Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 33 Li Mou, Liu Duan, Xie Kankan! (Seek to follow up, invest, collect!)
Zhu Houzhao said so much to Xie Qian, and even expressed some of his inner thoughts for two purposes.

First, according to Xie Qian's statement, he is the only one who knows Zhu Houzhao's character, and the others are only a little guesswork, not sure.

Second, Xie Qian is his teacher. Although he is not as good as Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in terms of his own ability, he can be regarded as the best in terms of character and loyalty.

Although Xie Qian was from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, he didn't have much ties to those interest groups. His later opposition to Liu Jin and others was entirely for Zhu Houzhao.

It can be said that among the cabinet bachelors, Xie Qian is the only one who hopes that Zhu Hou will be well, and has no other small thoughts.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Zhu Youtang said something to Xie Qian.

Regarding the three members of the cabinet, Zhu Houzhao has his own views in his heart.

Liu Jian can be respected, Xie Qian can be trusted, but Li Dongyang can be trusted.

As for the other lecturer, Yang Tinghe, it will be enough to give him an idle job in the future. Based on the fact that the other party has vetoed Zhu Houzhao’s change of doctor in history, it is impossible for this guy to be reused. No matter how capable he is, he will never be reused in this life.

For a person who cannot be controlled and cannot be killed, the best way is to put him on the shelf, so that he can get enough respect without affecting his career.

"Master Xie, I invite you here to ask about the matter of the Kong family and how it is going."

After talking briefly about the donkey, Zhu Houzhao invited Xie Qian to sit down, and poured him a cup of tea himself, then took a fruit from Kangxi's basket, wiped it and handed it to Xie Qian.

Xie Qian looked at You Yuan and his donkey, politely refused the fruit, picked up the teacup, took a sip and said slowly: "The case has been settled, and the cause was the matter of the daughter of the stove ten years ago. His younger brother avenged him, used the name of a bandit to cover up his identity, and planned all this."

"Most of his helpers are private salt dealers. After committing the crime, they scattered and fled, hiding in various places to resume their previous lives. They are currently being investigated, but the results will be soon."

Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes in satisfaction, and under Kangxi's resentful eyes, he picked up the fruit that Xie Qian didn't eat, and took a bite.

The corner of Xie Qian's mouth twitched, wanting to remind him that it was unhygienic, but seeing Zhu Houzhao listening carefully, the words of the reminder changed to something else.

"The Kong family also accepts this, and hopes that the court will arrest the murderer and recover the property of the Kong family. The most important thing is the statue of the Kong sage, which is the belief of the Kong family."

Zhu Houzhao chuckled.

This Kong family really wanted money but not their lives. They were so choked by themselves some time ago, and they still dare to ask for money.

Noticing Zhu Houzhao's smile, Xie Qian looked outside the door and persuaded in a low voice after seeing no outsiders: "Your Highness, I know what the Kong family has done, which makes you unhappy, but the Kong family has a special status, even if this matter is reported to the court Over there, the emperor can at most reprimand him, but he can't punish him strictly, and it won't affect Kong Jiagen much."

"If His Highness persists in this matter, not only will the Kong family not be punished, but it will also make the Kong family resent His Highness."

"Although the Kong family is nothing, they hold the right to speak among scholars in the world. If they say something bad because of their dislike for His Highness, it will seriously affect your Highness's reputation."

"As the saying goes, rumors are fiercer than tigers."

"No matter what they say is true or not, it will not be good for you, Your Highness, and it will even leave you with a bad reputation in the future history books."

"So, please listen to my minister's advice, Your Highness, and let this matter go."

After he finished speaking, seeing Zhu Houzhao's unhappy face, after thinking about it, he felt that he couldn't let his apprentice suffer, so he lowered his voice a little bit.

"Turning back, I went to the Kong family and asked them to give you 1 taels of silver to compensate you and personally apologize to you."

Zhu Houzhao curled his lips, 1 taels of silver, just to send a beggar, and how can he say that he is the prince, the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is face worth 10 taels?
"10 million!"

"What?"

Xie Qian was taken aback for a moment.

Zhu Houzhao stretched out 10 little fingers, "10 taels, otherwise I won't be able to smooth out the pain in my heart. If this matter is affected, the Kong family will have to bear [-]% of what absurd things I do after I ascend the throne. responsibility."

"If he dares not to give it, I will tell the historian every day that I was provoked by the Kong family and let them record it in the history book."

"Hmph, in the future history books will tell that Emperor Zhu Houzhao was bullied by the Confucian family when he was young, his thinking was stimulated, and he often broke out insane."

"Emperor Zhu Houzhao was smart, sensible and eager to learn since he was a child. He should have become a peerless master, but because of the fault of the Confucius family, he became like this. It's really sad and deplorable."

The more Zhu Houzhao talked, the brighter his eyes became.

That's right, the Kong family is not a very good backer if something happens in the future.

Yes, just do it like this, and if you make a mistake in the future, you will say that you were stimulated by the Kong family, leaving sequelae.

Xie Qian heard a row of black lines on his forehead, and seeing Zhu Houzhao's serious expression, his lips trembled, and he opened his mouth to say that the Kong family's face might not care about it.

"You will be given 1 taels of pension, and it is also considered as your hard work for this trip."

"it is good!"

Xie Qian agreed without hesitation. Why don't you want the money for the apprentice to honor the teacher? It's not from corruption, and there is no burden in spending it.

Besides, he wronged Zhu Houzhao once and insulted his reputation, so what if he got some compensation.

As for whether the Kong family will agree?
Hehe, Xie Qian himself made the move, but he still couldn't get the 10 taels, so he resigned immediately when he went back.

After agreeing, Xie Qian might feel that the promise was too decisive, and the appearance might be a bit ugly, so he coughed dryly and said, "Your Highness is right, and I also feel that the Kong family does not offer some compensation, which is really unreasonable."

The master and apprentice looked at each other, touched the fruit and the teacup, and concluded this dirty deal.

After talking about the Kong family, Xie Qian didn't stay long.

Although he had a lot of doubts in his heart, he also understood that even if he asked, Zhu Houzhao would play sloppy and fool him.

So instead of asking too many questions and making your master-student relationship tense, it's better to pretend to be confused.

He personally sent Xie Qian out, and when the old man disappeared, Zhu Houzhao closed the door and looked expectantly at Gu Dayong, who was almost the same as Xie Qian before and after.

"How is it? Did you buy it?"

Gu Dayong smiled, and took out a title deed from his arms.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about doing business. The surrounding area has been bought within ten miles. Now that mountain belongs to you."

"it is good."

Looking at Zhu Shou's name on the land deed, Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction.

He has many plans for the future, the three most important of which are training the army, developing the navy, and building arsenals.

In addition to money, these three items need steel most.

But iron, like salt, is under the control of the imperial court. The mines discovered now are all controlled by the imperial court. Although Zhu Houzhao wants to get it, it is very troublesome and easy to be supervised.

So he simply bought the mines discovered by later generations, directly bypassed the imperial court, and made steel and weapons by himself.

"It's great, Gu has always thought that you are a capable person."

After giving the land deed to Gu Dayong, Zhu Houzhao patted his majestic waist, as if I was very optimistic about you.

Gu Dayong quickly knelt on the ground so that Zhu Houzhao could take a picture of his shoulder or head.

Zhu Houzhao was even more satisfied, and put his hand on Gu Dayong's shoulder, "From today on, you will be the person in charge of the mine. I will give you 5 taels of silver, and you can hire people to mine and build a steelmaking plant and a steelmaking furnace." I will prepare the blueprints and steelmaking steps for you, work hard, I am optimistic about you."

"As long as you do this well, you will be my confidant. When I ascend the throne in the future, you will be the eunuch and eunuch."

Gu Dayong blushed with excitement, and his big head hit the ground with a "bang bang".

"The servant swears to die for His Highness!"

Liu Jin, who was hugging the dog godfather, looked at Gu Dayong who had been limped sympathetically, and complained silently in his heart.

"By His Highness's side, it seems that the most worthless person is a confidant. Fortunately, I am His Highness's lackey, and my status should be higher than theirs."

(End of this chapter)