I have never seen it before, but it feels very familiar.
"You are the censor of this disaster relief?"
Zhu Gui asked.
"That's right, King Dai, you didn't expect to meet me again, did you?"
The white-faced scholar walked towards Zhu Gui with a look of hatred on his face, and there was an aura of evil surrounding him.
Zhu Gui quickly asked in a low voice to Princess Xu Miaoqing, who had just walked over: "Why does this person look so resentful? Do I know him?"
Xu Miaoqing glanced at Zhu Gui and said to herself, you don't even know the people you know and why are you asking me?
But on the surface she was still very calm and said: "This man's name is Sun Shangqing, he is a doctor of Hube. You beat this man on the street in your early years. You didn't expect that he became the censor. By the way, his mentor was the minister of Hube. No wonder
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Xu Miaoqing's words made Zhu Gui feel helpless.
This was the fault of my predecessor, and now I have to shoulder the blame.
However, Dr. Hube is only an eighth-grade petty official, and even the imperial censor would not dare to make a mistake in front of the prince himself.
Thinking of this, Zhu Gui stood still and said: "It turns out to be Dr. Sun. Farewell to Nanjing. You are well."
When Sun Shangqing heard Zhu Gui's words, he thought the other person was ridiculing him, and his eyes almost burst out with anger.
He was beaten up in the street by the acting king and became the laughing stock of the whole of Nanjing, and his career was still affected.
However, he did not expect that the acting king was not punished by the emperor at all, which became one of the knots that affected him.
This disaster relief was originally a thankless job. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel pushed it back and forth, neither wanting to take responsibility.
But when Sun Shangqing saw that Yunzhou was also involved in disaster relief, he begged his mentor to get this job in order to avenge that day.
Of course he knew that even as a censor, he could not do anything to a vassal prince, but with the power in his hands now, he could make this domineering young prince bow down before him.
Sun Shangqing thought so.
But he didn't expect that he would be rejected on the first day he came to Yunzhou. He thought that the king was deliberately targeting him, and the hatred in his heart increased even more.
Seeing the young prince's calm demeanor, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I have inspected the area around Datong Mansion with Governor Zhang, and it seems that it does not meet the standards for disaster relief."
"Oh? Sun Yushi, please tell me, what are the disaster relief standards?"
Seeing that the other party was rude, Zhu Gui had no idea of letting him into the living room.
The two stood in the yard and faced off.
"The standard for disaster relief is naturally that the people in the disaster area have poor living conditions and lack of food. The local government has no savings and cannot provide relief to the victims, so we ask the court to allocate funds for disaster relief."
Sun Shangqing talked eloquently.
Zhu Gui nodded, then looked at Zhang Mao who was standing aside and said, "Governor Zhang, have you introduced the situation when Yunzhou suffered a disaster to Sun Yushi?"
"Back to the prince, I have already introduced you to Sun Yushi. Yunzhou has experienced floods for half a month. Nowadays, grain production in Tianzhong has generally been seriously reduced, and victims from other areas are also pouring in..."
Zhang Mao took out a small notebook and began to introduce it one by one.
But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Sun Shangqing.
"That's enough, Mr. Zhang. I know that you are upright and quite capable. Under your governance, Yunzhou has been able to survive this disaster. It is indeed a great achievement. I will report the matter to the emperor truthfully. As for the
On behalf of the king."
Sun Shangqing looked at Dai Wang, his eyes full of provocation.
"Master Yushi, this is wrong. In fact, the Prince's Palace contributed the most during this disaster. All the subordinates did was to cooperate with the King's arrangements. I really don't dare to take the credit from Mo."
Zhang Mao said sincerely.
Now Zhang Mao has downplayed his position. Although he is greedy for merit, he also knows what things must not be exceeded.
Sun Shangqing glanced at Zhang Mao in surprise.
"Huh, I'm tired. I will investigate clearly what the facts are. I also ask the acting king to accompany me out of the city tomorrow."
Having said that, he waved his sleeves and left without waiting for Zhu Gui to turn around.
There was only a courtyard of people left looking at each other.
Zhu Gui's soldiers wanted to chase him out, but he stopped him.
"Don't act rashly. The other party is a censor sent by the imperial court. He represents the imperial court's will. To move him is tantamount to rebellion."
Zhu Gui can still tell which one is more important than the other.
Xu Miaoqing on the side looked at Zhu Gui in surprise, and combined with what she had seen and felt during this period, she couldn't help but ask: "Zhu Gui, you seem to have changed."
"Is it getting better or worse?" Zhu Gui turned around and asked.
"I can't tell. I have only heard about you from other people before. Now it seems that it may not be true." Xu Miaoqing seemed to be relieved.
Zhu Gui did not answer the call, but called Zhang Mao and handed him the basic teaching materials and some basic systems that he had worked hard on in the past few days.
"I'll give you one day to make a hundred copies of these textbooks, including ten related to the system."
Zhu Guishan said.
"Ah? This..."
Zhang Mao's face suddenly turned into a bitter gourd look.
"What? Is it difficult? Isn't there letterpress printing? Just ask Steward Wang for the full amount of money."
Zhu Gui said impatiently.
"Your Majesty, there is no letterpress printing shop in Datong Prefecture. Those are only found in big cities."
Zhang Mao said a little aggrievedly.
"Well, it's my king's negligence that I didn't notice this problem. Let's go to Bailu Academy and ask them to copy in my name. Butler Wang will give you one hundred taels of silver as a gift for those students.
wages."
Zhu Gui said.
"Yes, I will go and do it now."
Zhang Mao went down with the manuscript.
"It seems that we need to open a printing factory, otherwise it will hinder the spread of culture."
Zhu Gui thought.
He really didn't expect that the letterpress printing technology, which had been invented in the Song Dynasty, had not been popularized in the Ming Dynasty.
It seems that the history books are right. In this era, reading is still an activity that only rich people can afford.
This also strengthened Zhu Gui's determination to implement school and education reforms.
the other side.
After Sun Shangqing returned to the post house, he became more and more angry as he thought about it.
He sought the job of the censor specifically to take revenge on the young prince.
Unexpectedly, the other party managed Yunzhou in an orderly manner in such a short period of time.
And he had actually foreseen all this.
Because during his many inspections throughout the day, everyone he met praised the acting king, and this was definitely not intentional.
But the more this happened, the angrier Sun Shangqing felt.
"Even if it's a public revenge, I will definitely let you fall into my hands this time."
Sun Shangqing looked out the window in the direction of Prince Dai's Mansion, clenching his fists tightly.