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There are more than [-] taels of silver allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and [-] to [-] taels of Xuanfu will be allocated to Xuanfu, and the pressure on Xuanfu will be greatly reduced.

But the task Zhang Zuo received was to raise [-] taels from Sun Jiao, so he brought up the distribution of Yanyin again and asked Sun Jiao to think about a solution.

This is far beyond Sun Jiao's ability.

Sun Jiao’s ability does not lie in raising money and food from the private sector, it can only be careful calculation, which belongs to the combination of accountants and accountants. He has no private resources, or such resources are very few, and it is difficult to form a systematic income, even if Zhang Zuo gives The task didn't seem big, it was only a shortfall of two to thirty thousand taels of silver, but Sun Jiao couldn't handle it.

Sun Jiao asked, "Is there nothing to be done to respect the Tao?"

"Oh?"

Zhang Zuo looked at Zhu Hao sideways.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Old Sun, why did you mention it below?"

Sun Jiaodao: "Jingdao, you came with Eunuch Zhang, you must have some ideas, right? Or do you want the household department to do something, find tens of thousands of money to fill the gap in Xuanfu's treasury?"

Zhu Hao shook his head: "I can't do anything."

"But the old man heard that you talked eloquently about open source in front of His Majesty. If you have no idea at all, why are you talking nonsense in front of Your Majesty?"

Sun Jiao spoke fiercely, as if questioning Zhu Hao.

Since you have no idea, why follow Zhang Zuo?
Now that you're here, you can't just listen in, right?

Zhang Zuo hurriedly explained: "Our family just called Mr. Zhu by the way, and we came to have a look together. Mr. Zhu doesn't have much opinion on this."

"Eunuch Zhang, don't explain it to him as a junior. Jingdao is just an ordinary Hanlin. If you continue to let it go like this, I'm afraid he will fly his wings in the future and be difficult to control!" Sun Jiao tried to persuade Zhang Zuo to be right in an elder tone. Zhu Hao's attitude is "bad".

Zhang Zuo stepped in without knowing, and quickly waved his hands: "Don't dare, dare not, our family is just telling the truth."

Zhu Hao saw a clue from the side.

In fact, Sun Jiao was using Zhang Zuo's attitude to test Zhu Hao's position in the new emperor's camp, and deliberately provoked Zhang Zuo with a few words. Naturally, Zhang Zuo didn't want to belittle Zhu Hao in front of Sun Jiao, so he could only shirk and perfunctory, so it was just right. Sun Jiao said.

Given that Sun Jiao's old woman is so cunning, how can she fail to see Zhang Zuo's respect for Zhu Hao?

If even the eunuch, the supervisor of ceremonies, obeyed Zhu Haoyan...then Zhu Hao was not just an ordinary aide beside the emperor.

"Eunuch Zhang, you should treat juniors..."

Sun Jiao had no end, and wanted to continue probing, Zhu Hao had no choice but to interrupt him: "It's only three to forty thousand taels of silver, His Majesty should be able to find a way to make up for it."

Sun Jiao and Zhang Zuo looked at Zhu Hao at the same time.

"Oh?"

Sun Jiao squinted at Zhu Hao, and asked maliciously, "Didn't Eunuch Zhang tell you all about it, the Xuanfu treasury is in trouble right now, and His Majesty has no way to deal with it, why did you come here..."

Of course Zhu Hao knew that Sun Jiao wanted to take advantage of Zhang Zuo's presence to conduct more testing, so as to judge what role he played in the new emperor's system.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Your Majesty just can't raise one hundred thousand taels at once. Now that the household department can have a surplus, that's great. The rest... just a little bit of maneuvering is enough! Isn't it, Eunuch Zhang?"...

"Uh... yes! yes! hehe."

Zhang Zuo's eyes turned into crescents when he smiled. At this moment, he also realized that old man Sun is uneasy and kind!
I was seriously discussing with you how to make up for the shortfall in Xuanfu's treasury, but you wanted to test Mr. Zhu's depth from me. Fortunately, he was keenly aware of your purpose.

Hey, I was almost taken into a ditch by you in a blink of an eye, I have never seen you so deceitful!

Sun Jiao shook his head and sighed helplessly: "Respect, you city mansion, I really have nothing to say! Eunuch Zhang, you need to mention him more in the future."

"Don't dare... um, I will."

Zhang Zuo blurted out the words, but he reacted in time as soon as he started, and quickly changed his words.

In fact, after asking so many questions, Sun Jiao was already very satisfied.

From Sun Jiao's point of view, even if the status of the emperor and the former Zhu Hao is not as good as that of Zhang Zuo, they are actually about the same. The two are on an equal footing. In this way, Zhu Hao's status in the new emperor's system is much higher than imagined.

In other words, Zhu Hao is not only able to help the new emperor in terms of money and food in the treasury, but may also have many functions that are not known to outsiders.

Of course, Sun Jiao still can’t think of it now. In fact, the memorials of the Manchu Dynasty, especially those important memorials and verdicts, were all written by his son-in-law. If he knew...

Sun Jiao must vomit blood.

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Sun Jiao sent the two out of the house.

As soon as he came outside, Zhu Hao saw an official sedan chair coming in the distance, and someone in front was holding a lantern, so he hurriedly cupped his hands, "Farewell."

Zhu Hao recognized it as Liu Chun's sedan chair.

Usually, Liu Chun thinks that riding in a carriage is too bumpy, and he is afraid of causing his heart disease again, so he will switch to a sedan chair to and from get off work later on, carrying a large sedan chair everywhere, which is very conspicuous wherever he goes.

Zhu Hao suddenly remembered that Liu Chun had said that he and Sun Jiao had gotten very close recently, and it was possible that he happened to meet Liu Chun visiting Sun Jiao's mansion.

Zhang Zuo saw that there was a visitor from Sun Jiao's side, in case it was someone from Yang Tinghe, or someone who could inform Yang Tinghe, he also hurriedly got into the carriage, shared a ride with Zhu Hao, and left Sun Jiao's mansion.

As soon as he left, Liu Chun's sedan chair stopped.

"Zhitong... who is that?"

Liu Chun got off the sedan chair, pointed to the carriage that hadn't driven out of the street, and asked Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao replied casually, "Friend."

"Your friend? Huh."

Liu Chun smiled brightly.

Although Sun Jiao was a veteran in the dynasty, his official career was interrupted for ten years and he couldn't connect with each other, so that when Sun Jiao came back, the officials in the court had changed. In addition, Sun Jiao was born in Anlu. The state was specially transferred to the capital by the young emperor to balance it out. It was in a neutral position among the new emperor and Yang Tinghe's faction, so very few officials in the court had friendship with Sun Jiao.

Even if there is, it's business, and they won't visit private houses.

Another reason is that Sun Jiao lived in the capital. His family had never been here before. He was just a little old man who lived alone.

The more friends you have, the more people like to make friends with you, and the fewer friends you have, the more people will naturally stay away from you.

This is the golden mean in Confucianism...

Or called herd mentality. …

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The two entered the courtyard and came to the main hall.

After the host and guest sat down opposite each other, Liu Chun was still interested in the person who visited Sun Jiao earlier.

"Zhitong, tell the truth about anything I have. You can't hide it." Liu Chun didn't agree with Sun Jiao's way of always keeping things in his heart.

I treat you like a buddy, and you don't even say who is visiting you?

I didn't ask him what he told you.

But the difficulty with Sun Jiao is... If I tell you that Zhang Zuo and Zhu Hao are visiting together, maybe what you will think!

One thing more is worse than one thing less, it is impossible to say clearly!
"It's the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector, Eunuch Zhang." Sun Jiao said.

Liu Chun's eyes widened, he took a deep breath, and asked in surprise, "It's him? What did he come to tell you? Speaking of which, he visited Hanyuan today...that's why I came to you. Jingdao said to him at that time Disrespect, I'm afraid it will affect Jingdao's future."

"Varied……"

Sun Jiao was stunned, "What? Disrespectful words?"

Sun Jiao thought about it carefully, even though he still doesn't know what the relationship between Zhu Hao and Zhang Zuo is, but judging by the appearance of the two, they came to visit together and talk about things together, there is nothing... It seems that there is a suspicion ?
Liu Chun's words are very intriguing!
Was Zhu Hao disrespectful to Zhang Zuo, or was it in public?

Could there be some conspiracy behind this?
Liu Chun looked nervous, and roughly told Sun Jiao about the situation at that time, especially when the two were choking on each other because of Anlu's background, he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly.

Finally, Liu Chun asked seriously, "Zhitong, don't you think there is a problem?"

Sun Jiao smiled, and asked back: "I said Renzhong, you don't know that Jingdao came from Xingwang's mansion, right?"

"This... I heard a little bit."

Liu Chun is really not clear about this.

"Then you should also know that there is actually a personal relationship between Jingdao and Mrs. Zhang... They talk like this, it seems normal, how could there be any grudges?"

Of course Sun Jiao was not worried.

No matter how you look at it, Zhu Hao and Zhang Zuo are both on the same boat, singing a double reed in public seems to have a bad relationship, and it is also for the purpose of paralyzing the people of Yang Tinghe's faction.

What are you, Liu Chun, coaxing?

Liu Chundao: "Eh? Do they have a personal relationship?"

This answer surprised Liu Chun.

Is that right?

How honorable is it for a new top scholar to know the eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies?
The two should not have the chance to meet each other. After all, Zhang Zuo is in charge of the chief inspector and cannot easily leave the palace. Otherwise, Zhu Hao would not be able to maintain their relationship through personal friendship?

Where would he speak out against Zhang Zuo?
Zhu Hao is so arrogant, doesn't he even pay attention to Zhang Zuo?
Sun Jiao didn't know how to explain to Liu Chun.

Do you really want to tell Liu Chun that Zhu Hao and Zhang Zuo are actually acting?Is Zhu Hao an undercover agent hiding in Yang Tinghe's faction?
Can you say that?
It is estimated that after talking about it, Liu Chun's impression of Zhu Hao will not be that good, and he will never support Zhu Hao like a nephew again, right?

"It's just... In short, you don't have to worry about Jingdao, he has his own discretion." Sun Jiao comforted.

Liu Chun smiled wryly: "Brother Zhitong, it seems that you have something to hide... You are also from Anlu Prefecture. If you want to talk about the relationship between Jing Dao and Xing Wangfu, who knows you?"

Sun Jiao thought for a while, weighed his words, and then said: "Let's put it this way, Jing Dao is not as weak as he appears to be. He has a lot of things hidden in his belly, and his ability is also worthy of recognition, but I always I don't like his cunning, he always likes to play tricks or something..."

Liu Chun was already confused, but after hearing this, he was even more confused. He didn't know what Sun Jiao was talking about, and the expression on his face became more and more confused.

Sun Jiao couldn't help but put on a bitter smile: "When Emperor Xingxian was alive, he praised Jingdao a lot...you can figure out the rest yourself."

"Emperor Xingxian?"

Liu Chun looked confused, frowned and pondered for a while, then analyzed: "When Emperor Xingxian was alive, Zhu Hao was only twelve or thirteen years old..."

"So, you don't have to worry about his relationship with the old man of Prince Xing's Mansion. Let's talk about other things."

Sun Jiao said helplessly.