Chapter 20: Ru ​​Shangshu’s Hobbies

The stone was sandwiched into the memorial and sent into the palace. Xu Jingchang thought silently, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

"Old Wu, do you think His Majesty will come in the morning or in the afternoon? Let's bet on a banquet, how about it?"

Wu Shan was still busy sorting out the official documents and said aggrievedly: "Forget it for the banquet, why don't you bet on Qinhuai to listen to music? It's true that my subordinates have no intention of working."

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyes wildly, "You, you're so unpromising."

Wu Shan said bitterly: "You are aware of what the officials are like. I have never seen any world."

Xu Jingchang snorted: "Okay, look at it, you can see the world well soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps sounded outside and rushed into the Tongzhengsi Department. When he arrived at the duty room, Xu Jingchang looked up and found that Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were coming together.

He quickly got up to greet him, but he was puzzled. He gave Zhu Di stones, so why did Yao Guangxiao come with him?

"Xu Jingchang, today, Young Master Yao entered the palace. The sedan chairwoman sprained his ankle not far from the front of the palace, and almost threw the Young Master. He entered the palace and told me that he sent two more stones into the palace. What was going on? Tell me clearly as soon as possible."

When Zhu Di saw Xu Jingchang's mysterious and curiosity came, he told Jinyiwei Ji Gang to take a few people, together with Xu Jingchang, Yao Guangxiao, and Wu Shan, to go straight to the teahouse.

Almost half an hour, I have recorded more than thirty names...

In the afternoon, Xu Jingchang accompanied Yao Guangxiao to drink tea and rinse the oil that had been eaten into his stomach.

Xu Jingchang said: "Young Master, you are really as insightful as you can see the fire. I have invited this meal."

At this time, Zhu Di rushed over and took a memorial in his hand.

After a while, Ji Gang came back.

Xu Jingchang blinked, "Your Majesty, how much does the Ministry of Works need this time?"

"Your Majesty, if you want me to say, don't be too anxious. Just ask the Ministry of Works to come up with a plan quickly, ask them where the problem is, how much expenses are needed, and make a plan. When the Ministry of Works finds the result, I will talk to Your Majesty again."

Yao Guangxiao glanced at Xu Jingchang and thought to himself that it was time for you to solve the puzzle.

"Whose is it?" Zhu Di asked.

Xu Jingchang said helplessly: "Your Majesty, this matter is a bit complicated. I can't explain it clearly in three sentences. It's better to ask the Ministry of Works."

Wu Shan looked at Xu Jingchang. Xu Jingchang completely saw that the funeral was not serious. "Just say, can you still deceive the emperor?"

Wu Shan's face changed.

"Eighteen thousand taels." Zhu Di smiled and said, "I brought their budget memorials, which were written very clearly. I would have to hand them over these days. After speaking, after the reprimand, all the officials still tried their best, which was a big improvement compared to the past."

Ji Gang had a majestic figure, a high nose bridge, deep eyes, and a bit like a hawk and wolf-eyed look. He immediately agreed and wanted to go down.

I'm afraid it's not just the work of the Ministry of Works.

"Your Majesty, I have found out that there are as many as fifty people, and almost all the departments and government offices are among them."

Xu Jingchang casually said: "Young Master, it was the stone I handed over. Now you have discovered the problem. Although it is a coincidence, it is said to the outside world that we discovered it. What do you think?"

Xu Jingchang didn't say anything, so he could catch him and show his appearance.

Yao Guangxiao couldn't help it, "You little scoundrel, why didn't you just say that I told you to do this?"

Yao Guangxiao was speechless. He was entangled by Xu Jingchang, but the old monk was so smart. Xu Jingchang was holding him, which means that this matter was too big and he couldn't stand it alone.

"Shao Division, this is the repair strategy handed over by the Ministry of Works. In fact, they have known this for a long time. This is all a mistake left by Jianwen's confused boy. He used the Ministry of Works to collect grain and recruit soldiers just to deal with me. As a result, the project under his nose was not even done, which is really embarrassing. How could he be my opponent with such ability? Hahaha!"

I won’t talk about the road construction. Just so many officials came to the Qinhuai River to drink flower wine, which made Zhu Di furious.

"Can you tell me what you discovered and can be sure to succeed? I would like to advise you not to make too many enemies without any trouble, unless you have a way to avoid future troubles."

"It's Mr. Ru."

He remembered that when Zhu Yuanzhang was there, the court officials were so tired every day that they did not dare to come to such places.

Xu Jingchang widened his eyes and immediately said, "It's true as a decree!"

As soon as Zhu Di left, Yao Guangxiao sat down with a smile, and then said, "Xu Tongzheng, since you ate the vegetarian vegetarian food in your Xu Mansion, the people in other places are too far apart, and they can't even be in the palace. Today at noon, you can prepare another table for me."

Just look at it. Zhu Di's face continued to darken, becoming like a black pot. His turbulent anger was about to explode.

"No!" Zhu Di flatly refused, "I hate playing puzzles the most. Just say it, don't talk about it."

Yao Guangxiao stopped him, "You can't take any risk. You can check it first and see how many officials there are. Wait until you go to court tomorrow before you deal with it."

Obviously, Zhu Di was very satisfied with the Ministry of Works’ explanation.

As soon as these words were said, Yao Guangxiao was really stunned. Seeing the court officials responded and his help, then is this kid very sure of him?

"Ji Gang, go and catch all these people and throw them into prison." Zhu Di shouted angrily.

Yao Guangxiao said angrily: "Boy, don't behave like a cheap person. I just persuaded Your Majesty to leave and dig a hole for you. If the Ministry of Works is not done well, you will fall into it. You are really rude. If you offended you just now, you have to settle the score with the six departments. You are too revenge."

Zhu Di rolled his eyelids. He really respected Yao Guangxiao, and this was his teacher.

When he came for the second time, Xu Jingchang was already familiar with the road, so he took them directly to the third floor, and took the entire floor, looking down at the street in front of him.

Only then did Xu Jingchang understand what was going on. It turned out that the inferior project almost harmed Yao Guangxiao.

Ji Gang looked at Zhu Di, and Zhu Di suppressed his anger. He knew that Yao Guangxiao was worried that the rest of Jianwen's party would be detrimental to him, so he nodded, "Well, listen to the young master."

Ji Gang went, and Zhu Di was already planning to return to the palace, and a sedan chair suddenly came over from below.

Zhu Di was venting his anger for Master Yao, probably because he was afraid that there were too many ears and ears in the palace, so he came over quickly.

But soon Wu Shan became desperate because he saw several familiar faces in the crowd.

With the mentality of getting wet in the rain and trying hard to pull off other people's umbrellas, Wu Shan stared at the sight of a copper bell, not letting go of any unlucky guy who fell into the trap.

Xu Jingchang was helpless, "Young Master, that vegetarian food is not easy to do. Last time I treated me, you did me a favor. This time I treat you, are you doing it righteously and help me?"

Xu Jingchang smiled, "That depends on how they deal with it, and whether you are helping me!"

"Ru Wei? He also came to such a place?" Zhu Di was very surprised. He did not expect that this Taoist master had a wide range of hobbies.

Zhu Di frowned slightly, "What does it mean? Is there a story here? Young Master, what did you talk about after a day?"

Wu Shan was giving advice at the window, his heart was pounding. He was not him and Xu Jingchang. His descended and Young Master Yao was here, so can these people be restrained?

It’s not the same way to seek death!

Jianwen, a good nephew, really ruined the national constitution, indulged civil servants, and made the world chaotic. The capital was so in such anger.

I saw you last time, and you still have this time!

Are you going to court on the Qinhuai River?

Wu Shan became more angry the more he thought about it. He was also a court official, and he could come every day. What was the difference between him?

"Okay, the young master will stay here, I'll go back."

When the lights were on, the lights were bright and the wine was blooming. I soon saw officials from various yamen coming one after another.

They chatted until evening and were about to go home.

Xu Jingchang looked at the time and said, "It's almost done. Your Majesty, you take a few guards and I will take you to a place."

Zhu Di still wanted to ask, but Yao Guangxiao suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is thinking about listening to Xu Tongzheng once. Your Majesty should hurry up and deal with government affairs. This is not a big deal. The old minister stays here and chats with Xu Tongzheng."

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyes and handed it to Yao Guangxiao. The old monk also looked at it, and then said: "There seems to be no loopholes. Your Majesty should agree with the Ministry of Works. Next, he asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate money, recruit the civil servants, and collect stones."

Zhu Di gritted his teeth, "No one else can tell me, where is Ru Wei? He is here to have fun too?"

"Yes, he even looked for..."

"Who did you look for?" Zhu Di asked afterwards.

"I found a concubine of Qi Tai." Ji Gang's voice was not high, but everyone present changed their faces, and even Xu Jingchang was amazed. Unexpectedly, Shangshu Ru had become addicted to Prime Minister Cao's little hobby.

(End of this chapter)
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