beggar prince

Zhao Yuanjian went back to the bedroom and changed into a purple toga. He asked Lin Heng to get up and changed into a snow-green coat. He asked Lin Heng to comb his hair and wear a jade-encrusted gold crown.He tied his own happy brow jade pendant on Lin Heng.

Lin Heng: "Why do you dress me up so handsomely?"

"Take you to the banquet, they specially asked me to take you there."

They got into sedan chairs and brought their guards with them to the prefect Zhang's mansion.

Zhang Zhifu waited at the door for a long time. When he saw Zhao Yuanjian approaching, he strode forward and knelt down on the ground.

Zhang Zhifu said: "Your Excellency comes to the humble house, it is really full of splendor!"

Zhao Yuanjian: "Please get up."

Zhang Zhifu stood up, looked at Lin Heng, and said, "Master Xu is so handsome today!"

Lin Heng said, "There, there."

Zhang Zhifu said: "My lord, before the banquet, I have something to report to your lord. Please follow me to the inner room for a detailed discussion."

Zhao Yuanjian said, "Okay."

Zhang Zhifu asked Zhao Yuanjian to enter the inner room, Zhao Yuanjian sat down, tapped a few fingers on the table, and looked at Zhang Zhifu.

Zhang Zhifu looked at Lin Heng with an indescribable expression.Zhao Yuanjian laughed and said, "He is someone close to me, so it's okay for you to say so."

Zhang Zhifu knelt down: "I would like to ask the chief envoy to promote me to be your deputy."

Zhao Yuanjian straightened his back, looked intently and solemnly, and asked, "Let me see your ability. What can you do to gather a hundred thousand taels of silver within two years?"

Zhang Zhifu asked: "My lord, are you serious?"

Zhao Yuanjian: "I never joke when I speak!"

Zhang Zhifu thought for a while, and he said: "It should not be difficult for adults to withhold the tax money paid to the treasury privately, such as land tax, tea tax, salt tax, and silk tax..."

Zhao Yuanjian: "That's not enough to get together a hundred thousand taels of silver....

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Zhang Zhifu said: "The lower officials have another plan, which is to collect donations from the common people, collect donations from merchants, collect housing donations from people who buy houses, collect wedding donations from married people, collect funeral donations from dead people, and collect donations from horse owners. Collecting donations for raising horses, raising donations for pigs, not to mention collecting donations for passers-by, collecting donations for drinking water, collecting donations for paddles from fishermen, collecting donations for hunting forks from hunters, and being a Taoist priest Donate money to open the altar..."

Lin Heng's face changed color after hearing this, red for a while, white for a while, and finally black.He never thought that there would be such a brazen and consummate person.

Zhao Yuanjian thought to himself: What a wicked official!But I just lack such a cruel and merciless person who knows how to plan.Zhao Yuanjian knew that Zhang Zhifu's father was a silk merchant in Suzhou, and his family had been in business for generations.Zhang Zhifu got into the eyes of Qian and was also influenced by his family.If he wants to deduct more money from the money turned over to the treasury, then this person will come up with a better way.

Zhao Yuanjian said: "It's too inhumane for you to treat the people like this. I will not allow you to do this. But you can be my subordinate, and I will entrust you to do other things for me."

Zhang Zhifu happily wiped the sweat off his forehead: "Please tell me, my lord."

Zhao Yuanjian said: "I want to do business, but it's hard for me to come forward. You find a suitable person and ask him to come forward to open banks, grain stores, silk, tea and other shops in the six provinces."

Zhang Zhifu smiled happily and kowtowed ten times to Zhao Yuanjian.

Zhao Yuanjian helped Zhang Zhifu up, and he said: "In the future, we will all belong to our own people, so you don't have to be polite."

After the discussion, Zhang Zhifu walked out of the house and led Zhao Yuanjian out of the house.

Lin Heng pulled Zhao Yuanjian back and said, "This man is full of bad water. He even wants money from the common people for drinking water. According to his thinking, if you breathe, you will be taxed, and if you shit, you will be taxed. Otherwise, the people are not allowed to breathe, snore, grind their teeth, shit and fart! Yuan Jian, don’t use this man, he’s a grandson.”

Zhao Yuanjian laughed for a while when he heard what he said, and he said: "When you become the emperor, everyone will be used. If you use it just right, they are talents. Zhang Zhifu's family has been in business for generations, and he has the ability to run it for me. Shops. Don't worry, I won't let him levy those taxes on the people."

Lin Heng: "Is it possible that you really want me to be emperor?"

Zhao Yuanjian held his hand: "We'll talk about it when we go back, it's inconvenient to talk here."

Zhang Zhifu led them to the back garden.There are five prefects and five wives in the back garden.

Prefect Qin came forward with other prefects to welcome them.The prefect of Qin helped Lin Heng take off his cloak, and sat down with Zhao Yuanjian in his arms.

Zhang Zhifu invited Lin Heng to sit among the women. Lin Heng thought he was asking me to accompany his wife?He sat awkwardly in the pile of makeup, feeling uncomfortable all over.The ladies also held silk handkerchiefs and looked at him curiously.

Zhao Yuanjian sat at the top table and said, "I'm here for a banquet today, not to discuss business matters. You don't have to be restrained, and you don't have to say polite words. You can just be casual."

The magistrates were also in casual clothes, they were not as restrained as they were a few days ago.

Zhang Zhifu brought a jar of Nurhong, and he said: "Although this wine is not expensive, it was planted by my father when he was in his prime. It has been 20 years now, and I specially invite you to taste it today."

Zhao Yuanjian rolled up his sleeves and said, "Then I must try it."

Zhang Zhifu poured more than ten cups of wine, and asked Zhao Yuanjian to taste it.Zhao Yuanjian felt that the wine tasted mellow, clear and sweet.

Zhang Zhifu poured another cup.Zhao Yuanjian drank it and said, "Give the rest of the wine to Mr. Xu."

Zhang Zhifu asked the servant girl to bring it to Lin Heng and poured a full cup. Lin Heng took a sip happily. He liked the taste, it was fragrant and mellow.

Mrs. Zhang was very envious. She said: "Young people still have good relationships, which is enviable."

Mrs. Qin saw that Lin Heng was handsome, and she said, "Look at how handsome Mr. Xu looks!"

Mrs. Xu looked at Zhao Yuanjian, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "You and your lord are both like that."

Mrs. Wang was more aggressive, she said: "Your Excellency is at the age of dragon and tiger, if you can't bear it, I have a prescription to make up for you."

Lin Heng sprayed out the wine, and he seemed to have returned to the day when Zhao Yuanjian publicly announced that the two of them had broken their sleeves. He was embarrassed and wanted to find a crack in the ground.

Mrs. Zhang, who still had a charming charm, squeezed her handkerchief and smiled. She said: "Mrs. Wang said it so straightforwardly, Mr. Xu should not be offended."

Lin Heng defended: "We are not in that kind of relationship, we are pure..."

Lin Heng's nose was so angry that he scolded in his heart: These shameless women.

Mrs. Wang pointed to Zhao Yuanjian and said, "Look at how elegant and elegant you are, you are really a rare handsome man in the world."

Lin Heng thought that Zhao Yuanjian was not elegant at all in bed, like a tiger who couldn't get enough, he really was a dragon and a tiger.Lin Heng gritted his teeth at these wives, he couldn't get angry at the banquet.

Mrs. Wang poured him a glass of wine, and she said, "Have you and your lord received a small box containing many things? That's my idea for the adults, ah ha ha ha ha..."

Lin Heng looked at her in surprise, and now Zhao Yuanjian greeted him with those ghost things, and it turned out that the instigator was this shameless woman.

Lin Heng couldn't help but said: "Madam, you are so crazy, please use those terrible things yourself!"

Mrs. Wang laughed even more when she heard that, and she said: "Don't be angry, I apologize to you, come and have a drink with you."

Eat wine until the moon rises, dyeing the night with warmth.Zhao Yuanjian said: "This is the end of today. I think you are tired. I will invite you to my house some other day."

The prefects sent them to the sedan chair.

Zhao Yuanjian and Lin Heng returned to the government office.Lin Heng was extremely depressed, he said: "I won't go again."

Zhao Yuanjian asked, "Why?"

Lin Heng said helplessly: "They are a bunch of crazy women. I can't bear it. They can say anything and do anything, and they don't feel ashamed! That box of jade is a gift from them!"

Zhao Yuanjian said: "You still need to go occasionally, so just help me."

"why?"

Zhao Yuanjian smiled and said, "This is Madam diplomacy."

After Zhao Yuanjian finished speaking, he fled away in a hurry.Lin Heng yelled at his back: "Go to hell!"

After Lin Heng made the bedding, Zhao Yuanjian came back and lay down with his arms around him.

Lin Heng asked: "Why are you so greedy for money? In Lingnan City, I saw many people who scolded you as a dog official."

Zhao Yuanjian got up, looked down at Lin Heng, and stroked Lin Heng's smooth hair."I'm all for you," he said.

Lin Heng looked at him puzzled.

Zhao Yuanjian said: "Sooner or later, you will be arrested by the queen mother. The queen mother will not let you become an emperor with real power. The royal family has always fought against each other for the sake of imperial power. If the queen mother wants to ascend the throne, she will not be merciful to you. Just Like your grandpa, Emperor Taizong, he killed four brothers before ascending to the throne. And your father is very lucky, his brothers acted too impatiently, which angered your grandpa. Your grandpa was abolished in a rage Taking the crown prince position of your great uncle, imprisoning your second and third uncles, and giving your fourth uncle to drink poisoned wine. Your father took advantage of it."

Lin Heng said: "Well, that night I pretended to be a princess and asked the queen mother what she meant. She said that she would imprison me, just like the current emperor."

Zhao Yuanjian: "If we want to be together in a fair manner, we have no choice but to rebel and make you ascend the throne. Besides, I want to piss off that old man my father. In order to buy those officials who can restrain me And the general; in order to have money to recruit soldiers for the future rebellion. I can only be thirsty for money and greedy."

Lin Heng felt uncomfortable. He said: "In the past, you were a fairy-like son. You picked me up and helped poor scholars in the academy. It was very humane. Unexpectedly, I changed you. I am your sinner. Yuan Jian, Rebellion is too difficult, you won't succeed. Let's live like this for the rest of our lives, if you despise me in the future, I will leave and go wandering with others. "

Zhao Yuanjian snorted, bit Lin Heng's neck hard, and said, "If you stop thinking about it, you can't go anywhere. You can only be my prince, my emperor, and follow me." Rebellion. You have no way out. Both Zhao Shengqi and Zuo Xianwang want to arrest you, and the Queen Mother also wants to find you. Even if we escape to the ends of the earth, we will not be able to fly. Maybe they will come to arrest you tomorrow. Heng, we can only go on. .”

After hearing his words, Lin Heng felt a burst of despair. He didn't want Zhao Yuanjian to suffer with him, so he said bitterly: "Then you give up on me. With your ability, you can definitely become a higher official than you are now when you return to the court." .I don't want to drag you down, I will leave tomorrow."

Zhao Yuanjian hugged Lin Heng tightly: "I hate you. If I do that, I will regret it for the rest of my life. I have reached this point, and there is no turning back. I acted in a hurry and ruthlessly, leaving behind many disasters and evidence, which cannot be wiped away. It's gone. If my aunt finds out now, she won't be relieved if she kills me alive a hundred times."

When Lin Heng heard this, he put his arms around his neck and said, "I listen to you, I'll be the fucking emperor, and then I will make you a queen! If you fail and are cut alive, I will suffer with you." Fuck, I'm not saying anything!"

Zhao Yuanjian remembered that Lin Heng said just now that he wanted to go to the rivers and lakes with others.Zhao Yuanjian's eyes darkened, and he asked, "You said you were going to wander the rivers and lakes, who do you want to go with? Do you have other friends?"

Lin Heng quickly explained, and he said: "I only have you as a man. Uncle Liu is a friend I met in Xueshan. Your father has been looking for him for more than ten years. Uncle Liu said that you can't tell anyone, especially your Zhao family. Otherwise he will be in danger. Yuan Jian, don't tell your father."

Zhao Yuanjian was overjoyed when he heard this. He thought that there was such a good thing in the world. Liu Zhuxiong and his sweetheart had made friends.As long as Liu Zhuxiong comes to find his sweetheart, he can catch him and force him to hand over the treasure.

Zhao Yuanjian said: "Darling, you were lied to by Liu Zhuxiong. Do you know who he is? He is the one who stole you from Mount Tai and made you live among the people."

Lin Heng was startled, he remained silent for a while, his friendship with Liu Zhuxiong became complicated, he didn't know whether he hated it or not.

Zhao Yuanjian said: "He has treasures from the previous dynasty, and his wealth is beyond rivals. If he comes to you, help me catch him."

Lin Heng: "OK."

Zhao Yuanjian let Lin Heng ride on him, he pulled down Lin Heng's neck, and kissed excitedly.