His Royal Highness's supervision of the country this time is obviously different from before.
In the past, every time Zhu Di left the capital, he would order Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country. However, for Zhu Gaochi, his hands were tied and any decision-making had to be sent to Zhu Di's office immediately.
On the surface, he is supervising the country, but in reality he is being manipulated to death.
But this time, it was obviously very different. At least the scholars in Wenyuan Pavilion could feel this atmosphere.
Several times when the prince made decisions and sent them to the palace, Yi Shiha blocked them, saying that His Majesty needed to rest, and that His Highness the Prince should do everything easily.
His Majesty also turned a blind eye to the draft bill sent by Wenyuan Pavilion.
The signal from this is obvious, His Majesty has let the prince rule the world.
After receiving the edict conveyed by the eunuch, the scholars did not dare to neglect, and immediately went to the East Palace.
Zhu Gaochi came out, and all the ministers saluted. Zhu Gaochi only nodded, and then he led the scholars to Yulin Guard.
The Yulin Guard Office is both deserted and thriving.
What was abandoned was the camp where the Yulin Guards were originally stationed. The military guards of the Ming Dynasty were composed of camps, training grounds, and a large number of military camps.
Among them, the one that occupies the largest area is the military camp. Soldiers need a lot of water sources, arable land, and mountains and forests to farm here. Therefore, this place is different from other Gyeonggi locations. After the Habayashi Guards were abolished, another army was recruited and formed.
After the Yulin Model Camp, the Yulin Guard Model Camp no longer conducts farming, and the number of officers and soldiers has been greatly reduced. Moreover, after recruiting soldiers, their family members do not have to live with the army. Therefore, only a small one was opened in another place.
A small military camp is enough.
At this time, a large number of military villages have long been abandoned and overgrown with weeds. But what is gratifying is that in another place, a large amount of land has begun to be leveled and roadbed built by laborers and craftsmen.
You can see the work sheds one after another, and the newly built brick kilns are slowly emitting smoke and dust.
As soon as Zhu Gaochi arrived, the local project leader hurriedly came forward to greet him.
Zhu Gaochi only saw the sketch of the plan and asked about the progress of the project.
The man then said: "The progress is quite smooth. Your Highness, the current workload is to build brick kilns, pave the land, and lay foundations and roadbeds. As the saying goes, a worker who sharpens his sword will not miss the chance to chop firewood. After these foundations are laid, the subsequent progress will be
, it will be so fast..."
After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "That's very good. We need to work harder. This time I will hand over this huge project to you. Don't let me down."
After saying that, he turned around and said to Zhang Anshi, "Does Zhang Qing have anything to add?"
Everyone also looked at Zhang Anshi subconsciously.
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Highness, I have nothing to add."
Zhu Gaochi nodded and waited for the person in charge of the project to leave.
Zhu Gaochi sighed: "This time Qixia Trading Company spent more than five million yuan to build a mansion here. The ministers must have some doubts about this."
The bachelors looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you.
Xie Jin said: "Your Highness, this is a mansion built by a trading company. After all, it has nothing to do with the imperial court. I and others... don't think much about anything else."
Zhu Gaochi smiled and said: "How can we have nothing to do with the imperial court? This palace has heard about this large-scale construction project. The ministers are on duty in the capital, and it is not easy to live in the capital. Therefore, now, a large amount of land in the Yulin Guards is free.
, this place covers an area of 370,000 acres of mountain forests and cultivated land. Nowadays, there is sufficient food in the world, and there is a steady stream of food sent from overseas vassal towns to supplement it. Therefore, I plan to build a large mansion here just to
Solve the housing problem of imperial officials."
As soon as this statement came out, all the scholars except Zhang Anshi had surprised expressions on their faces and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In the past, emperors throughout the dynasties may have thought about building palaces for themselves every day, but I have never heard of an emperor who would think about solving the housing problem of ministers.
Furthermore, there are so many ministers in the capital. If we really solve the housing problem, how much food will it cost?
Zhu Gaochi looked normal, as if he had already guessed the reaction of the bachelors. He still said: "It is not easy for hundreds of officials to serve the imperial court. I have already understood their hard work, but this matter is of great importance and it is not easy to do it easily."
Confess, now that large-scale construction has begun, then it is okay for me to speak frankly. Generally speaking, the plan here is already in place, but how to solve it still needs to be considered. After some time, the court will draw up a plan
According to the regulations, the ministers of each rank will need to decide how big a residence they need, and the ministers will decide on their own."
After hearing this, Xie Jin, Yang Rong, Hu Guang and others realized that His Highness the Crown Prince was serious.
Zhu Gaochi added: "It is indeed far away from the city gate. I am thinking about whether to open a new city gate close to Yu Linwei to greatly shorten the distance into the city. However, this matter still needs to be discussed.
Discuss. Now, this is not a top priority."
As he spoke, Xie Jin, Hu Guangren and others all looked happy and were busy thanking them.
Zhu Gaochi immediately smiled, but did not continue.
Today's news spread like wildfire quickly.
Immediately afterwards, it was as if a stormy sea had set off in the capital city.
In Wenyuan Pavilion, Hu Guang saw that Zhang Anshi was not there, so he quickly took this opportunity to invite Xie Jin, Yang Rong and others to come to the study.
Hu Guangdao: "Why do you suddenly have to solve the residence problem of ministers? This is unprecedented. What do you think?"
In fact, when Hu Guang asked this question, the other bachelors fell silent.
They may have the answer in their mind, but no one is willing to tell it.
Seeing that all the princes were silent in response, Hu Guang couldn't help but feel disappointed, so he muttered even more in his heart.
Since everyone remained silent, everyone quickly dispersed.
After everyone went back to their own check-in rooms to work, Hu Guang cautiously entered Yang Rong's check-in room.
"Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang..." Hu Guang entered Yang Rong's duty room and immediately closed the door.
"What's going on?" Yang Rong had just sat down, and when he heard the voice, he raised his head and looked at Hu Guang, who walked in mysteriously.
Hu Guang sat down in front of Yang Rong and said, "Don't Mr. Yang have any opinions?"
Yang Rong only uttered two words: "No."
Hu Guang suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "Mr. Yang, what are you talking about? You have always been the smartest in Wenyuan Pavilion. If you don't even have an opinion, then this matter will be even more strange. If something is abnormal, it will be a monster.
You know, the palace has always been stingy..."
"Mr. Hu..." Yang Rong interrupted Hu Guang, with a somewhat profound meaning: "Mr. Hu, you should be careful what you say."
Hu Guang said confidently: "Isn't this what you and I are talking about in private? If Mr. Yang has any thoughts, why should he hide it from me? You know about me, and I can't let go of something strange when I feel it."
Yang Rong sighed and said, "You are becoming more and more rebellious."
Hu Guang looked at Yang Rong innocently and said: "What the hell..."
Yang Rong said: "However, you can speak without hesitation and be treasonous. Even if others know about it, Your Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince will only regard you as a 'honest' person and will not care about you. They will never suspect you of anything."
What's the intention? But if I have something to say, if word spreads, disaster may happen."
Hu Guang immediately put on a serious look and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Yang, who am I, Hu Guang? If this matter comes out of your mouth and enters my ears, no third person will know about it."
Yang Rong took a deep look at Hu Guang, as if...for a deep-minded person like Yang Rong, if even Hu Guang was not trustworthy, then there would really be no one trustworthy in the world.
Seeing that Hu Guang had been chasing him to the check-in room to ask questions, we knew that Hu Guang was planning to get to the bottom of the matter today.
Then Yang Rong said: "Guess why all the other gentlemen in the study were silent just now?"
Hu Guang frowned, thought for a while and said: "That's what I'm worried about. On weekdays, all the princes express their opinions on the world's affairs, but they are so silent about today's affairs."
Yang Rong smiled and said: "Have you ever thought that there are some things that cannot be said?"
Hu Guang looked confused and said: "What are you talking about?"
Yang Rong did not answer directly, but said: "His Majesty suddenly completely delegated power and ordered His Highness the Crown Prince to supervise the country. The first major thing the Crown Prince did to supervise the country was to solve the problem of the ministers' residence... Could it be that there is nothing in this?
Are you involved?"
Having been reminded at this point, Hu Guang is just a pig, so he can probably guess something.
So he looked at Yang Rong hesitantly and said: "What do you mean...is there something unexpected that is going to happen to your Majesty?"
Yang Rong immediately said seriously: "I didn't say anything."
Hu Guang stared at him closely and said, "No, that's what Mr. Yang meant."
Yang Rongze said: "I may not mean this."
Hu Guangdao: "But I heard it."
"Hey..." Yang Rong looked at him steadily for a long time and sighed: "I just think there is some possibility."
Hu Guang then said: "If you put it like this, it makes sense. If His Majesty really wants to do something great, then the new emperor will soon ascend the throne, and the new emperor's ascension will inevitably have to win people's hearts. Over the years, because
The New Deal has caused many officials to suffer a lot. Many people are alienated from the imperial court. To Your Majesty, this is of course nothing. Your Majesty is the emperor, so what if you are alienated? But if His Majesty the Crown Prince ascends to the throne in a hurry, this fashion will not matter.
He does not have enough prestige, so it may not be impossible to take this opportunity to win people's hearts."
Having said this, Hu Guang opened his eyes slightly and said: "Mr. Yang, I understand. This move... His Highness the Crown Prince wants to ease the conflict between the court and the ministers and make a safe transition for the future."
Get ready. I wonder if Mr. Yang thinks so?"
Yang Rong said expressionlessly: "You said this all yourself."
The implication is, it’s fine if you know, do you have to say it?
Hu Guang smiled: "His Royal Highness, after all, is generous. Taking this method will be beneficial to the ministers and the palace. So... it is not a good deed."
Yang Rong was afraid that Hu Guang would say more scary words later, so he said: "Okay, these words can't be nonsense. It's a big crime to guess in the palace. Even if one day you really can't help but say it, then,
And you must not involve me."
Hu Guangdao: "Who does Yang Gong think I am?"
Hu Guang seemed to have an enlightenment all of a sudden. He felt a little pity for Zhu Di. After all, even though he and his subjects did not know each other for so many years, they still had feelings for each other.
In addition, now that he has discovered a new continent, he can't help but look forward to the future.
After getting the answer, Hu Guang returned to his duty room. He was actually quite proud of himself, thinking that he had noticed such a secret thing, but everyone in the world was kept in the dark, and he felt quite clever.
But then, someone from the house came, and the man said: "Mr. Hu, there are ministers at the Ministry of War who are fighting against the generals."
Hu Guang was startled, and frowned with displeasure: "It's so presumptuous, what kind of behavior is this, and what is it for?"
She Ren said: "Jin Gong has gone to deal with it. He said that... there are people talking at the Ministry of War... that there may be changes in the palace! What do you mean, the new king has ascended the throne, and there is a dispute about whether the prince is more sage, and someone has a quarrel...
…”
Hu Guang was startled and said: "How do these little military officials know these things?"
She Ren said: "Mr. Hu doesn't know that these things have been known to everyone for a long time. Even people in the streets have started talking about them."
"Ah..." Hu Guang was stunned and said, "Who passed this on?"
She Ren said: "It's about supervising the country, and it's also about solving the problem of the residence of the ministers. Does this... still need to be taught? Even a three-year-old child knows it..."
"That's enough." Hu Guang suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart. He suddenly became angry and said angrily: "Is it possible to say such rebellious and unjust words? It is really unreasonable. Things in this world are bad.
The bad thing is that these people dare to say any kind of evil talk with their mouths! If they dare to spread this today, won’t they still rebel tomorrow?”
The scholar was shocked, and hurriedly bowed down and stammered: "Wan Shi, Wan Shi. In fact, the student saw that everyone was talking, so he spoke so unhesitatingly. Please forgive me, Mr. Hu."
Hu Guang was not someone who liked to embarrass others. Seeing that Shiren was so frightened, he sighed: "Hey, that's all. Remember to be careful with your words in the future."
He seemed to have entered the sage time all of a sudden, and suddenly felt that life had lost a lot of fun, and he actually felt a little disappointed.
The next day, a court meeting began in Chongwen Hall.
But no one expected that a huge controversy would be right in front of them.
The Ministry of Household Affairs drafted a charter, which most of the ministers had read, and there was no controversy at all.
It is nothing more than determining the size of the mansion based on grade. Although it is just a drafted charter, many aspects are still worthy of discussion, but for the time being, there is no fault.
But the princes at the court meeting had just roughly finalized the regulations, but soon, in the afternoon, it seemed as if the world was in chaos.
It turns out that according to the regulations, a first-rank minister's residence may occupy an area of ten acres, while a second-rank minister may occupy nine acres. By analogy, if he reaches the sixth or seventh rank, he may only have a pitiful one.
The acres are gone.
Those who participated in the court meeting were all ministers of third rank or above, so they were naturally happy to see the results.
But those ministers who did not participate in the court meeting jumped up and made a big fuss.
You must know that the official system of the Ming Dynasty is not based on rank. For example, a third- or fourth-rank Honglu Temple Shaoqing may seem to be of high rank, but in a certain department, a sixth- or seventh-rank military minister may be in trouble.
He has the power to supervise the affairs of the ministry and can even refute the imperial edict. His power is even far higher than that of ordinary doctors and directors in the ministry.
As for the supervisory censor, he can supervise all officials. Regardless of his low rank, in fact, even if he meets the minister, he may not be timid.
Of course, not to mention other Qingliu officials. Their characteristic is that they are of low rank but have a high right to speak.
Now you give them small houses, and then a group of old guys want to live in big houses?
Normally, these low-level Qingliu would always show respect to the old guys when they meet them, but for Qingliu, most of them rent in the capital, so naturally they are far less wealthy than others. At this time,
Who is willing to bow his head easily?
As a result, almost all the departments and halls were in a state of uproar.
At the end of the day, from the minister to the censor, to the editor, to the editor and other officials, the impeachment was carried out with a raised hand.
It can be said that most of the problems that make it difficult to live at the moment are Qingliu. Because of his low rank and lower official salary than others, his life is difficult. On the other hand, those who are academicians and ministers have many servants in their homes. If the current regulations are drafted,
Not only is it unfair, but it also fails to solve Ju Buyi’s problem.
At this moment, even the people inside Wenyuan Pavilion began to become nervous.
Because, even Hu Guang could actually notice that these people who used to be submissive to others were now showing great resentment.
So as a last resort, Wenyuan Pavilion had to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to re-draw the by-laws.
Another charter was issued, but the controversy was still huge, because the mansions of high-ranking ministers were indeed smaller, but they were still much larger than those of low-ranking ministers. With the experience of the previous victory, the Qingliu people naturally
He refused, so he began to criticize vigorously.
At first, it might just mean that his life is difficult, but academicians and ministers are more extravagant.
Later, I realized that this trick was not strong enough. I turned around and someone fired the first shot, pointing out that some high-ranking ministers who could participate in court discussions were amassing money. Their families had already accumulated a lot of wealth. Where could such people...
There is also the issue of Ju Buyi.
The target of the attack was Liu Guan, the Minister of Rites, and Liu Guan was frightened. He didn't expect that he had been so ugly in the past and had never been criticized by anyone. Now that he had divided the house so well, he suddenly became the target of public criticism. He was so panicked.
Reported illness immediately.
But after this inspiration, the situation began to become more and more out of control.
All kinds of criticisms are flying everywhere.
Even Hu Guang suffered greatly because... he was rich.
There are even people squatting at the door of the Hu family to calculate the daily purchases of the Hu family. They remember each account clearly and clearly. This all means that Hu Guang's life is extravagant and has reached the point where people and gods are angry.
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Hu Guang never imagined that such an innocent person like himself would be pushed to the forefront.