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Chapter 1255 Open Source

"Xu Dudu said, these few are very rich, and I drew circles; these are relatively rich, and I drew squares; and these few are rich but upright... I don't care if they are upright or not. Honestly."

As Wanli said, he handed over the clan roster: "Show me, is there a mistake in the picture here? Just don't make a mistake."

Xu Jue was almost scared to death.

He was feeding the horses in the imperial horse prison. Qi Jiguang sent Zhang Juzheng some excellent horses from outside the Great Wall, and Zhang Juzheng gave one of them to Feng Bao.

Feng Bao is used to sitting in a sedan chair when he goes out, so he just takes a look at the horses. He can't ride twice a year. A while ago, the commander-in-chief from all over the country asked for a battle. The war horses collected by the house are enough to pull four carts, and any of them is excellent. Horse, one more horse is not very interesting.

Especially nowadays, it is more popular in the capital to use tall mixed-breed Xiyi horse-drawn carts, which are all bad bosses led by the emperor. For those who don’t pay attention to the practicality of war horses, the Mongolian horses that are good at running are one more horse and one less. It didn't matter, so Feng Bao donated the horse to Xu Jue.

The main idea was that Feng Bao wanted to restrain Xu Jue, and told him not to wear flying fish suits all day long and walk through the streets and alleys in the capital under the sign of avoidance.

Although it was said that galloping horses in the capital was against the law, neither Feng Bao nor Xu Jue were afraid of breaking the law. Compared to this, it was even worse to walk around in the street wearing a flying fish robe.

Being disgusting is much more terrifying than punishment with laws to follow.

The law of Ming Dynasty is that the more serious the crime is, the heavier the punishment is, and the less serious the crime is, the lighter the punishment is. It’s okay for a military officer to ride a horse in the capital, but he can’t charge into the crowd. If you scare people, there are laws to deal with you. Salary, noisy.

It's different when you get tired of recruiting people. No one knows what kind of people you will be hated by. What if someone has a heart and hates you, and then collects crimes and makes you a big one?
Feng Bao feels that Zhang Juzheng is half-retired now, his best era is coming to an end, he is low-key enough, and he wants to make Xu Jue more stable.

The emperor had just sent Xu Jue to Xu Jie's house. Fortunately, Xu Jie's family really had no money, so he didn't do anything. This made others breathe a sigh of relief, and also made Xu Jue sigh... The emperor is very trustworthy he.

Feng Bao understands what he wants to do.

Xu Jue felt that he understood. Anyway, in the position of Governor in Jinyi, no one is not immune to the holy family. Some of the people who are deeply loved by the holy family are arrogant, some are clumsy, and some are humble. Anyway, few people die well in the end. He didn't intend to let himself die well, just do what the emperor arranged, and just wait for the day when he doesn't die well.

Anyway, what he wants in his life is definitely enough.

This time Wanli really frightened him, he fed the horse halfway, and his trusted eunuch Wu hurried over, saying that the emperor wanted him to take a few brocade clothes who were familiar with the clan to Tsinghua Garden.

When Xu Jue was looking for someone, his heart was full of sudden thoughts. What is this Lord Wanli going to do? Could it be that after seeing Xu Jie's house, he turned around and went to see the clan princes and county princes' houses again, and if he saw something good, he would Move back to Qianqing Palace?

Your Majesty has a criminal record for doing this, it's not the first time.

However, when Xu Jue brought people over, he realized that the emperor's goal this time was not the other artifacts and antiques, but simple silver.

The emperor was very distracted in sketching on the clan roster, Xu Jue looked embarrassed, and looked up at Xu Guangqi who was standing beside him.

He knew that this person used to be a repairman of the Steam Bureau, and somehow he got into the eyes of the emperor through his luck. Now he is in charge of all the mines, coal mines and iron mines in Beizhili. hand.

"Don't look at him, Dudu Xu. It's you Dudu Xu who said who has more property and who has less. I know that you have contacts with many clan princes, especially the princes of the Jingshi Zongxue. The relationship is not bad, but now the problem has come to you."

Wanli smiled and said: "Loyalty has been difficult since ancient times. Should I answer my questions truthfully to be loyal, or should I preserve my righteousness to my friends? Don't worry, it's not a big deal. Just after the plague, all my money was poured into Tongzhou, but Now we need to build three more railways, and we don’t have any money.”

"Don't worry about other things, just tell me that their property is exactly as you said, right?"

Building railways, lacking money, looking for a clan?

Xu Jue felt that the emperor's logic...was a bit problematic.

"Your Majesty knows that Xu Jue has been confused a lot in small matters, but he has never been confused in the important matters you ordered." Xu Jue even used the word "servant", which is usually used by eunuchs, but He can use it, since the Forbidden City is also his home. At this time, the fat man puffed out his chest and held his belly, and said from head to toe, "That's true, but what are you going to do?" yes?"

"Okay, it's good if it's true. As for what you're doing, don't worry about Dudu Xu. I already know that you were feeding horses in the Yumajian earlier? Go back and feed them. Don't be confused about big things, go."

"Wang An, send off Dudu Xu."

Wanli smiled, until Xu Jue was about to walk from the Yangliu embankment to the trestle bridge full of suspicion, and then he heard Wang An, who was holding a whisk beside him, said: "Dudu Xu, think again, after returning to Beijing from Xu Ge's hometown, is there any What did you forget to give to His Majesty?"

Xu Jue didn't answer, just turned his head and stared at Wang An for a moment, until the military eunuch who punted the boat gave a low reminder, then he sighed and said: "Oh, I really didn't take anything, Xu Jie's family really has no money. , I took a painting, a painting, hey... I will dedicate it to His Majesty later."

Xu Jue left by boat, and Wanli raised his eyes to look at Xu Guangqi, closed the roster and said with a sly smile, "Look, you're scared, this matter is not over yet, I won't do anything."

"Xu Jue will definitely leak the news to others, and then someone will come to you, and you just tell them that I need money to build the railway, and you don't know why I want to do it. You just know that I look at the roster every day , Take a look at the map of the West, look at the hour or two at a glance, and remember, if someone asks you, you just say so."

Wanli chubby put his hand on his chin, frowned and paused, then raised his head and said: "Also, you can remind them that the court is short of money, so let them give me some money to use, so as to control the money." But for things like things outside of the body, it’s better to go overseas to live the hard life, they don’t like to go overseas.”

"Also, those who find you, if they give you something, I promise you to leave three or two things you like, and you know where to get the rest? That's right, this is Tsinghua Garden .”

Said, Wang An came back, Wanli looked in a good mood, and asked, "Is he hiding anything?"

"Captain Xu said that the Xu Mansion gave him a painting."

"A painting, what did he say he wanted to do with this painting?"

"Back to Grandpa, he said that he would dedicate that painting to you later."

Wanli nodded with great satisfaction, got up and walked towards the reclining chair on the side, shaking his head while walking and said: "You can teach a child! That's right."

Suddenly, the emperor turned his head and said to Wang An: "Don't forget, let the fans of Xichang keep an eye on Dudu Xu, whoever goes to see him and gives him anything, will come back later."

"I earned this money by my ability, so I can't let him give it to me!"

(End of this chapter)