Losing the Car to Save the Commander

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Losing the Car to Save the Commander

Being held by several eunuchs, Zhu Houzhao's flushed face was full of unyielding and grief, and he struggled hard. Xia Yuan did not enjoy the treatment of a prince, but he was able to retire and followed him silently.

When they should be brave, they pretend to be grandsons; when they should pretend to be grandsons, they are brave again.

If I ask you to leave, just leave. If you have to say a word, you will not leave.

Now it's okay, let the emperor send someone to take him out.

After exiting the palace gate of Qianqing Palace, several eunuchs hurriedly released Zhu Houzhao, then knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Highness, the emperor has spoken, and the servants really dare not disobey. It is a shame to ask for your forgiveness." .”

Zhu Houzhao ignored the group of eunuchs and had no intention of getting angry with them. He casually straightened the wrinkles on his robe a few times, then grabbed Xia Yuan's sleeves and said, "Master, let's go!"

"Just leave, don't pull my sleeves."

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All the way out of Donghua Gate, the flush on Zhu Houzhao's face had not subsided, and he still had a bit of resentment. He clenched his fists to cheer himself up, and kept talking about how he wanted to make a lot of money and do something. Let that foolish king look at such things as great undertakings.

After yelling for a long time, he seemed to have recovered from his emotions, and turned around and said: "Master, you can get me some more silver later. You don't need to give me more. Just give me a few hundred taels of silver. Those gold bars from my palace."

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao paused again, then turned to say with a serious face: "Although I handed over the money, it is not called giving."

"I know that Your Highness is building a plank road in the open to secretly attack Chen Cang. He is using a strategy of losing the carriage to protect the commander."

"Yes, yes, this is my military strategy." Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly, and started chattering excitedly, "I just used a little trick to deceive my father and save us."

Xia Yuan didn't want to listen to those bragging words that followed, but this move was indeed the art of war, if it hadn't been for this kid's trick of losing his chariot to save his commander.

It is still unknown how the situation will develop, and whether the nearly 30,000 taels of silver can be saved is also an unknown question.

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At this time, in the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi had gradually calmed down. Looking at the hundreds of taels of gold on the imperial desk, he felt extremely melancholy. He ordered someone to pour tea and water, took a few sips to moisten his throat, and sighed deeply, Indescribable helplessness welled up deep in his eyes.

Although he felt sorry for the money, it was nothing compared to his son.

What's more, he worries about money all day long, and thinks about how to save money all day long, not just to fill the national treasury, so that he will not be stretched when encountering something in the future, and not to have no money when the prince ascends the throne.

But this son is really too ridiculous and wild. Instead of being a prince, he puts the cart before the horse, thinking about doing business and doing such lowly businessman things.

It’s just a matter of doing it. Although merchants are considered lowly, Zhu Youtang has long known that after so many years on the throne, any virtue or etiquette is unreliable and false. All the affairs in the court, big and small, can only be solved. It's silver.

Money is used for fighting wars, money is used for disaster relief, and money is used for the salaries of officials in the world.

So Zhu Houzhao went to do business. Although Emperor Hongzhi didn't like it and thought it was inappropriate, he was not intolerable.

But Zhu Houzhao did this kind of business, which in his opinion was destined to lose money, which was intolerable.

Just like that, the traitor kept shouting that he was destined to make money.

How can a son like this, who is innocent, childish, and stupid, be able to inherit the throne and inherit the country of his ancestors in the future?

Xiao Jing helped to refill the tea, hesitated again and again, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I feel that His Highness's business is not entirely a bad thing."

Zhu Youtang just picked up the tea cup and couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "As a prince, he puts the cart before the horse and does business and does such lowly businessman things. Isn't it a bad thing or a good thing?"

"Your Majesty, being a slave is not a good thing, but at least it has benefits."

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi's face was calm, as if waiting for him to continue speaking, Xiao Jing continued:

"Your Majesty, I have some disrespectful words to say. His Highness the Crown Prince is a bit naive, but after all, he is still young and has grown up in the palace. He is not very clear about many things. It is inevitable that he will take some ideas for granted."

"Besides, this is also the nature of a young man. He is a bit playful, and I think this is normal."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, feeling that there was some truth, but he couldn't help but said: "But aren't the Xia Qing family also in their teenage years, and Tanhua named Li Tingxiang is also a teenager, so why are they compared to my son?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but sigh. He was afraid of comparison in everything. He saw other people's children becoming the top pick in high school, the top pick in high school, and the Jinshi in high school at the age of ten.

Even if he is an emperor, he will inevitably feel a little envious. Although he is only a few years older, other people's children can have such knowledge, but his own child is such a good person.

Emperor Hongzhi's face showed melancholy, and he continued: "And I myself. I remember more than ten years ago, when I was the prince, I was only fourteen or fifteen years old at that time, and I was about the same age as Hou Zhao.

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But I was much more steady than him at that time. I read and wrote all day long, and followed the masters to learn the teachings of the saints. I was meticulous and did not dare to slack off at all. None of the masters praised me, and who did not praise me for being a young and prudent person."

Waiting patiently for the emperor to finish speaking, Xiao Jing then smiled and said: "Your Majesty mentioned that this young man is prudent, but I remembered that you were really prudent when you were the prince.

The slave girl remembered that she was a minister of the inner palace at that time, and sometimes she would meet the prince face to face. When she saluted, she still had some disrespectful thoughts in her heart. This prince is obviously not very old. Hey, he looks better than those princes.

The central minister must be more prudent."

After saying that, Xiao Jing pursed his lips and said with a sigh: "Your Majesty, there is a saying among the people, I don't know if you heard it or not, that children from poor families should become their own."

"I think this is very reasonable. I entered the palace because my family was too poor. When I entered the palace, I was only eight or nine years old. I just wanted to earn some salary to support my family."

, Your Majesty, you are a prince, but you suffered a lot in this palace when you were young."

"But what about His Highness the Prince? His Highness hit Xiao Mo because he suffered. He has never suffered any grievances and cannot see through many things. But this time when he went out to do business, he lost money and suffered losses. I want to decide

I can understand some truth, so I said this business is not all bad."

After listening to this call, Zhu Youtang suddenly became thoughtful. He indeed suffered a lot when he was young, but despite the suffering, he also understood many truths early on.

And this experience caused him to be too doting on his son, which led to him developing this temperament.

This may not be entirely his own fault.

Thinking in his heart, Zhu Youtang felt a little guilty and blamed himself, and said to himself: "What Xiao Banban said is reasonable. I hope that after losing money on this transaction, Hou Zhao can understand some truth from it. In this way,

That’s enough for me.”

Fifty thousand taels is quite distressing, but it's nothing compared to my son. Let's take the trouble.

As long as the prince can learn a lesson from this incident and understand some truth, let alone fifty thousand taels, it is half a million, five million, or even fifty million, even if he is cruel, he can bear it.

The premise is that there are so many.

But now it's only 50,000 yuan, so I just pretend that I accidentally lost two things from my study.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youtang instantly felt much better.

Spending 50,000 taels to teach my son a lesson is a good deal.
Chapter completed!