Chapter 483 Zhu Ping’s new mission, going to Shangyuan County Government as an errand Lin Che saw the guilty look in Zhu Bai's eyes. He said calmly: "The strategy you proposed will not only break the hearts of the Han people in Annan, but also cause their numbers to plummet." "Even if the Ming Dynasty could conquer Annan again, trying to establish prefectures and counties is a complete fantasy." Zhu Bai finally came to his senses. His plan to force Annan's rebels to rebel seemed to be a good idea, but in fact it was a stupid move that would make his relatives angry and his enemies happy. He immediately lowered his head in shame: "Sir, thank you for your teachings, I was too inconsiderate." Lin Che still thought that he was just witnessing with two students. So he smiled nonchalantly and said, "We're just bragging. There's no need to be so serious." "Thank you two for bringing black-bone chicken and some supplements to Miaoyun today." "That's it for today's class. Let's continue the lesson later. I'll go change Miaoyun's dressing first and get her some food by the way."

"You go back first, and just close the door." With that said, Brother Zhu Xi stood up and walked out of the door while he was stunned. Zhu Fang and Zhu Bai looked at each other, feeling that they still had something to say, but they had nothing to do with their husband, so they had to leave the mansion in dejection. At the intersection of two streets away from Confucius Temple Mansion. An old eunuch rushed to Zhu Xiang's carriage in a hurry. Zhu Yuanzhang's oral instructions were conveyed to him: "Your Majesty, King Qin, your Majesty has said that when you come out of Mr. Lin's place, you will go directly to the Shangyuan County Yamen in Yingtian Prefecture as an errand. There is no need to return home." Zhu Xi was not very interested, but his husband left halfway through his words, which made him feel itchy. Suddenly hearing the old eunuch's words, I suddenly realized that my old father was testing me. So he got off the carriage and handed the drawing of a giraffe to Zhu Bai who was watching the fun. Let this guy bring the true face of the auspicious beast to my father. "Your Highness King Qin, please get on the horse with me. Shangyuan County Government Office is too far away, so the carriage will have to go until dark." The old eunuch waited until Zhu Xiang finished explaining to Zhu Bai, then pointed to a black horse. Zhu Ming was naturally receptive to this, and soon embarked on the road to Shangyuan County. By the time he rode to the county government office in Shangyuan County, he had already replaced all his gorgeous silk clothes with slightly old coarse cloth clothes on the way. Except for the calm and intimidating look between his brows, there was no certificate in his body that could prove that he was the King of Qin. On the way, the old eunuch repeatedly warned: "His Royal Highness King Qin, you will call yourself Zhu Xiaoer later, and you will be my distant relative." Zhu Fang silently remembered the new identity assigned to him by the old eunuch. He knew that all this was arranged by his father. The purpose is to let him stay at the bottom for a while and have a good experience of the suffering of the people.

After correcting the lines, Zhu Ping followed the old eunuch to the side entrance of the county government office. A middle-aged man with a mole at the corner of his mouth immediately came up to him with a flattering smile: "Eunuch Liu, if you have something to do, you can just give me an order. Why did you come here in person?" The old eunuch was too lazy to pay attention to the middle-aged man's flattering words. He pointed at Zhu Jing and said: "Chen Dianli, this is the distant nephew of the Za family. His name is Zhu Xiaoer. He wants to work as a government servant. You can decide the specific position yourself." "But you have to remember that he only has time in the second half of the day. Don't forget about it before arranging things for him." Facing the old eunuch's bossy attitude, the middle-aged man with the mole on the corner of his mouth was not annoyed at being called Chen Dianli. He smiled apologetically at the old eunuch again and said, "Eunuch Liu, don't worry, no matter what your nephew wants to do." "As long as it is within my capabilities, Old Chen, even if he wants to check our granary in Shangyuan County, we will make arrangements for him." After saying that, Chen Dianli also smiled at Zhu Xiangpei and said: "Master, if you are busy with something, it doesn't matter if you don't come to the county office. I will send you the monthly money." Zhu Xi smiled noncommittally and said, "Then I'll thank Chen Dianli first." Chen Dianli, who was still laughing loudly, had no idea that he had just made a promise that could cost his life. He bowed his head and smiled and said: "Sir, you are too polite. If you have anything to do, just tell me. I promise to handle it properly for you." After some polite chat, the old eunuch rode away first. Chen Dianli, who stayed where he was, pointed towards Zhu Xi to the open side door of the Yamen. While walking with him, he asked, "I wonder what Mr. Zhu is planning to do in the county government office?" "If you want to meet people with a lot of money, I'll take you to the household room. If you like to dance with guns and sticks, I'll take you to the class room." "If you interrogate the prisoner first, I will take you to the cell. The cell leader there is my cousin." When Zhu Ping heard the three choices given by Chen Dianli, a playful smile appeared in his eyes. This guy seems to regard the county government office as his own store. Whatever position is assigned to people first will be assigned to them. Zhu Fang couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "Chen Dianli, if you accept the official position of the county government privately, don't the county magistrate and the county magistrate care about it?" "What kind of official position is a Yamen servant?" Chen Dianli didn't understand why Zhu Ping asked such a question without common sense, but he still patiently explained: "Master Zhu, there are no more than twenty government servants in our county government who receive imperial salary." "The rest are helpers from various departments of the county government, and they usually rely on their filial piety to live their lives." "But you are different. When you look at the people brought by Eunuch Liu, it's just a matter of your words to decide which position you want to receive." Zhu Cang raised his brows. He had heard Lin Che say before that the imperial court would gradually become corrupted, but he had not felt particularly deeply about it. But after hearing about it, Chen Dianli not only conferred the official position of the county government to him privately. He also took the initiative to expose the fact that other unofficial government officials were corrupt and perverting the law. Zhu Xi finally realized that, as Lin Che said, the Ming Dynasty had irresistibly embarked on the path of corruption.

If Zhu Ping's previous temper was to be followed, this incident would have whipped Chen Dianli, who was obviously a dirty official, to the point where he was rolling on the ground with a whip soaked in water. However, Zhu Xi learned from Lin Che again about the reasons for the rise and fall of dynasties. He knew that the source of corruption at the grassroots level did not lie with these government officials. So he hid the anger in his heart very well, smiled at Chen Dianli and said: "I am not interested in money or interrogating prisoners." "It's just that I want to get in touch with the people at the bottom and see their real lives. Is there such a position in the county government?" If someone else made such a request to Chen Dianli, he would give him a good punch without waiting for the other person to finish speaking. Because Chen Dianli believed that Zhu Ping's request was just to tease him. After all, the most profitable positions in the county government are those that have more contact with the people. (End of this chapter)