My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 243 To the pit of death

  Maybe benefited from Zhu Yuanzhang's education.

  The vast majority of Zhu Di's brothers are not wrong to say that they are dragons and phoenixes among men.

  The reason why Zhu Di was annoyed was precisely because Yi Wang's wicked brows and mouse eyes were too hot on his eyes.

  In fact, Zhu Di's judgment on King Yi is also correct, this guy is indeed a scumbag existence.

  Historical King Yi, after arriving in Luoyang as a vassal, did not like to stay in the palace. He often carried a slingshot and a sword, galloped in the suburbs on horseback, and frequently attacked the people who could not escape. His life is indulgent and unrestrained, and he usually has no scruples about being naked with men and women, and takes pleasure in it.

  The reason is that in addition to his repressed life experience, coupled with the passing of Empress Xu, he began to completely let himself go.

And another factor is that after seeing his brother and nephew vying for the throne, as a witness, he knows that as a vassal king, he should not do anything at all. Instead of thinking about doing something, he would rather live this life absurdly .

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, if King Yi doesn't go overseas, I'm afraid...the other kings will also have a lot of doubts. Zhu Gaoxu and His Royal Highness Zhao Wang can go, that is in the eyes of the kings. After all, they are His Majesty's sons. They will be supplied with plenty of firearms and provisions."

   "King Ning can go, that's because the kings know that King Ning is both civil and military, and has courage. The kings are far inferior to him. But if King Yi doesn't go, the kings will inevitably feel that your majesty is favoring one over another."

  Zhu Di listened, sighed and said: "I'm just afraid that if this kid goes, he will die by the sword. He knows neither soldiers nor farmers, and he is better than women in deep palaces..."

   Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi coughed desperately.

  Empress Xu was listening, she was very concerned about Yi Wang's fate, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

  Zhu Di knew that he had missed his words, so he laughed and said, "In short, this is a bastard. Even in Luoyang, I am afraid that he will cause trouble, let alone other places."

  Zhang Anshidao: "If your Majesty doesn't train him, how will you know that he has no talent? Why don't you let His Royal Highness King Yi go out of the palace immediately, let him go out for some experience, and then make a decision?"

   "Experience?" Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi and said, "How to experience?"

"Go to the official school." Zhang Anshi said: "His Royal Highness Yi Wang goes to school and studies for a year or two. If it is really useful, His Majesty will let him go overseas with the guards. If it is really unusable, it will not be too late to go to Luoyang .”

  Zhu Di hesitated and said: "This kid... If you go to a government school, will it ruin the school's ethos? You have to be prepared."

  Zhang Anshi said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will keep him in good order."

  Zhu Di glanced at Empress Xu: "How?"

Empress Xu smiled and said: "This is a way to get the best of both worlds. The concubine is a woman, and there are some things that cannot be taught. There is nothing wrong with letting King Yi go deep into the people. Back then... Your Majesty and King Ning, no Was it also sent to Fengyang, the central capital, by Emperor Taizu Gao to go deep into the people, learn farming, and get close to the people?"

  Zhu Di immediately slapped his thigh and said, "You're right, that's how it should be."

  Actually, this matter... the reason why it went smoothly is still a matter of national policy.

  When Emperor Taizu Gao was here, he really hoped that his sons could defend the emperor from all over the domain. Therefore, they are also very dedicated to their cultivation. As Empress Xu said, at that time Zhu Di and others were sent to the central capital to let them understand the sufferings of the people. Not only that, but also invited many scholars to teach them literature, and ordered the generals in the army to teach them how to lead the army. road.

  Because of this, most of Zhu Di's generation have their own abilities.

   But after that... until Jianwen cut down the vassals, and then Zhu Dijing was difficult to succeed, the situation has undergone tremendous changes. When Jianwen was here, he was afraid that he would jump his feet. Why did his grandpa raise his uncles like tigers and leopards one by one, why didn't he treat the uncles as pigs to raise?

   As far as Zhu Di is concerned, he also knows very well that there are great hidden dangers in cultivating vassal kings.

  Therefore, there are unwritten rules. For the princes, if they want to read the Four Books and Five Classics, or study other things, even if you are ridiculous like King Yi, the emperor will usually turn a blind eye.

  But if you are thinking about the study of emperors such as Zizhi Tongjian, or the way of leading soldiers, then...you are finished.

But it is different now. What Zhu Di wants to imitate is the enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty, trying to send the Zhu family members overseas to serve as feudal vassals, give them money, food, soldiers and horses, and teach them to establish strongholds in various parts of the world for the future. Daming arrived to set the world and serve. If the vassal kings were incapable, not to mention being laughed at, they would inevitably lose the face of the clan.

  With Yiwang Zhu going out to study in the palace as the beginning, it can be regarded as a serious opening of the curtain for the Ming clan to go to sea.

  Finally, Zhu Di said: "Teach me well, and if you don't obey, beat him hard. You are good at medicine, if you can't beat him to death, you will be fine."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, I obey the order."

  Zhu Di sighed and said: "Zhang Qing is a generous person just like the prince."

  After sighing for a while, he went to visit King Zhao again, and then he was relieved, and led Empress Xu to drive back to the palace together.

  Zhang Anshi stayed here until the evening.

   After confirming that Zhao Wang's wound was not inflamed, he was relieved to leave, but Princess Zhao stopped Zhang Anshi, insisting that Zhang Anshi had dinner before leaving.

  Zhang Anshi was very helpless, so he had to eat.

  Princess Zhao didn't eat. After all, she couldn't sit at the same table with Zhang Anshi, but she sat behind the curtain in the ear room and talked with Zhang Anshi.

It is said that Princess Zhao is also a powerful woman. At this time, she first thanked her, and then said worriedly: "Your Highness is in this state, and I don't know what to do. He has committed a heinous crime. Father will definitely not forgive me. After marrying King Zhao, I thought I would be rich and honored for the rest of my life, but who would have expected...His Royal Highness was confused for a moment, and wanted to be ranked with his brothers, what happened..."

  Zhang Anshi said heartily, good guy, she really is a powerful woman.

  Especially that sentence, you have to compete with your brothers.

   This score is equivalent to downplaying the conflict with the prince. As for killing his own brother, of course it means, look... this is a real brother, my dear, with broken bones and tendons.

  Zhang Anshi then said: "Your Majesty has given permission to let His Royal Highness King Zhao go overseas and become a vassal, just like His Highness's second brother."

   After hearing this, Princess Zhao sighed even more, "It must be very hard going overseas."

   "It's very hard work." Zhang Anshi didn't hide it from her, and said truthfully: "The places are farther than Qiongzhou, how can it not be hard work?"

   Princess Zhao seemed about to cry again, and skillfully took out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes.

But at this time, Zhang Anshi said: "However... the word "hard work" is also rewarding. Madam, think about it, no matter how hard it is in this world, can you still suffer for the prince? His Royal Highness King Ning, and my brother, all wrote to say , whether it is Annan or Luzon, the land is very fertile. Especially His Royal Highness King Ning, he has started to build the city now. It was a bit hard in the early stage, but later, everything that should be built was also built, and it was also given to the family members of the guards. They have divided the land, and now they are taking a large amount of grain and spices, continuously trading with commercial firms, exchanging a large amount of weapons, as well as silk, porcelain, and tea from the capital, "

"I heard that King Ning's palace occupies a larger area than when it was in Nanchang. Now that King Ning is there, he doesn't want to think about Sichuan... After taking a rest, he plans to continue to march and conquer non-subjects. Then Luzon is a good place, and the area is also large. It is huge and has a huge population, if we can take all of them in the future, in my opinion, His Royal Highness Prince Ning must be the richest prince in the world."

   Princess Zhao frowned and said, "King Ning is King Ning..."

Zhang Anshi understood what she meant, and said, "The local natives have very low combat effectiveness. In many places, only bronze weapons are used. As long as the trading company is willing to supply military supplies, as long as they have a little talent in leading the army, they will be able to report success again and again!" On the contrary, the people in Annan are more aggressive. Up to now, there are still people who refuse to surrender, while the people in Luzon and other places are docile. Let Confucian scholars teach them Chinese and teach them the Four Books and Five Classics. In the future, there will be a steady stream of manpower and material resources. "

  Concubine Zhao still had Gu Lue in her heart and said: "Your Highness knows a thing or two about wars, but... to educate... the natives..."

Zhang Anshi smiled: "I also expected this situation, so I begged His Majesty and explained the situation. After all, Zhao Wang is His Majesty's direct son, how could he not take care of him? Your Majesty said, let Zhao Wang appoint a general, the minister of the court. , as long as those who are close to Zhao Wang, Zhao Wang draws up a roster, and they can take it with them at that time. Moreover, in order to make them follow His Highness Zhao Wang wholeheartedly, His Majesty also ordered that their whole family, young and old, be brought together Set off with His Royal Highness King Zhao, you see... isn't this the best of both worlds?"

"Yeah." Princess Zhao was quite pleasantly surprised. She may not think these ministers are useful, but at least she thinks that this shows that His Majesty cares about King Zhao. It can be seen that the relationship between father and son is still there, and even the ministers in the court are willing. It is my own son.

  Zhang Anshi said: "The only thing I worry about is that King Zhao doesn't have many close ministers... If the relationship is not close, if you ask someone to go, they will definitely refuse."

  Concubine Zhao seems to feel that this matter is sensitive, but when she thinks about it carefully, she is about to become a feudal lord, can she still manage this? At this time, if you keep secretive, it will be outrageous.

   You know, in the future, if you are not sure, you will have to rely on Zhang Anshi Commercial Bank to provide King Zhao with more supplies and firearms.

  Concubine Zhao then said: "I heard His Royal Highness Zhao Wang said that he has made good friends with many ministers, including Yushi Zhou Yun and the Imperial Academy..."

  She reported dozens of people in one breath.

  Zhang Anshi said in his heart, good guy... This is what Princess Zhao knows, those relationships may not be in place yet, not particularly close, I'm afraid there will be more.

  At this time, Concubine Zhao looked at Zhang Anshi with piercing eyes and said, "So many people, can they all be taken away?"

Zhang Anshi nodded directly and said: "At this time, you must not be polite. My Ming Dynasty has never lacked ministers, but at this time, I have been polite to Your Majesty. In the future, it will be too late to regret it. If it were me, I would definitely put these relationships aside. Not bad, all of them should be taken away by name, otherwise it will be difficult to invite them in the future. Your Majesty, please persuade His Highness King Zhao not to miss this opportunity, after this village, there will be no such shop."

Concubine Zhao said: "What Marquis Annan said is very true and very reasonable. In any case, they are all Jinshi, and they have been officials in the court for a long time, so they are more at ease when they are taken away. But if someone refuses to follow, what should we do? "

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty loves King Zhao so much, why do you care whether other people follow him or not? If you follow a will, you must follow it."

  Princess Zhao understood.

  During the conversation, Zhang Anshi had finished his meal, and said: "I still have some things to explain, His Royal Highness King Zhao...is he very...very..."

   "Ah..." Princess Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

  The meaning of making friends with ordinary ministers is not the same as making friends with Wenyuange University scholars, she subconsciously wanted to deny it.

But then, he regained his composure, and thought that Zhang Anshi was from Jinyiwei after all, and these things might not be hidden, so he said: "There are some friendships, and this is what His Highness told me. I am a woman, and I don't understand the outside things. .”

  Zhang Anshi laughed and said, "If I were the King of Zhao, I would definitely invite Xie Gong out of the mountain."

  Princess Zhao said in embarrassment: "But he is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion...Your Highness, how can you..."

Zhang Anshidao: "Anyway, His Majesty asked His Royal Highness King Zhao to appoint generals, but if there is anything to do with it, don't point it in vain, even if Mr. Xie tried his best to refuse to go, and tried his best to evade it, wouldn't His Royal Highness Zhao have no loss? But what if Xie Gong went, Xie Gong is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and he has an amazing appeal among scholars. If he is willing to accompany Zhao Wang, His Royal Highness Zhao Wang... When he arrives in the domain, I am afraid that the local literature will Scholars, as well as the local Han people, must be admired."

"This is not only good for King Zhao's management of the vassal land, but also... Xie Gong, although he dare not say that his disciples and old officials are all over the world, how many people in the government and the public have received his favor and been promoted by him? Everyone remembers him As for the kindness, as long as Xie Gong goes, although King Zhao will be thousands of miles away in the future, imagine that there will be countless people in this court who will speak well for His Royal Highness Zhao Wang."

   Zhang Anshi finally said sincerely: "Princess, this is not the time to be polite, we have to think about His Royal Highness Zhao Wang!"

   Zhang Anshi's words were indeed very reasonable, and Princess Zhao was very moved when she heard it.

  One Jie Gong is more useful than thousands of ministers.

   After all, she was going thousands of miles away. It would be a lie to say that she was not worried. After all, this is not a joke. In the future, if King Zhao wants to settle down forever, he is naturally eager to take something with him.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "And I heard that Xie Gong also admires His Royal Highness Zhao Wang. He may not be sure, but he is still happy to learn that His Royal Highness Zhao Wang is going to call him overseas! He often talks to the people around him. He said that he had worked very hard in Wenyuan Pavilion, and was in charge of so many important events. He really hoped that one day, he could follow Tao Yuanming’s example and find a peach blossom garden, pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and see Nanshan leisurely. Xie Gong is a high-ranking scholar, not an ordinary person. Princess, you can't use ordinary people's thinking to guess him."

  Concubine Zhao nodded and said: "It makes sense, this matter...I will definitely talk to Zhao Wang Haosheng."

  Zhang An Shi was happy, and said with satisfaction: "Okay, I'm full, Princess, if there is nothing else, I will leave."

Concubine Zhao got up, ordered the eunuchs around her to give her a gift, and then said: "In the future, you will come here often. I don't know when the prince will be able to come back. I'm afraid it's hard to say. We are relatives after all. Being able to walk once is once.”

  Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow to check on His Highness's injuries."

   As he spoke, he left Zhao Wang's residence in high spirits.

   Walking out of the gate of the palace, Zhang Anshi was in a great mood. He was glad that he saved another life, Amitabha!

   After waiting for two days, King Yi was allowed to leave the palace.

  Zhang Anshi personally picked him up at Meridian Gate.

  Yi Wang Zhu saw Zhang Anshi, and smiled and said: "You still have a way, the emperor finally agreed to let me go out of town overseas, haha..."

  Zhang Anshi said: "It also depends on your studies, so stop talking and let's go."

   Zhu nodded, and he got into a big car.

  Zhang Anshi also sneaked in, and said to him: "When you enter an official school, don't mess around, do you understand? Otherwise, I will ask Your Majesty, and you will suffer a lot."

  Zhu blushed: "I am the Empress of Taizu Gao, how can you look down on me?"

  Zhang Anshi warned: "When you entered school, you were not the descendant of Emperor Taizu Gao. The student status I registered for you is that the surname of the king of the capital is the son of the empress of merchants. You will be called Wang from now on."

  Zhu Dao: "A real man will not change his name when he walks..."

  Zhang Anshi glared at him and said, "Shut up."

  Zhang Anshi was still very imposing, but Zhu was shocked, so he could only say: "Oh."

   Zhu entered school, he felt that everything was new.

  He was taken to Minglun Hall, took his school badge, and stayed in this school.

  But soon, he found that...he didn't like it here.

  The rules in the school are very strict, and because he is a transfer class, the only advantage is that he is a prince after all, so he has a good level of literacy.

   But here, what you have to learn is not just literacy.

  Everyone only regards him as a king. Sometimes he gets complacent, and when he talks about Emperor Taizu Gao, or his own brother, he is immediately looked aside.

   "Student Wang, don't refer to Your Majesty casually in the future. We will call you Your Majesty, and we should call him Grand Master."

   "He is the teacher, and I am the disciple. Isn't this a disciple? No, he and I are brothers."

  So everyone glared at him one by one.

  Zhu didn't take it seriously, crossed his hands and said: "Don't be ignorant of good and bad, I..."

  Before he finished speaking, someone began to roll up his sleeves.

  Although fighting is strictly prohibited in government schools, once found, they will be dismissed immediately.

  But such a justifiable reason as insulting the great master is not seen even with a lantern on weekdays.

  Zhu is still very good at seeing the situation, and immediately said: "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't slander the master."

   Zhu was isolated. Fortunately, what Zhu is best at is the isolated environment. When Emperor Jianwen was here, life was more difficult than this!

  After receiving the lesson, he quickly began to become low-key and humble. When riding a horse, he was led by others, when he was doing homework, he rubbed ink for others, and when he squatted in the latrine, he passed toilet paper to others...

  He integrated quickly, and soon after, he really regarded himself as the king.

  ...

  Summer comes and spring goes, and the weather gradually gets hotter. When early summer comes, the ministers are lazy at noon, so they often take a nap in the duty room.

   King Zhao is still alive, which makes many good people become interested again.

   It is heard that His Majesty has shown special favor to His Royal Highness King Zhao recently.

  In fact, this is also understandable. Although the decree has not yet been issued, Zhu Di also knows that this son who has just recovered from his injury will soon go to sea.

  Zheng He's fleet may return in autumn, and after rest, if there is no accident, they will continue to sail.

   When they arrive, they will take King Zhao's belongings and his guards and set off for the next stop.

   After such a farewell, the father and son don't know how long it will take to see each other again.

   Therefore, Zhu Di went to Zhao Wangfu to visit Zhao Wang almost every now and then.

   All officials are familiar with this point.

   All of a sudden, the King Zhao's Mansion was full of people.

  For ministers with a sensitive sense of smell, this may be a signal, which means that His Majesty may have other thoughts about King Zhao.

   Of course... this possibility is not great.

   But the less it is, the more it is an opportunity to burn the stove.

   What if it really happens?

   Xie Jin didn't sleep at noon, but at this time, he searched a lot of books. These are the books he paid attention to when he was studying Dacheng, and most of them were books that cultivated the mind.

   After tidying up, Xie Jin coughed, and a scribe walked in.

   Xie Jin said: "Send these books to Zhao Wangfu..."

  The scribe said, "I don't know if you want to bring a message?"

Xie Jin stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I heard that His Royal Highness Zhao Wang has just recovered from a serious illness. It is time to recuperate from his illness. These books all contain great principles. Your Highness has nothing to do. You can read these books to cultivate your body and mind." .”

  After hearing this, the scribe hurried away with the book in his arms.

   Xie Jin smiled and watched the scribe leave.

  Xie Jin is in a good mood.

  His Royal Highness King Zhao... still has a chance.

   As for giving gifts when he is seriously ill, there are mysteries. After all, he is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. If he comes to the door in person, it will make people suspicious. Especially that Zhang Anshi, he must keep an eye on him at all times, go in and talk about something, then Zhang Anshi will definitely report to His Majesty with embellishments.

   But it would be inappropriate to be indifferent to King Zhao.

  After much deliberation, there is only gift giving.

   King Zhao was ill, and no one could find fault with giving him some gifts.

   There are also mysteries in giving gifts. If it is gold and silver, it will look tacky and not suitable for Xie Jin's identity.

The only way to send books is that it is suitable for his status as a high-ranking scholar. Among these many books, there are also some books about Yongzhi. You can understand that this is Xie Jin secretly encouraging King Zhao, teaching King Zhao not to give up, and also showing his determination to help King Zhao in the same boat.

  Of course...this is just a statement.

  The most powerful thing here is that Xie Jin both expressed his position and did not express his position.

   Zhao Wang succeeded, that is his full support, when His Highness was seriously ill, he still refused to let His Highness give up hope.

  And if King Zhao fails...

What? I, Xie Jin, just gave him a few books, and I didn't say anything.

  The mystery here is really wonderful.

  He couldn't help being complacent about his wisdom.

  So Xie Jin bowed his head, but found a memorial.

  This memorial is actually no different.

  However... it was Zhang Anshi who entered.

   Xie Jin became interested, because Zhang Anshi is Jin Yiwei, and Jin Yiwei has the right to play in secret.

   Logically speaking, in fact, Zhang Anshi's memorials do not need to pass through Wenyuan Pavilion.

  But if they pass Wenyuan Pavilion with great fanfare, the only possibility is that this is Zhang Anshi's statement, a memorial to let the world know, and implores the emperor or the court to agree.

  Xie Jin picked up the memorial, but saw that it read "Abolition of Banknotes and Coins".

  Abolish banknotes and mint coins?

   Xie Jin couldn't help frowning.

   Abolition of banknotes is easy to understand, that is, the abolition of Daming treasures...

  Good guy, Zhang Anshi is really ruthless, this is to abolish the treasure banknote system established by Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty!

  Although the Daming Treasure Banknote basically exists in name only now, no one in the market is willing to accept this thing.

   But although everyone knew that the problem was serious, no one dared to make any suggestions openly.

   On the one hand, it is the problem of this precious banknote, which is not well understood by everyone.

  Even if someone understands, they don't want to cause this trouble.

  Xie Jin probably read Zhang Anshi's memorabilia, but it was Zhang Anshi who suggested that His Majesty's internal funds, treasury, and banks should be used together to establish a coinage bureau, and at the same time completely abolish the Daming banknotes.

   Xie Jin was confused. Although Zhang Anshi had a thousand words in it, Xie Jin only felt that his eyes were dark.

  However, he just smiled, and drafted a ticket below and wrote: "I think it will be discussed by the court."

  It means, this matter... Let's discuss it in a court meeting.

   As he spoke, he put the memorial aside.

   Sure enough, the next day, there was a decree in the palace to hold a court meeting.

  So six days later, Zhang Anshi came to the Meridian Gate excitedly and well prepared.

   Here, many ministers have long been waiting.

  When everyone saw Zhang Anshilai, they just smiled at each other, but they didn't turn their eyebrows coldly.

  The court is like this, even if it is revenge for killing your father, if there is no way to kill it all at once, it will often give you a smiling face.

Even if I want to kill you, during the incense stick time before you, maybe I will pull you, ask you how you are, sincerely ask how you are doing recently, whether the food is delicious, and warn you to eat less and eat more. meals and the like.

  A lot of people are actually a little confused about this court discussion, but it doesn't matter, just watch the excitement.

  Yang Rong is a little unusual today. He has learned the content of the memorandum, and he is more concerned about it.

  So when I met Zhang Anshi, I actually came in front of Zhang Anshi in front of everyone.

  Zhang Anshi looked flattered: "I met Yang Gong."

   "Meet Lord Hou."

   greet each other.

  Yang Rong said: "Yang has read your memorial, and there are many things I don't understand. I wonder if Marquis Annan can teach me a thing or two?"

  Zhang Anshi ignored the gazes of other people, and said: "I have made preparations, and I will explain it to Your Majesty and all the officials later in the court meeting."

  Yang Rong understood as soon as he heard it. This is definitely not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences, but he said with great interest: "Is this beneficial to the country?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "You can leave it to the world."

  Good guy, this tone is very loud.

  Yang Rong smiled and said: "If this is the case, it will be the luck of the world and the common people. If you really have insight, I will definitely support it."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Mr. Yang is too kind to me... woo woo woo..."

  Zhang Anshi suddenly felt something was wrong, into his mother...how did he transform into Zhu Zhanji's mode?

   Got spoiled by that guy.

  (end of this chapter)