Chapter 212: The Little Prince Whose Joy Turned into Sorrow (1 update)
It snowed heavily in the capital for seven consecutive days. The streets were covered with snow up to the waist, making it difficult for vehicles and horses to pass.
Even from the first day of the heavy snow, there were yamen runners and common people sweeping the streets. However, after one night, the snow would pile up thickly again and had to be swept again.
Not only that, the heavy snow for several days collapsed the roofs of many people's houses. Fortunately, the people at home were alert and did not get into any danger because of this accident.
There were also many people whose roofs collapsed in the middle of the night, and the whole family was trapped underneath. There was
heavy snow all over the sky at night, and the roof collapsed. Being pressed down like this all night, and then frozen all night, many people lost their lives.
As for those who were lucky or had rich families, their houses were fine, but the weather was very cold, so many people caught colds.
In addition, the heavy snow blocked the roads. Even though the roads in the city were cleared by yamen runners, it was still very difficult to go out to buy things.
The heavy snow lasted for seven days, and the people in the city suffered. It is conceivable how serious the disaster was for the people outside the city.
The New Year was about to come, but such a snow disaster occurred. Naturally, the court had to provide disaster relief immediately.
The little prince had already discovered that something was wrong on the third day of the heavy snow, and immediately asked people to count the warehouses in the mansion and his private warehouses in several houses in the capital.
To this end, he not only emptied the inventory of several embroidery workshops, silk shops, and gold and silver houses in the capital.
The young prince, with the reputation of a playboy, spent a fortune in the capital at the beginning of the snowstorm.
All the high-ranking officials in the capital knew that the prince owned the two most profitable shops, Fangfeixuan and Liuliguan. Everyone also knew that the prince made a fortune almost every day.
With such income, many people were very jealous, but no one dared to touch the prince.
They didn't know the prince's secret spending, they only knew what Lu Zexu wanted them to know.
That's how the prince's reputation for extravagance spread.
This time, the capital had been snowing for days, and Lu Zexu was spending a fortune, but all he bought were luxury goods, such as brothels, silver shops, and silk shops, which were not useful at all.
When it was snowing heavily and the people were suffering from the snowstorm, such actions could arouse the dissatisfaction of many officials.
The crown prince of the country only knows how to enjoy himself, but does not know how to cherish the people and understand the suffering of the people.
At the beginning, such views and opinions were only in the hearts of these ministers, but the later it was, the more serious the disaster was, the more the ministers in the court disliked the crown prince.
The court officials started to talk about the same old things again, such as the prince's unworthy virtue, the prince's extravagance, and the prince's ignorance of the suffering of the people...
After nearly half a year, Lu Zexu finally saw the civil and military officials of the Manchu court again. He was so happy that he was impeached on such a large scale.
The worse his reputation was, the more prominent the third prince's reputation was in comparison.
Lu Zexu happily gave two taels of silver to all the palace people in the East Palace, just to celebrate his upcoming good life in advance.
Maybe God couldn't bear to see him so happy, the heavy snow continued for seven days, and on the eighth day, the heavy snow gradually became smaller, and the court began to provide disaster relief.
Lu Chengtian directly threw the task of disaster relief to the little prince.
Lu Zexu: “…”
“Father, I am still young. Disaster relief is a matter of great importance. I have no experience before and am not up to the task. If I do something wrong, it is very likely to delay the rescue of the victims.”
Lu Zexu regretted it so much. He really shouldn’t have gotten up so early and attended the morning
court just to see with his own eyes the civil and military officials impeaching him. He had originally planned that if he attended the morning court, when many officials were impeaching him, he would just pick a few old and stubborn people with bad tempers and say a few words to them, and then those old officials would naturally bring up the issue of deposing the crown prince.
Then he would most likely complete his predetermined goals and realize his ideals within one day.
However, he never expected that he would attend the morning court again and again this month!
Just this once!
His father had thrown him such a big task!
Lu Zexu felt that he could fight again.
"Father, I think that my third brother is very capable and not afraid of hardships. It is most appropriate to hand this matter over to him! My third brother will surely handle this matter smoothly!"
The third prince, who was daydreaming, said: "!!!!"
During this time, he specially collected the number of times his father had been assassinated since he ascended the throne, and there were as many as 28 times!
Even though his father was protected by guards and royal secret guards, there were still three times that were almost fatal!
The third prince decided immediately that he would forget about the position of the crown prince. He was not good at martial arts, and if he encountered an assassination, his life might really be over.
Although the supreme position is indeed attractive enough, one must be alive to enjoy it.
Since he has decided to give up the fight for the position of crown prince, there is no need for him to be involved with the court officials, let alone to show up everywhere.
Anyway, he is a prince now, and even if the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, although the crown prince is full of calculations and has as many tricks as lotus roots, he is still good to his brothers.
As long as he does not commit any crime, he will still be second to none in the future.
The third prince had a very beautiful plan, but he didn't know that he would be stabbed in the back by the crown prince.
Such a big task, now the national treasury is sufficient, there is no shortage of silver and grain, as long as the disaster relief is over, it must be a great achievement!
He now fully understands the crown prince's intentions.
Want to throw the position of Crown Prince to him?
How could such a good thing happen?
The Third Prince was about to refuse when he saw several ministers responding in succession, and they agreed very much with His Royal Highness's suggestion.
It would be fine if it was just an ordinary court official, but these were all important officials in the court, and they were all the top civil officials.
Either the Minister of Personnel or the Vice Minister of Works, even the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Justice had come forward.
The Third Prince felt his temples throbbing, when did his ability become so strong?
He remembered that he was only in the Imperial College, the Imperial Academy, and the major academies. The blackboards and chalks promoted by them made it more convenient for the major academies to teach, which made it easier for the teachers to teach and helped the students to learn better.
He just did such a small job, how come he won the hearts of so many ministers?
The third prince felt that all this was a contrast and comparison with the crown prince, and had nothing to do with his own ability.
He turned his head and looked at the crown prince who sincerely recommended him, and gritted his teeth.
"Father, you see that all the ministers agree with my proposal." Lu Zexu made up his mind to throw this job out.
Lu Chengtian snorted coldly, don't want to work?
You are so beautiful!
The emperor has to work, and you, a crown prince, why don't you work?