Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 383: One Stupid Move After Another (asking for monthly votes)

That morning, after Zhang Yu sent the prince out to study in Wenhua Palace, he took another nap. When he got up, it was almost noon. He was about to read the storybook for a while to have some fun.

But then she saw her husband coming in with Tan Ji from outside.

Zhang Yu went over and asked curiously, "Why did you come back so early today? Didn't you study?"

"For some reason, none of the lecturers have come to Wenhua Hall today."

Zhu Youtang shook his head and said in confusion, "I really don't know what to do. I've been reading books everywhere, so I just wanted to come back and accompany you."

Zhang Yu was also confused after hearing this.

Ever since I met my husband, he was a good and obedient student. Every day he would go to class and attend court. Recently he was busy investigating a corruption case in the Ministry of Revenue outside the palace. Now he is doing nothing and comes back to accompany me in broad daylight?
Zhang Yu smiled and said, "Have you investigated the Tongzhou warehouse deficit case?"

Zhu Youtang was quite helpless and said, "There is nothing to investigate... I can't go to Tongzhou. Not only do I have no clues, I don't even know how to investigate or who to investigate."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youtang also felt aggrieved.

At first, I did have some clues, and those clues were given by my brother-in-law.

But after he went to Sun Ren's house to pay his respects and met several officials from the Ministry of Revenue, he lost his way.

After all, he was neither in charge of the Three Judicial Departments nor the Embroidered Uniform Guards. He only had the authority to investigate, but not the ability to arrest or interrogate suspects. No one would hand over any obvious evidence to him, which made him anxious.

Zhang Yu said, "Forget it if you can't find out. Didn't Yanling say that you don't need to investigate this matter. Just let Wan'an and Liu Ji worry about it. By the way, what are those two treacherous officials doing recently?"

Zhu Youtang shook his head and said, "I don't know either. My dear, do you know?"

Qin Ji looked a little embarrassed and said, "I do know a little bit. But..."

"Is it inconvenient to say?"

Zhang Yu asked.

Although Zhang Yu did not interact with people often, she was much more experienced than her husband in dealing with people and at least she knew how to read people's expressions.

Qin Ji said: "Lord Wan and Lord Liu, they are looking for someone to diagnose your majesty."

"This is a good thing. Is there anything you can't say?"

Zhang Yu frowned and looked over in confusion.

Qin Ji said helplessly: "The person who presided over the diagnosis of Your Majesty was none other than Zhang Taichang, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Elder Wan and his men framed Zhang Taichang, saying that he was not proficient in medicine and was deceiving the emperor, so... they wanted to replace him."

"How could they do this?"

Zhu Youtang frowned and began to feel sorry for his father-in-law.

Zhang Yu seemed indifferent and said, "It doesn't matter if it doesn't work... I've never seen my father diagnose anyone before, and I don't think it's reliable that he suddenly wants to treat my father. By the way, Mr. Qin, has my father's attending physician been changed?"

Qin Ji said: "This... is like this... They said that Zhang Taichang's previous treatment of smallpox was a fraud, so they specially found a group of people, and found people who were infected with smallpox, and let them live together to verify... Zhang Taichang's method of planting medicine was not effective."

Zhang Yu's eyes widened as he asked, "What are they going to do?"

Zhu Youtang asked curiously, "If this is true, then wouldn't the sick person die easily? Can this be verified?"

Qin Ji said: "People outside also said so, but I heard that the people who were brought in for the experiment were death row prisoners."

"Death row?"

Zhu Youtang obviously had a compassionate heart. He shook his head and said, "Even if they are criminals, they should be handed over to the court for interrogation and punishment. How can they be allowed to get close to someone suffering from smallpox? This is against the will of heaven! This matter should not be done this way..."

Qin Ji sighed and said, "But this matter has been approved by His Majesty!"

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang suddenly fell silent.

Even though he felt that this matter was inappropriate, he did not dare to go against his old father.

For him, the mountain of his old father was too much pressure.

Zhang Yu asked, "What if my father's method is proven to be ineffective in preventing and curing smallpox?"

Qin Ji shook his head and said, "No one can know this... His Majesty didn't tell us in advance. But everyone generally thinks that Zhang Taichang is... a fraud and a thief, and he will probably be held accountable."

"That group of people...are too bullying."

Zhang Yu was obviously a little worried.

After all, she herself did not believe that her father knew any method to treat smallpox, so she was a little confused about how her father later gained fame and even became a student, and later helped her to be chosen as the Crown Princess.

Zhu Youtang said, "Yu'er, your father's medical skills must be very advanced, right?"

"I do not know either."

Zhang Yu pouted and said, "No matter what, it has nothing to do with Wan An and Liu Ji, right? Why did they do this?"

Qin Ji said: "To answer your Majesty, the two of them may want to make your father lose the trust of your majesty. In addition, they may also have evil intentions towards the crown prince."

Zhu Youtang asked, "My dear, do you mean that the two elders want me to stop being the crown prince?"

Qin Ji was helpless. It had come to this point and the enemy had bullied him to the point of no return. If he continued to pretend to be a good guy as before, he would be truly heartless.

So he nodded heavily.

Zhu Youtang said, "Yu'er, I seem to understand why your father and Yanling told me that they wanted to find things for Elder Wan and Elder Liu to do so that they would not be able to take care of anything else... So that's how it is..."

Zhang Yu said, "Humph! You just realized it now? My father has been deliberately targeted by them for helping you! These two are bad guys, and we must deal with them in the future!"

"I understand!" If Zhu Youtang used to be a little white rabbit that could be slaughtered at will.

After going through so many things, and even with advice from a lot of people around him, he began to learn to be more sophisticated, and even learned to handle interpersonal relationships on an equal footing.

Since the enemy has already bullied you, there is no need to be kind to them.

……

……

What followed was the coronation ceremony for several princes.

All of a sudden, several princes including Zhu Youqi, Zhu Youqi, Zhu Youbing, Zhu Youji, and Zhu Youqi were conferred the title of king.

Zhu Jianshen did this to prevent his sons from being left without a place to go after his death, and it was very obvious in the matter against Concubine Shao, especially Concubine Shao's sons, he wanted to protect them all. Perhaps Zhu Jianshen was also afraid that his son Zhu Youtang, who looked honest now, would harm his younger brothers in the future.

Just like Zhu Youheng, who was the same age as Zhu Youtang, he did not get the chance in this ceremony of conferring the title of king, and was not conferred the title of king until the fourth year of Hongzhi period by Zhu Youtang.

This is because Zhu Youheng’s mother was Concubine An, while Zhu Youxi’s mother was Concubine Shao.

At the same time, Concubine Shao was officially awarded the title of Imperial Noble Concubine. In addition, several other concubines of Zhu Jianshen were also awarded titles this time.

The ceremony of crowning the king was still going on, but Li Zisheng, the person in charge of the ceremony, left the palace early. He did not go anywhere else but ran to see Zhang Luan. At this time, he felt that he and Zhang Luan were comrades in the same trench and wanted to be bound together with Zhang Luan at all times.

"Lai Zhan, I've finished my work in the palace... I plan to do nothing these few days, just drink with you and talk about things..."

Li Zisheng looked lazy.

He had been very exhausted from preparing for the coronation ceremonies for several princes.

When it comes to ceremonial expenses, the palace was missing the chief steward Liang Fang, which led to big problems in the coordination of many things.

Things that could be handled by one person in the past, now because power is too dispersed, Li Zisheng needs to contact more people and visit more government offices.

Moreover, this group of people have a certain gap in ability compared to Liang Fang, which makes Li Zisheng feel that everything he does is tiring and no one can help him.

Zhang Luan said, "Minister Li, let's focus on the affairs of the court. Didn't you say that you want to treat His Majesty's illness?"

"Do you really take it seriously?"

Li Zisheng said helplessly, "Didn't you notice that His Majesty hasn't summoned you for several days?"

Zhang Luan said, "But my medicine is sent to the palace every day, and the palace has been urging me to get it back."

Li Zisheng waved his hands and said, "It's probably because Wan'an and Liu Ji only said they would find a doctor to treat your majesty, but in fact they couldn't find a suitable doctor. In the end, your majesty still has to rely on you and the people in the Imperial Hospital?"

"Isn't it?"

Zhang Luan asked in surprise, "Elder Wan and Elder Liu, how dare they show up without even preparing their own people?"

"cut!"

Li Zisheng looked disdainful and asked, "Laizhan, guess why His Majesty dismissed Tan Chang from his position?"

Zhang Luan shook his head.

Li Zisheng said: "Since Eunuch Huai En was exiled from the capital, Your Majesty wanted to hand over all political affairs to Tan Chang, but Tan Chang was incompetent and actually suggested that Your Majesty ask Wan An and Liu Ji for their opinions... Guess what?"

"How do you guess this?"

Zhang Luan smiled bitterly and said, "Minister Li, please speak frankly."

"At that time, His Majesty picked a few things and gave them to Wan'an, Liu Ji and others to deal with. It turned out that the two of them were also people who took advantage of the situation. In terms of real ability, they were not much different from Qin Chang."

Li Zisheng looked down on him and shook his head, saying, "Later, when it came to hiring people, His Majesty would ask me directly, and I would always give His Majesty good suggestions."

Zhang Luan asked: "What do you mean...?"

Li Zisheng smiled and said, "I mean, if Wan'an and Liu Ji were the kind of people who knew how to do things and could do everything well, they wouldn't lose your majesty's trust.

"Do you think they had designed a comprehensive plan before targeting you? In fact, they... Sigh! To put it bluntly, your opponent is completely incompetent, so you can rest easy!"

"what?"

Zhang Luan was very surprised.

He really wanted to ask, Minister Li, do you look down on the current cabinet ministers so much?
You are just a Taoist priest, right? How many days have you studied?

Why do you think the elder minister is not as good as you?
Li Zisheng said, "Laizhan, they have made many stupid moves. You really don't need to worry. Now you should think about how to diagnose His Majesty later."

"I...I...I can't do it!"

Zhang Luan said, "Let Elder Wan and Elder Liu find someone."

"You must not give up! Our Majesty is sometimes easily influenced by other people's thoughts, but most of the time he is very wise. When he finds out that he has misunderstood you, he will trust you more than before, so next... the matter of curing His Majesty's illness, I'm afraid it will be up to you." Li Zisheng said.

Zhang Luan said with a bitter face: "Minister Li, don't you know the whole story? Why do you want me to go and treat the disease?"

Li Zisheng said: "Even if it can't be cured in the end, there is still a fundamental difference between having you here and not having you here."

The general meaning is that even if the emperor dies, he should die in a relaxed and comfortable manner, and not die in a very ugly way.

Only you, Zhang Laizhan, can accomplish this task.

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