Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Hubei Kong is running around like a rat, isn't it the same with my father's wife?
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up. Hearing this, it not only meant that there were tens of thousands of taels. Although he knew that his son had severely punished those corrupt officials, he thought that he could only get 500,000 taels. Quan Xu took away 100,000 taels, left 200,000 taels in the disaster area, and transferred 200,000 taels to the household department. There should not be much left.
Zhu Biao lamented: "Shaanxi-Gansu is prone to disasters, the local people are impoverished, and the officials who have just taken office are not very well-educated. However, the wealthy businessmen who have lived there for a long time are extremely fat. It is estimated that they have been doing this for a long time in the Yuan Dynasty. Even if you don’t count calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, rare treasures, land deeds and other things, I have collected more than 700,000 taels from this trip.”
Comrade Lao Zhu was born into a poor family. Needless to say, even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, his internal net worth was more than a hundred thousand taels at most, and he immediately subsidized the court.
Although the imperial court received a large sum of money every year, it could not make ends meet, and the people all over the world were still crying for food. As the father of the emperor, it was naturally impossible for Lao Zhu to withdraw money from it and put it into the palace. He could only rely on the subsidies from the emperor's village and the emperor's land.
Fortunately, Queen Ma was frugal in running the house, and the concubines below did not dare to cross the Queen's side, so the palace was barely enough, but it was just barely enough. Don't even think about building a palace yourself, the Ministry of Household Affairs The budget can't be met either.
Lao Zhu murmured to himself: "We know that those big dogs are rich, but we still underestimated it. These are only from Shaanxi and Gansu. There are still some in Hanzhong and Xi'an. It seems that we are going to live a good life this year." It’s been a fat year.”
Zhu Biao nodded and smiled: "At least there are still more than 200,000 taels, but it's not like the large-scale house raids in Shaanxi and Gansu. There must be some omissions."
The roots of the local big families are entangled. Unless they leave no one like Zhu Biao, the local snakes will have broad connections after all. It is not difficult to secretly cover and take over the property of some criminals. This is also the tacit understanding of the big family and they will not face the court directly. , but they will do some tricks to hide each other.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally understood: "That's enough. It's rare for a teacher to be famous, and those fools in the court are not easy to intercede. Let Mao Xiang go in person when the time comes."
Zhu Biao nodded. Because the involvement was too wide, Zhu Biao, an official outside Shaanxi and Gansu, did not do much. He only took down the most obvious officials. The people they involved were not pursued. After all, they were beyond the reach of the whip, let alone appease the victims. That's the top priority.
However, the evidence has been transported to the capital along with the prisoners, and it cannot be said that it is all. In addition to the officials, the local big families and small clan members involved in the case were transported to various places in the south of the Yangtze River and tortured in various prefectures and cities. As for the Whoever shows it is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.
Zhu Biao pondered for a moment and said, "Mao Xiang is a little confused. Father, are you still going to let him go in person?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of smiles, but his eyes were cold: "It doesn't matter, the more upset he is, the less he dares to make mistakes, not to mention that his next home has not been settled yet."
Zhu Biao knew it as soon as he heard it. Hu Weiyong did not dare to accept Mao Xiang's surrender easily. Who knows if it was the emperor's temptation to him, not to mention Mao Xiang's notorious reputation. Even though he had sufficient qualifications, most of the Huaixi nobles were extremely Exclude him.
But don't worry, Hu Weiyong's ambition and fear will increase day by day as he decentralizes power. When the time comes, he will naturally not let go of all the forces he can win over. After all, Mao Xiang controls the existence of the emperor's personal army, the Duwei Mansion.
What's more, in a certain way, Hu Weiyong and Mao Xiang are very similar. Both of them were valued by Zhu Yuanzhang and were entrusted with important tasks. However, they both knew that according to the emperor's temperament, the possibility of them dying a good death was very slim, and they could still survive as ants. , not to mention these two smart people.
The father and son did not discuss this further. After all, the time has not yet come. The imperial court cannot do without Hu Weiyong, the prime minister, let alone the Huaixi nobles who guard various places.
Zhu Yuanzhang was just thinking about how to spend the money when he heard his son suddenly say: "My father probably won't be able to use this money for the time being, but my son and I will have great use for it."
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately stunned. It was not that he was reluctant to part with the money. After all, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver meant nothing to the powerful old Zhu. He was just wondering what his son was going to do?
Zhu Biao explained: "Let's not mention the poor places in Shaanxi, Gansu, Yanyun and other places for the time being. The people's livelihood in other places in the Ming Dynasty has recovered, and Jiangnan and Shanxi are quite rich. In addition, Bashu has been recovered, and the time is ripe. Naturally, I want to earn more money. ."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, while Zhu Biao leaned on his chair and said, "You have to find something to do, otherwise it won't be too deliberate, not to mention that I have indeed planned it for a long time."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he took out a small jade Ruyi from his sleeve and scratched his back and said: "As long as you have an idea, just do it. By the way, those who should enter the East Palace can't delay it. Let’s take him in in a few days.”
Zhu Biao heard this and said: "There are only a few months until Luo Hua gives birth. Why don't we wait until after the year."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Biao'er, at this time, aren't you able to see a lot of things that you can't usually see? You are back, are you still afraid that you can't see it?"
Of course, Zhu Biao was not afraid of anything else, he just felt a little wronged by his own princess. But if Chang Luohua really wanted his mother to honor the world, then how could such grievances be rare in the future?
Zhu Biao stood up and said: "In the next two days, I will write a memorial and submit it to my father for inspection. Now my mother is probably waiting impatiently. I will go to see my mother first."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at a pile of memorials on the desk and said, "Go ahead. Dinner will be served at Kunning Palace. Call Luo Hua and let's have a meal together as a family."
Zhu Biao accepted the promise and went straight to Kunning Palace. To be honest, he actually didn't miss Comrade Lao Zhu that much. Maybe because he was a man, his feelings were more restrained and heavy, and he would not be touched easily.
But he really missed his mother, especially after hearing that Empress Ma was ill a few days ago, he felt even more anxious. Perhaps it was because he subconsciously knew how good his father's health was, and his mother was better than him according to history. It's still early to leave.
However, no matter how anxious Zhu Biao was, he could not go straight into the harem. Liu Jin led his people to clear the way ahead. If there were any concubines walking around, they had to quickly ask them to get out of the way to avoid collisions.
Fortunately, the concubines also knew the news of the prince's return to Beijing, and knew that the prince must meet the queen when he returned to the palace, so they did not ask for trouble and stayed in their own palaces honestly.
After entering the harem, Zhu Biao was surrounded by dozens of palace maids and eunuchs. The group was so large that there was nothing that could be done about it. After all, the prince was already so old.
The rest of the princes were treated like this when they entered the harem. It was no longer time to pat their butts and rush in to find their own mothers and concubines for dinner. It was hard to regain their childlike innocence after the cold and the summer.
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