"Bang!" A tea cup fell hard to the ground, and the fragments flew, followed by Emperor Jing's furious voice, "Why are you so crazy! Are you short of money to this extent? You dare to even let my grandson celebrate the full moon. If you take the opportunity to exploit someone, even if you exploit the ministers, you won’t let go of the people. What are you thinking in your mind?”
Fang Zheng stood opposite Emperor Jing with a frown on his face and said nothing.
As soon as he came to court, he was taken to the imperial study room and scolded.
But he had nothing to explain. The Full Moon Wine Festival was going well.
Who would have thought that those bastards wanted to beat themselves up after drinking too much, and the people outside were also making fun of them by setting up rice seedlings.
When the old father-in-law arrived, everything was already in chaos inside and outside. If something like this happened, the situation was really out of control.
Who would have thought that these poor people would be so petty that they would start yelling because there was no meat on their table.
There was a lot of fighting inside the princess's house, and there was a lot of packing outside the princess' house. Everyone was busy with their own business.
This ugly picture has been seen through and through... But fortunately, the goal has been achieved, and my reputation among the people should be bad...
"Speak! Why don't you speak?" Emperor Jing glared at Fang Zhengyi.
Fang Zheng pursed his lips and said: "Your Majesty's Royal Academy of Sciences was established by imperial decree, but Eastern Suburb University is run by me spending money... I have invested so much money in it that I am really short of money. Besides, the emperor Sun is almost one month old, so I have to back up generous gifts no matter what, so I want to make some... quick money."
"Don't give me such a bad look!" Emperor Jing glared at him and said, "You, Founder, are going to be short of money soon? Can't you tell me that you don't have money?"
"You are shameless, but I am still shameless. Look at what you did. Guo Banban brought everything in and showed him!"
Guo Tianyang stepped out and then entered the house with a palace guard carrying a large basket.
The basket is full of memorials.
Emperor Jing pointed to the memorial and said, "Come on, show me! These are the things that came to impeach you yesterday. You are really promising!"
"I have never seen anyone receive so many impeachments in one day during my reign. Okay, you can do it!"
Fang Zheng lowered his head, glanced at the basket, and then raised his head to secretly glance at Emperor Jing.
Seeing that he was still angry.
Licking his face, he said: "Dad~"
Emperor Jing was electrocuted in an instant, with goosebumps all over his body: "You...you...don't call me daddy."
"I can't afford it. I'm not as good a son-in-law as you."
Fang Zheng curled his lips secretly, "So what if you don't admit it? Didn't you happily hug my son yesterday?"
"I'm so ashamed! In fact, I really plan to put half of the recovered gift money into Dongjiao University and prepare the other half for the emperor's grandson Man Yue."
"Lin Lin Zongzong probably collected it yesterday..."
"How much did you collect?" Emperor Jing asked curiously.
"We collected more than 20,000 taels, and the half given to the emperor's grandson is 13,621 taels." Fang Zheng said as he took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve, including both large and small ones. The scattered silver and copper plates were put on the imperial desk together, "I have brought them all today, your Majesty, please put in the money first, even if I have received the gift in advance."
Emperor Jing looked at the banknotes and coins scattered around on the table, and wondered: "On weekdays, the accounts reported to me by the Ministry of Accounts always always come in round numbers, why do you always give them in bits and pieces?"
"I actually like to make careful calculations. A penny is money to him. It's not okay to have unclear accounts."
"Well...this is a good habit of yours. If the Accounts Department had your sincerity in reporting accounts, it would reduce a lot of omissions."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary."
Fang Zhengyi carefully looked at Emperor Jing's expression.
I was relieved to see some relief.
They have to give away money... Although the country is rich and some rich families have been robbed, basically the money has not gone into internal funds.
In addition, the expenses in the palace were fixed and were allocated from the treasury every year. Even if the treasury was rich, it would not allocate more, and Emperor Jing could not ask for money.
Although Taoyuan County gave Emperor Jing a share, it only received more than 20,000 yuan after completing the accounts every year.
He is a person who is used to being poor, so more than 10,000 taels is enough.
Emperor Jing waved his hand lightly, and Guo Tianyang quickly stepped forward to collect the banknotes and loose silver.
"It doesn't matter, you also have good intentions. I saved this money for the emperor's grandson first."
Fang Zhengyi immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "Your Majesty is wise! The emperor's grandson is still young and does not know how to manage money. When the emperor's grandson grows up, this money will definitely be doubled!"
"Okay, sit down! If you're still pretending, I've come to see you today for something else."
Fang Zhengyi forced out a flattering smile, and then sat on the chair obediently.
Emperor Jing said: "The Kingdom of Jin sent a mission to visit our country, and the cabinet discussed and prepared to send a person to return to visit the Kingdom of Jin to express friendship."
"Yeah, yeah! This is what it should be." Fang Zheng nodded repeatedly, "Could it be that your Majesty is planning to ask me to send the royal guards to the Kingdom of Jin?"
"That's right, just go and wait for the Jin delegation to finish here, then go back with them."
"???" Fang Zheng was shocked and turned pale: "That's not the case, Your Majesty, I'm just having a full moon party! I have nothing to do with diplomacy, why would I send my son?"
Emperor Jing continued: "It is Grand Master Paba's handwriting inviting you to go. Considering that the Jin Kingdom sent the prince to go in person this time, Da Jing must not lose his etiquette. I think there is no one more suitable than you."
"What's more, you know business. This is not just a simple visit, but also to discuss expanding the list of goods for trade in border towns between the two countries. It is very appropriate for you to go, but you don't have to worry, I will send you again. We have some people to assist you. If you don’t want to participate, just leave it to the people below and just go out for an outing."
"Besides, you are always smart, so you can use this to stay a little longer and find out more about the situation in the Jin Kingdom's palace."
"Your Majesty, don't you think it's a little strange for the Jin Kingdom to come here? They can't get any advantage in doing business with us, so why are they so active?"
"I don't quite understand this, but Honglu Temple analyzed that there was a snowstorm in the Kingdom of Jin last year. It seems that there was a shortage of many necessary things, so this was the reason for this move. However, no matter what, there should be no malicious intent."
"Can you not go?" Fang Zhengyi said with a bitter face.
"No!" Emperor Jing sneered, took out a memorial chapter from the basket at hand and slammed it: "Originally, I wanted to ask your opinion, but judging from your performance yesterday, it's better not to stay in the capital and go out. Stay out of the limelight.”
Damn it! Did I set myself up for a trap?
Fang Zheng was on the verge of crying but couldn't hold back his tears: "Father, son, minister... I'm sorry, I only make money to do practical things."
Emperor Jing rubbed his brows and said helplessly: "Remembering yesterday, I don't bother anyone else when I see you. Even if you make money, how can you make your appearance so ugly? I organized a full-moon banquet for the child, but the child never came out from the beginning to the end. Here. The minister eats vegetarian food and collects money from the people, which is not what you want."
"There is no room for discussion on this matter. I have already decided it is you."
"My son... I really don't want to travel far away. I, the father, have to take care of the newborn baby at home..."
"What's wrong with going out for a few months at a young age? I heard there is a saying among the people, that's right, if you're afraid of hardship, you'll endure hardship for a lifetime, but if you're not afraid of hardship, you'll have to endure hardship for half a lifetime. You should practice more while you're young, otherwise you'll still be able to survive in the future. What big responsibility do you have to take on? Get out!"
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