My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 54 Longyan is furious

  Forbidden City, Wulou.

  Zhu Di was looking at Xiao Suo outside the window with his hands behind his back, without saying a word.

  At this time, someone crept in.

  The person who came had a cold face and wore soft-soled shoes, so that even entering the hall, he was silent.

  He was dressed in a flying fish suit, entered the hall and saluted, and said concisely and forcefully: "Chen Ji Gang has seen His Majesty."

  Zhu Di said lightly: "What's the matter?"

  Ji Gang is the commander of Jin Yiwei. He was Zhu Di's personal guard when he was in Jingnan. He is taciturn and never talkative.

   It is precisely because of this that Zhu Di has gained the trust.

  Facts have proved that Zhu Di's trust is right.

  Ji Gang never had private contact with ministers, and he always walked alone.

  The most important thing is that, as the commander of Jinyiwei, he can find out too many secrets. For a person like Ji Gang, he also knows that the more he is like this, the more he must obey the rules.

  What does it mean to obey the rules? If His Majesty asks him to inquire, he must inquire no matter what; if His Majesty does not allow him to inquire, then he must never touch it.

  Ji Gang has only Zhu Di in his eyes, and only Zhu Di.

   At this time, Ji Gang bowed slightly obediently, like a wild beast with minions lurking, after a short silence, Ji Gang said: "Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei found out that a business firm appeared near the Confucius Temple wharf."

  Zhu Di still kept his hands behind his back, unmoved.

Ji Gang continued: "After the establishment of this firm, it prospered immediately. Within a month, there were more than 700 passenger ships and merchant ships. The monthly profit was as high as 30,000 taels of silver. Amazing."

  Zhu Di looked back, he was a little moved at this time, staring at Ji Gang and said: "One month thirty taels of pure profit?"

   This is definitely not a small amount. Even if the firm does not continue to grow, the annual net profit will be 400,000 taels, so what about ten years?

   This is real money, not treasure!

   "Such folk affairs..." Zhu Di pondered for a moment: "What does it have to do with me?"

  Ji Gang said: "The minister heard that the person doing this business...is..."

  Zhu Di immediately noticed the abnormality: "Who is it?"

  Ji Gang categorically said: "Marquis of Wu'an, Zheng Heng!"

  Zhu Di was taken aback.

   "This old guy... is he still in business? Is the news conclusive?"

"Your Majesty." Ji Gang said solemnly: "At first it was just rumors from the pier, and I thought it was just an ordinary market rumor, but it involved river transportation, so I didn't dare to slack off, so... I checked, and finally someone was at Ying Tianfu's place. , found a deed."

  Zhu Di looked at him and said, "Go on."

   "In the contract, Marquis Wu An is indeed the person behind this firm."

  Zhu Di couldn't help but said sourly: "Good guy, this guy is usually reckless, but I didn't expect to have such skills, so much money, can he spend it all?"

  Ji Gang could only remain silent.

   Obviously he can't answer this question.

  Zhu Di said: "Come here, call Marquis Wu'an to see you."

  Ji Gang also quietly withdrew.

Zhu Di was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. He couldn't help muttering: "A year is 400,000 taels, which is still real gold and silver. Isn't this going to be better than printing banknotes? In the past, this guy looked like a fool. It's really smart to be so unobtrusive, Yi Shiha, what do you think?"

  Yi Shiha stood aside, hesitantly said: "This... I don't know."

  Zhu Di said: "I'll give him a try."

  Actually, Marquis Zheng Heng of Wu'an has been very annoyed recently. He is on duty in the Chinese military governor's mansion. Recently, he always feels that many people look at him differently.

  But what's different, I can't tell.

  He is straight-tempered, and when he asks someone face to face, he just smiles and doesn't speak.

   Or say a few yin and yang words, like a riddle.

  Thinking of this, Zheng Heng became furious. Damn it, if I know how to guess riddles, I’ll be a **** army.

   Upon hearing Zhu Di's call, Zheng Heng flew to the Meridian Gate immediately, and then had an audience.

  He thought there was a military situation, so His Majesty asked him to discuss it.

   But when he entered the Wulou, he was a little confused. It seemed that His Majesty only summoned him. What about the other commanders of the armies?

   Zheng Heng saluted.

Zhu Di looked at him with a smile and said, "Zheng Heng, I haven't seen you for so many days. When you were in trouble with me, we even slept together a lot. Now... it's different, it's different what!"

  When Zheng Heng heard this, he became vigilant. He was not stupid, and hurriedly said cautiously: "Your Majesty, is there any fault for the minister? A few days ago, the Chinese military governor's office did slack off..."

Zhu Di pressed his hands and said with a pleasant smile: "Okay, let's not talk about this, I am the emperor now, and as an emperor, I have to take care of the subjects and people in the world, not to mention other things, now I am thinking about it every day, What is it for? It is the disaster-stricken people in Songjiang and Suzhou Prefectures. Those people... have no food to eat, no clothes to cover their bodies. The news that the imperial envoys I sent back brought back is even more shocking. Thousands of miles away, Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion have always been fertile lands with countless people, but now this flood is rare in a hundred years, and it has really suffered for the people and the world."

   After Zhu Di finished speaking, he sighed again and again.

  Zheng Heng was a little confused, and said to himself... I am a military official, what does this catastrophe in Songjiang and Suzhou have to do with me?

I saw Zhu Di cleared his throat and said again: "Now the country needs money everywhere, and the national treasury is empty. Zheng Qing's family, I am so worried that my hair is turning gray. When I was in Beiping, it was people like Zheng Qing's family." ...to work together with me, and now that the country has reached such a point, will the Zheng Qing family still be willing to work together with me?"

  The more Zheng Heng listened, the more frightened he became...

  Why does this sound a bit shocking?

  But he still said obediently: "Naturally, naturally."

  Zhu Di smiled: "Great, since that's the case, can I ask Zheng Qing's family to donate some money to help the monks and lay people in Songjiang and Suzhou?"

   "Ah... this..." Zheng Heng hesitated.

  Seeing Zheng Heng's hesitant look, Zhu Di raised his eyebrows: "Why, Zheng Qing's family refuses?"

  Zheng Heng hurriedly said: "Yes, yes... I am willing to donate three hundred... no, five hundred taels."

   Zheng Heng's flesh hurts.

   But when Zhu Di heard this, he was furious, and suddenly yelled: "Your mother, I shamelessly begged you to donate, and you sent me five hundred taels of silver. Are you sending a beggar?"

   Zheng Heng's eyes darkened, and he was about to faint: "Your Majesty, I... I am poor..."

Zhu Di's face darkened: "Zheng Heng, you old man, you think I'm blind and deaf, don't you know that Zheng Heng's family is rich? Damn, are you still a human being? The victims are starving to death because of starvation. You have so much money, you do such a big business, and you still cry poorly to me?"

Zheng Heng suddenly turned pale with shock, thinking that I did not do such a big business, so he quickly swore and swore: "Your Majesty, I am wronged, I am wronged, I am more wronged than Dou E, I am really poor...Your Majesty, you must trust me , Your Majesty... Who is it? Don't you know, Your Majesty? Your Majesty..."

  He howled like a pig, shaking the rubble.

   Zhu Di was even angrier: "You have changed!"

   Zheng Heng only felt chills in his heart.

  Zhu Di scolded: "You guy, you got into Qian's eyes. I treat you as an old brother, and you treat me as an ignorant child. Good, good!"

   Zheng Heng couldn't help cursing in his heart, what kind of dog is speaking ill of me, there are traitors around the emperor.

  So he continued: "Your Majesty...the minister is really poor...or, the minister sells iron and donates three thousand taels...this is just a little money, the minister...sold the ancestral house..."

  Zhu Di gritted his teeth angrily, but this guy pretended to be poor to such an extent that he really had nothing to do with him.

  So he waved his hand: "Okay, don't talk about it, **** it, there are only such bird people around me now!"

  Zheng Heng was sent out, and up to now his mind is still blank. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong. He wanted to go back to find Zhu Di and explain it carefully, but he thought that Zhu Di was furious, but he was afraid of continuing to offend Shengyan.

  He left the martial building, not far away, and heard Zhu Di's roar from the martial building: "This old man doesn't even want his face for money!"

  (end of this chapter)