Zhu Youyi was usually generous and kind to the people in the palace, generous in giving, and generous in rewards, but he took family property very seriously. This was also an important reason why Prince Xing's Palace and Prince Xiang's Palace had a dispute over land.
As a vassal king, what he cares most about is the inheritance of his family property. Zhu Youqi wants to leave more things to his children and grandchildren. To a certain extent, this is a normal mentality. The only way for people in the royal family to gain status and promotion is to rebel. The only way What can be left to your children and grandchildren only properties such as fields, houses, shops, etc.?
Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo looked at Tang Yin with different meanings.
Tang Yin was entrusted with an important task again. He was obviously an "invisible man" whose identity could not be disclosed, but he had recently taken on more of the palace's external affairs. First, he contacted the state government on bandit suppression matters, and now he even competed with Prince Xiang's palace for land. Come forward.
Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo had their own thoughts and did not speak out against King Xing's decision.
Then Zhu Youqian briefly inspected Zhu Si's academic performance in a symbolic way. He didn't even mention that Fan Yikuan was about to leave the palace, and ended the meeting in a hurry because of another violent cough.
Zhu Hao was a bystander from beginning to end, but he saw the events at the scene thoroughly.
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Come out of King Xing's study.
Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo were talking and laughing and left first. Lu Song, who was waiting outside, accompanied Zhu Si back to class. Tang Yinze asked Zhu Hao to walk with him for a while.
Tang Yin didn't quite understand why the palace's external publicity affairs were entrusted to him, a man who was avoiding disasters and was afraid of contact with strangers.
"Zhu Hao, unfortunately you were right. Prince Xing only talked about the internal affairs of the palace, and asked me to handle the dispute with Prince Xiang's palace... I'm afraid you never expected this to happen, right?" Tang Yin I actually felt lucky that I finally wasn't completely guessed by this kid.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "Mr. Tang, do you think I am a god and can predict everything?"
Tang Yin smiled and said, "Weren't you in the past?"
As Zhu Hao walked, he glanced sideways at Tang Yin. It was rare that this old boy thought so highly of him. Did he regard him as a semi-immortal who could pinch and calculate?
"In the dispute with Prince Xiang's Mansion, I advise Mr. Tang to stop it in moderation and not to push forward." Zhu Hao said.
"What do you mean?"
"This is an internal dispute within the royal family, and only the emperor can adjudicate it. It seems that the status of Prince Xing's Palace is superior to Prince Xiang's Palace, but it is still just a side branch of the royal family... As analyzed previously, the imperial court intends to suppress the momentum of Prince Xing's Palace. The matter is troubled When you become queen, the court will investigate and whoever is responsible will be in trouble. Even if King Xing doesn't drive you away, you won't be able to stay."
Zhu Hao explained the reason why Yuan Zonggao did not object to this matter.
I just want to see you, Tang Yin, make trouble and then retreat.
Tang Yin frowned: "Do you think it is possible that this matter was Yuan Changshi's suggestion to Prince Xing? I mean, let me be responsible for contacting Prince Xiang's Mansion..."
"Um."
Zhu Hao nodded, "It's very likely."
"That matter is really tricky... It seems that Zhang Fengzheng and I need to be a little more distant recently and not get too close, otherwise Yuan Changshi will not be able to tolerate me even more."
Tang Yin had the attitude that once I put the matter behind me, there would be nothing he could do to trouble me.
Zhu Hao let out a contemptuous snort from the corner of his mouth: "Mr. Tang, I would like to remind you that the mourning period for Prince Zhang Changshi is coming to an end soon, and he will leave to return to Anlu in a few days. If everything goes as expected by then, , you have to compete with two people at the same time... and you will suffer."
"Um?"
Tang Yin has no sense of crisis at all.
Zhang Jingming's return is not a secret in Prince Xing's Mansion, but Zhu Hao has not mentioned it in front of him recently, so he has not taken the matter to heart at all.
Seeing the outside of the academy, Zhu Hao was about to go back to the dormitory in the west courtyard through the corridor. Tang Yin quickly asked: "Zhu Hao, why did King Xing come to you today? Just to listen? This is something I still can't figure out.
"
Zhu Hao stopped and said seriously: "Because King Xing has something to ask of me..."
"What's the explanation?" Tang Yin frowned.
You kid is really good at bragging. Does King Xing want to ask for something?
Why didn't I see it?
If it is true as you said, then King Xing opened his mouth and just called you over without even asking. Is King Xing embarrassed?
Zhu Hao said: "Don't you have anything to say to Prince Xing? At the moment, we have to put the stability of the place first, put aside the matter of paying tribute to His Majesty for the time being, and not have too much contact with Zhang Zhizhou. How can Prince Xing's palace just pay a little tribute during the Qianqiu Festival?"
Not even going?"
Tang Yin's face showed a look of shock: "You don't mean to say that... powerful gunpowder?"
Zhu Hao said sternly: "Taking the gunpowder formula I made as a tribute is indeed better than anything else, but maybe King Xing also has doubts about this, because I have repeatedly stated that the stability of the gunpowder is very poor and is not a perfect battlefield killer.
The utensil is not appropriate as a tribute. Maybe you just want to find something else for me..."
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and sighed: "Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao, you see the problem more comprehensively and in-depth than I do. You can think of all this. Come to think of it, you can take out a telescope and extremely powerful gunpowder to let the palace
Having benefited twice, King Xing will naturally think that you can come up with a more satisfactory tribute...
"It doesn't cost too much, and it can make His Majesty and the courtiers look at Prince Xing's Mansion with admiration. No wonder they are looking for you. This is to communicate with you in advance and prepare for the tributes and gifts for the Qianqiu Festival in the future."
Zhu Hao smiled.
Is this considered an afterthought by Tang Yin?
This can't be called hindsight. If he hadn't reminded him, Tang Yin wouldn't have been able to figure it out even a few days later.
"Mr. Tang, don't say that King Xing is so deliberate. This is just a direction of speculation. The specific reason... Maybe King Xing just wants to ask me to give more attention to the crown prince. Just because he is not feeling well, I will leave this for now.
Let's put this matter aside? Don't think about it anymore, let's think about how to deal with the people in Prince Xiang's Mansion."
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he didn't plan to stay this time and left quickly.
"People from Prince Xiang's Mansion?" Tang Yin was still puzzled.
Zhu Hao kept walking, and his voice came softly: "Although the land is currently in the hands of Prince Xiang's Mansion, the imperial court has assigned it to Prince Xing's Mansion. Prince Xing's Mansion will occupy the title of Dayi, and will seize the opportunity during negotiations.
In order to gain a head start, the palace must first send someone to negotiate with Prince Xing’s palace, saying that the person may not have arrived in Anlu...or he may not have done so yet, so be careful in dealing with it."
Zhu Hao was just analyzing the current situation.
Didn't say anything to death.
The royal fields of Prince Xiang's Mansion and Prince Xing's Mansion are right next to each other. Who knows how both sides will handle this matter.
It was Zhu Hao's advice to tell Tang Yin to be careful.
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Tang Yin originally didn't take Zhu Hao's reminder too seriously.
But that afternoon, Zhang Zuo asked Lu Song to come and send a message to discuss the matter.
Tang Yin chatted with Lu Song for a few words on the way, and casually mentioned Zhu Hao's reminder that Prince Xiang's Palace might take the initiative to send people to Anlu for negotiations. Lu Song was greatly surprised when he heard this: "Mr. Tang, you know in advance
News?”
Tang Yin was puzzled: "It was Zhu Hao who analyzed it. I didn't know any information in advance... Could it be that he was right?"
In front of Lu Song, Tang Yin had nothing to hide. This was also the way Tang Yin treated his friends, and he also truly regarded Lu Song as one of his own. As a drinking buddy, they usually helped each other a lot. Apart from Zhu Hao, he was the only one in the palace besides Zhu Hao.
best friend.
Lu Song sighed: "Young Master Zhu is really good at predicting things! No, I just got the news from Zhang Fengzheng. People from Prince Xiang's Mansion will come to Anlu in the next two days."
Tang Yin smiled: "Maybe Zhu Hao learned about it in advance and deliberately pretended that he analyzed it?"
"Mr. Tang, you have known Master Zhu for more than a day or two. You should know him well. He is really not the kind of person who pretends to be a ghost. Besides, the fact that Prince Xiang's Mansion sent someone only reached the Prince's Mansion this afternoon. It's better to leave.
The internal channels of the Department of Ceremony and Welfare...it is impossible for others to know in advance."
Tang Yin put away the relaxed look on his face and became a little more solemn.
"But it makes sense to think about it. Either our Prince Xing's Palace will send someone to Xiangyang to communicate, or someone from Prince Xiang's Palace will come to Anlu. With these two options, it's not difficult to guess."
Lu Song may have felt that his words hurt Tang Yin's self-esteem a little, so he forced himself to explain.
Tang Yin smiled bitterly and said: "That kid Zhu Hao has spent all his time trying to figure out people's psychology. He has exhausted all the mechanisms... I hope he won't be harmed by so many schemes in the future."
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When Tang Yin met Zhang Zuo, Zhang Zuo gave a special explanation on how to receive the envoys from Prince Xiang's Palace.
"Your Majesty means to deal with it coldly first. The more anxious they are, the more the Prince Xing's Mansion must deal with it calmly... Our family cannot accompany Mr. Tang to negotiate. Everything is left to you, Mr. Tang, to handle." Zhang Zuo said.
Tang Yin tried to ask: "Then the palace really doesn't care about sending gifts to the Holy Emperor for the Qianqiu Festival?"
This is testing another thing that Zhu Hao analyzed, which is why King Xing asked Zhu Hao to attend this meeting.
Zhang Zuo didn't know what was going on and shook his head and said: "Zhang Zhizhou is obviously against our palace. Even if he sends a congratulatory gift, it will be sent by Prince Xing's palace alone, and it must not be combined with the local government... Besides, His Majesty's ordinary congratulatory gifts
, can it show what makes Wangfu unique?”
Tang Yin was in trouble: "It's not easy to find a gift that's better than others."
Zhang Zuo smiled and said: "Isn't this Young Master Zhu? Just like last year, if you get some telescope out, everything will be solved?"
really.
Tang Yin felt a little more horrified.
He was also thinking in his mind that he might have experienced too many ordinary things recently, and he had forgotten how Zhu Hao's actions had dazzled him in the past, so he actually doubted his analysis?
He is so old and foolish that he doesn't even have the insight of a child.
"By the way, Mr. Tang, I want you to secretly mention this matter to Master Zhu to see if he can give... some good tribute. If it can win honor for the palace, the palace can spend any amount of money...
But it can’t be too much. Prince Xing’s Mansion needs money everywhere now, so it would be better to save some.”
In the end, Zhang Zuo actually asked Tang Yin to act as an intermediary to remind Zhu Hao to prepare for the emperor's birthday gift in a few months.