After the princess Wei said goodbye, the few people who gathered together also dispersed. Xu still followed Duan Xueheng to the wing where they lived.

The two of them stepped into the threshold silently, and Duan Xuehen suddenly turned around and said, "Don't listen to Princess Zhao complaining there just now, but her status is very stable. You can't compare to her, so don't worry about King Zhao."

Xu said: "I didn't want to compare with Wei, and I couldn't expect to be the second Princess Zhao again."

Her expression was very entangled. Duan Xueheng looked at her. She was usually very thoughtful and loved to inquire about all kinds of things. When she faced her own affairs, she seemed very confused.

Duan Xuehen said bluntly: "Since that's the case, what do you want to do when you come to the Zhao Prince's Mansion? You, a deposed princess, cannot be the official concubine, so you cannot be the wife of Zhao Prince."

Xu looked at Duan Xueheng with grievance and shook his head and said, "I don't know. I often don't know who I am."

Duan Xuehen felt a little moved when she heard this. She had had such a situation before, and it was proved that she had not changed her surname to Mu. However, after she was crowned as Depin, this was the main identity.

Duan Xueheng thought about it very seriously for a while before kindly suggested: "You might as well become a monk. If you don't want to shave your hair, you can be a Taoist priest, and you will get another Taoist quotation."

Xu nodded slightly, not saying anything.

... Everyone stayed in the Zhao Palace for a few days, and there were banquets almost every day. King Zhao found the famous scholars from the Zhangde Palace and local officials to accompany him, and the palace was full of music and singing. After a few days of such a day, Zhu Gaoxu decided to leave the Zhangde Palace.

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu asked Gao Xianning to write an imperial edict to send it to Beiping and Jinan, and asked the Beiping Dushi to go to the north to the guards. Shandong Provincial Administration and the Shandong Provincial Administration and issued military orders to the Liaodong Military Office near Shanhaiguan, ordering the designated military office to send people to Beiping to report their duties; and ordered the Wuliangha people to go to the Beiping Saint. (The Liaodong Provincial Administration and the capital is located in Liaoyang, which is far away from Beiping.)

On the evening that day, the army had not yet left the territory of Zhangde Mansion. At this time, Gao Xianning brought a fellow Shandong fellow to the headquarters of the Central Army and introduced it to Zhu Gaoxu.

They went into the house to bow and bow. The Shandong man claimed to be the seventh-rank prosecutor of Jinan Prefecture, named Zhu Heng. Zhu Gaoxu saw that he was a young scholar under 30 years old, with a national face, and his face was stable.

After the two stood up, Gao Xianning said first: "Zhu Tuan was a student of Jinan Prefecture and was considered a classmate with me. He came to meet me with the governor of Shandong. Chu Da did not submit a memorial, which means that Zhu Tuan asked me to advise the emperor through his relationship with me, reduce taxes in Shandong, and corvee labor for building canals."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was a little curious and thought that it would be enough to just submit a memorial to the memorial, so why bother so much? Moreover, a seventh-rank official, not Gao Xianning's close relatives and friends, was quite unusual for Gao Xianning to personally introduce him to the emperor.

However, Gao Xianning is one of Zhu Gaoxu's strong counselors, so Zhu Gaoxu will try his best to give him face, so let's listen.

Sure enough, Gao Xianning then said, "If it were just such a thing, I would not disturb the emperor. Because Zhu Tuizheng was a person who dared to speak, he would tell me that there was something else in it." After saying that, he turned to look at Zhu Heng and nodded slightly to indicate.

Zhu Heng bowed and said, "I asked the emperor to report to the emperor. Shandong has suffered repeated wars since the 'Jingnan Battle'. At that time, the fields were deserted and the families were destroyed. Many people died. During the Yongle period, the court wanted to move the capital to Peiping, build a palace, and clear the Grand Canal. It also levies corvee labor in the provinces near the left, and Shandong is also listed here.

At the beginning of Wude, the emperor issued an order to reduce the grain tax in Shandong for three years. However, at the same time, the emperor and the emperor personally recruited a large number of corvee labor and strong men. Later, the king of Zhao changed his title to Zhangde and built a royal palace from various places. Shandong had to collect corvee labor again. However, the most burden of this was still to build and clear the Grand Canal. The corvee labor service continued every year, and the people were struggling to do so."

The magistrate's face was pale and sweat had been soaked on his forehead. He seemed to be very scared. After all, he told some things that the emperor was not so good.

Zhu Gaoxu was very calm and said, "Just say it."

Zhu Heng took a deep breath and said, "What makes the most of the injury is the candidate to serve as the governor of Shandong. Lord Chu is a timid and afraid of trouble."

This person is indeed very courageous. He first talked about Zhu Gaoxu's problem, and then criticized his superiors.

"I have set a national policy, and the transportation of grain from north to south is mainly based on sea transportation and grain transportation as the auxiliary. And all matters of moving the capital to Peiping have been stopped. The Grand Canal does not need to be rushed to clear, so this matter can be slowed down. As the governor of a province, Chu Da only needs to write a letter to request an order to reduce labor service so that the people can rest and recuperate. Why didn't he say anything?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Zhu Heng said: "When I replied to the emperor, Lord Chu was timid, and he was afraid of offending the officials in the court. If the grain transportation was promoted, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War and other relevant officials could be respected. Lord Chu was worried that the center would be dissatisfied with the letter and the construction of the canal."

He paused and said, "In recent years, due to the suffering of people's livelihood, the White Lotus Sect in Shandong has grown stronger and stronger. Lord Chu neither reported it, nor used the wrong strategy. At least Weichen believes that it is very wrong! Lord Chu has implemented the appeasement strategy and aims to appease the White Lotus Sect. Because he is worried that the White Lotus Sect will cause rebellion and rebellion, he wants to make Lord Chu take responsibility. However, Weichen believes that the White Lotus Sect has been regarded as illegal by the court since the beginning of Hongwu and is prohibited by the world. The right and wrong are clear, but the government does not dispatch troops to suppress it as soon as possible, and the situation will only become more and more uncontrollable."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu said, "If this Chu Tan, as Zhu Tui said, is indeed not suitable to be an official in a troublesome place."

"Bank off the White Lotus Sect and reduce the burden on the people of Shandong in all aspects to rest and recuperate. These things must be done this year." Zhu Gaoxu continued, "But we have to come up with a systematic strategy first, otherwise it may not be effective if the imperial edict is issued casually."

Gao Xianning and Zhu Heng hurriedly worshiped each other: "The Lord is wise."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Zhu Heng and said in an admirational tone: "It is a good thing for officials to dare to tell the truth. I hate those who deceive superiors and subordinates and followers the truth the most. Such people will only increase the cost of governance."

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the two of them thanked him and said thanks for his gratitude.

When talking about the White Lotus Sect today, Zhu Gaoxu remembered a very famous incident. The Tang Saier Uprising seemed to be what happened in Shandong in this era.

In addition, in the beginning of Yongle, Zhu Gaoxu fought for the prince with his elder brother. He once did something, which was to use the excuse that Gao Chi sent people to provide relief to the hungry people in Shandong to fabricate the name of "the benevolent emperor", which made Gao Chi tremble in front of his father.

Zhu Gaoxu was a vassal king at that time. He could not control government affairs and only cared about fighting and did not ask about the truth about Shandong. Now that he thought about it, he suddenly felt a little sad.

So the next morning, Zhu Gaoxu changed his route temporarily and ordered to go to Shandong first, and then to Peking. The territory of the Shandong Provincial Administration Commission was very close to Zhangde Mansion, just east of this place, and it would not take much time for everyone to walk around Shandong.

Zhu Gaoxu put the reprimanding officer Zhu Heng back to Jinan Prefecture and asked Zhu Heng to lead the conversation. Jinan Prefecture did not have to welcome the sage, and the brigade of guarding the lord did not go to Jinan City. As for the personnel affairs of the Shandong officialdom, Zhu Gaoxu had no intention of moving for the time being.

Two days later, Wang Yu's messenger came to report that the troops escorting the remnants of Tatars had already crossed the river. Wang Yu asked for an order to send the camp directly to the camp and no longer go to Peiping.

The officials who had originally arranged to escort the Tatars were ordered to go to Peiping. The reason was that the emperor's Northern Tour team should have to wait in Beiping before they could see them.

However, the Northern Tour team stayed on the south bank of the Great River for a long time; because they followed the army to seek stability, they advised Zhu Gaoxu and others to reduce the water of the Great River and cross the river, so people waited until September to cross the river. In addition, the ceremonial guards and escort troops walked very slowly, and they stayed in the Zhao Palace for several days, so that the Tatars who came from the Hexi Corridor had already caught up with the Northern Tour team at this time.

The plan has changed a bit, but it has not delayed the problem.

When Wang Yu led his men to catch up with the Northern Tour team, the large group of troops had just entered the ground of the Shandong Provincial Administration Commission. First, Wang Yu came to meet and reported the detailed process of the trip. How to obey He Fu's orders and how to encounter the Oirat war are all things that Zhu Gaoxu already knew. Wang Yu had nothing but personal experience, and said in more detail.

At dusk that day, the army camped near a village.

At this time, Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, walked into the central army's tent. He glanced at the civil and military officials present, then bowed to Zhu Gaoxu, bowed and whispered: "Among the people escorting the remnants of the Tatars, there is a Jinyiwei lieutenant. After seeing his ministers, he claimed that he seemed to recognize the little Mongolian prince."

"It seems?" Zhu Gaoxu asked casually.

The officials sitting below all looked at Zhu Gaoxu's voice when they heard Zhu Gaoxu's voice.

This kind of thing doesn't need to be hidden from the confidant ministers, so Zhu Gaoxu just spoke normally.

Zhang Sheng bent down and said, "According to the report of the captain, the Ola army had already broken through the guard formation before the reinforcements of General Wang and General He arrived. At that time, everyone thought the situation was hopeless and the situation was critical. The Mongolian Khan Concubine Asari found a boy and held him in his arms. The captain also observed that Concubine Khan had been caring for the boy in the chaos. Therefore, I guess that the boy was the son of Concubine Khan and the little Mongolian prince, but there is no definite evidence yet."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I understand."

"I'm leaving." Zhang Sheng bowed with his fists, took a few steps back, then turned around and walked out of the tent.

Wang Bin said happily: "Congratulations to the emperor, the truth of this matter is revealed. As long as the Prime Minister of Tatar is arrested and tortured and beaten, and then threatened by the little Mongolian prince, will the Tatars be able to do anything?"

Qi Duke Qiu Fu immediately turned his head and showed a playful smile.

Gao Xianning said kindly: "What Duke Dingguo said is indeed effective, but in this way, he would break up with the Tatars. At this time, if the Oirats knew about the Tatars' conspiracy, the Tatars hated the most was Mahamu, the leader of the Oirat. Why don't we sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "Those Tatars have entered our territory, so don't worry. Let's have a meal first."
Chapter completed!