The emperor looked very short of money, and he had to collect debts from Huairou Bo Shi Zhan, and the ministers present thought it was ridiculous, but no one came out to object.

The court meeting ended.

The ministers have deliberately alienated Yang Tinghe, and they no longer come together when they are dismissed, and hold some internal meetings with Yang Tinghe, probably knowing that Yang Tinghe is now being closely watched by the emperor, and no one wants to cause some unnecessary trouble.

That's politics.

When needed, they fight the enemy together and are intimate, but once they encounter something, they will show the side of people's hearts and hearts.

Jiang Mian and Yang Tinghe walked together.

For others, whether to be close to Yang Tinghe or not is a choice, but Jiang Mian has no choice, no matter from which point of view, Jiang Mian can only regard himself as Yang Tinghe's disciple, and also as Yang Tinghe's successor to the future Zhishi, Shoufu's successor.

「…… His Majesty talked about asking Huai Roubo to make up for the loss of the lost pig iron, why didn't you say a word?"

Jiang Mian actually wanted Yang Tinghe to come out and talk, there were so many ministers in the court, only Yang Tinghe could suppress Zhu Si.

No matter how loud others speak, like Lin Jun, the emperor still won't take it seriously.

A minister's status in the court determines the weight of his words.

Yang Tinghe said: "I don't dig into the responsibility, I only talk about repayment, what else do I need to say?"

Jiang Mian said, "That batch of pig iron, if nothing else, is in the hands of His Majesty's people? That's how it should be, right?"

Yang Tinghe bowed slightly, agreeing with Jiang Mian's opinion.

"Your Majesty really lacks those tens of thousands of taels of silver? What is the purpose of making such a big commotion, and even putting local civil and military officials in prison? Maybe all Your Majesty has done is to knock on the side, deliberately so that you can't get off the stage?" Jiang Mian spoke quite directly.

In the past, when Chu Liang talked to Yang Tinghe, it was basically an equal relationship.

Jiang Mian is only a little shorter than Yang Tinghe now, and most of the time, Jiang Mian is still willing to be Yang Tinghe's friend.

Yang Tinghe said: "It's just some pig iron, I believe that Yan Zhang's side can deal with it, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will still have follow-up means to achieve your goal, but I just don't know how Your Majesty's side will make a move."

Jiang Mian asked curiously, "You are not even sure how to deal with it?"

"Alas!"

Yang Tinghe sighed suddenly, in front of others, he tried his best to show his strong side, but now in the face of his successor, he felt the need to confide in him.

"This monarch, since the beginning of his accession to the throne, has been confusing people with great gifts, and now that Xianqing is away, it is expected that Your Majesty will definitely challenge our ministers in the form of great gifts. Nowadays, things are often unexpected."

Yang Tinghe said, his face was a little worried.

In the past, with Mao Cheng here, he only needed to point out from behind to suppress the little emperor.

But now that Mao Cheng has withdrawn from the court, not to mention, there was bad news a few days ago, he had died of illness on the way home, and there were fewer people to check and balance, and the little emperor's ambition for etiquette was probably about to be fully revealed.

This is Yang Tinghe's judgment based on his understanding of the little emperor's character.

Jiang Mian said, "It's too early to talk about it, I don't think Your Majesty will bring up the old matter again...... Your Majesty has been most concerned about the construction of trains and railways recently, and I heard that Your Majesty has asked the household department to allocate money and grain, and seize the time to build ships to strengthen the defense of the southeast coast? It seems that there has been no result yet in the matter of the foreign invasion of the land of China caused by the struggle for tribute, right?"

In Jiang Mian's view, the Ming Dynasty Hall now only looks calm on the surface, but in fact, there is a torrent in secret, and the little emperor will spend his time focusing on the matter of the Great Rites Discussion, which seems to have no return in a short period of time?

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "Let's see." If there is trouble on Yan Zhang's side, it is inconvenient for me to come forward, so you can ask and see if you can help."

……

……

Yang Tinghe's prediction was actually right, Zhu Si actually wanted to bring up the old matter of the Great Rite Discussion for a long time.

The reason why I haven't mentioned it recently is because Zhu Hao is not in the capital, if Zhu Hao is by his side, it is estimated that Zhu Silao would have restarted the war a long time ago.

So now Zhu

Fourth, I am very eager for Zhu Hao to come back.

Zhu Hao went to Yongping Mansion, to a certain extent, so that Zhu Si was temporarily unavailable, so that he could not mess around.

Afraid that Zhu Si will appoint other ministers?

Zhu Hao didn't have this worry for the time being, or rather, Zhu Hao would encourage others to be in the limelight in front of the emperor, because Zhu Hao knew that after the fall of Yang Tinghe faction, the honeymoon period between him and the emperor would end, and then a political opponent would be needed to complete the balance of power in the court.

Zhu Hao wished that there was such a person who could fight with him in the future.

His goal is really not to fight with others in the court, he wants to complete the goal of industrialization as soon as possible.

The emperor asked Shi Zan to repay the money, but he did not send anyone to raid the house, but only set a time limit for raising the first amount of silver within five days and returning all the 40,000 taels of "arrears" within ten days.

Shi Zan almost wanted to run away with his family.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the silver produced in South America has not been transported to the land of China in large quantities, and the output of silver is quite limited, and the value of silver is still very high.

Shi Zan tried his best to raise it, but he was very unwilling.

Since the emperor does not pursue criminal responsibility and only asks for money, why can Yang Tinghe not bear any costs?

I can shoulder the political responsibility for you, but will you share it with me in terms of economy? Even if you don't bear all of it, you can share half of it, right? But now that I'm doing my best, isn't it bankrupt for me?

……

……

Yongpyeongfu.

After five days in detention, Zhu Hao was released back to the prefect's yamen.

When Zhu Hao returned to the mansion, Jiang Shantong and Mu Dazhi had not returned, and the two were being "forced into debt" by Zhu Hao.

If you eat mine, you will spit it out, and not only will you spit it out, but you will also have to cut your intestines all over again.

I don't plan to cooperate with you two money-grubbers in the future, since you are secretly running errands for Yang Tinghe, can you still pick something out of you? Is this worth the money that goes to your stomachs?

"Your Excellency."

Lou Suzhen took the subordinate officials of the prefect's yamen to greet Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao nodded.

The officials looked at Zhu Hao and found that Zhu Hao was in good spirits, not like he had been inhumanly tortured by Jinyiwei.

But it may also be an "internal injury", everyone knows that Jinyiwei has a very good set of people, to deal with such a courtier, wouldn't Jinyiwei use some shady tricks that do not show any traces on the outside? Maybe Zhu Hao is strong in front of people in order to maintain the face of a Confucian official.

Zhu Hao waved his hand and said, "I've been a little tired recently, the matter of the prefect's yamen, please leave it to the princes, I'll go to rest first."

To say that Zhu Hao's expression looks normal, but as soon as he speaks, his breath is heavy, as if his body is really a little "empty".

The subordinate officials expressed their understanding.

Just before Zhu Hao entered the inner courtyard, Li Hui followed behind and asked, "Dare to ask Governor Zhu, do you still want to send people over to the iron ore mine?"

According to Li Hui's meaning, the chaos in Yongping Mansion in the past two years was all caused by Jinyiwei's local mining.

Your prefect suffered, also because the imperial court asked you to take over the mine, and now since you finally returned safely from the ghost gate, I think it's better to forget it, don't pay attention to the mine, and return it to Jinyiwei, so that at least the yamen can be quiet for a few days.

Zhu Hao asked Lou Suzhen on the side: "In these days, someone from the imperial court came to spread the word, saying that the mine was handed over to someone else to take care of?"

Lou Suzhen shook her head and said, "No one has come to pass the word."

Zhu Hao said: "Oh, if I don't do a good job, someone will definitely impeach me in his position in the future...... Colleagues will work hard, and the mine will help take care of it. Oh yes, why didn't you see Jiang Tongzhi and Mu Tuiguan?"

Lou Suzhen replied, "The two of them are also on Jinyiwei's side, haven't you seen them?"

Zhu Hao smiled bitterly: "Jinyiwei can really disrupt the local administration, inexplicably there are two less cadres around me...

… It seems that I still have to participate in the impeachment of them when I go back, will the prefect's yamen be suspended because of this? What about local people's livelihood? How will taxes be collected this year? We must not slack off on this matter."

The people present looked at each other and secretly slandered themselves.

Our lord is really hard-mouthed!

It's all mixed up to this step, and you dare to say that you are participating in the impeachment of Jinyiwei? It seems that Jinyiwei was too kind to you and didn't let you remember it for a long time.

The subordinate officials and officials looked at Zhu Hao with sympathy in their eyes.

In the past, Zhu Hao established that official reputation, but after this incident, it was probably all gone.

After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he really wanted to go to the back of the Ya this time, but as soon as he took two steps, a Yacha ran in in a hurry: "Lord Prefect, there are people from Jinyi Wei outside."

Look at!

It seems that you don't have to go back to the high bed to rest today, just like Mu Dazhi, he was arrested as soon as he was put back that day, and no one has been seen yet, and life and death are uncertain.

Zhu Hao said with a straight face, "What are they doing here? You won't want to arrest me again, will you?"

Yacha said, "My lord, I said that I came to send you something, and I would like to express my condolences to you, saying that I have been disrespectful to you in the past few days, and I have come to apologize."

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

Jin Yiwei came to give a gift, saying that he wanted to apologize to Zhu Hao?

Is this true or negative?

Zhu Hao turned around and stopped, and said with a smile, "That's quite interesting, let them in."

……

……

Zhu Hao is not in a hurry to rest.

Together with the subordinate officials of the prefect's yamen, he waited for the Jinyi guard to come.

It was Jinyi Wei Qianhu, Lu Song, who was previously in charge of local mining affairs.

As soon as Lu Song came, he let the people next to him help one person to walk in, which was Mu Dazhi.

Compared with Zhu Hao walking back on two legs, Mu Dazhi seemed to have been brought back by someone, and it seemed that the situation was very bad.

Lu Song hugged his fists and said, "Governor Zhu, this Yamen magistrate, because he accidentally broke his leg during the questioning, he was specially sent back to recuperate, and after his injuries are recovered, he will be asked to ask about the case."

Zhu Hao's face turned black with anger, and he asked angrily, "Lu Qianhu, are you here to show off your power with this official?"

Mu Dazhi originally thought that he was relieved, but when he heard Zhu Hao's tone so impulsive, he suddenly became worried.

If you don't agree, what if Jin Yiwei catches him back?

Is it so difficult to be an errand in the prefect's yamen?