Earl's Mansion.

Xu Mao returned to Xu Mengchong's bedroom and said to Xu Mengchong who was "ill" in bed: "Master, Eunuch Chen is back."

After hearing this, Xu Mengchong sat up immediately, and looked energetic, not at all like he was lying on a bed, but he still looked out guiltily, then sighed and said, "It's considered leaving."

Xu Mao said: "Master, this is not a solution. Your Majesty has sent eunuchs to visit the master, and he also said that he would send an imperial physician to diagnose the master."

Xu Mengqiong sighed, "I know this, but I am also forced to do so. You didn't go to the court to see it. The censors almost quarreled the roof of the imperial city, and the ministers in the cabinet were also very opposed. If I want to lend money to His Majesty at this time, I will just put myself on the fire and roast myself."

In the eyes of Confucianism, this is a great rebellion, and even if there are signs of this, it is not possible. Therefore, the case of Wanli's attempt to make Concubine Zheng the imperial concubine is getting worse and worse. Although they cannot do anything to the emperor, whoever wants to support the emperor will definitely bite it. It is said that killing the chicken for the monkey to see.

Xu Mao wondered: "What the villain doesn't understand is that since Your Majesty has decided to enthrone Concubine Zheng as the Imperial Concubine, then according to the rules, Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Revenue have the responsibility to allocate money to His Majesty for the enthronement. If they allocate money, then the ministers would not say much. Why does Your Majesty always ask the master to borrow money, or does Your Majesty hope to get your support?"

"What is my support?" Xu Mengchong waved his hand and said depressedly: "Actually, there is nothing else about this matter, it's money. When you are fine, Your Majesty will try your best to get money from the Ministry of Revenue, Guanglu Temple, and Taipu Temple. Now there is a reason. How can Your Majesty give up this opportunity? Do you think the Ministry of Revenue and Guanglu Temple can run away? It's just that they have to pay. If you ask them to get the money first, then Your Majesty will not be able to borrow money from the Taipu Temple again."

Since Zhang Juzheng's death, Wanli has tried every means to extort money from various financial departments.

Just as for this matter, since your emperor must enthrone Concubine Zheng as the imperial concubine, as long as it is decided, the financial department should allocate money. This is the rule. Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Revenue can both take out this amount of money. If you can't enthrone it, then let alone Taipu Temple, Guanglu Temple will not be able to take out money.

It can be seen that Wanli is a very simple person. He clearly wants to extort money. The court made a fuss like that, and he doesn't care about it and just wants money. Of course, this is not just the money for enthronement. Wanli will definitely ask for as much as possible, and receive all the extra money in his own small treasury. After all, the treasury is not the emperor's money, but the national finance, but it only includes some of the emperor's expenses.

But this made Xu Mengchong suffer, and he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Dongdongdongdongdong.

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation, "Master, the Kou son-in-law is looking for a meeting outside."

"Guo Dan?"

Xu Mengchun wondered: "It's really strange. This kid actually came to ask for a meeting."

Xu Mao said: "Master, I'll go and see what's wrong with him first?"

"Um."

Xu Mengchong nodded, but then called Xu Mao again: "Forget it, I'd better go see him in person. You can take him to the back hall first."

"yes."

......

After a long time, Xu Mengchong slowly came to the back hall.

Guo Dan hurriedly got up and said, "My younger generation Guo Dan has seen uncle."

Xu Mengchong looked at this guy who was very polite and looked very respectful. He thought to himself that he was here to ask me for help this time. He immediately teased: "Xike, Xike, I want to invite you here, but it will be a lot of energy."

"My uncle is joking. With a word from you, I will come here immediately." Guo Dan smiled embarrassedly, and she was a little lacking in confidence!

"Yeah?"

Xu Mengchong smiled slightly, came to the main seat and sat down, and asked, "What's the matter with me?"

Guo Dan said nervously: "I wonder if Ling Er can be at home?"

Xu Mengchong was slightly stunned and couldn't help but look at Xu Mao.

Xu Mao shook his head slightly.

Xu Mengfeng had a hint of confusion in his eyes, and looked at Guo Dan again and asked, "What's the matter with you looking for a little girl?"

"I'm here to apologize to Ling Ye. Look, I've brought the broom." Guo Dan pointed at the side with two brooms, thinking to himself, it seems that Aunt Xu hasn't returned home yet, this is really great. If she told the old fox that I said, it would be really a god and I can't save it.

Xu Mengmeng heard it in confusion and said, "Come with a broom?"

"I actually want to take the thorns and apologize, but I will not be able to find the thorns for a while, so I can only use this broom to replace them."

Xu Mengqi rolled her eyes and asked, "How did you offend the little girl?"

"Actually, this is a misunderstanding."

Guo Dan immediately told Xu Mengchong about the incident. There was basically no falsehood, but he saved the issue of breast testing and just described it in verbal offense, and focused on Xu Jirong's slander.

This kid is really hateful, pushing everything to Rong'er. Xu Mengchong said with a grim eyebrows: "Although Rong'er is responsible for this matter, you are not without fault."

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Guo Dan nodded repeatedly and said, "So I came here to apologize to Ling Yan."

Xu Mengxun said: "Then you go and apologize to your little girl. If she forgives you, I will naturally not blame you."

The implication is that if she does not forgive you, I will definitely blame you.

If she could forgive me, why would I come to you? Guo Dan smiled bitterly in his heart and felt a little resentful of himself. Why was he so disgusted by those two pieces at that time? In fact, no matter how big it is, he had played with it. He smiled and said with a shy smile: "Master, can you say a few good things for the younger generation?"

Xu Mengchong smiled and said, "I understand. You are here to ask me to help you plead with me."

Guo Dan nodded and looked at Xu Mengchong expectantly.

Xu Mengxun said: "I usually ask you for help, but you are pushing and hindering."

Guo Dan immediately said: "Brother, this time I will think that I owe you a favor. If the count needs help from me in the future, I will be determined to do so."

He also collected money for Xu Mengshen, but it was not free. This time it was his turn to ask for someone, so naturally it should be like this.

Xu Mengqiu waited for this sentence, coughed lightly and said, "It just so happened that something has been bothering me recently. If you can help me solve this difficult problem, then I can help you have a relationship with my little girl."

After hearing this, Guo Dan suddenly felt like he was throwing himself into the trap. He was thinking in his heart that this would not be a trap set by their three generations of grandparents and grandchildren. He asked cautiously: "I wonder what difficult things are encountered by my uncle and I need help from my juniors?"

Xu Mengchong hesitated for a little and said, "If a friend of yours asks you to borrow a lot of money but you can't get the money out, you just want to allocate some money from Yaxing to help you, but you don't want the Kou family's father and daughter to learn about this, do you have a way to do it without knowing it?"

Guo Dan immediately said: "My uncle wants to embezzle!"

Xu Mengchong said with a grim eyebrow: "What kind of corruption, I'm asking you."

But what you asked clearly was that you wanted to embezzle me and think I was stupid! Guo Dan said: "If it were a junior, I would definitely not borrow such a large sum of money."

"You can't borrow it."

Xu Mengshidao.

"Why?"

“No reason.”

“……”

Guo Dan pondered for a while and said, "Brother, I know what you mean, but I advise you not to use this brain, because this kind of thing is impossible to do without any knowledge. Even if you can hide it for a while, it cannot be hidden forever. Once the matter is revealed, it will be too late. Your family has a great cause and no need to take this risk."

It’s not that he can’t do anything, but he really doesn’t dare, and there is no need for this. He is not short of this money, and this favor cannot be paid to the lives of the whole family.

"I know too."

Xu Mengchong sighed and said, "But I have no choice. This person has been kind to me, so I can't stand by and watch!"

"That's how it works!"

Guo Dan frowned and said, "Since he is a good friend of Mr. Wang, he must be very powerful."

Xu Mengchong nodded slightly and said, "That's right."

Guo Dan said: "If you have power in hand, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort when making money. I always feel that it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach mermaids. Since I owe you a favor today, if your friend needs help, I can help him think of a solution. As for those illegal things, I can't do it."

"It's better to teach people how to fish than to teach mermaids?" Xu Meng nodded thoughtfully and said, "It's not unreasonable to say you're going to get it. I'll go and ask that person first."

If you are forcing you to embezzle public funds, it must be an urgent matter. Of course, I will not come to me. I can only make money, but I will not change it. Guo Dan nodded hurriedly and asked again: "What's going on about Ling Yan?"

Xu Mengchong nodded and said, "When I see my little girl, I will tell you."

Seeing this? Guo Dan felt that this was a bit strange, but he didn't think much about it and nodded, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Chapter completed!