The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 87
The Zhang brothers came out of Kunning Palace with mixed feelings.

On the way out of the palace under the guidance of the eunuch Zhang Yong.

"Fortunately, now we sell all our wood, stone and bricks, so we don't have to worry about them getting rotten in our hands."

Zhang Heling felt sincerely.

Through the relationship between sister and brother-in-law, not only save money, but also earn money.

Delicious.

But Zhang Yanling said bitterly: "We could sell more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, but now it's only more than 6 taels, and we have to pay for the transportation and labor costs. Brother, we seem to have lost a lot."

Zhang Heling scolded: "What a loser, the total cost of that batch of materials is 4 taels? Now I give you 5000 taels, how dare you say it's a loss? His Majesty knows this..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Heling couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yong in front.

And Zhang Yong deliberately walked forward, meaning not to interfere with you, you two brothers, talk whatever you like, just pretend that there is no one around.

"Nephew..."

Zhang Yanling made a small calculation in his heart, and it seemed that he really had a chance to make money.

Suddenly he thought of the man who advised them.

Zhang Heling said: "Why do you care about him? The next time you see him, why don't you give him two gadgets and send him off?"

Just as I was talking, a half-grown child ran out from the opposite corner, and shouted from afar: "You two uncles, have you returned in triumph?"

Seeing their eldest nephew coming uninvited, the two brothers of the Zhang family immediately thought that this is their territory, everyone in the palace is their eyeliner, if the nephew wants to find him, can they let them run away?
The two couldn't help but want to cover their purses.

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"You two uncles, you are too inhumane. What can I say about you? You made broken materials, charged high prices, and the palace was robbed by others, but you actually want the emperor to pay you to build your own temple. , do you still have face?"

Zhu Houzhao dismissed all his followers.

Then, like a gentleman, he gave lessons to the two uncles.

The posture is very similar to that of the East Palace lecturer, but the words are more like Zhang Zhou's tone.

Zhang Yanling was very angry: "I said Prince, it seems that you came up with this idea? Believe it or not, I will tell His Majesty and Queen?"

"Okay, you go talk about it! Second Uncle, I'm showing you some shame! Let's go, whoever doesn't go today is the grandson!"

After all, Zhu Houzhao is not a three-year-old child. With his shrewd mind and Zhang Zhou giving him advice, his comprehension ability is better than that of ordinary adults.

Can't these two uncles see the situation clearly?How dare you threaten me?

As he spoke, he was about to stretch out his hand to pull Zhang Yanling.

Seeing this posture, Zhang Heling quickly confessed and said: "Prince, what is this for? Second child, you are too. Why did you provoke the prince? Hurry up and apologize to the prince."

Zhang Yanling could only bow his hands in disgrace, as if admitting his mistake, but didn't say anything.

"That thing is done, right? How much money was cheated from the father? How about reporting the number?"

Zhu Houzhao put his hands on his hips, only waiting to share the spoils.

Zhang Yanling said: "Prince, how much money does it have to do with you?"

Zhang Heling hurriedly interrupted his younger brother, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, didn't it all be agreed, when I come next time, I will give you a thank you gift?"

"Thank you for what gift? It's clear that I have a share of what you earn, okay? I have shares! Yes, it's shares!"

"If I remember correctly, what I proposed to you is 5000 taels of silver, right? Don't bother to calculate it, add two to one to five, and half to one person!"

Zhu Houzhao had opened a bookstore with Zhang Zhou before, and the new words he learned were used.

The Zhang brothers were taken aback.

Zhang Yanling said: "Nephew, are you taking this opportunity to blackmail? Split it in half? Why don't you grab it?"

"Who wants to steal it? Isn't it right to split half of the meeting?" Zhu Houzhao is not used to the problems of these two uncles. , wanting to sell this batch of rotten stuff to the imperial court, and even lie to my father..."

"Don't, don't!"

Zhang Heling really lost his temper now, and could only say in a begging tone, "Prince, look, can it be less? We really don't make much money."

Zhu Houzhao sneered at first, disdaining to look at the two of them, then pinched his fingers in a vague manner, and asked, "How much is [-]%?"

"500% is... [-] taels, um..."

Zhang Heling wanted to cover his brother's mouth, but found it was too late.

Zhu Houzhao said: "That's fine. Since you all think this number is appropriate, then take out 500 taels. It just so happens that I have to do some business recently, and money is a bit tight! You don't want to give it, do you?"

"Fork you big... um!"

Zhang Yanling was about to scold immediately, but Zhang Heling blocked his mouth firmly.

He even winked desperately at his younger brother, meaning that no matter how black-hearted this brat is, he must endure it.

Endure the calm for a while.

Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "Tell me, will you give it or not? I'm impatient, so I'm going to have a good chat with my father and mother!"

"Give, give!"

Zhang Heling agreed on behalf of his younger brother.

"Words are useless! Liu Jin, pen and ink will serve you!"

Zhu Houzhao gave an order, and Liu Jin ran over, and handed Zhu Houzhao something by the way.

The Zhang Heling brothers were dumbfounded after reading the above content. It turned out to be an IOU, and it happened to say 500 taels, which meant that Zhu Houzhao had planned this matter a long time ago.

A question arose in the hearts of the two brothers at the same time.

How did this kid calculate the numbers accurately?
Who is secretly helping this kid?

Looking at Liu Jin next to him, Liu Jin said with an evasive look: "You two uncles, our family doesn't know anything."

"Stop talking nonsense. It's only natural to pay off debts. You think I don't need to pay you for my advice? Sign it!"

Zhang Heling looked at his younger brother with a bitter look on his face.

Originally, his idea was to accept it first. Anyway, it is uncertain when he will see this brat in the future. Maybe he will forget it later?Six thousand five hundred taels of silver sounds like a lot, but the royal family is rich all over the world, do they care about that little silver?

Besides, where did this brat take the silver and spend it?

I'm sure this kid just did it on a whim, and I probably won't remember it later.

But they didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao was really with them.

"Sign or not!?"

Zhu Houzhao immediately raised his voice another octave.

Zhang Heling could only pick up the pen that Liu Jin handed over, put it in his mouth to saliva, and then had to sign his name on it.

"And you!"

Zhu Houzhao stared at his second uncle.

So...

The Zhang family brothers signed their names on the IOU.

"I tell you, I will send people to your house to collect debts when I turn around. Don't try to renege on the debts. If you still want to keep the 5000 taels in your pocket, just be sensible. Let's go!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Houzhao imitated Zhang Zhou when he signed some shareholding agreement with him, and went to dry the ink on the paper.

Those dazed little eyes, the careful movements of those little lips blowing on the paper...

The Zhang family brothers are all thinking.

It seems that this kid used to do such bad things a lot before, otherwise why would he be able to catch them so well?

It doesn't look like someone taught it.

"Wicked man! It's a bone-sucking marrow! He ran out of the Palace of the King of Hades, right?"

"Stop fucking nonsense, second child, it's all your fault for getting in that batch of rotten goods! I hope he doesn't remember this when he looks back!"

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The Zhang family brothers left in disgrace.

Zhu Houzhao was very proud. For him, he earned 500 taels of silver just by his mouth.

I have never felt such a great sense of accomplishment.

He didn't count the amount of silver, he just thought that this amount of silver should be pretty good, about one-tenth of a Qingning Palace.

"When I go out of the palace in the future, I don't need Zhang Zhou to give me money, I will have money to spend."

Zhu Houzhao showed off the IOU in front of Liu Jin.

Liu Jin smiled wryly. He was not very clear about the details of the matter, and probably guessed that it might be related to Zhang Zhou, but Zhu Houzhao ordered him to help write the IOU.

But only the number of money owed and the debtor are written, without mentioning the process.

Liu Jin is also worried, Shou Ning Hou and Jian Chang Bo don't think that I'm instigating something that I don't know about, right?

"Your Highness, what do you want so much money for?"

Liu Jin was smiling wryly.

Helping the prince to do bad things, causing others to misunderstand, is not good enough for him.

Zhu Houzhao didn't answer, and took Liu Jin back to Wenhua Palace.

"Come, come, come here, I have something to say!" Zhu Houzhao greeted the eunuchs.

A group of permanent servants of the Eastern Palace stood in front of Zhu Houzhao. Even if there were many people on rotation, there were more than 30 people standing in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao said: "In this way, I have earned some silver. The leader will be given 50 taels, and the one who works behind the hand will be given ten taels. Calculate how many people there are in total, and record it in my palace's account later. you!"

A group of servants looked at each other.

The prince still has silver hair?
Who will give it?
Gu Dayong asked: "His Royal Highness, where did you get the money?"

"You don't have to worry about it, but if someone dares to lie to me and send you to collect debts later, then you have to work hard!"

"..."

The people present continued to be dazed.

"I'm going to rest!"

"His Royal Highness, your telescope..."

"Clean it up for me, whoever breaks it will pay with his head! Later, I will use it to advise my father!"

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When the crown prince returned to the inner hall, Gu Dayong and others surrounded Liu Jin.

"Eunuch Liu, what happened?"

Previously, Liu Jin was the only one who accompanied the Zhang brothers to share the spoils, and no one else knew what happened.

Now I can only find Liu Jin to find out.

"You don't know, how can our family know? But this matter must not be leaked. If anyone leaks it, the money will be confiscated, and you will not even be able to keep your head!"

Liu Jin's status in the East Palace is not the highest, but because he used to play with the prince, he was deeply loved by the little prince.

In terms of status in the palace, it's not about who has a high official position and who is the best, but who is favored and who is the best.

So in the East Palace system, Liu Jin is vaguely headed, but in fact, the eunuchs are also dissatisfied with each other. Who knows who the crown prince will favor tomorrow?
"Then...that's it?"

"that's it!"

Liu Jin said, "Shut up after taking the money! This is a reward from the crown prince, don't be ignorant of current affairs!"

Liu Jin had to say so.

As one of the attendants who went to Zhang's warehouse that day, Liu Jin had been called by Xiao Jing to have a talk before, ordering him to keep the matter of that day a secret.

So he could only guess that the prince might use this matter to blackmail the Zhang family brothers. As for the specifics, he didn't know.

"50 taels of silver, that's a lot!"

All the eunuchs were a little happy, but they were afraid that they would not be able to fulfill it.

Liu Jinxin said, it must be the kid surnamed Zhang, he is quite capable of doing things, but he actually thought of bribing the long follower of the Eastern Palace?Fortunately, I didn't tell them that this matter was planned by Zhang Zhou behind the scenes, otherwise it would be bad for their favor with the surname Zhang!

Think again.

A smile appeared on Liu Jin's face.

50 taels of silver...

Really fragrant.

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youtang is seeing Xiao Jing.

"Really?"

It is not easy to hide some things from Zhu Youtang, especially what happened in the palace.

Xiao Jing said with a bitter face: "It's true, Marquis Shouning and Uncle Jianchang signed an IOU for the crown prince for 500 taels of silver."

"puff……"

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang choked on his own saliva.

Dai Yi who was at the side asked, "Could it be that someone gave the prince some advice?"

Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "Do you still need to ask? It must be Bingkuan's idea, otherwise why did the crown prince go to block Heling and Yanling as soon as he left on the front foot? It is a bit detrimental for the crown prince to do this, zhen I don’t support it...haha. I have no worries!"

Literally say they don't support it.

But in my heart I was very happy.

This incident not only solved the problem of harmony between his husband and wife, but also adhered to the principle of not using waste materials in Qingning Palace, and more importantly, it saved money for the court.

Let the son have a good experience in the social practice class, let the son gradually master the city and the strategy necessary to be a king...

Of course, these are the conclusions that Zhu Youtang came to after thinking about things as well as possible while admiring Zhang Zhou very much.

If someone else instigated the crown prince to do this kind of thing, it's hard to say what the conclusion is.

"Your Majesty, after the prince returned to the Wenhua Palace, he also said that he would give at least ten taels of silver to each person in the East Palace, and each eunuch in charge would give 50 taels of silver."

"Very good, it will buy people's hearts!"

"Then, Your Majesty, turn around and say that the officials participated in impeaching the Zhou family's private pockets..."

"Do you still need me to teach you this kind of thing? Reject! Who participated in the impeachment? I will ask him to settle the score later!"

(End of this chapter)