Chapter Fifty-Six: Joy for the Twins

According to the calculations of our household department, during this period, the shipbuilding income of the Ministry of Industry has been more than 8.23 million taels of silver, and the maritime yamen has been opened at the beginning of this month for less than half a month, and it has collected 362,287 taels of silver in advance from the goods of various commercial ports to go to sea, and the total income of the two taels is more than 8.6 million taels of silver!"

The words of Ge Shouli, the head of the household, were like a bombshell thrown on the court, which immediately provoked a lot of civil and military discussions in the court, and for a while the hall was buzzing, and the dust that was hidden and tight on weekdays fell.

The situation was a little flustered, but the high-ranking Emperor Longqing did not stop it, but closed his mouth happily, he knew the news yesterday, but now when he heard it again, he was still excited.

"Congratulations to Lord Xu, congratulations to Lord Xu, the Ministry of Industry has made great contributions to the establishment of the imperial court, Lord Xu, you have made great contributions!" The chaotic situation became more and more excessive, and many officials gathered around Xu Gao to say hello.

Although the Ministry of Industry is listed among the six ministries, it is destined to be the most inconspicuous of the six ministries from the time of its birth, and it has no financial power, nor does it have the right to promote and degrade, and some are just miscellaneous drudgery.

Therefore, although Xu Gao is ranked in the position of the six ministries and nine secretaries, he has always kept a low profile, never competed with other officials for the limelight, and rarely took the initiative to speak out to attract attention.

But since the beginning of shipbuilding, looking at the daily extra numbers on the books, Xu Gao's waist has unconsciously straightened a lot, and he also feels that he can be on an equal footing with several other yamen officials, after all, with the continuous increase of silver, the Ministry of Industry is becoming more and more important to the entire imperial court.

"Hehe, all of you have won awards, and the official has made a lot of achievements, which is really uncountable!" Xu Gao's face was sneered, this fart was filmed in this place, especially in front of Shen Chongming, how could he afford it? You must know that the Ministry of Industry can have such a large income, relying on the credit of others!

"Uh-huh!" Seeing that the situation was a little messy, Gao Gong couldn't help frowning, covered his mouth and coughed lightly, and gradually quieted down from the front.

Looking at this situation, Xu Gao's face turned red instantly, what does Gao Gong mean by this, could it be that he felt that he had no face and no skin to steal the limelight of his apprentice.

"Your Majesty, for many years, the heavens have not been beautiful, the people have suffered a lot, the court was powerless before, and now the household department has finally eased, Weichen feels that the emperor should issue an order to reduce the taxes of the people in the world, in order to show the emperor's grace!" As Gao Gong's words came out, the smile on Emperor Longqing's face gradually barely rose.

Isn't this a massive hemorrhage for yourself before the money is hot in your pocket?

"Gao Aiqing, what you said is reasonable, but this court has just eased up a little, and it really doesn't have such a large financial resource to reduce or exempt the taxes of the people in the world, I think we should let this matter go! Luckily! Emperor Longqing's voice was almost pleading.

Gao Gong didn't seem to see it, and said with a smile: "The emperor misunderstood, and Weichen also knows that the imperial court does not have such a great ability to reduce or reduce the taxes of the people in the world, but we can reduce or exempt the most difficult places, such as Shaanxi and Henan, Weichen has already calculated, the annual taxes in these two places add up to less than two million taels, and the imperial court only needs to reduce one million taels, and the people of the two places will definitely feel the emperor's grace and pray for the emperor!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen agrees with Lord Gao's opinion, Shaanxi is perennially drought, Henan is constantly flooded, and the people in the two places have been living in poverty since ancient times. Without waiting for Emperor Longqing to shirk again, Chen Yiqin also stood up.

This is indeed a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, there has always been no objection to such a thing in the court, anyway, it is not the silver in his pocket that he has to pay for, so that the good thing that can be famous in everyone's hearts is that they wish to meet a few times every year, and it is good to show off in the limelight.

I saw that the ministers pleaded with Emperor Longqing to agree to Gao Gong's proposal, and even the most stingy household officials on weekdays joined in.

The situation of collapse made Emperor Longqing couldn't help but sigh quietly, he couldn't help but agree to this matter, and it seemed that his desire to repair the palace a little had to be postponed again.

"You Aiqing can understand the suffering of the people in the world, and I am very relieved!" After making an official statement, Emperor Longqing turned his head to Chen Hong and said: "Chen Hong, spread my will to the world, and next year the land endowment in Shaanxi and Henan will be halved!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the ministers who had been prepared for a long time knelt on the ground and sang in unison: "My Emperor Shengming, long live, long live, long live!" ”

Emperor Longqing said in a majestic voice: "Everyone, Aiqing is flat!" But at this time, his heart was dripping blood, just like three long live, he had to put in a million taels of silver, this emperor is not good!

There was nothing to retreat from, and without waiting for Shen Chongming to slip out of the imperial city, Chen Hong hurriedly chased after him: "Lord Shen, please stay!" ”

"Father-in-law Chen, dare to ask what your father-in-law has to do!" The courtesy is very respectful, and the long-tested Shen Chongming knows very well the power of these people around the emperor, and he has always dared not underestimate them.

Chen Hong held a small box about one foot long and one palm wide wrapped in red silk in his hand, and his face was full of flattering smiles: "Lord Shen, the emperor heard that the two honorable ladies are about to give birth in the near future, so he specially ordered our family to select two high-grade Korean ginseng from the inner library, and let your lord take them back to make up for Mrs. Zun's body!" ”

Shen Chongming's eyes lit up, but he didn't refuse, and thanked him while taking it: "Thank you emperor, father-in-law, you have also worked hard!" ”

"Hehe, Lord Shen is polite, this is our family's business, by the way, some time ago, our family got a piece of jade, and it's useless to keep it, if you don't dislike it, take it back and carve two jade pendants for the two little adults! It's also a part of our family's heart! ”

As he spoke, Chen Hong turned around and took a boxy box from the little eunuch behind him and handed it over, Shen Chongming looked at it, okay, the length and width are nearly half a foot each, this piece of jade is not small!

"Hehe, the father-in-law is heavy, how can this make the subordinate worthy of it!" Shen Chongming smiled, said kind words on his lips, but the movements in his hand were not idle, and he took out one hand and hugged the box.

"Lord Shen has seen the outside, who are we and whom!" Chen Hong did his best to bring the two closer: "Lord Shen, our family still has some errands to do, let's go back, you go slowly!" ”

"Okay, father-in-law, please!" Shen Chongming was polite, but his two eyes couldn't help but look at the two boxes in his arms, these two things were probably worth a lot of money.

Out of the imperial city, Brother Erdan was wandering there anxiously, and when he saw Shen Chongming raising his feet, he greeted him: "My lord, go home quickly, the two ladies are about to give birth!" ”

Shen Chongming's body was shocked, and then he threw the two boxes in the arms of Brother Erdan, turned around and ran to the war horse in front of him.

Back in the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, the courtyard was already in chaos, whether it was the maids who could help or not, and the guards who took care of the home on weekdays ran back and forth, I didn't know what they were doing?

Shen Chongming threw off his big stride, flew into the backyard like an arrow, listened to the heart-rending shouts in Yan Yumeng's house, and shouted: "Lady, the princess is here!" ”

shouted, but the feet did not stop, and the two arrows rushed to the door and wanted to rush in directly, and the action was very vigorous.

But when he heard a bang, he saw dust falling on the top of the door beam, and Shen Chongming also screamed, took three steps back and stumbled backwards and fell to the ground.

Several guards watched Lord Shen fall to the ground from a distance, and rushed forward without caring too much: "My lord, where did you fall!" ”

Shen Chongming did not respond to the guards' concern, but instead shook off the guards and rushed up again with two nosebleeds, banged on the door, and shouted through the door: "Yumeng, Xianggong is outside, don't be afraid!" ”

What answered him was a loud cry, and Shen Chongming looked stunned and stupidly stood in front of the door.

"Congratulations to Master Hou, it's a young master!" The sweaty Lang Po opened the door and shouted, which made Shen Chongming come back to his senses.

"Son,!" His eyes widened, and he couldn't hide his joy and was about to go in, but he didn't expect to be very strong, and pushed him out with both hands.

"Master Hou, you can't come in yet!" After that, the woman closed the door again without giving face.

"Heheha......" Shen Chongming squinted his eyes and laughed out of control, but he still couldn't express the joy in his heart at this moment.

"My lord, what about another lady?" Brother Erdan didn't know when he ran in, and when he saw Shen Chongming stop in front of Yan Yumeng's room, he couldn't help but remind in a low voice.

The laughter stopped abruptly, and Shen Chongming raised his feet with a gust of wind and ran towards another small courtyard: "Jiayi, Xianggong, I'm here!" ”

Good things come in pairs, when Shen Chongming just ran into the small courtyard, he bumped into Xin'er with a happy face, and Shen Chongming subconsciously stretched out his hand and pulled it, otherwise Xin'er would have been bumped into by him at such a moment.

"Miss Xin'er, you're not hurt, are you?" It was not Shen Chongming who spoke, but Brother Erdan, who followed closely, and saw that he was busy helping Xin'er's fragrant shoulder, and asked with concern on his face.

Xin'er didn't answer him, but said with excitement on her face: "My lord, my young lady has given birth to a little son!" ”

What does happiness feel like? For the first time in his life, Shen Chongming experienced that the feeling of happiness was vertigo.

"Your Excellency, you're all right!" Seeing that Shen Chongming looked up and looked up for a long time without movement, Brother Erdan involuntarily let go of Xin'er and asked in a whisper.

"Erdan, your grandma's, go get the wine, my lord, I'm going to have a drink today, hahahaha!" Shen Chongming looked up to the sky and laughed, and the corners of his eyes moistened unconsciously.

Brother Erdan smiled innocently, nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said, "Okay, my lord, you will later!" ”

It's a pity that the wine hasn't come yet, so Shen Chongming stuck behind Xin'er and entered the house, his eyes glared at him, and he squatted on the side of the bed with an excited expression as he scared away the Lang Po who was about to push him out.

Looking at Wan Jiayi, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, Shen Chongming said gratefully: "Jiayi, thank you for your hard work!" ”

"Xianggong, this is our child!" Wan Jiayi's pale face was full of happy smiles, and the smile on his face was even bigger when he looked at his son next to him with his eyes closed and his small mouth pouting.

Shen Chongming smirked again and again: "Hehe, ours, our biological son!" ”