Shen Zhangting is the Ji Shanguan of the palace, what exactly does this official position do, Li Mi is not very clear, but when he inquired about the situation of the palace earlier, he heard Zhao Guangling talk about it vaguely.

Ji Shanguan is the duty of teaching, responsible for teaching the children of the royal family to read, and will also lecture and tell the scriptures for the prince, to put it bluntly, he reads to the prince, but Shen Zhangting is not for the king of Chu Ding, but for the old prince, King Chu Gong!

It is precisely because of this that Ji Shanguan is quite respected, after all, he is a close minister who gets along with the prince day and night, and occasionally a sentence or two may be able to achieve a wealth or ruin a future, so not to mention that the palace officials have to stammer, sometimes even the sons and daughters of the clan have to please Ji Shanguan.

Of course, there are cow heads and phoenix tails in all walks of life, and there is more than one Ji Shanguan in the palace, but other Ji Shanguan is not favored by the prince, so he can only teach ordinary children to read, and there is no opportunity to connect with the prince and Xungui, and there is no difference from Mr. Xixi, where will anyone please him.

Although Shen Zhangting is older, he exudes mature charm everywhere, and he is also an extremely typical example of a perfect literati, as if all literati in the world should look like Shen Zhangting.

Shen Zhangting is an extremely polite person, so he is not shocked, and everyone else is like being amnestied, and he wants to anoint the soles of his feet, but he just walks behind without hurry.

This also saved Li Mi a lot of trouble, so he just secretly greeted him and called Shen Zhangting over.

Shen Zhangting is not only a perfect literati, but he naturally has the nobility of a literati, but the world is knowledgeable, and the practice of human feelings is the article, after all, he is in the palace, and his temperament has already been grinded to the ground, so naturally he will not underestimate Li Mi.

Besides, Li Mi is his daughter's life-saving benefactor, he got a daughter in his later years, regarded as the pearl of his palm, because his daughter was missing, I don't know how many pillows he secretly cried, and at this time he naturally respected Li Mi as a living Bodhisattva.

"It turned out to be Master Li, Xiao Ke was about to come to the door to thank you, but I never thought that I would bump into it here!"

Li Mi also smiled: "Mr. Shen is good, Ling Yuan's body is better?" ”

Shen Zhangting seemed to be young because he had found his daughter, swept away the dullness of the past, and smiled at Li Mi: "Thanks to Lord Li's blessing, I can already drink gruel now." ”

Li Mi didn't expect to recover so quickly, you must know that he had just woken up in the morning, and now it was only noon, and he was able to drink gruel, which showed that the imperial medical officer of the palace was not so useless.

"Why doesn't Mr. Shen take care of Ling Yuan at home, but the prince has something urgent? I saw that the adults were in a hurry, didn't they catch the murderer? ”

After all, Li Mi is an outsider, and it is a big taboo to inquire about the affairs of the palace, but Shen Zhangting is also a clear-eyed person, and he knows that Chu Ding * Lai Li Mi will not hide it from Li Mi.

"Lord Li came to the prince to hunt down the murderer, right? The prince is still angry at this juncture, Lord Li should go later, the prince is angry, but it is not for the murderer's business......"

"Oh? If this is the case, Mr. Shen has to remind me, otherwise I am afraid that I will also eat the number of the prince, even so, I will not bother much, catch the murderer as soon as possible, and everyone will be happy as soon as possible. ”

Li Mi also wanted to capture the old man, then Shen Zhangting really stayed, and said to Li Mi: "Lord Li and go slowly, the prince is only afraid that he will be annoyed for a while, and the lord has not rested last night, it is better to deign to go to the cold house to drink hot tea, this great favor is not grateful, Xiao Ke has wasted all these years, the family has no money to spare, and there is nothing to repay, but the family kowtows to Lord Li or something, and it can also quench the thirst in his heart." ”

This scholar speaks differently, and he doesn't need to "appreciate his face", but "condescends", even if he is not rich or expensive, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and he is lonely everywhere.

Li Mi was about to hear the news from him, but naturally he couldn't ask for it, so he immediately said to Shen Zhangting.

"What did Mr. Shen say, I heard that Mr. Shen's family is extremely rich, how can he say that he has no money to spare?"

Shen Zhangting inevitably frowned, thinking that Li Mi wanted to blackmail him, which made him look down on Li Mi.

"What do you mean by this?"

Li Mi also smiled and said: "Mr. Shen, don't get me wrong, I mean that Mr. Shen's family has a collection of thousands of books, full of sweat and cattle, and Mr. is even more rich and rich, these are incomparable to ordinary people, how can you say that there is no surplus wealth at home?" Don't you hear that knowledge is wealth? ”

Li Mi is also talking nonsense, and changed the sentence that knowledge is power, but Shen Zhangting is a knowledgeable person in the end, so he naturally understands what Li Mi means, and what Li Mi says is flattering, he is a noble person, and he can't pull his face in front of Li Mi, and now he is naturally happy to be promoted by Li Mi.

At this time, Shen Zhangting also laughed and said: "Master Li is also full of witty words, no wonder although he is in the office, he still thinks about the exam, which really makes Shen admire him very much." ”

With such a compliment, Li Mi was not polite and followed him to the Shen Mansion.

Shen Zhangting was the most favored Ji Shanguan in the era of King Chu Gong, in order to facilitate the mission, the Shen family's mansion was arranged on the west side of the palace, although it was not very large, but it was full of the quiet and quiet of the literati.

When you enter it, you will feel that the little girl who sprinkles the sweep, the old mother who washes the laundry, the groom who carries it, and the drooping boy who jumps and passes by, can all sing a poem or two casually.

However, Li Mi can also see that this mansion must have been a good place back then, but now it is deserted, and I heard that Shen Zhangting later lost the favor of King Chu Gong, but I don't know why.

Thinking of this, Li Mi inevitably thought, this Shen Zhangting is so close to King Chu Gong, will King Chu Gong tell him the secret?

But this kind of thinking was quickly ruled out by Li Mi, no matter how much King Chu Gong trusted Shen Zhangting, it was impossible to tell him this kind of great secret, after all, if a son with a different surname pretended to be the heir of the king, the consequences would be unbearable, and how could it be easily known!

As soon as Shen Zhangting returned home, he asked his family members to come out to thank Li Mi, and as he said, there was no money, but the sincerity was full and the scene was touching, which made Li Mi a little unbearable.

Fortunately, Shen Zhangting followed King Chu Gong all day long, and he also had the ability to observe words and expressions, and seeing that Li Mi was a little embarrassed, he also stopped at the point, and let his family retreat, and Li Mi relaxed at this time.

The two exchanged pleasantries again, and it was inevitable that they would talk about the right talent, Li Mi endured it, and finally asked.

"Why is the prince so angry?"

Shen Zhangting's face was also a little vigilant, and Li Mi hurriedly explained: "This is the official business of the palace, and I, an outsider, really shouldn't peep in, but in a while, I am going to see the prince, and I am afraid that I will not cover my mouth, and if any sentence ignites his head, it will not be good......"

Shen Zhangting thought about it, he saved his daughter, and he didn't want to reciprocate, what was the matter to mention to him, and he was also a trustworthy person of the prince, so he said to Li Mi.

"It's a long story, if Master Li is really interested, I'll talk to you."

Li Mi also smiled and said: "It's not that I'm interested in this matter, I just want to know why the prince is angry, so I don't want to touch my head, if it's really difficult, Mr. Shen still don't say it, and I don't want to cause trouble for Mr. ......."

When Li Mi said this, Shen Zhangting was a little embarrassed, but if he didn't say it, he became stingy, so he spoke.

"It's okay, the one who came here was the celebrant eunuch from the capital, and Wang Shouren, who stayed behind in the capital to guard the hundred households, and the accompanying people were the governor of Huguang, the patrol press and other cadres."

Li Mi was also a little surprised when he heard that it was all big shots, no wonder Shen Zhangting was afraid again and again, and he didn't dare to tell him about it.

"How did these people come to the palace? What does it have to do with the prince's anger? ”

Shen Zhangting also shook his head: "These people are here to check the accounts and check the warehouse. ”

"Check the accounts and check the library?"

"Exactly."

"That Wang Shouren is a descendant of Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, last year there was a fire in the palace, burning a lot of palaces, Wang Shouren went on a note, saying that he wanted to work with Wang Bi's sixth grandson Wang Jinxi, donate a sum of silver to the royal palace to repair the palace, but this silver will fall on the head of the king of Chu."

Li Mi was also confused when he heard it: "How did this old Wang's family donate money, how did it fall on the head of King Chu?" ”

Shen Zhangting also smiled bitterly: "The princess married by Zhu Zhen, the first king of Chu, was the daughter of Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, but Wang Bi died young, so his son was left to the princess of Chu to raise, Wang Bi's inheritance was converted into more than 68,000 taels of gold, 2.5 million taels of silver, and the jewelry was even more impressive, and this inheritance also fell on the head of the king of Chu, and it was stored in the treasure house of the palace of the king of Chu. ”

"In addition, Wang Bi also has eighty-six Zhuangtian given by Emperor Taizu, starting from the Yongle period, the tenant rent is also collected by the Chu Wangfu, and the cumulative amount should be more than eight million taels, all of which add up, at least ten million taels!"

Shen Zhangting said this, Li Mi also understood a little, no wonder His Majesty the Emperor asked him to investigate the bloodline of King Chuding, if these things are true, King Chuding has the guards of Wu Chu's land, guarding the fortress of Nanjing, and has more than 10 million taels of property, so he completely has the capital to rebel!

People say that Emperor Wanli is greedy for money, and Li Mi has not known this emperor after all, and it is not easy to speak, but just from the perspective of preventing the vassal king from rebelling, it is understandable that Emperor Wanli sent people down to check the accounts and check the treasury!

The Ming Dynasty limited the authority of military generals through a special official system, and the emperors of previous dynasties also continued to cut the domain.

For so many years, the cutting of the feudal domain has never stopped, and a vassal king like King Chuding, who has land, money, and soldiers, has no one in ten, so it is no wonder that Emperor Wanli is so jealous!

"Is there really this silver in the prince's treasury?" Li Mi thought of this important point, and inevitably asked.

Shen Zhangting shook his head: "I'm just a teacher, I don't know if there is this silver in the treasure house, but I know a little bit about the situation in the palace over the years." ”

"Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, was involved in the Lan Yu case at that time, and was condemned to death as a henchman, where could he leave so much property? Besides, at the beginning of the founding of the country, everything was waiting to be rebuilt, and no matter how much Emperor Taizu cherished Wang Bi, it was impossible to have so many rewards. ”

"Besides, the Chu Wangfu had a fire in the sixth year of Xuande, the fourth year of Tianshun, the sixth year of Tianshun, and the eighteenth year of Chenghua, especially in August of the eighteenth year of Chenghua, it burned three times in a month, and even the palace was burned to the ground.

When Shen Zhangting said this, Li Mi didn't expect that the Chu Wangfu, which was once known as the four richest domains in the world, was bright on the surface, but it was actually decaying on the inside, and it was really embarrassing that it had fallen to such a point.

Since Shen Zhangting opened his mouth, Li Mi naturally couldn't let it go, and immediately asked, "What is the prince's attitude towards this matter?" ”

Shen Zhangting smiled bitterly and said: "The prince has been on the fold earlier, saying that the palace is currently only 180,000 taels, and there is no treasury, let alone silver, if you don't believe it, the prince can move his family out and let them dig three feet into the ground to search." ”

After a pause, Shen Zhangting sighed: "So these people really came to dig three feet into the ground...... It's no wonder that the prince is so angry......"

Li Mi was also stunned, and the imperial court really tried its best to really send someone to dig up the silver!