King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Just then.

Outside the quiet courtyard gate, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded.

Zhu Gaoxu and Lao He, who were originally chatting happily, both stopped talking subconsciously. Then Lao He turned around without any hesitation and strode out of the courtyard gate.

Just when he arrived at the door, the person who made the noise of footsteps stopped at the gate of the courtyard and did not go in.

When she saw Lao He, the servant bowed slightly, then leaned close to Lao He's ear and said a few words quickly. After listening to what she said, Lao He waved at her, then quickly stepped inside to report, saying:
"My lord."

"Lord Ji, the commander of the Jinyiwei, is outside seeking an audience."

"He said he wanted to report to you about the incident that happened today, the reasons behind it, and the people involved."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly, narrowed his eyes, and after a brief pause, he turned his head and gave instructions to Lao He, saying:

"Let him come in!"

"At the same time, let the people in our mansion inform the Crown Prince of this matter as quickly as possible and ask him to come and participate in the discussion."

After that, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and continued, "Okay, go ahead!"

Old He, who received the order, was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to have thought of something in an instant. Without any hesitation, he turned around and strode out of the yard.

That's it.

In just a moment, Jinyiwei Commander Ji Gang entered the room under the guidance of his subordinates. Seeing Zhu Gaoxu sitting in the main seat, he bowed respectfully without hesitation and said:
"I see you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded without comment, pointed to a chair beside him, and said softly:

"It's been a busy day."

"He must have been so busy that he probably didn't have much time to rest!"

"Sit down and have a cup of tea to moisten your throat."

Hearing this, Ji Gang was slightly stunned, but because he had spent a lot of time in contact with Zhu Gaoxu in recent years, he also knew Zhu Gaoxu's character very well, so he did not act pretentiously or politely, but sat down openly.

After all, as Zhu Gaoxu said, today no matter whether it is their Jinyiwei or the city defense soldiers responsible for patrolling and maintaining stability.

As for the current situation today, facing such things, these people really have not had a single moment of rest at all, and they all have to be extremely alert, for fear of any accidents or unexpected events happening.

After all, there were so many people. If something really happened and caused a riot, the consequences would be impossible to estimate. The number of people who would die from trampling and crowding would also be unimaginable.

The Ming Money House had just opened, and if something like this happened, it would not be a result that anyone wanted to see.

In other words, if something like that really happened, it would inevitably bring unimaginable shock and damage to what the court had been preparing for for so long, and the impact it would bring would not be what anyone wanted to see.

For this reason, when coordinating the opening and dividing the responsibilities yesterday, Zhu Gaoxu gave these individuals a thorough death order, strictly prohibiting any accidents from happening today.

Under such strong pressure, who would dare not be attentive?

Faced with so many people, there are naturally unimaginable hidden dangers. Therefore, how could they dare to be negligent or rest for even a moment? It can be said that since morning, many of those who are responsible for maintaining stability have not even had a sip of water.

After sitting down, Ji Gang was not the least bit polite or restrained. He picked up the warm tea offered by the servant girl beside him and drank several cups in one breath like a cow.

After moistening his throat and feeling relaxed physically and mentally, Ji Gang simply sorted out his thoughts, and then his expression suddenly became solemn, and he said softly:

"Your Majesty!"

"The person who brought several thousand taels of Ming Dynasty banknotes to exchange today has been found after interrogation."

"but……"

The words have not yet fallen.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyelids, waved his hand and said:
"Is it related to some officials in the court?"

"Or is the identity of the person involved important?"

Hearing this, Ji Gang nodded without comment and replied:
"Yes!"

"For this reason, I am a little unsure and don't know what to do."

"So I came to ask for your instructions, Your Majesty!"

So replied.

This was not at all unexpected to Zhu Gaoxu. In fact, when he saw that man daring to scold the officials of the Ming Dynasty Money House so boldly and bluntly, and with his arrogant look, he had a vague guess.

It is also believed that the behavior here is really not just abnormal.

As the saying goes: The people do not fight against the officials. This is an eternal consensus.

Moreover, at that time, the officials of the Ming Dynasty Money House, in order to protect their own image, did not go too far. They just asked him to explain the source of the money.

All actions and deeds are kind and gentle.

As a result, that person was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He jumped higher than anyone else, and his majesty and authority were greater than those of the officials of the Ming Dynasty’s money houses.

Such scenes are enough to explain too many problems.

After a brief pause, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand slightly and said:
"No hurry, no hurry!"

"When you came to pay your respects, I had already sent someone to the East Palace to notify the Crown Prince to come and discuss the matter together."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the prince will be here in two quarters of an hour at most."

"Also, to avoid you wasting time and energy by recounting the story again, why not wait until the Crown Prince arrives and then we can discuss it."

"It's just right that you can take advantage of the time now to have a good rest."

"If nothing unexpected happens, you will probably be busy with a lot of things in the next few days."

"It's not that easy to take a break."

"Hahaha……"

Although the words are slightly sarcastic, the content and deep meaning they contain are genuine concern.

These sudden words made Ji Gang stunned and feel a little embarrassed.

But he was tactful and didn't say much. He had to hold back the words that were about to come out of his mouth and just sat there quietly waiting.

Just like this, after about three quarters of an hour, a burst of violent and chaotic footsteps was heard outside the originally quiet courtyard, instantly waking up Zhu Gaoxu and Ji Gang who were sitting in chairs with their eyes closed.

Just as the two of them looked up, they happened to see the prince entering.

Ji Gang, who was originally sitting upright on a chair, did not dare to hesitate for a moment. He stood up from his chair in shock and bowed respectfully to Zhu Gaochi who had entered. He said:

"I see His Highness the Crown Prince."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, then cast his eyes towards Zhu Gaoxu, the Prince of Han, who was leaning on the couch with a relaxed and contented look, and said half-jokingly with a hint of ridicule in his words:
"Second Brother" "You've been bothering me enough. I finally got home just an hour ago and just had a short break, but you called me back again in a hurry."

"Say it!"

"What's the matter? Why are you so anxious to summon me here?"

"I am really impressed by you."

His words were filled with dissatisfaction and resentment.

Zhu Gaoxu was very annoyed when he heard this. He narrowed his eyes slightly, glared at him coldly, and said sarcastically:

“Oh.”

"Look, look!"

"As expected of you, he is the crown prince of Ming Dynasty. You are truly extraordinary and precious."

"If you don't want to participate, then don't blame me for taking the initiative in dealing with certain things and certain people."

"Some things are either out of consideration for your feelings or because I'm worried about some people who think too much. I'm so exhausted. Do you think you're the only one who's tired? You're acting like I'm not tired during this period."

"You've only been a little hard-working today, running around to get involved, but you didn't think about the fact that I've been running around to coordinate this and that for nearly ten days."

"Have we ever complained?"

As he spoke, Zhu Gaoxu did not show any good looks to him. He pointed to the gate not far away and snorted coldly:

"If you don't want to participate, forget it. We won't force you."

"Anyway, without your participation, we can still implement the current matter on our own."

"If you feel tired and want to go back and rest."

"The gate is right there. You can leave anytime you want. We will never say anything and we will never stop you."

That's quite a tough statement.

The answer was quite direct, leaving no room for leeway.

The Crown Prince was really stunned on the spot. His chubby face was filled with embarrassment at this moment. He was almost choked to death by Zhu Gaoxu's words.

I never dreamed that Zhu Gaoxu was so strong and could say such words.

Muggle!
This is totally Muggle!
It was impossible for him to leave. After all, Zhu Gaoxu was so anxious to summon him for the current situation, which was enough to show that the matter must be extremely serious. In addition, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Ji Gang, was also at the scene.

This made Zhu Gaochi think of what happened when the Daming Money House opened today.

At the same time, I also had a bad feeling in my heart.
For this reason, he had to laugh, and then a very helpless expression appeared on his face. He pointed at Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu who was leaning on the couch, shook his head slightly, and said:
"hey hey"

"Second brother, second brother"

"Okay, okay, almost done."

"Isn't it just a joke, a joke to have some fun with you?"

"Do you have to take this seriously? Do you have to act like this? I don't know why people think I did something to you."

"As for it?"

"Okay okay okay"

"Just pretend that I was wrong, just pretend that I was wrong, okay?"

"Let's stop beating around the bush and get down to business!"

Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly, not wanting to bother with it any more. He turned his head to look at Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and nodded slightly to him, saying:
"This matter, Commander Ji."

"Tell me about it!"

"What is going on here?"

"What happened to the person who deliberately caused trouble today? Who was behind it? Who was behind it?"

That’s all I have to say.

Everyone in the field looked at Ji Gang, quietly waiting for his reply.

After hearing this, Ji Gang paused for a moment, then sorted out his thoughts. His expression became extremely solemn at this moment, and he spoke solemnly, saying:
"Replying to His Royal Highness, Prince Han."

"The amount of Ming treasure notes that the man took today did not belong to him."

"It's just running errands for it."

"As for these amounts of Daming Baochao, he also explained a little after the interrogation. It seems that these Baochao here are because someone knows that Daming Money House is in Yingtianfu City and will soon open and can exchange Baochao for real gold and silver."

"For this reason, we learned the news in advance, and then in some places far away from Yingtianfu City, we exchanged silver with the common people and small vendors at 80% of the price of Ming Baochao."

"And from what that person said, it seems that now that the Daming Money House has been opened, many people have been secretly buying up the banknotes from the people in Daming before the news spreads."

"According to that person, he is a relatively conscientious person. There seem to be quite a few people here who even lowered the price of the treasure notes to about 50%."

"And the man behind the arrest is none other than a relative of the current Minister of Revenue."

"Because his identity is quite sensitive, I am here to..."

There was not much else said after that, but since everyone was smart, they could understand the other person's implication.

The words are over.

Ji Gang tactfully retreated to the other side, quietly waiting for instructions from Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi.

After hearing the detailed description of what happened, Zhu Gaochi's expression suddenly turned gloomy and his chest was beating fast and hard. It was obvious that he was very angry about the news he just received.

But this is not just about the Minister of Revenue, but also involves
Just like Ji Gang’s detailed report just now.

Well-informed people, knowing the news of the opening of the Daming Money House, could no longer hold back because of the huge profits that could be made from the information gap, and the fact that it was a business that was highly profitable with no investment.

What happened here was real, and it made Zhu Gaochi extremely angry. He wanted to kill all of these people.

As he thought about it, his face became terribly gloomy. He turned his head to look at Zhu Gaoxu beside him and asked in a deep voice:

"Second child"

"It seems that this matter is similar to what we expected and imagined."

"What are you going to do now?" (End of this chapter)