amaotonovel Chapter 812 What does it have to do with me that you, Black Sesame Dumpling, got beaten up?
Chapter 812 What does it have to do with me that you, Black Sesame Dumpling, got beaten up?
Emperor Zhu did not intend to personally deal with Wei Guan.
It's just a prefect; it's enough to let the Censorate and the Embroidered Uniform Guard investigate.
Emperor Zhu also did not believe that Wei Guan could withstand the joint investigation by the Censorate and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
To put it bluntly, although officials and gentry are two sides of the same coin, there is a conflict of interest between them, just as some scoundrel wrote in his "On the Gentry".
Officials value power; they believe that power equals wealth.
The gentry also valued power, but they wanted to buy power with money and then dominate it.
Unless the officials are all fools, they will never relinquish their power to the gentry unless the gentry offer them sufficient benefits.
Especially since it involves the power of discourse in all aspects.
But when Emperor Zhu thought of "On the Gentry," he thought of his good son-in-law again, and then of his good eldest son.
"Those two bastards have been in Japan for so long, and they haven't even written a letter back to us yet."
"They're all damn bastards who need to be taught a lesson!"
……
Just as Emperor Zhu was grumbling and expressing his dissatisfaction, Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Biao had already returned to Dengzhou Prefecture.
"First, we need to deal with... first, we need to trouble the Ministry of Rites."
"Iwami Province is the name given by the short and ugly man, and Iwami Ginzan is also the name given by the short and ugly man's side."
"We need to get the Ministry of Rites to come up with a name for the prefecture first; it can't be unpleasant to hear."
"In my opinion, it would be better to let the Ministry of Rites come up with names first, and then Your Highness can say that you are not satisfied and let them change them one by one. Finally, we can choose the first name they submit as the name of the prefecture."
As Yang Shaofeng sipped his tea, he said with a smile, "Next up is the Ministry of Personnel, a prefect, several assistant prefects, and a whole bunch of other miscellaneous assistant officials."
"Moreover, the prefecture will be divided into counties, and prefects, magistrates, and corresponding assistant officials will also need to be appointed."
"Then the Ministry of Revenue began to relocate people there."
"Oh, and there's also the Grand General's Office. After all, it's already been established as a prefecture and county, and it's surrounded by a bunch of short, incompetent people. The Grand General's Office also needs to prepare to station garrisons there."
"And the Ministry of War."
“A post station must be set up, at least to make it convenient for the relocated people to write letters back.”
"..."
Yang Shaofeng smiled sinisterly, and Zhu Biao smiled equally maliciously.
"And there's the cabinet and the censorate too."
"The Treaty of Gui Chou that my brother-in-law came up with this time can be described as a novel thing."
"Although much of the content is not suitable for use in the vassal states surrounding the Ming Dynasty, I have thought about it and found that it is perfectly usable for some more distant vassal states, especially those west of the Western Regions."
"These things need to be carefully considered by the cabinet."
"We just happen to be compiling the progress of the first five-year plan at the end of this year, and we also need to start formulating the new five-year plan."
"And just like that, we gained another prefecture's worth of land, and another mountain of silver..."
Zhu Biao chuckled maliciously twice and continued, "The Imperial Censorate should also be set up as soon as possible."
"Oh, right, the Court of State Ceremonies and the Court of Imperial Sacrifices also need to prepare envoys to be sent to Japan, and we also need to formulate Japan's tribute rules."
"Well, it's not right to favor one over the other. How about we pay tribute every three years, just like the Koreans?"
"..."
After making arrangements for the cabinet and all the ministries, directorates, temples, and monasteries, Zhu Biao stretched and said, "I have already made it clear in the letter about the unauthorized military expedition to Japan."
Yang Shaofeng immediately became wary.
It's not surprising that black sesame dumplings took the blame.
In fact, Heizhi Tangyuan truly dared to delegate power when it was time to do so, and also truly dared to take the blame for his subordinates when it was time to do so.
During this military expedition to Japan, Heizhima Tangyuan did not offer any opinions or suggestions from beginning to end; the entire process was entirely under the command of Neng Yutongyuan.
However, Heizhima Tangyuan took the blame for the unauthorized military expedition to Japan and the infamy of building a Jingguan (a mound of corpses) with 100,000 short, ugly people, thus absolving Yang Shaofeng and Yu Tongyuan of all responsibility.
Although Emperor Zhu, Empress Ma, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, and all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty knew exactly what was going on, officially, this expedition to Japan had nothing to do with Yang Shaofeng and Yu Tongyuan.
Strangely enough, the black sesame glutinous rice balls, after taking the blame, actually jumped out to claim credit.
This is not quite in line with the usual style of black sesame glutinous rice balls.
While inwardly complaining, Yang Shaofeng said, "What does Your Highness want to do? I was already prepared to release the people I promised Your Highness earlier. I just need to wait for their transfer orders to arrive so Your Highness can take them away."
Zhu Biao simply curled his lip.
Are you playing dumb?
What about the manpower you promised me before?
You're being generous now, but the problem is, how many people have you actually promised to give me?
Zhu Biao rolled his eyes and said, "Although I wrote it clearly in the letter, I definitely can't explain it to my father and mother. Once my letter reaches the capital, my father and mother will most likely send people to arrest us."
Yang Shaofeng was somewhat dismissive.
It's obvious that we can't explain it.
Black sesame dumplings volunteering to take the blame and bear the infamy is a way to give an official explanation, but Lao Deng and his mother-in-law certainly won't believe it.
In mild cases, they might send someone over to reprimand the person; in severe cases, they might send someone over to arrest the black sesame dumplings and beat them up.
But what does it have to do with me that you, Black Sesame Dumpling, got beaten?
I'm just their son-in-law!
Throughout history, it has always been the case that sons are beaten, but when have you ever heard of a son-in-law being beaten?
Yang Shaofeng chuckled, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Your father-in-law and mother-in-law might send someone to arrest Your Highness and take you back, but it's unlikely they'll send someone to arrest me and take me back."
Zhu Biao glanced at Yang Shaofeng and sneered, "Guess how you, brother-in-law, are different from your younger brother, the second, third, fourth, and fifth brothers in your parents' hearts?"
"If it's anything else, I'll let you have your way."
"But can it be the same this time?"
"Let me tell you plainly, shelling the Japanese coast is no problem, and building a mound of 100,000 short, ugly people is no problem either."
"The problem is that it's too dangerous for the two of us to go on a direct sea voyage, right in the middle of the storm."
"So, I'm probably going to get beaten up, and you're probably going to get beaten up too, brother-in-law."
"If you don't want to get beaten up, you'd better find a way to help your underling first."
Ok?
Why does it feel like I'm giving my brother a hand out of respect for that... you know?
But upon further reflection, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Old Deng is not scary.
Just fool them and it'll pass.
The key issue is that the mother-in-law is not easy to fool.