What Yan Shenggong Kong Hongxu said made Lu Yu and Li Jie a little embarrassed.
At the moment, Li Jie ignored Kong Hongxu and turned to look at Lu Yu: "Father-in-law can rest assured about this. I met Xu Youzhen yesterday and he promised me that as long as Yan Shenggong is willing to cooperate with him, there will be less trouble. "
Lu Yu sighed.
"Now that we are here, we have to make it clearer. Xu Youzhen has many differences with your father. If he agrees, he may not be able to do it. Even if he does, it will not be so easy for Li to get his wish."
"If something happens to Duke Yan Shenggong, then Li Chief Fu will be in trouble in the court. Xu Youzhen will also benefit a lot. When Taibao returns home, now only Li Chief Fu in the court can suppress Xu Youzhen. This kind of thing still needs to be done Be cautious."
"Although Menda is not very resourceful, you still have to work hard on him to make him restrain himself..."
After listening to Lu Yu's words, Li Jie was stunned for a moment. When his father came, he specifically told him that it was best not to deal directly with the Jin Yiwei people...
While Li Jie was deep in thought, Lu Yu stood up and said, "It is not convenient for us to stay here for a long time. Please finish your matters as soon as possible and hand them over to Xu Youzhen as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."
After Lu Yu stood up, Li Jie and Kong Hongxu also stood up and saw each other off.
At this time, Lu Yu also noticed the jade pendant and other items around Li Jie's waist. He frowned, pointed at Li Jie's waist and said: "Your father can't afford this thing with a year's salary. Don't buy it anymore." Carrying such a valuable thing through the market so as not to cause trouble to your father..."
Li Jie smiled awkwardly when he heard this: "Yes, father-in-law, I will put these things away later."
After Lu Yu listened, he glanced at Kong Hongxu again and left without saying a word.
After passing the front yard where gold and silver and other items were placed, Lu Yu sighed, then shook his head and left.
After Lu Yu left, Kong Hongxu said coldly: "Your father-in-law is a bit nosy, and he doesn't spend his family's money. He can wear whatever he wants. He lives by the lake, so he is quite lenient. "
Li Jie glanced at Kong Hongxu and chuckled: "What my father-in-law said is right. Come to think of it, it's not my father-in-law who is nosy, but your father-in-law. If you work overtime tonight, you will get an accurate calculation tomorrow." Account books, landowner, I will take you to Guanyi to see Xu Youzhen."
"As a saint, I deigned to see him. Isn't it that I look down on myself a little too much?" Kong Hongxu looked a little embarrassed.
Perhaps, when Li Jie was not around, Kong Hongxu might really give in, but Li Jie's arrival meant that his father-in-law, a bachelor, would fully support him. In this case, he thought of his own face again.
In other words, if millions of taels of gold and silver are divided, they will be divided, and he doesn't feel bad about it.
But face was very important to him. Licking his face to beg Xu Youzhen was more difficult for him to accept than taking away his own land and dividing his gold and silver.
After Li Jie heard Kong Hongxu's words, he immediately became anxious.
Dad owed a favor for this, but this kid didn't appreciate it.
"Do you want to go back on your word? I've made it clear to Xu Youzhen that if you don't go, I won't interfere with this matter. You wish for it." BIquGe.biz
Seeing that Li Jie was a little anxious, Kong Hongxu immediately went back to what he said...
In this world, there is no best of both worlds. Some people can give up face for money, but there are also people who can give up money for face. Different origins determine the difference in attitude.
Early on the next morning, Kong Hongxu followed Li Jie to the official post office honestly.
On top of the carriage was also pulled a field register account book.
Comes with sincerity.
Of course, Xu Youzhen didn't let Duke Yan's face fall to the ground and went out to greet him personally.
After that, Xu Youzhen started a conversation with Yan Shenggong that lasted for half an hour.
Of course, Li Jie was the one to answer questions about the new tax system, while Kong Hongxu was just a mascot, smiling and nodding.
At the end of the conversation, Xu Youzhen put forward another condition that was difficult for Kong Hongxu to accept.
The imperial court was preparing for the Shandong Offshore Navy, and money was tight. He wanted the Kong family to donate several main warships to the Ming Dynasty. Because the Kong family had no channels to build warships, they could directly liquidate the donation. They asked for a total of 300,000 taels of silver, and 20,000 taels of silver. Two gold.
It can be said that the lion opens its mouth.
After this request was made, the smile on Kong Hongxu's face instantly froze.
Xu Youzhen said that the court was nervous. The establishment of the navy was not to protect the sea and protect the Kong family. He wanted the Kong family to report and donate gold and silver. This should be voluntary, but Kong Hongxu sounded full of threats.
Li Jie's face didn't look good either. Xu Youzhen hadn't mentioned this beforehand. He glanced at Kong Hongxu, who was already confused, and then at Xu Youzhen, who was smiling.
"Is this a matter? Still have to..."
"I know that I need to write a letter to Li Shoufu and ask him if he agrees. Duke Yansheng, you can't be the master, right?" Xu Youzhen said with a smile.
When Kong Hongxu heard that Xu Youzhen said that he couldn't make the decision, he immediately became anxious: "How come I can't make the decision on these small things? Otherwise, I have to spend 300,000 taels..."
As he said this, Kong Hongxu looked at Li Jie again.
Li Jie looked at Kong Hongxu, who could not be carved out of rotten wood, and secretly shook his head.
Taking the money was a trivial matter, but Xu Youzhen's move was not really to benefit the Ming Dynasty, but to humiliate his father.
When they heard that Duke Yan had donated 300,000 taels of silver and 20,000 taels of gold to Yang Zheng, a naval engineer outside Shandong Province, their first thought was not that Duke Yan was deeply Ming Dayi, but why does this guy have so much silver? He casually took out 300,000 taels. His own silver savings must have exceeded 3 million taels.
From now on, Yan Shenggong's status will also be questioned, and his historical status will decline, taking his father along with him.
It's just asking for money and disgusting you.
Kong Hongxu's inquiring action gave Xu Youzhen another opportunity. He watched the excitement and said without taking it too seriously: "My dear nephew, Duke Yan Sheng is asking you. Do you agree?"
"This is Duke Yansheng's family matter. How can I make the decision?" Li Jie said quickly.
"Then Duke Yan, we have decided that the memorial to His Majesty will be recorded by me. After you go back, you should also submit it as soon as possible and wait for His Majesty's commendation."
Upon hearing the award, Kong Hongxu was excited and immediately gave Xu Youzhen a positive reply:
"Okay, I will write a musical note for Your Majesty tonight..."
After listening to the conversation between the two people, Li Jie couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed secretly...
Then, Li Jie took Kong Hongxu and left Guanyi...
Just when Xu Youzhen thought that her affairs in Qufu were over and she only needed to arrange a handover for local officials, something happened again...
Kong Hongxu returned home and committed suicide by hanging from a beam that night...
And on his desk, there is a suicide note to impeach Xu Youzhen...
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