Chapter 304 How should I be cautious
There are not many secrets in the capital that can be kept secret. Yan Shifan arrived at the cabinet early in the morning and impassionedly demanded justice for the workers and people who had frozen to death. , the news that Wang Yiwang Youzhao of Shuntian Prefecture and Hai Rui, the project supervisor, participated in the performance spread throughout the capital in an instant.
After hearing the news, Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang did not sit still for a moment. They hurriedly put down their work and hurried to Prince Yu's palace, wanting to make suggestions for Prince Yu. Extract clearly the relationship with this matter.
After all, Hai Rui is the judge of Prince Yu's Mansion, and he is also the person named by Prince Yu to supervise the progress of the outer city project of the capital on behalf of Prince Yu's Mansion. Now he is saying that people are freezing to death in the work shed dormitory outside Chongwen Gate, and he is also saying Hai Rui kept the matter under wraps and said it was a sheep that froze to death.
What if Hai Rui finally loses control of this matter and thinks that Prince Yu's Mansion is his support and involves Prince Yu in it, that would be terrible.
Therefore, the two of them hurriedly came to the palace with the intention of being loyal to the Lord, trying to come up with a countermeasure for Zhu Zaijing and take away the responsibility of Prince Yu's palace first.
"Your Majesty, this matter is very important. You must not be involved in any problem."
Zhao Zhenji looked at Zhu Zaijing who was not in a hurry, and couldn't help but worry. road.
He really wanted Zhu Zaijing to understand the seriousness of the matter. Once Prince Yu's palace was involved in the scandal of freezing people to death, although it would not cause any real harm to Prince Yu himself, it would not be able to withstand public opinion.
If someone likes to secretly say that Hai Rui's order to "point people as sheep" was Zhu Zaijing's instruction, then it is no joke.
At that time, the news spread all over the city. Doesn't this mean there is a moral stain?
How can a person with moral stains earn savings?
Even if he earns a reserve position, it will have a major blow to the prestige that he should have. People who don’t know the truth will think that King Yu is an unscrupulous master. Even if he inherits the throne in the future, The people will still remember this incident, which will affect King Yu's majesty and prestige to varying degrees in the future.
Such an impact will also directly affect the court's credibility in the future.
How can an emperor and court with a flawed reputation implement new decrees and decrees to govern the world?
Therefore, no matter what, King Yu cannot be involved in this matter, and any issues that may affect King Yu's reputation must be eliminated invisible.
Zhu Zaijing raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Zhenji, who looked anxious, and Li Chunfang, who also looked anxious.
Zhu Zaijing said: "I know this matter well, so you can rest assured."
Although Zhu Zaijing said this, how can Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang rest assured?
Although both of them admitted that Zhu Zaijing had extraordinary wisdom, it takes time to slowly see and comprehend things like the human heart.
Therefore, the two of them are most afraid of Zhu Zaijing's current confidence and indifference.
The two of them were very worried that Zhu Zaijing was young and energetic and would not take such trivial things to heart, thinking that only a few people would die.
Although the fact is just the life and death of a few people, the problem is attitude.
Even if you don’t care, you can’t let others know that you don’t care.
It would be shocking if ordinary people thought that the future prince and future emperor would be so indifferent to human life and not take the life and death of the people seriously.
So sometimes even if you are just pretending, you have to pretend to be very distressed and care about the people.
Don’t take it seriously.
Zhao Zhenji said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I know that you trust Hai to hear the case, but the nature of this matter is very unusual. Now that Mr. Xiao Ge has grasped this matter, he will definitely not let it go. The news that I heard now is that the three legal departments (the Ministry of Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple) are involved. This shows that the impact of this matter has exceeded the matter itself."
"These dozen workers and people who froze to death are no longer ordinary people who froze to death in previous years. Their deaths may turn into a knife that kills people without blood. What if the prosecutor is wrong? "It involves you. What should I do?"
"So, I would like to ask the prince to be careful about this matter and not to underestimate the lives and deaths of these people. He must come up with a proper solution." , keep the royal palace and you apart, and don’t get a single taint.”
Zhu Zaijing listened to Zhao Zhenji's long speech, and looked up at him again with some displeasure.
Zhu Zaijing said: "How should I be cautious? Do I want to push Hai Rui out and then declare that I am a prince in disguise and know nothing about the external projects? If this is really the case, In the future, if you have problems with your book revision, will I also push you out and declare that you are a prince in name only?" Zhu Zaijing's words made Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang's faces burn, and at the same time their hearts were burning. I couldn't help but be moved by Zhu Zaijing's protection and responsibility for his subjects.
The two of them helped Zhu Zaijing think of the most appropriate way to make Zhu Zaijing's reputation spotless.
But this method can only be obtained at the expense of others.
Now we can make a cut without caring about anything and abandon Hai Rui, but what will happen in the future? Do we still need to use this method?
If this method is used more often, will there be anyone in the future who will do their best for Zhu Zaijing like now?
So, the question we need to think about now is not how to escape the problem, nor how to sacrifice Hai Rui, but to use this opportunity to show off to these people and let them all see their master. , what kind of person is he?
Zhao Zhenji replied to Zhu Zaijing in shame: "That's not what I meant. I am worried about the reputation of the prince."
Zhu Zaijing waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I also know that you are doing this for my own good, but I am aware of this matter. Now I will not have any demands on you, nor will I let you get involved in this matter. Now we just need to take care of the affairs of Hongwen Hall and Daming Bookstore.”
"Recently, I have also helped you consult with many printing and bookmaking craftsmen, and also found some people from Shunyi Industrial Park who like to study technology to help you make new book printing equipment."
"Previously I have also looked at the printing quality of the book. It is indeed not as clear as the handwritten book. To be honest, I am very dissatisfied. It has been hundreds of years since Bi Sheng invented movable type printing. How can the technology still be used? Staying in the Song Dynasty?"
"Are the craftsmen and technicians in these hundreds of years just doing nothing? Don't you think of ways to study and work hard to improve printing technology? "
"Look at the printed sample book. It's either crooked or blurry. A lot of ink either spilled out too hard, causing the handwriting to be blurred; or it's too light and you can't see what it is. It’s simply not enough for normal and comfortable reading and browsing.”
“Can a thing like this sustain the heavy responsibility and responsibility set by Hongwen Museum? What I want now is for you to do well. We will take advantage of the current time and opportunity to achieve a qualitative leap in printing technology, so that the new books printed can be straight and clear, while also reducing costs. ”
"Otherwise, the cost of a book is one or two taels of silver. How can I expect you to do a good job in Hongwen Hall and Daming Bookstore? You must know that many scholars are very poor.
"They are not you Such a scholarly family has countless books that can be read at any time. Unlike those nouveau riche who can afford to drink black tea, green tea and Yiran sugar rock candy, they can casually spend a few taels of silver on entertainment. "
"What they can afford is about a dozen to a hundred cents. If it exceeds this price, they would rather copy it by hand than spend money to buy it. In this way, won’t what we are trying to do fail?”
“So, a thousand words can only be said in one sentence: improve printing technology and reduce book costs. Only by achieving these two points will Hongwen Hall and Daming Bookstore have a bright future, and your future will be extremely bright. "
"By the way, there is also the issue of punctuation marks that I mentioned. You should also pay attention to it and make good use of it to reduce the difficulty of reading so that more people who know words can read smoothly based on punctuation. Understand the content of an article or book. ”
Zhu Zaijing transferred the problem to Hongwen Hall and Daming Book Company. Now Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang are very motivated, but the problems they encounter are also very realistic.
That is the backwardness of printing technology, which makes the books printed in large quantities worse than any pirated books Zhu Zaijing has ever seen. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, Zhu Zaijing did not hesitate to spend money to give They adjust people and things to help them work hard to overcome difficulties.
Let’s take the current shabby printing technology a big step forward. At least the printed books should have clear handwriting and neat layout.
Zhu Zaijing does not dare to think too much about other requirements for the time being.
After all, the current technology and productivity are there, and it is unrealistic to eat a fat man in one bite.
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing's current request is for Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang to arrange the preliminary preparations for Hongwen Hall and Daming Bookstore as soon as possible, and to improve the printing equipment. They cannot stand still as before and must have some subjective initiative. .
(End of this chapter)