This little eunuch was becoming more and more lawless. He had sneaked into his study and still did not repent?
However, the little eunuch's pitiful eyes made Zhu Rong's heart soften inexplicably.
This fellow seemed to be somewhat similar to a certain someone?
"This servant knows his mistake. Please punish me, Your Highness."
Xu Miaoyun also realized that she might have gone too far and quickly knelt down to apologize to Zhu Rong.
"Alright, alright, it's not a big deal. Get up!”
Zhu Rong wasn't really angry. He was just scaring the little eunuch.
"Let's go, we still have to go to the Ministry of Justice today to help Shen Wansan get someone!”
"Yes, Your Highness. Your Highness, can I take some of the books here?”
Xu Miaoyun asked as she pointed at the book on Zhu Rong's desk.
The books here weren't anything special in Zhu Rong's eyes. He nodded.
Xu Miaoyun quickly hugged the pile of books in her arms. She felt that her arms were too small, so she looked around and finally found a bag to wrap them up. She clumsily tried to wrap as many books as possible, which made Zhu Rong laugh out loud.
It was not a bad thing to like reading.
When Xu Tong was collecting books, a small stick fell from the desk.
"This is a pencil. Take it too!”
"Take one more. You'll be responsible for recording paperwork for me in the future!”
"This thing is much more efficient than a brush. It can save a lot of trouble!”
"A pencil?"
Xu Miaoyun recalled the words written on the third bookshelf by Zhu Rong. They should have been written with this strange pen.
"That's a pencil sharpshooter, you take it too!”
After Zhu Rong arranged for Xu Miaoyun to clean up, the master and servant left the residence.
Because there was no carriage, the two of them could only walk to the Ministry of Justice.
"My lord!"
Shen Wansan was already waiting at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice.
"Milord, this Shen has embarrassed himself!"
Shen Wansan blushed when he saw Zhu Rong.
He took Zhu Rong to drink wine and got himself drunk.
In the end, he fell asleep on the pleasure boat, but Zhu Rong did not stay.
"Old Shen, your alcohol tolerance isn't very good!”
"Your Highness, please forgive me, it was Shen Xiu who was rude!”
Shen Wansan was a little scared when he was called Old Shen. However, he could feel Zhu Rong's closeness.
He recalled that he wanted to rely on Zhu Rong yesterday, but Zhu Rong didn't agree.
His Highness 'attitude today at least gave Shen Wansan some hope.
"It doesn't matter, you're the one paying anyway. If I don't take you on the boat, then I'm afraid that Li Dajia won't let me go!”
"This Prince doesn't have much money. Imperial Father only agreed to give me a salary yesterday!”
"But I didn't get this salary, and this king is also a poor ghost!”
Xu Miaoyun, who was behind Zhu Rong, covered her mouth and snickered.
Her husband was lying again. Although she didn't know how much money Zhu Rong had, judging from his family background, he definitely wasn't poor.
However, when her master complained that he was poor, she, as his personal eunuch, had to express something.
"Your Highness, this servant will go to the Ministry of Revenue in a while to withdraw your annual salary!”
Shen Wansan:
"Your Highness, there's no need to go through so much trouble. This commoner has some silver here. You can use it first.”
Shen Wansan took out some official notes from the Ministry of Revenue and was about to give them to Zhu Rong.
However, he found that Zhu Rong was smiling, and his hand in the air became awkward.
"Old Shen, you have a problem that might kill you!"
"Some things don't have to be too smart!”
"Just do your job well!"
This was Shen Wansan's problem. Zhu Rong gave him a gentle knock.
He smiled awkwardly and reached his hand back.
"If this king accepts your silver, my Imperial Father will have a mountain of memorials tomorrow!”
"Your own life will be in danger. There are some things that you can't overstep, and you can't think yourself smart!”
"Whatever this king needs you to do, just do it!”
"Let's go in!"
Zhu Rong brought Shen Wansan to the Ministry of Justice to complete the procedures.
With the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the identity of a prince, this matter did not cause too many waves.
Shen Wansan finally pulled Shen Rong out and forced him to kowtow to Zhu Rong.
"Your Highness, it's inconvenient for you to go in and out. I'll leave this carriage for you first!”
"I will follow the bastard to the other side of the city wall to take a look. This commoner does not dare to delay His Majesty's orders!”
"In a few days, I will visit His Highness to discuss the concrete ideas of the cement workshop!”
Even though he had been imprisoned, it was still Shen Wansan's responsibility to repair the city wall.
Zhu Xiong nodded,
He let Shen Wansan leave.
"Your Highness, should we go to the Ministry of Revenue on the way and collect your annual salary?”
"And then return to the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'yamen?"
"So much money!"
Xu Miaoyun was still thinking about getting her salary. Her eyes were bright.
The salary of a prince in the Ming Dynasty was really high.
Among the officials, the one with the highest annual salary was Xu Da. The annual salary was five thousand stones of grain, which was equivalent to more than two thousand taels of silver.
But how much was the prince's annual salary?
He had 50,000 dan of grain, which was ten times more than his father.
That was twenty-five thousand taels!
The emperor was really good to his own family.
Many wealthy merchants in the Ming Dynasty might not even have such an income.
This was only food, and Xu Miaoyun did not receive anything else from the Emperor.
In other words, the annual salary of a prince was at least thirty thousand taels of silver. This was a wealth that many officials might not be able to accumulate even if they were corrupt in their entire lives.
Zhu Rong looked at the little eunuch's money-grubbing appearance and could not help but want to laugh. He slapped his head and said,"
"Thinking about this and that all day, only watching the thief eat meat and not seeing the thief being beaten?”
"This money and food is to support a large family!”
The princes of the Ming Dynasty were different from the previous dynasties. They were all princes with real power nurtured by Old Zhu.
To put it simply, they all had military power.
Every Prince could form his own personal army, and these armies would be one of the main forces that would guard the territory of the Darming Dynasty in the future.
The Prince's Three Guards had twenty to thirty thousand men at most, and three thousand men at least.
In other words, according to the prince's own strength, he had to raise around ten thousand to a hundred thousand people.
With so many people eating, drinking, and defecating, 50,000 dans of food did not seem to be enough.
Especially the princes of the border, like fourth brother, second brother, third brother.
Their fiefs were all located at the border, and their food and drink expenses were even more shocking.
As for Zhu Rong himself, his current title was the King of Wu, and his fief was the land of Wu, which was the source of the country's wealth.
However, Zhu Rong knew that Old Zhu would soon regret it.
He changed his title to King Zhou and then transferred his fief to Kaifeng.
However, neither Kaifeng nor Wu could be considered as the front line.
If he didn't have anything, he would build three guards according to the standard of 3,000 people.
He could still live a good life.
However, the premise of all this was that the salary could be paid on time.
He recalled a certain document he had read in his previous life…
The 50,000 dans of grain that the Prince had received would soon be reduced to 10,000 dans by Old Zhu, and his salary would be reduced by 80%...
Now that he could get his salary, he should hurry up and get it.
"Xu Tong, now that you say it, it seems to make sense!”;
"Let's go to the Ministry of Revenue now and collect our salaries first. Later, get someone to convert all of them into silver taels and change them into official banknotes of the Ministry of Revenue!‘
"Remember, take as much as you can!”
"If there are any real items, let's send them to the Wei Manor for my wife to keep!”
"Yes, Your Highness, this servant will definitely not disappoint you!”
The little money-grubber Xu Miaoyun came online, full of anticipation.
The master and servant arrived at the entrance of the Ministry of Revenue. Zhu Rong did not get off the carriage, and Xu Miaoyun got off personally.
He waited outside for nearly an hour.
Only then did he see the young eunuch come out with a long face.
"Your Highness, this servant has failed you!"
Xu Miaoyun looked so aggrieved that she was about to cry.
Zhu Rong was both angry and amused. He knew that his salary was not so easy to get.
"Tell me, how much did the Ministry of Revenue give?”
"Is it 20,000 dans or 10,000 dans?”
"The Ministry of Revenue said that their finances were tight and they couldn't pay so much money and grain. However, for the sake of Wu Wang, they gave 1500 taels of official banknotes!”
"1500 taels? Three thousand dan of grain!"
Zhu Rong gasped. Even though he was mentally prepared, he almost fainted.
1500 taels, Emperor, you are good.
The boss offered a salary of 25,000 yuan and a salary of 1,500 yuan. It was amazing that the boss could do this.
Xu Miaoyun's face was bitter. It wasn't that she couldn't accept it, but the difference between her expectations and expectations was too great.
However, as she watched, Zhu Rong laughed out loud.
"As expected of the emperor, as expected of father!”
In the document he had read in his previous life, it was said that other than the King of Yan and a few other princes who led the army, the salaries of the other princes had never been paid.
The reason was simple. The Ming Dynasty had low taxes.
This caused the entire imperial court's finances to be in a state of tension.
Moreover, the Imperial Court had to prepare sufficient military funds for the Northern Expedition every year.
This caused the Ministry of Revenue to often be unable to make ends meet.
In the early days of the founding of the country, Old Zhu did have the idea of fighting for some benefits for his family, so he gave the prince a very high salary.
However, in a few years, these salaries could not be paid out.
Other than the prince who led the army, the emperor was very distressed about the money of the other princes.
Although Zhu Rong was angry, he wouldn't blame Old Zhu.
Anyway, he did not lack ways to earn money.
He just didn't expect that the first time he held the iron rice bowl, he would find that the rice bowl was actually leaking.
"Alright, alright, let's go back to the Jinyiwei Yamen.
"Imperial Father promised me that as long as I find the person behind the assassination of the Crown Prince, I can be relieved of this responsibility!”
"But before that, we have to clean up the Embroidered Uniform Guards!“
Zhu Rong smiled faintly. It wasn't as if he couldn't see Mao Xiang's rejection of him.
However, he did not care about this bastard for now. He would go back and study the dossier first.
Zhu Rong brought Xu Miaoyun to the yamen of the Zhenfu Department where the Brocade Guard was located.
They did not notice that not long after the carriage left,
Mao Xiang brought a group of Embroidered Uniform Guards to the Ministry of Revenue.
"Take away all the suspected officials!"
"Throw him into the imperial prison!"
"Capture 1"
"What are you doing?"
"When the Embroidered Uniform Guards are handling a case, no one is allowed to resist. Those who violate the law will be killed without mercy!”
After a month of silence, the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei,
He finally revealed his fangs that terrified the officials.
"What?"
"The Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was taken away by the Embroidered Uniform Guards!”
In the Ministry of Central Affairs, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong were furious when they heard the report from their subordinates.
The Brocade Guards ignored the rules and directly arrested the officials.
This had already touched the bottom line of the officials.
Even the officials of the Ministry of Central Affairs felt sad.
They even dared to arrest the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Then next time, wouldn't they be able to arrest the Minister of Revenue and even officials from the Ministry of Central Affairs?
I heard that the King of Wu's servant had just gone to the Ministry of Revenue to receive his annual salary, and the Jinyiwei came to arrest him…"
Hearing this, everyone's hair stood on end.
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