First Prince of Ming Dynasty

This huge sum of money is obviously not something that the officials of Pingliang Prefecture can come up with, even counting several surrounding state capitals, unless the land deeds and shops are counted, but that would almost kill them.

Zhu Biao knocked on the table and said, "Whatever you want to pull up the banner, you can even use the name of my palace to say that you can save them. In short, you can bring back the silver taels as much as possible within five days."

Only then did Chen Rongyan heave a sigh of relief and bowed to promise, as long as he could pull the flag, he would have enough confidence when blackmailing. After all, Wang Shijian alone would not be able to implicate officials from other mansions, but if he could promise the protection of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace , then there are plenty of people happily pushing silver carts to deliver money.

After Chen Rongyan retired, Tang Shizhong and others reported a lot of trivial matters, for example, when the military guards of the government went to give porridge to relieve the disaster yesterday, Guo Da, the yamen servant of the Pingliang government, led a group of food servants to find trouble, and wanted to take over the food. During the dispute, Baihu of the government army and guards drew their swords and beheaded Guo Da and other five servants, and then they were taken down by Dingyuan General Wang Liu himself.

This is obviously forcing Tang Shizhong to negotiate with them. Naturally, it will not be Guo Da and others, who are mere lowly servants, and they will die if they die. How can it be General Wang's turn?

Don't mention all kinds of trivial matters, the initiative is in their hands, the other party has no leeway at all, and what they expect is to make peace and make the big troubles smaller.

As soon as Zhu Biao finished giving them instructions, he saw Zhao Huai'an, who was covered in damp clothes, walk in quickly and reported happily: "Master, the whole general is here."

Last night, his own prince had been waiting for Quan Xu to wait so hard that he couldn't fall asleep. Of course he knew this, so he went to wait outside the guard regardless of the wind and rain. As for calling Quan Xu a general, there is really no other way to call him. On the surface, it is almost unofficial and jobless.

A smile bloomed on Zhu Biao's face when he heard this: "This guy is finally here, call him in quickly."

Tang Shizhong and others below silently retreated to the two sides, giving up the most middle position. Although Quan Xu has no official position or nobility now, in their hearts he is more noble than a duke of the country. It is the closest confidant of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it can be called an arm.

After a while, a handsome and handsome young man walked in. His appearance was not very handsome, but he exuded strong self-confidence. He had the calm spirit of a mountain collapsed in front of him without changing his face, and an elk standing on the left without blinking his eyes. .

"Chen Quanxu sees Your Highness, Your Highness Qianqiu!"

Zhu Biao looked at Quan Xu who was kneeling on the ground with a full smile, and then walked down and bent down to help his confidant general. With so many people watching, he will give Quan Xu the face he deserves.

The so-called deliberate alienation of the loyalty of the subordinates, the ability of the subordinates for complicated matters, the wisdom of the subordinates for sudden questions, and the trustworthiness of the subordinates for urgent matters.

For so many years, Quan Xu has never let Zhu Biao down, and the rest of the people around him have become prominent for a while. Even Chen Youzong and Yan Donglai, the later courtiers of the Eastern Palace, have already ascended to high positions. In addition, he took a group of orphans to train all day long.

After pulling Quan Xu up, Zhu Biao patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said, "It's a bit late, did you delay in Qingyang Mansion?"

Quan Xu stood up and replied: "Yes, there are quite a few children recruited over there. The minister picked out some good seedlings first and focused on arranging to make up for their bodies."

After Zhu Biao heard it, he didn't ask any more questions. Quan Xu was relieved to handle the matter. He turned around and returned to his superior position, and said: "You're wet all over, go down and take a hot bath, change into dry clothes and come back."

Quan Xu made a promise, then bowed his hands to the strangers around him and followed Zhao Huaian down, while Tang Shizhong looked at Quan Xu's back with envy.

If he can do it, he is willing to exchange his official position with Quan Xu's status as the commander of the military guards. Jane is more important than anything else in the emperor's heart. Now there is nothing to be afraid of, as long as His Highness remembers you, sooner or later you will soar into the sky.

Zhu Biao naturally also noticed Tang Shizhong's envy, which is what he wanted to see. Only with a goal can he be motivated to pursue it, which is a good thing.

Of course, Tang Shizhong is far from being his confidant, and how can it be so easy to be a direct descendant of the Eastern Palace? Tang Shizhong's recent performance has been mediocre, and he hasn't shown any outstanding advantages other than being handsome. The means are a bit immature.

After mentioning a few words to let him deal with Wang Liu's affairs, he let him go down, and Zhu Biao himself walked to the window to watch the raindrops soak into the ground.

After a while, Quan Xu came back, and he became more energetic. He silently stood behind Zhu Biao, and Zhu Biao asked casually, "How is Fengyang?"

Quan Xu replied: "They have made some progress, but they are still too young. I am afraid it will take four or five years before they can come out to serve His Highness."

Zhu Biao nodded. He had great expectations for Jin Yiwei, not just hoping that they would be spy killers, but that they could really help him and help him push Daming to a more prosperous state.

"There will be a lot of orphans soon, and fortunately, there will be a lot of money. You will take away one hundred thousand taels, don't be stingy with them, and hire more teachers. There are short and long ones, what? Such talents are worth cultivating.”

Quan Xu agreed, and Zhu Biao looked at Yujing with his hands behind his back. The reason why his East Palace is so poor is not because all the money is invested in Jinyiwei. As the prince, Zhu Biao’s monthly salary is by no means a small amount. , but facing tens of thousands of mouths is still not enough.

Half-sized children eat poor old people, Zhu Biao has raised tens of thousands of half-sized children, and it is strange to be rich, but Zhu Biao has always invested generously in them. After all, he is investing in the future, not to mention that he himself does not need them. What money.

Quan Xu thought for a while and said: "Just now I asked Liu An a few words, and I have a general understanding of the situation. Do you need me to send someone to keep an eye on the officials of the state capitals?"

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "You don't have enough manpower, go to the important people of the Han government, but don't act rashly, especially don't stimulate the state guards, those generals are finally dealing with it."

Quan Xu nodded and said: "I understand, I will never startle the snake."

Zhu Biao nodded happily. He was worried about handing over such technical matters to Tang Shizhong. It's not that he didn't believe in his loyalty, but he was not experienced enough, and that's not what he learned in the military guards. It was inevitable that his methods were rough.

After speaking, Zhu Biao was not in a hurry to let Quan Xu go. After all, Guo Chong, Zhang Fan and others hadn’t arrived yet, and now he needed to maintain stability. He took Quan Xu and had another hearty meal. Zhu Biao was in a good mood He also had a few drinks with Quan Xu.

Zhu Biao doesn't like drinking very much, there are not many people who can make him raise his glass happily, Quan Xu is one of them, Zhu Biao is happy, and naturally everyone is also happy.

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