043 How about being demoted three levels in a row to make a county order

"Eat more." Zhu Youzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng, who was deep in thought, and tapped his fingers on the table.

"Your Majesty is well-read and well-read, although this poem is plain, it has an endless aftertaste, and the minister seems to have heard it yet." Lu Xiangsheng still seemed to be immersed in intense emotions.

Zhu You glanced at him, "This is what I just wrote, what's the matter, Lu Dacai thinks it's okay." "Why do others hold stinky feet, shed tears, and raise their hands to praise when they chant poems. When you come to me and chant a poem, people first check the memory in their minds? What a failure. It seems that there are still a few more songs to be chanted later.

"For the minister's fear, Your Majesty has the people's livelihood in his heart, and the minister is congratulatory for Daming."

Only then did Lu Xiangsheng realize that the rumors that had been passed on by word of mouth were a bit unreliable.

"Eat more. I won't let you eat for nothing. In front of Lu Xiangsheng was a bowl of corn paste, a bowl of soy milk, tofu brain, and a little pickled vegetables with beans.

There was a sound on the stairs, and this time it was Zhou Yanru who walked up with the small official of the City Department who was still lying on the chair just now to collect money.

"The minister has seen the emperor."

Under Zhu Youzhen's tutelage, Zhou Yanru's daily etiquette was unusually relaxed. Who knew that as soon as he finished saying this, the little official behind him burped and collapsed on the floor.

Seeing this, Wu Niang hurriedly helped clean up the tabletop, made a new pot of tea, and retreated.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the small note handed over by Jinyiwei.

"Zhang Songtao, a native of Tianhua Town, Songjiang Prefecture, has been a scholar for 40 years in Wanli. Jingzhao's deputy promotion of the city ship promotion department is also a five-grade official. Su has the name of poetry in Donglin. ”

Zhu Youzhen read this, and glanced at Zhou Yanru jokingly, but he felt that it was inappropriate, and hurriedly said:

"Zhou Qing, don't be annoyed, I shouldn't talk about Donglin."

Hearing the knock on the stairs again, Li Ruolian ran up and handed over a thick list. Zhu Youzhen says:

"Read the list briefly and give it to everyone."

"The minister has ascertained that Zhang Songtao originally lived in Yushufang with two sons and a daughter, and the family had forty-five taels of silver, and the others were daily items."

Hearing this, Zhang Songtao, who had been paralyzed on the ground with a fat head and big ears, seemed to come to life. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Although the minister's behavior is misconducted, the minister is also a clean breeze on his sleeves. They are all in the position of the ministers of the Dongchang Jinyi Wei Eunuch Party, and the oil and water are abundant, so they attack the courtiers. Seeing that Zhu Youzhen didn't react, he knelt and moved to Zhou Yanru's feet.

"Brother Jade Rope, this is a reckoning with Donglin. We are ministers of the same court, you can't help the abuse. ”

"Hehe, this is a curse, I am a tyrant." Zhu Youzhen said compassionately.

Bang!

The gentle and elegant Zhou Yanru felt embarrassed.

A little annoyed, he stood up and put a foot on Zhang Songtao's mouth. "Shut up! I have seen with my own eyes, how can anyone be involved with you? The Holy One is also something you can denigrate? ”

Zhang Songtao covered his mouth full of blood, and he also knew that he had said the wrong thing in a hurry, and he was silent.

Li Ruolian continued to read:

"After investigation, Zhang Songtao also has four houses in the south and east of the city, raising a total of 30 slaves and three concubines in Jiangnan." Hearing this, Zhang Songtao rolled his eyes and fainted.

"A total of 180,000 taels of silver were found from the two houses, 1,200 mu of land deeds in Songjiang Prefecture, and two joint stock contracts between Songjiang and Kam Kee Buzhuang, accounting for 45 shares. There are three shops along the street in Beijing, one in Yingtian's house, and there are still a number of jewels, gold, calligraphy and paintings to be counted. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little excited, and waved his hand to let Li Ruolian take Zhang Songtao to retreat.

"Submit it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for discussion, I will say that I will talk about this case, find out the reason why I can collect the money, and make a list of them to the cabinet. The rest do not check, do not check up, do not check the merchants, remember. Let Wu Niang bring up the bitter haha just now. ”

As soon as the coolies came up, they kowtowed, quite sincerely, and the floor rattled, and finally persuaded them. The others were clumsy and speechless, only the white-haired old man who had been kicked just now could reply a few words. It's just that as soon as Zhu Youzhen spoke, this one was about to kneel down and reply.

Zhu Youzhen walked over and helped the old man up:

"It's good for my husband to sit and talk back." After that, he also brought the old man a cup of tea.

The old man's rough hand held the delicate porcelain cup, trembling and clanging.

"If you go back to the emperor, the grass people will unload a cart of salt and pack a person for fifteen yuan. Among them, two yuan were to be paid to the Chinese, four yuan to the salt shop manager, and four yuan to the city officials. ”

With that, the old man plucked up the courage to take a sip of water, and his speech gradually became clearer.

"If you go back to the saint, it is still the blessing of the court. How can the grass people drop more than ten dollars a day, and there are three dollars of silver a month, plus the grass people's mother-in-law washes the clothes of the military camp, and the big and small children can also work. The grass people estimated that they could have a silver or two a month. It's really a blessing for the court and the emperor. ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't know how Zhou Yanru and Lu Xiangsheng felt, he only felt that his face was hot. originally thought that he already had a fair heart, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face by an ordinary old man.

"Build a bucket."

Zhu Youzhen said to Lu Xiangsheng:

"Now the jade rope is in the cabinet. Would you like to be demoted three levels in a row and go to Changping to make a county order for me? ”

Lu Xiangsheng suddenly understood the young emperor's intention to let him walk in a circle, looking at the emperor's unwilling expression, Lu Xiangsheng felt as if he had returned to the moment when he was in the middle of the lift.

"The minister is willing to take it all in. Changping County is not rich for a day, and the ministers are not promoted for a day. One person in Changping County was frozen, and the minister was not promoted for a day. One person in Changping County was starved, and the minister was not promoted for a day. ”

"Good!" Zhu Youzhen patted Lu Xiangsheng's shoulder heavily. He was happy at this moment, for the first time since he was reborn, he felt a kind of like-minded loyalty without using a puppet bead.

Zhou Yanru was also a little excited, and seemed to feel that he wanted to show off his identity as a cabinet minister in front of Lu Xiangsheng.

Zhu Youzhen tore off a small piece of paper from his booklet, and happily wrote with a pencil brush while saying to Zhou Yanru:

"Today, I will also let you see my talent, and I don't want you to monopolize Donglin."

It didn't take long to finish writing and handed it to Lu Xiangsheng, who took it and read it quietly:

Yazhai listened to Xiao Xiaozhu, suspected to be the voice of the people's suffering.

Some small Caozhou county officials, one branch and one leaf are always concerned

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhou Yanru was a little surprised, but he also said with a stammered face:

"Your Majesty is really good at writing, I don't know when Your Majesty will be able to give a song to your ministers."

Zhu Youzhen laughed,

"Wait until your jade rope has also found its own natal route!"