Chapter 506: A Heartless Person? (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)
Chapter 506: A heartless person? (Please vote for me)
This time Zhu Si came to look for Zhu Hao before it got dark, only to find that he was not there when he arrived.
"...Your Majesty, Zhu Hao has gone to a banquet. Yang Yongxiu, the eldest son of Yang Pavilion, invited him over for a drink. According to the people who came back, Yang Dafu, who was second in the imperial examination, was also present."
It was not easy for others to say anything to Zhu Si. Zhu Hao went to attend the banquet of the enemy camp. What did the emperor think?
But Tang Yin was not afraid and explained the situation to Zhu Si truthfully.
Zhu Si said angrily: "The imperial court's banquet at the Ministry of Rites has not even started yet, and the Yang family is hosting a banquet for the number one scholar and the second-ranked scholar. What are their intentions?"
Tang Yin smiled and said, "Perhaps Yang Yongxiu wants to make friends with his colleagues in advance?"
Zhang Zuo saw that Tang Yin was looking at the fire from the other side and watched the excitement, so he hurriedly persuaded him: "Mr. Tang, this kind of thing is ridiculous. You know clearly that the Hanlin editor named Yang has no good intentions, so why do you deliberately pretend to be confused? This is clear.
He is recruiting important officials from the court for his father!"
"I'm not an important official, but Mr. Yang Ge is so impatient that he really has no scruples." Tang Yin also felt that Yang Tinghe and his son's actions were a clear indication of their intention to create cliques in the court.
Zhu Sidao: "Zhu Hao is not important yet? Mr. Tang, do you think there is anyone more important to me than Zhu Hao?"
Tang Yin shook his head: "That's just for us, the people on the other side won't know what's going on here."
In the end, Tang Yin finally clarified the relationship between the two parties. One side is his "own side" and the other side is the "opposite side".
Zhu Si was unhappy: "I wanted to have a good meal with Zhu Hao. I also brought some delicacies from the palace. I don't need to eat them now... I will let Zhu Hao tell me what's going on when I get back."
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Zhu Hao was still having a banquet.
Yang Weicong was Yang Shen's best friend, so Yang Shen was naturally not worried that Yang Weicong would be won over by the emperor. In the middle of the banquet, he sent Yang Weicong back.
Yang Shen left Zhu Hao behind, seemingly trying to coerce and induce Zhu Hao to join his side.
"...You were born in the Zhu family of Jinyiwei, so you should naturally know the mission shouldered by the Zhu family, right? Since the Hongzhi Dynasty, the Zhu family has moved from the capital to Anlu. After more than 20 years there, it has experienced almost a generation of changes, until the new era.
Before the emperor ascended the throne, his mission had not changed..."
Yang Shen’s words are serious and thoughtful.
Zhu Hao thought to himself, how can I need you to teach me about the Zhu family? Do you really think you are knowledgeable and know everything?
I naturally admire your literary talents and articles. You are a talented man of the Ming Dynasty, but your side is limited to family interest disputes. Your political consciousness is not high. In history, you initiated the Zuo Shunmen Incident and completely offended Emperor Jiajing. You deserve it for the rest of your life.
Depressed and frustrated.
Zhu Hao deliberately pretended to be confused: "I don't quite understand what Yang Hanlin said... As the home of the Jinyiwei, the Zhu family is meant to serve the country. Whether it is in the capital or in the local area, there is no difference, right?"
Yang Shen said: "I heard that you stayed in the Prince's Mansion for many years... I'm talking about Prince Xing's Mansion."
"yes."
Zhu Hao did not hide anything, "Not only that, I am also very familiar with many people in Prince Xing's mansion."
Yang Shen narrowed his eyes slightly, not expecting that Zhu Hao in front of him could be so "frank" about the issue of Prince Xing's Mansion while pretending to be confused.
"Then what is your purpose of entering Prince Xing's Mansion?" Yang Shen asked further.
"Reading."
Zhu Hao's face was full of confusion, "Speaking of which, my late father passed away early. I was young at the time, and my mother had no money for me to study, so my family arranged for me to go to Prince Xing's Mansion as a companion, so I had the opportunity to listen.
Thanks to the teachings of Confucianism, one can become increasingly sophisticated in knowledge and can participate in the imperial examination...
"Now that I think about it, thanks to the appreciation of the people in Prince Xing's palace, especially Yuan Changshi, ah, no, it should be Yuan Ge who is old now. He recruited me personally. He has always been very kind to me, and I will always remember it in my heart!
"
Yang Shen was very surprised to hear this.
Didn't father say that this boy entered Prince Xing's Mansion to be a craftsman?
He also said that the death of his elder brother was the fault of the Zhu family? Why did Prince Xing’s Mansion accept this child from an enemy’s family to study? Even after entering, he was not ostracized?
If it were an ordinary person, they would have been killed long ago and thrown into the wilderness, right?
Zhu Hao was always cheerful and looked very honest: "Yang Hanlin, I will enter Hanyuan soon. Please feel free to teach me in the future. I am very grateful... Ah, it's getting late, I should go back. I don't know if I can
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It doesn't matter whether you keep me or not, I will take the initiative to resign.
After all, Yang Shen had some sense and saw that something was wrong. Without knowing Zhu Hao's intentions, he immediately nodded slightly and said, "I'll let someone send you away."
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When Zhu Hao went out, he paid special attention to the fact that there were no other customers in the wine shop that afternoon.
This shop doesn't even have a cashier or a counter for placing drinks. It seems that it is not specifically designed to make a living, but more like a wine shop is used as a cover for the Yang family behind Yang Shen to recruit politicians.
At the door of the wine shop, only Yu San was waiting with a famous coachman.
In order to deceive others, when Zhu Hao came to the banquet this time, he specially asked the Jinyi guards who were protecting him to withdraw to prevent the Yang family from noticing anything unusual.
On the way back, no one followed me.
Perhaps Yang Shen felt that Zhu Hao was about to enter the Hanlin Academy, and there would be more opportunities to get along with him in the future. He could test it out for a long time, and there was no need to rush for a while. It was also possible that Yang Shen thought that Zhu Hao was of no value in following him, because people in this era were very concerned about following him.
Detecting intelligence is not taken very seriously, unlike people of later generations like Zhu Hao, who have been exposed to various police and gangster movies and court dramas about fame and wealth since childhood, and are born to be detectives and careerists.
This is due to the progress of the times and the rapid improvement of experience after being well-informed.
When Zhu Hao came back, he saw Zhu Si sitting arrogantly behind his desk. The people next to him were silent. Zhang Zuo and Tang Yin both looked at Zhu Hao with expressions like "Please speak up and don't anger His Majesty."
"Your Majesty came very early today."
Zhu Hao said with a smile.
Zhu Si said with a straight face: "Why don't you explain to me where you went this afternoon?"
Zhu Hao shrugged: "What's the explanation? Isn't it just to go see Yang Shen? He said he wanted to see me, but I said he couldn't go. Is there any change in the current situation?"
Zhu Siyi thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the case.
Even if they don't meet today, can Zhu Hao avoid contact with Yang Shen in the future? After all, Zhu Hao and Yang Shen will soon be colleagues in the Hanlin Academy.
"Don't be like a doormat. Your eyes are too sad, making it seem as if I am about to betray His Majesty... But based on what I have done before, do you think Mr. Yang Ge will not kill me if he finds out? I still have a chance to invest.
To their camp? Besides, what kind of relationship do I have with His Majesty? Do I need to join their camp to gain benefits for myself?"
Zhu Hao didn't feel guilty at all when he spoke, and confidently began to teach Zhu Si a lesson.
Anyone else would naturally not have the qualifications, nor the courage.
But Zhu Hao has both.
In the past few years, Zhu Hao was not just a companion at Prince Xing's Mansion. Zhu Hao taught Zhu Si most of the time. The total number of teachers in Prince Xing's Mansion gave Zhu Si more time than Zhu Hao alone. Zhu Hao was very fond of Zhu Hao.
The shaping of Zhu Si's outlook on life played a decisive role.
So Zhu Hao scolded him in a gentleman's tone, which made Zhu Si feel very comfortable. Even Zhang Zuo felt that what Zhu Hao said was reasonable and nodded repeatedly.
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and said, "You are the one who dares to take risks alone."
Zhu Si's tense face suddenly fell down, and he showed an attitude of admitting his mistake, lowered his head and said: "I just think that you shouldn't go. At the worst, I will show off my carriage and artillery and tell Mr. Yang Ge that you are from Prince Xing's Mansion."
People, all listen to me... Humph, let’s see what Mr. Yang Ge can do to you.”
Zhang Zuodao: "Your Majesty, on this point... this old slave is on Mr. Zhu's side. With the current situation... Mr. Yang Ge controls the cabinet and the staff. As for the new Jinshi, even the number one scholar, he has no choice but to be deployed wherever he goes.
It's a matter of his words... Your Majesty can't act on impulse."
Zhu Hao nodded heavily: "What Eunuch Zhang said makes sense. What's even more terrible is that if Mr. Yang Ge knew about the relationship between me and His Majesty, and that I was making plans behind his back, he would definitely take precautions. Then many things would no longer be able to achieve miraculous results.
.Does His Majesty want to break the good situation that has been painstakingly managed?"
Zhu Si looked depressed.
It's not that he doesn't trust Zhu Hao, it's that he lacks a sense of security. Even as an emperor, he has a sense of danger looming over his back.
This sense of crisis originated from Zhu Hao's subtle influence, so that Zhu Si could always be wary of the civil servant group and stay away from it.
"Then tell me, what did you say to the man named Yang when you saw him?" Zhu Si pulled Zhu Hao and asked.
Zhu Hao then explained the process of meeting Yang Shen.
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Several people sat around and listened to Zhu Hao's story.
This time it is about Zhu Hao's experience of attending an appointment and dealing with Yang Shen skillfully. From the meeting to the end, Zhu Hao did not hide anything and said what he had to say. With Zhu Hao's story-telling ability, he was stunned to hear the whole meal as Hongmen Banquet.
meaning.
"That's what you... told him?" Zhu Si's eyes widened when he heard that Zhu Hao confessed that he accompanied the prince to study in Prince Xing's mansion.
Even Tang Yin and Zhang Zuo found it incredible.
You also said that you were afraid that Yang Tinghe would know about your relationship with Prince Xing’s Mansion, but you actually took the initiative to expose it?
Will it be contradictory?
Zhu Hao nodded and smiled: "The more I say this, the more suspicious they will be, right? Or they will think that I am naive, thinking that I hope to get the protection of the new emperor, but they don't know anything about the Zhu family and Prince Xing's palace.
It’s like a grudge and entanglement.”
Zhu Si frowned: "Why does Yang think that I won't use you?"
Zhu Hao said: "Because they learned that the death of your Majesty's brother was the result of a secret conspiracy by the Zhu family, and they used this to prevent your father from having another son for several years. They also believed that the Zhu family had murdered your Majesty, so they are sure that your Majesty will not believe me."
"ah?!"
This time it was Tang Yin and Zhang Zuo's turn to be shocked.
Zhu Hao, you really have something to say, how can you say such nonsense?
Maybe Your Majesty didn’t know it before, but now he knows it?
If the emperor finds out that your Zhu family was involved in the murder of two generations of Prince Xing's family, even if he trusted you in the past, he will be greatly compromised, right?
But he saw Zhu Si frowning and shaking his head: "I remember you mentioned this to me before, and I specifically asked the mother-in-law. The mother-in-law said that the eldest brother was born only five days ago, he was still in his infancy, and he usually drank milk.
How could I be murdered when I died of jaundice? Besides, no one harmed me."
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