"I have already said that Prince Lu's Mansion is not rich either." Prince Zhu Shouyong's face darkened.
These civil servants are all bad. Whenever something happens, they will worry about the things in Prince Lu's palace.
"I wonder how much food your Highness can give to reward the soldiers who defend the city?" the Yanzhou magistrate asked tentatively.
After hearing this, King Lu Zhu Shouyong twitched the corners of his mouth and looked at the prefect of Yanzhou in front of him with a dark face.
He was obviously asking Yanzhou Prefecture officials how much food they wanted from the Lu Palace, but in a few words, he asked how much food the Lu Palace could provide the Yanzhou Prefecture.
He knew that none of these civil servants were good.
Seeing that King Lu was silent, the magistrate of Yanzhou added, "Your Highness must have heard about what the tiger thieves did to many royal palaces in Henan. At present, only by guarding Ziyang City can we ensure the safety of Your Highness and the safety of King Lu's palace. If you want to ensure the safety of Ziyang City, it is natural for Han Xin to have as many troops as possible."
As he spoke, he looked at King Lu Zhu Shouyong.
However, Zhu Shouyong's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Only now did he realize that these civil servants were not good people and had evil intentions.
He was obviously saying that the more soldiers defending the city, the better, but he also wanted his Prince Lu Mansion to have more money and food, the better.
"Your Highness, do you think what I have said is reasonable?" The magistrate of Yanzhou looked at Lu King Zhu Shouyong with a smile.
Seeing this smile, Zhu Shouyong wanted to punch the opponent in the face, but he knew that he couldn't do this. The defense of Ziyang City relied on these civil servants.
But he was not willing to let Prince Lu spend too much money and food at once to defend Ziyang City.
It is the responsibility of local officials to ensure peace in the local area, and they have nothing to do with the military attache of Prince Lu's palace.
Thinking of this, King Lu said: "I will use two hundred shi of grain and three thousand taels of silver to guard Ziyang City."
If Ziyang City had not been lost, Prince Lu's Mansion would also suffer, and Prince Lu's Mansion would not have given a single tael of silver to these Yanzhou Mansion officials.
"Only three thousand taels!" The prefect of Yanzhou frowned.
It was obviously due to the lack of money.
Hearing this, King Zhu Shouyong of Lu showed displeasure and said: "Three thousand taels is already a lot, not to mention two hundred shi of grain. The Prince of Lu's family has a big business and a large population. I have to piece together these things." I can barely scrape it together, and I have tried my best to defend Ziyang City, not to mention that these things should be done by you Yanzhou Prefecture officials, instead of leaving everything to me."
When the prefect of Yanzhou heard this, he knew that King Lu was dissatisfied. If he continued to press him, he would probably regret it and stop giving out money and food.
Immediately, he said: "I would like to thank Your Highness in advance on behalf of the people in the city. I believe that with His Highness as an example, the city will definitely work together and contribute money and effort to defend Ziyang City."
"There is no need to express your position to me here. As long as you don't come here to ask for money, I will be satisfied." King Zhu Shouyong of Lu was unmoved by the praise of the prefect of Yanzhou.
He knew the mouths of these civil servants very well. Although he couldn't describe the dead as alive, it wasn't too far off.
The prefect of Yanzhou smiled awkwardly.
The richest man in Ziyang City is King Lu, and any matter of lack of money must be dealt with by King Lu.
King Lu Zhu Shouyong straightened his chest slightly and said, "Okay, I'm tired. If you don't have anything to do, please step aside!"...
He waved his hand impatiently.
"Your Majesty, please retire."
The Yanzhou magistrate and several Yanzhou officials bowed and bowed before retreating from King Lu's hall.
.The inner eunuch of Prince Lu's Mansion led the way and sent these officials all the way to the outside of the inner palace gate.
As soon as several officials from Yanzhou Prefecture came out, they saw Zhang Shuocheng, the chief historian of Prince Lu's Palace, waiting outside the palace gate.
"I've seen the government office and several colleagues." Chief Shi Zhang Shuocheng cupped his fists and cupped his hands, saying hello to several Yanzhou officials in front of him.
The officials of Yanzhou Prefecture also returned the greetings with clasped fists and cupped hands.
"Is Zhang Changshi going to see His Royal Highness King Lu?" Yanzhou magistrate asked Zhang Shuocheng, who was waiting outside the palace gate.
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Zhang Shuocheng shook his head slightly and said: "I am specially waiting for the office and all my colleagues."
"Waiting for us?" The prefect of Yanzhou was stunned for a moment.
Zhang Shuocheng said: "His Royal Highness King Lu agreed to the request of Futai and others and spent some money and food to defend Ziyang City?"
"His Royal Highness King Lu is still willing to contribute to Ziyang City, and I admire him very much." The magistrate of Yanzhou praised King Lu.
Regarding the money and food provided by King Lu, he did not intend to hide it from the palace official in front of him.
Zhang Shuocheng said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Lu definitely does not want Ziyang City to fall into the hands of tiger thieves, so I am not surprised to spend money and food to defend the city."
Following the examples of the vassal kings in Henan, he believed that no matter how stingy King Lu was and how reluctant he was to part with money, he would still use part of the money and grain to defend the city.
Ziyang City cannot be defended, and no matter how much wealth the Lu Palace accumulates, it will only benefit outsiders in the end.
"What on earth did Zhang Changshi want to say?" The Yanzhou magistrate did not believe that the other party, a prince's Changshi, stopped them just to talk these useless nonsense.
The Yanzhou Tongzhi on the side also spoke up: "Zhang Changshi, tell me what you want to say. We are all officials in the Yanzhou Prefecture. Although one is a government official and the other is a Lu Prince's Mansion, they are all in Ziyang City, and we are all colleagues."
"The money and food that Futai has received from His Royal Highness King Lu is not much! I'm afraid it has not met the expectations of Futai and all my colleagues." Zhang Shuocheng looked at the Yanzhou prefect in front of him with a smile, and then looked at other Yanzhou officials.
The prefect of Yanzhou was speechless after hearing this.
Although the money and food were obtained from King Lu, the amount of money and food was really small. Compared to the extremely wealthy place like King Lu's Mansion, this amount of money and food was not even a drop in the bucket of King Lu's Mansion.
"Can Zhang Changshi help His Royal Highness King Lu get more money and food?" Yanzhou Tongzhi next to him brightened up.
If you want to defend Ziyang City, you need money and food, and the only place that can spend enough money and food to defend the city is Prince Lu's Mansion in the entire Ziyang City.
If Prince Lu's Mansion spends more money and food on defending the city, they, the officials of Yanzhou Mansion, will be under less pressure.
Zhang Shuocheng shook his head slightly at the Yanzhou colleague in front of him and said: "Although our Royal Highness, King Lu, is not someone who regards wealth as life, it is basically impossible to expect him to spend a lot of money and food on defending the city. .”
In one sentence, Yanzhou Tongzhi's idea of obtaining a large amount of money and food from Prince Lu's Mansion was rejected.
Yanzhou Tongzhi looked disappointed when he heard this.
Even he understood that most of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were mediocre people who only focused on the things in their hands all their lives. Few of them were willing to sacrifice the wealth of the palace to relieve the court's worries.
The vassal kings of Shanxi were like this, the vassal kings of Shaanxi were like this, and later the vassal kings of Henan were still like this. Now it is finally the turn of the vassal kings of Shandong. .
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