King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 154: Stealing chicken but losing rice (Thanks to "Lonely Blue Whale" for the reward)

In an instant.

Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Zhu Gaoxu, their faces full of excitement.

Zhu Gaochi, who was sitting aside, saw Zhu Gaoxu who was embarrassed, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and unknowingly showed a smile on his face, and joked:

"Second child"

"nice!"

"Salary increase!"

"It's different to have the power to supervise the country. You can do things that even the old man can't do or dare not do."

"I support!"

Feeling the eyes on him and listening to the prince's teasing words, Zhu Gaoxu glared at him with half-squinted eyes, took a few deep breaths, and replied:

"Salary increase?"

"This matter is not impossible."

"As long as taxes between the DPRK and China can be increased."

"Now let's think about how to increase the taxes on the Central Government!"

"Otherwise, given the current situation of the treasury, let alone salary increases, there is a question of whether we can pay you salaries normally."

There is a play!

Hearing this, everyone's faces couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Compared to the excitement and excitement of everyone, Xia Yuanji on the side listened to everyone's words, but there was no smile on his face. Instead, he looked bitter and resentful, and his eyes were full of resentment. He slandered:

"Are you people serious?"

"This is just the beginning!"

"The Ministry of Finance didn't even get half a tael of silver, so they started talking about a salary increase."

"Are you guys going too far?"

"Have you ever considered asking me, the Minister of Household Affairs, the person in charge of the imperial court's purse strings, for my opinion?"

"grass!"

"It's not easy to make the DPRK and the Central Government rich, don't you know how to be more frugal?"

"Both father and son are not good people!"

"They are all good at spending money. It can be said that there is no one without a family."

Even though Xia Yuanji had experienced a lot of storms, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

He could only say these words in his heart and did not dare to express his true thoughts.

Otherwise, there are several people with no lower official rank than him. If he says these words, he may become the target of public criticism in an instant.

After a brief moment of silent thinking, Xia Yuanji did not intend to get entangled with him on this issue. He simply sorted out his thoughts, narrowed his slightly cloudy eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Highness."

"Let's first talk about the new salt law, salt tax and sales you just mentioned!"

"I wonder if there is a problem... Your Highness has ever considered it."

"Since ancient times, merchants have always been focused on profit. We can indeed save a lot of trouble by selling salt."

"But how to guarantee the price that merchants are selling?"

"Otherwise, if the price is too high, it will be extremely detrimental to the people and their livelihood!"

"Even if our salt production can keep up by then, I am afraid that many people in the world will still not be able to eat salt."

Regarding this question, Zhu Gaoxu smiled, with a faint smile on his face, waved his hand at it, and said:

"It's so simple. The bidding amount is wrong. It should be called an auction."

"If you want to become a salt merchant appointed by the imperial court, you must pay a high deposit to allow them to work for the imperial court honestly, and at the same time, there is a limit on how much salt they can sell at a maximum price."

"The Imperial Salt Bureau was established to monitor salt prices across the world and conduct random checks on salt prices in various regions from time to time."

"If someone wants to take advantage of the loopholes and has any evil intentions, if anything goes wrong, it will affect the people and people's livelihood."

"The deposits of the salt merchants there will be confiscated, and then their families will be confiscated and their families will be confiscated."

"Use the Nine Clans as a guarantee. And they will definitely consider it carefully."

"In addition, the responsible salt merchants in each region rotate every two years and re-auction their rights."

"Of course. The court must also guarantee the interests of those who become salt merchants in the court. If any official in the court dares to reach out, he will be chopped into pieces."

"This not only ensures the maximum interests of the imperial court, but also gives reassurance to those salt merchants, which is mutually beneficial."

After hearing this, everyone was shocked, frowning and lost in thought.

We are all smart people, and after a while we have figured out some of the correlations and the profits gained.

Such means and methods are really admirable.

After that, they all subconsciously raised their heads and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with disbelief. At the same time, they gave him a thumbs up and said in unison:

"Prince, Second Brother"

"This method is wonderful!"

When everyone agreed, no one had any objections, and they worked together to formulate a memorial on what was discussed today.

After the matter was over, Zhu Gaoxu dismissed all the ministers and prepared to go to the palace with the Crown Prince to visit the old man.

In the imperial study room.

Zhu Di, who had just been relieved and dismissed Yang Shiqi, leaned on the soft couch, half-squinted his eyes and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub his slightly swollen temples, grinned and murmured in a low voice:

"Second brother! Second child!"

"You're just trying to scare the monkeys by killing a chicken!"

"In the end, you bastard feels comfortable. But I have to clean up the mess."

Ta-ta-ta.

Just at this moment, hurried footsteps sounded, and a young eunuch walked in from outside the door and reported:

"Your Majesty."

"His Royal Highness, Prince Han, please see me."

I'm so sleepy that I came here to give you a pillow!

It's better to come early than to come by coincidence.

Just now he was about to call Zhu Gaoxu over, but he scolded him harshly and warned him not to go too far.

It's good now, he hasn't given the order yet.

Others deliver directly to your door.

Hearing this, Zhu Di raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a faint smile on his face, and said:

"Row!"

"Xuan and the others come in."

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi walked in from the door together.

"Second brother, kneel down for me!"

Zhu Gaoxu, who had just entered, was slightly stunned. Seeing Zhu Laosi staring at him with an angry face, although he was extremely confused in his heart, he still knelt down obediently.

At the same time, I was very confused about what was going on?

Why is this man so inexplicably crazy?

After a moment, an idea flashed in his mind, and he seemed to think of something. If nothing else happened, maybe that bastard Yang Shiqi really came to complain to the old man, right?

After reacting, Zhu Gaoxu slowly raised his head, looked over cautiously, and said tentatively:

"father"

"Yang Shiqi came to the palace to see you?"

Zhu Di looked gloomy, grabbed the memorial on the desk and threw it hard, hitting Zhu Gaoxu.

"Shouldn't others come to me?"

"If others don't come to me, how would I know that Prince Han has just taken charge of the country and is so powerful!" "Just say a few unpleasant words and let a third-rank official in the court resign."

"Second brother, your official authority and style are simply greater than mine."

Got a positive answer.

Listening to what this means, everyone is not a fool. This is because the old man wants to use this matter to beat him!

However, Zhu Gaoxu was not polite about this. He slowly stood up from the ground, looked directly at him with half-closed eyes, and responded in a deep voice:

"father"

"If it's something else or if I kneel down just because you are my father, I have no complaints."

"But if you want me to kneel down because of Yang Shiqi's resignation."

"I'm sorry that this is a difficult matter."

"Regarding this matter, I don't feel that I did anything wrong or said anything wrong."

After hearing this and seeing his second brother standing up from the ground without his permission, Zhu Di's old face instantly became livid, his half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and he was ready to yell angrily.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing aside with their eyes facing each other, felt that the old man was about to get angry, so he quickly waved his hand at him and said:

"Dad, don't get angry yet. Wait until I finish speaking."

"If what I said doesn't make sense, or after I finish what I said, you still think I was wrong."

"If you want to be beaten or punished, I accept it."

After hearing this, Zhu Di was startled, stared at him with half-closed eyes for a long time, and said:

"Okay, don't say I won't give you a chance. I'll let you finish your sentence first."

"I want to see how you can argue and what kind of flowers you can tell."

"Humph"

Zhu Gaoxu half-squinted his eyes, his face condensed slightly, and he responded in a deep voice:

"I now have the power to supervise the country and summon the courtiers to discuss matters."

"Before I could say anything, Yang Shiqi started mocking me in a weird way."

"Dad, I just want to ask, if you are like a son, summoning courtiers to discuss matters, and the people below are sarcastic to you before you say anything, what will you do?"

"Aren't you afraid that you will be angrier than me?"

"It's possible to kill someone if it doesn't happen."

"And I just scolded him a few words and told him to do his job well if he could do it. If he couldn't do it, he would resign."

"That should be considered gentle enough, right?"

Having said this, he glanced at Zhu Di meaningfully, his voice sank in vain, and he said with a half-smile:

"Old man, I know you want to take this opportunity to hit me and tell me not to go too far."

"Even if that's the case... couldn't you find a better reason to beat me?"

"Do you have to find a reason that's not a reason?"

"Or do you want to take this opportunity to take back the power to supervise the country?"

"If that's the case, why don't I simply return the power of supervising the country to you?"

Zhu Di: "."

Hey. Is this little bastard deliberately making him disgusted by talking about it?

Take back the power to supervise the country?

What about dreaming?

Even before things were done for him, he wanted to give up and quit. How could such a good thing happen?

In an instant, the two people's eyes met, both glaring at each other, neither of them willing to admit defeat.

The prince standing aside, seeing the current situation, he couldn't say that the second son was really brave!

You clearly know the old man's little thoughts, but you have to make it clear and put the matter on the table. Isn't this a sure way to make the old man unable to step down?

The two of them are really enough!

During this period of time, it seemed that Zhu Gaoxu had never come to the old man to discuss matters. No matter how big or small the matter was, the two of them would always blow each other's beards, glare at each other, and even get into fights.

The old man is really like this, he clearly knows that the second child has this kind of virtue.

Every time I like to pick up my dick, I insist on making myself feel uncomfortable. Isn't this just making myself uncomfortable?

Just like now, it's over, right?

I wanted to hit others, but ended up hanging myself in the air and unable to get off the stage.

Are you comfortable?

Feeling good?

"Hey"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and he was not surprised by the scene in front of him.

After pondering for a moment, he stood up, glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, acted as a peacemaker, and said softly:

"Second child"

"How about we get down to business first?"

As he said that, he carefully looked at Zhu Di who was aside and persuaded:

"Dad, that's almost it."

"My second brother is here with a surprise for you. Are you sure you don't want to hear it?"

'Hmph.' After hearing this, Zhu Di snorted coldly, glared at Zhu Gaoxu coldly, and said in a deep voice:

"Can this bastard still surprise me?"

"Does he have such good intentions?"

"I think it would be the biggest surprise for me if he could be less angry with me a few times."

That being said.

However, listening to the words of the prince, knowing his character, he would definitely not be unreasonable, and for a moment, a trace of curiosity arose in his heart.

"If there's something wrong, tell me!"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but let out a long breath. He finally felt relieved. He quickly stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of Zhu Gaoxu's clothes next to him and said:

"Second child"

"What are you still doing?"

"The memorial you just prepared, hurry up and show it to dad!"

"Why are you so stunned?"

Seeing that the old man's attitude softened, Zhu Gaoxu also accepted it and stopped confronting him. He didn't want to really cause trouble for both of them. If that happened, it would be of no benefit to him.

After that, he reached out and slowly took out the prepared memorial from his arms, held it in his hand and handed it to Zhu Di.

Looking at the memorial handed over, Zhu Di's eyes were full of curiosity, he opened it with interest, and leisurely looked at the contents inside.

As the words came into view, the expression on Zhu Di's face slowly changed, and his expression also became extremely solemn. His half-closed eyes widened, and the killing intent surged in his body.

The temperature in the entire hall unconsciously dropped several degrees in an instant, and the atmosphere gradually became extremely depressing, making people breathless. The chests were rising and falling, and the sounds of heavy and rough breathing were indescribable. First of all, it didn't mean that he was very angry.

"boom"

After a long time, Zhu Di read the contents of the memorial one by one, closed it heavily, his pupils shrank, his old face turned livid, his voice instantly became extremely low, and he turned to look coldly The two of them shouted angrily:

"Boss, second child!"

"Is everything on this true?"

"Are they really that brave?"

Listening to the questions and feeling the cold eyes falling on them, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi glanced at each other, their expressions became extremely solemn, they nodded heavily, and responded in a deep voice:

"Yes!!"

“It’s all real and valid.”

"The accounting data came from the hands of Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, and were verified by Yang Rong and other ministers who participated in this discussion."

"I am determined not to make any mistakes."

(End of this chapter)