My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 269 Show me

Beijing Chenghan Palace.

It was already late at night, but the entire Han Palace was still brightly lit, and there were laughter and laughter in the hall, and the nobles who participated in the voyages also gathered together.

As the host, Zhu Zhanhe frequently toasted to the guests. Today is a good day to share the money. Even Xu Jingchang, Zhang Chang and others who were dissatisfied with Zhu Zhanhe in the past are also smiling happily at this time, and they are very happy with Zhu Zhanhe. Even more enthusiastic.

When the wine was half drunk, Zhu Zhanhe stood up and said with a smile: "Guys, this is our first voyage to the West to trade, and we only returned ten ships, and the income we earned exceeded the original investment. This is also a good start. Head, let me toast everyone, and wish the rest of the fleet return safely, and everyone can make a lot of money because of it!"

Zhu Zhanhe's words were inseparable from making a fortune, but they hit the minds of these nobles, so after listening to them, they all toasted and drank.

Then someone stood up to express their joy and gratitude to the imperial court and Han Palace, and the atmosphere became more enthusiastic for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Zhanhe stood up again and said: "Everyone, we are able to sail to the West thanks to the support of the emperor's grandfather. Although this time it is in the name of our Han Palace, it is actually the emperor's grandfather." Benefits to all noble families!"

"Zhan He is right. If His Majesty hadn't nodded, how would we have the chance to go to the West?"

Zhu Yong immediately stood up and said that he was the only one who knew what Zhu Zhanhe was going to say next, so he also helped him sing the oboe.

"That's right, thanks to His Majesty's wisdom, let's bring a toast to His Majesty!"

Xu Jingchang also stood up at this time and said.

"A toast to Your Majesty!"

The other nobles also stood up one after another when they heard the words, raised their wine glasses and yelled, all of them had bright smiles on their faces.

Zhu Zhanhe also drank another glass of wine with everyone, and then he said: "Everyone, in order to make everyone rich, the emperor even broke the sea ban imposed by the Taizu Emperor, and was criticized by many ministers for this. , so shall we express it to Grandpa Huang?"

"Show me?"

When all the nobles present here heard Zhu Zhanhe's words, they also showed puzzled expressions. They didn't understand what the so-called "show it" meant?
"I'm sure you all know that the three main halls were destroyed by a lightning strike some time ago. The emperor's grandfather has ordered to rebuild the three main halls, but the national treasury is quite tight now. We just made some money from sailing to the west. So I think if we donate some, it can be regarded as our intention as a courtier?"

Zhu Zhanhe said with a smile.

Hearing that money was being donated, the lively scene suddenly quieted down.

Although they all said they were grateful to Zhu Di just now, but if they were really asked to hand over real money, they felt very reluctant, so no one answered for a while.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhanhe had been prepared, and Zhu Yong was the first to stand up and patted his chest and said, "Without His Majesty's grace, how could we ministers today, I, Zhu Yong, are willing to donate [-] guan, and hope that Your Majesty will rebuild the three halls as soon as possible." !"

With Zhu Yong taking the lead, others immediately stood up and responded, some of whom were sincerely grateful and willing to pay.

There are also some people who are unwilling to contribute money, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, they have to donate. After all, they are all courtiers of Ming Dynasty. If others donate money to the emperor but you don't, what do you want to do?
Zhu Zhanhe asked Ma An and others to make a count, and in the end each family donated a total of 75 guan.

In the end, Zhu Zhanhe also stood up and made a statement, announcing that he had donated 80 guan, which happened to be an integer of [-] guan.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe donated so much all at once, even a person who has a grudge in his heart can't say anything at this time.

However, Xu Jingchang, Zhang Chang and the others were bleeding in their hearts, because they knew that Zhu Zhanhe had recently made a lot of money just by buying and selling land properties, and all of that money was lost by them, maybe the [-] Yes, it was Zhu Zhanhe who made money from them.

After donating the money, Zhu Zhanhe immediately ordered people to take the account books, and then distribute the property brought back this time to each family according to the income.

The property brought back this time, if converted into copper coins, can even exceed tens of millions of guan. In comparison, the 80 guan donated before is nothing.

What's more, this is only a small part of the voyage fleet, and the remaining fleet will have higher income. Now everyone is looking forward to the return of the voyage fleet.

All the nobles got their share, it was already late at night, and Zhu Zhanhe was preparing to end the banquet.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jingchang stood up suddenly at this time, and asked with a smile on his face: "My lord, today is a rare opportunity, and each family has received the proceeds from the voyage, so I want to take this opportunity to discuss a business with you!"

"what business?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked the question knowingly, and from the moment Xu Jingchang stood up, he guessed that the other party wanted to buy the property from him again.

"My son, you see that there are so many properties under the name of the palace, can you transfer some of them to us?"

Xu Jingchang asked cautiously.

Ever since Zhu Zhanhe bought the land in their hands last time, he has kept it in his hands. Not only have the prices of land in Beijing all risen, but the prices are still rising, which makes them really unable to sit still.

"What Ding Guogong said is true. Before the next family property, all the property was sold to the palace. Now that there is almost no place to live, I hope the prince will show mercy and let us redeem the property that was sold before!"

Zhang Chang also begged with a bitter face at this time.

Hearing that Zhang Chang pointed out the matter of selling the land before, the faces of all the nobles present turned black. Except for a few people, most of them had sold the land to the palace, but now they want to redeem it, although it is a bit embarrassing. , but they were unwilling to say it clearly, but Zhang Chang broke it.

Even though it was embarrassing, many people stood up one after another and begged Zhu Zhanhe to transfer some land. Although they just made a lot of money, for them, no matter how much money they had, it would be safer to exchange it for land.

"This one……"

I saw Zhu Zhanhe deliberately hesitated for a while, and finally raised his head and said helplessly.

"Everyone, it's not that I don't give everyone face, but that the news about me selling the property of the Wangfu has already spread to Nanjing. My mother wrote a letter for this, scolding me bloody, and She also said that before she came to Beijing, I was strictly forbidden to sell any more property."

Zhu Zhanhe spread his hands at the end, and said helplessly again: "So I'm afraid everyone will be disappointed. Even if I want to sell now, the stewards in the mansion will not listen to me, even the land deeds and house deeds in the mansion will not listen to me. , were all hidden by the steward.”

(End of this chapter)