This is generally true of human nature.

Zeng Jie wanted to speculate, hoping to take this opportunity to rise to the top and soar to the sky.

And now...

At this time, he was a little panicked and hurriedly looked at Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing was so scared that his face turned green and immediately shouted: "Zeng Jie, can you know your crime when you are accused of your mistakes?"

Zeng Jie's teeth were chuckling, and his heart was extremely chilling, and he opened his mouth to say something.

But I don’t know how many people want to kill him.

Emperor Hongzhi looked cold and said lightly: "Come here, take this person down and hand it over to the Jinyiwei. Let's ask if he still has any followers."

Zeng Jie's face was gray and his heart was filled with thoughts, so he had to kowtow: "My...My..."

But someone was about to enter the hall and dragged Zeng Jie out without hesitation.

After a turmoil, the hall fell into death silence again, and Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "You guys think they are tired, so let's go."

As he said that, he looked at Xiao Jingren and others beside him: "You guys also retreat."

All the ministers sued.

Xiao Jing seemed a little unwilling to accept it, but saw Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan staying, so he had to lead everyone to retreat.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the void with his eyes and a faint expression on his face.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi was quite excited.

This time, the crown prince was extremely successful in reigning the country, which made him, a father, feel extremely relieved. There are many successors in the country.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "That Zeng Jie dared to test my thoughts. He is really brave. But I don't think so. Originally, I wanted to attract but not send it. I saw who colluded with him..."

Emperor Hongzhi said this and paused for a moment before saying, "But you two really gave me a big gift, and I have to deal with him. I ordered the factory guard to detain him, just to see who was panicked after Zeng Jie was detained."

Zhu Houzhao said straightforwardly: "Father, just act as a punishment directly, why not be so long-winded?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile. Sure enough, his guess was correct. Fang Jifan wanted to come up with a lot of advice this time, but the prince was too impatient.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood and said to his son patiently: "If he was punished, even if he asked someone to confess, he would inevitably slander many people in order to reduce his suffering. If he just let him speak nonsense, it would inevitably wrongly accuse many good people. I don't want to implicate them. Of course, it is useless to rely on the so-called severe torture. This is not your business. I ordered you and Jifan to be the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and the young prefecture. I would like to make a difference in the capital and do your own business well."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao had to say obediently: "Abide by the order."

After saying that, he said goodbye to Fang Jifan and left.

Along the way, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say to Fang Jifan: "Lao Fang, why did my father order me to be the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture? I always feel that the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture is too young. I have dozens or hundreds of official positions, and each of them is more powerful than the prefect of the prefect."

Fang Jifan had already figured it out and said, "Because Your Majesty is testing you, I'm afraid, I'm also thinking of retreating bravely. Your Majesty, Your Majesty hopes that you can share his worries. After all, he is old. As for the prefect, it's really unlucky. This is the capital. If you serve as a parent, you can bully him. Of course, it's pitiful. Your Majesty, the power and responsibility of Shuntian Prefecture is quite large. You can say that you have inherited the destiny of heaven and the people below. The crown prince is the prefecture. This is different. Look at this capital, who dares not take Shuntian Prefecture seriously in the future? From this, it can be seen that the size of this official position is not important. It depends on who is the prefecture. If it is someone else, it's just a dog. A slave named Deng Jian in our Fang family can beat them ten of them, but the prince is completely different."

Zhu Houzhao listened, still had some doubts, frowned and said, "It sounds not nice. Will I let this palace be in charge of the robbery and the removal of food in the future?"

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "This may not be necessary. In fact, you can also manage the planning of the new and old cities, and you can check which house has occupied the land of the people... In this way, any matter involving people's livelihood can be investigated, for example..."

Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile, and then said, "For example, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feels that Shuntian Mansion is not satisfied, he might as well move Shuntian Mansion to another place to work, and we... repair the yamen."

"Repair the Yai..." Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded: "Where can I go to repair it?"

Fang Jifan coughed: "Don't your highness have a large amount of land outside the Fifth Ring Road? Nearly half of them have resettled many victims. These victims are in the new city outside the Fifth Ring Road, but no one will take care of them. If Your Highness moves Shuntian Mansion there, you see, can you take care of the victims at any time?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and he said happily: "This is best, so as not to be too close to his father. He was arrested every now and then and went to the palace to scold him. Okay, the first thing I did was to build a yamen. But... it is not said that officials would not build a yamen?"

"This is different." Fang Jifan said seriously: "Officials do not build yamen, which follows the tradition of inaction governance. That is, the government tries its best to reduce its own rights and responsibilities. The so-called people do not carry out the people and do not pursue the officials. In fact, this is the case that the Crown Prince. In this world, the government does not care about. Can the people take care of themselves? No, in fact, if the government does not care about some things, there will naturally be some sects, Taoist sects, and gentry to take over these powers. If your highness wants to do something, the first thing you must do is to recruit a group of capable servants and manage more 'nothing' that should not be managed. Once you have to recruit capable strong officials, if there are many people, the yamen will be disrepaired and the layout is small, what's the use? Therefore, it is necessary to complete the functions of the yamen, and the yamen will be necessary."

Zhu Houzhao listened, nodded seriously, and said, "Okay, just listen to you, repair! But this repair yamen is afraid it's very expensive. My father is so stingy..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao's face wrinkled together.

Fang Jifan sighed. His Majesty is back, and the chance of being a prodigal son is almost slim. After thinking about it, he said, "Or why don't I take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver here..."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan with a tense face and said, "What do you think? Brothers, I can't I want your money? Oh, I thought of it, I will go to borrow money."

Zhu Houzhao was a real action faction. As soon as he finished speaking, he ran away with a whirlpool.

Fang Jifan looked at his back and shook his head. His Royal Highness... He is really specialized in borrowing money.

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Shen Wen was asked to the East Palace for no reason.

Every time he came to this Eastern Palace, his heart was a little trembling.

Well... guilty.

Then, he found that there were already a crowd of people here, and there were 70 or 80 people knelt in the main hall, some of whom were tall and some familiar. Everyone looked at Hanlin Grand Secretary Shen Wen, and Shen Wen also looked at everyone.

Then, everyone forced awkward smile.

Shen Wen probably knew who they were. They just like him, and they happened to have such a daughter.

In this way, Shen Wen and everyone are all colleagues.

The peers are enemies.

Although it maintains superficial friendship, but...

A eunuch led Shen Wen to sit down, but Shen Wen was beating in his heart.

He suddenly felt something was not very good.

My heart skipped a beat: "It's going to be bad."

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Emperor Hongzhi looked at the latest report with a look of surprise.

He was shocked.

The crown prince was appointed as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, and Fang Jifan was the prefect of the young prefecture.

Originally, after Emperor Hongzhi issued this decision, he was somewhat guilty. These two guys were uncontrollable. Once they were appointed, Emperor Hongzhi didn't know what the emperor would look like.

However...there is now a big surprise to him. After the news came out, the market value of all listed companies actually increased strongly.

Obviously, this is a great favorable news for countless merchants, and it is like a needle for strengthening the heart.

When Emperor Hongzhi saw this, he couldn't help feeling relieved. If this continues, he is afraid that all the money he lost in the last time in his inner treasury will be able to pay back within a few months.

"It's strange..." Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "Many ministers don't like them. The scholars also complain about them, but these merchants are really brave. They really dare to spend their lives on the prince and the virgins. They are so confident?"

No one responded.

Emperor Hongzhi pulled down his face, looked up at Xiao Jing who was ecstatic on the side, coughed and said sternly: "I am asking you."

Xiao Jing had just come to his senses.

He has been uneasy these two days. Zeng Jie issued an edict to prison, but Xiao Jing dared not ask. He didn't know if Zeng Jie pulled him into the water. Now he was just a hot pot ant, as if he was about to come to an end at any time. Seeing His Majesty angry, he didn't know what His Majesty had said, and he knelt down and said hysterically: "I have died thousands of times, I have been serving Your Majesty for so many years, and I have worked hard for no contribution. Before I entered the palace, I was actually an ordinary person. After entering the palace, I was loved by Your Majesty, and then I was in a prominent position in the palace, I... I... I..."

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned by Xiao Jing's sudden situation, and then his face became more and more gloomy. He was not stupid, so why couldn't he hear anything in Xiao Jing's words? So he asked in a deep voice: "Why, what's the matter hidden from me?"

"I..." Xiao Jing shivered and his face turned pale.

He cried.

"No."

Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself: "Is that true? You have to figure out what the consequences will be if you deceive me? You have been with me for so many years, and I think you know that I am concerned about my old feelings, but if I have been stubborn again and again, I will never spare you!"
Chapter completed!