Zhu Bai told Fugui a few words, and Fugui hurried back to his palace.
Then Zhu Bai went to the imperial study room.
As expected, there was a huge crowd of people kneeling outside the Imperial Study Room. There were even more people than when they opposed the enfeoffment that day.
The ministers cried and cried.
"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me. I was defrauded of all my pocket money for a year by King Xiang."
"Your Majesty, my family is poor. I managed to save a little bit of capital, but the King of Xiang took it away. I really can't survive."
Zeng Bingzheng cried until he had runny nose and tears.
Liu Bowen didn't cry, he just stood with his head bowed.
Li Shan spent the long holiday in a daze, wiping tears, just to make up the numbers.
Zhu Bai smiled and said: "Hey, it's quite lively." This is the effect I want.
Lao Zhu's voice came faintly from the royal study: "Is that bastard back?"
Erhu, who was standing at the door, saw Zhu Bai from a distance and hurriedly turned around and replied: "Come, come, King Xiang is here."
Lao Zhu said: "Catch him and don't let him escape."
Zhu Bai raised his hand and replied loudly: "Father, there is no need to arrest me, my son is here."
When the ministers heard that Zhu Bai was back, they all stopped crying and looked back at Zhu Bai.
Zhu Bai smiled and raised his hand to greet them: "Hello, adults. Hello, ladies. We are all here."
All the adults showed angry expressions.
Zhu Bai swaggered into the imperial study.
Lao Zhu was so angry that his face turned green.
Zhu Biao quietly gestured to Zhu Bai and told him to kneel down.
Zhu Baidang didn't see it.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Guizi, do you know that you are wrong?"
Zhu Bai looked confused: "I haven't done anything?"
Lao Zhu slapped the table hard.
"Bang!"
The pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the table jumped together in response.
Lao Zhu gritted his teeth and said: "You are so brave, you dare to deceive even a first-rank official in the imperial court."
Zhu Bai said, "I'm a little confused. Why did I lie to them?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he waved to the outside: "Call Zeng Bingzheng and Liu Bowen to come in."
Why did you ask Zeng Bingzheng to come in?
Because Zeng Bingzheng cried the most.
Why did you ask Liu Bowen to come in?
Because Liu Bowen is Zhu Bai's teacher.
Call both of them in to save Zhu Bai from saying they wronged him.
Zeng Bingzheng came in and saluted, and said timidly: "The King of Xiang said that he would build a low-rent apartment for Wei Chen on that 101 acres. It only costs fifteen taels of silver a year. I believed it and made up my mind. I only know the result today. , it turns out that King Xiang had no intention of building it at all, nor did he tell the emperor."
It is definitely not possible to build a house on farmland without greeting Lao Zhu.
Zhu Bai didn't tell Zhu Yuanzhang for so many days, and it was obvious that he didn't plan to build a house.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said, "You traitor. What else do you have to say? Do you know that according to the Ming Dynasty Code, it is a serious crime to leave a field uncultivated?"
Zhu Bai tilted his head and asked Liu Bowen: "Master, is it a serious crime to leave the land uncultivated?"
Lao Zhu suddenly realized: Yes. The boy told so many ministers about this matter, but no one reminded Zhu Bai that he had violated the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".
Why would a rich man like Li Shanchang need to come here to make trouble for a dozen taels of silver?
What are these old bastards thinking in their minds?
Are we going to deal with our favorite son together?
Sure enough, we can't let them know that we dote on Zhu Bai.
Liu Bowen sighed: "Didn't His Highness say that he would come to ask for the Emperor's consent?"
Zhu Bai cursed in his heart: Old sage, I clearly said at that time not to tell Lao Zhu about this matter.
One sentence will test your heart.
When the critical moment comes, you won't hesitate to abandon me.
Zhu Bai spread his hands and said, "I'm afraid you heard me wrong, adults. I have no intention of building a house on that one hundred and one acres of land."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen were stunned.
Zhu Yuanzhang picked his ears: "What? Say it again."
The more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes.
The last time Zhu Bai cheated money so blatantly was to set up a "food bank".
What is he doing this time?
Zhu Bai sighed: "What I told the adults at that time was that the housing prices in the capital were too expensive and the salaries of many adults were not high. If we don't solve this problem, we will force the adults to become corrupt. So I thought Taking advantage of this survey of private houses, we will select some unowned houses, slightly modify and change the layout, and rent them to you adults at a low price as a benefit to the court. Your Excellencies, please invest some money first, and when the houses are repaired, you can have priority to move in. Now that the houses have been surveyed, Everything has not been done yet, so what are the adults in a hurry for?"
Liu Bowen took a breath: What a good strategy and means. The ministers of the government and the public, including Zhu Yuanzhang, were all his tools.
Zhu Yuanzhang exchanged looks with Zhu Biao in surprise: This method works! !
Zeng Bing was trapped in his own emotional whirlpool and couldn't get out. At this moment, he didn't listen to what Zhu Bai was saying at all. He just talked about it: "Poor Weichen, it took me a year to save more than a dozen taels of silver. On weekdays, I don’t even want to eat the meat.”
Fugui just came back.
Zhu Bai waved to him and took the notebook he brought: "Come, come, adults, look at it for yourselves. What did I write down at that time?"
That book said: Raising funds for low-rent apartment shares.
Zhu Bai shook his head and sighed: "If you adults can't wait any longer, then I will return the money to you first. Anyway, there are a lot of people in Yingtian City who want to rent houses. For example, those who live in shacks in the West City."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought thoughtfully: "By the way. You can also rent houses to poor people at a low price in the name of the court. You can also find a larger yard to raise orphans."
Zhu Biao: "That's very good. Anyway, those confiscated houses were obtained for free. They can be used with just a little repair. In fact, the court does not need to spend much."
Liu Bowen hurriedly handed over his hand: "Prince Shengming. The emperor's grace is great. There were 'shops and housekeepers' in the Southern Song Dynasty. Our Ming Dynasty should also set up a special government office."
Lao Zhu secretly sneered: It was obviously Zhu Bai who reminded us, but you couldn't wait to settle on Zhu Biao.
Although we also want to praise Zhu Biao, you bully our little son too much.
Zhu Bai's goal was achieved. He had no intention of talking anymore and just played with his things quietly.
Lao Zhu glanced at Zhu Bai: so many times. This kid is simply planning to care about and compete for credit, but his mind is broader than Zhu Biao's.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Erhu to call Li Shanchang and Ru Taisu in.
When Li Shanchang heard about this, he became excited: Isn't this just a cash cow? When the time comes, the court will set the price at four cents of silver a month, and if I charge six cents, I will have a net profit of two cents of silver.
He hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty truly loves the people like a son, which is a blessing to the people of the Ming Dynasty."
The atmosphere had reached this point. It was not good for the others not to kneel down, so they all knelt down: "The emperor loves the people like his sons, which is a blessing to the people of the Ming Dynasty."
Lao Zhu was so flattered by this flattery that he laughed and said, "Hahaha. Flat body. This is indeed a good thing."
What he fears most is hearing that his people do not have enough to eat, no warmth to wear, and no roof over their heads.
Now it doesn’t cost anything, and it can also provide a place for poor people to live. It’s really the best of both worlds.
