Many things had happened in the Forbidden City in the past two days.
The matter of Zhu Houzhao's 'assassination attempt' had temporarily come to an end. Magistrate Ning of Shuntian Prefecture even suspected that he had offended a colleague in the officialdom.
Otherwise, why would the Crown Prince be assassinated in Shuntian Prefecture, and for no reason, he would be fined his salary and have a poor assessment?
However, on second thought, he had always been careful as an official and would not offend anyone, let alone alarm the Great Ming Crown Prince.
There was no reason. Moreover, he was only a small Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate. He was not worthy of the Crown Prince's status, let alone offend him.
This was a muddled account, and Ning Cheng could only swallow the loss.
The second thing was to open the shipping companies in both Zhejiang and Fujian.
There were many procedures needed to open the shipping department. The cabinet first issued a document to be sent to the ceremony supervisor. After the ceremony supervisor approved it, it had to be handed over to the emperor. After Emperor Hongzhi reviewed it, it was officially issued.
After the trial opening of the two shipping companies, the pressure actually came to Zhu Houzhao. If the shipping companies were not effective after opening, they would have to close sooner or later.
Moreover, Zhu Houzhao was the Crown Prince, and he was the key figure in leading the Bureau of Foreign Trade to open the sea. If he failed, the officials would naturally have a different view of Zhu Houzhao.
The worst effect would be that after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, the officials would use this opportunity to get as much imperial power as possible.
Because they could use this incident to refute any decision that Zhu Houzhao made that they were not satisfied with. They could say to Zhu Houzhao,'Your Majesty, when you insisted on opening a trading company, not only did you not have any benefits, but there were also countless disadvantages, so you should listen to us.'
But Zhu Houzhao didn't know about these things because he had a good emperor father behind him who helped him withstand all the pressure.
Emperor Hongzhi also did a series of operations behind the scenes.
He first sent the Imperial Censorate to the southeast to ensure that no southeast officials would cause trouble during the opening of the Trading Department. At the same time, it was also to warn and supervise the southeast officials.
After that, he asked the Ministry of Rites to write a diplomatic letter and send it to Japan. If the Japanese pirates continued to invade the southeast of Ming Dynasty, they would bear the consequences.
After these two sets of operations, the next step was the most critical step.
Whether it was Emperor Hongzhi or the cabinet, they all understood one thing. If they could not obtain something on the battlefield, they could forget about obtaining it through diplomacy.
If they wanted to intimidate the Japanese pirates, they had to ruthlessly crush their prestige in the southeast. Then, they would send the Southeast Governor to prepare for the Japanese invasion.
The former commander of the Southeast Japan Guard, Tongzhi Baihong, had been dismissed, and even now, his position was still vacant.
After two years of development, the Ming Dynasty could no longer find a capable commander to go to the governor to prepare for the Japanese invasion. The choice of this candidate was particularly critical.
Early in the morning, Emperor Hongzhi had gathered the cabinet and the six ministries in the Hall of Valor for a discussion.
The main topic of the court discussion was naturally to choose a candidate for the Southeast Governor to guard against the Japanese pirates.
Zhu Houzhao was called by Emperor Hongzhi to the Hall of Valor.
When he first arrived, Emperor Hongzhi had already informed the Crown Prince of his series of steps.
Emperor Hongzhi wanted to let Zhu Houzhao know that after making every political decision, he had to make thorough preparations.
However, Zhu Houzhao's thoughts drifted to Su Ce.
He was so shocked that his eyeballs were about to pop out.
Su Ce once told him that opening the sea was only the first step. There were still other steps to follow, such as sending censors to the southeast, sending diplomatic credentials to Japan, and selecting capable officials to guard against the Japanese!
Heavens, wasn't what Brother Ce was saying exactly what Imperial Father was doing?
He actually said it so calmly, and he didn't seem to think it was a difficult thing.
If Brother Ce could become an official in the palace, it wouldn't be too much to be a cabinet scholar, right?
While Zhu Houzhao's thoughts were running wild, an argument broke out in the Hall of Martial Valor.
Liu Daxia, minister of the Ministry of War, recommended the Ministry of War to the governor in the matter to guard against Japanese pirates.
"Your Majesty! I am the Ministry of War Department Hall, in case of Japanese anti-war, naturally the Ministry of War sent people out!”
Liu Daxia gave his reason.
The Imperial Censor of the Left said," The people of the Imperial Censorate often patrol the southeast. They know the situation in the southeast best. They don't need time to adapt. They can be sent over."”
A few days ago, the two of them were still standing on the united front to oppose the opening of the sea, and now they began to quarrel fiercely over the candidates for the Japanese.
Both of them insisted that they were right, and even Emperor Hongzhi found it difficult to make a decision.
Zhu Houzhao was even more confused. He really didn't know that choosing a Japanese Guard Governor could actually cause an argument.
There was no conclusion to this court discussion for the time being. Emperor Hongzhi announced that he would withdraw from the court and continue the discussion tomorrow.
After the six cabinet members left.
Zhu Youtang then earnestly advised Zhu Houzhao,"Zhao 'er, did you see the trick?”
Zhu Houzhao shook his head in confusion." No, what do you mean, Father?"”
Zhu Youtang smiled." Then take your time to think about it. Think about why they quarreled. Father, you should also think about who to send. You should go back first."”
"Right, Imperial Father has transferred thirty more highly skilled Imperial Army soldiers to the Eastern Palace. Take them with you when you go out.”
He knew that the Crown Prince always liked to go out of the palace to cause trouble. Emperor Hongzhi had also tried to stop him, but it was useless. He could not stop a child who liked to play and go out of the palace. It was better to keep him away than to stop him. Therefore, he did not say anything, but he still emphasized that Zhu Houzhao should pay attention to his safety.
The assassination attempt on Zhu Houzhao last time had truly frightened Emperor Hongzhi.
"Alright!"
Zhu Houzhao left the Hall of Martial Valor with his hands behind his back. After returning to the Eastern Palace, he led Liu Daban (Liu Jin) and a few Imperial Army soldiers out of the palace and headed straight for the small courtyard of the Green Vines in Scholarflower Alley.
"Brother Ce!"
"You're too godly. I heard that our Tian Zi really did as you said.”
Su Ce saw Zhu Houzhao sweating profusely and thought that he must have jogged over.
He didn't ask Zhu Houzhao how he knew about Tian Zi's actions. How could ordinary people know about such a secret?
Only Zhu Houzhao still foolishly thought that Su Ce was kept in the dark.
"Wipe your sweat, don't catch a cold again," Su Ce said to Zhu Houzhao.”
"Yes, yes."
Zhu Houzhao wiped the sweat off his forehead and asked Su Ce impatiently,""Today, the Imperial Censorate and the Ministry of War quarreled. For the sake of the governor, why did they quarrel?”
In the Hall of Martial Valor, Zhu Youtang had asked Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao could not answer. He did not know why they quarreled.
Su Ce smiled slightly and gently picked up the teapot that was warm on the small red clay stove. He raised the teapot high to clean the celadon cups and then put in the tea leaves.
The tea leaves were not good tea leaves, but Su Ce still rinsed them until the second brew before giving them to Zhu Houzhao. He liked to do these exquisite things.
"Benefits."
Su Ce said to Zhu Houzhao while making tea,""The Imperial Censorate and the Bureau of Military Personnel both want to send their own people to the southeast, which means that they are both considering their own interests.”
Although they could not be said to be colluding with the Southeast interest group, at least they had an inseparable relationship.
"No matter who wins the position of the governor of the southeast, the situation in the southeast will be under their control.”
"The southeast is a money den. Of course, they might not be doing it for money, but no matter what, they can't be the candidates for the southeast.”
Zhu Houzhao hurriedly took a sip of tea and asked,""Brother Ce, then who do you think we should send to guard against the Japanese pirates?”
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