Zhang Zuo, Tang Yin and Yiweizheng Zhu Chen were waiting for Zhu Youji to take out the imperial edict he had just received and circulate it.
Zhang Zuo said with a bitter face: "It was previously said that the palace supplied one hundred telescopes to the imperial court. How could the imperial court allocate funds? The imperial edict clearly stated that it was ten thousand taels, but why did my uncle's letter say that there were only two thousand taels?"
The news is strange.
The imperial decree came through the official post, and the emperor personally approved it. The Ministry of Household Affairs allocated 10,000 taels of silver to build a hundred telescopes in the Xingwang Palace.
But it was clearly stated in the memorial to Prince Xing that the cost was only two thousand taels...
Is the emperor blind or has a brain problem?
Or is it short-sighted?
Didn’t you see the seal of the memorial at all?
Since you didn't see the memorial, how did you approve it? Or is it that the emperor was so generous? You said you wanted two thousand, but you insisted on forcing ten thousand? Since the number of ten thousand was set, you gave it, but in the end the allocation changed.
If it becomes two thousand taels, where did the other eight thousand taels go?
Zhu Youqian was also puzzled. He looked at Tang Yin and said, "What does Mr. Tang think of this matter?"
Tang Yin said: "Obviously, His Majesty did not personally read His Highness Prince Xing's memorial."
"oh?"
Several people present felt a sense of surprise.
Your Tang Yin's analysis is really unique. The emperor didn't see it, so why did he criticize it?
Tang Yin thought to himself, are you all stupid?
You can’t see such a simple truth, do you need me to remind you?
"Perhaps someone close to Your Majesty read the memorial on Your Majesty's behalf, and the Chief of Ceremonies wrote and approved it on his behalf. As for the rest of the money, someone must have been greedy and embezzled it, saying that it was to transfer two thousand taels... I don't know how much it is on your fingers.
Maybe it will shrink again. In addition, if you really want to build a mirror, you should hurry up, otherwise when the situation in the northwest changes, someone may take the opportunity to interfere with the inefficiency of the Xingwang Palace..."
Tang Yin is talking about basic human feelings and sophistication.
There are a bunch of sycophants around the emperor, and they review it in the emperor's tone. Do you really think that the emperor wrote it himself?
It's rare that the emperor agrees to spend money to build telescopes. Why don't others take the opportunity to repay more and line their own pockets?
Now that the imperial court has borne the cost of the telescope, Prince Xing's Mansion is just having fun, and is still here wondering where the remaining eight thousand taels went?
You guys are so big-hearted!
Zhang Zuo thought for a while, looked at Zhu Youjia and said: "What you said makes sense, Your Majesty. In fact, this is a good thing. At least... since the palace has made great contributions, it doesn't have to pay for it itself."
Zhu Youjia nodded and looked at Tang Yin instead, as if asking, is that so?
Tang Yindao: "What Zhang Fengzheng said is true, but he is afraid that people will find out later, and they will say that Prince Xing's palace cooperated with the traitors in the court, and took the opportunity to criticize him on the grounds that Prince Xing's palace collaborated with the traitors in the court... But since this is the case, Your Majesty
There was once a court meeting, and the ministers forced it to pass even though they objected. Then... when the time comes, King Xing can just say that he doesn't know about it."
Zhang Zuo said anxiously: "Mr. Tang, we are all our own people here, so let's make it clear... Our family is almost going to be confused by your confusion... If you are afraid of being said that Prince Xing's palace is deceiving you together with the traitors in the court,
Holy Ting, shouldn’t we bring this matter to the forefront now and report it to the public?”
Zhu Chen, who had been silent all this time, reminded: "Zhang Fengzheng, since your majesty may not have read the memorial before, will it get you burned if Prince Xing's palace reports it?"
Zhang Zuo was immediately frustrated.
Even a martial artist like Zhu Chen can understand the truth, can't Zhang Zuo see it? This can be regarded as an attempt to shirk the blame. You can't say that you were unprepared after the incident, right?
Zhu Youjia frowned.
Originally, Prince Xing’s Mansion wanted to use the telescope as a tribute to restore its good reputation and make the emperor trust and rely on Prince Xing’s Mansion again. Who knew that it would be used by the traitors in the court to embezzle a huge amount of eight thousand taels of silver... If the incident came to light, Xing would be
The palace must bear joint liability.
"Mr. Tang, please come and take a closer look. How should the palace respond to this matter?" In the end, there was really no other way. Zhu Youji could only hope that Tang Yin, the only think tank in the palace, would come to make suggestions.
We can't call all the people from Prince's Palace Chief Shi Si to discuss the details.
The more people know about it, the greater the risk of the matter being leaked. It is better to keep the matter under control within a certain range by only a few close people knowing about it.
Moreover……
Tang Yin's previous performance shows that he does have some strategy and courage.
Tang Yin said: "For the current plan, the best thing is to have soldiers come to cover up the water and cover up the soil. Since the imperial court has allocated two thousand taels, then use these two thousand taels to build it. We can start the construction in advance and send the things to the capital after they are built. If it is true,
If someone comes out to expose it, then we should argue with the truth. In the end, the palace only received two thousand taels of silver. The palace has never had any correspondence with the traitors in the court, so that’s fine..."
Zhu Youjia nodded.
Doing nothing seemed to be the best response at the moment. He stopped asking Zhang Zuo and Zhu Chen for their opinions and immediately decided: "In that case, immediately arrange for Zhu Hao to purchase materials and start work as soon as possible."
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Tang Yin left the royal study room and was in a good mood.
The opinion was adopted again. It seemed that King Xing's trust in him was increasing day by day, his position in the palace became more and more stable, and he could live a stable life in Anlu.
Even if Zhu Wanhong knew his identity and was restricted from entering and leaving the palace, there was always food and drink in Prince Xing's palace anyway, so why not?
But he still felt that there was something wrong. Looking at the sky, he estimated that Zhu Hao would have to leave school early and go home early, so he left the inner courtyard through the west corner gate of the palace and happened to be waiting at the gate of the school. Not long after, he saw Zhu Hao.
Hao came out with his schoolbag on his back.
"Wow, Mr. Lu, you wouldn't go out of your way to block me here, would you? Why don't you go in if you have something to do?"
Zhu Hao saw Tang Yin leaning against the corner with his hands clasped and looking at him eagerly, so he knew that Tang Yin's visit was definitely up to no good.
Tang Yin smiled and said, "Has Zhang Fengzheng come to see you yet?"
Zhu Hao asked strangely: "Why did Zhang Fengzheng come to me?"
"Oh, then he should go directly to your house...to discuss business with your mother." Tang Yin immediately realized that Zhang Zuo would not come to ask Zhu Hao directly.
Since Zhu Hao said that the thing was made in a workshop, this kind of big business involving two thousand taels of silver would of course have to be discussed with Zhu Hao's elders. Naturally, he would not visit Zhu's family outside the city and go directly to Zhu's mother.
That’s it.
Zhu Hao pursed his lips: "Does that mean that the matter of the telescope has been settled? What's the use of asking my mother? She doesn't know about it."
"What? Your Majesty, she... doesn't know about it?"
Tang Yin was shocked.
You kid can do it.
You made a big order of two thousand taels with Prince Xing's Mansion, and you didn't even say a word to the adults in the family?
You are so brave!
Zhu Hao's lips taunted with disdain: "What's so surprising about this? I said I did a lot of things myself. Even a well-informed man like Mr. Lu wouldn't believe it. If I told my mother everything
,she doesn’t treat me as a monster?”
Tang Yin nodded.
I thought to myself, this guy can always come up with some fallacious reasoning to convince people.
The two of them walked towards the gate of the west courtyard together.
Tang Yin directly explained his purpose.
"...Previously, we reported two thousand taels of silver, and the palace would provide the money. Now the court has transferred ten thousand taels of silver from Taicang, but Mr. Jiang sent a message from the capital and got only two thousand taels..."
"I was corrupted."
Zhu Hao answered very directly.
Tang Yin grinned and took a breath of cool air between his teeth. This boy... was really clear-cut. He was much more straightforward than those pedantic scholars in the palace.
"Then what choice should the palace make in this matter?" Tang Yin asked.
Zhu Hao turned to look at Tang Yin, "Listen to what Mr. Lu said, you will not speak to Prince Xing, saying that this matter will be allowed to take its own course. Prince Xing's Mansion will do as many things as they give him, and he will not care if someone exposes him afterwards.
,right?"
Tang Yin was stunned.
"So you were right?" Zhu Hao nodded.
Tang Yin looked very helpless and said: "Zhu Hao, if I remember correctly, you told me before that you can speculate on other people's psychology, but you should not jump to conclusions?"
Zhu Hao shrugged: "I was just speculating, so why don't I ask you for confirmation? My analysis is based on inferences based on the actual situation... Just like you, Mr. Lu, because your identity has been exposed recently, you are a little worried about your own safety.
Therefore, the response strategy adopted is to minimize big problems and trivial matters into nothing. To put it simply, it means inaction... Is my analysis wrong?"
Tang Yin thought about it for a moment...
There is nothing wrong with this statement at all.
I am a scholar who takes refuge in the palace. When something happens in the palace, he asks me what to do. Of course I hope that Prince Xing’s palace will not cause trouble. In case the traitors in the court are offended, they regard me as a thorn in their flesh. Zhu Wanhong also knows my true identity. No.
Just arrest me and make meritorious service?
Was it because I was timid and fearful that I suggested that to King Xing? I didn’t even realize it myself, but you guys could think of it?
"Then how should we speak?" Tang Yin asked.
Zhu Hao sighed: "Of course I have something to say... Prince Xing's government must do things openly and aboveboard. The amount of money they get is the amount they get. The actual amount they get is obviously not in line with the imperial decree, but they don't care. Isn't this obvious?"
Tell others that the palace knew someone was up to something but didn’t report it? It’s the Xingwang Palace that is so wrong!”
Tang Yin hurriedly asked: "Having said that, do you think this kind of report is meaningful? In the end, he was suppressed by the evil person, and he will still retaliate against the palace!"
Zhu Hao smiled, shook his head and said, "Mr. Lu, you are really afraid of getting into trouble."
"I'm not afraid of trouble, I just don't want the palace to get into trouble."
Tang Yin refused to admit it, life and death, and stared at Zhu Hao, his face turning red.
Zhu Hao looked at it and said, "Damn it, are you still impatient with me?" Is it because his little thoughts were exposed and his self-esteem was hit, so he glared at me?
"If the palace does not cause trouble, the traitors in the court will regard the palace as an ally, right? In this way, everything will be safe and sound."
"You don't think those treacherous sycophants just want to drag Prince Xing's Mansion into trouble, do you? Do you think that if Prince Xing doesn't report it to the superiors, will the traitors you are afraid of report to Prince Xing's Mansion in advance? It's said that Prince Xing's Mansion knows that the figures are correct.
If not, the imperial court allocated too much money but deliberately enriched its own pockets?
"By then, I'm afraid the responsibility for missing eight thousand taels of money will fall on Prince Xing's Mansion!"
Zhu Hao's words shocked Tang Yin once again.
Zhu Hao's tone was faint: "If you are upright, you are not afraid of a slanted shadow. If your body is slanted, why do you think the enemy will let you go? Are you afraid of the villain's revenge? Haha, if you report it, the ones who are nervous should be those traitors!
"Don't just think about how to suppress the matter. To be honest, even if the minister is exposed later, he will support the Xing Palace. Otherwise, it will be a situation where everyone will push the wall down!"
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