Give that kid money?

Shook his head.

There is no need, that kid holds 30% of the shares of the pharmaceutical production factory, and has recently earned more than 3 million gold coins, and he is also a local tyrant and does not need a monetary reward.

Beauty?

Why don't you give a concubine or a royal daughter, give that kid as a daughter-in-law, and use a beautiful woman to trap that kid?

King Jaime had moved this idea, and consulted the boy, but he didn't expect that the boy was not interested, and one said that he was still young, and his parents were not around, and he did not want to get married without the blessing of his parents.

"What does that kid mean, want me to pardon his family?"

King Jaime understood what Reelin meant, and King Jaime himself had this idea, and he mentioned this issue many times in recent court meetings, and was also supported by a group of nobles, who all believed that the Reelin family should be pardoned...... For the first time at a court meeting, King James had a voice in support of him.

But......

These voices are too weak for the time being.

The three dukes controlled most of the aristocratic power, and under the joint opposition of the three dukes, King James's pardon proposal still did not pass.

At least for now, it is not very realistic to pardon the Lei Lin family, unless the power of the "Loyal King Party" is stronger.

Don't think about sending a beauty for the time being.

"There can only be one official position and title, so that his status will be promoted from a commoner to a nobleman. Roberts said.

King Jaime nodded, conferring a lord, this is where the king's power lies, and whether it is a duke, a marquis, an earl, a viscount, a baron, all levels of titles, the king can divide them, and unlike the low-level nobles, they are not restricted, and the granting of higher-level titles also requires the permission of the higher-level nobles.

The king is not restricted, and the king can grant knighthoods almost indefinitely as long as he has the right reasons.

"What title should be given to that boy? Count or Viscount?"

King James asked, with the merit of that kid, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to give a duke, 10 million gold coins, if anyone can send so many gold coins to the royal family, give him a duke, it is really not an exaggeration.

"Let's give him a viscount, the title given to him is too high, what merit will he make next time, and what reward should the royal family give him?"

Roberts said, he had a vague premonition in his heart: with that kid's ability, he would not be limited to running a pharmacy factory, he might also do some big things.

"Viscount?"

King Jaime hesitated, "Isn't this reward a little light, is it for the Viscount of the Field or the Viscount of the Landless?"

A field viscount refers to a viscount with a fief, and a landless viscount naturally refers to a viscount without a fief, and the two are very different.

"Except for the swamp to the south, there is land in the kingdom that can be sealed, and it can only be a landless viscount. ”

"This ...... The reward is too light, I'm afraid that someone will take advantage of this loophole and take advantage of the situation to win that kid away!"

King James was a little hesitant, he was usually a stingy person, but the basic political wisdom was there, the reward was too light, and the heroes were dissatisfied, and someone would definitely take advantage of it.

"Then give him another relatively large official position. ”

"What official position?"

"Treasurer of the Kingdom. ”

"The financial manager who is second only to the palace minister, how can he be a big official, can he do it?"

"I don't know, the boy told me that if he gave him the position of treasurer, he could make the royal family never run out of money. ”

"What did the kid say?"

King James's eyes widened in disbelief.

Feeling that he is in vain, that kid has already set his reward for him, and he has also aimed at a high position - the chief financial officer.

Should this position be given to him?

"Let the royal family never be short of money, if he can really do this, the position of the financial manager is not that he can't work for a few days......"

King Jaime's mind came alive.

And he also thinks that the current financial manager Lao Fu is too old, not only always saying that the treasury has no money, but often put his hand into the inner treasury of the royal family, looking for the king to reach out and ask for money, recently he heard that the royal family made a lot of money, and asked for 3 million gold coins when he opened his mouth, thinking that the royal family's money was blown by the wind.

Thinking of this, King James decided: let Old Forde be laid off first!

……

The next day.

Zhou Ming was summoned into the palace and participated in today's court meeting.

At this meeting, King Jaime announced his reward: the title of viscount and encouraged him to keep going.

For the king's decision, many nobles expressed their support and congratulated Zhou Ming.

Although the three dukes and the henchmen around them all had a lot of complaints in their hearts, a landless viscount had not crossed the line in their hearts, so they didn't say anything.

Duke Rudolph even moved in his heart, the king's reward was so light, presumably that kid must be unhappy in his heart, wouldn't he have the opportunity to take advantage of the void?

When he decided to go back, he sent an invitation to talk to the boy again, and said something bad about the king, so that he could win him over...... It is estimated that there is a fifty or sixty percent chance of success.

However, the next two things that King James announced, Duke Rudolph's originally narrowed eyes suddenly widened, and the plan in his heart was swept away.

First of all, King James fired the squid of the treasurer, Old Forde, on the grounds that the kingdom's finances had been in deficit for many years, and there must be major problems, and Old Fort could not escape the blame, but he was allowed to resign because of his old age.

Then it was announced that a new viscount, Viscount Lemoton Reeling, would be appointed as the new treasurer of the kingdom, and the kingdom's finances would be put in order and the increasingly serious financial problems would be solved.

Then King Jaime squinted and began to watch the show.

Not bad!

King Jaime was going to give the boy some problems...... Repay him for his careful calculations.

You must know that Old Ford, who has been the treasurer for nearly forty years (longer than King James's reign), is not a person to provoke, he is even the second person in the kingdom besides Duke Rudolph to dare to spit on the king's face.

Now that the king has fired his squid and replaced him with a 17-year-old hairy boy, how can Old Fude bear it?

Even less than two seconds after the king's appointment decision was announced, Old Forde blew up.

Like an angry male lion, he took three steps and made two steps, and rushed in front of Zhou Ming, raised the cane in his hand, and directly wanted to hit someone.

"What for?"

Zhou Ming grabbed the end of his crutches and looked puzzled: "Why did you start beating people?"

"You're the one who hit you!"

Old Fud's eyes were red, and his chest rose and fell violently: "I have worked hard for the kingdom for decades, tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall, and finally maintained this kingdom, without my old Fu, this kingdom would have been over!"

"What kind of thing are you bastard boy? Didn't you just build a factory and make some money for the king, do you have my big contribution? Do you know how much effort I put in? You bastard boy, I'll kill you!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he dropped his crutches, waved his old fist, and beat Zhou Ming.

"Mr. Forde played well!"

Duke Rudolph applauded loudly, and even wanted to step forward to help, and punched the kid twice.

At the court meeting, it suddenly became extremely chaotic, like a farce.

"Enough!"

Zhou Ming roared loudly and stopped the old Fu who had lost his mind.

Pointing at him, he said:

"Old Fude, I have sent someone to assess the value of the property in your name, about 10 million gold coins, everyone knows that you are a famous miser, there are only four old servants in the family, you are reluctant to eat and wear, and your salary is only 1,800 gold coins per month, how did you get all kinds of treasures worth 8 million gold coins hidden in the cellar of your castle?

He said to the old man whose face had changed drastically: "When you go back, recruit a few more samurai to guard the house, there is not a single guard, do you really think that others will not be able to find your family's treasures?"

Rumble~

Hearing Zhou Ming's revelations, everyone was taken aback, and their eyes looked at Lao Fu.

Known as the poorest of the nobles, the kingdom's miser, and the old Fu who dedicated his life to the kingdom, is actually a big rat?

That's amazing, isn't it?

King Jaime looked even more ugly and asked, "Forde, do you really have 8 million treasures hidden in your house?"

He felt unbelievable, all the officials in the court, he didn't believe in any of them, only believed in Old Fu, and often rewarded him with some wealth and servants, so that he could improve his life, and Old Fu took all of them back to subsidize the treasury, and he was moved several times...... Unexpectedly, Old Fude has been acting, and he has 8 million hidden in his house!

"No!

Old Fu knelt down and pointed at Zhou Ming: "Your Majesty, this kid is wronging me!"

Zhou Ming clasped his hands and said, "Mr. Old Fud, retreat decently, don't force me to continue to break the news." ”

Then he said to King Jaime, "Your Majesty, you need not pursue old Mr. Forde any more, for what he is greedy for is only a small amount of money, and there is no need to be too careful, let him retire in peace." ”

Everyone was staring at King Jaime again to see what he decided.

If the king insisted on investigating, he could send a team of soldiers to Old Fud's house, and 8 million treasures would be in hand.

If the king remembers the old love and lets the old Fu go, the old Fu who is over 90 years old can live his old age well.

King James's face changed for a moment.

Looking at Old Fud, who was on his knees shouting and trembling, he was nine times out of ten sure that what that kid from Leylin said was true.

After thinking about it again, he waved his hand irritably: "You go!"

Old Fort was pardoned, and he was helped out of the palace.

Now everyone's eyes are different when they look at Zhou Ming.

The same goes for King Jaime.

A question arose in their hearts: how did this kid Leylin see through Old Earl Forde, and how did his news come from?

Of course, Zhou Ming would not tell them what are the characteristics of a miser, what is the psychology of a corrupt official? What is the specific behavior of a big corrupt official who pretends to be a clean official? They don't understand these things in the category of behavioral psychology.

In short, after learning about the superstructure of the Aduid Kingdom and the personality traits of the main officials from the old fox, Zhou Ming decided at first glance: Old Fu is a big mouse!

Then I took some time to go to Old Forde's house and went around, and sure enough, there was a surprise discovery.

It also happened to come in handy today.

Got Old Fort off the stage.

But......

This does not mean that Zhou Ming can sit in the position of the financial director of the kingdom.

The three dukes hadn't nodded yet.

and the henchmen of the three dukes, who occupied most of the officials of the court, did not nod.

The treasurer of the kingdom, how can he sit in such a key and important position?

So in order to win support, Zhou Ming said three more words:

"The day I take the position of treasurer, the salaries of all officials will be doubled!" The approval rating increased to 50 percent.

"When I take the position of financial director, all the tribute taxes that all fiefdom nobles need to pay will be reduced by 50%!" The support rate increased to 80%.

"When I take the position of treasurer, the royal family's expenses will no longer be tied to the treasury, and I will no longer take a single gold coin from the treasury!"

Now there is only one opponent left - King Jaime, who originally proposed to make Zhou Ming the chief treasurer.

"No! Absolutely not, my kingdom will be messed up like this!"

But......

The king's opposition was ineffective, and in the face of the strong support, 360-degree rolling, and death-forcing support of all the noble officials, King James could only blush and watch the appointment pass amid the cheers of his courtiers.

King Jaime at this moment really wants to cut people.