Xu Jie's old face was flushed and very embarrassed.

"Master, this, these two thousand five hundred acres of mulberry fields, yes, my mother collected them privately, and they really have nothing to do with me...... I also wrote several times, telling her that the old man, don't come behind my back, the family has enough food and drink, but my mother is, it's ......"

When Xu Jie said this, he knelt down on his knees, kowtowed, and said, "Please punish the master, the disciple will never complain." ”

Wang Yue snorted coldly, "Xu Jie, don't you know?" But how did I hear that every year your daughter-in-law gets a thousand taels of silver...... And your son is more arrogant than anyone else in the academy, spending money is like running water, even our family Wang Qing is amazed, he is really rich! ”

"Ahh

Xu Jie's cold sweat flowed down, and his back was already soaked.

Who has betrayed himself in this?

How does Master know everything?

Thinking of this, Xu Jie didn't say anything, so he could only lower his head.

"Master, it's the disciple who is not strictly restrained, and the disciple is willing to accept the guilt!"

Wang Yue took a deep breath and sneered: "Xu Jie, the core of the rule of officials lies in strict words, especially in their own family, and they must be managed well. I know how you are. You're right, it's been too smooth these years, Zhongtanhua, became an official, and was promoted all the way, and actually achieved the high position of the head of the household. ”

"Do you remember when you traveled all over the counties of Suncheon?"

Xu Jie's whole body trembled, and he trembled: "Disciple, the disciple is really confused, he got carried away, and asked the master to punish him." ”

"What shall I punish you? You have a problem as an official, and you don't have a problem as a student. You took the initiative to go to the king's court, explained the matter, doubled the hidden taxes, and exempted you from the position of the head of the household...... Then get ready to go to sea! ”

Xu Jie trembled and agreed.

Originally, he planned to go overseas with the respect of the head of the household, which was a hundred times more majestic than Yan Shifan, and the resources he could mobilize were also a hundred times.

But when Wang Yue said this, he turned out to be a guilty body, similar to being sent overseas, and the difference was too great.

In just a moment, most of Xu Jie's spirit disappeared.

After kowtowing, he got up and walked out tremblingly, and when he crossed the threshold, he almost fell and staggered away, very embarrassed.

Looking at Xu Jie's back, Wang Yue sighed lightly, in fact, Xu Jie's matter is not small, but it is not to the point where heaven does not tolerate it, and it may not be able to shake Xu Jie's current status.

However, if Xu Jie wants to go further, if he wants to sit on the throne of the first assistant, he must be strong enough!

The Hubu Shangshu can hide thousands of acres, and when it comes to Shoufu, it is tens of thousands of acres, hundreds of thousands of acres.

The consequences are catastrophic, and we must prevent them from getting worse.

If Xu Jie figured it out and could make great contributions overseas and make up for his mistakes, he might not be able to be the first assistant.

Of course, there are not a few people who want to inherit this position, and the official system of the Ming Dynasty seems to be time to adjust.

After all, with more and more national politics and more and more complex affairs, with just a few people, even if they are tired and tired, they can't resist.

But how to change it, and who proposed it, is a university question.

Although there is no gap between Wang Yue and Zhu Houxi, even if he speaks out, Zhu Houyu will believe that he is for the good of Daming, but after all, it is not so suitable, let's wait!

While Wang Yue was waiting, a railroad carriage had already departed from Pukou and headed north.

The crown prince Zhu Zaiji, as well as Yang Bo and Cui Shilin, were all passengers in this carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Zaiji was extremely excited, jumping around, and poking outside from time to time, and only at this moment did he look like a teenager.

Time is really a good thing, Zhu Zaiji is almost sixteen years old at this moment, and he is more than a year older than Zhu Houxi, who set off from Anlu and went to Beijing to succeed to the throne.

Zhu Zaiji looks very much like Zhu Houxi, the eyebrows and eyes of these two men are exactly the same, they are both narrow and long Danfeng eyes, if there is a difference, Zhu Zaiji is shorter than Zhu Houxi.

This matter has also become the heart of His Royal Highness the Prince, how can a boy be short, he is not only shorter than his father, but also shorter than his master, and shorter than his senior brothers Yang Bo and Cui Shilin, how can people live?

In order to grow taller, Zhu Zaiji worked hard to eat beef, ride horses, shoot arrows, and run in armor...... I used all kinds of tricks, but I was only a little bit taller than ordinary people.

No way, who made him too poor when he was a child and had a bad foundation.

"Third Senior Brother, do you say that the master has any requirements for height?"

Yang Bo smiled and said, "What can you ask for?" Xu Jie's shoulders haven't reached my shoulders yet, haven't you also been a household secretary for several years...... Your Highness, you are just too soft-hearted, why did you stab this matter to Master? If I follow my intentions, I will publish it directly in the newspaper and make it known to the world, and then Xu Jie's will be finished, and maybe the Hubu Shangshu will be mine. ”

Zhu Zaiji snorted, "Third Senior Brother, you are fighting in the nest, I advise you to do it yourself, other people's masters have heard it, otherwise you will be unlucky again!" ”

Yang Bo smiled, "Forget it, this matter is indeed Mrs. Xu's greed, I will let the surname Xu Yima, but you have to tell Xu Jie, let him remember my favor, otherwise I won't agree." ”

Zhu Zaiji nodded hurriedly, in fact, the affairs of the Xu family are just a small episode of their experience in the southeast, and this experience in the southeast has made Zhu Zaiji really mature, and he has his own ideas.

Of course, there was courage.

"Third Senior Brother, you'd better get down to business, right?"

"Business? What's the matter? Home and country? Or domestic and foreign? ”

Zhu Zaiji was anxious, "Third Senior Brother, don't pretend to be confused, okay?" ”

Yang Bo looked at Zhu Zaiji's face and turned red, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm really confused, why don't you ask Senior Brother?" ”

Cui Shilin directly twisted his face to the side.

Zhu Zaiji was helpless, so he could only almost plead: "Senior brother, you have something to say!" ”

Cui Shilin rolled his eyelids, "What do you want me to say?" I can't figure it out, why do you have to look at your junior sister? What's so good about that girl, she's fat, stupid, greedy, and brutal and willful, you dare to marry her, your life is over before it starts, you know? ”

Zhu Zaiji was angry, "Senior brother, if you slander my sister again, I won't agree, she is so kind and caring, I saw her carrying a kitchen knife to operate on a sick sheep, and I was worried about infection, so I boiled a big pot of hot water!" ”

Cui Shilin's eyes rolled up, and he almost wanted to give Zhu Zaiji a punch.

"Are you sure she didn't want to stew a pot of mutton soup to drink?"

Zhu Zaiji was stunned, was he?

"Senior brother, how can you think about the worst?"

Cui Shilin couldn't cry or laugh, "I said Your Highness, is it in the eyes of your lover?" You ask a normal person, who sees a sheep, a pot of boiling water, and a person carrying a kitchen knife, will think it is a cure? ”

Zhu Zaiji was stunned for a long time, right? Could it be that I was wrong?

"Then, even if it is boiling mutton soup, it also shows that the junior sister is very brave and has strong hands-on ability! Also, she can't eat such a big sheep alone, right? She must have intended to give to the poor, isn't that kindness? ”

Cui Shilin is completely crazy, he thinks that Zhu Zaiji's brain is really wrong, and it is incurable!

You can't think about it, my girl is not bad, she is just fifteen years old this year, everyone is beautiful, like a flower and jade!

The most important thing is that the child does not go out of the door, virtuous and virtuous, and the mother is the world!

If you marry my girl, one day, you will become the emperor, and I, I will not be the ruler of the country!

Cui Shilin is so angry, his father married a princess back then, and he struggled for decades, if he became the national ruler, wouldn't he have to worry about it for the rest of his life?

Why should all good things fall on the master's head?

I'm not convinced!

No matter what Cui Shilin thought, it was useless, and his daughter was not in the scope of consideration at all.

What can be done about this?

Let's talk about it only when we go back to Beijing!

They were in horse-drawn carriages.

The carriage is very interesting, and since the horses are limited in strength, they usually have three or five stops and are replaced with pack horses. It's like a post station.

At every stop, there will be all kinds of small merchants and vendors, bringing local products to sell, and some people will carry huge sacks, take a day in a horse-drawn carriage, and arrive in a city hundreds of miles away to sell goods. And when they returned, they were reluctant to take the car, earning money in their pockets, striding home, and walking in the wind.

The abolition of Cao Yun not only did not cause depression along the line, but on the contrary, the emergence of a railway line brought a different kind of prosperity.

And once the steam train appeared, the prosperity along the line was simply limitless.

Zhu Zaijixing hurriedly returned to the capital, just as Wang Yue also came to the station to greet him, the master and apprentice met, Zhu Zaiji was pleasantly surprised, and subconsciously shouted, "Father-in-law, why are you here!" ”