Chapter 169 Breaking into the Palace

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After being prompted by the emperor, Zhu Jinghong remained calm for two more days.

He originally planned to hang out for two days, show off to the emperor, and then go to Xiyuan to play polo and test the firearm.

Through these methods, it is a win-win for him to get closer to the generals who are directly close to the military guards.

That's right, that means he won twice.

Unfortunately, an edict to hold a sutra feast once again made Zhu Jinghong feel desperate because he also wanted to attend the sutra banquet.

In the past few years, every time when Zhu Jinghong suffered a crucifixion on the day of the Sutra Feast, he performed extremely poorly and got slapped every time.

"No...we must not sit still and wait for death!"

"We have to find a way to get through!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Jinghong finally came up with an idea, and that was polo, which he had always wanted to play.

In a sport like polo, if you want to get a good ranking in competitions between countries, it requires a lot of riding skills and physical strength, but Zhu Jinghong has both.

Allowing myself to practice polo and specifically respond to challenges from various countries seems to be a good excuse. At worst, I will establish a military order to win first place.

Putting down his books, Zhu Jinghong shouted outside: "Come here, change your clothes... I want to see the Holy Spirit!"

Zhu Jinghong was about to meet the saint, so the young eunuch in the palace immediately went to get his clothes, and soon changed Zhu Jinghong's robes.

Standing in front of the mirror, looking at the nobility radiating from his body, Zhu Jinghong smiled crookedly.

"Let's go!"

Ten minutes later, Zhu Jinghong entered the Qianqing Palace, but could only stay outside the Nuan Pavilion because something was being discussed inside.

And if you are a minister, you can only wait outside the palace in this case, and those officials below the third rank can only wait outside the Qianqing Gate.

Being close has its advantages. For example, Zhu Jinghong can hear the conversation in Nuan Pavilion at this moment.

"Now that the northwest is unstable, even though the envoys from various countries are here to celebrate my birthday, they also have the intention of exploring the reality of our Ming Dynasty!"

"We must use this Holy Shou Festival to scare them. Do you have any good ideas for this?"

The voice belonged to the emperor, and his tone was more serious. It was obvious that this was very important to him.

In fact, every cabinet meeting discusses important matters.

After a few moments of silence in Nuan Pavilion, someone heard someone say: "Your Majesty, if you want to shock people's hearts, you can let them know that our Ming Dynasty has strong military equipment!"

"I thought we could let them inspect the arsenal, the factories of the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau!"

Zhu Xianming also thought of this. At this moment, he stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

After Xie Changen finished speaking, Academician Chen Jinyun continued: "Your Majesty... weapons are dead things after all. The strength of our Ming Dynasty lies not only in armaments!"

"Our etiquette system and our food and supplies are all the best in the world. Let them see these too!"

In the Eastern world, the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty was all-round, and Chen Jinyun’s words really made sense.

Seeing that Zhao Yushan didn't speak, Zhu Xianming took the initiative and asked: "Zhao Qing... what do you think?"

Zhao Yushan has outstanding long-term vision and ability. Zhu Xianming values ​​​​him very much and even wants him to bypass Chen Jinyun and take over as the first assistant.

"Your Majesty, what the two elders said makes sense, but they forgot one thing!"

"What's the matter?"

"Although our Ming Dynasty is rich, the money and grain that can be collected are distributed in official warehouses in various places. We can't let the Ministry of Rites lead envoys to visit various places, right?"

The imperial court levied taxes in kind, in addition to money, mainly grain and silk.

It is very troublesome to transport things such as grain and silk cloth, and the losses during the journey are large, so they are basically transferred directly.

Except for part of the money and grain from the prosperous southern provinces that was transferred directly to the imperial treasury, most of it was directly allocated to the important towns in Jiubian and managed by officials dispatched from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

This also means that the Ministry of Revenue’s official warehouse near the capital will not have too much food and supplies even if official ships arrive in the capital every day to deliver grain.

After all, the millions of people in the capital consume a lot of food, drink, and diarrhea, and the grain reserves in the capital's official warehouses are mostly for emergencies.

"And as far as I know, the warehouses of the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau only replenished ordnance to Jiubian a month ago. I'm afraid there isn't much inventory in the warehouses!"

In fact, there is one thing that Zhao Yushan didn’t say, mainly because it’s not a good idea to say it in this situation.

It is also unknown whether the food and ordnance rooms on the account match the actual number in the warehouse.

If due to the visit, the officials demolish the east wall to repair the west wall, causing trouble during the Holy Shou Festival, it will bring discredit to the court.

Zhao Yushan's words are equivalent to refuting the two cabinet ministers who just made remarks.

Chief Assistant Xie Chang'en doesn't think it matters. He plans to resign after this year anyway, and he really has no interest in cabinet fighting.

"Then what should we do according to Mr. Zhao Ge's wishes?" Chen Jinyun asked coldly.

Zhu Xianming also looked at Zhao Yushan, hoping that he could give a more insightful plan.

"Your Majesty, weapons and food and wages are just dead things..."

Zhao Yushan leaned forward and said: "I think... it is better to have the Beijing camp perform martial arts and let the envoys from various countries observe. The majesty of our Ming army will surely intimidate Xiaoxiao!"

But I heard Chen Jinyun refute: "A martial arts performance? If you don't mobilize tens of thousands of people, I'm afraid there won't be much of a battle formation. How can you talk about intimidating Xiao Xiao?"

"But if tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are dispatched, with the might of the soldiers... we won't be afraid of colliding with the Supreme Emperor?"

"It's the Emperor's Holy Birthday Festival now, not the hunting in Shanglin Garden in early spring!"

There is no doubt that what Chen Jinyun said made sense, but Zhao Yushan would not agree with it, and the two started arguing again.

As for Zhu Jinghong, who was listening quietly at the door, his mind was not idle, and he was thinking about countermeasures from beginning to end.

When the three cabinet ministers continued to debate and quickly discussed a "face-saving project", Zhu Jinghong finally couldn't help it.

So he walked along the aisle and headed straight towards the Nuan Pavilion, and the young eunuch on duty couldn't stop him.

"Thirteenth Master, you must not..."

"Master Thirteen, stop quickly..."

Zhu Jinghong ignored these people. He had appeared outside the Nuan Pavilion door and met the eyes of the monarchs and ministers in the room.

Before the emperor could question him, Zhu Jinghong spoke first: "Father... you want to scare those envoys, and my son has a clever plan for you!"

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"Damn you bastard, you are getting more and more courageous now. You even dare to trespass on the court!"

Zhu Xianming had a cold face and shouted loudly: "Come here..."

In fact, just now when Zhu Jinghong forced his way into the palace, more than a dozen guards crowded into the palace. Only because he saw it was Zhu Jinghong did he not take any prisoners.

At this moment, when the emperor called, all these people rushed up and surrounded Zhu Jinghong at the entrance of Nuange.

"Take him out and beat him with twenty sticks!"

Breaking into the emperor's palace by force was a very serious crime. Apart from the empress, Zhu Jinghong was the second person to do this in the Ming Dynasty.

If he hadn't been the emperor's biological son, he would have been killed on the spot.

Seeing that the guards were about to take action, Zhu Jinghong quickly shouted: "Father... let your son finish his words. If you are dissatisfied with what the child said, I am willing to receive fifty imperial staffs!"

In this narrow corridor, Zhu Jinghong is really not afraid of being beaten. A dozen guards are not enough for him to beat.

Of course, he didn't dare to take action here. It would be really stupid to do so.

Zhu Xianming had a cold face, while several cabinet ministers kept their noses and noses in mind, not intending to interfere with the emperor's family affairs at all.

"What you said... fifty imperial staffs, I want to hear what you have to say!" Zhu Xianming still had a straight face.

"Then the son comes in and talks?"

Seeing that Zhu Xianming did not respond, Zhu Jinghong was not polite, pushed aside the guards and walked into the hall.

After standing still, Zhu Jinghong coughed twice and said: "Dad, my son was outside just now. After listening to the opinions of several pavilion elders, he came up with a solution that has both ends!"

After listening to what Mr. Ge said, he came up with a strategy that would have both ends. Zhu Jinghong's words praised the three cabinet ministers and reduced a lot of resistance for him to implement the strategy.
Chapter completed!