Chapter 74

The Tatar army was operating, wanting to seek revenge on the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty didn't know at all that Zhang Rong was still training the troops, and Zhang Hao was carrying two bags of money back to the Danfang every day to settle the accounts. Jiajing liked it very much when he saw it.

That morning, Lu Fang was reciting the memorial again, but there was no memorial to impeach Zhang Hao.

Jiajing felt very strange, how could he not have it?

It has been two days since the incident, and the civil servants have not yet moved?

"Lu Fang, there is no need to deduct those memorials that impeach Zhang Manzi!" Jiajing thought it was Lu Fang who deducted it.

After hearing this, Lu Fang was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, there is no memorial to impeach Zhang Hao now. I am also surprised. After Zhang Hao told them that day, they were all very angry. The emperor also said that they would find a way to convince Zhang Hao. However, until today, the Silijian has not received the memorial. I sent someone to the cabinet to ask about it early in the morning, but the cabinet said that there was no!" Lu Fang immediately knelt down and said to Jiajing.

"No? How can I not?" Jiajing felt so strange when he heard this.

"It's really not. I dare not detain the memorial!" Lu Fang said hurriedly.

"Okay, get up, it's just not! Why haven't Zhang Hao come today?" Jiajing waved his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, he said last night that he would go buy some raw materials today and brought out 30,000 taels of silver!" Lu Fang reminded Jiajing and said.

When Jiajing heard this, he nodded. It seemed that this was the case. Zhang Hao came back only when noon was approaching.

"Zhang Manzi, come here!" Jiajing waved to Zhang Hao and said.

When Zhang Hao heard this, he immediately came over, looked at Jiajing and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

"I spent another 30,000 taels of silver today?" Jiajing asked, looking at Zhang Hao.

"More than 30,000 taels, I owe the merchant 3,000 taels. I will give it to you next time, but I won't bring enough money!" Zhang Hao replied to Jiajing and said.

"Well, there's so much money, can you share a little, right?" Jiajing asked Zhang Hao.

"Your Majesty, are you in a hurry to use the money?" Zhang Hao asked as he heard this.

"You said, the Ministry of Revenue has no money now, and there are memorials coming every day. I hope I will approve some money for them. You said you have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver here, so you can't use it?" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"Will wait a few days, I will get some after I finish the wages for them in a few days?" Zhang Hao thought for a while and said to Jiajing.

"Okay!" Jiajing nodded when he heard this, waved his hand and asked Zhang Hao to sit down.

Jiajing had no choice but to not touch Zhang Hao's money, because this kid said it very clearly in the contract. Zhang Hao had the final say in the business matters and could not interfere.

I waited for two more days and it was already very cold and frost was started outside.

The winter in the north came early, and this period was in the Little Ice Age, and the weather was very cold, so Jiajing was already burning charcoal.

As for Zhang Hao, he just slept there when he was fine. When he fell asleep, Zhang Hao felt a little cold, so he looked up at Jiajing and shouted: "Emperor, does the royal family have no charcoal? Why is it so cold?"

When Jiajing heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhang Hao.

"Is it cold? Hurry up and burn a few more pots of carbon!" Jiajing said to Lu Fang when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, I've burned a lot. If I burn it again, something will happen! Look, there are so many here!" Lu Fang said to Jiajing.

What if something goes wrong if there is too much burn? Carbon poisoning happens from time to time in Beijing.

"Zhang Manzi sleeps coldly, don't let him get cold!" Jiajing said to Lu Fang.

"I'll get him a quilt, okay?" Lu Fang said to Jiajing.

Jiajing nodded.

"What do you want to have a quilt? Hey!" Zhang Hao stood up helplessly, how to cover the quilt while sleeping? It feels very uncomfortable!

"Zhang Manzi, it really doesn't work. You can make a recliner here. I have told you before, just lie on it and sleep!" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao.

"That won't work, yourselves, your reaction will be slower. If there is an assassin, I will sit up and lift the quilt to delay the matter. If you are assassinated, then how can I explain to the people of the world?" Zhang Hao shook his head and said.

When Jiajing heard this, he was very moved. This kid, no matter when he was thinking about his own safety.

In fact, I am already very safe now. Zhang Hao has cleaned up the Jinyiwei. No outsiders intervene, that is safe, but Zhang Hao doesn't listen.

"No, I have to think of a way. This won't work. I'm so cold. Master, aren't you cold?" Zhang Hao walked over and asked Jiajing.

"I wear a lot of clothes and am old, so I can't compete with you!" Jiajing said with a smile.

"It's uncomfortable to wear so much!" Zhang Hao waved his hand and said.

At this moment, a eunuch came in outside.

"Emperor, Master Yan, Master Lu, and Secretary Xu asked for a visit!" The eunuch came to Jiajing and knelt down and said.

"Xuan!" Jiajing said.

After a while, the three of them came in. Zhang Hao returned to his seat and sat down, and began to practice calligraphy.

"I, kowtow to the emperor!" After the three of them came over, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Jiajing.

"Get up, give me a seat!" Jiajing nodded and said to the three of them.

Lu Fang and other eunuchs went to move chairs.

"But what's wrong?" Jiajing asked.

"When I go back to the emperor, I have a lot of opinions on Zhang Hao's businessman making this soap businessman. Zhang Hao said that he was a farmer, but the ministers were not convinced. This was obviously a businessman's behavior. Zhang Hao insisted on turning black and white to say that he was a farmer, and all the officials were not convinced, and they all asked for letters to impeach him!" Xu Jie immediately stood up and said to Jiajing.

"Well, where is the impeachment memorial?" Jiajing nodded and asked.

Since you said you had written a letter, why didn’t you see the memorial?

"This... Emperor, the ministers disdained to argue with Zhang Hao, so let the three of us come over, hoping to convince Zhang Hao!" Yan Song said.

When Jiajing heard this, he knew that they had not found a better reason, but Zhang Hao's soap thing did make the ministers dissatisfied.

"There is no impeachment memorial? Those ministers have any objections, why don't they submit memorials? Let you come?" Jiajing looked at the three of them in disguise and asked.

The three of them look at me, I look at you.

There was no way, the pressure was too great. The ministers came to the cabinet every day to look for them, saying that Zhang Hao was not good at doing soap, and it violated the ancestral system.

But Yan Song asked them that they had thought of a countermeasure, but they said no, and forced Yan Song and Lu Ben to have no choice but to call Xu Jie and the three of them to come together.

"Your Majesty, this matter is indeed inappropriate. No matter how Zhang Hao defends it, he is engaged in businessman's behavior. I mean, I hope Zhang Hao can hand over the workshop to the Ministry of Works for supervision and the Ministry of Revenue. This is better!" Yan Song bowed his hand and said to Jiajing.

When Jiajing heard this, he was unhappy. Why? This is his own. He will be given to the Ministry of Works and Civil Affairs for supervision. Then the money will be controlled by you again. How can this be done?

"Your Majesty, given that Zhang Hao does not understand the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he may not punish him. After all, Zhang Hao is still young, plus that... so he will not punish him!" Xu Jie also said to Jiajing.

Lu Ben didn't speak because Lu Ben felt that Zhang Hao was right. Although he didn't know where he was right, he couldn't refute it, so he didn't speak.

"Well, Zhang Manzi, come here!" When Jiajing heard this, he could only call Zhang Hao over.

There are some things I can't say, but Zhang Hao can say them.

"Your Majesty!" When Zhang Hao heard this, he immediately put down his brush, picked up the hammer on the ground and came over.

When Xu Jie saw him coming with a hammer, he immediately said, "Emperor, Master, he came with a hammer! This...isn't that good?"

"Well, it's okay. Zhang Manzi has always been with his weapons. It's okay to let him carry them!" Jiajing was even happier when he saw that he was so scared, and asked you to worry about my money.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Zhang Hao came to Jiajing's side and spoke.

"They said that your workshop is really not open, and it must be handed over to the Ministry of Works to supervise the Ministry of Revenue. What do you think?" Jiajing explained to Zhang Hao.

"Why, they are the oldest? If this happens, then let them hand over all the land at home. I will ask someone to plant it. When harvesting, I have the final say!" Zhang Hao immediately retorted.

"This... Zhang Hao, do you violate the ancestral system like this? It also violates the Ming Dynasty's laws!" Yan Song started to speak to Zhang Hao when he heard Zhang Hao say this.

"What is the ancestral system? Is there this one? Are there any regulations that cannot be made soap? There are regulations that cannot be made soap?" Zhang Hao immediately stared at Yan Song and asked.

When Yan Song heard this, he was speechless. His ancestors did not know that there was soap. When the Ming Dynasty came out, he had never heard of the word soap. Isn’t this arbitrary word?

"Since there is no, why don't you say I can't do it?" Zhang Hao continued to stare at Yan Song and said.

"It's not that you can't make soap, it's that you can't do anything about doing business!" Xu Jie stared at Zhang Hao's hand and said.

He was afraid that when Zhang Hao would hit him with a hammer, he would be in trouble.

"Do you have any brain problems? I said I am a farmer, how did I do business? You went to study and go inside the dog's belly. The merchant selling my soap is doing business, but I am a farmer!" Zhang Hao stared at Xu Jie and cursed.

When Xu Jie heard this, what else would he say?

"Zhang Hao, you can't say that. Farmers are just farming, craftsmen are just craftsmen, and you are selling goods, you are merchants!" Yan Song looked at Zhang Hao and said in a very kind tone.

He was also afraid of the hammer in Zhang Hao’s hand!

When Xu Jie heard Yan Song say this, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Master Yan is right!"
Chapter completed!