The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 89
Mu Xu accepted the oral order, and first ordered Liu Xianglian and others to arrange the accompanying personnel and belongings properly.Then they changed horses, together with Lin Ruhai and Wang An, brought a few guards, and ran all the way to the palace.

It took the three of them nearly half an hour to finally arrive at the palace, and they arrived at the Chongde Hall together under the leadership of the eunuchs in the palace.

As soon as they entered the hall, the three first saluted and greeted them.Emperor Jiading made them flat, and gave Mu Xu and Lin Ruhai a seat.Wang An was also obedient, and after paying the salute, he walked directly behind Emperor Jiading and stood still.

Emperor Jiading first asked Lin Ruhai about the situation of the Salt Administration, and Lin Ruhai replied one by one.After he finished answering, Emperor Jiading encouraged him a few words, but he didn't say how to arrange him. He just rewarded him with some royal things and asked him to leave first.

After Lin Ruhai left, Emperor Jiading was not in a hurry to ask about the process of the trip to Yangzhou because he had seen the memorials submitted by Mu Xu and Wang An in advance, but directly asked how much money was stolen during the raid.

Mu Xu first bowed his hands and saluted, and then replied, "It's all thanks to His Majesty's protection. This time the illegal salt merchants were seized, and the rewards to the soldiers were excluded. According to current statistics, the current silver is [-] million taels, and there are various strange things. There are countless rare treasures." As he spoke, he took out the booklet that recorded the details from his sleeve, and presented it with both hands.

Jiading Diteng stood up suddenly, "How much do you say, say it again." Obviously, he couldn't believe the amount Mu Xu reported.

After Mu Xu handed the booklet to Wang An, he had to report the amount again.After he finished speaking, he waited for a while, but Emperor Jiading did not speak, so he quietly raised his head to look at him.

I saw Emperor Jiading sitting on the dragon chair, short of breath and flushed, obviously shocked by the number reported by Mu Xu.The hall fell into silence for a while, only the sound of Emperor Jiading's panting could be vaguely heard.After a while, Emperor Jiading calmed down, and was about to say something when he saw an eunuch coming in from outside the hall. He first knelt down and bowed to Emperor Jiading, and then reported, "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor announced that the prince of Dongping County will have an audience."

Emperor Jiading clenched his fists, put away the words that came to his lips, and changed his words, "Understood, I will let him go later, you wait outside, I still have something to say to Prince Dongping."

"Yes."

When the eunuch went out, Emperor Jiading stood up and took a few steps, and finally sighed, "Forget it, if the Supreme Emperor asks you, please tell the truth. After leaving the Dragon Head Palace, you can go directly to the mansion. I think the old concubine is right. I miss you very much too. After two days, I will order someone to send you a reward for this trip." Obviously he didn't want to tell the Supreme Emperor the exact number, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

Mu Xu thanked him, and first presented the account book copied from the salt merchant to Emperor Jiading, then turned around and left the hall, followed the eunuch at the door, and headed for Longshou Palace.

When Mu Xu went out, Emperor Jiading put aside the account book presented by Mu Xu and was not in a hurry to read it.On the contrary, he said to Wang Andao, "You must have received a lot of benefits from this trip to Yangzhou, right?"

Wang An knelt down with a plop, and put his head on the floor tiles of the hall, "I dare not lie to Your Majesty, my servant, Liu Hong, and the prince of Dongping, each received [-] taels of silver. I am willing to dedicate the silver to His Majesty."

Emperor Jiading confirmed, "You didn't deceive the emperor, maybe you are sure that Mu Xu only took [-] taels?"

Wang An took out the remarks he had prepared in advance, "You can be sure, because your servant and Liu Hong have been staring at you during the raid, and Mu Shizi did not participate. However, when he first arrived in Yangzhou, he received some tribute from the salt merchant, including serving as a The garden of the imperial envoy. Mu Shizi later explained to the servants that it was to paralyze the salt merchants."

Emperor Jiading heard what he said, which was almost the same as the information he had received. He nodded in satisfaction, got up and came to Wang An's side and kicked him lightly, "Okay, get up. This time you and Liu Hong's errand It’s a good job. You can keep half of the two hundred thousand taels of silver, it’s not an exception.”

Wang An was ecstatic in his heart, knowing that he had passed this test, but he still kowtowed again, and said in a crying voice, "This old slave is greedy for a while, and I owe His Majesty's grace, this old slave is willing to dedicate all the money I got this time to His Majesty."

Emperor Jiading scolded with a smile, "If I say I will reward you, I will reward you. Could it be that I am not as generous as my nephew?"

Wang An naturally looked grateful again.

But on Mu Xu's side, he followed the eunuch to the Longshou Palace, and after entering the Chuigong Palace, he saw the Supreme Emperor wearing a Taoist robe, standing on the imperial steps, writing something with a pen, while Dai Quan was grinding the ink beside him. serve.

He didn't dare to look any more, walked into the hall, knelt down on both knees and saluted, "My minister Mu Xu, pay homage to the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor will last for ten thousand years."

The Taishanghuang acted as if he didn't hear it, and said to Dai Quan beside him, "What do you think of my word?"

Dai Quan replied with a smile, "How can this old slave have such eyesight, I just think His Majesty's words are like dragons and phoenixes, with extraordinary momentum..."

"Okay, I won't embarrass you anymore." The Supreme Emperor shook his head, put down the pen, picked up the seal on the table and stamped it.Then he said to Mu Xu, "Boy Mu, get up."

Mu Xu hurriedly thanked him, then stood there obediently with his head down.

The Supreme Emperor sized him up for a long time before saying, "Tell me about you, I had someone send a message to you before, why did you resist the edict?"

Mu Xu immediately showed a look of righteous indignation, "It's not that the minister wants to resist the edict, it's really that those salt merchants are too presumptuous and treat the national law as nothing." So he explained how those salt merchants snare Jiangyang robbers and controlled Yangzhou Weida. The camp and other actions have been exaggerated several times and spoken out.

The Supreme Emperor heard him say that those salt merchants could control the imperial army, so he couldn't believe it. After all, he had only been to the south of the Yangtze River before he abdicated. It has only been a few years?So he hurriedly asked, "Are you sure you're not talking nonsense?"

Mu Xu shook his head, "I have arrested Guo Zhen, the former commander of the Yangzhou Guard, and now he has been escorted to Beijing. The Supreme Emperor can find someone to interrogate him at any time."

Hearing that he dared to say that, the Supreme Emperor understood that even though what Mu Xu said was a bit exaggerated, it must not be false.At this moment, he had doubts about Zhen Yingjia in his heart, because these things were never mentioned in the secret book Zhen Yingjia gave him.Originally, he still wanted to beat Mu Xu, but now he has no intention.

However, he was still very concerned about how much money Mu Xu copied in Yangzhou, so he immediately asked, "How much money did you copy this time?"

Because Emperor Jiading asked him to tell the truth, Mu Xu didn't hide anything and told the exact amount.The Supreme Emperor was shocked when he heard such a large amount, and asked Mu Xu again like Emperor Jiading.

After hearing Mu Xu's confirmation, he was even more dissatisfied with Zhen Yingjia at the moment, and felt that Mu Xu had acted lightly, and should have copied all those bastards and killed them at the end.Thinking of how much money has been stolen for so many years, he feels uncomfortable in his heart.

So he was not in the mood to ask Mu Xu any more, and gave Mu Xu the words on the table, and sent him away.Mu Xu was sent out of the Chui Gong Hall by Dai Quan, and he couldn't believe that he passed the barrier so easily.He wanted to ask Dai Quan about the specific situation, but seeing that there were eunuchs and maids all around, he had to give up the idea.However, while saying goodbye to Dai Quan, he still stuffed a stack of bank notes into his hand, and then left the palace with the words bestowed by the Supreme Emperor.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Dai Quan stuffed the bank note into his sleeve, first smiled, then put on a serious expression and returned to the Chui Gong Hall.

The Supreme Emperor sat quietly on the throne at this moment, without a trace of expression.Dai Quan came gently behind him, stood quietly, motionless, like a statue.

After an unknown period of time, Dai Quan heard the voice of the Supreme Emperor, "Do you think Mu kid has lied to me?"

Dai Quan touched the bank note in his sleeve, and replied softly, "I don't think Mr. Mu has any. After all, he stole so much money, and Guo Zhen, the commander of the Yangzhou Guard who escorted him to Beijing, can prove it."

The Supreme Emperor nodded, "You are very right. With so much money, these people deserve to die. Since he is telling the truth, it means that Zhen Yingjia is telling lies." Dai Quan knew that he did not intervene in this matter There was no room for him, so he pretended to be dumb again.After a while, he heard the Supreme Emperor whispering to himself, "Nurse Zhen, when you were young, I gave back all the love you gave me to protect me. I think you will be here a hundred years later. Don't blame me for being cruel..."

Dai Quan quickly lowered his head, pretending that he didn't hear anything.After a long time, the Supreme Emperor told him, "Go and tell the emperor to send ten million taels of silver to my internal treasury. Next year, I will build several Taoist palaces."

Dai Quan respectfully replied, "Old servant respects the order."

　Xi'an was unsealed, and I worked an extra night shift last night, coded three chapters in the morning, and sent them all at once.

　　After roughly checking it, I feel that there is something wrong with the writing, and my mind is a little numb.If there is anything wrong, please leave a message, and I will modify it when I look back.

　　
　
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