Li Zhiwen seemed to know that Ye Xun was coming to him, and after Ye Xun arrived at his courtroom, he didn't need to report it, and was directly let in by the little guy at the door.

Although Ye Xun has been back in Beijing for a while, he actually doesn't have much time to deal with these court officials, and he is not willing to work with those Donglin Party members, these people will be Wei Zhongxian's dishes in the future, so it is better to stay away from them.

Li Zhiwen was reviewing a financial report at the moment, Ye Xun walked lightly, and he didn't interrupt him for the first time after he came in, but just sat on the chair and looked at the Ming minister's financial minister.

Li Zhiwen's appearance is good, with a Chinese face, a straight nose and a square mouth, a wisp of steel hair under his chin, and a righteous face.

Although I dare not say that a person's face can be judged from the person's face, the impression given at first glance is very important.

For now, Ye Xun has a good impression of this Li Shangshu.

After a long while, Li Chengwen finally put down the briefing in his hand, and only then did he realize it, turned his head to look at Ye Xun's side, and then said, "Ah! He stood up.

"Grandpa Ye, you made this official wait! Come and serve tea."

Ye Xun also smiled, this official is good, he is not polite to me, but I like it, he is an official who does practical things.

"Seeing that Master Li was too engrossed, I didn't dare to disturb, if my guess is correct, you deliberately let Your Majesty push me out, right?"

Li Zhiwen waved his hand to send out the subordinates who served the tea, and then sat directly next to Ye Xun, sighed and said: "You don't belong to this family, you can't understand my difficulties!" A new dynasty and a new atmosphere, but where does this new come from? The lack is all filled, but these officials who come up also have to pay money, don't they? Now the silver in the treasury is not enough for a month, and the New Year is approaching, if the silver cannot be issued by then, how can Your Majesty's face be saved? And what I'm talking about is not counting the salaries of the Nine Border Military Town."

After sitting down, Li Zhiwen began to vomit bitterness, looking at him like that, as if his house was about to open the pot.

They are all happy people, Ye Xun didn't go around in circles, and said, "What does Master Li want me to do?" ”

Hearing Ye Xun ask, Li Zhiwen smiled, smiled very treacherously, and said: "Who doesn't know that Ye Gonggong has the best set of money, so help me get one or two million taels of silver for emergency relief, and I will definitely pay you back when I have money."

Ye Xun was taken aback, he remembered that he seemed to have read in that book, in the last year of Wanli, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was only four or five million taels of silver a year, and later because of the increase in Liao's salary, he changed the law to loot from the people, and the tax was more than ten million taels.

Now this guy opens his mouth for one or two million taels of silver, is Lao Tzu producing silver?

I just wanted to say something, my heart moved slightly, I'm afraid this guy has a goal, right? Otherwise, how could I be so sure I could get so much silver?

Thinking of this, he smiled and asked Li Cheng: "Master Li, I treat you with sincerity, I hope you can also treat me with sincerity, say it!" What do you want me to do? ”

Knowing that people are easy to do, Li Zhiwen's face turned pale, and he said: "Jiangnan can raise the tax rate to increase taxes, but it is too late, just in the court, it is a joke, it cannot be solved in ten days and a half months, so we should also find a way in the capital."

Li Zhiwen's idea is similar to Ye Xun's, so I don't know if the specific implementation method is the same.

"There are many illegal things in the relatives of the emperor in Beijing, and the father-in-law can borrow from these people, of course, this will definitely affect the reputation of the father-in-law, but with the reputation of the father-in-law, I am afraid that no one will dare to do anything to the father-in-law!"

Ye Xun turned his head, looked at Li Cheng like an alien and asked, "Does Master Li think there is something wrong with my head?" ”

Actually let yourself be this wicked person, and this guy can think of it? But the meaning is the same as my own thoughts.

These dignitaries and nobles in the capital, isn't that a rich flowing oil? In another time and space, Li Zicheng hit the city, Chongzhen wanted to borrow some military salary from them, but no one borrowed it, and then he was blackmailed by Li Zicheng's subordinates, but they all spit out, so they should be slaughtered the most.

If it was in Liaodong, Ye Xun would definitely attack these fat sheep, but the capital would never work.

Li Cheng asked and smiled: "Isn't this what the factory guard does?" Besides, Gonggong Ye didn't do this kind of thing in Liaodong, why did he become timid when he arrived in the capital? ”

"Haha..."

Ye Xun finally couldn't help laughing, this Li is a little interesting, this yin energy is very similar to himself.

He stopped laughing and said, "Lord Li is not from the Donglin family, right?" ”

Li Beiwen pursed his lips and said: "If you want to be a real villain, if you want to do it, you will be a real villain" The implication is obvious, that is, he disdains to be a hypocrite.

Ye Xun didn't want to make any evaluation of the Donglin Party, the concept of governing the country is different, others don't say it, just say that Yang Lian, iron bones, and finally was killed by Wei Zhongxian, can you say that he must be a bad person?

The Donglin Party is a great gift left by Ye Xun to Wei Zhongxian, and he will never touch anyone.

Having said that, there was no need to say any more, so he stood up and asked Li Cheng, "Let's take half a month!" I'll get as much money as I can for you, but I can't say if I can get to the figure you said."

Li Zhiwen also stood up and said with a smile: "If you can get Ye Gonggong, this official can finally sleep well."

Ye Xun smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that of course you can sleep well, because the wicked have let Lao Tzu be the one.

When I returned to the West Factory, I just sat down in the lobby, and saw Mu Zheng coming quickly, without waiting for Ye Xun's reaction, he knelt down directly in front of Ye Xun, cried before speaking, and cried: "Father-in-law is very kind, Mu Zheng has nothing to repay, please accept Mu Zheng's worship"

After saying that, he really kowtowed hard.

Ye Xun was taken aback, he was quite disgusted with this kind of kneeling salute, so when the subordinates of the West Factory told him something, they only had to bow down and salute.

"What are you doing here? What do you have to say?"

Mu Zheng wiped his tears, got up and said: "Xiang Stalltou has found my relatives, and my father-in-law has arranged a place for them to live, and my subordinates really don't know how to thank my father-in-law."

It turned out that Ye Xun had almost forgotten about this matter, and Xiang Biao did it for himself when he wanted to arrange a place to live.

smiled: "What should I do, give you a few days off, go home first and spend time with your family"

Mu Zheng has now been officially incorporated into the West Factory, although he has no formal official position, but he has been cultivated by Ye Xun as a successor, so the whole person is becoming more and more mature and stable.

"There's no hurry to go home, just now the eyeliner in the palace has returned, after the Hakka family came out of Zheng Guifei, he went to Li Xuanshi, although I don't know what they said, but the subordinates feel that this Hakka is a little not simple"

Ye Xun glanced at Mu Zheng approvingly, nodded and said, "Find a way to install our people on the prince's side, I want to know this woman's every move."

"There is another thing you should do, that is, to order people to spread rumors in the city, saying that Xichang has arrested a merchant who went to sea to do business, and according to this merchant, he has business dealings with many high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing."

Mu Zheng's current attitude towards Ye Xun is as loyal to the previous Wanli Emperor.

nodded and said, "Don't worry, my subordinates will do it"...