Da Fat Xu heard King Gao question him, and suddenly lost his temper, he squeaked: "What's the matter, I just think the little girl is very pitiful, although you are now the prince, but we are also from the common people, we can't forget our roots, right? You must know that this water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ“

King Gao nodded and said with a smile: "I can't find that your kid has a set, and when we become emperors in the future, your kid will definitely be a benevolent and righteous king." “

"Brother Feng, how tired it is to be an emperor, wouldn't it be nice for us to be a prince? “

"You don't know what's at stake, right? Zhu Yuanzhang will return to heaven next year, and he won't let go of us, a prince with a different surname, before he dies, so he has to make a plot to usurp the throne as soon as possible. Don't know how to eat, drink and have fun every day, if you don't do it, our little lives may be over at any time. King Gao said solemnly.

"Ah? Really, Brother Feng, let's just run away, right? It's not worth losing your life to be an emperor. Big Fat Xu said in a panic.

"Shut up for me, this is called seeking wealth and danger! In the future, when I do business, you should be honest and don't bother me with too much talk. King Gao said angrily.

Da Fat Xu listened, snorted twice, and then stopped talking.

"Manager Liu, you asked Xiao Si to send the sticker to the Xia Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, and I will arrive later. King Gao straightened his collar and shouted.

The manager Liu trotted over from the middle hall, knelt down on one knee, answered, and got up again and went straight to the front yard.

King Gao walked through the middle hall and came to the front yard, where Chief Manager Liu was already waiting, and he asked, "Lord Wang, are you riding a horse or sitting in a sedan chair?"

King Gao thought for a while and said, "Let's sit in a sedan chair, every time you ride a horse, a group of women will come to watch." “

Manager Liu listened, hurriedly turned around and went down to arrange, and after a while, an eight-person sedan chair came out of the Gao Wang's Mansion under the protection of more than ten guards.

At the gate of Shangshu Mansion, a man in his fifties stood there, wearing an ancient crown, a round-necked right robe, a big red brocade robe on it, a black rhino belt around his waist, and soap boots. Three locks of long hair fell to his chest, his big face was full of righteousness, and several subordinates were clustered behind him.

This person is Xia Shu, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Xia Shangshu looked at the post in his hand and said: This is really a night owl entering the house, and he has nothing to do, although this Gao Wang is a few years younger than the emperor's grandson, but this scheming, except for the emperor, almost no one can match it. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing to come to me Xia Shu this time.

Just thinking about it, the big purple sedan chair had quietly arrived at the door of Shangshu's mansion, Xia Shangshu hurriedly trotted down from the seven steps, lifted the sedan curtain, and said with a smile: "King Gao's arrival in the small mansion is really Xia's ancestor who has accumulated virtue and is blessed by the gods." ”

King Gao held his hand, got out of the sedan chair, and said with a smile: "Xia Shangshu, you and I meet in the court every day, and we are not outsiders, so don't say polite words." ”

Xia Shangshu said embarrassedly: "The words of the heart, the words of the heart." Come, King Gao, please come here. As he spoke, he introduced King Gao to Shangshu Mansion.

The two walked through the front hall and came to the middle hall, and King Gao said: "Xia Shangshu, this is your inner house, it's not appropriate for Xiao Wang to come here, right?"

Xia Shu bowed and said, "Didn't King Gao say it, and he is not an outsider." Come, you take your seats. ”

King Gao was also not polite, and sat on the top, and Xia Shangshu sat down next to him.

After the servant came to the tea, Xia Shangshu asked, "I don't know if King Gao came to the mansion, is it a business or a private matter?"

King Gao was not in a hurry to answer, he picked up the tea bowl, blew it, and took a sip, "There are both official and private matters, so I'll talk about business first." ”

"Please speak, the petty official listens. ”

"King Ning is building fortifications, but he has five thousand laborers, and the situation in Daning is not very stable at the moment, and there is no manpower allocated in the barracks, so I want to see the ...... here in the Criminal Department" King Gao finished speaking, and raised his eyes to look at him.

Xia Shangshu bowed slightly and said, "King Gao's words are wrong. This craftsman's affairs are under the control of the Ministry of Industry, and I have more than enough heart for the petty officials, and I can't do it. ”

King Gao spread his hands and smiled: "Okay, since we have finished talking about business, let's talk about private matters." ”

Xia Shangshu said: "I don't know what this private matter is?"

King Gao straightened up, looked around, Xia Shangshu smiled and said: "It's okay for you to talk, there are no six ears in this hall." ”

King Gao said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that a few days ago, I was drinking with Jinyi Wei Song Dusi (the abbreviation of the commander), and when we were drinking, a piece of his sleeve fell to the ground, and I happened to pick it up." ”

As he spoke, King Gao took out a piece of music from his arms and handed it to Xia Shu. Xia Shangshu took it, opened it and looked at it carefully, and the beads of sweat flowed down his forehead.

"Xia Shangshu, if this twist is handed to the emperor, I'm afraid it can't be solved by taking off the hat, right?" After King Gao finished speaking, he took a sip of tea.

Xia Shu was already trembling with fright at this moment, he fell to his knees on the ground, and said, "Please show me the way and save my family's life." ”

King Gao picked up the teacup and said, "Don't worry, that Song Dusi, I have a life-saving grace for him, and I have stopped you for this matter." ”

Xia Shu hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Thank you King Gao, King Gao's life-saving grace, the junior official will keep it in mind." The petty official is willing to look forward to the front and back for King Gao, and then die. ”

King Gao hurriedly helped him up, "Why does Xia Shangshu bother to make this big gift, you must know that the man has gold under his knees, so he can only kneel to the sky and kneel to his parents, come, please get up quickly." ”

How could Xia Shu dare to sit again, he just bowed down and stood down, quietly listening to King Gao's teachings.

As soon as King Gao stretched out his hand, Xia Shu respectfully folded the piece back into his hand.

"Alright, we're done talking about private matters, let's talk about business. King Gao put the fold back into his arms, and then said calmly.

Xia Shu said in embarrassment: "But, King Gao, this craftsman is indeed not under the control of my criminal department, you see that our six departments are a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, but in fact, they are also ...... in private."

King Gao interrupted him impatiently and said, "Yes, yes, yes, who cares about the struggle between your six parts, or you are a pig's brain." I said I want a craftsman? All I want is labor, able-bodied, and able to do physical work. ”

Xia Shu bowed down and said, "Then what do you mean?"

King Gao glanced at him and said, "You will send five thousand prisoners who are exiled every year to Daning. Isn't that saving others and saving yourself?"

Xia Shu nodded, thought for a while, and said: "King Gao, there are only about 20,000 prisoners exiled in this country every year, and after minus women and old people, there are no more than 10,000 people left in the prime of life. If so many are suddenly sent to King Ning's Mansion, I am afraid that the emperor will find out and come down, it will be troublesome. ”

King Gao also nodded and said, "Well, what you said has some truth, so do you have any way to get the best of both worlds?"