Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 412 Old Zhu is courteous, either rape or steal!

As soon as Zhu Yunxi heard Lao Zhu's words, he knew that Lao Zhu had just fallen against the wall, so he quickly put on a flattering smile.

"Grandfather, have you been here for a while?"

Old Zhu snorted coldly, then kicked Nisun, signaling Nisun to give up his seat.

Zhu Yunxi understood, got up from the chair quickly, and then enthusiastically waited for Lao Zhu to sit down.

As soon as Lao Zhu was sitting on the chair, his eyes wandered among the piles of papers on the table, looking through one and the other, and when he couldn't find what he wanted, he stretched out his hand towards Nisun.

"Bring it!"

Zhu Yunxi knew the reason and asked the truth.

"What?"

"What you just said!"

"oh oh……"

Zhu Yunxi pretended to touch his sleeve, then shook his head at Old Zhu.

"no!"

"The grandson is not with me!"

Seeing that Ni Sun was playing rogue with him, Lao Zhu couldn't help but look at Chen Mi who was at the side.

"Do you dare to resist?"

Chen Mi suddenly felt Lao Zhu's majesty, and was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, how dare I..."

Trembling, Chen Mi stretched his hands into his sleeves, trembling as soon as he touched the memorial.

Although the old emperor is very scary, the emperor's grandson is not a kind person. If you offend him, there is still no good fruit to eat!

Thinking of this, Chen Mi immediately pulled his hand out of his sleeve again, and kowtowed "bang bang", acting like a kowtowing bug.

When Chen Zongli saw that the old emperor was persecuting his own son, he immediately became defensive.

"Your Majesty, since the emperor's grandson is unwilling to give it to you, don't force it, let's go back and continue to find a way..."

When Lao Zhu heard Chen Zongli's words, he immediately re-targeted his own grandson.

"Rebellious grandson!"

"Isn't it a bit too much to hide from our grandpa?"

Zhu Yunxi's eyes rolled around when he heard this.

It is indeed a bit too much to have a heart-to-heart with old Zhu, but when he thinks of the bad debt from the court, Zhu Yunxi's heart is filled with resentment.

"Grandfather, not grandson..."

"Forget it, Xiao Chen, you can show our financial statements to Grandpa Huang!"

Chen Mi got Zhu Yunxi's instruction, hurriedly took out the memorial from his sleeve, and handed it to his father respectfully.

Chen Zongli looked at his son with satisfaction, and thought happily in his heart, whether it is father and son fighting in battle, our son is still facing Lao Tzu.

Chen Zongli took the memorial from his son, and sent it to Lao Zhu. He didn't go down when Lao Zhu was watching, but stood aside to peek.

Lao Zhu didn't chase him away, instead he asked a few questions from time to time and discussed with him.

The old man muttered for a while, and finally understood the financial structure of the emperor's grandson, but when it came time to ask for money, the two of them fell silent.

Lao Zhu hoped that Chen Zongli would open his mouth, but Chen Zongli felt that this was an internal matter of the royal family, and it was inconvenient for him to talk about it as an outsider.

The two of them froze like this, neither of them wanted to speak, until the little eunuch came to pass the meal, Lao Zhu held the eldest grandson with a flattering face.

"Da grandson, have you not eaten with us for a while?"

When Zhu Yunxi saw Lao Zhu's warm smile, the image of a big bad wolf wearing a hood appeared in his mind.

"Grandpa, grandson is not hungry!"

"Aren't you going to eat lunch?"

"Grandson ate too much in the morning. He ate a hundred buns in one go. Now he's not hungry at all!"

Seeing this, Lao Zhu stood up and patted Zhu Yunxi on the shoulder.

"No!"

"You're hungry!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, a sentence floated in his mind, there is a kind of hunger called your grandpa thinks you are hungry...

After Lao Zhu made a final decision on whether his grandson was hungry or not, he sent an order to the imperial dining room to prepare a sumptuous lunch.

Before leaving, he saw Chen Zongli and Chen Mi and waved to them.

"You two come over to eat some too!"

Chen Mi often eats with Zhu Yunxie, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong with hearing this.

Chen Zongli knew the old emperor's stingy temper, and he was never willing to invite people to dinner, so he hurriedly dragged his son to thank the emperor for his kindness.

The lunch was served in the west side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Lao Zhu sat on one side with his grandson, and Chen Zongli sat on the other side with his son.

While waiting for the little eunuch to deliver the meal, Lao Zhu looked at the interior decoration, and then at the grandson sitting next to him, a rare tenderness flashed across his face.

"Speaking of which, this is the palace you built..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, the palace was just a brick-and-concrete structure, and it didn't cost much at all.

The biggest expense was to build a power plant, which was worth far more than the palace itself.

"Is the emperor's grandfather still used to living here?"

"Get used to... get used to..."

"Your grandma Guo told us that she wants you to renovate her bedroom some other day."

"Nothing else, the bathroom must be beautiful, hahaha!"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Lao Zhu's appearance that had never seen the world, and couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic towards Lao Zhu.

This old man is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Grandma Guo is also the noble concubine of the Ming Dynasty, so she has expectations for a small bathroom...

Spring cold showers in Huaqing Pool, hot spring water slides and gels.

His Majesty the Emperor, I am sorry for not building a hot spring palace. There is not even a bigger swimming pool in the palace, and life is too shabby.

"Grandfather, you will only have two years in this Hall of Mental Cultivation. After a few years, your grandson will have enough money. Let's go outside the city to rebuild a palace, so that you can live the life that an emperor should live for a few days!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, his expression suddenly fell.

"Da Sun, do you want to build a royal garden?"

"We said in the emperor's ancestral precepts that future generations are not allowed to build gardens and the like!"

"That's an act of subjugation, how can you do this!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Chen Zongli flattered just right, looked at the grandson of the emperor after the flattering, and added another sentence.

"The emperor's grandson is unparalleled in benevolence and filial piety..."

After Lao Zhu criticized Dasun, he looked greedily at the walls and ceiling of the palace, as well as the floor tiles on the ground.

"That's great!"

"It's much better than the Qianqing Palace we lived in before. It's a luxury for us to retire here in our later years..."

After hearing this, Zhu Yunxi's nose felt a little sore for no reason.However, Lao Zhu didn't give him a chance to be distressed at all, and when he saw that the food was neatly arranged, he asked him to move his chopsticks.

"Come and eat!"

"Try this dish, we specially told the Imperial Dining Room to make it for you!"

Looking at the crystal clear bear paws, Zhu Yunxi was once again moved by the old man's thoughtfulness.

"Grandpa Huang, didn't you tell me before that I ate up all the bears on Zijin Mountain?"

Old Zhu laughed when he heard the words.

"We asked Xiaolingwei to plot a piece of land alone, and raised dozens of bears for you..."

When Chen Zongli, who was having dinner, heard this, he kept shouting in his heart to solve the case!

He said that the recent expenses at Xiaoling were wrong, tens of thousands of taels of silver were spent for no reason, and it turned out that the old emperor raised bears for the emperor's grandson!

"I……"

Zhu Yunxi felt even more sour when he heard this.

This old man feels distressed even if he lives in a better house, but he does not hesitate to raise bears for himself, just because he loves to eat bear paws!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi immediately looked at Lao Zhu with tears in his eyes.

"Grandpa Huang, have you encountered any difficulties over there?"

"If you have anything to do, tell your grandson directly. If your grandson can help, he will definitely help!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was very proud, and secretly thought that his trick had succeeded.

This little nigga is soft but not hard!
Lao Zhu waved his hands pretending to be calm.

"fine!"

"We just miss you and just want you to have a meal with us!"

"Come on, eat more food!"

When Lao Zhu said this, he hurriedly got up to pick up vegetables for the grandson, but as soon as he raised his arm, a memorial fell out of it "appropriately".

Seeing the memorial, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly picked it up and looked through it, and saw that it was Chang Sheng's memorial to the court, saying that the frontier army was short of food and weapons, and the court asked the court to allocate money and food quickly...

Seeing this, Lao Zhu sighed.

"We didn't want to tell you, but the imperial court really can't spare any money to support the north..."

Zhu Yunxi patted his chest immediately when he heard this.

"Grandpa Huang, don't worry about the second uncle's affairs, just leave it to your grandson!"

"This year both Hebei and Shandong have suffered disasters, and millions of victims need relief from the court..."

"The disaster relief in Hebei and Shandong is also handed over to my grandson!"

"That bastard Li Chenggui in the east is also restless, secretly recruiting Jurchen to do things..."

The so-called Li Chenggui is the founder of the Lee Dynasty.

"Grandson, let Jing Haijun go to North Korea to perform martial arts, and frighten Li Chenggui!"

Seeing that his grandson had successfully taken the bait, Lao Zhu immediately began to eat happily, and even forgot to bring vegetables to his grandson.

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly got up when Lao Zhu got up, and waited with his rice bowl in order to show respect.Unexpectedly, the old man turned his face faster than turning the book. As soon as he promised to solve the problem for him, the old man immediately sat back.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the bowl for a while in embarrassment, seeing that Lao Zhu was so dizzy from eating, he sat down full of resentment.

"Grandfather, as the saying goes, if the name is not right, the words are not right..."

"If you want your grandson to do things for you, you have to give him some support, right?"

Old Zhu nonchalantly picked up a clove of garlic and chewed it.

"What do you want to do?"

"Would you like us to sit in Zen?"

Hearing this, Chen Zongli was so frightened that his heart stopped for a while, and he thought that the old emperor's mouth is too poisonous, what kind of Zen position does a good meal have!

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he secretly rolled his eyes.

"If you keep saying that, then it's not impossible..."

Seeing Lao Zhu's deflated expression, Chen Zongli secretly laughed in his heart, only the emperor's grandson can cure such a bad old man in the whole world!

Old Zhu snorted coldly.

"Think beautifully!"

"Let's watch over you for another two years, and when you finish your filial piety for your father, we will give you the throne!"

After hearing this, Zhu Yunxi didn't feel anything wrong. After all, he had long been used to Lao Zhu's poisonous tongue, but Lao Chen and the minister beside him couldn't take it anymore, sitting on the stool like a maggot, writhing non-stop.

At this time, Chen Zongli only regretted one thing, he should not have eaten this meal!

Which emperor made the Zen position so casual, like eating and drinking water?
Lao Zhu didn't realize it, he still talked on his own.

"You don't need to worry, we are all at this age, why can't we survive you. It's only been three or five years, so this Ming Dynasty will be yours sooner or later?"

Chen Zongli couldn't take it anymore when he heard this, so he hurriedly left the table and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

"Your Majesty, please take back what you just said, it's not good for the country..."

Lao Zhu waved his hands indifferently.

"Let's just say it casually, don't make a fuss, let's eat with peace of mind!"

As soon as Chen Zongli got up from the ground, before his butt touched the stool, he heard the emperor's grandson speak to punish old Zhutou.

"Grandfather, grandson is not in a hurry to succeed!"

"Grandson wants you to promise me a few things, write me some imperial edicts and so on."

Lao Zhu heard something when he was leaning against the wall at the door, and now seeing what Da Sun said, he asked curiously.

"What about the minting?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded.

"Yes!"

"Now our Ming currency is too messy. The Kaiyuan Tongbao of Datang is still in circulation. There are more coins minted in the Beiyuan period, which is more than our own Ming!"

"Therefore, my grandson wants to confiscate all the old money and exchange it for our Daming's unique copper coins!"

"This is..."

Lao Zhu stroked his beard and pondered for a while, then he couldn't help but look at Chen Zongli.

Chen Zongli had been eavesdropping with his ears up all the time, and now seeing His Majesty looking at him, he hurriedly asked.

"Dare to ask the grandson of the emperor, do you know how much the loss of coins is?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said he didn't know. In fact, he really didn't know, because he had never minted copper coins from the beginning, and they were all copper coins pressed out by punching machines.

Chen Zongli put down his chopsticks and explained slowly.

"Your Highness, it's not that His Majesty doesn't want to reform the currency system, and confiscated all the copper coins of previous dynasties. It's really too difficult to do."

"The cost of casting copper coins is already more expensive than the copper coins themselves, and the old coins are recast before they are confiscated, and the loss in the middle is even greater!"

"Because the copper content in the copper coins of the past dynasties is different, if we want to collect the copper coins of the previous dynasties, we have to recognize the face value of the copper coins of the previous dynasties, and use the money of this dynasty to fill the holes in the previous dynasties..."

"Senior Zhang Chang once made a calculation for His Majesty. He wanted to melt and recast the copper coins of the past dynasties, let alone cost tens of millions of taels of silver. How did you ask our Daming to come up with such a large sum of money?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi took out a few copper coins from his sleeve and handed them over.

"Chen Shangshu, what if it is changed to this?"

Chen Zongli is no stranger to this kind of money. After all, his son is in charge of this kind of money. He has seen this kind of thing at home a long time ago.

It's just that he didn't know how this thing was cast, and thought it was the same as the ancient method.

Therefore, objections were immediately expressed.

"Emperor grandson, isn't your money more expensive?"

"Don't look at the missing hole in the middle, but put billions of copper coins together, and the missing hole in the middle is an astronomical figure!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and shook his head upon hearing this.

"no no!"

"Chen Shangshu, the reason why I use solid copper coins is not only to save money, but to save money!"

Chen Zongli was very surprised when he heard this.

"What does the emperor's grandson mean by this?"

"Your copper coins are beautiful in shape, with clear handwriting, and even the portraits on the coins are lifelike. It can be seen that the copper content is not low."

"There is an extra piece in the middle, the only reason is that the cost is more expensive?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Chen Midao who was opposite.

"Xiao Chen, please explain to your father!"

Chen Mi laughed when he heard the words.

"My lord father doesn't know something. It is true that the emperor grandson said that this kind of coin saves money."

"Because the money is not poured at all, but stamped with copper plates."

"stamping?"

"Father, stamping is a kind of metal processing technology. Although this method will consume more raw materials, it can save a lot of processing time and reduce processing links."

"For example, the traditional coin casting is to make sand molds, and then make copper coins through sand casting, casting and other links."

"But for stamping, the copper coins can be cast with a hammer, which can greatly save costs..."

After listening to his son's explanation, Chen Zongli finally understood the principle of the minting machine, and at the same time gave his son a hard look.

"Since you already knew this, why didn't you tell your father in advance, and let your father make a fool of himself in front of His Majesty and the emperor's grandson!"

Chen Mi stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.

"My son is the grandson of the emperor, how can I tell you everything..."

"Slippery!"

Chen Zongli said that his son was slippery, but he was very satisfied with his son's performance in his heart.

As a minister, loyalty comes first!

Lao Zhu was also very satisfied with Xiao Chen's rhetoric, so he directly promoted him to be an accompanying student in the East Palace, which attracted Lao Chen and Xiao Chen to bow down and thank him again.

"Da Sun, since you are determined to do this, we will naturally support you with all our strength."

"You write a note for us, and we will copy a copy of the imperial decree for you, and then announce it to the world!"

"Thank you, grandpa!"

"One more thing, my grandson wants to go to Hebei and Shandong to provide disaster relief in person!"

Lao Zhu was very reluctant for his grandson to leave Beijing, for fear that his grandson would encounter danger outside.

But when he thought that when his father was alive, he often helped him in disaster relief, and visited various places to increase his knowledge, he reluctantly agreed.

"That's it!"

"Just don't run around on the road, you must obey Erhu's arrangement, and bring enough guards!"

"okay!"

(End of this chapter)