The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 391 Awesome Boom, Shining Glory
On the afternoon of July [-], Xie Qian went to discuss matters with Tu Yu.

The two of them came out of the Ministry of Officials, and they were going to go back to their respective homes. Before they got into the carriage, they saw many people starting to arrange their belongings in the open air on the street along the street. Live in the yard, or pitch a tent outside.

But not everyone has tents in their homes. You can use some torn clothes and sheets to temporarily set up a tent, but there are still many people who can only use some old clothes to block it.

"Bewitching people's hearts, bewitching people! You must impeach him!"

In Tu Yu's words, he was very disdainful of Zhang Zhou's "demagogic" behavior in predicting earthquakes.

Xie Qian didn't have the nerve to say, what if there was an earthquake, so what?Still go to impeach him?What excuse?
Xie Qian said: "Don't say that you are a commoner in the market, even if you are an official, if you hear that there may be an earthquake, it is what Zhang Bingkuan said, I am afraid that you have to be prepared."

"Hmph!" Tu Yu said, "At least the Beijing officials in the six ministries shouldn't have done this. If anyone in the official ministries reacts like this, then he doesn't have to be an official! Hearing the bewitching words of those alchemists, how can he act in the court?" foothold?"

Xie Qian thought about it, and when he talked about political correctness, what Tu Li said was quite reasonable.

Whoever believes it, whoever is against the mainstream civil servants in the court... But I can't stand it... Damn, no one needs to make trouble with his own life, right?
Just as he was talking, Han Wen, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, who was also the most likely to be promoted to the left servant, came over and said, "You two ministers, all the yamen here are asking, where will you work tomorrow?"

Tu Yu frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Han Wen said: "Everyone in the capital is in danger now. If someone works in the house tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be no time to escape if the earthquake comes!"

"Hehe." Xie Qian heard that he was laughing, and even glanced at Tu Yu.

Didn't you say that the officials of the Six Ministries shouldn't listen to such nonsense, and that those who believe in it can't gain a foothold in the court?
But the right servant of the dignified official department seems to believe it, what do you say?Does this mean you are well-mannered?
Tu Yu said angrily: "It's in the house, let's see how this earthquake can come!"

Han Wen said with a distressed face: "Zhang Bingkuan may be deceiving people, but he can't hold back everyone's belief. Even if he wants to impeach him to deceive the public, he can still impeach him on the grounds that the matter did not happen after tomorrow. This earthquake But it's not a small matter..."

Xie Qian said with a smile: "Yes, Tu Shangshu, there is no need to be troubled by his own life. Since Zhang Bingkuan ran away in desperation after he made the prophecy that there was an earthquake, it may be because he was timid to be punished by God. The purpose of the earthquake was to bury him alive. If his colleagues were all buried in the collapsed house, it would be taking advantage of his wishes."

Tu Yu was speechless for a moment.

Just now, I was still expressing my attitude to Xie Qian, and it made everyone look like they were united.

But when he turned his face away, not only his assistant minister muttered that he would avoid working in the house in the future, but even Xie Qian was persuading him to "know the current affairs", which made him have no place to save his old face.

"Of course, there is no need to force it." Xie Qian added, "If you are willing to stay in the house, it also shows that you are honest and have a clear conscience, and you are not afraid of strange things... It should be said that you are not afraid of natural disasters. But you should also be as close to the door as possible, okay... ...We can wait until tomorrow to make a plan on how to deal with it, it's too early to talk about it now."

Xie Qian seemed to want to comfort Tu Yu, but found that Tu Yu's face was dark.

And he didn't seem to stand on the matter of jointly impeaching Zhang Zhou before, Xie Qian was also afraid that Tu Yu would misunderstand him as a traitor... Then he also saluted and left very wisely.

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East Palace, Duanjing Hall.

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were tied up and thrown into a temporary "house" composed of wooden frames. There were many bricks on the frame, each more than two meters high, and the frame was only tied up with ropes for reinforcement. It is firm, and it seems that as long as it is blown by the wind, the shelf will collapse, and the two brothers will be buried in it.

"Prince, you are acting recklessly. Your father knows that, so he can't spare you." Zhang Yanling was finally removed from the gag and yelled at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I said Second Uncle, you have no eyesight. Father is busy preparing for tomorrow's earthquake today, and temporary tents are being set up everywhere in the palace. Who cares about you?"

Zhang Heling's tone was much calmer than that of his younger brother: "But Prince, there is really no way to ask us to take you out of the palace. It is impossible for His Majesty not to know, and you can see that so many people know it, and the matter cannot be hidden at all. !Anyone will stab you to His Majesty's side, and you will be grounded."

"Hmph!" Zhu Houzhao said, "Don't you scare me less, thinking that I don't know the art of war? Such a high-profile, threatened to kidnap you and take me out of the palace, the empress around my father would think that I was messing around, thinking that I would not succeed, so I would not mention it to my father. This is called falsehood Of!"

"Absurd, absurd!" Zhang Heling yelled.

Zhu Houzhao went up and gave Zhang Heling a kick and said, "I'll give you another chance now. If you two don't agree, I'll tie you up here until tomorrow. As long as there is no earthquake, or the earthquake does not kill you , I’ll let you go, otherwise...it can only be said that God wanted your lives, and it has nothing to do with me. I blame you for your usual misconduct, even God can’t stand it, and wants to accept you two!"

Zhang Yanling said loudly: "No, your mother, my elder sister, and people from Shouninghou's Mansion and Jianchangbo's Mansion will come here!"

"Hey!" Zhu Houzhao said with a wicked smile on his face, "Just say that you are not knowledgeable. Now that you have just returned to the capital, your sister, Bengong, and queen mother thought you were out of the palace, and your family thought you were fooling around somewhere. They are the ones who want to guard against earthquakes themselves, and they want to take care of you? Come and add a few more bricks, I am afraid that this 'house' will not kill them if they step on it!"

"Yes." Liu Jin hurriedly beckoned someone to send bricks here.

Zhang Heling turned his head and said: "The prince is going out of the palace, right? You can help, you can help!"

Zhu Houzhao said: "I am leaving the capital."

"It's okay, are you looking for Zhang Bingkuan? He's already heading south, and he's walking very fast. I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up." Zhang Heling said.

"Who said that we must go after him? Daming is so big, I want to see everywhere, and you can control where I go?" Zhu Houzhao looked annoyed, "And build a wall next to it, just Use bricks instead of living mud, just stack them upright like this."

Zhang Heling said: "No, no, no, if it falls down, it will kill people."

Zhu Houzhao curled his lips and said: "That's not necessarily true. What if it falls to the other side and not to your side? It still depends on whether God wants to clean up you. If you are lucky, the bricks don't fall on you. If you drop it...it will be cheaper for you!"

In case of luck...

And this statement?
My brothers and I were surrounded by a pile of crumbling bricks, no matter which direction we came from, there were always bricks falling on our heads.

Does survival depend on probability multiple choice questions?
"Gag them up, and I'll come back tomorrow." Zhu Houzhao saw that the two uncles were "recalcitrant", and was about to leave the two uncles here.

Zhang Heling saw that there was almost no room for negotiation, and there might be an earthquake that night. If it was a coincidence that his life would be buried here... killed by the prince, it would probably be a death in vain.

No matter how much the emperor dotes on the two brothers, can he dote more than the crown prince?
"No, yes, yes, now. Where do you want to go..."

Zhang Heling finally compromised.

Only then did Zhu Houzhao wave his hand to let Liu Jin, who was holding a torn sock, back away. He smiled and said, "I don't like being fooled the most. If I say leave now, I will leave immediately, and I will change later."

"But your age..." Zhang Heling was a little worried.

If you don’t agree with this kid today, if you stay here by yourself, it’s likely to be your death... and it was cleaned up by "God". In an earthquake, everyone else is fine, but our brothers were crushed to death by bricks... this grievance Go and listen to Lord Yan, Lord Yan doesn't care to talk to them.

But if this kid is sent out of the city, the emperor will investigate later...

Unless the emperor didn't know that it was the two brothers who did it.

But so many eunuchs are around... Wait, didn't they report it to the higher authorities?

After the prince left, the emperor arrested him, at most he would teach the boy a lesson.

It's a big deal that we won't come to the palace often in the future, and even if we come, we will take a detour, so that this kid can't catch the opportunity!
it is good!
Just do it.

"What's wrong with my age? I'm already ten years old, and I'm not considered a teenager anymore. In two years, I can get married. The North Korean king is three years older than me, but I heard that everyone I’m married, and I’m the head of the country myself! Why can’t I go to Daming to pay tribute on my own?” Zhu Houzhao became angry when he was told that he was young.

You are all bullying children, and every time you oppress me because I am young, as if I cannot do what you adults can do.

Zhang Heling said: "But how will you live after you leave the city, Prince? Do you have people and money?"

"Hey, you think I'm poor, don't you? I have a lot of money, and besides, I will still take people out of the palace. These few... will go with me. You prepare two carriages. Let's go in, if the money is not enough... take as much as you two uncles have! Remember to use your carriage, say to transport the things you robbed, and transport them to your hometown, and you will not be interrogated when you leave the gate of the capital!"

Zhu Houzhao looked thoughtful about everything.

This also made the Zhang family brothers realize that they fell into a trap today.

This kid is only ten years old, does he really have such a good plan?Or is it all Zhang Bingkuan's advice?
Correct!
We must put the responsibility on Zhang Bingkuan, and let him go to Nanjing.

"That's good, the prince earns a full outfit, and he will leave the palace with me." Zhang Heling said.

Zhang Yanling said: "Brother, listen to him? How can we explain to my sister and brother-in-law after we go out?"

Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "It is better to explain to the father, the queen, and the queen, and you don't want to play around after you leave the palace. My people will escort you out. If you dare to mess around... After the palace becomes the emperor , I will kill you all..."

"Impossible." Zhang Yanling was very confident.

The emperor kills us?And your mother sheltered us.

Zhu Houzhao said with a grin: "Then I will ask someone to poison you to death, or let Jin Yiwei kill you, and say that the person you offended killed you, then I will ask someone to investigate symbolically, and then Make it an iron case. Even the queen mother can't say anything."

This time Zhang Yanling's eyes also widened.

It is said that Banjun is like a tiger, why do you feel that Banjun doesn't have this trouble, but on this bear prince, it's like being surrounded by tigers?
Zhang Heling scolded: "Second brother, you are a no-brainer. The crown prince is going to find Mr. Zhang. He has discussed with Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang will keep him safe. We just send him out of the city. What will he do later? How are you, what are you doing with your useless idleness?"

Every mouthful of "Mr. Zhang" is to remind his second brother that this matter must be blamed on Zhang Zhou.

"Okay, get out of the palace, out of the palace!" Zhang Yanling also gave up.

No matter what, it's better than dying in vain due to the collapse of bricks caused by the earthquake.

Neither of the two brothers wanted to be condemned by God in the future.

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Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin, Gao Feng, Qiu Ju and Ma Yongcheng out of the palace.

He also wanted to take the remaining few, but there were too many people, it would be inconvenient when leaving the palace, even he himself changed into the clothes of a little eunuch, holding a wooden box in his hand, the excuse was that the queen gave gifts to the Zhang brothers of.

There were originally many young eunuchs in the palace, and there were even more handsome and favored young eunuchs in Kunning Palace and other places.

The palace guards also didn't understand the prince's personality, and they didn't expect that someone would go outside the palace instead of walking into the palace from outside the palace...

With the Zhang family brothers, Liu Jin and others covering up, the group left the palace gate smoothly.

"Come out, come out." After Zhu Houzhao walked out of Donghua Gate, he was very excited.

"There is still a Dong'an Gate ahead." Zhang Heling reminded.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Where is your carriage? Get in the carriage and leave Dong'anmen all the time! If you are questioned, you will reprimand them in a harsh tone!"

When Zhang Heling heard it, this kid went out of the palace with such steps. Could it be that he really studied the art of war?

A group of people got into the carriage, and the two carriages carried a few more eunuchs in eunuch uniforms, and there was nothing wrong with going out of Dong'anmen.

After he came out, Zhu Houzhao saw the bustling scene outside through the transom, and he had a feeling of being out of trouble after "breaking out of prison", with a look of excitement on his face.

Zhang Heling said: "Prince, look at your gift...can you give it to me?"

Zhu Houzhao scolded: "Are you lacking in mind? This is all about the troubles on Bengong Road, for you? To say that you have no brains is to flatter you, and you are still fighting on the battlefield like you? Is it better to live well than to live well?" , or because of the fact that you are my uncles, I will directly go up and ask my father to assign you to guard the imperial tomb."

"..." Only then did Zhang Heling realize what it means to be "the wicked will be punished by the wicked".

This kid Zhu Houzhao... is simply the reincarnation of a devil.

The kind that eats people without spitting out their bones.

"The capital is so lively, what are they doing?" Zhu Hou looked at the people on the street and couldn't help asking.

Zhang Yanling was also on his eldest brother's carriage, leaning against the carriage when he heard the words, with a tired and confused look on his face, he said: "Didn't you tell all about it? The palace is guarding against earthquakes, do you think the folks won't?"

Zhu Houzhao said: "It's just right, the city is full of soldiers and horses, so it is convenient to do things, just go directly out of Dongzhimen."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Heling said anxiously: "Didn't the prince say that we should prepare a car for you?"

"Your two cars look good to me. After leaving the city, you can find a way to return to the city. Besides, it's inconvenient to go out of the city without you...After fifty miles out of the city, I will give you some money to get you Brought back to the capital."

Zhu Houzhao smiled wickedly.

"Prince, you don't care about credibility." Zhang Heling protested.

Zhu Houzhao continued to laugh.

My heart said, if everything was explained to you in the palace, would you still submit?
"This is to prevent you from reporting the news immediately. Only when you go far enough out of the city will the pursuers not catch up so early. Hurry up! If you don't leave the city, it will be too late after dark!"

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For the first time in his life, Zhu Houzhao left the capital without being protected by any Jinyiwei and other guards, and could run to his destination in life, which is Nanjing.

The Zhang family brothers were almost kidnapping, and they followed out of the city together. Seeing that it was getting dark, the two brothers were muttering.

"Don't worry, I will give you 200 taels of silver and let you find a place to spend the night. Wouldn't 200 taels of silver be enough? I have been saving money in the past two years, and finally saved 3000 taels of silver... I never thought I would give it to you." 200 taels..."

"Prince, we gave you nearly 7000 taels of silver before, and you only have 3000 taels left?"

"Bastards! You gave it to me? I earned it! I haven't told the queen mother about your evil deeds until now... Hmph, if you dare to leak what happened today, let's see if I don't tell the whole story Inform mother..."

"Your Majesty..."

"Father already knew about it! Your little thoughts, father has been clear about it, and he didn't expose you! After investigating you, I found out that you used bad materials to build your family temple, and the queen mother must have skinned you! "

The two brothers looked at each other.

Today I really ran into the hands of this brat, and he was manipulated to death.

Zhang Heling said softly, "His Royal Highness, didn't you agree to give you the silver, so you won't mention that matter before?"

"Did I mention it? If you didn't let me down first, I would bring up the old matter again? Don't worry, just help me. When I become emperor in the future, you will get whatever you want. What is a few thousand taels of silver? Don't you Planning for the future?"

After coercion, followed by temptation.

The Zhang brothers are not good at anything else, they are still a bit "smart" in terms of calculations, or they are stingy people with a little sense of crisis.

They also realized that regardless of the current situation, once the emperor has something wrong...it is not impossible, because the emperor has always been in poor health, and he may belch at any time...At that time, if the Zhang family counts on a queen mother to protect them, then It's awesome and it's not going anywhere.

Just like the Queen Mother Zhou, no matter how filial the emperor is, the two brothers of the Zhou family are not as powerful as their brothers.

But if he gets the approval of the crown prince, that is, the future emperor, to help the prince do more things, and then build a good relationship with Zhang Zhou, the capable person next to the prince... Even if the court changes, the Zhang family will continue to shine in the future.

(End of this chapter)