"Father!"

Zhu Chuanyu looked at his sluggish father and screamed bitterly.

"Call Lang Zhong!"

A group of people rushed over and carried Zhu Yi back to the bedroom.

"Leave me alone, go sell the land first!" Zhu Yi lay on the bed, looked at the housekeeper and said.

The butler nodded, gritted his teeth and walked out.

After a while, Lang Zhong also came.

asked about Zhu Yi's situation, and gave him a number again.

"How's my father?" Zhu Chuanyu asked anxiously.

"The prince is fine, it's just that he is in a hurry, and he has not rested enough for several days, and his body can't bear it. I'll prescribe a prescription, grab a few pairs of medicines, and rest for a few days. ”

Zhu Chuanyu and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and took the consultation fee for Lang Zhong and asked him to send him out of the palace.

On the other hand, the price of the land has been reduced to 50% of the land sold very smoothly, and with the joint efforts of many parties, the procedures were quickly completed. Finally, before dark, 170,000 taels of silver were delivered to the palace of the king.

The people who bought the land were naturally smiling, and such a good thing could not be found with a lantern.

As for the feelings of the acting king, who cares?

As soon as the three-day deadline arrived, Li Zicheng and Lu Jiude came to the acting king's mansion on time.

"Huh? How is His Royal Highness? What about your father? Lu Jiude looked at Zhu Chuanyu curiously and asked.

"Father is not feeling well, so he sent me to hand you over." Zhu Chuan said in a muffled voice.

"Not feeling well? Wasn't the first two days okay? Why did you suddenly get sick? ”

"I don't know."

"Okay. Since the prince is unwell, don't bother much. Is the silver ready? ”

"Ready." Saying that, Zhu Chuan ordered his subordinates to carry the silver out.

Li Zicheng looked at boxes and boxes of silver and was shocked.

He's fucking rich.

"Director Li, check it is correct." After the count, a soldier ran over.

"One or two is not a lot?"

"One or two is not a lot!"

"He is worthy of being the acting king! was able to take out so many silver taels in a short period of time. But our family still has to advise the prince. After that, the tax that should be paid cannot be less. Not a penny less, and our State Taxation Bureau will not agree to it. ”

"Don't send it!" Zhu Chuanyu breathed a sigh of relief, this group of plague gods is finally gone!

"There will be a date later!"

Li Zicheng arched his hand at Zhu Chuan, turned around and walked out of the palace with people.

Will there be a period later? After your mother! It's best not to see each other in this life!

Li Zicheng and Lu Jiude left Datong City with people and embarked on the road back to Beijing.

The return was slowed down by the silver he was carrying. However, at present, the territory is peaceful, and Li Zicheng's subordinates are all heavily armed elites, so there is no need to worry about security.

Hundreds of miles away in the capital, Zhu Youzhen also received the news that Li Zicheng and others had successfully collected it.

"Hahaha! The king accompanied him and called several ministers. ”

Zhu Youzhen was very happy, this first shot was completely fired.

After a while, Fan Jingwen and the others came to the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty! But what's the joy? Fan Jingwen saw the smile on Zhu Youzhen's face at a glance.

"The king's money has been handed over."

"What a good thing! How much did you pay? ”

"Nine hundred fifty-seven thousand taels."

"What? How are there so many!? ”

"Of them, 600,000 taels are fines."

Hiss!

A few people gasped, what a punishment!

"Who is in charge of Shanxi?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it's a minister." Lu Zhenfei replied.

"This is how the work is to be carried out, and the law must be followed, and violations must be punished! Even the princes and nobles will not tolerate it. The act of acting for the king has set a good example for the world, but your responsibilities are different from those of the Internal Revenue Bureau, you not only have to promote tax reform, but also measure acres of land and check hidden households. Within five years, I will know how much arable land and how many people I have! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone responded in unison, but they all felt a lot of pressure.

"It's okay, let's go back and get busy."

After a few people left, Zhu Youzhen whistled with a smile and thought about the next goal. These distant relatives of his are really rich.

Then he called Sun Chuanting again.

"There is news from Datong, and the acting king has made up the silver that should be paid."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! This is the first step to a successful tax reform. Sun Chuanting said to Zhu Youzhen with a smile.

"It's just the first step in a million steps, and there are many difficulties ahead. There's a long way to go. ”

"I will do my best to promote tax reform! Broken bones, at all costs! ”

"Good! That's enough for you! These days, you prepare first, and when Li Zicheng comes back from Datong, you will start to act, starting from the roots of the Imperial City of Beizhili! ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

The sixth day of February

Li Zicheng and Lu Jiude entered the territory of Hebei with their soldiers.

After getting along these days, the relationship between the two has heated up rapidly, and Lu Jiude is full of good feelings for this bold Shaanxi man.

"Lao Li, there is Fangshan in front, and the capital will be there soon. Homesick? ”

"Homesick?"

Li Zicheng remembered the wife who brought him a green hat, and shook his head silently. I don't even have a home, who do I think? Li Guo? That kid is in Beijing now.

"You haven't thought about getting a wife?" Lu Jiude asked.

"Didn't find the right one."

The unfortunate emotional experience made him subconsciously avoid such problems, and since he entered the Beijing camp, he has fought many battles, and he has not had the opportunity to think about these things.

"What do you think of me?"

"What!?" Li Zicheng, who was riding a horse and looking at the back in front of him, the hairs on his back exploded, and he looked at Lu Jiude in horror.

"Haha, you and I have the right temper, so let's just get by."

Lu Ju laughed. Li Zichengqiang said with a smile, and then dragged the war horses side by side to the side.

It's scary!

"Hahaha! Laughing, laughing. When I turned around, I saw His Majesty and told him about it, and asked him to marry you! ”

"Then thank you Director Lu."

"My own brother, what's polite."

Lu Jiude smiled and quietly concealed the trace of loss in his eyes.

What they don't know is that inside the palace of the king.

Zhu Chuanyu was grabbing Lang Zhong, who was treating his father's illness, and beat him violently.

"You're a fucking bullshit! Didn't you say that my father was just in a hurry and would be fine to recuperate for a few days!? What's going on now? Yes!? ”

"Your Royal Highness, stop fighting! The king's pulse does not seem to be a big deal, but as for why it has become like this, the little one doesn't know! Lang Zhong shouted as he begged for mercy.

"Don't know!? I'll kill you! Quack! As he spoke, he raised his fist and slammed it into Lang Zhong's face again.

"Don't fight anymore!"

Just then, a voice came from behind him.

"Mother."

"Your father is awake!"

"What?"

Zhu Chuanyu let go of Lang Zhong in surprise and ran into the house.

"Father, father, are you awake!?"

"I want to eat pea noodles."

At this time, Zhu Yi was already skinny, but his spirit looked much better.

"Okay, I'll order someone to do it!"

Zhu Chuanyu was overjoyed, since Li Zicheng and the others left, his father basically didn't eat much, and lay in bed all day. The medicine prescribed by Lang Zhong changed one dose after another, but Zhu Yi did not improve at all. In the past two days, I can't even drink water, and I have been in a coma.

"Biography, after your father is gone, you have to be filial to your mother! Take care of your brothers and sisters, the situation is different now, the emperor doesn't want to see us, you act carefully, don't be caught by him. ”

"Father! Why are you talking about this, aren't you okay now? ”

"I know my body, have you written down what Dad said?"

"Got it."

"That's good." Zhu Yi nodded. He knew that he probably didn't have long to live.

He also knows that he will not be better if he takes any medicine, because he has a heart disease.

If the heart is sick, he will be cured by heart medicine, unless his money is returned. He called his wife and concubine and his children together, and each of them said a few words.

"Are you ready?" Zhu Yi looked out the door.

"I'll rush right away."

At this moment, a servant ran over eagerly.

"Noodles are coming! Noodles are coming! ”

Zhu Yi stretched out his hand to the door, grabbed it but didn't catch the pea noodles he wanted to eat, and drooped down weakly.

I really want to eat another bite of pea noodles.

Zhu Yi died.

I didn't eat the bowl of pea noodles that I usually had at my fingertips until I died.

The crying in the palace of the king shook the sky, regardless of whether it was really sad or not, just howl.

Zhu Yi's death shook the entire Datong.

Oh, my God!

The acting king was angry because he was forced to pay taxes by His Majesty.

And the murderers who forced the acting king to death, Lu Jiude and Li Zicheng, also came outside the capital.

"Bureau Lee! It's home! ”

"Yes! This trip is not disgraced! Li Zicheng was also very excited, and it was only then that he realized that although he was rooted in Shaanxi, he had unconsciously regarded the capital as his home.

Lu Jiude looked at Li Zicheng beside him, with a trace of pity and pity in his eyes.

What a man!

Why don't you want to learn the Zero Technique?