My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 368

  Chapter 368 The filial emperor’s grandson

   Zhu Chun regained his composure while speaking.

   Only Chen Qiang, who followed suit, seemed to be lost in thought, bowing his head in silence.

  The new policy of the Zuo Dudu Mansion, although there are some obstacles, the effect is still obvious.

  At least this year’s summer grain has grown significantly.

   This made Zhu Chun very pleased.

  At the moment, he ordered a man-made booklet, and then submitted it to the household department as soon as possible.

  In the household department, the atmosphere is very strange.

   This is mainly derived from the Hubu Shangshu Xia Yuanji.

  Among the scholars, there have been many rumors that Xia Yuanji accepted the benefits of Zhang Anshi and promoted the land of the station for Zhang Anshi, so as to make a fortune.

  There are many versions of this news, and there are noses and eyes, as if everyone has seen it with their own eyes.

  In the household department, it is natural that some people will look at this Xia Butang with strange eyes.

  Among the six departments and nine ministers, there is a strange atmosphere. Although they are not hostile to the New Deal, they never dare to speak out. Only the remaining people mostly avoid the New Deal like snakes and scorpions.

  The old customs and traditions of thousands of years are no joke.

   This is not even a matter of self-sufficiency, but a mark that has been deeply imprinted in the bones of people since childhood.

   As for Duke Xia’s ‘shameless’, he is a minister, so of course no one dared to say anything.

  But the officials under this household also slowly respect and stay away from Xia Yuanji.

   There is a saying that it is better to offend the Shangguan than to ruin Qingming.

   After all, if you please the superior, you may get some temporary benefits, but if you want to consider long-term interests, you must care about your own feathers.

  In history, many so-called lucky ministers seemed to have gained power once in a while, and took advantage of this opportunity to skyrocket, even under one person, and above ten thousand people.

  How many people like this will end well?

On the contrary, those who are quite famous, don’t look at being suspected by His Majesty or court officials for a while, but as long as the reputation is still there, even if they are dismissed, they can always recover. Everyone admires.

  In the final analysis, people should not easily abandon their own circles. Once they betray, even if they succeed for a while, the consequences will be unbearable.

  The chief ministers have begun to submit the money and rations for this year, and the household department has also begun to usher in the busiest time in a year.

Since the empty printing case, the imperial court has required the Ministry of Households and the chief ministers, state capitals, and counties to reconcile the accounts, how much money and food you collect, and how much food will eventually enter the treasury. Knowing how much food should be paid by your state capital, all of these must be matched.

   “Xiagong…”

   Right servant Zeng Guang went to Xia Yuanji’s room on duty, and he saluted.

  Xia Yuanji raised his head and nodded: “What’s the matter?”

   Zeng Guang was a little more distant from Xia Yuanji than before, but on the surface, he was still respectful.

   “The Zuo Dudu’s Mansion has sent money and food account books.”

  Xia Yuanji glanced at Zeng Guang meaningfully: “How is it?”

  Zeng Guang seemed unable to explain it in words, and after a long time, he said: “The number is quite astonishing.”

   “Tell me about it.”

   “In the preliminary account books, the commercial tax is around 790,000 taels, and there is also a lot of food, as high as 4.2 million shi.”

  The commercial tax is already astonishing, 790,000 taels, which can already be compared with last year’s Taiping Mansion. However, the Zuo Dudu’s Mansion is the sum of many mansions, and the New Deal has just started, but even so, this is an astonishing number.

  The collection of commercial tax far exceeded the expectations of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

  As for the grain tax, the increase is also very obvious, which has increased by a full three times.

Under the rule of the Zuo Dudu Mansion, it is the most affluent area in the world, a land of fish and rice. It is not a joke. When this land is divided, the land that can be expropriated for grain will increase suddenly. In addition, His Royal Highness the King of Shu attaches great importance to water conservancy and greatly increases production. Under the premise, with such achievements, he can even compete with the Youdu Dudu’s Mansion.

   It’s just that Xia Yuanji sighed when he heard the number, because he found that Zeng Guang was observing his reaction.

  Xia Yuanji said: “Well, yes, the national treasury this year…will finally be in surplus. How does Zeng Shilang think about this matter?”

  Zeng Guang smiled slightly: “The effectiveness of the New Deal is indeed astonishing.”

   “Oh?” Xia Yuanji knew that Zeng Guang had something to say.

  Zeng Guangdao: “However… I heard… His Royal Highness Shu’s New Deal was implemented in a hurry, and there were a lot of troubles.”

  Xia Yuanyoshi said: “Yes.”

   “Xia Butang…” Zeng Guangben wanted to say something else, but when he got to the point of speaking, he stopped.

   “Shilang Zeng has something to say, but it’s okay to say it.”

   “Nothing.” Zeng Guang shook his head and smiled.

  Xia Yuanji took a deep look at Zeng Guang: “Is there anything that needs to be avoided?”

   “Duke Xia, there are many rumors outside.” Zeng Guang thought for a while and said.

   “Well, about the old man?”

“yes.”

  Xia Yuanyoshi said: “There is nothing good to say.”

   Zeng Guang thought for a while, then nodded: “Yes.”

   “Do you think what they say is true?”

   “Xia Butang is a gentleman, but…”

   “It’s just a beautiful woman, why is she a thief?” Xia Yuanji asked with a self-deprecating smile.

   Zeng Guang didn’t say anything.

Xia Yuanji said: “I am a courtier, and a courtier should do what he should do. As for a gentleman or a villain, after a long time, it will naturally be clear. The momentary public opinion is nothing. The old man is too lazy to argue Or, say something like the world misunderstood me.”

  Zeng Guang sighed, but suddenly said: “Duke Xia really thinks that Zhili’s set… is good for the world?”

  Xia Yuanji couldn’t answer for a while, he thought for a while: “How do you think about it?”

   “These money and food are indeed real. There is nothing clearer in the world than the increase of money and food to increase production and income. It’s just… such a hard push against the foundation of the world is going to cause big things.”

  Xia Yuanji said: “What do you call the foundation of the world?”

  ”In all dynasties and dynasties, those who maintained the foundation of the world were all scholars.”

  Xia Yuanji sighed: “What you are worrying about is not unreasonable. It’s just that the situation has reached this point, so there is nothing to do.”

  Zeng Guang couldn’t help but smiled wryly: “Yes, what can I do, what can I do…”

Xia Yuanji said: “In any case, Zuo Dudu’s mansion… This time the money and food have increased greatly. Compared with last year, the money and food have increased several times. It is gratifying and congratulatory. The Ministry of Households still needs to announce the merits of the King of Shu. , can’t hide it.”

   Zeng Guang said: “I think… it’s better to wait for the palace to issue a decree.”

  Xia Yuanji said: “For such an obvious matter, the household department should pretend to be deaf and dumb.”

   “Duke Xia… Don’t you know that you are already on the cusp? If such an announcement is made again, how will the people of the world think of Duke Xia?”

  Xia Yuanji twitched when he heard this, his heart was in pain.

  How do people in the world view themselves? The good reputation accumulated for decades was destroyed overnight.

  The scary thing is that no matter what I do now, it is wrong. Any behavior that should be taken for granted will be regarded as flattering the emperor and colluding with the King of Shu and Zhang Anshi.

“But the old man is the Minister of the Household Department.” Xia Yuanji suddenly became furious, and he stood up: “The old man is in his position, and he always wants to plan his own affairs. If he dares to do such a thing, he still needs to consider how others think about it. Regardless of the fact that the Zuo Dudu’s mansion has greatly increased in money and food, then… isn’t this old man a vegetarian meal in his corpse, and has become a real villain? A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain grows up, so let’s do it like this.”

   Zeng Guang didn’t expect Xia Yuanji to be furious.

   Once upon a time, this Xia Yuanji was still an idol in many people’s minds, and the name of a gentleman was like thunder.

  For Zeng Guang, the Shangguan in front of him is, to a certain extent, also an object for him to emulate.

   But now, in Zeng Guang’s eyes, Xia Yuanji’s halo has gradually disappeared. This kind of feeling makes Zeng Guang feel mixed feelings, and he can’t help feeling sorry for it, feeling a great pity in his heart.

  He pondered for a moment: “Yes, I’ll do it now, sir.”

   Zeng Guang responded, and immediately left the guard room.

   But he turned his head and went to Huke to give the house in charge.

  Although this government office works in the Ministry of Household Affairs, in fact, it is not affiliated to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although the household department department is called Zhengqipin, it actually has great power.

   Yes, if he finds the court’s will unreasonable, he can even refute it.

  In the household department, if there is something wrong with the department hall, he can even make a statement and directly report it.

  All the staff from the household department gave the matter to Liu Zhennan, who was explaining something to some Cong Qipin’s staff at this time, when he saw Zeng Guanglai, he got up and said, “Zeng Shilang…”

   Zeng Guang smiled, but took a look at those few.

   All of this gave Shi Zhong Liu Zhennan a wink at Shi Zhong.

   Zeng Guangcai said: “Did Liu Du read the money and food booklet of Zuo Dudu’s Mansion?”

   Liu Zhennan said: “I have seen it.”

  Liu Zhennan is very young. From the perspective of official position, he is far behind Zeng Guang, but he has a great future in his work, and his duty is to monitor the household department. To a certain extent, he can sit on an equal footing with Zeng Guang.

  Zeng Guangdao: “Xia Butang hopes to write a letter to inform all prefectures and counties to praise Zuo Dudu’s Mansion.”

  Liu Zhennan only raised his eyebrows and remained silent.

  Zeng Guangdao: “If such an official document is spread, how will the people of the world treat Xia Gong, and now Xia Gong is on the cusp…”

   Liu Zhennan glanced at Zeng Guang meaningfully: “What do you want me to do?”

   “Seal and refute this official document, and put it on the shelf.” Zeng Guang said decisively.

  Liu Zhennan shook his head and said: “The political achievements of Zuo Dudu’s Mansion are real. If it is rejected, what is the reason? Moreover, it is emotional and reasonable to deny such an official document, and it is a bit of a fuss.”

   Zeng Guang said: “Follow the power in a hurry.”

  Liu Zhennan said: “In my opinion, this may not be bad.”

“Ok?”

  Liu Zhennan continued: “It’s better…just give a good compliment.”

   “What do you mean?”

“Drive the tiger and devour the wolf.” Liu Zhennan smiled and bowed his hands to Zeng Guang: “Mr. Zeng, the political achievements of the left and right governor’s mansions cannot be concealed. Instead of this, it is better to pull aside and beat the other side. Now praise the left Dudufu, what’s wrong?”

   Zeng Guang put his hands behind his back, thoughtfully: “You might as well speak more clearly.”

  Liu Zhennan lowered his voice: “The king of Shu is a clan. Clans are always disadvantaged. No one can match them. Success is a clan, and failure is a clan. If this clan is too strong, His Majesty will inevitably be suspicious.”

   Zeng Guang smiled wryly: “With these alone, can you separate brothers? Liu Dushi, you will eventually…”

“Don’t worry yet.” Liu Zhennan said: “There are also the left and right Dudu’s mansions, the so-called invasion of the same kind, both the left and right Dudu’s mansions will carry out new policies, if the Ministry of Households greatly praises the Zuo Dudu’s mansion, the King of Shu and Wei Guogong…you know, Wei Guogong is a small-minded person, and he will take revenge. Now, the King of Shu seems to be a man with a strong temper…”

   Zeng Guang bowed his head, still speechless, and said after a long time: “The king of Shu and the Duke of Wei should not be people who don’t understand the general situation.”

“But what about the officials of the Governor’s Mansion?” Zeng Guang said: “Political achievements and the importance of the court are related to their future. If they use their strength to drive away tigers and wolves, there will always be resentment. Once resentment arises and a rift arises, sooner or later the rift will become bigger and bigger, and eventually reach the point of being irreparable. This kind of thing, once or twice is fine, but as time goes by, it will become an enemy.”

  Zeng Guang raised his head and stared at Liu Zhennan.

Liu Zhennan smiled: “Those officials are still dedicated to their work. Many of them are just civil servants. Now, in order to obtain high positions, they are desperately pursuing their careers one by one. In order to obtain political achievements, they will do everything they can. Such people …what virtue can there be?”

   Zeng Guang said: “I understand…”

  He didn’t say anything more, just nodded to Liu Zhennan, and walked away quickly.

  …

   “My lord, my lord…”

  Zhu Zhanji is in Zhu Di’s Wenlou, looking at this and touching that.

  Especially the knife hanging on the wall, he was particularly interested: “My lord, this knife is very old, why is it hanging here?”

  Zhu Di hugged the memorial, looked at it one by one, and only moved his eyelids: “This is the knife used by Emperor Taizu Gao.”

   “Then has he ever killed anyone?”

  After Zhu Di listened, he put down the memorial, looked up at his grandson, and said, “It doesn’t really matter whether you kill or not.”

   “Why?”

   “Because killing people does not necessarily use a knife, a knife is just a sharp weapon, a tool for killing people. I keep this knife here just to see things and think about people, not to remember the bravery of Emperor Taizu Gao.”

   “Then besides knives, what else can you use to kill?”

   “This…” Zhu Di said: “Everything in the world can be used to hurt people and kill people, so what matters is not these foreign things, but…”

   “What is it?” Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Di seriously.

  Zhu Di smiled and said: “It’s the desire to kill. People will kill when they have the desire to kill. As for what to use to kill, whether it is a sword, spear, sword or other things, it is secondary.”

   “Did the emperor ever have a murderous intention?”

   “Of course.”

   “Who does the emperor want to kill?”

  Zhu Di said: “A person with little integrity and little shame!”

  After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji looked worried, lowered his head, drooped his head, and sniffed hard: “My lord, my lord, don’t kill my uncle.”

  Zhu Di: “…”

  Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was sad, Zhu Di hurriedly pulled him to his side, made him kneel and sit beside him, and touched his head: “You silly boy, what did I kill him for?”

“But…”

   “Okay, okay, you are here to think quietly, I still have a few memorials to read, and… if you like this knife, I will give it to you.”

  Zhu Di picked up the memorial and read it carefully.

  At this time, Yishiha came in step by step: “Your Majesty, the money and food from all over the place…the household department has sent.”

  Zhu Di nodded: “Bring me to have a look.”

  Zhu Di only cares about three things. One is the Ministry of Officials, which decides personnel affairs, the second is the Ministry of War, and the second is the Ministry of Households.

   It is difficult for Jing to come out. Naturally, he understands the hardships of money and food shortages.

  Yi Shiha winked, and several young eunuchs came with a large stack of memorials.

   Zhu Zhanji said from the side: “My lord, I will clean it up for you.”

   “Very well.” Zhu Di said comfortingly, “You are really my good grandson.”

   Immediately, Zhu Zhanji was cleaning up the memorials, while Zhu Di read them one by one.

  He is not very satisfied with the money and grain of most state capitals.

  In fact, he couldn’t see where the dissatisfaction was.

   But after all, with the original Taiping Prefecture for comparison, Zhu Di knew the real reason for his dissatisfaction. These state capitals are all useless, with wine bags and rice bags, corpses with vegetarian meals, and donkeys who come out every day.

   It was only very soon that Zhu Di’s eyes were suddenly attracted by a memorial.

  Zhu Di cheered up all of a sudden and looked cheered up.

  He no longer looks at ten lines at a glance, but deliberates on the amount of money and food in it word by word.

   Zhu Zhanji saw that Zhu Di had a strange look, so he also came over and said, “The Zuo Dudu’s mansion…”

   “Yes.” Zhu Di said: “This is the money and food under the rule of the King of Shu.”

   “Why did the emperor look at it for so long?”

   “Because the King of Shu was beyond my expectation.” Zhu Di smiled and said, “My eleventh brother is really capable.”

  Zhu Zhanji said: “Did you get a lot of money and food?”

   “Exactly.” Zhu Di said: “Compared to last year, it has increased several times. It can be seen… This new policy really has many benefits. Of course, the king of Shu has also worked hard. He has worked hard for more than a year.”

  Zhu Di raised his head, glanced at it and was disappointed: “I heard that, a few days ago, the King of Shu was in Suzhou and caught a little bit of wind and cold.”

   “The servant has already gone to inquire about it, and the other side said that it is not a cold, but just a little tired.”

  Zhu Di said seriously: “This is not a trivial matter, give me some nourishing things.”

  Yi Shiha said: “The servant obeys the order.”

  Zhu Zhanji said at this time: “My lord, my uncle is a prince, so there is still no nourishment.”

  Zhu Di laughed loudly: “You know a bird.”

But after thinking about it, Zhu Di said seriously: “Whether there is shortage or not is his business. What I bestow is my business. You have to understand that when you become an emperor, your words and deeds, or the likes and dislikes you show, are not just personal. Temperament is so simple, you have to think deeply.”

  Zhu Zhanji said: “Oh, grandson understands, this is for others to see.”

  Zhu Di said: “Not necessarily, all in all, you will understand later.”

  Zhu Zhanji said: “After that, I will give my uncle nourishing things every month and month.”

  Zhu Di coughed, but looked at Yishiha again: “Where is the Yoududu Mansion, the tonic of the Yoududu Mansion, no, where is the account book of the Yoududu Mansion?”

  ………

  Recommend a book, “Zhenguan Leisurely Son-in-Law” by Big Eyes and Small Goldfish.

  I overslept during the day yesterday, and the update was too late, sorry, I feel very sleepy now, woo woo woo.

  (end of this chapter)