My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 240 Song Li
"Grandfather, I am wronged. Although the palace has bought a few more pieces of land, it has already started to sell out. I just want to make a little difference from it. After all, my father really needs money!"

Facing Zhu Di's questioning, Zhu Zhanhe immediately cried out aggrieved.

"I still don't admit it, look at these memorabilia, it's all about impeaching you for wantonly buying land in Beijing!"

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Zhanhe, and then pointed to the stack of scriptures in front of him.

"They also have to be impeached for normal business transactions?"

Zhu Zhanhe said very annoyed, after all, he is not buying and selling by force, let alone bullying the market, there are people who want to impeach him, it is unreasonable!
"Nonsense, although Beijing is big, it has a lot of land. It's nothing more than buying so many fields for your family. After all, no one thinks too much, but why do you still buy so many houses? You bought hundreds of them in the outer city alone. Can one live alone?"

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Zhanhe again and asked back.

There are only so many houses in Beijing. Every time Zhu Zhanhe buys one, others will lose one. Think about it, many officials have no houses to live in, but Zhu Zhanhe has hundreds of houses in his hands. People are jealous.

"I... I just like to collect houses, just like my uncle likes to collect books, my father likes to collect weapons, it's just a hobby!"

Zhu Zhanhe is still talking hard, there are only a few hundred houses in the area, which is far behind those house brothers and sisters in later generations.

"The stinky boy went to sea, and his temper became wild. He dared to talk back to me?"

Zhu Di was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but Zhu Gaoxu was not there, he hadn't done it for a long time, and now he felt itchy in his palms.

"Grandpa, calm down, grandson knows it's wrong, and I've already started to sell some of my property, Peng Chengbo, Ding Guogong and Wei Guogong are all buying my family's property, and I plan to sell most of the remaining land! "

Zhu Zhanhe finally raised his hand and swore.

These words came from the heart, after all, from the very beginning, he did not intend to hold so many properties.

"As a wise man, get rid of those properties as soon as possible, so as not to be envied by others!"

Although Zhu Di had a bad tone, he was actually thinking of Zhu Zhanhe. After all, he hoarded so much property, which must have attracted criticism.

Zhu Zhanhe also knew that Zhu Di was doing it for his own good, so he patted his chest again and promised that he would sell the property in his hand as soon as possible and never cause trouble for Zhu Di.

"By the way, the cabinet has already approved the Yanglian Bank you mentioned, and even Xia Yuanji, a miser, didn't object."

Zhu Di suddenly thought about the matter of raising Lian Yin, so he said with a smile, it is rare that the cabinet agrees, even Xia Yuanji, who is the most stern, does not have any objections, this has never happened before.

"Xia Shangshu is a person who can calculate big accounts. Compared with the money used to support Lian, more money is embezzled every year, and the losses caused are greater!"

Zhu Zhanhe laughed immediately when he heard the words, he had expected this result a long time ago.

After chatting a few words about raising Lianyin, Zhu Di asked about the situation on the other side of the Western Ocean. I don't know where Zhu Gaoxu and the others are going now. Is there any news?
Of course Zhu Zhanhe is also very concerned about this, but it is a pity that it is inconvenient to transmit information at sea. Even if there are Dongchang and Jinyiwei, it is difficult to get any news, unless it is the initiative to send people back from the Western Ocean, so Zhu Zhanhe has no more news. It can only be guessed that Zheng He and the others should have entered the Western Ocean, which is the Indian Ocean in later generations.

In the end Zhu Zhanhe bid farewell and left, thinking about things while walking.

He doesn't need to worry about raising Lianyin, the cabinet ministers will definitely carry it out smoothly. As for the voyage to the west, it's useless to worry about it, and he can only wait for the news from the voyage to the west.

"The most important thing now is to deal with the property at hand. Although I am not afraid of being impeached by others, I can't offend too many people."

Zhu Zhanhe finally said to himself.

Zhu Gaoxu went to Tianzhu, and he still needs the support of Daming in the future, so Zhu Zhanhe also needs to establish a good relationship with the whole court of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Zhu Zhanhe came to the Fengtian Hall ahead.

I saw that the main hall was not yet completed, countless craftsmen went up and down, moving wood, bricks and tiles, making this majestic palace a little bit perfect.

The Fengtian Hall is the most important palace in the imperial city, and it can also be said to be the center of the entire imperial city. The entire hall is almost exactly the same as the Fengtian Hall in the Nanjing Imperial City.

Looking at the majestic giant palace in front of him, Zhu Zhanhe was also very moved. In this era without reinforced concrete, it is unbelievable that these craftsmen could build such a huge building.

"Huh? Second brother, have you finished talking with Grandpa Huang?"

At this moment, I saw Zhu Zhanji walking over from one side accompanied by another person, and said in surprise when he saw Zhu Zhanhe.

Zhu Zhanhe was taken aback when he saw Zhu Zhanji, and then he remembered that Zhu Zhanji was sent to Beijing to supervise the construction of the imperial city, so he immediately smiled and said: "Brother, you have worked hard, the construction of this imperial city It's all thanks to you, big brother!"

"I don't have that great ability, it all depends on the officials and craftsmen of Song Shangshu and his Ministry of Industry!"

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand with a smile, then pointed to the people around him and said modestly.

It was only then that Zhu Zhanhe discovered that the person standing next to Zhu Zhanji turned out to be Song Li, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and it was he who wrote the letter to abolish shipping. When they were in Tianjin, they had a dispute in front of Zhu Di.

"It turned out to be Song Shangshu."

Zhu Zhanhe glanced at Song Li indifferently and said.

"Grandfather, the old man has something else to do, so leave!"

Song Li didn't want to greet Zhu Zhanhe either, so he bowed his hand to Zhu Zhanji, turned around and left.

"Eh? Zhanhe, what's the matter with you, have conflicts with Song Shangshu?"

Zhu Zhanji was also taken aback when he saw this, and then asked.

"It's contradictory. He suggested to abolish sea transportation and switch to water transportation. It's a piece of nonsense. Fortunately, I restarted sea transportation, which didn't let him succeed. I think he just has no good intentions!"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at Song Li's back and said angrily.

He had been thinking about it some time ago, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was wrong. Song Li's abolition of shipping was by no means an accident, but more like it was intentional.

"No way, Song Shangshu is upright and talented. He used to be good at harnessing the river, and now the construction of the imperial city is thanks to his dispatch. He is definitely not the kind of person you said!"

Zhu Zhanji didn't doubt it.

"What is right and what is wrong, brother, you will know if you have time to learn about sea and water transportation. In addition, you have to be careful, don't be tricked by this old guy!"

Zhu Zhanhe's impression of Song Li was extremely bad. He always felt that he was not a good person. He even made up his mind to ask Dongchang and Jin Yiwei to investigate Song Li later to see if there was any problem with him.

(End of this chapter)