The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Chengjin was considering how to leave the palace carefully.

He was just a small official, not even a third-rank official, and he proposed such a big thing as lifting the sea ban in the court.

There was a slight possibility that it would cause dissatisfaction among the ministers.

During the Hongzhi Dynasty, there was no assassination of a senior official in the capital. Under his rule, the ministers lived in harmony.

Even if they wanted to tear each other apart, they would impeach him through a memorial, and if they failed to impeach him, they would be dismissed and go home.

But for the sake of caution, Yan Chengjin decided to find a warrior with high martial arts skills to escort him back to the mansion.

There were a few people he could think of in the capital.

Wang Yue was doing infrastructure construction at Liangxiang Science College, Mou Bin was guarding the palace, and Xiao Jing was always with Emperor Hongzhi.

"In this case, only Wang Shouren is left."

Yan Chengjin came to the duty room of the Ministry of Justice. Wang Shouren seemed to be ready for the 996th. He was still in the duty room after work, looking through old cases.

It is said that Wang Shouren was respected as the golden interrogator of the Ministry of Justice because of his excellent ability.

"Brother Gao, how come you have time to come to the Ministry of Justice to see me?" Wang Shouren bowed slightly.

Yan Chengjin nodded and said, "I am going to go home after my shift. Please escort me."

When did I become a warrior?

Wang Shouren's face was stiff. After a moment, he said, "As far as I know, there are Jinyiwei secretly following Brother Gao. Why should Brother Gao be so cautious?"

Yan Chengjin urged him to hurry up, it would be dark soon.

When he walked out of the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, Wang Hua came over with a smile: "Shouren, it's time to go home, shall we?"

Wang Shouren looked embarrassed and said, "Please ask my father to go back first. I have to go to Yan's house."

After seeing Yan Chengjin, Wang Hua's face darkened.

Hearing that this kid was in the court, he advised to open the land Silk Road in the northwest.

The maritime ban was set by Emperor Gao, which was the ancestral system.

Even during the reign of Emperor Wen, he only dared to order the court to trade, and private individuals were not allowed to trade.

However, Shouren was promoted to the fifth rank thanks to this kid.

Wang Hua did not bother with him.

"After finishing your work, go back home early and don't hang around outside." Wang Hua reminded him in view of Wang Shouren's habit of studying things.

Wang Shouren bowed slightly: "I know."

When he came out of the palace, the streets of the capital were unusually lively.

Yan Chengjin sat in the sedan chair and heard the familiar shouting, and he knew that he had arrived at the door of the octagonal teahouse.

Wang Shouren rode on the horse and said with some shame: "There is one thing I can't figure out. How did Brother Gao know that the price of silk would rise after I came back from Jiangnan?"

He followed because he wanted to ask about this matter.

In the final analysis, it was because he wanted to become a saint.

The saint said that there is "reason" in the world. As long as you understand the "reason", you can see through everything in the world.

He felt that he was still a little short of the mark.

"Did you find anything when you were tidying up the Songjiang Prefecture Guard?"

With Wang Shouren's meticulous observation, he would definitely investigate the reasons for the Japanese pirates' invasion.

Yan Chengjin guessed that he must know something.

It's just that there is too little information and he dare not assert it.

Going to sea to do business is not too obscure in the Jiangnan area.

Wang Shouren hesitated and said, "I have some guesses."

"Don't say it, there are ears behind the sedan chair." Yan Chengjin said seriously.

Back at the mansion, Yan Chengjin and Wang Shouren agreed to go to court together the next morning.

In the southwest of the capital, Zou Mansion,

Zou Jun called several colleagues to the mansion to discuss matters.

Lifting the sea ban in the southwest is a major event related to the ancestral system. His Majesty has not made a decision yet, and the whole court is discussing it.

"Yan Chengjin is really brave to give advice. If we open the trade in the northwest, foreign merchants will flood into our court. What's the point of doing that?" said Wang Qiong, the chief clerk of the Ministry of Revenue.

"The northwest has always been in chaos. The Silk Road has been closed for more than a hundred years. It is not easy to open it again now.

Yan Chengjin is a young boy who has harmed the country and the people!"

"Yan Chengjin is just a small censor. Your Majesty has to decide on this matter."

One of the civil officials said.

"Well, why don't we wait for the morning court tomorrow and kneel at the gate of Fengtian Hall. It's cold and freezing. Your Majesty will definitely not bear it."

Zou Jun suggested.

Several people nodded one after another. Even if they froze to death at the gate of Fengtian Hall, they would be worthy of this official uniform.

As a civil official, giving advice is the most glorious thing.

...

Warm Pavilion,

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't make up his mind. The Silk Road had been closed for more than a hundred years.

"Xiao Banban, what do you think will happen if I lift the sea ban in the northwest?"

Xiao Jing knelt on the ground with a plop: "I don't know the affairs of the court, I hope your majesty will forgive me."

Emperor Hongzhi knew everything, he just wanted to find someone to ask.

The road had long been buried by weeds as tall as people, and the money gate must have been blown to pieces by the wind and sand.

"What Li Qingjia said is right! If the Silk Road is reopened, how many soldiers will be stationed at the post stations and money gates along the way.

These... are all waste."

Emperor Hongzhi, although he was the emperor, could not resist the ministers who kept shouting about the ancestral system.

What is the ancestral system?

That is the system and ancestral precepts set by Emperor Gao. Violating it is a disloyal and unfilial descendant.

Emperor Wen was smart and brave, but he only sent the eunuch Sanbao to the West and did not dare to lift the sea ban for the people.

Compared with Emperor Wen, he certainly felt inferior.

But Emperor Hongzhi also had his own pride. He filled the national treasury, defeated the Tatars in the north, and wiped out the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River...

If he met the emperors of the Zhu family after his death.

He would also dare to hold his head high and talk about his political achievements.

However, my greatest pride is giving birth to a son who is extremely smart...

Looking at the dragon-beating whip set aside and thinking of Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Hongzhi finally felt less upset and asked, "What is the prince doing?"

"My slave estimates that right now... he should be brushing the little mare." Xiao Jing said hurriedly.

Emperor Hongzhi was surprised: "Little mare?"

Xiao Jing nodded and said, "It's a horse bought outside the palace. Every day at midnight, when he comes back from Minglun Hall, the prince will brush it and feed it with food and grass."

Emperor Hongzhi was so surprised that he was speechless. Is the East Palace a place where horses are raised?

"How long have you been raising it? Where did the prince get the money?"

Xiao Jing thought for a while and said: "After raising it for three days, it should be the money saved from the monthly salary."

How many months and ten taels of silver have I given to the East Palace?

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't remember clearly. He said happily: "In such a small period of time, the prince can still save money to buy horses. From now on, he will be a good emperor."

Zhu Houzhao was announced to the East Palace, met Emperor Hongzhi, and knelt down honestly: "Father, the emperor is looking for his son?"

"You raise horses in the East Palace?" Emperor Hongzhi asked.

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he quickly lowered his head and said, "I will not raise my son again in the future."

As long as you admit your mistake quickly enough, your father will not have time to get angry.

This was something he gained from experience after being beaten many times. When his father was not angry, he was a very kind person.

Just like the treacherous dog officer towards Lao Gao, he always has a kind smile on his face.

When his father stopped being angry, he would talk about raising the young mare.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi's face became tense, but his tone became much more relaxed: "Huzhao."

Zhu Houzhao always felt that his father was a little strange today. He kept stroking the whip in his hand, but had no intention of beating him.

"My son is here."