At the end of Wuyi Alley, Li House.

Chongzhen has already left.

Ge Nenniang was holding a mirror and was helping Li Xiangjun make up.

Looking at Li Xiangjun's peach petal-like delicateness, Ge Nenniang couldn't help but praise: "Sister Xiangjun, you are so beautiful, no wonder the saint has only favored you so far." ”

"Silly sister." Li Xiangjun smiled and said, "How can the emperor favor one person. ”

"That's not for sure." Ge Nenniang shook her head and said, "Emperor Xiaozong has only one queen, not even a concubine. ”

"There will never be a second Emperor Xiaozong in the Ming Dynasty." Li Xiangjun smiled and said, "Sister, you are actually a rare beauty embryo, do you want my sister to talk to the saint and let the saint take you in?" ”

"Sister, what are you talking about?" Ge Nenniang suddenly blushed and couldn't raise her head.

Li Xiangjun was about to tease Ge Nenniang a few more words, when a huge cheer suddenly came from a distance in the direction of the opposite Guozijian.

"Sister, today seems to be the day of the country's trial list." Ge Nenniang stepped forward to open the window and said, "Later, it is estimated that many scholars who have failed the list will come to the old courtyard to drink and get drunk." ”

While speaking, Li Xiangjun had already finished dressing up and began to put on his armor and stomach.

With the help of Ge Nenniang, the two sisters just went downstairs and met an old acquaintance, but he was also a famous prostitute who was famous in Qin Huai back then.

This old acquaintance is none other than Kou Baimen.

Kou Baimen was ransomed as a concubine by Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, three years ago, and was originally the best among the sisters, but not long ago the Duke of Baoguo was implicated in the planting of eucalyptus and was raided.

Kou Baimen was also sold by the Zhu family and re-exiled to the Qinhuai River.

"Sister Hakumon?" Li Xiangjun asked in surprise, "You are a rare guest." ”

Today's Li Xiangjun can be said to be in full swing among the sisters of the past, it is Liu Ru who is the eldest sister in the past, and she has to be respectful when she sees her, but only Kou Baimen has almost no contact.

Li Xiangjun knows the reason, although Kou Baimen was born in a prostitution family, he is arrogant, but unfortunately he is not a lady when he meets people, and he goes around and around and falls into the dust again.

"Sister Xiangjun." Kou Baimen whispered, "Can you take a step to speak?" ”

"It's okay, Sister Nenniang is not an outsider." Li Xiangjun smiled and waved his hand.

Kou Baimen bowed his head lightly, and whispered again: "Sister Xiangjun, someone wants to assassinate the Holy Lord!" ”

"Huh?" Li Xiangjun was furious when he heard this, someone wants to assassinate the saint? This is a big deal!

But the current Li Xiangjun is no longer the Li Xiangjun of the past, and after being surprised, he quickly calmed down and asked, "Sister Baimen, where did you know?" ”

"I learned from a guest." Kou Baimen's expression looked a little dark, "Because I drank a few more glasses of wine last night, I ended up talking nonsense in my sleep, including words that were unfavorable to the saints. ”

Li Xiangjun gently bowed his head and asked, "What is this person's surname, and where is he staying?" ”

Kou Baimen said: "The surname is Luo Mingchang, and he lives in the Shandong Hall. ”

Li Xiangjun said: "My little sister has thanked my sister here. ”

"No thanks." Kou Baimen hurriedly shook his hand.

After sending Kou Baimen out of the door, Li Xiangjun changed his itinerary.

didn't go to the Xiaoling Wei military camp first, but went straight to the Guozijian.

At this time, the list of Guozi invigilated examinations has been released, and a total of more than 10,000 candidates are on the list.

However, there are still more than 40,000 candidates who have not been able to perform the Chinese style, and these candidates are inevitably depressed and angry, but even if they are not angry, they dare not say it.

Because there are more than 10,000 people in this Chinese style.

So I can't blame others for not passing the exam.

The candidates who did not make it were lamented and sighed, and the high school candidates were overjoyed.

Just when the candidates were praising and congratulating each other, Li Xiangjun appeared outside Jixian Gate with Ge Nenniang.

The sassy and heroic appearance of the second daughter instantly attracted the attention of the candidates, especially Li Xiangjun, who was wearing a cotton armor, showed a different kind of temptation: uniform temptation.

When even one candidate wants to come forward and strike up a conversation.

But before he could take a step, he was stopped by his companions.

"You don't want to die." The companion warned in a low voice, "This is Li Xiangjun and General Li." ”

"What's wrong with General Li?" The candidate said disapprerovingly, "General Li is also a woman, so she has to get married, right?" ”

"You stupid donkey, you really don't know how to write dead words." The companion said with a dark face, "If you are disgusted with a long life, just go up and talk, I dare to guarantee that you will stumble on the Qinhuai River tonight." ”

Another companion said silently, "Holy forbidden." ”

"Won't it?" The examinee was still a little unconvinced, "It's just a rumor." ”

"The surname is Zhang, we don't know you from now on." The two companions stepped out of the way.

Although the candidate was a little reluctant, he could think about it again and again to let go to both sides, and then watched Li Xiangjun and Ge Nenniang walk over at close range, just smelling this fragrant wind was intoxicating.

……

In Yilun Hall, a group of Qinwang scholars were laughing.

Huang Zongxi said to Xu Yingwei: "Youzhen, you are honest, did you leak the question in advance?" ”

Xu Yingwei laughed and said: "Yuhu Chen has ancestral training, the land is barren and planted with pines and cypresses, and the poor children of the family study, but the barrenness of Putian is especially inferior to our Xinchang, our Xinchang County is seven mountains, two rivers and one field, which is really barren, so our Xinchang scholars study very hard, and only then do we have all the high schools of this national examination!" ”

Good guys, more than 50 talents in Xinchang County have all been tested.

One of the best in the Xinchang County Order must not have run, and it is estimated that it will be promoted soon.

While he was talking, Zheng Zhilong, the Duke of Min, and Fu Shan walked in with their front and back feet, and when they came in, they asked, "Has the country been released on the list?" The list of tribute students is out? ”

"See Min Guogong."

A group of diligent kings and scholars are long-standing.

Chongzhen, who was at the back of the crowd, also smiled: "Zheng Qing, are you here?" ”

"Minister Zheng Zhilong, knock on the saint." After paying homage, Zheng Zhilong got up again and asked, "Holy Lord, the Minister's Water Master Academy is ready, just waiting for the students to settle in." ”

"And the minister's medical school." Fu Shan said urgently.

"Don't worry, the two of you don't need to worry." Chongzhen said with a smile, "I have admitted 10,000 tribute students in this subject, so you don't have to worry about not having students at all, and I'm also worried that the number of people you want is too small." ”

"Huh? 10,000 tributes? Zheng Zhilong and Fu Shan also looked at each other.

When they came in just now, they were in a hurry, and they really didn't know that such a big incident had happened.

"I will give you two thousand." Chongzhen asked, "How is it, is it enough?" ”

"Huh? Two thousand? Zheng Zhilong was happy and a little embarrassed after hearing this, "But the Chen's Sailor Academy has only prepared bunks for five hundred people, and two thousand people are afraid that they can't live there." ”

Fu Shan also said in a tangled manner: "The medical school can only accommodate five hundred students. ”

"Then add more bunks." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "If Mr. is not enough, you will figure out your own way, and how to teach these students, you two have to slowly explore it yourself, I will not care, but when the time comes, I will ask the two of you to get results, and if you can't get results, I can't spare you." ”

Zheng Zhilong and Fu Shan also glanced at each other, and whispered: "Shengshang, build a dormitory to increase bunks, and hire so many gentlemen and sailor generals to come to teach, it will cost a lot of money." ”

Fu Shan also said: "The same is true for medical schools, and the funding has to be tripled to be enough." ”

"Don't ask me for the money." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You go to Ma Mingluo." ”

"Deputy Director Ma." Zheng Zhilong and Fu Shan immediately turned their eyes to Ma Mingluo next to them.

Ma Mingluo's donkey face instantly turned into a pig's kidney face, and he said with a dark face: "Min Guogong, more than 500,000 taels of silver have been spent to prepare the Sailor Academy, do you still want silver?" ”

"That can't be helped." Zheng Zhilong said helplessly, "Building a water master school is not as good as building a academy, building a college only needs to build dozens of houses, and then invite a dozen gentlemen to teach and it's over, but the water master school is not good, the water master school has to teach students how to fight water wars, how much money is spent in wars, the saint knows best, a cannonball counts two pieces of silver, if you are unlucky and the cannon explodes during the training, it will be a few hundred taels of silver directly, so this is ......"

"If you have it, you have to get it, so don't cry poor in the lower officials, you just say the number, how much?"

"No more, no less." Zheng Zhilong smiled, and then said, "It's almost enough to allocate another one million taels." ”

"Okay, grandpa will send someone to the Internal Affairs Office to get the silver when he turns around." Ma Mingluo sighed, and asked Fu Shandao again, "What about Fu Yuanzheng, how much silver do you want?" ”

Fu Shan whispered: "You don't need so many officials, and it's almost the same to allocate another 200,000 taels." ”

Seeing that Ma Mingluo spent more than 1.2 million taels of silver at once, Chongzhen didn't feel the slightest heartache, because these two pieces of silver were well spent, and the future officers of the Daming Water Division, as well as the future barefoot doctors of the Ming Dynasty, were trained with these two pieces of silver, and in less than ten years, the Ming Dynasty would be reborn.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong and Fu Shan away, Ma Mingluo said bitterly to Chongzhen: "Holy Lord, this can't be done. ”

"Heartache silver?" Chongzhen said with a smile, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs issued bonds to borrow silver from the gentry and businessmen, isn't it just for spending?" Now that the silver has been spent, you should be happy. ”

"That being said, it took too fast." Ma Mingluo said entangledly, "It's just spending money like water, in less than two months, nearly 40 million has been spent!" ”

"Spend so much?" Chongzhen was also shocked when he heard this, "Nearly forty million!" ”

Huang Zongxi, Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other Qinwang scholars next to him were also shocked, they spent so much silver in two months?

"Holy unbelievers?" Ma Mingluo wrenched his finger and said, "The minister will calculate for you, the annual salary of the king of Qinwang will be more than 120 yuan, the purchase of 300,000 flintlock guns with a total of 700,000 silver, the purchase of 500 4-inch Hongyi cannons with a total of 300,000 silver, the preparation of the Sailor School with a total of 1.5 million silver, and the preparation of the medical school before and after the two times with a total of 300,000 silver, as well as the allocation of 3 million silver to Xuzhou, Guide and Kaifeng, and the first and second one-year bonds have matured, with a total of more than 1,200 yuan in principal and interest. This is not the largest expenditure, there are more than 20,000 houses in the inner and outer cities, more than 100,000 homesteads and gardens, and a total of more than 1,800 taels ......"

Only then did Chongzhen remember that he asked Ma Mingluo to buy the houses and land in the city.

"You say this, that's nothing." Chongzhen smiled, "How much silver is left in the account now?" ”

Ma Mingluo said: "Not counting the 30 million taels confiscated from the Wei State Mansion, the Baoguo Mansion, etc., there are still more than 46 million taels of silver deposited in the account of the Internal Affairs Office. ”

"Look, isn't there more silver?"

Chongzhen smiled: "The more money is spent, the more you spend, then what else do you have to worry about." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Wait until next year, when the investment in the industrial and commercial silver number begins to make a profit, the silver deposit in the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will only increase, and then you will really have a headache, how to spend the money for the headache." ”

Ma Mingluo said with a smile: "If this is the case, the minister is willing to die of a headache." ”

"That's not good, who will be the big butler for me when you die." Chongzhen laughed when he heard this.

The Qinwang Shizi who was present also laughed, there are more and more deposits in the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the assets are rolling more and more, which means that their annual income will also rise next year, can they be happy?

Chongzhen likes this atmosphere very much, and he can talk and laugh with his courtiers in normal times.

But once you put your face down, you can quietly force a pavilion to commit suicide.

Thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen, and being an emperor should be like this, neither can you make the courtiers afraid of a tiger, but you can't let the courtiers lose their distance.

At this moment, the laughter in the lobby suddenly stopped.

Immediately, the Qinwang scholars on the periphery avoided to both sides.

Chongzhen looked up a little stunned, and saw Li Xiangjun walking in.

"General Li?" Chongzhen said, "Looking at the expression on your face, there seems to be something big?" ”

"Back to the Holy Heavens." Li Xiangjun took a long look, got up and said, "The minister inadvertently learned an important news, someone or a group of people are secretly planning to assassinate the driver. ”

"Someone stabbed the driver?" The Qinwang scholars present all changed color.

Chongzhen is not very surprised, since he crossed over to Daming, what he has done has certainly attracted a large number of people, such as these Qinwang scholars in front of him, who are his diehard fans, but correspondingly, he has also offended a large number of people, such as Wei Guogong, Baoguo Gong and other ten nobles and their families, there are enough reasons to assassinate the king.

"What's going on?" Chongzhen said, "Where did you get the news?" ”

Li Xiangjun told Kou Baimen about coming to the door, and said: "Holy Lord, although Kou Baimen is just a courtesan, he is quite chivalrous, so the minister thinks that this matter is still credible." ”

Gao Qiqian said: "Whether this matter is credible or not, you will know if you arrest that Luo Hechang and torture it." ”

"Don't worry." After Chongzhen heard this, his heart moved, and he said that this was a better opportunity, a good opportunity for Li Ruolian to break into Jiannu without any flaws.

But there is no need for too many people to know about this kind of thing.

At that moment, Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go back first." ”

Sending away a group of Qinwang scholars, Chongzhen said to Gao Qiqian again: "Gao companion, I will drive you in the past few days, and take my carriage in and out of Wuyi Alley." ”