My Portable Ming Dynasty

Chapter 84 Chaos on the edge
Su Ze brought the topic back to the head of the Zong Wang, and Huang Ji found a breakthrough. He immediately said:

"Your Highness! Su Ze is alienating the royal family! Haven't you heard that Taizu enfeoffed the princes to shield the imperial family?!"

"The policy of vassalage is the way of family ties!"

Su Ze said calmly: "It is recorded in the Imperial Ming Ancestor's Instructions that in the third year of Hongwu, the imperial edict said 'to reduce the annual expenditure of each king to meet the needs of the military and the country'. Now that the national finances are tight, it is time for all the relatives of the royal family to be close and the Ming imperial family to be respected."

"In the past, Emperor Wu of Han issued the Edict of Enfeoffment, which allowed the princes to extend their personal favors to their sons and nephews, thus upholding the principle of benevolence towards relatives and strengthening the principle of respecting the elders."

Huang Ji and other lecturers jumped out to attack Su Ze again, but they kept repeating the same argument of "sowing discord among the royal family."

Zhu Yijun, who was lying on the dragon bed, had his eyes shining and he kept clapping his hands inwardly, thinking to himself:
"Let's make a noise! ​​Let's make a noise!"

It’s a pity that Su Ze was too lazy to argue with these lecturers, but the situation on the scene was out of control, which made Zhu Yijun, who could only listen to boring lectures every day, very happy.

In fact, the royal family doesn’t care about these local princes at all.

Many of the princes are relatives beyond the five degrees of mourning. Apart from the fact that they all have the surname Zhu, it’s better not to be familiar with each other.

Zhu Yijun's grandfather, Emperor Jiajing, punished many members of the royal family and re-established the royal family's salary and rice system, reducing their treatment.

Zhu Yijun's biological father did not treat the royal family well after he succeeded to the throne, and even took back many gifts that Jiajing had given to the royal family.

There were problems with the Ming Dynasty royal family, but the royal family was a whole, and the gap between the rich and the poor among the royal family was also very serious, and the emperor did not have a good face towards most of the royal family members.

Zhu Yijun didn't care about those distant relatives. Seeing those serious lecturers arguing made the child of this age even more excited.

It turned out to be the right decision to summon Master Su to attend the imperial lecture!
It’s a pity that the children’s joy was short-lived. In the end, it was the Junior Secretary Yin Shidan who stepped in to stop this farce.

Yin Shidan first rebuked Su Ze: "The Crown Prince's lectures on Confucian classics are about the principles of the Confucian classics. Su Ze is talking nonsense about state affairs. I will suspend your reward for a month!"

Well, Su Ze’s one month’s lecture reward was deducted.

But Yin Shidan was the Junior Secretary and Su Ze's superior, so Su Ze could only accept it helplessly.

But Yin Shidan couldn't just punish Su Ze, so he pointed at Huang Ji and said:

"Lecturer Huang Ji was disrespectful in front of the palace, and his reward will be suspended for one month."

Huang Ji could only accept the punishment reluctantly. Several other lecturers were also punished by Yin Shidan, and only then did Yin Shidan stop the imperial lecture.

Zhu Yijun on the dragon bed was still not satisfied. After the lecture was over, he immediately called Zhang Hong, and then Zhang Hong walked out quickly.

Outside the gate of the East Palace, Huang Ji and other lecturers glared at Su Ze fiercely. In Huang Ji's opinion, this treacherous Su Ze had used some unknown means to steal the limelight that belonged to him, and also spread false rumors in front of the crown prince, leading the crown prince astray.

Huang Ji pointed at Su Ze and said:

"Regarding what happened today, I intend to impeach you and request that Your Majesty revoke your qualifications as a lecturer!"

Su Ze originally wanted to get some overtime pay, but he didn't expect Yin Shidan to deduct his reward money. He didn't want to attend the imperial lecture in the first place, and said calmly:

"Please help yourself."

Huang Ji punched cotton and became even more angry. At this moment, Zhang Hong came out of the East Palace.

Although Huang Ji looked down on eunuchs like Zhang Hong, he was a close attendant to the prince after all, so he at least greeted him. However, Zhang Hong walked straight towards Su Ze and said:

"Master Su, His Highness appreciates your hard work in teaching and grants you a reward."

After saying this, Zhang Hong handed a jade pendant to Su Ze, then ignored Huang Ji and other lecturers and went straight back to the East Palace.

Now even Shen Shixing, who was standing next to Su Ze, became jealous!

This jade pendant was obviously something the Crown Prince wore close to his body. To be rewarded with something close to his body by the Crown Prince was proof that he was deeply loved by the Crown Prince. But to Su Ze, this jade pendant was obviously a worthless item.

There were dragon and phoenix patterns on the prince's jade pendant, which was obviously a royal artifact. Even if Su Ze took it out to pawn, no one would dare to buy it.

It can't be exchanged for money, it can only be treated as a family heirloom. It would be better to give the reward money to yourself.

Since hiring Xu Wei, Su Ze went from being able to feed his entire family to having a family to support.

The expenses of daily interactions were gradually increasing, but Su Ze's official position had never been promoted and his salary had not increased.

Su Ze has always been open and transparent about the newspaper's accounts, and will not leave any handle for the censors.

To the extent that now Xu Wei would sometimes treat Su Ze to a meal after receiving his royalties.

Under the jealous gazes of Huang Ji and other lecturers, Su Ze put away the jade pendant given by Xiao Pangjun and left the East Palace leisurely.

"Brother Huang, are you still going to join Su Ze?"

Huang Ji's face turned pale and red, and he finally said:
"Shen! I will start reading tomorrow!"
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Huang Ji's memorial was not submitted for a long time, but the urgent military information at the border was sent to the cabinet.

On September 16, a fast horse rushed into the capital, and this urgent military intelligence report filled with chicken feathers was placed on the desk of Prime Minister Li Chunfang.

Li Chunfang's sick leave had just ended. Looking at the report sent by Datong, he had a headache and wondered whether he should ask for leave again.

"Zhao Dazhu, a rioter in Datong, rebelled because the imperial court owed him wages. Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, sent troops to suppress the rebellion but failed. What are your thoughts?"

Gao Gong pinched his temples. The court had just mobilized southern troops to march north this month, and the military households in Datong rebelled. No one would believe that there was no trick involved.

But even if he knew, Gao Gong had no solution.

There was no way, Gao Gong had no military experience and did not know how to handle military affairs.

After reading the urgent military intelligence report, Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and felt worried.

Zhang Juzheng's family was a military family, and his grandfather had served as a guard of the King of Liao. However, Zhang Juzheng's generation had already studied and become officials, and had no military experience.

The three people's eyes finally fell on Zhao Zhenji.

There is no way, because Zhao Zhenji is the only one with military experience in the cabinet.

Zhao Zhenji sighed and said:
"I said that day that I wasn't against Su Zilin's 'Plan to Pacify the Rong', but I felt it was too hasty. Even if they wanted to use southern troops to pacify the border, they should have first deployed the troops to the border before announcing it. If they incite a mutiny now, it would be difficult to resolve the situation."

Gao Gong lowered his head for a rare moment. It was his intention to vigorously promote the "Plan to Pacify the Rong". Apparently, Gao Gong did not realize that such a thing would happen in the Nine Frontiers.

Gao Gong originally thought that Zhao Zhenji was going to use this opportunity to overturn the "Plan for the Pacification of the Rong", but unexpectedly Zhao Zhenji said:
"How can we put the results of the cabinet's public deliberations aside just because of a few rioters? The cabinet must take a firm stance and implement national policy to the end!"

Zhao Zhenji quickly demonstrated his professionalism. He said:

"Wang Chonggu's military intelligence is vague. He hasn't explained why Zhao Dazhu rebelled or how many people he gathered. The cabinet must order Wang Chonggu to report the detailed military intelligence!"

"Military Minister Cao Bangfu was once the commander-in-chief of the Ji and Liao armies. He is familiar with military affairs and just returned this year. The Ministry of War can urgently dispatch him to Xuanda to lead the troops."

"Another urgent order for Qi Jiguang to march north quickly. Once the southern troops arrive, Xuanda will be unable to cause any trouble."

"The Datong border town is in rebellion, and the winds of the court are bound to change. Our cabinet must suppress the winds of change."

Li Chunfang, who was sitting on the main seat, sighed and said:
"Lord Zhao is absolutely right. I will immediately enter the palace and explain the pros and cons to Your Majesty. You must not allow these censors to influence Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)