Daming reckless man

Chapter 636 Letter from Hu Zongxian

Chapter 636

Zhang Hao and Yu Wang listened to Hu Zongxian's talk about how to govern Shandong, and gave some suggestions.

After dinner, King Yu went back to rest. During this period of time, King Yu went out with Zhang Hao every day, and he was a little tired, and every night, he needed to write down what he had seen and thought for the day, while Zhang Hao took the Hu Zongxian came to the study.

"Sit, it's been a hard journey. I was a little surprised when I heard the news about His Majesty's appointment of you as chief envoy. I thought you'd have to stay in Taiyuan for a year or two before moving, but I didn't expect , was mobilized so quickly.

Such a quick transfer may not be a good thing for you. Once you make a mistake, those ministers will attack you in groups. Therefore, you need to be more cautious when doing things next. If you can stay here Seven or eight years is the best, you need to settle down! "Zhang Hao sat there and said to Hu Zongxian.

"Yes, what your lord said is that I was also surprised when I heard the news. I didn't expect that His Majesty would call an officer!" Hu Zongxian immediately nodded and said.

"This also shows that there are not many people in the court who can really use it. Your Majesty values ​​you. You should not disappoint Your Majesty. There are not many people who value you. You are one of them. Handing over Shandong to you is also a test for you. If you can manage Shandong well, it will be very helpful for you to be promoted to the cabinet in the future.

And Yu Wang has a good impression of you, so don't make mistakes, the chief envoy's salary is quite a lot, enough for you to live well, and you must have people in your heart. If you put it first, then you will be in the end, so you have to pay attention to this matter! "Zhang Hao continued to remind Hu Zongxian and said, in this case, Zhang Hao can only say it in the study.

"Yes, don't worry, my lord, I will definitely remember it!" Hu Zongxian immediately nodded firmly.

"Well, didn't those ministers come to you for the promotion and return to Beijing this time?" Zhang Hao looked at Hu Zongxian with a smile and asked.

"Your Excellency is a fortune teller!" Hu Zongxian took out a stack of letters from his arms and handed them to Zhang Hao.

"It's all for you to intercede. They took money from King Lu, and now King Lu is still interrogating here. They are also worried, worried that King Lu will expose them. If this happens, their lives may not be saved. , so when you return to Beijing this time, I don't need to think about it, there will be many people looking for you.

But the ones who really make you face are probably the cabinet ministers and the six ministers, but the six ministers are all new ones, so I don’t think you dare to accept money from King Lu, but those cabinet ministers may not be! "Zhang Hao took the letter and said with a smile.

"Yes, they are all letters from the cabinet ministers. I originally wanted to visit them and establish a good relationship in advance. After all, I am now the chief envoy. Shandong still needs the support of the cabinet in the future. I will visit them to facilitate future work. No Thinking about it, they all asked me to bring you a letter and want me to say good things in front of you, if you didn't ask me just now, I don't know what to do, should I take it out!" Hu Zongxian looked at Zhang Hao with a wry smile and said.

"Then there's nothing wrong with taking it out. You just brought the letters they wrote, and they'll beg for mercy!" Zhang Hao said with a smile, and didn't bother to open the letters. He would read them later, anyway. in a hurry.

"Mr. Yan Ge also asked me to intercede with Yan Shifan. This Yan Shifan is so courageous that he dared to take any money. He took money from King Qin before, but now he also dares to take money from King Lu. You say, like this I have never been able to figure out why Your Majesty still keeps it!" Hu Zongxian sat there, looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"What can't be figured out? Right now, the court still needs Mr. Yan Ge. It doesn't matter if you save their lives. Once the time comes, should you clean it up or not? You don't have to worry about such things. After all, whether you want to clean up or not Yan Song, what His Majesty meant, Yan Song still has a little credit, but now, he is consuming his credit, if Yan Song and Yan Shifan continue to do this, they probably won't live long!" Zhang Hao smiled and said to Hu Zongxian .

"Yes, anyway, you can take care of their affairs as long as you are an adult, and I will manage Shandong's affairs well!" Hu Zongxian said with a smile and nodded.

"Well, it's alright, it's getting late, you've been on the road for so many days, go back and rest, you'll take up your post tomorrow, and then you just need to manage Shandong well, and I'm probably going back to Beijing soon, There are still many things in the capital!" Zhang Hao said to Hu Zongxian with a smile.

"Yes, my lord, then I'll take my leave first, and I'll come over here if I have time these few days!" Hu Zongxian immediately said to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao nodded, and soon Hu Zongxian left.

And Zhang Hao took those letters and began to open them, looking at the letters written by those people.

After reading it, they sneered. They all expressed their willingness to take out the money and hand it over to the Ministry of Households as the treasury. These letters add up to about 50 taels, which is equivalent to the taxes of a large province.

After Zhang Hao finished reading the letters, he immediately gathered all the papers together and put them in an envelope.

Zhang Hao picked up the brush and began to write a letter to Jiajing. Zhang Hao needed to report this matter, and he also gave suggestions on how to deal with it. He suggested a five-fold fine. In this way, he could get back about 250 million taels from the homes of those ministers. money.

With this money, part of it can be given back to the people in Shandong, and the other part can be used for the court. It is unrealistic to clean up all those officials now.

Daming does not have many officials now, and this time Hu Zongxian has been mobilized, which shows how many officials are lacking in the court.

After Zhang Hao finished writing here, he immediately sent someone to deliver the letter, and then handed it over to Jiajing.

And Zhang Hao continued to investigate the case. During this trip to Shandong, Zhang Hao got a lot of money, more than what he got in Shaanxi. Those lands, including those lands, are estimated to be worth more than 3000 million taels.

With this money, Daming can still be tax-free for several years, allowing the people to cultivate for a longer time. If the people cultivate for a long time, then Daming will be more stable, and Jiajing also hopes that he can give King Yu a stable Daming No matter what, Daming can't be defeated by himself.

Almost ten days later, Zhang Hao and Yu Wang also needed to escort the prisoners back to Beijing, and Hu Zongxian also started to deal with Shandong affairs here, and when he learned that Zhang Hao and the others were going back to Beijing soon, he came a day earlier.

"You are not bad as a chief envoy. We are on the side of the people, but we have heard some rumors about you, and we have also dealt with some low-level people. We didn't have the heart to care about those low-level people before. This point It is very important, those who are not in the mainstream are the most hateful, they know how to bully the common people, you have to deal with this well, those local ruffians, those government servants, you must be restrained, otherwise, the common people will scold you!" Zhang Hao said to Looking at Hu Zongxian who just came over, he said.

"Yes, my lord. I think the same way. Those illegal things in Shandong must be eliminated, so that the people can trust us, and then they will support us!" Hu Zongxian said happily after hearing Zhang Hao's praise.

"Well, this point is indeed very important. Shandong and Shaanxi probably have no problem, but I don't know about other provinces. Brother Manzi, tell me, why don't you just patrol the border instead of Emperor Father?" King Yu suggested to Zhang Hao at this moment.

"What do you want? I'm still in Shandong, so you want me to travel all over the country?" Zhang Hao heard this, looked at King Yu vigilantly and asked.

"Hey, the main reason is that I also want to go and see the customs and customs of various places, and see what kind of faces those corrupt officials have!" King Yu said with a smile, looking at Zhang Hao.

"Don't lie to me, I won't go!" Zhang Hao immediately said to King Yu.

"Brother Manzi, there are not so many things to do in the capital. Besides, there are people watching over the boat workshop now. You don't need to go every day. We will go to the nearest place when the time comes, first to Hebei, then to Henan, Then go to Hubei, in this case, it’s not far from the boat workshop, isn’t it?” King Yu continued to encourage Zhang Hao with a smile.

"No, there is no door, you don't come here, I won't do such a thing!" Zhang Hao still shook his head and said, he didn't want to take him out, Yu Wang went out to play, but he had something to do.

"Hey!" King Yu immediately looked at Zhang Hao and laughed.

Zhang Hao was shocked when he saw it, and immediately looked at King Yu and asked, "What do you mean by smiling like that?"

"Hey, it's nothing!" Yu Wang immediately waved his hand and said.

"Did you already tell His Majesty?" Zhang Hao looked at King Yu vigilantly and asked.

"Hey, I wrote a letter to say that my father said that I have a good idea and I can go. Since I am still young, I need to go out more. When my father is old, I will need to deal with the affairs of the court. Besides, I will go Walking outside can also gain insight, and you can know what kind of life the people are like, so, Brother Manzi, after returning to Beijing, let's take a rest and come back before winter!" Yu Wang scratched his head and said with a smile and looked at Zhang Hao.

He also hopes to go out more now, because the outside is more interesting than the inside of the palace.

I listened to the lectures of those gentlemen every day in the palace, and no one told me what the living standards of the common people were like. Therefore, King Yu is now thinking that he must go out for a walk. If there is a chance, he must go all over Daming. Only in this way can I know how to govern Daming in the future.

(End of this chapter)