Chapter 50                                                                                                                             �

"Did he really say that?" Huang Jin asked.

"How dare I lie to my godfather? Every sentence is true. There is no false at all." Tengxiang said: "Godfather, what should I do?"

As mentioned before, what is needed for corruption is to deal with it, and to get the rain and dew. Otherwise, it is very likely that it will not be able to cover it. Tengxiang seems to be able to embezzle tens of thousands of taels, but one of them is Huang Jin. Otherwise, what would those eunuchs take their adopted sons to do?

Huang Jin said: "Do you really want to be an inner minister?"

Tengxiang said, "Godfather, I'm joking. I've never thought about it."

Huang Jin sighed and said, "This position is very glorious, but who knows the dangers? If I weren't Anlu, how could I sit firmly in this position? If you had this idea, you might not be able to do as Zhou Mengchen said."

Tengxiang said, "Godfather, I realized afterwards that Zhou's surname is very self-respecting and doesn't want the money. If I return the money as it is, how can I live in the palace in the future?"

The eunuchs' corruption is already a group. Take Huang Jin as an example. Is the most important thing for Huang Jin? No, it is the emperor's trust. As long as the emperor's trust is there, Huang Jin can summon the wind and rain. Even the cabinet masters cannot underestimate him.

But Huang Jin also charged money.

It's just a rule.

If the eunuchs do things, they are incompetent. If Tengxiang doesn't share the money and actually pays the balance, it is a violation of the rules. The rats in the palace will have the will to swallow him alive. Of course, they will offend people a lot.

Huang Jin pondered for a while, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "We are in danger, what are you afraid of? I am here."

Huang Jin smelled the smell of opportunity.

As mentioned earlier, Huang Jin was actually just in power, and he slowly climbed to the position of top leader in the palace after his trip to Wuchang. Of course, Huang Jin's status has always been special. The label of Anlu Old Man is Huang Jin's amulet.

But even so, Huang Jin, who had just taken office, was still a little helpless when facing the huge Forbidden City.

Huang Jin felt a little tricky about the various forces in the Forbidden City, as well as the eunuchs who were passed down from generation to generation. During this period, Huang Jin kept calm. After all, the most important thing for him was to serve Emperor Jiajing well. If this is done well, the most important thing is to do.

But now Huang Jin suddenly felt that maybe this was an opportunity to clean up a wave of disobedient people.

Tengxiang's face suddenly turned pale and he said, "Godfather, this-----"

First, he was reluctant to give up, and he was reluctant to give up this amount of money. Even if he had to share it layer by layer, he could get at least ten thousand taels of silver. Second, he was afraid that the darkness in the palace was tight, and even if Huang Jin was in charge, some things would inevitably not be welcomed.

Huang Jin said: "Look at your promising prospects. You won't be like this."

Tengxiang's eyes lit up and he said, "Godfather is brilliant."

That night, after the midnight period, after Emperor Jiajing performed his merits, Huang Jin found a gap and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the celestial body meter has been built."

After hearing this, Emperor Jiajing said, "Oh, Zhou Mengchen finally finished it this time, and he always thought he was slowing down."

Huang Jin said: "Your Majesty, this is the account book."

Emperor Jiajing was a little strange. Emperor Jiajing rarely reads such a book of accounts. After all, it took Jiajing a long time to do so. He may not want to read many major national affairs, let alone these fragmentary accounts. Just Huang Jin asked him to read them. Jiajing felt something was wrong. He took them and flipped them out casually, and when he saw that the ending was 35,000 taels. He immediately sighed: "Who is the one who was responsible for the job? He is a good slave."

Jiajing didn’t know how many errands he had done, and few of them were paid off for the project payment balance.

Huang Jin said: "It is Tengxiang, the adopted son of slaves."

Jiajing said: "Biography."

At this moment, Tengxiang was outside. With Jiajing's order, Tengxiang immediately came in and said, "I pay homage to the emperor."

Jiajing said, "It is rare that you have a filial piety, I appreciate it."

Tengxiang said, "I dare not take credit for me, it is all the credit of Lord Zhou." Then he changed Zhou Mengchen's words and naturally did not dare to talk about the topic of internal ministers. Naturally, he became a cliché, worrying about the country and the people, the court was useless, and His Majesty lacked money, so he wanted to share his worries for His Majesty. Tengxiang continued, "If the foreign ministers are so kind, why don't I have the heart to share his worries for Your Majesty?"

Tengxiang said this, naturally Huang Jin arranged it.

Sometimes having excuses is different from not having excuses.

If someone in the palace asks questions, Tengxiang can sue that Zhou Mengchen is so dedicated. He is just a deputy and cannot make a decision. If he doesn't report in advance, he will not be able to take the blame when Zhou Mengchen says that.

Of course, not many people believe such a statement. However, with Huang Jin behind the scenes, some people have to believe it, and Teng Xiang’s pressure has been much less.

Jiajing didn't know about it and silently recited in his heart: "Zhou Mengchen." His impression of Zhou Mengchen was much better.

The court was in a tight financial situation, and Jiajing's inner treasury didn't have much money. This is an indisputable fact. This time it seemed that he allocated 50,000 taels, but in reality, the inner treasury only paid 15,000 taels. The money lost and regained was a great joy for Jiajing.

However, Jiajing then turned cold and said to himself: "Tengxiang is a conscientious person. He returned 35,000 taels. What's going on with the others?"

You should know that there have always been many major projects inside and outside the palace during the Jiajing period.

At this moment, Jiajing's murderous intent was hidden and was about to burst out.

Huang Jin was secretly happy, but he did not add fuel to the fire, because Huang Jin understood Jiajing too well. Today's fire had arrived. If it burned again, Jiajing would think of it in the future and it would seem like he was doubting himself. He said: "Your Majesty, this celestial body movement instrument has been improved. Today's starlight is just right? Why not go and see? The old slave has already asked Zhou Mengchen to wait for it."

Jiajing restrained his murderous intent, and seemed to have nothing happened before, and said, "Okay."

As mentioned earlier, the location of the celestial body movement instrument is considered when choosing the location of the celestial body movement instrument. If you walk out of the celestial body movement instrument, you still need to go around. If you walk on a small path, just go straight east. Jiajing sat on the stroll, but in a short while, he reached the celestial body movement instrument.

The lights are brightly lit around.

Jiajing looked at a strange building standing on the three-story high platform from a distance. Judging from the appearance, it seemed to have a bit of the style of Islamic architecture, because the top is a dome.

Zhou Mengchen and some craftsmen were waiting outside. When they saw Jiajing coming, they saluted and refused to mention it.

Jiajing climbed up the steps and started visiting from the first floor under the leadership of Zhou Mengchen.

In Zhou Mengchen's opinion, there is nothing to visit on the first floor, because it is the mechanical floor, just like the floor equipped with central air conditioners on the floor, walking on the hanging corridor, looking at the running wheels, gears that are taller than people, and transmission rods that are horizontally and vertically. There are also giggles, squeaking noises.

Zhou Mengchen, who has seen a large modern industrial factory, said that this is nothing strange. The only strange thing is probably the most used wood here. If it were replaced with iron, it would probably be more similar to some workshops in later generations.

Apart from that, nothing looks good.

But Jiajing didn't think so.

Jiajing was very interested and seemed to feel the beauty of modernization in the so-called industrial era, or mechanical era.

On one hand, the water transport celestial meter that Zhou Mengchen referred to, which has such a feeling. On the other hand, Zhou Mengchen did not feel it when he designed it. In fact, he referred to many modern design principles and conventions, and these things themselves represent an aesthetic in the industrial era.

Zhou Mengchen was used to it and didn't think anything. But the first time Jiajing saw it, it did feel a special feeling of freshness.

After watching for a while, I arrived at the second floor.

There is really nothing good to look at on the second floor.

It was just a long corridor with two rows of houses on both sides, just like the layout of an ordinary dormitory building. Jiajing finally came to the middle door, behind this door was a rotating staircase, and at the end of the staircase was the small room of Wutianyi.
Chapter completed!