The stone was caught in the memorial and sent to the palace. Xu Jingchang silently calculated, waiting for the fish to take the bait.
"Old Wu, do you think His Majesty will come over in the morning or in the afternoon? How about we have a banquet?"
Wu Shan was still immersed in sorting out the official documents and said aggrievedly: "Forget the banquet, why not bet Qin Huai to listen to music? To be honest, my subordinates have no time to think about work."
Xu Jingchang rolled his eyes wildly, "You are so worthless."
Wu Shan said bitterly: "You know what it means to be a low-ranking official. I really haven't seen much of the world."
Xu Jingchang hummed: "Well, just watch and see the world soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps could be heard outside, and he rushed directly into the General Administration Department. When he arrived at the check-in room, Xu Jingchang looked up and saw that Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were here together.
He quickly got up to see the gift, but he was puzzled. He was giving stones to Zhu Di. Why did Yao Guangxiao come so quickly after him?
"Xu Jingchang, Master Yao entered the palace today. The bearer sprained his foot not far in front of the palace and almost threw the Master. He came into the palace and told me that I sent two more stones into the palace. What happened?
What happened? Explain it to me quickly."
When Zhu Di saw that Xu Jingchang was mysterious and mysterious, his curiosity arose, so he asked Jin Yiwei Jigang to take a few people, including Xu Jingchang, Yao Guangxiao, and Wu Shan, and go straight to the teahouse.
In almost half an hour, I have memorized more than thirty names...
In the afternoon, Xu Jingchang drank tea with Yao Guangxiao and rinsed the oil in his stomach.
Xu Jingchang said: "Young Master, you are really insightful. I will treat you to this meal."
At this time, Zhu Di hurried over, holding a memorial in his hand.
After a while, Ji Gang came back.
Xu Jingchang blinked, "Your Majesty, how much does the Ministry of Industry want this time?"
"Your Majesty, I want you to tell me, don't be too anxious. Just in the name of street damage, ask the Ministry of Works to come up with a plan as soon as possible. Ask them what the problem is and how much expenditure it will cost. Come up with a plan. Wait for the work.
I will tell His Majesty the results once the ministry comes up with them."
Yao Guangxiao glanced at Xu Jingchang and said to himself that it's time for you to solve the mystery.
"Whose is it?" Zhu Di asked.
Xu Jingchang said helplessly: "Your Majesty, this matter is a bit complicated. I can't explain it clearly in three or two sentences. It's really better to ask the Ministry of Industry."
Wu Shan glanced at Xu Jingchang. Xu Jingchang clearly saw that the funeral was not too big, "You just say it, can you still deceive the emperor?"
Wu Shan's expression changed.
"One hundred and eighty thousand taels." Zhu Di said with a smile: "I brought their budget memorandum. It was written very clearly. I was supposed to submit it in the next few days. After talking about the reprimand, the officials still tried their best. Compared with before,
, a big improvement.”
Ji Gang had a stalwart figure, a straight nose, and deep eyes. He looked like a hawk looking at a wolf. He immediately agreed and would go down.
I'm afraid it's not just a matter of the Ministry of Industry.
"Your Majesty, I have found out that there are as many as fifty people, and almost all of them are from various ministries and yamen."
Xu Jingchang said casually: "Young Master, I originally handed you the stone. Now you have discovered the problem. Although it is a coincidence, we will say that it was the two of us who discovered it. What do you think?"
Xu Jingchang didn't say anything. It would be better if he was caught and exposed.
Yao Guangxiao couldn't help it anymore, "You little scoundrel, why don't you just say that I told you to do this?"
Yao Guangxiao was speechless. He was entangled by Xu Jingchang, but the old monk was so smart. Xu Jingchang pulled him, which meant that this matter was too big for him to handle alone.
"Young Master, this is the repair strategy handed over by the Ministry of Works. In fact, they have known it for a long time. This is all a flaw left by that fool Jianwen. He used the money from the Ministry of Works to collect food and soldiers, just to deal with it.
I. In the end, I didn’t even finish the project under my nose, which is really embarrassing. With such ability, how can I be my opponent? Hahaha!"
Not to mention the road construction, just the fact that so many officials came to Qinhuai River to drink flower wine made Zhu Di furious.
"Can you tell me what you have discovered and how you can definitely succeed? I would like to advise you not to make too many enemies unless you have a way to avoid causing trouble."
"It belongs to Ru Shangshu."
He remembered that when Zhu Yuanzhang was here, the courtiers were so exhausted every day that they did not dare to come to such a place.
Xu Jingchang's eyes widened and he immediately said: "As you honor your command!"
As soon as Zhu Di left, Yao Guangxiao sat down with a smile, and then said: "Xu Tongzheng, ever since I ate your Xu Mansion's vegetarian food, the vegetarian food in other places is far behind, not even the food in the palace. Today at noon, you can give it to me again
Prepare a table."
Just watch, Zhu Di's face keeps getting darker and darker, like the bottom of a black pot, and the overwhelming anger is about to make him explode.
"No!" Zhu Di flatly refused, "I hate playing riddles the most. Just say it and don't talk about him."
Yao Guangxiao stopped him, "Don't put yourself in danger. Go and investigate first to see how many officials there are. We will deal with them when they go to court tomorrow."
Obviously, Zhu Di was very satisfied with the Ministry of Industry's explanation.
As soon as these words came out, Yao Guangxiao was really stunned. Looking at the courtiers' response and looking at his own helping hand, does that mean that this boy is completely sure of him?
"Ji Gang, go find these people and put them in jail." Zhu Di shouted angrily.
Yao Guangxiao said angrily: "Boy, don't act like a good boy to get an advantage. I just persuaded His Majesty to leave and helped you dig a hole. If not, the Ministry of Industry will fall into it. You are really rude, I just offended you."
, you are going to settle the score with Liubu, you are too vindictive."
Zhu Di rolled his eyelids. He really respected Yao Guangxiao, and this was his teacher.
The second time he came, Xu Jingchang was already familiar with the road and took them directly to the third floor, occupying the entire floor and overlooking the street in front of him.
Only then did Xu Jingchang understand what was going on. It turned out that the shoddy construction almost killed Yao Guangxiao.
Ji Gang glanced at Zhu Di, who suppressed his anger. He knew that Yao Guangxiao was worried that Jianwen Yudang would be detrimental to him, so he nodded, "Well, listen to the young master."
Ji Gang had gone, and Zhu Di was already planning to return to the palace, when suddenly a sedan passed down below.
Zhu Di was venting his anger on Master Yao. He was probably afraid that there would be too many eyes and ears in the palace, so he came over in a hurry.
But Wu Shan soon became desperate because he saw several familiar faces among the crowd.
In line with the mentality of trying to tear off other people's umbrellas even if he was caught in the rain, Wu Shan opened his eyes like bells and would not let go of any unlucky guy who fell into the trap.
Xu Jingchang had no choice but to say, "Young Master, it's not easy to make a vegetarian meal. Last time I treated you, you did me a favor. This time I'm treating you, are you going to do me a favor and help me again?"
Xu Jingchang chuckled, "It depends on how they deal with it, and it also depends on whether you, the old man, can help!"
"Ru Yu? He also comes to a place like this?" Zhu Di was greatly surprised. He did not expect that this Taoist gentleman had a wide range of hobbies.
Zhu Di frowned slightly, "What do you mean? Is there a story in this? Young Master, you have been talking for a whole day, what exactly did you talk about?"
Wu Shan was giving instructions at the window, his heart pounding wildly. This was not just him and Xu Jingchang. His Majesty was here, and Master Yao was also here. Couldn't these people be more restrained?
This is not the way to seek death!
Jianwen, this great nephew, has really corrupted the national code, indulged the civil servants, and made the world a mess. It is really annoying to see the capital like this.
I saw you last time, and you are here again this time!
Did you go to court on the Qinhuai River?
The more Wu Shan thought about it, the angrier he became. He was also a court official, but he could come every day. What was wrong with him?
"Okay then, young master, I'll stay here and I'll go back."
When the lanterns first came on, the lights were bright and feasting, and soon we saw officials from various yamen arriving in droves.
They chatted until evening and were about to go home.
Xu Jingchang looked at the time and said, "It's almost time. Your Majesty, please bring a few guards and I will take you somewhere."
Zhu Di wanted to ask more questions, but Yao Guangxiao suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I'm thinking about listening to Xu Tongzheng just once. Your Majesty should hurry up and deal with government affairs. This is not a big deal. I stay here and have a good chat with Xu Tongzheng."
Xu Jingchang rolled his eyes at the memorial and handed it to Yao Guangxiao. The old monk also looked at it and then said: "There seems to be no loopholes. Your Majesty should agree with the Ministry of Industry's statement. The next step is to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate money, recruit civilians, collect
It’s stone.”
Zhu Di gritted his teeth, "Stop talking about it, what about Ru Rui? He's here to have fun too?"
"Yes, he also found..."
"Who are you looking for?" Zhu Di asked.
"I found a concubine from Qi Tai." Ji Gang's voice was low, but the expressions of everyone present changed. Even Xu Jingchang was amazed. Unexpectedly, Ru Shangshu also fell into Prime Minister Cao's little hobby.
