Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 579 Broken! Lan Yu took people to the Ministry of Revenue (Please subscribe!!)
After leaving Ouyang Lun, Zhu Biao hurried to the Ministry of Revenue. He was really afraid that if he arrived too late, the entire Ministry of Revenue would be destroyed by Lan Yu.

For Zhu Biao, the Huaixi Party and the Prince Consort Party were like the flesh on the palms and backs of his hands!

The Huaixi Party supported Zhu Biao, and the Prince Consort Party also supported him, and they were all related. In his heart, he still hoped that the two sides could live in harmony. But if Lan Yu destroyed the Ministry of Revenue, or killed either Guo Zi or Mao Youde, or if other officials of the Ministry of Revenue died, it would cause the relationship between the Prince Consort Party and the Huaixi Party to deteriorate completely, and it would be a fight to the death.

This was something Zhu Biao could not accept at all.

"Quick!"

"Faster!"

Zhu Biao urged the emperor to go to the Ministry of Revenue quickly.

Finally, Zhu Biao's imperial carriage arrived outside the Ministry of Revenue.

"Your Majesty, it seems that General Lan Yu and his men have already rushed in!" Little Lizi said hurriedly, looking at the half-open door of the Ministry of Revenue.

"I'm not blind, I can see it!" Zhu Biao said with a grim expression.

At this moment, he already had a lot of bad ideas in his mind. If he went in and saw the Ministry of Revenue flooded with blood, what would he do as the emperor?
Zhu Biao clenched his fists, his face extremely ugly, "Little Li, you take the eunuchs and palace maids outside, the other guards follow me in!"

After saying this, Zhu Biao stepped down from the imperial carriage and rushed into the Ministry of Revenue with his guards.

As soon as he entered the Ministry of Revenue, Zhu Biao was dumbfounded.

Because he did not see the blood-soaked Ministry of Revenue, but saw an extremely busy Ministry of Revenue. The officials were so busy that no one even noticed him, the emperor. He also saw many Huaixi officials queuing up to pay money! !

Uh-huh! ! ? ?
At this moment, Zhu Biao's mind was full of questions.

what happened?

Could it be that Lan Yu and the others are not here to cause trouble?

How can this be! !
For a moment, Zhu Biao didn't know what was true.

"Ahem, His Majesty has arrived!"

The commander of the guards couldn't bear to watch it any longer and said loudly.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone at the scene stopped what they were doing and looked in Zhu Biao's direction.

"I have met your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty has arrived. We are sorry for not welcoming you. Please forgive me!"

Officials such as Guo Zi and Mao Youde hurried to Zhu Biao, bowed and apologized.

"How can you be blamed for this? I just suddenly remembered to come and take a look. I didn't inform you in advance. Ignorance is not a crime!"

"My dear ministers, please excuse me."

Zhu Biao reacted and spoke quickly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The officials replied.

"Your Majesty, we are honored to have you here. But I wonder what business your Majesty has in coming to the Ministry of Revenue?"

Guo Zi looked at the guards behind Zhu Biao with some curiosity. These guards had all drawn their swords at this time.

"Ahem, put away all the knives!"

Zhu Biao quickly ordered the commander of the guards.

The commander of the guards was also quite embarrassed at this moment, and quickly told his men to put away their weapons.

"I just came here to take a look. Aren't you guys collecting funds? How's the progress?"

Zhu Biao quickly changed the subject.

"Speaking of the fundraising amount, even if Your Majesty doesn't come, Lord Mao and I plan to go and report to Your Majesty in person!" Guo Zi said hurriedly: "General Lan Yu brought a group of Huaixi officials to the Ministry of Revenue to pay the fundraising amount early this morning!"

"With General Lan Yu and his men taking the lead, many officials are actively paying the fundraising money. At this rate, it won't take a month at all. At most, it will take half a month. In just ten days, we can collect all the fundraising money!"

"So fast!! Lan Yu even took the lead in paying!!"

Zhu Biao was shocked!
Then he looked at Lan Yu among the officials and asked seriously, "Lan Yu, what are you up to? This fundraising is something that the emperor is paying close attention to. If you dare to mess around, even if I can forgive you, the emperor will never let you off easily!"

Based on his understanding of his uncle, Zhu Biao still doesn't believe that Lan Yu would be so proactive in paying the fundraising money.

Hearing this, Lan Yu said, "Your Majesty has wronged me this time. I am really here to pay the fundraising fee. If you don't believe me, you can ask Lord Guo and Lord Mao. According to the rules, I, Lan Yu, should pay 5 million in fundraising fees!"

"Just before your Majesty came, I had already paid all of it, five million taels, not a cent less!!"

"real?!"

Zhu Biao turned and looked at Guo Zi and Mao Youde.

"Your Majesty, everything General Lan Yu said is true. The five million that General Lan Yu should have paid has all been deposited!" Mao Youde reported.

"Your Majesty, look! I really want the Beijing-Ping Railway to be completed this time!" Lan Yu said seriously, "You also said that this Beijing-Ping Railway is a matter of great concern to the Emperor and Your Majesty. How could I not do my best?"

"I, Lan Yu, don't know how to build a railway, but I can still afford the money!"

"Anyone who dares to stop the construction of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway will be against me, Lan Yu, and I will destroy him immediately!"

Forehead.
Zhu Biao was extremely uncomfortable hearing Lan Yu speak like this.

OMG!

Is this still the Lan Yu I know?

"Does Li Shanchang know about Lan Yu's matter?" Zhu Biao asked again.

"Of course Prime Minister Li knows about it, and I also brought his fundraising money as well!" Lan Yu said.

This time, without waiting for Zhu Biao to ask, Mao Youde took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty, Lord Li's fundraising funds have also been deposited."

Hearing this, Zhu Biao's worries were mostly gone, and he nodded, "Great! With our king and his subjects working together, we will definitely be able to repair this Beijing-Ping Railway! Haha!"

"Then you continue, I won't disturb you!"

After saying this, Zhu Biao immediately turned around and left with his guards.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Officials including Guo Zi and Lan Yu saluted in unison to see him off.

Zhu Biao came out of the Ministry of Revenue, frowning as he thought, "Why is it like this?"

"Haven't Lan Yu and the others always been at odds with Brother-in-law Ouyang? The fundraising amount is equivalent to taking half of their lives, and yet they are still cooperating like this? This is too abnormal." Although Lan Yu said it very clearly just now, the more Zhu Biao thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Suddenly, Zhu Biao seemed to have thought of something.

"Could it be."

"Is all this part of Brother-in-law Ouyang's plan?"

"If that's the case, then it makes sense that Brother-in-law Ouyang was so calm when I went to see him just now!"

Zhu Biao muttered to himself for a while, and finally exclaimed with admiration: "As expected of Ouyang's brother-in-law!"

"Although we haven't figured out how Brother-in-law Ouyang got Lan Yu and other Huaixi Party officials to pay the fundraising money so actively, Brother-in-law Ouyang's move has undoubtedly solved the biggest risk of building the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway!"

In fact, Zhu Biao had always been worried that if he let Ouyang Lun be responsible for the construction of the Beijing-Ping Railway, the Huaixi Party would secretly make trouble, which would prevent the smooth construction of the Beijing-Ping Railway or even prevent it from being completed!
This was a huge blow to the entire Ming Dynasty.

But now it seems that this possibility has become extremely small.

"call--"

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, where are we going next?"

Little Leo asked cautiously.

"Where else can I go? Of course I should go back to my Hall of Supreme Harmony. There are so many government affairs piled up that I have not dealt with. Are you going to come?"

Zhu Biao pretended to be angry.

"Slave dare not!"

Little Leo shook his head repeatedly, trembling with fear.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just kidding. Let's go back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony." Zhu Biao patted Little Leo's shoulder and then boarded the imperial carriage.

"Go! Your Majesty, return to the palace!"

Little Leo said loudly in a shrill voice.

Half a month passed in a flash.

That day, Zhu Biao came to Ouyang Lun in a hurry again.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law!"

"My brother the emperor, what's wrong with you?"

Ouyang Lun was also helpless when he saw Zhu Biao suddenly rushing out.

"Brother-in-law, now that the fundraising funds have been collected, when can we officially start construction?"

Zhu Biao asked anxiously.

"Didn't I tell you that building a railway is not like building an ordinary road? You can't rush it!" Zhu Biao said speechlessly: "Look at you, the emperor, you come to me every day. Others think that I, Ouyang Lun, have great power and can even control you, the emperor!"

"If someone uses this as an excuse to rush in and kill me, I will be in big trouble!"

Ouyang Lun spread his hands and said.

"Brother-in-law, I don't want to be in a hurry! My father calls me over three times a day to ask about the progress of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway. I have no choice but to ask you!" Zhu Biao was also speechless. Logically speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang lived next door to Ouyang Lun. If he had any problems, he could just come to Ouyang Lun directly, or ask Ouyang Lun to go to Taile Palace, which was only a few steps away.

结果
He had to be called all the way from the faraway Hall of Supreme Harmony to act as the messenger.

It was really frustrating for him to be the emperor.

Hearing this, Ouyang Lun also looked at Zhu Biao with sympathy, "Brother-in-law of the Emperor, I sympathize with your situation, but your situation is not caused by me, so you can't blame me!"

"I don't blame you, I don't blame you, when have I ever blamed you!" Zhu Biao shook his head repeatedly, and said in an almost pleading tone: "But brother-in-law, now only you can save me, you should start the construction of the railway as soon as possible, so that I won't be under so much pressure here!"

"Brother Emperor, we are all family. I definitely don't want to make things difficult for you. Everyone in the project department is already working overtime. If everything goes well, there will be results soon!" Ouyang Lun said as he showed Zhu Biao the report in his hand. "Look, I am fishing while reading the reports handed in by the people below. When have you ever seen me work so hard?"

When Zhu Biao heard Ouyang Lun's words, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Going fishing and reading the reports at the same time really shows hard work!
But for Ouyang Lun, it was indeed beyond any previous time.

Just when Zhu Biao was trying to persuade Ouyang Lun to try harder, Guo Zi, Mao Youde, Zhao Hun, Shan Anren and others walked in together.

Seeing Zhu Biao was also there, he immediately saluted Zhu Biao.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! Long live your Majesty!"

"My dear ministers, there is no need to be polite. You have come to my place, the prince consort, to report on the progress of the project. Just report directly and don't worry about me. Just pretend that I don't exist." Zhu Biao said with a smile.

"This"

Guo Zi and others looked at Ouyang Lun hesitantly.

"Why are you looking at me? His Majesty told you to speak, so just speak quickly and get out of here quickly. Don't disturb me while I'm fishing!"

Ouyang Lun said angrily.

It's so early in the morning that I can't even go fishing quietly. I was wondering why no fish had taken the bait all morning. It must be because you guys came and scared the fish away, so I didn't catch any fish. That's right, that's it!
After hearing Ouyang Lun's order, Guo Zi and others did not dare to slack off and spoke immediately.

"Sir, the overall planning of the Beijing-Pingyuan Railway has been completed. Combined with the exploration results, we have come to the conclusion that, apart from a few technical and construction difficulties along the way, our design is completely feasible!"

"As for the technical difficulties, our design institute is confident that we can solve them within the specified time!"

Zhao Hun said solemnly.

After Zhao Hun finished speaking, Shan Anren stepped forward and said, "Minister Ouyang, the Ministry of Industry will fully cooperate with the project department. We have begun recruiting craftsmen from all over the country. In addition to our own construction teams, we also need to recruit a large number of construction teams from private trading companies. I have collected a lot of information about private construction teams. Please select them, Minister Ouyang!"

Ouyang Lun glanced at the booklet that Shan Anren handed over and waved his hand, "I won't read it. I'm too lazy to choose. Didn't we set the contract conditions for the construction team before? Let's choose according to that. We must have a civilian construction team with sufficient strength and qualifications to undertake the construction!"

"In addition, the core sections must be handed over to the construction team directly under the Ministry of Industry. After the non-core sections are contracted out, supervision must also be in place to ensure that no mistakes are made!"

"There is another most important requirement, which is to ensure the workers' wages and living conditions. Building a railway is not a matter of one or two days, and it is not that we will only build the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway. These experienced workers will be the most valuable human wealth of our Ming Dynasty. In the future, we must find ways to improve the treatment of experienced workers. In addition, we can even grant them small honors so that they will have a guarantee even after retirement!"

"I won't go into details. You can think about it and bring up the plan when the time comes."

After saying that, Ouyang Lun looked at Shan Anren solemnly again, "Minister Shan, the Ministry of Works is not only responsible for repairing various facilities and buildings for the Ming Dynasty, but it is also a harbor and support for workers. Workers have a hard life. In the future, they will be another large group in the Ming Dynasty besides farmers. Their interests must be protected!"

After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Shan Anren seemed to be thinking about something, as if he had realized something, and then nodded heavily, "Prime Minister Ouyang's words really enlightened this humble official. I have been the Minister of Industry for so many years, but I am still not as good as these few words of the Prime Minister!"

"Please rest assured, sir. I have found something to strive for the rest of my life. As long as I am still the Minister of Industry, I will not stop doing this. No, even if I am no longer the Minister of Industry, I will not give up this cause!"

As he spoke, Shan Anren's expression showed faith! !

(End of this chapter)