Zhu Qixun is the current Zongzheng, that is, the head of the Zongren Mansion. He is sixty-five this year, and he is the youngest of Yingzong's generation in Hongji's grandfather's generation, but in terms of the royal family living in the capital, he is the oldest.

Zhu Qixun is still very talented, since he served as Zongzheng in the early years of Hongzhi, the means of rewards and punishments, and the style of treating people have been trusted by the royal family.

Usually, there are many royal families who visit the old man's house, but recently they have been busier than usual, and the old man is a little unable to cope with it. There are not only those with relatively high titles but also those with low titles, but as long as there are names and surnames on the genealogy, they are relatives when they enter the door, and the old man will not kick them out of the door.

The old man was a little unbearable, so he went to the palace and told Hongzhi about the matter, Hongzhi just took out three million taels of silver to Zhu Houwei, and the inner library was mostly empty, so he handed over the matter to Zhu Houwei and asked him to coordinate the World Chamber of Commerce to get the silver out as soon as possible and send it to all relatives.

So, the old man ran to Zhu Houwei again. Zhu Houwei was very depressed, the old man has such a high seniority, you can't lose your courtesy, you have to greet it properly. The old man sat down in the hall like this, without saying a word, just looked at Zhu Houwei with a smile, Zhu Houwei said some gossip and anecdotes, and the old man occasionally echoed two sentences, and soon Zhu Houwei would break out in a cold sweat.

Zhu Houwei's Fuwang Mansion was burned down, and then he moved to the palace to live, and it was not half a month before the civil officials admonished, and the annoying Hongzhi was very big. Empress Zhang also complained a few words, but she was talking about it leisurely.

In the end, Hongzhi had no choice, discussed it with Empress Zhang, and let Zhu Houwei move to the Ten Princes' Mansion suggested by the civil officials.

The Ten Wangfu may not sound well-known, but the old Beijing knows that this place is the predecessor of Wangfujing. After Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, he built ten princes' mansions in the large area of the east of Wangfujing Street, the north of Shuaifuyuan Hutong, the east of Xiaowei Hutong and the south of Jinyu Hutong, which was actually modeled after the old system of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, and had the pattern of imperial capital construction.

This Ten Princes Mansion is mainly used to house the emperor's underage prince, who has a title, but has not yet gone to the fief. Although this is the Ten Princes' Mansion and sometimes there is no prince living in it, the servants and palace maids in it have been retained.

After several dynasties, the vicinity of the Ten Princes' Mansion has become a prosperous place in the capital, and the surrounding people call it Wangfu Street or Ten Wangfu Street. The place names related to this street also include Dacaochang Hutong, Xiaocaochang Hutong, Bamian Groove, Dengshikou, Dashamao Hutong, and Xiaoshamao Hutong. The annual lamp market in the Ming Dynasty was also held here, so there is the place name of the lamp market. On the south side of this street, there are large and small shamao alleys, which illustrate the commercial development of this street in the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, Zhu Houwei just felt that this place was too lively, so he chose another site to build Fuwang Mansion, but he didn't expect to go around and live back here, and he didn't expect that it was also convenient for Mr. Zhu Qixun, he lived in Xiaoshamao Hutong, and basically visited once a day.

Zhu Houwei didn't want to send it, mainly because the silver of the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce was insufficient, and the surplus silver in Nanjing was still floating on the canal and had not yet been sent here. The money obtained from Hongji has been sent to various factories and military camps, and it is ready to start large-scale military training next year, and it will be a bit cumbersome to get it back. The most important thing is that the royal family is like a big burden, and as the number of people increases year by year, the burden is getting bigger and bigger, and Zhu Houwei is also looking for a solution to this problem.

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the old man Zhu Qixun hid here again Zhu Houwei, Zhu Houwei knew that the silver had arrived in Tianjin, and it would be sent to the capital in two days after tomorrow.

In the lobby of the palace, there were a few braziers burning in the house, and the snow was falling outside, but the house was as warm as spring. The red light of the flames shone on the faces of the two of them, and they looked very healthy and red. There were no outsiders in the lobby, Zhu Houwei and the old man sat down separately, and Zhu Houwei sat on the chair with half his buttocks, and his body sat straight. The old man still looked at Zhu Houwei with a smile, but he didn't say a word. The old man is also a long life in this era, but except for a slight wrinkle on his face, he doesn't even have a spot for old age. He is not very tall, only in his early sixties of one meter, with a kind smile, a simple cotton jacket on his body, and a patch next to the cuffs, he looks like an ordinary and kind old man. But Zhu Houwei didn't think so, the old man came to the door on the first day, wearing a brand-new crown dress, and then the clothes became more and more low-key day by day, and today even the patched clothes are worn, which makes Zhu Houwei feel uncomfortable, as if the old man's life embarrassment was caused by him Zhu Houwei. Zhu Houwei knew that the king of Bozhou had no sons, and he didn't need to leave any property to his three married daughters, and his life was not so luxurious.

Zhu Houwei clenched his left hand into a fist, put it to his mouth, and coughed, so that the old man's gaze was not so "hot", and at the same time relieved the embarrassment. After hearing this, the old man turned slightly, picked up the teacup on the small table and took a sip, and then looked at Zhu Houwei again.

Zhu Houwei calmed down his emotions, "His Royal Highness the King of Bozhou, I also know the difficulties of all my relatives. However, two days after tomorrow, the silver taels of the World Chamber of Commerce will be delivered, and then these can be distributed immediately, and there will be no shortage of anyone. ”

The old man's smile was brighter and more real, "Alas, why are you still so outside, you are all a family, do you want the old man to call you His Royal Highness the King of Fu, your title is still above the old man." ”

Zhu Houwei immediately bowed slightly, "Don't dare, don't dare." But he muttered secretly in his heart, "When I came a few days ago, why didn't I talk about the family?" ”

The old man slowly retracted his smile, and said, "Actually, these days, the old man doesn't want to force you, but there is really no way." Our big family, with titles and fiefs, is doing well. But there are still many rumors that have no titles in the family now, and there are very few people who have been divided in a year, and it is difficult to support their families. ”

Zhu Houwei immediately said with a straight face: "This, Houwei also knows." Moreover, you often help the clansmen, and the clansmen in the capital do not know. ”

The old man, leaning over slightly, said in a consultative tone, "These people are not doing well, and they can't start some family businesses on their own, and the old and young in the family are counting on it, alas." In the past, it was used to be allocated from the treasury, but now it has changed. In the past, the treasury was not rich, but now the world chamber of commerce is very prosperous, Houwei, you see if you can raise the Yulu a little, don't talk about him if you have a title fief, just give more points to those days of hardship, this is about to be the New Year, you can also buy some meat, and have a good year. ”

Zhu Houwei nodded slightly, "They don't have much money a year, even if they grow more, it's not impossible, but it's not a way to go on like this." Now that the country is safe and secure, there are more and more people in this royal family, and now, there are more than 80,000 people on the register, and there will be more in the future. No matter how much the World Chamber of Commerce makes money, I'm afraid it won't be able to sustain it in the future. ”

The old man's face darkened, what Zhu Houwei said, he also knew this Zongzheng, and he also agreed with the prediction of the future, but the old man didn't have any good way, for the sake of the descendants of the Zhu family, the old man asked with hope, "Houwei, the old man has to meet with His Majesty several times a year, and His Majesty has also said that if you want to pay more attention to this, you have to think of a way." As he spoke, he stood up and bowed.

Zhu Houwei hurriedly stood up and dodged, he couldn't afford such a high rank and such a courtesy. After walking a few steps, he came to the old man's side, picked him up, and said, "I can't help it, I can't help it." You sit down first, I have a way here, if it's okay, I'll talk about it first, and you can also help you sum it up. The old man nodded and said, "Nacheng, you can talk about it quickly." ”

(I apologize to everyone first, I was really tired from taking care of patients in the past two days, so I didn't update it.) This person is old, he has had a stroke, his brain is not very bright, his temper is very stubborn, and he doesn't listen to the words of the doctor's family, and he is really tired in the past two days. I would like to wish you all good health. Otherwise, when you get sick, the whole family will have to follow the group. During this time, I will try to code words, I hope you Haihan, I will give you a look. ）