Yao Dongwang looked embarrassed after hearing this.

"Your Highness, at the beginning of this new dynasty, we all know the difficulties of the imperial court, but we don't have a salt tax in our hands, and the salt tax in previous years was either used for disaster relief, or it was handed over to the officials of the Jianwen Dynasty who were handed over to Jianwen."

"Your Royal Highness, this salt tax is not that the lower officials are unwilling to pay, there is really no, the place with the most salt merchants in the world, the place with the most salt production, it belongs to the two Zhejiang and the two Huai, don't say that we are not good at paying the salt tax in the two Zhejiang, I am afraid that Yangzhou, Jiangsu, which specializes in salt production, will definitely not be able to take out five million salt taxes this year."

Zhu Song didn't speak, he tasted the tea by himself, Yao Dongwang was a little embarrassed to see that Zhu Song didn't care about himself, Shen Zheng knew that Zhu Song understood that he and Yao Dongwang had the final say, so His Royal Highness King Han was waiting for himself to make a statement.

Shen Zheng got up and filled Zhu Song's tea.

"Your Royal Highness, the grass people are salt merchants in Hangzhou, and they pay taxes for the country, which is the obligation, but the grass people do not see too much tax silver in their hands at the moment, and the treasury of Jianwen fought in the first half of the year was empty, and he once sent someone to collect it once, and the grass people did not hide it from His Highness, and I am afraid that the money will be used on the battlefield."

Yao Dongwang heard this and his heart was raised, what kind of money can be used on this battlefield, the recent war experienced by the imperial court, then there is only Yan Han's usurpation and the battle of Jingjing, what you are sitting in front of you is one of the masterminds, say this kind of thing in front of the mastermind, don't you have a head?

Shen Zheng was as calm as water on the surface, but in fact, his heart was also turbulent, he knew that he was taking a risk, but he believed in his ability to know people, this young His Royal Highness King Han was a free and easy person, and he would definitely not be angry for the truth he said.

Sure enough, he was right, and Zhu Song didn't react at all when he heard this.

"This king also knows that it is not easy for you, but this king can't just come and go in the light of light, this king is white this time, that is for the money, this king just left, His Majesty will be angry, this king can't look down on himself, if you can't get a sufficient amount of silver, this king will not have to take on the errand of the commander of the brocade guard this time?"

"But this king also knows that it is more difficult for you, and this king does not want to force you to death, let alone kill chickens and take eggs, but you have to find a way, this Jiangnan has been a rich land since ancient times, especially when Jianwen was in the court, didn't they all reduce the taxes of several provinces in Jiangnan? It stands to reason that you in Zhejiang should not be so poor. ”

"But this king is not here to investigate corruption, this king is only here for silver, as long as this king brings enough money to make this king feel that he can pay back, this king will not find trouble for you, and this king will say a few good words for you in the future."

"But if the king can't get the money back......"

Zhu Song got up, walked to the steps of the stone pavilion with his hands behind his back and stood still, only to see the brocade guards guarding under the corridor turning their heads to look at the stone pavilion with murderous eyes in their eyes.

Shen Zhengcong, Yao Dongwang and Cheng Lou'er felt as if a big stone had been pressed on their bodies at that moment, and several people were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe, and their bodies were already soaked in cold sweat.

Zhu Song was very satisfied, and then nodded again and again to signal that the big guy could take it away, and the brocade guards turned their heads and no longer looked at the stone pavilion, and several people in the stone pavilion instantly felt that the pressure disappeared without a trace, and the whole person was as relaxed and uncomfortable as lifting a heavy object and suddenly putting it down.

"This king doesn't want to investigate corruption and don't want to kill people, if you need peace today, what the court needs most now is stability, but if someone thinks that the court can't be rough if it doesn't have a choice now, it's a big mistake."

"Lord Yao, no matter how the pile of silver in the line fell from the sky or what happened, please Lord Yao do his best to be a landlord and tell the God of Hangzhou, don't put the silver in the king's line again!"

Zhu Song left with the brocade guards, and after Zhu Song left, Yao Dongwang breathed a deep sigh of relief.

"It's over, it's over, it's over, it's better not to give that gift before."

Shen Zheng snorted coldly and drank all the tea in the cup.

"That's good, if the previous group of grandsons were willing to bleed, let this highness be full, let's think of a way, put together a million taels and hand it to him, with him on it to help fill the seams, how could we end up in this situation?"

"Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant! The empty seal case of the year, how did Hu Weiyong capsize? Everyone in the world knows that it was those Huaixi heroes under his command who carried him behind his back, or brought an empty seal report to finally kill the whole family and exterminate the nine clans! ”

"Could it be that the officials in Hangzhou should also be on par with that Hu Weiyong, and they have to kill all their families to be satisfied?"

Yao Dongwang didn't dare to reply, he only took a mere two hundred taels of silver, and he really didn't dare to answer at this time.

Shen Zheng looked at Yao Dongwang and felt that this guy was really a piece of mud that couldn't support the wall, so he didn't bother to continue talking to him, got up and left with Cheng Lou'er.

After Zhu Song returned to Qinchaxingyuan, he saw Lao Cao holding a letter, and Zhu Song took it and saw that it was a letter sent from home.

Zhu Song opened it and read it, his heart was overjoyed, and the princess wrote to himself that Zhao Fei was already pregnant, which was really a good thing and the most important thing, and solved Concubine Zhao's heart knot.

And the princess asked in the letter when she would be able to come back and whether she was still used to eating and living in Hangzhou, which made Zhu Song very moved.

Zhu Song also replied with a letter, telling him that everything was fine, so that the family could rest assured, and at the same time, the family should eat and spend, don't save money for the king, and take care of Concubine Zhao and her son.

After writing the letter, Zhu Song asked Lao Cao to send someone back, lying on the rocking chair, he was really in a good mood, he had been living in Hangzhou for a few days, and had been investigating whether these officials were corrupt, and there had been no clear progress and clue, at this time Concubine Zhao Youxi was really a good thing for Zhu Song.

It also made Zhu Song's slightly stressed mood feel a lot better.

Thinking about it, Zhu Song suddenly remembered the fish that Shen Zhengcong made from Niluo Village, which was really delicious.

"Lao Cao Lao Cao, send someone to Niluo Village, to buy the fish of the Shiting in the east of the village, let them make it fresh, buy it back when it is cooked, buy a few more, you can taste it too, the fish is really delicious."

Lao Cao is also a foodie, and he didn't pay much attention to this aspect of eating, but after following Zhu Song, now when he mentions what is delicious, his eyes are also the first to light up.

"Okay, Your Highness, your majesty will let people buy it, but Your Highness, the brothers of Jinyiwei seem to have found some great news in Hangzhou recently, so Your Highness should take a look at it first."