Chapter 78                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             �

Wang Shangshu, no, now it is no longer Wang Shangshu. It is the criminal Wang Gao.

Since he was guilty, he naturally left Beijing within a specified period.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen said things should not be too late. Otherwise, Wang Gao might have left the capital.

When Zhou Mengchen came to the palace, there was a bleak moment. There were two Jinyiwei standing at the gate. On the ground inside, there were things on the ground, including paper, broken porcelain, and other messy things, and no one cleaned them. The yard and the house were the same.

Wang Gao had already dismissed his servants. The Jinyiwei standing outside was just here to come to visit the door. Naturally, he would not clean up Wang Gao.

At this moment, other people couldn't get in at all. It was Zhou Mengchen who was familiar with the Jinyiwei. The guardians of the Jinyiwei knew Zhou Mengchen and then let him in.

After entering, there was no one at the right time. But he heard the sound of sweeping the floor from behind, but Wang Gao was holding a broom and cleaning all kinds of garbage in the yard.

Zhou Mengchen felt a little sad. As the Minister of Revenue before, he did not need to clean himself. In a day, the change of heaven and earth said, "Prince."

When Wang Gao saw Zhou Mengchen, he said, "Master Zhou." He suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, you are looking for me for the military weapon surveillance. Come to the house to talk."

Wang Gao led Zhou Mengchen into the inner room. But he saw that the room was empty and there were only traces left by furniture. Wang Gao finally found two chairs and placed them in the original guest seat. As for the two chairs, there should be a coffee table, but the table was gone.

Wang Gao also wanted to find some tea. Zhou Mengchen said, "It is already rude for me to come to visit me, so how dare I use the prince to make a big fuss? If the prince does this, I will not dare to stay for a long time."

Seeing this, Wang Gao sighed and said, "Okay, today I am really rude. Old man, I am an official in Beijing alone, and my family is in my hometown in Wenshang. As soon as the matter broke out, I sent the servants and sold the furniture. This house is also an official house, and I have to return it to the court. It is really not worth it. I haven't had time to clean it up yet. I am rude."

Zhou Mengchen couldn't help feeling unbearable at this moment and said, "Geor Xia is too merciless."

Wang Gao said: "The Tao is different and does not plan for each other. What else can I ask for benevolence and get benevolence? If my hometown in Shandong is so tragic, I will have no face to see my hometown elders. Now, at least I am open-minded. Whoever wants to take the mess of the court will take care of me. I don't care about it anymore."

Zhou Mengchen then realized that Wang Gao was from Wenshang County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and was from the same prefecture as the flooded counties. However, Wenshang County was relatively north and was not flooded.

However, Wang Gao was the largest official in the court of Yanzhou Prefecture. Such a tragic incident happened in his hometown. He had to speak and had to speak. This was another reason why he was uncompromising in front of Xia Yan. In Xia Yan's view, the Nine Borders and Shandong are two bargaining chips that can be measured in line with the best interests of the court.

It is not from the Nine Borders or from Shandong.

But Wang Gao is different.

If such a thing happened to his hometown, he would still have no way of doing anything. He was snatched by his hometown’s elders. His Wang family lineage has all lost its reputation in his hometown.

This is actually the responsibility of every official. If there is a flood in Wuchang one day, Zhou Mengchen must do his best to fight for his hometown. This is one of the unspoken rules and rules of the game in this era.

So, before doing this, Wang Gao actually expected his own outcome.

But people are in the world and cannot help themselves. This is even more so in the court.

On the contrary, although he was exiled to Leizhou and had lost the burden of ten thousand pounds on his body, Wang Gao felt much more refreshing.

Zhou Mengchen said: "The prince is open-minded."

Wang Gao said, "Military weapon surveillance is a matter of military equipment supervision. Now there is no way. But this matter is not impossible. After I dismissed, the court's mess will be cleaned up. Liu Chuxiu, I know, he is a capable minister, but I dare say, he is not as good as me. I have been communicating with money and grain all my life. Liu Chuxiu wrote poems and used troops, but I can't compare to money and grain------" He slapped slightly and said, "And he, the Minister of Revenue, may not have the power to me. I guess the cabinet will directly interfere in the money and grain issue. In the current situation, it is not a sum of one or two million taels of silver that can be filled. And the only yamen that can afford 100,000 taels of yamen in the capital is you. Or the Yong'an store."

Zhou Mengchen suddenly had a bad premonition and said, "What does the prince mean?"

Wang Gao said: "I don't know where Xia Yan gets money, but I will never forget you. But you mentioned this matter with Xia Yan. Xia Yan probably won't refuse."

Zhou Mengchen was in a bad mood.

Although he admitted that the treasury was empty and he understood that the court was in a difficult situation. However, drawing blood from him made it very uncomfortable. Every sum of money was useful. He couldn't just run away and not let the horse eat grass.

Zhou Mengchen said: "That's the imperial property? Does Master Xia dare to do it?"

Wang Gao said: "You don't know what kind of person Xia Huzi is? If you really have to make up your mind, he dares anything. Moreover, he was the Qingzhang Huangzhuang when he first showed his reputation?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "That was the first time His Majesty ascended the throne. The imperial village was left by that man at that time. Naturally, I don't feel sorry for it now. But now it's different."

Wang Gao said, "What's the difference? Do you think Xia Yan will not do it, and the situation will end now?" He sighed casually and said, "Xia Yan forced himself to the cliff. My fate is in Leizhou. Where is his fate?"

Zhou Mengchen suddenly understood something.

There is probably another reason why Xia Yan was able to take Wang Gao off so smoothly, that is, Wang Gao never thought of resisting at all.

After all, the six ministers of the Ministry of Revenue were already at the level of civil servants, and among the six ministers, only Wang Gao served the longest, for five or six years. The power in the Ministry of Revenue was deeply rooted. He really wanted to resist and went to court, and he could not be easily taken down without making a few rounds.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Prince, then what should I do?"

Wang Gao sighed and said, "If I knew how to deal with Xia Yan, would it be so?" At this point, all that should be said was also said. It was time to serve tea and see the guests. Wang Gao subconsciously copied it to the court. He wanted to copy the tea bowl in his hand, but forgot about him, but now he has no more table.

Although there was no tea served, there was a gift.

Zhou Mengchen still has some eyesight.

Zhou Mengchen left the Wang family in a daze.

The situation did not get better for him, but instead became worse.

It was time for him to do not think about what to do, and Xia Yan had sent someone to invite him.

This time, he was invited to the cabinet.

To be honest, Zhou Mengchen is not too unfamiliar with the cabinet. He has been to the cabinet. However, it is more about borrowing books from the cabinet. After all, the cabinet is Wenyuan Pavilion, which is one of the Royal Library.

This is the first time I have entered the cabinet as the target of being summoned.

Perhaps this is a trend, Zhou Mengchen became increasingly cleared, and the emperor's favorite minister was approaching a court official.

When Zhou Mengchen saw Xia Yan, he naturally bowed and sat down.

To be honest, in his opinion, Xia Yan's complexion is much worse than Wang Gao.

Although Wang Gao was in a ruined house, he was calm and had the heart to sweep the yard. Although Xia Yan was dressed in the uniform of a Grand Secretary, he felt anxious.

In fact, if possible, Xia Yan would never want to take down Wang Gao at this time. After all, looking at Wang Gao's resume, disaster relief, money, grain, transportation, and the Ministry of Revenue, he worked in this area all his life. For a time, it was difficult for the Ming Dynasty to find such financial experts.

The Ming Dynasty was already a mess, and it demoted the most capable man to Leizhou. For Xia Yan and the imperial court, it was a situation where two people were defeated.

Xia Yan had to deal with the more difficult situation in his own hands, asking for money to regain money and disaster relief, while the chaos in the Ministry of Revenue was to be calmed down, and the aftermath of the court had to be cleaned up. Xia Yan had only leaned on the chair for two days and just sniffed for a while.
Chapter completed!