Zhu Bai told Fugui a few words, and Fugui hurried back to his palace.
Then Zhu Bai went to the imperial study room.
As expected, there was a huge crowd of people kneeling outside the Imperial Study Room. There were even more people than when they opposed the enfeoffment that day.
The ministers were crying and crying.
"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me. I was defrauded of all my pocket money for a year by King Xiang."
"Your Majesty, my family is poor. I managed to save a little bit of capital, but the King of Xiang took it away. I really have no way to continue."
Zeng Bingzheng cried till he had runny nose and tears.
Liu Bowen didn't cry, he just stood with his head bowed.
Li Shan spent the long holiday in a daze, wiping tears, just to make up the numbers.
Zhu Bai smiled and did the splits: Hey, it's quite lively. This is the effect I want.
Lao Zhu's voice came faintly from the royal study: "Has that bastard come back?"
Erhu, who was standing at the door, saw Zhu Bai from a distance and hurriedly turned around and replied: "Come, come, the King of Xiang is here."
Lao Zhu said: "Catch him and don't let him escape."
Zhu Bai raised his hand and replied loudly: "Father, there is no need to arrest me, my son is here."
When the ministers heard that Zhu Bai was back, they all stopped crying and looked back at Zhu Bai.
Zhu Bai smiled and raised his hand to greet them: "Hello, adults. Hello, ladies. We are all here."
All the adults showed angry expressions.
Zhu Bai swaggered into the imperial study.
Lao Zhu was so angry that his face turned green.
Zhu Biao quietly gestured to Zhu Bai and told him to kneel down.
Zhu Bai didn't see it.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Gui Zi, do you know that you are wrong?"
Zhu Bai looked confused: "I haven't done anything?"
Lao Zhu slapped the table hard.
"Bang!"
The pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table jumped together in response.
Lao Zhu gritted his teeth and said: "You are so brave, you dare to deceive even a first-class official in the imperial court."
Zhu Bai said: "I'm a little confused. Why did I lie to them?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he waved to the outside: "Call Zeng Bingzheng and Liu Bowen to come in and talk."
Why did you ask Zeng Bingzheng to come in?
Because Zeng Bingzheng cried the hardest.
Why did you ask Liu Bowen to come in?
Because Liu Bowen is Zhu Bai’s teacher.
Call both of them in to save Zhu Bai from saying that they wrongly accused him.
Zeng Bingzheng came in and saluted, and said with a smile: "The King of Xiang said that he would build a low-rent apartment on that 101 acres for Wei Chen. It only costs fifteen taels of silver a year. I believed it and made a decision. The result will be known today.
, it turns out that King Xiang had no intention of building it at all, nor did he tell the emperor."
It is definitely not possible to build a house on farmland without greeting Lao Zhu.
Zhu Bai didn't tell Zhu Yuanzhang for so many days, and it was obvious that he didn't plan to build a house.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said: "Treason, what else do you have to say? Do you know that according to the "Da Ming Law", it is a serious crime to leave the land uncultivated?"
Zhu Bai tilted his head and asked Liu Bowen: "Master, is it a serious crime to leave the land uncultivated?"
Lao Zhu suddenly realized: That's right. This kid told so many ministers about this matter, but no one reminded Zhu Bai that he violated the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".
Why would a rich man like Li Shanchang need to come here to make trouble for a dozen taels of silver?
What are these old bastards thinking in their minds?
Are we going to deal with our favorite son together?
Sure enough, we can't let them know that we dote on Zhu Bai.
Liu Bowen sighed: "Didn't His Highness say that he would come to ask for the Emperor's consent?"
Zhu Bai cursed in his heart: Old magician, I clearly said at that time not to tell Lao Zhu about this matter.
One sentence will test your heart.
When the critical moment comes, you won't hesitate to abandon me.
Zhu Bai spread his hands and said, "I'm afraid you heard me wrong, adults. I have no intention of building a house on that 101 acres of land."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen were stunned.
Zhu Yuanzhang picked his ears: "What? Say it again."
The more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes.
The last time Zhu Bai cheated money so blatantly was to set up a "food bank".
What is he doing for this time?
Zhu Bai sighed: "What I told the adults at that time was that the housing prices in the capital were too expensive and the salaries of many adults were not high. If we don't solve this problem, we will force the adults to become corrupt. So I thought
Taking advantage of this private house appraisal, we will select some unowned houses, slightly modify and change the layout, and rent them to you sirs at a low price as a benefit to the court. You sirs, invest some money first, and when the houses are repaired, you can have priority to move in. Now that the private houses have been appraised
Everything has not been done yet, so what are the adults in a hurry for?"
Liu Bowen took a breath: Good strategy and good means. The ministers of the government and the public, including Zhu Yuanzhang, are all his tools.
Zhu Yuanzhang exchanged a look with Zhu Biao in surprise: This method works!!
Zeng Bing was trapped in his own emotional whirlpool and couldn't get out. At this moment, he didn't even listen to what Zhu Bai was saying. He just kept talking: "Poor Weichen, it took me a year to save more than a dozen taels of silver. On weekdays,
I don’t even want to eat the meat.”
Fugui just came back.
Zhu Bai waved to him and took the notebook he brought: "Come, come, adults, take a look for yourselves. What did I write down at that time?"
That book said: Raising funds for low-rent apartments.
Zhu Bai shook his head and sighed: "If you adults can't wait any longer, then I will return the money to you first. Anyway, there are a lot of people in Yingtian City who want to rent houses. For example, those who live in shacks in the West City."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought thoughtfully: "By the way. We can also rent houses to poor people cheaply in the name of the imperial court. We can also find a larger yard to raise orphans."
Zhu Biao: "That's very good. Anyway, those confiscated houses were obtained for free. They can be used with a little repair. In fact, the court does not need to spend much."
Liu Bowen hurriedly handed over his hand: "The prince is Shengming. The emperor's grace is so great. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were "shops and housekeepers". Our Ming Dynasty should also set up a special government office."
Lao Zhu secretly sneered: It was obviously Zhu Bai who reminded us, but you couldn't wait to settle on Zhu Biao.
Although we also want to praise Zhu Biao, you bully our little son too much.
Zhu Bai's goal was achieved. He had no intention of talking anymore and just quietly played with his things.
Lao Zhu glanced at Zhu Biao: So many times. This kid is just trying to care about and compete for credit, and his mind is even broader than Zhu Biao's.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Erhu to call Li Shanchang and Ru Taisu in.
When Li Shanchang heard about this, he became excited: Isn't this a money tree? When the court sets the price at four cents a month, I charge six cents, and there will be a net profit of two cents.
He hurriedly knelt down and said: "The emperor really loves the people like a son, which is a blessing to the people of the Ming Dynasty."
The atmosphere had reached this point. It was not good for the others not to kneel down, so they all knelt down: "The emperor loves the people like his sons, which is a blessing to the people of the Ming Dynasty."
Lao Zhu was so flattered by this flattery that he laughed: "Hahaha. Flat body. This is indeed a good thing."
He was most afraid of hearing that his people had no food to eat, no warmth to wear, and no roof over their heads.
Now you don't have to spend any money, and you can also give poor people a place to stay. It's really the best of both worlds.
