Chapter 34: Your Majesty, please kill His Highness King Wu!
Zhu Jun's body aches. It's freezing cold now, and everything is expensive.
Fortunately, I just got 12,000 taels of silver from the Xu family two days ago.
It doesn’t hurt to spend it.
However, just raising these people like this is not a problem. Isn’t that not raising pigs?
You can kill pigs even if they are fat during the Chinese New Year, but you can’t kill these people, right?
No, they must be made to move.
These people come to their doorsteps by themselves, and they don't even need to spend any money to pay them. When they become mature in the future, they will become supporters of the fiefdom.
He must hire more people to go to his fief and have people to call upon him in the future.
Life-saving grace is greater than God's. There must be some reward for charity, right?
Thinking of this, he changed his previous thoughts and said, "Since you have come to this king, it is both fate and your trust in me.
Then I will take you under my wing.
I will give you food to satisfy your hunger, clothing to keep you warm, and shoes to walk around.
I have only one request. Today you have eaten the food of my Prince Wu’s Mansion and worn the clothes of my Prince Wu’s Mansion. From now on, you will be members of my Prince Wu’s Mansion.
Wherever I go in the future, you will go, okay?"
When everyone heard this, they burst into tears of gratitude.
An elderly man knelt down and said: "His Royal Highness King Wu, who saved the suffering, you are the living Bodhisattva photographed by God to save us."
It would be nice to have porridge mixed with sand and gravel in your mouth now, but why would you dare to think about wearing clothes and shoes?
And Zhu Jun plans to take them all in and take care of their food, clothing, housing, and transportation, which means that they can survive this winter.
They even have the blessing of Prince Wu's Mansion, so no one else dares to bully them when they go out in the future!
"Your Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
Everyone knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Although it was not bright yet, Zhu Jun seemed to be rimmed with gold in their eyes.
Zhu Jun knew very well that it was expensive to raise these people, but money was like a bastard, and he could still make money without it.
Talent is the primary productive force!
Moreover, if Lao Zhu was happy when he did such a thing, he might let him go and become a vassal.
Isn’t it just what you want?
Thinking of this, Zhu Jun felt hot in his heart, "Everyone, get up and take good care of yourself!"
He has hundreds of acres of land and the title deeds to hundreds of shops, wouldn't he be able to provide a living for these people?
When the time comes to train some people and make money behind the scenes, no one knows how much money they have.
Make a fortune silently!
Soon, Li Jiba brought dozens of vendors over to buy breakfast, and Xun Busan took out the clothes from the treasury.
These are all prepared for the soldiers who have been recruited. Originally, there were three sets per person, but they have not been fully distributed, and now they are distributed to these disaster victims.
Qinghe learned that Zhu Jun was rescuing the victims, so he also brought the old lady from the palace to help.
The government soldiers took the initiative to maintain order.
They all escaped disaster and know what a hot meal, a piece of clothing, and a pair of shoes mean to these victims.
Everyone says that King Wu is crazy, but who has the compassion of King Wu?
Are you willing to spend a lot of money on these useless victims?
Although there are many good people in the capital who give porridge, it is only on a small scale. Except for the imperial court, no one can compare with His Highness King Wu!
They were grateful and kept Zhu Jun's kindness firmly in their hearts.
This kindness will eventually turn into loyalty!
"Qinghe, come and register. Don't miss any of those who have been given clothes and those who have eaten our food at Prince Wu's house. The baby babies must also be recorded, and then they will be given identity tags.
Even if a dog eats something from our house, he will be caught and taken back to look after the house!" Zhu Jun said.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Qinghe can read and write, so Zhu Jun is not worried.
He still felt that these people were not enough, "You can bring in more people. If you can help, I will definitely help!"
After saying that, he took Li Jiba and left.
Xun Busan wanted to catch up, but Zhu Jun asked him to stay at home to help Qinghe, and then sat in a sedan towards the university hall.
University Hall, also called Daben Hall, is a book collection place built by Lao Zhu and is located in the east of the palace.
That is, within the scope of the Prince's East Palace.
There is a book that says: Take ancient and modern books to fill it, spread the names of Confucian princes and kings from all over the world, and divide their nights to watch, and select talented people to read with them...
There are not only princes and kings here, but also sons of meritorious deeds.
But someone as old as Zhu Jun would have graduated long ago.
The people inside are all young boys with no hair.
After all, he should be the senior one...
When Zhu Jun entered the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang had already received the news.
"You bastard, I told you yesterday not to be late. What time is it now?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he said, "Call him over after class is over in the morning!"
Wang Gouer quickly said yes.
At this moment, the eunuch sang and shouted, "See you on your side!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression turned cold, "Xuan!"
Soon, Li Shanren hurried in. After kowtow, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have found out!"
"Oh, what have you found out?" Today is the last time limit given by Zhu Yuanzhang to Li Shanren, and this old boy knows how to get stuck on time.
"There is another secret behind Cai Wen's corruption, and I... dare not say it!" Li Shanren looked hesitant, and his expression was even more uneasy, as if the hidden secret behind it was difficult to reveal.
"Is there anything you dare not say?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "If I ask you to say it, just say it and don't beat around the bush!"
Li Shanren smiled bitterly, "Cai Wen's corruption of ink involves the prince!"
"Which prince?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed.
"King Wu!"
"Li Shanren, you are so brave!" Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the document.
"I don't dare!"
Li Shanren quickly knelt down, put his head on the ground, and said: "But this is the fact, I have evidence!
Every piece of evidence can prove that this silver was taken away by His Highness King Wu!
Otherwise, I would not dare to come here."
As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of paper from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes twitched and he winked. Wang Gouer quickly presented the stack of papers.
"On March 7, the fourth year of Shenwu, King Zhu Jun of Wu borrowed two to three thousand taels of silver!"
"In June of the fourth year of Shenwu, King Zhu Jun of Wu borrowed 2,700 taels of silver!"
"Four years of Shenwu..."
Each of these IOUs represents the amount of money Zhu Jun borrowed from Cai Guan, ranging from thousands of taels to tens of taels.
Every IOU is signed and stamped, and even has Zhu Jun's royal seal.
The crooked calligraphy was undoubtedly written by Zhu Jun. No one else could have such ugly handwriting as his.
Upon closer inspection, there were actually dozens of them.
The accumulated number, a rough estimate, is no less than one hundred thousand taels!
"Your Majesty, these are only part of the account. Some of the accounts have been eliminated. These are the accounts that have not been eliminated. Every transaction can match the number on the ledger!" Li Shanren gritted his teeth and said: "If Your Majesty wants to kill Cai Wen, then
Please ask your Majesty to kill His Highness King Wu first.
Otherwise, how can we understand the canon?
Chapter completed!