Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 842 Honest and reliable little man

  When Zhang Zhaotian heard this, his liver and gallbladder were torn apart.

  He left work obediently, looked at Emperor Hongzhi pitifully, and knelt down: "Your Majesty, the Jinshen Palace... has collapsed... Besides, the Imperial Garden..."

  He didn't dare to continue, trembling.

  Emperor Hongzhi was stunned, and then he couldn't help but angrily said, "Didn't you just practice it?"

   "Slaves and servants will die." Zhang Zhaotian said with a pale face: "If you think about it, if you think about it, it may be... it may be... because it is newly repaired and not yet secure..."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked livid: "If it needs to be repaired, how much money and food will it cost?"

   "..." Zhang Zhaotian glanced at Xiao Jing cautiously. In fact, he wanted to report a lower amount, but he knew that this matter could not be hidden from Xiao Jing, so he said tremblingly: "Four... four hundred thousand..."

   "Crack!" Emperor Hongzhi clapped the case.

   angry.

  My internal money is reserved for my son... no, now it is reserved for my grandson.

  400,000…

  The Forbidden City has been repaired several times, but it is normal for old buildings to be repaired every once in a while.

   Just like hundreds of years later, the vast majority of the Forbidden City that people see have also been renovated.

  From Emperor Wen to the present, the Forbidden City has not been repaired for a hundred years, and it is impossible to live in it at all, but the problem is that the cost is getting bigger and bigger.

   Now, just finished the repair, and then restarted, the previous money was wasted?

  Emperor Hongzhi glared at Zhang Zhaotian: "The palace has been repaired several times before, all of which were presided over by your servant, and now, such things have happened, order you to verify."

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xiao Jing.

  Xiao Jing was already happy.

  He and Zhang Zhaotian, in this palace, one is the supervisor of ceremonies, and the other is the handprint of the imperial horse supervisor. Although the two maintain a superficial peace in the palace, in fact, they are somewhat jealous of each other.

  However, Xiao Jing is smart because he is smart. Apart from being in charge of the Rites and Supervisors, he has taken over Dongchang. As for other things that require a lot of money, he will never touch them.

  Zhang Zhaotian is different. He thinks that these are all fat vacancies, and relying on his status as the imperial horse supervisor, he gets involved everywhere.

  Look, it's unlucky now.

  Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I will investigate thoroughly, but Eunuch Zhang, I think it's not as bad as Your Majesty thinks. Over the years, he has tried his best to run the Warrior Camp."

   "..."

  It’s okay not to say this, but when he said it, Emperor Hongzhi immediately thought of something.

Now Zhang Zhaotian is being thoroughly investigated, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor is in charge of the Warriors' Camp. The Warriors' Camp is an armed force in the palace. What a mistake, who knows if he will take the risk.

  Emperor Hongzhi had a gloomy and cold face.

Don't think he is very lenient to the ministers, but to the people in the palace, whoever has irregularities, he will never be merciless. He said lightly: "Go to Zhang Zhaotian's imperial horse supervisor to take the seal, and order the palace supervisor to take the seal of the **** temporarily. The top and bottom of the warrior battalion should also be investigated, and they should be transferred away first, and the four guards battalion should be ordered to temporarily guard the Daming Palace. I am heartbroken, a heavy rain has washed out such a moth, and such a person is still in control of the warrior battalion. In the warrior camp, how many people...are in cahoots with him?"

  Zhang Zhaotian almost fainted.

  Xiao Jing was happy again, but he said with a sad look: "Your Majesty has some misunderstanding about Eunuch Zhang, and this servant thinks..."

Zhang Zhaotian was also convinced when he heard that Xiao Jing wanted to 'justify' himself, this is no excuse, this is a black man to death, he is also a domineering person, at this time he couldn't help but said: "Xiao Jing, you pull me down Come on, even if you want us to die, give us a good time!"

  Xiao Jing: "..."

  Obviously, Xiao Jing didn't realize that Zhang Zhaotian would be such a 'hero', which made himself embarrassed, so he laughed and didn't say anything, but there was a trace of sternness in the depths of his eyes.

   As for Liu Jian, he dared not offend him.

  Fang Jifan, although he has some conflicts with Fang Jifan, but this... is still under control after all, even if he has a small grudge, it will be fine.

  But for Zhang Zhaotian, as long as he seized the opportunity, he would definitely be the killer.

  Xiao Jing's ability to become the governor of the East Factory is by no means in vain, and he can also make people die.

  After all, conflicts with people outside the palace are, at most, a battle of spirits. If you don’t show us face, even if we feel uncomfortable, we can’t do anything to you. Forget it, let’s think about it.

  But Zhang Zhaotian is different, he is with... an enemy, if you don’t kill you, who?

  …

  Emperor Hongzhi sternly said, "Get out!"

   This time, I was really angry, Yin Zi...

  He sat down and showed a majestic demeanor: "How about the new city?"

   All the officials were trembling. This time the disaster has caused a lot of damage, and Zhang Zhaotian was killed to make an example.

  Zhu Houzhao came out: "Father, the loss is also very heavy."

  Fang Jifan stood in the middle of the class, thinking in his heart, at this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still has the leisure to play jokes with His Majesty, and sure enough... he doesn't know what to do.

  Emperor Hongzhi's expression turned ugly when he heard this.

  The government offices in the new city were all allocated a large amount of money and food by the imperial court for Xishan Jianye to undertake the construction. Why... disappeared?

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but said: "How many damages."

  Zhu Houzhao said with a sad face: "I'm afraid it will take one hundred thousand taels of silver to repair it..."

  cough cough...

  In the hall, coughing came one after another.

  Emperor Hongzhi's face softened a little.

Zhu Houzhao said sadly: "Father, Xishan Jianye spent a lot of money to build various government offices and build roads in the new city. Now that such a natural disaster has occurred, my son is wondering whether my father allocated money from the inside. Give one hundred thousand taels of silver so that the government office can continue to be built, if not, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that the construction period will be delayed..."

  Emperor Hongzhi was quite comfortable in his heart, one hundred thousand taels seemed to be... lower than his expectations.

   And what the prince said makes sense.

  Fang Jifan has already been asked to build the new palace, and now there is a natural disaster, so Fang Jifan is still required to bear this, if so, I really feel a little sorry.

  Besides, the Daming Palace was well repaired, so there was almost no loss in this catastrophe.

  Emperor Hongzhi was amiable, and was about to say something, when he saw Liu Jian and the others with a miserable expression on their faces.

   Make a crime.

  Just now, Liu Jian and others asked Chang Wei, and Chang Wei said truthfully that the loss was 20,000 taels of silver, but at that time, His Royal Highness and Fang Jifan were still in the shed, so they obviously didn't hear it.

   But now, His Highness is so honest that he lost one hundred thousand taels.

   This is a scam!

  All the ministers were speechless, and dared not say anything.

  Everyone looks like bitter melon.

   It is said that there are still rumors that His Royal Highness owes a lot of foreign debts, but it is not known whether it is true or not.

  Shen Wen was also among the crowd, he wanted to die...

   This is my son-in-law.

   I owed myself money and I haven’t said anything yet, but he can still be so grandiose, come to tell nonsense, look at his sincerity... hey...

  Tragedy ah...

  Emperor Hongzhi also seemed to feel something was wrong when he saw this.

  So his face turned cold, and he said sharply, "How much is the loss?"

  Zhu Houzhao was taken aback, he was a little confused, is it more than one hundred thousand taels?

  He tremblingly said: "Actually, it is 80,000."

  Emperor Hongzhi was really angry and funny, but he saw that among the ministers, it seemed that someone had indistinctly compared a finger,

two!

  Emperor Hongzhi sneered: "Is it true that you have not changed after being taught?"

  Zhu Houzhao coughed: "Actually, 20,000 taels of silver can also be repaired. My father and my son just want to give Fang Jifan a little more money, and want him to repair this house better. My son knows his mistake."

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head, convinced.

But at this time, I didn't know what to say, so I simply ignored Zhu Houzhao, but became serious: "I have thought about it, and now I am building a new city, whether it is the Forbidden City or the repair of the inner and outer cities, it can still save money. Just save it, so that the new city and the old city can't take care of both ends."

After all, he said with emotion: "It's better to have a new city. This new city has hardly suffered any damage due to the storm. It can be seen that my Daming Palace is like this, and so is the new city. It can be seen that the construction of this new city is really necessary." So...for the old city, there is no need to spend too much thought, and it is not necessary to spend a huge price to make it intact. Mostly...it is just to make the people convenient. No rebuilding, let’s set the specifications tentatively, the Ministry of Industry will draw up a charter first, or my old saying, save if you can.”

   Sure enough, as everyone guessed.

  Without a new city, no matter how much manpower and material resources the imperial court spends, it has to build up the place that needs to be built.

But now, His Majesty seems to have no intention of going back to the Forbidden City. Since even Jinshen Hall, which is as important as Jinshen Hall, can be saved if possible, then does the treasury dare to allocate too much money to other places that need money? So-so , just fooling around.

  Countless people are weeping blood in their hearts. Ordinary people can be sloppy in their homes, but people who are either rich or noble, how can they be sloppy? If they are sloppy, do they still need a luxurious house?

  This inner city... It seems that housing prices will plummet. If I say that I live in the old city in the future, I can't afford to lose this person.

   You have to buy a house in this new city, because you can’t even rent it.

   Make a crime.

Fang Jifan had an honest and reliable look on his face, and he was busy leaving work, saying: "It is the duty of my minister to build a new city and build it well. Now your majesty has done what I should have done. Praise, son, I am really ashamed, Your Majesty is wise..."

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Fang Jifan and nodded repeatedly.

  This Fang Jifan... said he has a conscience, he really has a conscience, even he thought that this guy might cut corners, who knows, he is so reliable.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "If everyone is like you, why should I worry about it? I can only blame the people around me for being like this..."

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed, looking melancholy: "You, take care of your business. I entrust you with the construction of the new city."

  (end of this chapter)