[Red Chamber] Jagged Lin Daiyu

Chapter 128 Divination

Time went back an hour ago, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The emperor was discussing the southern border issue, this year's taxation issue, and the locust plague in Jin with several veteran officials from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War.The land of Jin suffered from a plague of locusts and must be exempted from taxes, not only tax exemptions but also disaster relief!As for the rebellion in southern Xinjiang, do you know what the rebellion represents?It means sending troops to quell the chaos, and it will cost a lot of money, and it will cost money to build ships, but there is so much money.

The emperor looked up at the Panlong in the caisson, and five words floated from the sky: money, money, money, money!

The eunuch reported: "Doctor Guanglu Zhuo Dong came to see him"——yes, the emperor felt that it was a bit small to make him a direct bachelor, so he silently promoted him to an official position. Anyway, he doesn't need to go to the court for idle work, and only the salary is enough.

The emperor suddenly felt at ease, thinking of Zhuo Donglai, and thinking of his wife's catchphrase "little money, sweet sincerity", which is really true.Let Donglai wait for a while, and temporarily draw up a strategy with these veterans who are always playing football, and let the veterans retreat, and Doctor Xuan Guanglu has an audience.By the way, he stood up and moved around, and talked to the ministers for an hour, his butt hurt from sitting.

Zhuo Donglai walked in: "Minister, Zhuo Donglai, I greet Your Majesty, long live my emperor."

The emperor just walked to the door, and grabbed his hand, full of emotion: "Little Qianqian, it's really sweet!"

Zhuo Donglai was taken aback, this was what Ze Lan loved to say ten years ago, every time she got a sum of money, she would hold the gold and put her arms around the silver, and said this with a whimper, her appearance was very cute . "Why did His Majesty say that?"

The emperor said violently: "The rebellion in southern Xinjiang can't be done unless the rebellion is suppressed. Tens of millions of silver will be needed to suppress the rebellion. Jin has been plagued by locusts and has been unable to collect taxes for three years, and has to spend millions of silver to relieve the disaster. I'm going to die of poverty."

Zhuo Donglai: "Well, by the end of the year, all the taxes for this year will be collected, will it be better?"

The emperor exploded in anger: "What a fart! During the Chinese New Year, extra money will be given to officials at all levels, and an annuity will also be given to Xungui's family. A family of 1000 taels of silver will cost several 10 taels. With a swollen face and fat people, I held a New Year banquet to show the majesty of the country. I spent money when I went down the stairs with lights. My inner treasury was as clean as a cat food bowl. Give a reward."

The empress hasn't made new jewelry for a long time, I wronged my wife and had to make new clothes for the empress dowager and concubine, tsk, why don't old things die.

Zhuo Donglai lowered his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, if you need it urgently, you can have 200 million yuan in silver, but I don't know if you dare to bear the infamy."

The emperor pondered for a while before he figured it out: "Who do you say is rich and still has crimes, and I sent people to raid the house?" This is not good for reputation, but it is really a good way to get money.

Zhuo Donglai said: "I haven't investigated carefully, but a rough look shows that every year the income of each Huangzhuang is corrupted by the eunuchs in charge of the village. There are at least tens of thousands of taels. I heard that Your Majesty has a total of more than a dozen Huangzhuang?"

The emperor's face turned blue: "These dead eunuchs! I'm so poor that I can't get rid of it, they are so hateful!"

He thought about it carefully: "Eight of the eunuchs in Guanzhuang are my father's wives and companions, and they can't move easily. The other eunuchs are eunuchs I sent when I was the prince. It has been more than ten years now. Well, more than ten years, I It's almost a million silver!"

He was angry and smiling again, and put his arms around his shoulders: "Come from the east, plan to come out?"

Zhuo Donglai whispered: "Send someone to take full responsibility for this matter, lead troops to raid, ransack the house, go to the bank to collect money, and bring it back to the internal treasury."

The emperor pursed his lips and kept smiling, and put his shoulders together and said, "I don't want to let my father's wife and companions go, what can you do? If you touch them, my father will intercede for them, even if you go to prison Let them out. Send someone to kill them, okay?"

Zhuo Donglai frowned: "Your Majesty, the eunuchs who follow and serve you are all eunuchs. If the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, things hurt others. If the eunuchs knew that the eunuch Guanzhuang was assassinated, they might turn to other people to save their lives. Pass the news and assassinate His Majesty."

"He dares!" After the emperor said this, he realized that they really dared!

Zhuo Donglai said in a low voice: "Confiscate a few of their homes, then you can force the rest of the eunuchs to hand over their money, force them to retire and return to their hometowns, and then choose a group of honest and kind people from the palace to make up for them, and give the rest of the eunuchs a chance to make progress. "

The emperor agreed with this approach: "Who will be sent to lead the soldiers to search the house? It's not my bragging, the stupid people of the dynasty! The civil officials can only flatter each other, and the generals can't lead troops to fight. They were dispatched for disaster relief, and the rest are not bold enough, not decisive enough, come from the east, how about your hard work?"

Zhuo Donglai chuckled lightly and said, "I'm not afraid of hard work, I'm afraid of being hated by the eunuchs. If they work hard around His Majesty, and then manipulate the memorial to drive a wedge between you and me, I recommend someone."

"You said."

"Shenwu General Feng Tang, he runs the family rigorously and acts cautiously."

The emperor stroked his chin: "Feng Tang,,, he was the favorite of the Supreme Emperor back then."

Zhuo Donglai laughed softly and said, "Your Majesty, after you ascended the throne, you left him alone for a few years. Could it be that a smart man like him still doesn't understand that His Majesty is in his prime and is the Lord of the world. As a minister, he will not disobey orders or disrespect."

"Since you recommended him, I will give it a try." The emperor sat on the dragon chair and began to write a note: "Should I transfer troops from the capital, or send troops from the local barracks? Forget it, let's transfer troops from the capital...Okay, Donglai, what do you want me to do?"

Zhuo Donglai said: "There are two things. First, I heard that the maid Hongtao was arrested. I don't know why. She is the maid I sent in. She was supposed to be assigned to Concubine Zhen, but it happened to be with Princess Xuanzhen. Choose a palace maid, and choose her."

The emperor said: "I don't know about this." He wrote another note and sent it to the queen. "anything else?"

Zhuo Donglai's face showed embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I, my minister, alas"

The emperor said: "Donglai, why are you sighing so long and shortly? If I have any embarrassment, you will help me deal with it. You can also tell me about your embarrassment."

Zhuo Donglai told the emperor about Zelan's doubtful identity, and he casually said, "Erlang, even if I deceive the world, I won't deceive you. I really didn't know before, and Zelan wouldn't lie to me either. She doesn't have that kind of brain. Now This matter is embarrassing, I want to ask Zhenren Yao to figure it out. Is Zelan deceived, or is the letter fake."

Knowing that the emperor admired Wen Tongming very much, he also valued Ze Lan's status as an orphan of the Wen family.Just now knowing that Xiang Baozi and Qin Zhongyu were going to investigate, he threw down his job, carried Wen Zelan to the bed and slapped Wen Zelan twice, and immediately went to the palace to report to the emperor.This kind of suspected deception should be done sooner rather than later. Now that he is honest, no matter what the outcome is, the emperor will not change his mind.If Qin Zhongyu finds out and comes back to tell the emperor that there is indeed a problem, and then goes to the palace to explain that he doesn't know, he will suspect that he deliberately used his wife's identity to play tricks in order to cater to him.

(Fourth Sister Wen lies on the bed and pretends to be dead, and the maid rubs her ass with safflower wine.

She didn't know which was more embarrassing than 'being spanked! ', or 'I'm so angry, I fought back, fisted and kicked the enemy, and I was subdued within ten moves! '

After thinking about it, it would be even more embarrassing to be defeated and captured within ten moves!It is also common to be kicked and injured when fighting with others.

But am I that weak?He knows me too well!Do I have so many flaws! !I'm going to practice martial arts! ! )

The emperor nodded in bewilderment, and called: "Come here! Go invite Yao Zhenren to come!" He was not too surprised, after all, he had seen Fourth Sister Wen roll her eyes and have no dignity, and always felt that she was not like General Wen Tongming. Donglai is a descendant of General Wen, which is more believable.

He looked at Donglai carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his guess was reasonable: he always stood like a pine and sat like a clock, his manner was elegant, his tone was gentle but awe-inspiring, with a majestic and majestic aura, and a kind of see-through in his eyes. The ups and downs of the world, success or failure, are indifferent.Although his stature is thin, but with his aura, even when he was penniless, he didn't dare to despise him.He is strong in martial arts, knowledgeable and good at strategy, he is simply the son of General Wen!

The eunuchs who followed the emperor all knew that Yao Zhenren was the follower of Princess Xuanzhen.

Zhuo Donglai said: "Your Majesty, whether she is or not, I want to say she is."

The emperor understands that there are two advantages. It can clean up the stigma of General Wen in a legitimate way, and it can also raise his own status and blood: "Tsk, if this is the case, it is better to say that you are. In this way, it will be more convenient for you to enter the court as an official." .”

Zhuo Donglai was silent for a moment, thought carefully, and shook his head: "No, I don't want to change my surname."

This body has no name and no parents. I, Zhuo Donglai, occupy him. I am me. If I want to make a big splash in the court, I don’t need to recognize someone as my father and put gold on my face. My ability and means are enough!

Not Zeeland, she needs an aura to cover all her shortcomings, so that her social incompetence, bad temper, and rough background are all speechless.

Yao Sanlang combed his hair, jumped up and down happily, calmed down after exiting the Yongfu Palace, and walked all the way to the Hall of Mental Cultivation: "Xiaodao Yao Yunqi pays homage to His Majesty."

The emperor said: "Mianli, Saburo, I want you to come here because I want you to do a divination about Zhuo Wen's life experience."

Yao Sanlang was stunned for a while, then remained silent: Zhuo Wenshi, who is it?

Oh oh oh I remembered, after a woman gets married, she has to take her husband's surname.

He nodded: "Yes. What happened to her background?"

Zhuo Donglai briefly explained the matter again: "I think Ze Lan is."

The emperor couldn't hold back: "I think Donglai is."

For the first time, Zhuo Donglai showed a shocked expression: "Huh?"

The emperor smiled and blinked~

She raised her orchid finger and rubbed her temples.

Hint: From the perspective of IQ, you are more similar.

Zhuo Donglai's heart moved, and he cursed inwardly at random: Damn, I have to beat Zelan when I go back. I blame her for talking nonsense, I want to be wrong!

He answered with a tap of his hand.

The emperor lowered his eyes and meditated, and he understood in a flash. Dong Lai felt that his stupid daughter-in-law's heart and conduct were more like General Wen's. She accepted death, was chivalrous, sincere in love, and somewhat contemptuous of the king. Well, this seems to be true.

Yao Sanlang took out six copper coins in confusion, and threw them: "The fourth sister is the biological daughter of General Wen. Can Xiaodao resign?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Daiyu is waiting for you?"

Yao Sanlang smiled shyly: "Nothing~ She kicked me out."

The emperor saw that he looked silly, cute, and honey, so he nodded with a smile: "Go, go."

Zhuo Donglai couldn't bear to look directly at this. Could it be that he was so stupid to Zelan back then?

It must be impossible, if I am so stupid, she will be able to see my thoughts, hey.

The author has something to say: the next chapter will continue to talk about love.

I'm going to write about MJ's colleagues now, and the monthly update I promised...I didn't even think about writing this month.