Chapter 270: A Heart of Love and Care
The left and right junior officials of the Honglu Temple, Cao Yu and Meng Zhao, have been a little confused these days. They don't know why their boss has actually started to organize everyone to compile "Years in the Capital".

When everyone first saw the boss talking nonsense, they thought he was joking.

Now you tell me, are you serious?

But a higher-ranking official can crush anyone, so everyone can only cooperate with the boss.

Fortunately, Lord Dong Qing only helped them organize the information and documents, and Lord Dong Qing took care of the troublesome tasks of modification and literary processing.

In a sense, he is also a very good boss.

Ou Zanghua had no idea what the people below were thinking. He sat in his office and thought for a while before he started writing the opening paragraph:
The moon in midsummer is bright no matter how thin or plump it is, and it reflects the scenery of the capital city with exceptional clarity.

The walls of the Forbidden City, the red ochre battlements, and the glazed green tiles are sparkling.

The columns of the long corridor are as red as wine.
The ancient cypresses are dense, lush and green, and the dark green is deep.

The white jade carved railings are a vestige of the Han Dynasty style and are clear and flawless.

All the colors are displayed together, vivid as a painting, and even more brilliant and magnificent under the bright night.

A fluent and catchy parallel prose comes to life on the paper.

This time Ou Zanghua had no intention of showing off his literary talent, for two reasons.

One reason was that he wanted to try whether he could get achievement points if works with low artistic achievements were included in the Wenyuan Pavilion.

The second is the book "Years in the Capital", which was written by Ou Zanghua according to the travel guides of later generations.

The target audience was envoys from various countries and ordinary people who had never been to the capital. No matter how flowery the writing was, people couldn't understand it and it didn't seem to be of much use.

As for where is the most beautiful and fun place in Beijing?

The first recommendation is naturally the Forbidden City!
Ou Zanghua hopes that the people of the Ming Dynasty in the future can be like the children of later generations. One of his dreams is to go to Beijing to watch the flag-raising ceremony and then take a photo with Tiananmen Square.

In addition to the experiences of later generations visiting the capital and the county chronicles provided by surrounding counties, Ou Zanghua also borrowed the "Yongle Capital Atlas" from the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen and drew the four best tourist routes.

This book is divided into four volumes: human legends, historical sites, food customs, and transportation recommendations.

It contains a total of 60,000 words and more than 300 illustrations. If the early collection of county annals is included, it took Ou Zanghua nearly a month to complete the book.

When he handed the finished product to Emperor Zhengde, Boss Zhu opened it and couldn't stop looking at it.

The exquisite illustrations and almost vernacular writing style both hit the liking of this number one guy.

Boss Zhu even felt a little melancholy. If he had used this kind of illustrated textbook when he was a child, he wouldn't have been lectured by an old teacher every day.

How about asking Ou Qing to compile a new set of teaching materials for royal teaching?

When this thought came to his mind, Emperor Zhengde became a little excited. He looked at Ou Qing and was about to speak, but suddenly he remembered that Ou Qing was only in his twenties and his achievements were not high enough. If he pushed him forward forcefully, it might cause dissatisfaction inside and outside the court.

Emperor Zhengde thought for a moment and recalled that Fang Si, Liao Mazi and Ma Liuer had been causing chaos in Sichuan and Shu recently. Hong Zhong had defeated them several times and thought that the situation should be quelled soon. It would be better to send Ou Qing over and accumulate some military merits before returning.

By then, his promotion to the Minister of Rites would certainly be opposed by the ministers. If I could just 'reluctantly' take a step back and let Ou Qing concurrently serve as the Chancellor of the Chancellery, wouldn't that make it happen?
Once this idea came to mind, I couldn't stop it, so I asked, "This book is very good, I like it very much. Does Mr. Ou have a copy?"

Ou Zanghua cupped his hands and replied, "There are three copies at the moment. Once your majesty and the cabinet have confirmed that they are correct, I will arrange for them to be copied."

"I agree!"

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said, "This book is right here!"

"According to the order."

As Ou Zanghua left, Emperor Zhengde asked Zhang Yong to call Liang Chu and Fei Hong. If he remembered correctly, Fei Hong had a harmonious relationship with Ou Qing and should not object.

But what Boss Zhu didn't expect was that Liang Chu and Fei Hong expressed their opposition at the same time as he opened his mouth. The difference was that Liang Chu was a radical oppositionist, while Fei Hong was a moderate oppositionist.

"Mr. Ou has never lost a battle as a leader. Why not let him quell the rebellion in Sichuan?" Emperor Zhengde looked at the two cabinet ministers and asked angrily.

Fei Hong quietly stopped Liang Chu, stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, Ou Dongqing is a capable minister, but he has too many things to do. The Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple, the Hanlin Academy, the Weiyang Palace and the Imperial Farm, all of which he has to do personally. How many people in the world can shoulder so many important tasks?"

"The clever ones work hard, while the wise ones worry. Ou Dongqing is exactly the combination of the two. The more you work, the more you worry."

"Even though he is young and strong, Ou Dongqing fell ill once and had to take three days off before returning to his post. If Your Majesty adds more burdens to Ou Dongqing, I am afraid he will not be able to hold on!"

Emperor Zhengde was stunned. He had never thought about this question before. Now that Fei Hong reminded him, he realized how much work he had inadvertently assigned to Ou Qing.

Looking at Fei Hong's sincere love and care, Emperor Zhengde couldn't help feeling ashamed that he, as a teacher, was somewhat careless.

"What Mr. Fei said makes sense." Boss Zhu nodded and said, "I was not thoughtful enough. Let's forget about this matter."

"Your Majesty, I thank you!" Fei Hong's eyes turned red with emotion, and he knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Liang Chu on the side was stunned. He was just ready to retort directly, threatening to resign if the emperor insisted on his opinion.

As a result, Fei Hong's unconventional move actually dispelled the emperor's outrageous idea without bloodshed. It was truly amazing!
The two cabinet ministers seized the opportunity and caught the emperor in the Qianqing Palace to discuss several state affairs before leaving.

On the way back to Wenyuan Pavilion, Liang Chu said with some admiration: "If Zi Chong hadn't been here, I'm afraid today's incident would have ended badly."

Fei Hong smiled and said calmly: "Zang Yong is too kind. Your Majesty is wise. I just had too many thoughts at the moment. I will just remind Your Majesty."

The reason why he stopped Emperor Zhengde from doing anything reckless was not only because Ou Zanghua was too young and was promoted too quickly, but also because it was disgraceful to steal credit, and if it was recorded in history books, it would easily make future generations doubt Ou Zanghua's character.

He was obviously a modest gentleman, good at literature and martial arts, and was the person most likely to become Prime Minister Zhuge Liang in the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the emperor's manipulation, a stain was added to his nearly perfect resume. How could people tolerate this?

At the same time, at the Yongding gate of the capital, the Ou family's carriage stopped not far from the Chen city gate. Liu Qing sat in the carriage, staring at the people passing by with her watery eyes.

After a moment, she saw Xiang Danian riding and driving a carriage. She was immediately delighted and urged, "Hua An, go quickly."

"Yes, ma'am."

Hua An responded and hurried over to greet him, smiling and bowing, "Second Master Xiang, welcome back! Are those Grandpa and Grandma in the carriage?"

As he spoke, he pulled the carriage to the side and stopped only after he went around a wall, blocking the view of most people.

"Hua'an, long time no see!" Xiang Danian bowed in return and said, "It's Master and his wife."

"Oh!" Hua An heard this and immediately knelt down in front of the carriage and kowtowed, "My humble servant Hua An, come and welcome Grandpa and Grandma!"

Liu Zhengfeng, who had been bored in the carriage for a long time, got out and said cheerfully, "No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Master!"

Hua An stood up and continued, "Grandpa, the master is in court and cannot come to greet you personally, so he specifically asked his wife to come and pick you up."

After hearing this, Liu Zhengfeng looked in the direction Hua An pointed, and saw Liu Qing had already gotten out of the car and was walking towards him: "Daddy!"

Looking at his daughter, whose complexion had not changed and whose skin had even become a little rosier, Old Liu said happily, "Qingqing, Zanghua has not treated you unfairly, that's great!"

Madam Ouyang also got out of the carriage, holding her daughter's hand, and asked with red eyes: "Qingqing, are you used to living in the capital?"

"Mother," Liu Qing bowed and continued, "Let's get on the carriage and go home first. I'll talk to you in detail."

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)