Not to mention that because of this incident, Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng, who were not in line with each other when they left, after sending off the two princes, Dusk and Wu Pu continued to return to the banquet hall, removed the singer and the female singer, and the two drank wine and discussed softly.

Wu Pu took a sip of wine and asked the worried words in his heart, "Are you really giving the second prince a chance to curry favor with His Majesty and Niangniang?" ”

Dusk shook his head, "Uncle Wu, you just have to do your job as a prince, even if you support the eldest prince now, if the second prince ascends the throne in the future, your nephew can also ensure that your career is safe." ”

Wu Pu was puzzled, "What about you?" ”

Dusk sighed, "I haven't thought about it yet. ”

Zhu Gaochi is good, the ready-made Ming Renzong, and the successor Zhu Zhanji, created the rule of Renxuan, and Yongle Shengshi together, the Ming Dynasty is very brilliant.

But that's all there is to it.

It is far from his ideal Ming Empire.

Zhu Gaoxu is not good.

I've been dying.

But Zhu Gaoxu has one advantage: martial arts.

Most of the martial kings like to expand their territory, so at this point, they are very in line with their ideals.

It doesn't matter.

The important thing is that Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaoxu, who will be the king, can he achieve the status of the Hidden Emperor - only in this way can he completely lead the Ming Dynasty to the world.

At present, the king is Zhu Di, and what he has to do is not to lead, but to assist.

Because Zhu Di himself wants to go to the world.

Therefore, as for the object of Fulong, Dusk will continue to think about it.

Wu Pu was puzzled, "Since you don't want to support the eldest prince of the dragon, and you don't want to support the second prince of the dragon, why did you save the face of the eldest prince the day before yesterday, and now you have to pave the way for the second prince." ”

Dusk smiled bitterly, "When I was in Shuntian, Your Majesty was unkind to let me take the money, and I fooled it, and now I just returned to Yingtian, and the eldest prince has this meaning, I can't help it, I still have to take the money." ”

Zhu Gaochi ran outside the city to greet him, didn't he also stare at Lao Tzu's money bag.

Wu Pu vaguely understood, "So your purpose is actually just to let Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng, the two princes, be the wronged ones and give you the money?" ”

Dusk nodded, "Not really." ”

He also said: "How many extra treasure banknotes did Zhu Gaochi issue?" ”

Wu Pu stretched out two fingers.

Dusk said, "It's only 200,000, it's okay, it's not much." ”

Wu Pu shook his head.

Dusk froze: "Two million?!" ”

Wu Pu nodded.

It collapsed at dusk, and he couldn't care about any taboos anymore, and scolded, "He Zhu Gaochi is fat, just forget it, what a pig, dare to issue so many treasure money, it's because the economy is not collapsing fast enough." ”

Two million, Lao Tzu wanted to help, but to no avail.

It is up to the state to solve it.

After all, the country's annual income is one or two million taels, and the loss of one or two million to wipe the butt with the additional treasure money this time can't hurt the muscles and bones, but because of the successive wars, the treasury really has no money, and Zhu Gaochi has to think about it in many ways.

I can help him return tens of thousands, which is tens of thousands.

Plus some other measures, such as taking a few hundred thousand taels to Yili next door to buy something back, and sending treasure money abroad - this method is not operable, and it needs to open the mutual market.

The most effective point: increase taxes, and after the autumn harvest, farmers can replace grain with treasure money, which can effectively solve the situation of too much treasure money in the market.

In the end, it is about solving inflation.

As long as follow-up policies are in place, it is still easy to eliminate the impact.

Wu Pu smiled bitterly, "Be careful that the wall has ears." ”

Dusk said angrily: "What if he Zhu Gaochi heard it?!" ”

Can't you be criticized for doing something wrong?

I'm going to try it at dusk.

Not only am I going to scold now, but I'll go to him in two days and scold him to his face.

Try it anyway.

Wu Pu couldn't cry or laugh, opened the topic, and said: "Having said that, the two princes are really rich, 35,000 taels per person, and they can take it out without blinking their brows." ”

Twilight laughed, "Otherwise." ”

The top people of the Ming Dynasty can have no money, not to mention that they have just fought a war, and they are full of oil and fat after eating empty salaries.

But after all, it is 35,000 taels, and it is estimated that Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng will also have to live a tight life - these bigwigs have money, but not all cash.

The majority is still land and real estate.

coughed and asked Wu Pu: "Uncle Wu, how is the situation on Yingtian's side now?" ”

Wu Pu thought about it seriously, "At present, the court is the eldest prince sitting in the Qianqing Palace to supervise political affairs, and his ability is extremely outstanding. There are also a lot of people who support His Royal Highness the Second Prince, who has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion and is still martial, perhaps because of this, His Royal Highness the Second Prince temporarily trapped His Royal Highness in Fujian under the pretext that the situation in Fujian needs to be stabilized, otherwise His Majesty will not be in Yingtian, and as soon as the Second Prince comes back, the Great Prince will not be able to move an inch. ”

Dusk bowed his head, "A good chess game." ”

Wu Pu shook his head, "It's not good." ”

Dusk was puzzled, "Why?" ”

Wu Pu said: "Although the second prince is temporarily away from Gyeonggi, His Royal Highness the Great Prince has more space and time, but in this way, His Majesty only sees the eldest prince in his eyes, so that he is on the cusp, at this time, his shortcomings will be infinitely magnified." If His Royal Highness the Second Prince is in Gyeonggi at this moment, then His Majesty will see these two at the same time, with the temperament of the Second Prince, during the period before His Majesty responds to the sky, he will definitely do a lot of things, which is very likely to make the Second Prince cocoon himself. ”

Dusk suddenly, "That's true." ”

Judging from Zhu Gaochu's means of death, if he returns to Yingtian, with his power, he will definitely bully Zhu Gaochi to tears, and if Zhu Di sees it in his eyes, he may dislike Zhu Gaochu.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi's move is not good.

But it's not bad either.

Iron also needs its own hardness, as long as Zhu Gaochi does not have a trace of flaws before His Majesty responds to the sky, then in Zhu Di's eyes, he is a perfect successor to Wenzhi.

There has been a big increase in the number of opportunities for immediate storage.

But......

How could Zhu Gaoxu sit still and wait to die, even if he was not in Yingtian, he still had power.

Don't forget, Qiu Fu and Zhu Nengke are willing to give 15,000 taels to Zhu Gaoxu to express their filial piety - there are many such Jingnan generals in Daming.

So the current general trend is still on Zhu Gaoxu's side.

It seems that the situation is a bit complicated, but Dusk knows that the current situation of the Ming Dynasty is actually very clear: Zhu Gaosui has no hope, maybe there was a glimmer of hope, with the defeat of the counterinsurgency in Daejeon, he still needs Xu Huizu to save him, he has no hope.

Then there were only Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu.

The former is a civilian-bureaucratic group.

The latter is a group of military generals.

It's as simple as that.

As long as it is a civil servant, he basically supports Zhu Gaochi, and as long as he is a military general, he supports Zhu Gaochu and does not run.

In the future, I will act in accordance with this principle.

Because Wu Pu is in the cabinet, many political affairs have to go through the cabinet, and Xie Jin's compilation and revision of the whole book is also on the side of Wenyuan Pavilion, so Dusk asked: "How is the matter of Hong Bao's preparation for going to the West?" ”

Wu Pu suddenly came to his senses, "Everything is in order, recently due to lack of funds, Hong Bao was quite frustrated, but another eunuch stood up." ”

Eunuchs are not ordinary eunuchs.

In the early Ming Dynasty, eunuchs were generally the chief eunuchs of the twelve eunuchs, for example, Zheng He's official position was that of the eunuchs of the inner officials.

Dusk was stunned, "Who?" ”

Wu Pu said with a smile: "It's the eunuch Wang Jinghong, after knowing that the eunuch Hong Bao encountered financial problems in preparing for various things in the West, he went around and appealed to let the eunuchs and squires pay for the government and the opposition, not to mention, the effect is very good, it is that there is no financial dilemma for the time being. ”

Wang Jinghong......

Dusk has a vague impression, but I really can't remember it, it's not an encyclopedia after all.

smiled: "In this way, this is a talent, and when His Majesty comes back, I am afraid that he will be rewarded." ”

However, the twelve eunuchs of the inner servants, led by Zheng He, the inner official eunuch, and the celebrant supervisor in the early Ming Dynasty were restricted, and their power was not as good as that of the inner eunuch.

No matter how meritorious this Wang Jinghong is, it is impossible to surpass Zheng He.

So it's likely to be rewarded in other ways.

Wu Pu also smiled: "I heard that he also wants to go to the West with Zheng Dajian." ”

Dusk bowed his head, "With this great achievement, it is estimated that it is no problem to mix up with the deputy envoy." ”

He asked again: "Where is Xie Jin?" ”

Wu Pu sighed, "The money spent here is not at all as small as Hong Bao and Wang Jinghong's side, after all, the scale of thousands of people, just salaries, is a huge expense, tens of thousands of taels of silver a month, not counting the expenses of buying books, paper, pen and ink." ”

paused, "So there has been some stagnation recently, because of the war, the eldest prince did not dare to slack off, so he had to break a penny into two cents, after all, counterinsurgency and His Majesty's personal conquest are the top priorities." ”

Dusk sighed, "This can't be stopped, once the people are dispersed, it will be very troublesome to summon them again." ”

Come on.

Wait for Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng to send the money over, and then send it to Zhu Gaochi.

Because it is relatively slow to come back all the way, Dusk is more concerned about the disaster situation in that county in Xuzhou - it is also the first political matter after Lao Tzu crossed, which is the political capital in the future.

He asked, "What is the disaster situation in Xuzhou?" ”

Wu Pu smiled brightly, "You kid has a hand, even let the squire and the eunuch take money to donate food, after you left, the local magistrate did not dare to slack off, the disaster has basically been dealt with in the past, and after the autumn harvest can gradually recover its vitality, I don't know how to leak the news over there, they all say that you are sent by Qin to deal with the disaster, and someone in the local area is on the book of the people, today I handed it to the Qianqing Palace, the dog eunuch came to receive it, deliberately put it on the top, it is estimated that His Royal Highness the prince has approved it." ”

Wu Pu just wanted to say: Well done!

Judging from this political matter alone, Dusk definitely has the ability to be a feudal official.

Dusk laughed and said modestly: "Uncle Wu has won the award." ”

In fact, the heart is refreshing.

The two continued to drink lightly, the two uncles and nephews hadn't been together for a long time, and they couldn't finish talking, but ...... Soon, someone came to the banquet hall, it was Xu Miaojin and Wu Li.

Wu Li glanced at Wu Pu obliquely, "Still drinking?" ”

Wu Pu laughed dryly, "Don't drink it, don't drink it." ”

Xu Miaojin was more gentle, and walked in front of the dusk, "The journey is hard, it's not good to rest, it's a lot to drink so much wine, go back and rest, the kitchen boiled soup, it was originally for Uncle Wu, but I asked them to give you some." ”

Wu Li also glanced at Wu Pu, "Drink more, it's good for your health, and you have to stick to it for a long time." ”

Wu Pu shuddered.

Looking at dusk as if asking for help, I really don't want to drink this soup.

After drinking the tonic soup, there will be activities in the evening.

It's okay to do this once or twice a decade, but every day, and the iron body can't bear it, the ancients don't deceive me, thirty is like a tiger, and men really can't eat it.

Dusk has a helpless look.

Wait a minute......

Do I want to drink it too?

glanced at the smiling wife, shivered at dusk, do I still want this brocade sister, I almost died suddenly, no, no, I can't hold on.

However, how can he live up to his wife's wishes.

The two uncles and nephews went back to their respective courtyards in desolation.

Not to mention that Wu Pu and Wu Li want to have a second child, Xu Miaojin still knows the severity, her original intention is really to only make up for the body at dusk, not to let him get better and enjoy life.

It was this night that I slept peacefully at dusk.

……

……

The moon is shining.

Zhang Hongqiao walked in the bright Yellow Mansion in the daylight, and felt a lot of feelings, she knew for the first time that the life of the rich could be so erosive, no wonder her father, who was mediocre in the imperial examination, hoped to be a big official one day.

Unfortunately, my father died in a foreign land after all.

Now in the Zhang family, she is the only one.

Walk to the banquet hall.

I found that the little maids and maids were cleaning up, and they were very hard-working, as if they were in their own homes, unlike the big families in Fuzhou, if the owner and his wife were not there, the slaves would use various reasons to cheat and play tricks.

After walking in, someone greeted her, and Zhang Hongqiao squeezed out a smile in response, which was not familiar—after all, it was still under the fence, and it was difficult to adapt quickly.

It's weird, too.

I found that the maids and servants in the Huangfu were extremely friendly.

Zhang Hongqiao found that the servants and maids had prepared some bags and poured into them delicacies such as pork knuckle that had not been eaten, and was puzzled and asked, "Are you going to keep it for tomorrow?" ”

That big corrupt official at dusk, would he be so frugal?

The little guy shook his head and smiled: "How come, the owner generally doesn't eat leftovers, but he feels sorry for the wasted food, so from the day he got married, he told us that if there is a banquet in the future, we can pack the rest of the wine and food and take it back to eat ourselves." ”

And said: "Look at this elbow, I haven't moved it, I will tell you something quietly, sometimes the kitchen will cook a lot of dishes, the owner and Mrs. will hardly move, and then serve it to us, before we thought it was the cook on purpose, and then the cook inadvertently revealed that it was the owner and Mrs. told us, they did this, just don't want us to think that they are giving alms, let us eat with peace of mind." ”

What a good owner and wife.

Zhang Hongqiao was slightly stunned, puzzled, and asked, "Then why don't they let the cook cook a little more for you, and go around this bend?" ”

The little guy looked like you don't understand: "This is the good intentions of the owner and his wife, in fact, our Huangfu has always been more frugal, if there are a lot of meals every day, everyone eats too much, and they don't know how to cherish it." Moreover, the monthly meal payment given by the owner and his wife to the people on the other side of the kitchen is a fixed amount, while the fixed amount of the owner and his wife and Wu Fuchen's family is higher. Rao so, but there was money left over from the kitchen, and it was given as a reward to all the servants and maids. ”

Zhang Hongqiao was thoughtful.

Doesn't it mean that these big officials don't treat their subordinates as human beings?

Well...... It must be buying people's hearts.

Zhang Hongqiao actually has a sense of gratitude, but she always feels that after helping herself, what she said at dusk made her feel very cozy.

After all, I have been involved in the world too early, and I have seen too much human nature.