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Chapter two hundred and ninety-ninth road tolls

It turned out to be a toll, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing. No wonder Ma Shiying paid tens of millions of silver dollars at one time in just three months. Now it seems that his method of making money is not simple.

"Bold, are you blind? Can't you tell who we are? The money is received on our heads." At this time, the Dongchang Manzi, who led the way in the front, had already quarreled with the Dingyuan County Office's License Office, who was responsible for the charges. However, the Dingyuan County Office's License Office is a person like a pen holder. He has a very stubborn personality and shouted with a strong character: "Who are you, even if you are a boss of the six cabinet ministries or a nobleman in the current dynasty, you have to pay!"

The man also complained, "It looks like he is a high-ranking official, but he is so stingy. He only costs one or two cents. The people have to pay the money after building this road. It would be fine if you high-ranking officials and nobles don't work hard, but you will still be like this and that if you pay some money, what will you do?"

The Dongchang Manzi didn't expect that he would be criticized by a bookkeeper who collected travel expenses. He was furious and forgot that there were His Majesty and others behind him, and he was about to draw his sword: "You!"

Before he could shout, Zhu Youxiao had already appeared in front of him and shouted: "Don't be arrogant, pay the money and leave!"

Seeing that His Majesty came out to stop him personally, Dongchang Fanzi couldn't help but blush with shame. He responded and handed over a piece of silver dollar to the Book Office.

The book office took back the silver dollars and shouted "Start up" and saw that two men who were probably non-staff members of the county office or temporary workers, dressed up like ordinary people, lifted the door panel.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao's carriage and others slowly passed.

The Dongchang Actor couldn't help but shout: "I didn't ask for money, I'm just a silver dollar." But when the bookkeeper pointed to the four words "Inferiority Change" written on the wooden board, the Dongchang Actor had no choice but to clench his fists and grin, so he had to follow the convoy.

The Dongchang man was very distressed about this. This dollar of silver is equivalent to one tael of silver. However, since Liu Ruoyu took over the East Factory, the funds have been strictly controlled. He will not be able to pay one dollar of silver just because you give one dollar, but according to the price of the trip. In this way, the Dongchang man had to suffer a loss.

"This Ma Shiying seems to be a practical person. Now that the toll is received by me, Zhu Youxiao was not sad because he was charged toll like the Dongchang man. Instead, he was in a particularly good mood. He even praised Ma Shiying in front of two important officials, Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen.

Although Wang Chengen was not very keen on Ma Shiying's character, because His Majesty was not worthy of his rebellion, he agreed: "No, in terms of money collection, Ma Shiying can be selfless. Whether it is a peddler or a high-ranking official, he can treat everyone equally and be very active."

When Li Mingrui saw Wang Chengen say this, he coughed a few times. Now His Majesty attaches great importance to Ma Shiying. The memorials of impeaching Ma Shiying are piled up and no one is dealt with, which is the best proof.

Now, as the prime minister of the inner court, Wang Chengen only said that Ma Shiying was actively receiving money. His Majesty Zhu Youxiao can naturally hear that Wang Chengen has no good feelings for Ma Shiying, and he also felt a little embarrassed. Wang Chengen seemed to realize that he had lost his words for a while, so he knelt down so much that he was so scared that he knelt down and said in fear: "The inner minister made a mistake for a moment. Please punish him. For Ma Zhongcheng's actions in Zhongdu, the inner minister, like Your Majesty, supports Majesty from the bottom of his heart. Please."

"Get up, don't think I don't know what you mean. You are a little angry when you see that Ma Shiying didn't take you seriously." Zhu Youxiao said, "I saw that the bookkeeper just said it was pretty good. You didn't put any effort into it, but you were thinking about using this path without being polite. What's the difference between this and a arrogant and unreasonable robber."

"What Your Majesty said is that a few days ago, the Minister of Personnel, Song Duancheng, came to impeach Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying, saying that he was crazy about making money and was very unscrupulous. He treated the scholars like straw dogs and set up checkpoints along the way to plunder the people's wealth. The people were suffering. In my opinion, it was mostly referring to today's affairs. Mr. Song must have been angry and spoke nonsense. I heard that he had dozens of boxes when he returned to his hometown, which were about one million snowflakes, but he was worried about the money he had to pay for. But it was not worth it." Li Mingrui loved a daughter of the Song family when he was embarrassed when he was young. Later, because Song Duancheng forced his decision to betroth this woman to an old Jinshi who had already ordered Hanlin at that time. Therefore, Li Mingrui was also resentful about this matter, and now he was just in a word.

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that Li Mingrui, a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, was a joke, but in fact he was making a secret trick. However, he also wanted to use this matter to criticize Wang Chengen and said: "These people are all exaggerating. To put it bluntly, they don't have the emperor, the Ming Dynasty, and only their own interests, they will destroy his property and demote him to the people. With his age, no one will charge him tolls."

Wang Chengen was in charge of the East Factory and knew that Li Mingrui and Song Duancheng had an old grudge. Seeing this, he couldn't help but glared at Li Mingrui, but he also knew in his heart that His Majesty was doing this for himself, so he couldn't say anything.

Sometimes, as a close minister of the emperor, it is easy to put a trap on others, and it is easy to implicate others by yourself.

Li Mingrui felt no smugness in his heart. It was just a good move to make Song Duancheng, an official who had a bad reputation, suffer some losses. He never thought he was a saint, so he did not feel guilty.

However, Wang Chengen also had to serve Zhu Youxiao even more tremblingly from then on, sighing that he was really like a tiger, but once he left the king, he was likely to be eaten directly. Even a cabinet minister like Li Mingrui would make himself sad because of some things, so Wang Chengen must cherish it.

At this time, Wu Jin from the East Factory reported that Gu Sanmazi had successfully entered the Royal Military Academy and that Qi Changguo had not been admitted to the Royal Military Academy.

"What, Gu Sanmazi also invited Qi Changguo to take a bath and had a tryst with a girl named Mei Xiang." Zhu Youxiao asked in surprise, ordinary people could indulge themselves, but if they were not good at the imperial guard system, especially the officers of the Royal Military Academy, and those who would be sent for great use in the future, Zhu Youxiao would definitely not allow it. After hearing this, his whole face turned dark.

"Qi Changguo did not agree, and he persuaded Gu Sanmazi righteously and educated him. Gu Sanmazi couldn't stand the words "Good intentions are like donkeys, and I can't teach me a lesson" and then went by himself, while Qi Changguo stayed alone under the city wall all night."

Zhu Youxiao smiled after hearing the news and ordered: "I understand. Tell Liu Ruoyu that Gu Sanmazi must be dealt with strictly when playing with women, and do not show any mercy!"
Chapter completed!
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