Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 108 Lower Yangzhou

Liu Ji sighed in his heart, the world said that Shouning Hou Zhang Heling was greedy, but now it seems that this is true, this is desperate for money!But the situation is stronger than the people, and at this point, the money must be spent.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Ji said: "Master Hou, my father wants to be transferred from Yangzhou, even if it is a little lower, it is fine, and it is best to go to Beijing."

Zhang Heling glanced at Liu Ji, and nodded slightly. He probably understood Liu Ji's thoughts, but Zhang Heling dared not agree at this time.

It is very important to know that what broke out at the court today is not a small matter, His Majesty was furious, and the most important thing is that Zhang Heling didn't know what his prince and nephew thought.What if my prince's nephew wants to take away Liu Qi, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou, or kill Liu Qi, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou?However, this does not prevent him from extorting money. In Zhang Heling's view, Liu Ji is just a piece of fat.

Thinking of this, Zhang Heling said: "If it was put in the past, this might not be a problem, but when the question book from the prefect of Yangzhou is handed over, things will be difficult to handle."

Looking at the embarrassed Zhang Heling, Liu Ji was already cursing in his heart. In his opinion, Zhang Heling just wanted more money. In fact, Zhang Heling wanted money on the one hand, and on the other hand, he really felt that this matter It's not easy.Even though Zhang Heling was determined to be asking for money, Liu Ji could only pinch his nose to admit it, and could only smile and say, "Please help the Marquis a lot!"

"Okay!" Zhang Heling reluctantly agreed, nodded and said, "This Marquis will try his best to do it!"

"Then thank you, Lord Hou!" Liu Ji agreed, his face full of gratitude.

After Liu Ji left, Zhang Heling pondered for a moment, and then said: "Take out [-]% of the gift Liu Ji sent, [-]% to the Prince's Xianyang Palace, and the other [-]% to the Empress, and let people Get ready, the Marquis is going to enter the palace. In addition, the salt merchants who came these days will suppress it, we may need to wait a while, and send someone to tell the other prefectures to suppress it together."

"Yes, master, I'll go right away!" The butler agreed, turned around and walked out, with eager steps.

Forbidden City, Xianyang Palace.

"Your Highness, Marquis of Shouning, please see me!" Liu Jin said slowly while standing in the hall, with a bit of anxiety in his tone.

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, here again?Putting down the book in his hand, standing up and stretching, Zhu Houzhao said, "Let him in!"

Not long after, Zhang Heling walked in from the outside. After seeing Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Heling quickly bowed and said, "See Your Highness!"

"Okay, let's get rid of the courtesy!" Zhu Houzhao said casually: "Seeing the happy face of Shou Ninghou, does this mean something good happened?"

"This is the gift list from Liu Qi's son Liu Ji!" Zhang Heling didn't dare to neglect, and quickly presented a gift list to Liu Jin, and then continued: "I have already picked up the best [-]% of the items on it and sent it to the empress. In addition, I picked up [-]% and brought it to His Highness."

Zhu Houzhao laughed immediately. This was also one of his tests for Zhang Heling. If he didn't do this, Zhu Houzhao would not be satisfied.Now it seems that my uncle is not stupid, and he knows how to do things.

Flipping through the gift list, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "There are a lot of good things! This Liu Ji is really rich, a Yangzhou transshipment envoy is so rich, and the things on it add up to more than 20 taels of silver." Isn’t it? It’s really worth the money, it seems that what he’s asking for is not small, let’s talk about it! What exactly does this Yangzhou transfer envoy want to do?”

"His Royal Highness, if Liu Qi wants to be transferred from Yangzhou, it is best to transfer to the capital!" Speaking of this, Zhang Heling hastily added: "It doesn't matter if you drop a little."

"It's a good idea!" Zhu Houzhao laughed when he heard this, and reached out to knock on the table. Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said: "You can promise him, but don't promise him so quickly, at least you have to knock him for a few hundred thousand taels." , In this way, you promise him, knock a sum, and then introduce this Liu Ji to Liu Jin, both of whom are surnamed Liu, maybe they used to be a family."

"This time I went south to Yangzhou and asked Liu Jin to contact Liu Qi. Liu Jin is trying to knock Liu Qi clean."

"The other thing is that our affairs in Yangzhou are very troublesome. With Liu Qi's help, things will be much easier. We can push him out to do things. Some people will probably hate him by then."

Zhang Heling's hairs stood on end when he heard it, it was too ruthless, just knocking out the silver was not enough, but Liu Qi was also asked to do something to offend others, listening to himself as the prince's nephew, this is not an ordinary offence!But Zhang Heling and he didn't dare to care about these things, they didn't even dare to say a word for Liu Qi, and quickly said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I know what to do."

"Your Highness, what if Liu Qi doesn't do something about it?" Zhang Heling thought for a while, and said worriedly, "I'm afraid things will be troublesome then!"

"He will do it!" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Some things can't be up to him or anyone else. That's all right. After you go back, you can do as I said. You need more money. The mother's mother has been struggling recently and needs more money. Now that the queen mother is pregnant, it's time to add something more. The queen mother has been wronged enough all these years, so uncle can do his best."

Zhang Heling hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I understand!"

Zhang Heling left, and Zhu Houzhao diverted to Kunning Palace. He wanted to go to Yangzhou, and the queen mother still had to explain it. Now the entire palace is full of mothers who are not pregnant.

After three full days of preparation, Zhu Houzhao's imperial envoy finally left Beijing. First they left the capital in a horse-drawn carriage, and then transferred to a boat and went all the way south along the Grand Canal.The imperial envoy team is too large, and the speed of the land route is too slow, but the water route is much better.The large group of people leaving Beijing naturally caused quite a stir, and there were quite a few people watching the excitement. Many people wanted to see the prince, after all, he was the prince!
On the tower above the gate of the city, Zhang Heling stood at the window, and beside him was a young man, Liu Ji, the son of Liu Qi, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou.

Looking at the team leaving the city, Zhang Heling said slowly: "Your father wants to transfer from Yangzhou to Beijing, so the affairs of Yangzhou must be arranged properly. If we can't make it through this time, let alone going to Beijing, we may not be alive The father-in-law Liu Jin that the Marquis took you to see yesterday is the most favored father-in-law by His Royal Highness, and this time he also followed His Royal Highness to Yangzhou."

"Go back and tell your father that the matter in Yangzhou is helping His Highness the Crown Prince to make it more beautiful. The palace will do its best. After passing this test, your father's entry into Beijing will not be a problem."

(End of this chapter)