."

  Zhang Anshi looked even more puzzled, and said, "Then why does my brother-in-law let him get what he wants?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "He got what he wanted, and there are people who don't want it! Is it true that in this world, only Xie Jin has his own same year and same year, as well as old officials from his disciples? Doesn't Hu Guang have it? Yang Rong doesn't? There is also the official secretary Jian Yi, He is an old minister, his disciples and old officials are all over the government and the public, but he, a heavenly official of the official department, has no way to control even a fourth-rank minister, what would he think?"

  Zhang Anshi was surprised: "Brother-in-law, is this Zheng Boke and Duan Yuyan?"

"You can't say that." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "I am the crown prince. As a king, if you want to practice the kingly way, what is the kingly way, you will encounter the mistakes of your subordinates. You must be lenient and give him a chance to learn from his mistakes and correct his mistakes. If I agree with him this time, if he is ungrateful and continues to push forward, and when he makes troubles, then he will seek his own death."

  Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said: "Brother-in-law is really knowledgeable and talented, anyway, you can say whatever you want."

Zhu Gaochi would not hide anything in front of Zhang Anshi. He immediately set his eyes on the catastrophe in Henan, frowned and said: "There is another catastrophe in Henan, this is the problem that makes people sleep and eat hard. Opening warehouses locally to release grain, according to my opinion...not only is it easy to cause bad governance, but it is also a drop in the bucket."

  Zhang Anshi put away his calm look, and said seriously: "Why don't you take this opportunity to let the East Palace accept another group of women, so that the burden on the disaster area can be greatly reduced."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said: "There are already too many maids in the East Palace. If we accept another batch, there will be more maids in the East Palace than in the Forbidden City? Although the emperor may not be offended, as a son of mine, I must It can’t be like this. In addition, this is not a long-term solution.”

  Zhang Anshi was thoughtful, his eyes lit up suddenly, and said: "I have an idea."

  Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise. This guy is always surprised, which makes Zhu Gaochi feel like a roller coaster.

  I saw Zhang Anshi happily saying: "Brother-in-law does as I say, and it will definitely be resolved properly."

  ...

   "Your Majesty."

  At this time, Yi Shiha carefully poured Zhu Di a cup of tea.

  Zhu Di had just dozed off, and his consciousness was still a little unclear at this time. He drank a sip of tea and managed to pull himself together.

  He was really annoyed by the memorials. For some reason, just looking at those memorials made him feel sleepy.

  So Zhu Di said: "Remove all these memorials."

   "Yes." Yi Shiha paused for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, just now the slaves are in the Supervisor of Rites... I have read the memorial sent yesterday, and there is something in it, I wonder if Your Majesty knows?"

  Zhu Di looked up at him and said, "What's the matter?"

  Yi Shiha said: "Henan has suffered another catastrophe."

  Zhu Di frowned, and then said: "Wenyuan Pavilion, do you have any suggestions?"

   "Open a warehouse on the spot to release food, and the imperial court will raise another sum of money and food for relief."

Zhu Di said with a sullen face: "It is said that it is to open a warehouse to release grain, but in fact, isn't it just to enrich people's private pockets? There were many such things in the Hongwu period. The emperor's examination was so strict that it was still impossible to prevent these corrupt officials from polluting people." Officials, now that I rule the world with leniency and benevolence, I am afraid that it will be even more repeated."

  Zhu Di looked very unhappy.

  Yi Shiha dare not speak.

  Zhu Di said: "Why are you silent again?"

  Yi Shiha then said: "This servant also thinks... this is inappropriate, but...but... this servant thinks..."

  Yi Shiha cautiously said: "This servant thinks...there is no other better method for relief. So...so..."

Zhu Di sighed and said: "I know what you mean. Yes, every time there is a big disaster, I am dissatisfied with this relief method. But what can I do? After all, it can only be like this. Opening a warehouse like this To distribute food and send people to allocate food for relief, anyway... the common people can still get a few bites of food from the cracks of other people's nails, and they can barely tide over the difficulties. So the people affected by the disaster were put to death."

   As he spoke, Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh.

   After a pause, he said again: "What advice does the prince have for this?"

  Yi Shiha said: "His Royal Highness, the draft ticket for Wenyuan Pavilion has been approved."

  Zhu Di nodded and said: "He has a gentle temper, and he rarely refutes Wenyuan Pavilion's proposals, so let's do it like this."

   Just as he was talking, an **** came in and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness has brought Marquis Annan here to have an audience."

  Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "What are they doing here at this time? Xuan comes in."

   Zhu Gaochi led Zhang Anshi into the hall.

   First saluted.

  Zhu Di cheered up and said: "I heard that the prince is very hard to review and draft bills at Zhan Shifu every day. Why do you have free time today?"

  He said this in his mouth, but his eyes were looking at Zhang Anshi.

  Zhu Gaochi replied: "Father, my son came here for the catastrophe in Henan."

  Zhu Di listened, and said: "Haven't you already finalized the matter of the catastrophe?"

  Zhu Gaochi said: "I believe that in addition to Wenyuan Pavilion's suggestions, some measures need to be taken, so that... we can try our best to alleviate the disaster."

  Zhu Di said with great interest: "Then let me guess, this must be Zhang Anshi's idea again."

  Zhu Gaochi smiled: "Exactly."

  Zhu Di said: "Then let's talk about it."

  Zhu Gaochi said: "I hope... the East Palace can accept a group of disaster-stricken women."

  Zhu Di listened: "This is your idea? I don't think this idea is very clever."

   That's right, there are now one or two thousand Gong'es in the East Palace, which is already too much.

  Although these maids are spinning under the leadership of the Crown Princess Zhang, the East Palace also has some income, but the East Palace is not a workshop.

  Zhang Anshi took this opportunity and said with a smile: "Recruit two thousand women... As for the Gong'e who used to be in the East Palace...you can send them away."

lay off…

   Zhu Di frowned.

   Sometimes the palace does dismiss some old maids, but... this is good, one side recruits manpower, and the other side dismisses the original maids.

   One in and one out, but the specifications of the Eastern Palace were maintained.

   But the problem is... how to arrange the disbanded maids?

Zhang Anshi had prepared the answer a long time ago, and said: "Most of these dismissed court ladies were victims of disasters in Suzhou and Songjiang. Now that the floods in Songjiang and Suzhou have subsided, if they want to return to their hometowns, they can send They go home."

   "But what about those whose parents have died after the disaster, and their brothers can't rely on them?" Zhu Di said.

Zhang Anshidao: "Your Majesty, I heard that many soldiers of the Four Guards in Annan are stationed in Annan, especially many young officers and soldiers, most of whom have no wives. They are thousands of miles away, and they are in a place far away. , but in the local area, I am afraid that it is difficult to find natives to marry, and the morale of the army will be shaken. They are also meritorious ministers, but they have to stay in Annan for the rest of their lives, which is really embarrassing."

"How about... you can ask the maids about their wishes. If they are willing to go home, they will naturally be allowed to go home. If they are helpless, it is better to let the East Palace decide and hold a collective wedding, and marry these court ladies. For the soldiers of the Four Guards or the Model Battalion, um... as long as they are above the small banner officer and not yet married, let them get married."

After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued: "The soldiers in the border town are suffering too much, and many of the court ladies are separated from their families and have no one to take care of them. After they get married, this East Palace is also their natal family from now on. Even if they As far away as Annan, there is also Donggong who backs them up and decides, and they will never teach them to be bullied."

"And when the soldiers married wives, these wives were all trained by my elder sister in the palace. They were the most virtuous and virtuous, so they would naturally guard at ease. In this way, they could kill two birds with one stone. In addition, the East Palace also Don’t want the dowry gifts from the soldiers, but you have to take out some money as a dowry.”

  Zhu Di was taken aback when he heard this, Zhang Anshi... is really a **** mess!

   But if you think about it carefully, it can indeed solve a large number of disaster victims in Henan. On the other hand, Annan's soldiers also felt relieved. And these women also have a support.

  In this era, there is no such thing as love and romance. Love is to be immersed in a pigsty. Marriage is the order of parents and the words of matchmakers.

  Zhu Di felt something keenly, he looked at Zhang Anshi with special meaning and said, "Are these the only benefits?"

   "There is another huge benefit." Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, do you remember the allusion that in the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo conquered Lingnan, but when he saw the chaos in Guanzhong, he immediately proclaimed himself king?"

  Zhu Di nodded.

Zhang Anshi said patiently: "These women... are all from the Eastern Palace. They understand righteousness, and their greatest reliance is also the Eastern Palace. This not only ensures that they have a reliance, but also has these virtuous helpers around the soldiers. Loyalty to the imperial court."

   Is it loyalty to Donggong...

Zhu Di thought to himself, but at this time he and the East Palace are one. Zhu Gaochi's succession to the Great Reign is a fait accompli, and it is not for the East Palace to buy off the imperial guards. The Annan Four Guards and the Model Camp are far away in the sky. Even if it is bought off, it will be of great benefit to the imperial court.

  In the future, even if a military officer at the upper level wants to rebel, the middle and lower level military officers may not be willing to follow.

   After all, their wives were all rescued by the East Palace and trained by the Crown Princess Zhang.

  Blowing the wind beside the pillow every day, how old is one of his generals?

  In addition, the role of stabilizing the morale of the army is indeed great, and it can also greatly improve the sense of belonging.

  Zhu Di was born in the army, and he is very clear about the situation in the army. It is a difficult problem for military households to marry wives. Ordinary civilian households are often reluctant to marry their daughters to military households.

   Such a move is more than killing three birds with one stone. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is killing five birds with one stone.

  So Zhu Di couldn't help but looked at Zhang Anshi and said, "You are the only guy who can come up with these ideas, um... what does the crown prince think about this?"

  Zhu Gaochi said: "Since I have received the lesson from Dai Wang, I think this is a good move."

  As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di's face was slightly shocked.

  He suddenly understood what Zhu Gaochi meant.

  The royal clan relationship is very complicated, but in the final analysis, if you want to maintain this family relationship, you must completely make the other party lose any wishful thinking.

   Now that Zhu Gaoxu is in Annan, if his subordinates are all grateful to the prince, Zhu Gaoxu may cut off any thoughts and obediently be his governor. The initiative among the brothers rests with the prince.

"That's a good idea. Zhang Anshi's method...is always a slanted sword, but after careful consideration, it is often useful." Zhu Di was obviously very satisfied, and then said: "There is no need for the bride price, and the dowry must be sufficient. This... It can be customized, and in the future... whenever there is a catastrophe, the palace and the east palace will take women into the palace, raise them for a few years, so that they can be taught, and in the future they will marry the low-level military officers guarding the border town."

  Zhu Gaochi said happily: "My son obeys the order."

  He was actually a little worried that his father would be suspicious of him because of this matter.

  But he didn't know that Zhu Di, the emperor, had a lot of mental skills, but his defense against Zhu Gaochi was just to hope that the prince would not seize power while he was alive.

  As for the soldiers far away in the frontier, no matter how devoted they are to the prince, it is obviously impossible to help the prince's ambition too much. On the contrary... this increased the prince's influence in the hearts of the soldiers in the border town, which would be of great benefit to him in succeeding the great rule in the future.

Zhu Di was overjoyed and said: "When the soldiers have wives, they will also have a family. In my opinion... some rules have to be established. In the future, there will be a teaching workshop in the East Palace, and they will not only be taught embroidery, but also some barely literacy. Break the characters, teach them to be husbands and children after they get married, and let them learn female virtues. The crown princess is the most virtuous and virtuous, this matter... I will leave it to her and let her make up her mind."

Zhang Anshi then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have another idea. In Annan, the East Palace should also appoint people from the East Palace to prepare for the establishment of an East Palace Women's Association. Since the East Palace is the natal family of these married ladies, let them conduct mutual exchanges. Some contacts can occasionally organize some activities, and sometimes if something happens, the Federation can also mediate."

"In this way, the small families will become closer together. If someone's husband dies in battle, they must find a way to protect their wives and children. The East Palace occasionally offers some rewards, and it can also be distributed through the Federation. In this way, everyone will feel at ease."

  Zhu Di admired and said: "It's fine, let's leave it to the Crown Princess."

  Zhang Anshi was delighted again.

   On the surface, it was Donggong who completely bought off the Four Guards of Annan.

   But if you change your mind, aren't these married ladies all trained by his elder sister? His elder sister is the real backbone, and with all these...brother-in-law will dare to play tricks and ruin his body in the future when he inherits the throne?

  Historically, Zhu Gaochi passed away within a few months of his ascension to the throne. The biggest reason at that time was... Zhu Gaochi was too depressed when he was the prince, so after becoming the emperor, he indulged too much.

   Oops... I, Zhang Anshi, really broke my heart because of my brother-in-law. Just because of this, my brother-in-law's life span may be increased by at least ten years.

Zhu Di didn't know the twists and turns in Zhang Anshi's heart, so he said at this time: "Zhang Anshi will take care of the matters outside the East Palace, and the affairs of the maids will be handled by the Crown Princess, you two siblings, and you can report to me at any time after finishing the matter. This is a major event, we cannot be sorry for those soldiers who fought on the battlefield. We cannot cross rivers and tear down bridges, if not, who would be willing to go through life and death for Daming?"

  Zhang Anshi obediently replied yes.

  Zhu Di suddenly pulled his face down. This turn of events should not be annoyed. He glared at Zhang Anshi and said, "Zhang Anshi... have you been thinking about these things every day recently?"

"what…"

  Zhang Anshi didn't expect that Zhu Di just said that he couldn't demolish the bridge for the soldiers to cross the river, but at this time it was obvious that Zhu Di came to demolish his bridge.

  Zhu Di said: "What about the rebellious party? What about the money bank? You should put more attention on this, don't always be a dog and a mouse..."

  Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "The bank is on the right track. As for the matter of the chaotic party...my minister...there are some clues in the past few days."

   "How many days?" Zhu Di was surprised, and asked in surprise, "Is there any news?"

  (end of this chapter)