Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 114
"Then why do you think I can save Ma Nanshan? If I remember correctly, your uncle should be an old brother who followed His Majesty to conquer the world in the early years. You should go to Lan Yu and other Huaixi nobles." Yang Xian looked at Li Jin and asked.

Li Jin replied: "If I go to see Huaixi nobles like General Lan Yu, then I will really kill my uncle."

"Oh? How to say it." Yang Xian finally showed an interested look on his face.

Li Jin opened his mouth and replied: "Because I have been with my uncle for many years, I know the temperament of those Huaixi nobles very well. Whenever I go to one of them to plead for mercy, they will unite to plead for His Majesty."

"Because in their eyes, although my uncle has no contact with them on weekdays, one thing will not change, that is, he is a founding hero like them. If your Majesty kills my uncle, it will be a bad start. Huaixi nobles like Lan Yu and others will never agree to this."

Li Jin raised his head and glanced at Yang Xian. When he saw the other party smiling and nodding for him to continue, he mustered up the courage and said, "When so many of these Huaixi nobles unite, what will your Majesty think? "

"Using power to suppress power, when the time comes, even if His Majesty takes credit for your uncle's contribution back then, the remaining compassion will be gone. If Lan Yu and the others go, they will not beg for mercy, but urge them to die." Yang Xian smiled.

Of course he knew this, but he didn't expect that Li Jin, a member of the authorities, could see it at a glance.

Yang Xian looked at the young man in front of him with a look of admiration in his eyes.

Rare talent.

"I have a way to save your uncle, but you have to promise me one thing." Yang Xian said.

"it is good."

"Don't ask me what I want you to do?" Yang Xian smiled.

"First of all, I can trust Mr. Yang. Mr. Yang can save the lives of hundreds of thousands of victims. There is no doubt about your noble character. Secondly, I can trust myself. If it really goes beyond the law and human ethics, at worst, I will use my own Just give your life to the adults." Li Jin answered simply.

Yang Xian became more and more satisfied with this young man.

"Don't worry, it's a trivial matter. I have established a national primary school in Yangzhou, which is also a private school. These days, I am really too busy and can't find a satisfactory teacher, so I want to ask for your help. Be a teacher for a while, don't worry, it won't delay your imperial examination." Yang Xian said with a smile.

"As for the way to save Ma Nanshan, it is very simple. Since he is a founding hero and has been named a marquis, he naturally has the gold medal for immunity from death awarded by His Majesty. If you find it, you can naturally save your uncle's life. "

"." Li Jin said bitterly when he mentioned the gold medal for immunity from death. "My uncle has an iron face and thinks he is in Tingyue Tower."

"Ting Yue Lou?"

"...It's a famous brothel in the capital."

Really awesome.

Yang Xian twitched the corners of his lips and said, "How much money does Ma Nanshan owe the brothel?"

"800 taels."

A total of 3000 taels of silver were obtained from the corruption project, and all of them were used to pay Qiyue's ransom.

How can I still have money after spending money in the brothel these days? I heard that I drank a lot of expensive wine with Qiyue Xiang.

These are all recorded in the account.

Yang Xian was too lazy to complain, so he asked his servant to bring 800 taels of silver and handed it to Li Jin, and said, "Just think of it as salary in advance for hiring you as a teacher at Yangzhou National Primary School."

Li Jin didn't show any pretense. He put away the money, gave Yang Xian a big gift, turned around and left.

Beijing.

Heaven Prison.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the gray-bearded veteran in front of him, and he was angry and said, "You did all these scandals?" "I did it," Ma Nanshan replied.

Seeing Ma Nanshan's bachelor look, Zhu Yuanzhang became very angry and pointed at him.

"Why are you so obsessed with money? Didn't the imperial court just give you a salary increase? Isn't this much salary enough for you?!"

"madness!"

inside the cell.

Ma Nanshan knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, it is indeed not enough. The salary increase was promised, but the thunder was loud and the rain was light. Many of the promised bonuses were not paid at all. The increased money was not enough for my daily life. Li Mi took two sips of wine."

"What's going on?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at Li Shanchang and said in a deep voice.

Li Shanchang immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the plan to rectify the inspirational people you mentioned before is indeed very good, but our Ming Dynasty treasury does not have that much money and food."

"So it can only rise slightly, and even that has put huge pressure on the state treasury."

"Our Ming Dynasty currently has more than 8000 officials. Even if we only give each person a one-tael increase, that's still more than 8000 taels!"

If we think about the role of this national policy in the first place, then each official will have to have a salary increase of at least 50 taels.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Shanchang and knew that there was nothing he could do about this matter.

But since the national policy had been set in this way, there was no reason for it to be idle. He pondered for a while and then said: "First let the treasure banknote collection department increase the share of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. The newly printed treasure banknotes will be regarded as belonging to officials at all levels." Salary increase will be distributed."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not realize the seriousness of this matter.

In doing so, he was drinking poison to quench his thirst.

I am afraid that the issue of salary increases for officials will not be solved by then, but will lead to even bigger problems.

Li Shanchang always felt that something was wrong, but he could only nod in agreement.

Ma Nanshan's two sons died for Zhu Yuanzhang, so to be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang was not willing to kill him.

Zhu Yuanzhang's idea was very simple. He asked Ma Nanshan to hand over the embezzled dirty money, and then asked the Ministry of Punishment to sentence him to three to five years. The matter was revealed.

He never thought of it.

Ma Nanshan, this idiot, has already spent all his money.

Zhu Yuanzhang's blood pressure immediately rose. He almost lost his balance and said, "More than 3000 taels of silver. In just a few days, you have spent all of it?!"

Ma Nanshan replied truthfully: "I fell in love with Qiyue from Tingyue Tower. We wanted to marry her, and she agreed to marry us. But she said that she would use 3000 taels of silver to redeem her life, so I gave all the money Gave it to her.”

"Go to her and give us the money back! This is my money!"

Seeing the angry Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Nanshan felt even more aggrieved: "Your Majesty, she took our money and disappeared. A few days ago, she asked me to open a lot of expensive wine in Tingyue Tower. I will use that money." I still owe everything.”

"Masandao, Masandao!"

"Why didn't you just die on the battlefield?" Zhu Yuanzhang yelled angrily.

He was truly speechless. He glanced at Ma Nanshan and turned around to leave.

(End of this chapter)