"This kind of thing is inevitable. If I don't do it, someone will do it privately. It will still be a mess. It's better to find a good name to be the banker, for example, set up a Fengzhuang gambling for the Northern Expedition, and the money from the banker will be used as the military expenses of the Northern Expedition..." Zhao Jiu said confidently, but soon shook his head. "But I also know that the Censorate will not allow me to get involved in this kind of thing. Therefore, I plan to give you Zhang Boying the Fengzhuang gambling in the Kaifeng competition area, the property rights of various Cuju fields, and the property in the Jingdong Road competition area."
Zhang Jun was stunned, and Wu Jie was even more confused.
"Nothing special." Zhao Jiu, who was dressed in casual clothes, watched the game below end, and stood up holding the little princess. "Leave the one in Jingxi to Han Shizhong, and if Guanzhong wants to do this, I'll give it to Wu Jinqing and Qu Duan... Yue Fei and Li Yanxian probably won't want these two."
Zhang Jun and Wu Jie wanted to say something, but the game was over and Emperor Zhao stood up, so they had to put their thoughts aside for the time being and followed Emperor Zhao's family out of Hanfang Garden, returning to Dongjing City, and arriving at the palace in the afternoon... They entered from the Gongchen Gate on the north, turned to the Linhua Gate to enter the back garden, and finally came to a pavilion inside the Yingyang Gate next to the fish pond and mulberry forest.
At this time, the two imperial concubines brought the three princesses out of the Yingyang Gate and entered the harem to rest, but Emperor Zhao sat down in the pavilion and invited the two to sit with him.
Wu Jie was still nervous. It was his first time in Tokyo. He didn't know anything and had no time to find out anything. Zhang Jun, on the other hand, felt a little more at ease because he knew that this was the emperor's favorite place to stay in private and the place where he had private conversations with important ministers. He had even drunk here in person.
After waiting for a while, three jugs of wine were served, of course, it was Lanqiao Fengyue, and then a few plates of fresh vegetables and home-cooked dishes were placed on the table, both meat and vegetarian, about ten or so dishes... but there was neither chicken nor fish, probably because the breeding in the back garden is not on the right track yet... Then, Emperor Zhao poured himself a drink and picked up his chopsticks, which was regarded as the official start of his banquet today.
Zhang and Wu did not dare to be negligent and followed suit, but they did not dare to relax at all, which was also hard work.
However, after three rounds of drinks and a few pleasantries, Emperor Zhao finally got down to business: "Do you two know why I called you here?"
Wu Jie immediately put down his chopsticks and tried to leave his seat and kneel down, almost as if he was jumping up, but Zhao Jiu raised his hand to stop him. He could only sit down again and face each other carefully:
"It is said that the Ministry of War impeached me for overestimating the cost of the Imperial Army."
Zhao Jiu nodded and looked at Zhang Jun again: "Where's Boying? You came so early, you must know more than Jin Qing, right?"
Having said that, Zhang Jun, who had been prepared, was speechless for a moment.
Zhao Jiu, on the other hand, couldn't help but chuckle when he saw this: "Is it hard to say, or do you know too much?"
Zhang Jun was embarrassed for a moment.
"But has anyone told you that the court is going to launch a comprehensive anti-corruption campaign in the army? Has anyone told you that the emperor is going to give up military power over a toast? Or that Emperor Zhao is going to trick Wu Jie and Zhang Jun into the capital and place them under house arrest, and then purge the rear and right armies of the imperial camp?" Zhao Jiu laughed as he picked up some food.
Wu Jie was in a trance for a moment, and Zhang Jun finally spoke, but he was still embarrassed: "I am sorry to make you laugh, but at that time the emperor did not want to see me, and I really had no choice but to ask around, and that's how I heard a lot of nonsense."
"No problem." Zhao Jiu chewed the spring vegetables slowly and swallowed them. He then continued, "What's that? I've heard of something even worse. It's said that Emperor Zhao has issued an order that anyone who embezzles more than 10 strings of cash, whether civil or military, will be skinned and stuffed with straw to be displayed to the world... Don't you say you haven't heard of it?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Jie and Zhang Jun relaxed and laughed.
Zhao Jiu suddenly sneered, "This is all because the dignitaries in the city have nothing to do, so they think of ways to spread rumors, hoping to use this method to attract my attention, and then ask for official positions and money... But they don't know that I have already made up my mind. I would rather lose the country than give these people a single salary or reward. Not only that, I will send people over now to confiscate the families of those who spread the most rumors to provide military funds."
The two generals were stunned at once, because after hearing this, Yang Yizhong, who had been standing beside them, bowed slightly and actually led the soldiers directly towards the Yingyang Gate.
"Bo Ying." At this moment, Zhao Jiu suddenly looked at Zhang Jun again. "Do you really believe these rumors? Is that why you did all that?"
At this point, Zhang Jun, who had come to his senses, dared not hide it anymore. He immediately stood up and bowed his head in embarrassment: "I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Your Majesty."
"If I accept your invitation today, how many dishes will you prepare to entertain me?" Zhao Jiu asked with great interest.
Zhang Jun was getting more and more embarrassed. "I originally wanted to find an old servant in Grand Tutor Cai's mansion and get a set of 180 dishes like the one in Grand Tutor Cai's mansion, but I have never been able to get it together. If the emperor really goes there, there will only be about 120 to 30 dishes..."
"How can you gather them all?" Zhao Jiu threw down his chopsticks and shook his head. "When Grand Tutor Cai was prosperous and prosperous, there was a group of people in the kitchen who specialized in making dumplings. Some rolled the dough, some pleated it, and some even cut onions... That kind of luxury was, on the one hand, too much, and on the other hand, it was just a temporary illusion of prosperity when the country was prosperous and prosperous, and it was something you could only encounter but not seek."
"Yes." Zhang Jun finally sighed. "I am just looking for a gimmick. I mainly want to invite you to my house for a chat. I have other things to tell you."
"Of course." Zhao Jiu shook his head more and more. "When you were in Xuzhou, you liked to exchange the money and silk you saved for gold and silver. You melted the silver into large silver balls weighing nearly 100 kilograms, 1,600 taels each, and gave them a nickname of helpless... In the past four years, you saved a total of 57 silver balls, and this time you sent 50 directly from Xuzhou overnight; you saved 8,000 taels of gold, and this time you sent 6,000 taels. From what you said, you should be planning to give it to me at the banquet, and then resign from the position of general, in order to seek long-term wealth and honor, right?"
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