"I'll just go"
The banquet at Hu Weiyong's house was just a formality for Chu Ze and others.
After having a meal, Chu Ze took Lan Yu and left directly.
However, not long after they left Hu Weiyong's house, the carriage was stopped.
The carriage that was running smoothly was suddenly stopped.
When Lan Yu stuck his head out and found that the guy who intercepted his carriage was actually a guy in servant uniform, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to teach this guy a lesson.
But the next second Chu Ze stopped him, and asked the other party's intention to stop the car very casually.
As expected, the person who stopped him was the servant of Hu Weiyong's house.
Under the leadership of the other party, Chu Ze took Lan Yu all the way around, and finally came to an extremely luxurious courtyard.
When the other party led the two of them to the front hall with ease, what they saw in front of them made Lan Yu sigh.
"General Lan, Mr. Chu Ze. These are some small gifts prepared by our master for you two. I hope you two will not dislike them."
"The land deed and house deed are all in here. And the other parts are all settled in the backyard."
"If nothing happens to you two gentlemen, I will take my leave first."
Looking at the stunned Lan Yu, the servant of Hu Weiyong's family just bowed silently, and then reported the remaining things.
With Chu Ze's acquiescence, he took the people and left.
After the other party left, Lan Yu looked at the large wooden boxes in the front hall. He was amazed and opened them one by one to check them out.
"Good guy, this is a bit too generous. This is all real money!"
Three huge wooden boxes were filled with gold ingots.
In other boxes on the side, there are pearls, corals, jade and other luxurious things.
In addition, there are also more than a dozen boxes of silver.
And this house
If the value of these things were put on the bright side, it would be enough to punish many nine tribes!
You know, what Your Majesty hates most is corrupt people.
This
"Hey, that guy just said that the rest of the things are in the backyard? What else is there?"
After Lan Yu checked the belongings piled in the front hall.
He suddenly remembered that when the guy left just now, he seemed to have said that there was something in the backyard.
The treasures placed in the front hall are so amazing.
This needs to be settled in the backyard. Isn't it even more shocking?
"Ahem. The things in the backyard are probably not valuable anymore, so there is no need to check them. What is that? Uncle Lan, let's sort out the dirt first."
"Well"
When he heard Chu Ze's proposal to start dividing the spoils, Lan Yu looked at the wooden boxes in the hall, and he felt a little confused.
Although money is attractive to people, you must know that this money is not so easy to get!
Especially knowing that something will happen to Hu Weiyong sooner or later. If he takes this money at this time, if he is not careful, the nine tribes will be killed!
No matter how you look at it, this money feels a bit hot.
"Chu Ze, we are so aboveboard..."
"Is there really no problem?"
Originally Lan Yu wanted to say that it was just such an aboveboard corruption and bribery.
But I feel that this word seems a bit inappropriate, especially when it is used on myself.
So when he spoke, he just pointed at the huge wooden boxes in the front hall.
"Uncle Lan, don't worry. Don't overthink it. I told you to take stock of the spoils and send your part directly to the prince."
Seeing Lan Yu's reluctant but horrified expression, Chu Ze smiled and reached out to pat his shoulder.
"Uh... I'll give my share to the prince! Doesn't that mean you have to keep part of it? Chu Ze, why don't we forget it? Although this money looks tempting, it is unjust after all. fiscal.."
To be honest, looking at the large amount of money in the front hall, Lan Yu was naturally moved at the first moment.
But after calming down, he couldn't help but feel scared.
While he couldn't help but retreat, he was also worried that Chu Ze would lose his mind after seeing so much money for the first time.
Everything was fine, but don't risk your head for such a small amount of money, and drag your whole family along with you to suffer.
No matter how you look at it, this is not a good deal.
"Hehe...Uncle Lan, you are a general. When necessary, you have the opportunity to hold military power and lead the army."
"And if you just accept the money like this, then you are embezzling and accepting bribes. If you become an unstable factor in the future, it must be an unforgivable sin."
"So, I ask you to send your share to the prince. And tell him directly what should be said and what should not be said."
"Although we see a lot of money, in fact, if it is placed in the prince's treasury, it will not be of much use at all."
"It can only be said that it is better than nothing. Then think about it, you are such a die-hard follower, and someone gave you money, but you took it back and gave it to the prince. How can the prince not be moved?"
"If you accept the money given to you by others, it is called corruption and bribery. But if you accept the money given to you by the prince, it is called reward based on merit."
"So, you just accept it, and don't be polite to anything Hu Weiyong sends people to send you. Just accept it. Of course, what he asked you to do... If it is innocuous, report it directly to the prince and then request instruct."
"If the matter cannot be settled, then just ignore him or reject him directly. Then report to the prince."
"We are called undercover, and this is a just act."
Lan Yu, who originally felt a little headache, listened to Chu Ze's explanation.
His eyes widened.
Lan Yu really had never thought that there was such a theory.
Although some lamented Chu Ze's clever thinking, Lan Yu couldn't help but reached out and patted Chu Ze's shoulder.
Then he said to him,
"Wonderful son-in-law! I can finally see why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Empress told me to listen to you more. You are really full of bad things!"
"Uh, Uncle Lan, can I understand that you are complimenting me?"
"Of course! Hehe, since you said so, then I will listen to you. We don't want the money we picked up for free. Although we are not short of this money, after all. After taking this money , let’s use them all to build a porridge shed and serve porridge!”
"When the time comes, we will go in the name of the prince and spend all the money, and we will touch every penny of it ourselves!"
After Chu Ze heard Lan Yu's words, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Obviously, he didn't expect that his father-in-law could actually think of these things.
After Lan Yu came to her senses, she suddenly realized another problem.
"No, my dear son-in-law, you asked me to give my share to the prince. What about you?"
"Of course I will collect it openly! I will use the money to build a school or do my own experiments in the future. I won't go through the procedures, please."
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After hearing Chu Ze's somewhat natural answer, the corner of Lan Yu's mouth twitched slightly.
Accept it openly.
Isn’t it true that Chu Ze doesn’t know what he is talking about?
Corruption is a serious crime, and if His Majesty finds out, it would be a minor offense to strip him of his skin and bones.
"Uncle Lan... don't forget that you are a general, and I am just a ninth-grade chief! Others bribe you with large sums of money because you have the power to control the army. What can you do with bribing me?"
"When you ask me to write copy, can the handwriting look better?"
"Besides, the person who bribed me is still the prime minister. If I say this, will anyone believe it?"
"I take money openly and shamelessly refuse to pay. What can he do to me?"
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Lan Yu looked at this guy Chu Ze, how he could say such shameless words so openly and so righteously.
He really refreshed his understanding of Chu Ze again.
His son-in-law is simply the best.
Although this amount of money is huge, it is ill-gotten wealth after all. Therefore, Lan Yu basically has no opinion on the distribution issue. Chu Ze will take as much as he is given.
The operation to divide the spoils went extremely smoothly.
However, in order to hide their eyes from others, the two of them stayed in the mansion until late at night, and then asked their men to load everything into the carriage.
Then he was quietly pulled away.
And their actions naturally reached Hu Weiyong's ears.
"Sure enough, the world is as dark as crows. Seeing so much money, how many people will not be tempted."
When they heard reports from their subordinates that Chu Ze and Lan Yu each pulled a cart of belongings home.
Hu Weiyong couldn't help but have a confident smile on his face.
He knew that he had finally won Lan Yu and Chu Ze.
After that, you only need to continue to add chips to completely tie the opponent to your own warship.
Then nothing will go wrong again.
However, when Hu Weiyong was overjoyed to have his concubine, Lan Yu, who had just returned home, quietly set out from the back door and rushed to the palace overnight.
As for Chu Ze, after he took a cart full of treasures home, he had them sorted into storage without any concealment.
The box that Hu Weiyong originally used to carry money was even unceremoniously taken to the kitchen to light a fire for cooking.
Even though he knew that his family was full of informants, he still had no scruples, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he had received a large amount of ill-gotten wealth.
However, what is surprising is that no one from his house went to report.
"Um. Did I hold any of you to sleep all night last time?"
After Chu Ze took a happy bath and lay down in his bedroom, he looked at the maids who came up to change his clothes.
I couldn't help but think of something for a while.
Then, he glanced around at the faces of his maids with somewhat strange expressions.
There is an explanation, although I don’t know whether these maids of mine were arranged by Lao Zhu or Prince Zhu Biao.
But people's aesthetics are basically relatively similar.
These five personal maids all score at least 95 points in appearance.
And they are all well-behaved and obedient, but they basically don't talk on weekdays.
"Replying to the master, I am a slave."
"Um, what are you guys called?"
"My slave is called the Vernal Equinox. They are Summer Solstice, Autumn Frost, Winter Snow, and Egret."
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That's why it was named.
When Vernal Equinox faced Chu Ze's questions, his face turned slightly red, but he still answered all his questions simply.
After hearing their names, Chu Ze nodded thoughtfully.
Then, he raised his head and scanned the faces of the maids before speaking again.
"There are basically no rules here. I also know that you have responsibilities and must monitor me at all times."
"I won't embarrass you. After all, there is nothing to say when you are in your position and seeking your position."
"Tomorrow I will have someone add a big bed to my bedroom so that you can take turns to rest."
"I only have one request for you. Can you please stop reporting what happened while I was sleeping next time?"
"Especially when I don't even know it myself. This thing has no value, why should I blame it for being so embarrassing? Can you please give me some privacy?"
"I'll install a curtain on the bed tomorrow. Do you have any objections?"
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Facing Chu Ze's words, the five maids silently lowered their heads.
Chu Ze looked at them who were silent and shook his head slightly.
Then he stood up and opened his hands.
When the maids saw this, they silently came forward to change his clothes.
After that, Chu Ze turned over and fell on the bed to sleep.
Although there are several beautiful women waiting beside them every day when they sleep, for a normal man, it is definitely a kind of enjoyment that bursts out from the soul.
but
If all these beauties were on camera.
This enjoyment is somewhat unbearable.
After all, Chu Ze doesn’t have any special hobbies.
After waking up, Chu Ze still got up and washed up as usual.
After having breakfast, I wandered off to work.
In the entire court of the Ming Dynasty, he had a unique schedule.
He didn't get up until others had finished their morning work. Others had been busy for a long time before he started to go to work.
But even so, no one would say anything to him.
Because, although most people in the court have an impression of Chu Ze.
But no one knows what he does specifically.
Here at the experimental site, we are gradually on the right track.
There are many things that Chu Ze no longer even needs to mention and control.
After the craftsmen tasted the sweetness brought by the bonus in the early stage, they finally began to use their imagination.
Apart from being relatively expensive, everything else in the entire testing ground has developed in the direction Chu Ze expected.
Most of the time, Chu Ze just went over to take a look, check and accept the results and harvest of the experiment, and then went directly to the East Palace to teach Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Bai.
It should have been the same today.
But when Chu Ze stepped into the school hall again, he was dumbfounded.
Because at this time, there were more than twenty people in the school hall.
When Chu Ze stepped into the hall, all the children turned to look at him in unison.
Then they shouted in unison.
"Hello teacher!"
(End of chapter)
