Needless to say, Zhu Houzhao suffered a loss in the Ministry of Works.
This was easy to understand. The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty did not have much power. The real power came after they took power.
They were different from the 'brothers' of the Qing Dynasty. The imperial sons and grandsons of the Qing Dynasty had the power to control the yamen under the imperial court.
However, the Ming Dynasty was different. The greatest authority of the princes of the Ming Dynasty was to go to a certain place to serve as a vassal king and have a certain amount of power in the area under their jurisdiction.
However, after Yongle cut off the vassal state, the vassal king actually had no more power. The power of the jurisdiction was divided among the three divisions. The chief secretaries of the two capitals and thirteen provinces controlled the administrative and livelihood rights, the commander division controlled the military power, and the judge division controlled the judicial power.
Therefore, it was not surprising that Zhu Houzhao was educated by the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works.
The literati of the Ming Dynasty were more upright. Even if the emperor made a mistake, they would still scold him, let alone the crown prince.
Su Ce steamed the rice and took the opportunity to say to Zhu Houzhao with Han Feizi in his arms,""The Chu people, the He family, obtained the jade in the Chu mountains and presented it to King Li. King Li sent a jade man to look at him. The jade man said: "Shi Ye." Your Majesty cut off his left foot because he was lying…"
This was an article about the spread of the Heshi Jade. The process was very bumpy. In order to prove that the Wei in her hand was an unpolished jade, she had gone through the experiences of King Li and King Wu.
Two generations of emperors thought that the Heshi jade was just an ordinary stone, so they sentenced it to death.
After the death of He's family, King Wu finally let the jade man cut the jade. Guo Zhen got the jade and named it Heshi Bi.
Zhu Houzhao sighed." Brother Ce, this He family is really stupid. It's obviously a piece of top-grade unpolished jade. Can't he find someone to dig it open?" Why do you have to let the king do it?"
"If you don't show this good thing, how will others know that it's good?”
Su Ce also said," Yeah, if you don't show it, how will others know?" If I were He shi, I definitely wouldn't be so stupid.”
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have thought of something and said excitedly,"Brother Ce, you're right!"
"That's right!"
"You woke me up! You woke me up!" He danced excitedly. Hahaha!"
Su Ce pretended to be puzzled. What did I do? How did I wake you up?"
"Nothing, nothing." Zhu Houzhao hurriedly waved his hand, but his thoughts were already flying around.
Little brother has inspired me!
That's right. Didn't those bastards from the Ministry of Works not know what cement was? I'll show him! Back then, I asked him for a thousand taels of silver, but he refused. This time, if I don't get ten thousand taels of silver, don't even think about getting a single strand of hair from me! Humph!
Lunch was simple. Zhu Houzhao ran off after he was done eating.
Su Ce shook his head and continued to read Han Feizi with great interest.
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Forbidden City.
On the east road leading to the Golden Water Gate from the outer walls of the Imperial City, there was a piece of stone that had not been repaired for a long time, and the soil on the ground was exposed.
Because this wasn't the usual route that all officials had to take to go to work, no one noticed.
Early this morning, when the officials were attending court, they saw someone on the road east of the Golden Water Bridge carrying a small porcelain jar. He stirred something with a shovel and threw gray mud on the ground.
How could the officials look at such lawless people? Moreover, this was the Forbidden City's Imperial Palace. This was simply challenging the authority of these censors!
The Imperial Censor of the Left, Yuan Ting, immediately stepped forward with a dark expression.
The rest of the officials shook their heads slightly. If they were caught by the imperial court's officials, they would lose a layer of skin even if they didn't die.
But who was so daring? What was he doing over there at this time?
Just as the officials were sympathizing with the other party, Yuan Ting walked back with a dark expression and naturally entered the ranks.
It had only been a few breaths of time since he had left in a huff and returned in silence.
"Lord Yuan, aren't you going to impeach him? How could they allow them to behave so rudely in the Forbidden City?”
An Imperial Censorate official said.
"If you have the guts, go impeach the Crown Prince. Hurry up, I'll be waiting."”
"Ah?"
The crown prince…That's fine.
But what was he doing there so early in the morning? He even stirred the mud on the ground. Wasn't this tainting the image of the Forbidden City?
Soon, the court session began.
After all the officials were done with the meeting, the Left Imperial Censor Yuan Ting couldn't help but say to Emperor Hongzhi,""Emperor, this lowly official saw the crown prince in court this morning.”
"It's not that I'm long-winded."
Saying this, he was basically going to start impeaching Zhu Houzhao, but it was just a different way of saying it.
"What's wrong with the crown prince?" Emperor Hongzhi asked in confusion.”
"When we went to court today, we saw the Crown Prince playing with mud near the Golden Water Bridge."”
"…Playing with mud?"
Emperor Hongzhi was shocked.
If you said that the five-year-old Zhu Houzhao was playing with mud at Jinshui Bridge, Zhu Youtang would definitely believe it.
At this age, why was he playing with mud?
"Did Lord Yuan see wrongly?" Zhu Youtang laughed.”
"Why would my crown prince play with mud for no reason?”
"I didn't see it alone. All the officials saw it clearly." Yuan Ting shook his head.”
Emperor Hongzhi looked toward the inner cabinet, and the Third Pavilion Elder nodded slightly.
Yuan Ting continued to sigh." The Crown Prince is the future of the country. How can he be so playful? Please teach him by example."”
"Of course, this official cannot conclude that the crown prince is playing with mud. It would be suspicious of deceiving the prince. It is good for the emperor to move his carriage to take a look.”
Emperor Hongzhi valued Zhu Houzhao very much.
Especially after Zhu Houzhao's performance had become more and more outstanding, he naturally did not wish for his son to become that mischievous Crown Prince again.
Zhu Youtang nodded." That's good too. I want to see what the Crown Prince is up to."”
"All officials, leave. The six departments of the cabinet will follow me to take a look outside the Imperial City.”
"Yes!"
The three cabinet elders and the six departments surrounded Emperor Hongzhi as they slowly walked toward the Golden Water Bridge.
When they arrived near the Golden Water Bridge, Yuan Ting pointed to the east and said,""It's there. The Crown Prince has already left.”
Emperor Hongzhi was still determined to salvage his son's image. He said,""If he had cleaned up the mud, it would have been fine.”
The Third Cabinet Elder smiled and said,""Your Majesty's words are reasonable. In the end, the Crown Prince is still young. This official is already so old, so it's understandable that he would often stir up some mud. It doesn't matter if he made a mistake, as long as he changed.”
"Yes."
The three of them soon arrived at the east side of the Golden Water Bridge. Then, they realized that the mud was still there, blocking the rocks. The scene was very ugly.
Emperor Hongzhi's face turned slightly red.
The Third Cabinet Elder had just helped Zhu Houzhao smooth things over, but now he was speechless.
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