Mingshi

Chapter 629 Undercurrent
What made him happy was that when he asked Luo Xin to repair the Longevity Palace, Luo Xin didn't show any embarrassment on his face, but accepted the task calmly. This signboard, one is to ask some people.This aroused Emperor Jiajing's curiosity, he really wanted to see how Luo Xin solved the money problem of repairing the Longevity Palace.

And Xu Jie reacted the moment Gao Gong mentioned that Luo Xin was good at managing money.Xu Jie was also happy to see Luo Xin sent away from the capital.Because he found that it is difficult for him to completely defeat Luo Xin, because he found that his power in the court was far from Yan Song at the beginning.Perhaps only when Yan Song controls the government to such an extent can he put Luo Xin to death.So the most important thing for him right now is not to deal with Luo Xin, but to establish his prestige in the court, so that he has only one voice in the court.In this way, Luo Xin's departure is only good for him, he can put Luo Xin aside and concentrate on dealing with Gao Gong.

And there was another thing that worried him that prompted him to want Luo Xin to leave the capital as soon as possible, because Luo Xin also became Yu Wang's teacher.

Whether it is Gao Gong or Xu Jie, they actually pin their hopes on King Yu, because both of them know in their hearts that Emperor Jiajing will not live for a few years, and they are now fighting for the right to speak in the cabinet. Instead of realizing his ideal of governing when he was in power, he had to determine his position in the court during the reign of Emperor Jiajing, and then realize his ideal of governing after King Yu ascended the throne.Because they all know that King Yu's character is cowardly, and he is much easier to deal with than Emperor Jiajing.

However, now there is a problem.

That is, Luo Xin also became the teacher of Emperor Jiajing. This fact not only made Xu Jie nervous, but also Gao Gong nervous.If Luo Xin gained King Yu's trust, what would the two of them be after King Yu came to the throne in the future?
Therefore, on the matter of driving Luo Xin out of the capital, Gao Gong and Xu Jie achieved a rare tacit understanding.

After Luo Xin returned to the mansion, he had already figured out all these twists and turns.

After leaving the capital, Gao Gong and Xu Jie were happy, Emperor Jiajing was happy, and Luo Xin was equally happy.If Emperor Jiajing finally allowed him to leave the capital and leave the circle of right and wrong, it would undoubtedly prove that Luo Xin was safe, at least for the time being.

Not long after Luo Xin returned home, Zhou Yu waited for the Eight Masters of Jinyang to arrive at Luo Mansion. As soon as he entered Luo Xin's study, Luo Zhi asked:
"No, we received a decree today, saying that we are following your command to repair the Longevity Palace for His Majesty?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded with a smile.

"Bang!" Zhou Yu slapped the table and said with a gloomy face, "No, have you forgotten the ambition we set at the beginning?"

"I haven't forgotten!"

"Didn't you forget?" Zhou Yu said with even more anger, "Nowadays the Ming Dynasty is corrupt, the southeast is full of pirates, the north is in ruins, and all the officials can't even pay their salaries. At this time, you want to repair the Longevity Palace for His Majesty. You are not a traitor, What?"

Seeing everyone's gloomy faces, Luo Xin couldn't help laughing and said, "How can you become a traitor for repairing the Longevity Palace for His Majesty?"

"Okay, let me ask you, where did you get the money to repair the Longevity Palace?"

"In your opinion?" Luo Xin still asked with a smile.

Seeing Luo Xin's smiling expression, Zhou Yu's expression became even angrier: "No, do you know what will happen if you do this?"

"What result?"

"With the current Ming Dynasty's finances, how do you repair the Longevity Palace? If you insist on knocking out money from the household department, what will you do with the salaries of the officials? You will arouse the anger of the officials. From then on, you will be a traitor in the hearts of the officials. , Meichen, worse than Yan Song.

This is only one aspect!
If the Ministry of Households gives you the money, it will inevitably exploit the people even more, so you will become a treacherous and seductive minister that everyone despises in the hearts of the people of Ming Dynasty.

Are you still not enlightened? "

Luo Xin spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty entrusted me with this task, what do you want me to do?"

"What should I do? Reject! Advise His Majesty..."

"Admonish Your Majesty that you shouldn't be extravagant?"

"Isn't it possible? Isn't that what my generation of literati should do?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "First of all, I didn't want to ask for money from the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"Don't ask for money from the household department? Then where did you get the money?" Zhou Yu looked at Luo Xin in surprise, and the rest of the people were equally surprised.Luo Zhi asked eagerly:

"No, do you want to privately pay for the renovation of the Longevity Palace for His Majesty?"

Luo Xin couldn't help but rolled his eyes and asked, "Do I have that much money?"

Zhang Xun waved his hand to stop Luo Zhi, and looked at Luo Dao: "No, where did you get the money from?"

"Let's not talk about the money, let me ask you, if I don't ask for money from the Ministry of Households, and I don't search for the people's fat and anointing, will the officials hate me and regard me as a traitor and seductive minister? Will the people hate me? Am I a traitor, a mesmerizing minister?"

The eight people exchanged glances, Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "No!"

"Okay!" Luo Xin clapped his hands and said, "The first question is over, now let me talk about the second question. This is an assessment by His Majesty, if I can really do it, I should leave The capital is now, and I went to make money for His Majesty. In this way, at least I am safe for the time being. And you have also contributed to the renovation of the Longevity Palace for Your Majesty this time, and life in the capital will be easier in the future. The most important thing is that in our After leaving the capital, Xu Jie will not stare at you like I did in the capital. And..."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin showed a trace of sarcasm: "When I left the capital, it was the moment when Gao Gong and Xu Jie were fighting. At that time, neither of them had the energy to pay attention to you. With so many benefits, Why don't you say that I don't do it, but go to admonish His Majesty instead?"

Everyone fell silent, and after a while, Zhou Yu said seriously: "No, if we can really achieve this result, it will naturally be something we dream of.

but……

Again, where does your money come from? "

"merchant!"

"Businessman?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Luo Xin like an idiot.Liu Xiuwen couldn't help but said:

"No, are you crazy? Those businessmen are profit-seeking people. How could they pay for the renovation of the Longevity Palace for His Majesty? It's impossible for you to donate money to them."

Tao Xingyan said: "They will donate, but each person can only donate a few hundred taels at most, or even a few dozen taels. No matter, if you point them at them, don't even think about it."

"Let's not talk about this first, you just said that I asked the merchant to pay for the repair of the Longevity Palace for His Majesty, does this count as a search for the people's fat?"

"Of course it doesn't count! If you can get those unscrupulous businessmen to pay, it's too late for us to applaud. But it's impossible."

"Possibly!" Luo Xin nodded firmly and said, "You don't have to worry about how to get money from merchants. Let's discuss the division of labor for repairing His Majesty's Longevity Palace. Haode, you manage craftsmen, Ziyu, you Manage the gravel..."

Zhou Yu and the others stared fixedly at Luo Xin, their eyes full of doubts.Although Luo Xin had divided up the division of labor, none of them left. They all wanted to see how Luo Xin got money from those businessmen.Luo Xin stood up and said:
"You can stay here if you want, I'm leaving."

"No, where are you going?" Everyone stood up one after another.

"Household!"

"Didn't you ask for money from the household department?"

Luo Xin rolled his eyes and said, "I must know who are the big merchants in the capital, right? Apart from the Ministry of Accounts, who else knows this clearly?"

"Oh……"

While everyone was stunned, Luo Xin left the mansion and took a carriage to the household department.As soon as he walked into Fu Yi's office, Fu Yi hurriedly said:

"No, the household department has no money."

Luo Xin laughed, seeing Luo Xin's smiling face, Fu Yi felt even more uncertain.With a mournful face, he said:

"The household department really has no money."

"How do you know that I came to ask you for money?" Luo Xin still asked with a smile.

Fu Yi sat down on the chair and said: "No, don't hold on. At this time, not only I know that you are going to repair the Longevity Palace for His Majesty, but I am afraid that everyone in the capital will know. You know that all officials and Do people say that about you?"

"Say I'm a traitor, or say I'm a courtier?"

Fu Yi glanced at the smiling Luo Xin, and couldn't help saying angrily: "You can still laugh? Don't try to take a penny from me, I have no money."

Luo Xin poured himself a cup of tea with a smile, and sat opposite Fu Yi holding the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and said with a smile:
"Master Fu, don't be nervous. I really didn't come to ask you for money."

"Really?" Fu Yi stared at Luo Xin with wide eyes.

"Naturally!" Luo Xin nodded firmly, then turned to the gate, looked at the household officials gathered at the gate and said with a smile:
"You don't have to worry, I didn't come to the Ministry of Accounts to ask for money. Now that the salary has been announced, why would I come to the Ministry of Accounts to ask for money?"

When the officials gathered at the gate heard this, their faces were filled with embarrassment, and they smiled apologetically. However, seeing their expressions, they were still a little worried and refused to leave.Fu Yi already knew Luo Xin very well these days, but he was the first to believe in Luo Xin, so he couldn't help asking:
"Then what are you doing here?"

Luo Xin rolled his eyes and said: "Master Fu, are you a bit of a bureaucrat? Do you have to ask for money to come to your place? It seems that you don't need money. You are not used to it yet, so Master Fu will give you some money." Bar."

"Don't! Don't!" Fu Yi quickly waved his hand and said, "As long as you don't want money, I will help you as much as you want me to."

"Okay!" Luo Xin clapped his hands and said, "What I want is Mr. Fu's words. Please Mr. Fu write down the names and addresses of all the merchants in the capital who are involved in building houses."

"You..." Fu Yi pointed at Luo Xin, and said incredulously, "You want the businessman to donate money?"

"That's it!"

Fu Yi said dumbfoundedly: "Don't even think about this road, businessmen are after profit, you can't donate money."

"Always try!" Luo Xin said with a smile.

Fu Yi shook his head and said, "Don't force yourself, those businessmen are behind..."

Having said that, he kept silent.Luo Xin nodded and said: "I know, thank you for reminding Master Fu, but I will not use force. Everyone is willing."

"Everyone is willing?" Fu Yi sneered and said: "You are too naive! Forget it, anyway, it doesn't matter if I ask for money, I will arrange someone to write it for you."

When the words fell, he pointed to an official standing outside and said, "Did you hear that? Don't give me a chance to write it out. Remember, it needs to be detailed."

"understand!"

The official hurried away.

Half an hour later, Luo Xin leisurely left in the carriage again.Then the news that Luo Xin asked the businessman to donate money to repair the Longevity Palace for His Majesty spread at an extremely fast speed.

Since ancient times in this world, businessmen have always acted faster than officials. As soon as the news spread, those businessmen related to building houses immediately became nervous, and quickly gathered in the home of Zhang Zhigu, the tycoon of their line.And Zhang Zhigu sent someone to the Ministry of Households to ask for verification early, because the content of the news was that Luo Xin went to the Ministry of Households to ask for their list, and it was at the Ministry of Households that he asked them to ask for donations.

More than [-] people sat in Zhang Zhigu's house, and everyone was silent. They were all uneasy at this moment, and they were all waiting for the news that the person Zhang Zhigu sent out would return.

There was a sound of footsteps, and a middle-aged man walked into the hall, and the eyes of more than [-] people in the hall focused on him with a "swish", but the middle-aged man ignored them, but turned towards the sitting room. On the body of Zhang Zhigu in the middle, he bowed and saluted:

"My lord, the facts are true!"

"Om..."

The whole hall was in chaos, and everyone's faces turned red immediately.

"Brother, what is Chaotang going to do? Do you treat us businessmen as targets of exploitation at any time?"

"That's right! Now that the government can't pay the salary, His Majesty still has to repair the Longevity Palace. This is simply..."

Speaking of this, he still didn't dare to say the word "faint king" in his mouth, but his demeanor showed it very clearly.

"That's right!" Another person stood up filled with righteous indignation and said: "Nowadays we have just gone through war in the north, people are struggling to survive, starvation is everywhere, and winter is about to enter. Your Majesty doesn't want to let the people survive the disaster, but at this time It is simply unreasonable to repair the palace and treat us as a piece of fat."

"And that Luo Xin, who thought he was a loyal minister, did not expect him to be such a person. In order to flatter His Majesty, he even came up with such a strategy to please His Majesty. This is simply a treacherous minister, a flattering minister!"

"........."

"........."

For a moment, the hall was like a vegetable market.

"We can't afford this money!"

"Yes! Come out!"

"Definitely not!"

"If we go out this time, the court will ask us to donate money in the future. The court is a bottomless pit. No matter how much money we have, it will not be enough to fill it."

"........."

"........."

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