Yan Chengjin came to the side and secretly helped Gu Dayong plan his future life, and no one seemed to be in Australia yet.

"Your Highness, the minister will test you for a dumb riddle."

As soon as he heard the riddle, Zhu Houzhao came to his senses: "The palace is very smart, and the general dumb riddles are difficult to stop the palace." ”

"This dumb riddle, Your Highness can't guess it."

Zhu Houzhao glared: "You say! ”

"This thing is very peculiar, there is a nest in the belly, the nest can raise mice, and there are two legs under the body, five steps as one step, as fast as a rabbit in the grass."

It's not that the minister looks down on you, even if you tell you the answer, you don't know what it is.

"Give His Highness a quarter of an hour."

After a while, Zhu Houzhao scratched his ears and cheeks, and said hurriedly: "Lao Gao, wait a little longer, this palace is about to guess, wait a minute." ”

"It's a kangaroo." Yan Chengjin didn't care about him and directly revealed the mystery.

Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded, he had seen countless curiosities, and he had also studied the likes of tigers and leopards, and he had never heard of kangaroos.

"Kangaroo, what is it?"

Yan Chengjinyun was light: "The minister also listened to what the Francois said, this thing runs faster than the red rabbit, and it is further south in Wadao, and it is not very far, and the most important thing is that this beast only eats grass and does not spend any money, His Highness can let Gu Dayong catch one back." ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes shine, it's good to eat grass, out of the capital, there is grass everywhere, don't spend money, eat as you like.

Just worried that he hadn't had fun recently, the chick nodded like a peck of rice.

What are your future career plans?

Yan Chengjin thought that Gu Dayong would definitely not be able to answer such a profound question, so he helped him plan.

In fact, sometimes, you don't need to plan your own life at all.

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao showed a bit of playfulness and touched Yan Chengjin's arm: "Old Gao, I heard from this palace that you also impeached Master Ma." ”

"What did Your Highness say about this?"

"Look behind you."

Ma Wensheng stood behind him coldly, especially the shriveled old face, grinning with bared teeth, half-yellow teeth, hideous like a ghost.

almost didn't scare Yan Chengjin to travel back.

Zhu Houzhao smiled, looking hilarious, and couldn't wait for Ma Wensheng to beat up Lao Gao, an invincible guy.

When Lao Gao was still breathing, he came to the rescue.

In that case, Lao Gao will definitely be grateful for his life-saving grace, and then use him as a cow and a horse.

Ma Wensheng stretched out his hand, shook Yan Chengjin's hand affectionately, patted and patted, and was extremely kind: "The grace of the impeachment of the virtuous nephew, the old man is unforgettable." ”

Zhu Houzhao's jaw dropped in shock, and Yan Chengjin didn't react.

What is this stimulus? Brain disease?

Ma Wensheng sighed a few times: "The dog killed the tax envoy of the fish and meat people, and made a meritorious service." ”

Killed someone, and made a meritorious service?

Yan Chengjin and Zhu Houzhao had strange faces.

However, as soon as he heard the words "fish and meat people" and "tax collector", Yan Chengjin understood.

In the Ming eunuch industry, in addition to the celebrant eunuch, there are three positions with low employment rate but high income, the town guard eunuch, the procurement eunuch, and the tax supervisor.

The commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty was 30 taxes and 1, which was extremely lenient for merchants.

But he couldn't collect any silver, and in ten years, the mining tax received was only about 100,000 taels of silver.

After calculating, there are only more than 10,000 taels of silver a year, and there is almost nothing left after spending the palace and the minister's salary.

Later, the collection of mining taxes became verbal and almost non-collected.

However, in the name of collecting taxes from the imperial court, the tax supervisors arbitrarily drew up tax amounts, and even fabricated some taxes out of thin air.

In some places, silkworms are not raised at all, but silk taxes are still paid, but in fact, the imperial court did not issue an order to collect these taxes.

Parents and officials colluded with tax supervisors, and the way of speech was blocked, and the people had no way to sue and had no hope, so they either rebelled or fled.

Jiang Zong relied on his own tax supervisor and greedy for ink and silver, and was lucky to touch the scales of Emperor Hongzhi, and died in vain.

Ma Jue, this guy stepped on shit.

Emperor Hongzhi wanted to deal with it, and it was also dealt with lightly.

However, Yan Chengjin really didn't know that Ma Jue killed a tax supervisor.

"The lower officials just watched him do good deeds, so he played His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao's face was full of astonishment.

Lao Gao, this guy is really bad, he clearly told others, and said that he had done a good deed, Zhu Houzhao felt that he had learned again......

Ma Wensheng felt a little embarrassed, gloomy and dripping water, is it a good thing to kill someone, it is to kill the tax supervisor who bends the law for personal gain, don't talk nonsense.

"Your Majesty has issued an order to investigate this matter thoroughly, and if you have made a meritorious service, this official will make it clear to Your Majesty that you will be credited."

"Then there's Lord Law."

After Ma Wensheng left, Zhu Houzhao came up: "Lao Gao, if you kill someone, can you still make meritorious contributions?" ”

"Your Highness, do you want to ...... Try it with a big grain? Yan Chengjin blinked.

Gu Dayong's face was so frightened that his face was miserable: "The slave didn't offend Lord Yan......"

Why do the eunuchs who are the eunuchs around the prince disappear frequently, and who is the murderer?

Gu Dayong couldn't figure it out, but fortunately, he came over today, and he knew what was going on, and his feelings were all "arranged".

Yan Chengjin shook his head, if you don't make an enemy of me, don't you have to disappear, no, as long as you call Gu Dayong, you still have to disappear.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Forget it, Gu Companion is still useful." ”

Gu Dayong breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhu Houzhao smiled again: "Gu Companion, you pack your luggage, Lao Gao, what is that place called?" ”

Yan Chengjin thought about it carefully, the Ming Dynasty hadn't discovered Australia yet, and it didn't have a name, anyway, it was none of his business to push it to Franco's person.

"According to Francis, it seems to be called ...... Australia? ”

"It's Australia!" Zhu Houzhao danced with his hands: "You go to help the palace find a mount and come back, the palace will keep it in the East Palace, this thing is called a bag...... Kangaroo! ”

Gu Dayong didn't hold it and passed out.

"Lao Gao, what should I do, he seems to be scared to death?"

"According to the minister, Gu Companion is pretended."

After carrying it back to the East Palace, Zhu Houzhao immediately ordered someone to wake up Gu Dayong, and when Gu Dayong woke up, the carriages and horses were ready, so he had to set off immediately.

Zhu Houzhao is very interested in killing people to make meritorious contributions, there are such good things in the world, Gu Da just left the palace with his front foot, and he ordered someone to call the tax supervisors in the capital with his back foot.

In the Temple of Heaven,

Emperor Hongzhi ordered the factory guard to thoroughly investigate Jiang Zong's mansion to see what bad things he had done in the capital over the years, how much silver he had embezzled, and how many people had been involved.

Just as he was hurting, a little eunuch broke into the palace in a panic, and he was so anxious that he was about to cry: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrested the two tax supervisors in Datong and said that he would kill them for meritorious service." ”

Emperor Hongji was dumbfounded.

I didn't react for a long time.

For a while, I even wondered if I was the biological father of the prince, I was gentle, humble, virtuous and virtuous, how could I give birth to such a son.

"Why?"

"The slave doesn't know."

Xiao Jing frowned, such a big matter, why didn't Gu Dayong report it in advance.

His Majesty grew up beside eunuchs and palace maids since he was a child, and he was very kind to the close ministers around him, and the prince was afraid that he would make His Majesty angry.

Sure enough, Emperor Hongzhi dropped his fold and went to the East Palace in a rage.