I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

Zhu Zhangui responded with a smile, and then said to Zhang who was holding the gourd: "Don't let my father know the effect of this medicinal wine."

Mrs. Zhang returned a look that I understand.

Although the words were not explained, both of them understood the meaning.

With Zhu Pangpang's filial spirit, if he knew the effect of this medicinal wine, he would definitely give it to the old man immediately.

It's not that Zhu Zhangui doesn't feel sorry for the old man, but that the old man's body has reached its limit. If he drinks this kind of medicinal wine, it will only prolong his life by a few months. Fatty, let my old man live a few more years, and he can spend a few more years outside.

Otherwise, when both of them left, Zhu Zhangui would lose the chance to go out and spend most of his time sitting in the palace, spending his days with those memorial brushes.

The dinner was prepared by Zhao Linger and his daughters. There were eight dishes and five soups, which were rich in both meat and vegetables.

"Hey, there's braised pork in braised pork. I'm having a good time tonight."

Zhu Pangpang, who had just come out of the study, saw the big plate of braised pork on the table at a glance, and his eyes lit up instantly.

After meditating in the Taimiao for so long, Zhu Pangpang came out of it when the old man came back today. As a person who has no meat and no joy, he has been very hungry for a long time since he was in the temple every day.

If it weren't for the eunuchs and other people around him, Zhu Pangpang would have discussed with his grandpa, great grandpa and others, and gave him the roast chicken on the altar and the like.

"You are not allowed to eat too much, you are only allowed to eat two pieces."

Mrs. Zhang, who was serving porridge for a few little guys, quickly reminded her.

Zhu Pangpang laughed and took the lead in doing it.

"Hey, for you!"

After everyone was seated, Mrs. Zhang carefully took a glass of medicinal wine and handed it to Zhu Pangpang.

Smelling the tangy smell of alcohol, Zhu Pangpang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took the wine glass.

"What kind of day is this today? There is wine and meat."

Mrs. Zhang gave him a blank look, "My daughter-in-law and my grandchildren are back, isn't it a good day?"

"Yes yes, it's a good day!"

Zhu Pangpang, who was in a hurry to drink, nodded in response to his wife's words.

Carefully narrowing his mouth, Zhu Pangpang frowned slightly.

"Why is it medicinal wine!"

Mrs. Zhang stared, "It's good if you don't drink some, but you still pick and choose and don't give it to me." As he said that, he was about to reach out to grab the wine glass in Zhu Pangpang's hand.

"Don't, don't!" Zhu Pangpang quickly dodged and protected the wine glass, "Don't say it's medicinal wine, I'll drink poisonous wine."

After finishing speaking, he was afraid that his wife would come to snatch it again, so he just swallowed it down.

Mrs. Zhang glared at Zhu Pangpang angrily, sat down and began to tie an apron for the youngest granddaughter sitting beside her, ready to eat.

"call!"

"Good wine, my body warms up as soon as I drink it."

With the drink in his stomach, Zhu Pangpang closed his eyes to appreciate it for a while, and couldn't help but praise.

Then, in order to taste more of the wine, he picked up the teapot and poured some water into the wine glass, swirled it, and suffocated the last bit of remnant.

"Come, come, eat, eat!"

After drinking, seeing that the people on the table didn't move the tauzi, they were all looking at him, Zhu Pangpang smiled, picked up the tauzi, took a piece of braised pork, and stuffed it into his mouth

When Zhu Pangpang started to move the tach, the others picked up the tach to eat.

Eating and sleeping without talking, this is the most basic rule of the royal family, even if it is a few little guys, they all eat in a proper manner.

After dinner, Mrs. Zhang and Zhao Linger took a few little guys to bathe in the soup pond. Zhu Zhangui and his father Zhu Pangpang walked into the study to discuss the matter of the big court meeting the day after tomorrow.

"I read your letter saying that there is serious corruption in Shandong, and what kind of results it has reached."

Entering the study, the father and son sat down, and Zhu Pangpang took the lead in asking about the situation in Shandong.

Since Zhu Zhangui wrote a letter a few days ago, talking about Shandong's affairs, Zhu Pangpang hasn't slept well these days, and has been thinking about how to deal with Shandong's affairs.

"As for the victims, I have temporarily resettled them. The food I have stored there is enough to last until next spring."

"I have already made arrangements for Lu Xin. As soon as the land thaws next year, we will organize the young and strong to dig canals to deal with future droughts as much as possible."

"In Shandong, I plan to plant a wave of potatoes next year. Although the land has been depleted after so many years of disasters, planting potatoes may damage the land even more, but the output of other types of food will also decrease, and the cost will not even be recovered. It’s better to take a chance with potatoes, even if you don’t have a good harvest, you can still keep the food rations of the local people.”

"After the seeds are planted, I will continue to arrange for the people in Shandong to work in exchange for food, so that they will not be hungry before the potatoes are harvested."

After hearing Zhu Zhangui's arrangements for Shandong next year, Zhu Pangpang nodded in relief.

He knows the pros and cons of growing potatoes.

But as my son said, the harvest of other types of grain is not good, so it is better to take the high-yield potatoes.

"What about the officials?"

Hearing his father mentioned officials, the expression on Zhu Zhangui's face became extremely cold, and he summed up his evaluation of officials in 8 words.

"Extremely corrupt, everyone deserves to be killed!"

Zhu Pangpang sighed. He had already thought of the worst, but he didn't expect his son's evaluation to be even worse.

He knew his son's character very well, just like his grandfather, he hated corrupt officials extremely.

Zhu Zhangui's ability to say these 8-character evaluations shows that the entire Shandong officialdom is rotten to the root.

Thinking of the situation in Shandong, Zhu Pangpang frowned tightly, his face full of worry.

Shandong, which is very close to the capital of Xinguo, has become so rotten. It is hard for Zhu Pangpang to imagine how rotten those places far away from the emperor are now.

"I plan to send an inspector next year, who do you think is suitable for the imperial court?"

Thinking of the situation in various places, Zhu Pangpang came up with the idea of ​​sending inspection censors.

Although he also knew that Pai Yushi could only control him for a while, not for a lifetime, but it was better than nothing, even if he couldn't beat the tiger, he could still deter the monkeys.

Zhu Zhangui thought for a while and replied: "Actually, Yu Qian is quite suitable, but he is currently in charge of the Western Regions and cannot escape."

Zhu Pangpang nodded in agreement, Yu Qian is a very nice person, and he was also very comfortable to use during the days when he was working under him.

It's just that the Western Regions are related to the future plans of the imperial court. Without a capable official like Yu Qian sitting in charge there, the imperial court is not at ease at all.

"Zhang Xuan!"

Zhu Zhangui thought for a while, and chose the person he was most familiar with.

This old fellow Zhang Xuan and Zhu Zhangui were old enemies. When Zhu Zhangui first came back, this old guy impeached him with a memorial every three days.

And this guy is very aggressive, many people in the court have been impeached by this old man, including his father Zhu Pangpang, his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu, and his third uncle Zhu Gaosui.

Anyway, as long as he hears about someone, the impeachment report the next day will definitely include this old guy.

That is to say, the old man likes this old man to protect him. If it were someone who was not favored, he would have been played to death long ago.

"That's fine. The old man told me some time ago. He probably knew that your grandpa was going to retire. He was afraid that I would trouble him later, so he wanted to retire with success."

"He doesn't even think about me being that kind of person. Since he's afraid of being found out after the fact, let's tell him that the imperial court has talents and must use them, so don't worry about this or that."

Zhu Zhangui chuckled and suggested: "Jinyiwei should send a thousand households to follow him. After all, he has been loyal to the court all his life, and he is indeed old now. Give him an honor. After this inspection, he will Allow him to return to his hometown to retire."

After talking about inspecting the censor, Zhu Pangpang took a look at the door to confirm that it was closed tightly, and after no one could eavesdrop, he asked Zhu Zhangui in a low voice

"How many people in the court are related to it, and how many important officials are there!"

As the prince who has managed the state affairs for many years, Zhu Pangpang deeply understands that if the local officials in Shandong dare to be so rampant, there must be someone in the court to cover them, otherwise it would be impossible to hide it from the court.

Zhu Zhangui took out a memorial from his arms and put it in front of Zhu Pangpang.

"This is the list I made. You should make preparations to see who is suitable to take their place, so that you won't be able to find a replacement for a while when you get someone the day after tomorrow."

Opening the memorial in his hand, looking at the rows of blood-red names written in cinnabar, Zhu Pangpang's heart became heavier and heavier.

There are many names Zhu Pangpang is familiar with on it, and many of them were single-handedly selected by him.

"Are you sure?"

Zhu Pangpang confirmed again with some unwillingness to give up.

"I came back with a carload of testimonies provided by the plaintiff's witnesses, as well as the investigation results of Jinyiwei, Yueyingwei, Yushitai, and the Criminal Ministry. You can check them at any time."

After closing the list in his hand, Zhu Pangpang closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair wearily.

"I see, you go back to rest first, I will discuss it with your grandpa tomorrow."

Although Zhu Pangpang has taken over the rights of Daming, the current emperor is still the old man, and he still needs to discuss with the old man to replace so many important court officials at once.

Although the old man doesn't care about these things anymore, Zhu Pangpang, who has been intimidated by the old man for many years, still thinks it is more reliable to discuss with his own father.

After all, there is still a year before he becomes emperor.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the second day, Zhu Pangpang dragged his exhausted body to find the old man to discuss his thoughts that he had been thinking about all night.

This discussion lasted all day, and when he came back at night, Zhu Pangpang didn't tell Zhu Zhangui the result, but just said that everything is ready, do it according to your own ideas, drink the medicinal wine prepared by Mrs. Zhang and go to rest up.

Although the father didn't say anything, Zhu Zhangui had already seen that the father and the old man must have discussed the replacement candidate.

In fact, when the old man and the old man were discussing at noon, they also sent a message to ask Zhu Zhangui to come over, but Zhu Zhangui refused on the grounds that he had something to do

Now is the time for Dad to be the head of the family. As long as it is not related to the direction of the country, it is time for Dad to be the head of the house.

When he was the prince, he was taken care of by the old man, and his wife took care of him when he returned home. It was hard for him to be the master of the house, and if he was taken care of by his own son, the old man would be too miserable all his life.

As the saying goes, it's all about men, why bother to make things difficult for men.

Many people are sleepless tonight.

The emperor came back from the north and announced to the outside world that he was preparing for the great sacrifice.

If there was no Shandong incident, many people would not have cared too much about it, but when the Shandong incident broke out completely, some people began to feel uneasy.

Especially when they heard that the crown prince discussed matters with the emperor today, after discussing for a whole day, their hearts became even more confused.

Since the emperor gradually handed over the power to the prince, the discussion between the father and son has been a phenomenon all day long, which is very rare.

The matter of the Northern Expedition has come to an end, and the large army is already on its way back to the court. Obviously, it is impossible to discuss the matter of the Northern Expedition.

The Western Region has also entered the final stage, the main army has begun to return, and the remaining remnant enemies have been handed over to the local Qianhu Office, so it cannot be a matter of the Western Region.

Except for a little disturbance in Jiaozhi, there are no other problems in other places in Daming, so Shandong is the only thing left.

Thinking of their involvement with Shandong, many people became more and more flustered. Some of them couldn't sleep, so they just got up and told their family members to pack their things, and told them to leave the city at dawn tomorrow, and escape as far as possible.

Regardless of whether something will happen tomorrow, it is the best choice for the family to leave.

It’s better to come back if there’s nothing to worry about, and to run away one by one if something has to happen, it’s better than staying at home and waiting to die.

The Dachaohui is a huge meeting at the end of each year, and officials who have reached a certain level from all over the country will come.

Especially this year's Great Court Meeting, followed by the court's great sacrifice, more officials came.

As the time arrived at the beginning of the Chou Dynasty, carriages came out from all the mansions and inns of the capital, gathered from all the alleys to the main street, and headed for the gate of the imperial palace.

The officials who came did not get out of the car, but sat in the car and waited for the assembly time.

It's not that they don't want to go down, but that they will inevitably have to talk after going down.

They know they are innocent, but they don't know who is involved in Shandong.

If you chat with the other party for a few words and are seen by someone with a heart, and the other party happens to be involved in Shandong, then you will be in bad luck.

So in order to prevent being implicated innocently, waiting in the car is the best choice.

When the time arrived at Yinshi, the officials got out of the car, signed in at the designated official's place, and then, under the arrangement of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, stood at the designated position and waited.

Everyone was still silent, watching each other's eyes, nose, nose, and heart, like an old monk in meditation.

On the other side, the family members of officials with ghosts in their hearts, according to their master's instructions, pulled a large cart and a small cart, and led the whole family towards the city gate.

Although the sky is still dark now, it is nothing compared to the lives of my family.

Few of the family members of Beijing officials are fools.

It is definitely not a trivial thing for my master to panic in the middle of the night and let the whole family pack their bags and leave. The lightest thing is ransacking the house, or even ransacking the entire family.

With this guess, the family packed up their clothes without any complaints, calculated the time to open the city gate, and ran over to line up in advance.

But not long after they walked out, teams of Jinyiwei came out of alleys and blocked their way with indifference.

When the time was slowly approaching Damao, the officials of the Ministry of Rituals took the list and began to count, and after confirming that everyone had arrived, they faced the imperial city and waited for the gate of the imperial city to open.

"Winter..."