"Your Majesty, the minister Jiao Fang has a book to play."

"Master Jiao, let's talk about it!"

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how much has it been seized from overseas?"

"Hehe, here are the account books, I remember a total of 300,000 taels of gold." Zhu Houzhao has learned to be obedient, these Wenchen are all enamel roosters, and how much is not enough for them to exploit. There are two account books, one for the officials and the cabinet, and the other is the real account.

Jiao Fang's eyes lit up, and he nodded and continued: "Your Majesty, the rewards for the previous time Your Majesty's personal expedition to the Cooking Wolf Army have not yet been issued..."

"Wait! Master Jiao, it's been more than four months since I returned from Hami, right? Why hasn't it been done yet? The Ningxia rebellion has not been dealt with, I don't say anything, but the meritorious people will not be rewarded, and if there is a disaster in Ningxia, who will protect it? Zhu Houzhao forcibly suppressed his anger, talking about Jiao Fang in his mouth, but his eyes couldn't help but look at Liu Daxia.

Liu Daxia didn't dare to speak, the elders didn't speak, where did he dare to have the money to reward the three armies?

Jiao Fang sighed: "Your Majesty, this year's summer flood in Ganshan, Shaanxi, and the Yellow River bursting its embankment, Ningxia... There is still a need to clean up over there, the balance of previous years has been spent, and the reward of this wolf army can only be put back! ”

Zhu Houzhao's face flashed, and then he laughed: "I see! Liu Jin gritted his teeth beside the dragon chair, is this Jiao Fang leaning towards that side? I'll promote you in vain!

Jiao Fang didn't dare to look at Liu Jin, and the traitors didn't want to see any of them. But what can he do? In his position, he is indeed Liu Jin's person, but he can't stop working? If you want to complain, you can complain that Zhu Houzhao is really unreliable, and I just want to stand on his side, but I can't help it.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin and then at Jiao Fang, and there was something indescribable in his smile: "Okay, Master Jiao, you know that you are dedicated to the public." After a while, the Wenhua Palace will discuss with the cabinet elders. ”

With Jiao Fang's request for money, Zhu Houzhao's good mood was swept away, and he hurriedly dealt with a few words, hastily ended the court meeting, and turned around and walked towards Wenhua Palace.

After entering the Wenhua Palace, changing into casual clothes, and sitting in the hall drinking hot tea, Zhu Houzhao barely suppressed the anger in his heart. I had long known that the elders would definitely not be indifferent to the gold they had snatched back, and they had long been ready to share the profits, but when it came to the end, they couldn't help the anger in their hearts.

After calming down, remembering Hua Houwei's previous entrustment to him, the corners of Zhu Houzhao's mouth curved upward. How did this bastard get it, everything was right, I really wanted to see it with my own eyes, I really wanted to cut open his head to see if he was a thousand-year-old demon.

"Your Majesty, although it is said that it is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty to plunder, uh, it is only through commerce and trade, oh, it is to maintain the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and punish the ministers"

"Okay, isn't the Great Dynasty going to say what to do so vaguely?" Zhu Houzhao unceremoniously interrupted Jiao Fang's words, robbing is robbing, saying that it sounds so good is not robbing?

Jiao Fang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, although this is the case, after all, it is a famous teacher, and you can't let Your Majesty bear the notoriety of being a reckless soldier." ”

"Lao Jiao, this time I went out and figured out one thing. The sage said that the inner saint and the outer king had done wrong in the past. The barbarians are afraid of power but not virtue, the royal road is useless, and only the domineering is the right way. Of course, the Ming Dynasty must act according to the rules, but outside of the Ming Dynasty, those things should not be wanted. ”

Ma Wensheng couldn't help it, and immediately retorted: "Your Majesty's words are wrong! How far is the gap between kings and domineering? Why? The royal road has existed for a long time, and the domineering is like a flash in the pan, and the wise man should choose the best to have the inner saint and the outer king. ”

Zhu Houzhao squinted at Ma Wensheng and laughed: "Master Ma, the truth is good, and I agree with it." But Master Ma, don't say this to the soldiers in front of you, at the moment of life and death, who cares about the royal road or the domineering? Let's survive first! Okay, Master Ma, this is too big, and I will be taught a lesson after the feast, so let's talk about sharing the spoils first... Uh, wrong, divide profits, distribute! Let's talk about distribution! ”

In the face of such a monarch, what else can Ma Wensheng do? Stared and wanted to say a few more words, but Li Dongyang stopped the conversation: "Yes, what Your Majesty said is true." There are priorities, Daming covers hundreds of thousands of miles, and there are troubles at every moment, and time cannot be delayed. ”

Zhu Houzhao's face softened, and he smiled at Li Dongyang: "What Master Li said is that I swept the South Seas this time, Kuang Fu Zhengshuo, and signed a covenant with the lord of Boni to bring back 150,000 taels of gold, spices, jewelry, and wood, totaling 300,000 taels. How does Master Li think it should be distributed? ”

Li Dongyang sighed in his heart, how could he be that bargaining businessman? Your Majesty is still... Forget it, let's get some money back for the treasury first. So he glanced at Liu Zhong, Liu Zhong immediately understood, and first complimented Zhu Houzhao with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and the minister has read the palace newspaper, Luzon is a vassal state maintained by the eunuchs of Chengzu Sanbao, and he is bold and reckless, and he dares to attack Luzon privately." His Majesty let Xu Chailao's descendants serve as the governor of Luzon again, which can be described as a stroke of genius. If the name is not right, it is not good, Daming sent troops this time to meet the will of heaven and the people, and there is money in the account, all of which are the work of His Majesty alone! Your Majesty is the king of a country, ruling all the people, according to the ministers, it is better to enter the account in 19. ”

Zhu Houzhao was happy to listen to it, this learned person is a good fart, which is really comfortable. But when I heard the last sentence, I subconsciously felt that this guy had learned badly! The former waiter said that Liu Zhong was such a simple person, how could he learn this now? First sweet words, and then a poor dagger, the poison wrapped in candy is not poison?

"Lord Liu, every moment when the master goes to sea is a life of nine deaths, and it is not easy to get back 300,000 taels of gold, as soon as your upper mouth touches the lower lip, Jiucheng has become the bag of your cabinet, isn't it appropriate?" Liu Jin is also angry, these civil officials will sell their mouths, and if they don't do anything, they will have a big head, who gave you the courage?

Ma Wensheng immediately supported Liu Zhong: "Eh, Father-in-law Liu, that's not what I said!" His Majesty is deeply admired by the old ministers who are willing to take risks, but this money is not spent on the cabinet, but on the splendid rivers and mountains, which is also a piece of His Majesty's benevolent heart. ”

Liu Zhong also clenched his fists and said sincerely: "Yes, Your Majesty's sincerity to the Ming Dynasty and the people is absolutely inferior." His Majesty ascended the throne for only a few months, attacked the little prince in the north, toured Hami in the west, and this time he was willing to take the risk of sending troops overseas to maintain the Ming Dynasty. Others dare not say that this martial arts is far from the previous dynasty, and the ministers admire! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't look smiling on his face, yes, Liu Zhong's words were comfortable to listen to, and what he said was the truth. But Lao Tzu was born and died just to listen to two good words? After listening to good words, the money is gone? No wonder when my father was alive, he often sighed for a long time, Brother Wei got back so much money, and it was gone in a blink of an eye, it was really these civil officials who opened their mouths!