jdhmnovel Chapter 417 Brother-in-law, save me!
Chapter 417 Brother-in-law, save me!
As everyone knows, Mr. Yang has always been a magnanimous person, a person who has transcended vulgar interests.
Prefect Yang could even swear on the entire family of all the short, ugly Japanese men that he would never deliberately cause trouble for his colleagues in the Ministry of Justice just because that old scoundrel Zhu Chongba had been causing him trouble.
All the concepts related to constitution, civil law, commerce, criminal law, and a whole host of other laws that I wrote down were absolutely for the sake of justice and to improve the rule of law in the Ming Dynasty.
However, no matter how hard I try, I am still just one person and cannot perfect so many laws.
Therefore, all we can do is propose the relevant concepts and then ask our colleagues in the Ministry of Justice to help refine them.
Besides, Yang Fuzun also remembered that there was a remarkable person in the history of the Ming Dynasty named Ru Taisu who wrote tens of thousands of words in a memorial to Zhu Chongba, but only about 500 words were actually useful. In the end, he was even beaten up for it.
Therefore, Prefect Yang decided not to write too much nonsense and to try to express the meaning of 200,000 words in 2,000 words.
Then, Yang Shaofeng got more and more into writing, until it was completely dark before he finally finished writing the entire memorial.
Copy it, let it dry, and seal it.
After completing a series of procedures, Yang Shaofeng took the memorial to the main hall.
Meanwhile, in the main room, Zhu Biao was waiting for Yang Shaofeng to return with a worried expression.
I miscalculated.
Last time, I was only thinking about how to leave my father to work in Beijing, while I was single-mindedly running away to learn from my brother-in-law.
As a result, after arriving in Dengzhou, he ate well and studied well, but he just kept losing track of time when he started studying.
According to Li Qi, some people in the capital have already spread the word that they will break the legs of a certain Crown Prince.
Upon seeing Yang Shaofeng, Zhu Biao hurried over and asked, "Brother-in-law, have you finished writing your memorial?"
Seeing Zhu Biao's obsequious smile, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but ask in bewilderment, "Your Highness, what's going on?"
Zhu Biao chuckled and said, "Brother-in-law, you have to save me. My dad said he's going to break my legs."
Oh my god?
Zhu Chongba is planning to rebel against the Heavenly Gang, and he even dares to shout that he wants to break Zhu Biao's legs.
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Biao and said, "Does Your Highness remember that a few days ago someone said they were going to Ningyang County to file a complaint?"
Zhu Biao's face stiffened, and then he shook his head repeatedly: "Brother-in-law must have remembered wrong. There is absolutely no way someone could have gone to Ningyang County to sue him."
Yang Shaofeng looked at Zhu Biao with the kind of pity one would show someone with intellectual disabilities, and said, "May I ask, Your Highness, who is Chang Pingzhang most afraid of?"
Zhu Biao didn't react for a moment, but he still answered honestly, "If you ask who Uncle Chang respects the most, it's definitely my mother, but if you ask who he fears the most, it's Aunt Chang."
"Brother-in-law, you don't know, when Aunt Chang shouts, Uncle Chang trembles."
The Chang brothers, Chang Mao and Chang Sheng, who were sitting to the side, didn't dare to say a word, but their gazes toward Zhu Biao were somewhat unfriendly.
Zhu Biao, however, got more and more excited as he spoke: "It's actually quite strange. Uncle Chang is afraid of Aunt Chang, and Uncle Xu is also afraid of Aunt Xu."
"Including Uncle Tang, and even Prime Minister Li and the others, it seems that everyone in our Ming Dynasty court is afraid of their wives."
"Brother-in-law, aren't you also..."
Seeing that Yang Shaofeng's expression was off, Zhu Biao quickly stopped.
Yang Shaofeng felt that his brother-in-law was somewhat foolish.
Not to mention the Ming Dynasty court, but throughout all dynasties, the emperors and their officials in the early years of a dynasty were basically afraid of their wives.
Why?
Because rebellion is risking one's life for wealth and power. As long as the rebellion fails, one's wife will live in constant fear, living a life of constant uncertainty, with no guarantee of tomorrow.
Anyone with a conscience would feel indebted to their wife.
He acts as if he's very afraid of his wife.
Of course, other dynasties also had shortcomings, and this phenomenon mostly existed only in the early years of a dynasty.
Only in the Ming Dynasty was there a genuine fear of one's wife, and this fear was passed down through generations, even to the point of the Ming Dynasty's downfall.
For example, there was a famous general in the Ming Dynasty who initially shouted that he would kill the shrew, but when his wife arrived, the general said, "Please invite the lady to review the troops."
Needless to say, Zhu Chongba was an even bigger figure.
According to unofficial historical records, if it weren't for the imperial edict left by Empress Ma before her death, the civil and military officials in the court originally intended to have Emperor Zhu buried alive with her.
Even the current Ming Dynasty's Executive Vice Emperor, who is currently mocking others, is said to be afraid of his wife.
Later, Zhu Laosi took his fear of his wife to an extreme, and it is said that he slept on the floor on their wedding night.
As for himself... Prince Consort Yang felt that he loved his wife, doted on her, and was absolutely not afraid of her.
After silently mocking the entire Ming Dynasty in his heart, Yang Shaofeng said with a hint of disappointment, "Your Highness, after you return, go to Kunning Palace first and deliver the gifts to the Empress on my behalf. Then have a female official invite His Majesty to Kunning Palace."
"I probably can't avoid getting beaten up, but I definitely won't get my legs broken."
Hearing Yang Shaofeng say this, Zhu Biao was greatly disappointed: "I thought my brother-in-law would have some brilliant ideas, but I didn't expect that this is all he could come up with."
After pulling Yang Shaofeng aside, Zhu Biao whispered, "I'm my father's own son. Do you think I don't know that my father is afraid of his wife?"
"The problem is that I didn't tell my mother when I ran away this time..."
"If my mother knew I had run away from home, I probably wouldn't even get this beating."
"So, it's my dad who's going to beat me up, but it's not just my dad."
"This one……"
Yang Shaofeng immediately shook off Zhu Biao's hand and took a step back: "Can't save him. Just wait to get beaten up. Goodbye."
Zhu Biao panicked and grabbed Yang Shaofeng again, whispering, "If you don't save me, I'll go to Ningyang County!"
“If you want to save me, I will not only write an inscription for the Dengzhou Geological Academy, but also for the Dengzhou Medical College.”
"Even if you're willing to build a few more academies in Dengzhou, I'll take care of the inscriptions!"
That wouldn't be a bad idea, would it?
He settled things for his brother-in-law, and in return, his brother-in-law inscribed several more calligraphy works for academies. It was a worthwhile deal.
However, just as Yang Shaofeng was about to agree, Zhu Biao added, "If my brother-in-law thinks my handwriting is ugly, I'll have my dad write something on it, how about that?"
That one sentence made Yang Shaofeng realize that something was wrong.
To put it bluntly, sneaking out like this could be a big deal or a small deal.
Even if Empress Ma was angry, she would only hit him a couple of times and scold him a few times, but Zhu Biao was thick-skinned and thick-skinned, so why would he care about that?
Judging from his words, it seems more like he's using the opportunity of asking me for advice to urge me to set up more academies.
Good heavens, I not only have to settle things for him, but I also have to build several more academies to train professional trainees for him.
No, where did this brother-in-law learn all these crooked tricks?
That old scoundrel Zhu Chongba, and those two old bastards Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, that's how they taught the current crown prince.