With the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver allocated by the Ministry of Revenue and the 60,000 to 70,000 taels allocated to the Xuanfu, the pressure on the Xuanfu local area will be greatly reduced.
But the task Zhang Zuo received was to raise one hundred thousand taels from Sun Jiao, so he raised the issue of salt distribution and asked Sun Jiao to think of a solution.
This is far beyond Sun Jiao's ability.
Sun Jiao's ability is not to raise money and food from the private sector, but to be careful in calculating, which is a combination of accountant and accountant. He has no private resources, or there are very few such resources, and it is difficult to form a systematic income. Even if Zhang Zuo gives
The task didn't seem big, just a shortfall of two to thirty thousand taels of silver, but Sun Jiao found it difficult to cope with it.
Sun Jiao asked, "You can't do anything to respect Dao?"
"oh?"
Zhang Zuo looked sideways at Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Mr. Sun, why do you want to mention me?"
Sun Jiaodao: "Jingdao, you and Eunuch Zhang came here together. You must have some ideas, right? Or do you want the Ministry of Revenue to do something and find tens of thousands of dollars to fill the gap in the Xuanfu treasury?"
Zhu Hao shook his head: "There is nothing we can do."
"But I heard that you were talking nonsense in front of His Majesty. If you have no idea at all, why would you talk nonsense in front of His Majesty?"
Sun Jiao's words were fierce, as if questioning Zhu Hao.
Since you have no idea, why are you following Zhang Zuolai?
Now that you're here, you can't just listen, right?
Zhang Zuo hurriedly explained: "We just called Mr. Zhu by the way and came with us to discuss the details. Mr. Zhu doesn't have much opinion on this."
"Eunuch Zhang, don't explain to a junior like him. Jingdao is just an ordinary Hanlin scholar. If you continue to let him go like this, I'm afraid he will become unruly and difficult to control in the future!" Sun Jiao used the tone of an elder to try to persuade Zhang Zuo.
Zhu Hao's attitude is a bit "bad".
Zhang Zuo didn't know what was going on, so he waved his hand quickly: "I don't dare, I don't dare, we are just telling the truth."
Zhu Hao saw a clue from the side.
In fact, Sun Jiao was using Zhang Zuo's attitude to test Zhu Hao's status in the new emperor's camp, and deliberately provoked Zhang Zuo. Zhang Zuo naturally did not want to belittle Zhu Hao in front of Sun Jiao, so he could only shirk and perfunctory, which was just right.
Sun Jiao's way.
Considering how cunning the old daughter of Sun Jiao was, how could we not see Zhang Zuo's respectful attitude towards Zhu Hao?
If even the eunuchs in charge of the ceremonial department obeyed Zhu Hao's advice... then Zhu Hao was not just an ordinary aide around the emperor.
"Eunuch Zhang, this is how you should treat your juniors..."
Sun Jiao was exhausted and wanted to continue testing. Zhu Hao had no choice but to interrupt him: "It's only three to forty thousand taels of silver. Your Majesty should be able to find a way to make up for it."
Sun Jiao and Zhang Zuo looked at Zhu Hao at the same time.
"oh?"
Sun Jiao narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhu Hao, and asked maliciously, "Didn't Eunuch Zhang already tell you that the Xuanfu treasury is in trouble right now, and your Majesty has no good way to deal with it, so how come you are here..."
Zhu Hao certainly knew that Sun Jiao wanted to take advantage of Zhang Zuo's presence to conduct more tests to determine what role he played in the new emperor's system.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Your Majesty just can't raise a hundred thousand taels at once. Now that the household department can have a balance, that's great. The rest... just move a little bit is enough! Isn't that right, Eunuch Zhang?"
"Uh...yes! Yes! Haha."
Zhang Zuo's eyes turned into crescent moons when he smiled. At this time, he also realized that Old Man Sun was uneasy and kind-hearted!
I was seriously discussing with you how to make up for the shortfall in the Xuanfu treasury, but you wanted to test Mr. Zhu's depth from me. Fortunately, he was keenly aware of your purpose.
Hey, I was almost thrown into a ditch by you. I have never seen you being so deceptive!
Sun Jiao shook his head and sighed helplessly: "Jing Dao, I have nothing to say in this city of yours! Eunuch Zhang, you have to mention him more in the future."
"I don't dare...uh, I will."
Zhang Zuo blurted out, and as soon as he started, he reacted in time and quickly changed his words.
In fact, after asking so many questions, Sun Jiao was already very satisfied.
From Sun Jiao's point of view, even if Zhu Hao's status before the emperor was not as good as Zhang Zuo's, it was actually almost the same. The two were on equal terms. In this way, Zhu Hao's status in the new emperor's system was much higher than imagined.
In other words, Zhu Hao can not only help the new emperor in terms of money and food for the treasury, but may also have many other functions unknown to outsiders.
Of course, Sun Jiao still can't think of it now. In fact, the memorials of the Manchu Dynasty, especially those important memorials and commentaries, were all written by his son-in-law. If he knew...
Sun Jiao had to vomit blood.
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Sun Jiao sent the two of them out of the house.
As soon as he came outside, Zhu Hao saw an official sedan approaching in the distance. Someone was holding a lantern in front of him, and he hurriedly said, "Goodbye."
Zhu Hao recognized it as Liu Chun's sedan.
Liu Chun usually thought riding in a horse-drawn carriage was too bumpy and was afraid of causing his heart disease, so he later commuted to get off work in a sedan chair. He carried the sedan chair four times and was conspicuous wherever he went.
Zhu Hao suddenly remembered that Liu Chun had said that he had been very close to Sun Jiao recently, and he might have happened to meet Liu Chun visiting Sun Jiao's house.
Zhang Zuo saw that there were guests coming to Sun Jiao's house. In case they were Yang Tinghe's people or someone who could inform Yang Tinghe, he hurriedly got on the carriage, shared the carriage with Zhu Hao, and left Sun Jiao's residence.
Just as they left, Liu Chun's sedan stopped.
"Like-minded...who is that?"
Liu Chun got off the sedan, pointed to the carriage that had not yet driven out of the street, and asked Sun Jiao.
Sun Jiao replied casually: "Friend."
"Your friend? Haha."
Liu Chun smiled brightly.
Although Sun Jiao was a senator-level presence in the court, his official career was interrupted for ten years and could not be connected. So when Sun Jiao came back, the officials in the court had changed. In addition, Sun Jiao was born in Anlu.
Zhou was specially transferred to the capital by the young emperor to achieve balance. He was in a neutral position among the new emperor and Yang Tinghe's faction, which made few officials in the court have friendship with Sun Jiao.
Even if there were, it would be for official business and would not be a private visit.
Another reason is that Sun Jiao came to live in the capital, and his family had not been here before. He was just a little old man who lived alone. He hated people coming to his door and had to bother to entertain him, so he returned all the invitations, and over time no one paid attention to them.
The more friends you have, the more others will like to make friends with you; the fewer friends you have, the more naturally others will stay away from you.
This is the golden mean in Confucianism...
Or called herd mentality.
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The two of them entered the courtyard and came to the main hall.
After the guests and hosts sat down opposite each other, Liu Chun was still interested in the person who had visited Sun Jiao earlier.
"Comrade, whatever happens to me, I tell the truth. You can't hide it." Liu Chun didn't agree with Sun Jiao's style of always hiding things in his heart.
I treat you as a buddy, but you don’t even tell me who’s coming to visit you?
I didn't ask what he said to you.
But the difficulty with Sun Jiao is...if I told you that it was Zhang Zuo and Zhu Hao who came to visit together, I wonder what you would think!
It's better to do less than to do more. It can't be said clearly at all!
"I am the eunuch in charge of the eunuch, Eunuch Zhang," said Sun Jiao.
Liu Chun's eyes widened, he took a sharp breath, and asked in surprise: "Is it him? What did he come to tell you? Speaking of which, he visited Hanyuan today... This is also the purpose of my coming to you. What did Jingdao say to him at that time?"
If you are disrespectful, I'm afraid it will affect Jingdao's future."
"Varied……"
Sun Jiao was stunned, "What? Disrespectful words?"
Sun Jiao thought about it carefully. Even though he still doesn't know what the relationship between Zhu Hao and Zhang Zuo is, looking at the appearance of the two of them, they came to visit together and talked about things together. There was something... like there was a rift between them.
?
What Liu Chun said is very thought-provoking!
Is Zhu Hao disrespectful to Zhang Zuo, or is it in public?
Is there any conspiracy hidden behind this?
Liu Chun looked nervous and told Sun Jiao about the situation at that time. Especially when he mentioned that the two were fighting each other because of their Anlu origins, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
Finally, Liu Chun asked seriously: "Zhitong, don't you think there is a problem?"
Sun Jiao smiled and asked, "Speaking of Renzhong, you don't know that Jingdao came from Prince Xing's Mansion, right?"
"This... I've heard a little bit about it."
Liu Chun is really not sure about this.
"Then you should also know that there is actually a personal relationship between Jingdao and Eunuch Zhang... It seems normal for them to talk like this. How could there be any grudge?"
Of course Sun Jiao is not worried.
No matter how you look at it, Zhu Hao and Zhang Zuo are both in the same boat. They sang a double act in public to appear to be on bad terms, in order to paralyze Yang Ting and the people in the faction.
Why are you, Liu Chun, making trouble with you?
Liu Chuntao: "Huh? Do they have a personal relationship?"
This answer surprised Liu Chun.
is that so?
What an honor it is for a new top scholar to actually know the eunuch who is the Chief of Ceremony and holds the seal?
The two of them should never have the chance to meet each other. After all, Zhang Zuo is the Supervisor of Ceremonies and cannot leave the palace easily. Otherwise, why would Zhu Hao have a personal relationship to maintain the relationship between the two?
Where can I say something to choke Zhang Zuo?
Zhu Hao is so arrogant and arrogant that he doesn't even take Zhang Zuo seriously?
Sun Jiao didn't know how to explain to Liu Chun.
Do you really want to tell Liu Chun that Zhu Hao and Zhang Zuo are actually acting? Zhu Hao is an undercover agent hiding in Yang Tinghe's faction?
Can you say this?
It is estimated that after talking about it, Liu Chun's impression of Zhu Hao was not so good, and he would no longer support Zhu Hao as a nephew, right?
"That's right... in short, you don't have to worry about Jingdao, he has his own sense of proportion." Sun Jiao comforted.
Liu Chun smiled bitterly: "Brother Zhi Tong, it seems that you have something to hide... You are also from Anlu Prefecture. When it comes to the relationship between Jingdao and Prince Xing's Mansion, who knows as much as you do?"
Sun Jiao thought for a while, carefully considered his words, and then said: "Let's put it this way, Jingdao is not as... weak as he seems to be. He has a lot of things hidden in his belly, and his ability is also worthy of recognition, but I have always
I don’t like his deceitfulness, he always likes to play tricks and so on..."
Liu Chun was already confused, and he was even more confused after hearing this. He had no idea what Sun Jiao was talking about, and the look on his face became even more confused.
Sun Jiao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "When Emperor Xingxian was still alive, he praised Jingdao very much... You can figure out the rest by yourself."
"Emperor Xingxian?"
Liu Chun looked confused, frowned and thought for a moment, then analyzed: "When Emperor Xingxian was still alive, Zhu Haonian was no more than twelve or thirteen years old..."
"So, you don't have to worry about his relationship with the old people in Prince Xing's Mansion. Let's talk about other things."