Chapter 1721 Miss Jiang
After dinner, Zhulan and his wife enjoyed the cool outside. Today's night is beautiful. Lying on the rocking chair, looking at the stars and smelling the faint fragrance of mosquito repellent, it's very pleasant.
Zhou Shuren admired it for a while and said, "The days go by so quickly."
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Zhou Shuren asked, "It seems that I haven't received a letter from the Yang family for a long time."
Zhulan counted the days, "I guess it will be soon."
"Last time I wrote that my eldest brother was ill, and I don't know if he's okay."
Zhulan thought of the passing away of people she was familiar with in recent years, she kept silent, and felt uncomfortable to send away people she was familiar with.
Zhou Shuren said again: "Brother is in good health, he will be fine."
Zhulan hummed, raised her head and continued to look at the sky full of stars, it was so beautiful, the stars were shining brightly, and her mood improved a lot.
Zhou Shuren held his daughter-in-law's hand, the corners of his mouth turned up, it's good to have his wife by his side.
At the end of the morning court the next day, Zhou Shuren was stopped by the emperor, and as the emperor left together, Zhou Shuren walked with the prince.
The prince looked a little tired, and he didn't rest well, and the emperor also had a serious face.
The corner of Zhou Shuren's mouth twitched. He really didn't want to stay. The emperor told him to stay just now, and he obviously felt that the ministers were relieved.
Back in the government hall, the emperor handed over a booklet, "Look at it."
Zhou Shuren flipped through the pages, his face became darker and darker, "Damn it."
The emperor has already sat down to drink tea, the government hall is full of low-fire tea these days, just like this, the emperor's mouth is still bubbling, "I know that corrupt officials will never stop, as long as it is not too much, I will turn a blind eye and close one eye. But this shocking list, I am still too kind."
The last time Zhou Shuren came into contact with the thick list was the salt tax, "I was shocked."
The roster is a progressive network of relationships, layer by layer. However, the bribes Mr. Lu receives are still small, and the money invested in road construction every year is huge. This is only the money taken by the imperial court. What about the donations from merchants in various states?
The emperor rubbed his forehead, "I am most annoyed that the dams are also cutting corners. Should I be lucky that there have been no major floods in the past two years?"
Zhou Shuren took a deep breath,
He felt sorry for the silver, and was also angry at putting the people's safety at risk for the sake of the silver. "It's really a blessing."
Your Majesty, "Let them know that there are knives on their heads."
Zhou Shuren put down the roster, "Only the lessons of blood can be remembered."
The emperor touched the roster, "The person who wrote the roster is dead, the girl who brought the roster to Beijing."
After a pause, the emperor continued: "Leave it to your wife."
Zhou Shuren, "Girl?"
The emperor nodded, "It's a girl, you'll know it when you see her."
Zhou Shuren admired this girl very much, and he would find an opportunity to report it.
The girl was in the palace, and people arrived after a while, but Zhou Shuren was stunned when he saw someone. This girl was blind in one eye, and there was a scar on her face.
The emperor said: "Miss Jiang wants to go to a women's college."
Zhou Shuren didn't stare at the girl, why is a good girl blind? He had probably guessed, "I will take her back to the Marquis Mansion first."
The emperor, "Yes."
Eunuch Zhang was still holding a box in his hand, and Miss Jiang took it over, "The daughter of the people thanked the emperor for her kindness."
On the way out of the palace, Zhou Shuren didn't like chatting with a teenage girl, so he kept walking in silence.
Back at Hou Mansion, Butler Ding was stunned when he saw the girl, and then looked away, afraid that the girl would be uncomfortable.
In the main courtyard, after Zhulan heard Shuren's words, Miss Jiang introduced herself again, feeling sorry for the girl in front of her, "Okay, I'll take you to the academy tomorrow."
Miss Jiang smiled, "Thank you Ma'am."
Zhulan said to Qingxue, "Take Miss Jiang to rest."
When Miss Jiang left, Zhulan said, "I really admire this girl."
Not everyone can stay sane in despair.
Zhou Shuren, "The emperor didn't tell me what Miss Jiang went through, so don't ask me."
Zhulan nodded, "I know it well."
Zhou Shuren continued: "The children in the family have been restrained recently."
"Okay, are you going back to the household department?"
Zhou Shuren didn't want to go back, but unfortunately he couldn't, "Yes."
After Zhou Shuren left, Zhulan sent someone to the academy to write a letter to the female officer. The academy wanted to clear up a bedroom for Miss Jiang to live in. When Qingxue came back, Zhulan called the embroiderer at home. And so on need to prepare.
There was an extra girl in the family, and Yudie and the others knew about it. They wanted to go and see but were stopped, so they all came to the main courtyard.
Zhulan told about Miss Jiang's background, "She went to the academy to teach."
Miss Jiang introduced herself as a master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, hoping to teach students. Zhulan admires the girl's heart, and the hardships did not break her.
Yuwen listened quietly. She knew that there was Miss Shao, and now there was Miss Jiang. Her intuition told her that the academy would be very exciting. Would she like to go there more times?
In the afternoon at the Hanlin Academy, Gu Sheng came back from his palace, feeling a little dazed, until he saw Zhuo Guyu, he regained his focus.
Zhuo Guyu frowned, "Master Gu?"
Gu Sheng withdrew his gaze, thought for a while but didn't say anything, in the palace today, he saw the Duke of Yong'an, thought of this, he clicked his tongue twice, the Duke's mansion really has money.
Zhuo Guyu was terrified, Gu Sheng entered the palace today, he breathed a sigh of relief, and gloated a little, hoping that Gu Sheng would also be angered, but he didn't expect that Gu Sheng came back without incident and looked at him strangely!
Zhuo Guyu was flustered in his heart, stood up and said: "Master Gu, can I take a step to speak?"
Gu Sheng, "Okay."
After leaving the house, Zhuo Guyu checked that there was no one around, and asked, "I owe Sir Gu a favor, please tell me if something happened to the Duke's Mansion?"
Gu Sheng was silent for a while, and Zhuo Guyu, who had been waiting for a long time, lost his patience, and then replied, "Today, the Duke entered the palace and donated half of his property."
Anyway, Zhuo Guyu will know when he goes back.
Zhuo Guyu's mind turned pale, why did it happen so suddenly? He doesn't know anything about it, and isn't grandpa lying down with his leg injured?
Zhuo Guyu wanted to ask again, but looked up and saw that Gu Sheng had already gone back.
In the household department, Zhou Shuren also received the order, "Half of the family property?"
Eunuch Zhang personally came to the household department, "Yes, Duke Yong'an volunteered to donate to the treasury."
Zhou Shuren blinked his eyes, did the emperor turn his anger on the Duke's mansion again today?
Zhou Shuren's gaze was too obvious, Eunuch Zhang lowered his head and said, "The Duke took the initiative to drag his injured leg into the palace."
Zhou Shuren snorted, "I will clean out the warehouse here."
When Eunuch Zhang left, Zhou Shuren said to Qiu Yan, "Clear out a few more warehouses."
Qiu Yan was terrified, "My lord told me to clear out the warehouse in the east this morning, isn't it enough?"
How much money is in the entire warehouse on the east side!
Zhou Shuren said, maybe it's really not enough, he thought about the list on the roster, "Go and arrange it."
Qiu Yan left worriedly, how many people's homes would the emperor want to confiscate!
Before it was time to leave the yamen, the carriage from Yong'an Guogong's mansion arrived. Zhou Shuren's eyelids were jumping with boxes of silver. How much money was collected back then?