Zhou Yongchun hadn't been feeling well recently. He felt even more uneasy when he thought about how he had rejected Jiajing's proposal to hold a birthday banquet.
In the past few days, he had found a few people from the Qi Party to discuss whether they could gather some money to hold a birthday banquet for Jiajing through the shareholders of the Qi Party's commercial firm. Although it did not need to be too extravagant and wasteful, it could be more dignified. However, this proposal was rejected by the shareholders below. They felt that Jiajing was a bottomless pit. After asking for it once, they would want more.
However, Zhou Yongchun also knew that the shareholders didn't want to fork out money.
The greed of merchants was endless. Now that the Qi Party's Chamber of Commerce was constantly expanding, many merchants were starting to become more and more independent. As the leader of the Qi Party, he was also slowly becoming unable to speak. He had lost control of the shareholders of the trading companies below, and these shareholders 'desires were increasing.
Although he hated these 'ungrateful' shareholders, Zhou Yongchun knew that he could not control them.
After being rejected by the shareholders, he had originally given up on this idea. However, today, he received confirmed news that Yan Song had accepted this mission.
"Master, I've found out. That thief Yan entered the palace an hour ago.”
Zhou Yongchun's expression became even more solemn.
"Prepare the sedan chair, I want to see the emperor."
Soon, Zhou Yongchun arrived at the palace and was led to the royal study by a eunuch.
Zhou Yongchun immediately took out a banknote worth 500 taels and secretly stuffed it into the young eunuch's hand.
"Eunuch, I wonder if there are any ministers with His Majesty?”
The young eunuch was not very satisfied with the 500 taels. He had heard that Grand Secretary Yan was very generous and had directly offered 5000 taels. In comparison, Minister Zhou was too stingy.
The little eunuch said in a strange tone,""Is Minister Zhou bribing me? However, Minister Zhou had bribed the wrong person. This lowly one was loyal to the Emperor and would definitely not leak any information about the Emperor.”
Zhou Yongchun was dumbfounded. What? 500 taels of silver and I can't even open your mouth?
Zhou Yongchun's face froze. He didn't dare to curse, but he kept apologizing. He hated the eunuch to the core. He already hated these eunuchs, and now he hated them even more.
With a dark face, Zhou Yongchun arrived outside the royal study and told the eunuch to inform the Emperor.
In the end, the Emperor walked out very quickly.
Zhou Yongchun thought that the emperor was in a hurry to see him, so he came out. The next sentence was like a sharp blow to his head.
"Minister Zhou, today is not the time for court, right? Why do you want to see me?" Jia Jing's expression was cold.
The way he addressed her had changed from 'Minister Zhou' to 'Minister Zhou.' This was something that had never happened before. In the past, even if their relationship was not good, they would still maintain the necessary dignity. But now, they did not even care about this dignity and directly tore it apart.
Zhou Yongchun was shocked and quickly knelt down." I have sinned. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"”
Jiajing sneered,"Minister Zhou is loyal to the country and has done his best. How can he be guilty?" Are you kidding me?"
When he thought about how these people were all extremely rich, but they did not let him have any soup, and they even proudly said that they were loyal to the monarch and patriotic, Jiajing felt a surge of anger. Originally, he thought that these people were useful, but Yan Song's performance today made him realize that he actually had many loyal and capable officials, such as Yan Song. Not only did he know his intentions, but he could also help him earn money. Moreover, he made money for the sake of righteousness.
Therefore, Yang Tinghe, Zhou Yongchun, Guan Yingzhen, Shen Yiguan, and the others who only knew how to stop him could be removed.
Zhou Yongchun naturally did not know what Jiajing was thinking, but he also felt that things were not good. Jiajing's attitude made his hair stand on end.
He immediately prostrated himself and said loudly," Your Majesty, regarding the matter of the birthday banquet that you entrusted to me last time, I felt that I had not thought it through and did not understand Your Majesty's holy will to spread the dignity of the Emperor. I have gone back and thought about it carefully these few days. I deeply feel that Your Majesty has thought it through. The grand birthday banquet this time will definitely make the world revere and admire the Imperial Court. This will stabilize the country and raise the morale of the people!”
Zhou Yongchun did not hesitate to give up and accept Jiajing's proposal.
As for the shareholders of the Chu Party, he would go back and persuade them. Even if he had to force them, they had to take out the silver.
As expected, when he said this, Jiajing said,"Minister Zhou knows my intentions. Then Minister Zhou, hurry up and go back to handle it.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"”
At this moment, Huang Jin walked out from inside.
"Minister Yan is awake?" Jiajing asked in surprise.”
Huang Jin shook his head." Your Majesty, Grand Secretary Yan is still asleep.”
"It seems that Minister Yan is really exhausted.”"Ginseng soup, porridge, and so on, always be ready, understand?" There must be no mistakes."
Zhou Yongchun, who was watching the whole process, was so shocked that he looked like an idiot.
"What's going on? That traitor Yan Song was actually sleeping in the royal study? And the emperor actually prepared ginseng soup for him? And porridge? Oh my god, what kind of Enrong is this!”
Zhou Yongchun walked out of the palace in a daze. He kept recalling the surprise and concern on Jiajing's face.
"This Yan Song must have done something incredible.”
Zhou Yongchun suddenly felt that this was an opportunity. If he knew what Yan Song had done and said, then he might be able to receive a reward from Jiajing. He was already a minister of the Ministry of Works, and one step ahead was the cabinet. If he could get the kind of grace and honor that Jiajing had given Yan Song, wouldn't the position of cabinet minister be easy to get?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yongchun's heart began to beat faster.
He seemed to have become younger. He walked quickly, exited the Meridian Gate, and boarded the sedan chair.
"Quick, go back as fast as you can!”
Under his urging, the sedan chair carriers returned to the Zhou Manor in half the time they usually took.
Zhou Yongchun called the butler over." Find out what Yan Song has been doing since four days ago!"”
With a single order, all the forces belonging to the Qi Party in the capital were mobilized. It only took an hour for Zhou Yongchun to obtain the information.
"Four days ago, Yan Song only left the Yan Manor once. He didn't stay anywhere in the inner city. Instead, he rode his horse to the outer city and circled around it.”
Zhou Yongchun was confused.
He knew that Yan Song's method was definitely in the outer city, but he couldn't figure out what exactly was in the outer city.
"Outer city…Outer city…What's in the outer city?”
Suddenly, Zhou Yongchun's eyes lit up and he blurted out,""Could it be the land of the outer city? The emperor is preparing to sell the land?"
Zhou Yongchun quickly found someone who was familiar with the Outer City and made a rough count of the people in the Outer City.
The results came out very quickly…
"If you sell the land, you can get about 1.5 million taels of silver! Good, it's indeed here!"
Zhou Yongchun seemed to have found the answer and was overjoyed!
Unfortunately, he would never know how amazing a plan planned by a modern soul could be. How could it be so simple?
Zhou Yongchun felt that he had caught Yan Song's tail and was already preparing to use this method to get Jiajing's praise.
"Humph, Thief Yan, this time you won't be the only one who gets the Sacred Favor!”
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