Imperial Palace, the back hall of the Ganqing Palace.

Just as night was approaching, Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youzhang was sitting on the dragon throne, with mountains piled up in front of him waiting for his memorials. He was holding a cinnabar pen in his right hand and a Taoist talisman in his left hand. He picked up the pen to write a few words. Then his eyes fell on the talisman in his left hand, and he was stunned at the exquisite patterns on it.

People only know that Zhu Youzhe was diligent in self-discipline and created the situation of Hongzhi's revival, but they did not know that eight years after Hongzhi, Zhu Youzhe had begun to gradually become lazy in the government affairs and began to be interested in Taoist alchemy and talismans. Now the most beloved person around him is the eunuch Li Guang, who was born in Taoism.

"His Majesty……"

An old eunuch appeared in front of Zhu Youting, Xiao Jing, who was ranked second in the four eunuchs in the Sili Supervisor.

Xiao Jing is also the governor of the East Factory.

Zhu Youzhang looked up at Xiao Jing when he heard this, and wanted to put down everything he had and hand it over to Xiao Jing. He asked casually: "Have the queen and the little princess gone to bed?"

"Yes, the queen and the princess are both resting."

"oh."

Zhu Youzhang responded first, then sighed loudly, "Oh!"

Zhu Youzhang is in a bad mood recently, mainly because his second son Zhu Houwei died just over one year old.

The February day is just March now. Not only is he in a bad mood, but the atmosphere in the palace is also very bad. Zhu Youxiong remembered the pain of losing his wife's son. He has not gone to sleep with his wife at night, but asked his wife to sleep with his other child, the little princess Taikang.

The little princess was born in the same year as Zhu Houwei, and she was the sister. It was the beginning and end of the year, and it was the seventh year of Hongzhi.

In the past two years, Zhu Youling was full of energy. His two sons and one daughter felt that the problem of offspring had stabilized. He just waited to return and gave birth to a few more people to promote his lineage. Then he became more mentally dissipated and began to seek Taoist techniques for eternity.

As a result, he was extremely happy and sad. After the New Year, his second son died in the ninth year of Hongzhi. In fact, when he waited for another two years, his daughter Princess Taikang would die by the eleventh year of Hongzhi.

Since then, no matter how hard Zhu Youzhang tried, his wife never gave birth to a son or a daughter for him. He didn't want to find a concubine, and later...

If you don’t work hard, can you blame others?

At this time, Zhu Youzhang was still looking at the talisman in his hand and handing the pen to Xiao Jing on one side, meaning that Xiao Jing would complete the Zhu clarification for him.

Xiao Jing took out a memorial from his arms and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, here is a memorial from Jianchang Bo."

"Put it aside...wait, who?"

Xiao Jing replied seriously: "It's Jianchang Bo."

Zhu Youzhang frowned slightly. He knew better than anyone else that his brother-in-law would write a congratulatory message during festivals or on his birthday. He had never seen his brother-in-law make a memorial except for writing a congratulatory message on holidays or on his birthday.

"Give memorials."

Zhu Youzhang didn't even bother to continue to appreciate the exquisite talisman. It seemed that Zhang Yanling's report was even more interesting.

Xiao Jing handed over the memorial and explained casually: "As Jianchang Bo said, he met a bad guy when he went out of the city to handle the affairs of the imperial village. Jianchang Bo and his party were beaten..."

What Xiao Jing said was mentioned in the memorial, and Zhu Youzhang himself would also read it.

But before Zhu Youzhang finished reading the memorial, a young eunuch came in at the door to report: "Your Majesty, Master Xu and Master Li of the Cabinet are asking for a meeting."

Zhu Youzing was in a worse mood.

As a student, he still knows how to respect teachers and respect their principles. When the teacher comes to ask for advice, he feels like a student is caught secretly playing.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for his Eastern Palace commanders' protection, he wouldn't have been able to be the emperor in the end. He was worried every day. Suddenly one day, the enemy and his father died at the same time, and he suddenly became the master of the world. That feeling was similar to being miserable for decades and winning the lottery and reaching the peak of his life.

The helpers in trouble will need to be rewarded no matter how hard they are. The bachelors who entered the cabinet of Hongzhi Dynasty were all lecturers in his East Palace.

However, the current chief minister is still Xu Pu, who has entered the cabinet during the Chenghua period.

"It's already night, why are you still troubled me? It seems that they are not on duty today, right?"

Xiao Jing said respectfully: "There must be something big for the two cabinet masters to come, so why bother with Your Majesty?"

Zhu Youzhang had no idea. After hearing Xiao Jing's words, he waved his hand and said, "Let's meet."

Not long after, Xu Pu, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Li Dongyang, who had just entered the cabinet in the eighth year of Hongzhi, appeared together in front of Zhu Youzhang.

Xu Pu and Li Dongyang gave a simple greeting first, and Li Dongyang reported: "Your Majesty, I have important matters to report."

Zhu Youzhang ignored him.

As a good old man, Xiao Jing continued with a smile: "What does Mr. Li have to say it just right."

"Xu Tianxi, the head of the official department, submitted a memorial, Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling led his family slaves to force the land outside the city to rob the people of the people and humiliate the scholars, which made the people of the capital resentful..."

Li Dongyang took out a memorial and before he could read it to Zhu Youting, he had already clearly displayed Zhang Yanling's crimes. He prescribed the right medicine for what he said to the point of being sharp. Not to mention how shameless the evil Zhang Yanling did was, but to say that doing so would cause changes in the people's hearts.

When the uncle beats people, the emperor will not feel sorry for the people who are beaten, but will only worry about the commotion caused by the people.

But even if Li Dongyang said everything about this, Zhu Youting's face was unmoved.

The same two memorials talk about the same thing, of course they are preconceived, let alone Zhang Yanling is the emperor's brother-in-law, does the emperor believe in his brother-in-law or these old scholars?

"Your Majesty also asks you to severely punish the criminals." Li Dongyang finally made a summary.

Zhu Youzu sighed, "The Xu Qing family is here, is this the same thing?"

Xu Pu was so scheming after all, and when he heard this, he obviously felt something was wrong, but he still said respectfully: "That's the matter."

"Um."

Zhu Youzhang nodded and said, "Why did I get a memorial before? What I said is not the case?"

Xu Pu and Li Dongyang looked at each other.

After they received the memorial, they came to report without stopping, and there were anyone who could be faster than them?

Could it be Xiao Jing, who is in charge of the East Factory?

Zhu Youzhang signaled to Xiao Jing and asked Xiao Jing to come and talk for him.

Xiao Jing then smiled bitterly and said, "Before the two cabinet masters came, Jianchang Bo had reported this matter truthfully, but was not forcibly robbing people's land, but when he left the city to handle the matter of the imperial village, he encountered a scholar who slandered the government affairs, and then there was a conflict. It was because Jianchang Bo was injured first..."

Li Dongyang was impatient and immediately said, "This is definitely not the case. Please let Your Majesty take a look."

Zhu Youtu sighed: "I hope it is not the case, but what the uncle said is reasonable and well-founded, so I cannot refuse to believe it."

"ah?"

Li Dongyang was shocked.

This is not what the emperor saw with his own eyes. Can it be said to be reasonable and well-founded?

It’s just that Zhang Yanling opens his mouth and says whatever he wants?

Seeing that Li Dongyang was in a state of extreme emotion, Xiao Jing was afraid that he would abruptly, so he quickly explained: "That's right, as Jianchang Bo said, a scholar slandered the court, saying that Your Majesty favored the treacherous and closed the way of speech, and said that Your Majesty was a traitor and trashed the court with insects. Jianchang Bo went up to argue with him a few words. Not only did he not listen, he also beat someone to break Jianchang Bo's head..."

"Then Jianchang Bo bought a piece of land for the imperial village, and these scholars were also worried about the villagers gathering to cause trouble."

"Afterward, Jianchang Bo arrested the bandit leader and sent him to Shuntian Prefecture for punishment. Another person who scolded along the way was tied up with a rope and then fished it up. He punished the big warning and avoided further escalation of the situation..."

Li Dongyang originally thought that Zhang Yanling was making up the process of the matter.

After listening to what Xiao Jing said, I realized that what Zhang Yanling gave was exactly the same as what Xu Tianxi said in the interview. The process was very detailed, but it was different in terms of the cause and reason.

Xu Tianxi said that Zhang Yanling was unable to gather the crowd to seize the farmland, and even beat the scholars who protected the farmland and threw the scholars who supported the support along the way into the river.

But when he arrived at Zhang Yanling, he said that it was a scholar who slandered the government. Zhang Yanling couldn't stand it and reasoned, but was beaten first.

To let Li Dongyang choose, of course, believe what Xu Tianxi said.

"Your Majesty, this is the opinion of Jianchang Bo's family and it is not credible." Li Dongyang argued with reason.

From beginning to end, Xu Pu didn't say anything, and he felt something was wrong.

Zhu You said: "Mr. Li, it's not that I have to believe in the uncle, but that I have something to say... the uncle can't say it, what do you think?"

Li Dongyang was stunned, and then he understood what the emperor was saying.

The words of "believing in treacherous and obscene along the way and the worms and worms are chaotic in the court are not something that Zhang Yanling can say. If Zhang Yanling hadn't heard it with his own ears, could he say it so well?

What's more, even if Zhang Yanling really has this knowledge, he wouldn't say that. How could he judge himself as a "traitor" or "worm-beast"?

"Your Majesty also asked you to take a closer look." Li Dongyang couldn't explain clearly, so he had to ask Zhu You to investigate carefully.

Zhu You said: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to investigate. Eunuch Xiao, is Dongchang aware of this matter?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, Dongchang did know about this." Xiao Jing looked embarrassed.

"Then Eunuch Xiao, just tell me whether the land was bought by Jianchang Bo or robbed?"

"As far as I know, it was bought by Jianchang Bo, but..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Zhu Youzhang continued to ask: "Was Jianchang Bo the first to hit someone, or was he beaten first after reasoning with others?"

The questions asked by Zhu Youzhen are all very tricky.

As the admiral of the East Factory, Xiao Jing had no choice but to report what he knew: "It was Jianchang Bo who was beaten first, and his head was bleeding..."

Zhu Youzing then looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Mr. Li, what else do you have to say?"
Chapter completed!