Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 27 The Origin of Prince Han's Golden Beans

Hearing that the offerings from the Yunnan fiefdom have arrived, the happiest person is of course our Prince Han. He has been scattering golden beans everywhere every day, so he consumes the most. Now that the supplies have arrived from the Yunnan fiefdom, he can continue to scatter golden beans happily, so he is very happy!

"Manager Hu, take the chief eunuch of the Treasure Office with you, and go with Steward Wei to put the good treasures directly into the warehouse, and the others in their own rooms. Remember to bring me the list." The Princess of Han remained calm. She had been in charge of the palace's internal affairs for many years and was very familiar with handling this matter. In particular, the personnel arranged to handle the tribute included her own brother Wei Jizhong, the chief eunuch of the Treasure Office, one of the eight managers sent by the emperor, and Manager Hu, the confidant of the Prince of Han. It could be said that there were no loopholes.

As expected of my mother, she did such a great job! Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but take another good look at his mother. This original peasant girl had already undergone a qualitative transformation after being in charge of the Han Palace for many years. He couldn't help but give his mother a thumbs up. Seeing her son's admiring eyes, the Han Princess was also proud.

The Prince of Han, who had originally been excited to see what goodies the fiefdom had sent him, lost interest after hearing his wife's plan. As long as he had enough money, it didn't matter what came his way! So the Prince of Han gave up the idea of ​​going to see it in person. After all, he realized that going there in person would be beneath his status as the Prince of Han!
"Then you two can stay home and see what good things Yunnan has sent. Today, I am following the order of our old man to go to the imperial prison to take a look." At this time, Prince Han had also recovered from the surprise of the wealth presented to him by his fiefdom. In order to cover up his embarrassment of being eager to see the wealth, he spoke very loudly, which made Princess Han look disdainful. She just glanced at him with disdain and ignored him.

Prince Han didn't care at all about the look in his wife's eyes. He turned his head to look at his son, then looked at the beauty behind him, and then looked around. He took a few steps a little awkwardly, came to his wife, and stretched out a rough palm.

"Cough, cough." Prince Han coughed twice unnaturally to remind his wife, but his eyes were wandering around looking at the decorations in the house, as if he could see flowers, and he didn't dare to look at his wife at all.

Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father's embarrassed look with great interest. Aunt Xiu'er also rolled her eyes and turned her face away, unable to bear to look at the Prince of Han at this time.

Princess Han looked at her husband with a bad face, wanting to say something but stopping herself. After looking at her son, she finally said nothing. She glared at Prince Han with a vicious look, then pulled out a small embroidered purse from her waist, poured something out of it, and stuffed it into Prince Han's hand in a bad mood.

Zhu Zhanhe took a closer look and saw that they were a few golden beans. It turned out that his father had spread all the golden beans again and was out of money again, so he shamelessly asked his wife for money again. No wonder the Prince of Han was so excited when he heard that the Yunnan fiefdom had come to pay tribute. It turned out that he didn't have enough money! Zhu Zhanhe thought to himself.

Prince Han was admiring the decorations in the room when he suddenly felt something in his hand. He was instantly overjoyed, but when he turned around, his face darkened, looking unhappy. He didn't dare to speak. He stared at the few golden beans in his hand again and again. His wife had given him a few golden beans, so what was the point of that?!

Our Prince Han did not mind the small amount of gold beans in his hand, and stuffed them directly into his other sleeve without saying anything, and continued to go out. He secretly glanced at his wife and found that she was tying the hole in her purse and had no time to pay attention to him. Then he was delighted and grabbed the purse in her hand while her wife was not paying attention.

Then, under the unfriendly gaze of his wife, he lowered his head and poured out all the golden beans in his purse. He took a quick look at them in his hand and saw dozens of them, golden and festive.

Prince Han, who was in a good mood, was met with the astonished and dissatisfied eyes of his wife. He looked at the purse in his hand with some embarrassment, and wanted to return the purse with some resentment, but he didn't dare to.

Just when our Prince Han was in distress, he suddenly looked up and saw his beloved son watching the fun on the side. Prince Han suddenly had an inspiration and stuffed a few more golden beans in his hand into his wife's purse. In his son's equally astonished eyes, he stuffed the purse into his son, then looked at his wife guiltily, and seeing that she didn't say anything, he felt relieved instantly.

"Ahem, I still have to go to the imperial prison, so I'll go out first." The Prince of Han, who had taken a handful of golden beans, was in a very good mood at this time, his face full of pride. After carefully looking at his wife, he held his head high and strode out of the door.

"Mom, the purse." Zhu Zhanhe was so shocked by his father's actions that he was speechless. After he came to his senses, he returned the purse to his mother.

"Forget it, I'll leave it to you as pocket money. We don't need it. I'm worried about your father. Even with his condition, I can't let him go." Princess Wei's face was filled with melancholy. Watching her husband's retreating figure, she felt exhausted. A family like theirs was already wealthy and powerful, and she only wanted peace and security. However, the increasingly restless Prince Han was truly exhausting.

But when she turned around and saw her son again, she felt much better. Her son was indeed well-behaved and considerate. "Princess, Prince, the tribute materials from Yunnan are being delivered to the warehouse. Here is the list, please review it." Just as Princess Wei was feeling melancholy, Butler Hu stepped into the room and reported on the tribute.

"Just talk about the important things and leave the list." Seeing that his mother was a little unhappy, Zhu Zhanhe took over the conversation and said to the steward Hu who bowed.

"I will follow the orders of the prince." After entering the room, Butler Hu also noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a little strange, and spoke very respectfully.

"In reply to the princess and the prince, among the tributes from Yunnan this time, in addition to the usual fresh mushrooms, various tribute rice, tribute tea, ginseng and other precious medicines, the best treasures are

A portion of thousand-year-old Gastrodia elata

Two 100-year-old ginseng plants
The rest is the same as in previous years. Please review it, Princess and Prince." Manager Hu handed the list of accounts in his hand to Aunt Xiu'er with great discernment, and then he retreated respectfully.

"I'll take my leave." The chief steward of internal affairs was also one of the ministers of Prince Han, so after handing the bill to Xiu'er, Chief Steward Hu quickly prepared to leave.

"Thank you for your hard work, Manager Hu. Please go down." After Princess Wei took the accounts from Xiu'er behind her, she let Manager Hu go down.

The princess looked through the accounts in her hand and suddenly felt in a good mood. She couldn't help but ignore the unreliable Prince Han a little.

"He'er, these things come at the right time. Your mother has saved some money over the years. When the time comes, I will marry you off in a grand ceremony." Princess Wei of Han became more and more satisfied as she looked at the account book in her hand. She turned around and saw her precious son again, so she said to her son with a smile on her face.

"Mom, don't waste that money. It's not easy for you to be the housekeeper. Later, when we go to the fiefdom, it will cost a lot of money to repair the residence and build a blessed land (a mausoleum)." Zhu Zhanhe didn't want to spend some of the money on marrying a wife. He also wanted to save money to build a big ship.

Little did she know that Princess Wei had no idea what her son was thinking. She only thought that her son felt sorry for her because it was not easy for her to be the housekeeper. Suddenly, she felt her eyes moisten.

"Don't worry, He'er. I know what's going on. Go and have fun. If you can't, go for a walk on the street. Don't stay in the study all the time. Move around more." Princess Wei was so moved that she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand.

"Mom, I'm leaving now." Zhu Zhanhe comforted his mother with a few words, then got up and left.

"My son has really grown up." Looking at her son walking away, Princess Han's face was full of relief.

　The Embroidered Uniform Guard (Jinyiwei) was a prominent intelligence and security agency during the Ming Dynasty. Its origins can be traced back to the Gongweisi (Gongweisi) established by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. Later, it was renamed the Qinjun Duweifu (Qinjun Duweifu), which managed and commanded the Yiluansi (Yiluansi), responsible for the emperor's ceremonial guards and protection. In the 1382th year of the Hongwu reign (), the agency underwent a major reform, abolishing both the Qinjun Duweifu and Yiluansi and re-establishing the Jinyiwei (Jinyiwei), positioning it as the emperor's personal guard and military organization.

　　
　
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