Listen to the wind pavilion outside the study, guarded by a group of guards and maids, but no one dares to go in.
"Do you think trading with the foreign countries is good for Da Chen?" Emperor Hongzheng sat behind his desk, playing with the crystal cup in his hand.
"I thought that now the overseas people are salivating for the products of Da Chen, but suffer from the lack of access," Mu Hanzhang stood in front of the desk, low brow and smooth eyes, uttered the words in a calm tone, not too humble, "I looked at the account book of the tributes from the foreign countries, in the southeast, also asked the price of the sea merchants, it is said that overseas, a foot of silk can be exchanged for ten gold coins, that is, two gold. Silk can be exchanged for ten gold coins, that is, two taels of gold."
"Hanyang ah, how is it that you still call yourself a minister to this day?" Emperor Hongzheng smiled, not picking up on Fang's words, "From the day you married into the royal family, you should have called yourself a vassal."
Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips and said with some embarrassment, "The son minister keeps this in mind."
Jing Shao came in and saw this scene, there was no imagined saber-rattling, but instead it was a happy look, and he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
"Where have you been?" Emperor Hongzheng saw Jing Shao come in and immediately restrained his smile.
"My son went to see off a friend." Jing Shao answered honestly, muttering in his heart that he was the father's own son, right, so why did he not have a good face when he saw him?
Emperor Hongzheng looked at him deeply for a long time, and with his eyes downcast, he picked up a military book and flipped through it, "Recently, the King of Huainan showed up in the capital, do you know about it?"
"King Huainan?" Jing Shao stole a glance at his own princess, "I don't know, my son."
"You don't know?" Emperor Hongzheng closed the densely annotated book in his hand, got up and walked to Jing Shao, "Who is the person you sent today?"
Jing Shao heart thumped, the face is not show, the father of this question is certainly aware of Gu Huaiqing has left the capital, just not sure if he sent out, expected Jing Yu that stupid in the stolen goods before is not dare to talk to the father blindly: "a friend of the jianghu."
"A jianghu friend you met at Drunken Immortal House?" Emperor Hongzheng looked at him coldly.
Drunken Immortal House! Jing Shao felt a boom in his head, saying Drunken Immortal House, Father Emperor must have known that person was Gu Huaiqing! After a moment of blankness in his mind, he suddenly remembered the words of Duo Fu Chuan, Jun Qing asked him to bite the bullet and said he didn't know Gu Huaiqing, he was just a friend of the jungle, and Father Emperor didn't send anyone to intercept Gu Huaiqing when he knew that he wanted to run away, which means that Father Emperor was interested in letting him run away, and he came here today to find out whether or not he was colluding with the King of Huainan.
Thoughts of electricity only in a moment, Jing Shao looked up at his father and said frankly: "In Jiangnan know, he came to the capital to play, today learned that the old mother at home is seriously ill, anxious to leave the city, only to find me to help."
"Slap!" Just after saying that, a solid slap landed on Jing Shao's face, and Jing Shao was immediately staggered.
"You are a man of nature, do you know, that person is Gu Huaiqing, the king of Huainan!" Emperor Hongzheng hated the iron and steel looked at him, this son is capable, is raised wild, completely unlike a prince and grandson, but like a jianghu chivalry, short-tempered not to mention, but also pay attention to those jianghu righteousness, when it is really angry people.
Jing Shao was hit by the corner of the mouth oozing blood, but do not care to cover the face, stunned for a moment, flopped on the ground: "I really do not know, he only said he called Gu Qing, in Jiangnan is also by chance to know, I have been hiding the identity of the children with which to make friends, children's ministers,......," Jing Shao's voice appeared to be very flustered, as if at first hearing such shocking news, was smashed dumbfounded.
"Father, in Jiangnan my son has also seen that person, the king really doesn't know his identity." Mu Hanzhang followed suit and knelt beside Jing Shao.
Hongzheng Emperor glanced at him, the look on his face slightly slowed down, because Mu Hanzhang admitted from the very beginning that the friend Jing Shao sent was the one they knew in Jiangnan, if there was a ghost in his heart, he certainly wouldn't have said this, turning his eyes to look at Jing Shao, he saw that he was no longer flustered but instead he was sticking his neck out, seemingly a little disconcerted: "What, you're still disconcerted?"
"My son wouldn't dare." Jing Shao bowed his head and spoke, but his tone was a bit stiff.
"I didn't say that you colluded with the vassal king, but you are unconvinced first?" Emperor Hongzheng was almost infuriated.
"The identity of the King of Huainan, Father has told the Fourth Imperial Brother, but not my son!" Jing Shao raised his head to look at his own father, although these words were meant to trip up the fourth prince, this moment of questioning was from the heart. Emperor Hongzheng's favoritism he had always known, Jing Yu no matter what mistakes he made, in the end it was all over, but on the contrary, he was always harsh on him, and in the end, because of some trumped up charges, he was locked up.
Emperor Hongzheng was stunned for a long time, then remembered that he really did not tell the fourth prince, before because there is the king of Huainan visited the courtiers came to report to him before he knew, then Jing Yu is how to know? Walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he took a few steps, "You don't want to think about where you're wrong, but instead you're counting down my faults?"
"My son wouldn't dare." Jing Shao stalked his neck, obviously still unconvinced.
Emperor Hongzheng pointed at him, so angry that his fingertips were shaking, "You will give me a closed-door meditation in the royal residence, and you will not go anywhere without my decree!"
"Father rest his anger!" Mu Hanzhang hurriedly spoke out to persuade him, and pushed Jing Shao, "Your Highness!"
"My son obeyed the decree." As if Jing Shao had just come back to his senses, he bent his head and kowtowed to admit his mistake.
"Humph!" Emperor Hongzheng snorted coldly, flung his sleeve and left, turning back and saying on his way out the door, "Huanzhang write a charter out of those you said, and show it to me some other day."
"Yes!" Mu Hanzhang busily answered and got up to send Emperor Hongzheng out the door.
Emperor Hongzheng waved his hand so that he didn't have to send him off again, and left with his own guards and eunuchs, his head full of anger.
After a moment of silence, Mu Hanzhang walked over to Jing Shao's side and squatted down to look at him, "Father has already gone out."
Jing Shao slowly sat down on the ground, touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and let out a long breath, "Thanks to you."
Mu Hanzhang reached out and gently touched his reddened cheek, his slightly cool fingers comforting the fiery fingerprints. Jing Shao greedily rubbed against that hand, it didn't matter if his father was even more biased, at least this person's heart was towards him, that was enough.
Mu Hanzhang quietly looked at the palm of the people gently rubbing, just that questioning Hongzheng Emperor did not pay attention to, he is to see clearly, Jing Shao's eyes do have grudges. There is no mother to protect the prince, in front of the emperor, there is no room to turn around, the conflict can only be hard to carry, the heart can not stop flooded with pity, slowly reached out, put him into his arms: "Father is not biased, just as the emperor needs to check and balance."
The Ministry of households of the matter of Hongzheng Emperor is certainly clear, did not severely punish the fourth prince faction, in the end is the emperor's mind, the court needs checks and balances, so before he did not touch his bottom line, as a shrewd emperor, will choose to turn a blind eye.
Suddenly wrapped into a warm embrace that exuded a fresh scent, Jing Shao froze for a moment, greedily took a deep breath, consciously arched toward his chest, and reached out to wrap his arms around that supple waist, "Junqing, I'm grounded again, so don't go to court."
"Why?" Muhan Zhang looked down at him.
"That way we can sleep in and do it again in the morning!" Jing Shao said with bright eyes.