Suzhou Mansion Lobby.

Zhu Yunxi, who was dressed in a five-clawed suit, sat on the prefect's seat, and other Suzhou government officials sat in the lobby.

There were also some squires to accompany them.

"Lone knows, you are not used to me, King Wu, and you are not as kind as Zhang Shicheng."

"No, no, no!"

"In our hearts, there is only one King Wu, so Your Highness!"

"How can Zhang Wei compare with His Royal Highness King Wu?"

There was a burst of sycophants in the audience, all of which were professional smiles.

In fact, as early as yesterday afternoon, Zhu Yunxi had already arrived in Suzhou and walked around the city.

At that time, I was tired of walking, so I found a tea shop to rest.

The shopkeeper is an elderly man who speaks Wu language.

Zhu Yunxi asked the shopkeeper: "How was Zhang Shicheng in Suzhou back then?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "When the Ming Emperor started, King Zhang Wu knew that he was not the true son of heaven, and the whole city was attached. ”

In Suzhou, many people still miss Zhang Shicheng, the king of Wu.

Zhu Yunxi smiled at the officials: "How can you call him Zhang Rebellion?" His Majesty once said that Shi Cheng was a slow and silent person, and he seemed to have a measure, and he contributed to the great cause of opposing the Yuan. ”

"Ah, yes, yes, Your Majesty is right!"

These guys...... Zhu Yunxi tried to point the question: "Speaking of Your Majesty, you should know the reason for coming to Suzhou this time, right?" ”

Regardless of whether everyone knows it or not, he still said it again:

"The imperial court wants to dig the Rouge River, because there is a war in the north, and the household department is short of money and food, so Lone Fengfeng came to discuss fundraising with you."

As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi smiled: "I hope you can understand the difficulties of the imperial court." ”

As soon as these words came out, the originally eager environment immediately became silent.

No one is saying yes, yes, yes anymore.

I'm afraid that the air will be quiet all of a sudden, except for embarrassment or embarrassment.

Zhu Yunxi patted his sleeve robe and looked at the Suzhou prefect: "Governor Zhang, what do you say?" ”

The prefect of Suzhou is the fourth product, but the spectrum of the prefect Zhang is even more outrageous than the first product.

He sat at the bottom of King Wu, his eyes slightly closed, and he did not move.

It was as if he hadn't heard King Wu asking.

Suzhou Prefecture has always been prosperous in literary style, not only with many cultural people, but also with developed commerce.

Therefore, among all the prefects in the Ming Dynasty, the prefect of Suzhou has the highest status.

The famous prefect of Yangzhou in history cannot be compared with it.

Because Yangzhou in the early Ming Dynasty, no.

There are not many salt merchants.

Zhu Yunxi knew that the prefect of Suzhou was pretending to be dead, so he said to the left and right: "Prefect Zhang is asleep, carry it down." ”

The armor leaves collided, and two tiger warriors walked over.

Everyone was stunned, is it so direct?

Hearing the movement, Zhang Luo, the prefect of Suzhou, immediately woke up in seconds: "Oh, what His Royal Highness King Wu said is true." ”

"So, Governor Zhang is supporting fundraising?"

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand to let the guards retreat.

Zhang Luo replied quietly: "His Royal Highness King Wu is serious, I am an official of the imperial court, of course I work for the imperial court and support the policies of the imperial court. ”

"That's good, let's gather the squires and rich merchants tomorrow."

Governor Zhang was stunned for a moment, and wanted to be sloppy: "What are you going to do when you gather the squires and rich businessmen?" ”

"Of course, it's for the imperial court!"

Zhu Yunxi said: "You are the prefect, and it must be no difficulty for you to raise one or two million taels of silver from the rich businessmen, right?" ”

Governor Zhang smiled faintly: "The rich businessmen are rich, but their money is not blown by the wind, as for whether there is money to take out, the lower officials don't know." ”

Seeing this, all the officials gloated.

It's not a big problem to raise money, but it's up to us who to raise money for.

Zhu Yunxi understood with his ass that these officials in Suzhou would definitely support Zhu Yunxi.

"Since you don't know, call people up tomorrow."

"I'm in a hurry tomorrow, right?"

Still raising the bar? Zhu Yunxi glanced at the prefect: "Lone said that it is tomorrow, you can handle it now!" ”

"I'm afraid it's going to be difficult."

The prefect of Suzhou looked at Zhu Yunxi with a straight glare.

"Difficult?"

Zhu Yunxi stood up and looked at him: "Let you summon people, but you don't let you pay, what is it difficult for you to do?" ”

"Yes......"

Although the prefect of Suzhou was unwilling, he was helpless.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the other county officials again and said:

"Suzhou Mansion is where the capital is located, and the imperial court has always attached importance to the selection of Suzhou officials, if anyone feels that they are incapacitated, they can completely step down, is it difficult to do?"

With that, he walked away.

The officials looked at each other.

King Wu and his entourage stayed at Chengtian Temple.

After Zhang Shicheng occupied Suzhou at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he couldn't find a suitable place to be the palace for a while, so he rebuilt Chengtian Temple into a palace.

Zhang Shicheng took Chengtian Temple as the center, and built two palaces in the east and west.

Because they are surrounded by water on three sides, these two palaces are known as East Sea Island and West Sea Island.

Of course, Zhu Yunxi can't see these anymore.

After Zhang Shicheng's defeat, King Wu's mansion was burned to ruins, leaving only one imperial waste.

Chengtian Temple is also a later repair, and there is a building with the same shape as the Suzhou Mansion.

Shi Li Zhigang, the governor of King Wu's mansion, pointed to the building: "There was a Suzhou prefect named Wei Guan before, who repaired the prefect's yamen on the ruins of Zhang Shicheng's palace, and was beheaded for committing a taboo. ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded meaningfully: "Look at this sense of vicissitudes, it must have been twenty years." ”

Li Zhigang nodded: "In the seventh year of Hongwu, Gao Qi was also killed. ”

Gao Qi is talented and knowledgeable, and Liu Bowen and Song Lian are known as the "three masters of poetry and literature in the early Ming Dynasty"

Just because the prefect's yamen wrote a partial article about this illegal prefect, which contained the words "dragon and tiger", it was suspected of praising Zhang Shicheng, and he was beheaded.

"That's a pity, I heard that Wei Guan's official character is good."

Zhu Yunxi entered Chengtian Temple.

Li Zhigang smiled: "What's the use of good official character, at least I don't understand the rules of officialdom, and sooner or later something will happen." ”

"This Suzhou prefect Zhang Luo, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for long."

"Why?"

Zhu Yunxi and Li Zhigang sat on the couch and played chess.

Although Li Zhigang was dressed in civilian clothes, he still sat upright: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, almost no one has been able to fill the term of office in the prefect of Suzhou for decades. ”

"That's weird." Zhu Yunxi looked at the chessboard thoughtfully.

Li Zhigang slapped a son and said: "Such an important position cannot be held for a long time. ”

At this time, a royal chamberlain hurriedly walked in: "See His Royal Highness King Wu, Governor Zhang's mansion is gathering squires and wealthy businessmen in the palace to raise money, and many people have come." ”

Zhu Yunxi calmly responded with a hand: "He still has a chance to get lost, but I'm afraid that he will be difficult to ...... for himself."

As he spoke, he took out a golden melon seed from his bosom and threw it at the attendant: "Continue to investigate." ”

The attendant picked up the golden melon seeds and withdrew.

A few games of chess to kill.

The attendant came again: "Your Royal Highness King Wu, the prefect of Zhang's mansion has finished raising money, and a total of 31,250 taels of silver have been obtained. ”

Gently putting down the chess pieces in his hand, Zhu Yunxi sighed: "After all, the road is narrow." ”

He already knew about this ending, so he didn't go to shame.

"Thirty thousand taels of silver, and he can afford it."

The anger on Li Zhigang's face rose: "Your Highness, if they don't take you in their eyes, we don't need to be polite!" ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded slightly: "Let's go to the Shen family first." ”