Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 32
What Zhu Youxiao said made Zhu Youjian not know what to say for a while.

"Normally speaking, shouldn't the emperor be suspicious of his younger brother at this time, and then ban him..."

Zhu Youjian thought unscrupulously in his heart, completely unaware of how important his position was in Zhu Youxiao's heart.

He didn't know that when Wei Zhongxian was in power in history, he once thought of framing the king of trust, Zhu Youjian, for wanting to kill the emperor and usurp the throne.

However, when Wei Zhongxian discussed this matter with his confidant Wang Tigan, Wang Tigan reminded Wei Zhongxian:
"Your Majesty, you are mean in everything, but you are not mean to your brothers. If you are not careful, we will be indiscriminate."

Wei Zhongxian was also secretly shocked when he heard this, so he executed those people, murdered them, and resolved the matter.

Not only that, even though Wei Zhongxian once thought of joining forces with the Hakka family to frame Zhu Youjian, but the Hakka family also said that once the king of Xin was framed, both she and Wei Zhongxian would die.

That is to say, in Keshi's view, Zhu Youxiao unconditionally believes in his younger brother who was raised by him.

Zhu Youjian didn't know these things, and at the moment he just felt that Zhu Youxiao's feeling of protecting himself moved him a little.

Maybe it's because he didn't experience this feeling of being protected by his brother in his previous life, so his nose felt sore for a while.

Because he was too fair, the tip of his nose turned red as soon as it became sour. Zhu Youxiao quickly laughed when he saw it:
"Brother, at this age, he still hasn't got rid of the habit of crying."

"Eh..." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youjian sniffed his nose, then rubbed his nose and said:

"Anyway, don't worry, brother, I will definitely take a good look at the Four Guards and One Battalion of the Yumajian."

"Well, brother believes you." Seeing Zhu Youjian's embarrassed look, Zhu Youxiao just smiled dotingly.

However, the chat between the two brothers was interrupted by the sound of drums from the palace's drum tower after a while.

The beating of drums seemed to remind Zhu Youjian that it was time to leave.

Zhu Youxiao caught Zhu Youjian, and said seriously: "Your brother can stay in Qianqing Palace."

"Forget it... I'll still be in Xuqin Palace, otherwise if the speaker finds out, I'm afraid I'll have to say something." Zhu Youjian smiled wryly. He already knew the power of the speaker in the Ming Dynasty.

Although in terms of age, there is no problem for him to live in the inner court at the age of ten, and he can even live until he is thirteen or fourteen.

But after all, he has already moved out of the inner court and lived in the East Palace, so it is not good for the inner court to hang around.

Anyway, the national mourning was coming to an end, and if there were no accidents, he should go to the Imperial Tomb area in Changping in a few days to start repairing the Qingling Mausoleum.

So he could only decline and said: "My brother will go to Changping soon to build the imperial mausoleum for the imperial examination. I hope my brother will take good care of himself in the capital, and don't be angered by those civil servants."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian also joked:

"My brother will come back to see my brother three times a month, on the first day, the fourteenth day, and the twenty-fourth day of each month. Don't miss my brother too much."

"You kid..." Zhu Youxiao was amused by Zhu Youjian, so he followed him slowly towards the outside of the hall, followed by Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, Wei Zhongxian, Wang An and others.

The two brothers chatted all the way, from inside the hall to outside the hall, and then from outside the hall to the gate of Qianqing Palace, until the sound of the drums almost stopped, Zhu Youxiao had already sent Zhu Youjian from Qianqing Palace to the middle left of Huangji Palace Door.

When he got here, Zhu Youjian would be able to return to the East Palace after walking for another stick of incense.

Zhu Youjian wanted to leave, but Zhu Youxiao was still a little bit reluctant, and said to Wang An next to him:
"Wang An, send an order to the twenty-four yamen, the emperor's fifth younger brother will temporarily live in the East Palace, and ask them to be smart and serve them."

"Eh..." Wang An was stunned when he heard this, and then said:

"Long live, this is not in line with the etiquette..."

"Rites and rituals, my younger brother is just staying here temporarily. When he reaches adulthood, he will be a vassal. Besides, I don't have a queen or heirs yet, and the East Palace is empty, so why not live there for a few years? "

Zhu Youxiao was a little unhappy. At this time, Wei Zhongxian stepped forward to flatter him and said:
"Long live, there are not enough maids and eunuchs in the East Palace, how about transferring some from the inner court?"

"Hmm..." Zhu Youxiao couldn't help thinking when he heard this, but after Zhu Youjian heard it, he was afraid that Wei Zhongxian would put a nail in his side, so he said:

"Brother, you don't have to. Huang Kao's concubines have all gone to the East and West Palaces of the inner court, the East Palace of the Outer Court, and hundreds of court ladies and eunuchs. In addition, I have to go to Changping to supervise the construction of Huang Kao's imperial mausoleum. Can't stay for a few days."

"Why don't you wait until Huang Kao's imperial mausoleum is repaired, and add slaves when I live here?"

"Well, then do as you said." Hearing Zhu Youjian's orderly words, Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then there was some reluctance in his eyes.

"Then, my brother will leave first." Zhu Youjian bowed slowly to salute, then got into the car, and slowly left his sight under Zhu Youxiao's gaze.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's figure disappear, Zhu Youxiao felt empty at first, then frowned slightly and said to Wei Zhongxian:
"Tell Luo Sigong to tell his Jin Yiwei to follow up with the fifth younger brother of the emperor. If something happens to my younger brother, he is the only one to ask!"

"The maidservant leads the order..." Wei Zhongxian bowed slightly, and accepted the errand.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said to Wang An:
"The magistrate named Changping registered some government wastelands at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Changping and sent them to the Yumajian. In the future, those wastelands will be the pastures of the Yumajian."

"Slave and servant lead the order." Wang An saluted generously, but Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at the three main halls of the outer court not far away with only broken eaves and broken walls.

"When will the repair of the three halls start and when will it be completed?"

When Zhu Youxiao asked this question, Wei Zhongxian went blind and didn't know how to answer, but Wang An answered methodically:

"The wood, stone and colored materials for the construction of the three main halls were prepared during Emperor Shenzong's time, but they have not been built yet."

"Because the Ministry of Industry offered a price of [-] million taels, Emperor Shenzong thought it was too expensive, so he ordered the internal officials to spend some silver every year to buy materials. After nearly twenty years of accumulation, the materials have been accumulated enough."

"However, according to the quotation from the Ministry of Industry, even if we have materials, we still need five million taels of silver..."

"Five million taels?" Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly. After all, his annual income was less than six million taels, and the treasury was only three or four million taels.

It would cost five million taels of silver to build the three main halls, which is really heartbreaking.

But if you don’t fix it, what do officials and scholars in the world think?
The power center of a dynasty is actually a piece of broken eaves and broken walls. This is like the imperial court working on the ruins. How can it be convincing?
"Alas..." Principal Zhu You sighed, thinking of the situation in Liaodong and next year's military salary, he could only say a little tiredly:

"Slow down..."

(End of this chapter)