Yingtian, Xinggong.

Zhu Jinghong knelt at the foot of the imperial steps, and on the left and right were the brocade guards from the capital, and above were the eunuchs standing solemnly.

"If you still have half a conscience, you shouldn't risk your life and cause your mother to worry too much......"

"If you are hurt in the slightest, won't your mother be in pain to the bone marrow......"

Listening to the eunuch's message, Zhu Jinghong was really worried in his heart, who knows if he would be beaten again.

"I hope you can do it yourself, so as not to worry about your parents!"

Reading this, the oracle ended, and the eunuch hurriedly walked down the steps and helped Zhu Jinghong up with a smile.

"Thirteenth master, the ground...... Don't get on your knees, get up quickly! ”

The eunuch who came to preach this time was the celebrant who was called "Nei Hanlin", and he seemed to be polite and polite, and if he added a beard, he would be even more elegant.

got up from the ground, Zhu Jinghong immediately complained: "Father-in-law Chen, what does my father mean by this?" Do you have to be scolded for doing a good job? ”

"In this Ming Dynasty, is there still a royal law? Is there still justice? ”

Zhu Jinghong issued these "violent comments", and everyone at the scene didn't hear them, after all, this is not once or twice.

Chen Yu had to explain: "Thirteenth Master, the Lord and the Queen Mother, it is because they love you that they will preach the ......."

"You don't have to persuade me...... I know the truth, we are courtiers, and we have to swallow bitter water in our stomachs! ”

Chen Yu laughed embarrassedly twice, he was really hard to answer.

Zhu Jinghong's eleven pieces of people dispersed, and then asked, "Gonggong Chen, how did you send someone to pass the message this time?" ”

The eunuchs who were in charge of the celebrant were basically not sent on assignments, and their main task was to read the draft votes and then submit them to the palm seal or penned for ruling.

"Back to the Thirteenth Master...... The minions came over this time, mainly to supervise the purchase of military rations! ”

"Supervise the purchase of military rations? Is there not enough military rations? Zhu Jinghong was a little surprised.

Chen Yu replied: "Due to something in the northwest, the military rations that were originally transferred directly to Jiangbei were transferred to the northwest by the household department......

This also shows that the importance of the situation in the northwest of the DPRK is greater than that of Jinling, which is troubled by the Japanese invaders.

"Your Majesty asked Jinling to raise money and food by itself, and sent a servant to supervise it!"

Walking into the corridor, Zhu Jinghong was a little surprised and asked, "How to raise money and food by yourself?" ”

Chen Yu replied: "Of course, let the local gentry donate!" ”

"This ...... I'm afraid it's difficult, who wants to take out their own money! ”

"This minion can't take care of it, anyway, the task has already been apportioned!"

"Apportionment?" Zhu Jinghong grasped the key word.

Then I heard him ask, "What is the apportionment method?" ”

"The Jinling gentry apportioned 60,000 yuan, and the Jinling salt merchants apportioned 40,000 yuan!"

There is a shortage of 100,000 stone of grain, and according to the market price, it will cost about 50,000 taels of silver, and considering that the price will rise due to the purchase of large quantities, it will be enough to collect 60,000 taels.

However, the current result is that Zhu Xianming not only wants to prostitute for nothing, but also to earn more money.

"This ...... The old man is really good at playing! Zhu Jinghong laughed.

"You're busy!"

"The minions are not busy, the gentry collect the money from the political secretary, the salt merchants are to patrol the salt imperial history to collect, and the minions are just overseeing!"

…………

It took five days for Chen Yu to rush to Jinling, and the express delivery from the celebrant arrived two days ago.

The Xue family, who was the first to receive an urgent delivery, was arguing over it again at the moment.

It's just because the celebrant means that the Xue family wants to donate 10,000 taels of silver to give a sample to the gentry of Jinling.

Of course, this 10,000 taels is the emperor's money, so it will not be counted in the 100,000 silver.

"Brother Pan, how did you become a home? I just let the big guy take the money last time, why is it here again? ”

"Each family has saved money in recent years, but it is all earned by everyone's hard work, we can help with the difficulties in the big house, but you can't always let us help!"

"yes...... This year is not peaceful, the business is not good, and even the harvest in the grange is not very good, so I really can't get the money! ”

"Brother Pan, it's not that we are elders who don't help you, we also have difficulties!"

Everyone, you say a word, and it can be summed up in one meaning, there is no way to ask for money.

The internal treasury has saved 120,000 silver in the Xue family, and the last time it spent 100,000 yuan on the purchase of grain and military supplies, theoretically the Xue family still owes 20,000 internal funds.

This time I want to donate 10,000 yuan, and I am still short of 10,000 taels of silver.

According to Baochai's meaning, I don't know when, the remaining 10,000 taels of royal money will be needed, so it is better to collect them together this time.

So this time, Xue Pan gathered the clansmen and apportioned 20,000 taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth.

As a big house, Xue Pan is also a sincere person, and he recognized five thousand taels of silver, and the remaining ten thousand and five thousand should be apportioned.

"You just don't want to give it to you when you say so much...... Right? Xue Pan was extremely impatient.

Of course, everyone has this mind, and the money has been turned into land and mansions by them, and now they are willing to spit it out again.

The last time, in order to raise the money, these people sold a lot of shop land, which was already considered "breaking the muscles and bones".

If you are taking out the money now, you are really emptying your family, and you don't want to put it on anyone.

"That's good...... Anyway, the father-in-law of the celebrant is still in Yingtian, I only pay 5,000 taels of silver, and I will report the rest truthfully! ”

"Anyway, I have the crown prince's commendation, and I recently saved the life of the thirteenth master, even if the saint punishes me...... I can still save my life! ”

"As for you...... Keep your money and use it to buy a coffin! ”

Speaking of this, Xue Pan straightened up and walked out with a confused look.

This broken jar really frightened everyone in the hall, and before he could walk out of the courtyard gate, someone in the hall chased him out.

"Brother Pan, deliberation is deliberation, and it has to be discussed before it can be ......"

"That's it, you're not a big man, how can you be so breathless!"

The person who didn't speak just now came out to be a good person at this moment and pulled Xue Pan back.

After returning to the hall and sitting down, Xue Pan stopped talking, just waiting for everyone to express their attitudes.

Today's method is what Baochai thinks, and Xue Pan is just a tool for implementation.

To be honest, it is really very uncomfortable for them to ask for another one or two thousand silver for each house, and whoever wants to sell the house, shops and fields is all heirlooms.

"Second uncle, can you also say something...... It's useless to drain it! ”

"The deadline will be reached in two days, and then you will go to raise money, and it will be too late!"

Xue Yucheng sighed and replied, "Brother Pan, what you said makes sense, we should make up the money!" ”

Now that Xue Pan has befriended those two masters, he is naturally tough when he speaks in the clan, Xue Yucheng can see the general trend clearly, and his desire to seize the big house has dissipated.

If you don't consider the attitude of Zhu Jinghong and the others, no matter how good Baochai's method is, it won't be of much use to get it to the court...... This is called the situation is stronger than the person.

"Three thousand taels for the second room, tell me about it...... That's fair, right? ”

To be honest, the second room paid three thousand taels of silver, which was more than they should have paid, and Xue Yucheng was an elder, so how dare everyone present beak it.

With Xue Yucheng taking the lead, the rest of the rooms spoke out one after another, and after another round of bargaining, the apportionment of 20,000 taels of silver was finally completed.

Xue Pan entered the inner house to report the good news, but Aunt Xue was not happy.

"Now that the void of the silver has finally been filled, our family is about to be emptied, and we will have to live a hard life next!"

Aunt Xue's so-called hard life is of course different from what ordinary people think, but the Xue family has less money on their books.

When it's really time to use the money, the good land shops will be sold together, and it will still be possible to exchange it for tens of thousands of taels of silver.

I saw Aunt Xue say bitterly: "Pan'er, we have to ......do it as soon as possible to settle the accounts by going to Beijing to make up for the vacancies."

Xue Pan casually said to the north: "Mother, this time, let's go to Beijing!" ”

(End of chapter)