The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Ji Heng knew the embarrassment of the emperor's financial situation.

First, the treasury in the palace is not in his hands now, but in the hands of the Queen Mother. He usually needs to apply for everything he needs to spend, and he is even more short on money, because he only spends money on a monthly basis. .

Naturally, as an emperor, he doesn't need to spend anything, but he is very dissatisfied with the embarrassment of the usual rewarders. If it is taken by the central treasury, the palace treasury may not necessarily give it to him.

This is naturally a very depressing thing, and it is probably one of the reasons why the emperor wants to take charge of the government as soon as possible.

Second, the treasury of the court is also very tight, especially after such a battle with King Wu.

Although the first emperor died early and suddenly, he arranged almost everything after his death.

The government affairs of the DPRK and China are handed over to Mr. Li Ge and several other cabinet ministers. Although Mr. Li is greedy, he is not a person who harms the country. He has the ambition to rule the country; while the national army is mainly controlled by the Xu family. In the hands of the Lin family and the Zhao family, the Xu family and the Zhao family are mortal enemies, and it is impossible to face each other. The Xu family and the Lin family will assist the new emperor well. The emperor believes this, and the Zhao family cannot control it, but in other factions Under the control of the Zhao family, the Zhao family can't do anything.

Even if the queen mother wants to depose the new emperor and establish another emperor, it is impossible. At that time, the emperor had a will and wanted to establish another emperor. Unless the new emperor passed away, or the new emperor was really absurd, the queen mother and the five elders could be appointed at the same time. He agreed to depose him and select the sons of the clan to go to Beijing.

But the little emperor is not absurd, so no one can say that he can be deposed.

The emperor was still young in the past few years, and almost all government affairs were decided by Mr. Li Ge. Apart from tossing about the money in the treasury, Mr. Li did not have much trouble, and the whole country was moving forward steadily.

But seeing how little money was left in the treasury, the emperor felt very resentful.

This is also one of the reasons why he cares about Mr. Li Ge very much.

The emperor has no way to manage Mr. Li Ge now, so he is counting on Mr. Ji to collect a large amount of money from Jiangnan for him, at least to fill the treasury and his own internal treasury. Unexpectedly, Mr. Ji registered and sent back a lot of money. Not as good as he imagined.

This is also the emperor's depression.

Ji Heng followed the emperor almost every day, so he naturally understood the emperor's thoughts, so he understood after Zhao Zhili said something to him. Zhao Zhili was reminding him that there might be some problems with his father.

Mr. Zhang didn't come to Ji's mansion very often these days, but stayed at home.

After Ji Heng sent people to look for him, he went into the inner courtyard to change his clothes, washed and tidied up, and when he was about to wait for Mr. Zhang in the front yard, Xu Qilang jumped out again, "Brother Heng, are you here again?" going out?"

Ji Heng said, "Why are you so idle these few days? You've been wandering around in the inner house, didn't you go to class?"

Xu Qilang was very upset when he scolded him, and said, "Why didn't you go to school, but you left earlier today, and let yourself write an essay. Where are you going?"

Ji Heng said: "My mother didn't care about me, but you care about me instead. I didn't go out, I went to the front yard to talk to Mr. Zhang."

Xu Qilang felt relieved and said, "Oh, then you can go."

However, Ji Heng stopped and stared at Xu Qilang. Xu Qilang is also 14 years old. It is the time when his body is growing rapidly, and his voice has changed recently. The clear juvenile voice is very different.

Xu Qilang was a little confused by Ji Heng, and asked: "What's wrong?"

Ji Heng said, "I found that you have grown taller again."

Xu Qilang said: "It's natural, how can it not grow taller. Last year's light furs were worn too small, and this year's are all newly made."

Ji Heng sighed softly: "That's great, I have to wait another two years to grow properly."

Xu Qilang laughed: "It's good that you are so young."

Ji Heng said unhappily: "Nonsense."

Xu Qilang wanted to say that this was the case, but he didn't dare to say it because of Ji Heng's stern face, and Ji Heng told him: "You have to drink goat's milk every day at this time, otherwise your bones will not grow well."

Xu Qilang said: "The smell is unbearable, thank you for being able to drink it."

Didn't Ji Hengxin pay a price if he wanted to grow taller? He didn't want to be too short and look more like a woman. However, Master Ji and Mrs. Xu are not short, so he shouldn't be too short.

Ji Heng didn't talk to Xu Qilang, and was about to go to the front yard, but Xu Qilang actually followed, Ji Heng had to say to him: "Why are you following me?"

Xu Qilang smiled and said: "I know you and Mr. Zhang have something important to talk about, so I won't bother you. I just go to the west courtyard to play with Mu Shizhen."

Ji Heng froze for a moment, "He's here?"

Xu Qilang nodded, "When I came back from the front study, I met him. He came to see his aunt."

Mu Shizhen is Mu Zhen, the nephew of the fourth aunt's natal family, and there is only such a nephew in her natal family.

Ji Heng didn't speak, Xu Qilang leaned close to Ji Heng's ear and whispered, "Fourth aunt is doing well with my aunt recently, I think I want Mu Shizhen to come to our study for class. After all, Mr. An is very nice now. , I often have my uncle's Qingke to give lectures, and Mr. Zhang will take the time to go and have a look. She must have taken a fancy to this."

Ji Heng pondered for a moment, then said, "Do you want a companion to attend class with?"

Xu Qilang said, "It doesn't matter, as long as you can come back."

Ji Heng said, "Last time I sent someone to tell the major gambling houses in Beijing that the uncle of the Mu family is not allowed to enter the door again, but it is said that he went to some wild games to gamble on it. It seems that this Gambling addiction is really helpless. The fourth aunt thought so too, so she didn't want to worry about her elder brother, but instead saw that her nephew could be flattered, so she wanted to keep the incense at home."

Xu Qilang said: "It seems that it is so."

Ji Heng went to the front yard. Before Mr. Zhang arrived, he went into the study and read the letter sent by his father again. The letter didn't say much, and he didn't write the account of Jiangnan.

Ji Heng sighed in his heart, and just as he was thinking about it, Mr. Zhang came in, and he heard Mr. Zhang ordering the manager here, "Why is it so cold in here? The young master should prepare two warm basins for you if you are inside. .”

The steward, Nuonuo, agreed, and Mr. Zhang had already entered the inner room. When he saw Ji Heng sitting behind the desk with a serious expression on his face, Mr. Zhang felt that it was Ji Daogong who was sitting here.

Ji Heng stood up and bowed to Mr. Zhang, saying, "Mr. Zhang, please sit down."

Mr. Zhang smiled before going to sit down.

Ji Heng saw that the steward brought in two warm pots and hot tea, and said, "After you go out, watch carefully, don't let people come here."

The steward knew it was a confidential matter, so he responded quickly and left.

Only then did Ji Heng say to Mr. Zhang, "Jiangnan is a rich and prosperous place. The emperor handed over the inspection of Prince Wu's mansion and those officials and merchants who had been attached to King Wu to his father. That was his reliance and trust on his father. He is a suspicious and insecure person, if something happens to my father, even if the emperor doesn't say it this time, I'm afraid he will hold a grudge in his heart."

Mr. Zhang is a very smart person. Hearing what he said, he knew what was going on.

"Is there something going on with the emperor?"

Ji Heng nodded, and asked again, "I don't know if my father has written a private letter to you, sir, mentioning Jiangnan."

Mr. Zhang said, "The matter in Jiangnan is difficult. Even if I don't talk about it, Junqing, you can understand it if you think about it. Your father did talk about it in his private letter to me. He knew that the emperor wanted to get something from Jiangnan. A lot of money, but things are not easy to handle. First, the remaining silver in the Wu Palace is only 10,000+ taels. The emperor will not believe it. Although there are many rare treasures in the Wu Palace, they are also shipped to Beijing It is here, but the emperor will definitely guess that this is not all; officials in the Jiangnan area who were implicated in this matter investigated and dealt with a large number of them, and all of them ransacked their homes, beheaded or exiled. In fact, your father also said that this matter is the most hot potato No one dared to offend the King of Wu before, and it was really difficult to investigate the merchants who had been attached to the King of Wu and lived in the Jiangnan area. I am afraid that there will be another war in the Jiangnan area, and the merchants will incite ordinary people to make trouble. Therefore, this matter can only be taken lightly. If he was convicted, he also said that the emperor might not agree."

In fact, Ji Heng also understands that dealing with Jiangnan affairs is a fat job that everyone is jealous of, but it is also a hot potato.

If anyone says that the officials in charge of this matter are not corrupt, no one will believe it. They think this is an excellent opportunity to enrich their own pockets.

Therefore, no matter what, this is a job that will end up with a reputation of being rich in private pockets.

Moreover, his hometown is in Yangzhou, and his uncle is a big businessman in Yangzhou. Although his father reminded him to take almost all of his family business to Guangzhou two years ago, it is hard to guarantee that it will not become a reason for criticism by the courtiers.

Ji Heng had no choice but to sigh, although Master Ji was indeed sorry for him as a father, but as an official, there was nothing to be picky about.

Ji Heng said, "I believe in my father, but the difficulty now is to convince the emperor to trust my father. In my opinion, I have to write a letter to my father and let him ask the emperor to ask a third-party supervisor to go. All kinds of difficulties also make him Tell the emperor about it."

Mr. Zhang said, "This indeed needs to be explained to your father. However, since you are in front of the emperor, why don't you talk about this matter on the sidelines, I'm afraid it will be more useful than your father's letter."

Ji Heng said: "Sir, it's even more difficult to say if it's me."

Mr. Zhang sighed, thinking so too.

If the emperor is very suspicious, then Ji Heng will say it, but the emperor will think that Lord Ji asked his son to do this.

Mr. Zhang then drafted a letter to Mr. Ji, and Ji Heng was thinking about it, but in the end he became more and more worried. Companion to a king is like a tiger. There can be no more correct words than this.

He recalled that a while ago, in the drizzle, the emperor held an umbrella and took him up to the turret of the palace city. The emperor hugged his shoulders and said, let him stay by his side and rule the world together.

It is a great honor for him to be so valued by the emperor, but now that he thinks about it, he seems to think that what the emperor said at the time was to let him come back and remind his father, so that he would not ruin the future because of such a thing.

The more he thought about it, the more unpredictable he became, and the more frightened he became, in the end Ji Heng had no choice but to think about it.

On the matter of treating the emperor, he instead thought of the story of Mi Zixia and Wei Linggong who were quite peachy in the past. When Wei Linggong liked him, Mi Zixia was right in whatever he did. Thinking of what is right becomes a crime of disrespect.

Ji Heng didn't know why he thought of this example, but this is the reason why he loves the most important thing.

Still the same sentence, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger.

I used to think that being an official in the court was doing things for the country and the people, but now I deeply understand that being an official is more like being a person and a minister.