In an awkward atmosphere, Zhang Zuo had a "friendly and cordial" exchange with the people of the Hanlin Academy.

He felt awkward in his own heart.

I always felt that I was sitting there, and Zhu Hao was standing next to me and watching, which was too rude.

He was born as a eunuch, and he was a waiter in Xingwangfu, and he knew how to deal with the scene very well, and he was most concerned about not causing trouble for himself, but now he knew that it was not a good thing to offend Zhu Hao, the emperor's former favorite minister, but he was still sitting here, and he didn't know how to get along in the future......

Think again.

Forget it, I'd better not get myself in trouble, and it's safest to leave early.

When Zhang Zuo got up to say goodbye, everyone saw each other off.

Zhang Zuo smiled and said to Zhu Hao: "Zhu Hanlin, I did a good job yesterday, I have time to talk to Your Majesty about open source, and I left!"

When Zhong Hanlin heard this, he looked at each other.

What do you mean?

Zhu Hao is so rude, Zhang Zuo, who is the master of ceremonies, actually doesn't care?

Hey, this Gonggong Zhang's city is very deep!

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Zhang Zuo left, and the Hanlin people quickly dispersed, and they went back to their official rooms, but Zhu Hao was left behind by Liu Chun.

Liu Chun said: "Bangyan came to me and mentioned to me your performance in the palace, which can be said to be a big loss of decency, but the old man knows that this is ...... Forced you to do this with Xiu, right?"

Hearing this, Zhu Hao couldn't help but be surprised.

Or how can you say that Liu Chun admires him? Obviously, he made a lot of nonsense during the Japanese lecture and lost his dignity, but Liu Chun found a reasonable reason for him to clear up the involvement!

"This ......"

Zhu Hao was a little embarrassed.

Did Yang Shen force him to do this?

Indirectly, Yang Shensai gave him a lecture that asked him to talk about those deviant contents, but later he played on the spot and talked about some ideas that were not recognized by Confucianism.

Liu Chun said helplessly: "The old man has been in the dynasty for many years, in fact, he has already seen it, and now there are many factions of Wenchen, and the most difficult thing for officials to avoid is the same party and different ones...... Although they are all saying that my Ming officials rule the Ming Dynasty and the officials are clean and self-sufficient, this kind of ganging and faction formation has been difficult to eradicate since ancient times."

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao nodded.

There's nothing wrong with that.

You left me here to talk, isn't the essence of it just to pull me into your faction? What kind of teachers and students, classmates, township party, and friendship ...... Which is not the way to form a party?

"But it's okay, I think there's nothing wrong with what you said, people still have to be realistic after all, the court can't always win people's hearts with righteousness, don't allow it to benefit, don't punish it, how can you use grace and power to win people's hearts? But there is always that rotten Confucian, who thinks that he understands the principles of governing the country if he knows the scriptures and righteousness? Ridiculous!"

Liu Chun's casual thoughts surprised Zhu Hao again.

As far as Zhu Hao knows, in the past, Liu Chunnai was a stubborn representative of old scholars in the Hanlin Academy, but now how has his mind become enlightened?

Is it because after coming back to life, I began to reflect on what I had learned in my life, and after an epiphany, I became detached from the ordinary?

Or is it because he Zhu Hao said these words, and Liu Chun admires him very much, and he loves the house and Wuxia, and even chooses to accept this remark that sounds contrary to Confucian etiquette?

Zhu Hao arched his hand and expressed his gratitude.

In any case, it is not easy for Liu Chun to support him.

Because Liu Chun represents the pinnacle achievement of the Ming literati, the head of the Hanlin Academy, he can give people a qualitative name with a casual sentence, and with his appreciation, even if people outside have a lot of criticism of Zhu Hao's theory, just relying on Liu Chun's words can make Zhu Hao stand tall in the Confucian school.

"Let's go back to errands, I've been with your father-in-law recently...... Sun Zhitong, who often meets and occasionally talks about you, thinks that you are a talent that can be created, and if you serve the court well in the future, you will definitely have a bright future."

Liu Chun had a look of appreciation in his eyes, as if he really regarded Zhu Hao as a nephew.

Zhu Hao was pondering, does Sun Jiao appreciate him so much now? actually praised him in front of Liu Chun?

That...... Why in yourself

In front of him, Old Man Sun seems so unkind every time?

Could it be that because of me Zhu Hao, Sun Jiao and Liu Chun have become irreversible friends?

It's a bit ridiculous to say, and it's hard to believe.

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Zhu Hao's verbal confrontation with Zhang Zuo in the Hanlin Courtyard soon became a hot topic that everyone in the Hanlin Courtyard was talking about.

Zhu Hao didn't expect that he would talk about a bunch of deviant things when he spoke every day, but it was better for him to choke Zhang Zuo and become a figure of the year in Hanlin Academy so quickly.

Zhu Hao knew that his rhetoric in the palace should have been suppressed by Liu Chun.

Shi Xuan, as a bachelor of Hanlin at the same level as Liu Chun, has been a secretary for a few months, and it stands to reason that Shi Xuan's status is above Liu Chun, but in the end, Liu Chun is the head of the Hanlin Academy, and with him coming forward, Shi Xuan has to sell face, so what Zhu Hao said in the palace, colleagues don't know.

Many people even felt that Zhu Hao was talking about some awesome scriptures in front of the emperor, and the emperor would send the celebrant to seal Zhang Zuo to the Hanlin Academy to present the reward, and even didn't care about Zhu Hao's backlash.

When Zhu Hao saw Zhang Zuo again in the afternoon, he said sorry first.

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Mr. Zhu really tormented our family, he was just pretending to be in front of people at that time, how can our family not be reasonable? As long as Mr. Zhu is not embarrassed...... In fact, His Majesty let you enter the palace, our family thinks that it may be a bit rushed, and the gentleman can handle it so well, and our family admires it."

Let's not talk about Zhang Zuo's review of the situation, knowing that he couldn't afford to offend Zhu Hao, so he had to bow his head, and then he really admired Zhu Hao from the bottom of his heart.

Now the relationship between Zhang Zuo and Zhu Hao is extremely harmonious.

"Mr. Zhu, there is something today, involving the dispatch of money and grain in the northwest, Your Majesty asked our family to go to see Sun Laobutang, and specially told us to secretly inquire about the situation, you see......

Zhang Zuo looked embarrassed.

It means that I have a bad errand, can you come out and help me?

Zhu Hao said, "Since it is commissioned by His Majesty, it is not good to come forward in the future, right?"

"Where, where."

Zhang Zuo smiled, "Your Majesty's meaning is to obey your command, that's it...... This is not reported by the local government, this year's money and grain shortage, equivalent to about 100,000 taels of silver, His Majesty thinks, this silver can not be sent by ourselves, it is best to let the household dispatch, and can not let the courtiers know, so it is necessary to communicate privately with Sun Lao's department. In fact, His Majesty doesn't want Mr. Zhu to worry about money and food anymore."

Zhu Hao nodded, he could understand Zhu Si's situation.

After becoming the emperor, the most difficult thing was that everywhere reached out to him to ask for money, in fact, there were too many places where the court was empty.

The Ming Dynasty relied too heavily on agricultural taxes, plus a little salt tax or commercial tax, and the final result was ...... Even if the wind and rain are smooth everywhere, the border passes are stable, and the river does not need to be repaired, the Ming Dynasty's finances are enough.

Once there is a natural or man-made disaster in the local area, or the imperial court has additional expenses, the treasury will be tightened, and the result will inevitably be a deficit.

Once or twice, it can also be filled with future salt tax and other items, and the result is that this deficit is more and more backlogged, and when it has to be made up, it will become extremely difficult, for example, less than 30% of the current military salaries of soldiers in the northwest can be paid a year, and there have been arrears for several years, and officials have also been in arrears for several months......

"Let's go, I'll accompany you to talk to Old Sun Butang." Zhu Hao said.

Zhang Zuo said: "I'm not afraid of Sun Lao'......"

What he means is that I can go, you go, aren't afraid that Old Man Sun will find out about our relationship?

Zhu Hao smiled: "You don't know anything when you are Sun Lao? I just don't tell you about it."

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Sun Mansion.

When Sun Jiao learned that Zhang Zuo was visiting after night, he felt that nothing good happened, and hurriedly greeted him, and saw Zhu Hao walking with Zhang Zuo, his expression was slightly abnormal, and he returned to normal.

As Zhu Hao expected, Sun Jiao's position on Zhu Hao has long been clear, and he knows that Zhu Hao is the new emperor, but he doesn't know what Zhu Hao is doing in the new emperor's faction

What kind of role did he play.

Before, he may have thought that Zhu Hao was a consultant to help the emperor make suggestions, such as opening mines, levying mining taxes, etc., but he vaguely felt that Zhu Hao's identity might not be so simple.

The main hall of the Sun Mansion.

After the three of them sat down, Zhang Zuo explained his intentions.

Sun Jiao's eyes have been wandering over Zhu Hao, obviously he wants to ask Zhang Zuo, it's just that you came to convey the will of the saint, what does it mean to bring Zhu Hao?

「…… Elder Sun, do you think that this Xuanfu shortage of money and food should be filled in what way? According to the previous management, it is said that the official salt production of each salt farm will still increase this year, you see......

Zhang Zuo paused halfway through speaking, he found that Sun Jiao's eyes fell on Zhu Hao beside him, and he was in a trance, and he didn't listen to him seriously at all.

Zhu Hao reminded with a smile: "Old Sun, Gonggong Zhang asked you something."

"Oh."

Sun Jiaohui was attentive and looked back at Zhang Zuo, "Zhu Hao...... Gonggong Zhang, in fact, the meaning of decay is that on the basis of summer grain, a batch of silver coins will be allocated to Sanbian and Xuanda, or it will not reach 100,000 taels, but it should be no problem to have 60,000 or 70,000 taels each."

Sun Jiao is more experienced.

As the head of the household, he usually laughs and laughs, but he is an experienced minister who knows how to save and pick money.

Now you can add an extra balance of more than 100,000 taels of silver in addition to the main item.

Originally, more than 100,000 taels were sent to Xuanfu, which could not only fill the gap, but also more than enough.

But Sun Jiao is scheming, he is reminding Zhang Zuo that we can't just make up for the Xuanfu and ignore the three sides of Yansui, although now we all know that the goal of the new emperor is to buy people's hearts and minds on the front line of Xuanfu, Datong, and Bitouguan, and take back the military power, but is it really good to openly "favor one over the other"?

In order not to be rejected by Yang Tinghe and others, the proposal of the household department to allocate money and grain was to be allocated by the three sides and Xuanda together.

Zhang Zuomei smiled: "Old Sun is in the court, and he can really save a lot of effort, and our family said that the money in the court is always not enough." By the way, didn't you say that the south was plagued?"

"The south is the business of the south, and the old man only cares about the north, and there is no big problem...... Nanhu has Huang Gong present, and his ability to raise money and food is much better than that of old decay, so there is no need to worry about him!"

Sun Jiao's words are actually self-deprecating.

My grandson Jiao is a little capable, but compared to Huang Zhan, it is a big deal.

What level do people have?

It's not throttling, it's not even open source...... It's just a silver out of thin air, and you can't accept this ability.