"Why do we need to come to the capital to investigate the riots in Zhejiang?"
Huang Jin was a little confused and looked back at the attendants standing next to him.
The servant quickly explained: "Regarding the chaos caused by the Japanese people in the south of the Yangtze River fighting for tribute, the leader fled to the sea. It is said that he has been captured by the vassal state of Korea and is about to be taken to the capital and handed over to the Jinyi Guards for investigation."
Huang Jindao: "We had been warned about this in advance, so why didn't we prevent the Japanese rebellion in the end? It shouldn't have happened. It seems that Zhu Qianhu will stay in the capital for a while."
Zhu Wanhong said respectfully, "Yes."
Huang Jin nodded: "The Zhu family is full of loyal people. Zhu Ganhu is doing a good job in Beijing. There will be many places where he can be loyal to the country in the future. Go and do things."
After Zhu Wanhong heard this evaluation, he thought to himself, I can understand the loyalty of the whole family, but where is Kelie? Maybe the third child is loyal to the country. Now it seems that he can represent our entire Zhu family.
After Zhu Wanhong accepted the order and retired, Chen Yin, who had a close relationship with Huang Jin, came over and saluted Zhu Wanhong. Chen Yin asked by the way: "Eunuch Huang, will this Zhu Qianhu stay in the capital in the future? He is...
····· Mr. Zhu’s family members.”
Huang Jindao: "The Zhu family, you can just pay attention to it. Whether you keep it or not, do you and I need to care about such things? But speaking of it, I said before that you had the opportunity to take charge of Jinyiwei, or at least let you guard Beizhen Fu.
Si, it seems that there is some trouble now. It depends on whether you can satisfy His Majesty. It’s time for Jinyiwei to get some help."
"This..." Chen Yin looked very embarrassed.
Although the people from Prince Xing's Mansion have taken over Jinyiwei for more than two years and have relatively stable financial resources, they don't have the strength to satisfy the emperor's greed.
Huang Jin suddenly thought of something and patted Chen Yin on the shoulder: "If you can't open up the situation here in the capital, you can encourage the Nanjing side... Stay away from the center of the capital and the court, and you may have more opportunities to make money. You
Take good control of yourself."
"Understood." Chen Yin clasped his fists.
He probably thought for a moment that he might want to use Zhu Wanhong's connections to see if he could get some money from Nanjing Jinyiwei to help him rise to the top.
****In the theater.
Zhu Hao is watching a play with Zhang Zuo, and sitting next to him is Zhu Hao's "strategist" Lou Suzhen. Zhang Zuo has long been accustomed to seeing Lou Suzhen, because Lou Suzhen has been in the limelight recently, running the arsenal in an orderly manner, and is like Zhu Hao's right-hand man
, has now become a well-known figure among the forces of Prince Xing's Mansion.
Lou Suzhen was a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, and was Zhu Hao's personal staff. Zhang Zuo was always polite to Lou Suzhen when he saw her.
Zhang Zuo conveyed the emperor's method for selecting new commanders of the Jinyiwei, and at the same time expressed the intention that Huang Jin could also be replaced. Zhu Hao said: "The factory guard involves the Ming Dynasty. Such a major matter really should not be involved by a foreign minister like me.
in."
Zhang Zuo hurriedly said: "How can you be considered an outsider? Your Majesty has great trust, and all the subordinates in Prince Xing's Mansion also regard you as their leader... But Your Majesty wants to use Dongchang and Jinyiwei to raise money
, from our family’s point of view, it’s not an easy task. It’s not a big deal to raise several thousand to ten thousand taels a year, but if it’s more..."
Dongchang and Jinyiwei have such a large family business, but they can only raise tens of thousands of taels for the emperor a year. The emperor will definitely be dissatisfied. Who wants the little emperor to be short of money now?
"Eunuch Zhang, there are many capable people in the Jinyi Guards. I mean, in terms of amassing wealth, the people in the factory guards during the Zhengde period have many skills. Maybe we can let them try?" Zhu Hao said.
"ah?"
Zhang Zuo couldn't tell for a moment whether Zhu Hao was speaking truthfully or ironically.
Zhu Haodao: "I know Eunuch Zhang wants me to advise His Majesty not to be obsessed with profit-making for factory guards, but there are some things that ministers cannot control... The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government now impose strict restrictions on internal government expenditures.
, to the point where you don’t allocate even a penny. Your Majesty wants to open up the situation. As ministers, you should worry about your Majesty.”
"Then... what should we do?"
Zhang Zuo suddenly felt that his brain was not enough.
Zhu Hao leaned over and whispered: "If the factory guards openly make money, they will definitely have conflicts with the ministers of the DPRK and China.
At this time, it is necessary to pass on the conflict, sometimes using a few cruel officials to let them do whatever they want. Then when we turn around and find out the bad apples among the factory guards, can't they be used to deal with them?
"The official has a goal, and your majesty can mention a few to make people vent their anger. The factory guards also meet your majesty's needs and amass a lot of wealth... everyone is happy."
When Zhang Zuo heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
At this moment, he accurately grasped Zhu Hao's solution.
Zhang Zuo asked with a smile: "What does Mr. Zhu mean, should we collect wealth or collect money? Some shameless people can also use it to make them bear infamy?"
"It's either to bring infamy or to incite hatred. This requires a certain degree of control. I heard that two of the Jinyiwei are from a hundred households and are good at making money. It's better to let them come out and do activities...
"..." Zhu Haodao.
"Who?" Zhang Zuo was puzzled.
There are some good money-makers among the Jin Yiwei, but a busy man like Zhu Hao actually knows about it?
Zhu Hao said: "One is Wang Bangqi and the other is Zhang Jin. These two have always had a bad reputation, and they are not our direct descendants from Prince Xing's Mansion."
Zhang Zuo suddenly understood and almost exclaimed: "Let them come out to collect money, we will follow the cashier, and if something happens, push them out to die... No, it's not the responsibility, or Mr. Zhu, you are smarter. Then let's
Let’s make arrangements right now.”
Zhang Zuo left happily.
After the person left, Lou Suzhen came closer and poured a cup of tea for Zhu Hao. "Madam, you haven't left yet?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "I was silent before, so I thought Madam had gone back early in the morning."
Lou Suzhen smiled and said: "Didn't the young master deliberately let me listen?"
Zhu Hao said: "How could it be? There are so many secrets in the Jinyi Guards, so we should try not to let outsiders know..."
She said this, but Lou Suzhen also knew that Zhu Hao wanted her to hear it on purpose. Otherwise, if there were multiple people in the room, Zhu Hao really wouldn't be able to notice it?
"Young master, you really don't want the factory guards to do anything random, right? If the factory guards of the Ming Dynasty don't follow the rules, I'm afraid they will attract criticism and damage your majesty's reputation. Moreover, using cruel staff will cause many troubles out of thin air."
Lou Suzhen couldn't understand why Zhu Hao, who was so upright, could give such a "bad idea" to Zhang Zuo?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "The way a scholar ideally governs a country is different from the way a king sees a country governed... What civil servants want is for everyone to follow the rules and everything to follow the established rules and pay attention to the law. But for the king
Generally speaking, laws are the most difficult to abide by, because they themselves are above the law. Can the person who makes the laws have the same idea as the person who needs to be restrained by the laws?"
Lou Suzhen had a shrewd mind and seemed to understand something, so she asked: "So, the young master thinks that my thoughts are too naive?"
Zhu Haodao said: "From the moment His Majesty wanted to use the factory guards to make money, and then looked at this matter from a literary perspective, the contradiction could not be resolved. Remonstrance alone was useless. For me, a staff member around the emperor,
I can only change my perspective and try to look at this matter from the perspective of a king. I am a person bound by laws, but I have to consider the people who made the laws. Do you think I feel better?"
"Um."
After all, Lou Suzhen was not an ordinary person. Her former husband was the number one rebel in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hao's words were difficult for others to understand, but they were easy for Lou Suzhen to accept.
"Madam, this is a good show. I'll let Mr. Tang come and watch it later." Zhu Hao never forgot to match up the old lovers.
Lou Suzhen rolled her eyes at Zhu Hao and said coquettishly: "Sir, can we not mention others at this time?" "Hmm?"
When did Tang Yin become a stranger?
It seems that Lou Suzhen is really distant from Tang Yin.
However, Zhu Hao had actually figured it out a long time ago. If Tang Yin and Lou Suzhen were really interested in becoming concubines, they wouldn't still be getting along like friends after so many years.
"Sir, there's something you don't know, right? Mr. Tang is going to renew his relationship recently." Lou Suzhen suddenly mentioned. "
ah?"
Zhu Hao really didn't know.
Obviously the woman Lou Suzhen called "continuing" was not herself. Zhu Hao was even more surprised, what was Tang Yin going to do?
Lou Suzhen said: "You said it, Master. He will have disasters this year, especially when the New Year is approaching. He has been lonely and helpless these past few years. He can't just be alone all the time. He just wants to remarry and choose the person to marry.
, is the daughter of a wealthy businessman from Gusu, who helped him when he was in trouble... The wedding is scheduled for the near future."
"This... madam, what do you think?" Zhu Hao looked embarrassed.
Is this really the groom’s wedding? The bride is not you?
Then what is the point of me working so hard to rescue people and helping you for so many years?
Tang Yin, do you know that you are very unreliable?
Lou Suzhen said with a smile: "To Mr. Tang, I am just a friend. I have told the young master about this from the beginning. Mr. Tang has noble ambitions, but he never bothers with officialdom. Sometimes the young master treats him or
It’s forced.”
Blame me?
I helped Tang Yin gain his current fame and status, but he said that I forced him? This is unreasonable. "Then Madam, your future..."
Zhu Hao was also a little anxious.
Tang Yin is married, so Lou Suzhen won't be able to be Tang Yin's concubine, right? Or will she always be with Tang Yin without status? Is Tang Yin worthy?
Lou Suzhen looked at Zhu Hao with a smile and said: "Didn't the young master take me in? I have always been doing things for the young master. Could it be that the young master thinks that I cannot be of great use and is ready to let me fend for myself?"
"Madam, if you are serious about talking, why don't you think about the rest of your life?" Zhu Hao also gave Lou Suzhen a roll of his eyes.
Lou Suzhen put away her smile and said with a serious face: "I have experienced too many things in the first half of my life, and I want to live mediocrely in the second half of my life. As long as I can live in peace in the future, why do I have to be attached to a man's name? Of course, the master is
Exception! In fact, you don’t have to worry about my concubine. You should think about the things around you, which is more important than anything else. A confidante... for you, should be what you want in life."