Yang Shaofeng guessed correctly, when Zhu Laosi received the piece handed over by Yang Shaofeng first, the whole person's face was like opening a dyeing shop, one moment green, one moment red and one moment black.

Of course, Zhu Gui's bastard is not a good thing, he is so bold that he robbed the people's girls on the street, and dared to hammer the people on the street, this kind of bastard thing is not enough to die ten thousand times!

But then again, this bastard who has not changed his teachings and even dared to summon him to Kyoto is not a thing, even if he is not a thing, he is still his younger brother, and the princess is still his sister-in-law - this day the family also has to pay attention to the image of a brother and brother Gong, no, it can't all be like Li Er......

It's good now, not to mention that this Yang madness smashed the shop of the acting king, and directly killed the chief eunuch of the family, and he killed him on the street.

It is conceivable that when Zhu Gui knows the news, it is difficult to guarantee that this bastard will not rush to the border city to hammer Yang crazy.

Zhu Laosi pondered that although Yang was crazy and that bastard was a little bastard, he didn't have to say anything about himself, a grandfather, even if he wanted to fight and kill, it should be his grandfather, and it was not Zhu Gui's turn to be a fool.

Thinking so in his heart, Zhu Laosi said directly to Wuxin: "The people of the king's fiefdom, I'm afraid that I have been working hard for the king for a long time, right?" ”

Unintentionally bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the acting king is in the fiefdom, arsonizing to get wealth, serving the army and the people, the people have been suffering for a long time, and the last time the emperor summoned His Royal Highness the acting king to enter the Beijing to face the saint, the acting king will trust the future." ”

Zhu Laosi hummed and said: "Call him to Beijing again this time, if he dares not to come this time, even if he is tied up, he will be tied up."

If he came honestly, then wait until he was halfway and then let him go back, guard the third battalion, and give him the seal book, and ask him if he had forgotten what happened when Jianwen was built. ”

Unintentionally bowed down and responded: "Yes, the slave has written it down." ”

Only then did Zhu Laosi wave his hand, signaling that he had no intention of going down to prepare.

If it weren't for Zhu Gui being his younger brother, Zhu Laosi felt that it would be better to simply give him a cup of poisonous wine, so as to save this bastard from doing something to disgust himself for three days.

After leaving unintentionally, Zhu Laosi couldn't help but pick up Yang Shaofeng's recital and look at it - compared to the face of the acting king compared to the business tax paid by Yang Mad, what is his acting king?

Just when Zhu Laosi was wondering whether to open two more border markets, a group of bigwigs led by Xia Yuanji and who also received Liang Jinglun and Qi Mutang's recital also ran to the palace to ask to see Zhu Laosi.

After a courtesy of the monarch and ministers, Xia Yuanji quietly glanced at Zhu Laosi, and saw that Zhu Laosi's face was full of joy, so thick that it could not be concealed at all, Xia Yuanji bowed directly and said: "Your Majesty, there are many lawlessness in the fief on behalf of the king, and now he has assigned domestic slaves to evade taxes in the border city, and his heart can be punished!" ”

Seeing that Zhu Laosi hummed noncommittally, Xia Yuanji continued: "If the acting king doesn't pay taxes, what will the other nobles think?" Your Majesty's promotion of tax reform has not become a flash in the pan? Please ask Your Majesty to punish the acting king, thinking that the latecomer will be warned! ”

Zhu Laosi hid the joy on his face and said dryly: "Do you want to separate from the heavenly family?" ”

If it was a different person, I was afraid that I would be scared by Zhu Laosi's heart-wrenching words, but Xia Yuanji stiffened his neck and said: "If one day, Your Majesty wants to go on an expedition to the Tatar Arutai Department, but the treasury can't collect commercial taxes because of the matter of acting for the king, how will you support the needs of the army at that time?" ”

Zhu Laosi threw Yang Shaofeng's recital to Xia Yuanji, and said with a somewhat strange expression: "I don't plan to personally conquer Arutai or Tatar in a short period of time, and let that Yang go crazy first." ”

After flipping through a few pages of Yang Shaofeng's recital, Xia Yuanji handed it to several other bigwigs, and then bowed down and said, "Minister, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Congratulations to Daming! Get such a talented person as Yang Zhuangyuan! ”

When the other bigwigs saw that this surnamed Xia was so shameless, they immediately stopped looking at the music, and directly bowed down with Xia Yuanji and said, "Ministers, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Congratulations to Daming! ”

Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't help but sigh secretly, these righteous gentlemen are too faceless, and they can't be as shameless as the surname Xia, and even a scumbag like Yang Crazy can be praised as a virtuous talent - in the Linqing corruption case, Wu Zhong's Linqing official kiln that was tossed out in the ninth year of Yongle was also unlucky, although Wu Zhong was not implicated, but the reprimand was indispensable......

Xia Yuanji didn't pay attention to what these bigwigs in Wuzhong were thinking, but bowed directly and said: "If you really follow Yang Zhuangyuan's law, I am afraid that after more than ten years, there will only be four major tribes in the grassland, namely Tatar, Mahamu, Taiping, and Vulture Polo, and the rest will either work as laborers in the border city or have already integrated into these four tribes."

It's just that in this way, will the strength of these four major tribes expand too much? If it is a backlash, it must not be beautiful. ”

Zhu Laosi hummed and said, "Xia Aiqing is reasonable. According to Xia Aiqing's opinion, what should I do? ”

Xia Yuanji bowed and said: "The minister is stupid, and there is no good way for a while, but after all, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and I am not worried about the strength of these four tribes in a short period of time." ”

With a roll of his eyes, Xia Yuanji continued: "Your Majesty, since Yang Zhuangyuan can use such a strategy against the Tatar and Warat tribes in the border city, then the British Duke is in Jiaozhi......"

Zhu Laosi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Go on." ”

Xia Yuanji said: "Although the situation of Jiaozhi is different from that of the grassland, it is roughly the same - Yang Zhuangyuan can buy laborers to mine coal, and then the British can naturally buy laborers to build roads from those Jiaozhi clans."

And didn't Yang Zhuangyuan say before, if you want to get rich, build the road first, and when the straight road on the other side of Jiaozhi is completed, the army will advance and the material will be much stronger than now. ”

Zhu Laosi wanted to agree with Xia Yuanji's statement, but after thinking about it, he said quite painfully: "It's different, it's very different."

Then Yang is crazy to open a mine in the border market, and the profit from selling coal alone is enough for him to support the purchase of labor, but what about Jiaozhi?

Not to mention that the situation over there is more complicated than the grassland on the border, just the purchase of labor and the silver money needed to build the road in the future is countless times more than that of Yang Mad, and my Ming treasury may be able to support it? ”

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but shudder, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart that Zhu Laosi didn't agree to this proposal, otherwise, wouldn't this Ming treasury be empty in the hands of his own household secretary.

Lowering his head and muttering, Xia Yuanji spoke again: "Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty has a lot of money and the treasury is empty, so I really can't support the need to buy labor.

However, the minister heard that there are also mines in Cochin. Anyway, the British are in Jiaozhi right now, so it is better to let him buy laborers to open mines, and then use the proceeds of mining to buy laborers to build straight roads, so wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

In order to show that he really wanted Zhang Fu to build the Jiaozhi Straight, Xia Yuanji gritted his teeth again and said: "Although the treasury is empty, in order to support the British public energy to build the Jiaozhi Straight, the minister can think of a way to let the treasury pay 10,000 taels of silver for the purchase of labor in advance!" ”

Zhu Laosi glared at Xia Yuanji and sneered: "Ten thousand taels? Xia Aiqing is really generous, it is better for me to directly pay 100,000 taels from the internal money! ”

As soon as Zhu Laosi's words fell, Xia Yuanji, who was overjoyed, bowed directly and said, "Minister, thank you, Your Majesty!" Your Majesty is compassionate, and the ministers are grateful! ”

Looking at Zhu Laosi, who was dumbfounded on the spot, Xia Yuanji was afraid that Zhu Laosi would regret it, so he immediately made up for it: "Since ancient times, there has been no joke in the king, Your Majesty said that the internal payment of 100,000 taels is the internal debt of 100,000 taels, and now that the treasury saves this 10,000 taels of silver, it can repair many rivers and bridges." ”

When Xia Yuanji said this, Zhu Laosi had no choice but to snort coldly with a dark face, and then said, "Is there anything else Xia Aiqing does?" ”

didn't seem to understand that Zhu Laosi was hinting that he should get out of here, Xia Yuanji instead bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness ...... acting king."

Seeing that he couldn't get around, Zhu Laosi had to sigh helplessly and said: "On the acting king's side, I have already sent someone to reprimand, if I don't change it, I will also clean him up well, and I will not make him make so many mistakes again." ”

Xia Yuanji said goodbye with satisfaction - acting king? delayed the major affairs of the treasury, if the old man doesn't refer to you a few books every day, you will underestimate the old man's ability!

……

Yang Shaofeng was busy tossing the coal mines outside the border city, Zhu Laosi and Xia Yuanji were busy counting small amounts of money, and Zhu Gui, the acting king, was busy smashing things, so frightened that the people in the entire palace did not dare to come out.

Of course, the so-called scaring everyone is Zhu Gui's own opinion, at least there is another person in the palace who is not afraid of Zhu Gui at all.

Xu's.

Xu is the sister of Empress Renxiaowen, Empress Wen is Xu Da's eldest daughter, and Princess Dai is Xu Da's second daughter - if it weren't for the relationship between the late Empress Renxiaowen, Zhu Laosi would have slaughtered Zhu Gui a long time ago, so how could he be an eyesore.

The well-mannered princess Xu entered the main hall, and when she saw that Zhu Gui had just smashed a pen wash, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and shouted, "You try another one!" ”

Zhu Gui looked at the Xu family, and immediately slackened, and snorted: "This king won't smash it yet, it's all his own things, this king is distressed!" ”

Xu snorted coldly and said, "What's the matter, didn't you take your son out to wander around, but now you are smashing things at home?" ”

Zhu Gui said with a painful face: "Border City! The Yang maniac surnamed Yang not only killed Liu Shaoze, but also snatched all the king's silver! ”

Anyway, she is also Xu Da's daughter, Xu is not as brainless as Zhu Gui, hearing Zhu Gui say this, he doubted: "Yang is crazy? Isn't he a good friend of Jungki? How could they rob you of your money? ”