Mingshi

Chapter 607

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This shows unruly!

Moreover, Xu Jie still wanted to repair the palace for himself, so that Luo Xin could refuse. If he died, who else would be able to control Luo Xin from his descendants?

So the result of not going will push Luo Xin further into the abyss.

Luo Xin still came to the Ministry of Households, naturally there would not be that idiot soldier to stop Luo Xin, now who in the capital does not know Luo Xin?
Fang Dun, the old minister of the household department, resigned last year on the grounds that he was 70 years old. Although Emperor Jiajing tried to persuade him to stay, Fang Dun finally resigned and returned to his hometown. At this time, the new minister of the household department has just Fu Yi, who took office, was in his fifties.

He just took office as Minister of the Household Department, and the people in the Household Department have not yet straightened out. Naturally, he will not put on airs towards Luo Xin, and he also admires Luo Xin very much.He was also in the capital when the Huangtai Ji soldiers besieged the capital. He watched the whole process of Luo Xin's victory from the perspective of a bystander. Worship Luo Xin.

So, when she knew that Luo Xin was coming, she came out to greet him, made tea for Luo Xin with her own hands, sat opposite Luo Xin, asked about the health and well-being, and even asked when Luo Xin would get married.

On the one hand, Fu Yi was too enthusiastic, and on the other hand, Luo Xin really hadn't figured out how to speak, so the two of them kept chatting like this, and the two people who were not from the same generation actually met each other and cherished each other.

but……

In the end, Luo Xin knew that he still had to ask, otherwise he would not be able to explain to Xu Jie when he returned to the cabinet.Taking an opportunity, he asked:
"Master Fu, Master Xu asked me to ask if the money allocated to His Majesty to repair the Longevity Palace is ready?"

When Fu Yi heard this, the enthusiastic expression on his face disappeared immediately, replaced by a sad face, looking at Luo Xin, he said pitifully:

"Last year, the Grassland Allied Forces invaded Daming, causing almost chaos in the entire north. However, due to the fierce fighting in the north, the imperial court had no spare power to support the southeast. As a result, the scourge of Japanese pirates in the southeast also increased greatly. There was not much tax burden collected at all. In previous years It’s about 400 million taels, but this year’s tax revenue is less than half of previous years.”

In fact, this number had already been reported to the cabinet, but Xu Jie did not tell Luo Xin.Now that Luo Xin heard this number, he gritted his teeth with hatred for Xu Jie in his heart.Since he knew that Ming Dynasty had such taxation, he asked himself to give Emperor Jiajing the money to repair the Longevity Palace, wouldn't he be harming himself?

But thinking that Xu Jie was hurting himself, he calmed down again.When Fu Yi finished complaining and his voice paused, Luo Xin smiled wryly and said:

"My lord, did you report this number to the cabinet?"

"Of course I did." Fu Yi nodded quickly.

The bitterness on Luo Xin's face became stronger and he said: "But Master Xu still took pictures of the officials to remind him. See what I will say to Master Xu when I go back?"

Fu Yi squinted his eyes and said: "No, Mr. Xu... hehe... It's also my fault that you made Mr. Xu look so ugly at the city gate."

Luo Xin smiled wryly and shook his head: "My lord, you were there at that time, and the army's morale was shaken by Mr. Xu's words. If I don't do that at that time, the capital will be destroyed, and the grassland coalition forces will slaughter the city. The officer was also forced to do so by Master Xu. Now Master Xu..."

"Then you go back and tell the truth, saying that the household department has no money."

"Your Majesty can go back and say it like this, but if Mr. Xu is a little embellished in front of His Majesty..."

"However, the household department really has no money."

"I know!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "The lower official only got half of his salary last month."

Fu Yi spread his hands together and said, "There's no other way. You know that the city wall was seriously damaged in the First World War. Now the money for repairing the city wall has not been raised enough."

Hearing this, Luo Xin's face became even more ugly.But he also knew that he couldn't force Fu Yi here, so he fell into the trap that Xu had set for him.Looking at Fu Yi who also had a bitter face, Luo Xin sighed and said:

"It seems that the next official can only be an incompetent official."

"Hey..." Fu Yi smiled and said, "No, it's hard for you! It's rare to be confused, it's better than offending His Majesty or your colleagues."

Luo Xin left the household department in dismay, but did not return to the cabinet.Anyway, Xu Jie asked him to go to the household department to urge the money, but didn't ask him when to go back to report, so he walked on the street alone, with Lu Daqing following behind.

Just walking like this, it was noon, and Luo Xin felt hungry.Looking up, I saw that I was walking in front of a restaurant. This restaurant had four floors, but it didn't look out of the ordinary here in the capital. There was a plaque hanging on it with three large characters written on it:
Jia House.

Luo Xin was amused watching it, he remembered the Jiajialou in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.Then he strolled in and saw a little fat man sleeping on the counter, all the way down the counter, there was not a single waiter in the whole restaurant, let alone a customer.

Luo Xin randomly found a seat and sat down, while Lu Daqing stood in front of the counter and knocked lightly on the counter, the little fat man woke up suddenly, without bothering to wipe his lips, he said:

"Guest officer, who are you?" Then he saw Luo Xin, ran out of the counter, came to Luo Xin and said:

"Guest officer, what do you order?"

Luo Xin looked at the recipes hanging on the wall and said, "Just order four dishes that you are good at."

"No!" The little fat man shook his head like a rattle.Luo Xin was slightly taken aback, then said:
"Then have Dongpo pork...and then..."

"No!" The little fat man continued to shake his head.

Luo Xin ordered a few more, and the little fat man kept shaking his head, not to mention that Luo Xin was angry, but Lu Daqing was even more angry and shouted:

"You don't have anything here, why do you open a bird shop?"

"Yes, yes, yes..." The little fat man nodded again and again.

"have what?"

"Yes... I'll go and have a look."

The little fat man ran towards the back kitchen like a meatball, and after a while, he came out with a frustrated face, and said weakly:

"Guest officer...and...and a radish, half a cabbage..."

Luo Xin was amused by the little fat man in front of him: "There is only one radish and half a cabbage in a restaurant as big as yours?"

Before the little fat man answered with a bitter face, he heard a mocking voice from the door:

"Guest officer, don't wait in this store, his store is going to be ruined."

Luo Xin looked up, and saw a thin middle-aged man standing at the door, looking at the little fat man with a mocking expression on his face.

"Jia Bai, have you thought it through?"

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