Chapter 592: Getting so much good stuff that your hands are tired (Update 2)

After taking a medicinal bath, the little prince successfully got a medicinal bath recipe from Jiang Yuanzheng!

Before going to bed at night, the little prince lay in bed, secretly calculating today's harvest.

Big brother: One hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, one Tianshan snow lotus, as well as dendrobium, angelica, and Polygonum multiflorum.

Jiang Yuanzheng: A medicinal bath recipe for strengthening the body.

Yes, Jiang Yuanzheng is also within the scope of the little prince's getting good stuff.

Together with the various precious medicinal materials sent by the Seventh Prince, the Emperor's Uncle, the Eldest Princess, and the Empress Dowager, the little prince has filled two large boxes of precious medicinal materials in just a few days.

This disease is worth pretending for!

I hope to get more tomorrow.

The little prince, who was devoted to taking advantage of the situation, closed his eyes with great satisfaction and fell asleep.

In the following days, these precious medicinal herbs were sent to the East Palace as if they were free.

Some came from the ladies in the harem, mainly the high-ranking concubines who gave birth to princes. Of course, the noble concubine had to pretend and also sent a few precious medicinal herbs.

The private storehouse of the noble concubine had been plundered by the seventh prince and sent to the East Palace. This time she had to send it again. She was so distressed!

But everyone else had sent it. If she, the noble concubine, didn’t send it, then the things sent by the seventh prince before would have been wasted, and she would not have earned the reputation she should have!

In the end, the noble concubine not only sent it, but also pinched her nose and sent the Cordyceps sent by others to the East Palace.

In addition, the Second Prince and the Second Prince who were far away in Shandong, and the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince who were in Gusu, after hearing the news that the Crown Prince was critically ill, also tried their best to find all kinds of precious herbs in various places and sent them back at full speed.

They were originally preparing to return to Beijing, but Lu Chengtian seemed to have guessed what they were thinking. When he sent the letter by pigeon, he emphasized that they were not allowed to leave their posts without permission.

The four could only stay there and continue to work.

The Fourth Prince either stayed on the embankment or in the workshop, continuing to rush to make new textile machines, thinking that it would be great if such cloth shops could be opened all over Daliang, so that those aristocratic families in Jiangnan who did not care about the lives of the people would have no livelihood at all.

The fifth prince's method was more direct. He had almost destroyed the businesses of the four great families. With the rise of other small and medium-sized families, the power of the four great families was quickly divided.

The two vented all their anger on the four great families. The four great families, which were already on the decline, suffered another heavy blow. Basically, there was no hope of revival within three generations.

The third prince in Shandong spent all his energy on the construction of Aichuan Port. The sooner it was completed, the sooner he could return to Beijing.

As for the second prince, he was even more extreme. He was already working with shipbuilders to study how to build a bigger, more stable, and farther-sailing ship.

He remembered that his younger brother, the prince, wanted to go to sea.

If they could build a big ship, they could go out to sea to play when the prince recovered.

Lu Chengtian had no idea that his four sons were so eager to make trouble just because they couldn't return to Beijing to visit the prince as soon as possible!

When the four of them returned to Beijing, Lu Chengtian once again witnessed the power of a naughty child to trick his father. Before, it was only the unlucky son who dug a hole for him, but now it was all four sons.

Of course, that was all for the future.

Lu Chengtian couldn't take care of his four sons who were away at the moment. The prince's serious illness had already taken up most of his attention. In addition, the two matters of Kaihai and Chen Chu's rebellion needed to be dealt with urgently. How could Lu Chengtian have the energy to pay attention to other things?

Besides, the disaster relief matter had come to an end, and there was nothing else to pay attention to.

Lu Chengtian summoned Jiang Yuanzheng for questioning every day, but the results were almost the same every time. Jiang Yuanzheng had been with the little prince for so many days and was already very familiar with the art of language.

Every time he saw Lu Chengtian, he only had to put on a heavy face and express that he was still working hard and the prince's condition was still critical, so that he could get more rare medicinal materials and fill the little prince's warehouse.

However, this trick cannot be used all the time. As an emperor, Lu Chengtian's patience is limited.

On the tenth day, Jiang Yuanzheng brought good news to Lu Chengtian, saying that the prince's condition had improved.

And it happened that on that day, Lu Chengtian finally made up his mind and ordered the opening of the sea.

A series of decrees were issued one after another.

The entire court began to operate in this way. The implementation of a decree is the result of the hard work and efforts of countless people.

Lu Chengtian was not a radical. On the contrary, he was very cautious. Even if he chose to open the sea, he only decided on the ports of Shandong and Gusu.

It was not because of anything else, but these two places had been cleaned up from top to bottom by the little prince, and now he had replaced them with his own people.

Choosing to open the sea in these two places, local officials would be more likely to follow his orders without compromise.

For a time, these two places became the most popular places for officials to go.

In the next two days, Pei Ruqing, the Minister of Justice, finally found out the crimes committed by Lu Liang, the historian of the court.

Lu Liang was bought by the Zheng family, so he spared no effort to attack the prince in the court, trying to pull the prince down from the throne.

In order to buy this historian of the court, the Zheng family in Jiangnan also spent a lot of money and sent 500,000 taels of silver.

It is said that money can move people's hearts, and it is true.

When Lu Liang first entered the court as an official, he was a loyal, upright, honest and incorruptible official. Ten years of official career made him completely changed.

Pei Ruqing conducted a very thorough investigation, with both witnesses and material evidence.

Lu Liang also signed and sealed his confession, admitting that he was bribed.

However, in this way, this confession is a strong evidence that the eldest prince is the mastermind behind Chen Chu.

After all, the Zheng family in Jiangnan is the maternal family of the eldest prince's wife, and the husband and wife are one. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Zheng family is also the power of the eldest prince.

Basically, everything the Zheng family says and does in this matter is equivalent to the order of the eldest prince.

The moment he saw the testimony, Lu Chengtian was a little dazed. Even he had to believe that this matter was related to the eldest prince.

"Sir Pei, do you think Lu Liang's testimony is credible?"

Pei Ruqing cupped his hands, "It is credible."

Lu Chengtian was surprised, "You would not be so direct in the past."

He knew how cautious Pei Ruqing was.

"Your Majesty, this was interrogated and investigated by me personally. It did not go through anyone else's hands, and there is absolutely no possibility of falsification. Lu Liang was indeed bought by the Zheng family, there is no doubt about that."

Pei Ruqing said calmly, "However, whether the Zheng family is ultimately owned by His Royal

Highness Prince An is still debatable. I found out that the head of the Zheng family passed away a few months ago, and the current head took office after the flood." "The previous head is Prince An's wife's younger brother, and the current head is just Prince An's uncle."

Lu Chengtian understood, "You mean, the Zheng family has been bought by other forces?"

"After all, there is the example of Chen Chu who gave up the support of the third prince and switched to someone else. I have to think more about it."

Pei Ruqing replied respectfully.

Lu Chengtian looked at the testimony, "Even so, the boss has to investigate! He can't even figure out the people around him, so he is a prince in vain!"

Lu Chengtian quickly wrote an imperial edict and gave it to Pei Ruqing.

Pei Ruqing felt a little numb when he saw the content of the imperial edict.