Chapter 166 Do we still need to thank them? (Please vote for me!)

Zhejiang is thousands of miles away from the capital.

When Wang Hua went deeper and deeper here,

Liu Jian was holding a memorial in the East Palace to request an order.

Prince Zhu Hou is wearing a red uniform with a gold-woven dragon embroidered on the chest, back and shoulders. He wears a jade belt around his waist and a black winged crown on his head. He now stands taller than Liu Jian.

This little old man is getting shorter every year.

Compared with his old age, the prince's skin is smooth and translucent, he is extremely heroic, and his whole person exudes vitality.

In his current state,

This is where the people of the Ming Dynasty, starting from Emperor Hongzhi, placed their hopes.

He is young, has strong steps and is calm and measured.

In fact, with the qualities that Zhu Houzhao showed, let alone Emperor Hongzhi, who had a special childhood and attached great importance to family ties, even emperors with a slightly normal brain in history would not dislike giving birth to such a son.

But when it came to Emperor Hongzhi, his behavior was even more exaggerated and proud.

Moreover, imperial families are still different from ordinary families. The emperor, even an emperor like Hongzhi who is not a talented and strategist, must also consider whether the successor is suitable.

As for Zhu Houzhao, Hongzhi was obviously extremely satisfied.

Liu Jian has participated in state affairs more deeply than anyone else. He understands very well the power of the Prince of the East Palace in today's court. If a child behaves mischievously, the parents will still protect him. This is called doting. But if the child strives for success, the parents will still call him protecting him.

Well, maybe it's not pampering, maybe it's just letting it go on purpose.

The prince finished flipping through the memorial submitted by Xu Ruoqin that Liu Jian handed over, and even turned to the last page, "Where are the cabinet votes?"

Liu Jian raised the old man's hand and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I haven't had the draft yet, because it involves His Highness, so I sent it here. I would like to ask Your Highness for your approval. After that, the cabinet draft will be sent to His Majesty for preview."

This little thought is moving.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile.

"Whatever I say, what will the elder propose?"

Liu Jian dared to answer this.

Do as the prince wishes. There will be no mistakes in the Hongzhi Dynasty.

"Of course it is."

"Then I want you to write a vote refuting this member?"

"If Your Highness wants to write, then I will write."

old fox,

Liu Jian was certain that the crown prince would not let him write like this.

Because the two of them have formed a long-term tacit understanding.

They are all smart people. Even if they don’t say it, they will naturally understand it after a few interactions.

For the prince, he also needs a cabinet to cooperate with him.

If the cabinet were to write something to refute Xu Ruoqin's memorial, it would worsen Liu Jian's living environment among civil servants.

This is not what the prince wants, because the prince needs Liu Jian.

Of course, Liu Jian will be abandoned one day.

Not today,

Nor would it be for a little Xu Ruoqin.

It’s not like the cabinet is unaware of the actions Donggong has made in Zhejiang. In such a simple situation, Donggong will not make itself too passive or have no countermeasures.

So Liu Jian dares to say such things,

Now that he said this, Zhu Houzhao no longer had to embarrass the old man.

"As you said, why would a small prefect need to go to war like that? I know about this matter. Just leave the memorial here. You don't know what to do if you take it back."

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case.

But at that time, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also asked the ministers to give the excerpts to the prince first. Someone found such an ancestor's practice, and Emperor Hongzhi naturally adopted it.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao can be retained.

However, because his inner thoughts were exposed, Mr. Liu Ge surrendered his hands and confessed, "It's because I have lost my mind."

But Zhu Houzhao would not pursue him on such a matter. He simply ignored it and said instead: "The struggle of viewpoints is fake, and the struggle of direction is also fake. Only the struggle of interests and power is real. Mr. Liu Ge, I

Is that right?"

"Old minister, please tell me the truth."

Zhu Houzhao was in a good mood. He raised his wide sleeves and said, "Say."

"Your Highness should not underestimate the role of perspective."

"I understand what you mean." The prince lowered his eyebrows, but he had another thought, "No matter what kind of struggle it is, I will not let the country's worms remain."

Liu Jian listened and was shocked in his heart. After several years of tempering, the East Palace began to look different.

For Zhu Houzhao, it was no longer the eleventh year of Hongzhi. At that time, ministers could deceive the prince into being young and send him back to the Wenhua Hall to study, without letting him do anything.

So of course he cares about power and the public opinion field.

But who can stop Zhu Houzhao from succeeding to the throne today? So power is important, but more importantly, he cannot let these people do whatever they want.

"Mr. Liu Ge, everything is fine here. You can go back to the cabinet."

"Yes, veteran, I'm resigning."

After they left, Zhu Houzhao put Xu Ruoqin's memorial aside and told Liu Jin: "Call Fengxi over."

"yes."

Fengxi was the second-ranked scholar in Yiwei Enke in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, and then lost the first prize because he was a cripple.

In fact, lameness was not very convenient in ancient times, because there were important sacrificial activities, and that was enough in ordinary times. I was worshiping my ancestors, and everyone was kneeling, but you couldn't kneel down, or you couldn't get up from your knees. In that kind of situation, it was always inappropriate.

good.

But he was still able to get the second place in the list because he wrote excellent policy articles.

Fengxi stayed in the Hanlin Academy for two years, and then went to Zhan Shifu as the "ninth-rank school secretary", which was actually the prince's secretary. Now he has been promoted to the sixth-rank left to praise good things and serve as an attendant.

Because his legs and feet were not good, Zhu Houzhao used his brain to draw a picture and asked someone to buy him a simple wooden wheelchair. He had nothing to think about. If a cripple could be favored by the prince, he would basically die.

Now I am very familiar with Zhu Houzhao.

As soon as the prince told him, there were special attendants pushing him into the East Palace soon, and then he used crutches himself.

Normally, when Zhu Houzhao feels troubled, he will go out and come down the steps by himself, and this time it was the same.

"Your Majesty, Fengxi, is here to see Your Highness."

"No need." Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand for Liu Jin to come over and unfolded the memorial to him. "Take a look and go back and write an article to refute him."

Fengxi learned a lot and had a strong memory. He only needed to read the memorials a few times without copying them, and he would be able to remember them naturally.

Arts and sciences are not mathematics,

It is always right to say that it is right, and to say the opposite is wrong.

Just like, as the saying goes, a man who refuses to retaliate is not a gentleman, and as the saying goes, if you take a step back, the world will be brighter.

The most remarkable thing about the Chinese people is that,

No matter what we want to do, we can always find a set of beautiful principles to support it. When one day we find that we are doing something wrong, we will overturn it and knock it down immediately. After a few years, if we find that it is right again, we will pick it up and continue to criticize it.

Criticize the past and then put it to use.

Of course, it has a nice word, called inclusive.

As for the memorial itself,

Zhu Houzhao should be kept.

First, he had to wait for the situation in Zhejiang and how Wang Hua was doing, and he had to have a message for him no matter what.

Secondly, he wanted to be domineering, so he kept this memorial to himself.

It will not be submitted to the cabinet for approval, nor will it be submitted to the emperor for reading.

The reason why it is so secretive.

He just wanted to see who would dare to jump out and ask where Xu Ruoqin's memorial was.

Or if they're just not in a hurry, that's fine, just put it off.

The last point was what Zhu Houzhao had previously considered. At this time, he still tried not to aim at deposing Liu Daxia, unless he insisted on clinging to him.

So press it if you can.

"Your Highness, I need an hour." Fengxi looked away and nodded.
To be continued...