Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters time has passed
After Zhu Hao arrived in the capital, he spent very little time with his family. When he came back, he usually had a meal and left.
This time he stayed for a while longer and asked Zhu Niang about the situation at home. On the other hand, Sun Lan accompanied Aunt Li to choose fabrics, saying that it was time to make new clothes for the New Year.
"Xiao Hao, after you became an official, did you still do business outside? Every time you send money home, my mother doesn't actually spend much. Everything is fine here, so you don't have to worry about it."
Although her mother can't help Zhu Hao much now, her concern for Zhu Hao is obvious.
Zhu Hao said: "I have been helping His Majesty with his business, and some of it has been handed over to my wife. If you don't believe me, you can ask her. Mr. Tang has been ill recently, and he may be ill soon after the new year... Alas! I have been busy for a long time.
, now I feel that I should pay more attention to family ties."
"What's wrong with Mr. Tang?"
Zhu Niang was very grateful to Tang Yin.
In her opinion, if it weren't for Tang Yin, Zhu Hao would not have achieved what he has today. He was his son's "enlightenment mentor".
Zhu Hao reminded: "Mom, please go and visit if you have time. Mr. Tang may have a baby early next year, but he may not be able to wait until that day."
For people these days, birth, old age, illness and death are all too common.
Although Zhu Niang was sad when she heard this, she didn't show much intolerance. Instead, she sighed: "Good people, why don't they live longer? Judging from his age, he is not that old. Mr. Yuan also died when he first arrived in the capital.
, speaking of which, you have many benefactors in the palace, so you must not forget your roots."
"Um."
Zhu Hao doesn't like listening to my mother's nagging.
Zhu Hao is now getting older and has nothing to do since she has no grandson to take care of her. Sometimes she becomes so verbose that Zhu Hao can't stand it.
"You can accompany your mother to visit Mr. Tang later. He is a good man."
The simplest evaluation is that Tang Yin is a good person. Probably in Zhu Niang's eyes, there is no other more appropriate word.
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When I came out of the house, it was after sunset. Although Aunt Li had asked the maid to clean up the room for Zhu Hao and his wife, Zhu Hao still insisted on taking Sun Lan back home.
"After the master became the minister, more and more people came to visit, and I was unable to go out many times."
On the carriage, Sun Lan briefly explained to Zhu Hao the recent experiences at home. Because the Zuo Shunmen incident was widely implicated, more and more people came to Zhu Hao to ask for mercy.
However, there are still very few people in the court who know Zhu Hao's true identity.
Tang Yin and Zhu Hao are already busy here, and Zhang Cong is probably even more overwhelmed.
Zhu Hao said: "Don't pay attention. Now I am just the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. Visitors will leave if they can't see me."
Sun Lan asked: "Is there no room for relaxation? From the greeting cards handed in, I saw that many people were beaten with the cane, and they still came once every ten days... I asked Sister Lou's family
, she said that this is a major court matter and women should not interfere."
You shouldn't have asked in the first place!
Lou Suzhen is right about this, but women are always gossipy. If Sun Lan still ignores such matters involving Zhu Hao, it will appear to be heartless.
Sun Lan Hui Lan Xin, a woman who has read books has different ideas from ordinary women in the city. Sun Lan actually wants to know what substantial impact this will have on Zhu Hao's future life.
Zhu Haodao: "If I say that all this is caused by me, will you accept it?"
Sun Lan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty insisted on doing it. How could it be caused by my husband alone?"
"well!"
Zhu Hao sighed, "Actually, it's almost the same. Whatever your Majesty thinks, ministers have to do it. Your Majesty and I have grown up together since childhood and have experienced too many things. There is nothing wrong with helping your Majesty consolidate the throne in this way. I also
Trying to save some people, but to no avail. This is not only the long-standing evil consequence of the conflict between monarch and ministers, but also a huge conflict of ideas and a power struggle that cannot be reconciled at all."
Sun Lan comforted her with a smile: "My lord, you don't have to blame yourself. Since it is a court dispute, there are many things that cannot be changed by humans. It is better for my lord to act as a witness than to passively accept changes."
"Um."
Zhu Hao thought for a moment and found that Sun Lan was quite insightful.
When he returned to the Ming Dynasty, although many things changed, Zhu Hao did not forcefully intervene in some major events involving the background of the times, such as Zhu Houzhao's death after drowning, the Dali Conference and even the Zuo Shunmen incident, even if he did not agree that history was on the right track.
As a result, I am still unwilling to make changes.
It's because, as Sun Lan said, he sometimes wants to be a witness, rather than blindly changing things and causing greater chaos in history.
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It was another night when the couple separated. Zhu Hao left home and went directly to Sixianju.
There are still a large number of memorials waiting for him to review. Now, except for Zhang Zuo who occasionally comes to help, Zhu Hao reviews the memorials alone the rest of the time. Tang Yin will never come again.
A lot of summaries were made a year ago, about the write-offs, the huge military expenditures in the northwest, and the gradual increase in the expenses of the Ministry of Revenue after Sun Jiao left...
Sun is not good at saying goodbye, but he is really good at saving money. In the past two months, Zhu Si has reached out to the Ministry of Revenue many times and allocated 300,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue to finance the affairs of Prince Xing's Mansion and the Imperial Palace.
Yu repair.
When Yang Tinghe was in court, the first thing he thought of was to limit the emperor's financial resources, make the emperor live a tight life, and stop his evil thoughts.
This was the choice Yang Tinghe made after summarizing the gains and losses of the Zhengde Dynasty.
At that time, it was all up to Zhu Hao to make money to alleviate everything.
With the advancement of railway construction and shipbuilding, the wealth that Zhu Hao can provide to the palace has not been substantially expanded, but it has not stopped, and has increased, but even this cannot satisfy Zhu Si's appetite.
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Zhu Si realized the supremacy of imperial power, and besides giving orders, he also wanted to control the wealth of the world.
The emperor demanded a lot of expenses for the sake of rituals. After all, he had to build an ancestral hall for his father, as well as the rewards from the queen and concubines' families, and a very important point as an emperor...maintaining daily dignity, etc., all of which were based on having enough money.
On the basis of money supply.
Even the investment in purchasing and purchasing in various places in Jiangnan was also increased to maintain the dignity of the royal family.
"Mr. Zhu, are you still there?"
Zhu Hao was busy reviewing memorials alone. Wang Zuo appeared at the door but did not go inside.
Zhu Hao raised his head and asked, "Commander Wang, is there something wrong?"
Only then did Wang Zuo come in, clasping his fists and saying: "There is a message from the East Factory, saying that some people will be sent out of the capital tomorrow according to the imperial edict. Eunuch Huang asked his humble position to hand over the list to you to see if you have any objections."
Zhu Hao said: "I can just report these matters to Your Majesty. I already know the specific situation."
After the second beating with the stick, the emperor also knew that if the situation continued, more people would be killed... Four people were killed the second time, and a total of five people died. This was actually more than the seventeen people who died in history.
It's much better, but the blood eucalyptus is still there, and history will still record this brutal scene.
Of course, five people have died so far. It is difficult to say whether more people will die from injuries in the next few days.
Wang Zuo walked to Zhu Hao and whispered: "The Imperial Academy lecturer Yang Xuesheng will be sent to Yongchang Guards in Yunnan Province. He will be on the road tomorrow morning in shackles. Before he left, he told his humble post that he hoped to see you again.
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Yang Shen...
Zhu Hao didn't want to see him. He and Yang Shen had nothing to talk about.
Zhu Hao once helped Yang Shen, hoping that by improving Yang Shen's status, he could correct his mentality and no longer become the leader of the Dali Conference incident, but it seemed that he had committed the taboo mentioned by Liu Chun... He knew clearly that people like ministers directly
Once something like remonstrance comes up, Yang Shen, who has inherited Yang Ting's mantle, can't run away, so why should he fight for nothing?
Besides, people like Yang Shen were not worthy of his help.
If it were just because of pity for his talent, there are so many talented people in the world, and it would not be said that the direction of history was changed for Yang Shen.
"decide as things go."
Zhu Hao was undecided whether to go see him or not.
He suddenly thought of someone and said to Wang Zuo: "Commander Wang, please go and help me bring someone here. I want to talk to him tonight."
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The person Zhu Hao wanted to meet was also Xu Jie, who had left a mark in history.
But in terms of time development, that is something in the future, and with the emergence of Zhu Hao, it has become uncertain whether Xu Jie can become a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty like in history, or even a key figure in bringing order to chaos.
As long as Zhu Hao is around, it will limit the rise of some figures in history.
For example, Zhu Hao is already targeting Xia Yan, and next he will deal with Yan Song.
When some people rise up, they will inevitably become Zhu Hao's strong opponents, and then Zhu Hao will strangle them in the cradle... But Zhu Hao can't be cruel to Xu Jie, or in Zhu Hao's eyes, Xu Jie
The class is not the enemy.
Although Zhu Hao also knew that Xu Jie's "rectification of chaos" in the future might be aimed at him, Zhu Hao.
"Jingdao... No, I should call you Scholar Zhu. Where are you?"
Xu Jie walked into the meeting hall, and everything here felt very fresh to him.
Something happened recently. Xu Jie was promoted to editor, but even he himself didn't know how he got promoted. After all, Xu Jie had just passed the Jinshi examination less than a year ago.
Other editors may not be promoted in three years, but there are also those who have been promoted in six or nine years. Most of them have not waited to be promoted to the sixth department or local officials, but he rose through the ranks and became the best among the same batch of Jinshi.
By.
Xu Jie did not participate in this grand ceremony.
"sit down."
Zhu Hao had put away all the memorials and other things at this time, and just wanted to chat with Xu Jie.
Xu Jie looked calm after sitting down. The recent incident at Zuo Shunmen has not had a big impact on him, and he will not care about the situation of the group of people who are still in the prison... In other words, this is what he wants to know.
Don't dare to know.
Xu Jie became cautious.
Zhu Hao said: "Yong Xiu will be sent to Yongchang Guards in Yunnan tomorrow. You and I will go together to bid him farewell."
"how come?"
Xu Jie was stunned and shocked.
Yang Shen, as a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, was envied by many people, but fell into the mortal world in the blink of an eye. Of course Xu Jie knew that this was the result of cruel political suppression.
Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "Don't be too surprised, he was destined to be like this. We just went to see him off as friends. It is useless to talk about things off-topic."