When Zhang Zuo conveyed Huang Zhan's meaning to Zhu Si, a smug smile appeared on Zhu Si's face.

"One or two of these officials are very rich, especially Huang Gongxian, who has worked hard in the local area for many years, and has a brother-in-law who can do business, how much silver can't he get?"

Zhu Si did not regret his behavior of selling his official beard at all, but felt that this was the silver earned through his own mind, which was very rare.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, if it is known by the courtiers, will it ...... Inappropriate? ”

In Zhang Zuo's opinion, let's just promote normally, and there is no problem with letting the household department allocate silver, but now that the price is so clearly marked, what if this is the first time in history and triggers a group backlash from civil officials?

Even if Zhu Houzhao was messing around in the past, it seems that he didn't sell the official title of the Ming Dynasty for money, right?

Zhu Si said coldly: "Only the silver I earned from Jingdao should be filled into the treasury?" I want to get some from the treasury to the inner mansion, but I'm afraid that people will find out? Are those ministers taking themselves too seriously? Who is Da Ming? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Zuo understood that the current little emperor was no longer cautious and cautious at the beginning of his ascension to the throne.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing not only monopolized power, but also wanted to find resources from all sides to pay for his own needs, and Zhu Sixiang promoted all the personnel and military and political arrangements between the DPRK and China in accordance with his methods and methods.

Zhang Zuo couldn't help but wonder in his heart, no wonder that Mr. Zhu, obviously at the peak of his career, chose to retreat bravely, the feelings are that he can see, if he does not leave the power whirlpool of the capital, he has repeatedly advised him, and the contradictions between him and His Majesty will increase day by day.

But where can he go when he leaves the capital?

Searching for the elixir of immortality is always just an excuse, how long can it last?

……

……

Zhu Hao has set off from Xishan and headed for Tianjin Port.

This time, he did not take the train back to the capital first and then take the boat, but drove directly to the south, and Lu Song took fifty brocade guards to escort the coordination along the way.

Zhu Hao deliberately revealed his whereabouts to the emperor, so that Zhu Si felt that no matter where he went, he was in his hands, just like a monkey who could not escape the palm of the Buddha.

"Sir, if you go like this, it is estimated that it will take seven or eight days to get to Tianjin, and you will have to travel day and night." Out of the West Mountain, Lu Xun was still in a heavy mood.

However, he is also comfortable with what he has done in the past, and he is not the kind of person who likes to escape.

Zhu Hao sat in the carriage, wandering gracefully, his expression was a little dazed, as if he was thinking about something.

Hearing Lu Song's words, he didn't answer, just casually glanced at the scenery of the mountains and forests outside the window.

And behind Zhu Hao's carriage, Zhu San's carriage followed closely, Zhu Hao didn't plan to let her go with her, but Zhu San said that she would only go with Zhu Hao for two days, and then she would go south directly, and Zhu Hao would let her.

Overnight stay.

The group stayed in the inn.

When the people in the post house learned that it was Zhu Hao, a bachelor of Hanlin in the dynasty and a scholar of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, who stayed in the post house, they immediately showed all their enthusiasm and entertained them diligently and comprehensively, most of the Jinyi Wei stayed outside the inn, and Zhu Hao read the letter from the capital in the best room, which was written to him by Zhu Si.

Zhu Si extorted 60,000 taels of silver from Huang Zhan, 30,000 taels from the household department and 30,000 taels from Huang Zan himself.

Then Zhu Siyao was mighty and told Zhu Hao about his business experience.

Zhu Hao didn't know if this kid was angry with himself, or purely to show off, but as far as Zhu Hao knew, although this kid was a lake, he should also know that selling his official position was not good for the stability of his throne, as an emperor, he was most afraid of being known by outsiders when he did these things, but Zhu Si didn't seem to have any intention of avoiding him.

"Sir, there is also a letter from Zhejiang."

While speaking, Lu Song entered the room and sent another letter to Zhu Hao.

It was written by Lu Wan, in addition to summarizing the gains and losses of several naval battles in the southeast, and at the same time making a look forward to the next extermination of local pirates and pirates in Fujian and Guangdong.

Zhu Hao said: "This Lu Shangshu should not know the situation of the current imperial court, and the person he is directly responsible for is His Majesty, not me." If you write to me like this, if it is known to outsiders, it will inevitably be impeached again. ”

Lu Song sat down and said: "It should be Lu Zhongcheng who feels that the battle against bandits in the southeast is all supported by Mr. ”

"No, no, no."

Zhu Hao shook his head again and again, still taking out his previous words, "I'm looking for the elixir of life, and this is a big misunderstanding!" ”

Lu Song nodded and didn't say anything more.

Zhu Hao immediately picked up the pen, wrote a reply letter on the spot, and then handed it to Lu Song.

"Present it to Your Majesty, tell him about my journey to the south, and after I get to the south, I will go to sea for a while, which can be regarded as a request, if Your Majesty does not agree, then I will ...... Not going. ”

Zhu Hao's words surprised Lu Song a little.

If the emperor is against you, won't you go?

Then your plan is very hasty, I don't know what you are planning?

However, Lu Song still followed Zhu Hao's instructions, sealed the letter, and sent someone to send it to the capital quickly, after all, it was not far, it was only a hundred and ten miles away, and the ordinary post could be reached in one night.

……

……

The early dynasty has not yet begun.

On the same day, Zhu Si sorted out his clothes and prepared to go to the minister.

He actually had no intention of attending the court, but he still had to go every few days to show his absolute control over the court.

Before Zhu Si arrived at Fengtian Temple, Huang Jincheng sent a letter halfway through, and when he asked, he learned that it was written by Zhu Hao on the way to Tianjin.

"He's really, is this to kidnap my imperial sister?"

After reading the letter, Zhu Si's focus was not on what Zhu Hao said about going to sea, but on Zhu San actually followed Zhu Hao south.

Huang Jin, Zhang Zuo and others did not dare to express their opinions casually.

At the beginning, for Zhu Hao, Zhu San actually played elopement, and then guarded the Taoist temple and didn't want to get married.

Now Zhu San is just nominally following Zhu Hao to the south to look for fairy grass, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

Anyway, a monk aunt should be different from a married eldest princess, and you can't completely limit a Taoist aunt to a certain place, right?

Huang Jindao: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhu seems to have said in his letter that he wants to go to sea. ”

"Yes, I already knew."

Zhu Sidao, "If he doesn't go to sea, how can he complete the mission of finding the elixir of immortality?" But I'm afraid that he, like Xu Fu, will not be able to come back in this life after he goes out with the fleet! ”

"This ...... Not really. ”

Zhang Zuo replied in surprise.

Said that Zhu Hao couldn't come back when he went out with the fleet?

Where can he go?

Do you leave Daming's family alone?

Why is His Majesty's mind so much more exaggerated than ours?

Zhu Sidao: "Don't use common sense to speculate on respect, he does things informally, the reason why he insists on going to sea is that he said that there are large tracts of undeveloped land overseas, and he also said that these should be attributed to my Ming territory, and he has great ambitions." Fortunately, there are some wild places outside where Ru Mao drinks blood, and resources are important, but there is nothing else worth falling in love with. He should be back. ”

The emperor's way of asking and answering himself made Zhang Zuo, Huang Jin and others somewhat uncomfortable.

But they also understood that the emperor's ambivalence was only reflected in his relationship with Zhu Hao, who were both friends and enemies in a sense, relying on each other and competing with each other.

……

……

When Zhu Hao arrived at Tianjin Port, it was nearly five months.

Originally, Zhu Hao planned to go to the iron mine in Yongping Mansion to have a look, but time did not allow.

He just asked Yongping Mansion to transfer a group of craftsmen over, about two or three hundred people, especially explaining that he wanted to move this group of skilled craftsmen to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

These craftsmen were originally northerners or artisan households, and it all depended on Zhu Hao's relationship to turn them from artisan households into ordinary people, and from then on, their children were no longer restricted by artisan households in terms of imperial examinations and taxes, and they no longer had to bear heavy conscription.

This time, these craftsmen will follow Zhu Hao to the south first, and their families will migrate over later, which means that they are completely hired by Zhu Hao to move their families south.

Zhu Hao arrived in Tianjin and found that in the past three months, the shipyard had just built the keel of the four big ships had been built, and the remaining ships were still under construction, and with the increase of the imperial court's blood transfusion to the shipyard after the year, in fact, the number of manpower in the shipyard has also increased, and the shipbuilding speed is accelerating.

But Zhu Hao knew that this scene was just a flash in the pan.

With the subsequent emperor transferring the funds to build the Xingwang Mansion in Anluzhou, he repaired the mausoleum for his father Zhu Youqi, and repaired the Taoist temple in the capital and rebuilt the palace in the palace......

In short, this Emperor Jiajing will usher in a period of lavish spending, and when he Zhu Hao is in the south, the emperor will definitely stop all the projects that can be stopped.

If Zhu Hao still wants to continue shipbuilding, he must raise funds by himself.

On the day Zhu Hao arrived at the shipyard, Su Xigui, who had arrived a few days earlier, hurriedly came to visit, Su Xigui had just learned from his brother-in-law Huang Zan that the emperor had openly asked for silver from Huang Zan and had to take 30,000 taels at a time.

“…… Little master, the contemptible people don't understand too much, what does Your Majesty mean by this? ”

Su Xigui also felt that the emperor's way of acting was a bit dangerous now.

The emperor took this opportunity to ask Huang Zhan for 60,000 taels of silver, and 30,000 of them came from Huang Zhan's personal pocket, which is not clearly to use his brother-in-law as a fat sheep to slaughter?

There is such a thing as slaughtering people, once there will be a second time.

Su Xigui felt a huge crisis, because if the emperor couldn't squeeze too much oil and water from Huang Zhan, he would definitely stretch out his hand to him.

He, Su Xigui, relied on the protection of Huang Zan and Zhu Hao to earn a family business that was almost as rich as a businessman in this year.

But in the final analysis, he is still just a businessman, and if the most powerful emperor in the world wants to slaughter him, he will have to give up his family property obediently.

The emperor is short of money and may attack him at any time.

Zhu Hao said: "I didn't expect this to happen. However, if Huang Shangshu is promoted to the secretary of the ministry because of this, won't it just meet his wishes? ”

Su Xigui shook his head again and again: "If you move the Ministry of Shangshu in this way, I'm afraid it won't last long." And ......"

"Are you worried that Your Majesty will not do anything after taking the silver?"

Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Su Xigui continued to shake his head, his face was pale, as if he had a premonition that a catastrophe was coming, and his voice trembled a little: "Contemptible...... I'm afraid, Your Majesty's appetite will ...... Bigger and bigger. ”

Zhu Hao nodded: "Then you should think of a way out, I want to build a ship, after arriving in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the preparation time should be about half a year, I don't know what you think?" ”

Su Xigui hurriedly said: "How much silver is needed, the contemptible person should supply it to the little master." ”