king of war

Chapter 53
Lu Wenzhao was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Qin Rongshuai with some doubts, wondering what he meant by this?
"The crown prince has ascended the throne, so the eldest grandson of the emperor will naturally be the crown prince." Qin Rongshuai smiled slightly.

"Be careful!" Lu Wenzhao immediately changed his expression and shouted. He stretched out his head nervously and looked out the window. He saw that everyone in the yard was far away from each other, and they were all Ding Baiying's confidants. Then he felt relieved. .

Lu Wenzhao's face was solemn, and he looked at Qin Rongshuai seriously, "Third brother, have you... got any news?"

"No." Qin Rongshuai denied that he was a small family of Jinyiwei, and there was some fart news. He just knew the history in advance.

"Then why did you think of the emperor's eldest grandson?" Lu Wenzhao sat down slowly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "How old is he? Besides, even if the emperor...well, even if the crown prince ascends the throne, the eldest grandson will only be promoted to crown prince. who knows……"

Lu Wenzhao didn't finish his sentence, but Qin Rongshuai understood what he meant. Don't say that Wanli is still there, he just isn't here. Who knows if the next emperor will be like his father, who will be emperor for decades. You must know that Wanli has been 48 years old. The emperor of the year is already the longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty.Who knows if he will reign for 54 years like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

If the crown prince can live like this, when the eldest grandson of the emperor succeeds to the throne, there will be no question of whether he will be around. Lu Wenzhao will definitely be gone, so Qin Rongshuai's idea is unreliable at first sight.

Qin Rongshuai smiled slightly, and stopped mentioning the matter, and continued to discuss with Lu Wenzhao about placing his cronies in Jinyiwei. The two discussed for a long time before he left.

Then Qin Rongshuai didn't go home, so he turned around and went to find Guo Zhen. After a gift, Guo Zhen naturally agreed, promising to contact him on his behalf, and promised to connect Qin Rongshuai with the emperor's eldest grandson.

Ever since Guo Zhen took Qin Rongshuai's gift as a filial piety to his godfather, he fell into the eyes of the priest's godfather, and since then he has been favored, and he is also a celebrity in the palace.

The prince was not liked by the emperor, and he had always been neglected, not to mention that it was very easy for Guo Zhen to send messages and deliver things for the eldest grandson of the emperor.

Qin Rongshuai's request was not difficult, but he asked Guo Zhen to give the eldest grandson a package of things, which were all wooden toys with exquisite mechanisms.

Of course, this is to cater for what he likes. Tian Qi is a famous carpenter emperor, and he likes these things the most in his life, not to mention that Tian Qi is still a teenager at this time, and it is time for fun.

Qin Rongshuai just turned around and went home, unexpectedly Guo Zhen sent a letter in the afternoon, saying that the emperor's grandson was very satisfied with the toys he sent and wanted to summon him.

This news caught Qin Rongshuai a little off guard. He didn't expect Guo Zhen to act so fast, let alone the power of the things he gave, and he was about to be summoned in just half a day.

Qin Rongshuai didn't have time to think about it, so he asked Guo Zhen to wait for a while, hurriedly went to find Lu Wenzhao, and said directly: "The grandson of the emperor wants to summon me."

Lu Wenzhao didn't expect Qin Rongshuai to tell him about the emperor's grandson in the morning, and he didn't expect the result just after noon. He was a little surprised and panicked at the same time, not knowing how to deal with the summons later.

Why did Qin Rongshuai have to bring Lu Wenzhao to see Tianqi? Naturally, it was for system tasks.

One of them is to fulfill Lu Wenzhao's wish. Lu Wenzhao's wish at this time is only to get promoted and get rich, which is relatively easy. If it is delayed later, I don't know what it will become. What can I do.

The second reason is that Qin Rongshuai knew that the court was a big quagmire, and he was stuck in it everywhere, unable to move. If he wanted to do something, he had to leave the capital and go outside to develop, but he couldn't go outside without someone to take care of him, so Qin Rongshuai thought Push Lu Wenzhao to the top position and act as an umbrella for his early development.

It is very difficult for ordinary people to see the emperor's grandson, but Guo Zhen has a waist card, and the two of them are royal guards, so there is no problem in entering and exiting the palace.

Guo Zhen led the two to a garden pavilion. Qin Rongshuai looked up and found a man in his 30s sitting inside, wearing a red round-neck dragon robe with a jade belt around his waist and a The black gauze wing is a good crown.

It turned out to be Zhu Changluo, the current crown prince.

Qin Rongshuai was very surprised, how could it be the prince?
Lu Wenzhao was immediately stunned. Although he didn't know the prince, he immediately guessed the identity of the person in front of him. He stretched out his hand to grab Qin Rongshuai, and quickly knelt down, "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness, a thousand years ago."

Qin Rongshuai praised Qiansui while cursing the street in his stomach. Before he knelt down, the crown prince waved his hand and said, "Excuse me."

Qin Rongshuai stood behind Lu Wenzhao and squatted perfunctorily for a while, then stood up, and pulled Lu Wenzhao up as well.

Standing next to the prince was a teenage boy, holding a wooden toy given by Qin Rongshuai, looking at the two curiously. It was Zhu Youxiao, the eldest grandson of the emperor.

The prince squinted his eyes and said nothing, twirling his beard and looking up and down at Lu Wenzhao and Qin Rongshuai.

At this time, Qin Rongshuai was also sizing up the shortest-lived emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He died of a sudden illness after only one month in power, leaving a famous unsolved case.

But the short-lived emperor in front of him looked ruddy, standing upright, not sick at all, and he didn't look like someone with a long-term illness.

The prince stared.Suddenly said: "Are you guilty?"

Qin Rongshuai and Lu Wenzhao were stunned for a moment, and looked at each other in blank dismay. Lu Wenzhao was dripping with cold sweat, feeling baffled in his heart.

"Is this a gift from you?" The prince picked up a wooden toy and threw it casually on the stone table next to him. "I gave this strange and obscene thing to the emperor's grandson because he wanted my son to become bored with it and indulge in entertainment. , do you want to be the minister of luck and sycophancy?"

"I'm wronged, Your Highness." Lu Wenzhao felt sorry for his grievances if it didn't snow this day, and he didn't send the things, so he didn't know what happened.

But now it is June, snow is also very appropriate.

Qin Rongshuai stood up at this time and said, "Your Highness, I have worked so hard."

"Huh?" The prince looked at Qin Rongshuai, and said expressionlessly, "Then tell Gu, what pains are you having?"

"His Royal Highness, listen to me and speak slowly." Qin Rongshuai's mind was spinning rapidly, "Guanzi Xiaokuang said in his book that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and the four people are the pillars of the country. My great Ming, Jiangshan, Sheji, and thousands of miles of Shenzhou also rely on these four people." Operation. Scholars, assisting the Holy Lord, governing the people. Farming, sowing grains, supporting the people. Craftsmanship, making tools, making people convenient, merchants, selling goods, exchanging what is needed.”

"These four peoples complement each other to make the country function normally, and they are indispensable."

The prince's eyes lit up, and he nodded, "Continue."

"Skilled craftsmen not only build houses to protect people from the cold and shelter from the wind and rain, but also make waterwheels, build water conservancy, irrigate farmland, make crops rich, make weapons, and resist foreign captives. Therefore, Taizu listed workers as craftsmen separately. I have acquired the ability to work." Qin Rongshuai racked his brains, "There are no craftsmen in the world, and the Li people have no fixed place to live, and they don't cover their bodies. They use buckets to irrigate and use wooden sticks to defend against the enemy. Wouldn't the world be in chaos."

"Therefore, only those who are good at using craftsmen can make the country run normally, and no one can be neglected. Xunzi advised that a gentleman is not different from others, and he is good at fake things. What this means is that the biggest difference between a gentleman and other people is that It is also good at using foreign objects.”

"I donated these things to let the emperor's eldest grandson understand this truth, and to be good at things. I think that since the emperor's eldest grandson is extremely intelligent, quick-witted and eager to learn, so similar to the prince, I must be able to understand me." painstakingly."

The crown prince nodded, with a smile on his face, clapped his hands and praised: "What a good person, what a fake is more than a thing, well said! Well said!"

Qin Rongshuai let out a sigh of relief, and it seemed that he had passed this level.

The prince walked up to the two of them, squinted his eyes, and suddenly asked: "What's the matter with you two, don't go around the bush, just talk about it."

Lu Wenzhao and Qin Rongshuai looked at each other, neither knowing how to answer.Lu Wenzhao was a little dazed throughout the whole process, not prepared at all, and Qin Rongshuai was also caught off guard by this meeting. He originally wanted to make a big deal, but he didn't expect it to happen.

In desperation, the two of them reported back: "I have nothing to disturb Your Highness."

The crown prince questioned him twice in a row, and seeing that the two of them really had nothing to ask of him, he felt satisfied in his heart, so he waved his hand and said: "I know your intentions, then you two go back and wait for the letter."

The two of them were taken out of the palace all the time, and they felt a little inexplicable when they returned home.

The next day, a decree came suddenly that Lu Wenzhao and Qin Rong were diligent and loyal to the king's affairs, and they were promoted to a higher level.

The two felt it was even more inconceivable that the official promotion was a bit incomprehensible. When Qin Rongshuai handed over the money to the decree, the person who delivered the decree secretly handed him a note, blinked at the two of them, and then left .

Qin Rongshuai opened the note and saw three words written on it.

Zheng Manfu.

(End of this chapter)