Chapter 37: The Debt Collector

Zhu Di smiled and said, "What, don't you want it?" ”

Want?

Ask for a fart!

Zhu Zhanji shook his head firmly, but Zhu Di showed a remorseful expression and said: "Then you said it earlier, it's too late, the holy decree has been issued, and now it is estimated that it is already in the cabinet." ”

"What's that!?"

Zhu Zhanji's eyes widened, and he instantly understood.

All this is a trap set by the old man.

What the hell is the capture of fugitives, it's all an excuse!

If you can't catch it, you will be confined for three months, and you will honestly handle government affairs in the palace.

If he is caught, he will be rewarded with the position of commanding the brocade guard.

In short, it is not to let him be idle.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji directly picked his son and said, "Don't do it!" ”

Seeing Zhu Zhanji coming to this set again, Zhu Di said indifferently: "This is not up to you, if this matter is just a conversation between the two of us, it will be fine, but since the holy decree has reached the cabinet, it is a tolerance, our old Zhu family can't break the rules set by themselves, not to mention that you are disobeying the holy decree." ”

Obviously, the old man has calculated himself to death.

Zhu Zhanji could only hold his breath, and left Jiming Temple with a grudge on his face, like an angry little widow.

In the wing room, the old monk looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was angry and left, and said helplessly: "You, no wonder your children are not close to you." ”

But in the face of the old monk's words, Zhu Di said nonchalantly: "Being in the royal family, this is their life, and this matter doesn't depend on me......"

Halfway through the words, he felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly took a bite: "It's useless to rely on me." ”

With that, he raised his eyebrows and fell back with his head in his hands.

.........

On the mountainside stairs where the Jiming Temple is located.

Zhu Zhanji overlooked the Xuanwu Lake on the other side of the mountain, and sat directly on the steps down the mountain.

Although he resigned himself to his fate and left the old man, he was still indignant in his heart.

This prison country has also been imprisoned, the case has been cracked, those who should be arrested have been arrested, and those who should have been killed have been killed.

But now it's throwing him a mess of things.

Jinyi Wei .....

Commanding the Jinyi Guard is not a simple matter, and all aspects involved are no less than those of the prison country.

The key is that this thing is still a bad errand, and some people gossip about it whether it is good or bad, after all, Jinyiwei is a supervisory agency.

To put it bluntly, it's a disgusting thing.

This is different from the previous thing in charge of investigating the case, the investigation case is gone, but what about this brocade guard?

All day long, this rebellion, that corruption, although he doesn't need to worry about the specific implementation, he naturally has discipline to do things, but once this name is hung up, it will be a troublesome matter.

Just look at the academics in the cabinet, you can't wait to follow him behind his ass and watch him go to the bathroom.

"Ah!!h

Zhu Zhanji yelled at the Xuanwu Lake on the other side of the mountain, venting his frustration.

But instead of venting any frustration, this roar also caused a trouble.

On the avenue at the foot of Jiming Temple, a handsome young man who looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old was leading a horse, and when he heard the familiar roar on the mountain, he immediately looked up.

When he saw Zhu Zhanji's figure, a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Big brother!"

The boy's roar also woke up Zhu Zhanji, who was venting.

Looking in the direction where the voice came from, Zhu Zhanji suddenly looked like a deflated ball.

Well, another debt collector is coming.

The young man came with a horse in a hurry.

When he got closer, he immediately smiled and said, "Big brother, you made me look for it." ”

After speaking, he said with a light in his eyes: "I heard my father say that you are now a prisoner, and you have a lot of power!" ”

Zhu Zhanji looked at his younger brother Zhu Zhanyong, reluctantly squeezed out a smiling face, and said, "Don't mention this matter, we are still good brothers." ”

Zhu Zhanyong was stunned for a moment, although he didn't understand why his eldest brother looked so unhappy, but he still said happily: "Brother, the things you explained are going well, but ....."

As he spoke, Zhu Zhanyong smiled, then stretched out his hand and rubbed his three fingers.

This action Zhu Zhanji is too familiar, because this kid learned it from himself.

Ask for money!

Zhu Zhanji, who was a little depressed at this time, immediately frowned and said helplessly when he heard that his younger brother came to ask for money again: "I said the third brother, can you not ask for money in addition to asking for money after you meet the eldest brother?" Do you think the eldest brother is the God of Wealth? ”

As soon as Zhu Zhanji's words came out, the third Zhu Zhanyong immediately turned his face: "Big brother, you make it clear, is this what I want to do?" Didn't you persuade me to go? What else do you say that I have half of the credit for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty in the future, why, now I don't admit it? Think I'm asking you for money? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly covered his broken mouth: "You have to get it, I owe it to you, okay?" Let's talk about it, how much silver will you want this time? ”

Zhu Zhanyong immediately raised two fingers and said, "Two hundred thousand taels of silver." ”

"How many ???"

Zhu Zhanji stared at a pair of big eyes and asked in disbelief.

Zhu Zhanyong said very seriously: "200,000 taels...... Silver. ”

Zhu Zhanji almost laughed angrily: "Boy, do you know how much 200,000 taels of silver is?" Even if you sell the Prince's Mansion, you won't be able to make up 200,000 taels of silver, you know? ”

But Zhu Zhanyong also has his own words.

"Big brother, you asked me to buy land and real estate, do you know how expensive land is in Peking now? Do you know how much a property costs? Now the palace in Beiping City has been under construction for a long time, and everyone knows that they will move the capital in the future, and they are all swarming to Beiping City, buying houses, buying land, buying land, your brother I am now squeezing my head and buying with others, this price must be getting more and more expensive. ”

"There is also the research and development of munitions, each part has to be studied by more than ten craftsmen, housing, food, drink, as well as wages, material money, site money, 200,000, 200,000 yuan, which can only be done by me with careful calculation. That's it, it's less than three months, and you have to ask for money after three months. ”

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Zhanji's head went black.

Three months, two hundred thousand taels of silver......

During the Yongle period, the finance was only 30 million taels of silver, and it was only worth 30 million taels of silver, not only 30 million taels of silver, including tax grain, tun grain, silk yarn and so on.

That is to say, after the Qing Dynasty entered the territory with various high-yield crops to meet the supply of grain, and the population grew explosively, the annual income remained at the level of 80 million taels of silver.

This is still a matter of the Guangxu years.

The entire history of the Ming Dynasty is basically run through with poor characters.

Even the fall of the Ming Dynasty has an inexplicable relationship with poverty.