General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 38
Xu Jie looked at Ning Jue in disbelief.

"Ning Jue, what do you mean?"

"Before the students picked up this house, they didn't know where to find the owner, so they lived in it. Now the property is returned to the original owner, and the rent should be paid."

Xu Jie's eyes widened, and Ning Jue didn't plan to live here at all from the beginning?

It's not that Xu Jie didn't expect it.

After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, Xu Jie has never seen such a playful person.

Can the house that has been collected be returned with the rent? !
"The name is like the person, really the name is like the person."

"Ning Jue, when I was young, I was just like you. I know what you are thinking."

Ning Jue stared at the "benefactor" in front of him, and Ning Jue couldn't be more clear about Xu Jie's deeds.

"That's not what my mentor said when he presided over the Jiaxing autumn exam."

"What's the difference between today's teacher's words and the old days when he reprimanded candidates to govern a gentleman, and chaos to make a villain?!"

"Master, why is this?"

Ning Jue's words were like a loud slap on Xu Jie's face, and his old face turned red in an instant.

"If the ring is not around, it is called a jue, and the ministers are waiting for orders in the environment. If you give a ring, you will return, and if you give a jue, you will die. In ancient times, those who received the jue have always flourished and declined."

"What's more, now your relatives come from the country, not the emperor."

Xu Jie didn't want to persuade him, but Jiajing ordered him to come, so he had no choice but to persuade him.

Ning Jue looked at Xu Jie helplessly.

"so what?"

What prince, son of heaven, what have you to do with me!
With a "bang", Xu Jie slapped the desk.

"There's no beginning for extravagance, but there's an end for ruthlessness! Without a useful body, how can you overcome the end?!"

Ning Jue solemnly cupped his hands and said,

"Don't forget the original intention, Fang Ke will have an end."

"The student's parents have died since childhood, and there is no teacher who steals from the fence. Thank you teacher."

After finishing speaking, Ning Jue straightened his clothes and got up to walk.

Xu Jie was taken aback.

"What do you mean?"

Ning Jue didn't turn his head, but cupped his hands towards the one behind him.

"The student thanked the teacher for giving the words."

Before Xu Jie came back to his senses, Ning Jue had already picked up the cage placed in the courtyard and walked out of the courtyard.

Xu Jie's brows were gradually furrowed, and there was a hint of gloom in his eyes.

"Don't forget the original intention, Fang Ke will have an end, and the little red guy is ruthless."

Ning Jue is Xu Jie's most elusive student, which makes Xu Jie deeply disturbed.

But Huang Jin asked Xu Jie to persuade Ning Jue instead of asking him to get someone.

Xu Jie has achieved this level at most.

Ning Jue was carrying a cage, that is, the thing that Ning Caichen was carrying. It mainly contained some clothes and books along with him. Ning Jue himself didn't plan to live for a long time, so he didn't take his clothes out much at all.

It's just that at this moment Ning Jue was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform and carrying a cage, which was strangely tight, and many passers-by looked sideways.

After all, above Juren is the proper Wenqu star who has descended to earth, not to mention the court officials, whoever goes out without shouting and hugging, how can he carry a cage by himself.

"Ning Jue, Zi Ke Zhong... Now that you have the Biao Zi, this life must be considered complete."

Ning Jue, who was walking on the road, said a few words to himself.

Since coming to Daming, his soul has merged with the soul of this body.

"Maybe you are my previous life, but it's okay, you'll be happy if you die under the peony flower. We don't know you and me anymore. I'll take you back to eat delicious and spicy food and enjoy yourself."

Thinking of this in his heart, Ning Jue couldn't help walking towards Chengtian Gate.

..............................

Xiyuan.

After sending Xu Jie to Ning's house, Huang Jin hurried to Xiyuan to return to his command.

"My lord, Mr. Xu Ge brought eight handsome servant girls, four strong servants, and two boxes of yellow and white things into Ning's house."

Hearing this, Jiajing's old face, which had been rigid all day, finally gradually relaxed.

"Ning Jue let them in?"

"Come in, the minister just watched."

Jiajing finally put on a smile on the corner of his mouth when he heard this.

"Ask the prince to listen, let the prince listen, this is his Yingmeng Xianzuo." Speaking of this, Jiajing's face changed into a look of sneering: "A dog of a feather."

"Here." Huang Jin was overjoyed and hurriedly sang here.

As for scholar-bureaucrats, Jiajing has never seen anyone who is not greedy for money.

Even Xia Yan is a father and son Jinshi.

After all, it is not the beginning of the early Ming Dynasty. If you don’t want money, how will your descendants study?If you don't get on the boat, how will your descendants take the imperial examination?
The barriers accumulated over many generations have already been erected like a river embankment.

Not long after, Zhu Zaiyu was brought in front of Jiajing.

"My son-in-law pays respects to his father."

Jiajing glanced at Huang Jin.

"Did you tell the prince?"

Without waiting for Huang Jin to open his mouth, Zhu Zaiyu said directly: "I heard about it, but I don't believe it."

"Why?"

"Master Ning is not that kind of person."

Seeing what Zhu Zaiyu said, Jiajing smiled even brighter.

Love is full of responsibility.

The more Zhu Zaiyu firmly believes that Ning Jue will not accept bribes, the more he will hate Ning Jue when he sees Ning Jue later.

"Didn't Huang Jin tell you?"

"Father means...?"

Jiajing snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"Do you think that Ning Jue can buy a three-entry courtyard in the capital by himself? When did my salary in the Ming Dynasty be so generous? Such a courtyard would cost at least 300 taels of silver. He is a seventh-rank official. The annual salary is only eighty shi, where did you get the money to buy the house?"

Regarding the salaries of officials, Jiajing is very clear, but Jiajing never planned to rectify.

Life will find its own way out, not to mention the civil servants who were killed in the examination room, the chickens don't pee, each has his own way, once the power is in his hands, he has his own means of making a living.

When it is necessary to employ people, Jiajing can turn a blind eye to all these, and when it is necessary to disable people, these are the swords of Damocles that Jiajing hangs over their foreheads.

Jiajing's words sounded like five thunderbolts to Zhu Zaixun's ears.

"Master Ning's mansion is."

"Of course Xu Jie sent him off. Do you still think that Master Ning of yours is as honest as you think?"

Zhu Zaiyu stood there in a daze, muttering something incessantly.

Looking at his son's appearance, Jiajing felt a little jealous inexplicably.

"You are not like me. Your imperial grandfather left early. No one taught me. I learned the lesson by myself in the Forbidden City."

"The water of the Yangtze River is clear, irrigating the fields of several provinces on both sides of the river."

"The water of the Yellow River is turbid, but the Yellow River also irrigates the fields on both sides of several provinces."

"Don't use it because the water is clear, and don't use it because the water is turbid."

"It's the same in the Lin Dynasty. There is no distinction between the civil and military in the Manchu Dynasty. It has been the same since ancient times."

"Use when you are good, and dismiss when you are not good. This is the way of kings."

Jiajing sighed meaningfully.

"This truth, Zhu Zaiyu, do you understand?"

The iron-like facts were presented to Zhu Zaiyu, so Zhu Zaiyu had no choice but to lower his head.

"My son knows."

Seeing Zhu Zaixun who admitted his mistake, Jiajing finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this son lived up to his expectations, and he looked like a master.

At this moment, Gao Zhong slowly ran to Jiajing.

"My lord..."

A little displeasure appeared on Jiajing's face.

"Didn't you see that I was teaching ***?"

Gao Zhong said in a low voice with embarrassment on his face: "My lord, Ning Bingxian is admonishing him to death outside the Chengtian gate."

"Okay, I know... what are you talking about?"

The astonishment on Jiajing's face was no less than that of Zhu Zaixun, and he looked at Gao Zhong at a loss.

"His house is Xu Jie."

Gao Zhong said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Ning Bingxian came here with a cage on his back. I heard that the land deeds and house deeds have all been refunded, and Xu Butang was returned the rent."

Zhu Zaiyu suddenly raised his head and looked at Jiajing and Gao Zhong, master and servant.

"Father, my son did not lose the bet, Master Ning is not that kind of person!"

(End of this chapter)