"Zhou Xianggong, the fan of the inner court said that the new weaving bureau wants to purchase cotton and raw silk at a price fifty percent higher than the market price, is it true that you say this?"

At this time, in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, the farmer She Kaide found the squire Zhou Jiansheng of the village to confirm the authenticity of the cotton and raw silk purchased by the inner court at a high price.

It is true that the common people are no longer particularly disgusted by the officials of the Inner Court opening a new weaving bureau in Songjiang Prefecture, but have turned their attention to the fact that the weaving bureau wants to purchase cotton and raw silk at high prices.

After all, discerning people understand that this high-priced purchase of cotton and raw silk is naturally beneficial to their own people.

If the new weaving bureau really wants to purchase cotton and raw silk at a high price, it is equivalent to the God of Wealth, who will refuse to open a weaving bureau in Songjiang Province.

Of course.

Because the image of eunuchs has always been bad among the people, there are reasons for the guidance of public opinion of the gentry, and there are also reasons for the eunuchs' own misconduct.

But on the whole, the people were indeed skeptical at the beginning of the purchase of cotton and raw silk at the high price proposed by the Inner Court.

Therefore, rich peasants like She Kaide would first come to find a local squire like Zhou Jiansheng to confirm the authenticity of the eunuchs in the inner court purchasing cotton and raw silk at a high price.

For a peasant household like She Kaide in Songjiang Mansion, the squire of the village is naturally more reliable than the eunuch, after all, everyone is a neighbor.

Zhou Jiansheng and the gentry of Songjiang Mansion were the same, and they were all very depressed at this time.

Because, they originally wanted to take advantage of the eunuchs of the inner court to come to Songjiang Mansion to open a new weaving bureau to argue that the inner court wanted to lower the purchase price of cotton and raw silk, and then they themselves took care of the people's righteousness of the villagers, and only purchased cotton and raw silk at a price slightly lower than the market price but slightly higher than the purchase price of the eunuchs of the inner court, so that they could earn more profits, and they could also make the neighbors feel like themselves, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds.

But what Zhou Jiansheng didn't expect was that the eunuchs of the inner court actually wanted to purchase cotton and raw silk at a high market price of fifty percent, which caught him and the other gentry of Songjiang Mansion off guard, and they were all wondering how the eunuchs of the inner court dared to have such confidence to directly raise the price of cotton and raw silk, and raise it by fifty percent at one time, did they not want to make money?

But no matter what, the gentry of Songjiang Mansion like Zhou Jiansheng had to admit that his plot to use the eunuchs of the inner court to open a new weaving bureau to lower the purchase price of cotton and raw silk in the hands of the villagers had failed!

Even the current Songjiang gentry like Zhou Jiansheng could only raise prices in order to compete with the soon-to-be-opened government-run weaving bureau for the cotton and raw silk market.

However, Zhou Jiansheng didn't dare to raise the price by fifty percent, he didn't know why the eunuchs in the inner court had such a big confidence and dared to raise the price of cotton and raw silk by fifty percent!

But he knew that now there were more and more trading houses selling cotton and silk at sea, and the prices continued to fall, so he had to lower the price in order to sell more cotton and silk from his trading houses.

Now, if you raise the purchase price of cotton and raw silk to 50%, your business bank will not want to make too much profit.

Therefore, Zhou Jiansheng could only take advantage of the trust of his neighbor She Kai and said:

"Uncle Yu, do you also believe the words of the inner court? This official has always said that he is beautiful, but he is the same as the sister in the kiln, he takes your money and doesn't care who you are, and now they say that it is a high purchase price, but do you think they will cash it, and when you transport cotton and raw silk over, people only take your cotton and raw silk and do not admit it, what else can you do, is it possible that you dare to smash the weaving bureau? If you do that, you will be blackmailed for a crime of treason! ”

When Zhou Jiansheng said this, She Kaide also believed it, and nodded: "That's the reason, that's why I came to you to give you an idea, you are a scholar, well-informed, and have a lot of contact with the officials above, you tell me, what should we do, I listen to you!" ”

Capitalists can sell anything for the sake of profit, even if they risk breaking the law and committing crimes or even paying for their lives, not to mention the trust of their neighbors.

Therefore, this week, the prison student said: "In the end, everyone is a neighbor, I don't help you, who will help you, so let's do it, our Zhou family purchases your cotton and raw silk at a price half a percent higher than the market price, what about you, it is not a loss, you can get more benefits, what about me, I will not lose too much because the price of raw silk is too high, it is okay for everyone to be considered for each other, what do you think?" ”

She Kai didn't trust that the eunuchs in the inner court would really buy their own cotton and raw silk at a price fifty percent higher than the market price, and the reason why he came to Zhou Jiansheng was that he hoped that Zhou Jiansheng would no longer buy his own cotton and raw silk at a low price, and it would be best to be able to purchase his own cotton and raw silk at a low price.

After all, there are more and more people planting cotton and raw silk, which can be said to be growing cotton and picking mulberry, which has also led to the continuous decline in the price of cotton and raw silk.

In She Kaide's view, it is thankful that he can sell his cotton and raw silk this year without reducing the price.

But she didn't expect Zhou Jiansheng to take care of himself at a purchase price higher than half the price, so she was naturally even more happy, and she was grateful to Zhou Jiansheng:

"Zhou Xianggong, you are really a living Bodhisattva, no wonder people like you can be talented and read good books, it is true that this good person has a good reward! Lao She only hopes that you can live a long life! ”

In She Kaide's eyes, Zhou Jiansheng is undoubtedly a real good squire, a living Bodhisattva, much better than the eunuchs who eat people and don't spit out bones in the drama and rumors, in the end, they are still neighbors, even if they are rich and noble, they know how to take care of their neighbors.

Zhou Jiansheng also calmly accepted She Kaide's admiration for himself, and even he was used to the scene where he let the villagers be grateful to him if he casually gave a little profit, and he had to sigh that the foolish people were really easy to fool, and the simple villagers were even more foolish.

It is precisely because of this that he can't understand why the imperial court wants these poor children of villagers to study, and they don't read books that teach people to be obedient and modest, but they read books like "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning", so that the poor children in the township who originally regarded themselves as living bodhisattvas now regard themselves as "Liu Wencai" and "Zhou Papi" that are circulated in the plays, so that these squires have to try their best to whitewash these so-called "Liu Laocai" and "Zhou Papi", and specifically find them to repair bridges and pave roads. Paid for books to prove that these people were wise squires.

Of course.

Zhou Jiansheng was relieved that fortunately, the elderly villagers still trusted their gentry.

And those poor children who were disobedient after reading made themselves, the village squires, the elderly, not to be treated by their parents.

There is no other reason.

In the eyes of the squires and the village elders, they are all a group of disobedient and unfilial people, and the biggest drawback of the new education is that they instigate their children to be reactionary, corrupt the ethics of the program, and do not advocate filial piety.

After Zhou Jiansheng reached an agreement with She Kaide here, he immediately asked She Kai to sign the contract, and She Kaide also pressed his handprint, and happily officially agreed to sell all the cotton and raw silk of his family to Zhou Jiansheng at a price half higher than the market price.

Supervisor Zhou became more and more happy because of this, and simply let She Kaide stay at home for the night, and let people clean up a side room in the courtyard where his subordinates lived to make She Kai live, and also invited She Kaide, She Kai was very happy, and felt that his face was bright, after all, although he was only living in the human room, he could be left by the prisoner to eat and spend the night It was already very face-saving for him as a hillbilly.

"Hasn't that muddy boy in your family promised to come back and marry the girl from the Lin family in the neighboring village?"

During the banquet, Zhou Jiansheng and She Kaide chatted, but it also involved She Kaide's family affairs, and She Kaide sighed:

"Zhou Xianggong, don't mention it, this rebel, I can't wait to kill him, since he studied in the Songjiang Mansion Middle School, he said that he would abandon his bad habits and refuse to marry the Lin family girl who set him a marriage, because the Lin family girl was bound to her feet, and said that she would only marry a girl with heavenly feet! Tell me, isn't this a big rebellion! ”

"How can you go against the words of this parent's order to matchmaker, the new education promulgated by the imperial court Kang Thief (Kang Hai) is very harmful, it is clearly to sweep away illiteracy and open up the wisdom of the people, which is really corrupting the ethics of Gangchang!" Zhou Jiansheng couldn't help but sigh.

"That's exactly what it is, if he can learn the system like you and take the exam, even if he only gets a child, I am content, but now I didn't expect it to be like this, if it wasn't for the subsidy from the imperial court, I would have let him come back!" She Kaide took two sips of wine and continued.

At night, She Kaide rested at Supervisor Zhou's house, but before he could take off his clothes, a third-class servant of the Zhou family came over: "Uncle She is not afraid of the cold when he sleeps alone at night?" ”

She Kai listened to the words of the Zhou family, and understood the three words, so he hurriedly pulled the Zhou family, stuffed a silver coin into his arms, and asked in a low voice: "Don't dare to hide it, brother, I drank some wine with your master just now, and I was in a panic, is there anyone in your house who does this business?" ”

"Yes, of course, there is a girl named Yun in our house, who specializes in this kind of business, whether it is the lord above, or a farmer like you, or us little guys, as long as you send her some cloth, gold and silver jewelry or something, it can make you comfortable!"

After laughing in a low voice, the little maid of the Zhou family pointed to a bewitching maid who walked by at the door of the moon cave opposite: "She is Miss Yun!" ”

This She Kai looked in the direction pointed by the little girl of the Zhou family, and saw that the Yun girl was turning her head and smiling at him, and it was obviously much more tender than his yellow-headed and earth-faced wife, and suddenly there was nothing in his mind, and he just thought about rushing over and lying on the Yun girl to do: "Will your master mind?" ”

"Where will the lord care about our subordinates, if you really want to, give me thirty silver dollars, I will go and say to her man, and when her man comes out, you can go in, and then his man will give you a look outside to look at the wind", said the little girl of this week.

This She Kai had just gotten a deposit of fifty silver dollars from Zhou Jiansheng, and when he heard what the Zhou family said, he hurriedly counted thirty silver dollars to the Zhou family, and the Zhou family hurriedly ran away.

And this She Kaide waited in the room with great anticipation, thinking of the young girl's face just now, which was so tender that she could pinch out the water, her whole body was very hot, and she looked out of the window from time to time, and sure enough, after a while, the little girl of the Zhou family came.

She Kai was so impatient that he went up and asked, "Brother, what did Miss Yun say?" ”

"You come with me!"

This week, the little girl led this She to open the door of the Moon Cave and came to a side room: "Go in, Uncle She, don't make too much noise, it's not good to make noise to others." ”

She Kai nodded and walked over, and at this time he also saw a man sitting on the stone steps outside the wing room napping, and he also guessed that this might be the man of the Yun girl, and he didn't think it was strange, because as far as he knew, it was very common for such a large family to have this kind of deed.

She Kaide pushed open the door, and saw Miss Yun lying on the couch, supporting her cheeks with one hand, and lifting up the pomegranate skirt from time to time with the other, revealing her white legs: "Come on!" ”

She Kaide had to admit that this big family was different, even the subordinates were more attractive than the women in their own village, so this She Kaide couldn't bear to untie the sweat towel, and this Yun girl had softened into a puddle of mud.

But at the most critical time, when She Kai was about to gather momentum to enter, the cloud girl closed the door and refused to live or die: "You have to give another money, another twenty silver dollars, otherwise I won't follow, and I will shout out, saying that you want to force me, and when the time comes, our master will know and will not be able to spare you!" ”

This She Kaide was in a hurry at this time, where could he endure this kind of torture, and hurriedly gave the last remaining twenty silver dollars to this Yun girl, and then got what she wanted, with the fragrance of soapy water on this Yun girl, she flowed into the hole that ten thousand people had entered, and for a while she only felt that the women of big families were different from the women in the village.

The next morning, when it was just dawn, she Kai hurriedly left the place where the cloud girl came, and as soon as she came out, she saw her man still lying in the green grass napping, and did not say anything, but only returned to the room where he lived, and then took an empty cloth bag with no silver dollars to say goodbye to Zhou Jiansheng.

It wasn't until he left Zhou Jiansheng's house that She Kaide regretted it a little, feeling that he seemed to be a little unworthy, and he slept with a subordinate mother-in-law of the Zhou family for one night and spent fifty silver dollars in vain, which was more expensive than going to Nanjing for the Qinhuai River flower boat to spend the night.

Zhou Jiansheng also came to Miss Yun at this time, and he didn't pay attention to the man of Miss Yun, and only asked Miss Yun: "Where is the silver dollar?" ”

"Back to the master, it's all here!" The girl Yun, whose hair was scattered, did not tie the half-open placket, but only exposed her bandeau and brought a bunch of silver dollars.

"Keep five for yourself!"

This week, the prisoner also picked the cloud girl's white chin as he spoke, and then threw a piece of silver coin into the cloud girl's chest, and then pounced.

And although this Yun girl cooperated with her body, she said: "The master is about to leave the slave family, and the slave family is very dirty!" ”

"Dirty, what's dirty, if you're dirty, then Songjiang Mansion won't be clean! Let me kiss me, master", this week, the prison student said and moved on this cloud girl.

Miss Yun's husband outside saw that there was another coquettish sound in the house, so he had to drink three more sips of wine, and then fell asleep in a deep sleep.

Zhou Jiansheng also walked out of the Yun girl's room, reverted to his previous serious and solemn appearance, played the role of a good squire among the villagers, and used various ways to receive the villagers' cotton and raw silk to his own firm, of course, he also did some unsightly things from time to time, and earned the villagers' silver dollars into his own pockets, and also made these villagers ashamed of themselves, feeling that they had done something bad and took advantage of the gentry.

Like Zhou Jiansheng, the other squires in Songjiang Mansion are also about the same, the means may be different, but the purpose is the same, one by one, using their own advantages in controlling the grassroots people to monopolize the upstream products of the textile industry, such as cotton and raw silk, so that the newly opened weaving bureau cannot purchase a large amount of cotton and raw silk for a while.

"Godfather, we have been ordered to raise the market price by fifty percent to purchase cotton and raw silk, these people do not seem to respond very positively, now our weaving bureau steam spinning machines have been installed, workers are waiting for the cotton harvest to start work", Diao Yong, the eunuch of the weaving and dyeing bureau, couldn't help but say to Luo Xiang.

At this time, another eunuch from the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, Ryan, hurriedly ran over: "Godfather, after inquiring about the child, I learned that many gentry are also taking the opportunity to purchase cotton and raw silk on a large scale, at a price higher than half or one percent higher than the market price, and the people don't believe that we really buy at a price fifty percent higher than the market price, so now they are giving cotton and raw silk to these gentry!" ”

"How is this good, without cotton, what do we spin in the weaving bureau! Godfather, hurry up and think of a way! ”

Diao Yong couldn't help but panic, looked at Luo Xiang and said.

"Your Majesty said, these gentry are scholars, and these people are the masses, although the scholars are a minority, but the most cunning, although the masses are many, they are the most easily bewitched, if the intellectuals and the masses are together, it is invincible in the world, externally, you can resist the Tartars or let the barbarians occupy China, and internally, you can change the emperor or let the common people be the emperor!"

"However, if you separate the two, then they will all become soft-footed shrimps, the so-called scholars will be more obedient than the dogs you raise, and the so-called masses can endure better than the cows you raise, so what we have to do now is to separate them, and don't let these gentry bewitch these people again!"

Now that Luo Xiang has received Zhu Houzhao's holy message, he is not very flustered, and even indifferently talks about his understanding of this phenomenon.

But.

At this time, Menzi suddenly came to report: "Zhou Yuan, the supervisor of Songjiang Mansion, asks to see him!" ”

"Zhou Yuan? The younger brother of Nanjing Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zhouyong? He is not busy harvesting cotton and raw silk now, what is the matter with coming to his father-in-law, let him wait in the front hall! ”

Luo Xiang said that soon after that, he met with the prisoners of this week.

"Late Zhou Yuan has seen his father-in-law, late born uninvited, not for anything else, just want to talk about a business with his father-in-law, late life does not dare to hide from his father-in-law, at present, the cotton and raw silk of Songjiang Mansion are being purchased by the firm of late life and several other local squires, and then the father-in-law is afraid that it will be difficult to purchase enough cotton and raw silk, and now, when the late life comes to his father-in-law, he naturally wants to talk to his father-in-law about this business, so as to avoid that his father-in-law will not be able to pay the difference with His Majesty!"

Zhou Yuan said.

"Yes, then in that case, how does Supervisor Zhou plan to do this business with our family?" Luo Xiang wanted to know what kind of medicine was sold in the prison gourd this week, so he asked.

"It's very simple, the Weaving Bureau does not purchase cotton and raw silk from the people, but purchases from us, and our firms can sell these cotton and raw silk to you at a price higher than the market price of 20%, and you continue to say to the above that you are purchasing at a price higher than the market price of 50%, so that your father-in-law and your father-in-law of the Weaving Bureau can earn 30% of the profits, of course, the gentry of Songjiang Mansion can also give up half of the profits, and buy off the civil and military officials at all levels such as the governor of Nanzhili to the magistrate of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, etc., At that time, no one will report it, and even every year in the future, the father-in-law and the father-in-law of the Weaving Bureau can naturally make a fortune every year, and the civil officials and gentry will not embarrass the father-in-law, so why not! ”

"Of course, my father-in-law can even take advantage of the rise in the price of cotton and raw silk every year, and report to the imperial court that he will increase the price of cotton purchases, and turn the price higher than the current market price of fifty percent into seventy percent of the line, with His Majesty's love for the people today, as long as it is beneficial to the people, His Majesty will naturally not doubt it! What do you say, Grandpa Luo, wouldn't it be good for everyone to get rich together, even the people of Songjiang Mansion can get benefits, and there will be no trouble at that time! Even, my father-in-law can successfully open a new weaving bureau, and he will not disappoint His Majesty! ”

This week, the inmate said.

Frankly speaking, Luo Xiang was really almost moved by this week's prison sentence, and he had to admit that this was a clever plan, whether it was himself, the civil and military officials of Nanzhili, or even the ordinary people of Nanzhili.

However, His Majesty Emperor Luo Xiang's eyeliner is all over the Ming Dynasty, and it is not easy for him to hide from the emperor, plus he is already wealthy, and he is not particularly interested in money, so after Zhou Jiansheng said, he only smiled and said: "Zhou Jiansheng is really a good plan, in this way, it is His Majesty the Emperor who has been deceived, and the profits made by the Weaving Bureau in the future will only fill the stomachs of you and me, which is not beneficial to the country!" ”

"It can't be said that it is completely useless, the imperial court can at least get a tax! Father-in-law Luo only needs to prohibit the Weaving Bureau from purchasing cotton and raw silk directly from the people," Zhou Jiansheng said with a smile.

"Forgive Luo for not daring, not to mention that it is His Majesty's decree to purchase cotton and raw silk directly from the people at a price fifty percent higher than the market price, if Luo does not collect it from the people, but from you, it is a protest order!"

After Luo Xiang finished speaking, he put down the teacup and gave the order to evict the guests.

Seeing this, Zhou Jiansheng had no choice but to leave, but he couldn't help but sneer: "Father-in-law, do you know that you have not only cut off the financial resources of your subordinates by doing this, but also made the entire civil and military officials of Nanzhili lose a chance to make a fortune. ”

"That's better than offending Your Majesty!" Luo Xiang replied.

Seeing this, Zhou Jiansheng had no choice but to leave.

At this time, Diao Yong, the eunuch under Luo Xiang, was a little moved, and hurriedly asked: "Why didn't my godfather agree to him, this matter seems to be promising, thousands of miles for officials are only for money, and now this is indeed a good opportunity to make a fortune!" ”

"What do you know, are you really so easy to deceive the people, is Your Majesty so easy to deceive, we have been ordered to post a notice to purchase cotton and raw silk, if we withdraw the notice now and do not purchase from the people, it will be a rebellion, once the people really come to the weaving bureau to sell cotton and raw silk, we will not accept it, and it will reach the ears of Your Majesty, it will be the crime of befriending foreign ministers and being embarrassed!"

"Moreover, once the incident happens, these gentry will only put the blame on us, saying that it is we eunuchs who are insatiable that we forced them to do this!"

As soon as Luo Xiang said this, the eunuchs of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau all understood, but Ryan asked again: "But what the surnamed Zhou said just now is right, we don't cooperate with them, and it also gives the civil and military officials of Nanzhili one less chance to make a fortune, which is equivalent to us offending the entire civil and military officials of Nanzhili!" ”

"What are you afraid of offending, we are not scholars, we are Your Majesty's house slaves, the more we offend them, the more Your Majesty will trust us! He just wanted to instigate you, saying that my father-in-law had cut off your financial route, and you would believe it? My father-in-law will tell you the truth, following His Majesty has the opportunity to make a fortune, and it will naturally be beneficial for this weaving bureau to open in the future, but now, we can't hide from Your Majesty to get rich, so even if you make a fortune, you won't have the life to enjoy it at that time! ”

After Luo Xiang said this, the eunuchs of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau didn't say anything more.

At this time, Zhou Jiansheng was disappointed and returned to his home: "This Luo Eunuch is actually quite loyal, he doesn't eat oil and salt, he doesn't do good things to make a fortune, and he wants to prevaricate with reasons that his will is difficult to disobey, there are only people in this world who can't be messed with, and there are no rules that can't be broken!" ”

After speaking, this week's prison student said again: "However, at the moment, he will report to the imperial court, go to Nanjing to find the uncle (Nanjing Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zhouyong)'s family on Thursday, let him go to Nanjing's Wang Wenchang, and participate in his Luo Xiang, preemptively!" ”

……

It's almost eighteen years since Zhengde, but Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that a weaving bureau with steam spinning machines as the latest production technology had dragged on for nearly half a year and had not started to operate profitably!

First of all, the people of Songjiang Prefecture obstructed the opening of the New Weaving Bureau, and even the chief officer Xiong Xun stood up to speak for the people of Songjiang Prefecture.

Now it is the weaving bureau that cannot receive cotton, according to Luo Xiang's secret content, because the gentry of Songjiang Prefecture took advantage of their control over the grassroots people to block the cotton procurement channels.

According to the impeachment of Wang Wenchang in the Nanjing Huke case, Luo Xiang deliberately refused to buy cotton and raw silk when he was ordered to announce that he would purchase cotton and raw silk at a purchase price 50% higher than the market price, and intended to contact some unscrupulous businessmen in Songjiang Prefecture with the intention of making a profit from it.

This made Zhu Houzhao feel very depressed, and angrily threw the two letters from Luo Xiang of the Inner Court and Wang Wenchang of the Outer Dynasty on the table: "It's really excessive! A weaving bureau is running so hard! ”

The cabinet ministers below all looked at each other, and they all received a lot of secret letters from their colleagues in Nanzhili, and the content of the secret letters was to ask them to find a way to arrange Luo Xiang, who did not give Nanzhili officials a chance to make a fortune, in front of the emperor.

But now the cabinet ministers dare not stand up and disobey Zhu Houzhao at this time, although they have accepted the charcoal respect of the officials under the Nanzhili, but they can't accept the money and have to do things for others.

Only Wang Qiong said at this time: "Gonggong Luo has been following His Majesty for many years, he has always been old, but he has always been kind and soft-hearted, and it is inevitable to do things before and after, so that it slows down the itinerary of the Weaving Bureau. ”

Yang Yiqing secretly admired Wang Qiong's words, thinking that Nan Zhili's colleagues hoped to transfer Luo Xiang, who did not give the civil officials and gentry a chance to make a fortune, but His Majesty could know what Luo Xiang was doing through Luo Xiang's secret recital, if he attacked Luo Xiang at this time, it would be counterproductive, but Wang Qiong's clear praise of Luo Xiang was actually advising His Majesty to change people, and it would be easier to achieve the goal of transferring Luo Xiang away, and then change someone who is willing to cooperate with the civil officials and gentry. The eunuchs, who were willing to make a fortune with the civil officials and gentry, presided over the opening of a new weaving bureau.

So, Yang Yiqing also took the initiative to suggest: "From the perspective of the ministers, the Wei Gonggong of the internal official supervisor has always acted decisively and is strategic, which is very suitable for this position." ”

Wang Qiong smiled slightly, and secretly agreed with Yang Yiqing's accuracy of looking at people, Wei Bin is also one of the Eight Tigers, and he is a person that His Majesty can trust, but Wei Bin is more greedy than Luo Xiang, let Wei Bin go, naturally the result of civil officials, eunuchs, gentry, and the people getting rich together, and it will not be better because of the current result that only the people and the royal family can not open the weaving bureau.

Kang Hai was a little stupid, he couldn't understand the wit in Wang Qiong and Yang Yiqing's words, and only said: "Your Majesty, there seems to be nothing wrong with what the two adults said, but maybe the reason for this incident is really improper use of people!" ”

Wang Qiong smiled secretly, now even Kang Hai believes that his conclusion that "improper employment has led to the inability of the Weaving Bureau to be opened" is naturally better.

In this way, I am afraid that the emperor will also believe it, as long as Luo Xiang, an eunuch who does not know the times, will naturally be able to solve everything, the weaving bureau can also be opened, and the officials and gentry of Nanzhili and the people can also get benefits.

Zhu Houzhao had to admit that Kang Hai, a cabinet scholar, was very good at speaking, and directly said that the current situation was caused by improper employment, which did not mean that he, the emperor, did not choose a good person.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao is not Chongzhen, and he is not too face-conscious, but he didn't see for a while that in addition to Kang Hai, the remaining two elite scholars among the three cabinet scholars were all doing tai chi, and they wanted to transfer Luo Xiang, the emperor, who was unwilling to cooperate with the gentry and civil officials of Songjiang Mansion, back.

However, Zhu Houzhao has also been the emperor for almost 20 years now, and he also knows that the words of the ministers under him really can't be fully trusted, so he just habitually decides to deal with this matter tomorrow and think about it himself.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow!"

Zhu Houzhao said.

The three Cabinet Scholars retired.

Zhu Houzhao summoned Zhang Zhong, the governor of Xichang, at this time and asked, "What have been the recent changes of the three cabinet ministers?" ”

This is just Zhu Houzhao's habitual question, after all, the cabinet is the central minister of the imperial court, Zhu Houzhao must ensure that the cabinet ministers are absolutely dedicated to the public, otherwise he will not remove Liu Yu from the position of head of the cabinet when he is only persuaded to establish the crown prince for the benefit of his own family.

And Zhang Zhong considered that if his eldest son wanted to become the crown prince in the future, he naturally had to get the support of the cabinet, so he deliberately covered for the cabinet ministers, completely forgetting Liu Jin's instructions before his death, and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Wang Shoufu only listened to the drama with his children and grandchildren after returning home recently, while the second assistant still compiled teaching materials, and Sanfu also often went to the military academy to give lectures. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded after hearing this, thinking to himself Could it be that the rule of officials in the world has really changed? Whether it is a eunuch or a civil official, what he learned is a group of Qing officials and capable officials.

But in this case, why are the common people still so distrustful of the government, and why are the officials' lives becoming more and more luxurious, is it really because the empire is getting richer and stronger?