Households.

"Xia Shangshu, meet again." Zhu Zhanyan smiled and handed the sign to Xia Yuanji in front of him.

When the vassal king enters Beijing, it is also useful in Beijing, and all of these are paid by the household department, so Zhu Zhanyan must also go to the household department to hand it over.

"His Royal Highness?"

Originally, Xia Yuanji was immersed in official business, and he was about to fly away recently because of the vassal king's entry into Beijing and the worship of the envoys of various countries, but after hearing Zhu Zhanji's voice, he still raised his head in surprise.

"It's been almost a year since the last goodbye, right? Xia Shangshu still looks like he is still in style. ”

Zhu Zhanyan smiled and took the fold with the seal of the household department handed over by Xia Yuanji, this is what he needs to spend in Beijing for a period of time in the future.

"Xia Shangshu, you're busy, I'll go back to the Zongren Mansion first."

"Eh......" Natsuhara stood up.

"His Royal Highness ...... the Prince"

"Huh? What's wrong? Zhu Zhanyan turned around with a little surprise and looked at Xia Yuanji who got up.

"Going for a walk?" After holding it for a while, Xia Yuanji came out with such a sentence.

"I don't care." Zhu Zhanyan laughed and pointed behind Xia Yuanji.

"But Xia Shangshu, you ......"

"It doesn't matter." Xia Yuanji smiled and waved his hand.

"It's already more than half of the time, and it's already gone."

"Then ......" Zhu Zhanyan thought about it, felt that it was nothing, and stretched out his hand and said.

"Please?"

"Please."

Scattered value, in fact, is to get off work, and in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to do it every day, and when he arrived at Zhu Di, it was already three days.

In the days when the court is not up, the officials are on duty, which is the origin of the "point Mao", and the afternoon Shen is off duty, which is called the scattered value or scattered ya.

Shen Zhou of the Ming Dynasty made "Twilight Chengtian Xi Jingfang and Old Monk Night Drinking" said: "The drizzle is like sand, and the government in the city has been dispersed." ”

The "dusk" and "scattered" here refer to getting off work at night.

Wan'an Street, in an unremarkable restaurant.

A prince of the Han Dynasty, wearing a Tuanlong costume that only a prince can wear, and a Hubu Shangshu, wearing an official uniform that can only be worn by the second rank of the dynasty, sat in such a small restaurant, which attracted people's attention.

But it wasn't without its benefits, there was a large area around them where no one dared to sit down.

"How is Xia Shangshu doing? Look at your state, especially better than back then, right? Eating the meal that had just come up, Zhu Zhanyan smiled and joked.

"Your Royal Highness, don't open any pot and mention which pot." I don't know why, Xia Yuanji, who saw Zhu Zhanyan again, relaxed a lot.

Without the respect I had when I met him last year, it was as if two old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years were chatting.

It's just that the age difference between the two is a bit big.

"Which pot do you open? I'll bring it up. Zhu Zhanyan also smiled very happily.

"I, if you don't open any pot, don't mention it." Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly and put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine jug, and gestured towards Zhu Zhanyan.

Zhu Zhanyan gestured to the teacup in his hand and shook his head with a smile.

"It's not that you don't know, there are a lot of things this year, and there are even more places to spend money, if you think Wei Zhe is hard, then return the seal letter to Wei Zhe that the sect will use, and Wei Zhe will be happy."

Xia Yuanji drank all the wine in the cup and joked with a smile.

The letter he sent to Zhu Zhan Yan was used for Zhu Zhan Yan's expenses during his time in Beijing, although it was a lot, but just such a one, for the household department of a huge dynasty, he couldn't even make a splash.

"Xia Shangshu is too much, my father has already gone to the domain, and I am not the same me I was back then, you have to pick this money?"

Zhu Zhanyan smiled and raised the teacup: "Xia Shangshu is afraid that your name as Xia Lao's pick is not loud enough?" ”

"Whew!" Xia Yuanji took a pair of chopsticks and shook his hand.

"If Your Royal Highness the Prince can stay in Beijing, let alone that name, you won't dislike giving Wei Zhe another one."

Xia Yuanji was probably a little suppressed during this time, and after drinking a little wine, he was a little speechless.

But fortunately, his sanity was still there, and he quickly reacted.

Xia Shangshu laughed. Zhu Zhanyan smiled slightly and revealed the topic.

In fact, he knew that Xia Yuanji just wanted to work with him, because in the past two years, he had made a lot of money for Xia Yuanji.

The first time he killed Japanese and corrupt officials in Zhejiang, he got some money, although it was not much, but it was better than nothing.

The second time was the Northern Expedition, because Zhu Zhanqi's suggestion built the Jingguan, and the Ming Dynasty produced a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, which made the household return a mouthful of blood.

The third time was in Yangzhou, where Zhu Zhan killed more than 20,000 people, raided many people's homes, and got a lot of money.

As for the fourth ......

Anyway, a teammate like Zhu Zhanji is a dream for people like Xia Yuanji, especially after experiencing this year's events, Xia Yuanji especially misses last year's days.

"Xia Shangshu complains a lot." Zhu Zhanyan opened the topic and opened another one.

"If you can say such a thing, let me guess, it is the end of the cattle farming that did not go well, right?"

"Alas......" Xia Yuanji sighed lightly when he heard this, and poured himself another glass of wine.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is really worthy of being the one who saw through this matter from the beginning, and he can't hide anything from you."

"Xia Shangshu is serious." Zhu Zhanyan smiled, picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Xia Yuanji.

"Actually, I want to know that this matter is not so simple, Xia Shangshu, all you think about is money, you have been separated from the people for too long, and there will always be accidents."

"Did something go wrong when the last ploughing cattle were recovered?"

"I'm convinced." Xia Yuanji arched his hand, his face full of admiration.

"In the end, when the household department went to collect the cattle, there were not many officials who dared to do it, although there were some, but all of them were only 61 people, which is really a drop in the bucket."

"But Wei Zhe didn't expect that there would be problems on the people's side."

"Normal." Looking at Xia Yuanji's appearance of pouring bitter water, Zhu Zhanyan felt very funny.

"Not all the people in the world are simple, at that time, grandpa and you handed over the selection of the list to me, although I was able to visit on the spot, but after all, there are more than 10,000 people, I can only have a general understanding."

"This person, everyone is greedy, for a family without a pillar, a ploughing ox is tantamount to a god who saves them from fire and water, they are naturally unwilling to let go."

"There is a saying that poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, although some of them are partial and comprehensive, but they can also explain some problems."

"His Royal Highness the Prince is really smart." Xia Yuanji arched his hand with an admiring expression.

"However, Your Royal Highness, you ...... return to Beijing this time."

He was halfway through the words, but Xia Yuanji's face already had a look of hope.

It is not unheard of before when all countries come to the court, Zheng He has gone to the West three times, and the first two times have also brought back many envoys.

It was reasonable to summon the vassal kings to Beijing on the grounds of envoys and sacrificial temples, but it was not so necessary.

This made Xia Yuanji think crookedly.

(End of chapter)