Early the next morning, Li Jie came to Zhan Shifu with the handkerchief sent by Zhu Yuning in his arms, and when he saw Zhu Yunxi, he immediately pulled him aside and asked in a low voice: "What is the embroidery on the handkerchief given by your sister, why didn't I recognize it after looking at it for a long time?" ”

Li Jie looked at the handkerchief for half the night, and finally didn't see what kind of bird this embroidery was, saying that it was **, but the tail was not very similar, saying that it was a phoenix, Li Jie felt that unless this phoenix was a deformity, it was impossible to grow like this.

"Don't you see, that's a mandarin duck!" Zhu Yunxi replied with a natural face.

"Mandarin ducks? No, shouldn't the mandarin ducks be paired, why is there only one on the handkerchief? Li Jie also looked at Zhu Yunxi suspiciously when he heard this, he couldn't see any birds, but he could still see one or two of them clearly.

"It's really a mandarin duck!" Zhu Yunxi patiently explained, "I didn't have time to tell you yesterday that my sister really wanted to embroider mandarin ducks, but the time you gave was too tight, and in the end she only had time to finish embroidering." ”

"I ......" Li Jie was speechless, he told Zhu Yuning about his birthday almost a month in advance, but she only embroidered a four-like mandarin duck for so long, and it was still one, is this for single dogs?

"Li Ban read you to be content, my sister in order to embroider this handkerchief, I don't know how many needles were pierced on her hand, and she ate your cake yesterday, and after learning that you are proficient in cooking, she has to argue to practice a hand that does not lose to your cooking, and the result is ......"

Zhu Yunxi also showed an unbearable expression at the end.

"How did it turn out?" Li Jie only said half of Zhu Yunxi's words, so he asked curiously.

"As a result, my second sister and I were miserable, we were caught by the eldest sister to try the food, and I had diarrhea at night, and now I still feel weak in my hands and feet." Zhu Yunxi also had a grudge on his face in the end, the eldest sister and Li Jie competed, and as a result, he and the second sister's stomachs suffered.

"The princess is really ......" Li Jie didn't know what to say about his fiancée when he heard this, but it can be seen from this that Zhu Yuning is a strong person, fortunately, Li Jie's temperament is quite easy-going, otherwise two strong people get together, and they will have to fight in the future!

At this moment, I suddenly saw Zhu Biao walk in, and then beckoned to Li Jie and motioned for him to come out.

Li Jie was also a little strange, and immediately followed Zhu Biao outside, but saw Zhu Biao looking at him with a guilty face at this time, and finally said after hesitation: "Father wants to see you!" ”

"What's going on, Your Highness, why do you have such an expression?" Li Jie asked, if it was just Zhu Yuanzhang who wanted to see him, Zhu Biao would definitely not have this expression.

"This ......" I saw Zhu Biao hesitate again, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Blame me for this matter, yesterday I took the cake you sent to see my father, but my father was angry about the nine fishermen, and then he was angry with you!" ”

"What's my business?" Li Jie was also speechless when he heard this, although this matter was his beginning, but later it was all Zhu Yuanzhang himself and Zhang Dingbian talking, and he didn't get involved.

"Yes, but you know your father's temper." Zhu Biao also looked ashamed when he said this, many people know that his father likes to anger others, so the ministers in the court are also trembling, for fear that they will cause a big disaster if they are not careful.

Li Jie also understood when he heard this, and dared to feel that he was being used as a scapegoat by Lao Zhu, but Li Jie was not annoyed by this, because he knew that it was useless to be annoyed, so he asked again: "Then why does Your Majesty want to see me, do you want to punish me for this?" ”

"That's not it, my father said that this matter started because of you, so I have to find a way to solve it." Zhu Biao said guiltily again.

"How to solve it, where is the biggest problem in this matter?" Li Jie asked again.

"In fact, to put it bluntly, there is a lack of money, because Zhang Dingbian recruited too many people, far exceeding his father's estimate, so the cost is several times more, and there is no way to make up so much money and food in the treasury."

Zhu Biao said in the end also spread his hands, he is now mainly in charge of the Ming Dynasty's finances, and the situation of the treasury could not be clearer, don't look at the Ming Dynasty's national strength is thriving, the income of the treasury is also increasing every year, but the annual expenditure is also increasing, so the treasury often has a feeling of being stretched.

"It's just a lack of money!" Li Jie also smiled easily when he heard this, he thought it was a problem, but it turned out to be just the easiest problem to solve.

"What do you mean by just a lack of money?" Zhu Biao was also a little speechless when he saw Li Jie's relaxed appearance, "Let me tell you, ninety percent of the problems in this world can be solved with money, even if it is the country's government, if there is enough money and food in the treasury, my father and I don't have to work so hard!" ”

"Your Highness, just tell me how much money you lack!" Li Jie patted his chest and said confidently.

"Two hundred thousand!" Zhu Biao was also a little angry when he saw Li Jie's appearance, after all, their father and son were embarrassed by this money for several days, but when they came to Li Jie, it seemed to be a small problem.

"That's it?" Li Jie's face was incredible.

Zhu Biao's nose was almost crooked when he heard this, and he immediately said angrily: "200,000 is still less?" A high-class state capital may only pay so much tax in a year, can you suddenly conjure up a state capital? ”

"I can't change the state capital, but this money is a trivial matter, let's go see Your Majesty now!" Li Jie said confidently, the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, although he has no money, but others have money!

Seeing Li Jie so confident, Zhu Biao was also confused, did he really have a way to get money?

At that moment, Zhu Biao took Li Jie to Dongnuan Pavilion, and when Zhu Yuanzhang saw him, his face immediately sank and said: "Li Jie, are you guilty?" ”

Li Jie also rolled his eyes in his heart at this time, Lao Tzu has a fart crime? However, on the surface, he still saluted very respectfully: "The minister is guilty, since this matter is caused by me, of course I also have to share my worries for Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect Li Jie to admit it so happily, and he also took the initiative to solve this problem for himself, which made him stunned all of a sudden, and even his rare old face was a little hot.

"Ahem~, since you are guilty, how do you want to solve this problem?" Zhu Yuanzhang quickly came to his senses and immediately said in a deep voice again.

"400,000!" Li Jie immediately spoke.

"What 400,000 guan?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again.

"As long as the minister is given a little time, the minister can raise 400,000 yuan, which is enough to pay for the relocation and resettlement of the nine fishermen!" Li Jie said very decisively, and Zhu Biao next to him was also startled, just now he clearly said that there was a shortage of 200,000 yuan, but when he came to Li Jie, how could it be doubled all of a sudden?

"Are you sure?" Zhu Yuanzhang also stood up suddenly when he heard this, 400,000 guan is not a small amount for him, the emperor, otherwise he would not want to drive the imperial expedition for the silver mines of the Japanese Kingdom.

"The minister dares to guarantee with his life!" As soon as Li Jie's words came out, he himself wondered, why did he say this word so slippery?

"Good! So how are you going to raise it? "Zhu Yuanzhang likes to hear his courtiers say this the most, if he can't do it, he really dares to kill!

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it, just leave everything to the minister, but the minister needs to have an official name, and he also needs to borrow a brocade guard!" Li Jie said again, he was too lazy to explain to Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other party would understand everything when he was done.

"Okay, I will appoint you as the patrol envoy of the Five Lakes, control the Jinyi Guard, and specialize in supervising the relocation of fishermen surnamed Jiu!" Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed very decisively.

"Your Majesty, the minister should not inspect the five lakes, it is best to let the minister inspect the coastal defense, all matters related to coastal defense, the minister has the right to control!" Li Jie took the initiative to ask for an official position, the difference between the lake and the sea is still very big, before Tang He was only an inspector in eastern Zhejiang, indirectly inspecting coastal defense, and Li Jie was good, directly asked for a coastal defense inspector, although it was just an empty name, but it was also quite scary.

"Yes, then you will be given a position as a coastal defense patrol envoy, but within a month, you must send 400,000 yuan, otherwise I will ask you!" Zhu Yuanzhang agreed again without hesitation, anyway, what Li Jie wants is just a name, so it doesn't matter what name it is.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Jie saluted again, in fact, he wanted to say that a month is too long, half a month will be fine, but Zhu Biao next to him looked worried, he was afraid of stimulating the other party, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately summoned someone to write down the holy decree, which originally needed to be promulgated by the prime minister, but after Zhu Yuanzhang killed Hu Weiyong, there was no longer a prime minister, and the imperial power and the prime minister's power were all in his hands, so he could do whatever he wanted, not to mention sealing a small inspection envoy, even if he was crowned Li Jie as a word and arm king, no one dared to object, of course, if he really dared to seal it, Li Jie would not dare to ask for it.

After the holy decree arrived, Li Jie deliberately hesitated for a moment, and then said to Zhu Yuanzhang again: "Your Majesty, the ministers control the Jinyi guards, but those Jinyi guards have always been arrogant and domineering, what if they don't listen to the ministers?" ”

"Nonsense, since I have already spoken, who dares not to listen?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with an angry face when he heard this, other ministers may dare to disobey his orders, but Jinyiwei is equivalent to his personal soldier, even if he borrows a few courages from Mao Xiang, he does not dare to disobey his orders.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, but Jinyiwei usually only listens to His Majesty's orders, and an outsider rashly intervenes, I'm afraid they will be dissatisfied in their hearts, and even Yang Feng Yin will disobey, and it will be difficult for the ministers to do things at that time!" Li Jie complained again.

Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that it made sense when he heard this, so he was silent for a while, and then suddenly stepped to the bookshelf next to him, and then took off a waist knife and threw it to Li Jiedao: "This knife is the saber I used when I went to the battlefield, I will lend it to you for the time being, if anyone dares not to cooperate with you, just cut it directly!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Jie took the waist knife and was secretly happy in his heart, last time Mao Xiang wanted to arrest his parents, but fortunately he was stopped by Zhu Yuning, he has always kept this matter in his heart, with this imperial waist knife, he can calculate this account with him!