Chapter 636

Zhang Hao and King Yu listened to Hu Zongxian's discussion on how to govern Shandong and gave some suggestions.

After dinner, King Yu went back to rest. During this period, King Yu followed Zhang Hao out every day, and was a little tired. Every night, he needed to write down his experiences and thoughts for the whole day, while Zhang Hao took Hu Zongxian to the study.

"Sit down, I've worked hard all the way. After I heard the news, I was a little surprised. I thought you would have to stay in Taiyuan for a year or two before you could get lost, but I didn't expect that I would be transferred so soon.

It may not be a good thing for you to mobilize so quickly. Once you make a mistake, those ministers will attack them. Therefore, you need to be more steady in doing things next. If you can stay here for seven or eight years, you need to settle down!" Zhang Hao sat there and said to Hu Zongxian.

"Yes, what the lord said is that I was so surprised when I heard this news. I didn't expect that Your Majesty would call the lower magistrate!" Hu Zongxian nodded immediately and said.

"This also shows that there are not many people who can really use it in the court now. Your Majesty values ​​you. Don't let Your Majesty down. Your Majesty values ​​you. You are one of them. It is also a test for you. If you can manage Shandong well, it will be very helpful for you to be promoted to the cabinet in the future.

King Yu also has a good impression of you, so don’t make mistakes. The salary of the governor is quite large, enough for you to live a good life. You must have the people in your heart. If you are not the first, then you will be the end of the day. So, you should pay attention to this matter!" Zhang Hao continued to remind Hu Zongxian, and said that in this way, Zhang Hao could only say such things in the study.

"Yes, sir, don't worry, the lord must remember it!" Hu Zongxian nodded firmly immediately and said.

"Well, this time I am here to get promotion. Those ministers didn't look for you when they are back to Beijing?" Zhang Hao asked with a smile as he looked at Hu Zongxian.

"Sir, the great fortune!" Hu Zongxian said, then took out a stack of letters from his arms and handed them to Zhang Hao.

"We are all asking you to plead for mercy. They took the money from King Lu. Now King Lu is still interrogating here. They are also worried that King Lu will expose them. In this case, their lives may not be saved. So I don't have to think about it. There will be many people looking for you when you return to Beijing this time.

But the ones who really give you face are probably the ministers of the cabinet and the ministers of the six ministries. However, the ministers of the six ministries are all newly replaced, and I guess they dare not collect money from King Lu, but those ministers of the cabinet may not be!" Zhang Hao took the letter and said with a smile.

"Yes, they are all letters from cabinet ministers. I originally wanted to visit them and establish a relationship in advance. After all, I am now the governor. Shandong will still need the support of the cabinet in the future to visit them to facilitate the work in the future. Unexpectedly, they all asked me to bring you a letter and ask me to say good things in front of you. If you didn't ask just now, I don't know what to do, and whether to take it out!" Hu Zongxian looked at Zhang Hao with a wry smile and said.

"There is nothing wrong with taking out the letters they wrote, you just bring them. They are sure of their pleading!" Zhang Hao said with a smile, and did not open the letters. He would read them later, and he was not in a hurry anyway.

"Gemaster Yan also asked me to plead for him Yan Shifan. Yan Shifan is so brave. He dared to collect any money. He had collected the money from the King of Qin before, but now he dared to collect the money from the King of Lu. You say, what will Your Majesty keep such a person? I can't figure it out!" Hu Zongxian sat there, looking at Zhang Hao and asked.

"What can't figure out? The court still needs Master Yan. It doesn't matter if they save their lives. Once the time comes, you have to clean up? You don't have to worry about such things. After all, whether to clean up Yan Song is the intention of His Majesty. Yan Song still has some credit, but now, he is consuming his credit. If Yan Song and Yan Shifan continue to do this, they probably won't live long!" Zhang Hao smiled and said to Hu Zongxian.

"Yes, anyway, you can handle their affairs with adults. I will manage the affairs in Shandong!" Hu Zongxian nodded with a smile.

"Well, okay, it's still late. You've been on the road for so many days. Go back and rest. You'll take office tomorrow. Then you can manage Shandong well. I'm probably going back to Beijing soon. There are still many things in the capital!" Zhang Hao said to Hu Zongxian with a smile.

"Yes, sir, then I'll say goodbye first. I'll come here to sit there if I have time these days!" Hu Zongxian immediately bowed to Zhang Hao and said.

Zhang Hao nodded, and Hu Zongxian soon left.

Zhang Hao took the letters and started to open them, looking at the letters written by those people.

After reading it, they sneered. They all expressed their willingness to take out the money and hand it over to the Ministry of Revenue as the treasury. These letters, together worth about 500,000 taels, are equivalent to taxes for a large province.

After reading the letters, Zhang Hao immediately put all the papers together and then put them in an envelope.

Zhang Hao picked up the brush and started writing a letter to Jiajing. Zhang Hao needed to report on this matter, and also gave him a suggestion for handling. He suggested that he be fined five times. In this way, he could get about 2.5 million taels of money from the ministers' homes.

With this money, part of it can be given back to the people of Shandong, and part of it is used as a fee for the court. Now it is unrealistic to deal with all the officials.

There are not many officials in the Ming Dynasty now. Hu Zongxian has been mobilized this time, which shows that there are many officials missing in the court now.

After Zhang Hao finished writing, he would immediately send someone to deliver the letter and hand it over to Jiajing.

Zhang Hao continued to investigate the matter. During this trip to Shandong, Zhang Hao got a lot of money, which was more than what he got in Shaanxi. The property searched was worth almost 30 million taels, but it was not counted that land. If it included the land, it would be estimated that the value would be more than 60 million taels.

With this money, the Ming Dynasty could be tax-free for several years, allowing the people to cultivate for a longer time. If the people cultivate for a longer time, the Ming Dynasty would be more stable. Jiajing also hoped to give King Yu a stable Ming Dynasty. No matter what, the Ming Dynasty could not be defeated in its own hands.

Almost ten days later, Zhang Hao and King Yu also needed to escort the prisoners back to Beijing, and Hu Zongxian also started to deal with the matter in Shandong here. When he learned that Zhang Hao and the others were about to return to Beijing, he came over one day in advance.

"You are a governor. We are on the side of the people, but after hearing some rumors about you, we have also dealt with some insignificant people. We had no intention of calculating those insignificant people before. This is very important. Those insignificant people are the most hateful, and you know how to bully the people. You have to deal with this well. Those gangsters and yamen runners must be restrained, otherwise, the people will scold you!" Zhang Hao said to Hu Zongxian who had just arrived.

"Yes, sir. I think so too. I must clear up the illegal things in Shandong so that the people can trust us and they will support us at that time!" Hu Zongxian said happily when he heard Zhang Hao's praise.

"Well, this is indeed very important. Shandong and Shaanxi probably have no problem, but I don't know about other provinces. Brother Manzi, do you think, are you going to patrol the border instead of your father?" King Yu suggested to Zhang Hao at this moment.

"What do you want to do? I am still in Shandong now, can you just want me to travel all over the country?" Zhang Hao heard it and looked at King Yu vigilantly and asked.

"Hehe, mainly because I also want to go and see the customs and customs of various places, and see what kind of faces those corrupt officials have!" King Yu said with a smile as he looked at Zhang Hao.

"Don't cheat me, I won't go!" Zhang Hao immediately said to King Yu.

"Brother Manzi, there are not so many things in the capital. Besides, there are people watching the boat workshop now. You don't need to go every day. When we go to places nearest, we will go to Hebei first, then Henan, and then Hubei. In this case, it will be not far from the boat workshop, right?" King Yu continued to smile and encourage Zhang Hao and said.

"If you don't go, there is no door. Please don't come. I won't do such a thing!" Zhang Hao shook his head and said, not wanting to take him out. King Yu went out to play, but he had something to do.

"Hehe!" King Yu immediately looked at Zhang Hao and laughed.

When Zhang Hao saw it, he was shocked and immediately looked at King Yu and asked, "What does it mean to smile like this?"

"Hehe, nothing!" King Yu waved his hand and said.

"You haven't told Your Majesty you have already told me?" Zhang Hao looked at King Yu vigilantly and asked.

"Hehe, I wrote a letter to me. My father said that I have a good idea and can go there. While I am still young, I have to go out for more walks. When my father is older, I need to deal with the government. Moreover, if I go out for a walk, I can gain insight and know what kind of life the people are like. So, Brother Barbarian, after returning to Beijing, we will take a break and come back before winter!" King Yu scratched his head and looked at Zhang Hao with a smile.

He also hopes to go out for more walks now, as the outside is more interesting than the inside of the palace.

In the palace, I listened to the lectures of those gentlemen every day, but no one told me what the living standards of the people looked like. Therefore, King Yu was thinking now that he must go out for a walk. If he had the opportunity, he had to travel all over the Ming Dynasty, so that he could know how to govern the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Chapter completed!