Zhou Kui could tell fortunes and be a bricklayer. Because he was poor before, he made a lot of money after becoming the head of the state and was very stingy.

Historically, when Chongzhen called for donations, Zhou Kui kept a dime. Empress Zhou couldn't stand it anymore, so she threw away her jewelry and collected 5,000 taels of silver to donate to her father.

Zhou Kui actually embezzled two thousand taels, and finally donated only three thousand taels. After the rogue bandits captured the capital, the huge amount of gold and silver in Zhou Kui's family became the loot of the rogue bandits.

Later, in order to please Jiannu, he actually offered the prince to Jiannu, insisting that he was a fake prince. Dorgon was overjoyed and took the opportunity to execute Zhu Cihong.

Some time ago, Zhou Kui's grandson Zhou Tong was kidnapped, and Zhu Cihong took the opportunity to blackmail him for 200,000 taels of silver. Zhou Kui was so distressed that he could not sleep all night.

After hearing that the imperial court was going to build the Zhonghun Temple, this old boy immediately went to the Ministry of Works to request a contract to build the Zhonghun Temple in order to recover his losses.

The Ministry of Industry dared not offend the state leader, so it had no choice but to give the task of building the Zhonghun Temple to Zhou Kui. Unexpectedly, in order to save costs, he completely ignored the quality of the project and used rotten wood and everything else.

In order to save labor money, Zhou Kui, Jiading Bo, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, actually went to the battle himself. He laid the bricks on many walls of Zhonghun Temple with his own hands, and the saved cement was transported back to his home by Zhou Kui.

If Zhu Cixiang hadn't accidentally discovered the problem today, something would have happened to the Zhonghun Temple soon, and another joke would have happened.

Zhu Cixiang was really speechless for his grandfather. If it weren't for the sake of Queen Zhou, he would have asked Jin Yiwei to investigate and find evidence of Zhou Kui's crime and bring him to justice.

Looking at the small supervisor from the Ministry of Works who was kowtowing in front of him, Zhu Cihong sternly scolded:

"Damn it, you know that Zhou Kui used rotten wood to build the Zhonghun Temple, why didn't you report it?

The supervisor’s forehead was already bleeding, but he kept kowtowing for his life:

"Master Qiantose, please forgive me. During the construction of Zhonghun Temple, the abbot did not let the villain enter the construction site at all. He did not let the villain come in to take a look until it was completed..."

Zhu Cixiang kicked the supervisor in the head:

"If this happens again in the future, I will kill you without mercy. Go away and call Meng Zhaoxiang and Zhou Kui to see me!"

"Thank you for not killing me for thousands of years!"

The little supervisor hurriedly kowtowed to Zhu Cihong again to thank him, then got up and left.

No normal person would dare to offend the emperor's father-in-law and the prince's grandfather. Zhu Cihong did not kill the supervisor to vent his anger. Every injustice has its own owner, and he wants to settle the accounts with Zhou Kui.

Before Meng Zhaoxiang and Zhou Kui arrived, Zhu Cihong walked around the outside of Zhonghun Temple again.

I am very satisfied with the overall environment and building structure. If Zhou Kui had not caused trouble, the Zhonglie tablet would be enshrined in the Zhonghun Temple in two days.

"See Your Highness!"

Soon Meng Zhaoxiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came to the Zhonghun Temple and saw the crown prince hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute.

Zhu Cixiang looked at this civil servant who was killed in a battle with bandits in history, and then calmed down and waved his hand:

"Without courtesy, as the Minister of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, Aiqing, please go in and see the quality of the construction of Zhonghun Temple!"

"ah……"

As soon as Meng Zhaoxiang heard the Crown Prince's tone, he immediately felt that there was something wrong with the construction of the Zhonghun Temple, and hurriedly walked into the Zhonghun Temple. The scene inside made Meng Zhaoxiang stunned.

After careful inspection, Meng Zhaoxiang was trembling with anger:

"The emperor of the country harmed the Ministry of Industry. Didn't he promise to build the Zhonghun Shrine with high quality and quantity? Why did he even use rotten wood, and the cement was almost useless, alas..."

Meng Zhaoxiang knew that he had been tricked by Jiading Bo, but Meng Zhaoxiang, who had a strong temperament, did not shirk his responsibility. He quickly walked out of the Zhonghun Temple and came to Zhu Cihong and bowed in front of him:

"I am incompetent, please punish me, Your Highness!"

Zhu Cihong patted Meng Zhaoxiang on the shoulder:

"Meng Qing, in the future, the Ming Dynasty will build a large number of water conservancy projects and official roads. Today's construction of Zhonghun Temple is a warning. I don't want such problems to happen again. From now on, the Ministry of Industry will stop all cooperation with Zhou Kui!"

After Zhu Cihong said that, he turned and left.

Although the crown prince did not blame Meng Zhaoxiang face to face, Meng Zhaoxiang felt a fever in his face.

The Crown Prince was so generous, which made the upright Meng Zhaoxiang feel even more guilty. You must know that the little murderer never rubs sand in his eyes.

Facing the Crown Prince's leaving figure, Meng Zhaoxiang bowed:

"Your Highness, don't worry, Meng Zhaoxiang has spent all his wealth to rebuild the Zhonghun Temple!"

Jiading Bo Mansion

"Cement is really a good thing. Uncle Ben will use cement to build a secret room and store all gold, silver and valuable objects in the secret room..."

Jiading Bo Zhou Kui looked at the piles of bags of cement and smiled happily.

He took advantage of the opportunity to build the Zhonghun Temple and received twice the amount of cement from the Ministry of Industry. However, he only used less than 20% of the cement required to build the Zhonghun Temple. All the excess cement was placed in Jiading Bofu.

This is the first batch of cement produced by the Ministry of Industry after the successful development of cement. It is definitely a treasure for Zhou Kui, a mason by training.

Just when Zhou Kui was deep in thought about building the secret room, the chief steward of Jiading Bo Mansion came in and reported:

"Uncle, something bad is going on. There is something wrong with the Zhonghun Temple. The Crown Prince wants you to see him!"

Zhou Kui was shocked:

"The Chunghun Shrine collapsed?"

housekeeper:

"No, I heard that the Crown Prince discovered that there is a problem with the quality of Zhonghun Temple!"

When he heard that the Zhonghun Temple had not collapsed, Zhou Kui gave the housekeeper a fierce look:

"Why are you panicking? As long as the Zhonghun Temple does not fall down, no one can do anything to Uncle He. Get out..."

"yes"

Seeing that the uncle had no intention of meeting the crown prince, the housekeeper hurriedly asked:

"Uncle, the Crown Prince..."

"Get out of here, make trouble, has the Zhonghun Temple collapsed? Just put the memorial tablet directly in it. What do you want me to do? The door is closed. I will not see anyone today!"

Zhou Kui continued to conceive of his secret chamber and ignored the crown prince's summons.

The prince copied so many corrupt officials' mansions, he and the emperor's son-in-law must have made a lot of money, and they didn't even know how to give this grandfather some gifts.

I still want to reprimand grandpa for the trivial matter of building the Chunghun Shrine. Others are afraid of you, the little killer, but grandpa is not afraid. How dare the prince touch grandpa?

Not only did Zhou Kui not want to repent, but he also found fault with Zhu Cihong. Relying on his status as the head of the state, he actually left Zhu Cihong in the cold.

Zhu Cixiang had already guessed that Zhou Kui would not go to see him, so after returning to the palace, he immediately asked Yue Yang to rush to the Jiading uncle's mansion with fifty East Palace guards.

However, the big iron gate of Jiading Uncle's Mansion was tightly closed, and not even a guard could be seen. Zhu Cixiang guessed what Jiading Uncle was thinking, so he waved to Yue Yang:

"Blow open the gate for me!"

"Here"

Yue Yang tied five grenades together, then placed them under the door and pulled the fuse. The five grenades made a loud noise:

"Rumble..."

There was a loud noise, and the large iron gate was severely deformed but did not open. However, the side courtyard wall could not withstand the violent explosion of five grenades and collapsed over two meters wide.

"Go in, and if you find anyone resisting with weapons in hand, kill them immediately!"

"Here"

Yue Yang led his bodyguards to rush into Jiading Bo's Mansion first, followed by Zhu Cixiang.

The violent explosion in the front yard was so frightening that Zhou Kui sat down on the ground, but he quickly got up from the ground and rushed to the front yard, where he happened to collide with Yue Yang and the others.

Seeing that the people who came were all dressed in royal robes, and also found that the courtyard wall collapsed, Zhou Kui suddenly became furious:

"Are the Imperial Guards great? Today you must compensate me ten thousand taels of silver, otherwise I will go to the emperor's son-in-law and sue you for trespassing into the emperor's mansion..." I like the Ming Dynasty. In the prosperous era, from the time when the prince supervised the country, please collect it: (www
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