Chapter 138 Not only a wise master, but also a wise king!

Erhu was shocked when he saw that Lao Zhu suddenly wanted to renovate the palace.

What is going on? Why did the emperor suddenly change his gender?

The young master has just moved here two days ago, and the emperor is already in a hurry to renovate the palace?

This is not possible. You have to let the young master live for three years, so that your position will be stable!

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry said that if you want to renovate it, it will cost at least two hundred thousand taels of silver. The imperial court cannot raise so much money at once..."

"What?"

When Lao Zhu heard the news of two hundred thousand taels, he was so frightened that his tone of voice changed.

"How much does it cost to build a new one? How dare we ask for two hundred thousand taels to renovate it?"

"Are you really treating this emperor like a pig?"

"You can take Jin Yiwei with you and ask for us if they still want to live!"

Erhu quickly explained after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, I have inquired about this in my humble position, and the price quoted by the Ministry of Industry is not very satisfactory."

"It's no better than it was during the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Ming Dynasty has been in peace for a long time, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Labor is five or six times more expensive than before!"

"When the Ming Dynasty was first founded, people who stuttered had to work. Now we have to pay wages to provide food and drink!"

"This is a total expense for the boss, plus dismantling beams and columns, cleaning, moving and other miscellaneous things, two hundred thousand taels is not much at all."

"Moreover, the palace is close to Xuanwu Lake and has heavy humidity. Ordinary wood is not suitable at all. We have to purchase golden nanmu from Yunnan for beams and columns. This is another big expense!"

"In my humble position, I found someone to calculate. A piece of golden nanmu will cost more than a thousand taels of silver. At the palace, it will cost at least hundreds of pieces, so that means one hundred thousand taels of silver will be spent..."

Erhu looked at Lao Zhu's face as he spoke. Seeing that Lao Zhu had listened, he quickly added another sentence.

"Your Majesty, you don't want the young master to be wronged again, right?"

This sentence instantly became the last straw for Lao Zhu, causing him to completely give up the idea of ​​renovating the palace.

"Forget it then, let's wait until the court has money!"

"Why!"

Erhu hurriedly agreed, and then followed Lao Zhu to the front hall to attend court.

The officials who had been waiting all morning became confused when they saw that His Majesty the Emperor looked depressed again.

I haven't heard of a new imperial concubine entering the palace recently. How could the emperor be so tired?

Do you want to write a letter to advise and ask the emperor to take care of the dragon body, put the country, the country, and the country first, and stop running to the harem all the time?

There are dozens of princes and princesses, so it’s time to take care of your health, right?

However, they only dared to criticize in their hearts, and even if they had the courage, they did not dare to say it in person.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Guizhou Xuanwei came to duty and sent an envoy to present twenty horses as tribute. Please give me your Majesty's instructions!"

"ah?"

"What did you just say? Say it again?"

Zhao Mian, Minister of Rites, continued to repeat.

"The Xuanwei envoy from Guizhou presented twenty horses as tribute!"

"Oh, I have an impression of this person. He is quite respectful and honest in Guizhou. Your Rites Department will reward him as usual!"

After Zhao Mian, the Minister of Rites, went down, Jiang Wei came up to report.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards now have 2,000 cavalry troops. It turns out that the guard can no longer manage them. I would like to ask for an additional guard to be specially used to manage the cavalry troops."

Now Lao Zhu was a little more energetic and thought about it after hearing this.

"There's no need to spend a lot of time building a ward, just add two thousand-household residences at the front and back first!"

"promise!"

Jiang Yu respectfully stepped down while recording it on the paper.

In fact, this matter was just a way for him to test His Majesty's attitude towards him. It made no difference to him whether to add one guard or two thousand households.

Now seeing that His Majesty did not dislike him, and still acted businesslike, Jiang Wei was completely relieved.

It seems that Erhu didn't say anything bad about us in front of His Majesty?

While Lao Zhu was listlessly dealing with major political affairs, the main hall also welcomed two new gentlemen.

In fact, these two men were originally from the main hall. It was only because there was a shortage of people at the Wenhua Hall that they were transferred there.

Therefore, many princes in the main hall are very familiar with these two people.

But as time goes by, the apprenticeship ceremony still needs to be held.

Early in the morning, people from the Ministry of Etiquette were ordered to hold the apprenticeship ceremony. The two gentlemen took their seats, and all the princes, princes, and grandsons paid homage.

Lao Zhu made a very clear distinction on this point. He could beat and scold officials at will, and even kill them whenever he wanted, but he never relaxed about the upbringing of his children.

Respecting teachers is the most basic requirement, and we will never interfere with the teacher's teaching methods.

There is only one requirement, and that is to be strict. You should be beaten and punished, as long as you can teach the princes and grandsons well!

After the apprenticeship ceremony, it was time for the gentlemen to declare the new rules. Zhu Yunxi sat in the last row, listlessly listening to the same old talk and feeling drowsy.

But just as he was taking a nap with his chin propped up as usual, he suddenly heard a shrill roar.

"Zhu Yunxi!"

"ah?"

Zhu Yunxi woke up quickly when he heard this, and then saw Huang Zicheng looking directly at him with a shy face, so close that he could see the guy's eye guano.

"Mr. Huang..."

"Your Highness, Third Emperor Sun, sleeping during class hours is a taboo. This is against the way of a saint!"

"Mr. I am forcing you to stand and listen to the lecture!"

"What?"

"You dare to have any objection?"

Zhu Yunxi was unhappy on the spot when he heard this.

"Huang Zicheng, you are avenging a private vendetta!"

"You are targeting me deliberately!"

"Isn't it because you were caught by Jin Yiwei for stealing and selling my counterfeit books? You were imprisoned for three days!"

"I didn't even say I would argue with you, but you dare to pick a fight with me!"

When Huang Zicheng saw Zhu Yunxi making such accusations, he became furious on the spot.

"you you you……"

"I have no shame to teach here. I will go to see Your Majesty right now and ask Your Majesty to remove the humble minister from his official position. Wuwuwu..."

When Zhu Gui saw Huang Zicheng was about to leave, he quickly got up and stopped him.

"Mr. Huang, please calm down. Zhu Yunxi is still young, and you have a lot of money. Don't be as knowledgeable as him!"

After Zhu Gui comforted Huang Zicheng, he quickly took Zhu Yunxi outside to scold him.

"Are you stupid!"

"This old man is obviously here for you, but you dare to expose his shortcomings!"

"You don't know what your grandpa's temperament is like. As long as you let this old man complain, no matter if it's your fault or not, your grandpa will have to beat you first!"

"I……"

Zhu Yunxi also knew that what Zhu Gui said was reasonable, but he still felt aggrieved.

"I just can't swallow this breath!"

"He just stole our books and sold them. I didn't even ask Jin Yiwei to fine him any money. How could he have the nerve to pick on me?"

"Come on, nephew, please bear with me for a while, and then we can find a way to deal with him after a while."

"As long as he doesn't go too far, we'd better not provoke him!"

Seeing Zhu Gui's persuasion, Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to agree depressedly.

"All right!"

"I hope this old man can stay calm, otherwise I will have to ask Xu Liuzi and the others to bury something in his yard!"

Zhu Gui persuaded Zhu Yunxi for a while, and then persuaded his eldest nephew to go back and apologize to Huang Zicheng.

Huang Zicheng snorted coldly and finally stopped crying and went to complain to the emperor. However, Zhu Yunxi's "privilege" of standing and listening to lectures was finally confirmed.

Huang Zicheng felt very happy when he saw Zhu Yunxi standing and listening to the lecture.
To be continued...