Yuan Zonggao frowned: "You mean, Zhang Fengzheng hinted that your mother would give him five hundred taels of silver?" ”

"yes."

Zhu Hao looked innocent, "At that time, I discussed with my mother, although we will make lenses, but for the copper body of the telescope and gold and silver ornaments, etc., there is no manufacturing experience, and the construction period is very fast, we temporarily find a craftsman in time, so I asked Zhang Fengzheng to do it on my behalf, purchase raw materials and find craftsmen to help with processing." ”

Zhu Hao's honesty seems to have no secrets in this matter.

Or......

Zhu Niang's mother and son were very dissatisfied with Zhang Zuo's behavior of directly eating and taking cards, and now that Yuan Zonggao came back, she reported it directly to him.

Yuan Zonggao could only think so.

Or else?

Do you think this is Zhu Hao's calculation?

If the truth is all a conspiracy, it will not stand up to scrutiny.

Yuan Zonggao shouted and asked: "Then do you think that the cost of the telescope needs as much as five taels of silver each?" ”

"This ......"

Zhu Hao hesitated, as if calculating the cost in his heart, and said after a while: "Maybe you can't use it." But the business is given by the palace, maybe Zhang Feng just wants to save costs? ”

It's a big truth that can't be more straightforward.

Yuan Zonggao said: "When these situations come to King Xing, can you tell the truth?" ”

Obviously, after Yuan Zonggao heard Zhu Hao's "arch fire", he immediately wanted to attack Zhang Zuo.

I thought that you Zhang Zuo was greedy for ink to make money for telescopes, but it turned out to be a direct bribe, and now you have forced the subject to the point of reporting it in front of me......

It's not in vain that I have supported Zhu Hao and his mother from the beginning, maybe in the eyes of their mother and son, I am their backer, and I can support them, right?

Zhu Hao nodded: "Yes...... It's just that why do you want to talk about these trivial things in front of King Xing? ”

At this time, Zhu Hao was going to pretend to be innocent and innocent.

I've analyzed it for you, Zhang Zuo may take back the five hundred taels of silver to save costs for the palace, and be a little mean to our mother and son, but for the palace, it should be regarded as a great contributor to opening up sources and reducing expenditure, right? You actually asked me to run to King Xing to talk about it?

Don't......

Zhang Zuo didn't hand over the five hundred taels of silver to the royal account?

Yuan Zonggao didn't answer Zhu Hao's question, and said cautiously: "In the past two days, no matter who comes to you, you must not mention the cost of the telescope, and the old man will arrange for you to see King Xing!" ”

"Yes, Mr. Yuan."

Zhu Hao pretended to be ignorant of the world and nodded heavily at Yuan Zonggao.

……

……

Then Yuan Zonggao left in a hurry.

Even the knowledge of the children in the school who said that they were going to take the exam was left behind, as if finding out the greedy ink in the palace procurement telescope was the top priority at present.

When Tang Yin came over in the afternoon, he obviously felt his nervousness, and quietly called Zhu Hao outside the classroom and asked, "Yuan Changshi came to look for you?" What did you say to him? Why did he go to see King Xing, he was extremely cautious, and all the people on the left and right were retired, and someone deducted the account books and everything in the house? ”

Zhu Hao spread his hands: "I'll tell you the truth." ”

"Tell me the truth? How to tell the truth? ”

Tang Yin was puzzled.

Zhu Hao roughly said the conversation between himself and Yuan Zonggao, and Tang Yin was taken aback after hearing it: "Zhu Hao, you know that this will set off a bloody storm in the Xingwang Mansion, do you ...... Aren't you sincere in making the princes of the palace uneasy? ”

Zhu Haobian flattened his mouth: "The palace is harmonious, what else is going on with the two of us?" Isn't intensifying the contradictions between them the first step in our plan? ”

Tang Yin was stunned for a moment.

Affection for you, kid, telling the truth in front of Yuan Zonggao, just to provoke the relationship between Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo? Let them fight among themselves for the position of the chief steward of the palace? How about you sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman?

"But Zhu Hao, don't you want to take Yuan Changshi as your opponent? You seem to be harming Zhang Fengzheng by doing this, and I have been plotting with him day and night for the past two days......"

Tang Yin was in a hurry and told the truth.

Plan day and night.

In order to make Yuan Zonggao lose power in front of King Xing, you are really willing to work hard, you asked you to discuss something with me before, why don't you remember?

Do you think that with you and Zhang Zuo, there is nothing to do with me? Do you really think that if you leave me, you can deal with the old fox Yuan Zonggao?

But don't forget, before purchasing the telescope for the palace, it was indeed Zhang Zuo who asked for bribes first, and Yuan Zonggao had enough reasons to report in front of King Xing and find out the problem from the accounts of the past half a year.

"I said Mr. Lu, you don't really think that if you check the accounts in the palace and find out that the treasury has been empty in the past two years, you can suppress Yuan Changshi, right?"

Zhu Hao suddenly said for no reason.

Tang Yin frowned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "In addition, Yuan Changshi found the flaws in the accounts in the past six months, can it make Zhang Fengzheng lose power?" Why didn't Yuan Changshi go directly to check the accounts, but came to me first? ”

"This ......"

Tang Yin pondered: "Are you saying that Yuan Changshi can push the deficit of the past two years to the people below to guard and steal, and he can completely say that he doesn't know about it?" ”

Zhu Hao nodded, his eyes seemed to say, you Tang Yin is not very stupid after all.

"Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao, you analyzed the pros and cons with me before, but in fact, you just wanted to use me to give advice to Zhang Fengzheng, so that he thought that he could solve the dispute by clearing out old accounts, in fact, ...... Is this just part of your plan? What a scheming attempt! ”

Tang Yin didn't understand until now.

Zhu Hao said so much before, just to provoke Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo to oppose him.

Zhu Hao nodded: "When Yuan Changshi returns to the palace, he may not necessarily light three fires first, he and Zhang Fengzheng could have coexisted, if we don't make Zhang Fengzheng nervous first, so that he takes the initiative to attack Yuan Changshi, how can we ensure that Yuan Changshi will definitely fight back and start the battle?" ”

Tang Yin felt that he had learned another lesson.

All the assumptions that Zhu Hao put forward before were based on the fact that after Yuan Zonggao returned, he fought with Zhang Zuo in order to compete for power.

But the question is......

After Yuan Zonggao came back, he did not necessarily fight with Zhang Zuo in order to get back the power of the treasury.

Maybe Zhang Zuo will not compete with Yuan Zonggao and directly hand over the management of the treasury to Yuan Zonggao?

Who will manage the accounts of the treasury, isn't it a sentence from King Xing? Is it necessary for the people below to fight to the death for something that the lord can decide with a word?

But with Zhu Hao's analysis, Tang Yin thought that Yuan Zonggao would definitely seize power immediately after he came back, crack down on all political enemies, and ran to analyze with Zhang Zuo, so that Zhang Zuo also felt that Yuan Zonggao's return would be his end in the palace......

And then......

It's all in the trap.

"Mr. Lu, I'll still say it bluntly, in fact, in the power struggle of the palace, who wins or loses can't change the status of our palace subordinates, it seems that Zhang Fengzheng will be beneficial to you after gaining power, after all, Zhang Fengzheng has to rely on think tanks many times in making suggestions, but the problem is ...... Will Jang Bong-jeong really treat you as his own? ”

Zhu Hao's bitter words made Tang Yin silent.

Zhu Hao said: "So our purpose is not to let Zhang Fengzheng win, or Yuan Changshi to win, but to let them fight among themselves, only in this way can people like us who survive in the cracks win a place in the palace." ”

Tang Yin bowed slightly.

Although he didn't agree with Zhu Hao's way of using himself, he knew that Zhu Hao was consistent with his position, and there was no one else in the palace who really thought about him Tang Yin except Zhu Hao.

Tang Yin can tell who is "his own person".

"Now that Yuan Changshi wants to use the palace to purchase telescopes, some people are greedy for ink, Zhang Fengzheng will inevitably be at a loss, and it is estimated that today and tomorrow, King Xing will summon him to inquire, how to deal with it?"

Tang Yin began to be pragmatic and directly asked about the doubts in his heart.

Zhu Hao smiled: "Isn't Mr. Lu's role reflected?" At this time, for Zhang Fengzheng, finding a supplement is the most important, and he will definitely ask you for advice...... Since the account of five hundred taels can no longer be recorded in the accounts of the royal treasury, the accounts of the royal palace are not the only one......"

"What do you mean?"

Tang Yin was stunned and didn't understand.

After all, Tang Yin had no contact with the core accounts of the palace, and he didn't know much about how the palace operated.

Zhu Hao said angrily: "The obvious thing, at the moment, we have to transfer two thousand taels of silver worth of grain and grass to the imperial court, in addition to transferring it from the treasury, we also have to transfer it from the new autumn grain in the treasury this year, and this account has not yet been recorded in the palace account."

"Zhang Fengzheng is still the manager of the treasury, even if the big account was ordered by Yuan Changshi to be sealed, but let Zhang Fengzheng record the silver in his money bag to the external account, and then tell King Xing that he actually took five hundred taels from me to save expenses for the palace, isn't the reason very good?"

Tang Yin roughly understood, and immediately put forward his opinion: "Then how to explain this move to King Xing...... Money is not kept in the account, isn't it obvious that there is a cat? ”

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Zhu Hao laughed.

Tang Yin felt that his IQ was crushed, but he was still unconvinced: "What are you laughing at?" Am I wrong? Isn't making amends after the fact the same as telling the truth? ”

Zhu Hao continued to smile and said, "Mr. Lu, don't be impatient, listen to me...... The five hundred taels I gave to Zhang Fengzheng were not originally transferred from the palace's account, but the silver allocated by the imperial court. Suppose, if a calculating person like Zhang Fengzheng wants to save money for the palace from the imperial court's money, will he put five hundred taels on the big account? Is this to record the evidence of the crime and wait for the court to thoroughly investigate it in the future? ”

Tang Yin wilted.

He pondered it.

Oh, yes.

No matter how you say it, you can't put it on the big account!

Isn't recording a confession?

After all, the imperial court allocated silver, and the palace was arguing with reason, whether it was 2,000 taels or 10,000 taels of silver, it was difficult to guarantee that the imperial court would not send someone to check the accounts.

How to explain these five hundred taels to the imperial court?

"As for not telling King Xing in advance, it is also very easy to explain, just say, wait for the materials to support the nine sides to be transported away, and the autumn grain storage is completed, after all, the current palace treasury involves the autumn grain storage and the donation of money and grain to the imperial court, big in and out, the general ledger has not been accounted for, why is it in a hurry to summarize and gather? Mr. Lu, do you think so? ”

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