I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 27 Father and Son

Zhu Yijun was strolling in the bustling South City.

There are many shops here, with a wide variety of goods.

Specialties from all over the world, furs, medicinal herbs, beef jerky, pearls, porcelain, pottery, colored glaze, tea, silk, cotton, sugar, liquor, spices.
Almost every street has a type of product.

Zhu Yijun visited each store one by one, asking about the origin, price, and sales volume.

Some shop assistants were annoyed by the questions and were unwilling to answer.

Feng Bao waved his hand, and a soldier from the Eastern Depot came up and flashed his badge, which frightened the shop assistants so much that they asked the shopkeeper to come over.

Tell me everything you know, and tell me everything you know.

"Tell Mr. Wenchang that the Coordination Office should set up a business investigation department and recruit some personnel. We should start with South City and compile statistics on the prices, origins, and sales of various goods here.

Then, starting from Tongzhou Wharf, they inquired about the market conditions in various places from the merchants traveling from south to north. Later, they set up branch stations in the southeast, northwest, northeast and central regions to collect local market conditions and send them back to Beijing by express post.

When doing business, the most important thing is the market changes in different places. Please convey my idea first and ask Mr. Wenchang to draft a charter. I will discuss it with them in detail tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Yes."

It’s good to be a prince!

When you have a good idea, just give the order and capable people will help you to improve the details. You just need to check whether it is implemented properly.

"By the way, let me ask again, has the handwritten letter I wrote to Hu Zongxian been delivered?"

"To reply to the prince, according to the schedule, we should be here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

After walking for more than an hour, they arrived at the gate of a Taoist temple.

Emperor Jiajing was in power for more than 30 years. He promoted Taoism and suppressed Buddhism, and Taoist temples were doing very well.

The Buddha and his disciples were so poor that they had to eat dirt.

This Changchun Taoist temple is very popular, with pilgrims coming in and out in an endless stream, and it is crowded with people.

In the open space in front of the temple, dozens of vendors were selling all kinds of things, including snacks and gadgets.

Zhu Yijun saw at a glance a peddler selling cranes with bamboo frames and bamboo paper coverings.

It is about the size of a pigeon, painted with brush and ink, and lifelike. It is hung on a long pole with a rope. When the wind blows, its half-open wings flutter slightly, and it dances gracefully.

buy!
Zhu Yijun bought two and handed them to Feng Bao.

"Have someone send it back to the West Garden right away and tell them that I gave it to Grandpa Emperor. It will definitely look nice if you hang it on the eaves in front of the palace."

"Yes! It was given by the prince. The emperor will definitely like it."

Zhu Yijun returned to Prince Yu's Mansion and walked into the front hall, where he saw his father Zhu Zaigui convening a meeting of the palace's staff.

Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan, Zhang Juzheng and other lecturers in the palace were all present.

Zhu Yijun went forward to greet him, but Zhu Zaigui did not call him. Instead, he said in a sarcastic tone, "Why are you going to the Yan residence? Don't you think that our Prince Yu's residence has been bullied enough by the Yan family father and son?"

"Father, I am going to visit Lord Yan on the orders of the Emperor." Zhu Yijun knelt on the ground and answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Emperor Jiajing was Zhu Zaigui's Achilles' heel. When he heard that Zhu Yijun was going there on the orders of his father, he was so scared that he almost jumped up from his seat.

Am I in trouble again?
Have you made father unhappy again?

"You, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhu Zaigui pointed at Zhu Yijun and asked, as if blaming him for not reporting the situation earlier.

"Father, the Emperor specifically told me to go to the Yan residence to visit Elder Yan and say a few words. Don't make it public, especially don't go under the pretext of following an imperial order."

Zhu Zaigui was confused, "What does Father mean?"

Zhu Yijun replied: "I don't know, why don't you ask the Emperor?"

Zhu Zaigui was choked to the point of being speechless and at a loss as to what to do.

If I had dared to ask, I would still be sitting here!
Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan, Zhang Juzheng and others saw this and knew that Prince Yu had been defeated once again.

I can’t beat my father, and I can’t even beat my son. How sad!
Zhang Juzheng said, "Your Highness, please let His Royal Highness stand up and speak."

Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan looked at Zhu Yijun with complicated expressions. Zhang Juzheng's words reminded them, and they quickly said, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please ask His Royal Highness to stand up and speak." Zhu Zaigui looked at his only and eldest son, and vaguely felt that this account seemed to be ruined and out of control.

Well, in the future, I will get closer to Concubine Li and others, and open a few new accounts.

"Stand up and sit down."

Zhu Zaigui said this and then asked, "Do you know about the incident in the 36th year of Jiajing when Yan Shifan humiliated me?"

"In reply to your father, I was young at the time and didn't know much about it. But later I heard someone say that Yan Shifan secretly asked the Ministry of Revenue to withhold the salary of my Prince Yu's Mansion, causing the palace to be unable to make ends meet for years.

Finally, my father had no choice but to borrow money from everywhere and scrape together two thousand taels of silver, which he gave to Yan Shifan. Only then did he ask the Ministry of Revenue to allocate the salary for the royal palace. "

Zhu Zaigui slapped the armrest of his chair angrily, "What a shame! What a shame!"

You know it is a great humiliation, so try to kill Yan Shifan!

How come? After several years of great humiliation, I still couldn’t do anything to Yan Shifan. It was only with my help from behind that Yan Shifan was brought down.

As soon as someone falls, you start to act aggressively. Who knows how others will laugh at you!
"If you feel unhappy, you can ask someone to impeach Yan Shifan. I heard that he escaped from Leizhou, where he was exiled, and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi, where he is living a carefree life. It's a good opportunity to impeach him."

Impeach Yan Shifan?
Upon hearing Zhu Yijun's suggestion, Zhu Zaigui hesitated.

It's very simple. Formal impeachment of the Yan father and son will involve political risks.

In the past few years, Zhu Zaigui was frightened by the turbulent court struggles.

Last year, Zhejiang's rice field was replaced by mulberry field, and Yan's party was out of control. Even Hu Zongxian turned his back on them and refused to help. Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, and Yin Shidan all spoke out, saying that this was a godsend opportunity to overthrow Yan, so go for it!

Zhu Zaigui was so excited by what he said that he rushed in without hesitation. As a result, he was almost dragged down and killed together with Yan Shifan. He was so scared that he couldn't sleep for a long time.

Seeing his father's hesitant expression, Zhu Yijun knew what he was thinking.

Impeachment is risky, but sending people to Yan's house to cause trouble and slap him in the face is risk-free and can also vent your anger.

How petty!
No political wisdom.

Zhu Yijun said, "Father, it is not advisable for Steward Wang to cause trouble in the Yan residence."

Zhu Zai's face flushed slightly, and he summoned his strength to ask, "Why is it unacceptable?"

"When the steward Wang went to the Yan residence to cause trouble, others would definitely ask why. As a result, the scandals of the Prince Yu's residence in the past were dug up, and our palace was embarrassed again. If the news spread to the West Garden, the emperor would know about it and he would definitely be unhappy.

Yan Shifan bullied Prince Yu's Mansion, and the incident broke out again. It was my father who was embarrassed, but it was my grandfather who was slapped in the face. "

Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan's faces straightened. This was the truth.

Seeing the expressions of his two trusted lecturers, Zhu Zaigui was also stunned.

Am I in trouble again?
Did you make father angry again?
He quickly waved his hand and asked Zhu Yijun to leave so that he could discuss remedial measures with Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan and Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng was well aware of the situation and knew that this disturbance, which was started by a woman in the inner court of the palace with ulterior motives, would end with Zhu Yijun's complete victory.

On the way to meet Princess Chen, Zhu Yijun whispered to Feng Bao: "Find a reason to arrest Steward Wang and put him in the imperial prison. Investigate him thoroughly. It's obvious that this bastard is not a good guy. He must be full of shit.

If anyone dares to make me unhappy for a moment, I will make him unhappy for the rest of his life."

"Yes."

Feng Bao responded quickly.

He is worthy of being the emperor's good grandson. He has even learned the same spirit of revenge.

That night, Emperor Jiajing, who was meditating on the Taoist altar in the Renshou Palace, was suddenly awakened.

"Li Fang, is it raining outside?"

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside. It might rain."

"Go and bring the two cranes that Jun'er gave me into the house. Don't let the rain damage them."

"Yes."

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